According to the Bank’s website, the objective of this project is to expand access to quality skills training and improve employment outcomes in priority sectors.

The proposed Operation follows an hybrid setting of Program-for-Results Financing (PforR) with an Investment Project Financing (IPF) component. The CIV-SIRA Program is part of Phase 1 of a regional Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA) aimed at increasing the acquisition of job-relevant skills and access to employment among youth in West and Central Africa. It responds to a core structural challenge: despite strong economic growth averaging 8.2% annually over 2014-2024, Cote d'Ivoire's training systems remain poorly aligned with labor market needs, leaving many young people -- particularly women -- without pathways to formal employment.

The program is organized around three result areas:
(1) Governance, Innovation, and System Management -- addressing institutional fragmentation, improving data systems, and strengthening managerial autonomy in TVET centers;
(2) Quality and Relevance of Training -- modernizing competency-based curricula, deepening private sector engagement, and aligning training with priority value chains including agribusiness, construction, mining, energy, and transportation; and
(3) Equitable Access -- expanding inclusive and climate-resilient learning environments, with targeted support for girls and NEET youth through Second Chance Schools. The IPF component will finance Technical Assistance (TA) for capacity-building, managed through needs-based engagement of technical experts. This includes enhancing the ministry's technology infrastructure and hiring an Independent Verification Agency. Lists of TA will be developed and agreed upon during operation preparation.

The acquisition, integration, deployment, and installation of digital technologies (digitization of processes within the METFPA and in various classrooms, etc.) within the implementing ministries could increase the environmental and health footprint of the project, particularly in terms of various forms of digital pollution. The level of environmental risk associated with this IPF component is assessed as moderate, due to the following factors: (i) the scale of the intervention area, which covers the national level; (ii) the significance of the acquisitions and deployments of digital tools and equipment; (iii) the hazardous nature of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (toxic waste), as well as the complexity of managing and recycling such waste. Added to this are the occupational health and safety risks linked to digital technologies including technological stress, technological dependency, risk of technology addiction, ergonomic risks for users, and risks of workplace accidents for personnel responsible for the installation of technological and digital equipment. Furthermore, gaps in regulations and strategies concerning the management of occupational health and safety risks related to the use of digital technologies, as well as the management of digital pollution particularly electronic waste that may result from their use lead to the environmental risk being considered moderate.

As no civil construction is planned under this component, significant social risks are not anticipated.

Total Project Cost: US$ 1986.00 million
World Bank Lending: US$ 222.00 million

CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Modibo Sidibe
Title: Senior Economist
Email: msidibe4@worldbank.org

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