The World Bank Report No: ISR11018 Implementation Status & Results Sierra Leone Youth Employment Support (P121052) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Youth Employment Support (P121052) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 6 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 24-Jun-2013 Country: Sierra Leone Approval FY: 2010 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Emergency Recovery Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Integrated Project Administration Unit Key Dates Board Approval Date 30-Jun-2010 Original Closing Date 30-Jun-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date 31-Jul-2012 Last Archived ISR Date 24-Dec-2012 Effectiveness Date 18-Oct-2010 Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2014 Actual Mid Term Review Date 03-Sep-2012 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) 27. The specific objective of the program is to increase short term employment opportunities and to improve employability and incomes of targeted youth. The program seeks to address constraints on the demand and supply side of the labor market namely: (i) to improve technical capacity and promote creation and/or expansion of small youth owned enterprises in economically viable activities; (ii) to improve skills base of young people to make them more employable; and (iii) to provide a safety net and income supplement for the most vulnerable youth through public works. The program will be scaling up ongoing interventions to increase number of beneficiaries and expand geographic coverage. The project will pay particular attention to learning from its experiences through impact evaluations designed around different interventions. Finally, the program is expected to reduce social pressures and the risk of conflict by providing employment support to about 30,000-35,000 vulnerable youth over a period of three years. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Cash for Works 10.00 Skills Development and Employment Support 7.50 Public Disclosure Copy Institutional Support, Policy Development, and Impact Evaluation 2.50 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Implementation Status Overview Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR11018 Component 1: Cash-for-Work The Cash-for-Work component of the project has progressed significantly well with 81% completion of the planned 470 sub-projects. The main activities undertaken include road construction and rehabilitation, inland valley swamp development and urban beautification chores. Approximately 25,000 male and female youths have been involved in the CfW, Public Disclosure Copy 33% of which are female. Thus the female participation has exceeded the planned 30% of total beneficiaries. Data collection for impact evaluation of the Cash-for-Work has also been completed. The preliminary results show that youths who benefited from the project were able to participate in informal savings groups and their expenditures on health, fuel and electricity also surged. In order to increase transparency and timeliness of payments, for the 86 remaining CfW sub-projects NaCSA will deliver transfers to beneficiaries through mobile phone payments. Component 2: Skills Development and Employment Support Two rounds of training in skills and entrepreneurship development targeting 9000 youths were planned for this component. Training for the first round of beneficiaries has been completed for 3660 youth comprising urban youth with lower levels of education, urban youth with higher levels education and rural youth. The average completion rate during the first round is about 95%. The training content focused business management, on-the-job-training and food processing. The three implementing NGOs are now advanced in preparations to start-off the second phase of the training in June 2013. Component 3: Institutional Support, Policy Development, and Impact Evaluation The draft youth policy that defines the situation of youths in Sierra Leone , with a vision statement and strategy for interventions, has been prepared. The National Youth Commission is expected to start nationwide consultations on the draft National Youth Policy in the second quarter of 2013. In addition, a total of 7 District Youth Councils (DYCs) have been established since July 2012. Owing to National elections activities in the second half of 2012, NAYCOM will further establish two new DYCs in the districts of Kambia and Kono by end of June 2013. A total of 14 DYCs will be established by December 2014. Locations No Location data has been entered Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Statistically significant difference in terms of Percentage Value employment of beneficiaries compared to Date 31-May-2013 control group (yes/no) Public Disclosure Copy Comments 86% engaged in paid work in last month compared to 49% in the control group; significant at the 1% level) Direct project beneficiaries Number Value 0.00 20965.00 29500.00 Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 Comments Through 384 CfW sub projects and skills training Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR11018 being provided by three NGOs. Female beneficiaries Percentage Value 0.00 36.40 30.00 Public Disclosure Copy Sub Type Supplemental 2. Beneficiaries who are employed or Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 60.00 self-employed in the field of training six months Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 after receiving skills development and Comments Will not be available until end employment support (%) 2013 Statistically significant difference in terms of Yes/No Value No No Yes employment of beneficiaries compared to Date 16-Jun-2010 01-Dec-2010 30-Jun-2013 control group (yes/no) Comments Will not be available until end of project Beneficiary completion rate for skills Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 85.00 development and employment support Date 16-Jun-2010 01-Jun-2013 30-Jun-2013 interventions (%) Comments Will not be available until mid 2013 Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Community-based subprojects implemented Number Value 0.00 384.00 470.00 (number) (disaggregated by district and type of Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 project) Comments Total no. of CfW sub-projects implemented. Completed sub-projects that conform to Percentage Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 ministry standards, designs and norms (%) Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 Comments Communities that have community oversight Percentage Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 Public Disclosure Copy committees in place (%) Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 30-Jun-2013 Comments Roads rehabilitated, Rural Kilometers Value 0.00 325.00 378.00 Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 Comments Person days provided in labor-intensive public Number Value 0.00 646893.00 3000000.00 works (number) (disaggregated by categories Date 31-Mar-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 men/women,district and type of subproject) Comments through 384 subprojects Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR11018 Community-based subprojects having lotteries Number Value 0.00 353.00 (number) (disaggregated by district and type Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 30-Jun-2013 ofsubproject) Comments TBD Public Disclosure Copy Beneficiaries receiving mentorship support Number Value 0.00 16450.00 (disaggregated by categories man/woman and Date 16-Jun-2010 05-Mar-2012 30-Jun-2013 district) (number) Comments TBD Number of subprojects benefiting poorest 20% Percentage Value 0.00 329.00 communities according to poverty ranking Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 (disaggregated by district) Comments TBD Total cost allocated to wages (%) Percentage Value 0.00 59.95 60.00 Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 Comments People enrolled in vocational skills/ Number Value 0.00 3660.00 6000.00 apprenticeshipstraining (disaggregated by Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 categories man/woman and district) (number) Comments This includes all beneficiaries in phase 1 of the skills training People enrolled in training on the Number Value 0.00 0.00 1500.00 establishment andmanagement of private Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 sector enterprises (disaggregatedby categories Comments not yet available man/woman and district) (number) Beneficiaries who respond that the training Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 80.00 program has had a positive impact on their Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 lives (%) Comments not yet available Employers reporting satisfaction with the skill Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 85.00 levels of trained beneficiaries (%) Date 16-Jun-2010 31-May-2013 31-Dec-2014 Comments not yet available District Youth Councils established and Number Value 0.00 7.00 14.00 Public Disclosure Copy functiong as per NAYCOM Act Sub Type Supplemental National Youth Policy revised and Date Value 30-Jun-2012 Empty Empty disseminated Sub Type Supplemental Data on Financial Performance (as of 23-May-2013) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR11018 Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P121052 IDA-47900 Effective 30-Jun-2010 20-Jul-2010 18-Oct-2010 30-Jun-2013 31-Dec-2014 P121052 IDA-H6050 Effective 30-Jun-2010 20-Jul-2010 18-Oct-2010 30-Jun-2013 31-Dec-2014 Public Disclosure Copy Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P121052 IDA-47900 Effective XDR 7.50 7.50 0.00 3.67 3.83 49.00 P121052 IDA-H6050 Effective XDR 6.20 6.20 0.00 5.75 0.45 93.00 Disbursement Graph Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Public Disclosure Copy On the request of Government, the Bank approved the extension of the project closing date from June 30, 2013 to December 31, 2014. Restructuring History CD Approval on 16-May-2013 Related Projects There are no related projects. Page 5 of 5