YouLead – Youth Employment and Business Start-Up Program Sri Lanka Quarterly Progress Report April 01, to June 30, 2019 Submission Date: July 30, 2019 Agreement Number: AID-383-LA-17-000 Agreement Period: June 02, 2017 to June 21, 2021 AOR Name: Nihani Riza Submitted by: International Executive Service Corps (IESC) 1900 M Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Submitted by: International Executive Service Corps (IESC) 1900 M Street NW, Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 This quarterly report 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 IESC and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Prepared under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-383-LA-17-00001 The Youth Employment and Business Start-up Project (YouLead) IESC Contact: Andrea Patrick Associate Vice President International Executive Service Corps (IESC) 1900 M Street, NW Suite 500 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: (202) 589 2600 Email: [email protected] CONTENTS List of Acronyms ........................................................................................................ 1 1. Activity Overview .............................................................................................. 5 1.1 Program Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 5 2. Activity Implementation Milestones and Progress ...................................... 6 2.1.1 Program Operations and Administration ........................................................................................... 9 2.1.2 Technical activities .................................................................................................................................. 11 Component 1: Increase youth employability skills in targeted sectors ............................ 11 Component 2: Improved Quality, Relevance, and Delivery of TVET ............................... 22 Component 3: Increase Prospects for Successful Self-Employment ................................. 25 Outreach .......................................................................................................................................................... 29 2.1.3 Status of Subawards and Subcontracts .............................................................................................. 30 2.1.4 Volunteer Assignments ......................................................................................................................... 30 2.2 Implementation Challenges and Lessons Learned .............................................................. 31 2.3 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Update ........................................................ 32 3. Integration of Cross Cutting Issues and USAID Forward Priorities ........ 33 3.1 Gender Equality and Female Empowerment ........................................................................ 33 4. Planned Interventions for the Next Quarter (FY19 Q4) ........................... 33 5. Financial Management ........................................................................................ 36 6. Cost Share and Leverage................................................................................... 36 Annex A: AMELP Progress Summary .................................................................. 38 Annex B: TraiNet Report ...................................................................................... 41 Annex C: Success Story ......................................................................................... 42 Annex D: Success Story ......................................................................................... 44 Annex E: Success Story .......................................................................................... 46 List of Acronyms ADB Asian Development Bank AO Agreement Officer A2F Access to finance AmCham American Chamber of Commerce AMELP Activity Monitoring Evaluation Plan AMHELP Annual Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Plan ASAP Accelerated Skills Acquisition Project (USAID) ASSET Advancing Specialized Skills for Economic Transformation project ASU Arizona State University AVP Associate Vice President BDC Business Development Center BEC Berendina Employment Center BIZ+ VEGA/Biz Plus Program (USAID) CBT Competency Based Training CCC Ceylon Chamber of Commerce CCI Chamber of Construction Industry CDD Career Development Director CEPA Centre for Poverty Analysis CEO Chief Executive Officer CIDA Construction Industry Development Authority CILT Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics CISC Construction Industry Skills Council COO Chief Operating Officer COP Chief of Party COYLE Chamber of Young Lanka Entrepreneurs CPCCI Central Province Chamber of Commerce & Industry CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CV Curriculum Vitae DCA Development Credit Authority DCLK Diversity Collective Sri Lanka DME Department of Man Power and Employment DQA Data Quality Assurance DTET Department of Technical Education and Training (part of MSDVT) DVPT Development EAFD Entrepreneurship and Access to Finance Director ED Entrepreneurship Development EG Economic Growth ETD Extension and Training Division (Department of Agriculture) F&B Food & Beverage FEG Facilitating Economic Growth GC Global Communities GCExILE Global Center of Excellence for Innovation in Learning and Education GIZ German Aid (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) GoSL Government of Sri Lanka GPW Great Place to Work HO Home Office HR Human Resources HRDO Human Resource Development Officer HRM Human Resource Management ICE Innovate, Creativity & Entrepreneurship ICT Information and communications technology ICTA Information and Communications Technology Agency ICTISC ICT Industry Skills Council IESC International Executive Service Corps IFC International Finance Corporation IIT Informatics Institute of Technology ILO International Labor Organization INGO International Non-Governmental Organization ISO International Organization of Standardization ISSCs Industry Sector Skills Councils IT Information Technology JAFF Joint Apparel Association Forum JK John Keells JKH John Keells Holdings 2 KRA-O Keells Retail Online LIM Lebanon Investment in Microfinance LMS Learning Management System LOP Life of Project M&E Monitoring and evaluation MDCCI Matara District Chamber of Commerce and Industry MEL Monitoring, evaluation, and learning MOE Ministry of Education MOU Memorandum of Understanding MSDVT Ministry of Skills Development and Vocational Training MSME Micro, small, and medium enterprises NAITA National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority NCS National Competency Standards NEDA National Enterprise Development Authority NOFO Notice of funding opportunity NVQ National Vocational Qualification NYC National Youth Corps (part of the Ministry of National Policies) NYSC National Youth Services Council OJT On the Job Training PD Project Director PIRS Performance Indicator Reference Sheet PLC Private Limited Company PM-VOTEC The PM’s Committee on Vocational and Technical Education PPD Public Private Dialogue PPP Public Private Partnership PRD Partnership Relationship Director PWC Price Waterhouse Coopers RDB Regional Development Bank RFA Request for applications RPL Recognition of Prior Learning S4IG Skills for Inclusive Growth (Australian project) S4YE Solutions for Youth Employment SFL Skills for Life SLF Sri Lanka Foundation 3 SLASSCOM Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies SLITHM Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management SLTDA Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority SME Small and medium enterprise SOLID Supporting Opportunities in Livelihood Development SOW Scope of Work SSDP Sector Skills Development Project (funded by ADB) TCP The Competitiveness Project (USAID) TDA Tourism Development Authority THASL The Hotel Association of Sri Lanka TITP Training Institute for Technology Professionals TNA Training Need Assessment TOT Training of trainers TSC Tourism Skills Council TVEC Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission TVET Technical Vocational Education and Training UA Union Assurance PLC UNIVOTEC University of Vocational Training USA United States of America USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government VAT Value Added Tax Verité Verité Research VPT Vocational Personality Test VT Vocational Training VTA Vocational Training Authority (Part of MSDVT) WCF Women in Construction Forum WDF Women's Development Federation (Hambantota, Sri Lanka) WDS Workforce Development Specialist WiLAT Women in Logistics and Transport WUSC World University Service of Canada YBSL Youth Business Sri Lanka YTAI Young Tourism Ambassador Initiative YPF Young Professionals Forum 4 1. Activity Overview YouLead - Youth Employment and Business Start- Activity Name: up Program Sri Lanka (YouLead) Activity Start Date and June 02, 2017 – June 01, 2021 End Date: Name of Prime International Executive Service Corps (IESC) Implementing Partner: Agreement Number: AID-383-LA-17-0001 International partners: Arizona State University Name of (ASU), Global Communities (GC) Subcontractors/Sub- Local partners: American Chamber of Commerce awardees: (AmCham), Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC), Skills for Life (SFL), and Verité Research (Verité) The Ministry of National Policies, Economic Affairs, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Northern Government Province Development, Vocational Training and Counterpart(s):