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

How do we work?

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

Scenario analysis to develop recommendation to the Evaluation

commission

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

Start Support Development Grant Implementation

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