Skills Training for Results and Industry-Valued Employment Project (WB-P514247)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Zambia
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
Jun 16, 2026
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 Zambia - Ministry of Technology and Science
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
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 80.00 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)
$ 80.00 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 28, 2026

Disclosed by Bank Mar 3, 2026

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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 website, the objective of the project is to strengthen the skills ecosystem for increased job creation in priority value chains. It targets three sectors with strong private investment and job creation potential (mining, agribusiness, and hospitality) through an integrated three-component design. 

Component 1 strengthens skills systems by building information infrastructure, improving sector coordination, and reforming the TEVET Fund to link financing to employment outcomes.

Component 2 improves the quality and relevance of training across all qualification levels through institutional grants, Centers of Excellence, a student loan pilot, and results-based contracts for short-term skilling.

Component 3 invests directly in firm capabilities through business development services and cluster-based upskilling, ensuring that the demand side of the labor market can absorb skilled graduates.

Together, these components form a skills ecosystem approach: building supply, stimulating demand, and strengthening the systems that connect the two.

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 risk assessment is focused on Components 2 and 3, which will support infrastructure expansion and upgrading. Component 2 will prioritize investments in modern equipment and eco-friendly infrastructure for the upgraded TEVET institutions and selected Center of Excellences (CoEs), and Component 3 will award grants to selected TEVET institutions to upgrade training facilities and equipment. While the details of these activities are not fully defined at this stage, the environmental risk is considered Moderate. Potential risks to be considered include (i) vegetation clearance; (ii) exposure to asbestos materials during rehabilitation of TEVET institutions; (iii) generation of solid, hazardous and electronic waste; (iv) air pollution due to dust emissions; (v) noise level increases from traffic related to construction activities; (vi) increase in traffic related incidents; (vii) poor occupational health and safety (OHS) practices; and (viii) inadequate technical capacity to manage environmental and social risks in line with the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF).

The social risk rating for the project preparation phase is assessed as moderate. Activities for the PPA are not expected to result in adverse risks and impacts.

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 80.00 million
IDA Grant: US$ 80.00 million


Contact Information
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CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Martin Elias De Simone
Title: Senior Economist
Email: mdesimone@worldbank.org

TTL Contact: Sophia Muradyan
Job Title: Senior Private Sector Specialist
Email: smuradyan@worldbank.org

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