Skills for Better Jobs Project (WB-P179159)

Regions
  • East Asia and Pacific
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Cambodia
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
Approved
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."
Voting Date
May 23, 2024
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Cambodia - Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training, Skills Development Fund
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Education and Health
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 40.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 40.00 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.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Aug 6, 2024

Disclosed by Bank Mar 24, 2023

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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 the Bank's statement, the project claims to enhance the quality and relevance of skills among Cambodia's upcoming and existing workforce and in case of eligible crisis or emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. 

Components
Component 1 – Skilling-Up to Respond to Industry Needs
Component 2 – Information and Orientation for Better Jobs
Component 3 – Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation
Component 4 – Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) 

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 environmental risks are designated moderate rating at this stage, the anticipated risks and impacts are anticipated to be limited, localized, site specific, and temporary. The anticipated risks and impacts are mainly related to (i) generation of e-wastes connected to ICT upgrades for selected learning facilities and Labour Management Information System (LMIS); and (ii) generation of noise, dust, minor hydrocarbon spills, building construction wastes (hazardous and non-hazardous), pollutants such as stormwater and sediment discharges as well as health and safety risks from civil works activities for rehabilitation and new building construction for selected training facilities and job centers. There will not be any land acquisition, so associated civil works (building renovation/rehabilitation and new building constructions) will be limited within existing premises of beneficiary institutions.

The social risk associated with the project is assessed as moderate. Proposed project works include both upgrading of learning facilities and new construction, all within the existing TVET colleges and premises, and thus land acquisition will not be required. The RSA found that based on potential construction and rehabilitation/ renovation works, moderate potential risks and impacts include: a) Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) risks for workers, in particular lack of wearing appropriate PPE and risks of working at heights; b) small-scale labor influx; c) risks of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), Sexual Harassment (SH) and Gender Based Violence (GBV), both during construction and operations of supported TVET facilities (dormitories, training, etc.), though this risk is assessed as low; d) risks of engaging child or forced labor, both for contractors and the supply chain (such as in brick kilns), though based on experience in other projects this is also assessed as low. In addition, the Rapid Social Assessment (RSA) identified a f) a risk of discrimination and exclusion of disadvantaged/ vulnerable groups, including Indigenous peoples and peoples with disabilities in all project activities, not just rehabilitation works.

Investment Description
Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

A proposed credit in the amount of SDR 30.3 million (US$40 million equivalent).


Contact Information
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World Bank

Abla Safir
Senior Economist

Lansong Zhang
Social Protection Specialist

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Kingdom of Cambodia
H.E. Hem Vanndy
Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance
hemvanndy@hotmail.com

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training
H.E. Pich Sophoan
Minister attached to the Prime Minister, Permanent Secretary
info@mlvt.gov.kh

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF THE WORLD BANK

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