The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will launch a project to enhance job and income-earning opportunities in the construction industry for unemployed youth and adults of Mongolia through a grant of one million U.S. dollars, an ADB report said on Friday.

The project will establish public-private partnerships to promote training within the industry, and upgrade selected public and private training centers, including facilities and learning environment, the report said.

The project is designed to complement a proposed ADB loan project, the Third Education Development Project (TEDP). However, while TEDP will improve formal vocational and technical education (VTE) for youth, the project will focus on providing informal skills training for dropouts and poor adults living in Ulan Bator.

"The grant project's work to improve the quality of skills training in the construction sector will provide valuable lessons for the VTE system," said Megumi Araki, an ADB Senior Cofinancing Specialist.

It is expected to develop 50 courses for nine construction occupations and train about 2,500 out-of-school youths and poor adults. About 50 teachers from training providers and 50 enterprise-based instructors will also receive training to upgrade their teaching and technical skills.

Source: Xinhua