PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
First Draft
October 2018 to September 2019
Contract Number: AID-391-C-16-00001
Project Start and End Date: May 18, 2016 to December 31, 2019
Submitted to: Waseem Ashraf, COR, USAID
Submitted by: Qaisar Nadeem, Chief of Party, (PYWD Project)
Tel: +92.300.850.4447 Email: [email protected] Disclaimer: This report for USAID-Punjab Youth Workforce Development project is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole responsibility of the USAID-Punjab Youth Workforce Development project and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ACRONYMS 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 II. BACKGROUND 6 III. PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS 9 1) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 9 2) COMPONENT II: PARTNERSHIPS,PLACEMENT & INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING 21 3) COMPONENT III: ACCESS TO WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING 30 3.1 YOUTH TRAINED THROUGH INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING 32 3.2 ON THE JOB TRAINING’ (OJT) PROGRAM 35 3.3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING 36 3.4 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS 37 IV. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING (MEL) 38 4.1 IR-1: YOUTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES INCREASED 39 4.2 IR-II: SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS ENHANCED 44 V. PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS 54 VI. COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH 58 VII. OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES 71 ANNEX-A: PROGRESS AGAINST THE WORKPLAN 1 ANNEX-B: PROGRESS AGAINST PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 4
1 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LIST OF ACRONYMS
CO Community Organization COP Chief of Party COR Contracting Officer's Representative COTHM College of Tourism and Hotel Management DO Development Objective GESI Gender Equity& Social Inclusion GOP Government of Pakistan GOPb Government of Punjab GTTI Government Technical Training Institute HHRD Helping Hand for Relief & Development IPO Institute Placement Officer IR Intermediate Result IRM Institute for Rural Management LOE Level of Effort LOP Life of Program LTTA Long Term Technical Assistance MCCI Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry MoU Memorandum of Understanding M&E Monitoring & Evaluation MIS Management Information System NAVTTC National Vocational & Technical Training Commission NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations NOC No Objection Certificate PSDF Punjab Skills Development Fund PVTC Punjab Vocational Training Council PYWD Punjab Youth Workforce Development RAC Refrigeration and Air Conditioning RMEA Repair and Maintenance of Electrical Appliances SO Strategic Objective STTA Short Term Technical Assistance SWD Social Welfare Department TBD To Be Decided/Determined TIs Training Institutes TOR Terms of Reference TVET Technical & Vocational Education and Training TEVTA Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority TUSDEC Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company USAID United States Agency for International Development
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 2 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Punjab Youth Workforce Development (PYWD) project is a three-year project funded by USAID and being implemented by Louis Berger in four focus districts i.e. Multan, Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Muzaffargarh. By the end of year 3, the PYWD project has successfully engaged 258 local community organizations towards communal support which results in mobilizing more than 14,000 youth to pursue employment/self-employment opportunities through various workforce development programs offered by the project. The project has achieved its target milestones, which paved the way to realize the envisioned impact in the focus districts. The project has successfully trained more than 10,000 youth to play a positive role in their communities, comprising of 4,257 youth in institutional training program, 2,811 youth in on-the job training program, 1,119 youth in enterprise development training program, 1,045 youth in skills for market program, 1,013 youth in microfinance support and 1,005 youth for job placements through career counseling across the focus districts. The project received its NOC from the Home Department, Government of Punjab, Pakistan for Year 3 and thereby avoided any disruption to its ongoing programming activities. The year 3 of PYWDP marked significant achievements that will positively affect the program’s ability to reach its overall objectives and targets. In this period, the project particularly focused on the sustainability of its many collaborative efforts and formal partnerships with the local civil society organizations and public authorities, COs, project partners and district/local governments. A few highlights of this year’s achievements include completing the remaining water filtration plants and overall 36 community development initiatives and handing them over to the community and district Government in four focus districts. The project also continued forming Reflect Circles (RCs) Groups for each community to actively collaborate with these localities and district Governments to support the implementation, maintenance and sustainability of the community initiatives. The District governments have shown an increased interest in the program as evidenced by the active participation of key officials in the hand-over events of the community projects and other major events arranged by the PYWD team in focus districts. Furthermore, the project convened two comprehensive consultative sessions with the representatives of local NGOs for the capacity building of partner COs to further sustain their engagement and ability to lead future communal support beyond the project life. The project team arranged a series of community events and BCC sessions in focus districts that brought energy, creativity, empowerment, enthusiasm for new ideas, and confidence in youth. The passion and enthusiasm of youth witnessed in these community events testified to the project’s impact on stimulating more positive behaviors and attitudes in its target communities. A total of 10 community events were commissioned in the project districts in year 3, in which 1,826 youth and community members participated during. The major events were organized to commemorate international women day, graduation and toolkits distribution events, skills and entrepreneurship competitions,
3 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT inauguration of community schemes, Naat competitions, and to sensitize youth on civic responsibilities. The events secured active participation of youth, training providers, leading community members, USIAD officials and Government officials. Collectively, the project team engaged 6,596 youth in 34 community awareness campaigns and 3,952 in BCC sessions over the life of project. The PYWD project has positioned itself as an important contributor to the youth workforce development by not only providing Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to the focused youth but also by leveraging the public and private sector resources. During the year, all the training targets were achieved, and graduation events were carried out following a comprehensive examination by the training providers. As a result, 2,880 youth graduated through training providers; 357 youth successfully graduated through Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC), 634 youth through Technical Education & Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA), 1,045 through Punjab Skills Development Fund(PSDF), 202 youth graduated through College of Tourism & Hospitality Management(COTHM) and 642 youth graduated through Institute of Rural Management(IRM). The trained youth were further supported through monthly stipend disbursements, job placements and trade specific toolkits distribution for self-employment. A high standard of transparency and accountability are kept in disbursing stipends to trainees through Cash on Counter (COC) and distributed stipend to trainees on an individual basis. Cognizant of private sector’s role in the project, the project is extending its collaboration networks with industry/employer’s network for requisite support in promoting economic opportunities for the youth beneficiaries of the project. Subsequently, these collaborations resulted in direct access to employment opportunities for PYWD project trained youth. During the year, the project also completed job placement services to 1,202 youth under the On-Job Training (OJT) program. Subsequently, more than 3,000 youth were supported through job placements in the same industry by the end of Year 3. Besides, the project completed the disbursement of microfinance loans to 1,005 youth out of which 423 loans were distributed in year 3 through AKHWAT (PYWD project’s partner organization for microfinancing). Furthermore, an entrepreneurship competition was conducted in which 29 successful entrepreneurs participated and top three entrepreneurs were awarded with certificates by USAID provincial director. Capacity building remained an integral component of the project and the project supported training institutes through upgradation of curriculum, Training of Master Trainers on and provision of required equipment to fulfill the needs of training institute. The project has also conducted an in-depth assessment on short courses for High Value Agricultural Crop and drafted a manual for agriculture workers and farmers. The project established 08 Career Counseling Centers which were equipped to provide carrier counseling services and job placements for future TVET graduates in public TVET institutes. During the current year, the project trained 20 Institute Placement Officers (IPOs) on delivering effective services to youth in Carrier Counseling Centers. One of the key achievements was
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 4 the successful launch of Mobile App Hunarmand on Job Portal of National Vocational & Technical Training Commission(NAVTTC), which provides job services to all unemployed TVET youth in Pakistan. The mobile app was finalized keeping in view the hiring trends of the market, needs of employers, understanding the needs of the job seekers and as per relevance to future job trends in market. The project has also trained 16 Institute’ Placement Officers from the project established Carrier Counseling Centers on usage of mobile app and registration of youth for domestic jobs. The project team focused their efforts towards scaling up of key program outputs, consolidation of data, highlighting key success stories, development of coffee table book, animated white board video, and project documentary . Moreover, a draft report on Mapping of Textile Sector was initiated and conducted a survey of 26 textile units in focus districts. The M&E team with the help of consultants drafted a knowledge transfer report by highlighting major outcomes of the PYWD project components which will be shared with all stakeholders. The report summarizes feedback of project beneficiaries including youth, communities, implementing partners, women, government and private sector employers and explores the challenges faced, key lessons learnt and best practices from each program component. In conclusion, Year 3 further enforced the project direction to accelerate its intended results and to continue contributing broadly to USAID’s stabilization efforts in the region. The project gained significant momentum, positioning itself as a leading player in championing and supporting the development of the youth hailing from marginalized communities in Punjab. The Year 3 annual progress report is organized in the following areas to document progress made on the PYWD Project: Section II provides a background of the project. Section III lists the major activities undertaken, milestones achieved, and performance standards attained during this reporting period. Section IV discusses the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning updates. Section V discusses the problems encountered by the project, their status and proposed solutions to new or ongoing problems. It also highlights the best practices that were adopted by the PYWD Project. Section VI provides an overview of the communication and outreach component and provides a few success stories. Section VII reflects on financial information over the reporting period.
5 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT II. BACKGROUND Year 3 of the Punjab Youth Workforce Development (PYWD) project ran from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, marking significant achievements, which will positively affect the implementation of future activities. The project strengthened collaboration and formal partnerships with local authorities and district governments. District governments have taken more ownership of the program as key officials participated in events arranged by the PYWD team in target districts. This ownership and assistance will have positive effects in the time to come for the PYWD project.
Louis Berger implemented the program strategy for work force development through introduction of new initiatives/subcontracts. More than 10,000 youth benefited through various skills training, this included the continuation of Institutional skills training with Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) and Technical & Vocational Education and Training Authority (TEVTA), Skills for Market linkages Program for rural women through PSDF, Skills training in Hospitality trade in collaboration with College of Tourism and Hotel Management(COTHM), and introduction of demand driven training skills trainings through rural based centers of Institute of Rural Management) IRM for BISP beneficiaries. Moreover, Career Counseling services were provided to trained youth through project established Career Counseling Centers and Interest free microfinance loans were provided to young entrepreneurs in the collaboration with Akhuwat. The project has supported training institutes by providing required machinery and equipment, curriculum upgradation and capacity building of trainers. The project signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with Private Sector Employers such as Skills leader Institute, Al Barkat Food Industries, Multisyn, Muller & Phipps, Pakistan Customized Wheel chairs, and Shah’s Designer for training and placement of project youth in the most demanded trades. These collaboration paved ways for the PYWD project to provide On Job training to unemployed youth, which lead to job placement of these youth in the same industry. Subsequently, the project has secured more contract letters for job placements of youth from different employers, industries. During year 3, the project provided employment support to 5,815 youth including wage employment opportunities to 1,918 youth in demanded trades with different employers and self-employment opportunities to 3,834 youth through Microfinance Loans Support and toolkit support in relevant trade to project trained youth. Collectively the project supported 8,976 youth towards employment opportunities by the end of year 3 including wage employment of 4,210 youth and self-employment 4,766 youth. This initiative has opened a window of opportunity for the youth for an enhanced economic outlook of the focus districts.
Moreover, the project engaged Community Organizations which worked closely with communities to ensure youth participation in work force development programs, consultative sessions, Behavior Change Sessions, and other community events. The passion and enthusiasm of youth witnessed in community events testify to the project’s impact on shaping positive behaviors and attitudes. Positive
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 6 feedback from communities and ownership by the district and local authorities will push the PYWD project into the right direction, and towards the achievement of project success. The PYWD team has sensitized many youths especially women in the process of being registered with the national database for their CNIC, especially women in target districts. The project also delivered a total of 36 community development projects to solve local problems during the reporting year. Encouraging feedback from the communities and youth on different programmatic initiatives demonstrate that the ownership of communities for sustainability will ultimately result in shaping a better and informed society and youth. Program Overview The USAID-PYWD project is a 3-year project funded by USAID and being implemented by the Louis Berger Group (Louis Berger). The program is intended to promote economic growth by improving opportunities for youth and building socially- constructive attitudes among the communities. This 3-year effort includes active community engagement to encourage socially constructive attitudes and generate employment opportunities for at-risk youth in the disadvantaged communities, thereby seeking to
Figure 1. PYWD Project target districts in Punjab. mitigate extremism and instability. The focus districts for the PYWD project are Bahawalpur, Lodhran, Multan, and Muzaffargarh. The Project will have a far-reaching impact on the communities in the selected areas through three main project components as outlined below: I. Community Engagement: Under this component, community organizations are involved in identification of youth and promotion of socially constructive behavior among the youth, including opening prospects for skills development and gainful economic opportunities. II. Institutional Capacity Building: This component involves upgrading the capacity of 22 local institutions to offer modern, market-driven courses that better equip students for gainful employment or entrepreneurship. III. Access to Workforce Education and Training: Under this component, PYWD project is enabling vulnerable and marginalized youth to seize new work-learning opportunities and build skills--valued by employers--to increase their income.
The PYWD Project was conceptualized to transform the growing “youth bulge” of Pakistan, especially in the focus districts of South Punjab, into a growth dividend through provision of opportunities to acquire market-led skills that promote employment and entrepreneurship. The project is targeting 10,000 youth aged between 16-29 years, out of which at least 35% will be women and has two broad results to complement USAID’s stability efforts in Pakistan: 1. to increase youth economic opportunities; and
7 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2. to enhance socially constructive attitudes and beliefs among youth and their communities
Figure4.2 Inauguration of Solarization of VTI Mulan(Top) and One Window Citizen Facilitation Center (below) by U.S. Consul General.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 8 III. Program Achievements This section of the report highlights program achievements for Year 3. Programmatic achievements for all three components; Community Engagement, Institutional Capacity Building, and Access to Workforce Education and Training, are summarized below: 1) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT The engagement of community in the target districts is the first step of community mobilization. During the year, the Project’s community engagement team expanded its outreach by conducting field-based activities such as identification of COs, identification of marginalized youth, youth awareness sessions, REFLECT circle sessions, and exposure visits of school children to TVET institutes. Several local-level collaborations were developed with influential community members and other key stakeholders who volunteer and are willing to extend their support in implementation of the PYWD project activities for marginalized youth of focus districts. The Project is continuously generating support for implementation through robust community mobilization initiated during the year and is expanding its programmatic outreach. 1.1. Identify and engage existing Community Organization (COs)/stakeholders The identification of new Community Organizations (Cos) reflects the fact that the PYWD project is penetrating deep into the communities in target districts. The CO/Stakeholder identification is carried out as part of community mobilization, and the identified COs provide outreach in the community to engage marginalized groups in project’s community resilience support activities and are especially helpful in nominating marginalized youth for program participation. The project engaged a total 258 COs & Stakeholders by the end of Year 3 to engage marginalized groups and youth in project activities in project districts i.e. Multan, Bahawalpur, Lodhran and Muzaffargarh. Out of which, 36 Community Organizations (COs) & Stakeholders were identified and engaged during year 3. All newly identified COs were sensitized about the PYWD project in consultative sessions and resolutions were signed with them. District-wise details of 36 COs & Stakeholders engaged in year 3 are shown in Figure 1.1.
40 36 35 Stakeholders Community Organizations 7 30 25 20 15 29 11 10 10 1 7 8 4 1 1 5 10 6 6 7 0 Multan Muzaffargarh Bahawalpur Lodhran Total
Figure 1.1 : Community organizations identified through PYWD project
9 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 1.2. Consultative sessions on capacity building of partner COs: The project team invited leading local NGOs for participation in consultative sessions for capacity building of the project partner COs. The main objective was to engage leading local NGOs for capacity building of partner COs. The project conducted two consultative meetings in Multan and Bahawalpur on July 18, 2019 with representatives of Local Community Organizations to ensure the sustainability of the community engagement efforts beyond the project’s life. The PYWD Chief of Party chaired the events and deliberated on a sustainability plan for the PYWD Project’s robust community engagement initiatives. The Figure 1.2. COP chairing a consultative session with local NGOs capacities of COs will be built through interaction among the target groups of COs and conducting trainings. An approximate group of 20 COs (5 in each district) will be selected for the capacity building. Each CO will be selected through a selection criterion, which will include assessment of capacity issues and organizational structure of COs. A lead Organization will be engaged for the capacity building of selected COs in their respective district which will be responsible for development of standard training manual and development of final rollout plan for conducting trainings. The participants agreed to endorse the project to support as working group for capacity building of COs.
1.3. Awareness sessions for marginalized youth and families in four target districts The project conducted youth awareness sessions to sensitize youth and communities about the objectives of the PYWD project and the major Female, 36% training opportunities for youth. A youth awareness session usually involved 30-40 participants with the inclusion of females as a necessary component and Male, 64% feedback was also collected from participants during the awareness sessions. The sessions were organized in close consultation with the members of Figure 1.3: Youth engaged in awareness sessions by PYWD the COs who identified the youth in four districts. project Collectively, the PYWD project has successfully engaged 14,124 youth and their families in several awareness sessions through partner COs during the project life. Out of which 3,144 (36% female)
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 10 community members and youth were engaged in the reporting year. The gender segregation of participants is shown in Figure 1.3. 1.4. Identification of vulnerable and marginalized youth The goal of the project revolves around reaching vulnerable and marginalized youth. After a detailed Female briefing on the project, the PYWD project staff share 31% criteria regarding the identification and selection of the marginalized youth. The criteria are strictly adhered to so that deserving and at-risk have a chance of selection. Male Subsequently, the project identified 14,628 at-risk 69% youth by the end of Year 3, out of which 3,092 youth were identified in the reporting year. The identification process also focused on women, another key priority Figure 1.4a : Gender wise at-risk youth identified through PYWD project for the project. Figure 1.4.a shows the gender-wise segregation of 2,143 (69%) male youth and 949 (31%) female youth identified in Year 3. These identified youths were further referred for Institutional Training and On the Job training and quarter wise detail is shown in Figure 1.4 b.
5000 3092 Female Male 4000
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1000 950 972 242 949 506 0 422 22121 Q1 Q2 Q3 Total
Figure 1.4b Number at-risk youth identified through PYWD project 1.5. Reflect Circle (RC) sessions and Community Development Initiatives During year 3, the PYWD project implemented Community Development Initiatives to address local issues using a participatory development method known as Reflect Circle (RC) group approach. Through RC group approach, the community members were able to collectively discuss & identify local problems, prioritize the urgent needs, and act collectively to create local-level forum, develop local consensus-based proposals, and seek possible avenues of support from government and PYWD funded CDI schemes. The community engagement teams facilitated the RC groups in the situational analysis by adopting various participatory rural appraisal (PRA) tools including social mapping, diagramming, pairwise/preference ranking, and group discussions. The project selected 25 COs in the
11 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT four districts and formed RC groups with the inclusion of community members, especially youth volunteers, in the group. Overall, 55 sessions were held with 25 local partner COs wherein community members successfully built consensus on 36 priority community projects. 22 Water Filtration Plant, 4 Solar Street Light, 3 Garbage Box,4 tree plantation campaigns, one window facilitation center, helpline and a public library.
40 36 35 Bahawalpur Lodhran Multan Muzaffargarh 30 9 25 22 10 20 6 15 6 10 10 3 4 4 6 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 7 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 Digitization of One Window Citizen Garbage Solar Street Tree Water Grand Total Public Library Facilitation Helpline for Container Lights Plantation Filtration Plant center Facilitation center
Figure 1.5: Number of Community Projects by Type and District 1.6. Exposure Visits of School Children to Training Institutes
In Pakistan, traditional education does not cover and/or promote the importance of technical and vocational education. Due to this, most school children are unaware of the potential opportunities in technical and vocational education available after completing their basic schooling. To address this gap, the project organized exposure visits of high school youth to different technical and vocational training institutes to raise awareness about the importance of TVET in order to help the students make more informed decisions on their career development. In Year 3, more than 847 students (481 Female and 367 Male) from different high schools visited the training institutes (Figures 1.6.a and 1.6.b).
Male Female 481 400 179 Male 200 169 367 70 232 43% Femal e 65 70 630 0 57%
Figure 1.6a: Students During Exposure Visits Figure 1.6b: Gender Segregation of students of Exposure Visits
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 12 During the exposure trips, management of the TVET training institutes sensitized the high school students about the importance of technical education, different TVET skills, and the scope of these skills. They also provided exposure to classrooms and /laboratories and also provided feedback on different queries by the student.
1.7. Behavior Change Communication Campaign (BCC) The PYWD project supported Behavioral Change Communication (BCC) campaign, designed and implemented to sensitize the youth and communities on selected themes and to promote socially constructive attitudes, was concluded. Through this campaign the project has directly benefited 3,652 individuals (58% female) across the focus districts. A total 140 BCC sessions were held for project trained youth of TVET & OJT programs, CC Services, High School Students, Parents and Youth Councilors in focus districts.
Figure 1.7a. Participants of BCC sessions in Lodhran and Bahawalpur.
Through interactive BCC sessions and groups activities, key messages were disseminated to increase knowledge and awareness of youth on civic engagement, workplace & communication ethics, equal opportunities, environmental stewardship, leadership qualities, health and hygiene related topics. The participant summary by district and gender is shown below in Figure 1.4.
4000 3652 # Male Participants # Female Participants Total Participants 3500
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1500 1218 982 964 1000 621 634 488 488 1538 500 371 597 348 476 0 117 Multan Lodhran Muzaffargarh Bahawalpur Total
Figure 1.7b. BCC Sessions Participant Summary
13 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 1.8. Community engagement events To promote positive and constructive behaviors of youth in focus districts, it is important to expose them to socially accepted activities through engaging in community events like; Green, and Bright Pakistan Campaigns, International Women’s Day, Toolkit Distribution Ceremonies, Launch event of Skills-Based Trainings, PYWD project exhibitions, Naat Competition and Inauguration Ceremonies of the community projects. These events marked a great success in engaging youth in the target districts and for constructively shaping their attitudes. The high spirit of the young girls and boys was worth witnessing; for most of them, this was their first opportunity to express their feelings and learn positive lessons from the motivational speeches, stage theatre, singing & speech competitions, comedy skits, tableaus and other cultural demonstrations. Moreover, to capitalize on these events, the project invited key guests from City District Governments, training institutions, and relevant partners.
During the year, 1,826 (73% female) participants were engaged through these events while collectively the project Male 27% successfully engaged 6,596 youth through these events. The higher participation of female youth in these events reflects the momentum of activities built up through the project community mobilization activities and District Government Female engagement. The events were organized at local training 73% institutes and sports stadium, encouraging youth and their families to participate in higher numbers which Figure 1.8 : Number of Community Projects by District further contributed towards positive behavior change for marginalized groups through the PYWD project. Gender wise segregation of participants of community events is shown in Figure 1.8. The series of community events conducted during Year 3 focusing youth & community members are discussed below.
1. U.S. Consul General’s Visit to PYWD Exhibition Lahore The project organized an exhibition event on December 12, 2018 at Pearl Continental Hotel, Lahore to showcase the project role for providing skills training and employment opportunities for youth in focus districts. The young graduates shared their experiences with U.S. Consul General, Colleen Crenwelge, and the Acting Provincial Director USAID Punjab, Dean Salpini and demonstrated their newly acquired skills in solar panel system management, blue pottery, healthcare Figure 1.8a: U.S. Consul General, Colleen Crenwelge and Acting Provincial Director USAID Punjab, Dean Salpini visited PYWD Exhibition Event in support, and pest management. The event Lahore
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 14 highlighted the role of the PYWD project in providing employment or self-employment opportunities for youth, thus contributing to a stable and prosperous Pakistan, a key component of USAID’s development strategy.
2. Skills-Based Training (for BISP Beneficiaries) Launch Event The PYWD project organized a launch event for a new Skills-Based Training Program on December 8, 2018, at the Arts Council, Multan. The purpose of this event was to showcase the successful public/private partnership model by launching exclusive skills-based trainings for self-employment for Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) beneficiaries, especially for underprivileged women of the targeted districts of Multan, Muzaffargarh, Lodhran and Bahawalpur. The event provided a platform to 755 individuals, including representatives from TEVTA, PVTC, the chamber of commerce and industry, government officials, civil society, NGOs, and the community, to learn more about the joint efforts of the PYWD project and BISP to strengthen stability and improve livelihoods, especially in South Punjab Pakistan.
Figure 1.8b. Launch Event of PYWD Skills-Based Trainings for BISP Beneficiaries
3. Mehfil-e-Milad Naat Competition The project organized Mehfil-e-Milad events at the Vocational Training Institute, Lodhran, and the Vocational Training Institute, Bahawalpur, on November 30, 2018. The event included recitation, quizzes and debate competition amongst trainees. Total 260 participants (110 female and 150 male) including trainees, teachers and parents attended Mehfil-e- Figure 1.8c A Winner trainee of Naat Competition during Mehfil-e-Melad at VTI, Bahawalpur
15 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Milad events. These events provided a platform for self-expression to trainees who participated in the competition. Based on performance, the judges distributed prizes among the winners. The contest helped to spread the message of love, peace and humanity among youth and provided them with an opportunity to improve their confidence through self-expression.
4. Clean, Green, and Bright Lodhran The event titled “Clean, Green, and Bright Lodhran” was organized on March 5, 2019 at District Council Hall Lodhran. Chairman District Council Lodhran, Mr. Mian Rajan Sultan Peerzada attended the event as the Chief Guest, while, Chairman Municipal Committee Lodhran-Sheikh Iftikhar-ud-Din Taari, Assistant Commissioner Lodhran, Abdul Latif Khan, and Chief of Party PYWD Project-Qaisar Nadeem were among the key note speakers. During this event, six large trash containers and 20 solar street lights were provided to Local Government officials to enable a safe and healthy environment for the communities in district Lodhran. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajan Sultan Peerzada highly appreciated USAID-PYWD Project’s contribution in the series of development initiatives at Lodhran district including community development initiatives: i.e. digitization of Municipal Library Lodhran, provision of 10, 000 plants/trees, solar lights, and waste containers.
Figure 1.8d :Chairman District Council Lodhran, Rajan Sultan Peerzada along with CoP PYWD and district administration Lodhran inaugurating the trash containers, during Clean, Green, and Bright Lodhran event
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 16 5. Clean, Green, and Bright Bahawalpur The second event titled “Clean, Green, and Bright Bahawalpur” was organized in collaboration with Bahawalpur Waste Management Company on March 6, 2019 at Bahawalpur Club, Bahawalpur. The purpose of this event was to highlight project’s support to the district government in providing a clean, green and healthy environment to the communities of district Bahawalpur. Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur, Shauzab Saeed was the Chief Guest of this event, while Chairman District Council Bahawalpur, Dilshad Qureshi, Managing Director Bahawalpur Waste Management Company, Muhammad Naeem, Chairman District Council Lodhran, Rajan Sultan Pirzada, Chairperson Parks & Horticulture Authority, Shehla Ehsan, and COP, PYWD Project were among the guest speakers. During the event, the PYWD project handed over 35 small Trash Bins to the Waste Management Company, and 5 large trash containers to the Municipal Committee Bahawalpur. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Shauzab Saeed, Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur and Managing Director Bahawalpur Waste Management Company, Muhammad Naeem, extended their appreciation to USAID-PYWD Project for its generous support to complement district government’s commitment towards a clean and green Bahawalpur. Mr. Shauzab also expressed, that in addition to donating these trash containers and 10,000 trees/plants earlier, the project was also providing 5 solar operated water purification and filtration plants to the district administration.
Figure 1.8e. DC Bahawalpur, Shauzab Saeed and district administration along with CoP PYWD project during inauguration of USAID funded Solar street lights and Clean & Green Bahawalpur Event
6. Commemoration of International Women’s Day 2019 in Multan and Muzaffargarh To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, the PYWD Project in collaboration with Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, organized a seminar on “Economic Growth through Women Empowerment, Challenges & Opportunities” on March 7, 2019 in Multan. The seminar provided an opportunity for the officials from relevant public-private partner organizations, training providers, media and civil society organizations to discuss gender disparity and challenges to increase socio- economic opportunities for women in Pakistan, particularly in South Punjab.
17 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT During the event PWYD project trainees showcased their business enterprises including Blue Pottery, Hand Embroidery, Jewelry Making and Khusa Making. The delegates appreciated the work of PYWD trainees and applauded the project’s efforts.
The Seminar was attended by 281 individuals
(49% female) including representatives from Figure 1.8f(i). Project trainees presenting a role play on the Chamber of Commerce & Industry Multan, importance of Green Pakistan TEVTA, PVTC, Civil Society, NGOs, PYWD Project’s beneficiaries, community members and local media persons. Notable guest speakers included, Board of Director FDO, Member Women Crisis Cell Multan, and Ex- President Rotary Club Multan.
Figure 1.8f(ii). Project trainees presenting a performance on significance of trees for healthy environment
Figure 1.8fiii. Commissioner Multan, Imran Sikandar (middle), Romana Tanveer, Senior Vice President MCCI, and CoP PYWD awarding toolkit to the project graduate
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 18 7. Commemoration of International Women’s Day 2019 in Muzaffargarh The PYWD Project in collaboration with Social Welfare Dept., organized the International Women’s Day 2019 on March 8, 2019 in Muzaffargarh. The event was attended by 367 individuals (17% females) including youth, parents, community members, and officials from District Administration, NGOs, and the academia. Figure 1.8g. COP PWYD Project highlighting project’s contribution towards women empowerment.
8. Skills Competition of beautician trade at TEVTA Institutes In Year 3, the PYWD Project’s the project team conducted four events on skills-based competitions for Impression and Apeal (10%) beautician trade in Bahawalpur and Multan districts. The
Skills Competition events are designed and implemented Style and relevance (20%) Marks to encourage skilled youth and reward their vocational excellence. During this year, the project team organized Hair styling (15%) mega competition events in which more than 52 contestants, who were trained through PYWD project Makeup (20%) in beautician trade, participated from 16 different training institutes located in four focus districts. Task Completion (20%) The skills competition events provided an opportunity Stage Presence & Carriage to youth to demonstrate their skills, share creativity and (15%) helped others to see a skilled profession in action. Figure 1.8h. Six-point Evaluation Criteria To implement the skills competition, a committee comprised of certified beautician trainers, was formed Winning Team and six-point evaluation criteria was developed. In first 1st Position GVTI (w) Bahawalpur round of competition, four district level events were held 2nd Position VTI Kot Adu to select four best teams for final round competition. The 2nd Position VTI Dunyapur final round competition was held in GVTI (W) 3rd Position VTI Writer Colony Bahawalpur on June 25th, 2019 in which four district level teams comprised of 12 beautician trainees participated. The wining team was rewarded.
19 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 9. Micro-finance Entrepreneurship Competition Event After the successful distribution of 1,013 micro-finance loans to project-trained youth the PYWD project in partnership with Akhuwat, conducted a comprehensive Entrepreneurship Competition to inspire the outperforming micro finance
and small business entrepreneurs from Social and Business Economic Business Type of all four target districts. The Linkages Benefit to Sustainability Business (0-5) Family (1-5) (1-5) performance of the selected (0-5) entrepreneurs after utilization of the interest free microfinance facility was Figure 1.8i (b). Four-point Evaluation Criteria evaluated based four-point selection criteria. A total of 29 entrepreneurs (9 female and 20 male) participated in the competition. Detailed sector wise categories of businesses of the entrepreneurship competition is shown in figure below.
Male Female 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0
Stitching
Garments
Shoesand
Blacksmith
Cloth
LaceShop
MovieMaker
KiryanaStore
Beauty Saloon
Livestockfeed
Emroidery
Cosmeticsand
selling/Boutique
Electrician and
FurnitureWork
SteelWorkshop
AutoWorkshop
FoodProduction
Spare Parts Shop
Ice Cream Ice Agency
KhussaMaking and MobileAccessories Food/agriculture Manufacturing Services Figure 1.8 i(a) Type of Business by Sector
The Entrepreneurship Competition was conducted to encourage the successful youth and reward their excellence while the award ceremony was held in Shah Jahan Hall, Multan on August 6, 2019. The best performing case stories of entrepreneurs from all four districts for the competition was collected from focus districts and verified through direct visits to businesses, and review of records data through Akhuwat. Thus, the evaluation criteria was based on four mentioned indicators (Figure 1.2.2) and the scoring was done on Likert scale of 1-5. USAID provincial director, Mr. Kelvin distributed awards to top three best entrepreneurs of interest free loans disbursed under PYWD project. The PYWD COP, USAID Award District Trade provincial director and other 1st Position Multan (Female) Khussa Making government officials encouraged all and Embroidery 2nd Position Lodhran(Male) Movie Maker entrepreneurs for sustainable income 3rd Position Muzaffargarh(Male) Mobile generation. Detail trade-wise winning Accessories teams is in below table;
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 20 2) COMPONENT II: PARTNERSHIPS, PLACEMENT & INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING Over the years, various TVET sector studies have highlighted a staggering gap between the skills of graduates from TVET institutes and the skills demanded by the market. This gap between supply and demand points to substantive institutional capacity issues that need to be addressed to make training providers more responsive to the market. Based on the findings of the Project’s TVET Skills Gap Analysis Report, the project has extensively worked on building the capacity of TVET institutes in areas including curricula revision, updating of machinery/equipment, teachers training, career counseling, and systems improvement
During the year, the project has effectively built partnerships with private sector employers for the job placements of youth in focus districts. The project conducted round table seminars in focus districts with industries and TVET sector authorities to showcase the training models and sustain the employer engagement for employment of skilled youth. The PYWD project continued to support youth through Career Counseling services through the project established CC centers; and youth trained through OJTs were provided with placement support towards employment with the same industries. Furthermore, collaboration with NAVTCC was continued to accelerate the development of Mobile App and its implementation.
Realizing the emerging demand of skilled labor in agriculture sector, particularly in value added crops, the project started work on development of curriculum for short-term courses on high value crops through agriculture sector expert. Additionally, a subject sector expert was engaged for industrial mapping who conducted meetings with experts, identified the associated value chains in textile subsector, and designed and administered surveys of textile units to support the Industry mapping report. The following section describes PWYD’s progress against the component activities that were planned in Year 3.
2.1 Capacity Building of Training Institutes
The PYWD Project successfully continued its Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) program in Year 3. During year 3, one more institute was upgraded, and capacity building activities were provided, including: i) Solarization of PVTC Multan ii) Training of Trainers iii) Curriculum Upgradation, and iv) Other Special Initiatives.
2.1.1 Solarization of PVTC Multan
In continuation to the upgradation of 21 training institutes in previous years, the project supported PVTC Multan as part of its Instructional Capacity Building activities. The PYWD project demonstrate the example of green energy through the installation of solar energy in Punjab Vocational Training Council, VTI Multan keeping in view the energy crises in Pakistan. After the initial assessment by the
21 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT technical team, PYWD project floated an RFP for the provision and installation of solar system. The project was delivered in two months with the overall cost of PKR 4.99 million.
Technical aspects for installation of the solar system was ensured for long term sustainability of the project e.g. system earthing, breakers, proper wiring to avoid short circuiting and other malfunctions etc. Furthermore, the system was designed technically to be able to attach to WAPDA grid through net-metering after certification from Multan Electric Power Supply Company (MEPCO). The project is supported by warranties, which include, solar panel warranties of 25 years, batteries and inverters warranties of 1 year. The project is also backed by 2 years after sales services and maintenance which is free of cost.
The ownership, onsite operations and maintenance of the solar power system, including regular cleaning, security and safety procedures was taken by the Institute. The Institute has separately signed MoU with the vendor for providing services including; training and capacity building on regular operations, maintenance, cleaning, and safety of the equipment for solarization.
2.1.2 Training of Trainers During the reporting year, the project trained 39 TVET staff (54% female) in classroom management, teaching Female Male 54% methodologies, leadership, team building and other life 46% skills. This training session was attended by staff members including the managing director, managers and principals. Overall the project supported a pool of 116 trainers from TVET institutes which aimed at capacity building of trainers, strengthening coordination and was greatly appreciated and regarded as a very productive endeavor by the participants. Figure 2.1.2. Gender segregation of Trainers
2.1.3 Updating/modification of training curricula One of the major findings of PYWD Project’s Skills Gaps Analysis was the need to develop short-courses for Agriculture sector trades. Agriculture is the dominating sector in the project focused districts, providing food, employing large number of the labor force and providing livelihood to the rural population of the focus districts. However, due to traditionally prevalent and outdated techniques adopted for the sowing, growth, disease prevention, harvesting and preservation of crops, low yields were achieved by the farmers. Therefore, there is need to impart skills on production technology for farmers and agriculture workforce on efficient technologies and best practices for High Value Agriculture Crops (HVAC). In this regard, the project team conducted a detailed meeting with Central Advisory Committee (CAC) of Pak-German Institute of Co-operative Agriculture (PGICA) for technical consultation on the development of short courses on HVAC. The project team
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 22 conducted preliminary consultations with agriculture sector experts and academia which highlighted the need for short-term courses with respect to emerging needs of the agriculture sector.
The discussion concluded with recommendation to form a technical committee of four agriculture experts for the selection of topics, design of courses and an actionable plan for implementation of courses. The project engaged an agriculture consultant to convene necessary consultations with the stakeholders and to materialize the Figure 2.1.3. COP Meeting with Agriculture Experts actions suggested by the technical committee. Based on the deliberations with expert for HVAC, the project has drafted short-term courses for Rabi and Kharif seasons(Figure 2.1.3 c below). Theses specific skills on crops/production technology of high value crops will be imparted to farmers and agriculture workers through training institutes to cope with the emerging needs of agriculture and economic development.
Figure 2.1.3c. Short Courses Selected for Agriculture Sector
Kharif Season Crops Rabi Season Crops
1. Production Technology of Red Beans 11. Production Technology of Tomato 2. Production Technology of Melon 12. Production Technology of Onion 3. Production Technology of Water Melon 13. Production Technology of Garlic 4. Production Technology of Chilli Crop 14. Production Technology of Pea 5. Production Technology of Capsicum 15. Production Technology of Sesame 6. Production Technology of Okra 16. Production Technology of Cumin 7. Production Technology of Turmeric 17. Production Technology of Fennel 8. Production Technology of Coriander 18. Production Technology of Glandulous 9. Production Technology of Tube Rose 10. Production Technology of Cucumber in Tunnel
2.1.4 Career Counselling Services Centers The PYWD project has successfully established 8 Career Counseling (CC) centers in 08 institutions during Year 3. The centers were renovated and equipped with ICT tools, furniture and other necessary materials and are well equipped and the IPOs in each center are well trained to sustain the career counselling services for upcoming TVET graduates in the training institutes. During the reporting year, the CC centers were actively engaged to provide employability support for TVET graduates including job search, preparation for interviews, work readiness, and personalized counseling to opt wage- employment or self-employment.
23 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2.1.5 Career Counselling Services and Placement During the reporting period, 1,346 youth were supported with career counselling support and 779 CC Services CC Placement unemployed TVET graduates were successfully placed 1346 1500 with employers. During the life of project 2,153 779 658 881 unemployed skilled youth were provided career 1000 465 121 counselling support and the project supported 1,005 500
TVET graduates with employment opportunities with 0 different employers. To achieve this target, the project Female Male Total has created a database of unemployed graduates of TEVTA and PVTC through Institute Placement Figure 2.1.5 Youth supported with Career Counseling and Placements support Officers (IPOs) of TEVTA and Admission and Placement Officers (APOs) of PVTC. The IPOs and APOs were trained by the project and engaged with CC Centers as career counselors for the TVET trained youth. Gender wise summary of beneficiaries who received CC and Placements support during the year is shown in Figure 2.1.5
2.1.6 Capacity Building of the Career Counseling Staff In order to provide continued career counselling Female services to the skilled unemployed youth in Southern 20% Punjab, the project has trained and engaged 43 Institute Placement Officers (IPOs) for conducting regular training sessions at established CC centers to provide employability support for unemployed youth. During the year, the project conducted a 3-day “Basic Training on Male Provision of Career Counselling Services to PVTC Staff” 80% at Hospitality Inn Hotel, Lahore during March 26 - 28, Figure 2.1.6 Gender wise IPOs trained 2019. A total of 20 IPOs (16 Male, 4 Female) Admission & Placement Officers (APO’s) from PVTC from all four program districts attended the training. The training is provided to enable and prepare the APO’s to conduct career counselling activities in their respective institutes.
2.1.7 Development of Mobile Application for TVET youth PYWD project in partnership with NAVTTC has developed a mobile application named Hunarmand, which was synced with national job database i.e. ‘National Employment Exchange (NEX).’ One module of the application is aimed at providing part time jobs to domestic services. The project team conducted a 2-day workshop on implementation of the Hunarmand App for Career Counselling Centers on July 18-19, 2019 at GTTI-TEVTA, Khanewal Road, Multan. The workshop successfully
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 24 trained 16 Institute Placement Officers from all the eight Career Counselling Centers on usage of Hunarmand app.
During the workshop the IPOs learnt about at the actual utilization of mobile application, 5 including in-depth knowledge of all 4 1 application processes, user registrations 3 2 2 2 (jobseekers and employers), verification of 2 3 job seekers, approval and handling, and 1 2 2 2 admin and control panels. Deputy Director- 0 Multan Muzaffargarh Lodhran Bahawalpur NSIS from NAVTTC also enlightened IPOs Female Male on job placement services, national and international employment opportunities for Figure 2.1.7 District wise IPOs trained on Mobile app TVET graduates and tapping NAVTTC’s national job portal for employment linkages. Moreover, during the second day, real time testing of the app was also performed by the participants and provided feedback to the consultants of RIKSOF for improvements session the Hunarmand job application. As a result of this session, the IPOs are now able to register job seekers and employers with the application while their respective Career Counseling centers were connected to NAVTTC’s national job portal and mobile application for job seeker’s verification. The launch of the Hunarmand Mobile App is planned in October 3, 2019.
Figure 2.1.7. Pictorial view of the Hunarmand Mobile App Workshop
2.2 Partnerships for Placements and linkages development with industries During the reported year, several employer linkages and private sector partnerships were created to further targeted districts. These included seminar on Business Partnerships organized in collaboration with Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and Bahawalpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), MoU with COTHM for 200 youth trainings in hospitality trade for PYWD project youth, Apprenticeship and Placement Agreements signed with 12 employers for 1,202 youth; Skills leaders Institute, Hakra Group, Muller & Phipps, Colony Textile Mills, Multisyn and Naqash Publicity,
25 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Pakistan Customized Wheel chairs for avenues of job placement, apprenticeship and on-the-job training opportunities for PYWD project youth. The placement department received 1,202 Employment letters for youth from 12 private sector employers. Industrial Mapping of 26 Textile Mills and round table with Industries and private sectors.
2.2.1 Industrial Mapping of Textile Sector Building upon the findings from PYWD project’s Skill Gap Analysis report, the project has initiated an Industry Mapping Study of textile sector in South Punjab. The purpose of this study is to identify the existing and future demand for skilled labor (blue-collar workers) by employers in the textile sector and sub-sectors. Through this study, the project will identify skill gaps to meet the specific demands at workplace within textile sectors and provide recommendations for TVET design and delivery to meet the skilled workforce demands within the textile sector. The specific objectives includes, understanding the skilled labor needs of the textiles sector and sub-sectors, eliciting the views of textile sectors employers regarding the curricula content, training facilities and pedagogical practices of TVET provider, identifying the skills development courses offered by TVET providers in the target region to meet the demand of textile sector and mapping the gap in the skills demanded by the industry and those offered by TVET providers.
A sector specific consultant was hired for technical support for textile industry mapping. In its first phase, several consultation meetings were held with leading textile sector employers/industries for the identification of associated value chains. Detail value chains of four sub sectors were identified in consultation with sector and sub sector (Figure 2.2.1).
Picking Bale Yarn on Cone Bleaching Sorting Mixing Warping Machine Dyeing Ginning Blow Room Sizing Machine Printing Baling Carding Machine Drawing -in Finishing Combing Machine PIRN Winding Drawing Machine Weaving Machine (Loom)
Cotton Cotton Ginning Roving Frame Textile Weaving Textile Textile Spinning Textile Cloth Inspection &
Ring Frame Processing Textile Mending Cone Winding Machine
Figure 2.2.1. Textile Sector Value Chains
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 26 A data collection instrument 30 26 Faisalabad Gujranwala Lahore was developed after 25 3 incorporating technical inputs 20 5 from sector and sub sector 3 15 2 experts from the textile sector. 10 10 8 8 1 The project tam also 1 3 2 13 5 7 1 4 coordinated with the TEVTA 4 0 2 Directorate of Apprenticeship Processing Unit Spinning Unit Weaving Unit Grand Total Trainings to conduct Figure 2.2.1. District wise survey status from textile units the surveys with the relevant textile industries. A total of 26 textile mills (8 processing units, 10 spinning units and 8 weaving units) were visited and survey was conducted with the relevant staff of the textile mills. After detailed analysis, the draft report will be shared with the stakeholders.
2.2.2 Meetings with TEVTA District Board of Management (DBOM) The District Board of Management (DBOM) is a joint body of TVET authorities and relevant industries to create linkages between TVET providers and labor market, promote industrial-demand-driven course and build capacity of TVET providers. The PYWD project has engaged DBOM to revitalize the function of DBOM, showcase the successful workforce development models implemented by the project, and highlight the need to improve the coherence, relevancy and compatibility of TVET courses to meet the emerging labor market demands. Two DBOM meetings were conducted during the reporting period. The first DBOM meeting was held in District Muzaffargarh and Bahawalpur. During these meetings, the participants emphasized to create more partnerships with industries, identify the skill-gaps and improve the relevancy of TVET courses. The participants of DBOM meeting included TVETA officials, industrialists, businessmen, local philanthropist and PYWD project staff.
Figure 2.2.2. Meeting with Board of Management (DBOM) of TEVTA
27 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT The president DBOM shared DBOM’s efforts in creating linkages with industries for employment of youth including the MOUs with Honda, Ravi, and Metro. While highlighting the need for employability of skilled youth, the president shared examples of emerging trades including high value crops in agriculture sector and organic farming in District Layyah. The project’s COP shared the achievement of project and its overall contribution to TVET sector in southern Punjab. The participants appreciated the overall contribution of the project, especially the project’s support for capacity building of technical and vocational training institutes including the provision of materials & equipment for lab upgradation and trainings for the instructors.
2.3 Placements of youth for employment generation
2.3.1 Microfinance to support Youth Led Enterprises The project, during the current year, in collaboration with Akhuwat (PYWD project’s partner organization for microfinance), 500 423 continued disbursement of loans to 400 a pool of 423 (154 females and 269 300 269 males) graduates of the Enterprise 200 177 Development Training discussed 114 100 118 58 74 75 154 45 above. The total loan worth PKR 59 31 0 39 27 29 17.1 Million was disbursed during Bahawalpur Lodhran Multan Muzaffar Garh Grand Total the year and half of this amount was Female Male contributed by the PYWD project. Figure 2.3.1a : Cumulative District Wise Disbursement of Micro Finance Loans The Average size of business loan per beneficiary was PKR 37,767, ranging from Min PKR 20,000 and Max PKR 50,000. . Figure 2.3.1 a shows breakdown of loans by district and gender and Figure 2.3.1b shows the breakdown of loans disbursed in PKR million across sectors.
Loan PKR Million No of borrowers 17.1 Total 423 12.1 Services 300 2.9 Manufacturing 72 2.1 Agriculture 51
0 20 40 60 80 100120140160180200220240260280300320340360380400420440460
Figure 2.3.1: Disbursement of Micro Finance Loan by sector
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 28 2.3.2 Distribution of Trade specific Toolkits to graduated youth At the end of institutional trainings, the 6000 PYWD project has provided self- 5000 3411 employment support to trained youth Female Male through provision of toolkits in selected 4000 trades. During the year, preliminary 3000 558 assessments and arrangements were made 2000 for the technical inspection of sample toolkits 944 894 2853 1000 781 792 316 242 through experts from TVET providers. 781 944 578 550 0 Followed by the recommendation from IRM PSDF PVTC TEVTA Grand Total technical inspection committee, 25 trades were Figure 2.3.2a. Toolkit Distribution Summary by Gender and identified for the procurement of additional Training Provider toolkits. Bids received in response the Request for Quotations (RFQ) were evaluated and the procurement process was completed for toolkits. After careful assessments and consultations with stakeholders, the procured toolkits were shifted to distribution points in focus districts. Furthermore, the project organized a series of toolkits distribution events and provided 3,411 toolkits to youth trained for 25 trades. This included 944 youth (all females) who received toolkits at the end of 12- month SML program. Total distributions till end of the reporting year is 3,753.
The proportion of toolkits by trades are shown in Figure 3.4.
Welder 20 66 Solar (PV) System for Power Generation 25 112 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning(RAC) 83 23 Machinist 25 48 Khussa Making 25 62 Heating, Ventilation & Air conditioning Repair… 122 219 Fashion Designing 191 21 Electricians 45 105 Domestic Tailoring 260 1061 Chunri Making 20 20 Bridal Making 29 502 Auto Mechanic 27 8 Adda Work 292 -100 100 300 500 700 900 1100
Figure 2.3.2 b Proportion of Toolkits distributed by Trade
29 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 2.3.3 Placement followed by On the Job Training (OJT) On the Job training that leads to placement is an effective way and important step to engage youth in positive economic activities. Upon completion of OJT, all youth were placed at respective employers and 50% of their salary was paid by the PYWD project with the remaining 50% salary to be paid by the employers for an agreed period of probationary job placements. During probationary placements period, the employers imparted skills to youth as per work requirements and enhanced their capacities. After the completion of placement period of 3-5 months, employers took over the responsibility of 100% salary payment to all trained youth and placed them on jobs. The project also provided placement services to youth under direct placement model in which the Figure 1: Salman Ahmad, District Bahawalpur during On youth received salaries from the first month of the job raining at Dharalla Autos placements. The project team maintained regular contact with the project youth placed at different industries to know their retention at work .
During the reporting year, the project placed 1,202 youth (107 female and 1,095 male) with private sector employers; 135 youth in Agriculture sector, 1,043 in manufacturing sector and 24 in services sector. District wise, sector wise and gender wise OJT trained youth are shown in figure below.
1202 1200 107 Fema Male Female 978 1000 le 69 9% 800 600 1095 400 909 200 103 Male 32 65 38 24 91% 0 65 32 65 24 Lodhran Multan Bahawalpur Multan Bahawalpur Grand Total Agriculture Manufacturing Sevices Figure 2.1. Proportion of OJT youth by sector and gender segregation
3) COMPONENT III: ACCESS TO WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PYWD Project directly support the DO3 of USAID Pakistan’s mission strategic framework of ‘Stabilization’. Over the three years, the project has positioned itself as an important contributor to
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 30 the youth workforce development in the market driven trades not only through the provision of Technical & Vocational Education Training (TVET) to the youth but also leveraging regional strengths and tackling challenges. The PYWD team successfully placed trainees for skills development training programs in the project’s partner training providers, including the Technical and Vocational Education Training Authority (TEVTA), the Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC), PSDF and Private Institutes. Youth were enrolled in demand-driven trades, with a high ratio of female trainees. The project’s team further focus efforts on expanding economic opportunities for the vulnerable groups through OJT training program with industries. The project team ensured merit-based selection criteria along with strict adherence to level of marginalization for final selection of youth beneficiaries for all training programs. By the end of Year 3, the project has successfully supported 10,237 youth through skills training; 4,257 youth were trained through Institutional Training, 2,811 youth supported with Apprenticeship and Placement services, 1,119 youth trained through Entrepreneurship Trainings and 1,045 youth trained through Skills for Market Linkages Program. The number of enrolled and retained trainees remained above the overall planned targets. The drop out remains low (i.e. 7%) as shown in Figure 3.1 above.
Figure 22: Women trainees during on the job training with Roohi crafts
During the reporting year, the progress of ongoing institutional TVET programs was tracked through monthly attendance. Based on the satisfactory attendance the stipends for enrolled trainees were processed. Official results and exams record of youth who completed TVET programs were retrieved to update the training completion records and verified trainee information for tracking and toolkit
31 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT distribution planning. Learning from the experiences and demanded trades, the project-initiated trainings in hospitality, agriculture, and renewable energy in the coming year.
3.1 Youth trained through institutional training The Year 3 progress was substantial in regard to the completion of enrollment targets. The project continued enrollments of youth in skills trainings through the district-based institutes of training providers to ensure a contribution towards the project’s goal of increased economic opportunities for youth. Enrollment timelines were aligned with the annual schedule of training providers, COTHM, TEVTA and PVTC and IRM for short-term courses (3 to 6 months). During Year 3, the project intensified training partnerships with the private sector
training providers for trainings in demanded trades and Male Female self-employment generation of youth. The training 26% 74% institutes were primary responsible for imparting technical skills as per the training curricula, trainee’s attendance, skill competency assessments, overall performance with regularly reporting to PYWD Project as per a pre-agreed frequency. The response from youth was also overwhelmingly Figure 3.1a: Gender participation in Institutional Trainings positive, especially from enrolled women (74%) who recognized the opportunity as life-changing (Figure3.1a),). Moreover, to ensure equal access to opportunities and gender participation, specifically designed female trainings were conducted through rural based training centers of partner training providers IRM and PSDF. The overall graduation rate was 99%. So far, the project has successfully enrolled 3,097 trainees out of which 2,914 youth were retained and completed the training courses, and 2,880 youth successfully graduated in different trades (Figure 3.1 b). Despites the challenges faced, the PYWD project has retained an overall 94% of trainees in classes and the dropout was only 6% (Figure3.2 c).
2880 Drop 5000 out, 2914 6% 4000 1045
3000 634 642 2000 357 202 1045 3097 1000 642 649 369 1100 Retention, 645 209 415 719 0 218 94% BISP COTHM PVTC TEVTA PSDF Total Enrolled Trainees Trained Youth Passout youth
Figure 3.1b Training Providers wise Status of Institutional Trained youth Figure 3.1 c: Retention and pass out rates
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 32 Final Examination of PYWD Trainees in Public & Private Institutions The PYWD Project follows the prevailing national standards regarding ongoing training programs at TEVTA, PVTC, COTHM and IRM. All the trainees adhere to the 70% attendance criteria of project, appeared in examination to qualify in the relevant trade. The successful youth were awarded with graduation certificates. Overall 99% graduation rate was recorded during the reporting year; IRM 100%, COTHM 97%, PVTC 97%, TEVTA 98%, and PSDF 100%. Figure 23 depicts the graduation percentage of different training providers of the project.
100% 100% 100% 99% 98% 98% 97% 97% 97% 96% 95% 94% IRM COTHM PVTC TEVTA PSDF
Figure 3.1 d: Institute wise data of graduation rate of trained youth
3.1.1. Institutional Training with TEVTA & PVTC As part of the enrollments with public training providers TEVTA and PVTC, the PYWD project conducted six months trainings in 16 demand-driven trades during the year. Across the focus district, total of 991 youth (66% female) successfully graduated through batch 3 and batch 4 of TEVTA and PVTC respectively as shown in Figure 25. The status of graduated youth in demand driven trades is presented in figure 3.1.1.
991 1000 Tunnel Auto Pest Solar Electrician 900 Manager Farming Embroidary Auto Technician 2% Mechanic 1% 800 337 3% 2% RAC 7% 3% 700 Machine 8% Embroidary 600 3% Beautician 500 452 18% Kashi 84 400 Gari 300 253 654 5% 182 Domestic 200 81 104 368 Fashion Tailoring 93 21% 100 172 Designing Clinical 79 89 25 7% 0 Heating Assistant Ventilation 6% Air Conditioning Dress Fabric Repair Making Printing (HVACR) 8% Female Male Grand Total 2% 5% Figure 3.1.1: Youth trained by gender, district and trade
33 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 3.1.2 IRM’s Demand-Driven Training Program The project supported women through skills development in specific demand-driven trades through project partner IRM. IRM established 28 mobile training centers in rural areas. A total of 642 BISP beneficiaries were trained in 10 demanded trades include, Adda work, Beautician, Bridal making, Hand Embroidery, Commercial Tailoring, Khussa making, Driving Day care attendant, Chester making, Chuniri making and Driving during the year.
This model supports self-employment of trained rural youth by linking them with businesses and creation of self-employment opportunities in focus districts. Potential youth were provided with 3- month apprenticeship training, leading to creation self-employment. Upon the completion of training, the project provides trade-specific toolkits to pass-outs, which enable them towards self-employment and subsequently to have a sustainable source of income. Trade-wise summary is shown in Figure 28.
800 700 642 Adda 600 Work Beautici 500 244 12% an 380 9% 400 262 109 300 230 200 135 103 Comme 100 80 80 rcial 127 88 88 Tailorin 0 g BISP-I BISP-II Grand Total 79% Bahawalpur Lodhran Multan Muzaffar Garh
Figure 3.1.2 . IRM-BISP trained youth by district and trade
3.1.3. TVET Program implemented through Private Training Institute COTHM
To enhance their employability of youth in focus 250 202 200 150 districts, the PYWD project signed a MoU with 142 100 51 51 50 50 COTHM to conduct trainings in hospitality 50 30 37 42 33 60 21 14 17 sector for youth of focus districts. Four main 0 8 trades were selected on the basis of market demand comprising of six-month courses in
Pakistani BBQ Cuisine, Baking & Patisserie, and Female Male Grand Total Food & Beverage Services/Operations and a Figure 3.1.3: Trade and gender wise trainings three-month course in Air Ticketing Reservation completed through COTHM System (UK Certification). After completion of the training, the institutes conducted examination and
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a pool of 202 (30% female) graduated youth are now ready to meet the industry demand form project focused districts. Figure 33 depicts trained youth in the in the four selected trades.
3.1.4 Innovative Program with PSDF – Skills for Market Linkages The Skills for Market Linkage Program (SML) was a 12-month long program, launched in collaboration with Punjab Skill Development Fund (PSDF) in all four districts, designed to foster self-employment among female youth. Through this initiative, the project has successfully trained marginalized women and provided business toolkits to further support them towards self-employment. This SML program included 6-month classroom/lab work, and 6-month market linkages work to market the products, develop linkage with customers and support youth led enterprises. In this program, total 1,100 female youth were enrolled in three trades: Commercial Tailoring, Adda Work, and Hand Embroidery.
To ensure mobility of youth in rural areas, the project engaged five Service Training Providers of PSDF to deliver the trainings to female youth: Sangatani Women Rural Development in Multan, Paidar Development Organization in Multan and Muzaffargarh, Public Welfare Organization in Lodhran and Jobs International Pvt ltd. and Indus Heritage Trust and Al-kausar in Lodhran and Bahawalpur respectively. Total 1,045 youth (95% of the total enrolled with project support) completed first 6- months of SML program, and 987 (89.7%) youth completed 12-month SML program. Below is the trade-wise data for the number of youths completed SML Program.
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3.2 On the Job Training’ (OJT) Program The project supported youth through On the Job Training program with relevant trades of different
35 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT industries located in focus districts. Overall the project
trained a total of 2,811 trainees through OJT programs Bahawalpur Lodhran 7% through private sector employers. 9% During the reporting year, 1,202 youth (1,095 males and 107 females) were trained for OJT training/ apprenticeships with 12 employers. The highest trainings were conducted in Multan followed by Lodhran and Bahawalpur. The highest Multan 84% number of trainings were conducted for Manufacturing sector in textile and garments sub sectors. The sub sector
wise summary of youth enrolled to OJT program is shown Figure 3.3. Summary of district wise youth who below: completed OJT program
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Figure 3.3. Summary of sector wise youth trained in OJT program Monthly tracking of attendance and stipends processing Throughout the reporting period, the progression of ongoing institutional trainings programs and OJT programs were tracked through monthly attendance sheets, and monthly progress reports were collected from relevant training institutes and industries/employer. The project field team compiled the monthly attendance sheets and coordinated with finance team to disburse the monthly stipends to trainees (enrolled youth). The training tracker, M&E/MIS data was updated based on enrollment and dropout data collected through monthly attendance.
3.3 Entrepreneurship Training The project, with the support of partner IRM, designed a 5-day entrepreneurship-training module for prospective youth who have the occupational skills but lack specific skills required to become
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 36 successful entrepreneurs and business owners. This is a mandatory training program for all youth 500 Male Female Total 442 selected for the project’s microfinance loan 400 160 program.In Year 3, the project trained 442 young 300 166 people including 160 females and 282 males in 143 200 282 entrepreneurial skills (Figure 31). In 71 45 81 52 100 95 98 11 33 collaboration with Akhuwat Microfinance, the 41 48 0 project then disbursed loans to those who
Figure 30: Youth EntrepreneurshipMultan -training
received this training, so they can materialize the Lodhran
Bahawalpur Grand Total Grand business plans they had developed. The major Muzaffargarh Figure 3.3. Summary of youth who completed EDT program business ventures proposed include a small embroidery unit, a grocery shop, a beauty parlor, a stitching unit, and an electronics repair shop.
3.4 Stakeholder Engagement Meetings Through stakeholder engagement, the project uses various models to ensure training and placement of youth in sustainable employment. On-the-Job (OTJ) training is being conducted by select industry partners, who not only ensure demand-driven training but also provide permanent placement of the trained youth in their factories and/or with their partners. Similarly, institutional trainings were conducted through signing MoUs with training providers and partners. To apprise stakeholders about PYWD interventions, the project held a number of engagement meetings which are described in below Figure 3.4. Figure 3.4: Important Stakeholders Collaborated with in Year 3 Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC) Punjab Trade Testing Board (PTTB), Manager (Research & Development), PVTC, apprised Lahore the on-going training of PYWD executed at PVTC Chairperson PTTB, Ms. Nabeela Saeed institutes and agreed to extend his support for future Kazmi extended her full cooperation for training. The Solarization of PVTC Multan was highly timely assessment and certifications of regarded by the management of institute. PYWD pass-outs. Punjab Technical Education & Vocational Training District Administration, Muzaffargarh Authority (TEVTA) Deputy Commissioner Muzaffargarh General Manager (Operations) shared the demand for appreciated the efforts of PYWD TEVTA-Batch-IV and assured his full cooperation during project for establishment of One toolkit distribution to PYWD trained youth. window facilitation Center in Muzaffargarh College of tourism and Hotel Management (COTHM) Benazir Income Support Program The project team conducted meetings with COTHM (BISP) management for trainings of trainees in hospitality and The project team coordinated with tourism trades. They assured full cooperation to BISP for identification of vulnerable PYWD intervention for conducting graduation female youth of focus districts for skills ceremonies for successful trained youth training.
37 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IV. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL)
Monitoring and Evaluation is central to PYWD project’s quality enhancement through incorporating ongoing analysis of activities and learning outcomes into the reprogramming and recalibrating the planned activities. It is enabling management through the provision of a permanent feedback to assess project’s direction towards achieving its intended results. This mechanism is embedded as part of the overall program planning and delivery cycles. The PYWD project adopted a participatory approach to project monitoring and thereby involving key stakeholders in self-reporting their activities of the Annual Work Plan. The PYWD project team understands that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of program outputs and outcomes is critical to ensure that the program reaches its goals and targets. The M&E team is involved in measuring short and long-term impacts of project interventions to ensure that the project beneficiaries and activities are accurately recorded, traced, and reported; causal relationships between the activities and the outcomes are identified and reported; data is disaggregated with respect to age, gender, location, trade etc.; and post-training outcomes of trained youth are evaluated (i.e., self- employed or job placements). The following methods were utilized by the M&E team to assess the short-term results:
Field Monitoring: As part of the program design, four M&E Field Coordinators conducted periodic monitoring visits to all projects sites and supported program team for program data collection and updating of data on Management Information System (MIS). Under the guidance from M&E unit from head office, they have established a robust monitoring mechanism which will ensure that the program activities are aligned and on track. In this year, the focus was on monitoring programmatic interventions, collection of program data, monthly progress reviews and tracking of data to remove inefficiencies.
Spot Evaluations and BCC post session evaluation: The M&E team periodically conducted spot evaluations to assess the change in behavior of youth after participation community support events and sessions.
Pre-Assessment: The M&E team periodically conducted Pre-Assessment of trainees to assess the change to mark the youth’s level of responsiveness towards positive attitudes and confident on their roles. This analysis has rightly pointed out the areas related to youth on which focused efforts will be required.
Post-Assessment: A comprehensive exercise of post-assessment of completed training has been conducted. The purpose of the assessment is to collect data from all enrolled trainees about their
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 38 feedback on how effective and efficient role they will play after the training. Moreover, to measure the outcome of the understanding, knowledge and skills in the trades they were enrolled in.
KEY RESULTS ACHIEVED
The PYWD project achieved results Increased Stability in Focus Area perceptibly contribute towards the USAID Mission’s Development Objective (DO) of “Increased Stability in Focus Districts.” The Result 2. Socially PYWD project made substantial strides in the Result 1. Youth economic constructive attitudes and opportunities increased. behaviors among youth and Year 3 towards realizing the result of their communities enhanced. “increased economic opportunities for youth,” and “Enhanced Socially constructive Figure 4.1.a PYWD Project Outcomes(IRs) attitudes and behaviors among youth and communities” which, in turn, lead to strengthened stability and resilience among project beneficiaries and the community at large. The pictorial view of IR/outcome-specific achievements are provided in Figure 4.1a and specific achievements are described in below sections 4.1 and 4.2. 4.1 IR- 1: Youth Economic Opportunities Increased The project’s Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) data showed that a total 8,976 youth were pursuing employment or were self-employed following completion of PYWD supported workforce development programs. Overall, the program has met its LOP targets for youth placements. During Year 3, the project placed 4,210 youth in jobs (wage employment) including 1,005 youth through career counselling services, 2,726 youth placed with employers through OJT, 85 youth through direct placements, and 394 youth placed in jobs after institutional training. The project also supported 4,766 youth in self-employment; 1,013 youth receiving Microfinance loans, and 3,753 youth supported with toolkits for self-employment (Figure 4.1b).
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Figure 4.1.b Summary of wage employed and self-employed youth through different trainings by the project
39 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 4.1.1 Sector wise analysis of youth placed at private sector employers To accomplish the job placements for youth, the project has collaborated with 69 employers who signed partnerships for the apprenticeship to youth as well as for resource leveraging. The placed beneficiaries, having no baseline income (all unemployed prior to their placement), have gained an increased sense of purpose in life and earned an average monthly income of PKR.21,837 after microfinance support, PKR 15,000 after OJT trainings and PKR.6,605 after institutional training .The Figure 4.1.1 provides a breakdown of project beneficiary placements for wage employment by sector and average income earned by youth. Figure 4.1.1.a shows youth placed at various sub-sector employers of manufacturing related employers and 4.1.1.b shows the number of youth placed in different sub-sector employers of agriculture and Services sectors.
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Total Manufacturing 2251 Wood Works 10 Textile & Garments 1647 Termite Proofing 15 Sheet Metal Sector 18 Pest Management 15 Paper & Paper board article 6 Marble & Granite Finishing 7 Manufacturing of Wheelchairs 15 Light Engeenering 271 Leather and Footware 36 Jewellery Making 19 Food Manufacturing 20 Fabric Paint 10 Dough Work 10 Chemicals 112 Camel Skin 20 Blue Pottery 20 0 500 1000 1500 2000
Figure 4.1.1.a Subsector wise 2251 youth placed at different employers (Manufacturing)
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Figure 4.1.1 b. Subsector wise youth placed at different employers (Services and Agriculture sectors)
4.1.2 Sector wise business established by youth through Microfinance loan (tracer survey) During the reporting year, a Microfinance tracer survey was conducted in which 427 (71%) youth responded out of target 600 youth. The project supported 1,013 entrepreneurs through provision of microfinance loans. The results depicted that Overall 99.5% of youth utilized the loan; 80% youth have used loan amount to expand existing business whereas 20% have used the loan amount to establish new business. Across the focus districts, very diverse businesses are established by youth receiving the MF loans. The number of businesses by types are shown below in figure 4.1.2 a.
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Figure 4.1.2 a Sub Sector wise youth business established through Microfinance loan The income data show that average monthly income during first two month was PKR 12,731 and at the time of survey the average monthly income increased to PKR 21,628. On average, over the life span of one year, the youth led businesses thrived with a 70% increase in monthly income. The net increase in monthly income of all types of business are shown in Figure 4.1.2 b.
41 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 45,000.00 40,000.00 35,000.00 30,000.00 25,000.00 20,000.00 15,000.00 10,000.00 5,000.00 -
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Figure 4.1.2 b Sub Sector wise comparison of initial income and monthly average income of youth businesses 4.1.2 Sector wise by youth employments through Institutional trainings(tracer survey) The Tracer Survey of Institutional Trainings was conducted by M&E team during the year and a 79 percent response rate was achieved. A total of 2,675 youth responded out of target 3,389 trained youth. The PYWD project’s ongoing training programs were also excluded from the survey. Overall, 59% of the survey respondents reported that they have started work and generating income after completing PYWD supported TVET course. Out of this, 71% were female and 29% were male youths. The average monthly income earned through Wage-Employment was two times higher than income earned through Self-Employment. Youth who didn’t get paid work outside household but did productively use learned skills & toolkits at home (here referred as Self-Domestic Work), were contributing a fair amount (Approx. Rs. 2,772 per month) to family income. The average wage- employment and self-employment was higher in Multan & Muzaffargarh as compare to Bahawalpur & Lodhran. In district Lodhran, average monthly income was lower as compare to other three districts. Average monthly income (in PKR) by district and type of employment are shown below in Figure 4.1.3 a.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 42 16,000
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Figure 4.1.3.a Average income of youth after institutional trainings However, gender wise income data revealed that across the three types of employment the average monthly income earned by female youth was lower than the income earned by male youth due to less opportunities for women in the focus districts .The average income earned by female and male youth are shown below in figure 4.1.3b.
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Figure 4.1.3.b Gender wise Average income of youth after institutional trainings
43 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 4.2 IR-II: Socially constructive attitudes and beliefs among youth & their communities enhanced The outcomes under Results 2 “Supporting Youth Develop Positive Behaviors and Attitudes” are measured through spot evaluation conducted in community-based events, Pre/Post Evaluation of conducted with trainees of institutional training program, and post-evaluation conducted with participants of BCC sessions.
4.2.1 Perception of youth participated in Community Based Events, collected through Spot-Evaluation Community based events are instrumental in reshaping community perception towards youth and contributing to socially constructive attitudes among youth. The project-supported community events are effective platforms to raise youth awareness, resilience building, strengthen their voice, and meaningful integration of youth for social cohesion. During the reporting period, the project celebrated two events on International Women day and collected post-event feedback from youth to assess the contribution of community events towards positive attitudes. In the two community events, the project M&E team collected data from 61 participants (57 female and 4 male). Figure 4.2.1 summarized responses of youth who provided feedback after attending the two events.
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Figure 4.2.1: Participants response on youth engagement event
Marginalized females from the target districts have limited opportunities to participate in outdoor events. The feedback data revealed that 100% of the females were participating for the first time in such events. The PYWD project is actively engaging youth, especially women/girls and providing them with outdoor exposures, self-expression and collaborative learning. Majority of the participants affirmed that the events effectively enhanced awareness on important topics and contributed towards positive attitudes.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 44 4.2.2 Shift in Attitudes of youth towards Positive Behaviors at the end of Institutional Training Program Moreover, the PYWD project supported the trained youth to build crucial life/soft skills for socially constructive attitudes. To measure the change/shift in social attitudes of the youth through skills integrated by the project, a four-level scale to measure socially constructive attitude was utilized. At the time of pre-test, 160 enrolled trainees recorded their responses against the four questions regarding their perception of existing levels of positivity. Likewise, 160 participants responded during the post-training assessment survey. The participants were asked to rate their responses on a scale from 5 to 1, whereas, 5 depicts “substantial” and 1 refer as “None”.
120 100 101 80 60 69 64 40 28 20 23 16 0 1 4 7 8 None Minimal To some extent To a great extent Substantial 1 2 3 4 5
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Figure 4.2.2. Pre & Post Assessment Trend of Positive Attitudes
The analysis of pre- and post-test data revealed interesting insights related to the perception of youth and perceived positive behavior trends of trainees indicating a clear impact of the program interventions towards the role of youth in the society. The analysis reflects that at the pre-test level, 85% of responses fall under the lower three scales i.e., 1 to 3, which were transformed to the top two levels “4 or 5” during the post analysis, which indicates that due to the skills integration, the trained youth felt more socially empowered and eager to play an active role in the society. The figure 4.2.2 above shows that prior to intervention, 101(63%) of the youth answered “1 = None” and 28 (18%) marked “2= Minimal” while very few 7 (4%) fell under the “3 = to some extent”. However, the same questions were asked after the training completion and most of the participants, 69 (43%) marked “4 = to a great extent” and 64(40%) marked “5 = substantial”.
4.2.3 Shift in Attitudes of youth towards Positive Behaviors after BCC sessions In line with the Intermediate Result 2, the behavior change communication campaign was conducted by the project which aims to promote positive social attitudes of youth so that they can play a constructive role in their economic and social development and become agents of change in their communities. A post session evaluation survey was conducted to gauge the immediate results of the intervention, which shows that 99% perceived feeling of motivation and positive role within their
45 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT communities. The results indicated that all of the participants believed that due to the participation in BCC session activities they believe that they are able to communicate well with their communities. Another important result was that all of the participants were sensitized and ready to act as a change agent to share the learnings of BCC topics to their friends and families as shown in figure 4.2.3a.
Perceived feeling of motivation and positive role within their community 99.7% Yes No 0.1% I dont't know 0.2%
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Figure 4.2.3 a Perceived feeling of motivation and positive role within their community
As a responsible citizen, are you sensitized enough to share your learnings on these BCC topics to your friends, 100% family and community.
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Figure 4.2.3b. Indicative results of BCC learnings and communications with their communities
The figure below depicts that the participants of BCC session were asked about the key BCC messages to be promoted by them by sharing with people around them. All the participants agreed to share their learning on social ethics, responsible citizenship, positive attitude and workplace ethics with their friends and families and 91% participants agreed that they will educate their friends and families about clean and green Pakistan, communication ethics, leadership topics and health and hygiene as shown in figure below.
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1. Social Ethics 100% 2. Responsible Citizenship 100% 3. Positive Attitude 100% 4. Workplace Ethics 100% 5. Equal Opportunities 100% 6. Clean and Green Pakistan 91% 7. Communications Ethics 91% 8. Leadership Qualities 91% 9. Health and Hygiene 91%
Figure 4.2.3c .Indicative results of sharing of BCC learnings
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 46 4.3 Management Information System (MIS)
A comprehensive Management Information System (MIS) final version was implemented to maintain the data of all trainees and to track and measure their progress in terms of employment/income increase, along with other relevant modules covering trainings, community engagement, placements and M&E data. MIS traditional graphical dashboard has been changed to drill down dashboard to get a bird-eye-view of project performance. New dashboard possesses the following features to accommodate its user to get a pin point information. The following progress has been achieved till the end of Year 3:
• Community engagement data for all partner community organization • Youth Identified youth for trainings • Toolkits data update based on trade, district, and distribution points. • Youth enrollment count based on district, tehsil and union councils. • BCC data updated for all 140 sessions along with post session feedback data • Tracer survey round 1 and round 2 updated • On the Job trainings data along with employer details • Microfinance tracer data updated • Self-efficacy survey data updated
Besides, this dashboard has enhanced query-based reporting, tracking of trained youth, user-specific dashboards and other specialized features. In Year 3, a new module was developed for tracking of microfinance youth and self-efficacy survey of female youth p which assisted the project to evaluate training impacts on youth and their lives.
Figure 4.3. Sceen shots of PYWD project MIS
4.4 Collaborating, Learning and Adaptation (CLA)
The project’s overall approach is placing strong emphasis on Collaborating, Learning and Adaptation (CLA) as during all phases of the project: design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. Data is being collated rapidly and shared with program staff, implementing partners, local governments and other stakeholders to foster collaborative design intervention strategies and incorporate real-time
47 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT feedback into the work plan. The entire PYWD project team is involved in a rapid learning curve as we scale up our activities in the last year of project implementation.The intent behind PYWD project’s CLA approach is to ensure that progress towards ‘Development Objective (DO)’ is guided by analysis of a wide variety of information sources and knowledge: monitoring and evaluation (M&E) data, innovative models, new learning that brings to light new best practices, collected observations, and strategic collaborations. It is helping ensure that the causal pathway to desired outcomes is continuously assessed and adjusted to yield the most effective course of action. Therefore, the project is ensuring that M&E information flows two ways using feedback loops and monitoring of project activities. Along with efforts to identify lessons learned, corresponding training is provided to empower the field teams in putting learning into practice. The M&E team trains field teams and ensures they understand the intent behind all data collection tools, templates and forms. The following key learning outcomes from the last three years of project implementation have been incorporated within the project’s programmatic cycle: • Training relevance, quality, and job placement require identification of trades for training that belong to sectors of the economy with employment growth potential or significant/growing share in GDP. To do so, the project has conducted trainings in demand driver trades of hospitality and agriculture sectors in focused four districts and identified the local market’s needs. • Some of the informal skills require less classroom trainings so the project has actively promoted workplace-based learnings by direct job placement programs and provided jobs to 85 youth from project districts. • In comparison to stipend disbursements to enrolled students through the built-in manual process of training institutes, the PYWD project introduced Cash over Counter(CoC) method for the electronic release of stipends to project beneficiaries. It has proved to be an innovative technology-based tool for marginalized youth’s civic awareness and financial inclusion, with an added advantage of increased transparency in the process. • To ascertain the level of marginalization of identified youth, the project continued the community engagement for identification of marginalized youth through COs and other stakeholders. The Proxy Means Testing (PMT) based scorecard of BISP (score range from 0-100) was utilized for selection of youth, which is a verifiable method for assessing household’s living standards. • The PYWD project has introduced a more transparent process for toolkit distribution. All the data of toolkit disbursements was directly added to MIS which gives real picture of toolkits status for project team • The project through stakeholder and community ownership, handed over 36 community development projects to communities. • The PYWD project is deploying a documented “Post Session Feedback” for BCC sessions using a set of questions related to a trade to assess the effectiveness of the sessions.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 48 • The project continued its efforts for sustainability of project support through partner COs after the life of project. In this regard, selected COs will be trained on Capacity Building through local organizations . Downward accountability to communities is also essential for CLA. The project is adopting a participatory learning approach, having a built-in mechanism of enabling communities to participate in providing feedback on project interventions. This enables PYWD project to fine-tune its programming through adaptive management and address some issues that were not thought through during the project design phase and even during initial implementation. It also offers the opportunity to review project strategy and adapt for meeting both communities need and donor deliverables in a more efficient manner.
The project has integrated collaboration and coordination in all project activities to accomplish project’s intermediate results/outcomes. Reliance on strong practices around collaborating and sharing knowledge, and around pausing to review, reflect, learn and adapt are critical to this process. To strengthen the relations and to realize productive outcomes, the project is conducting periodic discussions through meetings with stakeholders; organizing and participating in coordination sessions and workshops.
The PYWD Project has been drawing on the experiences of its implementing partners (IP), namely the Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC), Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) Punjab, Social Welfare Department, Akhuwat, Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) and the Punjab Trade Testing Board (TTB). Besides, the project collaborated with Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) and supported marginalized rural women in focus districts to provide skills training and toolkit support through rural based centers of project partner IRM. Lastly, the project identified emerging sectors and trades having employability potential in project districts, sorted physical presence of public training Institutes in identified innovative trades, sought outreach to private sector training providers, collaborated with industrial hubs and other informal sector in the focus districts for an effective workforce development.
4.5 Women Inclusion and Empowerment
The PYWD project is supporting women to overcome the prevalent barriers of societal attitudes and cultural beliefs in the target districts, which restricts them to home-based domestic work. The project, through its effective social mobilization approach involving local stakeholders, is supporting women and girls break the associated taboos, which have prevented their active representation in the workforce alongside men. At a minimum, the project has set target of 35% percent women participation in project supported workforce development programs, and the project is striving to achieve a target of women inclusion across the programmatic interventions. As of Year 3, women participation in project activities stands at 47%. This is indicative of the project’s efforts to support women, helping them to take full advantage of project intervention and become socially and economically empowered in society. Figure 4.1. provides gender ratios for each PYWD-supported intervention.
49 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 0% 100% 18% 42% 71% 80% 70% 100% 89% 50% 82% Female 58% 29% 20% 30% 11% Male
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Female youth Self-Efficacy through skills integration by project
To measure the self-efficacy, a generalized Self-Efficacy survey was conducted including questions related to women’s empowerment. The results showed that the project effectively increased self- efficacy in female trained youth and after the skills integration, their confidence in their capacity to produce actions that are necessary for achieving desired outcomes/attainments were potentially increased. The project surveyed 1,193 project trained female youth to assess the self-efficacy status at the end of the USAID-PYWD project supported institutional training program. The trainees either disagreed or strongly disagreed about the question on lower self-efficacy scale (highlighted in red) and higher percentage of the females considers themselves at higher self-efficacy levels (as highlighted in green colors) which shows successful skills integration through the project.
4.6 Female youth Self-Efficacy through skills integration by project
To measure the self-efficacy, a generalized Self-Efficacy survey was conducted including questions related to women’s empowerment. The results showed that the project effectively increased self- efficacy in female trained youth and after the skills integration, their beliefs in their capacity to produce actions that are necessary for achieving desired outcomes/attainments were potentially increased. The project surveyed 1,193 project trained female youth to assess the self-efficacy status at the end of the USAID-PYWD project supported institutional training program. The below figure depicts that most of trainees either disagreed or strongly disagreed about the question on lower self-efficacy scale (highlighted in red) and higher percentage of the females consider themselves at higher self-efficacy levels (as highlighted in green colors) which shows successful skills integration through the project. The survey data are shown below in figure 4.6.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 50 I often feel like a failure. 2% 40% 5%1% 52%
I often feel that there is nothing that I can do well. 3% 35% 4%3% 55%
I usually feel that I am an unsuccessful person. 2% 36% 3%1% 59%
At root, I am a weak person. 3% 36% 3%1% 58%
I usually feel I can handle the typical problems that… 26% 0%2% 72% 0%
I feel competent to deal effectively with the real… 26% 1%2% 70% 0%
I can handle the situations that life brings. 27% 1%3% 69% 0%
I am strong enough to overcome life's struggles. 21% 0%2% 77% 0%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Agree Disagree Neutral Strongly Agree Strongly disagree
Figure 4.6 Self-Efficacy perceived by project trained female youth
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Vocational training helps Kiran gain financial independence
Kiran Parveen, 25, is a beneficiary of the USAID-Punjab Youth Workforce Development (PYWD) Project-supported institutional training. Hers is a success story with immense potential to inspire many. A resident of Mohallah Sadaat, Lodhran, Kiran comes from a humble family with an extremely limited household income. Her father owned a small furniture shop and earned hardly enough to feed the family. As years passed, the needs of the family increased but her father’s income did not, which added to their financial woes. The situation worsened when Kiran’s eldest brother separated from the family and another one – who was unemployed – had a child with urgent medical needs. That was “With limited education and without any when Kiran realized that she needed to do something to support her family, especially her tangible skill for employment, I was clueless young nephew. about my and my family’s future. Had it not Kiran lacked the education and skills required been for the USAID-PYWD Project’s to secure a decent job. She was not clear what to do to overcome these shortcomings and vocational training, I do not know where I would often feel helpless. It was during this would have been today. Now, I am happy that traumatic phase of her life that she learned my struggle has paid off. Not only I am earning about the USAID-PYWD Project-sponsored through the orders I get, I am also training other vocational training at the Government Vocational Training Institute for Women willing females, and through that, supporting (GVTI-W), Lodhran, through the project’s their livelihoods as well. This will hopefully help community engagement team. them earn a decent income.”
Kiran saw this option as an opportunity of learning an employable skill free of cost and a means to add to her family’s income. She enrolled in the six-month domestic tailoring training at GVTI- Lodhran. During this period, she learned the art of tailoring with full dedication and received PKR 1,500 stipend every month. On successful completion of her training, she received a certificate and a quality tailoring toolkit. Instilled with confidence, Kiran took the leap and set up her own tailoring center. The skill she had acquired recently provided the driving force that she needed at this moment.
After a slow start, things started getting better when news about her initiative spread in the neighborhood through word of mouth. More and more women started joining the center to learn the tailoring trade from her.
Today, she is successfully running a domestic tailoring center with beneficiaries coming from the immediate neighborhoods and other parts of the city. Kiran has trained 14 women so far, four of whom are currently working with Kiran as her employees. Kiran’s net earnings after expenses are PKR 12,000 per month. She is confident that her income will increase with a corresponding growth in her business.
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Helping Irfan materialize his dream
Mohammad Irfan, 27, is a symbol of determination one requires to realize one’s dreams. Since his childhood, he had a passion for photography and cameras. This would compel him to visit one of his relatives’ small photo studio occasionally.
Eldest of the seven siblings, and a resident of Tehsil Kahror Pakka in district Lodhran, Irfan saw the harsh realities of life from quite close. He grew up seeing his father struggle to make both ends meet. A small-time tenant at somebody else’s lands, his father earned a meager income which was not enough to meet even the basic expenses of the family. Due to financial constraints, Irfan had to quit school in the fourth grade and seek work to add to his father’s income. When he was 12, his father put him in a motor workshop as an apprentice so that he could learn the trade and make a living. However, things did not work “Without the USAID-PYWD Project- as planned as Irfan felt himself misfit in that supported training, I wouldn’t have been environment. He had a passion for photography, so he able to be where I am today - living my left the motor workshop and started looking for dream of working in the photography opportunities in the field he loved. Though he tried hard industry. This is just a start and with the to get into the photography trade, he remained confidence I have acquired from the unsuccessful as no photo studio in the town would trust training and this job, I aim to achieve him with handling their expensive equipment. He got dejected and started losing hope. much more in the future.”
The project team of USAID-PYWD Project introduced him to On-The-Job training program during a community awareness session. He was relieved to know that a three-month professional training under the project could enhance his photographic skills and add value to his credentials. This was essential for him to make an entry to the profession he had loved since his childhood.
Irfan did not waste a moment to enroll in the training. After his selection, Irfan was placed in a well- known photo studio in Lodhran for on-the-job training. He received a three-month training along with stipend, followed by a six-month apprenticeship at Kamran Photo Studio. With his heart and mind in the right place, Irfan learned the intricate art of photo-editing and other related skills. Soon after the completion of his apprenticeship, the same studio hired him as a regular employee.
Irfan impressed his customers with his newly-acquired skills. He is now considered one of the most valued employees of Kamran Studio. He earns PKR 20,000 per month and is living the dream he once cherished.
53 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT V. Problems encountered and proposed solutions
During the reporting period, PYWD Project team faced several challenges. However, the team’s commitment along with overwhelmingly positive support of USAID helped transform most of the challenges into opportunities for the project. The project also hired a number of STTAs (Short-Term Technical Assistance) during the second year to assist with implementation of the planned community engagement and M&E-related. The following table reflects the program-related key problems encountered during the year and proposed solutions employed by PYWD project: CHALLENGES PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Youth trainees enrolled in TVET The program team sensitized youth on the unique program institutions are provisioned to get design of PYWD project whereas after the training an allowance as stipend to meet completion, it provides the trainee with job placement their day to day expenses while support which is something not offered by other projects. other projects of similar nature are The selected youth were further motivated about the PYWD offering higher stipend amount on project efforts to offer market driven trades and trade specific monthly basis. toolkits which increases their chances of employability in future. Due to the demobilization of The project team from head office along with district manager project youth, the project team coordinated with the partner COs to complete the remaining faced difficulty for conducting milestones. O&M sessions for the remaining projects Due to huge number of data, the The PYWD project through MIS has continuously worked on management and consolidation updating of project trainings, toolkits data, tracer survey and from all districts was a big challenge all deliverables and well managed on MIS. There was a delay in results The project training team actively coordinated with the PVTC deceleration from PVTC for the for grading the project trainees. After announcing the results, project trained youth of the graduated youth were provided with certificates and Institutional training which leads to toolkits. delay in toolkit distribution The rural women of focus districts The PYWD project collaborated with PSDF and trained 1,100 were facing social hurdles for rural women on a 12-months Skills for Market Linkages access to training institutes and for Program and more than 800 women through project partner job placements as industries are IRM through its mobile rural training centers. The location of located near cities while the these centers near the homes of female youth assisted them project target was 35% to participate in the training and the trade wise toolkit
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 54 CHALLENGES PROPOSED SOLUTIONS participation of women in overall provision through the project further support them towards workforce program. self-employment generation. There was a greater challenge for One of the significant program achievements is its managing job placements of apprenticeship placement model where the project not only unemployed youth with industries. engaged 69 employers but also leveraged funds (US$ 350,000) from the private sector. The project placed more than 3,000 youth with businesses on demanded jobs through apprenticeships (OJTs).
Under limited funds, the project The project successfully signed MoUs with PSDF and 69 has to struggle for cost leveraging private employers for cost leveraging. PSDF covered the cost with the subcontractors, of training and student’s stipends. The total estimated employers and to build agreements program cost was Rs. 200,000,000 (US$1.8 million). Under for leveraging on funds. this program the PYWD project achieved its targets with only 10% of its cost sharing and rest of $1.65 million came from PSDF leveraged funds. Moreover, the partnerships with 69 private sector employers contributed 50 percent share in apprenticeship fees for the PYWD project youth which is Rs. 52,000,000 (US$ 350,000) towards the apprenticeship fees. The project management realized Louis Berger saved approximately $150,000 on the that saving cost for demobilization mobilization and demobilization cost by not hiring activities is crucial to save funds for mobilization and demobilization experts. The past 25 years’ other important project activities experience of COP on USAID project had proven record of establishing new projects, the COP was able to handle all the start-up activities and will also do the same for the closeout activities with little local support. This savings came from avoided consultancy fees, overhead & fringe benefits, allowances, boarding and lodging, air tickets and miscellaneous mobilization costs. The financial impact of the project The project within its limited resources exceptionally would not be possible without the performed and completed 36 community development uplift of social impact on the initiatives by consultation and mutual consent of Communities targeted communities and taking and District government’s. The installed 22 water filtration their ownership on the community plants in needy areas of its 4 focused districts, supplied 40 development initiatives waste containers in Lodhran and Bahawalpur districts,
55 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CHALLENGES PROPOSED SOLUTIONS installed 40 solar street lights in Multan, Lodhran and Bahawalpur districts. The project collaboration with the One of the significant achievements of the project is revival Government for taking its and digitalization of a Public Library in Lodhran and a ownership for the project development of a state of art One-window Community interventions beyond the project Facilitation Center in Muzaffargarh which is the first of its own in Punjab. The GoPb is considering replicating such centerscenters in all its districts. The project supported Government of Pakistan’s Green and Clean Pakistan campaign and distributed 40,000 plants and 100 trees in all four districts. Access to economic opportunities The project established significant partnerships with private and income generation for the sector employers and successfully placed over 4,000 focused marginalized youth youth towards wage employment and over 4000 youth towards self-employment.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 56 Figure 4.1. U.S. Consul General, Collen Crenwelge , CoR USAID PYWD , Waseem Ashraf, , CoP PYWD, Qaisar Nadeem with PYWD trainees at Toolkit Distribution eve
57 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT VI. Communications and Outreach USAID-PYWD Project’s Communication & Outreach activities are cross-cutting and aim to translate the project’s scale, scope and achievements using different media formats. They disseminate USAID’s key message among the key target stakeholders, partners, beneficiaries and community at large, complying with branding and marking guidelines. Significant initiatives undertaken during the year include: A brief of significant initiatives taken during the reporting period are as follows:
6.1 Major Events Covered
1. Radio Show with FM101 The PYWD Project participated in a USAID- sponsored Radio talk show recording "Hum Aap Aur Behtar Zindagi" on September 3, 2019. Since, the project is near its completion, this radio program provided the project an opportunity to highlight the project’s successful endeavors in improving access, equity and employability to the PYWD participation in radio show marginalized youth including women, hailing from selected districts of Multan, Bahawalpur, Lodhran and Muzaffargarh, South Punjab. The program participants included; Qaisar Nadeem, Chief of Party, USAID-PYWD Project , Babar Sheikh, Director International Development, College of Tourism & Hotel Management (COTHM) and two microfinance beneficiaries of the PYWD project. The show highlighted project's scale, scope and achievements to date along with highlighted the key challenges faced by the project and solutions opted to tackle the challenges.
2. One-Window Facilitation Center & Awaz-e-Khalq Helpline-1718 at Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Muzaffargarh
The U.S. Consul General Colleen along with Deputy Commissioner Muzaffargarh, Barrister Ehtasham Anwar inaugurated a Facilitation Center, established at Deputy Commissioner’s office. This facilitation center is a testament to the USAID-PYWD Project’s commitment to support the district and local governments provide improved infrastructure and better civic amenities through small community development initiatives. The Consul General also
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 58 witnessed an MoU signing, took place at the Facilitation Center between USAID’s PYWD Project and the district government Muzaffargarh for formal handing over of the Facilitation Center to the District Government, Muzaffargarh. Followed by this, the Consul General together with the Deputy Commissioner, Muzaffargarh inaugurated a Citizen Helpline, named as Awaz-e-Khalq Helpline-1718. Through this service, the district administration of Muzaffargarh will be able to efficiently respond to the citizens through the helpline number 1718, and address their district-level queries i-e domicile, weapon license, registry branch, transfer of lands, death, divorce & marriage certificate, character certificate, birth certificate and no objection certificate (NOCs) etc.
3. Mega Level Toolkit Distribution Ceremonies To celebrate the success of the PYWD project’s graduating beneficiaries who successfully completed institutional training programs in different vocational trades, the Project organized three mega level Toolkits distribution ceremonies in Muzaffargarh, Bahawalpur and Multan. The events further provided an opportunity to Deputy Commissioner Muzaffargarh, Barrister Ahtsham Anwar awarding toolkit to highlight USAID-PYWD Project’s the project grad contribution to provide employment . and entrepreneurship opportunities to youth in south Punjab and the young TVET graduates to share their inspiring stories visiting with the notables. First mega level toolkit distribution event was held at the Government Technical Training Institute (GTTI) for Boys in Muzaffargarh on March 14, 2019. The major participants were; Divisional Director, Benazir Income Support Program, Deputy Director Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Maal, Regional Manager, Punjab Vocational Training Council, District Manager, TEVTA, Area Manager, PVTC, Deputy Director Social Welfare, Principal GTTI, Chief of Party PYWD project, PYWD project beneficiaries, parents, community members and local media.
59 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Second mega level toolkit distribution event was held on March 15th, 2019 at Vocational Training Institute (VTI) for Girls Bahawalpur. Speaking on the occasion, Additional Deputy Commissioner General Mr. Ehsan Jamali highly appreciated USAID- PYWD Project’s contribution in enabling youth, especially women to become a part of Additional Deputy Commissioner General Bahawalpur and CoP PYWD awarding toolkit to the skilled workforce through the project graduate provision of skills training, self- employment and wage employment opportunities.
The third mega level Toolkit distribution ceremony was held on March 19, 2019 at Govt. Technical Training Institute (GTTI), Multan. The U.S. Consul General Colleen Crenwelge was the chief guest of this event. The event was attended by trainees, their parents, and senior representatives of public and private sectors organizations including Managing Director Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC), President District Board of Management TEVTA, Zonal Manager South TEVTA, Senior Vice President Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Member Women Crisis Cell, Managing Partner Rohi Crafts, Principal Govt. College of Technology for Women. The event showcased the U.S. government’s efforts implement various workforce develop programs offered to unemployed Pakistani youth for increased access to economic opportunities through employment and self-employment.
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4. Inauguration of Solar Power System in District Multan.
Inauguration Ceremony of the Solar Power System was held on March 19, 2019 at Punjab Vocational Training Institute Multan. The U.S. Consul General Colleen Crenwelge was the chief guest of this event. Ms. Colleen inaugurated the 42 KW Solar Power System, which is efficient to power the entire institute through green energy produced from state-of-the-art photovoltaic technology and will yield significant benefits including saving 32kw energy for minimum 8 hours Figure U.S. Consul General Collen Crenwelge Inaugurating 42 KW a day. This initiative will benefit more than 7,500 Solar Power System, at Punjab Vocational Training Institute, Multan vocational and technical students over the period of 25 years. Furthermore, this solar power system will help provide uninterrupted energy supply, thus reducing energy demand-supply gap, and enabling the students continue their technical training without any hindrance and ultimately become a part of national and global workforce. Finally, this solar power system will serve as a model for investors, public and private sector to encourage going green by solarizing institutes to drastically reduce the carbon footprints, thus contributing to a ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’.
Figure 1.27. U.S. Consul General Switching on the Solar Power System
61 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 5. Launch Event of PYWD Project Developed Hunarmand Mobile App for TVET Youth USAID-Punjab Youth Workforce Development Project organized a launch event of Hunarmand, a mobile-based application in Islamabad, on October 3, 2019. The project has developed this mobile app for the National Vocational & Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) to assist youth to get information on short-term employment opportunities and support employers to find skilled labor and grow their companies. Mr. Shafqat Mehmood, Minister for Federal Education & Professional Trainings launched the mobile app and appreciated the project efforts for providing youth with technical and vocational skills and creating economic opportunities by linking them with employers through technology. Mr. Syed Javed Hassan, Chairman NAVTTC, termed it an important step towards reducing the mismatch between demand and supply of skilled workforce to domestic and industrial employers. Ms. Julie Pictorial view of launch event of Hunarmand App Koenen, USAID Mission Director also acknowledged all partners in the public and private sector, particularly NAVTTC, for their unwavering support for Pakistani youth which will improve their lives and their communities by supporting family income. This mobile app will facilitate the general household and industry to benefit from the services of a certified skilled workforce in a convenient and cost-effective manner. 6. Micro-finance Entrepreneurship Competition Event The Entrepreneurship Competition Event was conducted to encourage the successful youth and reward their excellence while the award ceremony was held in Shah Jahan Hall, Multan on August 6, 2019. Mr. Kelvin distributed awards to top three best entrepreneurs of interest free loans disbursed under PYWD project. The top business was owned by a female
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 62 youth in Khussa making and embroidery trade from Multan district while the second and third positions were two male youth in Movie Maker and Mobile Accessories business from Lodhran and Muzaffargarh district respectively. These entrepreneurs were encouraged during an award ceremony organized in Multan, graced by Mr. Kevin, Provincial Director-Punjab, and USAID as chief guest. He handed over the awards and appreciated all top best performing small-scaled business entrepreneurs, for efficiently utilizing interest free loans disbursed under PYWD/Akhuwat microfinance loan. He further valued the efforts of PYWD project team and partners for creating conducive environment for youth of focus districts to become entrepreneurs.
7. Skills Competitions Events
The Skills Competition events are designed and implemented to encourage skilled youth and reward their vocational excellence. The project team organized mega competition events for beautician trade in which more than 52 contestants participated who were trained through 16 different training institutes through the PYWD project from the focus districts. The skills competition events provided an opportunity to the female youth to demonstrate their skills, share creativity and help others to see a skilled profession in action.
To implement the skills competition, a committee comprised of certified beautician trainers, was formed and six-point evaluation criteria; Impression and Appeal, Style and relevance, Hair styling, Makeup, Task Completion and Stage Presence & Carriage. The final round competition was held in GVTI (W) Bahawalpur on June 25, 2019 in which 12 successful beautician trainees participated. The wining team was rewarded prize; the first position was achieved by GVTI (w) Bahawalpur, 2nd position by VTI Kot Adu and VTI Dunyapur and 3rd position by VTI Writer Colony.
Skills Competition event participants receiving certificates
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8. Graduation, Toolkits and Award Distribution Ceremonies The purpose of this event was to commemorate the success of the USAID-funded PYWD project- trained skilled youth, who completed their six-month training in different market-driven trades in collaboration with TEVTA, PSDF, IRM and PVTC. Thus, enabling them to kick start their self- employment or get job placement opportunities for better incomes and improved livelihoods. The Graduation Ceremony was arranged at Government College of Technology for Women, Multan.
USAID, Provincial director, Mr. Kelvin, Chief of Party PYWD project, Qaiser Nadeem, and representatives of the training institutes awarded toolkits and certificates to successful youth.
9. Round table on Partnership Possibilities for Sustainable Youth Economic Empowerment Leveraging the linkages with industries and employers, created for the implementation of PYWD-Project’s On-the-Job Training program, the project organized two round table conferences on “Partnership Possibilities for Sustainable Youth Economic Empowerment” in Multan and Bahawalpur. The objectives of the round table conference were to share the results & learning gained from PYWD projects’ On-the-Job Training (OJT) and placement models, identify more private sector linkages for future OJT programs, and to institutionalize the OJT model through TVET-Industry collaboration for long term sustainably and employability of youth. The round table was attended by 53 individuals (20
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 64 females) from Government, industry, academia and private sector including, ROOHI Crafts, Mehmood Group of Companies, Aladdin Group, S&J Engineering, SMEDA, TEVTA, PVTC and other partner employers of PYWD project in Multan. The round table in Bahawalpur was attended by 30 individuals (4 females) from Government, industry, academia and private sector including; Dharala Auto Industry, Rehman Auto Industry, Al-Hassan Traders, Madina Medicine Company, Naqash Publicity, TEVTA, PVTC and other partner employers of PYWD project.
10. USAID-PYWD Project’s Staff Retreat The project organized a Program Strategic review and close-out planning meeting between April 24- 25, 2019, at PC-Bhurban Hotel, Muree, Pakistan with the objective reviewing accomplishments of the project, to discuss and document lessons learned and sustainability strategies for each project component. The first day of close out meeting was comprised of opening remarks, presentations from both the project’s community engagement team Multan and Berhampur Districts followed by presentation of COP on Naya Pakistan Youth Program while during the second day of close out meeting, the components of Institutional Capacity Building, and Access to Workforce Education and Training, were presented by the team members and team leads along with presentation of Lois Berger Nepal Office. Several interactive and engaging activities took place, along with discussions on project’s performance review, achievements, lessons learnt and way forward strategy.
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PYWD Project team during annual retreat
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11. Focus Group Discussions with Private Sector Representatives on Emerging Business Trends The project conducted a Focus Group Discussion(FGD) with the representatives of partner businesses, industry, and training providers was conducted at Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI). The main objective was to explore public-private partnership possibilities and deliberate on emerging business trends in PYWD focus districts. The USAID Provincial Director Punjab, Kevin Sharp, the training institutes and private industry
participated in the discussion. The USAID-Provincial director duringh the FGD with private sector
6.2 Media and Communication Coverage
TV Shows
The Project earned prime air-time in Rohi TV, one of the most famous TV channels in South Punjab. The Chief of Party USAID-PYWD Project, Mr. Qaiser Nadeem, and the President District Board of Management, TEVTA Multan, Mr. Khawaja Muhammad Usman, participated in live Morning Show of Rohi TV, aired on April 10, PYWD Participation in Live TV show on Rohi TV 2019. The participants highlighted the PYWD project key interventions and successes in transforming the lives of at-risk youth with improved access to employment/self-employment opportunities through different workforce development programs, community engagement and public-private partnerships.
Newsletter Dissemination
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 66 Designed and developed “The Spotlight Volume II, Issue II”, highlighting project’s noteworthy interventions in providing an enabling environment for marginalized youth in the southern Punjab districts of Multan, Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Muzaffargarh by offering them skills-based training programs and placement opportunities. Furthermore, the edition also shed light on the PYWD project’s contributions in fostering socially constructive attitudes among the project beneficiaries through outreach activities. Disseminated around 200 copies among national and international stakeholders and partners.
SMS Campaign
The USAID-PYWD Project's SMS campaign concluded and through SMS campaign 254,300 individuals were sensitized about various project interventions and BCC Campaign. In response, feedback was provided through the project toll free number. Detail information were provided to youth who enquiring about the skill development opportunities.
Documentation of Success Stories
In Year 3, the team developed 15 success stories, and video clips, highlighting the project’s impact and presented at different forums.
Launch of Radio Campaign Following the approval of airing plan of Jingle, promo, 3 Radio Spots, and 4 magazine shows, Radio campaign was launched on Feb 7, 2019 to highlight PYWD’s major activities, achievements, and to promote skills development among youth. The campaign broadcast deliverables including promo, jingle, 3 Radio Commercials, and 4 shows went on air on the FM channels. The radio program details were disseminated through SMSs portal to maximize the radio listenership. The radio campaign was concluded on Feb 23, 2019. The transmission certificates and recordings of Radio shows were received from the media firm as final deliverables. To measure the outcomes of radio program, project M&E team and communication team have developed survey questionnaire.
PYWD Diary and Calendar 2019
During this year 3 the PYWD project’s official Diary and Calendar 2019 was designed, finalized and printed. PYWD Project’s key interventions, key results achieved, and other accomplishments were highlighted in the project Diary and Calendar. Besides the project progress infographics and summaries, the diary highlights the project’s commitment to support the Federal Government's goal of eradicating poverty and elevating the status of under-privileged sections of the society, especially women by imparting market-driven technical and vocational skills and empowering them through
67 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT access to job and self-employment opportunities. Furthermore, the diary provides a platform to highlight the USAID-PYWD Project’s contribution to promote positive attitude among youth in the focus districts, enabling them to become productive citizens and contribute towards a stable and prosperous Pakistan. To disseminate copies of the project diary and calendar, a list of project’s key stakeholders was prepared, and 235 diaries and calendars were distributed among representatives of donors and public/private stakeholders.
Media coverage in focus districts The project’s communication team continued to engage youth and communities through different media programs. During the year, the project’s key events were disseminated to create awareness on objectives, interventions, activities, and impact for larger audiences. The national newspaper special reports published in partnership with renowned media groups to highlight key achievements of the project. Social Media The PYWD Project's Social Media (Facebook Page) page was launched after detailed deliberations on the project’s social media campaign, its objectives, rationale, target audience, scope, mediums, and contents with USAID. The project official Facebook page, and YouTube channel were updated to promote the success of project and disseminate key messages among the target communities. During the year 3, 246 Facebook users started following the PYWD project’s Facebook page. The communications team shared visual contents to engage more youth through interactive and informative posts as well as direct messages to the viewers including short videos on Eid and Independence Day. Moreover, the project’s intro video slideshow, testimonials of success stories by
Figure 1.5.1 PYWD Project YouTube Channel Figure 1.5.2 PYWD Project Facebook Page different project interventions, coverage of major events toolkit distribution, Radio show, and inauguration of community projects events earned great response.
Coffee table book: A consultant is currently working on drafting coffee table book highlighting key achievements of the
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 68 project interventions. The Communications team shared layout and storyboard of coffee table book with USAID for review, and a detailed photoshoot was conducted during September 16 – 20, 2019. The aim of this coffee table book is to document and portray the testimonials of Project’s beneficiaries as well as the major stakeholders in terms of the Project’s goals, key interventions, achievements, and impact of the project. It will highlight the project role to elevate the status of youth, especially women, by imparting technical and vocational market-driven skills and enabling them towards self-employment and empowerment. In addition to it, the coffee table album will further underscore project’s behavior change campaign, aimed to sensitize the project beneficiaries and community to adopt socially constructive attitude and play a positive role in their communities through meaningful civic engagement for increased stability and improved livelihoods. The contents writing and the designing for the coffee book will be completed by the second week of October 2019. Based on final review and approval from USAID, the coffee album will be sent in to printing.
White Board Video: The PYWD project developed an animated white board video on project’s components and beneficiaries. The video showcases the project’s interventions and impact, reach out to USAID, public and private sector partners, government administration, larger audience, and media. Through this video, greater audience will be able made aware about the PYWD project’s key PYWD projects white board video snapshot interventions and the role of the project to empower marginalized youth through vocational training, job placement and entrepreneurship opportunities. The video was formally launched in the launch event of Mobile App and will be widely disseminated among all stakeholders through other public forums and project face book page. The project has also started working on a corporate project documentary which will cover all the achievements of the project in more detail.
Corporate Documentary and Short Videos: The Communications team developed a concept and the script outline of project’s 6-8-minute video documentary. The filming of documentary and short videos took place from September 13-27 in project’s focus districts as well as in Lahore. Below are the thematic areas/individual stories, highlighted through the 8 short videos:
1. From Darkness to Light (Institutional Training leading to self-employment) 2. Helping Naveeda Break the Glass Ceiling (Microfinance)
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Post production work will be completed by the end of 2nd week of October, which will be followed by sharing of the first cut. Based on feedback and comments, second cut and then final version will be submitted by the last week of October 2019.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 70 VII. OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES 1) HUMAN RESOURCE AND ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT In the preceding year, the LB has engaged STTAs to initiate the project reports. The status of LTTAs and STTAs are given below:
Long Term Technical Assistance:
For the period from July 1, 2019 – September 30, 2019, the status of staff recruitment is as follows:
Figure 7.1: Hiring Status for PYWD Project Team Status Number of Employments Hired/ Joined the project 02 Positions (Pending) -
Figure 7.2 : List of Newly Joined Staff
S. No Position Name Joining Date Status
1 Consultant for Outcome Survey Tanveer Jahan 5-Jul-19 STTA
2 Consultant for Outcome Survey Rahimuddin 16-Jul-19 STTA
Figure 7.3 : List of Outgoing Staff
S. Position Name Joining Date Status No 1 Program Officer Amara Mukhtar 31-Jul-19 Contract expired 2 Placement & Training Tracking Coordinator Rukhsana Parveen 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 3 Community Mobilizer Sadia Kiran 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 4 Community Mobilizer Aurangzaib 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 5 Community Mobilizer Sajjad Hussain 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 6 Field Community Mobilizer Mubashir Hussain 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 7 Prog Assistant Community Engagement Sadaf Saleem 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 8 M&E Field Coordinator Syed Asif Raza 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 9 District Manager-Multan Office Pervaiz Iqbal Ansari 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 10 Driver Khurram Shahzad 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 11 Office Attendant/Cleaner Tasleem Bibi 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 12 Community Mobilizer Tahira Parveen 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 13 Community Mobilizer Aasia Parveen 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 14 Community Mobilizer Muhammad Ahmad 15-Jul-19 Contract expired 15 Community Mobilizer Syed Yawar Ali 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 16 Program Assistant/Community Engagement Shahana Ata 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 17 Program Assistant/Community Engagement Mehreen Fazal 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 18 M&E Field Coordinator Shumaila Tahir 15-Aug-19 Contract expired
71 | ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2018 – SEP 2019 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT S. Position Name Joining Date Status No 19 M&E Field Coordinator Kamran Zafar 15-Aug-19 Contract expired 20 Community Mobilizer Aqsa Syed 20-Aug-19 Contract expired 21 Subcontract Coordinator Syed Khizer Abbas 30-Sep-19 Contract expired 22 Office Support/Cleaner Imtiaz Ali 31-Aug-19 Contract expired 23 Driver-Bahawalpur Office Sarfraz 31-Aug-19 Contract expired 24 Office Support/Cleaning Sagheer Ahmed 31-Aug-19 Contract expired 25 Program Implementation Support Consultant Ismat Ara Niazi 30-Sep-19 Contract expired 26 Admin & Logistics Associate Shehar Bano 30-Sep-19 Contract expired
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 72 2) FINANCE DEPARTMENT The detailed financial report reflecting the expenditure vs. budget in US Dollars updated by October 30, 2019 is shown below.
Figure 7.4. Year 3 Financial Progress BUDGET LINE AS OF PRIOR Year 3 Expenditure Cumulative
Cost Items PERIODS Oct 2018- Jan 2018- Jul 2018- Total Expenditure Dec 2018 Mar 2018 Sep 2018 Direct Cost 3,478,358.10 2,315,468.14 2,315,468.14 2,315,468.14 6,946,404.43 10,424,762.53 Other Direct 492,108.91 212,336.45 212,336.45 212,336.45 637,009.35 1,129,118.26 Cost Indirect Cost 459,905.91 342,631.05 342,631.05 342,631.05 1,027,893.15 1,487,799.06 Fixed Fee 318,038.03 122,613.67 122,613.67 122,613.67 367,841.02 685,879.05 Pre- 220,235.73 - - - - 220,235.73 Mobilization Cost Cost-Plus- 4,968,646.68 2,993,049.32 2,993,049.32 2,993,049.32 8,979,147.95 13,947,794.63 Fixed Fee Ceiling Price
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ANNEX-A: PROGRESS AGAINST THE WORKPLAN Activities LOP Target Cumulative Remarks Progress as of September 30, 2019
Component 1: Community Engagement
Identify & engage existing COs and stakeholders, setup meetings and conduct 1st 22 258 completed dialogue
Signing Resolutions/MoUs with COs 22 258 completed
Conduct consultative meetings with selected COs, stakeholders and community 22 274 completed members in four districts
Conduct district level events 13 34 completed
Participation in district level events from youth trainees & youth identified through 6600 6596 Target was achieved. community
Formation of REFLECT Group through finalization of members 22 22 Target was completed
Conducting sessions with REFLECT Group/Circle members 44 55 Target was completed
Implementation of consensus-based schemes/ community development initiatives 36 36 All the 36 projects were completed
Conduct awareness session at community level (esp. reaching out to families of 13,580 14,124 Target completed female youth for their participation in offered training)
Identification of vulnerable and marginalized youth in focus districts for enrolments 14,536 14,628 Target completed
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Identification of Schools and orientation meetings with school management 28 32 Target completed
Arranging exposure visits of school students to vocational training institutes 1,831 1,858 Target completed.
Using both print & electronic media to provide coverage of youth community 16 16 Target completed. service projects and cultural events
Design and implement Behavioural Change Communication campaign 3,500 3,692 Target completed
Implementation of SMS campaign 250,000 2,54,300 Target completed
Launch and update presence of social media (Facebook page) 1 1 Target completed
Implementation of Radio campaign (5FM Channels) 500,000 3,875,607 Completed
Establishment of Career Counselling Centers - 8 Target completed.
Training of TIs staff in Career Counselling 60 63 Target completed.
Support to trained youth through CC services 2000 2,153 Target completed.
Youth linkage with employers for placements 1000 1,005 Target completed.
Trade-wise gap analysis conducted 22 22 Target completed
Development of institute-specific capacity building plan to target critical gaps 22 22 Target completed
Provision of machinery and equipment to selected training institutes 22 22 Target completed
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Develop a cadre of master trainers 119 116 Target completed
Component 3: Access to Workforce Education and Training
Enrolments with Institutes for skills development training 4343 4257 All the trainings completed, and all trainees were graduated
Enrolments in partnership with PSDF for “Skills for Market Linkages Program” 1,100 1,045 Target completed
Enrolments in Apprenticeship with Employers for “On the Job Training Program” 3058 2,811 Target completed
Provision of Entrepreneurship training to selected youth 1100 1,119 Target completed
Distribution of Toolkits to Trainees 4030 3,753 All the he toolkits of ongoing batches were distributed after their training completion.
Placement of youth with employers/industry 3058 3,205 Target completed
Disbursement of loans to final selected youth 1000 1,013 All the disbursement was completed
Cross-Cutting Activities
Developing Newsletters (English and Urdu) 8 7 The newsletter of July-September will be completed in next month
Documentation of Success Stories 25 26 completed
Development of Fact sheet 24 23 The fact sheets September is in progress
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Indicator Statement LOP Target Baseline Value / Cumulative Progress as of Year September 30, 2019
1.1.a: % of participants on capacity building activities which report improved abilities 60% 0 94% and that have applied new knowledge [IR 3.2.b]
1.1.b: # of training institutions for which Capacity Building Plans successfully 22 0 22 implemented
1.2.a: # of youth completing vocational training courses with USG assistance 4,343 0 4,257
1.2.b: # of youth completing apprenticeship program/OJT 3,058 0 3,205
1.2.c: # of trained youth linked with various businesses through PYWD placement 3,058 0 3,205 support
1.3.a: # of toolkits distributed to youth through USG assistance for support in 4,030 0 3,753 implementation of learnt skills in respective trades
1.3.b: # of youth successfully acquiring micro-finance loans 1,000 0 1,013
1.3.c: % of female participants in USG-assisted programs designed to increase access to 35% 0 44% productive economic resources (assets, credit, income or employment) [Gender –F Indicator]
2.1.a: # of COs/CBOs engaged through community-level meetings & Youth awareness 250 0 258 session
2.1.b: # of consensus building forums (multi-party, civil/ security, and/or civil/political) 40 0 55 held with USG assistance [IR 3.2.2.a]
2.1.c: # of youth at risk of violence trained in social or leadership skills through USG 3,000 0 3,854 assisted programs
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT: OCT 2017 – SEP 2018 | USAID-PUNJAB YOUTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT | 4 Indicator Statement LOP Target Baseline Value / Cumulative Progress as of Year September 30, 2019
2.2.a: # of community members (individuals) reached through project’s communication 250,000 0 254,300 and outreach campaign
2.1.b: # of youth engaged in recreational, cultural and other benign activities through 6,000 0 6,688 USG-assistance [IR 3.2.3.a]
2.2c: # of focus youth identified from local community 13,300 0 14,628
2.2.d # Number of laws, policies or procedures adopted and implemented with USG 2 0 2 assistance designed to promote youth participation at the regional, national or local level
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