| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Basic Skills Project 27411 |
| Duration |
Board Approval: 30-Aug.-1995 Actual Closed: 14-Feb.-2003 |
| Donor |
Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sport Ministry of Health |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Education |
| Region |
Targeting relevantly large cities in seven provinces, however not specified in the completion report. |
| Financing |
Project Total Appraisal: USD 25million, Actual: USD 19.30 million ADB Appraisal: USD 15.4 million Actual: 16.2 million |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Asian Development Bank, Australian Agency for International Development, National Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Central Health Workers School, Human Resources Development of Ministry of Health, Industrial Advisory Training Committee, International Labor Organization, Innovative Skills Investment Assistance Fund, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Ministry of Health, National Institute of Business, National Institute of Public Health, National Training Board, National Technical Institute, Project Advisory Committee, Provincial Health Department, Project Implementation Unit, Regional Training Center, Technical School of Medical Care, World Health Organization |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
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| Gender |
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| Impact Analysis |
As this project is done before any Government National Strategic Plans were introduced, the project was based on the rationale that Cambodia places a high priority on physical infrastructure with skilled workers. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
High level of ownership and participation especially for the Technical and Vocation Education Training and health sector reforms. As the project was implemented, many training centers and subcommittees were created which increase the ownership and clarified the responsibilities among the created agencies. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
Completion report examines the cooperation of the ADB and government as professional, and the lack of experience of these agencies were over turned as they were doing by learning. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
Project Implementation Unit was not only in charge of the day to day activities, and coordination with other agencies, but also took action in monitoring the project. Project recommends the evaluation should have been started from the project implementation. The project was all in accordance with the loan agreements, and the project was an overall success. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
No cost overrun. During the initial project implementation process, all components had problems with the project schedule due to staffs' lack of ADB procedures. Project recommends the borrower should maintain the relevant conditions of the ADB. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
As one of the oldest ADB projects, the completion report does not pinpoint the issues in detail. |
