Modernizing Vocational Education and Training for Economic Diversification Sector Development Program (ADB-54295-001)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Azerbaijan
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Government of Azerbaijan
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Grant, Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 150.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 150.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Grant Amount (USD)
$ 0.75 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 245.75 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Other Related Projects
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Apr 9, 2024

Disclosed by Bank May 27, 2022

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Project Description
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According to the ADB, the proposed sector development program (SDP) will help transform vocational education and training (VET) in Azerbaijan to develop the human capital needed for economic diversification and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), and promote gender equality. The SDP is closely aligned with the Government of Azerbaijan's strategic objective of transforming the country's human capital into a driving force to accelerate sustainable, inclusive, private sector-led, and diversified growth.

Transforming Azerbaijan's VET system requires sector policy reforms to overcome the binding constraints, and modern VET institutions. In this context, the two-tranche, stand-alone policy-based loan (PBL) component will support the government's medium-term reforms to strengthen the financing, quality and relevance, and institutional set-up of VET; while the project component will help modernize the selected VET institutions and bolster the institutional capacity to deliver the reforms.

The expected impact is the modernization of Azerbaijan's human capital into a driving force for accelerating sustainable, inclusive, private sector-led, and diversified economic growth. The expected outcome will be the improved responsiveness of the VET system to the needs of the labor market and 4IR. The SDP's three outputs are: (i) Financing of vocational education and training improved, (ii) Quality and relevance of vocational education and training strengthened, and (iii) Institutional framework of the vocational education and training sector strengthened.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

The ADB categorized the project E&S risks as follows:

Environment B
Involuntary Resettlement C
Indigenous Peoples C
Investment Description
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According to the ADB, the OPEC Fund for International Development will provide funds in the amount of US$ 85.00 million to the project, and the counterpart financing from the Government of Azerbaijan will amount to US$ 10.00 million.


Contact Information
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No contacts provided at the time of diclosure.

 

ADB Team Leader:

Aziz Haydarov - Unit Head, Project Administration

Executing Agencies -

Ministry of Finance:

Address: 83 Samad Vurgun, Baku 1022
Website: https://maliyye.gov.az/en

Ministry of Science and Education:

Email: office@edu.gov.az
Website: https://edu.gov.az/en

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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