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Skills 21 – Empowering citizens for inclusive and sustainable growth - Final evaluation

eval_number:

3046

eval_title:

Skills 21 – Empowering citizens for inclusive and sustainable growth - Final evaluation

location:

region:

Asia and the Pacific

country:

Bangladesh

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eval_url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/3046

recommendations:

title:

Recommendation 1: The ILO, as the lead agency for TVET system reform in Bangladesh should leverage its convening power to unite social partners and stakeholders, reinforcing their roles in the reform process. To maintain its leadership, the ILO must sustain high-level efforts and secure follow-up funding to support GoB in prioritisation, governance and coordination efforts. The ILO should not act as an implementing agency but use its unique capacity to mobilize constituents and actors. Currently, GoB treats the ILO as an implementing agency, however, also values its technical contribution. The ILO should negotiate its role with the GoB to be a technical and facilitating agency, to support the government in multistakeholder engagement and in a technical advisory role at TVET sector level (including Development Partner Skills Development Working Group, etc.). The ILO could help solve Skills Governance and Coordination challenges supporting GoB in the implementation of the SWIFT. Similarly, ILO can facilitate prioritization of initiatives, help negotiation on additional financing with other departments (see NHRDF) and provide strategic advice and monitoring support across the sector for better coordination and implementation of loan and grant financed projects. ILO needs to continue advocacy work for BNQF enactment and policy dialogue and implementation. Similarly, ILO can facilitate review of NSDP action plan in close collaboration with stakeholders for more clarity on delivery, approaches and coordination. ILO can continue its support to NSDA to strengthen sector performance and monitoring system by consolidating existing MIS, and developing just-in time management system. Finally, ILO can bring forward private sector and social partners and negotiate closer collaboration.

url:

https://analyticstest.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/recommendations/2296801

action_plan:

"(1) Under the recently initiated Talent Partnership (TP) program, the ILO will facilitate the alignment of the BNQF (Bangladesh National Qualifications Framework) for recommended occupations with the EQF (European Qualifications Framework). During regular policy dialogue sessions with the government, private sector, and education stakeholders, the ILO will emphasize the importance of enacting the BNQF. (2) The ILO Dhaka Country Office will facilitate a review of the NSDP action plan and support NSDA to strengthen sector performance and monitoring system, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. (3) The TP program is being implemented to introduce innovative models in collaboration with the private sector and social partners."

comments:

The Talent Partnership Programme was signed between the ILO, the EU, and the government in the second half of 2024, under which several planned initiatives will proceed. Selection of partner institutes, stakeholder consultations are currently ongoing, with the project scheduled to kick off in December. A Project Implementation Committee meeting has been set to finalize decisions on the project's operational framework.

date:

2025-05-26 00:00:00.0

progress:

Partially achieved

management_response:

Partially Completed

information_source:

Country Office

admin_units:

CO-Dhaka

project_symbols:

BGD/16/04/EUR

themes:

theme:

Organizational issues

category:

Programme implementation

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