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Contract Monitoring Network West Africa The overarching development objective of this program is to use contract monitoring approaches and tools to strengthen transparency and accountability frameworks in the procurement systems in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.  The program will develop the capacity of emerging national civil society coalitions to monitor and improve governance in their respective national public procurement/contracting systems.  These coalitions will be linked through a regional coordinating body for this work, thereby strengthening their overall effectiveness through knowledge-sharing and peer support and learning.  The development objective of this program is to build the capacity of emerging multi-stakeholder groups in Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone to more effectively monitor procurement/contracting processes and outcomes. Specifically the program will support these emerging coalitions (comprised of civil society, government, and the private sector) to monitor the award and implementation of selected projects (to be determined by the coalitions) and to advocate for improved governance in priority sectors.  The expected results of the program are: (i) improved transparency and accountability of procurement/contracting processes in priority sectors/projects; (ii) sustainable monitoring coalitions of diverse stakeholders in each of the four target countries that will continue to oversee contracting processes after the program ends; and (iii) a regional network of stakeholders across the four countries that is committed to move the agenda of contract monitoring forward on the regional level.  To achieve these results, the program will work through the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (the recipient of the IDF grant) to provide peer-coaching and learning in the four target countries on procurement/contract monitoring, strategic advocacy, coalition and network building.
Grenada - Strengthening Personnel Expenditures Management The IDF's development objective is building capacity at the Department of Public Administration (DPA) and the Cabinet Office, under the Prime Minister's Office to contribute to increasing public service performance and efficiency in Grenada. Capacity will be built through training government teams to: (i) Conduct human resource staffing and expenditure reviews in five pilot ministries to determine the right staffing of public sector agencies based on services delivered to citizens and preparing an action plan to implement these recommendations; and (ii) Enhance policy coordination mechanisms across ministries by conducting process reengineering exercises. Building capacity at the Department of Public Administration (DPA) and the Cabinet's Office, both under Grenada's Office o f the Prime Minister, to contribute to enhancing quality of public expenditures in Grenada, with a special focus on improving the management of personnel expenditures. Capacity will be built in these two institutions by: (i) the implementation, by the DPA with external support, of human resource staffing and expenditure reviews in five pilot ministries with the objective of determining the right staffing of these public sector agencies based on services delivered to citizens and building their capacity to continue with the other agencies; and (ii) Strengthening the Cabinet's office ability to monitor and evaluate programs with the purpose of informing the budget planning process and enhancing quality of public expenditures.
Solomon Islands Central Bank Capacity Building The objective of the proposed project is to improve institutional capacity for effective economic and financial management by focusing on two key areas: (a) building up the understanding, recording, and analysis of national accounts and external balance of payments and (b  ) improving capacity in prudential regulation and supervision through reform of the legal framework.
Monitoring & Communicating Results Capacity-Building for the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process The objective of the grant is to enhance the capacity of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to manage, monitor, evaluate and communicate the results of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or PAMANA ("Program for Resilient Communities in Conflict-Affected Areas or LEGACY) project.  PAMANA is the government's major new initiative to promote early recovery and build resilient communities in conflict-affected areas, particularly in Mindanao. The grant will support achievement of the Philippines CAS 2010-2012 Strategic Objective 4.3, "Stability and Peace".  In particular it will contribute to Outcome 1 under SO 4.3, "enhanced impact and conflict-sensitivity of development programs implemented in communities in Mindanao affected by armed or violent conflict." This will be achieved by supporting the institutional capacity of OPAPP, as the government's lead agency for peace and conflict issues, to develop and manage the PAMANA initiative.  The grant will complement significant TA on conflict issues being provided to the government, including OPAPP, under the State and Peace-Building Fund.  It will also support the ongoing development of the Bank's Mindanao program, as the ARMM Social Fund and the Mindanao Trust Fund (MTF) will be incorporated into the PAMANA umbrella. OPAPP is a key institution for the MTF in particular, as the co-chair of the MTF Interim Steering Committee. manage, monitor, evaluate and communicate the results of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or PAMANA (Program for Resilient
Introducing International Accounting Standards IDF Grant Objectives:  The main objective of the task is to introduce International Accounting Standards (IAS) in Turkmenistan.  This involves strengthening the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, giving technical advice and training and providing direct assistance to pilot companies transitioning to IAS, disseminating information on IASs and training others who will be involved in later adoption of IASs. Activities: (i) Training of key participants (including trainers) involved in the accounting reform process.  (the aim is to start an in-depth training for selected participants); (ii) International Workshop on accounting reform process:  (foreign experts will be invited to Ashgabad to share their experiences of implementing IASs and reforming accounting systems); and (iii) Provision of Technical Assistance in the development of national accounting standards vis a vis IAS: (permanent advisor(s) will be provided for continuous support to the government in the reform process).
Capacity Building of Public Sector Civil Services Training In The overall objective of the grant is to revitalize and upgrade  PakistanÂ’s civil service training by: strengthening capacity of the public sector training institutions; revising curricula; improving teaching methodology using case-method techniques; building staff capacity; and improving connectivity within and among training institutes. Bulk of the amount approved under the IDF Grant is set aside for the Pakistan Administration Staff College (PASC) to strengthen its training capacity. The broad set of activities that are intended to be carried out under the Grant include:    * improving/ revising curricula of PASC and other training institutions;    * preparation of case studies for the PASC in order to improve its training capacity;    * training of core/ key faculty of PASC, who would then serve as    trainers for senior civil servants of the country. The proposed training include sending a select group of  , faculty for training at Harvard under the Mason Fellowship Program; and/ or short courses at various leading    interntional institutions; and    * facility upgrade of PASC and other training institutions Administrative Restructuring; based on the recenly issued report of the restructuring committee, the Federal Government Divisions will be stremlined in order to cope with the new world. Implementing a Crash Program in public sector management to seniro civil servants, joint and additional secretaries to create "Reform Champions".  This group will lead the change effort form within the civil service.  This is being planned with the help of the Kennedy School of Government and the first batch of civil servants is expected to begin their education program in the next few months.  the entire program will be completed by the end of 2002. Deepening the skill based of entry-level civil servants through scholarship programs; this would involve sending 5 percent of the brightest civil servants from each cohort ofentering civil servants (about 15 to 20 persons) for Master's degree programs at world class universities.  This is planned as an annual event and will continue as part of human resource development. Upgrading faculty and establishing joint-training programs with major universities, strenthening the Civil Service Training Inistiutes; the intent is to have a "twinning" relationship with a world class university or with selected individual faculty members to promote faculty exchange and curricula reform.  This relationship will span at least five years and is designed to help convert the current institutes into a National Public Sector Management University which can provide world class education domestically. Prompting use of distance learning and internet resources.
Procurement Reform and Capacity Building Component 1: Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Legal Framework:  The focus of this component is to strengthen the new institutional arrangement imposed by the new procurement law and address the inconsistency of the legal framework with international best practice. It is also expected that the grant will increase the overall capacity for public service delivery and the efficiency of the HATC and the HTB, to ensure Government effective implementation and enforcement of the new procurement law. Activity1: Improving the existing institutional arrangement and legal frame work The assessment will include reviewing the procurement law no23, 2007, its executive regulations, the institutional arrangements, and the efficiency of the system. The report will present the findings and provide recommendations for further improvement.
DO Public Expenditure Mgt & Fincl Accoun Will provide support to the Dominican Department for the control of administrative corruption in developing its capacity to fight corruption. Objective is to improve the DR's anti-corruption activities by strengthening the DPCA, the special prosecutors office responsible for investigating, prosecuting, and preventing corruption
Nicaragua Strengthening Investment & Export Promotion The overall objective of this grant is to strengthen investment and export promotion efforts in Nicaragua. The specific development objective is to build the capacity of public institutions involved in investment and export promotion, particularly the capacity of PRONicaragua to coordinate these efforts.  The expected outcome is that PRONicaragua will have the capacity to lead and coordinate investment and export promotion efforts. Also, the various efforts will no longer be duplicated and instead will complement each other, while gaps in the system will also be identified. Specifically, there are three activities planned, including (i) an assessment of the national systems for investment and export promotion, (ii) the development of Strategies for Nicaraguaâ€™s Investment and Export Promotion Efforts, and (iii) a restructuring of PRONicaragua to allow it to take on new functions based on Decree No. 12-2011, which gives PRONicaragua a leading role in business regulatory reform efforts and in export promotion.
Fiduciary Assessment IDF Grant (Montenegro) Strengthen internal controls and processes within the Central Bank persuant to findings identified through mid-2004 fiduciary assessment report.  TF054911
Legal and Judicial reforms to Strengthen Creditor Rights The proposed grant has two components - (i) Strengthening judicial delivery in commercial and banking cases by establishing a new commercial court, and (ii) obtaining baseleine data on Judiciary.  (i) Nepal has recently passed a set of legislations (such as the Insolvency Ordinance) vesting jurisdiction in a yet to be established Commercial Court. These matters are presently being taken to the general courts, whose functioning leaves a lot to be desired. In absence of continuing training being provided to judges (see below), judges get insufficient exposure to commercial practices. There is no awareness of the opportunity cost when productive assets get blocked in the courts. An all new Commercial Court looks an attractive alternative, but may possibly be unproductive as an independent entity. Another way of achieving this may be through a dedicated Commercial Bench at the Appellate and Supreme Court level. This sub-component of the grant will finance the (i) setting up of the Commercial Bench, the procedures, manual, case management system, (ii) an assessment of training needs and development of modules which can be used to train the judges and support staff. (iii) study of existing model of division of jurisdictions and performance of institutions. (ii) Lengthy court proceedings are perhaps the most visible symptom of the crisis in the Nepali judiciary. They translate into significant and perpetual backlogs - a breeding ground for petty corruption. There have been many initiatives to tackle this problem.  Most of them have focused at case management in the narrow sense of processing papers and reorganizing and/or automating some of the business operations. More is needed to sustain increase court productivity and reduce both time and costs of court operations.  Such reforms should certainly include consolidation of court jurisdiction and competence so the cases are decided with less cost without compromising quality.  The reform should expand to include the distribution of cases among the courts to allocation of cases to judges.  Judicial Map (geographical organization of the courts) seems also to contribute to lower performance of the courts, as large number of the courts necessarily impede specialization and lead to difficult and costly supervision. Although civil procedures in Nepal does not seem to be terribly formal (28 steps comparing to 29.7 regional average) they are in need of improvement.  Endless opportunities for appeals seem to be a big problem which, in addition to increasing delay and costs, raises opportunities for corruption.  To formulate the foregoing reforms it is necessary to have the necessary data and information on the judiciary. This subcomponent of the grant will finance the -(i) the collection of baseline data, including public perception of judiciary (ii) judicial mapping (iii) assessment of judges performance The objective of the Project is to build capacity of the judiciary in providing dispute resolution services in banking and commercial matters through commercial bench and data collection and analysis.
6L Strength. M&E Systems in LAC The development objective of the IDF Grant6 is to strengthen and institutionalize M&E systems across LAC countries through South-South learning and knowledge-sharing activities.
IDF Strengthening of the Indonesian Institute of Accountants Objectives of the grant are to (i) help the IIA in adopting over time the IFAC Quality Assurance requirements, Int'l Auditing Standards & other Int'l Auditing & Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) pronouncements and the Int'l Financial Reporting Standards (ii) promote the sustainability of the program by creating a cadre of proficient trainers capable of continuing the work of producing qualified accounts & auditors (iii) assist the country in promoting a close partnership between private & public sectors and strengthening he important nexus between corporate governance and good governance in the public sector.  Grant Amount:  $257,000
DJ-Capactiy  Bldg of new Budget Directorate & its Counterparts Empowering the central role of hte Budget Directorate and its counterparts within the PFM system. The first component of the grant is aimed at enhancing the central role ofthe recent Budget Directorate in the budget preparation and execution cycle. The second component of the grant is aimed at upgrading therole of audit bodies as counterparts of the PFM systme dealing with the enhanced Budget Directorate. Enhancing the budgeting function and the control bodies
Tax Service Capacity Strengthening The IDF Grant will contribute to improving governance and business climate in the Republic of Tajikistan through creating capacity for tax service reforms. In the last ten years there has been virtually no improvement in the Tajik tax service. Tax to GDP ratio remains among the lowest among CIS countries (16.8 including social payments). Tax arrears have risen by about 65  million somoni in 2006 alone, and stand at 224 million somoni.  representing more than 20 percent of net annual collection. Business processes of Tajik tax service are manual, inefficient, and lack transparency.  Perhaps most importantly, despite commitment of the highest leadership, there is a lack of capacity on all levels to implement reforms. The tax system is incapable to sustain further increase in the collection of revenue without a comprehensive reform that would increase capacity, introduce modern and transparent business practices, and ensure voluntary compliance of the majority of tax payers.  The above reforms would have far-reaching implications for improved governance and business climate in the country, supporting further growth and development. In particular, this grant will support TC in the following areas:  (i) developing a comprehensive strategy for tax reforms, including conducting a functional review, IT review and a thorough analysis of institutional development needs, and development of a concept paper for comprehensive tax modernization;  (ii) supporting implementation of urgent reforms, such as adoption of taxpayer register; harmonization of the Tax Code with the Civil Code; and (iii) strengthening human capital and institutional capacity of TC, including training in  collection of tax arrears, and collection of social security taxes, as well as capacity building in the TC to implement and manage reforms. The authorities of the Republic of Tajikistan are committed to modernizing their tax system.  This Grant proposal responds to an urgent request for assistance by the Chairman of TC. However, besides the leadership of the Tax Committee, the team has discussed these issues with the high-level policy decision-makers such as the Economic Advisor to the President and the Minister of Finance, who fully support the modernization of the tax system.  The request for assistance is formulated both in terms of the immediate needs of the Tax Committee and medium-term comprehensive tax modernization effort.  While the IDF grant would lay the groundwork for tax system modernization by supporting the strategy development, urgent reforms, and capacity building, the mid- to long-term reform needs of TC could possibly be addressed by securing a multi-donor trust fund at a future date. TF091432
JM Governance and Anti-Corruption The task would support the completion of an anti-corruption and governance diagnostic, to inform the Jamaican government's anti-corruption and governance-strengthening program and build local government capacity to develop and monitor governance indicators.  WBI would provide technical assistance in parallel to the IDF grant. The development objective is to strengthen governance mechanisms and the fight against corruption through widening and deepening of accountability and transparency in public institutions. This objective will be achieved by: (i) broadening access to information by citizens under the Access to Information Act of 2002; and, (ii) development of in-country capacity on governance and anti-corruption (GAC) diagnostics through training of public and private sector agents in governance survey methodology and analysis, policy formulation, implementation strategies and governance activities monitoring.
Capacity Building of Institute of Capital Markets (ICM) The main purpose of the IDF (the grant) is to develop the capacity of the Institute of Capital Markets (ICM) to enable the Institute to promote knowledge and develop professional standards in the financial markets of Pakistan.  Main objectives include: enabling ICM to improve public awareness of its program; strengthening the institute's program offerings through quality assurance and help in development of new programs and curriculum; developing a resource center including library and database for the stakeholders; and developing a forum for business policy roundtables and consultations.  The recipient of this grant is the Government of Pakistan and the implementing agency is the Karachi-based Institute of Capital Markets (ICM).  The main purpose of the grant is to develop the capacity of ICM to enable it to promote knowledge and to introduce professional standards in Pakistanâ€™s financial sector and markets. The main objectives include: enabling ICM to improve public awareness of its program through conferences; strengthening the instituteâ€™s program offerings through quality assurance and development of new programs and curriculum; and establishment of a resource center including a library and database within ICM.
Regional Center for Learning on Evaluation and Results in Africa (CLEAR) The development objective is to strengthen the capacity of the Centre Africain dâ€™Etudes Superieures en Gestion (CESAG), a regional institution based in Senegal, to provide customized M&E training and capacity development services to government and civil society in the Francophone Africa.
Strengthening Public Financial Management Capacity in the Philippines The objective of this Grant is to provide focused institution-building technical assistance to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and 3 pilot line departments (Dept of Education, Dept of Social Welfare and Development and Dept of Health) to strengthen their capacity to implement the financial management reforms and train key departmental personnel in core accounting, financial analysis, financial control and reporting functions. Such technical assistance will enable the financial management reforms to be well-grounded in the DBM and pilot line departments.  This Grant addresses two key financial management risks in the Philippines identified in the CFAA and the PEPFMR . insufficient staff training and lack of an adequate financial management reporting system for budgetary control.  In the past, accounting practices were restricted to basic book-keeping and reporting to satisfy compliance. The change in use of financial information for management purposes will require a major cultural change on the part of finance and other staff, and the success of the financial management reform strategy will depend on how well the key process and capacity-building measures are undertaken by the DBM and key line departments. The DBM proposes to initiate these actions in the three pilot agencies mentioned in the previous paragraph. Each of these agencies has initiated actions to strengthen specific facets of public financial accountability. These have been reviewed in the PEPFMR and CFAA and institutional development priorities agreed upon by the various government agencies, the World Bank, and ADB.  Strengthened financial management capacity in each of these agencies will also enable more effective budget execution in general. To assist the government of the Philippines in improving its capacity to implement financial management reforms and train key departmental personnel in core accounting, financial analysis, financial controls and reporting.