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Institutional Capacity for National Economic Censuses(FY05-FY08) China.s statistical system is in transition from the previous Soviet-style model to the modern UN System of National Accounts. National income accounts are vital to track the economy, formulate policies, and to support the functioning of markets, but the current system is based on outmoded and incomplete surveys, weak collection and processing methods, and basic technical flaws.  As the first major step in overhauling the national statistical effort, and in line with official priorities, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will replace the current fragmented surveys and collection/analysis methods with national economic censuses, the first to be implemented in early 2005.  Thereafter, the economic census (EC) will be the core of the national statistical effort, and monthly, quarterly and annual statistics to track the economy will be based upon it.  In addition, it will provide the statistical basis for quantitative modeling to support economic decision-making. This project will assist NBS with: (a) re-orienting the existing organization of national accounts compilation units; (b) completing a new, expanded and accurate registry of establishments to survey; (c) training trainers and statistical enumerators and other personnel in NBS (the agricultural census of 1996 required 5 million enumerators); and (d) introducing internationally-benchmarked practices for the management and processing of the first and subsequent economic censuses.  Several required organizational changes and management and statistical processes were tested last year in the STATCAP-supported project, and therefore have helped to focus work on the economic censuses. This project is intended to strengthen China's capacity in statistical effort.  The objective of this project is in line with the overall goal of the Tenth Five-year Plan for the Social and Economic Development of China and the knowledge agenda emphasized in the recent Country Assistance Strategy for China.  An improved statistical system will provide better quality, more relevant and more frequent data to support the functioning of China.s market economy, evidence-based policy making, and the implementation of the development strategy of the government. To assist the Recipient in strengthening its statistical capacity building by supporting the first National Economic Census (EC).
Strengthening Accountability for and Audit of Disaster-Related Aid Objectives:  This grant will support certain selected activities of the INTOSAI Task Force so as to help establish a comprehensive audit trail of aid flows for disaster related aid, which could then be utilized to enhance accountability for disaster aid and also be used by the other INTOSAI work group to develop audit guidelines. This work will take into consideration weak capacities on the ground and the challenges of coordinating accountability trails across international borders. The work will be carried out against the specific context of Indonesia as a country receiving tsunami aid.  The work will help develop insights into the aid flows in Indonesia to identify what kinds of audit trails are practical and what are not in such circumstances.
Institutional Strengthening of Community Participation in Municipal Environmental Management
Ekiti Procurement Reform Initiative The Development objective of the Grant is to help lay the basis for public procurement reform of Ekiti State. A major procurement reform is currently being undertaken at the Federal level, the start of which was financed by an IDF Grant of 2003, and a follow up Credit (ERGP) with a sub-component of Public procurement reforms in 2005. Similar reforms are needed at the State level since the States in Nigeria have been awarded substantial independence. Under the National Constitution, procurement reforms are the prerogative of the States. The objective is to achieve similar goals as at the Federal level in terms of institutional and legal framework, due process of public procurement for goods, works and consulting services, broader participation of the private sector and transparency.  The Development objective of the Grant is to strengthen the capacity of the Ekiti State Due Process office to institute procurement processes and practice that promote accountability and efficient use of public resources.
Capacity building of the Mozambique Supreme Audit Institution The main activities will include: - development of a training program for each of the auditor profiles previously identified (Financial auditor, IT auditor, procurement auditor, public works auditor, value-for-money auditor) - identification of an external certification institution with internationally accepted standards - setting-up of certification process for TA auditors The objective of this project is to develop the capacity for the Mozambique Supreme Audit Institution (the Mozambican Tribunal Administrativo or TA) to provide its audit staff with internationally-accepted technical and professional training and certification. This would enable the TA to increase the effectiveness of its audits and contribute to increasing the transparency and accountability of the use of public funds in Mozambique.
Court Information & Management System Development IDF Grant Activities to be financed by the Grant includes the following: Â·   Analysis of courts workload distribution and development of an automated case management system. Â·   Development of an automated system for collecting, processing and maintaining of court statistics and to    monitor performance indicators. Â·   Preparation of  the design and of the implementation plan for the new court information and management    system. Â·   Institutional strengthening of the Supreme Court and provision of necessary training, including study tours,    to judges and other court personnel for the implementation and operation of   the new court information and    management system. Â·   Implementation and testing of  the new court information and management system, including acquisition of    necessary equipment and software, on a pilot basis covering the Supreme Court, oblast courts and selected    district courts. Â·   Evaluation of the pilot activities on the implementation of the new court information and management    system and preparation of recommendations regarding project expansion. It is understood that the development and installation of a new court management and information system throughout the country covering all 68 courts of general jurisdiction would probably require resources that can be supplied through IDF grant. Accordingly, the main objective of the proposed activities is the design of a court management and information system and its installation and testing in the Supre me Court, oblast courts (eight of them, including Bishkek City Court) and selected district courts. Based on the evaluation of these pilot activities the Kyrgyz Government is planning to expand the system for all city and district courts with the assistance of other donors. We believe that the activities financed by the IDF grant will have an important catalytic effect in this regard.
IDF Integration of Ethnic Minority Concerns in Poverty Reduction Strategies, Programs, and Monitoring The objective is to assist the country to develop institutional capacity to monitor and evaluate impact of pverty reduction and growth policies on ethnic minorities and promote national dialogue on ethnic groups and development through: Component 1: Strengthening of Lao Front for National construction to better serve ethnic minorities through identifying their strengths and weaknessees and developing an action planto improve capacity for monitoring impacts and promoting dialogue on ethnic minorities. Component 2: Developing Monitroing and Evaluation system: through identifyin key impacts to be monitored, targets and indicators; developing method and tols for regular collection of information; and data processing, report preparation and dissemination, creating a library of reports and studies in Lao Language. The DO for this grant is to assist the country in developing institutional capacity of the LFNC, both at the national and at the local level to monitor and evaluate the impacts on ethinic minorities of priority NGPES policies, and to promote national policy dialogue concerning ethnic groups and development.   It also aims to improve the understanding of the particular circumstances of ethnic minorities in Lao PDR.
FAAGWA Public Sector Accounting, Financial Reporting and Auditing in FAAGWA Member Countries Supervision of IDF FAAGWA: Public Sector Accounting, Financial Reporting and Auditing in FAAGWA Member Countries To assist the  FAAGWA Member Countries in improving their accounting, financial reporting and auditing practices up to international standards and to develop a  PFM staff professionalization scheme
VE Siempre, Social Programs Monitoring - TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT A PILOT MODEL TO CREATE A "MONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEM OF VENEZUELAN SOCIAL PROGRAMS"(SIEMPROVE)BY THREE COMPONENTES: 1. CONDUCTING A FUNCTIONAL ASSESMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING OF NATIONAL SOCIAL PROGRAMS (MISIONES); 2.  DESIGNING CONCEPTUALLY, METHODOLOGICALLY AND ORGANIZATIONALLY THE SIEMPROVE AND; 3. DESIGNING THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND INFORMATION SYSTEM TO PILOT THE SIEMPROVE  Design and imPlement a pilot model to create a Monitoring and Evaluation System of Venezuelan Social Programs - SIEMPROVE as a component of the recipient's National Statistical System.
Building Government Capacity for Better Monitoring for Results The objective of the grant is creating institutional knowledge and capacity at the Government of Armenia to reform business processes within the central government and establish a government wide results monitoring framework. Comprehensive governance review assessing Armenian public administration system, inter alia, focusing on (i) business processes survey at the Government Staff and up to 17 line ministries, and (ii) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework and the set of performance indicators for business processes and progress towards policy objectives (in cooperation with National Statistical Service). The key processes, the management processes and the support processes have to be defined: (i) the existing processes will  be defined and analyzed, (ii) their relevance will be evaluated in the light of the mission, strategic and operational objectives of the Government as well as the urge of efficiency and of the e-government program, (iii) processes will be redesigned where necessary and digitization prospects will be observed. In case of some business processes, in particular for policy formulation and results monitoring, it will be "engineering" rather than reengineering, since there are no adequate processes defined. One of the policy options notes presented by the Bank to the incoming Government of Armenia specifically focused on policy formulation and analyses. The planned review will be a good opportunity to introduce clear and efficient procedures instead of current ad-hoc operation, since reengineering makes a more systematic, methodical way of working possible. In context of the plans of applying the model of public private partnerships, the study may also follow-up on one of the common BPR questions - if particular service should be provided, whether it is the public sector, the private sector, or partnerships that can do it most effectively. The Government Staff is planning to establish a specialized unit that will be responsible for monitoring and evaluation of particular ministries. Based on the produced manuals for the new business processes and encapsulated M&E framework the team leader and the international consultant (from the team which conducted the BPR) will deliver a 5 day training to the staff or this unit as well as to the public servants who will be related with M&E procedures at the line ministries. The team leader will deliver a follow-on training/workshop after initial month/s of introducing the system. TF093847 The development objective of the grant is creating institutional knowledge and capacity within the Government of Armenia to reform business processes within the central government by developing the basis for a national M&E system.
Making the Link From Best Practices to Policy Formulation The objective of this activity is to inform future policy decisions and improve service delivery to the poor by supporting the Indonesian Government's current efforts to learn lessons and identify best practices from past and ongoing poverty programs.  Program Components include: (a)   Mapping of ongoing development programs and collecting studies/evaluations, including: categorizing poverty programs, contacting and gathering project documents and information from responsible government ministries, donors and other organizations, and organizing a database of project information; (b)   Program development focused specifically on monitoring and evaluation based on the Recipient's ongoing development programs in order to inform new policies and poverty reduction programs, including: developing detailed work plans for development program evaluation and research, commissioning studies and disseminating results thereof; and (c)   Building partnerships with Indonesian university networks to develop in-country monitoring and evaluation capacity, including: examining university programs related to community development and research, and assessing the feasibility of a pilot program for partnership with one or more universities for research, monitoring and evaluation of development programs.
Support to ECOWAS in the implementation of NEPAD agenda in West Africa Region The purpose of the Grant is to provide assistance to the Countries of West Africa to improve their capacity to implement the New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD) through the ECOWAS Secretariat.  The activities (the Activities) for which the Grant is given are as follows:  (a) hiring of a NEPAD coordinator with the ECOWAS Secretariat; (b) funding of a study to review the way in which regional integration and NEPAD programs are being managed; (c) purchase of telecommunication equipment to upgrade ECOWAS capabilities; (d) organization of a workshop to disseminate the results of the Study on Harmonization of Telecom Sector in West Africa; and funding of two coordination meetings between ECOWAS and the Union Economique et MonÃ©taire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA).
Strengthening Env Mgmt Capacity at National and Local Levels (i)   to improve the ability of GoM to assess its institutional needs for environment and natural resources management; (ii)   to improve existing environemntal standards and environment assessment capacity; and (iii)   to enhance GoM capacity to implement and manage environmental and natural reources management policies
Public Expenditure Management Technical Assistance IDF Grant The project will provide technical assistance to the authorities in Kosovo to build capacity in public expenditure management. This will include targetted assistance to spending ministries in budget preparation, improving the budget processes and integrating capital and recurrent expenditures.
Improve Nepal's Public through Pension Reform and Strengthening Capacity to Implement Reform The grant will support technical assistance and training to support the following objectives: (a)   Reform of the Civil Pension Scheme including the introduction of a contributory scheme through support for (i) actuarial analysis, (ii) participatory dialogue to define and develop reform proposals, (iii) preparing rules and regulations for the reformed scheme and (iv) implementation of the reformed scheme. (b)   Reform of the Employee Provident Fund Scheme(EPF) through support for (i) financial and actuarial analysis to develop reforms and (ii) implementation of the reforms. (c)   Increase the effectiveness of the Universal Old Age Pension Scheme through support for (i) assessing the effectiveness of the current scheme to develop any necessary proposals for improvement and (ii) implementation of any reforms. The original objectives of the Grant were to develop capacity for the GoN to reform and improve its existing pension system which includes the civil service pension scheme, the Employee Provident Fund and the Old Age Assistance scheme.  The capacity to be developed would include both policy and implementation.
Tunisia - Modernization of Public Procurement in the Maghreb The Maghreb Initiative defines the activities to implement in order to modernize public sector procurement management and build/train human resources with the overall objective to improve the effectiveness of public expenditure in the Maghreb sub-region.  This is the Tunisian component of the initiative. Assist the Government in modernizing its public procurement systems as designed under the Arab Maghreb initiative
IDF Capacity Deveopment for Evidence-Based Land & Agricultural Policy Making in Ukraine The objective of this project is to improve the capacity for evidence-based policy making in Ukraine in the areas of agriculture and land.  The proposed project will upgrade the capacity for evidence-based policy making in the Ministry of Agriculture of Ukraine (MoA), State Service of Ukraine for Geodesy, Cartography and Cadaster (GeoCadastre) and other Government agencies (including the Cabinet of Ministers and the State Registry) and among key stakeholders in the field of agriculture and land governance. In particular, the project will (i) Provide MoA, GeoCadastre and other Government agencies with analytical support to develop evidence-based policy frameworks and champion them in stakeholder dialogues on key policy issues related to agricultural component of country's Economic Reform Strategy 2015-20; (ii) Upgrade the capacity of the State Land Cadaster, State Register and State Statistics to produce and publish the data on land markets and agricultural performance based on their existing raw data; and (iii) Upgrade the capacity of public and private sector players to draw out implications from the existing empirical evidence and design investment projects, laws and regulations which are better planned to achieve strategic goals and better monitored to achieve course corrections in priority areas of agriculture and land use.
Adolescent Girls Unit, Ministry of Gender and Development The objective of the grant is to develop a robust Adolescent Girls Unit at the Ministry of Gender & Development to ensure national programs and policies are optimized to work better for girls in order to accelerate growth and reduce poverty in Liberia. Girls have a unique potential to end poverty and this Unit would work to actualize that potential.  The overall expected outcome is improved programming for adolescent girls nationwide. Through coordinated capacity-building, planning, implementation, monitoring, and advocacy, the Adolescent Girls Unit will ensure that adolescent girls get the attention they deserve and remain at the forefront of Liberia's development agenda. The grant will support the following components: Component 1: Establishing the Adolescent Girls Unit This component focuses on establishing the Adolescent Girls Unit within the Ministry of Gender and Development and equipping it with a library and computer lab that can be accessed by adolescent girls programming practitioners and adolescent girls. The library and computer lab will be an important resource for adolescent girls practitioners and adolescent girls as it will be a place where they will be able to find materials and information on programs that focus on adolescent girls, training materials and training, and also employment and training information. Component 2: Improving Capacity for Adolescent Girls Programming A number of organizations are working with adolescent girls in Liberia. However, there is a need to coordinate efforts, strengthen capacity to develop and implement programs, and increase the quality of adolescent girls programs. This component will also support the initial assessments to scale-up the EPAG project currently being implemented by the Ministry of Gender and Development and a toolkit that captures the lessons learned from this program. Component 3: Raising Awareness of Adolescent Girls' Issues and Programs Raising awareness of issues affecting adolescent girls is needed in order to strengthen policies and programs. This component will also support mentoring of young girls through the use of girl clubs in local communities.
Strengthening the M&E system of the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty Development Objective The objective of this IDF operation is to strengthen the capacity of the Poverty Monitoring Secretariat of the Ministry of Planning, Economy & Empowerment to coordinate the implementation of the NSGRP M&E plan. Component 1:  Improvement of the NSGRP Results Framework 1.   Refining the NSGRP Results Framework. Assist the PMS Secretariat (in the PED) in coordinating with the sectors, the President's Office for Planning and Privatization (PO-PP), and the Ministry of Finance, and the donors to develop and define indicators to complete the results matrix for NSGRP. 2.   Aligning Sector and Local Government Strategies with the NSGRP.  Technical assistance will be provided to sectors and Local Government to align their strategies and plans with the NSGRP, and develop and implement programs that are aligned with the NSGRP results framework. Component 2: Strengthening NSGRP M&E systems 3.   Development of detailed M&E plan for each NSGRP outcome indicator. 4.   Strengthening the sector and Local Government M&E Systems.  Assist selected sectors and Local Government Authorities (LGA) to develop effective M&E systems. Focus will be on sectors and LGA with weak systems. Component 3: Strengthening NSGRP Implementation Reporting and Review Mechanism 5.   Annual NSGRP Report. Assist the Secretariat (PED) in strengthening the Annual Review Mechanism. Component 4:  Capacity building in M&E. 6.   M&E training and skill development.  This grant will assist selected partners involved in the implementation of the NSGRP M&E plan in skill development at the national and local levels. Likely Outcomes of Project Activities 1.   A complete results matrix for the NSGRP that brings together key elements of Sector Strategic Plans and Local Authority Plans, highlighting key areas for implementation. 2.   An implemented data collection plan leading to the regular reporting of required data for monitoring of NSGRP outcomes. 3.   Improved annual review mechanism that produces useful information for monitoring the performance of NSGRP outcomes, and that encourages the use of this information for continuous improvement of development policies and programs. The objective of this IDF grant is to build capacity of the Government of Tanzania in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). The IDF grant will be housed within the Ministry of Planning, Economy and Empowerment (MPEE) to align with the Government established Technical Assistance Facility.
Support for Institutional Capcity Building of the New Established PRSP Secreatriat at MOF The IDF grant is meant for the newly founded PRSP secretariat in Pakistan which will monitor the PRSP implementation and guide the monitoring system as well. I will supervise the implementation of the tasks funded by this grant.