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Turkish Investment Promotion Agency (ISPAT) Capacity Building The development objective of this grant is to help improve the institutional capacity of ISPAT, with the ultimate goal of contributing to increased employment by promoting new and longer-term private sector investments. The grant will contribute to this development objective by improving the institutional capacity ISPAT.  The grant will support the design and implementation of a of an institutional development plan to improve ISPAT's capacity to strategize and implement measures to achieve its stated objectives.   The Development Plan will include short, medium and long term objectives, and its immediate and continued implementation will be supported by training and workshops for local staff as well as through training of trainers programs, aiming to transfer skills and knowledge from international experts. According to the Government's 5 year development plan, findings from WBG's ESW, and recommendations from other donors, the success of ISPAT will depend on the development of a comprehensive business plan and the development of its institutional capacity to implement its objectives.  The Government and donors recognize that the ISPAT will also need to be supported by building national and international cooperation networks with relevant local organization as well as with counterparts in partner and competitor countries.  The development of the business plan needs to be underpinned with an in-depth analysis pf Turkey's international competitiveness across all sectors and with assistance to identify quick-win as well as long-term objectives through a targeted selection of potential FDI recipient industries and source countries.  All of this requires a strategic approach by a well trained management and technical staff. As such, this grant proposal includes 4 activities under one component: 1.   Drafting of a comprehensive business plan, based on a needs assessment of ISPAT and a SWOT analysis of Turkey's competitiveness, 2.   Development of a supporting training program that meets short terms needs and provides in-house training capacity for future needs, 3.   Establishment of local and international partnerships to create multiplier effect of ISPAT's efforts through building sub-national and satellite investment promotion capacity, 4.   Development of case studies as key instruments to highlight Turkey's strengths and investment opportunities. TF091433 The objectives of the Project are to support capacity building of the Investment Strategy and Promotion Agency of Turkey (ISPAT) and to develop a comprehensive business plan that will improve its ability to design and implement strategies to attract foreign direct investment in selected industries.
Support to Ministry of Finance in Creating a Ministry of Excellence The grant will provide support to the Ministry of Finance in creating a Ministry of Excellency.
Instutional Capacity Building for Monitoring Judicial Efficiency IDF Grant The grant will finance: 1.   Development of an automated system for collecting, processing and maintaining of court statistics and to monitor performance indicators.    This component would assist in re-designing data collection strategies and instruments in order to make it an effective tool for court presidents and the MOJ for court administration and planning purposes. Once the new strategies and instruments are prepared, they will be discussed with  court presidents and the MOJ officials, and written instructions for data collection, auditing and reporting will be prepared and forwarded to the courts. The new instruments and procedures will be prepared with automation in mind, and some equipment and software will be provided to the MOJ and several country courts for implementing the new data management system. Under this component, a series of training seminars will be conducted to show court presidents, judges and kancels (registrars) how statistical information can be used to manage courts more effectively. 2.   Development of workload modules and other judicial performance indicators to effectively monitor caseloads and judicial performance.    This component will assist in revising the existing time standards, workload modules and other indicators for judges.  These parameters or modules must determine the workload that each type of court can reasonably manage. For the modules to be effective, they must be continuously adapted to the different types of proceedings which might be adopted in the court system. The component will support training to the MOJ staff and court presidents focusing on the task of reviewing and revising the modules to keep them up to date. 3.   Institutional strengthening of the Supreme Court, judicial councils within large county courts and the MOJ staff in the area of  monitoring judicial performance and conducting data analysis.    The assistance would be provided through: (a) advisory services to the Department for the Administration of Justice and Human Resources in the Judiciary of the MOJ and training to its staff in the area of statistical data analysis, empirical research as a tool of effective performance monitoring and designing policy changes. The component will include study tours to observe the systems effectively functioning in other countries; (b) advisory services and training to the Supreme Court leadership in the area of statistical data management, particularly, for the purposes of possible re-assignment of cases from one court to another The Supreme Court has been granted the right to reallocate cases from #overburdened# to #under-burdened# courts, but has not been able to effectively use this measures due to the lack of regular and comprehensive data on caseloads in various courts.; and (c) training to judicial councils of selected country courts in the area of using statistical data for evaluation of judges#
Institutional Strengthening of Supreme Audit Institutions The purpose of the Grant is assist the Recipient in the carrying out of the Activities -  The activities for which the Grant is given are as follows:  (a)  Strengthening of the institutional capacity of  the Recipient to carry out its mandate. (b)  Design and implementation of an internet network which will link the Recipient with the supreme audit institutions in the Participating Countries (as defined in paragraph 2.1 below) for purposes of exchanging technical information amongst said institutions and inform the population of the Participating Countries with respect to the functions and responsibilities of the Recipient and any other relevant information developed by the Recipient or any Participating Country. (c)  Strengthening of the technical capacity of the supreme audit institutions in the Participating Countries to improve the carrying out of its functions and responsibilities, said strengthening shall focus in particular in the area of expertise of each said supreme audit institution. TF027434
Institutional Capacity Building in Environmental Management and Planning IDF Grant
TH - Improvement of Efficiency of Public Procurement The purpose of the grant is to assist Office of Public Procurement Management (OPPM) in improving the efficiency of public procurement by building on the achievements to date in procurement improvement. Specific objectives of the grant are to:- Â·   provide international best practice input into the task of improving Thailand.s current procurement regulations; Â·   develop e-procurement in line with the latest technology available internationally, initially by extending the public procurement web portal to include on-line catalogues and details of forthcoming opportunities,  and subsequently to on-line bidding for more complex procurement than presently handled by e-auction; and Â·   expand the current training program for both Bangkok- and provincially-based government procurement staff an increase public awareness of procurement procedures through a .reach out. program.
Internal Reorganization and Market Transformation of the Ministry of Power & Electrification Institutional Development Fund
BO IDF MECOVI (TF026418) IDF Grant to assist the Bolivian government to strengthen its institutional capacity to carry out the household surveys of living standards to monitor poverty among the Bolivian population.  The project will also strengthen the capacity to design, formulate and implement social policies.  TF027418.
Yemen Monitoring & Evaluation of Benefit Streams in Mineral Resources Op Priority capacity building for mineral agencies and units of the Ministry of Oil and Minerals, in line with requirements resulting from the PEP-MENA ongoing project for mineral sector development.  The overall objective of this activity is to improve monitoring and evaluation of the benefit streams and other impacts that derive from the mining sector. With adequate M&E capabilities the governance and management of the benefit streams from the extractive industries will be enhanced.
Grant for Capacity Building of the Finance Department of the Government of Uttar Pradesh As part of the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS), the World Bank helped four focus states, including UP, to conduct State Financial Accountability Assessment (SFAA) studies. The UP SFAA report identified poor cash, debt and guarantee management, a weak monitoring and control environment and overly complex regulatory framework as major weaknesses of the financial management system in the state. The analysis suggested that there was significant scope for the Government of Uttar Pradesh (GoUP) to improve efficiency and effectiveness of public spending through further consolidation of budget, better matching of accountability with responsibility, robust enforcement of accountability and greater transparency. Therefore, to help GoUP to pilot reforms in some areas identified by the SFAA and to enable them to build on their own ongoing fiscal reform program, IDF funding is sought. The proposed IDF will support pilots in the following areas four focus areas: (a) cash, debt and guarantee management, (b) building capacity of the state's financial management training institute (FMRTI), (c) simplification and revision of the state's financial rules and procedures and (d) development of MTEF methodology for departmental budgeting and running a pilot MTEF in one major spending departments. The focus areas have been identified by GoUP because if the pilots undertaken here are successful, they will provide the Ministry of Finance will a strong lever to engage in a widespread budgetary reform program. In addition to this, the choice of a small pilot driven program is predicated on the unstable political environment in the state, as incremental pilots will be easier to undertake, sustain and build upon rather than a widespread program. So, the IDF is being designed such that its funds and interventions supplement GoUP's own funds and initiatives in the identified areas and the pilot reform program in the four focus areas identified for support by the grant will be led, owned and managed by GoUP's own staff from the Ministry of Finance with consultant input and support being financed by the grant. GoUP's ownership and support of the pilot reforms will be demonstrated by the fact that the grant agreement will have a Legal covenant that the Secretary-Finance and the Deputy Secretary-Finance (Budget) who led the SFAA and the IDF preparation from GoUP should be in place throughout the period of the grant to Task Lead the grant from GoUP side. To enhance capacities of the key institutions under the Finance Department to improve financial management, reduce fiduciary risks and achieve the Government's overall development objective.  The specific objectives are to (i) strengthen debt, guarantee and cash management systems in GoUP (ii) Build capacity of the Financial Management and Training Research Institute of Uttar Pradesh (iii) Pilot a MTEF in one select department (iv) Simplify and improve financial rules and procedures in GoUP
Argentina - Consultative Councils The grant would support institutional development and capacity building in the area of oversight over public expenditures, specifically the Government of Argentina's spending on social assistance programs.  The purpose of the Grant would be to review the experience of the Consultative Councils set up by decree 565/02 and identify the main strengths and weakenesses.  A proposal for improvements and changes in the institutional model would be prepared and discussed.
KE Strengthening of M&E within MOYA The overall objective of the proposed IDF project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of State for Youth Affairs (MOYA) in Kenya to: (i) better plan, supervise and evaluate its activities; and (ii) assure good governance of youth-related interventions, through the design and implementation of a results-oriented M&E system.  Key Output Indicators Progress made under any resulting grant will be monitored according to these indicators: Indicator 1: Results-oriented M&E system Base Value: At present there is no M&E system in place within the MOYA. Date: 03/30/2008 Target: 2 M&E reports produced by MOYA, using the results-oriented M&E system set in place within the Ministry.Date: 05/28/2010 Indicator 2: Increased capacity within MOYA on results-oriented M&E Base Value: To be determined through the institutional capacity assessment report.    Date: 07/30/2008 Target: - 30 trained staff on results-oriented M&E (national and provincial level from MOYA and line Ministries working on youth issues), also trained to be trainers. - 160 trained people on results-oriented M&E (at district level from MOYA, NGOs, FBOs etc.) Date: 11/30/2008 Indicator 3: Increased Fiduciary Capacity within MOYA Base Value: To be determined through the fiduciary risk assessment report. Date: 07/01/2008 - 10 staff trained in Fiduciary aspects of the IDF activities.Date: 08/01/2008 to: (i) better plan, supervise and evaluate its activities; and (ii) assure good governance of youth-related interventions, through the design and implementation of a results-oriented M&E system.
Institutional Review of Public Water Resources Management and Capacity Building for Reform The purpose of the Grant is to assist the Federal Government of Nigeria to develop a reform program for rationalizing and restructuring water resources management institutions. The National Policy will contain broad guidelines for the establishing of an institutional arrangement which will ensure the most efficient performance of water resources management functions.  The new water resources management law will include the required enabling legislation for the establishment or restructuring of water related institutions.  The purpose of this project will be to undertake the analysis and audit for the restructuring of institutions at Federal, State, local and catchment levels. This will entail a process of detailed assessment of the current functions, authority, respons ibilities, human resources, budgeting, expenditure, activities and equipment of current institutions.  The assessment will include an evaluation of the changes which would need to be made in order to ensure that the future institutions would be able to implement the National Water Policy and enforce the new Water Law.  The principles of efficiency, professionalism, transparency, accountability and accessibility which will be entrenched in the structure and operation of a new institutional system will be assessed in the existing system. In addition, the purpose of the grant will also be to build the capacity of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to undertake the reform program and implement the new policy and strategy, and to build the capacity of the Legislature to develop good law related to the management of water as a key natural resources which is currently under considerable stress. One of the most important aspects of the institutional reform program is the understanding that the program is addressing the working environment of many people, each of whom has different perspectives, varied potential, their own career objectives and the need for security.  The institutional audit will need to be an inclusive process and will need to be undertaken very carefully, based on the fact that the human resources employed in the institutions are the most valuable asset of the institution.   The process must be promoted as an opportunity for all and not a threat. The project forms a preparatory process which will enable both the staff of the Federal Ministry and key members of the Legislature to ensure that the best advantage is taken of the resources available during the detailed reform procedures of Policy development and the drafting are new legislation.
Liberia Will Rise Again Diaspora Engagement Program The Liberian Diaspora Engagement Program will involve:  (a) Developing networking and coordination capacity of the Diaspora Affairs Unit within the Ministry of State. Activities under this component are (i)Strengthening the communication and network coordination capacity of the Diaspora Unit; (ii)Developing data generation, management and application capacity with MoS Diaspora Unit; (iii)Developing Liberian Diaspora consultative strategies. (b) Designing Diaspora Strategic Framework (National Liberian Diaspora Policy) and Plan of Action, with specific focus on the education sector as a pilot. The activities include (i)Strengthening MoS Diaspora Unit and policymaker's knowledge about the AU Diaspora strategy and global and regional best practices in the education sector; (ii) Preparing four analytical papers on National Diaspora engagement and produce a comprehensive National Liberia Diaspora Policy Framework, Plan of Action and benchmarks for capacity development in the education sector.
Brazil Reducing Bureaucracy for Faster, More Transparent, and More Economic Procurement in Alagoas The proposed project aims to support to the Government of Alagoas - Brazil by simplifying bidding preparation procedures and improving the AMGESP's (GoA's Procurement Agency) capacity to prepare bid cost estimates, a cumbersome and time-consuming step in the preparation of bidding processes.  The proposed project's development objective is to enhance the efficiency, transparency, and quality of public procurement in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, simplifying bidding preparation procedures and reducing the average bidding preparation times.
Improving Financial Accountability in VN To improve financial accounting and reporting in the private sector in Vietnam This includes review of the legal framework and training.
IDF COSTA RICA STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND THE MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY AND MINES
AMICAALL - Strengthening Local Govt Capacity Develop guidance manual on program development/preparation and disseminate through Alliance/AMICAALL network and other channels
Accelerating Implementation of Economic Recovery Strategy through Results and Accountability The Kenyan Government realizes that the key capacity enhancement challenge in Kenya today is to implement the country.s PRSP . the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS).  At the request of the Government, the Bank has support various Ministries in sharpening the results focus of the ERS, defining the results for the next three years, prioritizing the investment program, and using rapid results approach (RRA) to jump-start implementation. The proposed program is intended to help the government accelerate implementation of its ERS through scaling up and institutionalizing the rapid-results approach in its operations.  The grant will support implementation in HIV/AIDS, Water services, Education, & Agriculture.  Other areas might include Public Sector management.  To assist the Recipient in scaling-up and institutionalizing the Rapid Results Approach (RRA) in its economic recovery strategy, through:  (a) orienting senior government officials on RRA and launching a large number of additional Rapid Results Initiatives (RRIs) in a number of ministries; (b) training local RR coaches and champions to strengthen long-term support capacity; and (c) strengthening existing implementation, monitoring and evaluation mechanisms through results-focused indicators and monitoring and evaluation information systems
Building Capacity of National Statistical Committee in Data Collection, Implementation of SNA & Info Dissemination IDF Grant
IDF-Enhancing Corporate Financial Reporting in Croatia If the IDF funding would be available, the project will set out a clear program of reforms to enhance Croatian legal framework, institutions, and accounting profession, as well as its accounting, auditing and business culture, to achieve high quality financial reporting.  As indicated, the project will be built on a robust World Bank's ROSC A&A diagnostic underpinning. A number of high-level objectives is expected to form the basis for the country strategy to be delivered by the individual actions set out in the plan: 1.  Enhancing the Framework for Corporate Financial Reporting 2.  Strengthening Key Stakeholders in the Corporate Reporting Framework 3.  Supporting the Audit Profession 4.  Supporting Education, Training & Public Awareness TF090642 The objective of the Project is to support the implementation of steps to enhance the corporate financial reporting framework into compliance with international standards.   The Project consists of the following parts:  (i)	Provision of technical assistance and training to the National Steering Committee (NSC) and relevant stakeholders on the European Union acquis communautaire with respect to financial reporting and auditing. The Project will provide an in-depth analysis on appropriate approaches and options for adopting and enforcing the acquis on corporate financial reporting. (ii)	Provision of technical assistance to NSC in drafting the Country Strategy and Action Plan on Corporate Financial Reporting. (iii)	Provision of technical assistance to strengthen key stakeholders in financial reporting infrastructure, provide in-depth analysis, draft guidelines, strategy and manuals. (iv)	Provision of technical assistance to the audit profession through training programs and drafting an in-depth analysis of recommendations for the Chamber. (v)	Provision of technical support to improve academic education, professional training and public awareness.  Drafting an up-to-date curriculum, designing training programs and textbooks on financial reporting.
Capacity Building For Georgia's National Examination Center The proposed Grant will support: (a) capacity building of the core staff of the National Examination Center (NAEC), which at present is charged with all testing and assessment activities; (b) introduction of new evaluation methods in the existing teacher certification system; (c) design of a credible and comprehensivesystem for the selection and evaluation of principals of general education schools; and (d) conducting the World Bankâ€™s SABER benchmarking instrument on teacher policies.  TF014363