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Ecuador - Dev. Regulatory Cap. Oil&Gas This IDF Grant will provide resources to the Sub-secretarÃ­a de ProtecciÃ³n Ambiental of the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Ecuador for contracting a local consultant team of social experts that will facilitate the development of a Regulation for Consultantion and Participation in oil and gas operations in indigenous lands.  It will help the Sub-secretarÃ­a to identify its capacity needs and required institutional strengthening in order to effectively manage the environmental and social impacts of the hydrocarbon activities.
Strengthening the Forum of Pakistan Ombudsman (FPO) The Development Objectives (DO) of the proposed IDF Grant are to strengthen the Ombudsman Institution in Pakistan for better service delivery by enhancing capacity, accountability and responsiveness
Program to Strengthen Accounting Capacity in Mongolia, Philippines and Vietnam To develop the capacity of the accounting profession in selected countries-Mongolia, Philippines and Vietnam-through a program aimed at improving the continuing professional development (CPD) systems of national Professional Accountancy Organizations (PAOs).
Parliament Capacity Building This proposal seeks to strengthen the capacity of the Parliament in CÃ´te d'Ivoire to effectively oversee public financial management and performance of government policies and programs.  CÃ´te d'Ivoire is emerging from a long period of political unrests and armed conflicts which has resulted in a profound deterioration of its public institutions. The Ouagadougou Peace Accord signed in 2007 between the main belligerents has paved the way for the presidential and parliamentary elections which are planned for this year.  Already the reconciliation process has started to pay dividends with improved macroeconomic conditions, but there are significant institutional, political economy, and technical constraints which need to be tackled in order to sustain the economy growth and hence help break the spiral of conflict and fragility. In this context, strengthening the Parliament is critical to ensure accountability, transparency, and participation in the management of public affairs and effective delivery of public services.  Indeed, parliamentary elections have not been held in Cote d'Ivoire since 2000 and it is basically by decrees that legislative and public policy decisions are being rendered.  Parliament has not taken any active role in the budget formulation nor the control over the effective use of public funds. As expected, this lack of executive accountability has led to corruption and limited development impact
Strengthening Capacity of Regulatory Reform Unit ot the Armenian Government The project aims strengthening capacity at the Regulatory Reform Unit with the goal of performing Regulatory Guillotine through inventory and revision of those legal norms that affect businesses and citizens, and eliminate or simplify those that are not needed or business friendly. This reform will substantially reduce the costs of regulations affecting businesses and citizens and, as a result, expected to raise the public sector efficiency and to reduce corruption risks.  TF011972
Strengthening of Accounting and Auditing Institutional Framework and Practices In early 2002, the IRC, in association with the CPCC, made an evaluation of its decade of existence. It identified a huge need for both accounting institutions to a request for Bank assistance, under IDF financing to strengthen accounting and suggested and led a series of activities aimed at implementing accounting standards and practices as well assisting the accounting profession. Due to a lack of cooperation from 1990 - 2001 with international community the request was never processed. This proposed IDF grant would extend resources to strengthen the accounting institutional framework and practices in the DRC. This involves among other things: Component 1: Assessment of the current Institutional Framework and Capacity Component 2: Elaboration of an Institutional Framework Component 3: Establish Resource Center (Information Technology) Objectives of the Grant requested:  This proposed IDF grant would extend resources to strengthen the accounting institutional framework and practices in the DRC.
Institutional Capacity Building in Environmental Management & Planning IDF Grant
Public Expenditure Management IDF Grant The proposed Grant will deal with the following development areas: (i) legal and regulatory framework for budget preparation in line with  international best practice to be established both through changing the Budget Code and developing and implementing internal budgetary regulations and procedures; (ii) training of key staff of the MoF, in particular the Budget Policy department, in modern budget preparation techniques.
Strengthening Capacity For Monitoring and Evaluation Technical assistance grant to support Poverty Reduction Strategies Evaluation and monitoring in Kenya as described in grant proposal attached.
Enhancing Regional Cooperation in the Indian Ocean The principal objective of this grant is to enhance regional integration and cooperation in the Indian Ocean through technical assistance in areas identified by IOC and its member states as priorities (tourism, oceanic fisheries, trade, and ICT).
Reform of the Regulatory framework for Mining Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Mines, including: (a) Completion of the legal reform : discuss the draft mining law prepared under the existing IDF Grant on broad consultation forums, and improve it  in order to integrate small-scale mining into the formal economy, which would contribute to increase employment and reduce poverty in rural areas. Outputs of this component would include an updated mining law and its revised regulations (including the preparation of environmental regulations), a non negotiable model investment agreement for investments in natural resources, and a mechanism to solve disputes among mining operators and between mining companies and Government; and (b) Mining Cadastre: (i) assist the government in improving the mining titles registry and management system (cadastre) including improving criteria and non discretionary procedures for the granting and foreclosing of mining rights, and designing and establishing  proper computer based cadastre and mine reporting systems. Outputs of this component would include the design of a GIS database for the Cadastre, and the resolution of all disputes related to existing mining claims in DRC.  Grant: $428,000 TF024371 Total Receipts US$395,963.36 Total Disb. US$395,963.36 Cancelled: US$32,036.64 Grant Effectiveness: June 17, 2001 Original Closing Date:  June 26, 2003
Strengthening Civil Society inclusion in the Governance process The purpose of this grant is to use the SecrÃ©tariat ChargÃ© du Renforcement des CapacitÃ©s Nationales of the Ministry of Planning to strengthen the CSOs' capacity on advocacy and managerial system, on political governance, social accountability, monitoring and social reporting, and the use of ICT as a tool to monitor public policies and expenditures
Incorporation of State Owned Enterprises in Serbia The Government of Serbia has requested World Bank  assistance with incorporation of state-owned enterprises which is a prerequisite for their further restructuring and potential privatization.  The proposed grant will assist the government in developing a legal framework for incorporation of all SOEs, as well as incorporation exercise for two particular SOEs - Railways and Post. The ultimate outcome of this project would be improved corporate governance and service delivery, better financial management, and accountability of SOEs. TF096223 The grant will support the Ministry of Finance and enhance its capacity for commencing the process of incorporating state owned enterprises in Serbia, which is a prerequisite for their further restructuring and potential privatization, and/or IPOs.  Specifically, the grant will finance the following activities:  1. Development of legal framework for incorporation of state owned public utility enterprises; and  2. Incorporation of two enterprises on pilot basis, namely Serbian Railways and Post respectively, and development of an incorporation manual for all state-owned public utility enterprises. The grant will support the Ministry of Finance and enhance its capacity for commencing the process of incorporating state ownedenterprises in Serbia, which is a prerequisite for their further restructuring and potential privatization, and/or IPOs.Specifically, the grant will finance support for incorporation of PTT Serbia as Pilot.
Strengthening Capacity for Improving Environmental Compliance and Promoting Cleaner Production in the Industrial Sector The overall development objective of this grant is to undertake activities that will seek to build capacity to promote cleaner production, and improve environmental compliance in the industrial sector (particularly in small and medium enterprises) in Uruguay.  Component 1: Reviewing Legal and Regulatory Framework for Strengthening Pollution Management and Environmental Compliance. Component 2: Assessing Institutional Needs for (i) Better Pollution Control, and (ii) Improved Monitoring and Enforcement Component 3: Building Technical Capacity within DINAMA and to Disseminate to the Industrial Sector
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE TRACKING SURVEY Conduct of an expenditure tracking survey focused on Basic Education and Health Ministries.  Survey findings and conclusions to be discussed at two workshops, followed by a national senior policy seminar to draw out lessons and agree on follow up actions.
Improving Performance Accountability in HN by Strengthening Congressional Oversight The objective of this proposal is to improve accountability of public expenditure management in Honduras by strengthening the institutional capacity of Congress to conduct its oversight role. Overall, the grant will contribute to strengthening the Congressional oversight role by: (i)   supporting the institutional modernization process that the President of Congress has initiated; (ii)   improving transparency and accountability of the Congress itself; and (iii)   enhancing Congress' capacity to analyze and monitor budgets and performance. In turn, this will improve transparency and accountability of the budget process and enhance citizen's trust in Congress. The objective of this proposal is to improve transparency and accountability of the legislative process in Honduras by strengthening the institutional capacity of Congress. Overall, the grant will contribute to strengthening the Congress by: (i) supporting the institutional modernization process that the President of Congress has initiated; (ii) improving transparency and accountability of the Congress itself; and (iii) enhancing Congress' capacity to analyze and monitor budgets and performance.  In turn, this will improve transparency and accountability of the legislative process and enhance citizen's trust in Congress.
Support to the Accountancy Profession Project Objectives and Description.  The objective of the Project is to establish acceptable audit practices in line with international standards and improve quality of services provided by the accountancy profession in Senegal. The Project consists of the following parts:  Part A:   Adapting the Local Audit Standards to ISA and General Professional Guidelines and Ethical Code of IFAC    Provide support to Order National des Experts Comptables et Comptables AgrÃ©Ã©s (ONECCA) to adapt the auditing standards of International Standards on Auditing (ISA) and general professional guidelines and ethical code of International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) by: (a) reviewing the existing national standards and code of ethics in line with ISA and IFAC's code of ethics; (b) disseminating and promoting the standards and; (c) capacity building of ONECCA members on ISA and International Financing Reporting Standards (IFRS).    all of the above through the provision of technical advisory services, goods, and training and workshops. Part B:   Establishment of Audit Quality Review Schemes    Provide support in establishing an Audit Quality Review (AQR) scheme for adherence with IFAC standards through: (a) drafting of curriculum; (b) capacity building of ONECCA members for peer review practice of audit control system; and (c) printing and dissemination of AQR manual and guidelines.    all of the above through provision of technical advisory services, goods, and training and workshops. Part C:   Enhancing the Capacity of Local Training Institutions    Provide support to: (a) at least three local training institutions to be accredited with Diplome d'Expertise Comptable et Financiere (DECOFI) and to enable these institutions to deliver DECOFI services through establishment of a local area network system, website, and database for membership information; and (b) review the curricula of Le Conseil d'Administration du Centre Africain D'Etudes SupÃ©rieures (CESAG) to make the accounting and auditing degree program more accessible.    all of the above through the provision of technical advisory services, goods, and training. The overall objective of the IDF grant is to establish acceptable audit practices in line with international standards and improve quality of services provided by the Accountancy profession in Senegal.
Institutional Strengthening of the National Youth Secretariat The Development Objective of this project is to strengthen the institutional capacity of Brazil's newly created National Youth Secretariat with a view to developing and integrating youth policies and programs at all levels of Government - national, subnational and municipal. This objective will be pursued in coordination with Civil Society organizations and the private sector, as well as with the support of national and international cooperation agencies such as the World Bank, IFC, and the UN Agencies, to develop and install a strong institutional capacity anchored in a solid monitoring and evaluation system, so that the Secretariat can manage new programs and policies to achieve planned outcomes.
Strengthening Sub-National Public Sector Results-Based Management in Lagos, Nigeria The objective of this grant is to strengthen the use of  performance information to manage for development results in Lagos State. Lagos State Government has expressed a strong interest for support to improve results-based reporting in the public sector that will provide a practical platform for strategic planning, risk management, progress monitoring, and outcome evaluation. The State Planning Commissions have the legislative mandate to coordinate the institutionalization of a harmonized M&E framework at sub-national levels of government and that would provide a platform for tracking the progress of actors in improving the quality of life of citizens. In Lagos State, the Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget has the statutory responsibility of monitoring the implementation of development programs and projects. The Ministry has had challenges in carrying out this function due to weak capacity and a poor culture of accountability in the MDAs. Although the Ministry has established a department of Monitoring and Evaluation that has a Director and adequate staff, there are still significant weaknesses that need to be addressed in the M&E system. Monitoring has been the main focus of M&E activities, and does not link activities to development results such as the State Government#s ten-point agenda. There are no formal mechanisms for evaluating programs and public reporting of performance is largely limited to statistical and reports. However, the enactment of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, which stipulates that management of public resources must be fully transparent and accountable, has brought the need for results-based reporting to the fore.  Therefore, this IDF grant will assist the State to strengthen the institutional M&E system to generate timely reports that capture key performance indicators. The objective of the grant is to strengthen the use of performance information to manage for development results in Ministries in Lagos State. The grant will assist the State to strengthen the institutional M&E system to generate timely reports that capture key performance indicators.
GDLN Program Monitoring and Evaluation System The purpose of this Grant is to assist African governments who have invested in setting up Development Learning Centers affiliated with the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) in developing tools appropriate to plan, monitor and implement policies and structures suitable to ensure these projects yield the intended results going forward and to decide on possible expansion projects.  To strengthen the capacity of the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) to design and develop a monitoring and evaluation system to plan, monitor and evaluate policies and programs of activities to ensure they yield the intended results.
Cameroon Mineral Sector Institutional Capacity Building Project The IDF will work on building institutional capacity of the Cameroun Ministry of Mines and Industry to better enable the organisation to monitor/evaluate benefit streams from the minerals sector - this will include an update to the mining law, mining cadastre, mineral development action plan and capacity building/skills upgrade of staff. The objective of this proposal is to improve the ability of the Ministry of Industry and Mines (MIM) and the Government of Cameroon in regulating and administering the mineral sector.
University of Pretoria Faculty of Law This local and regional initiative will develop the capacity of the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law to establish a comprehensive, contemporary and internationally accessible collection of primary legal information by supporting efforts to strengthen its regional legal research, training programs, and information dissemination capacity. Project activities will work to enhance the Africa Legal Information Collection and build the capacity of its Regional Comparative Law Knowledge Network through its Law Press Program. This grant has two objectives:  1) Enhance the capacity of the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law to develop a comprehensive, contemporary and internationally accessible collection of primary African legal information. 2) Expand the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law Regional Comparative Law Knowledge Network. This grant has two objectives: 1) Enhance the capacity of the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law to develop a comprehensive,contemporary and internationally accessible collection of primary African legal information. 2) Expand the University of Pretoria Faculty of Law Regional Comparative Law Knowledge Network.
Strengthening the Environmental Performance Monitoring & Evaluation System of the Phil Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) system PD 1586 promulgated the Phil Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Law in 1977.  Several implementing tules and regulations were passed through the years, the most comprehensive of which is DO No. 96-37 issued in 1996 and DO No. 2000-5 issued in 2000. Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECCs) are issued to proposed projects having adequate mitigating measures to address potential environmental impacts.  The ECC also serves as a legal instrument that binds the proponent to carry out an impact reduction/environmental enhancement program during the operational life of a project.  As a planning and analytical tool, the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) System has evolved to become one of the most powerful regulatory instruments to ensure sustainable development in the country. An important objective oaf the CAS for Philippines is to ensure environmentally sustainable urban and rural development and increase support to environmental protection programs.  Fundamentally, the Bank's supportr to the GOP aims at fostering not just a steady pace of economic gtrowth but also emphasizes the need to address the links between poverty, environment and sustainability. An ongoing study for the Philippines entitled "Environmental Safegaurds Risk Assessment" identified at least 70% of the 12 Category A & B projects in the portfolio as having marginal to risky safeguards performance, with GOP's almost non-existent monitoring of compliance to environmental covenants.  This proposal outlines a capacity building initiative which would support those primary objectives of Bank assistance to the GOP.  The proposed assitance has 2 over-arching objectives.  First, it will strengthen the ability of the environmenatal regulatory agencies, LGUs and local communities to monitor, evaluate and report compliance to environmental covenants and regulations including the implementation of environmental management and mitigation plans (EMPs), especially the World Bank supported projects.  Second, it will improve GOP's capacity to develop and  adopt innovative financial mechanisms and participatory approaches that will ensure the continued implementation of EMPs and compliance to ECCs even beyond the project life cycle.
Strengthening of the Ministry of Development Planning in the Process of Decentralization The grant objective is to support the Ministry of Development Planning for improved planning and public investment processes particularly with regards to subnational governments. The higher level objective is improved public expenditures and investments at the sub-national level. There are five components: (i) Improved public investment processes; (ii) improved planning processes; (iii) Information systems; (iv) deconcentration and support to subnational governments; (v) audit of the grant.
Building Institutional Capacity in Data Collection & Information Dissemination IDF Grant
Cali Resource Cities Program This IDF will help develop institutional capacity in the municipal administration of Cali through a city to city exchange.
Improving performance accountability in the Dominican Republic by strengthening Congressional oversight The objective of this proposal is to improve performance accountability in the DR by strengthening Congress institutional capacity to conduct its oversight role within the new public financial management (PFM) framework. The Dominican Republic has recently approved major laws that redefine the role of the institutions involved in the planning and budgeting processes and pave the way for the adoption of a medium-term expenditure framework and the use of performance information to improve public spending. It is critical thus that Congress develops capacity for using performance information to hold the Executive accountable and conducting budget oversight in a multi-annual framework. The Congress has already taken some steps in this regard, streamlining its organizational design and reforming the House's internal bylaws. This grant will complement this institutional reform process by supporting: (i)   The establishment of a Congressional Advisory Office (Oficina Permanente de AsesorÃ­a, OPA) that will provide technical support to the two Chambers: the Senate and the Lower House. (ii)   Institutional capacity building activities on the new PFM framework and comparative parliamentary budget oversight practices targeted at legislators, relevant legislative Commissions, their technical staff, and other key permanent staff in Congress (iii)   The expansion and upgrading of the legislative information system (Sistema de InformaciÃ³n Legislativa, SIL) to better serve the information requests from both lawmakers and the general public. The objective of this proposal is to improve accountability for public sector performance in the DR by strengthening the institutional capacity of Congress to conduct its oversight role within the new public financial management (PFM) framework. Overall, the project will contribute to strengthening the Congressional oversight role by improving its capacity to analyze and monitor budgets and performance within the new public expenditure framework - enhancing the transparency and accountability of the budget process. In turn, this will improve the public's trust in Congress and enhance communication between Congress and civil society.