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REPORT NO.: RES44513
RESTRUCTURING PAPER
ON A
PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING
OF
SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMOUS HIGHER EDUCATION PROJECT (SAHEP)
APPROVED ON MAY 15, 2017
TO
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
EDUCATION
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC
Regional Vice President: Manuela Ferro
Country Director: Carolyn Turk
Regional Director: Daniel Dulitzky
Practice Manager/Manager: Cristian Aedo
Task Team Leader(s): Michael Drabble/Dung Thi Thuy Dao
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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
GoV Government of Vietnam
HE Higher Education
HEMIS Higher Education Management Information System
HUST Hanoi University of Science and Technology
IA Implementing Agency
IRI Intermediate Result Indicator
IUH Industry University of Ho Chi Minh City
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MARD Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development
MOET Ministry of Education and Training
MOIT Ministry of Industry and Trade
NEU National Economic University
PMB Project Management Board
PMU Project Management Unit
POM Project Operational Manual
SAHEP Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project
UPMU University Project Management Unit
VNUA Vietnam National University of Agriculture
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BASIC DATA
Product Information
Project ID Financing Instrument
P156849 Investment Project Financing
Original EA Category Current EA Category
Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B)
Approval Date Current Closing Date
15-May-2017 31-Dec-2022
Organizations
Borrower Responsible Agency
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Project Development Objective (PDO)
Original PDO
The Development Objective of the Project is to improve research, teaching, and institutional capacity at selected
autonomous universities and strengthen the national higher education management system.
OPS_TABLE_PDO_CURRENTPDO
Summary Status of Financing (US$, Millions)
Net
Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed
IDA-60360 15-May-2017 29-Jun-2018 27-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2022 155.00 62.33 90.35
Policy Waiver(s)
Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)?
No
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I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING
A. Project Status
1. The Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project (SAHEP) (P156849) was approved on May 15, 2017 and
became effective on December 27, 2018. The project development objective (PDO) is to improve research, teaching, and
institutional capacity at selected autonomous universities and strengthen the national higher education management
system. SAHEP is financed by an International Development Association (IDA) credit of SDR114.3 million (US$155 million
equivalent) and consists of two components: (i) improved research, teaching, and institutional management capacity at
three selected autonomous universities (total cost US$157 million) and (ii) strengthened National Higher Education
Management System (HEMIS) and e-Library establishment (total cost US$17.6 million) aligned with each of SAHEP’s four
main outcomes. The project is implemented by five implementing agencies (IAs), namely: (i) Vietnam National University
of Agriculture (VNUA); (ii) Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), (iii) Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh
City (IUH), (iv) Hanoi National Economics University (NEU), and (v) Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).
2. The first three years of project implementation encountered serious delays due to various challenges, including:
(i) the delayed countersigning of the financing agreement (12 months after World Bank Board approval) and declaration
of effectiveness (19 months after World Bank Board approval); (ii) a lengthy process of signing the subsidiary agreements
(SA) which were only concluded between the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Vietnam Development Bank’s (VDB)
transaction office on March 2020 (33 months after the World Bank Board approval) delaying the withdrawal of project
proceeds and the start of procurement processes; (iii) the government’s decision not to use IDA funding to finance the
value added tax (VAT), which has affected the implementation of some project activities and led to delays in making
payments; and (iv) the much delayed approval by Ho Chi Minh City Municipality of the 1/500 map for the IUH construction
subcomponent, which put the construction of the university’s campus at serious risk of not being completed within the
project timeframe.
3. SAHEP implementation performance has improved and accelerated during the last year despite a challenging
environment with the resurgence of COVID-19 in the first quarter of 2022 (following the 3-month lockdown in 2021) due
to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in Hanoi and an unfavorable international context causing disruptions with
the global supply chains for construction materials and equipment and an increase in costs. The project, nonetheless, has
made significative progress toward the achievement of its development objectives in 2021 and 2022.1 One out of four
PDO indicators (PDO 3: 115 proposed actions from the previous year’s ‘Autonomy Implementation Reports’ implemented
by VNUA and HUST) has surpassed its end target; two PDO indicators (PDO 1: decrease in the average number of students
and researchers per laboratory workstation in VNUA and HUST to 114.5 and PDO 2: four additional internationally
accredited programs at VNUA, HUST) have made reasonable progress and will likely achieve their end target in the next
6-12 months; and one PDO indicator (PDO 4: recommendations based on lessons learned from university autonomy
pilots incorporated into MOET policies) has made some progress, but it is recommended to downgrade this PDO indicator
to an intermediate result indicator (IRI) as part of this restructuring.
4. As of the latest Implementation Status Report in June 2022, the PDO’s rating was upgraded to moderately
satisfactory due to the good progress toward achieving the PDO with three out of the four outcomes indicators, and
seven out of 10 intermediate indicators that were either met and/or exceeded the targets for 2021 (and some case of
1 As reported in the last ISR #9 file in June 2022.
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end of project in December 2022). The implementation performance (IP) continued to steadily improve in all aspects and
was maintained at moderately satisfactory. A number of critical achievements have been reached including:
(a) Component 1 “improved research, teaching, and institutional management capacity at three selected autonomous
universities”
For HUST: (i) 15 laboratories have been installed with new equipment, which were put in use at the start of
the last academic year in October 2021; and (ii) in the first quarter of 2022, HUST launched 13 new research
projects in collaboration with external partners of which 29.4 percent are led by female researchers and 15
academic programs, including training for professors and lecturers to improve teaching and learning have
been completed since the beginning of 2021.
For VNUA: (i) the construction of 7 out 11 buildings is nearly completed; (ii) a large contract for purchasing of
equipment for laboratories and training facilities has been awarded; (iii) 5 laboratories have received ISO
certification, positioning VNUA as a leading research university in Vietnam; and (iv) five new research projects
in collaboration with external partners, 100 percent led by female researchers, therefore already exceeding
their IR3 target for 2022.
For IUH: no activities have taken place since project effectiveness.
(b) Component 2 “strengthened National Higher Education Management System (HEMIS) and e-Library
Establishment”
For NEU: (i) access to multidisciplinary and specialized economics e-Books, printed books for 30 subjects and
data set for economics - finance – macro-economic has been obtained; and (ii) as of the end of March 2022,
1.4 million downloads have been recorded by the system. This achievement largely exceeded the cumulative
target for the end of project.
For MOET: (i) equipment and management system contracts have been awarded for 4 independent education
accreditation centers and 112 university programs were accredited in 2021; and (ii) contracts for the database
management information system software and ICT equipment were awarded and the HEMIS software version
0.5 with five universities using five information fields integrated were completed and tested.
5. The project results framework shows progress against seven out of 10 IRIs, as follows:
IRI 1 (increase in the value of resources for research obtained through competitive selection) has increased to
US$3,455,000 at HUST and US$2,381,000 at VNUA in 2021, respectively.
IRI 2 (number of new research collaboration projects approved and launched each year) has reached 46 new
research collaboration projects in HUST and 27 at VNUA in 2021, respectively.
IRI 3 (percentage of new research collaboration projects approved and launched each year led by female team
leaders) has reached 18.5 percent at HUST and 47.37 percent at VNUA in 2021, respectively.
IRI 4 (number of programs updated) has reached 22 at HUST and 8 at VNUA in 2021, respectively.
IRI 5 (percentage of female students enrolled in updated programs) has exceeded its target of 35.5 percent
for 2021 (17.2% for HUST and 56.9% for VNUA).
IRI 6 (number of universities granted institutional accreditation using newly adopted accreditation standards
by four independent accreditation centers): As of March 2022, 64 universities have been accredited by the
centers of accreditation.
IRI 7 (number of university programs accredited by four independent accreditation centers): As of March 2022,
390 programs have been accredited by the CEAs.
IRI 8 (number of downloads of e-resources each year by users of eLibrary Portal) has reached 1,490,237,
significantly above the cumulative target for 5 years.
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6. The project disbursement ratio is now at 40.8 percent. It will reach 60 percent once the project restructuring is
approved and SDR38.32 million (equivalent to US$51 million) of the credit proceeds are cancelled. Disbursement is
expected to significantly increase in the last quarter 2022 with the finalization of large civil works and equipment
contracts.
7. The project has no outstanding audit reports. There is no change to safeguard ratings. The project overall risk
rating was reduced to moderate from substantial.
8. The IAs and the line ministries involved continue to show increased commitment to the project to complete all
the pending activities and achieve the project outcomes.
B. Rationale for Restructuring
9. Despite advancements noted above, the project has faced some challenges and unexpected changes that require
a restructuring. First, IUH—one of the four IAs— has not been able to complete the resettlement and site clearance for
the construction of new buildings for eight faculties/institutes on its new campus premises, because of delays in the
approval of 1/500 planning map of the campus by Ho Chi Minh City’s People Committee and the approval of the feasibility
study for the campus by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). There is not enough time now to carry out the civil
works before the closing date. The project also finances the provision of new equipment for these new IUH’s facilities,
which will not move forward without the building construction. During the November 2020 mission, it was agreed with
MOIT that IUH will withdraw from the project and funds allocated to IUH will be cancelled, with the exception of US$3
million that will be reallocated to VNUA for the financing of additional laboratory equipment supporting the development
of research.
10. Second, the government issued the decree 56/2020/ND-CP dated 25 May 2020 – Article 43, which states that all
the taxes including valued added tax (VAT) should be paid from the counterpart funding. With the promulgation of this
decree, it is necessary to cancel SDR7.3 million (equivalent to US$10.23 million) representing the total value of unused
taxes to be paid on expenditures financed by the credit proceeds. No payment from the credit has been made for taxes
so far.
11. Third, because IUH will withdraw from the project, the targets in the results framework (RF) for the outcomes
(PDO 1 to 3) and IRIs (1 to 5) need to be recalculated to eliminate the outputs and outcomes attributed to IUH. Similarly,
the names, descriptions and definitions of these indicators need to be revised to eliminate IUH from the RF. The revised
RF aligned with the adjusted project activities will show that the project is making satisfactory progress towards the
achievement of project outcomes and that most IRIs targets for 2022 have been achieved.
12. Fourth, further adjustment to the RF is necessary due to legal changes affecting Vietnam’s higher education
system. In December 2019, the government of Vietnam issued the Decree 99/2019/ND-CP detailing and guiding the
implementation of the amended 2018 Law on Higher Education that sets out, among other things, the disposition for the
autonomy and accountability of higher-education institutions. Under Decree 99, higher-education institutions have been
conferred a degree of autonomy in academic activities, organizational structure and personnel, and matters of finance
and assets. Because of this new decree, the PDO 4 seeking to incorporate into MOET policies the recommendations based
on lessons learned from university autonomy pilots, has become irrelevant to measure the achievement of the PDO on
the strengthening of the national higher education management system. Because the first two annual targets have
already been met, it is proposed to downgrade this PDO 4 to an IRI and show that it has been achieved.
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II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES
13. Based on the Ministry of Finance’s official request dated October 21, 2022, for the restructuring of the project,
the following specific changes are proposed:
Changes in the overall scope of the project:
a. The restructuring will involve a cancellation of SDR38.32 million in IDA credit. The cancellation will, however, not
lead to an adjustment to the PDO, but it will reduce the scope of the project results due to the removal of the
entire IUH subcomponent. Though IUH will not receive project support after completion of the restructuring, it is
expected to continue to implement non-infrastructure activities related to improving research, teaching, and
enhanced autonomy financed through IUH funds directly.
Changes in the implementing agencies:
b. The revision in the number of IAs to 4 from 5 as IUH will no longer receive credit proceeds from the project.
Changes in results and indicators
c. The revision of the RF for PDO indicators 1 to 3 and IRI 1 to 5 to reflect the change to the respective project end
targets after the targets for IUH are taken out and other changes are made to ensure the consistency and the
accuracy of the target numbers.
d. The downgrading of PDO indicator 4: “Recommendations based on lessons learned from university autonomy
pilots incorporated into MOET policies” to become new intermediate indicator (new IR 11) because the autonomy
policy had already come in to effect in December 2019 and autonomy, therefore, is no longer a pilot during project
implemention. The indicator is kept at intermediate level to record the project
e. The dropping of IRI 10: “Number of visitors each year to the HEMIS website” as the HEMIS website will only be
available online by the end of 2022 and the new visitors will only be measured in 2023. Please refer to the attached
revisions to results framework for more details.
f. All the proposed changes in the results framework, which is attached to this paper, will be reflected in the project
Operations Manuals of the IAs and will be approved accordingly by the World Bank, MOET, and MARD.
Changes in the components and costs:
g. All activities related to the IUH subcomponent financed under component 1 will be eliminated following the
withdrawal of IUF from the project.
h. VNUA will benefit from additional funding equivalent to US$3 million (exclusive of taxes) from part 1 of the credit
proceeds to purchase new laboratory equipment. This amount will be subtracted from the amount of the credit
proceeds canceled from IUH.
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i. The total project costs will be reduced by SDR38.32 million to SDR75.98 mission from SDR114.3 million following
the full cancellation of the funding to IUF and the transfer of US$3 million to support VNUA and US$0.3 million
equivalent to cover the 10 percent tax on equipment, initially calculated in the project cost before this
restructuring.
Cancellations Proposed and revised IDA financing
j. The cancellation of SDR38.32 million from disbursement categories (1 and 2) of the credit as follows:
i. SDR37.69 million will be canceled from disbursement category (1) for the activities canceled and the
elimination of taxes that will now be paid by HUST and VNUA through counterpart funding.
ii. SDR0.63 million will be canceled from disbursement category (2) for the elimination of taxes that will
now be paid by NEU and MOET through counterpart funding.
The disbursement estimates have been revised accordingly. The detailed revised project cost and financing can
be found in annex 2 of this paper.
III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES
Changed Not Changed
Results Framework ✔
Components and Cost ✔
Cancellations Proposed ✔
Reallocation between Disbursement Categories ✔
Disbursement Estimates ✔
Overall Risk Rating ✔
Implementing Agency ✔
DDO Status ✔
Project's Development Objectives ✔
PBCs ✔
Loan Closing Date(s) ✔
Disbursements Arrangements ✔
Safeguard Policies Triggered ✔
EA category ✔
Legal Covenants ✔
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Institutional Arrangements ✔
Financial Management ✔
Procurement ✔
Implementation Schedule ✔
Other Change(s) ✔
Economic and Financial Analysis ✔
Technical Analysis ✔
Social Analysis ✔
Environmental Analysis ✔
IV. DETAILED CHANGE(S)
OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_COMPONENTS_TABLE
COMPONENTS
Current
Current Proposed Proposed
Cost Action
Component Name Component Name Cost (US$M)
(US$M)
Improved research, teaching and Improved research, teaching
institutional management and institutional management
157.00 Revised 83.38
capacity at three selected capacity at three selected
autonomous universities autonomous universities
Strengthened National Higher
Strengthened National Higher
Education Management
Education Management System 17.60 Revised 13.32
System and e-Library
and e-Library Establishment
Establishment
TOTAL 174.60 96.70
OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_CANCELLATIONS_TABLE
CANCELLATIONS
Value Reason
Current Cancellation New
Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Date of for
Amount Amount Amount
Cancellation Cancellation
BORROWER'
IDA-60360- Disburs 114,300,000.0
XDR 38,320,000.00 24-Oct-2022 75,980,000.00 S REQUEST
001 ing 0
FOR
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COUNTRY
REASONS
OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_REALLOCATION _TABLE
REALLOCATION BETWEEN DISBURSEMENT CATEGORIES
Financing %
Current Allocation Actuals + Committed Proposed Allocation
(Type Total)
Current Proposed
IDA-60360-001 | Currency: XDR
iLap Category Sequence No: 1 Current Expenditure Category: GDS,WO,CS&NON-CS PT. 1
103,200,000.00 32,747,175.57 65,510,000.00 100.00 100.00
iLap Category Sequence No: 2 Current Expenditure Category: GDS,CS&NON-CS PT. 2
11,100,000.00 6,042,435.02 10,470,000.00 100.00 100.00
Total 114,300,000.00 38,789,610.59 75,980,000.00
OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_DISBURSEMENT_TABLE
DISBURSEMENT ESTIMATES
Change in Disbursement Estimates
Yes
Year Current Proposed
2017 0.00 0.00
2018 0.00 0.00
2019 30,000,000.00 0.00
2020 35,000,000.00 3,800,000.00
2021 35,000,000.00 26,100,000.00
2022 35,000,000.00 27,400,000.00
2023 20,000,000.00 39,402,025.00
OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_SORT_TABLE
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SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL (SORT)
Risk Category Rating at Approval Current Rating
Political and Governance Moderate Low
Macroeconomic Low Low
Sector Strategies and Policies Low Low
Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Moderate
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Moderate
Sustainability
Fiduciary Substantial Moderate
Environment and Social Moderate Low
Stakeholders Low Low
Other Moderate
Overall Substantial Moderate
.
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Results framework
COUNTRY: Vietnam
Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project (SAHEP)
Project Development Objectives(s)
The Development Objective of the Project is to improve research, teaching, and institutional capacity at selected autonomous universities and strengthen
the national higher education management system.
Project Development Objective Indicators by Objectives/ Outcomes
RESULT_FRAME_TBL_PDO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
To improve research, teaching, and institutional capacity at selected autonumous universities
PDO 1: Students and
researchers per laboratory
220.00 220.00 220.00 157.00 139.50 110.50 110.50
workstation in VNUA and
HUST (Number)
Rationale:
Revise the indicator's name and the project overall target according to change in the target for HUST and cancellation of IUH component. The target for HUST is
Action: This indicator has
recalculated based on the formula of the total number of students and researchers using the laboratories (invested by the project) / number of lab stations for
been Revised
1 year.
PDO 2: Additional
internationally accredited
programs at VNUA and 0.00 0.00 2.00 7.00 8.00 2.00 19.00
HUST (5-year total)
(Number)
Action: This indicator has Rationale:
been Revised Revise the indicator's name, description and the project overall target according to change in the target for HUST, VNUA and cancellation of IUH component
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RESULT_FRAME_TBL_PDO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
PDO 3: Proposed actions
from the previous year’s
‘Autonomy Implementation
0.00 0.00 12.00 14.00 13.00 13.00 52.00
Reports’ implemented each
year in VNUA and HUST (5-
year total) (Number)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has
Revise the indicator's name, description and the project overall target according to change in the target for HUST, VNUA and cancellation of IUH component
been Revised
PDO 4: Recommendations
Recommendations Recommendations
based on lessons learned Documentary review Consultations with
Lessons learned incorporated into incorporated into
from university autonomy 0.00 0.00 of pilot universities sample universities
finalized MOET policies on MOET policies on
pilots incorporated into annual reports completed
autonomy autonomy
MOET policies. (Text)
Rationale:
In December 2019, the government of Vietnam issued the Decree 99/2019/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of the amended 2018 Law on
Higher Education that sets out, among other things, the disposition for the autonomy and accountability of higher-education institutions. Under Decree 99,
Action: This indicator has higher-education institutions have been conferred a degree of autonomy in academic activities, organizational structure and personnel, and matters of finance
been Marked for Deletion and assets. Because of this new decree, the PDO 4 seeking to incorporate into MOET policies the recommendations based on lessons learned from university
autonomy pilots, has become irrelevant to measure the acheivement of the PDO on the strengthening of the national higher education management system.
The indicator is, therefore, proposed to be dropped.
PDO Table SPACE
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Intermediate Results Indicators by Components
RESULT_FRAME_TBL_IO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
Improved research, teaching and institutional management capacity at three selected autonomous universities
IR 1: Increase in the value of
resources for research
obtained through
0.00 41.52 563.00 653.00 820.00 1,100.00 3,336.00
competitive selection of
VNUA and HUST (5-year
total) (Amount(USD))
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has Revise the indicator's name and the project overall target according to change in the target for VNUA due to miss calculation at the design stage and
been Revised cancellation of IUH component
IR 2: New research
collaboration projects
approved and launched
0.00 10.00 13.00 18.00 20.00 26.00 87.00
each year at VNUA and
HUST (End Target = 5-year
total) (Number)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has
Revise the indicator's name and the project overall target according to change in the target for VNUA and cancellation of IUH component.
been Revised
IR 3:New research
collaboration projects
approved and launched 17.50 18.50 19.50 21.50 23.50 27.50 27.50
each year at VNUA and
HUST led by female team
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RESULT_FRAME_TBL_IO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
leaders (End Target = Year
5) (Percentage)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has
Revise the indicator's name and the project overall target according to change in the target for HUST, VNUA and cancellation of IUH component
been Revised
IR 4: Programs updated at
VNUA and HUST. End Target 0.00 33.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 71.00
= 5-year total) (Number)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has
Revise the indicator's name, description and the project overall target according to change in the target for HUST and cancellation of IUH component
been Revised
IR 5: Female students
enrolled in updated
programs at VNUA and 33.00 33.00 34.00 34.50 35.50 36.50 36.50
HUST each year (End Target
= Year 5) (Percentage)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has
Revise the indicator's description and the project overall target according to change in the target for HUST and cancellation of IUH component.
been Revised
Strengthened National Higher Education Management System and e-Library Establishment
IR 6: Universities granted
institutional accreditation
using newly adopted
0.00 0.00 12.00 21.00 36.00 53.00 122.00
accreditation standards by
four independent
accreditation centers (End
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RESULT_FRAME_TBL_IO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
Result = 5-year total)
(Number)
Rationale:
Reduce the target to fit the actual implementation status of the project. Currently, there are 122/235 higher education institutions accredited and the project
Action: This indicator has will cover accreditation for the rest in the next period, Department of Quality Management based on the recommendations of the quality accreditation
been Revised organizations. Due to the actual time of implementation of the Project, there are only 04 years, from 2019 to 2022 (previously, the project was designed for 5
years, from 2018 to 2022).
IR 7: University programs
accredited by four
independent accreditation 0.00 0.00 40.00 85.00 91.00 101.00 317.00
centers (End Target = 5-Year
total) (Number)
Rationale:
Reduce the target to fit the actual implementation status of the project. Currently, there are 122/235 higher education institutions accredited and the project
Action: This indicator has will cover accreditation for the rest in the next period, Department of Quality Management based on the recommendations of the quality accreditation
been Revised organizations. Due to the actual time of implementation of the Project, there are only 04 years, from 2019 to 2022 (previously, the project was designed for 5
years, from 2018 to 2022).
IR 8: Downloads of e-
resources each year by
users of eLibrary Portal (End 0.00 0.00 4,000.00 24,000.00 22,000.00 16,000.00 66,000.00
Target = 5-year total)
(Number)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has
Increase each year in the number of downloads of e-resources by users of the eLibrary Portal. End Target = 5-year Total
been Revised
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RESULT_FRAME_TBL_IO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
IR 9: Higher education
institutions providing data
each year for the HEMIS
0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 235.00 235.00
system (Final goal =
Number of years 5)
(Number)
Rationale:
Revise target value to reflect the actual implementation progress. Due to the actual time of implementation of the Project: 4 years, from 2019 to 2022
Action: This indicator has
(previously, 5 years, from 2018 to 2022), the software and equipment was only available from mid 2022, followed by the pilot and scale increase by the end of
been Revised
2022.
IR 10: Number of visitors
each year to the HEMIS
0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 10,000.00 50,000.00 100,000.00
website (End Target – 5-
year Total) (Number)
Rationale:
Action: This indicator has Due to the implementation delays, the indicators will not achieve its target until the project closing date. As soon as the system is in place, it is mandatory for all
been Marked for Deletion education institutions to visit so the indicator does not serve the purpose.
Students benefiting from
direct interventions to
0.00 700,000.00
enhance learning (CRI,
Number)
Action: This indicator has
been Revised
Students benefiting from
0.00 300,000.00
direct interventions to
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RESULT_FRAME_TBL_IO
Indicator Name PBC Baseline Intermediate Targets End Target
1 2 3 4 5
enhance learning -
Female (CRI, Number)
Action: This indicator
has been Revised
IR 11: Recommendations
Recommendations
based on lessons learned
incorporated into
from university autonomy N/A
MOET policies on
pilots incorporated into
autonomy.
MOET policies (Text)
Rationale:
In December 2019, the government of Vietnam issued the Decree 99/2019/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of the amended 2018 Law on
Higher Education that sets out, among other things, the disposition for the autonomy and accountability of higher-education institutions. Under Decree 99,
Action: This indicator is higher-education institutions have been conferred a degree of autonomy in academic activities, organizational structure and personnel, and matters of finance
New and assets. Because of this new decree, the PDO 4 seeking to incorporate into MOET policies the recommendations based on lessons learned from university
autonomy pilots, has become irrelevant to measure the acheivement of the PDO on the strengthening of the national higher education management system.
The indicator is, therefore, proposed to be dropped.
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The World Bank
Support for Autonomous Higher Education Project (SAHEP) (P156849)