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Strengthening the Capacity of the Health Financing Agency The Ministry of Health in Kosovo is embarking on a health reform focused on changing the way hospitals are budgeted and paid. This is a first step in the broader reform of the public health system. The enabling Health Law supporting these reforms authorizes a new agency nested inside the MOH, the Health Financing Agency, which will purchase health services via contracts and monitor contractual performance as well as use performance incentives in the contracting process.  The objective of this task is to assist the MOH in the establishment of the Health Financing Agency (HFA) through the development of the appropriate regulations. The regulations will define how the HCFA is organized and how it is integrated into the MOH as well as the level of reliance on certain MOH functions such as legal, monitoring and evaluation, and information system. In addition, the grant will help build capacity within the  HFA for managing provider organizations through the use of financial incentives and for measuring the performance of hospitals. TF013554
Philippines Strengthening the Capacity and Effectiveness of the Commission on Audit The grant aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the COA#s efforts in the audit of government revenues and expenditures through the development and adoption of a results-based integrated audit methodology using a risk-based audit approach.  The program will support an integration of the different types of audits that are presently being done by COA into a holistic audit methodology that will take into consideration the projected and actual outputs and outcomes of programs, activities and projects of government agencies using the Organizational Performance Indicators Framework (OPIF).  The proposed grant aims to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the COA's efforts in the audit of government revenues and expenditures through the development and adoption of a results-based integrated audit methodology that will focus on the outputs and outcome of public expenditures, using a risk-based audit approach.  The program will support an integration of the different types of audits that are presently being done by COA into a holistic audit methodology that will take into consideration the projected and actual outputs and outcomes of programs, activities and projects of government agencies using the Organizational Performance Indicators Framework (OPIF).
Treasury IDF Grant Technical assistance for development of  a treasury system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  IDF grant cancelled after signature with no disbursements.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Benefits Streams in the Natural Resource Operations. To improve the monitoring and evaluation of the beneftis streams and other impacts that derive from the mining sector.  It is expected that with adequate M&E capacbilities the sector agencies (department of Geology and Mines) will enhance their governance and management capacities.  Strengthen capacity of government to monitor and evaluate developments in the mining sector.
Capacity Building in Agriculture Policy Analysis Unit IDF Grant This Grant will provide support to the Agriculture Policy Analysis Unit (APAU) within the Presidential Commission for Agrarian Policy (PCAP) of Ukraine, to continue to build the critical capacity within the Ukrainian government to analyze policies, formulate policy options, and draft related legislation for the agriculture sector.
MA - Modernization fo Public Procurement in the Maghreb The Maghreb Initiative defines the activities to implement in order to modernize public sector procurement management and build/train human resources with the overall objective to improve the effectiveness of public expenditure in the Maghreb sub-region.  This is the Moroccan component of the initiative. Support the Government in addressing the challenges of its modernization of public procurement systems
Institutional Capacity Building in National Accounts of Lithuanian Department of Statistics IDF Grant
DO-IDF Grant for MECOVI (TF051244) IDF Grant to assist the government of Dominican Republic to strengthen the institutional capacity to plan and implement the household surveys of living conditions, produce and process poverty data, and help in formulation of social policy to aid poverty targeting.
Institutionalizing Results Monitoring in DPWH This activity aims to assist DPWH in building up its capacity for results monitoring, and defining and testing an organizational arrangement that can be responsive for agency-wide results monitoring, towards helping DPWH improve its performance as a major infrastructure agency in the Philippines. DPWH will be guided toward measuring and reporting performance in terms of service provided to road-users and other clients and other indicators of effectiveness and efficiency, on top of the current system of quantitative reporting on inputs (pesos and implementation periods) and outputs (kilometers of roads and lineal meters of bridges).  A starting point for engagement with DPWH will be the NRIMP2 Results Framework, which has been prepared and agreed upon as part of the project appraisal document.  However, to date DPWH has encountered difficulties in preparing the baseline data and has requested technical assistance especially at the early stage of results monitoring for the project.  This activity will then expand the application of the principles of results monitoring to DPWH's regular planning activities, implementation of works, and to its annual reporting of accomplishments.  Proposed IDF Components/Activities (including Expected Outcome: 1.   Course trainings on basic and advanced results monitoring for key DPWH (central and field offices) and NRIM-PMO staffs. Training should also aim to identify potential results monitoring experts within the agency, who can continue the in-house capacity-building program. 2.   Strategic workshops with selected officials and technical staff on incorporating results monitoring as a key strategy in DPWH planning and monitoring activities, and in defining an organizational arrangement for results monitoring 3.   Coaching on actual application of results monitoring principles in NRIMP2 results framework and planning, budgeting and other activities of the DPWH quantitative reporting on inputs (pesos and implementation periods) and outputs (kilometers of roads and lineal meters of bridges).
Strengthening Civil Society & Govt. Partnership in Monitoring Public Expenditure The project aims at enhancing the effectiveness of the overall Poverty Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy (PMES),and specifically enhancing social accountability initiatives. The project therefore has three major objectives: (i) to enhance knowledge about methods of data collection, analysis and reporting that promote service users feedback; (ii) to develop a CSO monitoring and evaluation system; and (iii)to strengthen the capacity of community basd monitoring and evaluation in Uganda of which CSOs m&e is part.
Chad National Environmental Action Plan The Bank Team will assist the Government prepare, in an open and transparent manner, the 15-plan of environmental management priorities with a focus on solving the most pressing environmental problems in Chad (desertification, soil erosion, flooding in the capital city etc.) Strategic objectives : Assist Chad in the preparation of its National Environmental Action Plan
Strengthening National Capacity for Public Monitoring of Local Government Reforms The proposed grant will support BAPPENAS (the National Development Agency) in the development of an independent monitoring system that will monitor and benchmark the local government reform program, especially in the areas of financial management and procurement, and record its impact on the citizens.  To achieve independent monitoring, BAPPENAS will work closely with CSOs, including NGOs and universities. Over a period of three years the grant will help establish independent monitoring structures in some twenty locations and thereby develop a replicable system for the rest of Indonesia. The funds will also be used to strengthen the capacity of these structures to undertake their monitoring functions effectively. In particular, the grant will support monitoring of specific governance reform improvements through effective indicators and indices. To make sense of the information reaching the national level, it will be necessary to establish an MIS that can effectively filter incoming data. It is expected that at least 10 districts/municipalities will adopt the new mechanism during the life of the grant, and at least 20 others will adopt the mechanisms within 2 years of the grant closing. The outcome of this will be that national level government will be able to better understand the level of reform in participating districts/municipalities and the problems faced. This, in turn should lead to more effective strategies of suppor for the reformers. Overall, the expected outcomes will be reflected in more appropriate national support to the decentralization effort, as a result of the improved capacity of BAPPENAS to gain and evaluate more objective district level information from the strengthened linkages with the CSOs. In terms of long term sustainability, the channels of communication created between participating districts/municipalities and BAPPENAS will require minimum effort to maintain, from the local CSOs and from BAPPENAS. The subtle shift in power, with CSOs empowered to provide suggestions and complaints direct to symphatetic listeners at national level, will in itself motivate these institutions to remain engage in the dialog.
M&E for MDGS through Innovative Censuses The main objective of this grant would be to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through the promotion and effective use of innovative practices in the 2010 round of population and housing censuses.  In particular, the grant will: (i) research and systematize the experience of innovative population and housing censuses in the region and beyond (specifically experiences from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, as well as from Europe); (ii) incorporate into the design of the 2010 censuses a plan to maximize its impact on administrative records and household survey sampling frameworks and directories for improved monitoring and  evaluation (M&E) of the MDGs; (iii) provide capacity building based on the lessons learned from the innovative regional and international experiences; and (iv) facilitate the technological exchange among countries in the LAC region. This initiative would allow the majority of the countries in the LAC region to become versed and experienced in the more effective tools of innovative censuses to both strengthen the voice of the population and bolster the use of this information.  By doing so, this project will be able to maximize the experiences of the countries that are more advanced in this area, principally through South-South learning, to the greater benefit of the countries in the region. through the promotion and effective use of innovative practices in the 2010 round of population and housing censuses in nine countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay) that have explicitly requested technical assistance in this area. These countries initially presented a proposal to DFID to support of these activities, which DFID was unable to fund.  Nonetheless, given the importance of the proposal and the strong country-level commitment, DFID suggested that the countries present the proposal to the IDF, which supports projects in this vein. In particular, the grant will: (i) research and systematize the experience of innovative population and housing censuses in the region and beyond (specifically experiences from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, as well as from Europe); (ii) incorporate into the design of the 2010 censuses a plan to maximize its impact on administrative records and household survey sampling frameworks and directories for improved monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the MDGs; (iii) provide capacity building based on the lessons learned from the innovative regional and tools of innovative censuses to both strengthen the voice of the population and bolster the use of this information. By doing so,
Capacity Building of China Food and Drug Administration This proposed IDF project aims to assist China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) to develop capacity to implement food safety regulation system by incorporating international best practices and adapting to the level of development. It is expected that the project will support CFDA to better understand and incorporate how other lead food regulatory agenceis deliver services, e.g., organization of food control, central register of food business organizations, risk assessment and risk management, use of international data and knowledge in food safety, the budget of inspection, number of inspectors, qualification and training of inspectors, and collobration among food safety institutions.  The proposed IDF project would support capacity building and technical assistance activities of CFDA newly created in 2013. CFDA is consolidating responsibilites of line ministries in charge of food safety and supervising food production from farm to folk to address overlapping, redundant, or missing food safety standards, and inconsistent interpretation and uneven application of food safety standards. This suppoprt would contribute to improving national food safety tools which are based on scientific knowledge and risk analysis, promoting coordination among food regulators and ensuring clear and consistent interpretation, and enforcement of food safety standards at national and local levels.
ABWA Strengthening and Consolidation of Professional Accounting and Auditing Practices in ABWA Countries Supervision of IDF - ABWA: Strengthening and Consolidation of Professional Accounting and Auditing Practices in ABWA Countries To facilitate the adoption of professional acounting and auditing practices in ABWA Countries
Improving the Recognition and Land Regularization of Brazilian Quilombola (Slave Descendent) Communities The Ministry of  Education, in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture , is requested IDF financing for institutional strengthening of Funda Ã§Ã£o Cultural Palmares (FCP) which in 1999 was assigned the lead  agency responsibility in Brazil for recognizing and regularizing the lands of the  quilombola or descendents of escaped slave communities  that were formed from the 17th century until 1888 when slavery was abolished in Brazil .  It is estimated that there are approximately 1000 such communities with an average population of 100 persons each  in 15 states, primarily in the Northeast.  These communities are among the poorest of the rural poor in Brazil.   Regularization of their lands is one of their highest priorities and is clearly fundamental to protecting their way of life and improving their social and economic well-being.  Twelve years ago,  the nation-state acknowledged the quilombolas and their quest for land regularization in  Article 68 of the 1988 Constitution that indicates that the Government should provide land titles to remaining members of  quilombola communities.  However, in the ensuring years  very few quilombo land regularizations have occurred and the  legal and regulatory framework for carrying them out is still quite weak and ambiguous.  The FCP was also created in 1988, however, its original legal mandate was  to help protect and preserve Afro-B razilian cultural heritage in general.   Meanwhile the Agrarian Reform Institute (INCRA) and  several states carried out some  efforts toward quilombo land regularization  with mixed success and relatively little formalization or institutionalization of processes and procedures.    In 1999, the lead responsibility for carrying out Article 68 of the Constitution was transferred to FCP,  an agency with considerable familarityfamiliarity with quilombola issues, but no track record or experience in dealing with the complexities of land regularization.  Furthermore, a number of legal issues (detailed below) remain pending.  Therefore, the IDF grant will finance:  I) Improving the Legal Framework for Recognition and Land Regularization; II) Institutional Assessment and Strengthening of FCP and Partnerships; III) Establishing a National Database on I dentified and To B e Identified  Quilombola Communities in Brazil; and IV) Capacity-Building and Pilot Land Regularizations.
NG-IDF Strengthening National System for Nigeria's MDG M&E To strengthen the capacity of the MDG Implementation Committee and ministerial focal points to design and develop a unified effective national monitoring and evaluation system for Nigeria. effective national monitoring and evaluation system for Nigeria
Introduction of International Public Sector Accounting Standards The objective of the grant is to help translate and introduce inetrntional public sector accounting standards in Vietnam.
Lesotho Institute of Accountants- Capacity Development Capacity building of LIA members in:  *   anti-fraud and anti-corruption responses *   Public Finance Management *   income tax planning and assessment Implementation of a QA program by LIA Amendment of the Accountants Act Overall program coordination The objective of the project is to develop the capacity of the Lesotho Institute of Accountants (#LIA#) and enable it to better meet the needs of its stakeholders, including, inter alia: (i) establishment of an improved qualification requirement for its members with respect to fraud and corruption issues, public finance management and tax planning and assessment; (ii) provide a better requisite qualification system (education and examination); and (iii) set standards and rules governing the public accounting practice by its members and ensuring compliance thereto.
Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Environmental & Natural Resource Management IDF Grant
Namibia Performance management and M&E This task will consist of technical assistance to the Government of  Namibia to help establish a results-based M&E system by strengthening the design and implementation of such a system through technical support and analytical work. This task will support an IDF application as well as a brief policy note on good practices in M&E. The objective of the IDF Grant is to improve the capacity of the National Planning Commission of the Government of Namibia to design and implement an efficient monitoring and evaluation system of National Development Plans and aid contributions.
MA-IDFImproving Local Governance thruM&E The purpose of this IDF is to assist the University Hassan II Mohammedia in strengthening its capacity to monitor and evaluate local development projects and build the capacity of local actors on M&E. The University is currently heavily involved in building capacity of local actors as part of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH) project in terms of participatory approaches and project management. With support of the IDF, the University would extend its support to building cpacity for M&E as well as providing direct M&E services. The key areas for development are: rapid results, participatory M&E and impact evaluation. Note: TTL until date of IDF approval 4/11/07: Cecile Fruman As of 4/11/07:  Mohammed Medouar.  IDF TF090194 for $229,000.  Closing date: 7/24/10.  End-disbursement date: 11/24/10. Create the technical, human and Knowledge-based capacity for results-based monitoring and evaluation of econpomic and social development projects in Morocco
Institutional Reform and Transformation of MAF The Development Objective is to assist MAF to transform into a modern institution which is an efficient policy setter, sector regulator and service provider which operates through a process of decentralized decision-making and local, farmer-led activity planning and implementation. The IDF grant will be used by MAF to improve the planning and M&E of its front-line services at the district level; to support the development of a change management plan; and to develop capacity within the national directorate for policy and planning to develop and manage major investment projects and coordinate foreign assisted or implemented projects at the sectoral level.
Capacity Building in FYR Macedonia's Public Sector Accounting Building on the success of the first IDF grant for Stage I of the Building Capacity in Public Accounting Project in developing a regional training program for public accountants and institutionalizing training and certification in Albania, Croatia and Slovenia and incorporating the lessons learned in its implementation, a second IDF grant is being proposed to respond to the requests received from the Government of Macedonia, to  expand coverage of public sector accounting training and certification to their public sector accountants. Run in conjunction with Romania (P103797), Macedonia (P104870), and Kosovo (P104871). TF058158 To expand the coverage of the public sector accounting training and certification and to institutionalise training and certification for public sector accountants within Macedonia.
Improving Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Capacity of the Permanent Secretariat for the Poverty Reduction Strategy and its Macroeconom This institutional development project seeks to assist the Permanent Secretariat for the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PSPRS) to deepen and extend its M&E capacity and to strengthen the linkage between the work of the M&E units and the units working on macroeconomic outcomes and projections, which will enable the government to obtain more comprehensive and more analytical information on policy outcomes and sharpen its capacity to formulate forward looking policy options based on such outcomes. This project seeks to assist the Permanent Secretariat for the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PSPRS) to deepen and extend its M&E capacity and to strengthen the linkage between the work of the M&E units and the units working on macroeconomic outcomes and projections, which will enable the government to obtain more comprehensive and more analytical information on policy outcomes and sharpen its capacity to formulate forward looking policy options based on such outcomes.
Support to Brazil's National Policy Dialogue IDF The purpose of the grant would be to support the new Brazilian Federal Government.s .Dialogue Towards a New Social Contract,. which aims to seek civil society input into, and to build consensus toward, the design of public expenditure prioritization and policy reforms that will drive achievement of Brazil.s recently-agreed fiscal targets . in turn critical to the government.s stated goal of sustainable growth with equity.  The Program will be implemented through a recently-created Council of Economic and Social Development (CDES), chaired by Brazil.s President Luiz InÃ¡cio Lula da Silva.  The Council.s activities are being planned and conducted through a Special Secretariat for Economic and Social Development (SEDES).  The Brazilian Presidency has sought World Bank support, through an IDF grant, to finance:  1. Establishment of a sustainable capacity in SEDES for consultation with civil society on public expenditure priorities and policy reform . including, inter alia, training and capacity building in consultative process, consensus building and action planning methodologies, design and analysis of public opinion research, communications and media relations skills and program impact and outcome evaluation; and 2. The first series of consultative seminars on strategic challenges (e.g., pension reform) and thematic .dialogues. on more local development issues (specific spending priorities for a state.s poorest region), where SEDES staff will have a chance to .learn by doing,. applying the consultative techniques they have learned through leading/facilitating these seminars.  Once capacity has been established, it is expected that additional seminars would be financed by the Brazilian government. Support the "National Dialogue" to gather civil society inputs and build consensus towards the design of public expenditure prioritization and policy reforms.