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IDF Grant for Strengthening Institutional Capacity to Support Indonesian Women Migrant Workers The Grant will cover the following activities: (a) Developing a program for Indonesian Embassies to provide legal and counselling services, medical referrals and processing services for women migrant workers in about six major receiving countries; (b) Developing a transparent and accountable sustainable funding mechanism for women  worker support services; (c) Developing an improved centralized database on overseas women workers; and (d) Strengthening the regulatory standards and enforcement mechanisms for business involved in Indonesia n women worker export. The Objective of the project is to assist Indonesian Ministry of Women's Empowerment in improving the regulatory environment for overseas women workers.
Promoting E-Government Procurement in China The Government of China is implementing a national program named Golden Finance Engineering to build a nationwide Government Financial Management Information System. To regulate the procurement activites financed by fiscal budgets of government of various levels, GOC enacted the Government Procurement Law which became effective on January 1, 2003. In recent years, China started its initials efforts in e-GP establishment by governments at various levels. To accomplish the tasks, MOF has approached the Bank for assistance to achieve its objectives in the e-GP development. The Grant would assist GOC in the task, based on the relevant international proven experiences and the best pratices in worldwide e-GP development.
Moldova Reforming Courts IDF The grant's development objective is to enhance court performance with a special focus on the commercial jurisdiction. The objective will be achieved through improved court organization, more strategic and results-focused management; and more streamlined commercial decision-making procedures. Better performing courts will have a positive influence on the business environment and investment climate in Moldova. If the grant is successful it is likely to improve governance and reduce corruption.  The proposed grant has three components: (i) Improving Court Organization; (ii) Strengthening Court Management; and (iii) Streamlining Commercial Court Procedures. TF056346 To enhance the judiciary's court performance with a special focus on the commercial jurisdictions thorugh improved court organizationm more strategic and results focused management and more streamlined commercial decision making procedures.
Infrastructure Regulatory Reform IDF Grant Project To develop the essential components of the new regulatory framework and to enhance the capacity of the State Energy Regulatory Commission (SERC) to perform regulatory tasks in the energy and water sectors. The key goal is to establish transparent rules and procedures guiding the operations of energy and water companies and to enhance the quality of SERC's regulatory decision-making in these sectors.  Achievement of this goal will benefit the consumers, improve conditions for operations and investment in energy and water infrastructure through greater transparency and predictability. Specifically, the grant will finance (a) development of methodologies for the setting of prices; (b) development of quality of service standards; and (c) training of regulatory staff. To develop the essential components of a new reagulatory framework for infrastructure services and to enhance the capacity of SEWRC to perform regulatory tasks.
Civil Society Building IDF Grant The proposed grant would help strengthen the participation of the civil society in the preparation and implementation of the CAS strategy .  Anticipated outcomes include: (a) improved organization and coordination of the civil society organizations and the local communities which may give the civil society a stronger and more cohesive voice in its dialogue with the government and the donors, better defend the interests of the poor, and help channel resources toward the most vulnerable populations;  (b) improved participation of the civil society in the preparation of a national strategy for poverty reduction, and public expenditure programs for poverty alleviation, the preparation, execution and monitoring of WB projects; (c) improved efficiency and credibility of civil society organizations in executing publicly-funded mandates; and (d) increased understanding and trust-building between civil society and the Government toward the development of a long-term communications strategy for partnership in improving the wellbeing of the population.
Assoc of Public Accounts Committees - South Africa Support to Public Accounts Committees in South Africa and SADC
BHUTAN IMPROVING PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT The objective of the grant is to assist the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Royal Audit Authority (RAA) of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to strengthen the technical and professional competence of the accounting and auditing staff to improve its operational capacity to produce and disseminate quality financial and audit reports that meet international standards and serve the needs of the stakeholders.  of Bhutan to strengthen the technical and professional competence of the accounting and auditing staff and to improve its operational capacity to produce and disseminate quality financial and audit reports that meet international standards and meet the
Cote d'Ivoire Mineral Sector Institutional Capacity Building IDF Institutional capacity building in the mining sector.  The objective of this grant is to improve the ability and capacity of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and the Government of Cote d'Ivoire in regulating and monitoring its reviving mining sector, which is on the brink of receiving a considerable amount of new investments, and is poised to play an important role in the country's way of recovery and economic growth.
SADC Harmonization & Upgrading of Accounting and Auditing Practices To be determined.  The objective of the Grant was to provide technical assistance for harmonization of accounting and auditing standards based on professional best practice guidelines amongst the ECSAFA member associations.
Support to the Accountancy Profession in Malawi The purpose of this grant request would be to faciliate instutional development and efficient operations of the accountancy profession in Malawi.  The merging of the two major bodies currently associated with the profession into one institute would streamline operations; el iminate duplication of responsibilites; and entrust in one body the responsibilities of both the examination as well as regulation of accountants in the country.  The grant would also assist the profession by making resosurces available to enable the acquistion and provision of necessary services to the members.
Central America - Institutional Strengthening of Afro Descendant Community Organizations and the Devt of Local Capacities in CA This IDF Grant will support an innovative capacity building program that will empower Afro-descendants in Central America by enhancing their productive activities; strengthen the institutional capacity of their local and national organizaitons; and by providing tools and skills for their effective participation in local and national poverty reduction policy discussions and project implementation.
Facilitating Legislation Reform of Children Road Safety in China The grant aims to support National Development Reform Commission in its effort to initialize the legislation reform of children road safety in China through establishment of a National Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan and implementation of public awareness campaign. The grant aims to initialize the legislation reform of children road safety in China through providing support to National Development Reform Commission in establishment of a National Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan and implementation of public
WAEMU Development of Accounting Regulation Institutions and Auditing Profession The objective is to support regional coordination in improving accounting and auditing performance and enhance the development mechanism of the accounting and auditing profession within WAEMU and its convergence towards international standards with a view to promoting transparency in the business environment. The project aims to assist the WAEMU commission to : (i) strengthen institutional capacity of the auditing institution (CPPC) to fulfill its coordination mandate efficiently by developing guidelines and regulation instruments for national accountancy bodies; (ii) strengthen capacity of the accounting institution (CCOA) to function as a modern and effective sub-regional regulation body in line with the improved approaches recommended by the IFAC, (iii) develop sub-regional professional accountancy qualification system to increase the number of CPA and (iv) develop and pilot Continuous Professional Development programs for its members on the practical application of internationally accepted accounting and auditing standards. The objective of the IDF grant is to strengthen the capacity of the WAEMU Commission's institutions that are responsible for professional accounting and auditing certification (CPA) program, and accounting and auditing standards-setting so they can perform their functions better. Strengthening the capacity of the Permanent Council of the Chartered Accountants Profession (CPPC) and the "Commission Regionale pour la formation des experts comptables et financiers (CREFECF)" will help to operationalize the CPA program, which is necessary to address the issue of shortage of CPAs in member countries and to provide to aspiring accountants and auditors in the eight member countries an affordable access to a CPA certification program.    Additionally, the CPPC will be better equipped to regulate the practice of accounting and auditing in WAEMU countries. The capacity of the West African Accountancy Council (CCOA) will be strengthened to better discharge its accounting and auditing standards-setting role.
MX  SEDESOL/Eval/IDF Supervision of IDF grant to support Mexico's Ministry for Social Development (SEDESOL) in developing an integrated system for Monitoring and Evaluation of social programs.
Improving Public Expenditure Management in Education in Karnataka This is an Institutional Development Fund Grant to the Government of India.  It will be implemented by the Department of Primary and Secondary Education in the Government of Karnataka (GoK).  The developmental objective of the grant is to improve public education expenditure management in the Department of Primary and Secondary Education (DPSE) in Karnataka. The major focus of the grant would be to (i) build capacity within the Policy Planning Unit of the department (ii) improve efficiency and, (iii) develop results-oriented budgetary processes in the department with better monitoring and evaluation of outcomes. The objective of the grant was to assist the Government of Karnataka (GoK) in its efforts to improve public education expenditure management in the Department of Primary and Secondary Education (DPSE) in the state of Karnataka.
Strengthening of the Federal Institute for Access to Information (IFAI) The proposed grant is geared to strengthen institutional capacities of the Federal Institute for Access to Information (IFAI) and to extend the federal experience to decentralized levels of the Mexican public sector.  It would support: (i) designing a strategy to organize federal agencies. archives in order to make the Access to Information System more accurate, effective, and operational; and (ii) enabling state and municipal governments in Mexico to adopt and adapt the Access to Information System (AIS) jointly developed by the IFAI and the Secretariat of Public Administration (SFP).
Capacity Building for Effective Audit Oversight IDF Grant Project This project aims to assist the Government to establish a system for public oversight and quality assurance for the statutory audit function in Montenegro, and build the capacity of the accounting and audit profession to train and maintain the competence of professionals to implement international standards of accounting, auditing and ethics.  TF013555 This project aims to assist the Government to establish a system for public oversight and quality assurance for the statutory auditfunction in Montenegro, and build the capacity of the accounting and audit profession to train and maintain the competence of
Strengthening the Capacity of the African Union's Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) to implement its global Diaspora Program The development objective is to strengthen the policy formulation, program development, and project implementation capacity of the African Union Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) The development objective is to strengthen the capacity of the African Union's Citizens and Diaspora Directorate (CIDO) in order for it to implement selected high priority activities of its larger global Diaspora Program.
Liberia PFM Strengthening & Reform Coordination Following a review on the progress of the implementation of IFMIS by a World Bank Supervision Mission from June 14th -18th, 2010, it was noted that some of thecritical but soft components of  PFM reform actions, required to complement other interventions, were not being carried out.  Capacity building was one major activity that was skewed to ICT-based systems when it would take several years before such capacity is even built across line Ministries and Agencies.  In the short to medium term, it has been found necessary to implement other complementary ctions and at the same time establish an improved coordination mechanisms to ensure that reforms are better sequenced, coordinated and prioritized to achieve overall development outcomes.  This requires institution strengthening within and beyond the Ministry of Finance # the focal point of PFM improvement supported under existing interventions. The EGIRP is one project that provides support in key PFM improvement areas but does not cover the specific institutional and operation capacity improvement areas proposed under this grant.  Coordination with other development partners in PFM improvement, though fragmented and relatively weak, has been in place since the GEMAP and this grant will help strengthen this coordination mechanism, among others.  As Liberia has also reached the HIPC completion point in June 2010, the necessity to further strengthen the PFM institutions, particularly in relation to M&As capacity to manage their budget execution processes, becomes even more acute. #  # It is also noted that the newly established PFM Reform Secretariat in the Ministry of Finance is a step in the right direction, but the capacity of the Secretariat in coordinating reforms is uneven and would need strengthening.  The Secretariat will serve as a catalytic entity that will coordinate the overall PFM reforms that are currently fragmented. Funding for supporting the ultimate sustenance of the Secretariat is a critical activity that the GoL desperately needs.   The grant will support this activitiy that is closely aligned to PFM strengthening.
Improving Fiscal Management and Tax Compliance Capacity in the Government of Armenia The development objective of this grant is to strengthen fiscal  management of the Government of Armenia by improving the capacity of the Ministry of Finance and the State Revenue Committee to manage tax compliance and macro-economic and fiscal analysis, and planning. Management of tax compliance is proposed to be strengthen through introduction and institutionalization of risk based audit selection and development of skills for high quality tax audit of complicated cases, based on transfer of knowledge from international expertise. Management of fiscal planning and analysis is proposed to be achieved through enhancement of macro-economic planning and forecasting capacities in the Ministry of Finance. TF096224 The development objective of this grant is to strengthen the fiscal management of the Government of Armenia by improving the capacity of the the Ministry of Finance and the tax administration to manage tax compliance and macroeconomic and fiscal analysis and planning. Management of tax compliance is proposed to be strengthened through the introduction and institutionalization of risk-based audit selection and the development of skills for high quality tax audit of complicated cases, based on transfer of knowledge from international expertise. Management of fiscal planning and analysis is proposed to be achieved through enhancement of macro-fiscal planning, forecasting, and analytic capacities in the Ministry of Finance.
Institutional Strengthening of Andean Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) To support Institutional Strenghtening of SAIs through the design and implementation of a training The grant objective is to support the institutional strengthening of the Andean Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) through the design and launch of a region-wide audit training program whereby the technical capacity of the andean SAIs staff will be strengthened with the knowledge and skills to improve the carrying out of their staff functions and responsibilities.  By improving their staff capabilities and professional competencies, the SAIs will be able to meet the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI)'s overall development objective of being an effective institution in exercising their mandate.
KE - CB to Support Gender-Responsive Implementation of the Expanded Legal Sector Reform Program The IDF Grant fund proposal builds on the robust policy framework provided by the E-LSRP.  Within the framework provided by the E-LSRP, the proposed IDF-funded activities support specific E-LSRS strategic objectives (n. 2 and n. 7) and interventions, and are consistent with the E-LSRS outputs.  More precisely, IDF-funded activities will support the achievement of strategic objective n.2 [.Strengthened reporting, investigation, prosecution, access to defense and legal advice, court procedures and sentencing of crime.], by .contributing to improve the provision of legal advice and defense for the poor, by building on existing initiatives for paralegal networks, strengthening community-based justice, and strengthening people's capacity to represent themselves in court. [activity (e)]; and by .improving access to justice for women. [strategic intervention (g)]; and of strategic objective n.7, by .Strengthening the overall sector institutional framework., as it pertains to the following activity: .strengthening the understanding of traditional justice linkages with formal justice. [strategic intervention (i)]. and Taskforce Report and aims at supporting partnership between the Legal Sector Reform Secretariat [LSRS] and the Federation of Women Lawyers. of Kenya [FIDA-Kenya] in promoting delivery of legal services to the poor and socially vulnerable.  To achiev e this goal, the IDF Grant will: 1.   Sustain LSRS-led gender-responsive legal reform and law drafting in key areas identified by the Taskforce Report Areas already clearly identified for reform, and therefore constituting focal areas for technical and financial support, include: (a) Domestic Violence (Family Protection) Bill,; (c) Equality Bill; (d) Affirmative Action motion; (e) Draft Criminal Law amendment Bill (2000); (f) Matrimonial Property Act.  FIDA completed research on women.s property rights in 2002 and on this basis has prepared a draft matrimonial property bill; (g) The gender dimension of access to land; and (h) The gender and legal dimension of HIV-AIDS, contributing to establish an enabling environment for increased access to legal services by the poor [Component A of the IDF Grant]; 2.   Develop a LSRS-led strategy to respond to the increased needs for legal services by the poor through stock-taking of lessons learnt [Component (B)] and skills training for key actors involved in the gender-responsive legal reform and law drafting [Component (C)]; 3.   Promote FIDA-Kenya.s professionalization and exchange of experience with Eastern and Southern African legal aid practitioners on technical and financial sustainability in the provision of legal counselling, legal literacy and legal aid [Component (D) and (E) of the IDF Grant] Assist the Recipient in institutional strengthening and capacity building to contribute to a more gender-responsive implementation of the Recipient's Expanded Legal Sector Reform Program.
EG-Strengthening the Capacity of SIOIRAFI in project coordination, Monitoring & Supervision Strengthening the capacity of the Ministry of International Cooperation (MoIC), in partcular, the Sector for International Organizations, International, Regional and Arab Financing Institutions (SIOIRAFI), in the areas of project management, coordination, monitoring and supervision.  The main objective of the IDF grant is to strengthen the capacity of the Sector for International Organizations, International, Regional, and Arab Financing Institutions (SIOIRAFI) under the Ministry of International Cooperation (MoIC), in the areas of project coordination, monitoring and supervision.  The proposed IDF grant will not only strengthen the capacity of SIOIRAFI's staff in the areas indicated above, it will also enhance the knowledge of staff on Management Information System (MIS), which will ultimately improve the quality, timeliness and flow of work /information within the SIOIRAFI and between SIOIRAFI and other key Ministries, including its parent Ministry (MoIC).  These will be achieved through series of training/capacity building on project management (project coordination, monitoring and supervision) and on MIS.  To accomplish the training on MIS, the grant will finance computer equipment (including printers and relevant accessories).  The strengthened capacity and improved MIS will allow SIOIRAFI to effectively work on project data/information, monitor and follow up on status and results of projects for informed policy decisions. supervision) and on MIS.  To accomplish the training on MIS, the grant will finance computer equipment (including printers and relevant accessories).  The strengthened capacity and improved MIS will allow SIOIRAFI to effectively work on project
Improving Usage of Socio-Economic Statistics for Economic Policy-Making IDF Grant This IDF grant proposal addresses the critical data area of National Accounts (NA).  Under-coverage, under-reporting, poor price statistics, etc. affect the quality of GDP estimates, both at current and constant prices, at quarterly level, and by final consumption/expenditure categories. As an initial step, the grant funds, will assist the SDS to strengthen the capacity of the NA Division to improve the methodology and techniques of the NA estimates and expand its data sources and improve the overall information basis of NA.  The IDF-financed activities are envisaged to support the set up and implementation of a new system of statistical survey necessary to improve and expand the NA data sources. TF056205 The purpose of the Grant is to assist the Recipient in strengthening the capacity of the Department of Statistics (DS) and improve the methodology and techniques in the System of National Accounts (SNA).
Strengthening Kumasi's Capacity to Build Public-Private Partnerships Planning and program design of a city-to-city partnership between Atlanta, Georgia and Kumasi, Ghana.  The objectives of the project are to strengthen the capacity of the City of Kumasi to manage the delivery of public-private services and infrastructure, and attract investments and trade needed to support Kumasi's long-term development.