The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Argentina | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2022 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 20-Jun-2022 | ISR51717 | Implementing Agencies: Argentine Republic, Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 24-Feb-2022 Effectiveness Date: 26-May-2022 Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Apr-2026 Revised Closing Date: 30-Apr-2026 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Improve the employment of targeted groups and strengthen the quality and availability of training and employment services in Argentina. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Expansion and Strengthening of a Labor Competency-based Training and Certification System:(Cost $115.50 M) Stipends to promote participation in selected ALMPs:(Cost $87.50 M) Strengthening the network of OEM:(Cost $12.50 M) Strengthening evaluation and information systems:(Cost $30.00 M) Project Management and Monitoring:(Cost $3.87 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions A Project to improve the employment of targeted groups and strengthen the quality and availability of training and employment services in Argentina was approved by the Board of Directors on Feb 24, 2022, and declared effective on May 26, 2022. The Government officially launched its employment program Fomentar, which is being supported by the Project, on May 17, 2022. 6/20/2022 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate -- Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial -- Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate -- Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial -- Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate -- Moderate Environment and Social Moderate -- Moderate Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other Substantial -- Substantial Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improve the employment of targeted groups IN01149529 ►Participants of FOMENTAR programs (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 600,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 This indicator measures the cumulative number of individual unique participants covered by FOMENTAR Comments: programs that have received at least one program (FOMENTAR programs include orientation, skills training, on-the-job training) IN01149531 Participants of FOMENTAR programs - Youth 18-24 years (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 487,000.00 IN01149534 Participants of FOMENTAR program - Women 25-59 years (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/20/2022 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 101,250.00 IN01149536 Participants of FOMENTAR programs - Men 45-64 (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 11,750.00 IN01149537 ►Increase in formal employment for FOMENTAR participants who have completed a training course or on-the-job training (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 4.40 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 This indicator measures the percentage points diference in the rate of formal employment between Comments: participants mesure within 12 months after completing a training course or an on-the-job training assignment, relative to a comparison group. The comparison group will be defined in the POM. IN01149538 Increase in formal employment for FOMENTAR participants who have completed a training course or on-the-job training – Female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 Strengthen the quality and availability of training and employment services IN01149530 ►FOMENTAR participants receiving competence-based training out of total FOMENTAR participants trained (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 60.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the percentage of FOMENTAR participants receiving competence-based training Comments: out of the total FOMENTAR participants trained, as a measure of training quality. IN01149532 FOMENTAR participants receiving competence based trained out of total FOMENTAR participants trained - Female (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 64.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 IN01149533 ►Employers registering vacancies in the Employment Portal (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/20/2022 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Value 100.00 -- 0.00 19,200.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the number of employers that have registered at least one job vacancy in the Comments: Employment Portal in the last 12 months. IN01149535 ►Employment Offices (OEM) meeting minimum service targets for job placements and on-the-job training placements (Number, Custom, PBC) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 75.00 -- 0.00 200.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures every six months the number of OEMs which meet the minimum service targets Comments: for job placements and on-the-job training placements as registered in the Employment Portal. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Expansion and Strengthening of a Labor Competency-based Training and Certification System IN01149539 ►FOMENTAR participants that completed a Labor Orientation Workshop since effectiveness (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 390,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the cumulative number of FOMENTAR participants that completed a Labor Comments: Orientation Workshop since effectiveness. IN01149544 FOMENTAR participants that completed a Labor Orientation Wrokshop since effectiveness - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 200,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 IN01149545 ►FOMENTAR participants who completed a training course since effectiveness (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 256,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the cumulative number of FOMENTAR participants that have completed a training Comments: course since effectiveness IN01149548 FOMENTAR participants who completed a training course since effectiveness - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) 6/20/2022 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 130,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 IN01149550 FOMENTAR participants who completed a virtual training course since effectiveness (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75,500.00 IN01149551 ►FOMENTAR participants in on-the-job training since effectiveness (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 285,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the cumulative number of FOMENTAR participants in on-the-job training since Comments: effectiveness. IN01149553 FOMENTAR participants in on-the-job training since effectiveness - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 156,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Dec-2022 IN01149554 ►FOMENTAR participants that have received more than one program (orientation, professional training / on-the-job training / labor insertion) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 150,000.00 Date 01-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 Comments: The indicator measures the number of participants who participated in more than one service. IN01149555 FOMENTAR participants that have received more than one program (orientation, professional training / on-the-job training / labor insertion) Female (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 82,500.00 IN01149556 ►Professional Training Institutions Certified (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 01-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 6/20/2022 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) The indicator measures the cumulative number of Professional Training Institutions that have completed Comments: the quality certification process. IN01149557 ►FOMENTAR participants with disabilities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 7,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 FOMENTAR participants with the national certificate of disabilities (Certificado único de discapacidad, Comments: CUD) and not included in the PROMOVER Program. Strengthening the network of the Municipal Employment Offices IN01149540 ►Employment Offices staff trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 3,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 29-Dec-2023 The indicator measures the number of OEMs staff who have completed all training modules (the modules Comments: will be described in the POM). IN01149543 OEMs staff that have been assessed as satisfactory / certified in training (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,800.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 28-Jun-2024 Strengthening evaluation and information systems and Project Management IN01149541 ►People registered in the Employment Portal (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 25,000.00 -- 0.00 1,070,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the number of people (excluding Employers) who are registered in the Comments: Employment Portal IN01149542 ►Methodological processes, institutional arrangements, and main informational outputs for users based on the Labor Market Occupations Observatory published in a public official website of the MTESS (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Main elements of the Value - -- None Labor Market Occupations 6/20/2022 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Observatory published in a public official website of the MTESS Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the availability of essential background information on the Labor Mark Comments: Occupations Observatory to demonstrate that the system is operational. The minimum requirements will be described in the POM. IN01149546 ►Occupations surveyed and included in the Labor Market Occupations Observatory (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 250.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the number of occupations surveyed, processed and included in the Labor Market Comments: Occupations Observatory to demonstrate its coverage. IN01149547 ►Employment and Training programs’ impact evaluation published (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 01-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 31-Dec-2024 The indicator measures the carrying out and completion of an impact evaluation for at least one Comments: employment and training program. IN01149549 ►Grievances related to the project recorded in the GRM system that are processed and communicated back to the concerned stakeholder within the agreed timelines (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 95.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 This indicator measures grievances related to the project recorded in the GRM system that are processed Comments: and communicated back to the concerned stakeholder within the agreed timelines as described in the POM. IN01149552 ►FOMENTAR participants reporting satisfaction with training provided through satisfaction surveys (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 Date 31-Dec-2021 -- 07-Jun-2022 30-Apr-2026 The indicator measures the percentage of FOMENTAR participants reporting satisfaction with training Comments: receivied out of the total of participants trained. Performance-Based Conditions 6/20/2022 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) IN01149558 ►PBC 1 Employment Offices (OEM) meeting minimum service targets for job placements and on-the-job training placements (Number, Outcome, 3.09, 1.24%) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) December 2023 Value 75.00 -- 0.00 150.00 Date -- -- 07-Jun-2022 -- Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P176781 IBRD-93370 Effective USD 250.00 250.00 0.00 0.63 249.38 0.3% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P176781 IBRD-93370 Effective 24-Feb-2022 16-May-2022 26-May-2022 30-Apr-2026 30-Apr-2026 Cumulative Disbursements 6/20/2022 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Promoting Better Jobs through Integrated Labor and Skills Programs (P176781) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/20/2022 Page 9 of 9