Consultancy on compiling inventory, assessment and prequalification selection of training service providers, Project: Skills and Jobs

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Background

Country:
Kazakhstan
Duration:
Start date:
2017
End date:
2019
Budget:
$2,302,076.00
Funding:
World Bank/IBRD
Client / Contractor:
Partner / Sub-contractor:
PLANET S.A. and APPLIED ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Objective

The project is governed by the Loan Agreement  № 8490-KZ between the Republic of Kazakhstan(RK) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), signed on July 20, 2015 and ratified by the law of the RK of February 5, 2016 № 451-V.Theobjective of the consultancy is compiling, inventory, assessment and pre-qualification selection of training providers (TPs) in all oblasts in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Results

The Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Population of Republic of Kazakhstan accepted to include 434 selected TPs (out of total 870) in the Programme of Productive Employment and Mass Entrepreneurship. A web-assisted interviewing process to attract TPs to the prequalified assessment process proved to be an efficient tool. Digitalization of the process proved useful, both in terms of effectiveness of use and for the sustainability of the project results. The mechanism of scoring and categorization of TPs was introduced into the database, allowing immediate scoring of the TPs. The database reads the data collected online through a custom-made Application Programming Interface, developed by the Project Data Manager.