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SYC PAR IDF The project will undertake a public financial management and debt management assessment.  The work will be closely coordinated with the IMF's FAD department and will feed into planned World Bank ESW for FY09 - A Public Expenditure Review.  This is part of the Bank's core diagnostic work envisaged in the re-engagement strategy with the Seychelles.  Fiscal imabalances in the last few years lie behind current macroeconomic and exchange rate imabalances that need to be addressed for macro stability and ultimately economic growth. Budget plans to reduce fiscal deficits have not come to fruition as spending exceeded cielings and goals established at the start of the fiscal year.  This PEFA-type assessment will diagnose weaknesses in the PFM system which once addressed will enable budget execution to live up to budgetary plans.  The large fiscal deficits have been financed by a mix of domestic and external financing resulting in Seychelles becoming one of the most highly indebted countries in the world (approximately 198 percent of GDP).  The Government is also requesting assistance to improve debt management as part of its approach to improving PFM and fiscal outcomes for a more sustained growth path. The objective of this grant is to enhance the capacity of the Department of Public Administration in the Vice Presidency to effectively manage the implementation of the broad public sector reform program which was adopted by the Government on June 3, 2009, and has an associated Memorandum of Action for implementation adopted by the Cabinet in August 2009.  Both documents are consistent with the Bank's recommendations in the 2008 Public Expenditure Review. 2009, and has an associated Memorandum of Action for implementation adopted by the Cabinet in August 2009. Both documents are
Public Sector Accountability Capacity Building - Twinning Arrangement In Public Sector Audit IDF Grant This IDF is intended to strengthen the transparency and public accountability of the external audit function in Tajikistan; and (1) build capacity within the State Financial Control Committee (SFCC), (2) eliminate weaknesses in the Law on State Financial Control and (3) improve Parliament Assembly capacity to review the Executive branch.s output. Grant Agreement date moved until response from TM is received Oct. 7, 2004: Due to delays in obtaining clearance for the draft GA and expected delays in obtaining an acceptance letter from the Government of Tajikistan, I would recommend that the timetable be amended as follows: Grant Agreement (effectiveness)   31 October 2004 Completion Memo   ,,,,     30 November 2006 TF054291 The Development Objective of the project was to build capacity of the State Financial Control Committee (SFCC) of the Recipient to perform public sector audit function through a twinning arrangement with a well established and mature public sector audit institution.
Enhance Capital Market Authority Monitoring Capacity The objective of the IDF Grant ($320,000) is to enhance the capacity of the Capital Market Authority to conduct efficient monitoring of the regulatory compliance of listed companies with international accounting and auditing standards. A strong financial reporting regime and transparent financial reporting by the corporate entities will benefit the Egyptian economy in various ways including strengthening the country#s financial architecture, facilitating corporate sector#s access to international sources of financing, attracting foreign portfolio and strategic investors, facilitating tax collection from the corporate sector, and generating reliable corporate financial information for supporting various building blocks of a market economy.  The objective of the Grant is to enhance the capacity of the Capital Market Authority to conduct efficient monitoring of the regulatory compliance of listed companies with international accounting and auditing standards and financial laws and regulations and consistently take action against violators.    A strong financial reporting regime and transparent financial reporting by the corporate entities will benefit the Egyptian economy in various ways including strengthening the countrys financial architecture, facilitating corporate sectors access to international sources of financing, attracting foreign portfolio and strategic investors, facilitating tax collection from the corporate sector, and generating reliable corporate financial information for supporting various building blocks of a market economy.    This IDF grant will support these objectives through enhancing the capacity of the Financial Reporting Compliance Unit (FRCU) - which is part of the Corporate Governance Department at the CMA - to turn it into a qualified unit capable of conducting in-depth review of corporate financial statements to determine the extent of compliance with international accounting and auditing standards and local financial laws and regulationsnot only in appearance but also in substance.
Strengthening Institutional Capacity of GRAAN The objective of the IDF proposal is to strengthen the institutional capacity of GRAAN for transparency and accountability. This objective will be achieved through (i) building capacity for budgeting, financial management and procurement; (ii) improving human resources management; and (iii) setting up a transparency and accountability system.    RAAN is the poorest region in the second poorest country of the Latin America and Caribbean Region. RAAN, with approximately 308,000 inhabitants, covers almost 33,000 square kilometers of the Atlantic coast region, the largest and the poorest of the three distinct regions that comprise Nicaragua. The Atlantic coast region, which RAAN shares with the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS), comprises about 43 percent of the countryâ€™s territory.
Djibouti - Strengthening Aid Coordination & Management Capacity The overlal obejective of the IDF grant is to strengthen the capacity of the institutions in charge of aid coordination to effectively and with transparency coordinate and manage development assistance (ODA) flows.  In particular, the Grant will suspport the establishment of an aid coordination/management system that will eventually improve the flow, quality and timeliness of information between the Government and donors on aid projects. Strengthened capacity of institutions in charge of design, management and monitoring of public investment projects and aid, in particular the External Financing Department and the Commission Nationale des Marches.
Institutional Strengthening & Capacity Building of Aid Accounts & Audit, Division of Ministry of Finance in India The main objective of the proposed grant is to assist the Aid Accounts and Audit Division (AAAD) to strengthen the organization.s institutional capacity and streamline disbursement and cash flow operations.  As the conduit through which all donor funds pass, streamlining AAAD activities will enable better management of development activities and projects.  The grant will assist in strengthening project financial management capability of AAAD, improving fund flows, disbursement processes and business processes related to claims, enhancing oversight of projects, and strengthening process relating to audit covenants and their follow up. Overall, this will lead to improvement in public debt management & reporting and strengthen financial management & accountability. To meet this objective, the grant will support: (i) enhancement of funds flow, disbursement and electronic claims processing functions between the GoI and the States and between the States and project implementing units (PIUs), (ii) improved monitoring of audit reports, and (iii) research and training to strengthen the capacity of officers and staff of AAAD. Together, these three components will assist in building capacity of the AAAD staff and systems in delivering better quality of services. The main objective of the grant is to assist the Aid Accounts and Audit Division (AAAD) to strengthen the organizations institutional capacity and streamline disbursement and cash flow operations.  The grant will assist in strengthening project financial management capability of AAAD, improving fund flows, disbursement processes and business processes related to claims, enhancing oversight of projects, and strengthening process relating to audit covenants and their follow up.  Overall, this will lead to improvement in public debt management & reporting and strengthen financial management & accountability.
Institutional Strengthening of the Recipient's Participatory Environment Action Planning
Institutionalization of Robust Fiscal and Financial Management Capacities in the Public Administration This technical assistance will support the Ministry of Finance and the Comptroller General of Dominican Republic to strengthen their capacities to carry out strong fiscal analysis, robust financial management abilities of public officials, and increase the audit role of the government. Given the broad weaknesses of the public institutions to increase public sector's performance, the grant will focus in particular two key units: the Analysis and Fiscal Policy Unit (Unidad de AnÃ¡lisis y PolÃ­tica Fiscal) and the Center for Policy Training and Fiscal Management (Centro de CapacitaciÃ³n de PolÃ­tica y GestiÃ³n Fiscal, CAPGEFI) of the Ministry of Finance. The CEPGEFI's unit will perform dual function providing training support to the officials of the Ministry of Finance, as well as to the Comptroller General of the Republic. The assistance will lever the fiscal analysis capacity through supporting the systematic production and dissemination of fiscal reports to assess and forecast economic and social effects of revenues and expenditure options, and will fortify the financial management abilities through training public officials, and introducing new training modalities, for instance e-learning.
Enhancing ACET Capacity to strengthen African Govts for Transformation The development objective of this IDF grant request is to enhance the capacity of the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) to leverage its growinganalytical work to strengthen policy and institutional strategies and capacities of African governments for transformation. This will be undertaken through advocacy and outreach, policy advice and deepening analysis and research in key transformative areas. Advocacy and outreach activities will aim to bring ACETâ€™s insights and perspectives on transformation to the widest array of relevant actors,especially policy makers and the private sector who will make transformation happen.  The IDF will also strengthen ACETâ€™s capacity to serve as policy coach to selected governments in enhancing institutional capacities and in managing extractive resources for transformation.#  # The main components and activities of this initiative include:# (A)  Advocacy and knowledge-sharing for capacity building:# (i) Editing, publishing and dissemination of various reports. The reports include the African Transformation Report (ATR), country case studies, thematic studies and industry # studies. # (ii) Capacity Building Events. ACET will convene a number of events to share the findings of its research with policy makers and other stakeholders. # (B) Policy advice and implementation support in the extractive sector # (i) Liberia: Revising Petroleum Legislatives# (ii) Guinea- Provide Strategic Support to the Technical and Strategic Committees responsible for the Review of Mining Contracts.# (iii) Zambia- Study on Building the Institutional Capacity of the Mining Sector.# (C) Policy studies in the extractive sector# (i) Local Content Studies# (ii) Value Addition Studies# The envisaged outcomes are:# (i) Increased awareness and understanding by policy makers and other stakeholders of economic transformation issues in Africa, and recognition of ACETâ€™s perspectives on various themes relating to economic transformation in Africa.# (ii) Effective policies and strategies geared towards strengthening institutional capacity for economic transformation in Africa# (iii) Better understanding of the drivers of success of local content and valueaddition policies spurring policymakers to formulate informed policies in the extractive sector.
Capacity Building IDF The objective of the proposed IDF grant is to assist Comorian officials to improve economic management. This will be accomplished by providing capacity building to authorities to design a national development strategy to establish medium-term goals for both the private sector and the public sector, and for the latter, to fine-tune sector policies and development objectives, and formulate expenditure plans and institutional development priorities.  The grant will also provide for capacity building in public investment management, including design of a rolling three-year investment program, monitoring of such a program, and donor coordination.  The grant will assist Comoros to develop a system of donor coordination that that is more responsive to country needs than the present unstructured arrangement. Capacity building activities will be undertaken on all three islands  Grande Comore, Moheli and Anjouan.
Legal/Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure IDF Grant Legal and Regulatory Reform in Infrastructure - To develop the essential components of the new regulatory framework and to enhance the capacity of the Regulatory Office for Network Industries (RONI) to perform regulatory tasks.  04/08/03:  Grant Agreement (effectiveness) date moved from March 31 to April 30th 2003.
Accounting & Auditing Reform IDF Grant IDF Grant Accounting and Auditing Reform in Azerbaijan Republic for the Implementation of Country Financial Accountability Assessment (CFAA). Reason for Delay: 10/06/2004 em from TM As an update to the Effectiveness of the above IDF Grant, we are experiencing delays in the signing of the above  Grant by the Borrower, but we have been assured that the Grant will be signed in the next two weeks.  The delay is in the Prime Minister's office which has to assign the individual to sign the Grant Agreement outside of the Ministry of Finance.  As the Ministry of Finance is implementing the Grant, it was decided by the Government authorities that another Ministry i.e. Ministry of Interior would sign the Grant.  Another issue that caused delay is the discussion on the international consultants fees which had been deemed high by some government officials, and which has now been resolved. We expect the Grant to be signed in two weeks time.    The procurement process for contracting consultant's services (other than signing contracts) has been completed.
Burundi - IDF Economic Management The objective of the Grant request is to strengthen institutional capacities in macroeconomic management in the Republic of Burundi, by helping Burundian authorities revise their national accounts, their macroeconomic framework and establish an operational database and management information center to improve the flow and use of information in policy design and planning.
KH Strengthening Natl Audit Authority Development of the NAA's medium term business development plans, audit programming, planning and reporting strategies and capacities. to support external, independent scrutiny of public expenditures and the government's Public Financial Management Reform Program.  To assist the NAA in strengthening its capacity to audit the finances and activities of public sector agencies and prepare timely and reliable audit reports.
Strengthening Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka Background: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sri Lanka (ICASL) is the national accountancy body and the sole Accounting Standards setting authority in Sri Lanka. The ICASL also conducts qualifying examinations, supervises and regulates student education and training, secures the maintenance of professional standards among members and the advancement of the profession. The institute has over 4200 members, and over 30,000 registered students. There was a   recent request to the World Bank by the Government of Sri Lanka  for support of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of Sri Lanka (ICASL) on various corporate governance and public financial management improvements efforts including; -  Enhancing corporate reporting by introducing international financial reporting standards to Strategic Business Enterprises (SBEs). - Enriching the quality of audits by establishing and implementation of an audit quality assurance board and strengthening small and medium practioners. - Improving public sector financial reporting by rolling out a new set of public sector accounting standards. ----------------------------------------------------------------
JM Debt Management The Government of Jamaica has a very large debt burden, both domestic and external.  This grant is intended to help with improved management of this debt, currently standing at over 130 percent of GDP.  The activity is expected to include seminars, workshops and technical assistance by Bank staff.
Grant for Legal Reform and Legal Aid for the Advancement of Women The purpose of the Grant is to support current efforts, from both government and civil society , to launch a legal reform process that would improve gender equality and establish a supportive intuitional environment, by reforming institutions to establish equal rights and opportunities for women and men, fostering incentives for more equal resources and participation, and redressing disparities in access to resources.
EC Strengthening Capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation of Safety Program The objective of this task is to strengthen the institutional capacity for the collection, production, and analysis of crash data.
NWFP Support to Strengthening of Procurement Regulatory Framework NWFP is the leading province in terms of procurement reforms. Under the NWFP Procurement of Goods, Works, Services and Consulting Services Ordinance 2002, rules for procurement of consulting services were notified in November 2002, and rules for procurement of goods, works and (non-consultancy) services were notified in December 2003. The rules were designed and adopted by the officials of the Finance Department, without significant external assistance. Inevitably, therefore, these rules contain all the aspects of the existing procurement procedures without bringing in any changes to align the procedures with the modern public procurement practices. In line with the SACs and now the DPC (the SAC III has been replaced by DPC 1) supported PRP, this grant is needed to i.   suggest few amendments in the ordinance, and bring the procurement rules closer to international best practice; ii.   update the system of Composite Schedule of Rates (CSR) by Current Market Rates (CMR); iii.   review the various codes, departmental rules and regulations to synchronize their application in context of the stipulations of the procurement ordinance as well as the new procurement rules. This will also include review and amendment in the existing standard Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) bidding and contract documents to make them more relevant to the needs of NWFP; iv.   introduce sustainable procurement training for government officials; v.   implement an effective mechanism to redress complaints with respect to procurement; vi.   identify a home for procurement reforms for further research, database management and revisions; and vii.   improve transparency and awareness of the reformed system. The request was cleared by Abid and has been approved by RIC.
Institutional Strengthening thru Support to National Procurement Center in Bishkek IDF Grant IDF Grant for $346,000 approved on April 28, 2003, TF052468 During the IDF grant implementation period, the main objective of the Center will be to fulfill the immense training needs in procurement of public officials at all levels of government in the country, in line with the recommendations of the CPAR.   In addition to the training of public officials in procurement, the National Training Center will also provide capacity building both to the central government in getting ready for a PRSC and to local communities in administering funds. The IDF funds would be used for providing technical assistance to the Center.  This technical assistance would mainly comprise short-term expatriate consultants for helping the Center staff in elaboration of a business plan for the Center; for upgrading the skills of the staff of the Center in operations and management; accounting and finance; design and delivery of training programs for training-the-trainer, for public officials at all levels of government throughout the country; and for capacity building in support of the PRSC,  The IDF would also finance the training of a select number of the Center staff, including the Director, abroad in a suitable international training institution.
MongliaStrengthening Expenditure Management Capacity in Ulaan Baatar Municipality The objective is to provide institution building technical assistance to the Ulaan Baatar Municipality to strengthen the formulation and execution of it public expenditure policies, including through more effective control of its human resources and wage bill. The proposed support is part of a wider Government effort to strengthen public financial effectivenness and would complement other Bank and donor activities.
Strengthening Uruguay's Justice Institutions for Equitable Development Institutional Strengthening for reporting on international obligations  Capacity Building for Equitable Development and Pilot Training Program Women's Human Rights Project closed on March 7, 2008 and ICm approved on Aug 18, 2008. No revision of the Development Objective was included in the Amendment
Property Rights & Land Market Development for EU Candidate & Balkan Countries IDF Grant 1.   The IDF Grant will contribute to the  (i) enhancement of the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Regional Development (MoARD) of Hungary by creating a Center of Excellence  within the Ministry.  Once the institutional support to be provided by the grant is in place, the Hungarian MoARD will launch regional outreach and network activities for the benefit of most EU candidate and Balkan countries. 2.   The IDF Grant will also contribute to the (ii/a) establishment of a homogeneous electronic database (ECA LandNET)  on subjects related to real property rights and (ii/b) creation of a systematic knowledge management network of all actors dealing with land tenure regimes and real property rights in the EU candidate and Balkan countries. 3.   Finally, the IDF Grant will support (iii) the implementation of professional development activities , such as demand driven conferences, technical seminars, and workshops as a mechanism for network building and, thus, knowledge sharing and to better coordinate international and national experiences in the region and to foster cross-country dialogue. TF050701
Enhancing Demand-Side Governance of the Road Administration The proposed grant aims at enhansing the participatory performance monitoring and evaluation of the Kazakhstan Roads Administration by building capacity of Ministry of Transportation to effectively engage civil society organizations and project beneficiaries in implementation of transport projects in Kazakhstan.  TF014526 The objective of the project is to introduce modern demand side governance diagnostics in transport projects and establish mechanisms for effective local community engagements with Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MoTC).
Capacity Building to Support Gender Responsive Legal Reform and Literacy Initiatives To support basic institutional and capacity building to strengthen the Government of Burundi's role in the promotion of gender responsive leagl reforms; and to strengthen and expend the legal literacy.counselling activities of civil society NGOs for the poor and socially vulnerable To support basic institutional and capacity building to strengthen the government's role in the promotion of gender-responsive legal reform; and basic institutional and capacity building to strengthen and expand the legal literacy and legal aid activities of civil society non governmental organizations working with the poor and socially vulnerable.