devinitorg/iati-policy-markers huggingface dataset:
EG-INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS Educate and train Board members of Egyptian companies to fulfill their legal responsibilities and to comply with corporate and securities legislation.  Provide accreditation of company directors. 01/07/03.  Task Team Leader changed from Julia Devlin to John Speakman, effective December 1, 2002. 02/24/04.  Task Team Leader changed from John Speakman to Christian Schmidt, effective January 1, 2004. 10/04/2004.  Task Team Leader changed from Christian Schmidt to Sahr Nasr effective October 1, 2004. 09/27/05.  The IDF Grant TF051020 was signed on September 16, 2003 for $247,000.  To date, $70,000 has been disbursed leaving a balance of $177,000.  The closing date of the IDF Grant is December 30, 2006. 10/02/06. Responsible Cost Center changed from MNSIF (7023) to MNSED (7019) effective October 1, 2006.
MA - IDF-Training for Trainers- TF054245 The purpose of the Grant is to strengthen the Recipient.s capacity in the area of project management by developing, through Institut de Commerce et d.Administration des Entreprises (.ISCAE.), a capacity building program with a results-based approach using country fiduciary systems.  The activities (for which the Grant is given are as follows:    (a),,developing a curriculum with case studies, manuals, CD-ROMs and instruction guides on results-based monitoring and evaluation, procedures including fiduciary aspects and on results-based management;    (b),,carrying out training of trainers for staff of selected ministries and project implementing entities in the areas of monitoring, evaluation and fiduciary aspects;    (c),,conducting workshops aiming at building a network of resource persons in the Maghreb countries trained in project management, monitoring and evaluation;    (d),,carrying out an evaluation of the outcome of the Program, and providing recommendations to improve implementation and ensure sustainability of the Program; and    (e),,provision of equipment to ISCAE including five (5) computers for classroom use and access to online information and internet resources. To strengthen country's capacity in the area of results-based management by developing a capacity building program with a results-based approach.
Improving the link between Government Financial Reports and Sources of Funding The objective of this proposal is to strengthen Indonesia's ability to efficiently manage donor contributions to the development budget.   The proposed grant aims to improve the standard accounting and reporting system of line ministries so that it can produce the project financial reports required by donor, hence eliminating the current practice of maintaining separate accounting systems to accommodate donors reporting requirement. The grant includes technical assistance from qualified international and local consultants, and training to selected line ministry users once the system is developed and installed.  The activities: 1. Review the current accounting systems at the line ministries. The review would focus on how the existing overall system should be modified to incorporate the World Bank#s reporting requirements, without  maintaining a separate, parallel system just to report to the Bank and other donors;. 2. Modification of the accounting system application program and the related rules and procedures; 3. Pilot implementation to selected line ministries; and 4. Training to selected line ministries (which manage World Bank-funded projects)  to disseminate the newly developed reporting tool The proposed grant aims to improve the financial reporting system of line ministries so that the financial reports produced have adequate information for effective decision making.  The objective is to obviate the necessity of generating mutliple reports for various donor partners -  and placing more reliance on the country system.
BT IDF for Bhutan Public Expend. Mgmt RGOB requested June 2005 that the Bank prepare a DPL and the activities to be supported by IDF are likely to become an important component of the operation.     The IDF grant will help the RGOB meet its public expenditure management objectives and ensure that public spending has maximal development impact and bolster its fiscal management.    The proposed activities to be supported by an IDF dovetail with ongoing ESW activities, including preparation of country economic update, a series of planned fiscal studies and a TA effort leading up to a fiscal report. The initiatives are expected to improve public expenditure management in the shortrun, as well as begnning a process that will seek consistent improvements over the medium term. This will lead to stronger fiscal discipline, greater transparancy and greater development impact from public expenditure.    In January 2005 workshops were conducted by the MOF and Bank for senior officials from across the government a well as technical government staff to help generate a better understanding of what is involved in implementing an MTEF as part of efforts to improve public expenditure management.    The grant approved on June 28, 2005, will be executed by the Government of Bhutan .    The proposed grant of $300,000 will provide advisory and traning services to RGOB for improving fiscal management Proposed activities are as follows: 1)   Facilitate the development of a Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTEFF). 2)   Strengthen the institutional linkages for macroeconomic framework coordination and improved macroeconomic forecasts. 3)   Build capacity for revenue forecasting within an MTEF. 4)   Enhance transparency and improving/developing a website in the Ministry of Finance. Strategic Objectives: Assist Government of Bhutan to improve its MTFF as a first concrete step towards the operationalization of its planned MYRBs and enhance transparency. Ms. Ananya Basu took over the task leadership from Mr. Christian Eigen-Zucchi effective 02/10/09. The objective of the grant is to assist the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) in strengthening its public expenditure management, focusing on improving the overall planning and budget process. This will help in (a) bolstering overall fiscal discipline, and (b) enhancing the effectiveness of public expenditure. The grant will facilitate progress towards these goals by helping the RGoB:  * Develop and progressively strengthen a Medium Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF), as a first step towards establishing an MTEF;  * Bolster the institutional linkages needed for better macroeconomic framework coordination and the preparation of macroeconomic forecasts;  * Build capacity for revenue forecasting within an MTFF;  * Enhance transparency and develop/improve a website in the Ministry of Finance.  The expected outcomes of the IDF grant are the strengthening of public expenditure management in the short-run, as well as the bolstering of a process that will seek consistent improvement over the medium term, leading to stronger fiscal discipline, greater transparancy and greater development impact from public expenditures.
RY - Improving Corporate Financial Reporting The objective of this proposed project is to:  1) Improve the statutory framework of accounting and auditing through adopting IFRS and IFRS for SMEs as well as IAS without modifications and ensure mandatory observance. 2) Establish the High Council for Accounting and Auditing as an independent oversight body to monitor and enforce accounting and auditing standards and codes. 3) Strengthen the capacity of YACPA and revamp its functionality as a strong professional body in line with relevant IFAC pronouncements. 4) Improve professional training, examination and licensing systems for obtaining YACPA membership in compliance with IFAC. 5) Facilitate the delivery of training programs on practical aspects of international accounting and auditing standards, including ethical challenges faced by the auditors. This proposed IDF grant with the above mentioned objectives will specifically help the MoIT and YACPA to introduce, implement, and enforce regulations, including implementation and enforcement measures that are comparable to best international practices within their respective regulatory domains. Supporting the accounting profession comes at a critical time for Yemen as the Government is working on PFM reforms including governance as well as a plan for establishing a stock market in Yemen which would require a solid regulatory and monitoring framework. It will also help the accountancy profession to continue its strengthening effort by offering advice and benchmark to move with key areas and plan to submit a request to IFAC for membership and adhere to its obligations. The funds for this proposed grant will be channeled through the MoIT to the YACPA, which will be responsible for the management of the grant funds through a separate designated account. Monitoring and follow up on implementation of the project#s objectives will be carried out by a national technical committee
BT CIRT & Policy and Regulatory Issues in the Telecom Sector The task will have three components:  Component 1 : Build capacity and project team for implementation of Computer Incidence Response Team ( CIRT). This component will have six activities described below: The Bank will support and build capacity in the project team to undertake the following five key activities:    (a) Activity I: Create and approve user requirement specification (URS)   (b) Activity II: Design CIRT according to URS.    (c) Activity III: Design network according to URS.    (d) Activity IV: Pre-installation & preparation step by step guide for network and hardware.    (e) Activity V: Remote installation and testing   (f)  Activity VI: Fine tuning of CIRT application & training Of the above six activities, the first three will be conducted simultaneously and will lead to the development of a Consultation Paper for discussion with stakeholders in order to arrive at a set of revised key policies. In the process, DITT will build capacity to conduct public consultation on key policy issues. Component 2: Capacity building on various telecom sector policy issues of DITT Component 3: Capacity building of BICMA on various regulatory issues
Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO) Institutional Support The grant would provide support to institutional strengthening of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Organization (ALCO) in West Africa on corridor performance monitoring and evaluation systems, and methodology. It will contribute to better corridor management and the regional integration goals supported by ECOWAS. The main objective of the proposed grant is to develop institutional capacity of ALCO, as executing agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Abidjan-Lagos road Corridor in terms of trade and transit facilitation.
Assistance to the Caribbean Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC) The purpose of the grant is to assist the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC) in providing advice and training in macroeconomic and financial management to help build capacity in countries of the Caribbean Region. Through CARTAC, donors consolidate their resources to ensure that technical assistance is provided in a coherent, harmonized and consistent manner to the countries in the region. The IDF grant will finance CARTAC.s technical assistance on a demand basis, consistent with IDF guidelines,  under the following three components: Component one: IDF Focus Area . Public expenditure management and financial accountability.   This component will provide technical assistance and training on public expenditure management and financial accountability with emphasis on improved budget planning and execution and more effective cash and debt management systems and procedures. Component two: Strengthening supervision and regulation of non-banking financial institutions (IDF non-focus). Component three: Improved capacity for undertaking macroeconomic projections and design of home-grown structural adjustment programs (IDF non-focus). The CARICOM Secretariat is the recipient for the grant. The Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM, in its capacity as representative body of the Heads of State of the Caribbean Community, has confirmed support for this IDF grant. The Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC) will be responsible for the execution of the grant.
Strengthening Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation of the Improved Public Procurement System The objective of the proposed IDF grant is to strengthen Lao's system for public procurement by providing assistance for implementation and monitoring of the recently established procurement framework, and initiating the move towards e-procurement to further increase economy, efficiency and transparency in procurement.  1.  Strengthen system for public procurement by providing assistance for implementation and monitoring of recently established procurement framework. 2.  Initiating the move towards e-procurement to further increase economy, efficiency and transparency in procurment.
STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY OF THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT The mandate of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (MoEPNR) has undergone a significant expansion through the integration of 5 new departments (that used to be stand-alone State Departments) and the introduction of new functions. This represents a major organizational restructuring of the sector and presents both challenges and opportunities to the new minister of environment. The challenge is to operationally harmonize the multiple mandates of different departments within a common accountability framework. The opportunity is improved efficiencies of the internal mechanisms of the ministry that would translate into better service delivery performance. The MoEPNR currently lacks the capacity to implement its new and expanded mandate. In addition the recent move by the Ministry of Finance towards a Medium-term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) provides an added urgency for the MoEPNR to build its capacity to be able to participate in this new performance-based planning initiative once the MTEF is scaled up to all the ministries.  The objective of the grant thus is to increase the capacity of the MoEPNR to strengthen its accountability framework and improve performance-based public expenditure management. The purpose of the Grant is to increase the capacity of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Natural Resources (MoEPNR) of Georgia by strengthening its accountability framework and improving its performance-based public expenditure management.
TH IDF Stengthening of OAG The objective is to strengthen effectiveness of OAG through training and other institutional strengthening.
COMESA Public Procurement Reform (IDF) Development of a regional framework to promote the harmonization of public procurement systems among COMESA member states and to develop a cadre of professionals in the area of public procurement. Contribute to the establishment of fair and transparent procurement systems in two pilot COMESA member states (Rwanda and Zambia) by:  (a) consolidation of legal and regulatory reforms; (b) capacity building.
Institutional Capacity Building of Bhutan Pension System The objective of this task is to supervise the Institutional Development Fund (IDF) grant of USD 200,000 which was approved for building Institutional Capacity to strength Bhutan's Pension System.  The original task manager did not file the PAD data sheet under IRIS and we have not been able to recover it.  The DO were presumably to build capacity for the NPPF to (i) better understand its long term finances through actuarial and other training (ii) to improve its abiliity to make investments and an investment policy and (iii) to help formulate reforms that would be potentially adopted by Government.
Strengthening of the Bolivian Representatives Chamber of Congress The main objective of the grant would be to strengthen the House of Deputies' Budget Committee for more effective conflict resolution and dissemination of public information, particularly in areas related with budget processes and public expenditure. This, by strengthening the institutional capacities of the Congress in this area, extending the international experience and best practices in parliamentary programs to Bolivia's Congress, and consolidating the Global Legal Information Network (GLIN). The grant would therefore support Government's efforts to increase budget transparency and accountability by opening up and making public information available to the citizens, especially, by presenting and disseminating to the citizens adequate information about the nature of the fiscal problems facing the country.  To achieve this objective, the grant would support the Congress in creating a Center for Research and Information which main objective will be the strengthening of the Budget Committee.  This task is being co-mananged with Ms. Beatriz Merino TF # To strengthen the technical capacity of the Recipient#s House of Deputies Budget Committee to achieve dissemination of public information, particularly in areas related to budget processes and public expenditures, to increase budget transparency and accountability.
Lebanon Streamlining of MOSA Proced. and Improve M&E System The purposes of the IDF Grant are (i) to improve and streamline the procedures of the MOSA; (ii) evaluate the services covered throught the SDC and explore new institutional arrangements; and (iii) develop a monitoring and evaluation system to improve MOSA's capacity to follow up on  the beneficiaries of its programs and to assess social changes and impact on the poor at the local level.
IDF-Capacity Building in Moldova'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 Moldova and Kosovo 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). Funded by TF058159
Performance Monitoring of Local Authorities to Strengthen Public Oversight, Accountability & Expenditure Management IDF Grant The purposes of the Grant are to assist the Recipient in: (i) strengthening the public oversight of the public funds allocated to Turkey's local governments sector every year; (ii)  improving the public accountability of the local authorities; and (iii) assisting governments' efforts to formulate actions to improve the sector's public expenditure management. The activities (the Activities) for which the Grant is given aim at supporting the Ministry of Interior to put a performance monitoring and evaluation system in place, use it and expand it, make its contents and results available to the public as well as within the Government, and to put it on a suitable footing.    ,,,,,,Amount of the ,,,,% of    ,,,,,,Grant Allocated ,,,,Expenditure Category    ,,in Dollars ,,,,,,to be Financed =============================================================== (1) Consultants'    320,000 ,,,,,,100% Services (2) Travel and     ,,20,000 ,,,,,,100% Subsistance (3) Goods    ,,,,5,000 ,,,,,,100% of ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,foreign expenditures    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,[100% of local ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,expenditures    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(ex-factory cost)] and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,80% of local    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,expenditures for other    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,items procured locally. (4) Workshops,     ,,5,000 ,,,,,,100% of foreign materials and ,,dissemination   ,,,,,,,,expenditures [100% of activities,,,,,,,,,,,,,,local expenditures    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(ex-factory cost)] and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,80% of local expenditures    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,for other items procured ,,,,,,,,   ,,,,,,,,,,locally.    ,,,,TOTAL ,,350,000
Support to Accountancy Profession in Ethiopia The proposed IDF grant aims at supporting the creation of a robust Accountancy profession from the existing non-professional grouping of accountants and auditing practitioners called Ethiopia Professional Accountancy and Auditors Association (EPAAA) within the country which will be well regulated. It will also strengthen the country's quality of financial reporting through adoption and application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in private sector and public enterprises which contribute a significant portion of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This will subsequently improve the system of accountability and good governance through an audit process that adopts the usage of International Standards on Auditing (ISA) in private and public sector companies. This will be achieved through the establishment of accounting and auditing regulatory body and a professional accountancy body to ensure that there is consistent and uniform application of the adopted standards that conform to international norms. Given the long standing absence of appropriate governance and management arrangements of the accountancy and auditing professions in Ethiopia, the grant also aims at establishing serious enforcement mechanisms of standards amongst its members through the regulatory bodies to be established. This will be done through (i) creation of new and modernized statutory framework for corporate financial reporting and auditing practices (ii) build capacity for professional accountants, auditors and regulators (iii) establishing regulatory and enforcement rules for accountancy and auditors and (iv) provide support to educational institutions to modernize accounting and auditing profession. the country which will be well regulated. It will also strengthen the country#s quality of financial reporting through adoption and significant portion of the country#s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This will subsequently improve the system of accountability and institutions to modernize accounting and auditing profession
Actuarial Capacity Building for MOF The purpose of the grant is to build the technical and actuarial capacity of the recently established Research and Actuarial Division under the Department of Social Protection of the Ministry of Finance.  The technical assistance will strengthen actuarial competence, enhance the ability to perform actuarial projection and analysis, develop modeling software, assemble and analyze valuation data, and learn from international actuarial best practices.  The grant will also support an assessment of the existing institutional arrangements, and to prepare a work plan including strategic approaches on the development of human resource capacity. TTL changed from Yee Mun Sin to Xiaoqing Yu 2/09/2007
WBG Public Procurement Reform Support Project The objective of the IDF grant is to support the Procurement Authority (PA)#s efforts to resume the implementation of top priority procurement reform recommendations of the CPAR 2004 exercise. The proposed grant will focus on the following main areas that would follow the enactment of the new public procurement law: Â·   Completing the reform of the Public Procurement Legal Framework Â·   Establishment of the Public Procurement Policy Unit and related institutional arrangements; Â·   Development of the national standard bidding documents and manuals to sustain the improvements of the procurement law; Â·   Preparation of a national training strategy for public procurement and the initiation of training programs. The objective of the IDF grant is to support the PA's efforts to implement top priority procurement reform actions. The proposed grant will focus on the following main areas that would follow the enactment of the new public procurement law and would create the basis for its effective implementation:  Completing the reform of the Public Procurement Legal Framework  Support the establishment of the Public Procurement Policy Unit and related institutional arrangements;  Development of the national standard bidding documents and manual of procedures to sustain the improvements of the procurement law.