KZ SKILLS AND JOBS PROJECT

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The project development objective of the Skills and Jobs Project for Kazakhstan is to improve employment outcomes and skills of target beneficiaries and to improve the relevance of technical and vocational education and training and higher education programs. The project is comprised of three components and their respective subcomponents. The components include: (1) Building the foundation of a national qualifications system component. The purpose of this component is to enhance the institutional capacity for improving the relevance of technical and vocation education and training (TVET), higher education, and in-service training. This will be achieved by establishing the key building blocks of a national qualifications system that is well aligned with labor market demands. (2) Enhancing skills for improved employment outcomes and productivity component. The purpose of this component is to provide relevant workforce training to unemployed persons, unproductively self-employed persons, and current employees in need of training, all identified and selected in accordance with the criteria set forth in the Project Operations Manual (POM). (3) Project management and monitoring and evaluation component. This component will support project management, monitoring and evaluation activities, and financing of operating costs. A Project Management Unit (PMU) will be financed within the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development (MHSD) to manage the day-to-day implementation of the project. This component will also ensure that the activities outlined in Component 2 benefit the hard-to-reach and vulnerable population, that stakeholder feedback is regularly gathered and integrated into the design, and that good practice and lessons learned are widely shared. In particular, the component will support the development and implementation of: (i) an Information and Communication Campaign, (ii) a feedback and resolution mechanism, and (iii) an Awards of Excellence Program.