Appraisal Project Information Document (PID) (English)

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• The World Bank 1
• The World Bank 2
• BASIC INFORMATION 2
• A. Basic Project Data 2
• Components 2
• PROJECT FINANCING DATA US Millions 2
• Maximizing Finance for Development 2
• Is this an MFD-Enabling Project MFD-EP 2
• The World Bank 3
• Is this project Private Capital Enabling PCE 3
• SUMMARY 3
• Total Operation Cost 217.00 3
• Total Financing 156.00 3
• Financing Gap 61.00 3
• DETAILS 3
• World Bank Group Financing 3
• B. Introduction and Context The geographically vast mostly landlocked and semi-arid countries of Burkina Faso Chad Mauritania and 3
• Niger are among the poorest and most fragile countries in the world 3
• The World Bank 4
• Despite a decade of significant nominal economic growth multifaceted crises and insecurity along with limited 4
• Violent extremism poses serious security and social cohesion challenges in the Sahel and has potential spill- 4
• Sahelian countries are extremely vulnerable to climate change. 4
• Today one third of youth in the participating countries a total of 24 million children are not occupied 4
• The World Bank 5
• Widespread learning poverty in the Sahel is driven by low-quality of education. 5
• Inequity in access to education between boys and girls remains a concern in the Sahel region. 5
• Many structural factors are behind the incapacity of the Sahel to produce better learning outcomes for children The Sahel countries lack capacity to develop plan and implement education reforms. 5
• The significant number of out-of-school youth is the most visible symptom of the failures of education systems. 5
• There are important gains to conduct reforms regionally 5
• The World Bank 6
• C. Proposed Development Objectives 6
• D. Project Description 6
• The project is structured around three components 6
• Component 1 Stepping up Policy Making and Implementation in Education US62 million 6
• Subcomponent 1.1 Supporting the Establishment and Readiness of the Regional Institute US32 million 6
• The World Bank 7
• 1.1.1. Establishment of the Institute At the regional level 7
• 1.1.2. Functionalization of the Institute At the regional level 7
• At the national level 7
• Sub-component 1.2 Stepping up Regional Policy Elaboration Service Delivery and Evaluation through Cross-country Collaboration US30 million 7
• At the regional level 7
• Supporting evidence-based education policy elaboration and conducting applied research on the most relevant 7
• Improving education service delivery across participating countries by addressing systemic management and 7
• The World Bank 8
• Strengthening the capacity of ministries in charge of education and partner institutions to identify education 8
• Once fully operationalized the Institute will spearhead the mainstreaming of the regional Open School 8
• At the national level 8
• Component 2 Building Flexible and Resilient Education Pathways for Vulnerable Youth US140 million 8
• Sub-component 2.1 Supporting Foundational Building Blocks for the Regional Open School US57 million 8
• At the regional level 8
• The World Bank 9
• At national level 9
• Sub-component 2.2 Piloting the First Generation of Open School Programs US83 million 9
• Youth Literacy Program 9
• Accelerated Remedial Education Program 9
• Secondary Education Program 9
• TVET Program 9
• The World Bank 10
• At the regional level 10
• At the national level 10
• Component 3 Project management monitoring and evaluation US15 million 10
• This component will support the management and ME of the project. 10
• Sub-component 3.1 Regional-level project management and monitoring and evaluation US5 million 10
• The World Bank 11
• Sub-component 3.2 National-level project management and monitoring and evaluation US10 million 11
• Triggered 11
• E. Implementation Project Implementation Units 11
• A Regional Implementation Unit RIU 11
• National Implementation Units NIUs 11
• The World Bank 12
• Project Steering Committees 12
• A Regional Steering Committee RSC 12
• National Steering Committees NSCs 12
• CONTACT POINT 12
• World Bank 12
• BorrowerClientRecipient 12
• The World Bank 13
• BURKINA FASO - Ministry of Economy and Finance 13
• ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF MAURITANIA - Ministry of Economy and Finance 13
• REPUBLIC OF CHAD - Ministry of Finance Budget Economy and Planning 13
• REPUBLIC OF NIGER - Office of the Prime Minister 13
• Implementing Agencies 13
• Ministry of Education and Civic Promotion 13
• Ministry of Education and Reform of the Education Sector 13
• Ministry of Education Literacy and Promotion of National Languages 13
• Ministry of Education Literacy Vocational Training and National Languages Promotion 13
• FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT 13
• The World Bank 14
• APPROVAL 14
• Approved By 14