Human resources development

PES covers the period 5/83-5/85 and is based on an attached special evaluation (XD-AAR-263-A). Recommended changes in the implementation plan involve the implementing agency, Educational Credit Foundation (FCE) and USAID/DR. Action decisions for FCE include: (1) submission to USAID/DR of a current organizational chart; (2) employment of a full-time technical education specialist; (3) submission to USAID/DR of a plan of action for the public information activities; (4) a policy study regarding support for students in career fields which are already saturated; (5) quarterly submission to A.I.D. of (a) a checklist of institutional compliance with requirements such as auto-evaluations, advisory and ad hoc committees, and development plans, and (b) a status review of institutional commodity purchases, faculty training, and small/medium business managerial training components; (6) upgrading of the computer system with additional equipment; and (7) expansion of student follow-up, to obtain employment supply and demand information. USAID/DR should prepare a project paper amendment to: (1) add the managerial training component using the $400,000 in loan funds originally earmarked for faculty training; (2) revise the financial implementation plans and extend the PACD; (3) delete all reference to the National Institute for Professional and Technical Training (INFOTEP) and limit labor studies to the needs of FCE as a bank; and (4) revise the $30,000 limit placed on any one institution for commodity subloans to 15-20% of the total procurement budget, and revise the $400 monthly family income for student loans to a level at or under the average national per capita income. An additional $400,000 in grant funding should be obligated to carry out the faculty training component.