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Setting a high job placement target to qualify for the final milestone payment can can create a negative incentive for training providers to inflate the training costs so as to cover for all their costs regardless of whether or not they meet the job placement target. This lesson, arising from a similar project in Nepal, was heeded by the tranche 1 project that lowered the job placement target from 70% to 60% to ensure that the training providers do not to lose their focus on job placement.

Project Number: 42466-015
Project Name: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Replacing higher-level skills courses with in-demand entry-level courses can raise the job placement performance of projects. Industry associations initially expected a strong demand for mid- or higher-level technical skills; however, job placements from these courses were more challenging than those from more entry-level courses. Therefore, the outcome indicator related to increased shares of higher-level skills was not increased, and was instead pegged at just about 18%l, which proved more realistic.

Project Number: 42466-015
Project Name: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The choice of executing agency (EA) is critical to project success. The Minifstry of Finance, the project EA, provided strong leadership and was able to engage the private sector efficiently. Its broad, multisector overview of the economy helped ensure relevant outcomes from the project, and its central ministerial position facilitated effective coordination across multiple ministries.

Project Number: 42466-015
Project Name: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Using well-established and reputable industry associations as primary implementing partner for training rather than directly contracted training providers is a strategically sound decision for scaling up sector-specific, job-ready training. The industry associations already had a working knowledge of the skills gaps and needs in their respective industries, which reduced the time needed to develop programs and deliver industry-required skills courses. Job placement was also made easier thus facilitating the attainment of the performance indicators.

Project Number: 42466-015
Project Name: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Continuous monitoring of training results and job placement is required to ensure the integrity of the training data provided. The online training management system (TMS) was set up to track large-scale training outputs from numerous training providers, which also became a basis of milestone payments. The Skills Development Coordination and Monitoring Unit (SDCMU) carried out several types of monitoring and verification activities. Rigorous monitoring and regular field checks were essential for the payment system based on milestone achievement, especially with respect to job placement.

Project Number: 42466-015
Project Name: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 1
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The multitranche financing facility (MFF) modality is appropriate for the phased Implementation of major reforms. It also proved suitable for the new training partnership model introduced by this investment program, which took time to take off within both the government and the private sector. This is because the stakeholders deemed it important to familiarize themselves first with the model— learn which aspects were working well, which ones did not. and subsequently modify or redesign those aspects that proved inappropriate or ineffective.

Project Number: 42466-015
Project Name: Skills for Employment Investment Program - Tranche 1
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Leadership buy-in and management of the institution combined with teamwork among implementing agencies play a critical role in effective implementation and overall performance.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnic Education Development Project
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Clarity at the outset on the regulations and guidance for implementation of qualifications framework such as the RPL and CTS is important in the formulation of design and for setting output indicators based on demand analysis.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnic Education Development Project
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The competition-based mechanism promotes more efficient utilization of funds as proposals and use of funding are driven by demand from institutions.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnic Education Development Project
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The flexibility of competition-based mechanism enables the polytechnics to propose their investments based on the real needs and motivates them to perform better in delivering the outputs.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnic Education Development Project
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Project participants chosen to receive funding support through competitive bidding tend to be more responsive than those preselected at project preparation.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnics Education Development Project
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A larger, multi-sourced development fund could maximize the benefits and development impact of Indonesia’s centers of technology (COTs), a project innovation to bridge the world of learning and the world of work.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnics Education Development Project
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Strengthening the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) subsector of Indonesia requires greater stakeholder collaboration and continuing investment to improve quality and accessibility and the demand-driven approach to skills development.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnics Education Development Project
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Careful consideration of the government budget cycle, including the budget allocation and revision process, will minimize the funding risks to project operations

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnics Education Development Project
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Considering an optimum number of beneficiary institutions and funding support for each institution will foster higher efficiency and maximize impacts.

Project Number: 42099-013
Project Name: Polytechnics Education Development Project
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