Nepal: Enhanced Vocational Education and Training Project H Implementation Support Review Novemberl2-16, 2018 Aide Memoire 1. During November 12-16, 2018, a Bank Team' led by Sangeeta Goyal carried out an Implementation Support Review of the Enhanced Vocational Education and Training Project II (EVENT 11). This Aide Memoire (AM) summarizes the findings on the status of the project implementation, recommendations and agreements reached with the relevant agencies to take corrective measures and/or to expedite implementation. The AM was discussed at a wrap-up meeting on November 16, 2018 chaired by Mr. Baikuntha Prasad Aryal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MOEST). The meeting was attended by Mr. Churamani Aryal, Section Officer, Ministry of Finance. As agreed with MOEST, the AM will be publicly disclosed as required by the Bank's Access to Information Policy. OVERALL STATUS AND KEY PROJECT DATA 2. The Project is on track to achieve its Project Development Objective (PDO) of "improving equitable access to market relevant training programs and strengthening the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector service delivery in Nepal". The PDO is rated as satisfactory based on the achievement against the first year key performance indicators (KPIs) and Disbursement Linked Indictor (DLIs) targets. Most of the KPIs and DLIs for Year I have either been completed or substantially achieved. The Project Implementation Committee (PIC) constituted on May 6, 2018, and the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) constituted on June 11, 2018, have been working closely with the Project Secretariat (PS) in guiding implementation. The Project Implementation Manual (PIM) for EVENT II was endorsed on June 29, 2018, thus completing this legal covenant. Overall implementation progress is being rated Moderately Satisfactory due to delays in some prior activities for the quality improvement grants and training of instructors and heads of institutions. Table 1: Project Data Project Data Project Performance Ratings Summary Ratings Previous Current Board Approval September 29, 2017 Achievement of PDO S S Signing January 21, 2018 Implementation Progress MS MS Effectiveness Date February 23, 2018 Project Management S S Closing date July 15, 2022 Procurement MS MS IDA credit amount US$ 60 million Financial Management MS MS Amount disbursed as of US$ 0.36 million Safeguards MS MS Nov 30, 2018 (about 0.6% of allocated amount) M&E S S Counterpart Funding NA NA Ratings: HS=Highly Satisfactory; S=Satisfactory; MS=Moderately Satisfactory; MU=Moderately Unsatisfactory; U=Unsatisfactory; IU=Highly Unsatisfactory; NA=Not Applicable; NR= Not Rated IMPLEMENTATION STATUS UPDATE 3. DLI achievements for Year I and status of agreed actions from the previous consultations in May 2018: The Bank has received Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI) achievement reports including ]Sangeeta Goyal (TTL, Senior Economist), Maya Sherpa (co-TTL, Economist), Mohan Prasad Aryal (Senior Operations Officer), Uttam Sharma (Economist), Jayakrishna Upadhya (Economist), Baburam Niraula (Economist), Yogesh B. Malla (Financial Management Specialist), Annu Rajbhandari (Environmental Specialist), Jaya Sharma (Social Development Specialist), Chandra Kishor Mishra (Procurement Specialist), Dron Pun (Consultant), Deepa Shakya (Consultant) and Prakash Thapa (Consultant). Sunita Gurung (Program Assistant) provided all logistic support. EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -2- December 4, 2018 evidence as per the agreed verification protocols for Disbursement linked results (DLRs) 2.1, 2,2, 3.1, 4.1, and 6.1, with reimbursement claims totaling NRS 267,314,445 (approximately US$ 2.26 million based on the exchange rate of NRS 115 to a US$, as on November 15, 2018). Details of the achievements are described below. Annex 3 of this AM provides a status update on agreed actions from the last consultations. Most actions have been completed, and the remaining are nearing completion. Component 1: Support to Results-based Financing, Results Area 1: Strengthening Service Delivery in Technical Education 4. The draft of the quality assurance (QA) manual for technical school leaving certification (TSLC) and Diploma offering institutions has been completed and is under review. It is expected to be finalized and placed before the PIC for clearance by February 28, 2019 (DLR 1.1). The PS has received interest from 152 public and private TSLC and Diploma offering institutions in response to the Expression of Interest (EOI) for performance-based quality improvement-grants (QIG) (published in August-September2018). It is expected that the PS will complete the selection of 100 eligible institutions for receiving performance grants in two phases by May-June 2019. These 100 institutions will sign Memoranda of Understandings (MOUs) with the PS for receiving grants (DLR 1.2). With support from the PS, the selected institutions will prepare their institutional development plans for achieving higher quality assurance standards as described in the QA manual. 5. Twenty heads/personnel in management positions of TSLC and Diploma offering institutions have completed training in leadership and management (DLR 2.1) through Training Institute for Technical Instruction (TITI). Likewise, 76 TSLC and Diploma instructors have also completed occupational training (DLR 2.2). Focus group discussions were held with some beneficiaries of these two training for feedback purposes. 6. The second set of MOUs between the PS and TITI and National Skills Testing Board (NSTB), respectively, have been signed to cover activities for Year 2 of the project. As per their MOU, TITI will train 60 heads/personnel in management positions of institutions in management and leadership training, and 260 TSLC and Diploma instructors in occupational training, and NSTB will train 180 skills test assessors. TITI will conduct training during the off-peak season including the holiday period so that the maximum number of interested candidates can participate in the training. The PS, TITI and CTEVT will also strategize on outreach strategies for getting more participations for these training. With regards to curriculum, the PS will support CTEVT in identifying curricula for revision/development based on the demand from local, domestic and international employers. Such needs analysis will be carried out by the CTEVT. The list of curricula to be so revised/developed will be finalized by March 2019, before the preparation of budgetary requirements for the next fiscal year. 7. Results Area 2: Widening Access to TVET Programs: Four hundred and sixty-five disadvantaged youths attending TSLC programs received scholarships in two installments (DLR 3.1) under this activity, as per the first-year target. The remaining 35 scholarship recipients will be verified for receiving their second installment by December 2018, after the completion of the verification of attendance and other requirements. The selection of 2,000 disadvantaged youth for receiving scholarships (target for the Year 2 of the project) is in progress. The PS is developing a mechanism to strengthen verification process of scholarship applicants through close collaboration with Local Governments and the Education Development and Coordination Unit (EDCU). 8. Training of 16,087 youth (11,841 for results-based short-term training or RBST and 4,246 for voucher-based short-term training or VBST) in short-term training has been completed and income verification activity is currently under progress. Of those who received the short-term training, 87.18% were female and disadvantaged youth (against the Year 1 target of 50%; DLR 4.1). The PS has published EOI for training providers to respond to for the short-term training activity to be carried out for Year 2 of the Project for RBST of 19,000 youth, including 5,000 under women window, and VBST of 5,000 youth. The PS has also planned to provide level 2 training to 750 youth in selected trades for which cost estimation has been prepared and is in the process of approval. Regarding simplifying procurement processes and selection of firms for RBST and VBST, the Bank may accept proposed EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -3- December 4, 2018 modalities (such as quality competition; direct bidding without the publication of EOI, etc.), provided transparency and quality issues are not compromised. In addition, such decisions need to be endorsed by competent authorities. 9. The NSTB has completed the skills test of 6,902 youths (Level I - 1481, Level 2- 4674, Level 3 - 740) against a target of 6,000 youths to be tested for prior skills (DLR 6.1). The PS has signed a new MOU with the NSTB for the skills test of 6,000 youth to be tested for prior skills in 2019 (Year 2 target). NSTB will make concerted efforts to enable migrants to access this opportunity. 10. Results Area 3: Pilots in Enabling Youth Transition to Work: Detailed consultations have been held with other agencies (such as CTEVT's ENSSURE2 Project, funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)) active in the area of developing and offering apprenticeship programs. There have been delays in the development of curricula for these programs. Additionally, the curricula that have been adapted for apprenticeships cover 24 months instead of the earlier envisaged 12-18 months. This means that starting next year, only one cohort of apprentices can complete a full apprenticeship. In discussion with CTEVT including its Curriculum Development Division and NSTB, it was agreed that the PS will explore other options such as professional level and level 2 training with on-the-job training modules (which are already established modalities in Nepal) that can also be considered as part of the apprenticeships/work-place based training to be supported under the project. The evaluation of this pilot program can be expanded in scope to assess multiple models, and therefore provide a richer set of learning. The PS with support from the Bank team is also putting together a design note for the job placement pilot, and it is expected that the first set ofjob placement services will be offered in the next fiscal year. Draft guidelines for the apprenticeship/work-place based training and job placement services will be prepared by January 2019 and February 2019, respectively. Focus group discussions were held during the consultations with a number of job portal and rozgari pasal managers/owners to understand gaps in the transition of youth from training to employment. 11. Component 2: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation: A robust Management Information System (MIS) was established under the first EVENT Project which continues to be used under EVENT II. This MIS contains comprehensive and disaggregated information on short-term training, skills testing and scholarships. To avoid, duplication of training, the PS will explore the option of using district and citizen number for trainees which will give them a unique identification. The Implementation Progress Report (IPR) document will be strengthened for clearer reporting on the ESMF and the Gender Plan. An updated results framework is in Annex 2. 12. Joint monitoring teams comprising members from the PS, the MOEST and the ENSSURE Project (the latter is supported by SDC through a MOU signed between them and GON) have been systematically conducting the monitoring of short-term training activities according to the monitoring guidelines. Monitoring teams visit all training events at least six times; four times during the training and two times during employment and income verification. Verification of employment and income takes place on a representative sample basis. The current MOU with SDC is expiring in March 2019. The EVENT 11 PS will request MOEST for the purpose of extending the MOU with the SDC. The PS needs to initiate the drafting of terms of reference for and composition of the assessment teams for quality improvement grants given to selected TSLC and Diploma offering institutions. The MOEST has formed a task force to establish a national TVET MIS which will link with the CTEVT MIS, including the TMIS developed under EVENT I. 13. A nationally representative survey of migrants (current, returnee and repeat migrants) has been completed with the objective of identifying their skill and certification needs. Data analysis of the survey is currently in progress, and findings from the survey will be used to inform the design of training for and certification of prior skills of migrants. Key preliminary findings were discussed with the PS during the consultations. 2 Enhanced Skills for Sustainable and Rewarding Employment (ENSSURE) EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -4- December 4, 2018 FIDUCIARY COMPLIANCE 14. Procurement Performance: Approved procurement activities should be updated in the first week of each calendar month by uploading bidding/proposal documents, evaluation reports, contract documents, and by revising the dates of those activities remains to be initiated and/or with red flags on STEP. Procurement documents of each activities should be uploaded on STEP irrespective of prior/post review requirements of the Bank and bids/proposals opening records should be uploaded soon after completion of such events. For reducing time and effort, procurement activities including selection of individual consultants can be planned for the required duration rather than repeating procurement processes for each fiscal year, during the project period. In annual program of project, budget should be allocated to meet the payment requirements of on-going contracts. The Procurement Plan (PP) should be prepared as per need to meet result agreements and implement project activities irrespective of budget allocated in annual program of certain FY. The provisions of the Project Procurement Strategy for Development (PPSD) should be followed with special attention to procurement caveats provided in the document. The current PP of the project should be updated by December 7, 2018. Procurement performance is maintained at Moderately Satisfactory. 15. Financial Management (FM) Performance: The approved budget for FY2018-19 is NPR 1,407.3 mill ion (IDA NPR 1,399.3 million and GON NPR 8.0 million). The expenditure up to the period ending November 15, 2018 is about NPR 167.66 million (11.91% of the approved budget). The project has been maintaining books of accounts as required by GON rules and regulations. The Bank team reviewed payment vouchers on a sample basis, and they were found to be in compliance with financial regulations. The Project has also maintained required ledgers such as main credit/grant register, subsidiary credit/grant register, designated accounts. The request for change in authorized signatory (Project Director) has been made. The internal audit of for FY2017-18 has been completed. There are no outstanding trimester IPRs/FMRs or audit reports. The Team reminded the Project that the audit report for FY2017/18 is due on January 15, 2019. Based on the progress made, the FM performance rating is maintained at Moderately Satisfactory. 16. Disbursements Status: As of November 30, 2018, the Project has disbursed USD 357,171.83 million (SDR 253,994.28) under Category 2 (for actual expenditures incurred up to the second trimester and advance for the remaining trimester). The Project is expected to disburse US$ 2.26 million in the next quarter under Category I against achievement of the first year DLIs and US$0.12 million under Category 2 for actual expenditures incurred up to the third trimester of Year 1. The Project's expected disbursement for FY 18/19 is US$ 8.3 million. SAFEGUARD MANAGEMENT 17. Environmental and Social Safeguards: The Bank team noted that environmental and social safeguard agreed actions of the last review have been completed except for the hiring of an environmental to support the Project in screening of the proposals, other safeguards activities and gender related works. The Bank team emphasized the need to expedite the process of recruiting the specialists whose inputs are required for the screening process to guide and support the beneficiary institutes in filling and reviewing the checklist during the submission of the proposal. The PS will hire an environmental specialist by December 31, 2018. The Project shared a sample screening report which needs to be improved to include specific mitigation measures for the identified safeguard issues. 18. Gender disaggregated data are being collected and reported in the IPR. The Team suggested that the Project also report against the detailed implementation status of Vulnerable Community Development Framework, and Gender Development Framework in the IPR. It was noted that the project Grievance Redress Mechanism is functioning well, and the grievances are recorded and documented on a monthly basis. It is suggested that the summary of the type and number of grievances received and how it is being managed is included in the IPR. The environmental and social safeguards performance is maintained at Moderately Satisfactory. NEXT REVIEW: The next review of the Project has been tentatively planned for May-June 2019. EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -5- December 4, 2018 Table 2: Summary of Agreed Actions S.N. Activity Responsibility Agreed timeline Project Activities _6_ecember 3_,_20_8 1. Complete payment of second installment of PS December 31, 2018 scholarship for the remaining 35 students from Year 1 2. Endorsement of the QA manual by the PIC PS February 28, 2019 3. Selection of 100 institutions for QIG PS May-June 2019 4. Finalization of the list of curricula to be PS, CTEVT March 15, 2019 revised/developed 5. Draft guidelines manual for Apprenticeship/Work- PS February 28, 2019 place based training prepared 6. Draft guidelines manual for job placement services PS February 28, 2019 prepared Environmental and Social Safeuards 7. Hire Safeguards expert to support the PS safeguard PS December 31, 2018 focal person 8. Share sample copy of environmental and social PS January 31, 2019 screening document with the Bank team for feedback 9. Share a template for reporting on Gender Action PS/WB December 15, 2018 and VCDP to include in the IPR 10. Give continuum to the orientation program/training PS/safeguard expert Continuous on WB safeguard requirements to all PS staff, joint monitoring team and beneficiary institution Financial Management and Procurement 11. Submit disbursement request through client PS December 30, 2018 connection against achievement of Year 1 DLIs 12. Submit first trimester FMR and IPR ofFY 19 PS December 31, 2018 13. Submit the project audit report of FY 18 PS January 15, 2019 EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -6- December 4, 2018 Annex I List of Persons Met Ministry of Education, Science and Technology 1. Mr. Baikuntha Prasad Aryal, Joint Secretary 2. Dr. Dhurba Raj Regmi, Under Secretary 3. Mr. Jaya Acharya, Under Secretary Ministry of Finance 4, Mr. Churamani Aryal, Section Officer Enhanced Vocational Education and Training Project II (EVENT II) Project Secretariat 5. Mr. Keshab Prasad Dahal, Project Director 6. Mr. SudarshanMarahatta, Deputy Project Director 7. Mr. Sujan Raj Khanal, Under Secretary 8. Mr. Ram Prasad Adhikari, Under Secretary 9. Mr. Baburam Karakheti, Under Secretary 10. Mr. Chiranjibi Poudel, Under Secretary 11, Mr. Ghanashyam Khanal, Finance Officer 12. Mr. Shobhakar Neupane, Procurement Officer 13. Ms. Sashi Pokharel, Monitoring Officer 14. Mr. Asta Lama, Monitoring Officer 15. Mr. Ganga Sunwar, Monitoring Officer 16. Mr. Netra Narayan Poudel, Monitoring Officer 17. Mr. Krishna Joshi, Technical Assistant 18. Mr. Bishwa Raj Basaula, Procurement Consultant 19. Mr. IndraThapa, Finance Consultant Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) 20. Mr. Pushpa Raman Wagle, Member-Secretary 21. Mr. Deepak Poudel, Director, Curriculum Development Division National Skills Testin2 Board (NSTB) 22. Mr. Binod Badal, Director 23. Mr. Damodar Devkota, Deputy Director Technical Institute for Technical Instruction (TITI) 24. Ms. Akim Shrestha, Executive Director 25. Mr. Durga Prasad Upadhaya, Director 26. Mr. Kalpa Kumar Basnet, Chief of Administration 27. Mr. Krishna BahadurKhadka, Finance Officer 28. Ms. Mina Kharel EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -7- December 4, 2018 Leadership and Management Training Beneficiaries 29. Ms. Lasata Malla, Principal, Green Tara College of Health Science, Bhaisepati, Lalitpur 30. Ms. Sumita Shrestha, Principal, Shree Phulchoki Nursing College, Banepa 31. Ms. Surnitra Budhathoki, Head of Department, Khowpa Polytechnic Institute, Bhaktapur 32. Ms. Radha Acharya, Vice Principal, Kantipur College of Medical Science, Sitapaila, Kathmandu Occupational TOT Training Beneficiaries 33. Mr. Yagya Rawat, Instructor, Mandali Secondary School 34. Ms. Babita KC, Co-ordinator, Technical Training and Research Institute, Kumaripati 35. Mr. Krishna Lamsal, Instructor, Surkhet Technical Institute 36. Ms. Sunita Duwal, Instructor, Banishwori Secondary School EVENT H Project, Aide Memoire -8- December 4, 2018 Annex 2 Updated Results Framework (as on November 15, 2018) Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility (Y/N) Source/Me for Data thodology Collection PDO Indicators Percentage of trainees PMIS; tracer PS; JMT employed/self-employed studies within 6 months of 60 65 65 70 70 70 completion of short-term training No target for year 1 Achievement Income verification of first year trainees in under-way Number of Y PIC has endorsed the 100 100 100 100 100 PMIS; PS; Supported TSLC/Diploma Quality Assurance Administrative institutions; program offering (QA) Manual for Data from the CTEVT institutions that have TSLC/Diploma Supported received program offering institutions performance based institutions prepared quality improvement by PS; PS has signed grants MOUs with 100 TSLC/Diploma program offering institutions for receiving performance- based quality improvement grants Achievement Draft QA manual under review; Applications received from 152 TSLC/Diploma institutions. Selections expected to be EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -9- December 4, 2018 Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility (Y/N) Source/Me for Data thodology Collection completed by January 2019. Number of TVET PMIS; PS; TITI; instructors and/ or Adminstrative NSTB; CTEVT assessors with enhanced 0 100 440 440 340 340 1660 data submitted professional by TITI and competencies NSTB MOU with Achievement 76 TITI/NSTB signed PMIS; PS; Short-term Share of female and Administrative training disadvantaged youth data submitted providers completing market 50 50 55 60 65 65 65 by short-term relevant short-term training training programs providers Achievement 87.18 Intermediate Results Indicators Component I Number of heads of PMIS; PS; TITI; institutions who have Y Administrative CTEVT completed management 0 40 100 100 100 60 400 data sumbitted training program by TITI Achievement 20 Under _____________________ __________progress Number of curricula PMIS; PS; CTEVT revised/developed with Administrative industry participation to 0 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 40.00 data submitted reflect employer by CTEVT requirements EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -10- December 4, 2018 Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility (Y/N) Source/Me for Data thodology Collection Achievement No target for Year I Baseline PMIS; PS; supported Pass rates in quality established Administrative institutions TSLC/Diploma programs -- -- TBD TBD TBD TBD data submitted t' at the end of in supported institutions Year 1 by supported institutions Selection of Achievement institutions is under progress. Number of disadvantaged PMIS PS students who have been Administrative supported through 0 500 2000 2000 2000 0.00 6500 data scholarships to attend TSLC/Diploma programs 465 students have recevied two installments of Selection of scholarships. The students is Achievement remaining 35 students under will receive 21d installment of the progress. scholarship by December 31, 2018 Number of youth, PMIS PS; Short-term including migrants who N training have enrolled in market 0 16,000 24750 24750 24750 24750 115000 providers relevant Project supported short-term training programs Achievement 16,087Under 18 progress EVENT I Project, Aide Memoire -11- December 4, 2018 Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility (Y/N) Source/Me for Data thodology Collection Number of youth, PMIS; Ps; NSTB; including migrants who 0 6000 6000 6000 6000 6000 30000 Administrative CTEVT have completed the data submitted NSTB skills test by NSTB Achievement 6,902 MOU with NSTB signed Number of youth who PMIS, PS; job have received job Administrative placement placement assistance 0 500 500 1000 1000 3000 data submitted service through Human Resource by service providers (HR) Service Providers providers Under Achievement No target for year 1 preparation Number of trainees who PMIS; PS; Partner have successfully Administrative Institutions completed Project 0 0 500 500 500.00 1500 data submitted supported apprenticeship by partner programs institutions Under Achievement No target for year I prer preparation Component 2: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation Functional Project T Established and Functional Functional Functional Functional Functional Secretariat ] functional Achievement Functional Draft Framework Framework Framework PS PS completed; and plan and and -- Consultations held implementat shared with implementa implementati Framework initiated ion plan GON/stakeho tion plan on plan initiated Iders completed completed EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -12- December 4, 2018 Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility (Y/N) Source/Me for Data thodology Collection Achievement Not yet started Baseline Sruvey PS survey for apprenticeshi p and job placement (Year 2); End-line survey for job End-line placement survey for (Year 3); Baseline apprentices Tracer study urvey for s Eu e for RPL Tracer hips; of NSTB Studies/Evaluations -- apprenticeshi job study Tracer certified p andjob job study study of youth for placement placement TSLC/Dipl prior skills oma (Year 4); graduates End-line survey for apprenticeshi ps (Year 5); Tracer study of TSLC/Diplo ma graduate (Year 5) Achievement No target for year I First round of Second round Stakeholder of First and TBD TBD Stakeholder Feedback feedback Stakeholder second round Survey survey carried feedback of stakeholder out and survey carried feedback remedial out and survey carried EVENT II Project, Aide Memoire -13- December 4, 2018 Indicator Baseline DLI Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 End Target Data Responsibility (Y/N) Source/Me for Data thodology Collection measures remedial out in Year 2 implemented measures and 4 implemented Achievement No target for year I EVENT II Project, A ide Memoire -14- December 4, 2018 Annex 3 Status Update on Agreed Actions S.N. Activity Responsibility Agreed timeline Status on Agreed Actions Overall 1. Project Implementation (PIM) Manual PS June 15, 2018 Completed submitted and endorsed by PIC Project Activities 2. Complete occupational training for TSLC TITI, PS July 15, 2018 and Diploma instructors. 76 instructors completed training 3. Complete the draft of the operations PS September 30, 2018 Draft manual for the apprenticeship program. operations manual for the apprenticeship program has been prepared and is under review 4. Complete verification process for another PS June 15, 2018 Verification 106 disadvantaged youths process has been completed for 77 youth. The verification process for remaining youth is in progress. 5. Complete data analysis from migration WB June 30, 2018 Completed survey Environmental and Social Safeguards 6. Executive summary of ESMF translated in PS June 7, 2018 Completed Nepali and uploaded in EVENT website 7. Orientation on WB safeguard requirements PS (with June 15, 2018 Completed to EVENT II PS Staff and ENSSURE ENSSURE's monitoring team responsible for the joint- monitoring monitoring of the short-term training team), WB programs 8. Hire safeguards expert to support the PS PS July 15, 2018 In the process of focal person hiring safeguards expert. Financial Manazement and Procurement 9. Submit revised IUFR (including the PS May 25, 2018 Completed following revisions: repost govt staff salaries and allowances to GON fund; report I should be by categories as per the FA and not by component; revise the retroactive period; revise the forecast table) 10. Update PP activities in STEP: PS May 31, 2018 Completed * Drop 4 activities * Upload all necessary documents