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Progress, Challenges, ConcernsAn overview of project’s activities
GRANT No.: H834-AFCfP Reference No.: P132742Contract No.: DMTVET/C27
Afghanistan Second Skill Development Project (ASDP-II) Consultancy Services for Developing Business Plan
Stefan Siewert, Team LeaderE-mail: Ssiewert@integration.org
9 December 2014
The 15 TVET institutions are diverse
• Differences in the amount of students: factor 20• Differences in Student – Teacher ratio: factor 4• Differences in Growth in last four years: – 50 % to + 30 %• Significant gaps:
– Kabul – Rest of the country – Rural-urban divide – Security situation– Female, male, co-educational – 13 x public, 1 x private, 1 x public-private– Languages of BP: 11 x Dari, 3 x Pashto, 1 x English– Building and dormitories are brand-new or war-torn.
Amount of Students, 2011-2014
2011 2012 2013 20140
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Auto Mechanical Institute of Kabul
Kabul Agriculture and Veterinary Institute
Vocational Institute of Commerce
Deputy Engineering Institute of Kapisa
Kabul Mechanical Institute
Administration & Economic School of Jamhoryat
Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute (ATVI)
Institute of Energy and Water
Mechanical Institute of Khost
Faryab Agriculture & Veterinary Institute
Kandahar Mechanical Institute
Female Vocational Institute of Samangan
Ahmad shah Masood Technical & Vocational school (Panjsher)
Mechanical Institute of Paktia
Farhang High Education Institute (Baghlan)
Writing a Business Plan by Key experts 3 – 5 days and high quality, but with no regard to the Afghan context
Assisting Business Plan Development by TVET institutionsRequires many consultancy days, but•Identifying current performance gaps•Planning for increased autonomy•Introducing strategic planning as a new management instrument
= Higher absorption and strategic management capacities
The Challenge: Managing a Trade-off
Example: Ahmad Shah Massod Technical and Vocational
School (Panjsher)
2 times Work plans for improvements
Results differ
++ + ± - --Limited guidance required
Guidance required, committed and motivated teams, steep learning curve
Significant guidance required. Flat learning curve, but good results can be achieved
Significant guidance required. Flat learning curve. Results are not (yet) satisfying
Despite efforts: lack of understanding, commitment to Business plan Development
Afghan Technical Vocation School
Auto-Mechanical Kabul
Farhang High Education (Baghlan)
Mechanical, Kandahar
Administration school Jamhoryat
Energy & Water Mechanical, Khost Institute of Commerce, Kabul
Mechanical, Paktia
Female Vocational Samangan
Deputy Engineering, Kapisa
Faryab Agriculture and Veterinary
Agricultural Kabul Ahmad Shah Masood (Panjsher)
Mechanical Kabul
Quality of Draft Business Plans
Evaluation Criteria
Regular updates
Rural area (not Kabul)
Steepness of the learning
curve
Business involvement Female
students
Commitment to BPD Quality of
cooperation
Current performance
Example: Evaluating external Councils
Criteria 85 – 100 marks 70 – 84 marks 55 – 69 marks 40 – 54 marks 1-39 marks
Private sector participation
2 and more members
At least 1 member
Outside members A functioning internal council
No Council
Relevance of decision-making
Financial and other contribution
Some private sector contribution
Outside support Addressing problems systematically
No rules for decision-making
Proven record of performance improvement
Clear, transparent and accessible information
Some information about decision-making
Information, but difficult to prove
Unproven information
No verifiable data
Embedment in institutional landscape
Deep embedded networks, incl. private sector
Some contacts with private sector
Embedment, but no private sector
Limited external relations
No confirmed activities
85 – 100 70 – 84 55 - 69 40 – 54 1 - 39
ATVI (100) Mechanical Paktia (75)
Mechanical, Kandahar (65)
Faryab Agricultural (40)
Shah Massod, Panjshir (30)
Agricultural (89) AutomechanicalKabul (84)
Mechanical, Khost (60)
Commerce, (54)
Deputy, Kapiza (73)
Mechanical Kabul (68)
Adminsitrative, Jamhoryat (50)
Female Samangan (78)
Energy & Water (75)
Results of Evaluation: External Councils
Business linkages
Curricuala modernization
External Councils
Management CapacitySocial importance
Compliance with requirement
Absorption capacity
0
50
100
65
68
78
85
100
91
98
MaximumEvaluationThresholdMaximum
Preliminary evaluation: Female Vocational Institute of
Samangan (Scenario: Equilibrium)
Next steps
Date Proposed activities
22 December •Submit all Draft BP and preliminary evaluation by project to DM TVET•Communicate evaluation results to community• Agree on individual Work Plans to improve marks, upon request
5 January Final Submission of Business Plans to Integration and DM TVET
15 January Submit recommendations about the amount and conditions of funding to DM TVET (English, Dari) based on detailed evaluation of Business plans (around 10 pages)
After 15 January Preparation of TVET institutions’ presentation to Evaluation commission
After 15 January Evaluation Commission (DM TVET, WB, other) makes funding decision