The Skilling Up Lebanon (SUL) Project (WB-P176444)

Countries
  • Lebanon
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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
Beirut Digital District (BDD) Talent Development Hub
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Law and Government
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 0.35 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
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Apr 21, 2021

Disclosed by Bank Mar 10, 2021

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to bank documents, the overall objective of the proposed project is to develop a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model for increasing access to market relevant digital skills for youth in Lebanon.\

The project has two components:

  1. Component 1: Support to the SUL PPP model (US$150,000). This component will provide financial and technical support to the Beirut Digital District (BDD) Talent Development Hub, to establish the SUL PPP model. The BDD, a tech hub and community hosting about 1,500 members and 135 companies all working in the Tech industry, has been selected as the SUL anchor given its unique position in the Lebanese digital ecosystem as both provider and user of digital skills. It has established an NGO called the BDD Talent Development Hub whose objective is to close the skills gap and upskill the workforce in Lebanon with the necessary and relevant digital skills to thrive in the local and global economy.

  2. Component 2: Support to Digital Skills pilots (US$200,000). This component will finance the design and implementation of five pilot digital skills programs by the BDD Talent Development Hub. This Hub will leverage the job market digest methodology and the private sector committee to ensure that the developed programs are based on the real skill needs of the digital economy sector. The training will be delivered by training providers to be selected based on a competitive process. These pilots will equip the BDD with key learnings that will feed into the subsequent development programs of the SUL. It is aimed to train between 800 and 1,000 youth through these pilots. Several options for these pilots have been developed. Suggested criteria to select the pilots are: (i) geographical coverage to cover various areas in Lebanon; (ii) select one pilot per track to include children at school, youth in universities and working or unemployed youth; (iii) possibility to conduct the course in line with health precautionary measures related to COVID-19; and (iv) reach the highest number of beneficaries.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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World Bank:
Contact : Angela Elzir
Title : Social Protection Specialist
Telephone No : 5367+3347

Borrower:
Beirut Digital District (BDD) Talent Development Hub
Contact : Mouhamad Rabah
Title : CEO
Telephone No : 9613764020
Email : mouhamad@beirutdigitaldistrict.com 

Implementing Agency:
Beirut Digital District (BDD) Talent Development Hub
Contact : Mouhamad Rabah
Title : CEO
Telephone No : 03764020
Email : mouhamad@beirutdigitaldistrict.com 

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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