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Timor-Leste-Institutional Building for Veterans Policy Implementation The objectives of this grant are: (i) development of a national policy on veterans commensurate with national resources, including public consultation during the drafting stage. (ii) drafting legislation on veterans for submission to Parliament. (iii) developing a strategy for poicy implementation commensurate with the staff and budget capacity of the VAU, including a review of administration, staffing roles, and operational procuedures, and the creation of policy implementation guidelines. (iv) carrying out a skills-strengthening program for staff which encompasses both technical and mangement skills, for example database management, outreach and communication, program management, and monitoring.  Given the proposed focus on assisting veterans to access Government and NGO social services, liaison skills will be a priority area. The purpose of the grant is to assist the Recipient in developing a National Policy on Veterans and a strategy for its implementation.
Strengthening Capacity for Diaspora Engagement Project The program objective is to enhance the capacity of the Diaspora Unit in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to implement their core functions to mobilize Ugandan Diaspora to contribute to national development with a specific focus on the infrastructure sector. The objective of the IDF Grant is to enhance the capacity of staff in the Diaspora Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and Agencies to engage Ugandan Diaspora in infrastructure development support in selected focus areas i.e. energy, roads and railways.
Promotion of Public Procurement System IDF Grant Armenia IDF for promotion of public procurement system. Status as of Dec 3.  Awaiting for a letter from Ministry of Justice (Legal Opinion) - confirmation that all internal procedures completed.  Effectiveness might come by end-Dec.
IDF-Enhancing Institutional and Legal Framework for Environmental Permitting in Belarus The main activities and (measurable) outputs expected from this IDF grant are described below.     i.,,Drafting the program document of the Government on Pollution Prevention and Control in Belarus.    ii.,,Establishing the system of the BAT technical guidance notes elaboration, including developing and publishing pilot technical guidance notes for two priority industrial sectors.    iii.,,Proposing key legal reform package on environmental permitting system, including procedure rules.    iv.,,Conducting an inventory and building electronic data base of installations that fall under the scope of integrated permitting.    v.,,Training in integrated environmental permitting for the MEP central office staff, regional (oblast) permitting officials and enterprise environmental managers.    vi.,,Conducting stakeholders consultations, information and dissemination campaign. The main outputs will be public hearings and workshops, involving enterprises, industry associations, NGOs, inspectorates, other government stakeholders, publications and promotional materials on the new permitting regime. Likely Outcomes    While supporting the Government's request to prepare the legal basis for integrated environmental permitting, this IDF grant is mainly focused on strengthening critical institutional capacity to formulate, implement and monitor modern environmental policies aligned with EU standards. The expected outcomes of this IDF grant also include improvement of investment climate due to streamlined, more predictable and fair business permitting and inspections. TF058127 The grant will facilitate the establishment of the legal and institutional basis for integrated environmental permitting in hopes that the new permitting system will contribute to a reduction in emissions and pollution of the environment.
Iran Developing a Gender Sensitive Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation in Development Planning Help integrate gender sensitive monitoring and evaluation indicators/mechanisms in the preparation and implementation of the Fourth Five-Year-Development-Plan. Certain circumstances changed between the time that the grant was terminated in 2003 and then re-activated in 2006. Thus it became necessary to make certain ammendments in order to ensure effective implementation of the grant and its development objectives.  Accordingly the following ammendments have been made to the annex (TORs) to the letter of Agreement:  1. Item (ii) in the first sub-paragraph of paragraph 1.1 which lists various purposes of the grant is deleted.  2. A new clause (v) is added to Part A ("Research and Studies") of paragraph 1.1 to read as follows:  (v) Research topics that have emerged as priority issues since the adoption of the Fourth Five-Year Development Plan.  3. A new clause (v) is added to Part B ("Training"):  (v) Subject to agreement between the Bank and the Recipient, the development of a curriculum for a Masters' degree in gender studies.
Improving Ministry of Finance and Developing Planning's (including the PRSP Secretariat's) M&E Capacity To strengthen the capability of the MFDP (which houses the PRSP Secretariat), to plan, manage and implement policies and programs of the PRSP document to achieve intended results on the ground in Lesotho. As it has very weak capacity, it requires help in translating the PRSP into executable plans and projects. Specifically, assistance is needed in developing capacity to (i) equip staff to think through the process of setting goals consistent with the PRSP,  (ii)  design programs and projects that deliver on those goals through the annual budgetary system and medium term expenditure framework, (iii) pick indicators and other means of monitoring progress with implementation, and (iv) evaluate ultimate impact of the programs on poverty.  The proposed IDF will be used to build the MFDP.s (including the Secretariat) capacity to undertake these tasks.  used to build the MFDP#s (including the Secretariat) capacity to undertake these tasks.
STRENGTHENING E-GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT Overall outcome: The establishment of a well-functioning e-GP system in Georgia  is expected to result in : (i) increased efficiency and transparency in government procurement at lower cost;  (ii) strengthening institutional and regulatory framework; (iii) trained manpower in the use of electronic procurement activities;  (iv) improving the perception in the private sector that the Government is serious about addressing or reducing fraud and corruption, principally in the areas of fraudulent practices, misrepresentation, conflicts of interest, and bid-rigging; and (v) reduce fiduciary risks in future public procurement. (a) 	strengthening of the e-GP legal framework through: (i) review of the current Public Procurement Law related to establishment of e-GP laws and identification of gaps and proposal of solutions; (ii) adaptation of good practices in the area of e-GP to the Georgia context; (iii) consultations with concerned Governmental institutions, private sector, bi-lateral and multilateral donors; and (iv) preparation of amendments in the Public Procurement Law to facilitate the systematic development of e-GP in Georgia;  (b) 	development of institutional mechanisms for e-GP and preparation of technical standards for e-GP, through: (i) assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of existing institutions to carry out e-GP functions; (ii) recommendation of institutional options, organization and management arrangements for carrying out e-GP functions; (iii) consultations with concerned Government institutions and development of a feasible institutional mechanism for carrying out e-GP; (iv) design of a systematic reporting system based on measurable benchmarks with a view to make procurement monitoring more effective; and (v) preparation of detailed technical specifications and standards which will ensure inter-operability between various Government institutions; (c) 	development of e-GP experts, through: (i) design and development of a training need assessment  program based on policy, regulation and technical standards; (ii) preparation of training materials suitable for delivery through face to face and distance learning mechanisms; (iii) provision of intensive training in e-GP systems to selected government employees so that they can function as trainers for other staff; and (iv) provision of hands on training and exposure to working e-GP system in an advanced country (where e-GP is functioning) to selected government specialists. 	(d) 	increase of public awareness in procurement reforms and e-GP, including mass media campaigns and dissemination activities, as well as provision of public access to e-GP services.
IDF GRANT FOR INSTITUTIONAL CAP. BLDG. -AUDITOR GEN.OFF. ARG. The activities under this grant  all relate to the training of professional  audit staff of AGN in the use of modern computer assisted audit techniques. An innovative approach is proposed whereby a private audit firm will be contracted to perform audits jointly with the AGN ( co-sourcing) and afford AGN  their suite of audit software and through application of the firms standard training course,  but principally through the joint audits, train the  AGN staff in use of these techniques.
Support to the Accountancy Profession To introduce a system to allow l'Ordre des Experts Comptables et AgrÃ©es de GuinÃ©e (OECA-G) to monitor and improve the quality of the accountancy and auditing services provided by private Guinean firms and significantly reduce quality control issues. The government and the OECA-G have requested that the Bank provide an IDF to assist them in elevating the standards and improving the quality of accounting and auditing practices in Guinea.
Health & Education ME& Capacity Building IDF Grant Description of the IDF-financed components and activities 1. Capacity building in designing and implementing survey instruments for assessing outcomes. a) Training workshops in results-oriented M&E, b) Technical assistance in questionnaire development and sampling design, and c) Implementation of pilot surveys (perhaps through the design and piloting of a single cross-sectoral survey instrument that captures the linkages between health and schooling of children etc). 2. Strengthening analytical capacity and links with policy making a) Training in data analysis, b) Workshops for integration of results in sectoral strategies. 3. Improve access to data, and dissemination of results a) Website - access to primary data, b) Workshops, c) Publication in national language. Likely outcomes of IDF-financed activities 1. Strengthened in-house capacity to produce and implement adequate instruments to measure outcomes. 2. Implementation of results-oriented M&E systems in health and education. 3. Increased capacity of using and analyzing survey data in addition to administrative data to assess policy options. 4. Increased production of analyses and reports by national researchers as a result of increased access to primary data. TF057380 Assist the Government to develop and implement outcomes-oriented M&E approaches in the health and education sectors.  We propose to focus on M&E capacity building in these two sectors because (i) the Bank's short and medium term dialogue in Uzbekistan is likely to focus on health and education sectors, as we describe in the next section; (ii) there is no tradition of impact-analysis in Uzbekistan and there are payoffs to being selective at this stage; (iii) education and health sectors present similar M&E challenges: for example there is a time-lag between interventions (say, provision of learning materials or flour fortification) and observed outcomes (improvements in students# learning and reductions in the prevalence of anemia) in both sectors; and (iv) there are strong linkages between health and education (the Bank's regional household survey data reveal that sickness is the number one reason for non-attendance in basic and secondary education schools, followed by agricultural work).  Improve access of user groups to primary data, ensure sufficient dissemination of results.  Access to primary data is limited in Uzbekistan, especially when it comes to the surveys that are implemented by the Government agencies (for example the Household Budget Survey data).   There has been some progress in recent years though: for example, the 2002 Health Examination Survey data are available to public.  The broader goal here is to contribute to enhanced transparency in public policy making by increasing the access to and utilization of other data sets (including the three wave regional LSMS household survey that the Bank's poverty team conducted; as well as the data that will be collected as part of the IDF activities).
IDF-VN Strengthening Procurement Audit The Development Objective of the proposed Grant is to increase transparency and accountability in public procurement in Vietnam through:  Strengthening the procurement audit function in the Public Procurement Administration, Ministry of Planning and Investment (PPA/MPI) and other audit institutions by developing national standards for procurement auditing, preparing a procurement audit manual and establishing a sustainable procurement audit training program Benchmarking the current legal framework for public procurement using the OECD/DAC Procurement Baseline Information System (BIS) Tool and disseminating the new procurement related laws and decrees; and Independent evaluation of the government's pilot e-Government Procurement System and making recommendations for configuring the system to comply with MDB requirements; and assist Government draft regulatory documents and technical guidelines to scale up the e-Government Procurement pilot nationwide Strengthening the procurement audit function in the Public Procurement Agency, Ministry of Planning and Investment (PPA/MPI) and other audit institutions by developing national standards for procurement auditing, preparing a procurement audit manual and developing a sustainable procurement audit training program  External evaluation of the Government's pilot e-Government Procurement System and making recommendations for configuring the system to comply with MDB requirements; and assist Government draft regulatory documents and technical guidelines to scale up the
Creation of Permanent Institutional Framework for Regulatory Impact Assessment Assistance is requested to ensure the transformation of the existing Secretariat of the Council for Regulatory Reform from a temporary into a permanent unit within the General Secretariat of the Government. Considering that regulatory reform should not be regarded as a one-time measure, but as a continuous process, the overall objective of the project is to ensure long-term sustainability of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) and administrative burdens reduction at the level of the Government of Serbia. RIA was introduced in Serbia as mandatory in 2004 providing that for each new law, and other regulatory instruments such as decrees and orders, the responsible ministry will prepare a justification statement containing the analysis of a set of questions developed in accordance with the OECD RIA recommendations and the Secretariat was empowered to perform the function of coordination and quality control of the RIA'a prepared by the relevant Ministries. A draft law can reach the government agenda only if it is accompanied by an opinion of the Secretariat in relation to the RIA performed. So far, the Secretariat has analyzed and given opinions on over 200 laws and established itself as an important step in securing the quality of new laws, either through advisory role or actively participating in the preparation of legislation. TF096222 The grant will support the Government of Serbia in transforming the Secretariat of the Council for Regulatory Reform from a temporary unit into a permanent one within the government structure, thus ensuring long-term sustainability of ex-ante and ex-post Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) and Administrative Burdens Reduction (ABR) on the national level.
Improving Citizens Empowerment and National Identity through Strategic Communications for Social Inclusion The development objective of this project is to empower Peruvian citizens and strengthen their national identity through the design and implementation of an integrated, results-oriented public communications system and strategy on social inclusion.  Specific objectives include: (1) Enhancing the participation of civil society groups and communities in the debate about social inclusion through broader dialogue based on a thorough Communication-Based Assessment (CBA) and its institutionalization in an Annual Forum on Social Inclusion. (2) Improving integration, cohesion and efficiency of the communications system for the public sector and media through the implementation and M&E of a results-based communication strategy and professional skills upgrade. (3) Generation of knowledge and best practices by means of the organization of South-South exchanges on social inclusion initiatives.
Foreign Debt Front Office Capacity Building The main objective is to support the further development towards sound public debt management practices in Turkey by focusing on capacity building in the front office function for external borrowing. The activities funded under this grant will be targeted: (i) at building an effective organization of the front office, (ii) addressing training needs in the financial and legal area, and (iii) supporting the development of tools that can help ensure that the most cost-risk effective borrowing alternatives are chosen. A specific area of focus is the preparation of procedures manuals and a Code of Conduct to reduce operational risks.  The activities will be complimentary to the activities under the existing IDF Grant for Institution Building for Efficient Public Liability Management that focuses on the middle office function, i.e. strategy development and risk analysis. A number of activities targeted at developing capacity in the front office function for external debt are outlined below. The activities have been divided into three main components: (i) governance and management of operational risks; (ii) training; and (iii) IT related. The proposed activities will be supported by a combination of external consultants working with the front office team in Ankara, study tours, targeted training sessions, and IT support in close coordination with the IT Department of the Undersecretariat of the Treasury. TF057376 The objective of the Project is to support the Recipient in its efforts to develop sound public debt management practices by building capacity for foreign debt management in the Undersecretary of Treasury's front office. The Project objectives consists of the following two (2)parts: Strengthening Financial Comparative Analysis Capacity at the General Directorate of Foreign Economic Relations (GDFER) so as to utlize tailor-made software program for financial cost comparisons and related software program and finance training.  Train GDFER staff so as to successfully utlize a financial analysis framework and software for project finance to determine the financial viability for project implementing agencies.
Capacity Building for the Philippines' Public-Private Partnership Center This activity aims to assist the PPP Center in building up its capacity to enable it to play a key role in the country's PPP program, which has been proclaimed as a centerpiece strategy for infrastructure development by the new government.   By virtue of Executive Order No. 8, the former BOT Center was renamed as the PPP Center and transferred to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) from the Department of Trade and Industry.  The PPP Center was given a range of powers and functions that include: providing policy recommendations, project preparation and development, monitoring of the PPP program, and project facilitation and assistance to implementing agencies, including management of the Project Development and Monitoring Fund.  Proposed IDF Components/Activities (including Expected Outcome for each Component) are as follows 1.   Internal strategic planning workshops on the vision, priority activities, and institutional setup for PPP Center to affirm the agency's role in the country's PPP program 2.   Consultations with oversight agencies and potential client agencies on the PPP Center's medium-term strategic action plan 3.   On-the-job training for PPP on project development and preparation with respect to 1-2 specific PPP projects Key Monitoring Indators are as follows: 1.   Adoption of Medium-Term Strategic Action Plan of the PPP Center 2.   Completion of Operational Manuals and Training Manuals for specific functions of the PPP center 3.   1-2 PPP projects of selected implementing agencies provided assistance by the PPP center in project development and preparation The technical assistance (TA) is intended to strengthen the PPP Center's institutional capacity to pursue its mandate to provide technical assistance to agencies/LGUs in PPP project preparation and development in line with its updated medium term action plan and strategies.  Subsequently, the PPP Center is expected to be more equipped to provide the necessary technical leadership and assistance to implementing agencies and local government units in fast-tracking their development, structuring and implementation of priority infrastructure projects that will ultimately realize the government's development agenda through PPPs.
Education- Enhancing Capacity for Data Collection, Analysis and Monitoring of Student Learning This grant will finance the building of national capacity for using empirical evidence in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of education policies and programs that aim at improving educational outcomes in Syria. Specifically, the grant will (i) support Syria's participation in international education assessments (such as the TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS) which provide a measure for education outcomes globally and allow for benchmarking countries' performance; (ii) enhance the capacity of the Ministry of Education in collecting, analyzing,presenting and disseminating data on student learning and performance; and (iii) support the establishment and capacity building of the Government Education Development Center. Consequently, the grant will  This grant will finance the building of national capacity to strengthen the ability of the Government to generate valid, reliable and timely information on student learning and performance that can be used to inform policy formulation and program evaluation in the education sector in Syria. Specifically, the grant will: (i) support the establishment and capacity building of the Government's Center for Education Development, whose functions is evaluation, assessment, and research in education; (ii) establish and build the capacity of a #Student Learning Assessments Unit# within the Ministry of Education that will be responsible for collecting, analyzing and presenting data on student learning and performance; and (iii) support the Unit in the implementation of the 2011 Trends in Mathematical Science Studies (TIMSS) assessment which provide a measure for education outcomes globally and allows for benchmarking countries' performance.