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["Expected Outputs","Quarter Progress (in %) - On Track/Achieved (76%-100%), Require Monitoring/Not Achieved (50%-75%), Require Urgent Management Attention (0-49%)","Planned Activities (as per AWP)","Activity Locations (as per AWP)","Quarterly Results",{"$nulls":7},"Quarterly Resources"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Brief Status Explanation","Challenges","Follow-up Action(s) & Due Date","Responsibility","Lesson(s) Learnt","Anticipated Risks for Next Quarter","Preceding Quarter Follow-up",null,"AWP Budget ($)","Expenditure ($)","% Delivery"]
[{"$nulls":10},"Action(s)","Status Explanation"]
["Output 1: Skills developed and employment generated for youth, particularly women, in the garment industry"]
["Indicator 1.1: Number of youth, disaggregated by sex, that are given training through the programme",{"v":0.0448,"d":"4.48%"},"Activity Result 1.1.1 : Satellite Training Units established"]
["Baseline 1.1: 0",null,"1.1.1.a 5 Satellite Training Units established"]
["Target 1.1: 3930",null,null,"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","YEP developed partnership with Akhtar Textile Milles (ATI) and has signed MoU during current reporting period. The MoU with ATI defined target of 835 new employment of youth whereas UNDP will provide training on Quality checkers, quality supervisors, sewing machine operators and master trainers. The main purpose was to provide a framework for cooperation and to facilitate collaboration in areas of mutual interest. UNDP will provide technical and training support. As cumulative total, eight apparel/textile companies have signed partnerships with UNDP. According to the signed MoUs, the project is expected to create employment opportunities for 5,270 young men and women.","The project is facing challenges in order to attract the trainees for training and job in Satellite Training Units (STU). The large scale garment companies having salary system (better HR Practices and compliance) are mostly located in Korangi/Landhi industrial areas, which is far from other project areas specifically Sultanabad and Lyari. There are small-medium size garment companies having contractors located in SITE industrial areas which is in close proximity to Sultanabad and lyari. Although, the project reached out to small-medium garment companies but they are hesitant to collaborate with UNDP training program because of their operational constraints and modalities such as contract based production system which are not suitable for training and employment generation for untrained youth (fresh worker)","There is need to form partnership with more garment companies to meet project targets. The project team continued their efforts to develop collaborations with Galaxy Knitwear, MI industries, Amna Apparel, Global Exports, GMS, Siddiqsons, and Khaadi. It will identify more companies in the SITE industrial areas and sensitize them about the vulnerable localities such as Lyari and Sultanabad. On request on project, USAID has approved additional vulnerable conflict hit areas such as, north Karachi, New Karachi, Liaqatabad, Nazimabad and F.B area therefore the project will have the opportunity to seek collaborations with the garment companies located in these areas that would ultimately result in increased number of trainees and job-placement.","Project Manager/ Project team","The industry is reluctant to hire fresh employees for the position of Quality Checkers and Sewing Machine Operators. Therefore, the training team has changed its strategy and train the youth at the premises of partner TVET institutes, in accordance to the needs of partner garment companies. Upon completion of the training, these graduates will be placed in the partner garment companies.","Willingness of the garment companies' owners to the sign contract with UNDP for implementation of UNDP training program. Reluctant of partner garment companies to hire fresh/un-skilled workers on salary system.",null,null,"6.6K",0,{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"6.6K",0,{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
["Indicator 1.2: Number of youth, disaggregated by sex, that are employed following the training programs",{"v":0.0533,"d":"5.33%"},"Activity Result 1.2.1 : Training of worker, production executives and middle management completed"]
["Baseline 1.2: 0",null,"1.2.1.a SPO and its partner networks/CSOs in Lyari, Korangi and Sultanabad carrying out social community mobilization activities for the youth trainee programs"]
["Target 1.2: 5520",null,null,"NAWABAD LIYARI TOWN, KARACHI SOUTH, SINDH","SPO team engaged with youth networks and communities regarding identification of potential youth from targeted areas. A total of 1,456 youth (487 Female & 969 Male) have registered themselves as potential participants for YEP training programs. Out of the total, 730 youth registered themselves during current reporting period. The process of linking them with factories or institutes are in-progress. Sixty awareness raising events on livelihood enhancement and employment in the garment sector were delivered by youth networks in Sultanabad, Korangi and Lyari respectively. A total of 4,907 community members (2780 Men, 2127 Women) have been mobilized through these events. One vocational training Centre has been established in Sultanabad. A total of 340 identified potential youth were linked with different skill training programs e.g. Sultanabad training center, short training courses, STUs and institutes.","There is big challenge to link the identified potential youth with skill training program or with factories because of their availability and willingness. The identified youth usually change their decisions to be part of skill training if there is gap of few months. Secondly, the youth particularly boys of Lyari and Sultanabad have limited opportunities for training and to avail job opportunities.","Linkages of identified potential youth with skill training program and/or with industry will be fasten up during 4th quarter","Project Manager, M&E Officer","Door to door campaign/ individual contacts helps to check the willingness of potential youth to participate in project training related activities during social mobilization. Enrollment camps also spread awareness in project areas/neighborhood to mobilize youth.","Ownership of the communities and interest of youth to participate in YEP training program","Local network carried out social and community mobilization in Sultanabad and spread awareness about the youth employment project and encourage youth to seek vocational and technical skills and training in garment-related trades.","The new community mobilization strategy worked out, resultantly 730 youth have signed up with the project during last three months.","131.9K",0,{"v":0.1,"d":"10%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"131.9K",0,{"v":0.1,"d":"10%"}]
[null,null,"1.2.1.b Number of Master Trainers, merchandisers, production executives and Denim/garment washing workers and middle management trained"]
[{"$nulls":3},"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","Training merchandisers, production executives and middle management could not started during current quarter. Technical training team of the project has started planning to conduct the ToT in next quarter.","The factories are not interested in training of the merchandisers and production executives. Similarly, availability of master trainer/ fresh graduates at partner garment companies is big challenge.","Second batch of the ToT is planned in last week of Oct. 2016.","Project Manager, Project Technical team","Involvement of the senior management of partner garment companies at planning level to form training batches so that relevant participants can be nominated.","Willingness of management of partner garment companies to ensure participation of fresh textile graduates in MTs training program",null,null,"92.3K",0,{"v":0.05,"d":"5%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"92.3K",0,{"v":0.05,"d":"5%"}]
[null,null,"1.2.1.c Number of workers trained"]
[{"$nulls":3},"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","A total of 176 workers were trained on stitching machine operators and quality checkers skill during 3rd quarter of the year 2016 . UNDP's technical resources are imparting skills training to the industry workers. Pre and post evaluations of trainees/workers were taken and an improvement has been noted in their knowledge and skills set.","The availability of the newly hired/fresh workers for training at STUs is one of the most significant challenge for the project .","The management is exploring the new options for attracting the trainees for training. Factory visit and meeting was held with Gul Ahmed, Al-karam, Eastern garments and Artistic Milliners. It was mutually agreed that these garment companies will hire workers and form batch for training.","Project Manager, Project Technical team","The industry is reluctant to hire untrained/fresh employees for the position of Quality Checkers/Machine Operators. Therefore, the training team has changed its strategy and will train fresh trainees, in accordance to the needs of partner factories at the premises of institutes and factories.","Unavailability of the trainee workers and willingness of partners to hire untrained or fresh worker",null,null,"33K","17.9K",{"v":0.06,"d":"6%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"33K","17.9K",{"v":0.06,"d":"6%"}]
["Indicator 1.3: Number of interns trained",{"v":0.15,"d":"15%"},"Activity Result 1.3.1 : Youth internship program implemented with 75% of interns being able to secure employment within six months of completion of training"]
["Baseline 1.3: 0",null,"1.3.1.a Interns trained at partners institutes in garment companies"]
["Target 1.3: 80",null,null,"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","Twelve interns (5 women, 7 men) of textile and industrial manufacturing engineering background were recruited to work with partner TVET institutes. They shall spend one month of their internship in the related industry to grasp hands-on experience. The project team and partner institutes are in-process to facilitate the interns for their job placement. As cumulative total, 52 Youth interns have been recruited so far in Youth Internship Programme.","Availability of eligible youth of the project target areas meeting requirements and selection criteria of UNDP youth internship program. Furthermore, job placement of Diploma-Holder graduates in the industry is a challenge.","\"Project team will ensure possible employment opportunities for the interns right after the induction. Project will consider university graduates from other related fields in future as the total target is high","Project Manager/ Partner Institutes","Revised youth internship programme in which recruitment criteria was improved. Preference is now given to Textile and Engineering graduates. As per the feedback, garment industry generally prefers bachelor degree holders over diploma holders for employment","Availability of eligible youth for UNDP internship program",null,null,"63.3K",0,{"v":0.15,"d":"15%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"63.3K",0,{"v":0.15,"d":"15%"}]
["Output 2: Increased capacity of local service providers built to train workers and middle management in the textile / garment value chain"]
["Indicator 2.1: Number of local service providers (Vocational Training Institutes) included in the training programme",{"v":0,"d":"0%"},"Activity Result 2.1.1 : Capacity of local service providers (Vocational Training Institutes) developed to ensure sustainability of the project interventions"]
["Baseline 2.1: 0",null,"2.1.1.a Establishment of Vocational Training Centers"]
["Target 2.1: 2",null,null,"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","MoU with Government Polytechnic Institute Women (GPIW) Landhi has been signed. At total of 150 trainees target was assigned to the institute. It is expected that the training batches will be completed by end of this year.","Identification of institutes having strong linkages with the industry is still a challenge.","The institutes having good track record in job-placement of its trainees will be taken on-board in following quarter.","Project Manager","Defining the clear target of job-placement and related criteria at the time of signing agreement with TVET institutes","Commitment of partner TVET institutes to complete the agreed targets",null,null,"13.2K",0,{"v":0.25,"d":"25%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"13.2K",0,{"v":0.25,"d":"25%"}]
[null,null,"2.1.1.b Development of training modules on sewing machine maintenance and quality checking procedures"]
[{"$nulls":3},"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","There is a huge demand of training programme for Packing and Dry process/Washing from all partner factories. The project training team has developed the course curriculum for packing training and they are also working on development of course contents for dry process /washing. training The course curricula of Sewing Machine Operators is already done. YEP technical team also developed the course content for quality inspectors, accordingly to the needs of the garment industry. Needs-assessment of partner garment companies was performed and then course material was tailored accordingly.","There is no material available for dry process workers training and the shortage of the experts on this area makes this job more challenging.","YEP team is working with some consultants from National Textile University Faisalabad who can develop training manuals/material for dry processing. Receiving of proposals from experts are in-progress. Evaluation of proposals will be concluded by end of the October.","Project Manager/ Technical resource","The modules on dry-processing will help team to offer demand driven courses, as result, a pool of vulnerable youth will be engaged in training program","It might be possible that we will not be able to get quality proposals from the identified resources.",null,null,"6.6K",0,{"v":0.3,"d":"30%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"6.6K",0,{"v":0.3,"d":"30%"}]
[null,null,"2.1.1.c Develop and promote institutional linkages between project partner institutes (STEVTA, PHMA, PKGTI and MITI) and garment companies (Gul Ahmed, Eastern Garments and Soorty enterprises)"]
[{"$nulls":3},"KORANGI LANDHI TOWN, KARACHI EAST, SINDH","YEP team organized four major On-Campus Recruitment drives at partner STEVTA institute- GPIW Korangi 3 1/2 by Akhtar Textile Industries, Gul Ahmed Home Textile, and Soorty Enterprises in which 134 project beneficiaries/graduates from STEVTA, MITI, and PHMA participated. Senior management of the garment industry are increasingly taking interest in such activities","The industry HR personnel are not being able to visit the institutes frequently because of their busy schedule. It is difficult to gather large number of graduates at one time and seek their placement accordingly.","Based on the success of the past recruitment drives, more industries are being engaged to conduct similar activities at partner institutes to strengthen linkages with the TVET institutes and allow more graduates to be assessed by the industry.","Project Manager/ Project Team","Campus recruitment drives have proven to be very effective in building linkages between the institutes and factories. It is also observed that students feel more comfortable to come to institute for assessments as opposed to going to the factories.","Unavailability of industry management to visit institute for recruitment drive Demand of jobs from the industry may decline in future",null,null,"33K","32.3K",{"v":0.3,"d":"30%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"33K","32.3K",{"v":0.3,"d":"30%"}]
[null,null,"2.1.1.d Strengthening of Vocational Training Centres through training of instructors/faculty, sharing of curriculum, course outline, training manuals, training workshops and provision of equipment"]
[{"$nulls":3},"NAWABAD LIYARI TOWN, KARACHI SOUTH, SINDH","Capacity building session for the trainers of TVET institute was organized by the project training department. Representatives of ten partner institute have participated in the session. The objective of the session was to share the standard practice for teaching of Quality Checkers and Stitching Machine Operator Training. The session was successful in sense that the participants raised questioned and identified gaps to align the courses with the demand of industry.","The capacity of the trainers of the partner institutes needs to be improved to ensure the good quality of training. The trainers need a continuous mentoring so that they can yield the desired results.","Another capacity building workshop for the principles of the institute is planed in first week of Dec. 2016. On-Job mentoring visits will be conducted in the partner institutes to provide necessary technical guidance and ensure quality of the training","Project Training Team","The first workshop helped the audience to understand what they are really expected to do and how? Sharing of standard and minimum operations for each course broaden the exposure of participants.","Effective implementation of the standard curriculum",null,null,"26.4K","26.1K",{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"26.4K","26.1K",{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
["Indicator 2.2: Number of local Cut to Pack workers, pattern makers and mechanics trained",{"v":0.1322,"d":"13.22%"},"Activity Result 2.2.1 : Training Programs initiated and implemented at YEP partners’ TVET institutes"]
["Baseline 2.2: 0",null,"2.2.1.a Hiring of National Training Consultancy Firm to train workers and middle management (Activity cancelled)"]
["Target 2.2: 3350",null,null,"SINDH","Activity is cancelled from AWP during revision process",{"$nulls":7},0,0,{"v":0,"d":"0%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},0,0,{"v":0,"d":"0%"}]
[null,null,"2.2.1.b Train Cut to pack workers, Stitching Operators, checkers, pattern makers, mechanics, fashion designing, dress making, embroidery and middle management"]
[{"$nulls":3},"NAWABAD LIYARI TOWN, KARACHI SOUTH, SINDH","A total number of 443 trainees have been trained during 3rd quarter of year 2016 at partner TVET institutes. They are currently enrolled and some have graduated in garment related trades through trainings held at TVET institutes under YEP. Courses such as Stitching Machine Operators, Quality Checkers, Quality Supervisors, Merchandizers, Dress Making and Fashion Designing were offered at the TVET institutes. Youth from lower income groups with an average 12000 monthly household income participated in the training program.","Availability of motivated youth for the project training program","Track the partner institute activities efficiently so that they meet the agreed targets by December 2016","PM/ partner institutes","Stringent the criteria of selection of trainees to be part of the training program. So that we get the motivated cohort of trained youth to be employed in the industry.","Job-Placement of training graduates from Lyari and Sultanabad",null,null,"316.4K","210.8K",{"v":0.13,"d":"13%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"316.4K","210.8K",{"v":0.13,"d":"13%"}]
[null,null,"2.2.1.c Career Counselling of Trainees"]
[{"$nulls":3},"No progress entered yet."]
[null,null,"2.2.1.d Train workers and middle management (Training support)"]
[{"$nulls":3},"No progress entered yet."]
["Output 3: Evidence based research undertaken to inform relevant policies and programmes of the Government and garment industry"]
["Indicator 3.1: Number of project success stories and best practices adopted and replicated at other factories/units for productivity & efficiencies enhancement",{"v":0,"d":"0%"},"Activity Result 3.1.1 : Project success stories and best practices adopted and replicated"]
["Baseline 3.1: 0",null,"3.1.1.a Radio advocacy campaign, documentation of best practices and dissemination of reports and publication material (production of short documentaries)"]
["Target 3.1: 3",null,null,"NAWABAD LIYARI TOWN, KARACHI SOUTH, SINDH","A success story has been drafted this quarter. Furthermore, 15 success stories have been identified for compilation. Dashboard was created to highlight YEP's progress till August 2016. It was shared with USAID. Updated factsheets were printed for dissemination at International Youth Day and meetings. New communications material was created with infographics such as standees and banners showing project progress and for placement at garment factories and TVET institutes for trainings and missions. Press releases on different initiatives and key activities were published in newspapers. The updates of all the activities and events were also shared on UNDP's social media and website. Furthermore, a one-minute video was recorded to highlight the project's impact on the mindset of the vulnerable youth. The video was also submitted for Nudge Awards.","The youth short-listed for success stories especially from Lyari are hesitant to disclose their identities. It could be risky to mention their real names or reveal their faces as it would make them more vulnerable.","A consultant has been identified to write 15 success stories. Interviews need to be arranged next quarter to expedite the process. The success story drafted needs to be shared on USAID's success story template, as per their branding guideline and request.","Communication and Advocacy Officer","Inputs from different units of the project in development of IEC material enriched the quality of the produced material.","Backlash from community while documenting success stories",null,null,"19.8K","11.9K",{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"19.8K","11.9K",{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
[null,null,"3.1.1.b Organize need based capacity building trainings of Project Staff"]
[{"$nulls":3},"SINDH","Project associate/UNV attended training on monitoring and evaluation and she has developed her skills on Tools for PM&E, Qualitative and Quantitative data collection methods, Triangulation and validation, Logical Framework and Problem analysis etc. Four Female staff members of the project attended women security awareness training (WSAT) organized by UNDSS. The training includes different topics such as harassment at work place, how to report harassment related incidents and concerned focal persons of women security issues, personal security and safety, real life experience sharing of major challenges, different scenarios of security incidents and possible ways to deal with that. This training has greatly impact on the staff's personal learning.",{"$nulls":7},"33K",0,{"v":0.25,"d":"25%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
[{"$nulls":12},"33K",0,{"v":0.25,"d":"25%"}]
["Indicator 3.2: Number of Research Studies Carried Out",{"v":0,"d":"0%"},"Activity Result 3.2.1 : Research studies, policy papers, communication material and lessons learnt documents developed"]
["Baseline 3.2: 0",null,"3.2.1.a Benchmark surveys and social audit in Karachi"]
["Target 3.2: 2",null,null,"SINDH","UNDP has developed robust data management system at project level, in this regards services of an IT expert/IC has been hired. The developed database is not only cater to the basic profile, admission and course details and employment status of the trained beneficiaries, but also have a job portal to timely inform all partners of the new job-openings in garment factories. The database also enabled us to see the project achievement and success versus intended targets on the dashboard. It helps in generating varied types of reports. Design of customized database application has been finalized and a basic structure has come into shape. The process of database development has been completed. The project team developed a plan to train the project partners to use the database application and further for reporting purpose.","Delay in development of database due to busy schedule of IC, as he was not available for two months of current reporting period.","Continuous follow up with the IC during 4th quarter. The operational online database will be available with the project partners and team by end October 2016","Project Manager/ M&E officer","Initial assessment and setting up clear timeline at the time of signing of the contract.","Ownership and reluctance of partner organizations to enter weekly data in the database.",null,null,"13.2K",0,{"v":0.2,"d":"20%"}]
[{"$nulls":3},"Pending Review"]
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[null,null,"3.2.1.b Research studies and baseline surveys conducted"]
[{"$nulls":3},"SINDH","AERC: Youth Participation in Technical Education and Garment Industry: A Case Study of Sultanabad, Lyari and Korangi- 1st draft completed IoBM study: Tolerance on Factory Floors- 1st draft completed Collective for Social Science Research: study title: Identifying at Risk Youth is initiated. Survey instrument developed. Training of enumerators and pilot survey will be started next week. Accountability Lab: conducted training session in Sultanabad community, furthermore, they are planning to organize training workshop on the theme of ‘conflict management’.","It is a challenge to develop valid instruments pertaining to the ‘sensitive’ issues about ethnicities and backgrounds of the target youth. Obtaining this information is crucial but to address sensitivity, instruments are revised which limits their potential to capture comprehensive inputs. And additionally, research studies are delayed due to a prolonged fine-tuning process. Another challenge is for consultants is to access factories for information. While institutes are found to be responsive, consultants are struggling to obtain the required response from factories. For studies looking into the worker behavior in the factories and the current demand, it presents a critical challenge which may hamper the outputs of the studies. Additionally, often youth/trainees are reluctant to disclose accurate information or refrain from being truthful about their backgrounds, experiences, and current status, which affects the accuracy and reliability of the findings.","Meetings have been planned to finalize the pending research consultancies which are in their final phases.","PM, Research Unit","The consultants were responsive in disclosing accurate information about the sample units, such as factories and institutes being visited. This information has been helpful in providing the required support and supervision to the consultants. However, they required our support in facilitating access to the factories. The project team’s active involvement in fine-tuning the research designs as well as final findings is leading towards development of quality reports. Various key insights have been obtained relating to tolerance levels, as well as ideal candidate profiles to recruit for training based on their willingness and interest as well as the specific requirements from the industry and the trades that are in high-demand.","If accurate information is not obtained in the studies, especially where demand/supply is being analyzed, it could limit the usefulness of the findings for the project. While socio-economic contribution of the project on the lives of the trained youth has been identified, in the absence of the impact evaluation, limited understanding is available related to the contribution of the project towards drastically improving the mindsets, attitudes, and behaviors of the vulnerable youth.",null,null,"59.3K",0,{"v":0.05,"d":"5%"}]
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