Skills for A Vibrant Economy Project

The development objective of Skills for a Vibrant Economy Project for Malawi is to increase access, particularly for females, to labor market-relevant skills development programs, in participating institutions, targeting priority areas of the economy. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Supporting Increased Access to Skills Development Programs in Higher Education, has the following sub-components: (i) Performance Agreements for Skills Development Results in Higher Education; and (ii) Higher Education Student Financing to Improve Equity. 2) The second component, Supporting Increase in Access to Technical, Entrepreneurial, and Vocational Education and Training (TEVET) Skills Development, has the following sub-components: (i) Performance Agreements to Support Increased Skills Development through National Technical Colleges; (ii) Increased Access to Market-oriented TEVET Programs through Competitive Grants; and (iii) Increased Equity in Formal TEVET through Scholarships. 3) The third component, Tertiary Education System Strengthening, Project Management, M&E, and Communications, has the following sub-components: (i) Higher Education System Strengthening; (ii) TEVET System Strengthening; (iii) Strengthening the Open, Distance, and e-learning (ODeL) Directorate and Support to Continuity of Learning in Tertiary Education; and (iv) Project Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), and Communications. 4) The fourth component, Contingent Emergency Response Component, will allow for rapid reallocation of project proceeds in the event of a natural or man-made disaster or crisis that has caused or is likely to imminently cause a major adverse economic and/or social impact.