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Capacity Building for Legal Practitioners in Gender Equality Technical assistance for design of curriculum and clinical program to legal practitioners in the private and public sectors on incorporating international legal treaties and legislation into domestic law practice,with an emphasis on women's human rights.  To strengthen the institutional capacity of the recipient to address issues of access to justice.  This includes building technical capacity for legal practitioners in gender equality by supporting skills enhancement in the area of women's human rights through practical learning programs.
Strengthening the legal environmental capacity in Togo ,,The grant will finance the following three components:    ,,Component 1: Preparation of legal and regulatory instruments for environmental protection and    ,,management;    ,,Component 2:  Training of various categories of actors on the new regulations;    ,,Component 3:,, Support to the coordination of activities and consolidation of feasibility studies.
ZMResults Oriented Monitoring & Eval The objective of the IDF grant is to improve the results orientation and effectiveness of monitoring and evaluation systems in key sectors of Zambia's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, the Fifth National Development Plan (FNDP). A particular goal of this project is to enhance the coordination of FNDP programs between the Ministry and lower organs to better inform the budgeting process.   o   Specifically, this project will assist the newly created Department of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning to strengthen its capacity and to create a viable and sustainable management information system (MIS) in key sectors that is anchored to lower structures like provinces and districts for wide-spread monitoring of the progress of development processes in line with the FNDP.  o   This will be done by strengthening the coordination, harmonization and alignment of existing components of the FNDP monitoring system and-for key sectors-translate them into functioning management information systems by either setting up new MIS or improving existing systems. The MiS will be set up in a way to allow tracking of budget execution linked to FNDP results monitoring.  o   The project will pilot these MIS and their linkage into the FNDP M&E data base in the following priority sectors: Energy, Agriculture and Transport. The objective of the IDF grant is to strengthen the capacity and results orientation of the newly created Department of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MoFNP) and M&E staff in the key sectors Energy, Agriculture and Transport.
Capacity Bldg. of MMDA to Formulate & Implement the Green Print 2030 The proposed IDF grant will facilitate MMDA to examine its strategic institutional direction by reviewing the missions, objectives, and crafting a road map for the organization. The process will be anchored by the formulation and implementation of the Metro Manila Green Print 2030. International good practices in metropolitan planning, management, and their respective governance structure will be introduced. Through this process, a road map for achieving the strategic vision will be developed. Rapid capacity needs assessment will be carried out and tailor made capacity programs will be undertaken to support the realization of the strategic re-orientation.  The objective of the proposed project is to facilitate the strategic re-orientation of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and to strengthen its capacity to plan and coordinate metro-wide initiatives.
IDF Grant for Capacity Building for Participatory Design of Constituional Reform The purpose of this grant is to build institutional capacity for the Recipient's Unit for Coordination of thhe Constituent Assembly (UCAC), which was created by Resolution Ministerial No. 105/03, dated November 20, 2003
China's Rural Land Contracting Law Strengthening Implementation and Supporting Institutiions The overall objective of the proposed activity is to support the efforts of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) in its ongoing assistance of China's central government in the implementation of legislative and policy reforms and development of supporting institutions related to rural land tenure in China.  Grant activities would include: (1) technical assistance related to the drafting of Implementing Regulations for the newly-adopted (August 2002) Rural Land Contracting Law (RLCL); (2) monitoring of RLCL implementation efforts through Rapid Rural Appraisal field interviews and large-scale, random sample questionnaire surveys of farm households; (3) based on the results of monitoring efforts, the development of targeted policies to address problems encountered during the implementation process; (4) technical assistance related to the development of supporting land tenure-related institutions, including legal aid services for farm households, rural land dispute resolution mechanisms, and rural land use rights registration systems; (5) training of provincial and local officials with respect to both newly-adopted and previously existing rural land tenure laws and policies; and (6) establishment of regularized, effective channels for policy input.  The grant will further strengthen the institutional capacity of DRC to develop and implement legal reforms.
MNA IDF Benchmarking Arab Education Performance To support ALECSO establish regional education observatory  To provide technical assistance and capacity building This project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Arab League Educational and Cultural Organization (ALECSO) to monitor and benchmark the performance of education systems in its member states (22 Arab Countries) and to inform policy discussions throughout the region.  In particular, ALECSO will: (i) create a repository of key education indicators, available to a large public through a web-based interactive tool; (ii) build the capacity of member states to collect and manage relevant data; and (iii) publish and disseminate reports and research papers on key reform themes. the region. In particular, ALECSO will: (i) create a repository of key education indicators, available to a large public through a
IDF Grant for National Science & Technology Policy Capacity The government-executed IDF Grant will build the capacity of the National Science and Technology Development Agency in the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment.  The purpose of the Grant is to support the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) in improving the effectiveness of the newly established National Science and Technology Policy Committee (NSTC) in developing, coordinating and evaluating a reform on the Recipients science and technology system.  The activities (the Activities) for which the Grant is given are as follows:    (a),,strengthening of the Recipients science and technology policy formulation process, through the establishment of a database of science and technology-related policy;    (b),,strengthening of the Recipients monitoring and evaluation process for public investments in science and technology, through: (i) the development of science and technology development project proposal guidelines; (ii) the development and proposal of an evaluation methodology; and (iii) training teams who play key roles in government funding process;    (c),,enhancing the capacity for internal management and human resource development within the policy research unit of NSTDA.
LCOPR Procurement Team Technical Assistance for modernization of public procurement.
Improved Public Investment Management Through Sustainable Public Procurement Capacity Building in the Caribbean The development objective of the grant is to help meet Caribbean citizens' demands for the timely, cost-effective and efficient delivery of high-quality public services, across a broad range of sectors, by improving the performance of Caribbean countries' public investment programs through the creation of a sustainable, local institution which will produce qualified, professional procurement officers for the public service. The development objective of the grant is to establish a sustainable professional procurement training and accreditation institution in the Caribbean region. This institution will provide professional and technical training programs in procurement, leading to theaward of internationally-recognized professional qualifications in procurement, thereby producing, within the region, a cadre of qualified, well-trained procurement professionals for public service throughout the Caribbean and providing Caribbean governments witha regional resource center that will allow them to build their procurement capacity and maintain it over the long term.
Strengthening Expenditure Management in Mongolia Building Institutional Capacity for Wage Bill and Establishment Control The objective of this Grant is to provide core capacity-building technical assistance to the Civil Service Council (CSC) to strengthen human resource policy and expenditure formulation and execution in Mongolia, so that civil service expenditures are fiscally sustainable (i.e. aligned with the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, or MTEF) and effective in alleviating poverty (i.e. aligned with the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, or PRSP).  The Grant focuses on strengthening the institutional capacity of the CSC to (a) formulate and oversee civil service policy, and (b) help the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MOFE) to more effectively control its size and cost.  It has become clear that technical fixes to control civil service costs and size will not be sustainable without the development of capacity in the key entities tasked with the formulation and execution of civil service policy and expenditures. This has become urgent given the range of CSC responsibilities, from establishing many of the implementation arrangements for the landmark Public Service Management and Finance Law (PSMFL) to overseeing civil service policy and management. The Government of Mongolia has requested institutional development support for the CSC.  The CSC needs urgent, intensive and focused institution-building technical assistance to maintain the momentum for change, and to prevent derailment of civil service reform efforts undertaken so far.
Institutional Strengthening of SAIs in English-Speaking Africa This grant will support institutional strengthening of Supreme   Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the AFROSAI-E countries through: i) technical advancement in the auditing of local authorities and financial management systems; ii) increase audit coverage by introducing productivity enhancing tools using Information Technology; and iii) professionalisation of public sector audits. AFROSAI-E is a key regional institution. It consists of the SAIs from twenty three countries on the African continent. Its main objective is to enhance the audit performance of member SAIs and adopted an institutional strengthening approach as delivery mechanism in bringing about increased audit capacity at member SAIs. In the recently prepared Africa Action Plan, the Bank is attempting to mainstream regional initiatives in its operations. A key initiative under the AAP is to assist in strengthening the Public Financial Management (PFM) systems in 20 countries. Audit is a key component of PFM system but which is often neglected. At the Bank-wide level, a strategy has been developed to support the strengthening of SAIs. A key part of the strategy is support for regional organizations as AFROSAI-E. This grant will support institutional strengthening of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) in the AFROSAI-E countries through: i) technical advancement in the auditing of local authorities and financial management systems; ii) increased audit coverage by developing the use of Information Technology in auditing and auditing reporting; and iii) professionalization of public sector auditors.
Public Expenditure Management and Procurement Capacity Building Project The purpose of the Grant is to improve budget execution in line agencies and improve outcomes from public expenditure by focusing on two key areas: a) understanding of budget management and execution procedures; and b) procurement procedures and good practice. Specific activities financed by the Grant are:  a) review and consolidation of public expenditure management and procurement manuals, guidance and other related documentation;  b) development of public expenditure management and procurement capacity building materials;  and c) implementation of a train the trainer program.  Expected outcomes from implementation of the Grant include: improved budget execution rates; improvements in service delivery performance; improved compliance with procedures; and closer alignment between budgets, plans and actual expenditure outcomes. The Grant supports capacity building needs identified in the Public Expenditure Management Note, the Country Procurement Assessment and in the Second Transition Support Program. The obiejctive of this Grant is to assist the Recipient in strengthening its budget execution in line ministries and improving the outcomes from public expenditure by focusing on: (i) understanding the budget management and execution procedures; and (ii) setting procurement procedures and good practices in place.
Legal Reform and Private Sector Support bridging legal support fron Credit 2730-MAU to the PRSC , by providing assistance to (A) the Ministry of Justice for (1) drafting the implementation decrees of the Code de Commerce; (2) through technical support and equipement to the permanent commitee for legal review and editing; (3) pilot the environemntal laws on an interent site (following the failure of this componenet in an earlier project); (4) organizing ateliers and seminars pertaining to legal matters and (5) fianlizing the report on teh three day legal reform seminar in April 2000; (B) the business community, and notably th eCommittee to facilitate exchagne between the government and the private sector, to plan and execute seminars, informative events and training in the area of business regulations.
Implementation & Capacity Building of e-Procurement â€œImplementation of e-Procurement and  e-Procurement Capacity Buildingâ€  The Government of Tajikistan (GoT) has been continuously reforming and modernizing the public procurement. The initial reform work started in 1995. Since then the public procurement system has considerably evolved and today the government is moving ahead with decentralization by capacity building and modernizing through e-procurement. The GoT has established the Agency on State Procurement of Goods, Works and Services (ASP) as an Independent Public Procurement Regulatory Body. The introduction of e-Procurement will help to ensure transparency & efficiency of public procurement procedures. Recently the GOT has adopted an e-Procurement Program for 2013 - 2015. The GoT made a first step towards e-Procurement implementation in Tajikistan by using its own internal resources (allocated US$ 60,000). The GoT designed web portal where procurement-related information such as the Public Procurement Law, procurement notices, and contract award data is disclosed. The ASP leads the e-Procurement agenda and continues to learn from other countries about the opportunities and challenges of e-Procurement implementation. In this direction, the ASP has introduced e-quotation module to pilot e-GP that started functioning since March 2013. This shows commitment from the GoT to achieve modern procurement system including e-GP. The World Bank provides systematic support to the GoT through different activities. The Country Procurement Status Review (CPSR) jointly conducted with the ADB was completed recently to carry out a broad assessment of Tajikistanâ€™s public procurement system. Based on the review, the Bank made recommendations to the GoT to strengthen the public procurement system performance.
Harmonization of Southern Africa Development Community The primary objective of the proposed grant funded activities is to assist SADC countries to define a domestic payment system reform strategy and plan leading to the development of harmonized policies and systems for cross-border payments in support of the SADC ideals of free trade within the region and, in the long term, to facilitate monetary union.  Specific benefits will also accrue to each country in regard to payment system risk mitigation and improvements in efficiency, reliability, certainty and legal and reglatory underpinning. The work being undertaken by the SADC Payment System Initiative is complemented by th work currently being undertaken by the SADC IT Forum to strengthen the technical capacity of the Information Technology Departments of the Central Banks in each of the SADC countries.  Care is and will be taken to ensure that this complementarity continues and that all potential synergies are well exploited.
LB - Strengthening LB HIVAIDS M&E System On April 20, 2004, the Government of Lebanon (through the Ministry of Public Health), requested from the Bank an Institutioanl Development Fund (IDF)Grant to support its efforts at addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country.  A detailed proposal has been submitted and reviewed by the Bank's Regional IDF Committee.  The Committee has approved the amount $350,000 towards strengthening the National HIV/AIDS M&E and Surveillance systems in Lebanon. In light of this approval, the Country Department has allocated $20,000 to finance the grant processing and supervision for FY'05. The purpose of this IDF grant is to support the Government of Lebanon in developing an M & E (epidemiologic and programmatic) system that will be a source of information on performance for the public and for donors as well as to be a management tool for implementation agencies in the public and private sector, in civil society and for country coordination mechanisms.  This grant will enhance the capacity of the Government of Lebanon to plan, manage and implement  HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, and mitigation programs in the country. The grant will finance 3 major components as follows: 1. Developing a National HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation System with participatory approaches; 2.  Evaluation and strengthening of current HIV/AIDS epidemiological surveillance system; and 3.  Devloping guidelines for integrated prevention and care for vulnerable groups. Outcomes of the Grant: 1. National M&E framework, indicators, operational plan and budget developed, reviewed by stakeholders and adopted by National AIDS Program and stakeholders; 2. Recommendations for upgrading existing surveillance system adopted by National AIDS Program & stakeholders; 3. Studies of effective interventions among prisoners, IDUs, MSM and CSW completed and  findings are integrated into guidelines to be completed under Component 3; and 4. Guidelines adopted by National AIDS Program and stakeholders and integrated into National Strategic Plans. The grant objective is to assist the Government of Lebanon in developing an HIV/AIDS monitoring and evaluation (M & E) system (epidemiologic and programmatic) that will be a source of information performance for the public and for donors as well as to be a management tool for implementation agencies in the public and private sector, in civil society and for country coordination mechanisms.  The grant is expected to enhance the capacity of the Government of Lebanon to plan, manage and implement HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment, and mitigation programs in the country.
Public Sector Control Institutions The objective of this grant is to strengthen the professional accounting  staff capacity of the public sector control institutions so as to enable them to be better equipped to address misuse of public funds and reduce corruption.
Strengthening the Capacity and Effectiveness of Provincial, Municipal and County Auditors in China To develop the capacity and effectivenss of China National Audit Office in supporting preparation of audit manuals and audit trainers. 1.  Devloping audit manuals including the Foreign Debts Audit Manual, the Environmental Audit Manual and the Audit Manual for Execution of Central Government Budgets. 2.  Implement a training program for trainers including the development of a traiining curriculum, preparation of training materials based on audit manuals, carrying out of workships and establishment of a database on trainers in the provincial audit offices.
Support for Preparation & Implementation of Policy Reforms in Petroleum Sector & Institutional Design of Gas Regulatory Authority
Strengthening Financial Accountability in Private Sector Capacity Building private sector strengthening through adoption of International auditing and accounting standards. IDF grant amount $250,000 The grant aims to (i) strengthen and enhance the country's quality of financial reporting through the adoption of International Accounting Standards; and (ii) improve the system of financial accountability and good governance, in the private and public enterprises.
Strengthening Country Systems for better Investment Results -Caribbean The overall objective of this proposal is to improve ability of the Caribbean countries to more effectively implement capital investment projects and deliver on their development agenda, by enhancing the capacity of their country systems and institutions, with particular focus on external accountability, including legislative oversight, and public procurement.
Central America SAIs' Institutional capacities development The grant would continue the Bank's support to the Central American Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OCCEFS), building up on its successful ongoing partnership, while recognizing the inherent long term/continuous improvement nature of public financial accountability reforms. The grant would have as development objectives: (i) to strengthen the capacity of OCCEFS members to improve institutional capabilities through enhance their  knowledge sharing  and training capacity taking advantage of regional best practices with technology based mechanisms for establishing a long distance knowledge learning network  on financial accountability matters; and (ii) to strengthen the capacity of OCCEFS members to higher quality and competences qualification through a common regional curricula and potentially agreed on common certification standard for public sector auditor.