The duration of the programme is 5 years. For the envisaged capacity building activities related to the Department of Housing and the social housing institutions the programme facilitates approximately 624 person months of long term technical assistance through twinning arrangements with European social housing institutions and some 40 person months for local short-term consultants. Local contractors are used to implement the construction of the low cost social housing units. The capacity to interact intensively with the planned 60 social housing institutions is already in place. Motivate the need for funding on the basis of business plans, which show long term viability.
Disbursements are subject to the approval of global and annual workplans.
Disbursements from the commission to the programme are made to an interest-bearing programme account via the RDP account. The programme account is managed by the programme implementing agents under the supervision of the Ministry of Housing. Personnel from emerging SHI's are contracted on an individual basis through an open application procedure. Long-term technical assistance are seconded to the programme through twinning arrangements with European social housing partners in the first case. If required TA positions not filled through twinning arrangements are procured following standard EU procedures.