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Nepal: Enhanced Vocational Education and Training Project HImplementation Support Review

Novemberl2-16, 2018Aide Memoire

1. During November 12-16, 2018, a Bank Team' led by Sangeeta Goyal carried out anImplementation Support Review of the Enhanced Vocational Education and Training Project II(EVENT 11). This Aide Memoire (AM) summarizes the findings on the status of the projectimplementation, recommendations and agreements reached with the relevant agencies to take correctivemeasures and/or to expedite implementation. The AM was discussed at a wrap-up meeting onNovember 16, 2018 chaired by Mr. Baikuntha Prasad Aryal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education,Science and Technology (MOEST). The meeting was attended by Mr. Churamani Aryal, SectionOfficer, Ministry of Finance. As agreed with MOEST, the AM will be publicly disclosed as requiredby the Bank's Access to Information Policy.

OVERALL STATUS AND KEY PROJECT DATA

2. The Project is on track to achieve its Project Development Objective (PDO) of "improving

equitable access to market relevant training programs and strengthening the technical and vocationaleducation and training (TVET) sector service delivery in Nepal". The PDO is rated as satisfactory based

on the achievement against the first year key performance indicators (KPIs) and Disbursement Linked

Indictor (DLIs) targets. Most of the KPIs and DLIs for Year I have either been completed or

substantially achieved. The Project Implementation Committee (PIC) constituted on May 6, 2018, and

the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) constituted on June 11, 2018, have been working closely

with the Project Secretariat (PS) in guiding implementation. The Project Implementation Manual (PIM)

for EVENT II was endorsed on June 29, 2018, thus completing this legal covenant. Overall

implementation progress is being rated Moderately Satisfactory due to delays in some prior activities

for the quality improvement grants and training of instructors and heads of institutions.

Table 1: Project DataProject Data Project Performance Ratings

Summary Ratings Previous Current

Board Approval September 29, 2017 Achievement of PDO S S

Signing January 21, 2018 Implementation Progress MS MS

Effectiveness Date February 23, 2018 Project Management S S

Closing date July 15, 2022 Procurement MS MS

IDA credit amount US$ 60 million Financial Management MS MS

Amount disbursed as of US$ 0.36 million Safeguards MS MS

Nov 30, 2018 (about 0.6% ofallocated amount)

M&E S SCounterpart Funding NA NA

Ratings: HS=Highly Satisfactory; S=Satisfactory; MS=Moderately Satisfactory; MU=ModeratelyUnsatisfactory; U=Unsatisfactory; IU=Highly Unsatisfactory; NA=Not Applicable; NR= Not Rated

IMPLEMENTATION STATUS UPDATE

3. DLI achievements for Year I and status of agreed actions from the previous consultations in

May 2018: The Bank has received Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI) achievement reports including

]Sangeeta Goyal (TTL, Senior Economist), Maya Sherpa (co-TTL, Economist), Mohan Prasad Aryal (Senior Operations

Officer), Uttam Sharma (Economist), Jayakrishna Upadhya (Economist), Baburam Niraula (Economist), Yogesh B. Malla

(Financial Management Specialist), Annu Rajbhandari (Environmental Specialist), Jaya Sharma (Social Development

Specialist), Chandra Kishor Mishra (Procurement Specialist), Dron Pun (Consultant), Deepa Shakya (Consultant) and

Prakash Thapa (Consultant). Sunita Gurung (Program Assistant) provided all logistic support.

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EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -2- December 4, 2018

evidence as per the agreed verification protocols for Disbursement linked results (DLRs) 2.1, 2,2, 3.1,

4.1, and 6.1, with reimbursement claims totaling NRS 267,314,445 (approximately US$ 2.26 million

based on the exchange rate of NRS 115 to a US$, as on November 15, 2018). Details of the

achievements are described below. Annex 3 of this AM provides a status update on agreed actions from

the last consultations. Most actions have been completed, and the remaining are nearing completion.

Component 1: Support to Results-based Financing, Results Area 1: Strengthening Service Delivery in

Technical Education

4. The draft of the quality assurance (QA) manual for technical school leaving certification

(TSLC) and Diploma offering institutions has been completed and is under review. It is expected to be

finalized and placed before the PIC for clearance by February 28, 2019 (DLR 1.1). The PS has received

interest from 152 public and private TSLC and Diploma offering institutions in response to the

Expression of Interest (EOI) for performance-based quality improvement-grants (QIG) (published in

August-September2018). It is expected that the PS will complete the selection of 100 eligible

institutions for receiving performance grants in two phases by May-June 2019. These 100 institutions

will sign Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) with the PS for receiving grants (DLR 1.2). With

support from the PS, the selected institutions will prepare their institutional development plans for

achieving higher quality assurance standards as described in the QA manual.

5. Twenty heads/personnel in management positions of TSLC and Diploma offering institutions

have completed training in leadership and management (DLR 2.1) through Training Institute for

Technical Instruction (TITI). Likewise, 76 TSLC and Diploma instructors have also completed

occupational training (DLR 2.2). Focus group discussions were held with some beneficiaries of these

two training for feedback purposes.

6. The second set of MOUs between the PS and TITI and National Skills Testing Board (NSTB),

respectively, have been signed to cover activities for Year 2 of the project. As per their MOU, TITI will

train 60 heads/personnel in management positions of institutions in management and leadership

training, and 260 TSLC and Diploma instructors in occupational training, and NSTB will train 180

skills test assessors. TITI will conduct training during the off-peak season including the holiday period

so that the maximum number of interested candidates can participate in the training. The PS, TITI and

CTEVT will also strategize on outreach strategies for getting more participations for these training.

With regards to curriculum, the PS will support CTEVT in identifying curricula for

revision/development based on the demand from local, domestic and international employers. Such

needs analysis will be carried out by the CTEVT. The list of curricula to be so revised/developed will

be finalized by March 2019, before the preparation of budgetary requirements for the next fiscal year.

7. Results Area 2: Widening Access to TVET Programs: Four hundred and sixty-five

disadvantaged youths attending TSLC programs received scholarships in two installments (DLR 3.1)

under this activity, as per the first-year target. The remaining 35 scholarship recipients will be verified

for receiving their second installment by December 2018, after the completion of the verification of

attendance and other requirements. The selection of 2,000 disadvantaged youth for receiving

scholarships (target for the Year 2 of the project) is in progress. The PS is developing a mechanism to

strengthen verification process of scholarship applicants through close collaboration with Local

Governments and the Education Development and Coordination Unit (EDCU).

8. Training of 16,087 youth (11,841 for results-based short-term training or RBST and 4,246 for

voucher-based short-term training or VBST) in short-term training has been completed and income

verification activity is currently under progress. Of those who received the short-term training, 87.18%

were female and disadvantaged youth (against the Year 1 target of 50%; DLR 4.1). The PS has

published EOI for training providers to respond to for the short-term training activity to be carried out

for Year 2 of the Project for RBST of 19,000 youth, including 5,000 under women window, and VBST

of 5,000 youth. The PS has also planned to provide level 2 training to 750 youth in selected trades for

which cost estimation has been prepared and is in the process of approval. Regarding simplifying

procurement processes and selection of firms for RBST and VBST, the Bank may accept proposed


modalities (such as quality competition; direct bidding without the publication of EOI, etc.), providedtransparency and quality issues are not compromised. In addition, such decisions need to be endorsedby competent authorities.

9. The NSTB has completed the skills test of 6,902 youths (Level I - 1481, Level 2- 4674, Level3 - 740) against a target of 6,000 youths to be tested for prior skills (DLR 6.1). The PS has signed a newMOU with the NSTB for the skills test of 6,000 youth to be tested for prior skills in 2019 (Year 2 target).NSTB will make concerted efforts to enable migrants to access this opportunity.

10. Results Area 3: Pilots in Enabling Youth Transition to Work: Detailed consultations have been

held with other agencies (such as CTEVT's ENSSURE2 Project, funded by the Swiss DevelopmentCooperation (SDC)) active in the area of developing and offering apprenticeship programs. There have

been delays in the development of curricula for these programs. Additionally, the curricula that havebeen adapted for apprenticeships cover 24 months instead of the earlier envisaged 12-18 months. Thismeans that starting next year, only one cohort of apprentices can complete a full apprenticeship. Indiscussion with CTEVT including its Curriculum Development Division and NSTB, it was agreed thatthe PS will explore other options such as professional level and level 2 training with on-the-job trainingmodules (which are already established modalities in Nepal) that can also be considered as part of the

apprenticeships/work-place based training to be supported under the project. The evaluation of this pilotprogram can be expanded in scope to assess multiple models, and therefore provide a richer set of

learning. The PS with support from the Bank team is also putting together a design note for the jobplacement pilot, and it is expected that the first set ofjob placement services will be offered in the next

fiscal year. Draft guidelines for the apprenticeship/work-place based training and job placement

services will be prepared by January 2019 and February 2019, respectively. Focus group discussions

were held during the consultations with a number of job portal and rozgari pasal managers/owners to

understand gaps in the transition of youth from training to employment.

11. Component 2: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation: A robust Management

Information System (MIS) was established under the first EVENT Project which continues to be used

under EVENT II. This MIS contains comprehensive and disaggregated information on short-term

training, skills testing and scholarships. To avoid, duplication of training, the PS will explore the option

of using district and citizen number for trainees which will give them a unique identification. The

Implementation Progress Report (IPR) document will be strengthened for clearer reporting on the

ESMF and the Gender Plan. An updated results framework is in Annex 2.

12. Joint monitoring teams comprising members from the PS, the MOEST and the ENSSUREProject (the latter is supported by SDC through a MOU signed between them and GON) have been

systematically conducting the monitoring of short-term training activities according to the monitoringguidelines. Monitoring teams visit all training events at least six times; four times during the training

and two times during employment and income verification. Verification of employment and incometakes place on a representative sample basis. The current MOU with SDC is expiring in March 2019.The EVENT 11 PS will request MOEST for the purpose of extending the MOU with the SDC. The PS

needs to initiate the drafting of terms of reference for and composition of the assessment teams for

quality improvement grants given to selected TSLC and Diploma offering institutions. The MOESThas formed a task force to establish a national TVET MIS which will link with the CTEVT MIS,including the TMIS developed under EVENT I.

13. A nationally representative survey of migrants (current, returnee and repeat migrants) has beencompleted with the objective of identifying their skill and certification needs. Data analysis of the

survey is currently in progress, and findings from the survey will be used to inform the design of training

for and certification of prior skills of migrants. Key preliminary findings were discussed with the PSduring the consultations.

2 Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment (ENSSURE)


FIDUCIARY COMPLIANCE

14. Procurement Performance: Approved procurement activities should be updated in the first

week of each calendar month by uploading bidding/proposal documents, evaluation reports, contract

documents, and by revising the dates of those activities remains to be initiated and/or with red flags on

STEP. Procurement documents of each activities should be uploaded on STEP irrespective of prior/post

review requirements of the Bank and bids/proposals opening records should be uploaded soon after

completion of such events. For reducing time and effort, procurement activities including selection of

individual consultants can be planned for the required duration rather than repeating procurement

processes for each fiscal year, during the project period. In annual program of project, budget should

be allocated to meet the payment requirements of on-going contracts. The Procurement Plan (PP) should

be prepared as per need to meet result agreements and implement project activities irrespective of

budget allocated in annual program of certain FY. The provisions of the Project Procurement Strategy

for Development (PPSD) should be followed with special attention to procurement caveats provided in

the document. The current PP of the project should be updated by December 7, 2018. Procurement

performance is maintained at Moderately Satisfactory.

15. Financial Management (FM) Performance: The approved budget for FY2018-19 is NPR

1,407.3 mill ion (IDA NPR 1,399.3 million and GON NPR 8.0 million). The expenditure up to the period

ending November 15, 2018 is about NPR 167.66 million (11.91% of the approved budget). The project

has been maintaining books of accounts as required by GON rules and regulations. The Bank team

reviewed payment vouchers on a sample basis, and they were found to be in compliance with financial

regulations. The Project has also maintained required ledgers such as main credit/grant register,

subsidiary credit/grant register, designated accounts. The request for change in authorized signatory

(Project Director) has been made. The internal audit of for FY2017-18 has been completed. There are

no outstanding trimester IPRs/FMRs or audit reports. The Team reminded the Project that the audit

report for FY2017/18 is due on January 15, 2019. Based on the progress made, the FM performance

rating is maintained at Moderately Satisfactory.

16. Disbursements Status: As of November 30, 2018, the Project has disbursed USD 357,171.83

million (SDR 253,994.28) under Category 2 (for actual expenditures incurred up to the second trimester

and advance for the remaining trimester). The Project is expected to disburse US$ 2.26 million in the

next quarter under Category I against achievement of the first year DLIs and US$0.12 million under

Category 2 for actual expenditures incurred up to the third trimester of Year 1. The Project's expected

disbursement for FY 18/19 is US$ 8.3 million.

SAFEGUARD MANAGEMENT

17. Environmental and Social Safeguards: The Bank team noted that environmental and social

safeguard agreed actions of the last review have been completed except for the hiring of an

environmental to support the Project in screening of the proposals, other safeguards activities and

gender related works. The Bank team emphasized the need to expedite the process of recruiting the

specialists whose inputs are required for the screening process to guide and support the beneficiary

institutes in filling and reviewing the checklist during the submission of the proposal. The PS will hire

an environmental specialist by December 31, 2018. The Project shared a sample screening report which

needs to be improved to include specific mitigation measures for the identified safeguard issues.

18. Gender disaggregated data are being collected and reported in the IPR. The Team suggested

that the Project also report against the detailed implementation status of Vulnerable Community

Development Framework, and Gender Development Framework in the IPR. It was noted that the project

Grievance Redress Mechanism is functioning well, and the grievances are recorded and documented on

a monthly basis. It is suggested that the summary of the type and number of grievances received and

how it is being managed is included in the IPR. The environmental and social safeguards performance

is maintained at Moderately Satisfactory.

NEXT REVIEW: The next review of the Project has been tentatively planned for May-June 2019.


Table 2: Summary of Agreed Actions

S.N. Activity Responsibility Agreed timeline

Project Activities _6_ecember 3_,_20_8

1. Complete payment of second installment of PS December 31, 2018

scholarship for the remaining 35 students fromYear 1

2. Endorsement of the QA manual by the PIC PS February 28, 2019

3. Selection of 100 institutions for QIG PS May-June 2019

4. Finalization of the list of curricula to be PS, CTEVT March 15, 2019

revised/developed5. Draft guidelines manual for Apprenticeship/Work- PS February 28, 2019

place based training prepared

6. Draft guidelines manual for job placement services PS February 28, 2019preparedEnvironmental and Social Safeuards

7. Hire Safeguards expert to support the PS safeguard PS December 31, 2018

focal person

8. Share sample copy of environmental and social PS January 31, 2019

screening document with the Bank team forfeedback

9. Share a template for reporting on Gender Action PS/WB December 15, 2018

and VCDP to include in the IPR

10. Give continuum to the orientation program/training PS/safeguard expert Continuous

on WB safeguard requirements to all PS staff, jointmonitoring team and beneficiary institutionFinancial Management and Procurement

11. Submit disbursement request through client PS December 30, 2018

connection against achievement of Year 1 DLIs

12. Submit first trimester FMR and IPR ofFY 19 PS December 31, 2018

13. Submit the project audit report of FY 18 PS January 15, 2019


Annex IList of Persons Met

Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

1. Mr. Baikuntha Prasad Aryal, Joint Secretary

2. Dr. Dhurba Raj Regmi, Under Secretary

3. Mr. Jaya Acharya, Under Secretary

Ministry of Finance

4, Mr. Churamani Aryal, Section Officer

Enhanced Vocational Education and Training Project II (EVENT II) Project Secretariat

5. Mr. Keshab Prasad Dahal, Project Director

6. Mr. SudarshanMarahatta, Deputy Project Director

7. Mr. Sujan Raj Khanal, Under Secretary

8. Mr. Ram Prasad Adhikari, Under Secretary

9. Mr. Baburam Karakheti, Under Secretary

10. Mr. Chiranjibi Poudel, Under Secretary

11, Mr. Ghanashyam Khanal, Finance Officer

12. Mr. Shobhakar Neupane, Procurement Officer

13. Ms. Sashi Pokharel, Monitoring Officer

14. Mr. Asta Lama, Monitoring Officer

15. Mr. Ganga Sunwar, Monitoring Officer

16. Mr. Netra Narayan Poudel, Monitoring Officer

17. Mr. Krishna Joshi, Technical Assistant

18. Mr. Bishwa Raj Basaula, Procurement Consultant

19. Mr. IndraThapa, Finance Consultant

Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT)

20. Mr. Pushpa Raman Wagle, Member-Secretary

21. Mr. Deepak Poudel, Director, Curriculum Development Division

National Skills Testin2 Board (NSTB)

22. Mr. Binod Badal, Director

23. Mr. Damodar Devkota, Deputy Director

Technical Institute for Technical Instruction (TITI)

24. Ms. Akim Shrestha, Executive Director

25. Mr. Durga Prasad Upadhaya, Director

26. Mr. Kalpa Kumar Basnet, Chief of Administration

27. Mr. Krishna BahadurKhadka, Finance Officer

28. Ms. Mina Kharel


Leadership and Management Training Beneficiaries

29. Ms. Lasata Malla, Principal, Green Tara College of Health Science, Bhaisepati, Lalitpur30. Ms. Sumita Shrestha, Principal, Shree Phulchoki Nursing College, Banepa31. Ms. Surnitra Budhathoki, Head of Department, Khowpa Polytechnic Institute, Bhaktapur32. Ms. Radha Acharya, Vice Principal, Kantipur College of Medical Science, Sitapaila,

Kathmandu

Occupational TOT Training Beneficiaries

33. Mr. Yagya Rawat, Instructor, Mandali Secondary School34. Ms. Babita KC, Co-ordinator, Technical Training and Research Institute, Kumaripati

35. Mr. Krishna Lamsal, Instructor, Surkhet Technical Institute

36. Ms. Sunita Duwal, Instructor, Banishwori Secondary School

EVENT H Project, Aide Memoire -8- December 4, 2018

Annex 2Updated Results Framework (as on November 15, 2018)

Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility(Y/N) Source/Me for Data

thodology CollectionPDO Indicators

Percentage of trainees PMIS; tracer PS; JMTemployed/self-employed studieswithin 6 months of 60 65 65 70 70 70completion of short-termtraining

No target for year 1

Achievement Income verification offirst year trainees inunder-way

Number of Y PIC has endorsed the 100 100 100 100 100 PMIS; PS; SupportedTSLC/Diploma Quality Assurance Administrative institutions;program offering (QA) Manual for Data from the CTEVTinstitutions that have TSLC/Diploma Supportedreceived program offering institutionsperformance based institutions preparedquality improvement by PS; PS has signedgrants MOUs with 100

TSLC/Diplomaprogram offeringinstitutions forreceiving performance-based qualityimprovement grants

Achievement Draft QA manualunder review;Applications receivedfrom 152TSLC/Diplomainstitutions. Selectionsexpected to be


Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility

(Y/N) Source/Me for Datathodology Collection

completed by January2019.

Number of TVET PMIS; PS; TITI;

instructors and/ or Adminstrative NSTB; CTEVT

assessors with enhanced 0 100 440 440 340 340 1660 data submitted

professional by TITI and

competencies NSTB

MOU with

Achievement 76 TITI/NSTBsigned

PMIS; PS; Short-termShare of female and Administrative trainingdisadvantaged youth data submitted providerscompleting market 50 50 55 60 65 65 65 by short-termrelevant short-term trainingtraining programs providers

Achievement 87.18

Intermediate Results Indicators

Component I

Number of heads of PMIS; PS; TITI;institutions who have Y Administrative CTEVTcompleted management 0 40 100 100 100 60 400 data sumbittedtraining program by TITI

Achievement 20 Under_____________________ __________progress

Number of curricula PMIS; PS; CTEVT

revised/developed with Administrative

industry participation to 0 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 40.00 data submitted

reflect employer by CTEVT

requirements




Achievement No target for Year I

Baseline PMIS; PS; supported

Pass rates in quality established Administrative institutions

TSLC/Diploma programs -- -- TBD TBD TBD TBD data submittedt' at the end of

in supported institutions Year 1 by supportedinstitutions

Selection of

Achievement institutions isunderprogress.

Number of disadvantaged PMIS PS

students who have been Administrative

supported through 0 500 2000 2000 2000 0.00 6500 data

scholarships to attendTSLC/Diploma programs

465 students haverecevied twoinstallments of Selection ofscholarships. The students is

Achievement remaining 35 students underwill receive 2 1dinstallment of the progress.

scholarship byDecember 31, 2018

Number of youth, PMIS PS; Short-term

including migrants who N training

have enrolled in market 0 16,000 24750 24750 24750 24750 115000 providers

relevant Projectsupported short-termtraining programs

Achievement 16,087Under18 progress

EVENT I Project, Aide Memoire -11- December 4, 2018



Number of youth, PMIS; Ps; NSTB;

including migrants who 0 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 30000 Administrative CTEVT

have completed the data submitted

NSTB skills test by NSTB

Achievement 6,902 MOU withNSTB signed

Number of youth who PMIS, PS; job

have received job Administrative placement

placement assistance 0 500 500 1000 1000 3000 data submitted service

through Human Resource by service providers

(HR) Service Providers providers

UnderAchievement No target for year 1 preparation

Number of trainees who PMIS; PS; Partner

have successfully Administrative Institutions

completed Project 0 0 500 500 500.00 1500 data submitted

supported apprenticeship by partner

programs institutions

UnderAchievement No target for year I prer

preparation

Component 2: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Functional Project T Established and Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional

Secretariat ] functional

Achievement Functional

Draft Framework Framework Framework PS PS

completed; and plan and and

-- Consultations held implementat shared with implementa implementatiFramework initiated ion plan GON/stakeho tion plan on plan

initiated Iders completed completed




Achievement Not yet started

Baseline Sruvey PSsurvey forapprenticeship and jobplacement(Year 2);End-linesurvey for job

End-line placementsurvey for (Year 3);

Baseline apprentices Tracer studyurvey for s Eu e for RPL Tracer hips; of NSTB

Studies/Evaluations -- apprenticeshi job study Tracer certified

p andjob job study study of youth for

placement placement TSLC/Dipl prior skillsoma (Year 4);graduates End-line

survey forapprenticeships (Year 5);Tracer studyofTSLC/Diploma graduate(Year 5)

Achievement No target for year I

First round of Second roundStakeholder of First and TBD TBD

Stakeholder Feedback feedback Stakeholder second round

Survey survey carried feedback of stakeholder

out and survey carried feedback

remedial out and survey carried


Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility(Y/N) Source/Me for Data

thodology Collectionmeasures remedial out in Year 2implemented measures and 4

implemented

Achievement No target for year I

EVENT II Project, A ide Memoire -14- December 4, 2018

Annex 3Status Update on Agreed Actions

S.N. Activity Responsibility Agreed timeline Status onAgreedActions

Overall1. Project Implementation (PIM) Manual PS June 15, 2018 Completed

submitted and endorsed by PICProject Activities

2. Complete occupational training for TSLC TITI, PS July 15, 2018and Diploma instructors. 76 instructors

completedtraining

3. Complete the draft of the operations PS September 30, 2018 Draftmanual for the apprenticeship program. operations

manual for theapprenticeshipprogram hasbeen preparedand is underreview

4. Complete verification process for another PS June 15, 2018 Verification106 disadvantaged youths process has been

completed for 77youth. Theverificationprocess forremaining youthis in progress.

5. Complete data analysis from migration WB June 30, 2018 CompletedsurveyEnvironmental and Social Safeguards

6. Executive summary of ESMF translated in PS June 7, 2018 CompletedNepali and uploaded in EVENT website

7. Orientation on WB safeguard requirements PS (with June 15, 2018 Completedto EVENT II PS Staff and ENSSURE ENSSURE'smonitoring team responsible for the joint- monitoringmonitoring of the short-term training team), WBprograms

8. Hire safeguards expert to support the PS PS July 15, 2018 In the process offocal person hiring safeguards

expert.

Financial Manazement and Procurement

9. Submit revised IUFR (including the PS May 25, 2018 Completedfollowing revisions: repost govt staffsalaries and allowances to GON fund;report I should be by categories as per theFA and not by component; revise theretroactive period; revise the forecasttable)

10. Update PP activities in STEP: PS May 31, 2018 Completed* Drop 4 activities* Upload all necessary documents

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