Skills Enhancement Project

Training implementing agencies for ADB disbursement and procurement procedures at project start. Implementing agencies’ lack of experience and unfamiliarity with ADB disbursement and procurement procedures caused some of the project delays. This was later addressed for Loan A with the training of PMU staff. However, the training was not provided to the VDB and the private vocational colleges (which were also involved in the preparation of procurement documents), which caused significant delays in the implementation of Loan B. These delays were not resolved up to loan closing.