Hunan Technical and Vocational Education and Training Demonstration Project

It is important to include individual startup consultants in the project design to assist and help avoid delays during the early implementation stages. The project experienced some startup delays, particularly in procurement and capacity building. The experience demonstrates the importance of including individual startup consultants in the project design to assist the executing and implementing agencies and avoid delays during early-stage implementation. In any case, it is expected that project management and implementation support consultants will be recruited under advance procurement and retroactive financing arrangements.