The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) SOUTH ASIA | Maldives | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2022 | Seq No: 6 | Archived on 05-Mar-2025 | ISR02766 Implementing Agencies: Maldives Pension Administration Office, Ministry of Higher Education, Labour and Skills Development 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 27-May-2022) To improve social protection coverage and employability of Maldivian workers. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Integrated Labor Market Services:(Cost 8,700,000.00) Strengthening Social Insurance:(Cost 14,300,000.00) Project Management:(Cost 1,000,000.00) Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC):(Cost 0.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Mar 05, 2025 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions While there has been significant progress in enhancing employment services with the National Career Services (NCS), the implementation of unemployment insurance (UI) is on hold, delaying overall project’s implementation. As part of enhancing employment services, the NCS portal has been enhanced to enable case management, job matching, grievance management and provide career guidance; a total of five NCS canters are now operational; and outreach and communication is being conducted across Maldives to promote the use of employment services. Five partnerships to promote employment in priority sectors and schemes to increase female and vulnerable groups employment have been signed and activities commenced. The recently completed human capital needs assessment has helped identify skills gaps to inform provision of trainings which are expected to commence in March 2025. A National Skills and Career Expo was conducted by the Ministry of Higher Education, Labor, and Skills Development (MOHELSD) in November 2024 and attracted over 10,000 visitors. The procurement process for seven skills development courses is at the final stage and trainings expected to commence in April 2025. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 05 - 03 Sep Proposed Rating 27 May 2022 2024 Political and Governance Substantial Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Mar 05, 2025 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Mar 05, 2025 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improved resilience against shocks Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Coverage of the 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 50.00 Jun/2027 unemployment insurance Comments on The UI is not in place yet. program (Percentage) achieving targets Coverage of 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 unemployment Comments on The UI is not in place yet. insurance program achieving targets (female workers) (Percentage) Enhanced employability of workers Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Job placement rate of ES 55.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 51 27-Jan-2025 70.00 Jun/2027 program participants Comments on The ES under SAILS project is yet to commence implementation. The recorded value here is (Percentage) achieving targets based on former ES program participants, as noted in the definition of the indicator. Job placement rate of 50.00 0.00 51 65.00 female ES program Comments on The ES under SAILS project is yet to commence implementation. The recorded value here is participants achieving targets based on former ES program participants, as noted in the definition of the indicator. (Percentage) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 5 27-Jan-2025 9.00 Jun/2027 Mar 05, 2025 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) Number of partnerships Comments on There has been significant progress in achieving this indicator, with a number of partnerships established by Job Center achieving targets signed and a few others in advanced stage. with schemes promoting priority areas (Number) Partnerships with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 3 27-Jan-2025 3.00 Jun/2027 programs promoting Comments on There has been significant progress in achieving this indicator, with a number of partnerships green and blue achieving targets signed and other in advanced stage. economy jobs (Number) Partnerships with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 4 27-Jan-2025 3.00 Jun/2027 programs promoting Comments on There has been significant progress in achieving this indicator, with a number of partnerships local employment in achieving targets signed and a few others in advanced stage. the tourism sector (Number) Partnerships with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 5 27-Jan-2025 3.00 Jun/2027 programs promoting Comments on There has been significant progress in achieving this indicator, with a number of partnerships female employment achieving targets signed and a few others in advanced stage. (Number) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Integrated Labor Market Services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year ES program established and No Jun/2022 No 08-Aug-2024 No 27-Jan-2025 Yes Jun/2027 functioning (Yes/No) 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 100.00 Jun/2027 Mar 05, 2025 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) Share of UI benefit claimants Comments on UI is not in place yet. participating in the ES achieving targets program (Percentage) Share of atolls with local Job 0.00 Jun/2022 8.30 08-Aug-2024 5 27-Jan-2025 100.00 Jun/2027 Center case manager Comments on Given that UI is not yet in place the number of staff engaged in case management is (Percentage) achieving targets proportional to the current number of beneficiaries. Share of Job Center 0.00 100.00 50 30.00 case managers who are Comments on Share of Job Center case managers who are female female (Percentage) achieving targets ES case managers per 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 4 27-Jan-2025 8.00 Jun/2027 thousand beneficiaries Comments on Given that UI is not yet in place the number of staff engaged in case management is (Number) achieving targets proportional to the current number of beneficiaries. Strengthening Social Insurance Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Unemployment insurance No Jun/2022 No 08-Aug-2024 No 27-Jan-2025 Yes Jun/2027 program established and Comments on UI legislation not approved by the parliament yet. functioning (Yes/No) achieving targets Share of MRPS beneficiaries 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 100.00 Jun/2027 with active UI accounts Comments on UI program is not in place yet. (Percentage) achieving targets UI fund reserves (months of 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 12.00 Jun/2027 benefit payments) Comments on UI Program is not in place yet. (Months) achieving targets No Jun/2022 No 08-Aug-2024 No 27-Jan-2025 Yes Jun/2027 Mar 05, 2025 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) MPAO information Comments on Close to completion as the MPAO information management capacity has been enhanced management capacity achieving targets over the past years, with a data warehouse and dedicated data analysis department about enhanced (Yes/No) to be fully operational. Days between benefit claim 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 28.00 Jun/2027 and payment of benefits Comments on UI program not in place yet. (Days) achieving targets Project Management Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 70.00 Jun/2027 Beneficiary satisfaction with Comments on UI program not in place yet. UI program (Percentage) achieving targets Beneficiary satisfaction with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 70.00 Jun/2027 the ES program Comments on The team is finalizing a survey questionnaire for the survey. (Percentage) achieving targets Employer satisfaction with 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 70.00 Jun/2027 the ES program Comments on The team is working on finalizing a survey questionnaire that will then be implemented. (Percentage) achieving targets 0.00 Jun/2022 0.00 08-Aug-2024 0.00 27-Jan-2025 80.00 Jun/2027 Grievances addressed within Comments on GRM expected to be fully operational once the trainings commence. two weeks (Percentage) achieving targets Mar 05, 2025 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IDA-E0460 Effective 24.00 23.58 0.00 1.65 21.91 7.00% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-E0460 Effective 27-May-2022 04-Jul-2022 26-Sep-2022 30-Jun-2027 30-Jun-2027 8. KEY DATES Mar 05, 2025 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Sustainable and Integrated Labor Services (SAILS) (P177240) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 27-May-2022 27-May-2022 Effectiveness 26-Sep-2022 26-Sep-2022 Mid-Term Review No. 01 12-May-2025 Operation Closing/Cancellation 30-Jun-2027 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Mar 05, 2025 Page 9 of 9