E.Gen Consultants Ltd. (funded by ADB) - Equipping Youth for Employment Project - 2019

Project Description:

The project aims to provide an array of technical inputs to support the government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar—particularly the Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Industry (MOI), in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP) and other agencies—to implement the Equipping Youth for Employment Project (EYE), which is financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

EYE aims to strengthen Myanmar's education and skills base, supporting Myanmar's transition toward a modern, market-based economy, and promoting inclusive growth and job creation.

State Government of Victoria (Australia) - International Education Opportunities in Vietnam - 2017

Project Description:

The South East Asia Victorian Government Business Office (SEA VGBO) seeked to commission a project to scope international education barriers and opportunities in Vietnam for Victoria State’s universities and education service providers. MKE delivered a comprehensive report that provided strategic recommendations to support market access for Victorian higher education, vocational education and training (VET), English language and professional development providers.

Other tasks included: Undertaking desk research to define and broadly scope the sectors in Vietnam, and understanding the activities of Victorian organizations in Vietnam and Victoria’s comparative advantage; Outlining 4 case studies of successful foreign and local “commercial cooperation models” in Vietnam; Conducting 10 in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; Developing an itinerary for the Kuala Lumpur VGBO’s market visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. MKE was to deliver a report with rich findings and recommendations.

ICRW - Endline research for career & life skills program among Village Saving and Loan community members of SreAmbel district and Koh Kong province - 2017

Project Description:

ICRW served as an evaluation partner and strategic advisor for P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement and Career Enhancement) a financial and life skills program that had been operational among female garment workers in factories. The program was now complete and had offered 254 female and 6 men from about 11 VSLA’s education and life skills training. The mission’s main objective was to conduct interviewer-administered quantitative surveys and qualitative in-depth interviews to obtain endline information on participant characteristics as well as knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding key learning’s and objectives of the program.

In this context, the mission designed quantitative and qualitative data collection approaches; selected and recruited investigators for data collection; trained investigators and led data collection missions; recorded clean versions of the data; analysed and interpreted results in a final report submitted to ICRW.

State Government of Victoria (Australia) - International Education Opportunities in Vietnam - 2016

Project Description:

The South East Asia Victorian Government Business Office (SEA VGBO) seeked to commission a project to scope international education barriers and opportunities in Vietnam for Victoria State’s universities and education service providers. Vietnam was identified as a priority market for the Victorian international education sector. Vietnam was Victoria’s third largest source market for international students and Victorian education providers were keen to build on these links to secure offshore partnerships and projects with the Vietnamese government, education institutions and industry.

Because of Victoria’s early involvement in education in Vietnam, the State was well placed to build on initiatives such as the Vietnamese Government’s proposed investment in VET reform. To appropriately and effectively meet demand for education services in Vietnam, a renewed and targeted effort in-market was required. In particular, there was a need to better understand the policy and regulatory environment, barriers to market access, the scope of business and partnership opportunities, and options for a future in-market Victorian Government presence.

BTC - Facility To Capacity Building Project (Vie 1188811) - 2016

Project Description:

The Facility to Capacity Building (FCB) aimed to improve the quality of human resources of Vietnam through strengthening the innovation and management skill capacities of both individuals and institutions by taking into account a broader setting including master degree trainings, traineeships, alumni fellowships, net-working, coaching, and professional development activities. The Consultant's mandates is to

(i) Identifying, attracting, and facilitating participation of beneficiary organisations

(ii) Evaluating beneficiary and training supplier proposal

(iii) Provide target groups with tools, instruments, expertise and support for effective training

(iv) Provide quality control and support for delivery of trainings

(v) Support the formation and implementation of a specified monitoring and evaluation system. 

Care Myanmar - Evaluation on Strengthening Early Childhood Education (SECE) Programme - 2016

Project Description:

Community-based Early Child Day Care Centers (ECDCC) would be established near CARE’s existing Community Learning Centers (CLC) funded by AusAid, and would serve as

(i) Day care centers for male and female children aged three to five years

(ii) parent meeting centers for childhood development.

Mekong Economics conducted a final evaluation to determine the extent to which this project was successful. The MKE team was responsible for further considering the key evaluation questions and designing the evaluation methodology, implementing the agreed methodology, analysing data, and documenting outcomes of the evaluation.

UNDEF - Post Project Evaluation of Civic Education and Civil Society Empowerment in Remote Areas - 2013

Project Description:

In an effort to promote a more vibrant civil society in Myanmar, UNDEF had been providing funding to Myanmar Egress to support its Civic Education and Civil Society Empowerment in Remote Areas Project. These trainings served to strengthen civil society in remote areas by giving participants the basic tools for engaging government.

The post evaluations assessed project impact, effectiveness, efficiency and relevance. This involved a review of not only project operations but also other civil society strengthening models in Myanmar. Research was conducted through interviews with project staff, trainers, and training participants as well as other civil society organizations.

World University Service of Canada (WUSC) - Needs Assessment for the Skills Training Project for the Private Labour Market - 2012

Project Description:

The Needs Assessment was undertaken to assist WUSC and eight local universities/colleges to identify the required skills that students should be equipped with before entering the labor markets, which ultimately helped to improve the current curriculum to meet the local market’s needs. Specifically, MKE worked with the eight institutions to gather updated information about the labor market’s demands, developed a standard questionnaire, conducted training for the institutions on survey implementation and data entry, as well as specified key trends and made relevant recommendations from the findings.

WB & SEQAP - Research on study of recurrent (non-salary) costs for the scaling-up of full day schooling (FDS) reform - 2012

Project Description:

The long term objective of the SEQAP was to create the foundations for the implementation of FDS in primary schools throughout Vietnam by 2020. The short-term objectives were to develop the policy framework for FDS, to pilot and apply FDS model in selected provinces, and to create favourable conditions for moving to FDS nationwide. The assignment was for a study and development of a new/adjusted mechanism for budgeting/allocating non-salary recurrent costs, including transition to FDS.

Irish Aid (Irish Embassy in Hanoi) - Review of the Irish Development Experience Sharing Programme (IDEAS Programme) - 2011

Project Description:

Carried out a review of Irish Aid’s IDEAS programme which provided Master degree scholarships and support to Economic Management and Governance. This involved a survey of the partners organizations in Vietnam to ascertain the satisfactions levels of the exchange programmes to date; Drawing up a report for the Steering Committee; input to the development of the new Irish Country Strategy Paper with the international consultant; and presenting the findings to the Irish Aid, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance, VCCI and other government agencies.