Announcement of Tanzania Receives Twenty-Six Million Dollars IDA Credits for Education and Tourism on December 14, 1978

FOR ·1MMEDIATE RELEASE ~.world Bank 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433 1 U.S.A.• Telephone: (202) 477-1234 IDA NEWS RELEASE NO. 79/26 December 14, 1978 TANZANJA.RECEIVES $26 MILLION IDA CREDITS FOR EDUCATION AND TOURISM The International Development Association (IDA), the soft-loan affiliate of the World Bank, has approved two credits totaling $26 million to Tanzania-- $12 million for an education project and $14 million for a project to rehabilt- tate tourism facilities. The credits are being provided for 50 years, including a grace period of 10 years. They are interest free but carry a service charge of 3/4 of 1% to cover IDA's administrative expenses. Sixth Education Project The project will help to increase the supply of middle-level managers and • deveiop training for skills critically needed in the modern sector. The project will strengthen vocational and technical education, improve accountancy training, and set up a program of management training for educational personnel. It will also provide for greater access to technical education by women. A study aimed at in- creasing the effectiveness of the Institute of Education, will be undertaken, and an improved monitoring and evaluation system will be set up for the project. The objectives of this project are in line with Tanzania's Third Five-Year Development Plan (1976-80), which places emphasis on the teaching of skills that are in short supply in the country and on the equality of opportunity for women. The five education projects previously supported by IDA have assisted in the expansion of secondary education, agricultural education, multipurpose community education, medical education, and village management education. They have helped to move Tanzania towards achieving its goais of universal primary education, func- tional literacy for all Tanzanians, increased practical skills, and self-reliance. The Sixth Education Project is focusing on areas in which Tanzania now faces specific skill shortage, i.e., vocational and technical education, and accountancy training. Vocational and technical education will be strengthened by increasing the capacity of the Mwanza and the Tanga Vocational Centers. In addition, in each of four existing technical secondary schools, the project will add 160 hostel places for female students, raising the female enrollment from 3% to 25% by 1983. • --·------------- NOTE: Money figures are expressed in U.S. dollar equivalents. ... ' /  . ~ • - 2 - To improve accountancy training and management, the Dar es Salaam School of Accountancy will expand its enrollment from 800 to 1,015. A program in management and administrative training for educational person- nel w111 be set up at the College of National Education in Bagamoyo. It will provide in-service training to about 2,800 educational field staff, in the first ffve years. A study of the Institute of Education, of the University of Dar es Salaam, will be financed to define its future role, and to assess its staffing needs and plans for physical expansion. Tourism Rehabilitation The project will help the government in its efforts to reverse the deterio- ration fn tourist facilities and services and reestablish tourism as an important foreign exchange industry in Tanzania. By 1985, the project is expected to increase net annual foreign exchange receipts to over $3 million, and to over $4 million by 1990. About 72% of the foreign exchange receipts earned from the project will be retained in Tanzania. Construction associated with the project will generate 600 jobs, and about 450 jobs will be created or saved as a result of hotel rehabilitation. Another 450 jobs will be added in related activities, such as shops, travel agencies, parks, • transportatfon services, and handicrafts. Seven hotels and five lodges operated by the Tanzania Tourist Corporation (TTC} will undergo essential work and repair and have new equipment installed to bring them up to appropriate operating standards. TTC will receive technical assistance in the fields of hotel maintenance, marketing, hotel supplies, hotel communications, and project administration. It will also prepare promotional materials and undertake campaigns to increase tourist travel trade. A new Hotel and Tourism Training Institute to accommodate over 130 trainees, ~nd with requisite training staff and facilities, including a practice hotel with 30 bedrooms to be run on a commercial basis, will be established. The government's antf~poaching efforts will be assisted with the provision of necessary vehicles and equfpment. A new international passenger building will be constructed at the Dar es Salaam Airport. - 0 - •  FORM NO. 1121 , (5-76) T ECHN CA l D A T A • PROJECT: COUNTRY: TOTAL COST: Sixth Education United Republic of Tanzania $ 14 . 4 mi 1 l l on IDA FINANCING: $12 mill ion, standard (DA terms OTHER FINANCING: Government of Tanzania, $2.4 miJJ ion IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION: Project Planning Section (Project Unit] Ministry of National Education P . 0. Box 91 2 l Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Cable: EDUCAT I Ot~ PROJECT DESCRIPTION: It will provide for·: (i) stre119thening of vocationa·1 and technical education; (ii) improved accounting training; (iii) a program of management training for educational personneJ; • (iv) greater access of women to tQchnical education; (v) a study aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the Institute of Education; and (vi) an improved monitoring and evaluation system. PROCUREMENT: Contracts for civil works, furniture and equ{pment, including vehicles, will be awarded on the basis of international competitive bidding in accordance with the Bank's guidelines. The only exceptions will be civil works costing less than $250,000: the construction of facilities at Bagamoyo, where the estimated cost is approximately $100,000, furniture and equipment contracts costing Jess than $100,000 each, and local transportation services for furniture and equipment. Contracts for thes~ items will be awarded by local competitive bidding. For the purpose 0f bid ~valuation under international competitive biddfng, qualified domestic building contractors will be anowed a preferential margin of 7.5%, and qualified domestic manufacturers of furniture and equipment wilt be allowed a preference of 15% or the existing rate of fmport duties, whichever is lower, over the c.i.f. price of competing suppliers. CONSULTANTS: Electrical and mechanical engineering consultants might be needed under the project for the design and supervision of the construction works . • ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN: ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: n.a. 1985 - 0 - FORM NO. 1121 (5-76) T ECHN I CAL D A T A --·· r PROJECT: COUNTRY: TOTAL COST: Tourism Rehabilitation United Republic of Tanzania $18.3 million • IDA FINANCING: $14 mill ion, standard IDA terms ($9.5 million of the credit will be onlent to the Tanzania Tourist Corporation-~TTC--for 16 years with a 4 year grace period, and 10% interest rate.) OTHE~ FINANCING: Government of Tanzania, $4.3 mill ion IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATION: Principal Secretary Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism P. 0. Box 4284 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Cabel: MALIASlLI PROJECT DES(~ PTION: The project will undertake essential works and acquire equipment to bring the seven hotels and five lodges owned and operated by the TTC to appropriate operating standards; provide technical assistance to TTC in hotel maintenance, administration, hotel supplies, and communications; prepar~ promotional materials and marketing campaigns to increase tourism; build and equip a .., new Hotel and Training Institute in Dar es Salaam; provide equipment to improve the government's anti-poaching efforts; and improve the terminal building at the Dar es Salaam Airport. PROCUREMENT: Contracts for civil works, furniture, fixtures) equipment and vehicles will be awarded on the basis of international com- petitive bidding in accordance with the Bank's guidelines for procurement, except for (i) civil works contracts costing $250,000 equivalent or less (up to $2.4 million in total); (ii) furniture, fixtures and equipment contracts costing less than $100,000 each (up to $1 .5 mi 11 ion in total); and (iii) spare parts for equipment already installed in hotels and lodges (up to $0.3 mill ion in total). Contracts for items (i) and (ii) wi 11 be awarded on the basis of local competitive bidding, in accordance with local procure- ment procedures satisfactory to the Association. Spare parts for existing equipment will be purchased directly from manufacturers or distributors. In evaluating civil works bids, domestic contractors will be allowed a 7.5% preference. Qualified domestic manu- facturers of furniture, fixtures, and equipment will be granted a preferential margin in bid evaluation equal to the prevailing tariff, or 15% of the c. i .f. cost of imports, whichever is lower. ECONOMIC RATE OF RETURN: ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: 21% 1982 - 0 - •