The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary

THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY

CONTENTS

User’s Guide 3

Public Disclosure Authorized Global Environment Facility 4

Projects in the Pipeline New Projects 5 Projects Deleted 6 Africa Region 7 East Asia and Pacific Region 31 South Asia Region 45 Europe and Central Asia Region 53 Middle East and North Africa Region 63 Latin America and the Caribbean Region 69 Worldwide 80

Public Disclosure Authorized Guarantee Operations 80 List of Acronyms 82

Entries for Projects in the Pipeline are organized by region, country and economic sector. Entries preceded by (N) denote new listings; (R) indicates a revision or update from the previous month’s listing. The portions of the entry that differ appear in italic type. A sample entry is included in the User’s Guide, which begins on the next page.

SECTOR DEFINITIONS

Economic Management Private Sector Development Public Disclosure Authorized Education Public Sector Governance Environment and Natural Resources Management Rural Development Energy and Mining (including Renewable Energy) Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Finance (including noncompulsory pensions, insurance Social Protection and contractual savings) Transportation Health, Nutrition and Population Urban Development Information and Communication Water and Sanitation Law and Justice Public Disclosure Authorized

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GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY

The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on the sultants and procuring goods and works. Contractors and suppliers, status of projects in the World Bank’s pipeline from the time the therefore, should contact appropriate officials of the implement- operation is identified to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or Grant ing agency to express their interest in specific projects and obtain Agreement. It is a detailed accounting of the projects included in information on what goods and services will be needed and when the country lending programs that are actively being prepared for and how to submit bids and proposals. implementation. The lending programs reflect the Bank’s strat- During implementation, consultants are often used to provide tech- egy for each member country as set out in the Country Assis- nical assistance and other project implementation support. Un- tance Strategy (CAS) papers and notes presented to the Board of like contracts for goods and works, those for consulting services Executive Directors of the World Bank. On average, it takes about are not usually advertised. Therefore, consultants in particular 13 months for the Bank to process a project from concept docu- should contact the responsible implementing agency early in the ment to approval. After a financing agreement is signed or a pro- project preparation period to express their interest. Contracts for ject removed from the program, the project entry is dropped from consulting services, as well as some for goods and works, may also this Summary. be procured prior to loan/credit/grant approval. This is known Each issue of the Summary contains a list of projects being reported as advance contracting. for the first time and a list of projects for which financing agreements have been signed or that have been dropped from the cur- The information contained in The World Bank Monthly Opera- rent program. tional Summary is intended to enable companies to assess their By becoming familiar with the Bank’s project cycle, which is sum- interest in supplying Bank-financed projects. Further information marized in the following paragraphs, consultants or suppliers of should be requested from the country’s project implementing goods and works can gauge when the timing is right to pursue busi- agency. The likelihood of a timely response is greater if the queries ness opportunities with Bank borrowers. Each entry in the Monthly are brief and to the point. When possible, travel to the country Operational Summary shows what point in the cycle a particular and direct contact with relevant agency officials is recommended. project has reached. Firms should contact the World Bank only if they are unable to Project Cycle obtain a response to their queries from the implementing agency. During IDENTIFICATION, the client government and the Bank General information about business opportunities under Bank identify a specific operation as being likely to support the coun- loans, credits, and grants may be obtained from the World Bank’s try’s development strategy and the Bank’s CAS. Procurement Policy and Services Group’s website at http://www.worldbank.org/procure (click on bidding and con- During PREPARATION, the client government identifies and sulting opportunities). discusses the technical and institutional alternatives for achieving the objectives of a project. Preparation usually requires fea- Business opportunities arising from World Bank projects after they sibility studies followed by more detailed studies of the alternatives have been approved, including invitations to bid and to submit that promise to yield the most satisfactory results. An environmental proposals on Bank projects and notices of contract awards, ap- assessment is usually carried out during this phase. (See below pear twice a month in UN Development Business and are avail- for more information on environmental assessment.) able via the internet at UN Development Business Online at In the preparation stage of the project cycle, clients often sup- . plement their own efforts by hiring consultants to carry out a Environmental Categories major part of the work. Contractors and suppliers of equipment and goods need to start making contacts with country officials dur- The type, timing, and scope of environmental analysis to be per- ing this stage. formed by Bank clients are confirmed when a given project is iden- During APPRAISAL, the Bank conducts a comprehensive review tified. Projects are assigned one of the following categories, of all aspects of the project (technical, institutional, economic, and depending on the nature, magnitude, and sensitivity of environ- financial), laying the foundation for implementing the project mental issues: and evaluating it when completed. Conducted by Bank staff, pro- Category A: The project may have adverse and significant en- ject appraisal may be supplemented by individual experts. The vironmental impacts. Full environmental assessment is normally preparation of the Project Appraisal Document concludes this required. stage. Category B: The project may have specific environmental issues. During NEGOTIATIONS, discussions are held with the client Partial environmental assessment is normally required. government, and the agreements reached are written into the loan documents. Upon completion of negotiations, the project is Category C: Likely to have minimal or no adverse environment- presented to the Executive Directors for approval. After approval, al impacts. Beyond screening, no further EA action is required. the financing agreement is signed. Category FI: Involves investment of Bank funds through a finan- Project IMPLEMENTATION normally starts within a few cial intermediary, in subprojects that have adverse environmental months after the project financing agreement is signed. Countries, impacts. An environmental framework may be required. through their implementing agencies, have full responsibility for executing of World Bank-financed projects, including hiring con- Category U: No category given. PAGE 4 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

A typical summary entry looks like this:

Viet Nam •Name of borrowing country •(R) = revised; (N) = new entry (R) Payment Systems and Bank Modern- ization: The project will establish a computerized payments system in order to improve effi- •Project description ciency and modernize the banking sector. Technical assistance to strengthen the institutional capacity of participating commercial banks Italics indicate change from last month’s listing will also be provided. Preappraisal mission com- • PID = Project identification number. pleted. Environmental Assessment Category C. • Amount of financing in US$ millions (source) Project: P123456. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants • will be required for project management and commercial bank institutional studies. Project Management Unit, Payment System and Bank •Name/address of implementing agency Modernization Project, State Bank of Viet Nam, 49 Ly Thai To, Viet Nam, Fax: (84-4) 258-385, Contact Mr. Nguyen Van Binh

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, the World The GEF is striving for universal participation, and currently Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on projects fi- 168 countries are participants. Countries may be eligible for GEF nanced by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF pro- funds if (a) they are eligible for financial assistance through the vides grants and concessional funding to recipient coun-tries financial mechanism of either the Climate Change Conven- for projects and programs that protect the global environment tion or the Convention on Biological Diversity; or (b) they are and promote sustainable economic growth. eligible to borrow from the World Bank (IBRD and/or IDA) or The facility, set up as a pilot program in 1991, was restruc- receive technical assistance grants from UNDP through a Coun- tured and replenished with over US$ 2 billion in 1994, and re- try Programme. A country must be a party to the Climate plenished with another US$ 4 billion in 1998, to cover the Change Convention or the Convention of Biological Diversity agreed incremental costs of activities that benefit the global en- to receive funds from the GEF in the relevant focal area. vironment in four focal areas: climate change, biological diversity, GEF projects must be country-driven, incorporate consultation international waters, and stratospheric ozone. Activities con- with local communities, and, where appropriate, involve non- cerning land degradation, primarily desertification and defor- governmental organizations in project implementation. estation, as they relate to the four focal areas, are also eligible For additional information on the GEF, contact the GEF sec- for funding. Both the Framework Convention on Climate retariat or visit its website: www.gefweb.org Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity have des- ignated the GEF as their funding mechanism on an interim ba- The GEF Secretariat sis. 1818 H St. NW GEF projects and programs are managed through three im- Washington DC 20433, USA plementing agencies: the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Tel: (1-202) 473-0508 the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) ,and the World Fax: (1-202) 522-3240, 522-3245 Bank. The GEF Secretariat, which is functionally independent E-mail: [email protected] from the three implementing agencies, reports to and services the Council and Assembly of the GEF. SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 5

New Projects Added in This Issue

Africa Region Nepal Burkina Faso Health and Other Social Services: First 1000 Days 50 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Twelve Poverty Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Building Resilience Reduction Support Credit DPO 8 to Climate Related Hazards 50 Burundi Health and Other Social Services: Public Works and Urban Europe and Central Asia Region Management Additional Financing 8 Armenia Cape Verde Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: IREP Additional Financing 54 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Fourth DPL Eighth Croatia Poverty Reduction Support Credit 9 Industry and Trade: Science and Technology Project 56 Ethiopia Moldova Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Agricultural Growth Additional Financing 11 Education: Education Reform 58 Ghana Poland Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Public Sector Reform 13 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Development Guinea-Bissau Policy Loan 59 Industry and Trade: Agribusiness Development and Private Regional Sector Rehabilitation 14 Finance: EEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility APL4 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Development Policy (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 59 Operation 14 Russian Federation Liberia Education: Development of Preschool Education System Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Integrated Public of Sakha (Yakutia) 60 Financial Management Reform 15 Niger Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Arctic Program 61 Industry and Trade: Sources of Growth 20 Middle East and North Africa Region Sudan Health and Other Social Services: Community Development Lebanon Fund Additional Financing 27 Finance: Innovation and SME Growth 65 Tanzania Morocco Transportation: Railway Revitalization 29 Industry and Trade: Second DPL in support of the Plan Togo Maroc Vert 66 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Emergency Regional Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Energy Additional Transportation: 5M-GEF Southern Mediterranean Marine Financing 29 Highway 67 Zambia West Bank and Gaza Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Strengthening Climate Resilience PPCR Phase II 30 Finance: Gaza Palestinian Market Development 68 East Asia and Pacific Region Latin America and Caribbean Region China Argentina Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Guangdong Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Volcano Eruption Non-Point Pollution Control 34 Emergency Recovery Loan 69 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Guangdong Brazil Non-Point Pollution Control 34 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Rio Municipality Indonesia Technical Assistance Loan 72 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Urban Solid Waste Management Program 37 Transportation: Federal Transport Technical Assistance 73 Lao People’s Democratic Republic El Salvador Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Khammouane Industry and Trade: Technology and Innovation 75 Development-Additional Financing 38 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Second Philippines Programmatic Public Finance and Social Progress Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Philippines Developent Policy Loan 75 National Community Driven Development Program 39 Haiti Viet Nam Energy and Mining: Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Rural Sanitation and Access 76 and Water Supply (P4R) 44 Honduras South Asia Region Public Administration, Law, and Justice: First Programmatic Bangladesh Development Policy Credit 76 Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Afforestation for Climate Mexico Risk Reduction 45 Energy and Mining: Energy Efficiency Supply Side 77 Bhutan Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Sustainable Financing Regional for Biodiversity Conservation and Natural Resources Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Second Phase Disaster Management 47 Vulnerability Reduction APL for St. Lucia 79 PAGE 6 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Projects Deleted From This Issue

Africa Region South Asia Region Burundi: Afghanistan: Health Sector Development Support Additional Financing Strengthening Agricultural Production Base Cape Verde: Bangladesh: Second Road Sector Support Additional Financing Repatriation and Livelihood Restoration for Migrant Workers Chad: (Cr. 49400-BD) Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Program Bhutan: Bhutan Second Rural Access Project - Additional Financing Urban Development Additional Financing India: Democratic Republic Congo: Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery (Cr. 48720-IN) Malaria Control Additional Financing First Programmatic Statistical Strengthening (Ln. 77960-IN) Republic of Congo: Third Private Sector Participation in National Highway Development Economic Diversification (Cr. 48460-CG) Nepal: Guinea: Poverty Alleviation Fund II Additional Financing Development Policy Loan (Cr. H6710-GN) Pakistan: Kenya: Mineral Sector Technical Assistance Transport Sector Support (Cr. 49260-KE) National Trade Corridor Improvement Program Slum Upgrading (Cr. 48730-KE) Liberia: Europe and Central Asia Region Youth, Employment, Skills (Cr. H5940-LR) Albania: Mali: Social Sector Reform Development Policy Lending (Ln. 80600-AL) Fifth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. 49170-ML) Armenia: Niger: First North-South Corridor Improvement Second Multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS Support (Cr. 49190-NE) Latvia: Social Safety Net Food Security and Agriculture (Cr. 49200-NE) Second Safety Net and Social Sector Reform Program Loan Nigeria: (Ln. 80580-LV) Conditional Cash Transfer Assistance Program Moldova: Regional: Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Social Safety Net Central African Backbone-APL5 (Cr. 50010-MD) Rwanda: Romania: Third Community Living Standards (Cr. 48760-RW) Social Assistance System Modernization (Ln. 80560-RO) Sao Tome and Principe: Tajikistan: Public Management and Governance Reform Development Policy Loan Fifth Programmatic Development Policy (Cr. H7240-TJ) (Cr. H7090-ST) Social Safety-net Strengthening (Cr. H7260-TJ) Zambia: Middle East and North Africa Region Irrigation Development and Support (Cr. 48740-ZM) Iraq: Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit Emergency Irrigation and Drainage Infrastructure Rehabilitation East Asia and Pacific Region Morocco: Cambodia: Health Development Policy Loan Rural Electrification Tunisia: China: Second Integration and Competitiveness Development Policy Loan Governance and Opportunity DPL (Ln. 80750-TN) Urumqi District Heating (Ln. 80460-CN) Anhui Shaying River Channel Improvement (Ln. 80360-CN) Latin America and Caribbean Region Green Truck Demonstration-GEF Argentina: Jilin-Tumen-Hunchun (JiTuHun) Railway (Ln. 80520-CN) Cordoba Road Infrastructure Additional Financing Sichuan Small Towns Development (Ln. 80420-CN) Norte Grande Transport Infrastructure Development Indonesia: (Ln. 79910-AR) Revitalizing Education System in Pre-service Teacher Organizations Provincial Road Infrastructure Additional Financing Nationally Norte Grande Water Infrastructure (Ln. 79920-AR) Lao People’s Democratic Republic: OECS Countries: Seventh Poverty Reduction Support (Cr. H6860-LA) Financial Sector Treasury Modernization Paraguay: Thailand: Public Health Catalyzing Clean Energy Investments through SFIs Peru: Viet Nam: Second Rural Electrification (Ln. 80340-PE) Second Public Investment Reform (Ln. 80530-VN, Cr. 49440-VN) Results in Nutrition for Juntos (Ln. 79610-PE) SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 7

Cities Support Program: The objective is to address the needs of the urban sector through the lens of city governance by strengthen- Africa ing decentralization and local government systems in Benin. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 4 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Angola and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Education Decentralized Community Driven Services: The objective, (R) Quality of Education: The objective is to support the Gov- same as the parent project, is to increase the utilization of the CDD ernment to pilot and develop interventions for quality improvement approach and to improve access for the poorest communities to ba- in early grades of primary education. Preparation completed on 1 July sic social and financial services. Preparation is underway. Environ- 2011. Preappraisal scheduled for 26 October 2011. Environmental mental Assessment Category B. Project: P117764. US$ 30.0 (IDA Assessment Category C. Project: P122700. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, Street Cdte termined. Gika Central Building, 1 Floor Largo, Luanda, Angola, Tel: (224-222) Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 322-466, Fax: (224-222) 322-651, Contact: Narciso Benedito, Vice- (R) Urban Environment (Cr. 49370-BJ): The objective is to sup- Minister of Education port the CEA to address climate change, environment and other nat- Health and Other Social Services ural resource management issues. The credit was signed on 7 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113145. US$ (R) Municipal Health Service Strengthening (Revitaliza- 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Societe d’Etudes Re- cao) (Cr. 47490-AO): The objective is to improve the population’s gionales d’Habitat et d’Amenagement Urbain (SERHAU), 32-34 Rue access and quality of maternal child health care services by strength- 390 Route de Lome, BP 2338, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: (229) 300-209, ening the municipal health services at the primary level. Signing sched- Fax: (229) 300-626, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Davi Ben- uled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. jamin, Director of Studies. Agence d’Execution des Travaux Urbains Project: P111840. US$ 70.8/4.5 (IDA Credit/MSC1). Consultants will (AGETUR), 01 BP 2780, Recette Principale, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: be required. Ministry of Health, Rua 17 de Setembro, C.P. 1201, Lu- (229) 2130-5110, Fax: (229) 2130-5130, E-mail: [email protected], anda, Angola, Tel: (244-222) 339-798, Fax: (244-222) 393-579, Con- Contact: Marcellin Bocove, Technical Director tact: Dr. Jose Veira Dias Van-Dunem, Minister of Health Public Administration, Law, and Justice Burkina Faso (R) Economic Management and Public Sector Investment: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry The objective is to improve the institutional capacity, transparency (R) Bagre Growth Pole (Cr. H7270-BF): The objective is to im- and efficiency of selected public sector information systems and plement a minimum platform for private sector-led growth in com- mechanisms to accelerate economic growth and development. Pro- mercial agriculture centered in the Bagre region. The credit was ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. Envi- signed on 4 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants ject: P119662. US$ 115.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. will be required for identification and preparation. Implementing Ministry of Finance and Budget, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: agency(ies) to be determined. (226-50) 324-211, Fax: (226-50) 312-715, Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for the Economy Transportation Luanda Urban and Mobility Development: The objective is to Health and Other Social Services assist the Government with urban and mobility development issues. (R) Health Sector Support and Multi-Sectoral Aids Additional Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 April 2012. Envi- Financing: The objective is to increase preventive services and en- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 19.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- hance case management with particular emphasis on community ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. mobilization and community-based interventions. The grant was signed on 9 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ject: P125285. US$ 36.0/3.0 (IDA Grant/PLAF). Consultants will be (R) Provincial Capital Water Supply: The objectives are to sup- required. National AIDS Council (SP-CNLS), Ouagadougou, Burkina port the rehabilitation and expansion of five selected urban water sup- Faso, Tel: (226) 5032-4188, Fax: (226) 5031-4001, E-mail: spc- ply systems to increase the level of water supply services provided and [email protected], Contact: Joseph Andre Tiendrebeogo, Secretaire Per- to promote economic sustainability. This project is no longer in the manent. Ministry of Health, Health Development Support Project lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environ- (PADS), 03 BP 7062, Ouagoudougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 5030- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 90.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting 8846, Fax: (226) 5031-1708, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sey- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. dou Bouda, Minister Water Sector Institutional Development Additional Fi- (R) Reproductive Health: The objective is to improve maternal nancing: The objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity and and child health (MCH) outcomes in Burkina Faso and to improve efficiency of the agencies in the water sector to improved access of wa- access to social services for the poor. Negotiations scheduled for 12 ter service delivery. Bank Approval completed on 30 June 2011. En- October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124511. US$ 120.0 Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Energy and Wa- termined. ter, Conego Manuel das Neves Avenue, S. Paulo, Luanda, Angola, Tel: Social safety Net: The objective is to assist the Government to de- (244-222) 339-988, Fax: (244-222) 339-335, E-mail: proj.dsa.minea@ velop a productive safety net that addresses the needs of chronic ebonet.net, Contact: Lucrecio Costa, Director Nacional poor. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 24 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Benin Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Industry and Trade (R) Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective (R) Eleventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. H6820- is to accelerate real economic growth and reduce the incidence of BF): The objectives are to: (a) improve the investment climate and poverty in Benin. Appraisal scheduled for 18 August 2011. Environ- promote exports; and (b) promote efficiency, transparency and ac- mental Assessment Category U. Project: P122803. US$ 20.0 (IDA countability in the use of public resources. Bank Approval completed Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- on 26 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: termined. P122805. US$ 125.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Min- PAGE 8 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 istry of Finance and Budget, Burkina Faso, Contact: Abbazene B. (R) Health Sector Development Support Additional Fi- Djidda, Project Coordinator nancing: The objective is to increase the use of basic health services especially for pregnant women and children under the age of five. Ne- Public Administration, Law, and Justice gotiations completed on 25 April 2011. Preparation is underway. En- (N) Twelve Poverty Reduction Support Credit DPO: The ob- vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 14.8 (RBF). Consultants will jective is to continue to support the implementation of the PRSP for be required. Ministry of Public Health, PO Box 1820, Bujumbura, Bu- 2011. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 September rundi, Tel: (257-2) 225-167, Fax: (257-2) 229-196 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Decentralized Development: The objective is to assist the Gov- (R) Fifth Economic Reform Support: The objective is to sup- ernment to lay the foundations for improving basic service delivery port the Government to reform: (a) public finance management to im- by strengthening intergovernmental administrative and fiscal systems, prove fiscal transparency and accountability; (b) the business legal improving organizational, institutional and individual capacities at and institutional environment to foster private-sector-led growth; the municipal level and enhancing citizen participation in decision and (c) coffee sector and domestic petroleum sector. Decision Meet- making at the local level. Appraisal completed on 29 July 2011. Ne- ing completed on 28 July 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for 13 gotiations scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental As- September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 35.0 sessment Category B. Project: P120517. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, PO Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Box 1830, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-2022, Fax: (257-2) (R) Mineral Development Support (Cr. H6930-BF): The ob- 222-3827, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Clotilde jectives are to: (a) strengthen institutional capacity to manage the min- Nizigama, Minister of Finance erals sector in an efficient, accountable, and transparent manner; Financial and Private Sector Development Additional Fi- and (b) improve conditions for socio-economic benefits from indus- nancing: The objective is to enhance the business climate through trial mining. The grant was signed on 9 August 2011. Environmen- improvement in the financial and regulatory environment for busi- tal Assessment Category B. Project: P124648. US$ 33.0 (IDA Grant). ness, and support measures to restructure selected PEs. Bank Approval Consultants will be required for preparation (in mineral sector, mainly, completed on 5 April 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. studies on mineral sector, environmental impacts, reinforcement of Project: P125209. US$ 8.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. geological and mineral capacity) and implementation (legal and reg- Projet d’Appui la Gesion Economique (PAGE), Tel: (257-22) 249-595, ulatory reform, geo-data infrastructure, institutional capacity build- Contact: Leonce Sinzinkayo, Coordonnateur ing). Ministry of Mines and Energy, 01 BP 644, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 7811-4990, Fax: (226) 5032-4441, E-mail: mabourl@ Cameroon yahoo.fr, Contact: Mabourlaye Nombre, Coordinator Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Decentralized Urban Capacity Building Additional Financ- (R) Ngoyla Mintom: The objective is to establish a core protected ing: The objective is to strengthen fiscal transfers in the urban sec- area and develop integrated forest management in the Ngoyla-Mintom tor, as well as, finance key priorities infrastructure investment in the area, through an approach based on land use planning, fostering original project’s selective cities. Project Concept Review Meeting public-private partnership based on environmental assets. Decision scheduled for 24 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Meeting scheduled for 6 October 2011. Environmental Assessment C. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing Category B. Project: P118018. US$ 3.5/2.9 (GEFU/WOWL). Con- agency(ies) to be determined. sultants will be required. Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Tel: (237- Transportation 22) 229-486, Fax: (237-22) 229-484, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Denis Koulagna Koutou, Project Coordinator (R) Ouagadougou-Donsin Airport Development Technical Assistance: The objective is to assist the Government of Burkina Faso Energy and Mining to develop in a cost effective and efficient manner modern airport in- (R) Lom Pangar Hydropower: The objectives are to: (a) im- frastructure to meet the long term air transport needs of the coun- prove the availability, reliability and affordability of electricity sup- try. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 July 2012. Preparation is ply to increase access for households and businesses, and (b) address underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P120960. effectively the project’s environmental, social and distributional risks. US$ 65.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Maitrise Decision Meeting scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environmental As- D’Ouvrage Delegue, 1090, Avenue Professeur Joseph KI-Zerbo, Oua- sessment Category A. Project: P114077. US$ 73.3/95.0/20.0/ gadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 5032-4817/18 70.0/80.0/25.0 (IDA Credit/AFDB/DBCA/EUIB/FRDE/SAUD). Consultants will be required. The Electricity Development Corpora- Burundi tion (EDC), Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237-22) 231-103, Fax: (237- Energy and Mining 22) 231-113, Contact: Batet Eitel, Project Director (R) Energy Efficient Lighting: The objective is to cofinance the (R) Mining Sector Technical Assistance: The objective is to IDA Burundi Multisectoral Water and Electricity Infrastructure Pro- support legal, regulatory, and institutional issues in the mining sec- ject and promote energy-efficient technologies and policies. Prepara- tor to prepare the country for large-scale mining investment. Prepa- tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117225. US$ 2.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. REGIDESO P122153. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- US$ 2.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. REGIDESO, BP 660, menting agency(ies) to be determined. Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-3412, Fax: (257-2) 222-6563, Kribi Gas Power Generator Partial Risk Guarantees: The Contact: Mr. Celestin Nduwamungu, Director General objective is to assist Cameroon’s first IPP with a production capacity of 150-225 MW, which will be operated by Kribi Power Development Health and Other Social Services Corporation (KPDC), a 100% subsidiary of AES Sonel. Appraisal (N) Public Works and Urban Management Additional Fi- scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- nancing: The objective is to continue to support the scale-up to in- gory A. Project: P110177. US$ 60.0/22.0/60.0/21.0/60.0 (AFDB/ crease access to urban infrastructure and services in Bujumbura and DBCA/EUIB/FMO/GUID). Consultants will be required. Kribi Power other secondary cities and improve the capacity of targeted local gov- Development Company (KPDC), Mpolongwe, Cameroon, Tel: (237- ernments to deliver, operate and manage these urban services. Pro- 33) 421-553, Fax: (237-33) 422-751, E-mail: [email protected], ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Finance Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Con- sultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works and Equipment, Industry and Trade Avenue Pierre Ngendandumwe, Maison des Oeuvres, 3e etage, BP 989 Competitive Value Chains Additional Financing: The objec- Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 224-4196, Fax: (257-2) 225-1721 tive is to contribute to the growth of wood and tourism value chains SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 9 in Cameroon by improving their competitiveness and the investment Industry and Trade climate. Appraisal scheduled for 9 September 2011. Environmental Agriculture and Rural Development: The objective is to in- Assessment Category A. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are crease agricultural productivity and improve marketing of crops and required. Ministry of Economy and Planning (MINEPAT), Rue des animal products by smallholders in target areas. Bank Approval com- Finances, Cameroon, Tel: (237) 997-2378 pleted on 2 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ject: P124278. US$ 13.1/10.7 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Rural Development and Agriculture, Urban and Sanitation Development: The objective is to in- Bangui, Central African Republic, Tel: (236) 2161-4988, Contact: crease and improve access to basic urban services, primarily in low- Francois Gonide, Cabinet Director income neighborhoods of the main cities. Bank Approval completed on 23 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Chad P117102. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Min- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry istry of Energy and Water (MINEE), PO Box 70, Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237-22) 231-685, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Anne (R) Agricultural Growth and Food Security: The objective is Marie Essono, Project Coordinator to increase agricultural productivity and food security of eligible rural households in target areas. Preparation scheduled for 7 September Cape Verde 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for identification and reparation. Im- Energy and Mining plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Reform and Recovery of the Electricity and Water Sectors: The objective is to meet the electricity and water supply needs of the Comoros country in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner Public Administration, Law, and Justice in order to contribute to economic growth and well-being of the pop- Second Development Policy Grant: The objective is to support ulation of Cape Verde. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 September the strategic policy reforms in the areas of public financial manage- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115464. US$ ment and administrative reform. Preparation is underway. Environ- 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Tourism, In- mental Assessment Category U. US$ 3.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting dustry and Energy, Cape Verde, Contact: Pedro Alcantara Silva, Co- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ordinator Public Administration, Law, and Justice Democratic Republic of Congo (N) Fourth DPL Eighth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: Education The objective is to be the first in a programmatic series of three one- Belgian Multi-donor Trust Fund for Financing Teachers year operations (PRSCVIII to PRSC XI) designed to support the im- Salaries: The objective is to ensure the uninterrupted delivery of ed- plementation of the government’s Third Growth and Poverty Reduction ucation services in the primary and secondary education sub-sector. Strategy (GPRSP III) for the period 2011-15. Project Concept Review The loan was signed on 17 February 2011. Environmental Assessment Meeting scheduled for 21 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (TF). No consultants are required. UCOP, Im- Category U. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. meuble UBC Center No. 19, Croisement Av. Aviateurs et Nation, Kin- Ministry of Finance, Praia, Cape Verde, Tel: (238) 260-7611, Fax: shasa (Gombe), Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 511-0831, (238) 261-5844, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: San- Contact: Abbazene B. Djidda, Project Coordinator dro de Brito, National Director of Planning PURUS Additional Financing: The objective is to respond to ur- (R) Development Policy Loan Third-PRSC VII: The objec- gent post-elections challenges by: (a) providing resources to main- tives are to support policies and institutions for promotion of good tain macroeconomic stability and fund critical expenditure in the governance through: (a) public expenditure management reforms, civil immediate future; and (b) addressing urgent rehabilitation and so- service reform and decentralization, improved statistics, and moni- cial needs in Kinshasa and Bandundu Provinces. Bank Approval com- toring and evaluation system; and (b) developing a dynamic private pleted on 10 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. sector to be the engine of sustainable growth and poverty reduction. Project: P120898. US$ 40.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are re- Preparation scheduled for 7 September 2011. Environmental As- quired. Unitde Coordination des Projet (UCoP), 32 Avenue de la sessment Category U. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- Gombe, Kinshasa-Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243- quired. Ministry of Finance, Praia, Cape Verde, Tel: (238) 260-7611, 9) 9822-3029, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Fax: (238) 261-5844, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Abiru, Commissioner for Finance Sandro de Brito, National Director of Planning Health and Other Social Services Central African Republic (R) DRC Primary Health Care Additional Financing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to continue supporting the Education delivery of a package of essential health services in the HSRP health Education Sector Support: The objective is to improve the equi- zones. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 September table access to better quality primary education while creating the con- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 75.0 (IDA Grant). ditions necessary to meet the MDGs by 2020. Project Concept Review Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health, Boulevard Meeting scheduled for 9 October 2012. Environmental Assessment du 30 Juin, BP 3088, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: Category B. Project: P109785. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- (243) 990-4294, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Miaka Mia Bilenge vices to be determined. Ministry of Education, Bangui, Central African Constantin, Project Director Republic, Tel: (236) 7504-2123, E-mail: [email protected] Emergency Social Action Additional Financing 2: The objective is to improve access to social services by the poor and enhance Health and Other Social Services management of development resources at the community level. Bank (R) Health System Support: The objective is to support CAR Approval completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Government’s 2010-2014 health system development. Project Con- egory B. Project: P126683. US$ 6.8 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be cept Review Meeting completed on 2 June 2011. Preparation sched- required. Fonds Social de la RDC, Avenue Lukusa (immeube Ex- uled for 15 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. CEI), Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 9816- Project: P119815. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- 2875, E-mail: [email protected] termined. Ministry of Health, Population and Fight against HIV/AIDS, Polio Control Additional Financing: The objective is to sup- Central African Republic, Tel: (236) 7505-0840, Fax: (236) 216-1833, port the Government to control the recurrence of poliomyelitis and E-mail: [email protected] other vaccine preventable disease outbreaks in DRC through: (a) the PAGE 10 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 vaccination campaign to interrupt transmission; (b) strengthening of ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122229. US$ 100.0 the national program of immunization; and (c) improvements in vac- (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Implementing agency(ies) cine storage (cold chain). Bank Approval completed on 28 June 2011. to be determined. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). Con- Second Governance: The objective is to continue to support the sultants will be required. Ministry of Health, La Gombe, Democra- Governance Capacity Enhancement project to: (a) scale-up success- tic Republic of Congo, Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner ful activities; (b) finance new PFM and PSM activities; and (c) offset for the Economy price increases for IT and cost increases for implementation activi- Social Action Fund: Labor Intensive Public Works Addi- ties in conflict areas. Preparation is underway. Environmental As- tional Financing: The objective is to improve access to social ser- sessment Category C. Project: P126115. US$ 64.5 (IDA Grant). No vices by the poor and enhance management of development resources consultants are required. Ministry of Decentralization, Kinshasa, De- at the community level. Bank Approval completed on 30 March 2010. mocratic Republic of Congo Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118658. US$ 35.0 Strengthening the DRC Statistical System: The objective is to (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Fonds Social de la RDC, initiate the strengthening of the Congolese National Statistical Sys- Avenue Lukusa (immeube Ex-CEI), Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic tem (NSS), with a primary focus on the Institut National de la Sta- Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 9816-2875, E-mail: fondsocialrdc@ya- tistique, by developing human and institutional capacity and supporting hoo.fr, Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Finance the implementation of major statistical operations. Appraisal sched- Street Children: The objective is to improve the delivery mecha- uled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. nisms of prevention and support services for street children, pri- Project: P125509. US$ 11.8 (SRTF). Consulting services to be deter- marily in Kinshasa. Bank Approval completed on 1 June 2010. mined. Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Batiment de la Fonc- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P115318. US$ 10.0 tion publique, Aile droite, rez de chausse, Democratic Republic of Congo (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity (MINAS), 11 Avenue Republic of Congo Lukusa (Immeuble ex. CEI), Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Repub- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry lic of Congo, Tel: (243-99) 819-3585, E-mail: fonsocialrdc@fondso- Forest Sector: The objective is to create a conducive environment cial.cd, Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Finance to support the development of plantation and sustainable forest man- Public Administration, Law, and Justice agement initiatives by the private sector, local communities and smallholder farmers. Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 October 2011. (R) Pro-Routes Additional Financing: The objective is to help Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P124085. US$ 20.0 the country achieve physical reunification by linking the provinces of (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to DRC and contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction be determined. through reestablishing lasting access between provincial capitals, districts, and territories in a way that is sustainable for the popula- Public Administration, Law, and Justice tion and the natural environment in the project’s areas. The grant was (R) Transparency and Governance: The objective is to enhance signed on 12 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. effectiveness and accountability in public financial management, in- Project: P120709. US$ 63.3/57.8 (IDA Grant/UGDP). No consul- cluding public investment management and procurement. Decision tants are required. Ministry of Public Works, Democratic Republic Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2011. Environmental Assessment of Congo, Contact: Stella U. Mojekwu, Project Coordinator Category C. Project: P122990. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Building Sustainable Capacity: The objective is to modernize vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and improve the performance of key central and provincial government structures to enhance government capacity to deliver on its de- Cote d’Ivoire velopment commitments, notably the key strategic priorities identified Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry in the short-term Priority Action Plan (PAP-REC) and the programs Agriculture Sector Support: The objective is to promote com- outlined in the PRSP. Bank Approval completed on 28 June 2011. En- mercialization and diversification of the Ivorian agriculture sector. The vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P117382. US$ 29.9 precise activities and commodity systems have yet to be defined, and (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Secretariat National pour will be based on the upcoming National Agricultural Investment Pro- le Renforcement des Capacites, Avenue Lubefu, N0 5/Commune de gram (PNIA). Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 Oc- la Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-9) tober 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0/20.0 9997-0203, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Andre Ama- (IDA Credit/IFAD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) sombo, Chief of the staff to be determined. Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the ongoing economic reforms that are identified as key to raise broad based Education economic growth. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 21 Basic Education Support EFA-FTI: (formerly Ivory Coast Ed- September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 ucation Fast Track Initiative) The objective is to support MDGs’ (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to progress to: (a) expand access to basic education and (b) improve the be determined. quality and management of the education sector. Appraisal scheduled Growth with Governance in the Mineral Sector: The objec- for 17 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ tive is to strengthen the capacity of key institutions to manage the min- 41.4 (EFAF). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be eral sector, improve the conditions for increased investments in and determined. revenues from mining, and help increase the socio-economic bene- Energy and Mining fits from artisanal and industrial mining in Project areas. Bank Ap- AZITO PHASE 3: The objective is to support the expansion of the proval completed on 1 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category simple-cycle existing plant to a combined-cycle by adding additional B. Project: P106982. US$ 50.0/40.0 (IDA Grant/DFID). Consul- steam turbine capacity. This project is on hold until further notice. tants will be required. Ministry of Mines, Democratic Republic of Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (GUID). Consult- Congo, Tel: (243-99) 851-5151, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Paul Mabolia, National Coordinator Public Service Rejuvenation: The objective is to support the Health and Other Social Services Government’s civil service rejuvenation by providing retirement in- Youth Employment and Training: The objective is to improve demnities to civil servants over the legal retirement age/length of skills, employability and employment of unemployed youth, and sup- service and supporting relevant reform and rehabilitation plans for port the development of institutional reforms by strengthening the Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Rural Development, Budget relevant national entities in line with the GoCI’s labor market, em- and Finance. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 August 2011. Envi- ployment and growth strategy. Project Concept Review Meeting SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 11 scheduled for 31 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 155-9565, Fax: (251-11) 156-0028, E- B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing mail: [email protected], Contact: Ato Abdul Mohammed, Process agency(ies) to be determined. Officer Public Administration, Law, and Justice Third Electricity Access and Rural Expansion: The objective is to significantly expand access to services provided by electricity in (R) Fourth Economic Government and Recovery Grant rural towns and villages, thus supporting broad-based economic de- (EGRG): The objective is to support the resumption of sustainable velopment and helping alleviate poverty. Project Concept Review economic growth and poverty reduction in Cote d’Ivoire. Negotiations Meeting scheduled for 17 January 2012. Environmental Assessment completed on 5 August 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for 13 Sep- Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122800. termined. Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, PO Box 1233, Deu- US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministere de gaulle Square/ Piazza, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 155-9565, l’Economie et des Finances, Immeuble Sciam 19 ème étage, 17 B.P. Fax: (251-11) 156-0028, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ato Mi- 670, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Tel: (225) 2030-2525, Fax: (225) 2030- heret Debebe, Project Manager 2528, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Charles Koffi Diby, Ministre de l’Economie et des Finances Health and Other Social Services Transportation (R) Productive Safety Nets Program (APL III) Additional Fi- nancing: The objective is to support the Government to launch an Economic Infrastructure Renewal: The objective is to rehabil- effort to transform its existing humanitarian programs into an effective itate the economic infrastructures to support growth, trade compet- safety net system. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 2 itiveness and access to markets. Project Concept Review Meeting August 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment scheduled for 11 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Category B. Project: P126430. US$ 55.0/145.0 (IDA Credit/IDA B. US$ 130.0/100.0 (IDA Credit/ECDF). Consulting services and Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- implementing agency(ies) to be determined. termined. Ethiopia Health MDG Support Operation: The objective is to support the implementation of the Health Sector Development Plan with a Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry priority of helping the country to reach the Health related MDGs, and (N) Agricultural Growth Additional Financing: The objective to adopt a results-based financing approach and improve a set of es- is to increase agricultural productivity and market access for key crop sential and high-impact health services. Project Concept Review and livestock products in targeted woredas with increased participation Meeting scheduled for 16 September 2011. Environmental Assessment of women and youth. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 termined. Ministry of Health, PO Box 1234, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, (GAFS). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- Tel: (251-11) 551-6378, Fax: (251-11) 551-9366, E-mail: moh@ termined. ethionet.et, Contact: Mengistu Wolde, Coordinator Irrigation and Drainage: The objective is to sustainably increase Industry and Trade agricultural output and productivity in projected areas. Bank Ap- proval completed on 23 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- (R) Private Sector Development Capacity Building Addi- egory A. Project: P125307. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are tional Financing: The objective is to facilitate increased participation required. Federal Ministry of Water Resources, PO Box 5744, Addis of the private sector in the economy by creating conditions for im- Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 661-1111, Fax: (251-11) 601-0710, E-mail: proving productivity and competitiveness. Bank Approval sched- [email protected], Contact: Hayalsew Yilma Wube, Project Coordi- uled for 27 June 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: nator P122463. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for preparation and implementation stage, need a matching grants ex- Education pert. Ministry of Trade and Industry, PO Box 704, Ethiopia, Tel: Second Protection of Basic Services Phase Additional (251-11) 551-8025, Fax: (251-11) 551-4288, E-mail: [email protected], Financing: The objective is to support the expanding access and Contact: Tusa Ahmed, State Minister improve the quality of basic services in education, health, agricul- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ture, water supply and sanitation, and rural roads delivered by sub-national governments, while continuing to deepen trans- Land Administration: The objective is to increase efficiency, transparency and local accountability in service delivery. Bank Approval parency, accessibility and gender equality of land administration completed on 22 February 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- and management in Ethiopia. Project Concept Review Meeting egory B. Project: P121727. US$ 173.4/246.6/110.0/19.2/2.6 (IDA scheduled for 30 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Credit/IDA Grant/AFDB/ DFID/KFW). Consultants will be required. B. US$ 150.0/25.0 (IDA Credit/ZBIL). Consulting services to be deter- Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, PO Box mined. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, PO Box 6247, 1037, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 552-014, Fax: (251-11)- Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 251-2734, Fax: (251-1) 463- 156-85-37, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ato Melaku 686, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Edigu Belay, Vice Kifle, Coordinator Minister Women Entrepreneurship Development: The objective is to Third Road Sector Development APL: The objective is to improve the well being of targeted women through increased income restore and expand Ethiopia’s road network to reduce poverty and levels of women. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 November 2011. increase employment through promoting growth and access in a Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122764. US$ 50.0 socially and environmentally sustainable manner. Project Concept (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Trade Review Meeting scheduled for mid-September 2011. Environmental and Industry, PO Box 704, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 551-8025, Fax: Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (251-11) 551-4288, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Girma to be determined. Ethiopian Roads Authority, PO Box 1770, Addis Birru, Minister Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 525-392, Fax: (251-1) 514-866, E- mail: [email protected], Contact: Ato Zaid Wolde Gebriel, Direc- Energy and Mining tor General Halele-Werabesa Hydropower: The objective is to expand the Urban Local Government Development: The objective is to populations’ access to electricity and to improve the quality of sup- support and improve performance in the planning, delivery, and sus- ply to existing consumers. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled tained provision of priority municipal services and infrastructure by for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ urban local governments. Bank Approval completed on 5 July 2011. 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ethiopian Electric Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125316. US$ 150.0 Power Corporation, PO Box 1233, Deugaulle Square/ Piazza, Addis (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Urban De- PAGE 12 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 velopment and Construction, PO Box 5608, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 554- Ghana 1255, Fax: (251-11) 554-1268, Contact: Kassu Yilala, Minister Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Transportation Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Natural Re- Third Roads Program APL Additional Financing: The objec- sources Value Chain: The objective is to enhance governance of tive is to provide access to connect 80,000 Kebeles by: (a) restor- natural resources, including oil and gas, fisheries, forestry, mining. ing and expanding the main roads; and (b) developing rural access Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 February 2012. En- roads to reach the main road network to rural population. Project vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 January 2012. Envi- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 350.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Fourth Agriculture Development Policy Operation: The ob- sulting services to be determined. Ethiopian Roads Authority, PO jective is to support implementation of Ghana’s agricultural sector pol- Box 1770, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 525-392, Fax: (251- icy. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 14 October 2011. 1) 514-866, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ato Zaid Wolde Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Gebriel, Director General sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Third Agriculture Development Policy Operation: The objective Gabon is to support critical policy and institutional reforms necessary to successfully achieve Comprehensive African Agriculture Develop- Energy and Mining ment Program (CAADP) objectives in Ghana. Bank Approval com- (R) Electricity Sector Development: The objectives are to: (a) pleted on 26 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. develop a least cost sector development plan; (b) establish a Rural En- Project: P122796. US$ 57.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- ergy Fund and financing of pilot projects; (c) transmission network quired. Ministry of Food and Agriculture, PO Box M37, Accra, Ghana, rehabilitation and extension in Libreville; and (d) implement energy Tel: (233-27) 756-5693, Fax: (233-30) 266-3250, E-mail: joe- efficiency measures. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for [email protected], Contact: Abbazene B. Djidda, Project Coordi- 1 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 35.0 nator (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Energy and West Africa Regional Fisheries Program: The objective is to Water Resources, Gabon, Tel: (241) 778-948 sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the exploitation of Ghana’s fisheries resources, and the proportion of that wealth cap- Transportation tured by the country. Bank Approval completed on 14 July 2011. En- Road Infrastructure SIL: The objective is to reduce congestion vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124775. US$ 50.3 on Libreville’s only road outlet to the rest of the country and to im- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Department of Fisheries, prove road maintenance efficiency. Project Concept Review Meeting Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana, Contact: Mahaman Sani scheduled for 30 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Kanta, Commissioner for the Economy A. Project: P096375. US$ 75.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. West Africa Regional Fisheries Program-GEF: The objective Ministry of Public Works and Equipment, Gabon, Tel: (241) 722- is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the ex- 209, Contact: Brigitte Boumah, President ploitation of Ghana’s fisheries resources, and the proportion of that wealth captured by the country. Bank Approval completed on 14 July The Gambia 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124812. US$ 3.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Department of Fisheries, Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana, Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for the Economy Commercial Agriculture and Value Chain Management: The objectives are to: (a) increase agricultural productivity in se- Energy and Mining lected value chains through improved input and output markets access and technology; (b) increase private investment in commercial Gas Infrastructure: The objective is to enable Ghana to reap eco- agriculture, agricultural processing and marketing industries; and nomically sustainable benefits (at both the local and national level) (c) improve market linkages between small-holders and larger com- from the use of cheaper and environmentally cleaner natural gas for mercial entities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 No- power generation instead of flaring or re-injecting the gas. Decision vember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (IDA Meeting scheduled for 2 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, The Quad- egory A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing rangle, Banjul, The Gambia, Tel: (220) 422-9817, Fax: (220) 422-4278, agency(ies) to be determined. E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Abdou Rahmane Jobe, Per- Finance manent Secretary Public-Private Partnership: The objective is to assist the Gov- Energy and Mining ernment to tackle the binding infrastructure constraints that hamper firm productivity and employment generating growth. Preparation (R) Energy Sector Support: The objectives are to improve access to is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P125595. power and efficiency of the power sector. Project Concept Review Meet- US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing ing scheduled for 19 April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category agency(ies) to be determined. B. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. National Wa- ter and Electric Company Ltd (NAWEC), 53 Mamadi Maiyang High- Health and Other Social Services way, PO Box 609, Banjul, The Gambia Productive Safety Nets: The objectives are to improve targeting Public Administration, Law, and Justice in social protection spending, increase access to conditional cash transfers nationwide, increase access to employment and cash-earn- Budget Support Development Policy Loan: The objective is to ing opportunities for the rural poor during the agricultural off-sea- improve public financial management, civil service capacity, and en- son, and improve the economic and social infrastructure in target ergy sector performance by continuing and deepening policy reforms. districts. Bank Approval completed on 12 May 2009. Environmen- Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. tal Assessment Category B. Project: P115247. US$ 88.6 (IDA Credit). Project: P123679. US$ 7.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. No consultants are required. National Coordinating Office (formerly Ministry of Finance, The Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, Tel: (220) Rural Infrastructure Coordinating Unit), PO Box CT 3742, Accra, 422-3301, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Serign Cham, Ghana, Tel: (233-30) 277-0246, E-mail: [email protected], Permanent Secretary Contact: Mathew Oppong Brown, Coordinator SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 13

Industry and Trade (233-30) 251-8401, Fax: (233-30) 251-8405, E-mail: [email protected], Irrigation and Flood Control: The objective is to support im- Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Finance plementation of the Watershed Management Strategy and to develop Water Millennium: The objectives are to: (a) increase access to wa- irrigation and flood control facilities within the Volta watershed in ter supply and improve sanitation, particularly in peri-urban areas; Northern Ghana. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. (b) enhance the sustainability of service provision; and (c) improve Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). information on the access, quality and sustainability of water and san- Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. itation services. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- Skills Development: The objective is to encourage skills and tech- ment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and nology based development in key economic sectors through creation implementing agency(ies) to be determined. of institutional and financing mechanisms for demand-driven by: (a) improvements in quality of formal and informal training and (b) Guinea development and adoption of new technologies. Bank Approval com- Energy and Mining pleted on 29 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Mineral Governance Support: The objective is to support the Gov- ject: P118112. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. ernment to improve its governance in the mining sector along the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training EITI++ value chain. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for (COTVET), E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tessi Yehoue- 22 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.5 (IDA nou, Director General Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- Public Administration, Law, and Justice termined. (N) Public Sector Reform: The objective is to focus reforms on Health and Other Social Services results, particularly the delivery of the Government’s main priorities (R) Youth Employment: The objective is to help the Government for (a) job creation and (b) food production, distribution and processing. provide opportunities to the youth, and cushion the possible adverse Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 September 2011. impacts on the youth employment situation. Project Concept Review Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consult- Meeting scheduled for mid-September 2011. Environmental Assessment ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and imple- (R) Statistics Development Program: The objective is to mod- menting agency(ies) to be determined. ernize and streamline the Ghana National Statistical System. Bank Approval scheduled for 23 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Public Administration, Law, and Justice Category C. Project: P118858. US$ 30.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/SRTF). Con- (R) Economic Governance Technical Assistance: The objec- sultants will be required. Ghana Statistical Service, PO Box GP 1098, tive is to strengthen the capacity of strategize, and implement and then Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 682-647/657, Fax: (233-21) 664-304, E- monitor public programs and public administration structures, per- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, sonnel and financial management systems, and improve transparency, Commissioner for the Economy accountability and governance in the area of mining. Decision Meet- Decentralization and Local Government Reform: The ob- ing scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- jective is to support the Government of Ghana to improve service de- gory C. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing livery, strengthen the capacity of local service delivery institutions and agency(ies) to be determined. move forward the decentralization agenda. Bank Approval completed Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection on 22 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122692. US$ 175.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Min- Urban Water Sector Performance Improvement: The objec- istry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana, Tel: (233- tive is to increase sustainable access to water services in Conakry 302) 818-1782, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Andre through: (a) financing physical investments in the water supply sys- Amasombo, Chief of the staff tem; and (b) improving the commercial and financial performance Second Land Administration: The objective is to establish the of the urban water utility, especially by addressing governance and institutional policy and legal framework to place a land administra- accountability issues within the utility. Decision Meeting scheduled tion system that ensures security of tenure and protection of land rights for 14 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- in Ghana. Bank Approval completed on 31 March 2011. Environ- ject: P110327. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and im- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P120636. US$ 50.0 (IDA plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Lands and Natural Guinea-Bissau Resources, PO Box M 212, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-302) 663-133, Fax: (233-20) 811-4089, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Aljahi Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Ibrahim Baryeh, Technical Director for Lands Biodiversity Conservation: The objective is to strengthen IBAP’s Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Grant: The objective is to management of Guinea-Bissau’s protected area network during the support the authorities’ efforts to consolidate ongoing fiscal stabilization transition from donor financing to more sustainable sources, while efforts and protect the development objectives set in Ghana’s draft piloting the establishment, capitalization and operation of a mecha- Medium Term Development Policy Framework (MTDPF) for the pe- nism to sustainably finance at least two of the country s marine pro- riod 2010-2013. Bank Approval completed on 20 January 2011. En- tected areas. Bank Approval completed on 17 March 2011. vironmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117924. US$ 215.0 (IDA Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122047. US$ 2.0 Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Eco- (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Institute for Biodiversity nomic Planning, 28th February Road, PO Box M40, Accra, Ghana, and Protected Areas (IBAP), Rua Sao Tome, 6A, C.P. 70, Bissau, Tel: (233-21) 667-465, Fax: (233-21) 686-104, E-mail: Pfaunit@ Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320-7106, Fax: (245) 320-7107, E-mail: al- mofep.gov.gh, Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for the [email protected], Contact: Alfredo Da Silva, Director Economy Education Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Education for All Fast Track Initiative Program: The objec- Second Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Addi- tive is to improve the delivery of basic education services with a fo- tional Financing: The objective is to increase access to sustainable cus on greater and more equitable access, better quality and improved water supply and sanitation services in small towns in six regions of local governance. First Grant Funding Request Approval scheduled the recipient. Bank Approval completed on 12 May 2009. Environ- for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P115065. US$ 15.0 (IDA ject: P114115. US$ 16.5 (EFAF). Consultants will be required. Min- Credit). Consultants will be required. Community Water and Sani- istry of National Education, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320-5481, tation Agency (CWSA), Private Mail Bag, Airport, Accra, Ghana, Tel: Contact: Alfredo Gomes, Coordinator, Project Preparation Team PAGE 14 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Energy and Mining (MOE), Jogoo House, PO Box 30040, Nairobi, Tel: (254-20) 318-581, Emergency Electricity and Water Rehabilitation Additional Fax: (254-20) 214-287, E-mail: [email protected] Financing: The objective is to assist the Government of Guinea-Bis- Energy and Mining sau in the rapid restoration and improvement of electricity and wa- (R) Partial Risk Guarantees for IPPs: The objective is to assist ter services in the capital city of Bissau. Bank Approval completed on the Government to meet short-term demand of efficient power gen- 17 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125374. eration and power supply by adding more generation capacity to the US$ 2.2 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Econ- grid by the Independent Power Producers. Decision Meeting sched- omy, Planning and Regional Integration, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: uled for 31 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. (245) 320-7286, Contact: Luis Alberto Gomes, Coordinator Project: P122671. US$ 105.0 (GUID). Consulting services and im- Industry and Trade plementing agency(ies) to be determined. (N) Agribusiness Development and Private Sector Reha- (R) Power System Development: The objective is to ensure that bilitation: The objective is to support: (a) improvement of invest- access to reliable, cost effective, and high quality supply of electric- ment climate and entrepreneurship development; and (b) cashew ity is sustained to business enterprises and households. Project Con- agribusiness development. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 10 October 2011. Environmental uled for 28 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. agency(ies) to be determined. Finance Public Administration, Law, and Justice Infrastructure Finance and PPP: The objectives are to: (a) address the major gap in financing for the crucial infrastructure in- (N) Development Policy Operation: The objective is to support vestment Kenya needs to become a middle income country; and (b) the four pillars of the government second Poverty Reduction Strat- identify obstacles, including the need for regulatory/institutional re- egy Paper and follow a similar structure of the previous EGRGs forms as well as government financial support for PPP projects and series. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 February hands-on technical advice. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 Octo- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P121019. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Av A. Cabral. No US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for imple- 67, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 666-6668, Fax: (245) 320-5156, mentation. Public Private Participation Secretariat (PPPS), Ministry E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Carlos Casimiro, Secretary of Finance, Harambee Avenue, PO Box 30007, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: of Treasury and Accounting (254-20) 225-2299, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Stan- Third Economic Governance Reform Grant: The objectives are ley Kamau, Engineer to: (a) promote efficiency, transparency and accountability in public finance and budget management, and procurement; and (b) improve Public Administration, Law, and Justice the investment climate associated to the Doing Business survey. Bank Development Policy Loan: The objective is to promote good gov- Approval completed on 21 June 2011. Environmental Assessment ernance and to accelerate private sector-led growth. Decision Meet- Category U. Project: P123685. US$ 6.4 (IDA Grant). Consultants will ing scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment be required. Ministry of Finance, Av Amilcar Cabral, CP 67, Bissau, Category U. Project: P121711. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320-6163, Fax: (245) 320-5156, E-mail: jo- vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, PO Box 30007-00100, [email protected], Contact: Jose Carlos Varela Casimiro, Secre- Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 338-111, Fax: (254-20) 228-861, E- tary of State for Treasury mail: [email protected], Contact: Joseph Kinyua, Perma- nent Secretary Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Judicial Performance Improvement: The objective is to im- (R) Recovery and Reform of the Energy Sector: The objective prove the performance of the judiciary in areas of public accountability, is to meet the electricity and water supply needs of the country in an transparency, and improve oversight of case and trial management. economically and environmentally sustainable manner in order to con- Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 March 2012. Environmental As- tribute to economic growth and well-being of the population of sessment Category B. Project: P105269. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Guinea-Bissau. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- sultants will be required. Judiciary of Kenya, PO Box 30041-00100, ment Category A. Project: P120917. US$ 10.0/25.0 (IDA Credit/ZMUL). Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 214-632, Fax: (254-20) 333-449, Con- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Re- tact: Lydia Achode, Chief Registrar gional Integration, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320-7286, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Luis Cruz Gomes, Coordinator Transportation (R) Nairobi Transport Improvement: The objective is to decongest Kenya the Northern Corridor road section adjoining Nairobi and to improve traffic management within Nairobi. Project Concept Review Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Meeting completed on 9 August 2011. Preparation is underway. Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Sector-Wide Program: The objective Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 377.0 (IDA Credit). is for the arid and semi-arid lands population to improve capacity to Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. increase resilience and productivity of its pastoral and agro-pastoral Nairobi Urban Toll Road Partial Risk Guarantee: The objec- livelihood systems. Decision Meeting scheduled for 11 October 2011. tive is to reduce traffic congestion on Northern Corridor through Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120959. US$ Nairobi. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 January 2012. Environ- 100.0/30.0/5.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/DANI/DFID/ECEU). No consul- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P103973. US$ 30.0 (GUID). tants are required. Ministry of State for the Development of North- Consultants will be required. Kenya National Highways Authority, PO ern Kenya and Other Arid Lands, PO Box 79247-002000, Nairobi, Box 49714-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 801-3842, Fax: Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 244-5045, Fax: (254-20) 221-4345, E-mail: (254-20) 271-5483, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eng. Meshack [email protected], Contact: Lawrence Lenayapa, Permanent Secre- O. Kidenda, Director General. Kenya Urban Roads Authority, IKM tary Place, 5th Ngong Avenue, PO Box 41727-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: Education (254-20) 250-8033, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eng. Joseph Nkadayo, Director General Second Education Sector Support Program FTI: The objective is to support the basic education strategy through the invest- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ment programs. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 (R) Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Additional January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 125.0 Financing: The objective is to support infrastructure development (EFAF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education based on supporting a defined part of the overall investment plans SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 15 of Athi Water Services Board (AWSB), Coast Water Services Board Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Con- (CWSB) and Lake Victoria North Water Services Board (LVNWSB). sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Natural Resources, Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2011. Commissioner of Water (CoW), Lesotho, Tel: (266) 2232-0127. Min- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). istry of Natural Resources, Metolong Authority, Maseru, Lesotho, Consulting services to be determined. Lake Victoria North Water Tel: (266) 2231-5789 Services Board, Kisumu-Kakamega Road, PO Box 673, Kakamega, Kenya, Tel: (254-56) 30-795, Fax: (254-56) 31-506, E-mail: info@lvn- Liberia wsb.co.ke, Contact: Engineer Diru Magomere, Chief Executive Offi- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry cer. Athi Water Services Board, Africa Re Centre, Hospital Road, PO Box 45283-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 272-4292, Fax: Smallholder Tree Crop Revitalization Support: The objec- (254-20) 272-4295, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Rose tive is to increase tree crop farmers’ income opportunities by: (a) re- Nyaga, Ag. Chief Executive Officer. Coast Water Services Board, PO habilitating unproductive farms; (b) supporting preparation activities Box 90417-80100, Kenya, Tel: (254-41) 231-6471, Fax: (254-41) 231- towards future development of the tree crop sector and effective 5230, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Andy Maro Tola, Ag. Chief smallholder participation; and (c) testing tree crop replanting and new Executive Officer planting financing mechanisms and institutional arrangements. De- Nairobi Metropolitan Services: The objective is to improve three cision Meeting scheduled for 11 October 2011. Environmental As- key public services in the Nairobi Metropolitan Area: Transport, Wa- sessment Category B. Project: P113273. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). ter Supply and Solid Waste Management, and strengthen the insti- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia tutional structures in charge of these services. Decision Meeting Energy and Mining scheduled for 27 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 82.5 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing Electricity System Enhancement: The objective is to improve and agency(ies) to be determined. increase access to quality electricity services in Liberia. Bank Ap- proval completed on 30 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Lesotho Category B. Project: P120660. US$ 10.0/2.0/10.0/2.0/29.0 (IDA Credit/AID/GPBA/MSC1/NORA). No consultants are required. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), PO Box 165, Waterside, Liberia, Smallholder Agriculture Development: The objective is to in- Tel: (231-88) 071-9963, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: crease productivity and the marketed output among program bene- Frannie Leautier, Executive Secretary ficiaries in Lesotho Smallholder Agriculture Sector. Negotiations scheduled for 7 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Information and Communications B. Project: P119432. US$ 10.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/IFAD). Consulting Economic Governance and Institutional Reform Additional services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Financing: The objective is to further improve the efficiency and trans- Lesotho, Tel: (266) 2231-6391, Fax: (266) 2231-0186, E-mail: pu- parency in managing public financial and human resources, focus on [email protected], Contact: Lebitsa Puleng, CEO, LIA, Mrs revenue administration, public procurement, budget execution and Education payroll management. Bank Approval completed on 7 April 2011. En- vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). No con- Technical and Vocational Education and Training: The ob- sultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Broad Street, Monrovia, jective is to contribute to the improvement of quality, relevance and Liberia, Tel: (231-24) 200-002, E-mail: [email protected], Con- governance of TVET offered in Lesotho. Project Concept Review tact: Abbazene B. Djidda, Project Coordinator Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Ministry of Education and Training, PO Box 47, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (N) Integrated Public Financial Management Reform: The (266-22) 323-956, Fax: (266-22) 2231-0562, E-mail: matsepeM@ed- objective is to expand and strengthen the foundation of public fi- ucation.gov.ls, Contact: Odilon Makara, Principal Secretary nancial management, by: (a) establishing tangible improvements in Health and Other Social Services transaction processing, reconciliation, and fiscal and financial reporting procedures; and (b) improving budget management and re- (R) Maternal and Newborn Health Performance Based Fi- source allocation and administrative capacity Preparation is underway. nancing (PBF): The objective is to use a PBF scheme to improve Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P127319. US$ the quality and increase the uptake of maternal and newborn health 9.0/3.0/4.0/16.0 (IDA Credit/AFDB/AID/SIDA). Consulting ser- services. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Broad Street, Monrovia, egory C. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Liberia, Tel: (231) 226-352, Fax: (231) 226-715, E-mail: bernard- Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (226) [email protected] 2231-4404, Contact: Malefetsane Masasa, Director of Health Plan- ning (R) Fourth Reengagement and Reform Support Program Budget Support: The objectives are to: (a) support government- Public Administration, Law, and Justice owned ongoing reforms to strengthen governance; and (b) improve Third Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to the environment for private-sector led growth that is more broadly support the Government’s reform program to reduce poverty, growth shared. Decision Meeting completed on 11 July 2011. Appraisal sched- and competitiveness, and improved social indicators. Bank Approval uled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P123196. US$ 5.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required Project: P122783. US$ 1.6/16.4 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consul- for preparation and implementation. Ministry of Finance, Monrovia, tants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Development Plan- Liberia, Tel: (231) 2420-0002, E-mail: [email protected]; ning, Box 395 Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (266-22) 310-826, Fax: (266-22) [email protected], Contact: Tarnue Mawolo, Deputy Minis- 310-157, Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for the Econ- ter omy Transportation Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) Road Asset Management: The objective is to improve trans- Water Sector Improvement APL Phase II Supplemental: port efficiency of the road corridor from Monrovia to the Guinea bor- The objective is to support the Government to: (a) develop and sus- der and maintain good road condition over a 10-year period through tain an environmentally socially responsible and financially viable output and performance-based road management. Bank Approval com- framework for the MDWSP, (b) increase the quantity of safe, bulk wa- pleted on 17 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- ter supplied to Teyateyaneng, and (c) strengthen institutions and re- ject: P121213. US$ 113.0 (LRTF). Consultants will be required. Ministry lated instruments in the water sector. Preparation is underway. of Finance, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia, Tel: (231-24) 200-002, PAGE 16 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Akindele Beckley, Program Marine Protected Areas: The objective is to strengthen the sus- Director tainable management of Malagasy seascapes, mainstreaming envi- Road Asset Management (LIBRAMP): The objectives are to: (a) ronment in the marine productive sectors such as fisheries, aquaculture, reduce transport costs along the road corridor from Monrovia to the tourism and mining, and associating local populations in the bene- Guinea border and to maintain the road in good condition over a 10- fits and management of marine protected areas (MPA). Project Con- year period; and (b) support institutional building in the transport cept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 December 2011. Environmental sector. Bank Approval completed on 7 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and im- Assessment Category B. Project: P125574. US$ 67.7/108.9 (IDA plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Credit/LRTF). Consultants will be required for the supervision of Education works contracts for Studies and Technical Assistance will be required. Education for All Plan Catalytic Fund: The objective is to finance Infrastructure Implementation Unit of the Ministry of Public Works, the education for all plan for the achievement of the MDG2 by 2015. Liberia, Tel: (231-6) 579-053, 516-732, E-mail: akindelebeckley444@ Appraisal scheduled for 31 October 2011. Environmental Assessment hotmail.com, Contact: Akindele Beckley, Program Director Category B. Project: P114350. US$ 22.0 (EFAF). Consulting services Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection to be determined. Ministere de l’ Education Nationale, Anosy, BP 267, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-2022) 28-625, Fax: (261-2022) Emergency Monrovia Urban Sanitation Additional Fi- 62-911, Contact: Josiane Rabetokotany, Technical Coordinator, UAT nancing: The objective is to increase access to solid waste collection Education for Growth: The objective is to introduce governance service in Monrovia. Bank Approval completed on 7 April 2011. En- and financing reforms in the education system to make it more de- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124664. US$ 4.0 (IDA mand oriented and encourage employer participation, modernize Credit). Consultants will be required. Monrovia City Corporation the curricula and teaching methods to meet labor market needs and (MCC), City Hall Building, Tubman Blvd Monrovia, Liberia, Tel: encourage innovation and increase equitable access to post-primary (231-6) 548-044 education. Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 April 2012. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P111120. US$ 40.0 (IDA Madagascar Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry termined. (R) Adaptation to Climate Change Least Developed Coun- Energy and Mining tries Fund: The objective is to strengthen the ability of poor rural Power Sector Guarantee Facility: The objective is to facilitate households in the arid communities of southern Madagascar to adapt private sector investment in Hydro Power Generation Facilities in to the effects of climate change and climate variability on their im- Madagascar. The guarantee will cover the Government’s obligations mediate livelihoods. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for towards the independent Power Producer with regards to payments 7 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 3.0/1.0 and regulatory risks. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for (GEFU/ZMUL). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) 21 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ to be determined. 20.0/40.0 (GUID/ZPCO). Consulting services and implementing Environmental SWAp Support: The objectives are to: (a) agency(ies) to be determined. strengthen financial sustainability of the environmental sector; (b) in- Second Power/Water Sectors Recovery and Restructuring volve rural communities in protected areas management; (c) support APL: The objective is to lay the foundation for a sustainable expan- institutional reforms and capacity building of MEEFT; and (d) sion of a commercially-oriented utility in a most cost-efficient way by strengthen environmental governance. Signing scheduled for 22 Au- investing in strategically important areas: (a) HV interconnections of gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P107484. the main load-centres; (b) preparation of the next large scale hydro US$ 42.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/GFCO). Consultants will be required. facility; and (c) investments and TA necessary. Project Concept Re- Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, Antananarivo, Madagas- view Meeting scheduled for 15 May 2012. Environmental Assess- car, Tel: (261-33) 332-1063, Fax: (261-20) 223-0693, E-mail: min- ment Category A. US$ 50.0/50.0/64.0/70.0 (IDA Credit/AFDB/ZBIL/ [email protected], Contact: Herilanto Raveloharison, Minister. ZPCO). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- CELCO, Ambaranjana, Madagascar, Tel: (261-22) 204-0908, E-mail: termined. [email protected], Contact: Guy Razafindralambo, Coordinator Health and Other Social Services Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity: The objective Sustainable Health System Development-Phase II: The ob- is to improve the sustainability of the protected area system by pro- jective is to strengthen the health system and increase its capacity to viding a regular and predictable revenue source over the long term provide the necessary production, financing, delivery and manage- that will cover part of the system’s recurrent cost through the capi- ment support for delivery of services necessary to meet the eventual talization of the Foundation for Protected Areas and Biodiversity, an objectives of reducing child and maternal mortality, controlling ill- already functioning endowment fund created under EP3. Signing nesses due to malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS. scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Bank Approval scheduled for 23 February 2012. Environmental As- B. US$ 24.5/6.5/10.0/6.5 (IDA Grant/AFD/GEFU/KFW). Consul- sessment Category B. Project: P106675. US$ 63.0/19.5 (IDA Credit/ tants will be required. Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests, FRDE). No consultants are required. Cellule d’Execution de Pro- Antanarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-33) 332-1063, Fax: (261-20) 223- gramme, Ministry of Health and Family Planning, Nouvel Immeu- 0693, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Herilanto Ravelo- ble ARO, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 226-6667, E-mail: harison, Minister. CELCO, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-22) [email protected], Contact: Docteur Rakotomalala Remi, Co- 204 0908, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Guy Razafind- ordonnateur National du Project PDSSP ralambo, Coordinator Irrigation and Watershed Management: The objective is to Public Administration, Law, and Justice contribute to inclusive rural growth through the promotion of in- Commune Development Support Program: The objectives are tensification and diversification in three regions with high potential to support: (a) decentralization process; (b) development of a national for agricultural development, while promoting sustainable use of in- capacity building; (c) finance local infrastructure investments through frastructure and soil and water resources. This project is on hold un- a central-local intergovernmental transfer; and (d) project imple- til further notice. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: mentation, and monitoring and evaluation. Decision Meeting sched- P088887. US$ 5.9 (GEFU). No consultants are required. Ministry of uled for 15 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Bureau BVPI, Nanisana, An- P104049. US$ 35.0/56.1/20.9 (IDA Credit/ECEU/MSC1). Consult- tananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 222-474-385, Fax: (261-20) ing services to be determined. Ministere aupres de la Pres. de la Rep. 222-6561, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lantonirina Ra- charge de la Decentralisation et de l’Amenag. du Territoire, Anosy, maroson, Coordinateur National Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-202) 457-924, Fax: (261-202) SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 17

256-917, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Gervais ment Category U. Project: P122854. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). No con- Andrianirina, Secretaire General du MID sultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Capital Hill, PO Box 30049, Growth and Infrastructure: The objective is to consolidate and Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 789-355, Fax: (265-1) 789-173, E- deepen the impacts in the three existing sub-regions (growth poles) mail: [email protected], [email protected], Con- and extend the interventions to adjacent sub-regions with high growth tact: Joseph Mwanamvekha, Secretary to the Treasury potential to establish growth corridors. Project Concept Review Meet- Energy Sector: The objective is to support the development of the ing scheduled for 5 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- energy sector to boost reliability and access to electricity. Bank Ap- egory B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing proval completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- agency(ies) to be determined. egory B. Project: P099626. US$ 19.3/65.4 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. ESCOM, PO Box 2047, Blantyre, Malawi, Transportation Tel: (265-1) 822-000, 824-274, Fax: (265-1) 823-560, E-mail: pzem- Transport: The objective is to reduce transport costs on major [email protected]; [email protected], Contact: Peterson Zem- transport infrastructure and to sustainably improve accessibility in bani, Chief Executive Officer rural areas. Negotiations scheduled for 9 July 2012. Environmental Financial Sector Technical Assistance: The objective is to sup- Assessment Category B. Project: P102135. US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). Con- port the development of a stable financial system that provides a sultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works and Meteorology, broad based financial access to the population. Bank Approval com- Anosy 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 222-3215, E-mail: pleted on 24 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- [email protected], Contact: Christian Claude Ravoaraharison, ject: P122616. US$ 28.2 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Secretaire General du Ministere de Travaux Publics Reserve Bank of Malawi, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mac- Malawi donald Mwale, Project Manager of the PIU Unit Mining Growth and Governance Support: The objective is to Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry build Government capacity to promote and manage mining sector Shire River Basin Management: The objective is to promote growth in a way that contributes to sustainable development and sustainable land and water management practices to reverse land degra- poverty alleviation. Bank Approval completed on 31 March 2011. En- dation in agricultural landscapes and improve productivity of small- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120825. US$ 25.0 holder farmers. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 November 2011. (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Natural Re- Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P117617. US$ 100.0 sources, Energy and Environment, Private Bag 350, Lilongwe, Malawi, (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Implementing agency(ies) Tel: (265-1) 789-488, Fax: (265-1) 788-689, E-mail: hchiponwe@ya- to be determined. hoo.com, Contact: Hastings Chipongwe, Senior Economist Support to Shire Valley Irrigation: The objective are to: (a) Systems Strengthening for AIDS Response (SStAR): The ob- raise agricultural productivity and profitability for agricultural pro- jective is to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS, especially among ducers, including small-holders, in the Lower Shire Valley; and (b) high risk groups. This project will build on previous Bank Financing broaden Malawi’s export base by establishing market-driven pro- for the National Respoonse to HIV and AIDS in Malawi. Project Con- ductive ventures and providing efficient and sustainable irrigation ser- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environ- vices. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 September mental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 90.0 (IDA Credit). services to be determined. National AIDS Commission, PO Box 30622, Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 770-022, Fax: (265-1) 776-249, E- mail: [email protected] Health and Other Social Services Nutrition Improvement: The objective are to expand services Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection and interventions known to reduce linear growth retardation and Second National Water Development Additional Financ- anemia which are Malawi’s two principal nutritional disorders that ing: The objective is to increase access to sustainable water supply slows progress, including poverty (non-income side poverty), mor- and sanitation services for people living in cities, towns, villages and bidity, mortality and cognitive development. Project Concept Review Market Centers and to improve water resources management at the Meeting scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment national level. Bank Approval completed on 2 June 2011. Environ- Category B. US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P124486. US$ 95.0/25.0 mined. Office of the President and Cabinet, Private Bag 301, Capital (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Ir- Hill, Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 771-374, E-mail: maryshawa@ rigation and Water Development, Tikwere House, City Centre, Pri- gmail.com, Contact: Dr. Mary Shawa, Principal Secretary vate Bag 390, Lilongwe, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 771-730, Contact: Mr. S.C.Y. Maweru, Principal Secretary Industry and Trade Agricultural Commercialization: The objective is to increase Mali the volume, value and diversity of agricultural exports. Project Con- Education cept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 January 2013. Environmen- tal Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (R) Education For All Initiative Fast Track Initiative Grant: to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, PO Box The objective is to support the Government’s Education Sector Pro- 30134, Lilongwe, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 789-033, Fax: (265-1) 789-218, gram to: (a) improve access and equity in basic education (including Contact: Dr. Andrew Daudi, Principal Secretary vocational, and literacy programs); (b) improve quality, efficiency, and relevance of basic education; and (c) strengthen sector management Development Policy Operation: The objective is to support the through decentralized management of basic education services. De- implementation of critical policy and institutional reforms in support cision Meeting scheduled for 5 September 2011. Environmental As- of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy II to accelerate the sessment Category U. US$ 80.0 (EFAF). Consultants will be required. achievement poverty reduction and growth. Identification scheduled Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. for 5 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Higher Education and Skills Development: The objective is to to be determined. support the creation of conditions that enable the higher education sub-sector to evolve into a diversified and financially viable quality Public Administration, Law, and Justice system. Decision Meeting scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environmental Development Policy Credit I: The objective is to support policy Assessment Category A. Project: P122015. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- and institutional reforms in the public financial management and eco- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. nomic governance necessary to accelerate the implementation of the Youth Employment and Skills Development: The objective is Second Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS II). Bank to identify and support relevant activities to have 50% youth out of Approval scheduled for 29 December 2011. Environmental Assess- school or never enrolled to have access to a minimum skills development PAGE 18 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 and reduce adult illiteracy to less than 50% (and 40% for women). struction by local communities, student learning assessments, school Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 July 2012. Envi- feeding program, M&E system and various studies. Direction des ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- Projets Education et Formation (DPEF), BP 6541, Nouakchott, Mau- ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ritania, Tel: (222) 525-2063, Fax: (222) 525-1513, E-mail: chrif@ dpef.mr, Contact: Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Health and Other Social Services (R) Strengthening Reproductive Health: The objective is to Skills Development Support: The objective is to assist the Gov- improve access to and use of reproductive services in Mali by: (a) in- ernment to implement phase II of the Education Sector Develop- creasing demand for services through advocacy and behavior change; ment Program and to formalize the education system from pre-school and (b) strengthening the supply of reproductive health services. De- to tertiary. Bank Approval completed on 26 April 2011. Environ- cision Meeting scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental As- mental Assessment Category C. Project: P118974. US$ 16.0 (IDA sessment Category B. Project: P124054. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministe des Affaires Economiques Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. et du Developpement, BP 238, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 525-0349, Fax: (222) 525-4617, Contact: Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Chrif Mamed, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Directeur des Projets Education (R) Governance and Budget Decentralization Technical As- sistance (Cr. 49140-ML): The objective is to improve basic social Energy and Mining service delivery, including strengthening the legal and regulatory (R) Gas to Power: The objective is to use natural gas discovered framework, human capacity and information systems to enhance offshore for a power station to be built near Nouackchott. Prepara- transparency and efficiency in the use of public resources and foster tion scheduled for 5 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- governance at central, regional and local levels. The credit was signed egory A. US$ 75.0 (GUAR). Consultants will be required. Project on 10 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Steering Committee, BP 199, Rond-Point Sebkha, Route de la, Nouak- P112821. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Cellule chott, Mauritania, Tel: (222-4) 643-1537, 662-1537, Fax: (222-4) d’Appui à la Réforme des Finances Publiques, Ministry of Economy 429-7456, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Con- and Finance (CARFIP), Immeuble Dette Publique, Quartier du tact: Mamadou Amadou Kane, Directeur General de l’Electricite Fleuve.BP 234, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 223-0901, Fax: (223) 905- 7177, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Bonnafou Toure, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Coordinator Sixth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to sup- Third Mining Sector Capacity Building: The objectives are to: port critical government-owned reforms to improve the regulatory and (a) assist with the revenue management; (b) improve legal and regu- institutional framework for sustainable infrastructure and private latory frameworks in mining and petroleum; (c) promote petroleum investment, strengthen public financial management and improve ba- sector, support environmental and social management in mining and sic service delivery. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 petroleum; (d) and establish the Mauritania School of Mines. Bank Ap- October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 70.0 proval completed on 19 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to B. Project: P124859. US$ 7.1 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. be determined. Ministries of Industry and Mines and Energy/Petroleum, Maurita- Urban Infrastructure Development: The objective is to increase nia Tel/Fax: (222) 4525-6861, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ab- the ability of selected cities of Mali to improve the quality of infra- bazene B. Djidda, Project Coordinator structure services. Bank Approval completed on 7 June 2011. Envi- Transportation ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P116602. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministere du Logement, des Af- Nouakchott Port Development: The objective is to secure the ex- faires Foncieres et de l’Urbanisme, Bamako, Mali Tel/Fax: (223) tension of the port of Nouakchott to face its growth perspectives, 2023-6815, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mamadou while improving the environmental impact of the port’s initial con- Ouane, Project Coordinator struction and development. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Transportation uled for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P108554. US$ 50.0/55.0 (IBRD/ZPCO). Consultants will (R) Second Transport Sector Additional Financing: The ob- be required. Port Autonome de Nouakchott (PANPA), BP 5103, jectives are to assist with better access and transport services to rural and Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 525-3859, Fax: (222) 251-794, Con- urban communities by improving key rural infrastructure through- tact: Ahmed Ould Moctar, Directeur General out Mali and urban transport infrastructure in Bamako. Signing scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Mauritius B. Project: P121693. US$ 23.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport (MOT)/National Coordination Unit Finance (NCU), Mali, Tel: (223) 6675-9518, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tiémoko Y. Kone, Project Coordinator (R) Mauritius Development Policy Loan: The objective is to strengthen the policy and institutional environment for enhancing com- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection petition and innovation in the private sector. Project Concept Review Bamako Water Supply: (Water and Sanitation) The objective is Meeting scheduled for 20 October 2011. Environmental Assessment to support the reinforcement of the Bamako urban water supply Category U. US$ 12.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. through the development of water production and distribution sys- Ministry of Finance, Mauritius tems; and include the Energie-du Mali restructuring. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122826. Public Administration, Law, and Justice US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing First Development Policy Loan: The objective is to improve agency(ies) to be determined. public service delivery by consolidating the Medium Term Expen- Mauritania diture Framework and Program-Based Budgeting by raising human resources productivity in the public sector, accelerating reforms in Education public enterprises, and increasing the effectiveness of social pro- Second Education for All Fast Track Initiative: The objective tection investments. Preparation is underway. Environmental is to improve access to and quality of basic education, maintain eq- Assessment Category U. Project: P125694. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). No uity and increase learning outcomes. Project Concept Review Meet- consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Economic Devel- ing scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category opment, Government House, Ground Floor, Port Louis, Mauri- B. US$ 30.0 (EFAF). Consultants are required for the school con- tius, Tel: 230-111-1111 SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 19 Mozambique uled for 14 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry to be determined. Coastal Livelihoods: The objectives are to enhance the socio-eco- Coastal Cities and Climate Change: The objective is to strengthen nomic growth for the inhabitants of the coastal regions and improve climate change adaptation in municipal planning and delivery of se- the strategic framework for fisheries by: (a) promoting the sustainable lected services in participating coastal towns. Decision Meeting sched- management of coastal and aquatic resources; (b) supporting the de- uled for 28 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. velopment of MSM enterprises; and (c) reviewing and modernizing the US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- current strategic fisheries development framework. Project Concept istry of State Administration (MAE), Rua da Radio 112, Maputo, Tel: Review Meeting scheduled for 30 November 2011. Environmental As- (258-21) 426-666, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: sessment Category B. US$ 30.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/GFCO). Consult- Orlanda Rafael, Diretora Nacional do Desenvolvimento Autarquico ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Transportation Support Program for the Development of Market-led Irri- gation APL: The objective is to increase agricultural production of (R) Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance Pro- food and high-value crops as an element of response to the food price gram Additional Financing-Phase II: The objective is to improve crisis; project activities are to be anchored in the emerging National access of the population to all season roads through maintenance, re- Irrigation Program (NIP). Bank Approval completed on 17 March 2011. habilitation and upgrading of the classified road network. Signing sched- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P107598. US$ uled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. 70.0/14.3 (IDA Credit/PHRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Project: P114880. US$ 41.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- of Agriculture, Praca dos Herois, Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: (258- quired. Road Fund, 1st Floor 170 Martires de Inhaminga Ave Maputo, 21) 460-069, Fax: (258-21) 460-187, E-mail: [email protected], Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 305-589, Fax: (258-21) 305-069, Contact: Contact: Mr. Victorino Xavier, National Director of Economics. Min- Francisco Pereria, Chairman istry of Agriculture, Rua da Resitencia 1746, 2nd Floor, Maputo, Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance Pro- Mozambique Tel/Fax: (258-21) 415-103, E-mail: bnuvunga@map. gram-Phase III: The objective is to improve access of the popula- gov.mz, Contact: Mr. Boaventura Novunga, National Director of tion to all-season roads through maintenance, rehabilitation and Agrarian Services upgrading of the classified road network. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 12 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Education Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for (R) Education Sector Support Program (Cr. 49300-MZ): the preparation of design, bidding documents and EIA. Implement- The objective is to improve the access to quality and equity of edu- ing agency(ies) to be determined. cation. Bank Approval completed on 28 April 2011. Environmental Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Assessment Category B. Project: P125127. US$ 71.0/90.0 (IDA Credit/EFAF). No consultants are required. Ministry of Education, (R) Greater Maputo Water Supply Expansion: The objective PO Box 34, Av. 24 de Julho, No. 167, Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: is to increase the production and treatment capacity of water to as- (258-21) 480-700, Fax: (258-21) 490-979, E-mail: [email protected], sist in meeting the water demand in the Greater Maputo Area and to Contact: H.E. Armando Artur, Minister of Education promote the sustainable operation of the existing water supply system. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 October 2011. Early Child Development and Nutrition: The objectives are to- Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 130.0 (IDA Credit). assist the Government to: (a) pilot various types of community-based Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ECD interventions; (b) include provision of nutrition services for pregnant mothers and young children; and (c) create an ECD unit within (R) Water Resources Development: The objective is to support the Ministry of Education. Preparation is underway. Environmental the Mozambique Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy in col- Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are laboration with other development partners. Negotiations completed required. Government of Mozambique, Mozambique on 18 July 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P107350. US$ Technical and Vocational Education and Training Addi- 70.0/10.0/0.8 (IDA Credit/CIF/PHRD). Consultants will be re- tional Financing: The objective is to facilitate the transition of the quired. Direcção Nacional de Águas/Ministerio das Obras Públicas existing Technical and Vocational Education system to a demand-led e Habitação, Av. 25 de Setembro, 942, 3o Andar, Maputo, Mozam- training system and provide the beneficiaries with more market rel- bique, Tel: (258-21) 312-568/570, Fax: (258-21) 312-571, E-mail: evant skills and improve job opportunities. Bank Approval completed [email protected], Contact: Juliao Alferes, National Direc- on 12 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: tor P125283. US$ 37.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Min- istry of Education, PO Box 34, Avenida 24 de Julho, No. 167, Maputo, Programmatic Support to Disaster Risk Management: The Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 480-700, Fax: (258-21) 490-979, E-mail: objective is to strengthen the early warning system and design and [email protected], Contact: H.E. Zeferino Martins, Minister of Educa- pilot mitigation activities in highly vulnerable areas. Bank Approval tion completed on 9 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 1.4 (GFDR). Consulting services to be determined. National In- Health and Other Social Services stitute for Disaster Management (INGC), Entrance Air Base, Ma- Community Nutrition Enhancement: The objective is to sup- puto, Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 477-277, Fax: (258-21) 477-279, port the implementation of Mozambique’s multisectoral nutrition E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Joao Tiago Meneses action plan to reduce chronic malnutrition. Project Concept Review Machado Ribeiro, Director General Meeting scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Niger Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health, Av. Eduardo Mondlane, 1008, Maputo, Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 427-131, Fax: (258-21) 427-133, E-mail: Community Action for Climate Resilience: The objective is to [email protected], Contact: Prof. Garrido Paulo Ivo, Project improve the resilience of the populations and of production systems Manager to climate change, in order to increase national food security. Appraisal scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Public Administration, Law, and Justice gory B. Project: P125669. US$ 63.0 (CIF). Consulting services and im- (R) Economic Governance: The objectives are to: (a) promote the plementing agency(ies) to be determined. efficiency, transparency and accountability in the use of public resources through improving public financial management and national statistics Education systems; and (b) enhance the effectiveness of the justice system to im- (R) Education Enhancement and Skills Development: The prove the investment climate. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- objective is to support the government in its efforts to improve the PAGE 20 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 quality and labor-market relevance of training programs and to Education strengthen the institutional environment for a more effective and ef- State Education Programmatic Investment: The objective is ficient skills development system, with a focus on select institutions to support selected States to improve governance in the education sec- and economic sectors. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for tor. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category 26 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ B. Project: P122124. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) be determined. Federal and State Ministries of Education to be determined. Energy and Mining Industry and Trade (R) Electricity and Gas Improvement (Cr. G2020-NG): The (N) Sources of Growth: The objective is to support the private sec- objectives are to improve: (a) the availability and reliability of gas sup- tor development to: (a) create conditions to improve competitiveness, ply to increase power generation in existing public sector power enterprise development, and investment promotion; and (b) the se- plants; and (b) improve the power network’s capacity and efficiency lected value chains. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for to transmit and distribute quality electricity to the consumer. Sign- 19 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ ing scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) egory B. Project: P114277. US$ 400.0 (GUID). Consulting services to to be determined. be determined. Engr. Mansuru A. Ganiyu, Project Coordinator, Power Public Administration, Law, and Justice Holding Company of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zambezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, Fax: (234-9) 413-6685, E- First Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to mail: [email protected] support the reforms in the following areas: public expenditure and (R) Electricity and Gas Improvement Additional Financ- financial management, export promotion and competitiveness, pri- ing: The objective is to continue to support the Government to en- vate sector development, agricultural institutions, and reduction of able unconstrained transmission of power generated from power vulnerability at the national and household level. Project Concept plants where PRGs are guaranteeing gas supply. Project Concept Re- Review Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental As- view Meeting completed on 18 July 2011. Preparation is underway. sessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Consulting services to be determined. Engr. Mansuru A. Ganiyu, Second Growth Policy Reform Credit: The objective is to sup- Project Coordinator, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zam- port the policy reforms to enhance growth and reduce poverty with bezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, Fax: a focus on private sector development, rural development, and pub- (234-9) 413-6685, E-mail: [email protected] lic financial management. Bank Approval completed on 23 June (R) Electricity and Gas Improvement Project Additional Fi- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117286. US$ nancing: The objective is to continue to support the Nigeria Elec- 52.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy tricity and Gas Improvement project to power three of the NIPP and Finance, Niamey, Niger, Tel: (227) 2072-3258, Fax: (227) 2072- plants in Sapele, Olorunsogo and Alaoji. Project Concept Review 4020, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Meeting completed on 18 July 2011. Preparation is underway. En- Commissioner for the Economy vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (GUID). Consulting Nigeria services to be determined. Engr. Mansuru A. Ganiyu, Project Coor- dinator, Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zambezi Cres- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry cent, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, Fax: (234-9) (R) Second Rural Access and Mobility: The objective is to sup- 413-6685, E-mail: [email protected] port the improvement of rural access and mobility in the participat- Management of PCBS/POPS: The objective is to improve pub- ing States by: (a) providing improved all-weather access road networks lic health and environmental quality by avoiding the environmental in selected and prioritized rural development areas; and (b) sup- release of PCBs from on-line and off-line electrical equipment and en- porting the institutional reform in the transport sector in the states suring sound management and safe disposal of PCB and PCB-con- to improve management of the state-wide road network. Preparation taining equipment. Bank Approval scheduled for 23 August 2011. scheduled for 3 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113173. US$ 6.3 B. Project: P095003. US$ 195.0/120.0 (IDA Credit/FRDE). Consul- (GEFU). No consultants are required. Federal Ministry of Environ- tants will be required. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De- ment, Federal Secretariat, Phase 1, 7th Floor, Garki, Nigeria Tel/Fax: velopment, Michael Okpara Way, Wuse Zone 5, Nigeria, Tel: (234-09) (234-9) 523-4119, Contact: Stella U. Mojekwu, Project Coordinator 523-8463/66 Partial Risk Guarantee for Independent Power Plant at Erosion Control and Watershed Management: The objective Obite OML 58: The objective is to guarantee payment for electric- is to enable a framework for erosion and watershed management ity generated and delivered to the national grid (public sector entity) and reduce erosion in targeted areas of the South of Nigeria. Deci- by the Independent Power Plant (private sector) at Obite-OML 58. sion Meeting scheduled for 27 October 2011. Environmental Assess- Regional Review scheduled for 28 September 2011. Environmental ment Category B. Project: P124905. US$ 450.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Assessment Category A. Project: P120207. US$ 1000.0 (GUID). Con- services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal sultants will be required. Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading PLC Ministry of Environment, Mabushi, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-980) Petroleum Sector Technical Assistance and Capacity Build- 3408-0866, E-mail: [email protected] ing: The objective is to support implementation of the petroleum sec- Erosion and Watershed Management: The objective is to sup- tor reform and to build capacity in government oversight institutions port the Government to promote vegetative land management prac- with a view to improve transparency and good governance in the tices by establishing conservation set asides along erosion-prone sector. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category waterways and vegetation corridors. Decision Meeting scheduled for C. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- 27 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: istry of Petroleum, Nigeria P126549. US$ 9.3 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Small-scale Associated Gas Utilization: The objective is to sup- Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Secretariat, Phase 1, 7th Floor, port Nigeria’s technologies for small-scale Associated Gas (AG) uti- Garki, Nigeria Tel/Fax: (234-9) 523-4119 lization, to pursue low-carbon development priorities. Project Concept Irrigation and Water Resources Management: The objective Review Meeting scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental As- is to improve the performance and financial sustainability of irriga- sessment Category B. US$ 3.0/0.3/20.4 (GEFU/ZBIL/ZPCO). Con- tion service delivery and water resource management in pilot States. sulting services to be determined. Federal Government of Nigeria, Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Nigeria Project: P123112. US$ 400.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources Additional determined. Federal Ministry of Water Resources; Selected States Financing: The objective is to support the scale-up activities that will SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 21 increase the international competitiveness of Nigeria’s mining in- Lagos State Development: The objective is to support the Lagos dustry, with the expected result of increasing foreign direct invest- State Government in reducing poverty and inequality by boosting non- ment into the industry, complemented by a growth in employment oil growth and employment through policy and institutional reforms and foreign exchange. Negotiations are underway. Environmental aimed at maintaining fiscal sustainability, improving the quality of Assessment Category B. Project: P122828. US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). spending, and strengthening the investment climate. Bank Approval Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Mines and Steel De- completed on 17 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category velopment, 6 Marte Close Off Misau Crescent, Garki II, Abuja, Nige- U. Project: P117237. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- ria, Tel: (234-9) 524-2451, Fax: (234-9) 524-2450, E-mail: uladie2001@ quired. Lagos State Ministry of Finance, Block 12 The Secretariat, Alausa yahoo.co.uk, Contact: Mr. Linus Adie, Project Coordinator Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, Tel: (234-1) 213-7017, E-mail: tabiru@lagos- state.gov.ng, Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Fi- Health and Other Social Services nance Partnership for Polio Eradication Third Additional Fi- Second State Governance and Capacity Building: The objec- nancing: The objectives are to assist the Government, as part of a tive is to improve transparency, accountability and quality in the global polio eradication effort, to stop the transmission of wild polio public finance and human resource management systems, with a virus, and sustain these efforts through effective Oral Polio Vaccine view to strengthen governance in the participating states. Bank Ap- (OPV) coverage of the target population. Bank Approval completed proval completed on 29 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat- on 17 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: egory B. Project: P097026. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will P124264. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Na- be required. Federal Ministry of Finance, Shehu Shagari Way, Cen- tional Primary Health Care Development Agency, Port Harcourt tral Business District, Abuja, Nigeria, E-mail: uzedgeffy2005@ya- Crescent, Garki, Abuja, ABUJA, FCT, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 314-2925, hoo.co.uk, Contact: Agnes Abidemi Aremu, Deputy Director Fax: (234-9) 314-2924, E-mail: [email protected] Transportation States Health Program Investment: The objectives are to improve the delivery of high impact maternal, child, and reproductive Public and Private Partnership Initiative (PPPI): The objec- health interventions. Appraisal scheduled for 13 October 2011. En- tives are to: (a) increase infrastructure service levels and quality vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120798. US$ 150.0 (IDA through a six year institutional development and PPPI financing pro- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Fi- gram; and (b) strengthen institutional governance over key factor mar- nance, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nige- kets, improving risk and cost determinants. Bank Approval completed ria, E-mail: [email protected] on 17 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P115386. US$ 115.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. In- Youth Employment and Social Support Operations: The ob- frastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC), No 13 jective is to support the Government to institutionalization and ef- Surman Barau Crescent, Aso Villa, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, fectiveness response to the challenge of youth unemployment and Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 460-4900, 875-0286, E-mail: [email protected], human capital development of the poor in Nigeria. Project Concept Contact: Eng. Mansur Ahmed, Director General Review Meeting scheduled for 16 August 2011. Environmental As- sessment Category C. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services State Employment and Expenditure for Results: (formerly State and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. expenditure Effectiveness for Opportunities and Results) The objective is to enhance opportunities for youth employment and access to Industry and Trade socio-economic services, while improving public expenditure manage- Growth and Employment in States (GEMS): The objective is ment system in the participating states. Negotiations scheduled for to support job creation in six key value chains; ICT, entertainment, 13 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: tourism, wholesale and retail trade, construction, and meat and P121455. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be used for im- leather. Bank Approval completed on 17 March 2011. Environmen- plementation of the project. These will be in the areas of procurement tal Assessment Category B. Project: P103499. US$ 160.0 (IDA Credit). for both states and federal coordinating units, reforms in tax, public Consultants will be required for the preparation of roadmaps for the procurement and audit and general PFM. Others are ICT and vari- various industry clusters as well as training on financial manage- ous sectoral studies. Federal Ministry of Finance, Shehu Shagari ment, procurement and other safeguards issues. Federal Ministry of Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria, E-mail: uzedg- Commerce and Industry, Federal Ministry of Commerce and Indus- [email protected] try, Old Federal Secretariat, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-0803) Urban Transport: The objective is to support the Government to 926-5356, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. increase the availability and patronage of well organized and struc- Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Finance tured public transport service networks, improve traffic management, and improve the capacity of governments at different levels to Public Administration, Law, and Justice formulate and implement appropriate policies governing urban trans- (R) Second Lagos State: The objective is to support the policy and port, and ensure their compliance. Preparation is underway. Envi- institutional reforms being implemented by the Lagos State Gov- ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 158.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ernment. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 October services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Lagos State Government, Nige- Regional ria Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) Statistics Development Program: The objective is to sup- (R) Southern Africa Development Community Agriculture: port the preparation of the SRF project that will finance the imple- The objective is to generate and disseminate improved technologies mentation gap of the Nigeria Statistical Development Program. in the participating countries top priority areas that are aligned with Signing scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regions top pri- Category C. Project: P119872. US$ 10.0 (SRTF). Consultants will be orities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 12 September required. National Bureau of Statistics, Plot 762 Independence Av- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0/10.0/30.0 enue, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-980) 3304- (IDA Credit/GFIA/ZBIL). Consulting services to be determined. 8203, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. FARA Secretariat, PMB CT 173, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, Tel: Vincent Akinyosoye, Office of the DG (233) 2177-2823/9421, Fax: (233) 2177-3676, E-mail: mjones@fara- Edo State First Development Policy Operation: The objec- africa.org. Southern Africa Development Community, Private Bag tive is to support a policy and institutional reform program being im- 0095, SADC House, Khama Crescent, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: plemented by the State of Edo. Preparation is underway. Environmental (267) 395-1863, Fax: (267) 397-2848, E-mail: [email protected] Assessment Category U. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (R) West Africa Regional Fisheries APL A1 Additional Fi- to be determined. Edo State Government nancing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to scale up the PAGE 22 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 focus on the components with good governance and sustainable man- gory A. US$ 120.0/150.0/80.0 (IDA Credit/ZBIL/ZMUL). Consul- agement of the fisheries and increase the contribution of the marine tants will be required to update the Environmental Impact Assess- fish resources to the local economies. Signing scheduled for mid-Au- ment and the Resettlement Action Plan for the technical review of select gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124844. aspects of the hydropower plant design and the update of the project US$ 2.0/10.0 (IDA Grant/ACGF). Consultants will be required. Min- economics. Communaute Electrique du Benin (CEB), Rue de la Kozah, istry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Freetown, Tel: (232-30) 247- BP 1368, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 221-6132, Fax: (228) 221-3764, E- 854, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Salieu Sankoh, mail: [email protected], Contact: Djibril Salifou, Managing Director Coordinator (R) African Rift Geothermal Development Program (ARGeo): Enhancing Institutional Capacities Congo Basin: The objec- The objective is to accelerate the development and utilization of ge- tives are to: (a) strengthen the capacities for Sustainable Forest Man- othermal resources by addressing the existing barriers (knowledge and agement in the Congo Basin Countries on REDD issues; (b) help take information, technical, institutional, financial) to the increased use advantage of a future, large-scale system of positive carbon-based ini- of geothermal energy in the ARGeo countries (Djibouti, Eritrea, tiatives for sustainable forest management for Cameroon, CAR, De- Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda). Bank Approval scheduled mocratic Rep. of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Rep. of Congo. for 29 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Bank Approval completed on 14 July 2011. Environmental Assessment ject: P100203. US$ 13.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. In- Category B. Project: P113167. US$ 13.0 (GEFU). No consultants are ternational Geothermal Association (IGA), Reykjavik, Iceland, Tel: (354) required. Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), BP 20 588-4437, Fax: (354) 588-4431, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Arni 818, Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237-22) 213-510, Fax: (237-22) 213- Ragnarsson, Executive Director 512, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Raymond Mbitikon, Ex- (R) First Africa Mineral Governance Adaptable Program ecutive Secretary Loan: The objective is to assist theparticipating African governments Fourth Comprehensive Agricultural Development: The ob- to identify and develop mineral resource corridors and to enhance jective is to support the creation of a regional institution for South- benefits from the mining sector. This would include the develop- ern Africa with the mandate to support and coordinate regional ment of regional standards to manage the sector, capacity build- programs in agricultural research, agricultural extension, and agri- ing on a regional level, and the establishment of regional centers of cultural training and education. Appraisal scheduled for 20 Sep- excellence. Decision Meeting scheduled for 22 August 2011. Envi- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113629. ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P116533. US$ 31.0 (IDA US$ 50.0 (CDP4). Consulting services to be determined. FARA Sec- Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be retariat, PMB CT 173, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233) 2177- determined. 2823/9421, Fax: (233) 2177-3676, E-mail: [email protected], (R) Power Transmission Line Upgrade: The objective is to up- Contact: Dr. Monty P. Jones, Executive Secretariat. Southern Africa grade the power transfer capacity of the existing Kafue Town-Muzuma- Development Community, Private Bag 0095, SADC House, Khama Victoria Falls transmission system from 220kV to 330kV. Bank Crescent, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 395-1863, Fax: (267) 397- Approval scheduled for 29 December 2011. Environmental Assess- 2848, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Patrick Tawonezvi, ment Category B. Project: P124351. US$ 60.0/30.0 (IDA Credit/EUIB). Coordinator Consultants will be required. ZESCO Limited, Stand No. 6949, Great Lake Malawi, Nyasa, and Niassa Development: The objective East Road, PO Box 33304, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-211) 362-310, is to improve the livelihood of people living around the Lake and the Fax: (260-211) 222-753, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: natural resource management in and around the Lake by develop- Ernest Mupwaya, Managing Director ing a common approach to the management of the Lake resources (R) Regional Eastern Africa Power Pool APL1: The objective and supporting measures to reduce the sediment and nutrient inflow is to improve the supply of competitive, clean energy in the sub-re- into the Lake. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 November 2011. En- gion through cross border transmission interconnections and by fos- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115914. US$ 10.0 tering a sustainable optimal expansion and operation of an integrated (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- regional power market. Preparation scheduled for 22 August 2011. termined. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P126579. US$ 500.0 Regional Lake Conservation and Development: The objective (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ethiopian Elec- is to develop and promote a regional collaborative mechanism for the tric Power Corporation (EEPCo), Dembel City Center, 2nd lift 10th management of the Lake Basin and introduce solutions for the sus- floor, P.O Box 1233, Addis, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 551-72-20, Fax: (251- tainable management of natural resources in selected priority areas 11) 515-56-71, E-mail: [email protected] or mekbib_lemma@ya- in and around the Lake. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 October hoo.com, Contact: Mekbib Lemma, Joint Project Coordinator. Kenya 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113138. US$ Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco), 23rd Floor Nyayo 36.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) House, P. O. Box 30582, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 315-202, Fax: to be determined. (254-20) 240-910, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research John N. Githinji, Project Manager. EEPCo, Dembel City Center, 2nd (WECARD) and Development: The objective is to support the im- lift 10th floor, P.O Box 1233, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) plementation of the Central Africa Counsel for Agricultural Research 551-7220, Fax: (251-11) 515-5671, E-mail: [email protected] or kas- (CORAF)/WECARD Operational Plan which would contribute to [email protected], Contact: Esubalew Kebede, Project Coordina- sustainable improvements in the productivity, competitiveness, and tor for Ethiopia markets of the agricultural systems in West and Central Africa. Bank (R) South Africa Power Market APL1 Second Additional Fi- Approval completed on 9 August 2010. Environmental Assessment nancing: The objective is to support: (a) the cost on overruns on the Category B. Project: P112623. US$ 34.6 (CDP4). Consultants will be rehabilitation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) and high volt- required. West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research age alternating current (HVAC) transmission lines; and (b) the in- and Development (CORAF/WECARD), 7 Avenue Bourguiba, BP 48, stallation of optic fiber guard wire cables (OFGWC) on HVDC and Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 869-9618, Fax: (221-33) 869-9631, E- HVAC transmission towers. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- mail: [email protected], Contact: Pacome Sereme, Executive Di- uled for 23 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. rector US$ 120.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Soci- ete Nationale d’Electricite, 2031, Avenue de la Justice, BP 500, Kin- Energy and Mining shasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 816-076-254, Fax: (R) Adjarala Hydroelectric West Africa Power Pool APL- (243) 813-010-382, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jean-Pierre Phase III: The objective is to establish a well-functioning, cooper- Saila, Coordinator. Copperbelt Energy Corporation, Private Bag E835, ative, power pooling mechanism for West Africa, to increase access Postnet 145, Kabulonga, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-212) 224-4902, for the citizens of ECOWAS to reliable and stable electricity at affordable Fax: (260-211) 261-640, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Roland costs. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cate- Director Lwiindi, Coordinator ([email protected]) SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 23

Fourth Adjarala Hydroelectric APL-Phase II: The objectives the ultimate goal of broadening and deepening the EAC single mar- are the implementation of a 3 x 49 MW hydropower and a transmission ket in financial services. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled interconnection between the plant and the substation of Momé Hagou, for 25 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 34.0 Togo. At Momé Hagou, the transmission line joins the WAPP Coastal (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. East African Transmission Backbone. Preparation is underway. Environmental As- Community Secretary (EAC), AICC Kilimanjaro Wing 5th Floor, PO sessment Category A. US$ 90.0/20.0/191.4/79.3/200.0/34.2/ Box 1096A, Arusha, Tanzania, Tel: (255-27) 250-4253/4/5/6, Fax: 30.0/30.0 (IDA Credit/ADFA/AFDB/EUIB/ISDB/KFW/WADB/ (255-27) 250-4255, E-mail: [email protected] WADF). Consultants will be required. Communaute Economique du Second Regional Trade Facilitation: The objective is to develop Benin (CEB), Rue de la Kozah, B.P. 1368, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 221- the provision of financial instruments and services for the purpose 6132, Fax: (228) 221-3764, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Djibril of promoting regional integration, trade, investment, and other pro- Salifou, Managing Director ductive activities in Africa in supplement to those which may be of- Fourth West Africa Power Pool Adaptable Program Loan- fered by the private sector, or in cooperation with the private sector. Phase I: The objective is to establish access to electricity supply for Bank Approval completed on 14 June 2011. Environmental Assess- Liberia and Guinea through construction of a 225 kV transmission ment Category F. Project: P112456. US$ 20.0/7.5 (IDA Credit/IDA interconnection of a length of approximately 450 km between Côte Grant). Consultants will be required. African Trade Insurance Agency, d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia under this Phase 1 of the APL 4. Deci- Kenya Re-Towers, Capital Hill Road, PO Box 10620-00100, Nairobi, sion Meeting scheduled for mid-September 2011. Environmental As- Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 272-6999, Fax: (254-20) 271-9701, E-mail: sessment Category A. Project: P113266. US$ 150.0/50.0 (IDA Credit/ [email protected], Contact: Mr. Stewart Kinloch, Ag. Chief ZMUL). Consultants will be required. West Africa Power Pool Sec- Executive Officer retariat (WAPP), Zone des Ambassades, PK 6, 06 BP 2907, Cotonou, West African Economic and Monetary Union Mortgage Re- Benin, Tel: (229) 2137-7144, Fax: (229) 2137-7143, Contact: Amadou financing Facility: The objective is to facilitate access of households Diallo, Secretary General to long-term housing mortgage loans with limited access to primary Mount Coffee Hydro Power Plant West African Power Pool mortgage lenders to long-term resources under Central Bank of West APL4-Phase 2: The objective is to rehabilitate of the Mount Coffee African States (BCEAO) prudential rules. Project Concept Review Hydroelectric Power Plant (64MW), one of the regional priorities West Meeting scheduled for 25 January 2012. Preparation is underway. En- African Power Pool projects. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 Oc- vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 200.0/5.0 (IBRD/IDA tober 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 60.0/50.0/ Credit). Consulting services to be determined. BCEAO, Avenue Ab- 70.0 (IDA Credit/ZBIL/ZMUL). Consulting services and imple- doulaye Fadiga, BP 3108, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 839-0500, menting agency(ies) to be determined. Fax: (221-33) 825-9335 Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NEL- Health and Other Social Services SAP): Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric and Multipur- West Africa Disease Surveillance and Response: The objec- pose: The objective is to build a dam (15 m in height and 470 million tive is to develop modern multi-disease surveillance and response net- m3 in reservoir capacity) and hydropower plant (60-80 MW) as well work in West Africa. Preparation is underway. Environmental as transmission lines (360 km estimate) linked to all three countries Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (ACGF). Consulting services to be (i.e. Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania). Decision Meeting scheduled for determined. West African Health Organization (WAHO), World 8 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Health organization Intercountry Support Team, Burkina Faso, Tel: P075941. US$ 135.0/40.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/AFDF/ZBIL). Consultants (226-20) 975-775, Fax: (226-20) 975-772, E-mail: pcardoso@wa- will be required. Ministere de l’Energie et des Mines, Bujumbura, Bu- hooas.org, Contact: Dr. Placido M. Cardoso, Director General rundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-9555, Fax: (257-2) 222-3337, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Idi Buhanga Pressadi, Directeur General. Industry and Trade REGIDESO, BP 660, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-3412, Fax: Second Abidjan-Lagos Transport and Transit Facilitation (257-2) 222-6563, Contact: Celestin Nduwamung, Managing Direc- Adaptable Program Loan: The objective is to facilitate move- tor. Ministry of Infrastructure Kigali, PO Box 24, Kigali, Rwanda, ment of goods and people along the Coastal Corridor by reducing phys- Tel: (250) 0830-1890, Fax: (250) 585-755, E-mail: [email protected], ical and non-physical barriers, and reducing the impact of HIV/AIDS. Contact: Alexis Karani, Director of Planning. Ministry of Energy and Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental Minerals, 754/33 Samora Avenue PO Box 2000, Dar es Salaam, Tan- Assessment Category B. Project: P116323. US$ 89.5 (IDA Credit). Con- zania, Tel: (255-22) 213-9455, Fax: (255-22) 211-1749, Contact: Eng. sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Bashir J. Mrindoko, Commissioner Energy and Petroleum. Elec- trogaz, PO Box 537, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250-788) 307-149, Contact: Information and Communications Yves Muyange, Director General Central African Backbone-APL4: The objective is to provide Regional Transmission Development Adaptable Program much needed broadband connectivity to Gabon and usage of regional Loan: The objective is to support the development of the transmis- broadband network services while reducing their cost through the Cen- sion backbone linking Tete Province with the south of Mozambique. tral African Backbone (CAB) Program. Decision Meeting scheduled Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 February 2012. En- for 31 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 13.0 vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P108934. US$ 90.0/50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Commission nationale (IDA Credit/GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Electrici- des Tippee, BP 22, Libreville, Gabon, Tel: (241) 76-58-30, Fax: (241) dade de Mozambique (Electricity of Mozambique), Av. Zedequias 76-58-31, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Richard Manganhela, N-267, Predio Zat, 4th Floor, PO Box 938, Maputo, Damas, Secretaire Permanent Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 304-407, Fax: (258-21) 328-233, E-mail: Regional Communications Infrastructure-Phase IV: The ob- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Carlos Yum, Director and Pro- jective is to contribute to lower prices for international capacity and ject Coordinator extend the geographic reach of broadband networks (the connectivity development objective); and to contribute to improved Govern- Finance ment efficiency and transparency through e-Government applications Africa Drought Risk Pool (ADRP): The objective is to provide (the transparency development objective) for Eritrea, Uganda and Zam- enhancement to risk transfer structure. Project Concept Review Meet- bia. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 13 September ing scheduled for 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 151.0 (IDA Credit). egory C. US$ 280.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. agency(ies) to be determined. Second Central Africa Backbone Program Adaptable Pro- Regional Financial Sector Regionalization-Phase II: The ob- gram Loan: The objective is to extend the geographical reach, us- jective is to support the East African Community Secretary (EAC) in- age and to reduce prices of regional broadband network services. stitutions to implement the financial sector integration strategy with This subsequent phase will focus on financing the connectivity in- PAGE 24 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 frastructure of the CAB (CAB APL1B). Bank Approval completed on (R) West Africa Regional Fisheries Program APL A1 Addi- 30 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P116542. tional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the impact to in- US$ 27.5/22.5/8.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/ZPCO). Consultants will crease the value added locally to fish products in both Sierra Leone be required. Ministere de la Poste et des Telecommunications (MINI- and Liberia, as well as, regional activities for fisheries information dis- POSTEL), Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237) 2222-2914, Fax: (237) semination and transparency. Bank Approval scheduled for mid- 2223-1510, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Pierre Sonfack, August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124242. Coordinator. Ministere de la Poste, des Telecommunications et des US$ 10.0 (ACGF). Consulting services to be determined. Sub-Re- Nouvelles Technologies (MPTNT), BP 814, Bangui, Central African gional Fisheries Commission, Villa 4430, Karack, Rue KA-38, BP Republic, Tel: (236) 2161-8018, Fax: (236) 2161-7559, E-mail: 25485, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 864-0475, Fax: (221-33) 864- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Justin Gourna Zacko, Coordinator. 0477, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Cire Kane, Director. Ministere des Postes et des Technologies de l’Information de la Com- Bureau of National Fisheries Liberia, PO Box 10-9010, 19th Street munication (MPTIC), BP 154, Ndjamena, Chad Tel/Fax: (235-51) Sinkor, 1000 Monrovia 10, Liberia, Tel: (231-77) 961-574, Fax: (231- 252-1369, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Brahim Omar, 6) 560-962, E-mail: [email protected]. Ministry of Fisheries and Coordinator Marine Resources, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232-30) 247-854, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Salieu Sankoh, Coor- Third Central African Backbone Adaptable Program Loan: dinator The objective is to provide broadband connectivity to the main and secondary cities, and establish redundancy linkages throughout the AUC Institutional Transformation and Capacity Building Pro- Republic of Congo. Bank Approval completed on 25 May 2011. En- gram Support: The objective is to support the senior management vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122398. US$ 15.0 to lead the internal transformation process of establishing a strate- (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Posts and gic and program results-based performance standards. Preparation Telecommunications in Charge of ICT, Republic of Congo, Tel: (242) is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. Consulting ser- 912-8989, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Luc Mis- vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. sidimbazi, Coordinator CEMAC Transport and Transit Facilitation Second Addi- West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure APL tional Financing: The objective is to help facilitate regional trade 2: The objective is to increase the geographical reach of broadband among the CEMAC member states and improve the Central African networks and lower cost of communications in Mali and Togo. The Republic, the Republic of Cameroon’s and the Republic of Chad’s project is part of West Africa Regional communications Infrastruc- access to world markets. Signing scheduled for 22 August 2011. En- ture Program. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 Au- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125915. US$ 112.0 gust 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 180.0 (IDA (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works, Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- Cameroon, Contact: Jean-Michel Mbella, Project Coordinator termined. Enhancing Social Accountability at AUC through ECOSOCC: The objective is to help build strong external accountability relations West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure Phase between civil society organizations and the Economic, Social and II: The objective is to improve connectivity of landlocked Burkina Faso Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and other organizations of the African though improving connections to countries with landing sites and es- Union. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environ- tablishing a virtual landing point to improve access and reduce cost mental Assessment Category C. Project: P125056. US$ 8.0 (IDA of communications services. Bank Approval completed on 21 June Grant). Consulting services to be determined. African Union Com- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122402. US$ mission, PO Box 3243, Roosevelt Street, Addis, Ethiopia, Tel: (251- 92.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Posts, 11) 551-3822, Fax: (251-11) 551-9321, E-mail: [email protected], Telecommunications and New Information, BP 500, Quartier Amamya, Contact: Dr. Jinmi Adisa, Director Conakry, Guinea Tel/Fax: (224-4) 6023-7500, E-mail: cdiallo@hotmail.com, Contact: Cellou Diallo, Focal Point. Ministry of Informa- Nyika Transfrontier Conservation Area: The objective is to tion and Communication Infrastructure, GRTS Building, MDI Road, supplement current efforts and finance from the Peace Park Foun- Banjul, The Gambia Tel/Fax: (220) 473-8000, E-mail: laminca- dations and both Governments of Zambia and Malawi to improve the [email protected], Contact: Lamin Camara, Focal Point. Ministry management of the Nyika Plateau NP and Mwaza Reserve which des Transports, de la Poste et de l’Economie Numerique, Oua- overlap their respective countries. Signing scheduled for 31 August gadoudou, Burkina Faso Tel/Fax: (226-30) 5049-0003, E-mail: 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P108879. US$ [email protected], Contact: Saidou Yanogo, Focal point 4.8/4.2/0.2 (GEFU/NORM/ZFOU). No consultants are required. Humphrey Nzima, Peace Park Foundation, PO Box 30131, Malawi, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Tel: (265-1) 755-528, Fax: (265-1) 759-832, E-mail: nzimatfca@ malawi.net, Contact: Andre Amasombo, Chief of the staff (R) Improved Investment Climate within the Organization Third West Africa Power Pool Adaptable Program Loan for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA): (Inter-Zonal Transmission Hub): The objective is to lower the The objective is to strengthen the OHADA regional and national in- cost and improve access to electricity supply to Burkina Faso by stitutions ad ultimately, improve specific aspects of the legal and in- avoiding diesel generation, and to increase the overall reliability and stitutional framework for commercial activities within OHADA stability of the Burkina Faso and Ghana grid. Bank Approval com- member countries. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 pleted on 29 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 120.0 ject: P094919. US$ 41.9/32.3/30.9 (IDA Credit/AFD/EUIB). (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Consultants will be required. Societe Nationale d’Electricite du Burk- be determined. ina (SONABEL), 01 BP 54 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) (R) Regional and Domestic Power Additional Financing: 5030-6100, Fax: (226) 5031-0340, E-mail: [email protected], The objective is to cover costs overruns mainly with respect to the re- Contact: Salif Kabore, Managing Director. Ghana Grid Company habilitation of the existing hydroelectric facilities of Inga 1 and Inga Limited, PO Box M-77, Volta House, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 2; to implement the power sector institutional reform; and to provide 221-132/134, Fax: (233-21) 662-610, E-mail: [email protected], resources to accelerate the development of new hydro generating fa- Contact: Charles Darku, Chief Executive cilities. Bank Approval completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114782. US$ 283.0/32.0/54.0 Transportation (IDA Grant/AFDB/KFW). Consultants will be required. Societe Na- East Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Additional Fi- tionale d’Electricte (SNEL), 2831 Avenue de la Justice, BP 500 Kin1, nancing: The objectives are to: (a) restructure the changes in safe- Commune de la Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, guards category from B to A; (b) revise the monitoring indicators; and Tel: (243-815) 041-639, Fax: (243-952) 674-7456, E-mail: (c) provide additional finance to cater for increased costs of imple- [email protected], Contact: Jean-Pierre Saila, Coordinator mentation the railway RAP in Kenya and other components. Signing SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 25 scheduled for 30 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Bank Approval completed on 14 A. Project: P121354. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118316. quired. Ministry of Transport, Ngong Road, PO Box 52692-00200, US$ 15.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Nairobi, Kenya Tel/Fax: (254-20) 272-9200, E-mail: hundagd@ya- Ministry of Natural Resources, PO BOX 7436 Kacyiru, Kigali, Rwanda, hoo.com, Contact: Duncan Hunda, Project Coordinator Tel: (250-25) 258-2628, Fax: (250-25) 258-2629, E-mail: cani- Eastern Africa Regional Aviation: The objective is to improve [email protected], Contact: Canisius Cayitera, LVEMP Na- aviation safety, security and regional integration amongst all five tional Project Coordinator. Ministry of Urban and Rural Planning and East Africa Community states. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Environment, PO BOX 631, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222- uled for 31 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 0626, Fax: (257-2) 222-0626, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: 123.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Kenya Civil Avia- Fidèle Gahungu, LVEMP National Technical Coordinator tion Authority, PO Box 30163, PO Box 52692-00200, Nairobi, Kenya, Gambia River Basin: The objective is to strengthen the manage- Tel: (254-20) 827-470/475, Fax: (254-20) 824-717, E-mail: ment of the basin’s water resources, biodiversity and environment by: [email protected], Contact: N. Bodo, Acting Director General. Rwanda (a) developing a framework for basin-wide water resources and en- Civil Aviation Authority, Kigali International Airport, PO Box 1122, vironmental management; and (b) capacity building for OMVG re- Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 582-809, E-mail: [email protected], lated to water resources and environmental management. Project Contact: Dr. Richard Masozera, General Manager. Uganda Civil Avi- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 September 2011. Envi- ation Authority, PO Box 5336, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 332- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (GEFU). Consulting 000, Fax: (256-41) 320-571, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Dr. Rama Makuza, Director General. Tanzania Civil Aviation Au- thority, PO Box 2819, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1951, Rwanda Contact: Margaret Munyange, Director General. Regie Des Services Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Aeronautiques, BP 694, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 225-4150, (R) Statistics for Result Facility: The objectives are to: (a) pro- Fax: (257-2) 222-3707, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Joseph Ban- mote improved national dialogue and partnership between data users gurambona, Manager and producers; and (b) deliver more efficient and effective aid and Eastern Africa Transport Links Improvement: The objective technical assistance for strengthening statistical systems and results is to improve transport services along key trade corridors in Eastern measurement Appraisal scheduled for 30 August 2011. Environ- Africa for Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. mental Assessment Category C. Project: P124629. US$ 10.0 (SRTF). Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-September 2012. Environmental Consulting services to be determined. National Institute of Statistics Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- of Rwanda NSIR, PO Box 6139, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250-252) 571- vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 035, Fax: (250-252) 570-705, E-mail: infostatistics.gov.rw, Contact: Senegal River Basin Integrated Multimodal Transport: The Diane Karusisi, Acting Director General objective is to restore the river transport vocation of the Senegal Third Rural Sector Support: The objective of the final phase is River and to enhance the latter by connecting it to a system that in- to help the government achieve its strategic goal of unlocking rural tegrates all other types of ground transportation. Preparation is un- growth in order to increase incomes and reduce poverty. Decision Meet- derway. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 186.0 (IDA ing scheduled for 2 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Organisation pour la egory B. Project: P126440. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal (OMVS), Rue 46 Carnot, Dakar, to be determined. MINAGRI, PO Box 621, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 788- Mauritania, Tel: (221) 823-4530, Fax: (221) 822-0163, E-mail: 301751, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jolly Dusabe, [email protected], Contact: Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug Mer- RSSP/LWH Program Manager zoug, Haut Commissaire Energy and Mining Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation: The objective is to enhance economic growth in Southern Africa by facili- (R) Eighth Poverty Reduction Support Grant: The objective tating the movement of goods and people as well as fostering regional is to continue supporting the implementation of the Economic De- integration among Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. velopment and Poverty Reduction Strategy (2008-12) of the Gov- Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 October 2011. Environmental As- ernment of Rwanda. Decision Meeting completed on 25 July 2011. sessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and Appraisal scheduled for 25 August 2011. Preparation is underway. implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122247. US$ 125.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fi- Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Phase 1: nance and Economic Planning, PO Box 158, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 577- The objective is to support economic growth in southern Africa by fa- 494, Fax: (250) 577-581, E-mail: [email protected] cilitating the movement of goods and people and fostering regional integration among the countries served by the corridor. Decision Electricity Access Additional Financing: The objectives are to Meeting scheduled for 19 October 2011. Environmental Assessment support: (a) distribution network extension and reinforcement; (b) Category C. Project: P122040. US$ 6.5 (IDA Grant). No consultants household connections and the associated technical support. Project are required. Dar es Salaam Management Committee, Dar es Salaam, Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 April 2012. Environmen- Tanzania, Tel: (255-788) 493-857, Fax: (255-222) 115-559, E-mail: tal Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- [email protected], Contact: Peter Masi, Executive Director vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and Other Social Services Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Support to Social Protection System: The objective is to sup- (R) Africa Climate Risk Management for Green Growth: port the consolidation of Rwanda’s social protection program into a The objective is to build better capacity to effectively manage climate coherent and more efficient system. Project Concept Review Meet- risk challenges. This will be done through capacity-building assistance ing scheduled for 27 September 2011. Environmental Assessment at AU level to help selected sub-regional groups (e.g EAC, ECOWAS) Category U. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- with information, institutional, and investment activities related to mined. Ministry of Local Government, PO Box 3445, Kigali, Rwanda systematically building resilience to climate risks. Preparation is un- Tel/Fax: (250) 582-229 derway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0/30.0 (IDA Credit/PHRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Industry and Trade to be determined. (R) Governance and Competitiveness Technical Assistance: Burundi and Rwanda Lake Victoria Environmental Man- The objective is to improve governance and institutional effectiveness agement: The objective is to prepare a second Adaptable Program in public institutions supporting the business environment for pri- Loan (APL2) of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Pro- vate sector led growth and productive sectors while promoting export ject II (LVEMP II) that includes five basin countries: Burundi, Kenya, growth and competitiveness in Rwanda’s economy. 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Review Meeting completed on 14 July 2011. Preparation is under- Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 869-4244, E-mail: [email protected], way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Contact: Moussa Mbaye, Secretaire General Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Industry and Trade Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Agribusiness Development and Finance: The objective is (R) Transport Sector Support: The objective is to support to increase private investment in agribusiness in Senegal in specific Rwanda’s economic and social development by improving commu- sub-sectors. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 Octo- nication and reducing transport costs. Signing scheduled for 30 Au- ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 80.0 (IDA gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P119901. Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, BP US$ 11.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of In- 4005, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 849-7577, Fax: (221-33) 823-3268, frastructure Kigali, PO Box 24, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 0830- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Cheikh Sadibou Diop, 1890, Fax: (250) 585-755, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Olivier Directeur de Cabinet Kabera, Project Coodinator Public Administration, Law, and Justice Sao Tome and Principe DPO 6: The objective is to support the Government in strengthen- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ing the policy making and institutional capabilities’ to accelerate broad-based growth, to improve access to social services, and to fos- Adaptation to Climate Change: The objective is to enable the Gov- ter good governance. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for ernment to implement priority climate change adaptation measures. 17 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 Bank Approval completed on 31 May 2011. Environmental Assess- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and ment Category B. Project: P111669. US$ 4.2 (GEFU). No consultants Finance, Rue Rene Ndiaye, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 822-1106, are required. Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment, Fax: (221-33) 821-1630 Sao Tome and Principe, Tel: (239) 222-2395, Fax: (239) 222-7156, Fifth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Arlindo de Carvalho, Di- strengthen the government’s policy making and institutional capa- rector General of Environment bilities by supporting selective reforms to (a) accelerate broad-based Senegal growth, (b) improve access to social services, (c) mitigate vulnerabilities and (d) foster good governance. Bank Approval completed on 26 Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P121178. Casamance Integrated Growth Pole: The objective is to provide US$ 42.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of key community economic infrastructures and basic social services to Economy and Finance, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 889-2118, Fax: local communities while supporting the creation of jobs and skills for (221-33) 821-1630, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Alioune unemployed youth and women. Project Concept Review Meeting Ndong, Adviser scheduled for 15 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Public Resource Management Strengthening Technical As- gory B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Agence sistance: The objective is to enhance transparency and efficiency in Regionale de Developpement (ARD), Rue 21 No.550 Santhiaba Ouest, the management of public assets, liabilities, revenues and expendi- Ziguinchor, Senegal Tel/Fax: (221-33) 938-8290, E-mail: ardzig2@or- tures. Bank Approval completed on 26 April 2011. Environmental As- ange.sn sessment Category C. Project: P122476. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Education Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 889-2118, Fax: (221-33) 821-1630, E- Higher Education Development: The objective is to support the mail: [email protected], Contact: Alioune Ndong, Adviser Government by implementing a selected set of policy instruments for the enhancement of the financial accountability and efficiency, qual- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ity and relevance of higher education institutions graduates. Bank Ap- Flood Prevention and Drainage: The objective is to reduce the proval completed on 26 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category risk of flooding in the peri-urban areas of Dakar and preserve house- B. Project: P123673. US$ 101.3 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- hold and business assets of those living in flood prone areas. Deci- quired. Ministere de l’Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche Sci- sion Meeting scheduled for 11 October 2011. Environmental Assessment entifique, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 991-6813, Fax: (221-33) Category A. Project: P122841. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will 991-6809, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Oumar Sock, Rec- be required for preparation. Agence de Developpement Municipal tor of Ziguinchor University and Project Coordinator (ADM), BP 6831 Dakar-Etoile, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 849-2710, Energy and Mining Fax: (221) 842- 2576, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mouhamadou Kabir Sow, Directeur General Support to the Electricity Emergency Plan: The objective is to help the Government implement an emergency electricity plan which Sierra Leone will bring the supply and demand of electricity to equilibrium. This first phase is part of a global plan which aims to restructure and re- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry store the energy sector. Preparation is underway. Environmental As- Fourth Sierra Leone Wetlands Conservation-GEF: The ob- sessment Category B. Project: P125565. US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). jective is to improve management of priority wetland ecosystems as Consultants will be required. SENELEC, 28, rue Vincens, BP 93, part of the national framework on conservation in Sierra Leone. Bank Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 839-3030, Fax: (221) 823-1267. APIX In- Approval completed on 24 March 2011. Environmental Assessment vestment Promotion and Large Projects Agency, 52 - 54 Rue Mohamed Category B. Project: P115836. US$ 1.8 (GEFU). No consultants are V - BP 430 CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 849 05 55, Fax: required. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Security, Sierra (221) 823 94 89, E-mail: [email protected]. Ministry of International Leone, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Kate Garnett, Cooperation, Air Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy, Dakar, Chief of the Conservation Unit Senegal Tel/Fax: (221-33) 849 88 65, E-mail: cheikhibrahima.diong@ Energy and Mining micatti.gouv.sn, Contact: Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, Permanent Secretary Energy Access: The objective is to improve energy access through generation and transmission and distribution investments. Project Con- Health and Other Social Services cept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 May 2012. Environmental As- Health Sector Modernization: The objective is to improve health sessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services indicators in Senegal, especially maternal and neonatal health. Prepa- and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 10.0 Energy Access Infrastructure Development Fund: The objective (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministere de la Sante et is to increase the reliability and quality of electricity supply in the made la Prevention, Fann Residence, Rue Aime Cesaire, BP 4024, Dakar, jor load centers in Sierra Leone and to improve energy access in rural SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 27 areas. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cate- South Sudan gory B. US$ 20.6 (SLIN). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Power, Electricity House, 36 Siaka Stevens Street, Free- Public Administration, Law, and Justice town, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232 22) 228-681 (R) Southern Sudan Local Governance and Service Deliv- ery Program: The objective is to support the Government of South- Health and Other Social Services ern Sudan to strengthen local service delivery and community driven Decentralized Service Delivery Program II: The objective is to development. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 27 Oc- help central government protect and increase transfers to local gov- tober 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA ernments, finance gaps for priority activities under the mandate of Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- local councils in education, health, water and sanitation and solid waste termined. management as well as capacity development and improvements between local councils, citizens and civil society. Bank Approval com- Sudan pleted on 24 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Project: P119355. US$ 30.0/7.6/6.4 (IDA Credit/DFID/ECEU). Con- Southern Sudan Emergency Food Crisis Response: The ob- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Freetown, jective is to increase access to food for consumption by food inse- Sierra Leone, Tel: (232) 228-616, Fax: (232-22) 228-472 cure households or groups living in six of the most distressed counties Industry and Trade of Southern Sudan Bank Approval completed on 29 June 2011. En- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125381. US$ 2.2 (SPF). Rural and Private Sector Development Supplemental: The No consultants are required. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Min- objective is to further improve efficiencies along the value chain of istry Complex, Kololo Road, Juba, Sudan, Tel: (249-9) 5502-2267, agricultural commodities with higher benefits flowing to producers. E-mail: [email protected] Bank Approval completed on 19 May 2011. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. Project: P125256. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). No con- Finance sultants are required. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, (R) Pre Arrears Clearance: The objective is conditional on in- Youyi Building, Brookfiels, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232-22) ternational support, to allow IDA engage with Sudan during the debt 235-126, Contact: Abbazene B. Djidda, Project Coordinator workout period to develop new IDA operations/finance emergency Public Administration, Law, and Justice priority expenditures. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ Fifth Governance Reform and Growth Credit: The objective 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) is to support the Government with sustainable development in the to be determined. context of Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction Strategy. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 13 September 2011. Environmental As- Health and Other Social Services sessment Category U. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to (N) Community Development Fund Additional Financing: be determined. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, The objective is to scale up current project activities to expand im- Sierra Leone pact and deepen development effectiveness. Areas of original project Mining Technical Assistance Additional Financing: The ob- were to increase access to priority economic and social services and jective is to scale-up the existing Mining Technical Assistant Project infrastructure in war-affected and underdeveloped areas of Northern to provide additional institutional capacity building for the mining sec- Sudan, including the three areas. The loan was signed on 26 October tor. Bank Approval completed on 21 April 2011. Environmental As- 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (MDNS). sessment Category B. Project: P124633. US$ 4.0 (IDA Grant). No Consultants will be required. International Procurement Specialist re- consultants are required. Ministry of Mineral Resources, Sierra Leone, quired to strengthen the procurement unit of the project. Ministry of Contact: Abbazene B. Djidda, Project Coordinator Finance and National Economy, Khartoum, Sudan, Tel: (249-183) 776- 794, Fax: (249-183) 780-351, E-mail: [email protected] South Africa Energy and Mining Swaziland Eskom Renewables Support: The objective is to enable Eskom Health and Other Social Services Holdings to enhance power supply and energy security in an efficient Health, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis: The objectives are to: (a) and sustainable manner to support the long term carbon mitigation improve access to and quality of health services in Swaziland with a strategy of South Africa. Bank Approval scheduled for 20 September particular focus on primary health care, maternal health and TB; 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122329. US$ and (b) increase social safety net access for OVC through a cash trans- 250.0/390.0/100.0 (CCTF/ZBIL/ZMUL). No consultants are re- fer pilot. Signing scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental As- quired. Eskom Holdings Ltd Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sun- sessment Category B. Project: P110156. US$ 20.0/19.0 (IBRD/ECEU). ninghil, Sandton, South Africa, Tel: (27-11) 800-2901, Fax: (27-12) Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Finance Building, 323-3263, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Penny Usuthu Road, PO Box 443, Mbabane, Swaziland, Tel: (268) 404- Herbst, Project Coordinator 8146, Fax: (268) 404-3187, Contact: Dumisani Masilela, Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, PO Box 5, Swazi- Public Administration, Law, and Justice land, Tel: (268) 404-2431, Fax: (268) 404-2092, E-mail: shongweskosh- Large Cities Support Program: The objective is to support the [email protected], Contact: Dr. Steven Shongwe, Principal Secretary. Government of South Africa’s Large Cities Support Program, and National Emergency Response Council on HIV/AIDS, PO Box 1937, support and strengthen the service delivery and management ca- Swaziland, Tel: (268) 404-1708, Fax: (268) 404-1692, Contact: Derek pacity and systems of selected South African cities. Decision Meet- von Wissel, Director ing scheduled for 3 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. National Public Administration, Law, and Justice Treasury, South Africa, Private Bag, Box 115, Pretoria, South Africa, (R) Fiscal Reform and Growth DPO: The objective is to support Tel: (27-12) 315-5111, Fax: (27-12) 315-5230 the Government of Swaziland towards: (a) public expenditure effectiveness and efficiency; (b) revenue enhancement; (c) growth; and (d) Transportation improve fiduciary systems. Preparation is underway. Environmen- Road Asset Management: The objective is to support the Gov- tal Assessment Category U. US$ 18.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and ernment with implementation of a significant capital expansion plan. implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 December 2011. Local Government: The objective is to assist the Government to Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Con- develop institutionally strengthened rural local governments (Tin- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. khundla) and urban local governments. Signing scheduled for 30 PAGE 28 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: cal Government (PMO-RALG), PO Box 1923, Dodoma, Dar es Salaam, P095232. US$ 26.9 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Tanzania, Tel: (255-26) 232-1607, Fax: (255-26) 232-2116, E-mail: of Housing and Urban Development, Mhlabanyasi Rd PO Box 1832, [email protected]. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, 36/37 Mbabane, Swaziland, Tel: (268) 404-1741/43, Fax: (268) 404-4085, Sumatra Avenue, PO box 9083, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Paul Nkambule, Acting Per- 22) 212-0261, Fax: (255-22) 266-8021, Contact: Josibert Rubona, Head, manent Secretary Health Sector Support Secretariat Tanzania Industry and Trade Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) Agricultural Sector Development PHRD Additional Fi- nancing: The objective is to improve rice production, productivity Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor SME SAGOT: The ob- and farm income. Bank Approval scheduled for 1 September 2011. jectives would support increased access to finance for SMEs in the Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125484. US$ 14.3 SACGOT area and explore innovative financing instruments to finance (PHRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Agriculture, Food SMEs in agribusiness, which could include venture capital support, Security and Co-operatives, PO Box 9192, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, collateralization through warehouse receipts, and charter banks. De- Tel: (255-22) 286-2480, Fax: (255-22) 286-2075 cision Meeting scheduled for 7 December 2011. Environmental As- sessment Category A. Project: P125728. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). No Public Administration, Law, and Justice consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Dar Es Salaam, Tan- (R) Second Local Government Support: The objective is to as- zania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1174, Fax: (255-22) 211-0326, Contact: Ra- sist the Government’s Decentralization by Devolution (D by D) pol- madhani M. Khijjah, Permanent Secretary icy implementation, by improving local participation, local Energy and Mining accountability, and local project implementation and strengthen the management of the intergovernmental transfer system. Decision (R) Energy Sector Capacity Assistance: The objective is to Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2011. Preparation is underway. strengthen the capacity of the GOT to manage its natural gas sector Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118152. US$ 200.0 and large power generation projects. Decision Meeting scheduled (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Office of the Prime Min- for 30 November 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmental As- ister, Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Tanzania, Dar es sessment Category B. Project: P126875. US$ 27.0/3.5 (IDA Credit/ Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 724-951, Fax: (255-22) 121-981, E- NORA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Energy and Min- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mainuna Tarishi, Permanent Secretary erals, PO Box 2000, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211- (R) Third Social Action Fund: The objective is to support poor 2793, Contact: David Jairo, Permanent Secretary households in urban and rural communities’ access to opportunities (R) Ruhudji HPP Guarantee and SIL: The objective is to sup- to improve their livelihoods and manage the risks they face. Decision port the Government to develop the Ruhudji hydro power project, a Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assess- 358 MW hydro power scheme to generate 2000 GWh of electricity ment Category B. Project: P124045. US$ 220.0 (IDA Credit). Con- per annum in the private sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 sultants will be required. TASAF Management Unit, Old Kilwa Malindi June 2013. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Street, PO Box 9381, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 212-3583, Fax: (255-22) Category A. Project: P125375. US$ 200.0 (GUID). No consultants are 212-3582, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: L. Mwamanga, Acting required. Ministry of Energy and Minerals, 754/33 Samora Avenue Executive Director PO Box 2000, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 213-9455, Fax: Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development: The objectives are (255-22) 211-1749, Contact: Eng. Bashir J. Mrindoko, Commissioner to: (a) improve municipal and metropolitan management; and (b) de- Energy and Petroleum liver urban services in the three Municipal Councils that make up Dar Conservation and Management of Kihansi Ecosystem: The es Salaam. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- objective is to contribute towards achieving an output of 2.2 of GEF egory B. Project: P123134. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will BD 2 which links mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation with sus- be required. DAR City Council, PO Box 9084, Dar es Salaam, Tan- tainable land and water use and energy production under changing zania, Tel: (255-22) 212-3346, Fax: (255-22) 212-5589, Contact: Mr. climate. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Bakari Kingobi, Director Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 6.0 (GEFU). Consultants Development of National Statistical System: The objective is will be required. Vice President’s Office, PO Box 5380, Dar es Salaam, to establish a sustainable national statistical system that will provide Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-3857, Fax: (255-22) 211-3856, Contact: reliable, accurate and timely statistical information to be used in the Julius Ningu, Director of Environment design, monitoring and evaluation of public policy and programs. Bank Singida Wind Power: The objective is to improve the environment Approval completed on 24 March 2011. Environmental Assessment for private sector investment in this project, thereby increasing in- Category B. Project: P107722. US$ 30.0/4.9/16.2/7.1 (IDA vestment in Tanzanian climate-friendly wind generation capacity. Credit/CIDA/DFID/ECEU). No consultants are required. The National Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Bureau of Statistics, PO Box 796, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (212) Project: P126432. US$ 100.0/200.0 (GUID/ZPCI). Consultants will 272-7224, Contact: Ibrahim Masanja, Project Coordinator be required. Wind EA, Contact: Mark Gammons Eleventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is Finance to support the country’s policy reform agenda by balancing: (a) pol- Pension and Health Finance Reform Development Policy icy reforms to raise regional and global competitiveness of the econ- Credit: The objective is to support a comprehensive reform of the omy; and (b) policy reforms that raise the poor’s income opportunities. Tanzania pension system. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-September Identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117531. US$ US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Fi- 120.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, nance and Economic Affairs, PO Box 9111, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1174, Fax: (255-22) 211- Tel: (255-22) 211-2856/1025, Fax: (255-22) 211-7790, E-mail: 0326, Contact: Mr. Joseph Massawe, Director, Strategic Planning [email protected], Contact: Ngosha S. Magonya, Commissioner External and Performance Review Finance Energy Development and Access Expansion Additional Fi- Health and Other Social Services nancing: The objective is to address the cost overrun of its on-grid (R) Basic Health Services: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen component. Bank Approval completed on 7 June 2011. Environ- public financial management, (b) enhance monitoring and evaluation, mental Assessment Category B. Project: P125824. US$ 27.9 (IDA and (c) develop new funds flow mechanisms. Negotiations scheduled Credit). Consultants will be required. TANESCO, Umeme Park, for 26 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Ubungo, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 245-1130, Fax: (255- P125740. US$ 100.0/962.2 (IDA Credit/ZBIL). Consultants will be 22) 451-158, Contact: Decklan Mhaiki, General Manager Transmis- required. Prime Minister’s Office Regional Administration and Lo- sion SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 29

Ninth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to particularly by micro and small enterprises. The grant was signed support the Government of Tanzania with public enterprises reform on 19 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: and labor market issues. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 Novem- P122326. US$ 13.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Min- ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 75.0 (IDA istere du Commerce et de la Promotion du Secteur Prive, PO Box 383, Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Madaraka Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 221-0552, Fax: (228) 221-0572, E-mail: min- Avenue, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1174/6, Contact: [email protected], Contact: Mensah Koffi, Coordi- Mr. Ramadan Khijjah, Permanent Secretary nator Ten Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to sup- Fifth Economic Recovery and Governance: The objective is to port the country’s policy reform agenda by balancing: (a) policy re- strengthen governance and transparency in public financial man- forms to raise regional and global competitiveness of the economy; agement and key sectors of the economy (i.e phosphates and liber- and (b) policy reforms that raise the poor’s income opportunities. Pro- alization of the trucking industry). Project Concept Review Meeting ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 11 October 2011. Envi- scheduled for 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). No U. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, agency(ies) to be determined. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-2854, Fax: (255-22) 211- 7090, Contact: Ngosha S. Magonya, Commissioner External Finance Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (N) Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Energy Ad- Transportation ditional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the drainage ac- (N) Railway Revitalization: The objective is to improve the rail tivities in the poor communities within the city of Lome. Project infrastructure and selected rolling stock. Project Concept Review Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 November 2011. Environ- Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. Environmental Assessment mental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting ser- Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Reli vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Assets Holding Company (RAHCO), Railways Street Corner, Sokoine (R) Disaster Risk Management Program: The objective is to Drive, PO Box 76959, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 212-7403, improve the conditions for flood risk management and prepared- 211-2695, Fax: (255-22) 211-6525, 212-7404, E-mail: dgx_dg@trctz. ness in Togo. Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Envi- com, Contact: Benhadard Tito, Managing Director ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 7.3 (GFDR). Consulting (R) Central Transport Corridor Additional Financing: The services to be determined. The National Platform for Disaster Risk objectives are to: (a) cover for cost overrun under the Bus Rapid Reduction and Prevention, Togo, Tel: (228) 902-1696, 956-7046, E- Transit; and (b) scale-up the intervention in the improvement of the mail: [email protected] Zanzibar Airport component to enhance the project’s impact and de- Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Energy Ad- velopment effectiveness. Decision Meeting scheduled for 29 No- ditional Financing: The objective is to support the Government’s vember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA effort to rid its cities (especially, Lome) of perennial flooding, the Credit). Consultants will be required. TANROADS, PO Box 11364, Mak- major one being the construction of new drainage systems buttressed taba Complex Building, Bibi Titi Moha, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, by maintenance and rehabilitation of existing stock of drains (major Tel: (255-22) 215-0932, Fax: (255-22) 215-0022, E-mail: tanroad- and minor). Bank Approval completed on 31 May 2011. Environ- [email protected], Contact: Ephraem Mrema, Chief Executive Offi- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P125049. US$ 15.0 (IDA cer Grant). Consultants will be required. Agetur Togo, Purise, 05 B.P. 428, Transport Sector Support Additional Financing: The objec- Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 901-1491, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tive is to: (a) improve the condition of the national paved road net- tact: Koko Ayeva, Coordinator work, (b) lower transport cost on selected roads, and (c) expand the capacity of selected airports. Signing scheduled for 23 August 2011. Uganda Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126206. US$ 59.0 Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. TANROADS, PO Box 11364, Maktaba Complex Building, Bibi Titi Moha, Dar es Salaam, Tan- (R) Forestry and Natural Resources Management: The ob- zania, Tel: (255-22) 215-0932, Fax: (255-22) 215-0022, E-mail: tan- jective is to improve management of critical forest and other natural [email protected], Contact: Patrick Mfugale, Ag. Chief Executive resources in selected areas of Uganda. Project Concept Review Meet- ing scheduled for 25 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection egory B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry Second Water Sector Support: The objectives are to: (a) increase of Water and Environment, Plot 21/28 Port Bell, Luzira, PO Box access to urban and rural water supply and sanitation services; and 20026, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-414) 505-945/029, Fax: (256- (b) reform and strengthen the performance of water sector institu- 414) 505-941, Contact: David Obong Omara Oleke, Permanent Sec- tions. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 23 September retary 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Agricultural Technology and Advisory Services: The objectives Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water and Irrigation, PO Box are to support: (a) the implementation of the Government’s revised 9153, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 213-1192, Fax: (255-22) Agriculture Sector Development Strategy and Investment Program; 232-1888, Contact: Christopher Sayi, Permanent Secretary and (b) activities of other Government ministries, agencies and de- partments that are critical. Bank Approval completed on 22 June Togo 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P109224. US$ Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 120.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. NARO, PO Box 295, (R) Integrated Disaster and Land Management: The objec- Entebbe, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 320-512, Fax: (256-41) 321-070, E- tive is to support the Government to promote the sustainability of agri- mail: [email protected], Contact: Emily Kabushenga Twina- cultural production systems targeted by the National Investment masiko, Director Research Coordination of NARO. NAADS Secretariat, Program in Agriculture (PNIASA) by scaling up Sustainable Land Man- Mukwasi House, Lumumba Ave Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 345-440, Fax: agement practices in agro-forestry-pastoral systems. Decision Meet- (256-41) 347-843, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Silim ing scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Nahdy, Executive Director of NAADS Secretariat B. Project: P124198. US$ 6.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and im- Sustainable Land Management Country Program: The objective plementing agency(ies) to be determined. is to support the scale-up of sustainable land management activities to ensure environmental sustainability and poverty alleviation in the Public Administration, Law, and Justice rural areas. Bank Approval completed on 27 June 2011. Environ- (R) Private Sector Development Support (Cr. H6580-TG): mental Assessment Category B. Project: P108886. US$ 7.2 (GEFU). The objectives are to: (a) improve investment climate, in Togo and Consultants will be required. NAADS Secretariat, Mukwasi House, specifically in the Togolese Free Zone; and (b) promote job creation Lumumba Ave Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 345-440, Fax: (256-41) 347-843, PAGE 30 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Silim Nahdy, Executive Di- ing, Nile Ave PO Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 232- rector of NAADS Secretariat. NARO, PO Box 295, Uganda, Tel: (256- 095, Fax: (256-41) 343-023, E-mail: NA, Contact: Chris Laker, Pro- 41) 320-512, Fax: (256-41) 320-341/2, E-mail: [email protected], ject Coordinator Contact: Emily Kabushenga Twinamasiko, Director Research Coor- dination of NARO Transportation Energy and Mining Second Transport Sector Development: The objective is to Oil Regional Development: The objective is to improve infra- support the Government with urban transport and rehabilitation of structure and public services, boost economic development oppor- national roads on critical road corridors. Project Concept Review tunities, and enhance management of the Albertine ecosystem for Meeting scheduled for 14 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- the benefit of communities affected by early oil development in Hoima egory A. US$ 160.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Uganda and Buliisa Districts of Uganda. Project Concept Review Meeting National Road Authority, Plot 11, Yusuf Lule Road, PO Box 28487, scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423-2814, Fax: (256-41) 423-2807 gory B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Min- istry of Bunyoro Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Public Administration, Law, and Justice Water Management and Development: The objective is to help the Government to: (a) strengthen capacity and build institutions (R) Transport Sector Additional Financing: The objectives for water sector development and management; (b) invest in prior- are to: (a) upgrade the Kamwenge, Fort Portal road which would ity urban water supply, sanitation infrastructure, protect and secure provide connectivity/accessibility of the rural population to economic water sources for future expansion; and (c) operationalize integrated and social centers; and (b) provide an all-weather access for the sup- water resource investment plans into one Water Management Zone. ply of farm inputs and transport of produce. Bank Approval completed Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. on 16 June 2011. Signing scheduled for 29 August 2011. Environmental Project: P123204. US$ 130.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Assessment Category B. Project: P121097. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Ministry of Water and Environment, Plot 21/28 Port Bell, Luzira, PO sultants will be required. Uganda National Road Authority, Plot 11, Box 20026, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-414) 505-945/029, Fax: Yusuf Lule Road, PO Box 28487, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423-2814, Fax: (256-414) 505-941, Contact: David Obong Omara Oleke, Permanent (256-41) 423-2807, Contact: Eng. Peter Ssebanakitta, Executive Di- Secretary rector Electricity Sector Development: The objective is to provide Zambia cross-border energy and power trade and to improve the transient stability of the systems, safety and affordability of supply as well as flex- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ibility in the operation of the interconnected networks. Bank Approval completed on 30 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. (N) Strengthening Climate Resilience PPCR Phase II: The ob- Project: P119737. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- jective is to mainstream climate change issues in the Sixth National quired. Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Ltd Plot 10, Han- Development Plan and other strategies in order to ensure sustainable nington Road, PO Box 7625, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 425-0677, economic development towards the attainment of the country’s Vi- Fax: (256-41) 434-1789, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eri- sion 2030. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 14 Octo- asi Kiyemba, Managing Director/CEO ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (CSCF). Financial Sector Development Policy Credit: The objective is Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. to deepen the financial system and support reforms designed to im- Livestock Development and Animal Health: The objective is prove delivery of public services through improved fiscal management. to improve the productivity of key livestock production systems for Bank Approval completed on 30 June 2011. Environmental Assess- the targeted Smallholder producers in the identified areas and im- ment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- prove the safety of meat and milk products in slaughter houses mar- quired. Ministry of Finance, Finance Building, Nile Ave PO Box 8147, ket and milk collection centers. Decision Meeting scheduled for 13 Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 232-095, Fax: (256-41) 343-023, September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: E-mail: NA, Contact: Ms. Maris Wanyera, Acting Commissioner P122123. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Min- Ninth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to istry of Livestock and Fisheries Development, National Livestock support the Government’s development strategy. Decision Meeting Epidemiology, PO Box 50060, Lusaka, Zambia Tel/Fax: (260-211) 229- scheduled for 2 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- 470, Contact: Paul Fandamu, Principal Veterinary Officer gory U. US$ 65.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Office of the Prime Minister, PO Box 341, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423-3968, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Fax: (256-41) 434-1139, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Chris Laker, Project Coordinator Third Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development: The ob- assist the government with debt management and fiscal sustainabil- jective is to: (a) improve the provision of basic infrastructure and ity; administrative and civil service reform; public expenditure, financial services in the municipalities of Uganda; and (b) strengthen the ca- management and procurement; infrastructure services for private pacity of the MoLHUD and the municipalities for physical planning sector development; and regulation and competition policy. Project and own source revenue mobilization for improved operations and Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 11 October 2011. Environ- maintenance of municipal infrastructure. Decision Meeting scheduled mental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting for 26 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ject: P117876. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD), Cen- tury House, Parliamentary Av PO Box 7096, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: Water Resources Development: The objective is to support the (256-41) 434-2931, Fax: (256-41) 423-0891, Contact: Sam Mabala, development of an infrastructure platform and water management Assistant Commissioner Urban Development framework that improves water allocation efficiencies, increases the Tenth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to reliability of water available for productive purposes and strengthens continue to support the Government of Uganda’s Poverty Eradica- community resilience to climatic variability. Decision Meeting sched- tion Action Plan, by enhancing public infrastructure, promoting hu- uled for 15 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. man capital development, and supporting good governance and US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- accountability. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 14 Oc- istry of Energy and Water Development, Sheki Sheki Road, Light In- tober 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IDA dustrial Area, PO Box 50288, Ridgeway, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-211) Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Finance Build- 243-543, Fax: (260-211) 248-304, Contact: Adam Hussen, Director SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 31 Zimbabwe terior, 275 Norodom Blvd Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Chamkar Mon, Ph- nom Penh, Cambodia Tel/Fax: (855-23) 721-791, E-mail: mrd- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry [email protected], [email protected], Contact: H.E. Ngy Environmental Resource Management and Conservation: Chanphal, Secretary of State The objective is to improve the biodiversity conservation management of PAs and pilot community-based initiatives that will reverse land Public Administration, Law, and Justice degradation, employ adaptation to climate change and improve tar- (R) Public Financial Management and Accountability Ad- geted communities livelihood. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- ditional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the capacity build- uled for 31 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. ing and systems implementation for accounting, financial management US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required for institutional capacity and procurement reform including the provision of funding for the assessment, review of legislations, assessment of the state of Pro- Independent Procurement Agent. Project Concept Review Meeting tected Areas, identification of intervention localities, among others scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category will require the services of consultants. World Wildlife Fund Zimbabwe C. US$ 13.5 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Econ- Health and Other Social Services omy and Finance, 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 722-964, Fax: (855-23) 430-745, E- Health Results Based Financing: The objective is to increase cov- mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Sok Saravuth, Budget Di- erage of key maternal and neonatal health interventions. Bank Ap- rector proval completed on 13 January 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125229. US$ 15.5 (HRBF). Consulting services Local Governance and Development Program: The objective to be determined. CORDAID, Stichting Cordaid, Postbus 16440 BK’s is to assist the Royal Government of Cambodia in its implementation Gravenhage, The Hague, Netherlands, Tel: (31-70) 313-6537, Fax: (31- of the National Program for Sub National Democratic Development 61) 617-4425, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ma- in both local governance and local development objectives. Decision haman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for the Economy Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P096505. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. NCDD Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, 275 Norodom Boulevard, Sangkat Tonle Bassa, Khan Chamcar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 362-175, 720-038, Fax: (855-23) 726-092, East Asia and Pacific E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected], Con- tact: HE Ngan Chamroeun, Project Manager and Deputy Director Gen- Cambodia eral Second Public Financial Management: The objective is to Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry strengthen the Public Financial Management/Public Administration Community Based Agricultural Productivity: The objective including Budget Formulation, Budget Execution, Accounting and Fi- is to improve the productivity of diversified smallholder rice based nancial Reporting, External Audit and Oversight as well as comple- production systems: agriculture, livestock and fisheries, increase vol- mentary Capacity Building and Human Resource Development. ume and quality of export surpluses. Appraisal scheduled for 3 Oc- Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 January 2012. En- tober 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117642. vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 13.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants US$ 15.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/IFAD). Consultants will be required. Min- will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, 92, Phnom Penh, istry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 200, Norodom Blvd Ph- Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 722-964, Fax: (855-23) 430-745, E-mail: nom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855) 1722-7746, Fax: (855) 2321-7320, [email protected], Contact: Dr. Saravuth Sok, Manager of Steer- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Amida Thaveak ing Committee Secretariat Prak, Deputy Secretary General and Deputy Chair of CBAPP Energy and Mining China Rural Electrification and Transmission Additional Financ- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ing: The objective is to scale up AusAID-Trust Fund to: (a) improve (R) Hunan Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Develop- power efficiency and reliability, reduce supply costs; (b) improve ment: The objective is to demonstrate the sustainable forest man- standards of living and foster growth in rural areas; and (c) strengthen agement approach to enhance the forest carbon stocks and adaptation institutions, the regulation and the enabling environment for sector to climate change. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 19 privatization. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 22 De- July 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 August 2012. Environ- cember 2010. This project is on hold until further notice. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P125021. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). mental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.3 (4HME). Consultants will Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. be required. Electricite du Cambodge (EDC), Street 19 Wat Phnom, Daun Penh District, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 723-871, (R) Hunan Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Develop- Fax: (855-23) 426-018, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: H.E. ment: The objective is to demonstrate: (a) the enhancement of car- Keo Rattanak, RGC Delegate in-charge of Managing EdC. Electric- bon stocks in forests (mitigation) and the adaption to climate change ity Authority of Cambodia (EAC), No. 2 Road 282, Sangkat Boeng, through improved forest technologies and sustainable forest man- Keng Kang 1, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: agement approach; and (b) biodiversity conservation in protected (855-23) 987-898, Fax: (855-23) 214-144, E-mail: [email protected], areas and forest areas through an integrated landscape management Contact: H.E. Ty Norin, Secretary of State, Chairman of EAC. Min- improvement. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 18 ister of Mines, Industry, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 342- July 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 August 2012. Environ- 4523, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: H.E. Tun Lean, mental Assessment Category B. Consulting services and implement- Director General of the General Department of Energy, MIME ing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Sichuan Wudu Irrigated Agriculture Development: The Health and Other Social Services objectives are to: (a) increase irrigation coverage in agricultural pro- (R) Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor duction in project areas; (b) provide water supply, in bulk, to small in Siem Reap: The objectives are to increase incomes and improve rural communities/industries in Mianyang Prefecture; and (c) in- livelihoods of the rural poor in select communes in Siem Reap province troduce participatory approach for community-based water man- by: (a) creating and strengthening self-sustaining institutions of the agement in project areas to ensure irrigated agriculture sustainable poor, (b) providing them access to finance, and (c) linking them to development. Negotiations scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environ- markets and key value chains. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 Sep- mental Assessment Category A. Project: P121414. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P097082. Consultants will be required. Sichuan Mianyang Prefecture Project US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of In- Management Office, No. 39, North Section of Changhong Ave Mi- PAGE 32 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 anyang, China Tel/Fax: (86-816) 268-3964, E-mail: mywyshb@163. dustry and Information Technology, 13 West Chang An Ave Beijing, com, Contact: Mr. Zhou Lijun, Division Chief China, Tel: (86-10) 6601-7131, Fax: (86-10) 6601-2611, E-mail: (R) Sustainable Management and Biodiversity Conservation [email protected], Contact: Yang Tiesheng, Deputy Director Gen- of the Lake Aibi Basin: The objectives are to provide management eral strategies and mechanisms to: (a) restore the Basin’s productive and (R) Shandong Energy Efficiency (Ln. 80590-CN): The ob- protective functions; (b) conserve its wetland ecosystems; and (c) jective is to achieve energy savings by: (a) investment in selected pro- restore its ecological functions and measureable reductions of land jects in Shandong Province; and (b) strengthening suitable provincial degradation. The loan was signed on 1 August 2011. Environmental level policies, institutional and financial mechanisms in Shandong, Assessment Category B. Project: P110661. US$ 3.0 (GEFU). Consul- Shanxi and Jianxi Provinces. Signing scheduled for 25 August 2011. tants will be required. PRC-GEF Partnership for Land Degradation Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114069. US$ 150.0 in Dryland Ecosystems, (GEF-OP12), No. 12 Heilongjiang Road, (IBRD). Consultants will be required for capacity building of the Urumqi, China, Tel: (86-911) 581-8587, Fax: (86-911) 581-3241, E- Technical Assistance component. Shandong PMO, Shandong Econ mail: [email protected], Contact: Xiaoshou Yan, National Project and Info Tech Committee, No. 1, Shengfuqianjie Road, Jinan, China, Director. Xinjiang Project Executive Office, No. 12 Heilongjiang Road, Tel: (86-531) 8692-3484, Fax: (86-531) 8612-5071, E-mail: Urumqi, China, Tel: (86-991) 581-8587, Fax: (86-991) 581-3241, E- [email protected], Contact: Zhao Xudong, Director mail: [email protected], Contact: Xiaoshou Yan, National Project (R) Shandong Renewable Energy: The objective is to contribute Director to achieving Shandong Province’s renewable energy (RE) targets and Integrated Modern Agriculture Development: The objective demonstrate the potential contribution of the private sector in RE de- is to modernize agricultural sector in six provinces of China with pos- velopment. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 26 July itive effects on productivity, resources conservation and resilience to 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 November 2011. Environmental climate change. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 19 Sep- Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 quired to support the project preparation and appraisal. Shandong (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Chengkou Salt Chemical Company Tel/Fax: (86-543) 507 1502, E- Sanlihe Road, Beijing, China Tel/Fax: (86-10) 6855-3312, E-mail: so- mail: [email protected], Contact: Ma Fengsheng, Assistant Gen- [email protected], Contact: Ms. Lanying Wang, Division Chief, SO- eral Manager CAD (R) Technology Needs Assessment: The objective is to enhance Ningxia Desertification Control and Ecological Protection: China’s capacity to identify and prioritize climate mitigation and The objective is to improve the demonstration and extension of in- adaptation technology needs, and to create a stronger enabling en- novative models, the ecological environment on the Eastern Bank of vironment for the accelerated transfer, development and deployment the Yellow River in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Ap- of the prioritized technologies. Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 Au- praisal scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120932. Category B. Project: P121289. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. National Development required. Ningxia Forestry Department, No. 60 Nanxun West Road, and Reform Commission, 38 S. Yuetan Street, Beijing, China, Tel: (86- Yinchuan, China, Fax: (86-951) 410-5714, E-mail: [email protected], 10) 6850-1621/2982, Fax: (86-10) 6850-2978, Contact: Li Gao, Contact: Quanfa He, Director Deputy Director General Second Water Conservation: The objectives are to: (a) increase (R) Third Energy Efficiency Financing: The objective is to im- water productivity and farmers agricultural production income; and prove energy efficiency of selected enterprises in several key energy- (b) improve sustainable agricultural water management in the pro- consuming sectors, thereby reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, ject areas through innovative water savings measures, climate change through scale-up of participating bank’s lending for energy efficiency adaptation, agricultural diversification and development for agricul- investments. Negotiations scheduled for 24 August 2011. Environmental tural water management. Negotiations scheduled for 15 September Assessment Category F. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Con- quired. Exim Bank of China, No. 77, Beiheyan Street, Dongcheng sultants will be required. Ministry of Water Resources, No. 2 Lane 2, District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 8357-8536, Fax: (86-10) 8357- Baiguang Road, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 6320-2127, E-mail: 8568, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Anyue Zhou, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Bin Liu, Director of PMO Director General Tiger Habitat Conservation: The objective is to restore tiger habi- Beijing Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction Demo: tat in selected areas of northeastern China for the benefit of the tiger The objective is to utilize eco2 concept and low-carbon approach to population, the local inhabitants and the environment. Project Con- develop and finance several pilot areas in Beijing. Project Concept Re- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environmen- view Meeting scheduled for 18 October 2011. Environmental As- tal Assessment Category A. US$ 8.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to sessment Category B. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be be determined. State Forestry Administration, 18 East Street, Hep- determined. Project Management Office, No. 7 Binhelu, Desengmen, ingli, China, Tel: (86-10) 8423-9030, Fax: (86-10) 6421-7796, E- Xicheng District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 8228-9550, Fax: (86- mail: [email protected], Contact: Weisheng Wang, Director 10) 8228-9557, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lu Zhi-an, Di- Education rector of PMO (R) Yunnan Technical and Vocational Education and Train- Green Energy Schemes for Low-carbon City in Shanghai: The ing: The objective is to improve quality and relevance of technical and objective is to pilot green energy schemes for low-carbon city in vocational education and training (TVET) in Yunnan province. Ne- Shanghai, with a focus in Changning District, thereby reducing green- gotiations scheduled for 12 December 2011. Environmental Assess- house gas (GHG) emissions. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- ment Category C. Project: P122008. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants uled for 14 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. will be required. Foreign Loan Management Office, No. 2 Xuefu US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Changn- Road, Kunming, China Tel/Fax: (86-871) 515-5013, E-mail: ynzjxm@ ing District Government (Shanghai), 599 ChangNing Road, Tel: (86- 126.com, [email protected], Contact: Chen Yongjin, Director 21) 2205-1503, Fax: (86-21) 2205-1521, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Gao Yun, Vice Warden Energy and Mining Renewable Energy Scaling-Up Program Phase II: The objec- (R) Energy Efficiency Promotion in Industry: The objective tive is to support the government’s 12th Five-Year Plan to enable is to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emis- continued and sustainable scale-up of commercial renewable energy sions in key industrial sectors in China by addressing both the man- development through cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and agement and technical aspects of rational use of energy. Signing smooth integration to the grids, thereby contributing to government’s scheduled for 29 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category target of reduction in carbon intensity. Project Concept Review Meet- C. Project: P119357. US$ 4.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required ing scheduled for 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- for project management and technical assistance. Ministry of In- egory B. US$ 27.3 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 33

National Development and Reform Commission, 38 South Yuetan St Guangdong Social Security Integration and Migrant Train- Sanlihe Lu, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 6390-8568, Fax: (86-10) ing: The objectives are to support rural-urban integration by: (a) 6390-8085, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Fengqi social security system that promotes social equity and labor mobil- Zhou, Senior Advisor ity by enhancing coverage, integration and portability; and (b) con- Shanxi Energy Efficiency: The objectives are to: (a) support good tributing to migrant labor force that is more productive and able to energy efficiency practice in the key energy transformation process upgrade skills during their working lives. Decision Meeting scheduled and industrial energy consumption processes; and (b) develop the in- for 25 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- stitutional capacity and policy framework to sustain energy saving over ject: P117596. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Min- the long term in Shanxi province. This project is on hold until fur- istry of Finance, No. 3, Nan San Xiang, San Li He, Beijing, China, Tel: ther notice. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 300.0 (86-10) 6855-1124, Fax: (86-10) 6855-1125, Contact: Yanning Wang, (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Shanxi Hepo Gener- Division Director ation, 659 South Street, Yangquan City, China, Tel: (86-353) 226-2568, Shandong Weihai Green Transport Corridor: The objective Contact: Yin Baohong, Vice General Manager is to support Weihai to realize its goal of being a green public-transport oriented ecological and livable city. This project is on hold until Health and Other Social Services further notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (R) Shandong Confucius and Mencius Culture Heritage P117654. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Wei- Protection and Development (Ln. 80510-CN): The objective hai Development and Reform Commission, No. 70 Gaoshan Street, is to assist Shandong Province in increasing economic opportunities Weihai, China, Tel: (86-631) 528-1766, Fax: (86-631) 523-7577, E- for local communities through improved heritage protection and in- mail: [email protected], Contact: Xiaofeng Wang, Deputy Di- terpretation, and sustainable tourism development. The loan was rector signed on 15 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Transportation ject: P120234. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Shan- dong Provincial Culture City Planning and Construction Office, No. (R) Changzhi Urban Transport: The objective is to support 2 Western Road of Qianfo Mountain, Jinan, Shandong Province, Changzhi Municipality, Shanxi Province, to develop clean, safe, af- China, Tel: (86-531) 8195-2333, Fax: (86-531) 8195-2320, E-mail: sd- fordable and low-carbon urban transport through investment in pub- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sun Shiqin, Deputy Director General lic transport facilities and services, critical road infrastructure, traffic Second Chongqing Urban-Rural Integration: The objective is safety and management, and institutional strengthening. Appraisal to strengthen and improve the supply capacity of public health in- scheduled for 27 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- frastructure at district/county level. Project Concept Review Meeting gory B. Project: P124978. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category be determined. Changzhi Municipal Government, 4th FL, Yongsheng B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Chongqing Pro- Plaza, No. 168, Taihang East Street, Changzhi, China, Tel: (86-355) ject Management Office, 14/F Sun of Asia Mansion, 248 Renmin 222-8225, Fax: (86-355) 202-0031, Contact: Yukang Mao, Director Road, Chongqing, China, Tel: (86-23) 6387-7677, Fax: (86-23) 6387- (R) Fujian Meizhou Bay Waterways: The objective is to im- 7822, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Linjun Zhou, Di- prove the navigation capacity in the Meizhou Bay to facilitate the de- rector velopment of ports and comprehensive transport modes in the areas along the Bay. The project will construct and improve navigation Industry and Trade channels to various standards (10,000 to 400,000 ton) for a total length Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-Out Stage I: The ob- of 62.6 km, through seabed blasting and dredging. Project Concept jective is to assist China in meeting its HCFC phase-out obligations Review Meeting completed on 28 July 2011. Preparation scheduled to the Montreal Protocol. The obligation is a production and con- for 13 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- sumption freeze in 2013 (defined as production and consumption equal ject: P124848. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- to the baseline average of 2009 and 2010), and a 10 percent reduc- mined. Fujian Provincial Transport Department, 7th Floor tion below the baseline by 2015. Appraisal scheduled for 31 October Communication Dept Building, No.18 Dongshui Road, Fuzhou, China, 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115561. US$ Tel: (86-591) 8707 7709, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Wang 365.0 (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Foreign Economic Co- Zhaofei, Deputy Director General operation Office of Ministry of Environment Protection, 5 Houying- (R) Jiangxi Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport Development: fang Hutong, Xicheng District, China, Tel: (86-10) 8226-8801, E-mail: The objective is to construct a new regional airport, which can ac- [email protected], Contact: Wen Wurui, Director General commodate mid-size aircraft, and is designed to serve a catchment area with a population of about 2.3 m, which includes residents in Public Administration, Law, and Justice Shangrao and Yingtan, as well as people visiting the tourist destina- (R) Minimizing Formation and Releases of UPOPs Pulp tions of Sanqingshan, Wuyuan, Guifeng and Longhushan. Project and Paper Sector: The objective is to minimize formation and re- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 23 August 2011. Environ- leases of unintentionally produced Persistent Organic Pollutants (UP- mental Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services OPs) from China’s pulp and paper sector through investments in to be determined. Shangrao Municipal Government, Shangrao, BAT/BEP adoption for non-wood pulp production, adoption of nec- Jiangxi, China Tel/Fax: (86-793) 8222-9791, E-mail: sqsairport@sina. essary policy measures, and support to national and local enforcement com, Contact: Yu Xiaobin, Director of Project Management Office of industrial and environmental policies. Decision Meeting scheduled (R) Jiangxi Small Town Infrastructure Development Demon- for 14 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- stration: The objective is to improve priority infrastructure in the ject: P125528. US$ 15.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. For- project counties and establish demonstration for small town devel- eign Economic Cooperation Office of Ministry of Environment opment in Jiangxi Province. Pre-Identification is underway. Envi- Protection, 5 Houyingfang Hutong, Xicheng District, China, Tel: (86- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting 10) 8226-8801, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Wu- services to be determined. Jiangxi Development and Reform Com- rui Wen, Mr mission (JDRC), 12th Floor, General Building Jiangxi DRC, No. 3, Bei- Fujian Highway Sector Investment Additional Financing: The jing West Road, Nanchang, China, Tel: (86-791) 621 2873, Fax: objective is to support the implementation of the Rural Roads Im- (86-791) 885 8576, E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected], provement Program. The loan was signed on 5 July 2011. Environ- Contact: Jinhua Li, PMO Director mental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will (R) Kunming Urban Rail (Ln. 80370-CN): The objective is to be required. Fujian Provincial Communications Department (FPCD), increase the quality of public transport available for citizens that live 18 Dongshui Road, China, Tel: (86-591) 8707-7448, Fax: (86-591) 8767- and travel along the affected corridors by developing a light-rail line 0893, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Wang Zhaofei, Vice Di- and associated multi-modal amenities in Kunming. The loan was rector signed on 28 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- PAGE 34 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 ject: P117656. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Kun- Integrated Rural Economic Development of Demonstra- ming Municipal Government, No. 17, East Dongfeng Rd Kunming, tion Towns and Counties: The objectives are to combine: (a) the China, Tel: (86-871) 317-9991, Fax: (86-871) 313-6625, E-mail: km- construction of township and public infrastructure with rural conducive [email protected], Contact: Yu Ping, Deputy Director. Kunming Ur- industrial development; and (b) provision of employment opportu- ban Rail Company, No. 82, Mingtong Rd Kunming, China Tel/Fax: nities for migrants with skills training and capacity building, as well (86-871) 364-4999, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: He Gang, as combine central budgetary allocation. Decision Meeting scheduled Director of Project Management Office for 17 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (R) Large-City Congestion and Carbon Reduction: The objective 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Guangdong is to support the Ministry of Transport and three selected pilot cities Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Guangzhou, China, (Suzhou, Chengdu and Harbin) to develop and demonstrate a com- Tel: (86-20) 8313-3057, Fax: (86-20) 8313-8684, E-mail: chenxu@gd. prehensive package of measures, including infrastructure, policies, eco- gov.cn, Contact: Mr. Chen Xu, Deputy Director, Rural Economy Di- nomic incentives and capacity building, to discourage private car use vision. Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, while supporting high-capacity, low carbon transport modes. Iden- Changsha, China, Tel: (86-731) 8999-0817, E-mail: yyxxyy2345@ tification scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental Assessment sina.com, Contact: Mr. Xiao Xuewen, Director, Rural Economy Di- Category B. US$ 18.2 (GEFU). Consulting services and implement- vision. Gansu Provincial Development and Reform Commission, ing agency(ies) to be determined. Lanzhou, China, Tel: (86) 1391-908-5892, E-mail: [email protected], (R) Xinjiang Yining Urban Infrastructure and Environment Contact: Mr. Wang Zhiming, Deputy Director, Rural Economy Divi- Improvement: The objective is to support the urban development sion of Yining City through provision and improvement of urban trans- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection port infrastructure and services in an integrated and sustainable manner. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 8 Septem- (N) Guangdong Non-Point Pollution Control: The objective is ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). to reduce rural and agricultural pollution by promoting source re- Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. duction, commercial utilization of agricultural wastes, and sound management and treatment of rural wastes. Project Concept Review (R) Zhangjiakou Hohot (ZhangHu) Railway: The objective is Meeting scheduled for 18 January 2012. Environmental Assessment to respond to existing and anticipated transport demand along the Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implement- Hohhot-Zhangjiakou corridor by providing increased capacity for ing agency(ies) to be determined. freight and passengers, and faster travel time and increased frequency of services for passengers. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 (N) Guangdong Non-Point Pollution Control: The objective is October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122319. to reduce rural and agricultural pollution by promoting source re- US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry duction, commercial utilization of agricultural wastes, and sound of Railways, Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center, 10 Fux- management and treatment of rural wastes, which will reduce landing Rd, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 5184-1825, Fax: (86-10) 5184-1845, based pollution to the large marine ecosystems of East Asia Seas. Pro- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Xu Feng, Director ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 18 January 2012. Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Cluster Eco-Transport: The Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (GEFU). Consult- objective is to support the Ministry of Transport to promote resource- ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. saving, environmentally friendly comprehensive transport system (R) Bayannaoer Water Resources and Environment Pro- development in city clusters, with pilot demonstration of multi-modal tection (Ln. 80470-CN): The objective is to support modified uti- transport integration in the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan City Clus- lization of water resources to develop higher income activities for ter in Hunan Province. Bank Approval scheduled for 15 September local residents, and to improve the water environment in the Bayan- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P121263. US$ naoer Municipality. The loan was signed on 29 July 2011. Environ- 4.8 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport, No. mental Assessment Category A. Project: P115695. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). 11 Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 6529-3196, Fax: Consultants will be required. Bayannaoer Hetao Water Affairs Group (86-10) 6529-3156, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Hong Co. Ltd Inner Mongolia, No. 1, Shuyuan Road, Linhe District, China, Xia, Executive Director Tel: (86-478) 898-8401, Fax: (86-478) 791-8423, E-mail: bwag2011@ Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement: The 163.com, Contact: Jianping Mr. Xu, Deputy General Manager objectives are to: (a) upgrade urban roads in old urban area and the (R) Huai River Basin Marine Pollution Reduction: The ob- associated pipelines along the roads; (b) construct new roads in the jective is to demonstrate innovative and cost-effective water pollution new urban area associated along the roads; and (c) construct the ar- control practices in Dongying City that will contribute to reduce nu- tificial lakes as water sources for irrigation and urban water supply. trient and pollution load to the Bohai Sea, and develop and dissem- Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 September 2011. Environmental inate a replication strategy for the Huai River Basin. Appraisal Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be completed on 25 July 2011. GEF Council Approval scheduled for 31 determined. Gansu PMO, Anding West Road, Xifeng District, Qingyang, August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P108592. China, Tel: (86-934) 8888 918, Fax: (86-934) 8633 233, E-mail: US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required for implementation [email protected], Contact: Zhihu Yan, Deputy Director support (design and tendering document and construction quality Harbin-Jiamusi Railway: The objective is to respond to existing reviews), and M&E. Office of Foreign Economy, No. 127 Lishan and anticipated transport demand along the Harbin-Jiamusi (HJ) cor- Road, Lixia District, Jinan, Tel: (86-531) 8697-4445, Fax: (86-531) ridor by providing increased capacity for freight and passengers, and 8694-2489, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Zhang Yanfu, faster travel time and increased frequency of services for passengers. Deputy Director Appraisal scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- (R) Municipal Solid Waste Management-GEF: The objective egory A. Project: P117341. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- is to strengthen the legislative and institutional framework and quired. Ministry of Railways, 10 Fuxing Rd, Beijing 100844, China, demonstrate in three municipalies the application of best available Tel: (86-10) 5184-1825, Fax: (86-10) 5184-1845, E-mail: xufengcn@ techniques to reduce the release of unintended persistent organic 163.com, Contact: Xu Feng, Director pollutants from municipal solid waste disposal areas and incinera- Hubei Xiangfan Urban Transport: The objective is to improve tors. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 September 2011. mobility of all transport users in Xiangfan in an environmentally Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 20.0 (GEFU). Consult- sustainable, integrated, and safe manner. Decision Meeting sched- ing services to be determined. Ministry of Environmental Protec- uled for 30 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. tion, 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Xiangfan Develop- 6615-3366, Fax: (86-10) 6615-1768, E-mail: Wen.wurui@mepfeco. ment and Reform Commission, No. 106 Tiefosi Road, Xiangcheng Dis- org.cn, Contact: Ding Qiong, Department Head trict, Xiangfan, China, Fax: (86-710) 353-3994, E-mail: xffgwekm@ (R) Ningbo Municipal Solid Waste Collection and Recycling 163.com, Contact: Guoqing Wang, Deputy Director Demonstration: The objective is to upgrade and modernize the in- SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 35 frastructure and management systems for municipal solid waste col- basins. Signing scheduled for 18 August 2011. Environmental As- lection and recycling. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 December sessment Category B. Project: P114348. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consul- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123323. US$ tants will be required. Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for the studies on project Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 720-0281, Fax: (62-21) 720- background and justification, technical advisory and project design 1760, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ir. Hartoyo during the project preparation. Ningbo WB Loan Project Management Supriyanto, M. Eng, Director and Secretary of NPMU WISMP and Office, 1506/R, F15 Tianning Tower, 138 West Zhongshan Road, NTB Ningbo, China, Tel: (86-574) 8728-0409, E-mail: [email protected], (R) Sumatra Wildlife Biodiversity: The objective is to improve Contact: Zhonghua Huang, Executive Deputy Director the management of the remaining critical habitat for key wildlife in (R) Yan’an Urban Water Supply: The objective is to enhance the Sumatra. Particularly, the Sumatran Tiger to conserve key species at water supply security for Yan’an city and that of surrounding county risk of extinction and prevent the loss of essential habitat biodiver- townships. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 25 July sity. Project Concept Note scheduled for 11 October 2011. Environ- 2011. Preparation scheduled for 19 September 2011. Environmental mental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (GEFU). Consultants will Assessment Category A. Project: P125458. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Con- be required. Ministry of Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti, Jl Gatot Sub- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. roto, Jakarta, Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 572-0227, E-mail: cites@de- Jiangsu Wuxi Lake Tai Environment: The objective is to demon- phut.go.id, Contact: Mr. Agus Budi Sutito, Head of Species and strate cost-effective options to reduce pollution levels in rivers, streams Genetic Conservation Division and surface flows in the Lake Tai Basin, and the Meiliang Lake. De- (R) Sustainable Management of Agricultural Research and cision Meeting scheduled for 17 October 2011. Environmental As- Technology Dissemination (SMARTD): The objective is to sessment Category A. Project: P115319. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants strengthen the Indonesian Agency for Agriculture Research and De- will be required. Jiangsu Wuxi Project Management Office, No. 8, Ship- velopment (IAARD)’s capacity to develop and disseminate interna- ilu Road, Wuxi Municipality, Jiangsu Province, Tel: (86-510) 8279- tional best practice technologies for improved agricultural productivity, 7861, Fax: (86-510) 8279-3175, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: profitability and sustainability, especially the dual role of IAARD in Ms. Yu Suying, Director, Wuxi Municipal PMO research and outreach to farmers. Decision Meeting scheduled for 13 Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt Infrastructure and Envi- October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117243. ronment: The objective is to strengthen the economic development US$ 88.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agency for Agricul- in Liaoning coastal cities through the provision and upgrading of in- tural Research and Development, Jl. Ragunan No. 29, Pasar Minggu, frastructure services and quality of life. Identification scheduled for Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 780-1242, Fax: (62-21) 780-0644, E-mail: 19 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ [email protected], Contact: Dr. H. Sumarjo Gatot 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Liaoning Provin- Irianto, Director General cial Development and Reform Commission, No. 13 Shisiweilu, Hep- Forest Carbon: The objective is to develop good practice in finance ing District, Shenyang, China, Tel: (86-24) 2322-3724, Fax: (86-24) incentive payments to reduce deforestation and forest degradation. 2326-4851, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Teng Da, Director Bank Approval scheduled for 14 October 2011. Environmental As- Ma’anshan Cihu River Basin Water Environment Rehabil- sessment Category A. US$ 6.8 (TF). Consultants will be required. Min- itation: The objective is to improve the overall environment of the istry of Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti, Jl Gatot Subroto, Jakarta, Cihu River Basin, control pollution of the Yangtze River, enhance flood Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 572-0227, E-mail: [email protected], Con- diversion capacity of the Cihu River Channel and reduce the loss tact: Ir. Dadori, MM, Director General from water logging or dam failure. Preparation scheduled for 24 Oc- Promoting Sustainable Production Forest Management to tober 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 110.0 (IBRD). Secure Globally Important Biodiversity: The objective is to Consultants will be required to carry out a feasibility study. Imple- accelerate the implementation of the Government policy on Ecosys- menting agency(ies) to be determined. tem Restoration Concessions (ERC) whilst ensuring that biodiversity and community participation is mainstreamed into (ERC) manage- Fiji ment practices and business plans. Decision Meeting scheduled for Information and Communications 14 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P112419. US$ 3.3 (GEFU). Consultants will be required for prepara- Telecommunications: The objective is to stimulate growth and com- tion. Burung Indonesia, Jl. Dadali 32, Bogor, Indonesia, Tel: (62-251) petitiveness by: (a) facilitating and enabling infrastructure and ser- 835-7222, Fax: (62-251) 835-7961, E-mail: [email protected], vices in disadvantaged areas; and (b) stimulating a vibrant and Contact: Agus Justianto, Director of Forest Utilization Planning equitable telecommunications/ICT sector. Preparation scheduled for 27 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Third Climate Change Development Policy Loan: The objec- P113187. US$ 2.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Min- tives are to support the Government to: (a) develop a lower carbon, istry of Industry, Tourism, Trade and Communications, Naibati more climate-resilient growth path; and (b) prepare the post-2012 global House, 9 Goodenough Street, Suva, Fiji, Tel: (679) 330-5411, Fax: (679) climate change regime by establishing a conducive policy, regula- 330-2617, Contact: Mr. P. Wise, Permanent Secretary tory, and institutional setting that allows Indonesia to access global climate finance opportunities and carbon markets. Project Concept Indonesia Review Meeting scheduled for 2 April 2012. Environmental Assess- ment Category U. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry termined. Ministry of Finance, J. Lapangan Banteng Timur 2-4, (R) Second Climate Change Development Policy Loan: The Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 384-1067, Fax: (62-21) 380-8395, E- objective is to build on the progress of the Climate Change DPL and mail: [email protected], Contact: Maurin Sitorus, Direc- continue to develop a lower carbon, more climate-resilient growth path tor for Loan and Grant for Indonesia. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 200.0 Education (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, J. La- (R) Life Skills Education for Employment and Entrepre- pangan Banteng Timur 2-4, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 384- neurship: The objectives are to increase employment and earnings 1067, Fax: (62-21) 380-8395, E-mail: [email protected], of disadvantaged youth (young women, drop outs, poor) through Contact: Maurin Sitorus, Director for Loan and Grant improved market oriented skills training and entrepreneurship. This (R) Second Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Man- project is no longer in the lending program. Further reporting will agement (Ln. 80270-ID): The objectives are to further improve be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: the sector governance and management capacity, water resources P100763. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry and irrigation management performance and sustainability, as well of National Education, E Building, 3rd Floor, Jl. Jend. Sudirman, as irrigated agriculture productivity in the project provinces and river Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 572-5033, Fax: (62-21) PAGE 36 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

572-5487, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Hamid geting, improved efficiency and financial sustainability of the Muhammad, Director General Jamkesmas program. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled BOS-KITA School Operational Assistance Knowledge Im- for 20 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 provement for Transparency and Accountability Additional (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Health, Jl. HR Ra- Financing: The objective is to help finance the costs associated with suna Said, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 520-1588, E- implementation of additional activities to further enhance the impact mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Untung Suseno, M. Kes, of the BOS program and the District management of BOS. Project Con- Head of Planning Bureau cept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 January 2012. Environmen- Health Professional Education Quality Additional Financ- tal Assessment Category C. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be ing: The objective is to strengthen the quality of higher education of required. Ministry of National Education, E Building, 5th Floor, Jl. health professionals by strengthening the regulatory framework of ed- Jend. Sudirman, Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 572-5057, ucation quality assurance mainly through standardization and ac- Fax: (62-21) 572-5606, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Prof. creditation of those health professionals education and the certification Suyanto, Director General of the competencies of the graduates. Project Concept Review Meet- Research and Innovation in Science and Technology: The ob- ing scheduled for 5 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- jectives are to: (a) create an enabling environment for research and gory C. US$ 90.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. DG. Higher development in science and technology; and (b) strengthen the hu- Education, Ministry of National Education, Jl. Jend. Sudirman, man resources and performance incentives of key public science and Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 5794-6100, Fax: (62-21) 5794-6104, technology institutes in Indonesia. Negotiations scheduled for 22 Contact: Prof. Dr. Ir. Djoko Santoso, M.Sc Director August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P121842. Second Support for Poor and Disadvantaged Areas: The ob- US$ 95.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Science and Technology jectives are to support: (a) participatory pro-poor district planning; Network, Gendung II BPPT Lt.7, Jl. MH. Thamrin No.8, Jakarta, In- (b) improved service delivery responsive to community priorities; donesia, Tel: (62-21) 310-2062, Fax: (62-21) 310-2046, E-mail: (c) access to justice for poor villagers; (d) capacity development, in- [email protected], Contact: Prof. Freddy P. Zen D. Sc Deputy Min- cluding for conflict resolution; and (e) improvements in business in- ister vestment climate. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 Energy and Mining September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry for Development of (R) Geothermal Clean Energy Investment (Ln. 80820-ID): Disadvantaged Areas, Jalan Abdul Muis 7, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: The objective is to increase the utilization of clean geothermal-based (62-21) 350-0334, Ext. 1424, Fax: (62-21) 325-2739, E-mail: p2dtk@in- electricity in order to reduce pollution and improve the environment. dosat.net.id, Contact: Ir. Andjar Koentjoro, M.Sc, Act. Deputy Min- Bank Approval completed on 26 July 2011. Signing scheduled for 18 ister for Specific Areas Development August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P113078. US$ 175.0/125.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consultants will be required. Pert- Industry and Trade amina Geothermal Energy (PGE), Menara Cakrawala Lantai, 15th Floor, Jl. MH Thamrin No. 9, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 3983-3222, Fax: (62- (R) Community-Based Settlement Rehabilitation and Re- 21) 3983-3230, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Abadi construction: The objective is to meet the needs of targeted house- Purnomo, President Director holds for: (a) seismic resistant housing and (b) community infrastructure in disaster affected villages in Central and West Java (R) Second Power Transmission: The objective is to finance and Yogyakarta and other areas affected by natural disaster. Bank Ap- the expansion of power transmission networks and the connections proval scheduled for 18 August 2011. Environmental Assessment of four new geothermal developments to the national power grids in Category B. US$ 11.5 (TF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of the islands of Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan. Project Concept Re- Public Works, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: view Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2011. Environmental As- (62-21) 7279-6158, Fax: (62-21) 7279-6155, E-mail: guratno@ya- sessment Category B. US$ 375.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be hoo.co.id, Contact: Guratno Hartono, Director of Building and Neigh- determined. PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero, PLN) National borhood Development Power Co. Ltd Jl. Trunojoyo Blok M 1/135, Kebayoran Baru, In- donesia, Tel: (62-21) 725-1234, Fax: (62-21) 722-7042, Contact: I. Made Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out in the Foam Rosakya, Division Head Sector: The objective is to help the Government meet the HCFC phase- (R) Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage Power (Ln. 80570-ID): out obligations in the foam sector to the Montreal Protocol. Project The objective is to improve the efficiency of the power generation sys- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. Envi- tem in Java-Bali through: (a) development of a Pumped Storage hy- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (MPIN). Consultants dropower plan, and (b) implementation of an institutional and TA will be required. Ministry of Environment, Otorita Batam Building program to improve PNL’s managerial and operational capabilities. A 6 th Floor, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 858-0107, Fax: (62-21) Signing scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- 8590-6678, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mohd. Gempur egory A. Project: P112158. US$ 640.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Adnan, Deputy Minister for Environmental Pollution Control quired. Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero), Jl. Trunojoyo Blok Public Administration, Law, and Justice MI/135, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 726-1875/1122, Fax: (62-21) 722-1330, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Nasri Sebayang, (R) Indonesia Food Access Program (DPL-DDO): The ob- Director for Planning and Technology jective is to provide a mechanism through which international development partners can support Indonesia’s aim to proactively ensure Chiller Energy Efficiency: The objective is to capture the signif- affordable access to key staples should food prices once again rise icant potential for energy efficiency of new non-CFC chillers through sharply in world markets. Project Concept Review Meeting com- an acceleration of the replacement of the existing stock of CFC-based pleted on 28 July 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 Septem- chillers, and contribute to a market transformation to more energy ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). conscious decision-making by chiller owners. Decision Meeting sched- Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- uled for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. mined. Project: P121003. US$ 3.7/18.0/1.0 (GEFU/KFW/MPIN). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment, Jl. D.I Panjaitan Kav. 24, (R) Second Local Government and Decentralization: The Building A, 6th Floor, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 851-7164, Fax: objective is to build on lessons from the Local Government and De- (62-21) 8590-2521, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sulistyowati centralization pilot, deepen the governance and accountability re- M.M, Asst. Deputy Minister for Climate Change forms associated with the use of DAK grants, and expand the program to another set of provinces and their districts. Identification sched- Health and Other Social Services uled for 4 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (R) Jamkesmas Refinancing: The objective is to improve access 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fi- to health services for the poor and near poor by ensuring proper tar- nance, J. Lapangan Banteng Timur 2-4, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62- SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 37

21) 384-1067, Fax: (62-21) 380-8395, E-mail: tlumbantobing@ area through the construction of new regional facilities for disposal gmail.com sites, rehabilitation and improvement of existing disposal sites and (R) Western Indonesia National Roads Improvement (Ln. supporting an integrated solid waste management system. Project Con- 80430-ID): The objectives are to sustain regional economic com- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 October 2011. Environmental petitiveness and social well-being by: (a) upgrading substandard Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and roads that have been reclassified as national and strategic roads to implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the required national standards; and (b) eliminating traffic bottlenecks (R) Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation: The objectives are to in- along strategic and national roads and to enhance road sector man- troduce improved Operations and Maintenance practices in four pi- agement capacity. Signing scheduled for 30 November 2011. Envi- lot areas: (a) dredging, modern technology and best practice; (b) ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P090990. US$ 250.0 environmental, responsible sludge disposal; (c) social, equitable re- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works, Jl. settlement practices; and (d) institutional, coordinated routine main- Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 720-0281, tenance planning and practice. Decision Meeting scheduled for 8 Fax: (62-21) 720-1760, E-mail: [email protected], Con- September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: tact: Harris Batubara, Director of Planning, Directorate General of High- P111034. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ways Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura 20, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: Eighth Development Policy Loan: The objective is to further (62-21) 726-2366, Fax: (62-21) 726-1292, E-mail: suryaningsih25@ support reforms in the following key areas: (a) improving the in- hotmail.com, Contact: Ir. Pitoyo Subandrio, Director for River, Lake vestment climate; (b) strengthening public financial management; and and Reservior, Head of PMU, DGWR, MPW (c) enhancing poverty alleviation and service delivery efforts. This is Greater Surabaya Umbulan Water Supply: The objective is to a continuation of two earlier series (Indonesia DPLs 1 through 4 and improve and increase the provision of safe water through the reha- DPLs 5 to 6). Preparation scheduled for 2 September 2011. Envi- bilitation of distribution systems and water treatment plants serving ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting the five PDAMs, and the strengthening of the operational capacity of services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the five PDAMs. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 Sep- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 Transportation (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- (R) Fourth National Program for Community Empower- termined. ment in Urban Areas Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Infrastructure Guarantee Fund (IGF): The objective is to Masyarakat: The objective is to assist the Government to ensure that strengthen IGF as a single window institution to appraise infra- the urban poor benefit from improved socio-economic and local gov- structure public-private partnership subprojects requiring government ernance conditions through the institutionalization of elected repre- guarantees, and facilitate appropriate guarantee and project prepa- sentative community organizations. Project Concept Review Meeting ration support to qualified subprojects. Negotiations scheduled for scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- 24 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: egory B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing P118916. US$ 510.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Indone- agency(ies) to be determined. sia Infrastructure Guarantee Fund, Sampoerna Strategic Square, First Connectivity Development Policy Loan: The objective is South Tower, 14th Floor, Jl, Jenderal Sudirman Kav Indonesia, Tel: to support the Government’s domestic connectivity priority areas (62-21) 5795-0550, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sinthya through: (a) improved strategic projects selection and planning; (b) Roesly, President Director an enabling legal and regulatory environment; (c) improved effec- Third National Program for Community Empowerment in tiveness and efficiency of public expenditure; and (d) enhance gov- Rural Areas Additional Financing: The objective is for villagers ernance for infrastructure. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled in PNPM-Rural locations to benefit from improved socio-economic for 28 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ and local governance conditions. The additional financing will sup- 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to port two main activities consistent with the ongoing PNPM-Rural III be determined. project: Kecamantan Grants and Facilitation Support. The loan was Road Asset Preservation: The objective is to improve the usage signed on 6 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (execution, effectiveness and delivery of outputs) of the road preser- 32.7 (IDPN). No consultants are required. DG Community and Vil- vation allocations within Directorate General of Highways (DGH). Pro- lage Empowerment, Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA), Jl. Raya ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2011. Pasar Minggu km 19, Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara No. 7, Indonesia, Tel: Environmental Assessment Category C. Consultants will be required. (62-21) 794-2373, Fax: (62-21) 794-2374, E-mail: ppkpmd@ya- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. hoo.com, Contact: Drs. Ayip Muflich, Sh, M.SI, Director General for Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Community and Village (N) Urban Solid Waste Management Program: The objective Water Supply Output Based Disbursement: The objective is is to improve solid waste collection and disposal in selected partici- to assist the Government to implement policies in increasing local gov- pating municipalities through improvements in the operations, main- ernment investments to improve and to expand sustainable water sup- tenance and cost recovery of the solid waste management systems in ply and sanitation services for urban population, especially for the poor. these municipalities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 16 December 2011. En- 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ vironmental Assessment Category B. Consultants will be required. Min- 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works, istry of Public Works, Directorate General of Human Settlements, Jl. Jl. Pattimura 20, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia Tel/Fax: Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 7279- (62-21) 724-7564, Contact: Ir. Djoko Kirmanto, Minister 6158, Fax: (62-21) 7279-6155, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Budi Yuwono, Director General (R) Fourth Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat (PNPM) Rural (Ln. 80790-ID): The objective is to help villagers Kiribati in PNPM Rural locations to benefit from improved socio-economic and local governance conditions. The loan was signed on 27 July 2011. Information and Communications Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122810. US$ 531.2 Telecommunications and ICT Development: The objective is (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Home Affairs, Jl. to increase access to reliable and affordable telecommunications ser- Raya Pasar Minggu Km. 19, Jakarta Se, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, vices for the majority of the people of Kiribati. Preparation is under- Tel: (62-21) 799-5104, Fax: (62-21) 7914-1939, E-mail: ppkpmd@ya- way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0/1.0 (IDA hoo.com, Contact: Drs. Ayip Muflich, Director General of Commu- Credit/PRIF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Com- nity and Village Empowerment munications, Transport and Tourism Development, POB 487, Betio, (R) Greater Bandung Water Supply and Sanitation: The ob- Tarawa, Kiribati, Tel: (686) 26-003, Fax: (686) 26-193, E-mail: tar- jective is to improve access to solid waste services in Greater Bandung [email protected] PAGE 38 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Public Administration, Law, and Justice August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (IDA (R) Adaptation-Phase III: The objective is to implement climate Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be adaptation and disaster risk reduction priority measures. Negotia- determined. tions completed on 22 July 2011. GEF Council Approval scheduled for 26 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Marshall Islands P112615. US$ 4.9/3.0/0.9/1.8 (AUSL/GEFU/GFDR/PHRD). Con- Energy and Mining sultants will be required. Office Te Beretitenti, PO Box 68, Kiribati, Tel: (686) 21-660, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Kautuna (R) North Pacific Energy: The objective is to support Government Kaitara, Project Coordinator to: (a) review Marshalls Energy Company (MEC) and Kwajalein Atoll Joint Utility Resource (KAJUR) electricity operations; (b) review Transportation MEC’s Petroleum Operations; and (c) assess scope for Rural Elec- Aviation Infrastructure Investment: The objective is to pro- trification initiatives and review the potential for greater reliance of vide investments in Kiribati’s aviation sector infrastructure. This will renewable energy sources. Project Concept Review Meeting com- include investments in ground facilities, navigation aids, safety and pleted on 28 July 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 Septem- security equipment at Kiritimati and Bonriki airports, improvements ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122618. to air strips, resurfacing the main Kiritimati road and sector reform. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment agency(ies) to be determined. Category B. Project: P124363. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Communications, Transport and Mongolia Tourism Development, POB 487, Betio, Tarawa, Kiribati, Tel: (686) Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 26-003, Fax: (686) 26-193, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Tarsu Murdoch, Secretary Forested Landscape Protected Areas (PA) Revitalization: The objective is to conserve globally-significant biodiversity through ma- Lao People’s Democratic Republic jor arousal of public pressure for revitalization of the national PA system, using PAs adjacent to the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Bank Ap- Education proval scheduled for 27 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Third Education Development: The objective is to support the egory B. Project: P120593. US$ 1.7 (GEFU). Consultants will be government of Lao PDR to implement the National Holistic Early Child- required. Ministry of Nature, Environment and Tourism, Government hood Development. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Building No. 3, Baga Toiruu 44, Ulaanbaatar 11, Mongolia, Tel: (976- mid-September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 11) 312-269, Fax: (976-11) 321-401, E-mail: [email protected], Con- 6.0/9.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Min- tact: Donchinbuu Enkhbat, Director-General istry of Education, Lane Xang Avenue, Vientiane, Lao People’s De- Integrated Livestock-based Livelihoods Support: The objec- mocratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) 243-672, E-mail: edpiimoe@ tives are to: (a) link farmers to markets; (b) raise livestock produc- laotel.com, Contact: Sengomphone Viravouth, Director General tivity and quality to improve livestock productivity and quality, to Health and Other Social Services enhance access to domestic and regional markets; and (c) strengthen (R) Second Poverty Reduction Fund (Cr. H6850-LA): The ob- donor coordination. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for jective is to continue to assist the on-going efforts to alleviate poverty 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 12.5 throughout the territory by: (a) financing community infrastructure, (GAFS). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- and other community public capital investments; and (b) strength- termined. ening the capacity of village, Kum Banh and district level institu- Education tions. The grant was signed on 14 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123480. US$ 25.0/12.0/10.0 (IDA (R) EFA-FTI Graduation: The objective is to assist the Govern- Grant/LAFS/SWTZ). Consultants will be required. Lao Poverty Re- ment in improving child development outcomes and school readiness. duction Fund, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) 261- Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 November 2011. Environmental 480, Fax: (856-21) 261-481, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sivixay Assessment Category B. Project: P125445. US$ 10.0 (FTIE). Con- Saysanavongphet, Executive Director, Poverty Reduction Fund sultants will be required. Ministry of Education, Culture and Sci- ence, Government Building 111, Baga Toiruu 44, Mongolia, Tel: Health Services Improvement Additional Financing: The (976-11) 260-816, Fax: (976-11) 323-158, E-mail: [email protected], objective is to assist the Government to improve the health status of Contact: Sumiyadorj Moonon, Deputy Director its population, particularly the poor and rural population. Bank Ap- proval completed on 9 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Energy and Mining gory B. Project: P124906. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Simeuang Road, Vientiane Capital, Lao Ulaanbaatar Clean Air: The objective is to support measures People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) 214-059, Fax: (856-21) which will reduce emissions from heating and transport sectors in 214-058, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Sisamone Ke- Ulaanbaatar. Decision Meeting scheduled for 25 August 2011. Envi- ola, HSIP PMU Project Director ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consul- tants will be required. USIP Project Management Unit, 504, Peace Industry and Trade Avenue 56, TG Center, Khoroo 1, Sukhbaatar District, Ulaanbaatar, Eighth Poverty Reduction Support: The objective is to support Mongolia Tel/Fax: (976-11) 321-674, E-mail: [email protected], Con- policies that ensure sustain growth and improve revenue mobiliza- tact: Mr. Erdenepurev, Office of Director of Fuel Policy tion in the medium term, by increasing resources available to be used Health and Other Social Services for implementing the Seventh National Socio Economic Develop- ment Plan (NSEDP7). Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Second Sustainable Livelihoods Additional Financing: The 5 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 10.0 (IDA objective is to enhance the livelihood, security and sustainability by Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- scaling-up institutional mechanisms to reduce the vulnerability of com- termined. munities throughout Mongolia. Erratum: Decision Meeting completed on 8 April 2011. Signing scheduled for 30 August 2011. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125504. US$ 11.0 (N) Khammouane Development-Additional Financing: The (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Chin- objective is to strengthen the planning process and public financial geltei District, Khuvisgalchdiim Ave, 38, State Building No. 7, Ulaan- management associated with the decentralized delivery of public ser- baatar, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 322-465, Fax: (976-11) 328-107, vices and infrastructure, including irrigation development, in Kham- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Khashtsetseg, Director, mouane Province. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 Sustainable Livelihoods Program Office SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 39

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection of Philippines, Gil Puyat Corner Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philip- Third Ulaanbaatar Urban Service Improvement: The objec- pines, Tel: (63-2) 637-5855, Fax: (63-2) 637-5870, E-mail: ffdel- tive is to reduce vulnerability of the poor population in selected ar- [email protected], Contact: Francisco F. Del Rosario, Jr, President eas of Ulaanbaatar, in the aspects of income generation, living condition and CEO and natural disaster by improving connecting roads, solid waste col- Health and Other Social Services lection services, sanitation facilities, and drainage facilities. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Second National Program Support for Health: The objectives Category B. Project: P122535. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will are to support the Department of Health, the Philippines Health In- be required. Service Improvement Project Management Unit, TG surance Corporation (Phil Health) and health providers to: (a) become Center, 504, Peace Avenue 56, 6th Khoroo, Sukhbaatar District, an effective steward in the health sector, (b) manage the strategic pur- Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Tel/Fax: (976-11) 321 674, E-mail: usip2@mag- chasing function, and (c) prepare health providers for effective con- icnet.mn, Contact: Mrs. L. Badamkhorloo tracting with PhilHealth. Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P119069. US$ Papua New Guinea 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Health, Department of Health Compound, Rizal Avenue, Manila, Energy and Mining Philippines Tel/Fax: (63-2) 711-6061, E-mail: [email protected], Energy Sector Development: The objective is to provide ap- Contact: Ms. Maylene Beltran, Director proximately 500,000 households with access to electricity and a Social Welfare and Development Reform Additional Fi- number of small hydros which would support a transmission grid, pro- nancing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to reinforce viding electricity to Eastern Highlands, Chimbu, Western Highlands, the support for the Government’s CCT program that undergoes a Southern Highlands, Sepik and Madang Provinces. Negotiations substantial geographical scale-up. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 26 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category scheduled for 15 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P101578. US$ 6.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Department of Department of Petroleum and Energy, PO Box 1993, Port Moresby, Social Welfare and Development, Batasan Pambansa complex, Con- Papua New Guinea, Tel: (675) 322-4200, Fax: (675) 322-4222, E-mail: stitution Hills, Quezon, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 931-7916, Fax: (63- [email protected], Contact: David Eteric, Executive Of- 2) 931-8191, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Corazon ficer Soliman, Secretary Health and Other Social Services Industry and Trade Rural Service Delivery and Local Governance Preparation and Pilot: The objective is to pilot a successful Community Driven (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out: The ob- Development (CDD) platform in PNG that would be adopted by Gov- jective is to assist the Philippines in meeting its HCFC phase-out ernment as a way to improve the access, quality and management of obligations to the Montreal Protocol. Project Concept Review Meet- basic public services delivered in rural communities in PNG. Project ing scheduled for 22 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2011. Envi- egory B. US$ 40.0 (MPIN). Consulting services to be determined. ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 3.8/1.7 (F7BK/SPBF). Con- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 4/F DENR Main sultants will be required. Department of Provincial and Local Building, Visayas Avenue, Quezon City, Tel: (63-2) 926-2672, Fax: Government Affairs, PO Box 1287, BOROKO NCD, Papua New (63-2) 924-2540, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jose Atienza, Guinea, Tel: (67-5) 301-1002, Fax: (67-5) 325-0553, E-mail: mzuren- Jr Secretary [email protected], Contact: Honorable Job Pomat, MP, Minister for Public Administration, Law, and Justice Intern-Government Relations (N) Philippines National Community Driven Development Philippines Program: The objective is to empower local communities in targeted Education poor municipalities and urban areas in achieving improved access to basic services and more inclusive local government planning and (R) Second National Program Support for Basic Education: budgeting. The proposed project would support KALAHI-CIDSS Pro- The objective is to improve the quality and coverage of basic educa- gram. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 11 November tion in the Philippines through raising reading and numeracy skills, 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 250.0/50.0/50.0 developing effective approaches to improve access, strengthening (IBRD/AUSL/ZBIL). Consulting services to be determined. Depart- performance accountability and incentives and improved targeting ment of Social Welfare and Development, Constitution Hills, Batasan of lagging schools. Appraisal scheduled for 5 December 2011. Envi- Complex, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 931-8101, Fax: (63-2) 931-8191, E- ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P118904. US$ 300.0 mail: [email protected], Contact: Hon. Corazon Juliano-Soliman, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Department of Education, Mer- Secretary alco Avenue Extension, Pasig City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 631-2527, Local Government Finance Support: The objective is to support Fax: (63-2) 633-7302, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: the modernization of real property tax administration, business tax Yolanda Quijano, Undersecretary administration and local economic enterprise management systems Energy and Mining in many local governments in the Philippines as a means to improve (R) Renewable Energy Development: The objective is to sup- resource mobilization and therefore funding for local service deliv- port the renewable energy generation and distribution efficiency ery. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 November 2011. projects. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 21 September Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 23.0 (IBRD). Consult- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Local Government Support for Performance Grants: The mined. objective is to support the introduction of a performance grant system for LGUs to provide incentives for governance improvement in Finance areas such as local revenue mobilization, fiduciary control, planning (R) Regional Infrastructure for Growth: The objectives are to: and budgeting, and public participation. This project is on hold un- (a) finance regional infrastructure through the Development Bank of til further notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: the Philippines, including investments by private sector, local gov- P097445. US$ 70.0/20.0 (IBRD/AUSL). Consulting services to be de- ernments and utilities; and (b) support investments priorities of the termined. Department of Finance, Municipal Development Fund Of- regional development committee. Negotiations scheduled for 1 Sep- fice, DOF Bldg BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd Manila, Philippines, Tel: tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P108904. (63-2) 523-9215, Fax: (63-2) 526-8474, Contact: Margarito Teves, Sec- US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Development Bank retary PAGE 40 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Transportation ited, PO Box 876, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) 21-864, Fax: (676) (R) Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): The objectives are to: (a) im- 27-942, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Darin Cu- prove passenger mobility and access in project corridors by provid- sack, CEO. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Vaiaku, ing an alternative that is safer, more secure, more efficient, and Tuvalu, Tel: (688) 20-202 Ext. 3068, Fax: (688) 20-210, E-mail: generates fewer emissions; and (b) demonstrate effective public pri- [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected], Contact: vate partnership arrangements in the Philippines first BRT. Deci- Minute Alapati Taupo, Permanent Secretary. Pacific Aviation Safety sion Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2012. Environmental Office, PO Box 139, Port Vila, Vanuatu Assessment Category B. Project: P119343. US$ 80.0/15.0/15.0 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (IBRD/AFD/CIF). Consulting services to be determined. Depart- ment of Transportation and Communication, 17/F The Columbia (R) Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Phase Tower, Ortigas Ave, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City, Metro II: The objective is to establish a series of examples for the integrated Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 723-1507, 727-7960, Fax: (63-2) 726- water resources management in the Mekong Basin at regional, na- 7128, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: George Esguerra, tional and sub regional level. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Assistant Secretary, Planning uled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 44.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Mekong Cavite-Laguna North South Highway: The objectives are to: River Commissions, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (a) improve road access to the country’s premier industrial belt by re- (856-21) 263-263, Fax: (856-21) 263-264, E-mail: Phoumin@mr- ducing traffic congestion through construction of the North-South cmekong.org, Contact: Mr. Phoumin Han, Project Coordination and Expressway; and (b) assist in creating an enabling environment for Management Unit private sector participation through public-private partnerships. De- Integrated Water Resources Management: The objective is cision Meeting scheduled for 21 November 2011. Environmental As- to support the implementation of integrated water resources man- sessment Category A. Project: P101581. US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consultants agement for the Lower Mekong River Basin (Cambodia, Lao, Thai- will be required. Department of Public Works and Highways, Boni- land and Viet Nam) to achieve the sustainable water resources facio Dr Port Area, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 304-3000, Fax: management. Bank Approval scheduled for 18 October 2011. Envi- (63-2) 304-3033, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P104806. US$ 32.5 (IDA Catalina Cabral, Assistant Secretary Credit). Consultants will be required. Mekong River Commission, Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection PO Box 6101, Unit 18 Ban Sithane Neua, Sikhottabong District, Vi- (R) Manila Wastewater Management: The objective is to im- entiane 01000, Viet Nam, Tel: (856-21) 263-263, Fax: (856-21) 263- prove water and wastewater services in Metro Manila. Decision Meet- 264, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Phoumin Han, ing scheduled for 30 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Regional Coordinator, M-IWRMP, MRC F. Project: P113844. US$ 275.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be Samoa determined. Land Bank of the Philippines, 1598 M. H. Del Pilar Street, Philippines Tel/Fax: (63-2) 812-4056, E-mail: [email protected] Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry bank.com, Contact: Gilda Pico, President and CEO (R) Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Coastal Resources Disaster Risk Management Policy Loan with a CAT DDO: The and Communities: The objectives are to: (a) reduce vulnerability; objective is to enhance the capacity of the Government of the Philip- and (b) enhance the capacity of natural systems and coastal commun- pines to manage the impacts of natural disasters. Bank Approval ities to recover from impacts (chronic and acute) associated with cli- scheduled for 13 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- mate change and extreme weather events. Project Concept Note gory U. Project: P125943. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- scheduled for 8 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category quired. Republic of the Philippines, DOF Building, Bangko Sentral B. US$ 9.7 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Complex, Roxas Blvd Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 523-9216, Fax: Finance, 2, 3, 4th Floors, Central Bank Building, Matafele, Apia, (63-2) 526-9990, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Rosalia De Samoa, Tel: (685) 34-333, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Leon, Undersecretary, International Finance Group tact: Ms. Litara Taulealo, Program Coordinator Agriculture Competitiveness Enhancement: The objective is Regional to improve the competitiveness of Samoan farmers by strengthening Information and Communications value chains for selected agricultural products for which Samoa has a strong comparative advantage, in collaboration with the agribusi- Pacific Islands Regional Connectivity: The objectives are to: (a) ness sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 3 October 2011. Envi- reduce the cost and increase the capacity of international connectiv- ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115351. US$ 8.0 (IDA ity in the Pacific Region; (b) facilitate extension of telecommunica- Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 2, 3, 4th tions infrastructure and services to unserved areas; and (c) generate Floors Central Bank Building, Matafele, Apia, Samoa, Tel: (685) 34- new economic opportunities and reduce isolation of communities. Bank 331, Fax: (685) 21-312, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Approval scheduled for 30 August 2011. Environmental Assessment tact: Hinauri Petana, Chief Executive Officer Category B. Project: P113184. US$ 17.2/9.7/0.5 (IDA Grant/ASDB/ PRIF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Information and Transportation Communications, PO Box 1380, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) 28-170, (R) Enhancing Climate Resilience for West Coast Road: The Fax: (676) 24-861, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Paula objective is to upgrade drainage and reinforce the surface of the West Ma’u, Secretary of Information and Communications Coast Road from Apia to the airport, in order to increase its resilience Transportation to climate change. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (CSCF). (R) Pacific Aviation Investment: The objectives are to: (a) im- Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. prove the safety, security, efficiency, management and environmental sustainability of airports, and (b) improve regional harmonization Solomon Islands of aviation safety standards. Decision Meeting scheduled for 25 Au- gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126745. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry US$ 60.0/2.6 (IDA Grant/PRIF). Consultants will be required for: Adaptation: The objective is to implementation of climate adaptation design and supervision of infrastructure investments; preparation and disaster risk reduction priority measures. Appraisal scheduled for of technical specifications; aviation regulations and manuals devel- 15 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 opment; restructuring of civil aviation authorities; and establishing (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment and the independent airport operating authority. Ministry of Finance and Conservation, PO Box G13, Honiara, Solomon Islands, Tel: (677) 21- Economic Development, Bairiki, Kiribati, E-mail: abeiatau@mfep. 074, Fax: (677) 212-7855, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: gov.ki, Contact: Atanteora Beiatau, Secretary. Tonga Airports Lim- Mr. Shadrack Fanega, Permanent Secretary SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 41 Energy and Mining Public Administration, Law, and Justice Tina River Hydropower Development: The objectives are to: Land Information System (LIS): The objectives are to provide (a) improve the affordability of electricity on Guadalcanal by switch- efficient, transparent and accessible land administration services and ing energy production from very expensive, imported, diesel power land information through a computerized national LIS. Project Con- to hydropower, a sustainable, lower cost, and renewable alternative; cept Note scheduled for 14 January 2014. Environmental Assess- and (b) mobilize private financing for power generation to supplement ment Category C. US$ 220.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. limited public resources. Appraisal scheduled for 15 November 2011. Department of Land, Ministry of Interior, The Government Complex, Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114317. US$ 12.0/8.0 Chaengwattana, Laksi, Bangkok, Thailand Tel/Fax: (66-02) 141-5555, (EUIB/GUID). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Mines, En- Contact: Mr. Anuwat Maytheewibulwut, Director General ergy and Rural Electrification, PO Box G37, Lengakiki Ridge, Honiara, Public Sector Development Policy: The objective is to assist the Solomon Islands, Tel: (677) 28-609/25-937, Fax: (677) 25-811, E-mail: Government to strengthen the performance of the public sector. Sign- [email protected], Contact: Luma Darcy, Permanent Secretary ing scheduled for 14 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory U. Project: P114154. US$ 1000.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Public Administration, Law, and Justice required. Public Debt Management Office, Ministry of Finance, Rama (R) Development Policy Operation 1: The objective is to sup- VI Road, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel: (66-02) 273-9158, Fax: (66-02) 273- port the Interim Strategy Note and National Development Strategy 9109, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Suwit Rojana- public service delivery objectives. Project Concept Review Meeting vanich, Director, Public Policy and Planning Bureau completed on 15 August 2011. Preparation scheduled for 30 August Transportation 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 2.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance and Trea- Urban Transformation: The objectives are to improve efficiency sury, PO Box 26, Honiara, Solomon Islands, Tel: (677) 22-556, E-mail: in mass transit services and municipal facilities in the context of [email protected], Contact: Shadrach Fanega, Permanent Secre- Bangkok Metropolitan Authority’s city-wide GHG abatement strat- tary egy. This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P120764. US$ 70.0/70.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Thailand Consultants will be required. Bangkok Metropolitan Authority, 173 Dinso Road, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel: (662) 224-2966, Fax: (662) Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 224-3049, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Pornthep Techapaiboon, Deputy Governor (R) Supporting Capacity Building, Law Enforcement, and Market Incentives for Wildlife Conservation: The objective is Timor-Leste to support direct conservation activities, enforce wildlife conservation laws, and reduce pressures on forest resources that fits well with the Information and Communications goals of the GEF objectives in the biodiversity focal area. Project Con- (R) Telecommunications and ICT Development: The objec- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental tive is to facilitate increase access to a wide variety of reliable and af- Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be fordable telecommunications services for the entire population of determined. Ministry of National Resources and Environment, 61 Pa- Timor-Leste through efficient and well-regulated competition. Appraisal holyothin Road, Lad Yao, Jatujak, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel: (66-02) scheduled for 15 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category 2561-4835, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Chatchawan Pis- C. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- damkham, Director of Wildlife Conservation Office istry of Infrastructure, Rua de Caikoli, Dili Timor, Timor-Leste, Tel: (670) 723-6746, Fax: (670) 333-1500, E-mail: [email protected] Energy and Mining Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)/Pub- lic Expenditure Analysis (PEA) Advancing Clean Energy In- (R) Road Climate Resilience (Cr. H6830-TP): The objective is vestment: The objectives are to: (a) increase amount of power to upgrade key corridors on Timor Leste’s 1,000 km core road in- generation based on renewable energy in Thailand; and (b) improve frastructure to handle the effects of climate. This would enhance the energy efficiency in street lightning on public highways to help reduce drainage capacity, erosion protection using bio-engineering tech- greenhouse gas emission. Decision Meeting scheduled for 13 De- niques, gabions, retaining walls, repair pavement to sections already cember 2011. This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental damaged. The grant was signed on 6 July 2011. Environmental As- Assessment Category A. Project: P120765. US$ 110.0/110.0 (IBRD sessment Category B. Project: P125032. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Con- /CCTF). Consulting services to be determined. Electricity Generat- sultants will be required for service (design and supervision of the ing Authority of Thailand (EGAT), 53 Moo 2 Charansanitwong Rd Bang investment activities) and technical assistance to Ministry of Infra- Kruai, Nonthaburi, Thailand, Tel: (66-2) 436-3000, Fax: (66-2) 436- structure (to establish appropriate emergency planning and response 3092, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sineenat Sittirata- systems to natural disasters). Ministry of Infrastructure, Rua de narangsee, Chief Financial Officer. Provincial Electricity Authority Caikoli, Dili Timor, Timor-Leste, Tel: (670) 723-6746, Fax: (670) (PEA), 200 Ngam Wong Wan Rd Chatuchak, Bangkok, Thailand, 333-1500, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Jose L.C.C. Tel: (66-2) 589-0100, Fax: (66-2) 590-9538, E-mail: numchai.low@ Pereira Mestre, Director General pea.co.th, Contact: Numchai Lowattanatakul, Assistant Deputy Gov- Tonga ernor Energy and Mining Industry and Trade (R) Energy Road Map Implementation: The objective is to pro- (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out Phase I: vide technical assistance to implement: (a) recommendations from The objective is to assist government in meeting its HCFC phase-out the Petroleum Supply Chain Study; (b) institutional, legal, policy and obligations to the Montreal Protocol. These obligations are con- regulatory updates for petroleum and electricity; (c) design the pro- sumption freeze in 2013 (defined as production and consumption equal posed Tonga Green Incentive Fund; and (d) TPL investments for to the baseline average of 2009 and 2010), and a 10 percent reduc- safety, data acquisition and improved efficiency. Project Concept tion below the baseline by 2015. Project Concept Review Meeting Note scheduled for 11 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. US$ 3.5/5.0 (IDA Grant/PRIF). Consulting services to be de- egory B. US$ 50.0 (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Ministry of termined. Tonga Energy Roadmap Implementation Unit, PO Box 5, Industry, Department of Industrial Works, 75/6 Rama VI Road, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) 24-644, Fax: (676) 23-888, Contact: Rob Ratchthewi, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel: (66-2) 202-4101, Fax: (66-2) 354- Solomon, PM Economic Advisor. Tonga Power Limited, PO Box 3390, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Arthit Wuthikaro, 1704, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) 28-344, Fax: (676) 23-632, Con- Director General tact: Peter McGill, CEO PAGE 42 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Public Administration, Law, and Justice Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3846-8160, (R) Economic Recovery Operation: The objective is to support Fax: (84-4) 3845-4319, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mme. Hoa the Government of Tonga’s efforts to facilitate the recovery of its Hoa, Head of the International Cooperation Department economy and public finances over the medium term in the wake of Sustainable Natural Resource Management: The objective is the global economic crisis. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 Sep- to support improvements in the development and management of tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126453. coastal and marine resources in Viet Nam. Decision Meeting sched- US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) uled for 15 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- to be determined. ject: P118979. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), No. 2 Ngoc Transportation Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3846-8160, Aviation Infrastructure Investment: The objective is to under- Fax: (84-4) 3845-4319, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mme. Hoa, take investments in aviation sector infrastructure. This will see im- Head of the International Cooperation Department provements to the runways, ground facilities, navigation and safety Viet Nam Climate Change Development Policy II: The objective equipment at Fua’amotu, Ha’apai and Va’vau airports. This project is to improve the management of marine and coastal resources in sup- is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category port of sustainable fisheries in selected coastal provinces of Viet Nam. B. Project: P124362. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 February 2012. En- quired. Ministry of Public Enterprises, Tonga, Tel: (676) 24-727, Fax: vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Con- (676) 24-958, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Inoke Vala, Di- sultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural rector, Ministry of Public Enterprises Development, 2 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 84-4) 843- Vanuatu 8688, Fax: (84-4) 843-8791, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Dr. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hao, The Head Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry National Adaption: The objectives are to: (a) mainstream CCA Education and DRR at national, provincial and community levels; (b) strengthen (R) Private Higher Education Loan Fund Facility: The capacity in date analysis, mapping and vulnerability assessments; objective is to improve the quality of higher education in Viet Nam, and (c) implement climate resilience measures in targeted sectors. De- by providing loans and technical assistance to groups of private uni- cision Meeting scheduled for 28 September 2011. Environmental As- versities to expand/improve their study programs. Decision Meet- sessment Category B. Project: P112611. US$ 3.2/2.6 (ECEA/GEFU). ing scheduled for 25 March 2013. Environmental Assessment Cat- Consulting services to be determined. Vanuatu Meteorological Ser- egory F. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry vice, PMB 9054, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Tel: (678) 22-331, Fax: (678) 24- of Education and Training, 49 Dai Co Viet, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 686, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Jotham Napat, Director (84-04) 3869-2497, Fax: (84-04) 3869-1414, E-mail: ttha@moet. gov.vn, Contact: Ms. Tran Thi Ha, Director General of Higher Edu- Viet Nam cation Department Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) School Readiness Promotion: (formerly Early Childhood (R) Climate Change Development Policy: The objective is to im- Education for Disadvantaged Children) The objective is to assist prove the management of marine and coastal resources in support the Government’s early childhood education program with a par- of sustainable fisheries in selected coastal provinces of Viet Nam. ticular focus on disadvantaged children. Decision Meeting scheduled Negotiations scheduled for 8 September 2011. Environmental As- for 24 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ sessment Category U. Project: P122667. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Con- 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education sultants will be required. Ministry of Agricultural and Rural and Training, 49 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3868- Development, 2 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 4667, Fax: (84-4) 3869-4085, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: 843-8688, Fax: (84-4) 843-8791, E-mail: [email protected], Ms. Le Minh Ha, Director of ECE Contact: Dr. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hoa Education for All Fast Track Initiative: The objective is to pro- (R) Forest Sector Development Additional Financing: The vide pre-primary and primary education program support to meet ed- objectives are to: (a) continue to achieve sustainable management of ucational goals. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 27 plantation forests and the conservation of biodiversity in special use September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 147.0 forests in Viet Nam; and (b) expand the Smallholder Plantation Pro- (FTIE). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education and gram to additional Provinces. Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 Training, 49 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 869- October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA 2397, Fax: (84-4) 869-4085, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Le Tien Thanh, Director General of Primary Education Depart- and Rural Development, Building OCD 29 La Thanh, Dong Da, Hanoi, ment Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3513-2567, Fax: (84-4) 3513-2737, E-mail: Science and Technology Innovation: The objective is to focus [email protected]; [email protected], Contact: Mr. Vu Xuan on science and technology and innovation in Viet Nam, to support Thon, Director of Forest Sector Development Project Office more effective national innovation system conducive to higher pro- (R) Mekong Delta Water Resources Management for Rural ductivity and growth. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 April 2012. Development (Cr. 49510-VN): The objectives are to protect and Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P117394. US$ 100.0 enhance the utilization of water resources in the Mekong Delta re- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education gion in an integrated manner in order to sustain gains in agriculture and Training, 57A Tran Phu Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) productivity, raise living standards, and accelerate climate change adap- 3822-8874, Fax: (84-4) 3734 2091, E-mail: [email protected], tation measures. The credit was signed on 13 July 2011. Environmental Contact: Mr. Thach Can, Director General, International Cooperation Assessment Category B. Project: P113949. US$ 160.0 (IDA Credit). Department Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De- Tenth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to velopment (MARD), 23 Hang Tre Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84- promote the growth and transition to a middle-income market econ- 4) 3934-3312, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Phuong omy, reduce poverty and ensure social inclusion, manage environmental Tran, Director and natural resources in a sustainable manner, build institutions to Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development: The objec- support the above actions, and promote modern governance. Deci- tive is to support improvements in the development and management sion Meeting scheduled for 13 October 2011. Environmental Assess- of coastal and marine resources in Viet Nam. Decision Meeting sched- ment Category U. Project: P111183. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). No uled for 8 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. consultants are required. State Bank of Viet Nam, 47-49 Ly Thai To, Project: P124702. US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 934-3361, Fax: (84-4) 825-0612, E-mail: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), No. 2 Ngoc [email protected], Contact: Le Minh Hung, Director General SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 43

Third Higher Education Development Policy: The objective is power. The loan was signed on 28 June 2011. Environmental As- to support the Government’s implementation of its Higher Education sessment Category A. Project: P084773. US$ 330.0 (IBRD). Con- Reform Agenda 2006-2020. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 No- sultants will be required. Electricity of Viet Nam, 18 Tran Nguyen Han vember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P116354. Street, Han Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 220-1387, Fax: (84-4) 220- US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- 1386, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dinh Quang Tri, Vice istry of Education and Training, 49 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi, Viet President Nam, Tel: (84-4) 869-2397, Fax: (84-4) 869-4085, E-mail: North East and Red River Delta Regional Health System [email protected], Contact: Ms. Tran Thi Ha, Director General of Support: The objectives are to improve: (a) quality of health services Higher Education Department at district and provincial level; (b) access of the poor and near-poor Energy and Mining to health services; and (c) civil works, equipment, training, expansion of insurance coverage for the poor and near poor population, and (R) Distribution Efficiency: The objective is to improve the effi- strengthening health system management. Decision Meeting sched- ciency of the electricity distribution system in Viet Nam. Preparation uled for 30 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- scheduled for 16 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category ject: P122629. US$ 180.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. B. US$ 300.0/30.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consulting services to be deter- Ministry of Health of Viet Nam, 138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh Ha Noi, Viet mined. Viet Nam Electricity (EVN), 18 Tran Nguyen Han Street, Nam, Tel: (84-4) 846-4416, Fax: (84-4) 846-4051, E-mail: byt@moh. Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 2220-1339, Fax: (84-4) 2220-1340, E- gov.vn, Contact: Hoang Long Nguyen, Deputy Director mail: [email protected] (R) Second Power Sector Reform DPO: The objective is to sup- Industry and Trade port the Government with the implementation of competitive gen- (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out Phase I: eration market, power sector restructuring and tariff reform to The objective is to assist Viet Nam in meeting its HCFC phase-out oblig- develop competition and supply security, and consumers’ efficient ations to the Montreal Protocol. Negotiations scheduled for 27 Sep- use of electricity. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 October 2011. tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Con- (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Natural Resource sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Environment, No. 8 Phao Dai Lang, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Viet 54 Hai Ba Trung Street, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3775-9385, Fax: (84-4) 3775-9382, E-mail: vncof- 2220-2222, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Cuong Dang [email protected], Contact: Nguyen Khac Hieu, Vice Chairman and Deputy Huy, General Director Director General (R) Second Transmission and Distribution Additional Fi- Inclusive Innovation: The objectives are to strengthen Viet Nam’s nancing: The objective is to scale-up the development of Viet Nam’s capacity for inclusive innovation, focusing on improving the lives of transmission and distribution system. The loan was signed on 31 May the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP); and to enhance the technological 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114875. US$ capabilities of enterprises to improve competitiveness and produc- 180.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Viet Nam Electricity tivity. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environ- (EVN), 18 Tran Nguyen Han Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 2220- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 55.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants 1339, Fax: (84-4) 2220-1340, E-mail: [email protected], Con- will be required. Ministry of Planning and Investment, No. 6B Hoang tact: Pham Le Thanh, General Director Dieu, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 804-4948, Fax: (84-4) Clean Production and Energy Efficiency: The objective is to re- 734-2189, Contact: Bui Thu Thuy, Director, General Issues and Pol- duce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through market-based mech- icy Division anisms to scale-up the adoption of energy-efficient technologies in new Public Administration, Law, and Justice and existing industrial facilities, and support energy efficiency improvement in large commercial and residential sectors, including (R) Third Program 135 Phase 2 Development Policy Support promotion of more efficient electrical appliances. Signing scheduled Operation (Cr. 49180-VN): The objectives are to support the pol- for 30 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: icy and institutional actions to improve the results of one of Viet P116846. US$ 2.4 (GEFU). Consultants will be required for project Nam’s principal National Target Programs (NTP) for poverty reduc- management and technical assistance. Ministry of Industry and tion. The credit was signed on 31 May 2011. Environmental Assess- Trade, 54 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: (84-4) 220-2431, ment Category U. Project: P117610. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Phuong Hoang Kim, Execu- consultants are required. Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs, 80 tive Deputy Director Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3733-3510, Fax: (84-4) 3823-0235, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Finance Tran Van Thuat, Director Post Poverty Reduction Support Credits Development Pol- Avian and Human Influenza Control and Preparedness icy Lending: The objective is to support the Government of Viet Additional Financing: The objective is to increase the effective- Nam to continue its reform process in the area of economic manage- ness of the Government services in reducing the health risk to poul- ment, governance and poverty reduction. Project Concept Review try and humans from avian influenza in eleven high priority Meeting scheduled for 17 April 2012. Environmental Assessment provinces and thus contribute to addressing HPAI at the national Category U. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- level by controlling the disease at source in domestic poultry. Bank menting agency(ies) to be determined. Approval completed on 30 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123783. US$ 10.0/13.0 (IDA Credit/AHIF). Health and Other Social Services Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, 138A Giang Vo (R) Social Safety Net: The objective is to strengthen Viet Nam’s Street, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 6273-2273, Fax: (84-4) 3846-4051, E- social safety net to alleviate chronic poverty, help vulnerable house- mail: [email protected], Contact: Prof. Trinh Quan Huan, holds deal with shocks, and help poor households invest in human Vice Minister capital for long-term poverty reduction. Project Concept Review Expressway Development Danang-Quang Ngai: The objective Meeting scheduled for 30 November 2011. Environmental Assessment is to improve inter-regional transport linkages through the develop- Category C. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. ment of a high capacity high standard expressway facility to support Trung Son Hydropower Company, 710B Lac Long Quan, Viet Nam, the social and economic development of Viet Nam and its Central Re- Tel: (84-4) 3710-0596, Fax: (84-4) 3710-0597, E-mail: nvhoi11@ya- gion, as measured by reduced road transit times, reduced safety risks, hoo.com, Contact: Mr. Nguyen Van Hoi, Deputy Director and by the efficient operation and mgmt of expressway network. (R) Trung Son Hydropower (Ln. 80410-VN): The objective is Signing scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment to finance equipment and civil works relating to the construction of Category A. Project: P106235. US$ 470.5/143.0/673.6 (IBRD/IDA the 88-meter high dam on the Ma River and the development of the Credit/JICA). Consultants will be required. Project Implementation power house and associated plant to produce 250 MW of electric Unit No. 1, 308 Minh Khai, Hanoi, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: (8-4) 3862- PAGE 44 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

8983, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], pmd3_- mentation. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2012. Envi- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Hoang Dinh Phuc, General Di- ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0/120.0 (IBRD/IDA rector Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- Health Sector Governance Strengthening: The objectives are termined. to strengthen the Ministry of Health and other health sector governance institutions’ capacity and management systems in areas of Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection policy making, implementation of key policies, monitoring and eval- (N) Rural Sanitation and Water Supply (P4R): The objective uation, supervision and policy inspection. Project Concept Review Meet- is to support eight provinces in the Red River Delta region in providing ing scheduled for 28 October 2011. Environmental Assessment sustainable water supply, sanitation and hygiene services using a re- Category C. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. sults-based approach and in alignment with the National Target Pro- Ministry of Health, 138 Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84- gram. Identification scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental 4) 846-4914, Fax: (84-4) 846-4051, E-mail: phamtuandr2003@ya- Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- hoo.com, Contact: Dr. Pham Le Tuan, Director vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Social Security Administration Modernization: The objective is to support the modernization of the social security adminis- (R) Medium Cities Development: The objective is to increase ac- tration in Viet Nam by improving the business processes, modernizing cess to improved urban infrastructure services in the three selected information systems, improving service delivery, and strengthening medium size cities Phu Ly, Lao Cai, and Vinh. Decision Meeting management and accountability. Decision Meeting scheduled for 25 scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- January 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: gory A. Project: P116398. US$ 210.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will P106624. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Viet be required. Project Preparation Unit (PPU) in Phu Ly, People’s Com- Nam Social Security, 7 Trang Thi Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84- mittee of Phu Ly, Bien Hoa Road, Luong Khanh Thien Ward, Phu Ly 4) 3936-1776, Fax: (84-4) 3934-4169, E-mail: [email protected], Con- City, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: (84-35) 1388-3232, E-mail: banoda- tact: Mr. Le Bach Hong, Director General [email protected], Contact: Mr. Nguyen Van Tien, Director of PPU. Project Preparation Unit (PPU) in Vinh, No. 1 Le Mao Street, Vinh Thanh Hoa Bai Vot Expressway: The objective is to improve trans- City, Viet Nam Tel/Fax: (84-38) 384-5134, E-mail: odavinh@gmail. port linkages in the Northern Region of Viet Nam through the de- com, Contact: Mr. Le Quoc Hong, Director of PPU. Project Prepara- velopment of a high-capacity, high-standard expressway facility to tion Unit (PPU) in Lao Cai, 266 Hoang Lien Road, Lao Cai Province, support social and economic development. Project Concept Review Viet Nam Tel/Fax: (84) 384-0810, E-mail: [email protected], Meeting scheduled for 29 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Contact: Mr. Phan Trung Ba, Director of PPU Category A. US$ 300.0/200.0/500.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit/ZBIL). Con- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Transport, 80 Tran (R) Urban Water Supply and Wastewater (Cr. 49480-VN): Hung Dao, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3942-0198, Fax: (84-4) 3942- The objective is to increase access to sustainable water services and 3291/1436 environmental sanitation in selected areas. The credit was signed on 13 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P119077. Transportation US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Con- (R) Road Asset Management: The objective is to enhance road struction, 37 Le Dai Hanh Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-90) 342- asset management capacity in Viet Nam and ensure continued effective 3969, Fax: (84-4) 3821-5428, E-mail: [email protected], use of the national and provincial road network in support of the eco- Contact: Tuong Van Nguyen, Director. Ministry of Planning and In- nomic development, as well as to minimize negative impacts resulted vestment, 2 Hoang Van Thu Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (89-91) 326- from infrastructure development such as traffic safety, congestion, en- 0007, Fax: (84-4) 3821-5428, E-mail: [email protected], vironmental and social issues. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 Contact: Pham Quoc Tuan, Deputy Director November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123961. US$ 250.8 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Danang Sustainable City Development: The objective is to help Project Management Unit No. 2 (PMU2), 18 Pham Hung, Hanoi, Da Nang become a more sustainable city that benefits all citizens by Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3768-0063, Fax: (84-4) 3768-0072, E-mail: improving urban environment and increasing urban mobility in a clean, [email protected], Contact: Nguyen Ngoc Long, General Director safe, inclusive and energy-efficient manner. Appraisal scheduled for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: (R) Third Rural Transport Additional Financing: The objec- P123384. US$ 40.0/132.5 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to tives are to improve rural access for communities to markets, off-farm be determined. Danang Priority Infrastructure Investment Projects economic opportunities and social services by: (a) increasing road ac- Management Unit, Danang People’s Committee, 54 Thai Phien Street, cess by communities, (b) improving road network management and Danang, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-5) 1135-62677, Fax: (84-5) 1135-62678, maintenance, and (c) supporting capacity building for rural transport E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Luong Thach Vy, PMU Di- network planning, implementation and maintenance. Project Con- rector cept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 97.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be Managing Natural Hazards: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen required. Project Management Unit No. 6 (PMU6), 278 Ton Duc community-based disaster risk preparedness, improve weather fore- Thang Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3851- casting and early warning capacity; and (b) mitigate the impacts of 3659/4406, Fax: (84-4) 3851-0857, E-mail: [email protected], natural disasters though investments of priority infrastructure in se- Contact: Mr. Cao Van Hung, Deputy General Director lected disaster-prone provinces in Central Region. Decision Meeting Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Additional Financing: The objective is to improve access to gory B. Project: P118783. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will markets by businesses, farmers and the poor with lower logistics be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2 Ngoc costs resulting from the alleviation of key physical and institu- Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 84-4) 843-8688, Fax: (84-4) 843- tional bottlenecks of the main transport corridors in the Mekong 8791, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Cao Tuan Minh, Delta region. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 Sep- Project Director tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 Second Urban Upgrading: The objectives are to: (a) improve the (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport, living conditions in low-income areas in up to six cities in the Mekong 80 Tran Hung Dao, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3942-0198, Fax: (84-4) Delta Region; and (b) operationalize a national urban upgrading pro- 3942-3291/1436 gram. Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Pilots: The objective is to Assessment Category A. Project: P113904. US$ 92.0/200.0 (IBRD/IDA support the implementation of pilot PPP projects that will be passed Credit). Consultants will be required. Management Board for Urban through the PPP Financing Framework to demonstrate its value- Development PMU, MOC, 37 Le Dai Hanh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84- added to the government, and to learn early lessons from imple- 4) 976-3329, E-mail: [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 45

50.0 (ARTF). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. South Asia (R) Second Public Financial Management Reform: The objective is to develop an efficient and effective PFM system and human Afghanistan resource capacity of the Ministry of Finance and the CAO. Signing scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry C. Project: P120427. US$ 73.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be de- (R) Improving Agricultural Inputs Delivery System (IAIDS): termined. Ministry Of Finance, Pashtoonistan Square, Kabul, The objective is to increase adoption of improved crop production Afghanistan, Tel: (93-79) 924-0142, E-mail: [email protected], technologies through expanding development of certified seeds Contact: Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Minister and improving access to agricultural inputs of reliable quality. Ap- (R) Second Sustainable Development of Natural Resources praisal scheduled for 20 March 2012. Environmental Assessment (Cr. H6990-AF): The objective is to sustain achievements to date Category B. Project: P120397. US$ 49.0 (ARTF). Consultants will by further strengthening the institutions and regulatory capacity in be required. 20 FAO CP weeks of consultancy will be required. Min- the sector, attracting additional FDI through new international offerings, istry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Jamal Mena, Karte and deepening economic linkages within resource corridors. Signing Sakhi, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-79) 340-0730, 955-3544, E-mail: asif. scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category [email protected], Contact: Assad Zamir, General Directorate B. Project: P118925. US$ 52.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- of Programs quired for implementation of technical assistance. Ministry of Mines (R) Irrigation Restoration and Development (IRDP) (Cr. (MoM), PO Box 291, Kabul, Tel: (93-799) 144-350, Fax: (93-70) 289- H6810-AF): The objective is to increase agriculture productivity 780, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Waheedullah Qaderi and production in the project areas. Signing scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122235. US$ Transportation 97.8/48.4 (IDA Grant/ARTF). Consultants will be required. Min- Second National Emergency Rural Access: The objective is to istry of Energy and Water, Darul Aman Road, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: provide year round basic rural road access to the rural Afghanistan. (93-799) 390-317, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Project Concept Note scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental Mirwais Mirzad, PCU/EIRP - Deputy Director for Kabul Regional of- Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0/100.0 (IDA Grant/ARTF). Con- fice sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and (R) Physical and Institutional Infrastructure for Strategic Development, Darluaman Road, Nelabagh Street, Kabul, Afghanistan, Grain Reserves in Afghanistan: The development objective of the Tel: (93-79) 930-6173, E-mail: [email protected] project is to improve food security for the poor and other food-inse- cure people in Afghanistan by creating the physical and institutional Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection infrastructure required for the establishment and efficient function- (R) Second Kabul Urban Reconstruction: The objectives are ing of a Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) for emergency relief and lim- to: (a) improve urban management and the delivery of urban services ited price stabilization. Appraisal scheduled for 8 September 2011. in Kabul; (b) provide access to basic urban services in a selected Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 12.0 (JSDF). Consultants number of unplanned neighborhoods in Kabul; and support the Min- will be required for the implemenation. Ministry of Agriculture, Ir- istry of Urban Development Affairs and the preparation of the national rigation and Livestock, Jamal Mena, Karte Sakhi, Afghanistan urban development program. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Finance uled for 21 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Emergency Financial Sector Response: The objective is to help Urban Development Affairs, Afghanistan DAB cope with the recent banking sector crisis through critical diagnostic assessment of ten commercial banks to restore public con- Bangladesh fidence; and modernization of the national payment system to facilitate payments within the country. Preparation is underway. Environ- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry mental Assessment Category C. Project: P119047. US$ 19.0 (IDA (N) Afforestation for Climate Risk Reduction: The objective Credit). Consultants will be required in all components at imple- is to mitigate the impact of climate change on both the coastal and mentation. Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan, Tel: (93 20) 210 4836, hilly areas of Bangladesh through the afforestation and reforestation E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Zalmei Sherzad, of mangrove and non-mangrove trees and two strip plantations and Director, Financial Sector Strengthening Project the establishment of core zone and buffer zone forest in Chittagong Industry and Trade Hilly Areas. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 Sep- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 New Market Development: The objectives are to support: (a) (BDCC). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- firm level competitiveness, and (b) the development of forward and termined. backward linkages. Bank Approval completed on 3 May 2011. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118053. US$ 22.0 (IDA (R) Integrated Agricultural Development: The objective is to Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Commerce and In- enhance the productivity of agriculture (crop, livestock and fisheries) dustry (MoCI), Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-794) 936-458, E-mail: in selected agro-ecologically constrained and economically depressed [email protected], Contact: Pamir Patang, Chief of Staff, areas through the use of improved seed varieties and better water man- MoCI agement techniques which will increase outputs and impact household food security, nutrition and welfare in many ways. GEF Council Public Administration, Law, and Justice Approval scheduled for 18 August 2011. Environmental Assessment (R) Development Policy Program: The objective is to focus on Category B. Project: P123457. US$ 46.3 (GAFS). Consultants will be reform in the following areas: Macroeconomic management and required during preparation and implementation for Project Man- public financial management, public administration reform, social pro- agement specialized services, Seed, M&E and Livestock. Ministry of tection and pensions, power and mining. Project Concept Review Agriculture (MOA), Building 4, Room 534, Secretariat, Bangladesh, Meeting scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental Assess- Tel: (880-2) 716-0470, Fax: (880-2) 716-7040, Contact: H. D. Hemay- ment Category U. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and im- atuddin, Deputy Project Director plementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Modern Food Storage Facilities: The objective is to support (R) Second Judicial Reform: The objective is to strengthen the the development of modern food storage facilities in the country and centralized state justice system in Afghanistan and increase access to provide food security particularly during disaster. Project Concept Re- justice for the Afghan people. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- view Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. Environmental As- uled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ sessment Category A. US$ 190.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to PAGE 46 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 be determined. Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Food and sessment Category B. US$ 125.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and Disaster Management, Bangladesh implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Integrated Fisheries Livelihoods: The objective is to increase the incomes of fisheries communities and the availability of fish products Health and Other Social Services for domestic consumption and local sale through improved fishing (R) Civil Society Adaptation Fund: The objectives are to: (a) sus- productivity, product quality, and market access. Decision Meeting tain, strengthen, and scale-up the development of grassroots mech- scheduled for 15 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. anisms for communities to increase resilience to the impacts of climate Project: P119363. US$ 125.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. change; (b) support research to strengthen the community capacity Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock (MOFL), for climate resilient planning; and (c) develop social policy interven- Matsya Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 956-2861, tions to take a better account of climate risk. Project Concept Review Fax: (880-2) 956-6393, E-mail: [email protected] and pcd@fourth- Meeting completed on 27 July 2011. Preparation is underway. En- fish.org vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125447. US$ 11.5 (BDCC). Consulting services to be determined. Palli Karma-Sahayak Education Foundation (PKSF), E-4/B, Agargaon Administrative Area, Sher-e- Education Sector: The objective is to support the Ministry of Ed- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 914-0056, Fax: (880- ucation to institute substantive policy reforms to improve gover- 2) 912-6244, E-mail: [email protected] nance, quality and equity of secondary education. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 September 2011. Environmental As- Health, Nutrition and Population Sector Development: The sessment Category C. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services objective is to support the Government’s health sector by contribut- and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ing to the acceleration towards achieving the health related MDGs. Bank Approval completed on 26 May 2011. Environmental Assess- Primary Education Development Support: The objectives are ment Category B. Project: P118708. US$ 358.9 (IDA Credit). Con- to improve the quality and relevance of primary education, to improve sultants will be required. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, access and equity, and to strengthen educational management capacity. Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-6979, Bank Approval scheduled for 26 July 2011. Environmental Assess- Fax: (880-2) 716-9077, E-mail: [email protected], Con- ment Category B. Project: P113435. US$ 300.0/300.0/295.4 (IDA tact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for the Economy Credit/ASDB/ZBIL). Consultants will be required Bangladesh Reaching Out-of-School Children Additional Financing: The Industry and Trade objective is to reduce the number of out-of-school children through (R) Northern Areas Reduction of Poverty Initiative: The ob- improved access, quality and efficiency in primary education, espe- jective is to support women from lagging areas to participate in the cially for the disadvantaged children, in support of Government of thriving textile based industry. If the pilot succeeds, employment in Bangladesh’s Education For All (EFA) goals. Bank Approval completed other sectors can also be addressed. The main goal is to support on 4 May 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: women in wage employment. Negotiations scheduled for 22 August P120804. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Min- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114841. US$ istry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), Bangladesh Secre- 29.3/3.5 (IDA Credit/MSC1). Consultants will be required. Bangladesh tariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-2484, Fax: (880-2) Export Processing Zone Authority, House-19/D, Road 6, Dhanmondi, 861-8871, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 2967-0530, Fax: (880-2) 2865- Commissioner for Finance 0060, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: A.K.M. Mahbubur Energy and Mining Rahman, Member (R) Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Develop- Private Sector Development: The objective is to support the de- ment Second Additional Financing: The objective is to increase velopment of zones based on the countries past experience in export social and economic growth by increasing access to electricity in rural processing. Bank Approval completed on 1 March 2011. Environ- areas of Bangladesh. Negotiations scheduled for 24 August 2011. mental Assessment Category A. Project: P120843. US$ 120.0/17.4 (IDA Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126724. US$ Credit/DFID). Consultants will be required. Bangladesh Export Pro- 172.0/2.0/6.7/0.6 (IDA Credit/ASDB/GPBA/KFW). Consultants will cessing Zone Authority, House-19/D, Road 6, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, be required during: implementation; quality assurance; training and Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 2967-0530, Fax: (880-2) 2865-0060, E-mail: outreach; and environmental management. Infrastructure Develop- [email protected], Contact: A.K.M. Mahbubur Rahman, Member ment Company Limited (IDCOL), UTC Building, Level 16, 8 Pan- Finance. Bangladesh Computer Council, BCC Bhaban, Agargaon, thapath, Kawranbazar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 910-2171-8, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Contact: A.N.M. Safiqul Is- Fax: (880-2) 811-6663, E-mail: [email protected] lam, Deputy Secretary (R) Siddhrganj Power Additional Financing: The objective is to increase the supply of electricity in Bangladesh and strengthen Information and Communications the institutional capacity of the implementing agencies. Appraisal com- (R) Leveraging Information and Communications Tech- pleted on 8 August 2011. Negotiations scheduled for 21 September nologies for Governance, Growth and Employment: The ob- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P124724. US$ jective is to leverage Information and Communications Technologies 230.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Electricity Gener- (ICT) for governance, growth and employment. Appraisal completed ation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB), BTMC Bhaban Level-8, 7-9 on 13 June 2011. Negotiations scheduled for 1 September 2011. En- Kawran Bazar C/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 911-6382, 812- vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122201. US$ 70.0 4197, Fax: (880-2) 911-8345, E-mail: [email protected], (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to [email protected] be determined. Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit I: The PRSC is the first of three operations series. The objective is to support fiscal sustainability and Public Administration, Law, and Justice transparency in public expenditure to provide the basis for enhanced (R) Identification System for Enhancing Access to Services- private investment and sustained growth. Preparation is underway. Phase II (Cr. 49380-BD): The objective is to establish a secure, Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). accurate and reliable national ID system in Bangladesh that serves Consulting services to be determined. Finance Division, Ministry of as the basis for more efficient and transparent service delivery. The Finance, Building 7, Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) credit was signed on 21 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- 716-4484, Fax: (880-2) 716-5581, Contact: Ranjit Kumar Chakraborty, egory C. Project: P121528. US$ 195.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Additional Secretary be required. Bangladesh Election Commission, Block-5/6, Sher-e- Rural Energy Development: The objective is to increase elec- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 812-2600, Fax: (880- tricity access in rural Bangladesh at optimum cost. Project Concept 2) 811-9819, E-mail: http://www.ecs.gov.bd, Contact: Brig. Gen. Review Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental As- Akhtaruzzaman Siddique, Project Director SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 47 (R) Local Governance Support II: The objective is to strengthen Bhutan the accountability of local governments providing services that meet community priorities, supported by an efficient and transparent in- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry tergovernmental fiscal system. Decision Meeting scheduled for 8 (N) Sustainable Financing for Biodiversity Conservation September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 282.2 and Natural Resources Management: The objectives are to (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Local Gov- enhance: (a) the transparency and competitiveness of the conserva- ernment, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Building No. 7, Room tion grant program of the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environment Con- No. 602, Bangladesh Secretariat, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-3566, servation; and (b) the impact of the biodiversity conservation out- Contact: Swapan Kumar Sarkar, Director General comes by improving conservation management of forests and al- pine ecosystems in the high altitude northern landscape. Project Con- Strengthening the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor Gen- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 13 September 2011. Environ- eral: The objective is to strengthen the institutional arrangements mental Assessment Category B. US$ 4.1 (GEFU). Consulting services for the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General by: (a) im- to be determined. Bhutan Trust Fund for Environment Conservation, proving the quality of audit practices, (b) expanding the audit scope, Chang Lam, PO Box 520, Thimpu, Bhutan Tel/Fax: (975-2) 339- and (c) enhancing the capacity of FIMA to supply professional pub- 863, E-mail: [email protected] lic sector financial management staff. First Grant Funding Request (R) Improving Rural Livelihoods: The objectives are to: (a) ex- Approval completed on 27 May 2011. Environmental Assessment pand the network of rural roads; (b) support public and private mea- Category C. Project: P120125. US$ 16.6 (BDSP). No consultants are sures to enhance agricultural productivity; and (c) strengthen the required. Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Audit Bha- marketing of agriculture commodities. Project Concept Review Meet- ban, 77/1 Kakrail, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (88-02) 836-3327, Fax: ing scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- (88-02) 831-2690, Contact: Ahmed Ataul Hakeem, Comptroller and egory B. US$ 12.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing Auditor General of Bangladesh agency(ies) to be determined. Transportation India

(R) Second Rural Transport Improvement: The objective is to Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry improve rural accessibility and enhanced sustainability of rural trans- (R) National Dairy Support: The objective is to increase the pro- port and market services through effective rural infrastructure in- ductivity of milk animals and improve market access of milk producers vestment and asset management. Decision Meeting scheduled for in project areas. Appraisal completed on 26 July 2011. Negotiations 22 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P123828. scheduled for 29 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Local Gov- B. Project: P107648. US$ 352.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to ernment Engineering Department, LGED Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher- be determined. National Dairy Development Board, PB No. 40, e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, E-mail: [email protected] Anand, India, Tel: (91-26) 9226-0148, Fax: (91-26) 9226-0157, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ravi Shankar, Director Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) National Rural Livelihoods (Cr. 49780-IN): The objective is to enhance the income and employment opportunities for the poor (R) Rural Water Supply and Sanitation: The objective is to in- and their institutions through increased access to financial and liveli- crease sustainable access to safe water supply and improved sanita- hood resources and services. The credit was signed on 18 July 2011. tion in the rural areas of Bangladesh, focused on supporting the Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P104164. US$ 1000.0 Government in mitigating against deteriorating water quality arising (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Government of India, from arsenic, pathogens, salinity and others. Decision Meeting sched- Ministry of Rural Development, Room No. 249, 2nd Floor, Krishi uled for 12 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Bhawan, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2338-2313, Fax: (91-11) 2338- Project: P122269. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- 7536, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. T. Vijay Kumar, Joint quired. Consults will be required to support assessing institutional Secretary framework for rural water supply services; supporting the private (R) North East Rural Livelihoods: The objective is to enhance sector for monitoring scheme operation and business advisory; sup- the economic opportunities and empowerment of women, youth and port for construction and supervision; monitoring of ground water, most disadvantaged in four North Eastern states. Appraisal completed aquifer mapping and relevant environmental studies, and bench- on 2 August 2011. Negotiations scheduled for 29 August 2011. En- marking exercise. Department of Public Health Engineering, vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P102330. US$ 130.0 (IDA Bangladesh, Contact: Md. Nuruzzaman, Chief Engineer Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Development for the North East Region, Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, Maulana Azad Rd, In- Dhaka Environment and Water: The objectives are to: (a) re- dia, Tel: (91-11) 2379-4694, Fax: (91-11) 2302-2013, E-mail: j.mukher- duce the social and economic costs of environmental degradation of [email protected], Contact: Ms. Jayashree Mukherjee, Joint Secretary, rivers in Dhaka and (b) develop a programmatic approach to water Ministry of Development of Nort resources and environmental management in the Dhaka metropolitan area for strategic long-term activities and investments. Negoti- (R) Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Phase 2: The ations scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment objective is to: (a) assist the Government to strengthen their institu- Category A. Project: P096555. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants tional and policy framework for integrated water resources manage- will be required. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Building 6, ment for the entire State; and (b) enable the farmers in targeted Room 1318, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880- irrigated areas to increase their agricultural productivity and water 2) 716-9621, Fax: (880-2) 716-9210, E-mail: [email protected], use efficiency. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 26 Contact: Dr. Mohammed Nasiruddin, Joint Secretary May 2011. Preparation scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122770. US$ 800.0 (IDA Credit). Rivers and Information and Conservation: The objective is to Consulting services to be determined. Government of Uttar Pradesh, help the Government enhance long-term water resources planning Irrigation Department, Sachivalaya, Lucknow, India, Tel: (91-522) 223- and development to mitigate against extreme water-related risks 8461, Fax: (91-522) 2236957 while improving economic benefits to stakeholders. Preparation (R) West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irri- scheduled for 7 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category gation: The objective is to enhance agricultural production of small A. Project: P117206. US$ 180.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- and marginal farmers in the project area. Negotiations scheduled for quired for preparatory studies. Bangladesh Water Development 23 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Board, Ministry of Water Resources, WAPDA Building, Motijheel P105311. US$ 125.0/125.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- C/A, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 988-0879, Fax: (880-2) 988-3456, Con- quired to assist the State Project Management Unit with the imple- tact: Salim Bhuiyan, Superintendent Engineer mentation of the project will be recruited. Water Investigation and PAGE 48 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Development Department (WIDD), Government of West, Writers’ Finance Building, B.B.D Bagh, Kolkata, India, Tel: (91-33) 2214-3666, Fax: Capital Market and Pension Administration Technical As- (91-33) 2214-5025, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Biswas, sistance: The objective is to support the Government in imple- Secretary, WIDD menting its current decentralization strategy and improve service Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement: The objective is to im- delivery to the population. Preparation is underway. Environmental prove the safety and operational performance of selected existing Assessment Category C. Project: P113834. US$ 18.0 (IBRD). Consulting dams. Signing scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assess- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ment Category B. Project: P089985. US$ 175.0/175.0 (IBRD/IDA Financing Affordable Housing: The objective is to increase ac- Credit). Consultants will be required to assist with project manage- cess to creditworthy low-income and economically weaker section fam- ment and technical design and construction supervision will be re- ilies to housing finance. Preparation is underway. Environmental cruited. Water Resources Organisation, 710(S) Seea Bhavan, R. K. Assessment Category F. Project: P119039. US$ 125.0/375.0 (IBRD/IDA Puram, New Delhi, India, Fax: (91-11) 2610-4104, E-mail: dir-drip- Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- [email protected], Contact: Ravi Pilai, PMU Director termined. Jammu and Kashmir Participatory Watershed Manage- ment: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen institutional focus on wa- Health and Other Social Services tershed protection and development, (b) enhance livelihood (R) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Systems opportunities and (c) facilitate project coordination. Negotiations Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Program: The ob- scheduled for 23 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- jectives are to support the government to strengthen: (a) the policy egory B. Project: P099857. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will framework, systems and capacities at the national level and in 8 se- be required. Department of Forestry, Government of Jammu and lected states to deliver quality ICDS services, especially in nutritional Kashmir, Near Pollution Control Bldg. Silk Factor, Road Raj Bagh, outcomes; and (b) the policy/institutional framework and state level Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar, India Tel/Fax: (91-194) 2331-1924, stewardship for multi-sectoral nutrition planning and implementa- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: M.H. Khan, Project Di- tion. Negotiations scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental As- rector, PCCF Government of HP sessment Category C. Project: P121731. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Orissa Water Sector Improvement Mahanadi Basin: The Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Woman and Child objective is to improve Orissa’s capacity for sustainable water re- Development, 6th Floor, A Wing, Shastri Bhawan, India, Tel: (91-11) sources management and improve the productivity of water in tar- 2338-7683, Fax: (91-11) 2307-0479, E-mail: [email protected] geted areas of the Mahanadi Basin. Decision Meeting scheduled for (R) Social Security for the Unorganised Sector: The objective 8 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: is to support the Ministry of Labour and Employment, to implement P105759. US$ 250.0/50.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services a new health insurance scheme targeted at poor households. Nego- to be determined. Government of Orissa, Secha Sadan, Unit-5, tiations scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Bhubaneswar, India, Tel: (91-674) 239-3740, Fax: (91-674) 239- Category C. Project: P111867. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will 2486, Contact: Sridhar Behra, Director be required. Ministry of Labour and Employment, India, Contact: Mr. Rajasthan Agricultural Development: The objective is to demon- Adetokunbo Abiru, Commissioner for Finance strate at scale the feasibility of a range of agricultural development (R) Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Health: The objectives are approaches integrating technology, organization, institution and mar- to strengthen the State’s health stewardship role, public sector man- ket innovations across selected regions of Rajasthan—each marked agement capacity, institutional accountabilities and human resources by different conditions—capable of significantly increasing agricul- which will enable the state to improve service delivery by the public tural productivity and farmer incomes. Appraisal scheduled for 15 No- and private sector, and ultimately achieve better health outcomes. De- vember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124614. cision Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental As- US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Gov- sessment Category B. Project: P100304. US$ 152.0 (IDA Credit). ernment of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, Tel: (91-141) 222-7914, Fax: Consulting services to be determined. Government of Uttar Pradesh, (91-141) 222-7096, Contact: R.K. Meena, Principal Secretary Public Works Department, 96, M. G. Marg, Lucknow, India, Tel: (91- Second Karnataka Watershed Development: The objectives 522) 222-7288 are to improve selected watersheds, advance rural livelihoods, Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen capacities of local institutions, and demonstrate success- increase the supply of Electricity to India’s national grid through the ful convergence of integrated watershed management with MNREGA addition of renewable, low-carbon energy; and (b) strengthen the soil and water conservation operations. Decision Meeting scheduled institutional capacity of the Borrower with respect to the preparation for 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ and implementation of economically, environmentally and socially 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Watershed Devel- sustainable hydropower projects. Bank Approval completed on 30 June opment Department, Government of Karnataka, 7th Floor, KHB 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P096124. US$ Complex, Cauvery Bhavan, KG Road, Bangalore, India, Tel: (91-80) 648.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. THDC India Limited, Pra- 2212-9601, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Rajiv gatipuram Bypass Road, Rishikesh 249201, Uttarakhand, India, Tel: Ranjan, Additional Project Director (91-135) 2452-5764, 2453-7821, Fax: (91-135) 2454-5092, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: R.K. Chawla, General Manager Education (Corporate Planning) (R) Secondary Education: The objective is to help the Govern- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ment in achieving more equitable access to good quality secondary education. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. Envi- (R) Bihar Social Protection (SP): The objective is to increase the ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118445. US$ 500.0/130.0 poverty reduction impact of social protection programs for the poor- (IDA Credit/DFID). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) est and most vulnerable households in Bihar through systemic im- to be determined. provements and demonstrated innovations in SP program delivery. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 26 July 2011. Envi- Energy and Mining ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Luhri Hydro Electric: The objective is to increase the supply of clean, sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. renewable, low-carbon and peaking energy to India’s northern grid (R) Capacity Building for Urban Development (Cr. 49970- and to enhance the reliability of the grid. Preappraisal scheduled for IN): The objective is to provide technical assistance support at both 7 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: the State and Urban Local Bodies level to strengthen policy, support P102843. US$ 650.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. institutional reform and improve procedures and skills in the areas SJVN Limited, Himfed Building, New Shimla, India, Tel: (91-177) 267- of municipal financial management, service delivery, planning and 0741/0064/0490, Fax: (91-177) 267-0642, E-mail: sjvncp@ya- governance. Signing scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environmen- hoo.co.in, [email protected] tal Assessment Category C. Project: P099979. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 49

Consultants will be required. Ministry of Urban Development, Bhawan, through common service delivery outlets and ensure efficiency, trans- Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2306-2374, Fax: parency and reliability of such services at affordable costs to realize (91-11) 2306-1446, Contact: Mahmood Ahmed, Director, JNNURM the basic needs of the common man. The loan was signed on 10 May (R) Delhi Urban Management: The objective is to improve 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P108258. US$ the efficiency and coordination of urban management of Delhi 150.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Government of India, De- metro region. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 Decem- partment of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, North Block, ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 1000.0 New Delhi 110001, India, Tel: (91-11) 2309-4913, Fax: (91-11) 2309- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to 2345 be determined. Transportation Bihar Panchayat Strengthening: The objective is to improve the autonomy, capacity and accountability of Panchayati Raj Institu- (R) Assam State Roads: The objective is to provide road users in tions: (a) in select districts to implement government anti-poverty Assam with good quality and better managed state highways and schemes and undertake discretionary development initiatives that are major district roads. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for responsive to community needs; and (b) improve the policy and ad- 30 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: ministrative environment to enable PRIs function. Appraisal sched- P096018. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Public uled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Works Department, Assam, Sachivalaya, Dispur, India Tel/Fax: (91- Project: P102627. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required 361) 226-1678, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mohan Boro, Com- for the entire set up in the Gram Swaraj Society at the state, district missioner and Special Secretary and block level. Government of Bihar, Bikas Bhawan, Patna, India, (R) Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (Ln. 80660-IN): Tel: (91-612) 220-2229, Fax: (91-612) 220-0991, Contact: Girish The objectives are to: (a) provide additional rail transport capacity, Shankar, Principal Secretary improve service quality and higher freight throughput on the 343 km Haryana State Roads: The objective is to improve the overall ef- Khurja-Kanpur section of the Eastern rail corridor; and (b) develop ficiency of the Haryana Road Sector. Project Concept Review Meet- the institutional capacity of DFCCIL to build and maintain the DFC ing scheduled for 15 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category infrastructure network. Signing scheduled for 26 September 2011. En- A. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Gov- vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P114338. US$ 975.0 ernment of Haryana, Haryana PWD, B&R Branch, Plot No. 1, Sector (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Dedicated Freight Corridor 33, Nirman Sadan, Chandigarh, India, Tel: (91-172) 261-8210, Fax: Corporation of India Ltd 5th Floor, Pragati Maidan Bldg Complex, (91-172) 261-8221, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2345-4601, Fax: (91- tact: Rakesh Manocha, Chief Engineer and Project Director 11) 2345-4701, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: A. K. Dutt, Acting Man- Himachal Pradesh Environmentally Sustainable Develop- aging Director ment DPL: The objective is to support the Government of Himachal First National Highways Interconnectivity Improvement: The Pradesh to integrate principles of sustainable development in sectoral objective is to improve and sustain integration of less developed ar- policies and programs of key development sectors. Decision Meeting eas in the project states by enhancing their road connectivity with the scheduled for 8 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- National Highways network. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 Sep- gory U. Project: P124041. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P121185. be determined. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Room No. 329, US$ 620.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Road Armsdale HP Secretariat, Shimla, India, Tel: (91-177) 262-1871, Fax: Transport and Highways, Transport Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New (91-177) 262-8474, Contact: Ms. Sarojni Ganju Thakur, Additional Chief Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2371-8575, Fax: (91-11) 2371-5047, E-mail: Secretary [email protected], Contact: A. V. Sinha, Director General (Road De- Orissa Government Effectiveness Development Policy Loan: velopment) and Special Secretary The objective is to focus on inclusive growth and government effectiveness. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-August Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 168.0/82.0 (R) Rajasthan Water Supply and Sanitation: The objective is (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to increase access to improved, affordable and sustained water and to be determined. sanitation services of urban and rural communities in Rajasthan. Second Gujarat State Highway: The objective is to improve the Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 8 December 2011. overall efficiency of the Gujarat state road sector. Project Concept Re- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 180.0 (IDA Credit). view Meeting scheduled for 22 September 2011. Environmental As- Consulting services to be determined. Public Health and Engineer- sessment Category A. US$ 375.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. ing Department (PHED), Government Secretariat, Jaipur, 302017, Government of Gujarat, Block 4, 2nd Floor, New Sachivalaya, Gand- India, Tel: (91-141) 515-3222, Fax: (91-141) 222-7222, Contact: Ram hinagar, India, Tel: (91-79) 2325-1801/02, Fax: (91-79) 2325-2509, Lubhaya, Principal Secretary E-mail: [email protected] (R) Second Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation: The Uttar Pradesh Development Policy Loan: The objective is to objective is to assist Kerala government to expand access at sustain- develop rural infrastructure in the state, including rural power, san- able rural water supply and sanitation schemes and to consolidate its itation, housing and marketing hubs. Decision Meeting scheduled for demand responsive and decentralized service delivery model (the 1 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ Jalanidhi model) for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation. Appraisal 200.0/100.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- scheduled for 26 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category menting agency(ies) to be determined. B. Project: P121774. US$ 155.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to West Bengal Secondary Cities Development and Manage- be determined. Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, ment: The objective is to expand the delivery of appropriately planned PTC Towers, 3rd Floor, Thampanoor, Thiruvananthapuram, India, and effectively managed local and regional urban infrastructure in sec- Tel: (91-471) 233-7006, Fax: (91-471) 233-7004, E-mail: krwsa@sat- ondary cities by strengthened urban bodies through an improved ur- yam.net.in, Contact: Prasanth N, Executive Director ban institutional and financing framework. Project Concept Review (R) Third Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Meeting scheduled for 6 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Cat- (Jalswarajya-II): The objective is to build institutional capacity of egory B. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Water Supply and Sanitation Department and Panchayatiraj Insti- Department of Urban Development, Nagarayan, Sector 1, Block DF- tutions for improved sector management across the state, and to im- 8, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India, Tel: (91-33) 2334-9394, Fax: (91-33) prove access of rural communities in select districts, to sustainable 2334-7880, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Debashis Sen, water and sanitation services. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Principal Secretary uled for 23 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. e-Delivery of Public Services: The objective is to make all Gov- US$ 225.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing ernment services accessible to the common man in his locality, agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 50 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Gujarat Urban Development Program: The objective is to im- Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 441-8784, Fax: (977-1) 441- prove service delivery through targeted investments and capacity 2199, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tessi Yehouenou, Di- building. This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental rector General Assessment Category A. Project: P094722. US$ 180.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Gujarat Urban Development Cor- Energy and Mining poration, Government of Gujarat, First Floor, Abhishek Bldg Sector (R) Kabeli “A” Hydroelectric: The objective is to support the 11, Ghandinagar, India, Tel: (91-79) 2324-1862, E-mail: ksrinivas_ias@ creation of new electricity generation capacity in Nepal. Decision yahoo.co.in, Contact: S.J. Haider, Managing Director Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Modernization: The ob- Category A. Project: P122406. US$ 42.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- jective is to improve the quality and sustainability of water and san- vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. itation services to beneficiaries in selected cities through the creation (R) Kabeli Transmission (Cr. H6760-NP, Cr. 49320-NP): of autonomous, accountable and customer oriented service providers. The objectives are to: (a) support the addition of transmission capacity Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. to the Integrated Nepal Power System; and (b) provide access to elec- Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Con- tricity and cooking fuel to communities in the area of the Kabeli 132 sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Urban Development, kV transmission line. The credit and grant were signed on 27 June India 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P112893. US$ Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Modernization: The ob- 27.4/10.6 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. jectives are to improve: (a) the quality and sustainability of water ser- Nepal Electricity Authority, Nepal, Contact: Jivendra Jha, Managing vices to inhabitants of selected Indian cities; and (b) access to water Director and sanitation services to un-served inhabitants in those cities, via Health and Other Social Services the development of autonomous, accountable and customer-oriented service providers. This project is on hold until further notice. Envi- (N) First 1000 Days: The objective is to enable Nepal to improve ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P105991. US$ 1000.0 the nutritional status of pregnant women and children under the age (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Urban Development, of 2. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 August 2011. Nirman Bhawan, India Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Con- sulting services to be determined. National Planning Commission, Maldives Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 421-1041, Fax: (977- 1) 421-1058 Health and Other Social Services Pension and Social Protection Additional Financing: The Public Administration, Law, and Justice objective is to support the Government to implement a system of old (R) Urban Government and Development Program Emerg- age income security and safety nets based on a combination of man- ing Towns (Cr. H6610-NP, Cr. 49050-NP): The objective is to dated savings and cash transfers to be administered by the Maldives build the capacity of municipal authorities in a targeted group of sec- Pension Administration Office and the Social Protection agency. Bank ondary cities to plan and implement basic infrastructure that will Approval completed on 2 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- lead to improved services for their residents and businesses. The egory C. Project: P125700. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will credit was signed on 27 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- be required. Government of Maldives, Hilaalee Magu, Male 20389, egory B. Project: P120265. US$ 25.0/3.0 (IDA Credit/GTZ). Consultants Maldives, Tel: (960) 330-9908, Fax: (960) 330-7759, E-mail: ceo@pen- will be required. Department of Urban Development and Building Con- sion.gov.mv, Contact: Mohammed Maniku, CEO struction (DUDBC), G.O.B. Box 8236, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977- 1) 426-2365, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Public Administration, Law, and Justice Prakash Bahadur Ragubansi, Section Chief Second Development Policy Credit: The objective is to help the Government implement policy and institutional reforms, in order to Transportation mitigate risks and support robust economic performance over the (R) Results-based Bridges Improvement and Maintenance: medium-term in macroeconomic and fiscal management, public fi- The objective is to improve uninterrupted movement of traffic along nancial management, and accountability institutions. Project Concept Nepal’s Strategic Roads Network through support to the Govern- Review Meeting scheduled for 7 October 2011. Environmental As- ment of Nepal’s program of bridge development and maintenance, sessment Category U. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- and strengthened bridge management. Preparation is underway. En- quired. Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Male, Maldives, Tel: (960) vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125495. US$ 60.0 317-586, Fax: (960) 324-432, E-mail: [email protected] (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Roads, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 426-2675, Fax: Nepal (977-1) 426-2693, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Hari Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Bhakta Shrestha, Deputy Director General (R) Modernization of Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Scheme-Phase 1 (Cr. 49810-NP, Cr. H7160-NP): The objective (N) Building Resilience to Climate Related Hazards: The ob- is to improve irrigation water delivery to, and management in, the com- jective is to address the priority risk of floods and droughts that take mand area. Signing scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental As- human lives and undermine progress on economic growth and poverty sessment Category B. Project: P118179. US$ 43.0 (IDA Credit). alleviation. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 14 Octo- Consultants will be required to assist with design and construction ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 41.0 (CSCF). supervision activities, and monitoring and evaluation. Department Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. of Irrigation, Jawlakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 553-5382, Fax: (977-1) 553-7169, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ashok Pakistan Singh, Project Manager Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Education Punjab Irrigation Productivity Improvement Program- Enhanced Vocational Education and Training: The objective Phase I: The objectives are to improve water productivity leading is to strengthen the policy and regulatory environment enabling ef- to greater agricultural output per unit of water used and achieve im- fective and flexible provision of Technical and Vocational Education proved physical delivery efficiency, irrigation practices, crop diversi- for the formal and informal labor markets domestically and abroad. fication and effective application of inputs which would contribute to Bank Approval completed on 21 April 2011. Environmental Assess- increased agricultural production and living standards. Preparation ment Category B. Project: P104015. US$ 29.8/20.3 (IDA Credit/IDA is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0 Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Education, Keshar (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Directorate General Agri- SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 51 culture (Water Management), 21 Davis Road, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: Energy and Mining (92-42) 9920-0703/0713, Fax: (92-42) 9920-0702, Contact: Ashraff (R) Fourth Tarbela Extension Hydropower: The objectives Chaudhary Mohammad, Director General are to help the country to add hydropower generation to the total en- Education ergy mix, reduce electricity shortages (which are constraining economic growth and efforts at poverty alleviation) and contribute to the in- (R) Gilgit-Baltistan Education: The objective is to improve ac- stitutional development of WAPDA Hydel which owns and operates cess to and the quality of education in Gilgit-Baltistan. Project Con- the existing 3,478 MW Tarbela Hydropower Plant. Preappraisal cept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 August 2012. Environmental completed on 8 August 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 Sep- Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P115893. to be determined. Department of Education, Education Department, US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project prepa- Civil Secretariat, Gilgit, Pakistan, Tel: (92-5811) 920-212, Contact: Ijaz ration, implementation, and request for proposal package. Water Asad Rasool, Secretary and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), WAPDA House, La- Punjab Education Sector Additional Financing: The objective hore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 631-2770, Fax: (92-42) 636-9349, Con- is to improve access and equity, and the quality and relevance of ed- tact: Muhammad Hanif, General Manager and Project Director, ucation in Punjab. The credit was signed on 2 June 2011. Environ- Tarbela mental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants (R) Natural Gas Efficiency: The objective is to enhance the sup- will be required. Program Monitoring and Implementation Unit, 22- ply of natural gas in Pakistan by reducing the physical and commer- B, New Muslim Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9923- cial losses of gas in the pipeline system. Negotiations scheduled for 2291, Fax: (92-42) 9221-2012, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: 7 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Mohmammad Asif, Program Director P120589. US$ 100.0/100.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be Second Punjab Education Sector Additional Financing: The required for replacement and rehabilitation of gas pipeline system. objective is to further support the provincial Government of Punjab Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC), Sir Shah Suleman Road, to potentially enhance the impact and effectiveness of its medium- BI-14, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 9902-1000, term Punjab Education Sector Reform Program. Project Concept Fax: (92-21) 9923-1604, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Syed Note scheduled for 28 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Hassan Nawab, Dy. Managing Director Category B. US$ 350.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. School Education Department, Civil Secretariat, Lower Health and Other Social Services Mall, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9923-2290, Fax: (92-42) 9921-1285, E- (R) Enhanced Nutrition for Mothers and Children: The ob- mail: [email protected], Contact: Muhammad jective is to improve the nutritional status of children under five years Kamboh, Secretary old and that of pregnant and lactating women by improving the cov- Second Sindh Education Sector Additional Financing: The erage of effective nutrition interventions with a focus on the poor and objective is to further support the provincial Government of Sindh marginalized within these groups. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid- to potentially enhance the impact and effectiveness of its medium- August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P115889. term Sindh Education Sector Reform Program. Project Concept Note US$ 55.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. National scheduled for 28 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Nutrition Program, Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan, 10 gory B. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- D West, Taimur Chambers, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92- mined. Reform Support Unit, NJV Building, M.A. Jinnah Road, 51) 227-7087, 920-2445, Fax: (92-51) 920-8824, E-mail: zahid_larik@ Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 3277-7923, E-mail: parvez-see- hotmail.com, Contact: Zahid Larik, National Program Manager [email protected], Contact: Parvez Seehar, Chief Program manager (R) Revitalizing Health Services in KP: The objectives are to im- Sindh Education Sector Additional Financing: The objective, prove the availability, accessibility and delivery of health care services same as the parent project, is to scale-up the implementation launch at the district level of five crises affected KPK districts for a period of of additional reform activities in the Sindh Education Sector Reform three years. Decision Meeting completed on 21 July 2011. Negotia- Program that will further yield improvements in school system and tions scheduled for 2 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- service delivery performance over the medium term. Bank Approval egory B. Project: P126426. US$ 16.0 (PKNF). Consulting services to completed on 24 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category be determined. Department of Health, Goverment of KP, KP Secre- B. Project: P124913. US$ 50.0/38.0 (IDA Credit/ECEU). Consul- tariat, Khyber Road, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-0878, Fax: tants will be required. Department of Education, RSU, GoS, NJV (92-92) 921-2068, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Shabina Building, MA Jinnah Road, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 277-9323, Raza, Chief HSRU Fax: (92-21) 277-5740, Contact: Education and Literacy Department, (R) Social Safety Net Additional Financing: The objective is to Government of Sindh, Tughlaq House, Secretariat No. 2, Shahrah e expand the scope of the Social Safety Net Technical Assistant project Kamal Attat, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 921-1948 by: (a) rolling out the Poverty Scorecard survey; (b) expanding the Skill Development: The objectives are to: (a) support the Gov- BISP cash transfers to conditional cash transfers by linking these to ernment of Sindh in strengthening their short term training pro- primary school attendance; and (c) funding the project management, gram to improve the skills set and employability of trainees; and (b) monitoring and evaluation activities. Project Concept Note scheduled pilot reforms of a selected set of training institutions and strengthen for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ management capacity of the TVET system in Sindh. Bank Approval 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) completed on 31 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. to be determined. Project: P118177. US$ 21.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Emergency Flood Cash Transfer: The objective is to provide Sindh Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA), cash grants to all the families in flood affected areas. Bank Approval Tel: (92-300) 821-6849, E-mail: Riazuddin Shaikh, Contact: Ri- completed on 29 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category azuddin Shaikh, Chairman of TEVTA Board C. Project: P125105. US$ 125.0/190.0/100.0/65.0 (IDA Credit/AID/ Tertiary Education Support: The objectives are to: (a) support DFID/GITA). Consultants will be required. Pakistan Secretariat, Cab- the reforms being implemented by the Government of Pakistan in its inet Block, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-7169, Fax: (92-51) higher education sector; and (b) increase access and improve the 920-7635, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Abdul Balghari, quality and relevance of higher education. Bank Approval completed Joint Secretary/Director General ERU on 24 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: KP and FATA Emergency Recovery Credit: The objective is to P118779. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. assist Government of Pakistan/KP/FATA restore social protection Higher Education Commission, Sector H 9, Islamabad, Pakistan, through income transfers and cash for work opportunities to the Tel: (92-51) 940-0120, Fax: (92-51) 925-7505, E-mail: snaqvi@ most affected households and vulnerable groups in the areas affected hec.gov.pk, Contact: Dr. Sohail H. Naqvi, Executive Director, Higher by military operation against militants and floods. Bank Approval com- Education Commission pleted on 20 January 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. PAGE 52 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Project: P121394. US$ 250.0/35.0 (IDA Credit/PKNF). Consultants nomic management so that macro-economic stability can be regained will be required. Provincial Relief Rehabilitation and Settlement Au- and sustainably maintained, and to promote recovery of high and sus- thority (PaRRSA), Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-3855, Fax: (92-91) 921- tained growth through measures enhancing competitiveness and 4025, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Shakee Qadir governance. Negotiations scheduled for 13 April 2012. Environmen- Khan, Director General tal Assessment Category U. Project: P117535. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Government of Industry and Trade Pakistan, Q Block, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: Economic Revitalization for KP and FATA: The objectives are (92-51) 920-2373, Fax: (92-51) 920-1857, E-mail: secretary@fi- to: (a) rehabilitate, revitalize the small and medium enterprises af- nance.gov.pk, Contact: Salman Siddique, Finance Secretary fected by crisis and floods; (b) promote private sector investment and PPPs; and (c) build institutional capacity of KP and FATA for long- Transportation term economic growth. First Grant Funding Request Approval completed on 2 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. MDTF KP Emergency Roads Recovery: The objective is to sup- Project: P124268. US$ 20.0 (PKNF). Consultants will be required. Gov- port early sustainable recovery efforts from the effects of the conflict ernment of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) crisis, through selected interventions aiming at contributing to re- 921-1281, Fax: (92-91) 921-0896, E-mail: [email protected], Con- building key road infrastructure. First Grant Funding Request Approval tact: Mian Khalidullah Jan, Deputy Project Director. FATA Secretariat, completed on 7 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Warsak Road, Peshawar, Pakistan Tel/Fax: (92-91) 520-0720, E- ject: P125584. US$ 8.0 (PKNF). Consultants will be required for con- mail: [email protected], Contact: Muhammad Fahim, Project tract administration and construction supervision of 15 km section Director of Chakdara-Kanju Road which is planned to be widened and rehabilitated. Frontier Highways Authority, Attached Department Com- Public Administration, Law, and Justice plex, Khyber Road, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-0557, Fax: (R) Implementation of the National Environment Policy (92-91) 921-0434, E-mail: [email protected] Technical Assistance: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen country environmental systems; (b) design efficient and effective envi- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ronmental policies; (c) design interventions to reduce environmental degradation and its economic consequences; and (d) develop a strat- (R) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Province Community egy for climate change adaptation and mitigation. This project is no Development and Services: The objectives are to strengthen: (a) longer in the lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. community institutions, infrastructure and services; (b) streamlining Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P110946. US$ 35.0 decentralization, local level planning and local government depart- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment, ment; (c) capacity building; and (d) project management. Project UBL Building, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 24 August 2011. Environ- 2960, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jawed Khan, mental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Director General, Environment, Ministry of Environment services to be determined. AJK Local Government and Rural Devel- (R) KP and FATA Governance Reforms: The ojective is to help opment Department, New Civil Secretariat, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, KP and FATA governments design and implement the Governance Tel: (92-5822) 920-062, E-mail: [email protected] program and facilitate sectoral reforms. Decision Meeting completed on 26 May 2011. First Grant Funding Request Approval scheduled (R) FATA Urban Centers: The objective is to improve urban ser- for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- vices in Khar, Banjaur Agency, and to reform institutional and financial ject: P126425. US$ 6.0 (PKNF). Consulting services and imple- frameworks for the management of all urban centers in FATA. Pro- menting agency(ies) to be determined. ject Concept Note scheduled for 23 August 2011. Environmental As- sessment Category A. US$ 7.0 (PKNF). Consultants will be required Punjab Large Cities: The objectives are to support the Government for preparation and implementation. Project Coordination Unit in FATA of Punjab to establish an effective institutional and fiscal framework Secretariat, Warsak Road, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 923- for the management and governance of metropolitan areas in Pun- 9822, Fax: (92-91) 921-2138, E-mail: [email protected] jab to be better positioned and capacitated to deliver sustainable municipal services. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 December 2011. (R) Highways Rehabilitation Third Additional Financing: The Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P112901. US$ objective is to assist with the sustainable delivery of a productive and 150.0/150.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- efficient national highway network, thereby contributing to lower mined. Planning and Development Board, Government of Punjab, Civil transportation costs. The credit was signed on 27 July 2011. Envi- Secretariat, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9921-4069, Fax: (92-42) ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123311. US$ 130.0 (IDA 735-3572/921-0091, Contact: Javaid Aslam, Chairman Credit). Consulting services to be determined. National Highway Au- Second Improvement to Financial Reporting and Auditing thority (NHA), 27 Mauve Area, G-9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92- Additional Financing: The objective, same as the parent project, 51) 926-7271, Fax: (92-51) 926-7270, E-mail: [email protected], is to support the operation/maintenance of IT systems to establish Contact: Muhammad Bashir, General Manager stable platforms that can be fully operated by relevant government agencies. The credit was signed on 2 June 2011. Environmental As- Dasu Hydropower Stage I: The objective is to add hydropower sessment Category B. US$ 24.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- generation to the total energy mix, reduce electricity shortages, and quired. PIFRA Directorate under the Office of Auditor General of contribute to the institutional development of WAPDA Hydel which Pakistan, House No. 745, Main Ibn-e-Sina Road, Double Road, Sec- owns and operates the existing hydropower plants. Project Concept tor G-11/2, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 67-166, E-mail: Review Meeting scheduled for 17 April 2012. Environmental As- [email protected], Contact: Suhail Ahmed, Project Director sessment Category A. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objectives are WAPDA House, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 631-2770, Fax: (92- to promote sustainable growth recovery and poverty reduction through 42) 636-9349 strengthening economic management and measures enhancing Pak- istan’s competitiveness and private sector development. Project Con- FATA Rural Livelihoods and Community Infrastructure cept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental (RLCIP): The objective is to improve quality of life for the crisis-af- Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- fected populations by providing sustainable livelihoods and services vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Government of Pak- in FATA. Concept Note Review is tentatively scheduled for early- istan, Q Block, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8.0 920-2373, Fax: (92-51) 920-1857, E-mail: [email protected] (PKNF). Consultants will be required. FATA Secretariat, Warsak Second Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to Road, Peshawar, Pakistan Tel/Fax: (92-91) 520-0720, E-mail: pdqip- support the structural reforms of PRSP-II to enhance macro-eco- [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 53 Regional scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. Project: P113488. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry to be determined. Ministry of Education, Isurupaya, Battaramulla, Sri (R) Second Phase of the APL on Strengthening Regional Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 278-4957, Fax: (94-11) 278-4846, E-mail: isuru- Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia (Cr. 49830-BT): [email protected], Contact: Madura Wehella, Director Planning The objective is to assist the participating governments to build or enhance shared capacity, institutions, knowledge and incentives to col- Finance laborate in tackling illegal wildlife trade and other selected regional Warehouse Receipts: The objective is to establish a mechanism conservation threats to habitats in border areas. The credit was for Smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs to access sustain- signed on 21 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- able commercial financing and ensure food security. Preparation is ject: P126193. US$ 2.3 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. De- underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.9 (GFCR). partment of Forests and Park Services, Thimphu, Bhutan, Tel: (975-2) Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 324-131/325-042, Fax: (975-2) 335-806, E-mail: sonamwang- [email protected], Contact: Mahaman Sani Kanta, Commissioner for Public Administration, Law, and Justice the Economy Second Health Sector Development: The objectives are to im- Energy and Mining prove quality, efficiency, and equity of health services and reduce out-of-pocket expenditures by the poor for health care. Decision (R) Central Asia and South Asia (CASA) Electricity Trans- Meeting scheduled for 30 December 2011. Environmental Assessment mission and Trade (CASA 1000): The objective is to facilitate re- Category B. Project: P118806. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting gional electricity trade between the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. in Central Asia and Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia through the establishment of the physical infrastructure and the concomitant Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection institutional and legal framework. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P110729. Metro Colombo Urban Development: The objective is to improve US$ 16.0/382.0/244.0/122.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit/ASDB/IDB). Con- the flood control and drainage infrastructures and management sys- sultants will be required. Special Purpose Company, Intergovern- tem of the Colombo Water Basin, and enhance the capacity of cen- mental Council Secretariat, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-795) 918-172, tral and local authorities to deliver and manage services and E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Qazi Naeem-ud-din, infrastructure in the metropolitan area. Preparation scheduled for 12 Executive Director September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required during preparation to Public Administration, Law, and Justice carry out critical feasibility studies. Urban Development Authority, (R) Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade (Cr. 7th Floor, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 287-3645, H6600-NP, Cr. 49020-NP): The objectives are to: (a) establish Fax: (94-11) 287-7472. Project Management Unit, Metro Colombo Ur- cross-border transmission capacity between India and Nepal of about ban Development Project, Tel: (94-11) 286-7532 1000 MW to facilitate electricity trade between the two countries; and (b) increase the supply of electricity in Nepal by the sustainable import of at least 100 MW. The credit was signed on 15 July 2011. En- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115767. US$ Europe and Central Asia 99.0/13.2/23.0 (IDA Credit/ZBIL/ZPCO). Consultants will be required. Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), Central Office, Durbar Marga, PO Box 10020, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 415-3007, Fax: Albania (977-1) 415-3009, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jivendra Jha, Managing Director Energy and Mining (R) Dam Safety Additional Financing: The objective is to up- Transportation date and ensure the safety of the dams as an interventions for Fierza, North East Regional Trade and Transport Facilitation: The Komani and Vau i Dejes. Project Concept Review Meeting completed objective is to reduce the cost of trade to unlock economic potential on 21 July 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- of the region. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 Sep- ment Category B. US$ 22.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 45.0 (IDA mined. KESH, Blloku, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-42) 62-055, Fax: Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- (355-42) 32-024, E-mail: [email protected] termined. Health and Other Social Services Sri Lanka (R) Social Assistance Reform: The objective is to support the im- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry plementation of reforms in the social safety net. Preparation sched- (R) Community Livelihoods in Conflict Affected Areas Emer- uled for 24 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. gency Additional Financing: The objective is to focus on villages Project: P122233. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- that are already working and build on the community institutions al- mined. Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, ready established for supporting the recovery to pre-flood condi- Kavajes Street, Tirana, Albania Tel/Fax: (355-4) 222-8493, Contact: tions. Signing scheduled for 24 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Kastriot Sulka, Deputy Minister Category B. Project: P125855. US$ 48.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Public Administration, Law, and Justice be required. Ministry of Economic Development, 177 Galle Road, Colombo 3, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 238-2067, Fax: (94-11) 238-2066, (R) Governance and Competitiveness Programmatic Devel- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Nihal Somaweera, Addi- opment Policy Loan: The objective is to: (a) strengthen gover- tional Secretary nance and the business environment; and (b) boost competitiveness of the private sector. Project Concept Review Meeting completed Education on 13 June 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- Human Capital Foundations for the Knowledge Economy ment Category U. Project: P122138. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). No consul- Promoting Excellence in Secondary and Basic Education: tants are required. Ministry of Finance, Bul: Deshmoret e Kombit The objective is to support the government’s Education Sector De- Nr. 4, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 267-654, Fax: (355-4) 227- velopment Framework and Program for primary and secondary ed- 937, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Nezir Haldeda, ucation through a sector-wide development program. Decision Meeting Deputy Minister PAGE 54 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection van, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 588-011, Fax: (374-10) 526-365, E-mail: (R) Municipal Finance, Governance, and Services Deliv- [email protected], Contact: Ms. Tamara Babayan, Director ery: The objective is to improve municipal service delivery outcomes Public Administration, Law, and Justice through strengthening municipal finance and governance and help Public Expenditure Management and Tax Administration Albania meet its requirements for EU accession. Preparation com- Modernization (PEM-TAM): The objectives are to strengthen pleted on 2 August 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 Octo- efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability in public fiber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P102733. nancial management and revenue administration. Decision Meeting US$ 40.0/40.0 (IBRD/EUIB). Consulting services to be deter- scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- mined. Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Rruga ami Frash- egory C. Project: P111942. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will eri Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 225-6091, Contact: Edmond Ali, be required. State Revenue Committee, Khorenatsi 42, Yerevan, Ar- General Director menia, Tel: (374-10) 594-811, E-mail: karine_minasyan@taxser- (R) Water Resources and Irrigation: The objectives are to sup- vice.am. Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, port: (a) integration water resources management, strengthen sec- Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 595-304 tor’s legal, regulatory and institutional framework; (b) dam Third Development Policy Operation: The objective is to address rehabilitation and dam safety; and (c) irrigation and drainage reha- vulnerability by protecting the poor and supporting greater human bilitation and strengthen capacities and institutions. Preappraisal capital development, while improving competitiveness by alleviating scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- private sector and governance constraints. Project Concept Review gory B. Project: P121186. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be Meeting scheduled for 6 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- determined. Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Dur- egory U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be deter- resi Street 27, Sheshi, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-42) 250-223, 425- mined. Ministry of Finance, 1 Melik-Adamyan Street, Armenia, Tel: 9333, Fax: (355-42) 270-627, 422-3917, Contact: Mr. Idlir Gumbardhi, (374-10) 595-300, Fax: (374-10) 526-338 Chief of Water Resources Sector Transportation Armenia (R) Lifeline Road Network Improvement: The objective is to Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry improve access of agriculture and livestock industries to markets and to reduce the long-term cost of transportation in Armenia on lifeline (N) IREP Additional Financing: The objective is the rehabilita- roads. Project Preparation completed on 18 July 2011. Decision tion of identified stretches of primary canals (main and secondary Meeting scheduled for 10 April 2012. Environmental Assessment branches) in the selected irrigation schemes. Most probably five Category B. Project: P126782. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services schemes will be involved and around 50 kilometers of main canal sec- and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tions will be rehabilitated. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 11 July 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmental Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Assessment Category B. US$ 18.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and Second Municipal Water and Wastewater: The objective is to implementing agency(ies) to be determined. replicate the improvement of the quality of water and wastewater ser- Community Agricultural Resource Management and Com- vices in Armenia Water and Sanitation Company’s (AWSC) Service petitiveness: The objective is to improve the competitiveness of Area by providing efficient and sustainable water and wastewater Armenia’s agri-food sector through increased rural output and export services and strengthening the capacity and sustainability of the util- opportunities. Bank Approval completed on 22 March 2011. Envi- ity. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 19 September ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120028. US$ 16.0 (IDA 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Con- Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Re- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. public Square, Governmental Building, No. 3, 375010, Yerevan, Ar- menia Tel/Fax: (374-10) 524-641, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Azerbaijan Maya Chmshkyan, Assistant to the Minister Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Energy and Mining Water Users Association Development Support: The objec- Electricity Supply Reliability and Energy Efficiency: The ob- tive is to support the government with rehabilitation and modernization jective is to reduce electricity losses, create an enabling environment of irrigation and drainage infrastructure, with likely emphasis on the for energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption in public build- Samur-Aphseron system. Bank Approval completed on 26 April 2011. ings. Bank Approval completed on 26 May 2011. Environmental As- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P107617. US$ 3.2/76.8 sessment Category B. Project: P116748. US$ 39.0 (IBRD). Consultants (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Amelioration and will be required. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, 32 Irrigation Open Joint Stock Company, Tel: (994-12) 530-0996, E-mail: Proshyan Street, 1st Lane, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 588-011, [email protected], Contact: Akif Mustafayev, Deputy PIU Di- Fax: (374-10) 526-365, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: rector. Nakhchivan State Amelioration and Water Management Ms. Tamara Babayan, Director Agency, Tel: (994-50) 648-9159, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Ali Hajiyev, Chief of Executive Office Electricity Supply Reliability and Energy Efficiency-GEF: The objectives are to reduce existing information, regulatory and fi- Education nancial barriers that hamper the wide penetration of energy effi- Tertiary Education Reform: The objectives are to create, foster ciency investments in public buildings and the commercial and and sustain the conditions to improve the quality and relevance of higher residential sectors in Armenia. Negotiations scheduled for 24 Janu- education. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 Octo- ary 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P116680. ber 2011. This is the second Concept Review Meeting, the first one US$ 2.9/1.8 (AID/GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. was done in 2008. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, 32 Proshyan Street, 1st P107774. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Lane, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 588-011, Fax: (374-10) 526- of Education, 49 Khatai Prospekt, Baku AZ1008, Azerbaijan, Tel: 365, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Tamara (994-12) 496-3759/3760, Fax: (994-12) 496-9368, E-mail: erusta- Babayan, Director [email protected], Contact: Elvin Rustamov, PIU Director Loriberd Hydro Power: The objective is to increase the supply of clean and renewable energy. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Finance uled for 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Capital Markets Modernization: The objective is to modernize US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of the securities market’s organizational and operational infrastructure. Energy and Natural Resources, 32 Proshyan Street, 1st Lane, Yere- Bank Approval completed on 17 March 2011. Environmental As- SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 55 sessment Category C. Project: P120321. US$ 12.0 (IBRD). Consultants Belarus will be required. State Committee for Securities of the Republic of Azer- baijan (SCS), 19 Bulbul Ave Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 473- Public Administration, Law, and Justice 3100, Fax: (994-12) 493-0323, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mehman Abbas, Head of Executive Administration Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support structural reforms geared to expand the size of the private sector in the econ- Health and Other Social Services omy, reduce the footprint of the general government, and improve (R) Internally Displaced Persons Living Standards and efficiency and productivity in the State-owned Enterprise sector. Livelihoods: The objective is to improve living conditions for in- Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2011. ternally displaced persons (IDP) and increase their economic self-re- Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 76.0 (IBRD). Consult- liance. Negotiations scheduled for 8 September 2011. Environmental ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Assessment Category B. Project: P122943. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Con- sultants will be required. Social Fund for Development of IDPs (SFDI), Bosnia and Herzegovina 65 Fizuli Street, 5th Floor, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 495- 3023/8386, Fax: (994-12) 495-7047, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry tact: Mr. Ayaz Orujov, Director (R) Irrigation Development: The objective is to improve water (R) Second Rural Investment (AZRIP): The objectives are to resources planning and management for sustainable use of the strengthen the capacity of communities and municipalities for long- water resources in irrigation and drainage as well as flood control. term sustainable development, expand access to rural infrastructure Preparation completed on 1 September 2010. Preappraisal sched- and support rural livelihoods. Appraisal completed on 18 July 2011. uled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Negotiations scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental As- B. Project: P115954. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to sessment Category B. Project: P122944. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consult- be determined. Entities Ministries of Agriculture and MOFTER ing services to be determined. AZRIP PMU in State Agency on Agricultural Credit, 40 U. Hadjibekov Street, Government House, 8th Health and Other Social Services Floor Room 801, AZ 1016 Baku, Azerbaijan Tel/Fax: (994-12) 493- 4813, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Soubhan Asgerov, (R) Health Sector Enhancement Additional Financing: The Project Director objectives are to: (a) restructure and strengthen the primary health care along the family medicine model; (b) build management ca- Industry and Trade pacity; and (c) monitor health sector performance and make use of (R) Agricultural Development Credit: The objectives are to: (a) the information for decision making. Signing scheduled for 22 Au- enhance competitiveness of agricultural products, (b) increase rural gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120285. productivity and incomes; and (c) enhance agricultural support ser- US$ 10.0/9.4 (IDA Credit/ZMUL). Consultants will be required for vices including advisory and veterinary services. Project Concept Re- implementation. FBiH Ministry of Health, Sarajevo, Bosnia and view Meeting completed on 20 July 2011. Preparation is underway. Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 551-180, Fax: (387-33) 551-181, E-mail: Environmental Assessment Category F. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consult- [email protected], Contact: Vildana Doder, Assistant Minister of ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health. RS Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Trg Republike Public Administration, Law, and Justice Srpske 1, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-51) 339-439, Fax: (387-51) 339-665, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Fourth Highway: The objectives are to: (a) support the improve- Gordan Jelic, PCU Director ment of the main road network to improve Azerbaijan competitiveness by strengthen inter-country linkages; and (b) provide greater Second Bosnia Public Expenditure Development Policy Lend- export market access, and build Azerbaijan’s role as a regional tran- ing: The objectives are to: (a) increase social assistance to the sit corridor. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 Feb- poor while reducing the fiscal deficit and creating fiscal space for ruary 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 90.0 (IBRD). poverty-reducing growth; (b) improve the structure and efficiency Consulting services to be determined. Azer Road Service, 72/4, Uzeyir of public expenditures; and (c) reduce social contribution rates Hajibeyov Street, AZ1010, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 493-0045, and pressures on private sector wages from faster wage growth in Fax: (994-12) 493-4665, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. the public sector. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- Javid Gurbanov, Chief of AzerRoadService OJC ment Category U. Project: P121158. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants Judicial Modernization Additional Financing: The objective are required. Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Trg BiH 1, Sara- is to support the Government to develop and implement the initial jevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 205-245, Fax: (387- phases of a long-term judicial system modernization program by 33) 202-930, Contact: Bejta Ramovic, Head of Department building capacity to achieve incremental improvements in efficiency, Third Bosnia Development Policy Lending: The objectives citizen information, and its ability to handle future demand. Signing are to: (a) increase social assistance to the poor; (b) improve the scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category structure and efficiency of public expenditures; and (c) reduce social B. Project: P125741. US$ 24.2/9.2 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants contribution rates and pressures on private sector wages from faster will be required for additional financing, extension preparation, court wage growth in the public sector. Project Concept Review Meeting building infrastructure specialist required during appraisal and op- scheduled for 7 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- erational support required for preparation of Board Package. Min- gory U. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing istry of Finance, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 492-7139, Fax: agency(ies) to be determined. (994-12) 430-1177, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Azer Jafarov, Director Transportation Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) Sava Waterway Rehabilitation: The objective is to improve (R) Hovsan Wastewater Outfall: The objective is to improve the navigability of the Sava River to facilitate the full return to oper- coastal water quality to bathing quality standards in the area currently ational use of the inland waterway for the first time after the cessa- impacted by the discharges from Hovsan treatment plant. Negotia- tion of hostilities. Preappraisal scheduled for 27 June 2012. tions scheduled for 26 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P108000. US$ 30.0 Category A. Project: P112773. US$ 92.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport and required. AzerSu Joint-Stock Company, 67, Moscow Avenue, Baku, Communications, Fehima ef. Curcica 6, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herze- Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 431-4767, Fax: (994-12) 498-3814, E-mail: govina, Tel: (387-33) 254-378, Fax: (387-33) 222-193, E-mail: n.sego@ [email protected], Contact: Farid Mamadov, Vice-President mkt.gov.ba, Contact: Nikola Sago, Secretary PAGE 56 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 Bulgaria Georgia Education Finance (R) Georgia SEEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility APL2: Education System Performance: The objective is to assist with The objective is the second phase of a regional horizontal APL that will implementation and impact of ongoing education reforms by focus- help increase access of homeowners, farmers, enterprise sector and ing on improvement of the quality of education. This project is on hold government agencies to financial protection from losses caused by cli- until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: mate change and geological hazards. Project Concept Review Meet- P120305. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry ing scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment of Education, Youth, and Science, 125, Tsarigradsko Shosse Blvd, Bl. Category C. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- 5, Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 921-7408, E-mail: [email protected], menting agency(ies) to be determined. Contact: Krasimir Valchev, Chief Secretary Public Administration, Law, and Justice Transportation (R) Third Development Policy Operation (Cr. 50080-GE): The objective is to support the Government’s policy reform program (R) Railway Infrastructure Rehabilitation: The objective is to to: (a) mitigate the impact of the economic downturn in the short- assist the Government to improve the quality of railway infrastruc- term; and (b) facilitate recovery and prepare Georgia for post-crisis ture services. Negotiations completed on 28 July 2011. Bank Ap- growth in the medium-term. Bank Approval completed on 21 July proval scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment 2011. Signing scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental As- Category C. Project: P120192. US$ 101.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be sessment Category U. Project: P122202. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). No required. National Railway Infrastructure Company, 110 Maria Louisa consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, 16 Gorgasali Street, Tbil- Blvd, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 932-3413, E-mail: [email protected], isi, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 932-846, Fax: (995-32) 921-786, Contact: Contact: Mr. Milko Lambrev, General Director Dimitri Gvindadze, Deputy Minister (R) Railway Sector Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the Government to implement the reform programs to Transportation establish a financially sustainable railway sector in Bulgaria. Nego- (R) Fourth East-West Highway Improvement: The objective tiations completed on 27 July 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for 15 is to reduce the road transport costs and improve access, ease of September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: transit and safety along the central part of Georgia’s East-West cor- P124868. US$ 115.9 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry ridor, through upgrading segments of the East-West Highway from of Transport, 6 Diakom Ignatiy Street, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: Tbilisi to Rikoti. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 22 (359-2) 940-9542, Fax: (359-2) 940-9824, E-mail: [email protected] July 2011. Project Preparation scheduled for 18 August 2011. Envi- ernment.bg, Contact: Mr. Kamen Kitchev, Deputy Minister ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- ing services to be determined. Road Department of the Ministry of Croatia Regional Development and Infrastructure, 12 Kazbegi Avenue, Geor- gia, Tel: (995-32) 37-6216, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Ra- Industry and Trade maz Nikolaishvili, Chairman (N) Science and Technology: The objective is to build the fin- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ancial gap between the current innovation financing needs of Croa- (R) Regional Development: The objective is to enable Kakheti to tia and access to European Union in July 2013. It will build on the become one of Georgia’s most dynamic growth centers, with sus- previous STP programs and will help the government to develop and tainable rising standards of living for the local population, exploiting maintain a pipeline of projects to be supported by the structural its comparative advantages (in agriculture, tourism and small hy- funds after 2013. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 dropower production), attracting domestic and foreign investments, September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 and generating good quality jobs. Project Concept Review Meeting (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- completed on 4 July 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmen- termined. tal Assessment Category F. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Tbilisi, Georgia Public Administration, Law, and Justice Hungary (R) Integrated Land Administration System (Ln. 80860- HR): The objective is to modernize the land administration and Finance management systems to have an efficient, transparent and cost ef- Financial Sector and Macro Stability: The objectives are to fectiveness government services. Bank Approval completed on 4 Au- support: (a) fiscal reforms to ensure long-run fiscal and macro-eco- gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122219. nomic sustainability and restore investor confidence, improving ac- US$ 23.8 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Geodetic Ad- cess of the government, banks to external funding; and (b) financial ministration, Gruska 20, Zagreb 10000, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 616-5404, stability program, designed to ensure adequate levels of liquidity and Fax: (385-1) 616-5484, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. capital and stronger supervisory powers. This project is on hold un- Zeljko Bacic, Director General. Ministry of Justice, Dezminova, Za- til further notice. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: greb 10000, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 371-0666, Fax: (385-1) 371-0602, P114991. US$ 1413.2 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Bosnjakovic Drazen, Min- of Finance, H-1051 Budapest, Jozsef Nador Ter 2-4, Budapest, Hun- ister gary, Tel: (36-1) 327-2100, Fax: (36-1) 327-2749, E-mail: kommu- [email protected], Contact: Almos Kovacs, State Secretary Transportation Kazakhstan (R) Trade and Transport Integration Additional Financing: The objective is to assist the up-scaling of the Bulk Cargo Terminal Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry to meet market needs and cover a financing gap for the Container Ter- (R) Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement: The ob- minal under construction. Bank Approval completed on 4 August 2011. jective is to improve irrigation, drainage systems, water management Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P118260. US$ 72.0 and environmental services and to strengthen agricultural practices (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Port of Ploce Authority, Trg Kralja and farmers’ information services. Negotiations scheduled for 13 Tomislava 21, Ploce, Croatia, Tel: (385-20) 603-280, E-mail: September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Tomislav Batur, Exec- P086592. US$ 131.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry utive Director of Environmental Protection, 31 Pobedy Ave Astana, Kazakhstan, SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 57

Tel: (7-3172) 591-972, Fax: (7-3172) 591-973, E-mail: a_braliev@na- (381-38) 2002-1301, Fax: (381-38) 2002-1302, E-mail: agron.dida@ks- ture.kz, Contact: Alzhan Braliev, Vice-Minister gov.net, Contact: H.E. Justina Shiroka Pula, Minister Public Administration, Law, and Justice Finance KAZSTAT Strengthening the National Statistical System: Financial Sector Markets Infrastructure Additional Fi- The objective is to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the na- nancing: The objective is to assist Central Banking Authority of tional statistical system to provide relevant, timely and reliable data Kosovo’s (CBAK) capacity to oversee financial system’s stability and in line with the internationally accepted methodology and best prac- development in Kosovo with a focus on Payment Systems. Bank Ap- tices by upgrading the conceptual, methodological and analytical proval completed on 14 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- skills of the ARKS and other data producers and users. Bank Ap- egory C. US$ 6.9 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Central proval completed on 31 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Bank of Kosovo, Contact: Gani Gerguri, Governor egory C. Project: P120985. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Industry and Trade required. Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics, Orinbor Street 8, House of Ministries, 4th Gate, Astana, Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-7171) Agriculture and Rural Development: The objective is to im- 749-016, Fax: (7-7172) 749-494, E-mail: [email protected], plement stated priorities for the Agricultural Sector in the National Contact: Zhasser Jarkinbayev, Deputy Chairman Development Plan, including land management and institutional systems to comply with the EU agriculture and rural development re- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection lated acquis communautaire. Bank Approval completed on 14 June (R) Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Phase II: The 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P112526. US$ objective is to improve water resource and environmental manage- 20.2 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry for Agriculture, ment in the Syr Darya Basin. Preappraisal scheduled for 20 July 2012. Forestry and Rural Development, Street Mother Tereza 35, Kosovo, Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P093825. US$ 165.8 Tel: (381-38) 211-131, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Committee for Water Shqipe Dema, Head of Policy Unit, MAFRD Resources, Admin Building, Left Bank, Orynbur Ave Bldg No. 3, Ent No. 12, Astana, Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-7172) 742-681, Fax: (7-3172) 356- Kyrgyz Republic 776, E-mail: [email protected] Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Second Elimination of POP Wastes: The objective is to support Agribusiness and Marketing Additional Financing: The ob- the development of environmentally sound management of persis- jectives are to: (a) support the agricultural competitiveness-related tent organic pollutants (POPs) with the country’s obligations under efforts carried out under the ABMP; and (b) contribute to maintain- the Stockholm Convention. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- ing food security in the country, especially for the most vulnerable uled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. groups, thus enhancing the development effectiveness. Bank Ap- US$ 34.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) proval completed on 30 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- to be determined. egory B. Project: P118838. US$ 6.9 (GFCR). Consulting services to be determined. Agribusiness Competitiveness Center, Kyrgyz Re- Kosovo public, Contact: Bermet Musakojoeva, Director Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry On-Farm Irrigation Additional Financing: The objective is to (R) Agricultural Pollution Control-GEF: The objective is to scale-up activities in order to enhance the impact on vulnerable rural promote environmentally friendly agricultural practices in the Danube communities in the south of the Kyrgyz Republic, which have been watershed of Kosovo with the aim of reducing nutrient discharge to affected by ethnic clashes in the summer of 2010. Bank Approval soil and water bodies. Preparation is underway. Environmental As- completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. sessment Category B. US$ 4.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be de- Project: P126390. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- termined. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, quired. State Committee for Water Resources and Land Improvement, Kosovo Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 541-174, E-mail: on- [email protected], [email protected], Contact: Mahaman Sani Energy and Mining Kanta, Commissioner for the Economy (R) Lignite Power: The objective is to support a private sector in- Education dependent power producer and lignite mining company. Project Con- cept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental (R) Education SWAp Sector Support: The objective is to improve Assessment Category A. Project: P118287. US$ 50.0/725.0/725.0 student learning outcomes by a sector support program aligned to scal- (GUID/ZBIL/ZEXP). No consultants are required. Ministry of Energy ing up of key policy interventions in teacher management, gover- and Mining (MEM), Nena Tereza, 10000 Pristina, Kosovo, Tel: (381- nance and financing and school improvement planning sectorwide. 38) 2002-1301, Fax: (381-38) 2002-1302, E-mail: agron.dida@ks- Preparation scheduled for 4 October 2011. Environmental Assessment gov.net, Contact: H.E. Justina Shiroka Pula, Minister Category C. Project: P113350. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education and Science, 257 Tynys- (R) Partial Risk Guarantee for Privatization of Electricity Dis- tanov Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 626-806, Fax: tribution: The objective is to mitigate political and regulatory risks (996-312) 621-520, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Gulmira to KEDS help attract financing from commercial banks for the much Sultanova, PIU Director needed investments to be made by KEDS to reduce its technical and commercial losses, and improve customer service. Project Concept Finance Review Meeting scheduled for 15 November 2011. Environmental As- Financial Sector: The objectives are to: (a) enhance financial sec- sessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be de- tor stability through an improved regulatory and supervisory frame- termined. Ministry of Finance and Economy, Government of Kosovo, work and resolving problem banks; and (b) increase access to a variety Mother Teresa Street Government Building, Pristina, Kosovo, Con- of financial services by underserved segments of the market. Prepa- tact: H.E. Ahmet Shala, Minister ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Lignite Power Technical Assistance Second Additional Fi- P125689. US$ 13.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- nancing: The objectives, same as the parent project, are to include: menting agency(ies) to be determined. (a) areas needed for proposed partial risk guarantee preparation; and (b) sector greenhouse gas inventory and low-carbon growth strat- Health and Other Social Services egy. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Health Results Based Financing: The objective is to improve C. US$ 5.3 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of En- the quality of clinical and population-based maternal, neonatal and ergy and Mining (MEM), Nena Tereza, 10000 Pristina, Kosovo, Tel: child health services in Kyrgyzstan (as measured by intermediary PAGE 58 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 health indicators in 54 randomly selected rayons). Preappraisal com- 970, Fax: (996-312) 314-378, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: pleted on 30 June 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 Septem- Mr. Sanjar Ibraimov, PIU Director ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120435. US$ 11.0 (HRBF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (MOH), 148 Moskowskaya Street, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 662- Bishkek and Osh Urban Additional Financing: The objective 680, Fax: (996-312) 661-150, E-mail: [email protected], Con- is to support the Government to help finance the urban and social in- tact: Dr. Nurgul Adnaeva, Head frastructure investments in selected small towns. Decision Meeting (R) Second Health and Social Protection Additional Fi- scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- nancing: The objective is to help finance the implementation of ex- egory B. US$ 15.8 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. panded activities that scale-up the project’s impact and its development ARIS, Kyrgyz Republic effectiveness. Signing scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P125470. US$ 24.0 (IDA Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health (MOH), 148 Moskowskaya Street, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 662-680, Fax: Energy and Mining (996-312) 661-150, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sabyr- (R) Macedonia Energy: The objective is to reduce greenhouse bek Djumabekov, Minister of Health gas emissions in the national and regional power systems. Project Con- cept Review Meeting completed on 27 July 2011. Preparation is un- Industry and Trade derway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P112730. First Programmatic Development Policy Operation: The ob- US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ELEM Mace- jective is to support the new Government to: (a) strengthen public fi- donian Power Plants, 11 Oktomvri 9, 1000 Skopje, Former Yugoslav nance reforms; (b) sharpen competitiveness and enhancing the Republic of Macedonia, Tel: (389-23) 149-166, Fax: (389-23) 149-176, attractiveness of private investment; and (c) mitigate social risks re- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Nevenka sulting from the reform program. Project Concept Review Meeting Jakimova Filipovska, Head of Development Division scheduled for 16 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implement- Health and Other Social Services ing agency(ies) to be determined. Policy Based Guarantee: The objective is to support the Govern- Second Development Policy Operation: The objective is to con- ment’s program to improve public expenditure outcomes and sup- tinue to support the Government to strengthen governance in the man- port the most vulnerable, while reducing risks to macroeconomic agement of public assets and revenues. Project Concept Review and financial stability. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 September Meeting scheduled for 6 February 2013. Environmental Assessment 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 120.0 (GUAR). Con- Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Mito Hadzi- menting agency(ies) to be determined. vasilev Jasmin bb, 1000 Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Third Development Policy Operation: The objective is to con- Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 311-7288, Fax: (389-2) 311-7280, E-mail: tinue to support the Government to strengthen governance in the man- [email protected], Contact: Suzana Peneva, State Ad- agement of public assets and revenues. Project Concept Review visor Meeting scheduled for 5 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- Moldova menting agency(ies) to be determined. Education Public Administration, Law, and Justice (N) Education Reform: The objective is to ensure the quality of (R) Economic Recovery Support Operation (Cr. H7300-KG, and access to general education while supporting the efficiency re- Cr. 50090-KG): The objective is to support the Government to forms which will be implemented from 2012-2015 in the education strengthened governance in the management of public assets and rev- sector. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 September enues. Bank Approval completed on 2 August 2011. Signing sched- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). uled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, 1, Pi- Project: P125425. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- ata Marii Adunari Nationale, Chisinau, Moldova, Tel: (373-22) 233- quired. Ministry of Finance, 58 Erkindik Boulevard, Bishkek, Kyrgyz 348, Fax: (373-22) 233-515, Contact: Valentin Crudu, Project General Republic, Tel: (996-312) 660-504, Fax: (996-312) 661-645, E-mail: Coordinator/Head of Preschool, Primary and Sec [email protected]; [email protected]; ch.ibraimova@ minfin.kg, Contact: Melis Mambetjanov, Minister Health and Other Social Services Disaster Hazard Mitigation Additional Financing: The objective (R) Health Services and Social Assisance Additional Fi- is to address critical additional hazards that emerged during imple- nancing: The objective is to increase access to quality and efficient mentation of this project related to the prevention of dissipation of health services. Appraisal scheduled for 13 September 2011. Envi- radioactive uranium tailings into the environment. Bank Approval com- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.2 (IDA Credit). Consul- pleted on 9 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- tants will be required to assess plans for construction of new surgical ject: P112775. US$ 1.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. ward in Republican Hospital and expanded plan for construction of Ministry of Environment and Emergency, Gagarin street 16-A, Osh Primary Care Centers; and follow-up on software development im- city 723500, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-322) 224-512, Fax: (996-322) plementation progress for Social Assistance Programs. Ministry of 225-586, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Adyljan Djumabaev, Health, Sciusev 101, Chisinau, Moldova, Tel: (373-22) 238-751, Fax: PIU Director (373-22) 727-695, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Viorel National Road Rehabilitation (Osh-Batken-Isfana) Second Soltan, Deputy Minister Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) contribute to the reduction of transport costs and travel time along the Osh-Batken- Industry and Trade Isfana Road corridor; (b) improve road safety planning and road (R) Agricultural Competitiveness: The objective is to generate management; and (c) repair and rehabilitate road infrastructure in rural income growth by contributing to the enhanced commercialization and around Osh and Jalal-Abad cities, thereby creating temporary jobs. of key agriculture value chains and promote Moldova’s potential to Bank Approval completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assess- better integrate into the regional trade, with agriculture, specifically ment Category B. Project: P126606. US$ 16.0 (IDA Credit). Consul- horticulture, commodities. Preparation is underway. Environmen- tants will be required. Ministry of Transport and Communications, tal Assessment Category B. US$ 18.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- 6/F 42 Isanova Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 900- vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 59 Public Administration, Law, and Justice Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the Gov- (N) Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support reforms ernment to implement a new medium-term strategy by focusing on in the areas of public financial management and social sectors. Pro- policy measures that will sustain economic growth, maintain com- ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 November 2011. En- petitiveness and improve the investment climate to achieve their vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting broader vision of increased trade and integration with the European services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Union. Preparation scheduled for 17 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Regional and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Finance Governance e-Transformation: The objective is to increase avail- (N) EEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility APL4 (Bosnia ability, efficiency and quality of a selected range of public services to and Herzegovina): The objective is to help increase access of citizens and businesses through innovative use and improved gov- homeowners, farmers, the enterprise sector and government agen- ernance of ICT in the public sector. Bank Approval completed on 9 cies to financial protection from losses caused by climate change and June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P121231. geological hazards. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. State Chan- November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 2.0/3.0 cellery, Contact: Victor Bodiu, Minister of State (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing Montenegro agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Montenegro SEEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Education APL3: The objective is the third phase of a regional horizontal APL (R) Higher Education and Innovation: The objective is to as- is to help increase access of homeowners, farmers, the enterprise sist the Government to enhance the contribution of higher education, sector and government agencies to financial protection from losses research and innovation to the competitiveness of the Montenegrin caused by climate change and geological hazards. Project Concept Re- economy. Preparation scheduled for 1 September 2011. Environ- view Meeting scheduled for 26 October 2011. Environmental As- mental Assessment Category C. Project: P122785. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). sessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education and Sci- implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ence, Rimski Trg B.B Podgorica, Montenegro, Tel: (382-20) 410- (R) South East Europe and Caucasus Catastrophe Risk In- 100, Fax: (382-20) 410-101, E-mail: [email protected], surance Facility Special Climate Change Fund-GEF: The ob- Contact: Branka Zizic, Advisor, International Scientific Cooperation jective is to provide affordable catastrophe and weather risk insurance Finance products in order to decrease the financial risk that countries are ex- posed to due to climate change. Project Concept Review Meeting (R) Programmatic Financial Sector Development Policy completed on 9 June 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-Au- Loan: The objectives are to: (a) help the authorities cope with the gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P123896. negative effect of global and regional economic downturn on Mon- US$ 4.5/5.5/1.5 (F7SD/GEFU/GFDR). Consulting services to be de- tenegrin economy; and (b) support banking sector restructuring. Ne- termined. Europa RE, Weinbergstrasse 56/58, Zurich, Switzerland, gotiations completed on 23 June 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for Tel: (41-44) 380-5090, E-mail: [email protected] 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P116787. US$ 85.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Southeastern Europe and Caucasus Climate Change and Finance, Ministry of Labor, DPR and Fund PIO, Montenegro, Con- Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility: The objective is to support tact: H.E. Dr. Igor Lukeic, Deputy Prime Minister the increase access to the Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility for homeowners and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in South- Second Programmatic Financial Sector Development Pol- eastern Europe and the Caucasus and to provide them with insurance icy Loan: The objective is to support: (a) the authorities cope with against natural disasters and climate change. Bank Approval completed the negative effect of global and regional economic downturn on on 3 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Montenegrin economy; and (b) the banking sector restructuring. P110910. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Europa RE, Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 21 November 2011. En- Weinbergstrasse 56/58, Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: (41-44) 380-5090, vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Heinz Vol- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. lenweider, Chairman of the Board Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Health and Other Social Services Hot-Spots Cleanup: The objectives are to: (a) design and implement environmental remediation measures for industrial and hazardous Improving Blood Safety in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan: The waste disposal sites; and (b) mitigate negative impacts on environ- objectives are to: (a) increase the number and share of blood units mental resources, public health and the development of the tourism donated by voluntary donors; (b) reduce the prevalence of HIV, sector. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category HepB, HepC and syphilis in retested blood unit; and (c) increase the A. Project: P122139. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and im- share of cases with appropriate clinical use of blood transfusion in all plementing agency(ies) to be determined. cases which received blood and blood products. Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Poland US$ 10.0 (RTF). Consultants will be required. Tajikistan Republican Blood Center, 1 Proezd, 16 M.Tursunzade Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Energy and Mining Tel/Fax: (992-37) 227-3705, E-mail: [email protected], Con- (R) Energy Efficiency Development Policy Loan (Ln. 80700- tact: Burkhoniddin Bakhovatdinov, Director. Ministry of Health, 60, PL): The objective is to enhance energy security by: (a) promoting Mira Prospekt, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-778) 415-646, Fax: low-emission investments and operations; (b) integrating principles (996-312) 548-972, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tursunbaev of climate change considerations in key sectoral policies and programs; Muhamedalim Satkankulovich, Director and (c) improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutional framework for implementation of these policies and programs. The Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection loan was signed on 16 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Improving Hydrometeorological Services in Central Asia: gory U. Project: P115426. US$ 1114.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- The objective is to reduce the risk to life and the economy from un- quired. Ministry of Finance, 12 Swietokrzyska Str, 00-916 Warsaw, favorable weather and climate events by improving weather, climate Poland, Tel: (48-22) 694-3816, Fax: (48-22) 694-3494, E-mail: and hydrological service delivery, thereby supporting economic de- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Jan Vincent Rotstowski, Min- velopment and enhancing regional cooperation. Bank Approval com- ister pleted on 26 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. PAGE 60 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Project: P120788. US$ 20.7/7.0 (IDA Credit/CIF). Consultants will ergy Agency, 117420 Nametkina Street, 16, Bldg 1, Moscow, Russian be required. TajikHydromet, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-372) 215-191, E-mail: Federation, Tel: (7-495) 980-4304, Fax: (7-495) 428-5224, Contact: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Makhmad Safarov, Director. Kyr- Ms. Tatiana Yurlova, First Vice President gyzHydromet, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 316-228, E-mail: in- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zarylbek Itibaev, Director Finance (R) Microfinance: The objective is to assist the Government to de- Romania velop a sustainable, safe and sound national financial cooperative, and Health and Other Social Services microfinance system that will enhance access to financial services by the poorer and underserved segments of the population, especially (R) Results Based Financed Health Sector Reform: The ob- in the rural areas. Decision Meeting completed on 20 July 2011. Ap- jective is to support the Romanian Health Sector Reform efforts praisal scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment through enhancing the service delivery system, strengthening fi- Category C. Project: P095554. US$ 21.0 (IBRD). Consulting services nancing and payment methods, and improving governance in the health and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. system. Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 October 2011. Environ- Export Sector Financial Intermediary Loan: The objective is mental Assessment Category C. Project: P121675. US$ 336.8 (IBRD). to support export growth by providing medium and long term work- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Street Ministerului ing capital and investment finance to Russian industrial exporters. Nr. 1-3, Romania, Tel: (40-1) 314-1526, Fax: (40-4) 312-4916, E- Decision Meeting scheduled for 2 March 2012. Environmental As- mail: [email protected], Contact: Calin Alexandru, Director sessment Category F. Project: P126006. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Con- General sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Financial Sector Diversification and Strengthening: The ob- Third Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the jective is to meet financial sector stability standards by adopting in- government’s reforms in fiscal management, social protection, fi- ternational financial center benchmarks, ensuring G20 risk nancial sector, and emerge from the economic and financial crisis on management role with associated regulatory norms, attracting fi- a stronger footing, to resume and sustain convergence to the living nancial investments, supervisory modernization, and risk monitor- standards of more advanced EU economies. Decision Meeting sched- ing of the Russian financial markets. Decision Meeting scheduled uled for 11 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. for 16 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry ject: P125305. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Im- of Public Finance, 17, Apolodor Street, Bucharest, Romania, Tel: (40- plementing agency(ies) to be determined. 21) 410-3400/1189, Fax: (40-21) 312-1630, E-mail: cabinet.min- Health and Other Social Services [email protected], Contact: Angela Carabas, Director General (R) North Caucasus Federal Okrug Local Initiatives Support: Russian Federation The objective is to increase citizen and community involvement in decision making, oversight and monitoring of service delivery in target Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry areas, for improved provision of social and communal services. Preap- (R) Forestry Emergency Response: The objective is to assist praisal scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental Assessment the emergency response to the forest fires of the summer 2010 with Category C. Project: P120434. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be four components: (a) forest fire management; (b) forest institution- required. Ministry of Regional Development, Sadovaya-Samotechnaya al support to address legislation policy, governance, forest manage- Street, Bld. 10/23, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 694-3555, ment planning and capacity building; (c) forest restoration and regen Fax: (7-495) 699-3841, E-mail: Ruslan.Madyarov@ minregion.ru, eration; and (d) project management. Preappraisal scheduled for 7 Contact: Madiarov Ruslan Valeevich, Head September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (R) Social Inclusion through Sports: The objective is to de- P123923. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing velop an integrated system to provide conditions for regular physi- agency(ies) to be determined. cal training and sports activities for socially disadvantaged groups, Education and create pilot test for the municipalities of the Russian Federation with a view to further replication throughout the Russian Federation. (N) Development of Preschool Education System of Sakha Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 19 July 2011. Prepa- (Yakutia): The objective is to assist the Government in improving ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: child development outcomes and school readiness. Identification P126283. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing scheduled for 12 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- agency(ies) to be determined. gory B. US$ 118.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education of Sakha (Yakutia), 30 Lenina Avenue, Yakutsk Public Administration, Law, and Justice city, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-4112) 422-921, Fax: (7-4112) 424-929, Public Finance and Financial Sector Modernization: The E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Natalia Sitnikova, Head of Gen- objective is to strengthen the economic management and oversight eral Education Department of financial risks through policy advice and capacity building in the Energy and Mining Ministry of Finance, the Federal Tax Service and sub-national governments. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 March 2012. Envi- (R) Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support the govern- ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122998. US$ 25.0 ment in reducing the energy intensity of the economy by 40%, by the (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Federal Tax Service, Neglinnaya year 2020. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 September 2011. Envi- Street 23, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) 913-0663, Fax: ronmental Assessment Category F. Project: P122492. US$ 500.0 (7-095) 913-0609, E-mail: [email protected]. Ministry of Finance, (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Gazprombank and 9 Ilyinka Street, Moscow 109097, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) Ministry of Energy, Russian Energy Agency, 117420 Nametkina Street, 648-1123, Fax: (7-495) 648-1096, E-mail: [email protected] 16, Bldg 1, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 980-4304, Fax: (7-495) 428-5224, Contact: Ms. Tatiana Yurlova, First Vice Presi- Transportation dent Development Bank Infrastructure Finance: The objective is (R) Energy Efficiency-GEF: The objective is to support the insti- to support the long-term financing for infrastructure and public-pri- tutional, regulatory and market barriers facing commercial financ- vate partnership (PPP) in infrastructure in Russia and to strengthen ing of Energy Efficiency projects across Russia. Decision Meeting VEB’s institutional capacity in infrastructure financing. Decision scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Meeting scheduled for 4 October 2011. Environmental Assessment gory B. Project: P123692. US$ 22.7 (GEFU). Consulting services to Category F. Project: P125905. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services be determined. Gazprombank and Ministry of Energy, Russian En- to be determined. Russian Development Bank, Russian Federation SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 61

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection tainably increase rural productivity and curtail natural resource degra- (N) Arctic Program: The objective is to improve Russia’s envi- dation. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 January 2012. Environ- ronmental management systems to deal with growing environmen- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P122694. US$ 5.9 (GEFU). tal risks and pollutions in the Arctic Zone caused by climate change Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Tajik- and increasing human activities. Project Concept Review Meeting istan scheduled for 15 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Education gory F. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for both First Development Policy Operation: The objective is to assist preparation and implementation of the project. Implementing the Government to maintain high growth within a sustainable macro- agency(ies) to be determined. economic framework. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Past Environmental Liabilities Program: The objective is to ad- for 17 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 10.0 dress past environmental damages to environment by developing a (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to national program to focus on establishing institutional responsibili- be determined. ties and capacities. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 January 2012. Second Development Policy Operation: The objective is to con- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P121373. US$ 25.0 tinue to assist the Government to maintain high growth within a sus- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Natural Re- tainable macroeconomic framework. Project Concept Review Meeting sources and Ecology, Moscow, Russian Federation scheduled for 17 September 2013. Environmental Assessment Cate- Serbia gory U. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Finance Sixth Programmatic Development Policy Grant: The objec- Innovation Support: The objective is to assist the institutional tives are to protect basic services and to improve the environment for capacity building of the Serbia Innovation Fund (SIF); pilot financial private sector development. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- instruments to stimulate innovative activity in enterprises; and pilot uled for 17 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. reforms in the public research and development institute (RDI) sec- US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing tor. First Grant Funding Request Approval scheduled for 31 August agency(ies) to be determined. 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (F7PF). Con- sulting services to be determined. Serbia Innovation Fund, Serbia Energy and Mining (R) Energy Loss Reduction Additional Financing: The objective Public Administration, Law, and Justice is to continue to support: (a) the supply and installation to consumer (R) Third Programmatic Development Policy Loan: The ob- meters for the electricity and gas consumers, focusing on metering jective is to help reduce the size of Serbia’s large public sector by sup- those consumers who are now receiving supplies without meters; (b) porting reforms that will help improve the productivity of public the design and installation of computerized billing systems in the spending, structured by: (a) improving the efficiency of spending in electricity and gas utilities; and (c) technical assistance. Project Con- the largest spending sectors; (b) strengthening public expenditure and cept Review Meeting completed on 21 July 2011. Preappraisal sched- debt management; and (c) improving social assistance. Project Con- uled for 29 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. cept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 August 2011. Environmental US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Barki Assessment Category U. Project: P123065. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Con- Tajik and Tajiktransgaz sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and Other Social Services Tajikistan (R) Health Results Based Financing: The objective is to improve selected health outcomes (mainly for maternal and child health) Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry through the provision of incentives to primary health care providers, (R) Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Elimination, Mit- upon achievement of agreed health targets. Identification scheduled igation and Site Management: The objective is to reduce the en- for 22 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ vironmental and public health hazards associated with stockpiles of 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) POPs in priority areas and reduce farmer reliance on POPs pesticides. to be determined. This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assess- ment Category A. Project: P116013. US$ 4.0/0.8 (GEFU/ZMUL). Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Consulting services to be determined. Committee for Environmen- Dushanbe Water Supply and Sewerage: The objectives are to: tal Protection and Forestry, Shamsi Street 5/1, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, (a) build capacity; (b) overhaul Dushanbe vodokanal systems; (c) re- Tel: (992-37) 236-1353, Contact: Zikirov Hursandkul, Chairperson of place the most deteriorated sections of the distribution system; (d) Nature Protection Committee invest in water treatment and disinfection; and (e) provide external (R) Public Employment for Sustainable Agriculture and project management and auditing services to help build capacity and Water Resources Management Additional Financing: The ob- ensure good governance during implementation. Bank Approval jective is to finance minor renovation of irrigation canals and drainage completed on 7 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. infrastructure in Khatlon through short-term employment programs Project: P118196. US$ 16.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. and judicious rent/import auxiliary equipment (e.g. excavators, bull- Dushanbe Vodokanal, 14 Ayl Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992- dozers). Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 Septem- 372) 221-9092, Fax: (992-372) 221-7745, E-mail: [email protected], ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (IDA Contact: Mr. Nasrullo Khayrulloev, Director Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Turkey Second Upland Agricultural Livelihood and Environmen- Education tal Management: The objective is to enable rural people in se- Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Pre- lected uplands to build their productive assets in ways which sustainably paredness Additional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the increase rural productivity and curtail natural resource degradation. activities to improve the city of Istanbul’s preparedness for a poten- Decision Meeting scheduled for 3 February 2012. Environmental As- tial earthquake through strengthening critical public buildings for earth- sessment Category B. Project: P122685. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Con- quake resistance and enhancing the institutional and technical capacity sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Tajikistan for disaster management and emergency response. Bank Approval Second Upland Agricultural Livelihood and Environmen- completed on 21 April 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. tal Management-GEF: The objective is to enable rural people in Project: P122179. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Is- selected uplands to build their productive assets in ways which sus- tanbul Special Provincial Administration, Yerebatan Caddesi No: 10 PAGE 62 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 Sultanahmet, Eminonu-Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: (902-12) 455- Turkmenistan 4011, Fax: (902-12) 519-0813, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Mr. Sabri Kaya, Secretary General Transportation (R) Turkmenbashi Sustainable Port Development: The ob- Energy and Mining jective is to enhance Turkmenbashi’s port capacity to: (a) handle non (R) Private Sector Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency oil products, improve its safety of operations; (b) comply with inter- Additional Financing: The objective is to help increase privately national environmental standards; and (c) improve the legal frame- owned and operated energy production from indigenous renewable work, organizational structure and planning capabilities of the port sources within the market-based framework of the Turkish Electric- administration. Preappraisal scheduled for 30 September 2011. En- ity Market Law, and to help enhance demand-side energy efficiency. vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123676. US$ 62.0 Appraisal completed on 11 February 2011. Negotiations are under- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Service of Mar- way. Environmental Assessment Category F. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). itime and River Transportation of Turkmenistan, 745000, 8A Sha- Consultants will be required. Turkiye Kalkinma Bankasi (TKB), Necat- gadam Street, Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, Tel: (993-243) 203-60, ibey Caddesi No 98, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 231-8400, Fax: (90-312) Fax: (993-243) 207-44, Contact: Mr. Meylis Mutdikov, Chairman 230-2394, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. En- der Dincer, Senior Specialist. Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB), Ukraine Meclisi Mebusan Cad. No 81, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: (90-212) 334-5050, Energy and Mining Fax: (90-212) 334-5234, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Energy Efficiency: The objectives are to: (a) provide resources to Orhan Beskok, Executive Vice President address some of the issues in the industrial sector through an exist- (R) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Energy Efficiency: ing commercial bank; and (b) develop new energy efficiency markets The objective is to support the government’s policy of promoting en- by addressing the risks associated with these new investments. Bank ergy efficiency in SME Programs and small businesses. Project Con- Approval completed on 17 May 2011. Environmental Assessment cept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Category F. Project: P096586. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Assessment Category F. US$ 400.0/50.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consulting be required. Ukreximbank, 127 Gorkogo Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: services to be determined. Halk Bank; Vakif Bank, Sogutozu Mah. 2 (380-44) 247-8948, Fax: (380-44) 247-8082, E-mail: skhudiyash@ Cadde No 63 06520, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (903-12) 289-4781, 455- hq.eximb.com, Contact: Mr. Sergiy Khudiyash, Head IFI Programs 8646, Fax: (903-12) 289-4785, 455-8640, Contact: Mr. Yunus Esmer, Gas Network Modernisation: The objective is to assist the Gov- Deputy General Manager ernment to finance a part of the overall modernisation program of Ukraine’s gas transmission network. Project Concept Review Meet- Finance ing scheduled for 25 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- Second Access to Finance for SMEs Additional Finance: The gory B. US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. objective is to help increase the access of small and medium enter- NAFTOGAZ, Khmelnytsky Street 6, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) prises (SMEs) to medium and long term finance. Project Concept Re- 586-3537, Fax: (380-44) 586-3310, Contact: Mr. Evgen Bakulin, view Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Chairman of the Board Assessment Category F. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Finance (R) Second Programmatic Financial Rehabilitation Devel- Industry and Trade opment Policy Loan: The objectives are to support the Government’s Fifth Export Finance Intermediation: The objective is to pro- program in: (a) banking sector recapitalization and restructure; (b) vide medium and long-term financing for exporters while the econ- resolution and consolidation of the banking system; (c) strengthen omy is recovering from the global crisis. Bank Approval completed deposit insurance payout functions; and (d) enhancing the legal and on 17 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: regulatory framework. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for P121743. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Turkiye 1 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 350.0 Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB), Meclisi Mebusan Cad. No 81, Istanbul, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to Turkey, Tel: (90-212) 334-5050, Fax: (90-212) 334-5234, Contact: Mr. be determined. Orhan Beskok, Executive Vice President Second Export Development Additional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the impact and development effectiveness of Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection the ongoing Second Export Development project. Bank Approval National Disaster Risk Mitigation: The objective is to assist the scheduled for 23 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Government of Turkey to strengthen its national disaster response F. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ukreximbank, 127 and risk mitigation efforts by: (a) scaling-up investments in seismic Gorkogo Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 247-8948, Fax: (380- strengthening of public buildings such as schools and hospitals; and 44) 247-8082, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Khudiyash (b) expanding the national network of disaster response to several high Sergiy, Head risk municipalities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 27 Public Administration, Law, and Justice October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 500.0 Fourth Structural and Fiscal Reform Development Policy (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Disaster and Emergency Loan: The objective is to support the government in implementing Management Presidency the anti-crises and recovery measures for the economy on two pillars: Third Environmental Sustainability and Energy Sector De- (a) restructuring the budget to create fiscal space for needed invest- velopment Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) enhance energy ments and efficacy in public finances; and (b) facilitating business en- security by promoting private sector low-emission investments and try and improve energy security to create employment and encourage operations; (b) integrate principles of environmental sustainability, investments. This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental including climate change considerations, in key sectoral policies and Assessment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and programs; and (c) improve the effectiveness and efficiency of envi- implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ronmental management processes. Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Transportation P121651. US$ 750.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Second Road and Safety Improvement: The objective is to con- Undersecretariat of Treasury, Inonu Bulvari 36, Emek, Turkey, Tel: tinue the rehabilitation and upgrading to motorway standards of the (90-312) 212-8256, Fax: (90-312) 212-8550, E-mail: ozgur.pehli- M-03 road Kiev, Kharkiv, and Dovzhanzky. Particularly the section [email protected], Contact: Ozgur Pehlivan, Deputy Director Gen- between Lubny and Poltava. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- eral uled for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 63

450.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to 3833, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Uktur Khal- be determined. muhamedov, General Director (R) Water Supply and Sanitation Adjustable Program Loan: Uzbekistan The objective is to support the Government’s urban and rural WSS Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry infrastructure projects, sector strategy infrastructure, while supporting sector policy-making and planning, capacity building and (R) Second Rural Enterprise Support Additional Financing: institutional reform. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for The objective is to increase the productivity and financial and envi- 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 112.5 ronment sustainability of agriculture. Project Concept Review Meet- (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Uzkommunhiz- ing scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment mat, 45a Uzbekistanskaya Av Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-7165) Category B. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- 224-3833, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Uktur menting agency(ies) to be determined. Khalmuhamedov, General Director Energy and Mining Karakalpakstan Sewerage: The objective is to improve the safety, (R) Advanced Electricity Distribution Metering: The objec- quality, reliability, efficiency, financial viability and sustainability of tive is to implement new accurate electricity meters and metering sys- the sewer services in Karakalpakstan (Nukus and Takhiatash). Pro- tems to reduce large scale technical and commercial losses from the ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 September 2011. En- distribution system that will improve the economic and technical vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting performance. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 October 2011. En- services to be determined. Uzkommunhizmat, 45a Uzbekistanskaya vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122773. US$ 110.0 Av Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-7165) 224-3833, E-mail: (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Uzbekenergo, 100000, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Uktur Khalmuhamedov, Tashket City, Khorezm Street 6, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-71) 233- General Director 9821/9889, Fax: (998-71) 236-2700, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Syrdarya Water Supply: The objective is to improve the safety, Mr. Batirjan Teshabaev, Chairman quality, reliability, efficiency, financial viability and sustainability of the water supply services in Syrdarya region and its six districts Energy Efficiency for Industry Enterprises: The objective is to (Akaltyn, Bayaut, Khavast, Mekhnatobad, Mirzaobad and Sardoba). assist the Government to enable financial intermediaries (i.e. local Signing scheduled for 3 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Banks) to on-lend to enterprises that can carry out investments in EE egory B. Project: P111760. US$ 88.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are measures. The LA will be signed after finalization of changes in the required. Uzkommunhizmat, 45a Uzbekistanskaya Av Tashkent, sub-loan criteria Bank Approval completed on 17 June 2010. Envi- Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-7165) 224-3833, E-mail: ukh@uzkom- ronmental Assessment Category F. Project: P118737. US$ 25.0 (IDA munhizmat.uz, Contact: Mr. Uktur Khalmuhamedov, General Di- Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, 45a, rector Uzbekistan Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tel/Fax: (998-71) 132-6286, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sakhib Saifnazarov, Head of the Department Talimarjan Transmission: The objective is to improve the reliability of the electricity supply in South-Western Uzbekistan and to en- Middle East hance the region’s competitiveness and growth potential for industrial and commercial development. Bank Approval completed on 15 March and North Africa 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P119939. US$ 110.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. SJSC Uzbekenergo, Djibouti Khorezm Street 6, 100000 Tashket City, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-71) 233- 9821/9889, Fax: (998-71) 236-2700, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Education Mr. Batirjan Teshabaev, Chairman (R) Education and Vocational Education and Training: The Health and Other Social Services objective is to expand school access, especially in secondary education, by improving retention, reducing repetition and dropout rates, (R) GPOBA Health Private Public Partnership: The objective and strengthening the capacity of public education and Technical is to improve access to a number of medical diagnostic procedures and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems to better (MRI, CT, Doppler and Endoscopy) for selected groups of socially dis- prepare students for further education and build the skills needed by advantaged patients. Preparation scheduled for 17 October 2011. En- employers. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 18 Octo- vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P125004. US$ 6.0 ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.0 (IDA (GPBA). Consultants will be required for evaluation and design of Credit). Consultants will be required secondary education curriculum voucher distribution and targeting system. Implementing agency(ies) specialist, TVET specialist, Architect. Ministry of Education and to be determined. TVET, Cite Ministerielle, BP 16, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 356-334, Fax: (253) Health System Improvement: The objectives are: (a) to improve 355-768, E-mail: [email protected] access to quality health care at the primary level in rural area; and (b) strengthen the Government’s public health response to the rise Energy and Mining in non-communicable diseases. Signing scheduled for 25 October Geothermal Exploratory Drilling: The objectives are to support 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113349. US$ the Government to: (a) maintain the lowest tariff price for the geot- 93.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for implementation. hermal power generation; (b) establish an exploratory drilling pro- Ministry of Health, 12 Navoi Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998- gram; and (c) recommend an Independent Power Producer’s 71) 139-1954, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Assimidin Kamilov, international tender to develop, engineer, procure and construct a 50 Deputy Minister of Health MW geothermal power plant. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 6.0/7.0 (IDA Grant/OPEC). Consulting services to be determined. Elec- (R) Alat-Karakul Water Supply: The objective is to improve the tricite de Djibouti (EDD), 47, Bd de la Rublique, BP 175, Djibouti, Dji- level of service in terms of safety, coverage, quality, reliability and ef- bouti, Tel: (253) 340-730, E-mail: [email protected] ficiency as well as the sustainability of the water supply services in Geothermal Exploratory Drilling-GEF: The objectives are to sup- the two districts. Negotiations scheduled for 21 November 2011. En- port the Government to: (a) maintain the lowest tariff price for the vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118197. US$ 75.0 (IDA geothermal power generation; (b) establish an exploratory drilling pro- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Uzkommunhizmat, gram; and (c) recommend an Independent Power Producer’s inter- 45a Uzbekistanskaya Av Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-7165) 224- national tender to develop, engineer, procure and construct a 50 MW PAGE 64 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 geothermal power plant. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Finance for 25 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.6 (R) Fourth Financial Sector Reform Development Policy (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Electricite de Dji- Loan: The objectives are to support the Government to: (a) imple- bouti (EDD), 47, Bd de la Rublique, BP 175, Djibouti, Djibouti, Tel: ment the second phase of the Financial Sector Reform Program (253) 340-730, E-mail: [email protected] (2009-2012); (b) build a competitive and inclusive financial system; Public Administration, Law, and Justice (c) strengthen the environment for financial intermediation, resource mobilization, and risk management; (d) increase private participa- Community Rural Development and Water Resources Mo- tion in financial services. This project is no longer in the lending bilization: The objective is to increase access of rural communities program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmental to water and enhance their capacity to manage water and agro-pas- Assessment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to toral resources in the project areas using a participatory approach to be determined. Ministry of Investment, Ard El Maared, 3 Salah Salem community based development. Bank Approval completed on 14 Street, Nasr City, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 2405-5631, June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117355. Fax: (20-2) 2405-5635, E-mail: [email protected] US$ 5.8 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agri- culture, Livestock and Water Resources, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 351- Health and Other Social Services 297, Fax: (253) 355-879, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: S.E. Emergency Labor Intensive Investment: The objective is to Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Minister create short-term employment opportunities for the unskilled and semi- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection skilled through intensive labor works at the central, governorate and Urban Poverty Reduction Additional Financing: The objec- community levels. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 tive is to increase access to basic economic and social infrastructure September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category F. US$ 200.0 and to community development opportunities within Quartier 7 in (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- the city of Djibouti. Bank Approval completed on 10 June 2010. En- termined. vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120190. US$ 2.9 (IDA Public Administration, Law, and Justice Grant). Consultants will be required. Agence Djiboutienne de De- Sustainable Persistent Organic Pollutants Management: veloppement Social (ADDS), Avenue Pasteur, BP 4298, Djibouti- The objective is to assist the government with its obligations under Ville, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 358-655, Fax: (253) 357-184, E-mail: the Stockholm Convention for the sound management of Persistent [email protected], Contact: Kadar Ismael Guelleh, Director Organic Pollutants (POPs) (PCBs, Dixons and Furans, and obsolete Arab Republic of Egypt pesticides under ASP), and contribute to the sustainable development of capacity for the management of POPs. Decision Meeting Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry scheduled for 31 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category Farm-level Irrigation Modernization: The objectives are to: A. Project: P116230. US$ 8.1 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. (a) reduce agricultural water use; and (b) increase the productivity Egypt Environmental Affairs Agency, 30 Misr, Helwan Agri. Road, of agricultural lands and water over areas of (i) 200,000 feddans Maadi, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 526-1419/1421, E- within the Delta old lands (Mahmoudia, Manaifa and Meet Yazid mail: [email protected], Contact: Yasmin Fouad, Director, command areas); and (ii) 12,000 feddans within the West Delta old GEF Unit new lands (El Nasr command area). Bank Approval completed on 14 Transparency and Accountability Program DPL: The objec- December 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: tive is to support the economic growth that will enhance transparency P117745. US$ 100.0/50.0 (IBRD/FRDE). Consultants will be re- and lead to increase accountability of public resources. Project Con- quired. Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dokki, Cairo, cept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 August 2011. Environmental Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 337-2667, E-mail: NA, Contact: Assessment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Dr. Nada Mneimneh, Director of the Education Sector Development quired. Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Cairo, Secretariat Arab Republic of Egypt, Fax: (20-2) 2390-8159. Ministry of Finance Energy and Mining and Central Bank of Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt (R) Giza North Additional Financing: The objective is to sup- Transportation port the improvement of the security and efficiency of electricity sup- Railways Restructuring Additional Financing: The objective ply by adding a new generation capacity based on the most efficient is to enhance the impact of the original project by improving the re- thermal power generation technology. Negotiations scheduled for 2 liability, efficiency and safety of the railways’ services. Bank Approval October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P116198. completed on 14 December 2010. Environmental Assessment Cate- US$ 304.0/164.0 (IBRD/EUIB). Consulting services to be deter- gory B. Project: P117356. US$ 330.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- mined. Egypt Electricity Holding Company, Arab Republic of Egypt, quired. Egyptian National Railways, Ramses Square, PO 11111, Arab Tel: (20-2) 2401-2368, Fax: (20-2) 2261-6512, E-mail: eea_awad@ Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 577-1388, Fax: (20-2) 575-0000, E- link.net, Contact: Eng. Mohamed Habib, Executive Director for Plan- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mustapha Qenawy, Chairman ning Urban Transport Infrastructure Development: The objective (R) Helwan South Power: The objective is to improve power sup- is to improve the reliability and efficiency of urban transport in Cairo ply in Egypt, which includes construction of 1,300 MW power plant through implementation of cost-effective and clean technology in- at Helwan South and associated infrastructure. Negotiations sched- vestments that support major modal shift from private vehicles and uled for 27 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. microbuses to large size. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 March Project: P117407. US$ 585.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P115837. US$ Egypt Electricity Holding Company, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: 150.0/100.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of (20-2) 2401-2368, Fax: (20-2) 2261-6512, E-mail: [email protected], Housing, GOPP, 12 Ismail Abaza Street, Cairo, Arab Republic of Contact: Dr. Mohamed M. Awad, Managing Director Egypt, Tel: (20-20)-2792-1514, Fax: (20-20)-2792-1512, E-mail: mad- Kom Ombo Solar: The objective is to support the concentrated So- [email protected], Contact: Prof. M. Madbouly, Chairman of GOPP lar Power (CSP) plant and associated infrastructure in Upper Egypt. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Project: P120191. US$ 170.0/170.0/50.0/32.0 (IBRD/AFDB/CCTF/ (R) Enhanced Water Resources Management: The objective KFW). Consultants will be required. New and Renewable Energy is to improve water resources management through reducing pollu- Agency (NREA), Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 271-3176, tion loads in the Nile Delta Drains and the Mediterranean Sea, by us- Fax: (20-2) 271-7173, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Abdel Rah- ing targeted pilot investments, technical assistance and knowledge man Salah El Din, Managing Director generation to improve the quality and availability of surface and SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 65 ground water and their effective management. Decision Meeting Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and scheduled for 30 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- implementing agency(ies) to be determined. egory B. Project: P118090. US$ 6.7 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Cornich El Nil Lebanon Imbaba, Imbaba, Giza, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 3544-9447, Education Fax: (20-2) 3544-9449, E-mail: [email protected] Second Education Development: The objectives are to: (a) im- Second Integrated Sanitation and Sewage Infrastructure: prove teaching quality and the learning environment in general ed- The objectives are to sustain and improve the sanitation and envi- ucation and in preschool; and (b) increase governance and managerial ronmental conditions for targeted rural communities by improving capacity of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and water quality and reducing organic load in selected drainage basins schools. Signing scheduled for 24 October 2011. Environmental As- within served areas (provisional). Bank Approval completed on 30 sessment Category B. Project: P118187. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120161. will be required. Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Lebanon, US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Approved June 30 Tel: (961-1) 789-723, Fax: (961-1) 789-724, Ext. 30, E-mail: nm- 2011 Holding Company for Water and Waste Water (HCWW), 1200 [email protected], Contact: Dr. Nada Mneimneh, Director of the Corniche El Nile, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-1)-550- Education Sector Development Secretariat 0668, Fax: (20-2)-458-3884, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eng. Mounir Hosny, Director, Project Implementation Unit Finance Jordan (N) Innovation and SME Growth: The objective is to foster innovation from focus industries to create an ecosystem that delivers Education innovation through: (a) technology absorption and adaptation, in- (R) Higher Education Reform for Knowledge Economy (Ln. cubation services; (b) mentorship; (c) industry and business skills train- 77040-JO): The objectives are to: (a) improve the Government’s ca- ing through private sector linkages with educational institutions; and pacity to diversify and improve financing mechanisms for universi- (d) global networking opportunities, and financing. Decision Meet- ties; and (b) strengthen the management and efficacy of the sector ing scheduled for 15 December 2011. Environmental Assessment by aligning the roles, missions and responsibilities of various gover- Category C. US$ 32.6 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. nance bodies to the new strategy objectives. The loan was signed on Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Lebanon, Tel: (961-3) 883- 26 June 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: 434, E-mail: [email protected] P102487. US$ 25.0/30.0 (IBRD/ZBIL). No consultants are required. Health and Other Social Services Project Development Unit, Ministry of Higher Education and Scien- tific Research, PO Box 138, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 535-0967, (R) Community Social Development: The objective is to sup- Fax: NA, E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Dr. Fayez Kha- port: (a) community-led social development projects based on a de- sawneh, Project Director mand-driven process; (b) National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP); and (c) other social reforms of the ministry of social affairs. Project Energy and Mining Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 3 October 2011. Environ- (R) Third Independent Power Producer Partial Risk Guar- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services antee: The objective is to help the Government of Jordan meet the and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. electricity needs of the country in an economically and environmen- Industry and Trade tally sustainable manner. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Cultural Heritage Additional Financing: The objectives are to US$ 70.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Dr. Ghaleb support the: (a) rehabilitation of historic city centers and improve- Maabra, Managing Director, National Electric Power Company ment of urban infrastructure; (b) conservation and management of (NEPCO), PO Box 2310, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 585-8615, archeological sites; and (c) institutional strengthening. Appraisal Fax: (962-6) 581-8336, E-mail: NA scheduled for 19 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Council for Development and Reconstruction, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 981-432, Fax: (961-1) 981-252, E-mail: [email protected], (R) Public Sector Governance: The objective is to improve pub- Contact: Nabil Jisr, President lic sector service delivery for selected priority services, streamline the government structure, and strengthen human resource planning Public Administration, Law, and Justice and management across the public sector, in line with the Govern- Polychlorinated Biphenyle Management: The objective is to fa- ment’s Public Sector Development Program. Appraisal scheduled cilitate the implementation of the duties, rights, and responsibilities for 23 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- of the Republic of Lebanon towards the Stockholm Convention by: ject: P122717. US$ 6.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. (a) enhancing management of Persistent Organic Pollutants and (b) Ministry of Public Sector Development, PO Box 3575, Amman, Jor- drawing partnership to develop/implement a national strategy to dan, Tel: (962-6) 550-2530, Fax: (962-6) 550-2548, E-mail: eliminate the release of Polychlorinated Biphenyles. Decision Meet- [email protected], Contact: Mowafaq Al-Hajaj, Director ing scheduled for 6 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- First Programmatic Development Policy Loan: The objective gory A. US$ 2.5 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. is to support the Government in its fiscal consolidation efforts by Ministry of Environment, Downtown Beirut, Lazarieh Center, Black bringing down the large fiscal deficit to a level compatible with a sta- A4 New, 8th Floor, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 976-517, Fax: (961- bilization of the debt to GDP ratio below 60%. Bank Approval sched- 1) 976-534, E-mail: [email protected] uled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P124441. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection termined. Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, PO Greater Beirut Water Supply: The objectives are to: (a) meet the Box 555, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 464-4466, Fax: (962-6) 464- immediate and pressing demand of potable water in the Greater 2247, Contact: H.E. Dr. Jafar Hassan, Minister of Planning and In- Beirut Region; (b) alleviate chronic water shortages in the low-income ternational Cooperation Southern Beirut suburbs; and (c) strengthen the operational and fi- Second Programmatic DPL: The objective, same as the parent nancial capacity of the Beirut Mount Lebanon Water Authority. Bank project, is to assist the Government achieve fiscal consolidation ef- Approval completed on 16 December 2010. Environmental Assess- forts and mitigate the impact of the fiscal crisis. Project Concept Re- ment Category A. Project: P103063. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants view Meeting scheduled for 13 September 2011. Environmental will be required. Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), PAGE 66 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 980-099, Fax: (961-1) 981-282, E-mail: ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting [email protected], Contact: Nabil Al Jisr, President services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Morocco Health and Other Social Services Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) Second National Initiative for Human Development: (R) Integrated Coastal Zone Management: The objectives are The objective is to provide continue support to the Government’s to assist with: (a) policy planning and monitoring of the sustainable National Initiative for Human Development. Project Concept Re- fisheries and ecosystem management; (b) critical pilot investments, view Meeting scheduled for 28 September 2011. Environmental As- including conservation and rehabilitation activities in Lake Nador and sessment Category B. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. other sites; (c) capacity strengthening; and (d) project management. Ministry of Interior, Morocco, Tel: (212-537) 215-811, Fax: (212-537) Appraisal scheduled for 11 January 2012. Environmental Assess- 760-759, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Nadira El ment Category B. Project: P121271. US$ 5.2 (GEFU). Consulting ser- Guermai, Governor, National Coordinator vices to be determined. Ministry of Energy, Water, Mining and Environment, Rue Abou Marouane Essaadi, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212- Industry and Trade 37) 688-857, Fax: (212-37) 688-863, E-mail: [email protected], (N) Second DPL in support of the Plan Maroc Vert: The ob- Contact: Abdallah Rattal, Directeur adjoint des Etudes de la Planifi- jective is to support the Government’s Plan Maroc Vert to improve: cation (a) efficiency of domestic markets; (b) socio-economic impacts of in- Education vestments directed to small farmers; (c) agricultural services; and (d) use and management of irrigation water and planning of irrigation (R) First Skills and Employment DPL: The objectives are to: (a) infrastructures. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 improve relevance of higher education; (b) provide vocational edu- January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 205.0 cation and training to labor market; (c) facilitate labor mobility; (d) (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministere de l’Agriculture improve the impact of Active labor market programs (ALMPs); and et de la Peche Maritime (MAPM), Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-3) 5376- (e) strengthen labor market institutions and Monitoring and Evalu- 65518/17, E-mail: [email protected] ation. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Public Administration, Law, and Justice Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of National Education, Higher Education, Staff Training and Scientific Research, Rabat, Mo- (R) First Public Administration Reform: The objective is to as- rocco, Tel: (212-537) 217-586, Fax: (212-537) 217-585, E-mail: ab- sist the Government with the implementation of public administra- [email protected]. Ministry of Labor and Vocational tion reform support program (PARAP), aiming at: (a) improving Training, Quartier Administratif, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-5) 3776- Government efficiency in management of budget resources through 2763, Fax: (212-5) 3776-8881, Contact: Ahmed Benrida, Director of greater transparency and accountability, and by introducing perfor- the Directorate of Employment mance measurement; and (b) improving efficiency of key public ser- Second Education Development Policy Loan: The objective is vices. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 December to support the Government’s implementation of the “Education Emer- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). gency Plan 2009-2012”, with a view to improve the effectiveness of Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. service delivery and the quality of educational outcomes. Project Con- (R) Judicial Performance Enhancement: The objective is to im- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. Environ- prove public trust and confidence in the judicial system through: (a) mental Assessment Category U. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will implementing new approaches in legal aid, management of cases, use be required. Ministry of National Education, Higher Education, Civil of human capacities, court functioning; and (b) strengthening the in- Servant Training and Scientific Research, Bab Rouah, Rabat, Morocco, stitutional capacity of the Ministry of Justice in the areas of finan- Tel: (212-537) 771-822, Fax: (212-537) 771-874, E-mail: elhayani@ cial/human resources management and project management. Decision men.gov.ma Meeting completed on 26 July 2011. Appraisal scheduled for 6 Sep- tember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P125799. Energy and Mining US$ 8.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of (R) Ouarzazate Concentrated Solar Power: The objective is to Justice, Place el mamounia, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-30) 732-883, develop Phase I of a 500 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) power Fax: (212-30) 735-727, Contact: Mohamed Lididi, Secretary General plant in order to meet the country’s energy and climate change objectives and contribute to global CSP cost reduction. Appraisal com- Transportation pleted on 25 July 2011. Negotiations scheduled for 8 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122028. US$ (R) Road Asset Management: The objectives are to: (a) enhance 200.0/136.0/236.0/100.0/156.0/136.0 (IBRD/AFD/AFDB/CCTF/ and preserve the road assets conditions; and (b) provide efficient EUIB/KFW). Consultants will be required. Moroccan Agency for So- road infrastructure to facilitate connection to markets and link together lar Energy (MASEN), Station Traitement Av Mohamed Bel Hassan, major ports and development poles. Project Concept Review Meet- Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-53) 775-4747, Fax: (212-53) 775-4445, E- ing scheduled for 8 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mustapha Bakkoury, CEO egory B. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Direction des routes, BP 6226 Rabat-Instituts, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-53) Energy Development Fund: The objectives are to: (a) increase in- 771-3378, Fax: (212-53) 771-3405, E-mail: nhammoucha@mtp- vestment in generation capacity that emits less CO2 than the current net.gov.ma mix; and (b) increase energy efficiency in a number of end-use sectors (especially industry and urban transport). Decision Meeting Second Urban Transport Sector Development Policy Loan: scheduled for 3 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category The objective is to continue the development of the urban transport F. Project: P120166. US$ 100.0/75.0 (IBRD/CIF). Consultants will sector’s institutional framework, improve the delivery of urban trans- be required. Ministry of Mines and Energy, Morocco, Tel: (212-537) port services, and improve environmental and social sustainability, 688-893, Fax: (212-537) 774-721, E-mail: [email protected], including climate change mitigation. Project Concept Review Meet- Contact: Amina Benkhadra, Ministre ing scheduled for 19 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for preparation Finance including for environmental and poverty and social impact assessment. (R) Second Financial Sector DPL: The objective is to support a Direction Generale des Collectivites Locales, Ministere de l’interieur, new phase of financial sector reforms building on past progress. Pro- Hay Riad, Rabat, Morocco Tel/Fax: (212) 5372-15811, E-mail: ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 November 2011. Envi- [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 67 Regional use of state-of-the-art maritime navigation technologies; (b) facilitating establishment of agreements between beneficiary countries; and (c) Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry helping to build capacity to manage the marine highway. Project Arab World Initiative for Food Security: The objectives are to Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 January 2012. Environ- facilitate and improve food security in Arab countries by: (a) strength- mental Assessment Category C. US$ 8.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be ening safety nets; (b) enhancing food supply; and (c) reducing expo- required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. sure to international food commodity market volatility. Preparation Infrastructure 5M-Arab Financing Facility: The objectives are is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P126506. to: (a) strengthen and further develop the private involvement in the US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for the preparation provision of infrastructure services; (b) increase provision of infra- of a proposed facility. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. structure in MNA countries; and (c) facilitate regional integration. De- Regional Coordination on Improved Water Resources Man- cision Meeting scheduled for 29 September 2011. Environmental agement and Capacity with NASA: The objective is to help wa- Assessment Category A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- ter managers in countries around the Mediterranean Sea and across quired. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the Arab world to better understand water availability and con- Maghreb Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure: The objective sumption using consistent measures and methods so that data can is to lay the ground for increased trade between Maghreb countries be compared across countries. Bank Approval completed on 9 June and between Maghreb countries and the rest of the World. Project 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P117170. US$ Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 January 2012. Environ- 5.6 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water and Ir- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will rigation, PO Box 555, Amman 11118, Amman, Jordan, Fax: (962-6) be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 464-2751, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Saleh Al-Kharab- Mashreq Regional Cross Border Trade Facilitation and In- sheh, Secretary General. Centre Royal de Teledetection Spatiale, Av- frastructure Phase I: The objective is to lay the ground for increased enue Mohamed V Rabat, Morocco, Fax: (212-0) 3771-1435, E-mail: trade between Mashreq countries and between Mashreq countries and [email protected], Contact: Dr. Driss El Hadani, Director. Con- the rest of the world. Preparation is underway. Environmental As- seil National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ryad El Solh, 1107-2260, sessment Category B. Project: P120105. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consul- 59, Zahia Selman Street, Inah, Beirut, Lebanon, Fax: (961-1) 822-639, tants will be required. Mr. Sami Halasali, Aman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Mouin Hamze, Chairman, 585-0470, Fax: (962-6) 585-9895. Mr. Elie Helou, Tallel al-Saray, PO Secretary General. National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Box 116-5351, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 980-0096, Fax: (961-1) Sciences, 23 Joseph Tito Street, El Nozha El Gedida, Cairo, Arab Re- 981-252 public of Egypt, Tel: (202-2) 625-1299, Fax: (202-2) 622-5800, E- mail: [email protected], Contact: Ayman El-Dessouki, Tunisia Chairman. Centre Regional de Teledetection des Etats de l’Afrique du Nord, 55 Avenue Mouaouia, Ibn Abi Sofiane, El Menzeh VI 1004, Tu- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry nis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 236-575, Fax: (216-71) 236-466, E-mail: Agriculture Policy Modernization: The objective is to improve [email protected], Contact: Dr. Neji Fekih, Directeur General farm incomes and the productivity of agricultural water use. This Regional Technical Assistance and Capacity Building for project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Cat- the Promotion of Treated Wastewater Reuse in the Mediter- egory B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of ranean/MNA Countries: The objective is to promote wastewater Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources (MARH), 30 Rue Alain Savary, treatment and reuse in the Mediterranean and MNA Region through 1002 Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 842-687, Fax: (216-71) 784-447, technical assistance for policy strengthening, facilitating investments Contact: Ali Aydi, Director General in technologies and their adoption, demand promotion, and build- Education ing of local capacity. Decision Meeting scheduled for 21 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 4.6/3.3 (R) Vocational Training and Technical Education Modern- (GEFU/SIDA). Consultants will be needed in detailed crafting of ization: The objective is to support the implementation of the incoming wastewater treatment (WWTR) reuse strategy/policies, including government’s national vocational training strategy, with a view to guidelines for effluent monitoring, legislation for WWTR specific to strengthening youth employability. Decision Meeting scheduled for agriculture, groundwater recharge, industrial use in accordance with 2 April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120542. 2006 revised WHO guidelines; training for farmers, WWT operators, US$ 65.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Vocational food safety monitors, etc. Palestinian Water Authority, Al-Beireh, Training and Employment, 10 Boulevard Ouled Haffouz, Tunis, Nablus, Jerusalem St, Ramallah, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-2) Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 791-331, Fax: (216-71) 794-615, E-mail: relation- 240-9022, Fax: (972-2) 240-9341, E-mail: [email protected]. Jor- [email protected] dan Valley Authority, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Amman, Jor- Energy and Mining dan, E-mail: [email protected]. Ministere des Ressources en Eau, 03, Rue du Caire, Kouba, Algiers, Algeria, Tel: (213-21) 283-901, E- (R) Energy Efficiency and Biomass: The objectives are to: (a) mail: [email protected] address the barriers in scaling-up energy efficiency/co-generation investments; and (b) help design and implement a biomass action plan, Finance with dissemination and communication activities on biomass po- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Financing Facility: The tential in Tunisia. Decision Meeting scheduled for 29 September objective is to improve access to finance for micro, small and medium 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P121364. US$ enterprises in the Republic of Tunisia, including through enabling pre- 2.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Agence Nationale de la viously creditworthy Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Maitrise de l Energie (ANME), 3 Rue 8000, Monplaisir, Tunis, to maintain access to credit in the post-upheaval period. Bank Ap- Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 787-700, Fax: (216-71) 784-624, E-mail: proval completed on 14 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- [email protected], Contact: Kawther Lihidheb, Director for Industrial egory F. Project: P124341. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants are Energy Efficiency Unit. Agence Nationale de Gestion des Dechets required. Central Bank of Tunisia, 25 Rue Hedi Nouira, 1080 Tunis, (ANGed), 6 Rue Al amine Al Abbassi, 1002 Tunis, le Belvedere, Tu- Cedex, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 122-000, Fax: (216-71) 340-615, nis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 791-595, Fax: (216-71) 890-581, E-mail: boc@ E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Samia Rejeb Saied, Directrice anged.nat.tn, Contact: Ms. Myriam J. Soussi, Director for International Cooperation Transportation Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricite et du Gaz Concentrated (N) 5M-GEF Southern Mediterranean Marine Highway: The Solar Power Plant: The objective, as part of the Clean Technology objective is to promote the sound environmental management of the Fund (CTF) Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) scale-up investment plan, Mediterranean Sea. This will be achieved by: (a) piloting and promoting is to develop a 100 MW CSP power plant to meet the country’s en- PAGE 68 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 ergy and climate change objectives and contribute to global CSP cost Second Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: The reduction. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 19 Octo- objectives are to support the Ministry of Environment and the Na- ber 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 35.0/35.0/18.5 tional Solid Waste Management Agency by: (a) professionalizing the (IBRD/AFDB/CCTF). Consultants will be required. Societe Tunisi- collection services; (b) developing waste-to-energy system; and (c) in- enne de l’Electricite du Gaz (STEG), 38 Rue Kamel Attaturk, Tunis, tegrating the current disposal system into an improved larger and Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 334-366, Fax: (216-71) 335-031, E-mail: dga@ longer-term concession. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled steg.com.tn, Contact: Ameur Bchir, Deputy CEO for 28 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agence Nationale de Ges- Health and Other Social Services tion des Dechets (ANGed), 6 Rue Al amine Al Abbassi, 1002 Tunis, (R) Second Employment Development Policy Loan: The ob- le Belvedere, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 791-595, Fax: (216-71) 890- jective is to expand employment opportunities in Tunisia through tap- 581, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mounir Ferchichi, Di- ping new sources of employment, strengthening labor intermediation recteur General and placement (nationally and internationally), improving the labor regulatory context, and expanding the information base on employ- West Bank and Gaza ment. Preparation scheduled for 24 August 2011. Environmental Education Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to (R) Tertiary Education Second Additional Financing: The ob- be determined. Ministere de l’Emploi et de l’Insertion Professionnelle jective is to enhance school-to-work transition by improving the rel- des Jeunes, 10 Boulevard Ouled Haffouz, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216- evance of technical/vocational education programs. Project Concept 71) 792-432, Fax: (216-71) 794-615 Review Meeting scheduled for 13 September 2011. Environmental As- Second Cultural Heritage: The objective is to support manage- sessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (SPF). Consulting services to be de- ment and enhancement of the country’s cultural assets, focusing pri- termined. Ministry of Education and Higher Education, PO Box 576, marily on the rehabilitation of historic urban centers. The project West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-2) 298-3254, Fax: (972-2) 298-3299, will address urban planning, land issues, and target poverty allevia- E-mail: [email protected] tion and local economic development. Project Concept Review Meet- ing scheduled for 20 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Energy and Mining Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry (R) Gaza Electricity Network Rehabilitation: The objective is of Culture and Heritage Preservation, Rue 2 Mars 1934, La Kasbah, to support the rehabilitation of basic physical electricity infrastruc- Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 563-006, Fax: (216-71) 560-832, Con- ture in Gaza, including capacity building for the Gaza Electricity Dis- tact: Boubakar Ben Fraj, Chef de Cabinet tribution Company (GEDCO). Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Industry and Trade P116199. US$ 8.0 (SPF). Consultants will be required. Palestinian En- Third Export Development: The objectives are to improve access ergy Authority through a Project Management Unit, Zahret El-Mas- to export markets and finance, and enhance the efficiency and per- sayef Building, Alersal St Ramallah, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-02) formance of trade clearance processes including customs operations 298-6192/6972/4752-53, Fax: (972-02) 298-6619, E-mail: jya@ and technical controls, thereby making trade logistics more efficient. menr.org Appraisal scheduled for 1 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Finance Category C. Project: P118334. US$ 71.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry du Commerce and Handicraft, Rue (N) Gaza Palestinian Market Development: The objective is to Kheiredin Pacha, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 9835-1761, E-mail: Wajdi.Khe- strengthen the private-sector led growth of the Palestinian economy. [email protected], Contact: Monsieur Wajdi Khemakhem, Coordina- Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 13 September 2011. teur du Projet Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 3.0/20.0 (SPF/WBGF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of National Econ- Public Administration, Law, and Justice omy, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (970-598) 914-567, E-mail: rjshun- Ecotourism and Conservation of Desert Biodiversity: The ob- [email protected] jective is to develop ecotourism in desert ecosystems as a means to Public Administration, Law, and Justice promote environmental, financial and social sustainability. Project Con- (R) Fourth Palestinian Reform and Development Plan Sup- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental port: The objective is to help the Palestinian Authority to continue Assessment Category B. US$ 1.3/4.3 (FRDE/GEFU). Consultants to implement the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP), will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Tunisia, focusing on efforts to strengthen the Palestinian Authority’s fiscal Tel: (216-72) 870-679, Fax: (216-70) 728-595, E-mail: dgeqv@ min- position and improve public financial management. Project Concept eat.gov.tn, Contact: Habib Ben Moussa Review Meeting completed on 19 July 2011. Project Preparation Integrated Local Development: The objective is to improve in- scheduled for mid-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category frastructure and services in Tunisian municipalities. Decision Meet- U. US$ 40.0 (SPF). No consultants are required. Palestinian Au- ing scheduled for 3 January 2012. Environmental Assessment Category thority, Ministry of Finance, Ramallah, West Bank, West Bank and F. Project: P117416. US$ 60.7/50.0 (IBRD/FRDE). Consultants will Gaza, Tel: (970-2) 240-0650, Fax: (970-2) 240-0595, E-mail: mofirdg@ be required. CPSCL and Ministry of Interior, 9 Rue 8451, 1003 Cite palnet.com Khadra, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-20) 752-241, E-mail: mokhtarpdm@ (R) Second Land Administration: The objective is to establish yahoo.fr, Contact: Mokhtar Hammami, Director Geneneral a sustainable, efficient, and transparent land registration system in Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection the project areas. Appraisal scheduled for 15 November 2011. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 3.0 (SPF). Consultants will (R) Managing Healthcare Waste and PCBs: The objectives are be required. Palestinian Land Authority, Rimal Street, Gaza, West Bank to: (a) help strengthen the healthcare waste management system in and Gaza Tel/Fax: (970-8) 288-0131, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tunisia; and (b) contribute to the implementation of its Persistent Or- Nadim Barameh, Chairman ganic Pollutants (POPs) National Implementation Plan. Bank Approval scheduled for 30 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection gory A. Project: P100478. US$ 5.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be re- (R) Gaza Solid Waste Management: The objective is to improve quired. Agence Nationale de Gestion des Dechets (ANGed), 6 Rue Al solid waste disposal services in the middle and southern Gaza Strip amine Al Abbassi, 1002 Tunis, le Belvedere, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216- by providing efficient waste management and environmentally friendly 71) 791-595, Fax: (216-71) 890-581, E-mail: [email protected], Con- sanitary waste disposal services in middle and southern Joint Service tact: Mr. Mounir Ferchichi, General Director Council member municipalities, which could be extended to other po- SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 69 tential client municipalities in the Gaza Strip. Preparation is under- vironment, Hadda St, Sana’a, Denmark, Tel: (967-1) 418-291, Fax: (967- way. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P121648. US$ 1) 235-113, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Abdul Rahman Al- 10.0 (SPF). Consultants will be required. Mr. Khaled W. Rajab, Act- Eryani, Minister ing General Director of Operations, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (970- 2) 296-6610, Fax: (970-2) 295-0685, E-mail: [email protected] Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Gaza Water Supply Rehab and Expansion: The objective Development Policy Grant: The objectives are to help: (a) is to improve the water supply efficiency and the water service pro- strengthen the budget management and prioritization; (b) strengthen vision quality in the middle and southern governorates in Gaza via: private sector employment and growth; and (c) improve the effi- (a) rehabilitation, and expansion of water supply networks and facil- ciency of the social protection system. Project Concept Review Meet- ities and (b) provision of technical and operational assistance to the ing scheduled for 23 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Coastal Municipality Water Utility (CMWU). Project Concept Re- Category U. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- view Meeting completed on 26 July 2011. Preparation is underway. mined. Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC), Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P101289. US$ 5.0 PO Box 175, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 250-118/107, Fax: (SPF). Consultants will be required. Coastal Municipalities Water (967-1) 250-665, E-mail: [email protected], ahmed.al- Utility, Abdel Nasser St Abu Shabban Building, PO Box 5052, Gaza [email protected] City, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-8) 288-1446, Fax: (972-8) 288- Transportation 1445, E-mail: [email protected] (R) Road Asset Management: The objectives are to assist the Gov- (R) West Bank Wastewater Management: The objective is to ernment to improve condition and safety of existing paved roads in install wastewater collection, treatment and re-use facilities in the He- three to four governorates, and to develop institutional arrangements bron governorate. This is the implementation of Phase 1 of the He- for efficient road maintenance. Appraisal scheduled for 23 January bron Governorate Wastewater Management Master Plan. Preparation 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125135. US$ is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P117449. 45.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Road Maintenance US$ 14.0/10.0 (GFRC/SPF). Consultants will be required for a fea- Fund, PO Box 4035, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 510-471, sibility update and ESIA studies, civil works and construction su- Fax: (967-1) 441-847, E-mail: [email protected] pervision. Palestinian Water Authority, Al-Beireh, Nablus, Jerusalem St, Ramallah, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-2) 240-9022, Fax: (972-2) 240-9341, E-mail: [email protected] Republic of Yemen Latin America Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Climate Resilient Integrated Coastal Zone Management: and Caribbean The objective is to: (a) enhance capacity and awareness of institutions and stakeholders on Climate-Resilient Integrated Coastal Zone Man- Antigua and Barbuda agement (ICZM), at national and local levels in selected coastal gov- Health and Other Social Services ernorates; and (b) demonstrate benefits of implementing climate-resilient ICZM in three target sites. Decision Meeting sched- Safety Net Advancement: The objective is to improve the efficiency uled for 28 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. of public spending through strengthening the social protection sys- Project: P115001. US$ 4.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. EPA tem, supporting public sector transformation, setting up active labor (Environmental Protection Authority, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, market policies, and programs for the unemployed. Project Identifi- Tel: (967-1) 20-7816, Fax: (967-1) 20-7327, E-mail: epa-yemen@yemen. cation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ net.ye 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Education Fourth Public Works: The objectives are to: (a) provide needed Argentina infrastructure to improve services and environmental conditions; Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry and (b) create short-term employment. Bank Approval scheduled (N) Volcano Eruption Emergency Recovery Loan: The objective for 29 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: is to assist the government in responding to the Puyehue Volcano erup- P122594. US$ 61.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Min- tion by financing the costs associated with mitigating the negative eco- istry of Planning and International Cooperation, Sana’a Al-Steen nomic impacts caused by the eruption. Preparation is underway. Street, Near Exh. Hall, PO Box 18316, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consul- (967-1) 448-109, Fax: (967-1) 448-110, E-mail: [email protected], tants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Contact: Saeed A. Ahmed, Director (R) Rural Corridors and Biodiversity: The objectives are to: (a) Energy and Mining increase the protection of vulnerable natural areas and the conser- (R) Al-Mocha Wind Park: The objective is to demonstrate the op- vation of biological diversity in both the Argentine Patagonian Steppe erational feasibility of wind power (60 MW) at Al-Mocha to be con- and the Argentine Chaco; and (b) bolster the technical capacity and nected to the national grid. Preparation is underway. Environmental outreach of federal and provincial organizations working in natural Assessment Category B. Project: P106069. US$ 35.0/15.0 (IDA resource issues. Negotiations completed on 10 August 2011. Bank Ap- Grant/IDB). Consultants will be required. Public Electricity Corpo- proval scheduled for 4 October 2011. Environmental Assessment ration, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 328-164, Fax: (967- Category B. Project: P114294. US$ 6.3/2.3 (GEFU/MSC1). Consul- 1) 326-214, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eng. Abdul Mumin tants will be required. Administacion de Parques Nacionales, Av. Mutahar, Director General Santa Fe 690, C1059ABN, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4774- 5357, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Dra. Patricia Gandini, President Health and Other Social Services Socio-Economic Inclusion in Rural Areas: The objective is to Leopards and Landscapes: The objective is to utilize the con- support the Government’s strategy to raise incomes and improve servation of a flagship species to expand and strengthen the Pro- livelihoods among the rural poor of Argentina. Bank Approval sched- tected Area Network in Yemen (including the proposed Dhofar Hawf uled for 8 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Trans-boundary Conservation Area) while creating a conservation con- Project: P106685. US$ 52.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Mi- stituency in the Republic. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled nisterio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Pesca (MAGyP formerly SAG- for 15 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ PyA), Avda. Belgrano 450, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 2.4 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water and En- 4349-1300, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lic. PAGE 70 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Jorge Neme, Coordinador Ejecutivo, Ing Sandro Sassatelli, Coordi- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection nador Tecnico (R) Second Norte Grande Water Infrastructure (Ln. 80320- AR): The objective is to increase sustainable access to sanitation Health and Other Social Services and water supply services in the Norte Grande region of Argentina, Basic Protection Additional Financing: The objectives are to by providing investments in infrastructure and supporting institutional increase the effectiveness of income transfer programs for the development. Signing is on hold, awaiting presidential decree. En- unemployed and families with children. Awaiting Government vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P125151. US$ 200.0 counter-signature of legal agreement. Environmental Assessment (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Planificacion Category C. Project: P120622. US$ 480.0 (IBRD). No consultants Federal, Inversion Publica y Servicios, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, are required. Ministerio de Economia y Finanzas Publicas de la Nacion, C1086AAB, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-5000, Fax: Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349- NA, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Victor Alonso, Coordi- 6200, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Gabriela Acosta, Directora nator Nacional Buenos Aires Province Infrastructure Sustainable Devel- opment Additional Financing: The objectives, same as the par- Provincial Public Health Insurance Development: The ob- ent project, are to assist with: (a) water and sewerage, (b) drainage, jectives are to: (a) increase utilization and quality of key health ser- and (c) scale-up provincial roads. Signing scheduled for late-August vices for the uninsured target population, and (b) improve institutional 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114081. US$ management by strengthening the incentives for results in participating 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Unidad de Coordinacion provinces and among service providers. Signing tentatively scheduled con Organismos Multilaterales de Credito (UCO), Calle 45, Oficina for late-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: No.310, La Plata, Argentina, Tel: (54-21) 429-4576, E-mail: P106735. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministe- [email protected], Contact: Ing. Ethel Teselman, Director rio de Salud y Ambiente, Av. 9 de Julio 1925 Piso 12 (1332), Buenos Ejecutivo Aires, Argentina Tel/Fax: (54-11) 4379-9339, E-mail: mdiosque@ msal.gov.ar, Contact: Dr. Maximo Andres Diosque, Secretario de Bolivia Promocion de Programas Sanitarios Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry San Juan SWAp: The objective is to support the Government to promote greater economic and social development. Signing tentatively (R) Community Investment in Rural Areas (Cr. 50040-BO): scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- The objectives are to: (a) improve access to basic socio-economic in- gory B. Project: P113896. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- frastructure and services; (b) generate income opportunities for res- quired. Agencia Calidad San Juan, Ministerio de la Produccion, 25 idents of selected disadvantage communities through a participatory de Mayo 577 Este, 1er Piso, San Juan, Argentina, Tel: (54-264) 427- process that will strengthen community-based organizations identify, 2566/4391, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: prioritize, and implement community subprojects or investment. Puerta Marisu, Responsable de Proyectos Bank Approval completed on 21 July 2011. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. Project: P107137. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consul- Industry and Trade tants will be required. Ministry of Rural Development and Land (MDRT), Av. Camacho 1471, entre calles Bueno y Loayza, La Paz, Bo- (R) Sustainable Industrial Development: The objective is to sup- livia, Tel: (591-2) 211-1103, Fax: (591-2) 211-4332, E-mail: alian- port small and medium enterprises in Argentina with inadequate ac- [email protected], Contact: Jhonny Delgadillo, Coordinator cess to credit to improve their compliance with environmental (R) Innovation and Agricultural Services (Cr. 50030-BO): regulations, while simultaneously boosting their industrial compet- The objective is to enhance public services for sustainable and equi- itiveness. Bank Approval scheduled for 8 November 2011. Environ- table agricultural growth, by strengthening Bolivia’s Agricultural In- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P110612. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). novation System and by facilitating the development of private sector Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Economia y Produccion, based weather insurance. Bank Approval completed on 21 July 2011. Secretaria de Industria y Pyme, Av. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 2o, Buenos Signing scheduled for 16 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-3726/3728, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, egory B. Project: P106700. US$ 39.0/2.3/2.6 (IDA Credit/GDEN/ Contact: Alfredo Junco, Coordinador Ejecutivo UEPRO-PRESAO GSWI). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Casimiro Irusta No. 2164, Sopocachi, Public Administration, Law, and Justice La Paz, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-2) 211-4332, E-mail: elva.tercero@ (R) Second Essential Public Health Functions Programs iniaf.gov.bo, Contact: Elva Tercernos, Director General; Alfredo (Ln. 79930-AR): The objectives are to: (a) improve the stewardship Zarate, Advisor role of the federal public health system; and (b) increase the cover- Health and Other Social Services age and clinical governance of seven selected federal health programs. The loan was signed on 11 April 2011. Environmental Investing in Children and Youth Additional Financing: The Assessment Category B. Project: P110599. US$ 461.0 (IBRD). Con- objective is to scale-up the existing First Employment Program that sultants will be required. Ministerio de Salud de la Nacion, Av. 9 de has been supported by Component 2 of the Investment in Children Julio 1925, 12o Piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel/Fax: (54-11) 4379- and Youth Project. The Program intervention is to increase the em- 9339, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Maximo Diosque, ployability of low-income youth living in urban and peri-urban areas Secretario de Promocion y Programas Sanitarios with at least the 8th level of primary education completed. Project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category C. Third National Communication United Nations Framework US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): The objective is to agency(ies) to be determined. assist the government to strengthen its capacity in designing sectoral policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate Public Administration, Law, and Justice change and to evaluate the environmental, social and economic im- Feeder Roads Sector Development: The objective is to enhance pact of their implementation while fulfilling obligations to the UN- access of targeted rural populations to local services by improving the FCCC. Signing scheduled for 5 October 2011. Environmental quality of the rural road network in selected municipalities and in a Assessment Category C. Project: P116974. US$ 2.4 (GEFU). Consul- sustainable fashion, establishing effective methods for the maintenance tants will be required. Secretariat of the Environment and Sustain- of this network, and developing the institutional capacity necessary. able Development (SAyDS), Climate Change, San Martin 451, Buenos This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4348-8648, E-mail: smucci@ambi- Category B. Project: P106823. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants ente.gov.ar, Contact: Nazareno Castillo Marin, Director are required. Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing, Av. SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 71

Mariscal Santa Cruz esq. Calle Oruro, Edif. Centro de Comunica- giao Central, in a socially and environmentally sustainable manner. ciones Piso 5, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) 211-9963, Fax: (591-2) This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment 211-9999, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Walter Del- Category B. Project: P097305. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be gadillo, Minister required. State Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply-SEAB, Rua dos Funcionarios, 1559, Bairro Cabral, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Tel: (55-41) Brazil 3313-4044, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Luis Carlos Teix- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry eira Lopes, Secretariat Piaui Sustainable Development: The objective is to support the (R) Ceara Rural Sustainable Development and Competi- sustainable development of the state of Piaui, focusing on the con- tiveness: The objective is to strengthen small/mid-sized rural pro- servation of environmentally sensitive areas, promotion of educa- ducers’ competitiveness by favoring commercial ties between family tion opportunities and adopting of sustainable agriculture. Preparation agriculture and markets. Decision meeting tentatively scheduled for is underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 late-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to P121167. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ceara- be determined. Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Agrario, Av. Bezerra de Menezes, Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture: The objectives are to sup- 1820, Fortaleza, Brazil, Tel: (55-85) 3101-8002, Fax: (55-85) 3287- port sustainable agriculture and ranching in previously degraded or 2176, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jose Nelson Mar- abandoned deforested areas by reoccupying the lands and increase tins, Secretary productivity, thus promoting economic growth while decreasing the (R) Pernambuco Rural Competitiveness and Access to Mar- pressure to deforest new areas in the Amazon. Awaiting Govern- kets: The objective is to support the Borrower’s Results Management ment’s authorization to proceed. Environmental Assessment Category Framework, Pernambuco para Todos, by: (a) promoting rural busi- A. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agri- ness initiatives; and (b) expanding rural access to water and other com- culture, Espl. dos Ministerios, Bl. D, Sl. 752, Edificio Sede, Brasilia, plementary infrastructure. Decision Meeting completed on 21 July DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3218-2644, E-mail: derli.dossa@agricultura. 2011. Appraisal scheduled for 22 August 2011. Environmental As- gov.br, Contact: Derli Dossa, Chefe da Assessoria de Gestao Estrate- sessment Category B. Project: P120139. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consul- gica tants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Rio Grande do Norte Regional Development and Gov- Education ernance: The objective is to promote regional economic and social (R) Recife Swap Education and Public Management: The development, which is inclusive of the poor and environmentally objectives are to: (a) expand coverage and improve quality of early sustainable. Concept Review Meeting tentatively scheduled for late- child education and primary school; and (b) improve municipal pub- September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 360.0 lic management, with emphasis on the areas of education, finance, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State of Rio Grande do Norte, urban mobility, and management of public policy. Project Concept Centro Administrativo do Estado, BR 101, KM 0, Natal, RN, Brazil, Review Meeting completed on 16 May 2011. Project Appraisal Doc- Tel: (55-84) 3232-1910, Fax: (55-84) 3232-1911, E-mail: oberyjr@ ument scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental Assessment rn.gov.br Category B. Project: P126372. US$ 130.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be (R) Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development Additional required. Municipality of Recife, Recife, Brazil, Tel: (55-81) 3355- Financing: The objective is to: (a) fill the funding gap created by the 9444, Fax: (55-81) 3355-8014, E-mail: [email protected] response to emergency rehabilitation needs after January 2011 nat- Alagoas Extreme Poverty Eradication: The objective is to sup- ural disaster in Serrana Region; (b) expand the geographical cover- port the efforts of the State of Alagoas to eradicate extreme poverty, age, and deepen level of intervention, of original activities; and (c) as part of the Brazilian Federal Government’s program to achieve the engage in a longer-term intervention in disaster and other areas. same goal nationwide. Decision Meeting tentatively scheduled for Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 August 2011. En- early-February 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consul- P126620. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- tants will be required during project implementation to provide menting agency(ies) to be determined. specialized technical assistance to project beneficiaries. State Secre- Energy and Mining tariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SEAPEC), Alameda S Boaventura, 770, Fonseca, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 3607-5398, Fax: (55- (R) Energy and Mineral Sector Strengthening: The objective 21) 3607-6003, E-mail: [email protected] is to strengthen the capacity of key public sector institutions to im- (R) South Cooperation for Economic Development: The ob- prove the contribution of energy and mineral resources to accelerated jective is to expand and deepen Brazil’s participation in the interna- national economic growth and increased social and environmental tional development system through the enhancement of its capacity sustainability in a context of globalization and technological change. to participate in South-South Cooperation (S-SC) programs for the Decision Meeting tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Envi- transfer of relevant developmental knowledge and technologies. Pro- ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126537. US$ 49.6 ject Concept Review Meeting completed on 18 July 2011. Prepara- (IBRD). Consultants will be required for preparation. Ministry of tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 Mines and Energy, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco U, Brasilia, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3319-5027, Fax: (55-61) 3319-5148, E-mail: alexan- be determined. [email protected], Contact: Alexandre Ramos Peixoto, Pro- gram Director Amazon Region Protected Areas Program Phase II: The objective is to expand and consolidate the protected areas system in the Health and Other Social Services Brazilian Amazon region and implement mechanisms for their financial (R) Federal University Hospitals Modernization (Ln. 80280- sustainability. Negotiations scheduled for 19 September 2011. Envi- BR): The objective is to strengthen the performance of the REHUF ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114810. US$ Program, by: (a) improving hospital governance and management by 15.9/30.0/15.0 (GEFU/KFW/WOWL). Consultants will be required results; (b) modernizing of the Borrower’s hospital technology; and for the preparation and to revise the Environmental/Safeguards re- (c) improving hospital care, research and education processes. Sign- quired documents to be prepared by the beneficiary. Fundo Brasileiro ing tentatively scheduled for late-September 2011. Environmental As- para a Biodiversidade (Funbio), Largo do IBAM, 1 Humaita, CEP sessment Category B. Project: P120391. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants 22271-070, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 2123-5326, E-mail: will be required. Ministry of Education, Esplanada dos Ministérios, [email protected], Contact: Fernanda Marques, Project Coordinator Bl. L, Ed. Sede, Brasilia, DF, Brazil Tel/Fax: (55-61) 2022-9500, E- Parana Central Regional Development: The objective is to en- mail: [email protected], Contact: Rogério Guimarães, hance the competitiveness of small rural producers in Parana’s Re- General Coordinator of Management and Planning PAGE 72 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

(R) Integrated Health and Water Management (Ln. 79510- focus on sectors such as education, disaster risk management and eco- BR): The objectives are to: (a) increase access to clean water, sani- nomic development in order to promote opportunities for growth and tation, and basic health care in 10 selected municipalities most affected poverty reduction throughout the State. Project Concept Review by infectious intestinal diseases (IID); and (b) improve neonatal Meeting completed on 21 July 2011. Project Preparation is under- health care in 25 selected hospitals using a Baremo indicator of qual- way. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P106753. US$ ity and efficiency. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-September 500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Planejamento 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P095171. US$ e Gestao de Pernambuco, Rua da Aurora No. 1377, Boa Vista, Recife, 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretariat of Planning of PE, Brazil, Tel: (55-81) 3182-3869, Fax: (55-81) 3182-3904, Contact: Bahia, Av. Luis Viana Filho, 2da Avenida No. 25, Salvador, BA, Brazil, Edilberto Xavier, Secretario Executivo de Planejamento, Orcamento Tel: (55-71) 3115-3550, Fax: (55-71) 3371-3237, E-mail: anacristina. e Captacao [email protected], Contact: Ana Cristina Gomes Branco, Gen- (R) Federal Integrated Water Sector (Ln. 80740-BR): The eral Coordinator objective is to assist the Federal water sector institutions to use bet- (R) Second Bolsa Família (Ln. 78410-BR): The objectives are ter instruments to design, implement, and monitor sector policies and to: (a) consolidate Bolsa Familia management and Cadastro Unico programs in an integrated manner. Bank Approval completed on 12 (CU); (b) strengthen governance; (c) consolidate Ministry of Social July 2011. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-October 2011. En- Development monitoring and evaluation system; and (d) promote in- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P112073. US$ 107.3 novations and strategies to link population of the CU to skills devel- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio das Cidades, SNSA, opment, income-generation, and productive inclusion initiatives. SAUS Quadra 01 Bloco H Ed. Telemundi II, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: Signing tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental (55-61) 2108-1414, Fax: (55-61) 2108-1144, E-mail: gabinete-snsa@ Assessment Category C. Project: P101504. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Con- cidades.gov.br, Contact: Leodegar da Cunnha Tiscoski, Secretary. sultants will be required. Ministry of Social Development and Erad- Agencia Nacional de Aguas, SPO, ea 05 Quadra 03 Bloco M, Brasilia, ication of Hunger, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco C, 5o Andar DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 2109-5159, Fax: (55-61) 2109-5758, E-mail: Gabinete, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3433-1001, Fax: (55-61) 3433- [email protected], Contact: Paulo Lopes Varella Neto, Direc- 1025, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Arlete Sampaio, tor. Ministerio da Integracao Nacional, Esplanada dos Ministerios Bl Executive Secretary E Sala 900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3414-5828, Fax: (55-61) Indigenous Peoples Sustainable Development: The objective 3414-5493, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: is to improve the protection, conservation and sustainable develop- Marcelo Borges, Secretary. Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, SEPN 505 ment of indigenous lands with respect to indigenous peoples and Bl B Sala 20, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3105-2100, Fax: (55- natural resources. This project is on hold until further notice. Envi- 61) 3105-2015, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Silvano ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P112043. US$ 40.0/11.5 Silverio da Costa, Secretary (IBRD/KFW). Consultants will be required. Fundacao Nacional do (R) Minas Gerais Partnership III SWAP: The objective is to sup- Indio, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3313-3501, E-mail: [email protected] port: (a) the state’s third generation of result-oriented public sector Industry and Trade management reforms across several sectors; and (b) reforms in the area of natural resource management and climate change mitiga- (R) Rio Grande do Sul SWAp: The objective is to support activ- tion and adaptation. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on ities in private sector development, public sector management, fis- 4 August 2011. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- cal policy, primary education, transport, environmental and disaster ment Category U. Project: P121590. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). Consultants risk management. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 18 will be required. Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento e Gestao de July 2011. Project Preparation is underway. Environmental As- Minas Gerais (SEPLAG), Rua Bernardo Guimaraes, 2731, Bairro sessment Category B. Project: P120830. US$ 479.9 (IBRD). Consul- Santo Agostinho, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tel: (55-31) 3290-8382, E- tants will be required. Secretaria de Planejamento, Gestao e Participacao mail: [email protected], Contact: Fernanza Ci- Cidada, Av. Borges de Medeiros, 1501, 9o Andar, Porto Alegre, RS, mini Salles, Superintendente de Financiamento ao Investimento Brazil, Tel: (55-51) 3288-1431, Fax: (55-51) 3288-1412, E-mail: roge- [email protected], Contact: Rogerio Correa Fialho, Secre- (R) Parana PSM for Development SWAp: The objective is to tario Adjunto support the modernization of public sector management with the aim of making access to economic opportunities and human devel- Public Administration, Law, and Justice opment in a less unequal state of Parana. Project Concept Review Meet- (N) Rio Municipality Technical Assistance Loan: The objec- ing completed on 4 August 2011. Preparation is underway. tive is to support activities to further consolidate the reforms under- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consul- taken as part of the DPL to the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The tants will be required. State Secretariat of Planning and General Co- TA aims to promote improvements in the areas of public investment ordination PR, Palácio das Araucárias, 4o Andar, Centro Cívico, management, delivery of social services and public sector manage- Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Tel: (55-41) 3313-6272/70, Fax: (55-41) 3313-6276, ment, including monitoring and evaluation of social programs. Pro- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Cassio Taniguchi, ject identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category State Secretary of Planning and General Coordination PR C. US$ 16.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Secretaria Munic- (R) Rio State Development Policy Loan III: The objective is to ipal de Fazenda, Rua Afonso Cavalcanti, 455, Anexo, Sala 604, Cidade assist the government to improve their efficiency to plan cost and pro- Nova, CEP 20211-110, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 2976- gram public investments, the expansion of health programs in poor 3280, Fax: (55-21) 2976-2661, Contact: Marco Aurélio Santos Car- municipalities, and performance based reforms in the education sec- dozo, Head of the Municipal Treasury tor. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 28 July 2011. Pro- (R) Bahia Inclusion and Economic Development DPL: The ject Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category objective is to support the innovation of: (a) public financial man- U. Project: P126465. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. agement and planning; (b) reducing social inequality; (c) economic di- Secretaria de Fazenda, 42 Rua da Alfandega, Centro Rio de Janeiro, versification; and (d) trade infrastructure and logistics. Concept Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 2334 4300, E-mail: ptafner@ Review Meeting tentatively scheduled for late-September 2011. En- fazenda.rj.gov.br, Contact: Paulo Taffner, Deputy Secretary of Fi- vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 700.0 (IBRD). No con- nance sultants are required. Secretaria da Fazenda da Estado de Bahia, 2a (R) Rio State Technical Assistance Additional Financing: The Ave 260 CEP 41.745-003, CAB, Salvador, BA, Brazil, Tel: (55-71) objectives are to scale-up: (a) the integrated territorial development 8153-8679, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Augusto Mon- approach to Rio de Janeiro by expanding sectoral activities in the met- teiro, Assessor Tecnico ropolitan governance and urban transport, environment and disas- (R) Expanding Opportunities, Enhancing Equity in the State ter risk management, housing, and social development; and (b) the of Pernambuco Development Policy Loan: The objective is to services and activities offered in health and education. Preappraisal SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 73 tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental Assess- 365, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: ment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Im- Afrânio de Paula Sobrinho, Superintendent of SAAE. Municipality of plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Sao Bernardo do Campo (PMSBC), Praca Samuel Sabatini 50, Sao (R) Rio de Janeiro Urban and Housing Development (Ln. Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 4367-6408, Fax: (55-11) 80110-BR): The objective is to support the Partnership Program with 4122-0160, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tássia Regina, the State Government on housing and urban development issues in- Secretary cluding Technical Assistance for the formulation of a housing strat- Sergipe Water: The objective is to promote efficient and sustain- egy. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental able water use in targeted municipalities of the Sergipe river basin, Assessment Category U. Project: P122391. US$ 485.0 (IBRD). Con- by improving water resources management and regulatory tools, re- sultants will be required. Secretaria de Estado de Obras, Rua da ducing the pollution load discharged into rivers and increasing wa- Ajuda 5, 9o Andar, Centro Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 2333- ter services productivity. Negotiations tentatively scheduled for 0866/0858, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Vi- mid-October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: cente Loureiro, sub-Secretario P112074. US$ 70.3 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Sec- Belo Horizonte Urban Development Policy Loan: The objec- retariat of Environment and Water Resources-Sergipe, Av. Prefeito tives are to: (a) support the municipality’s strategy and policies to Heraclito Rollemberg, S/N, Sergipe, Brazil, Tel: (55-79) 3179-7300, strengthen efforts to plan and manage territorial urban development Fax: (55-79) 3179-7302, E-mail: NA, Contact: Ailton Francisco da in the city; (b) promote affordable housing; and (c) provide targeted Rocha, Project Coordinator and integrated social assistance programs to the urban poor. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 28 June 2011. Preparation is Chile underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Education No consultants are required. Secretaria Municipal de Financas, Rua (R) Second Tertiary Education Finance for Results: The ob- Espirito Santo 593, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Tel: (31) 3277-9253, jective is to increase the effectiveness of public funding for tertiary ed- Fax: (31) 3277-1069, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: ucation by: (a) enhancing quality, (b) coherence, and (c) responsiveness Paulo Robero Araujo, Gerente de Captacao de Recursos in the system, through stronger accountability for performance. Pro- Transportation ject Appraisal Document scheduled for 8 September 2011. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. Project: P111661. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). (N) Federal Transport Technical Assistance: The objective is Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- to contribute to improving the country’s transport sector efficiency mined. and safety. Identification tentatively scheduled for mid-October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consul- Energy and Mining tants will be required. Ministry of Transport, Brazil Climate Change and Energy: The objective is to support energy (R) Greening the Rio de Janeiro Urban Rail System Addi- efficiency, renewable energy and other clean technologies that would tional Financing: The objective is to improve the quality of Rio ur- reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. This project is on hold until ban rail transit system and lower the system’s carbon footprint. further notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental As- (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de- sessment Category B. US$ 485.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- termined. quired. CENTRAL, Av. Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 493, 22.031-000 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 3816-6458, Fax: Health and Other Social Services (55-21) 3816-6457, E-mail: [email protected] Social Reforms Implementation Technical Assistance: The Tocantins Integrated Sustainable Regional Development: The objective is to support the government’s efforts to implement signif- objective is to contribute to fostering increased competitiveness of the icant reforms in three social sectors: (a) health, (b) education, and (c) State economy through improved road transport efficiency and en- social protection. Project Identification is underway. Environmental hanced public services delivery. Preparation is underway. Environ- Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. mental Assessment Category B. Project: P121495. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Estado da Infraestrutura Transportation Tocantins, Esplanada das Secretarias, Praca dos Girassois,Palmas, Chile Rural Infrastructure for Terrirtorial Development: Brazil, Tel: (55-63) 3218-1640/41, Fax: (55-63) 3218-1690, E-mail: The objective is to increase the effective and productive use of sus- [email protected], Contact: Silvio Leao, Superintendente de Apoio tainable infrastructure services by poor rural communities in se- Estrategico lected territories. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Subsecretaria de Desarrollo Integrated Solid Waste Management and Carbon Finance: Regional (SUBDERE), Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago, Chile, Tel: (56- The objective is to improve the treatment and final disposal of mu- 2) 690-4043, Fax: (56-2) 636-3600, E-mail: miguel.flores@sub- nicipal solid waste in Brazil. Signing tentatively scheduled for mid- dere.gov.cl, Contact: Miguel Flores, Subsecretario September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P106702. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Caixa Eco- Colombia nomica Federal, SBS Quadra 4 Lotes 3/4, Ed. Matriz I, 11 Andar-GEAIN, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3206-4911, E-mail: [email protected], Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Contact: Adailton Ferreira Trindade, Gerente Nacional (R) National Protected Areas Additional Financing: The ob- Sao Bernardo and Guarulhos Integrated Water Manage- jective is to promote the consolidation and long-term sustainability ment in Sao Paulo Program: The objectives are to: (a) protect and of Colombia’s National Protected Areas System (NPAS) through de- maintain the quality and reliability of MRSP’s water resources and signing and implementing a Protected Areas Conservation Trust potable water sources; and (b) improve the quality of life of the poor Fund. Bank Approval completed on 21 July 2011. Signing scheduled populations residing in key targeted urban river basins. The latter is for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: also the one objective for Guarulhos project. Project is on hold until P112106. US$ 4.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Patrimonio further notice. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Natural, Calle 72 No. 10-70, Edificio Centro Avenida Chile, Torre A, P125829. US$ 26.9 (IBRD). Consultants will be required with envi- Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 211-5545, E-mail: agalan@patrimo- ronment aspects for negotiations. Municipality of Guarulhos (PMG) nionatural.org.co, Contact: Alberto Galan, Director Water and Sewerage Autonomous Service Company, SAAE, Av. (R) Smallholder Agriculture Competitiveness: The objective Emilio Ribas, 1.247, Guarulhos, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 2472-5300 Ext. is to increase the competitiveness of small holder agriculture in PAGE 74 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Colombia, which will build upon success of the Rural Productive Al- Contact: Lucy Amparo Nino Carrillo, Coordinadora de Banca Multi- liance II, to scale up the investments of Smallholders to participate lateral in high value chains and enter into contractual arrangements with buy- Subnational Institutional Strengthening: The objective is to sup- ers. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 26 July 2011. De- port the strengthening of the managerial capabilities at the subnational cision Meeting scheduled for 28 February 2012. Environmental level in Colombia. Project Concept Review Meeting tentatively sched- Assessment Category B. Project: P126540. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Con- uled for September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. sultants will be required. Ministerio de Agricultura, Avenida Jimenez US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Departamento Na- No. 7-65, Bogota, D.C Colombia, E-mail: viceministerio@minagri- cional de Planeacion, Calle 26 No. 13-19 Edificio FONADE, Bogota, cultura.gov.co, Contact: Ricardo Sanchez, Viceministro de Agricultura Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 381-5000 Ext. 3500, E-mail: nbargans@ Education dnp.gov.co, Contact: Natalia Bargans Ballesteros, Subdirector de Credito Education System Modernization: The objectives are to support: (a) the planned institutional transformation of Instituto Colombiano Transportation para el Fomento de la Educacion Superior (ICFES) from a public entity to a semi public entity; and (b) technical and institutional capacity (R) Support to the National Urban Transport Program (Ln. of ICFES to analyze, monitor and report student assessments. Ne- 80830-CO): The objectives are to: (a) deliver high quality and sus- gotiations scheduled for 30 January 2012. Environmental Assessment tainable BRTS in selected medium and large cities to improve mo- Category C. Project: P106693. US$ 21.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be bility along the most strategic mass transit corridors; (b) improve required. Instituto Colombiano para el Fomento de la Educacion Su- accessibility for the poor through feeder services and fare integration; perior, Calle 17 No. 3-40, Bogota, D.C Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 341-228, and (c) build greater institutional capacity at the national and local E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Margarita Pena, Directora level. Bank Approval completed on 21 July 2011. Signing scheduled for 12 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Health and Other Social Services ject: P117947. US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Min- (R) Enhanced Social Promotion: The objective is to support the istry of Transport, Av. El Dorado CAN, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 324-0800, strengthening of Colombia’s social promotion system, which includes E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Carolina Camacho, an ongoing Conditional Cash Transfer Program (Familias en Accion) Coordinadora Sistemas Integrados de Transporte as well as an integrated program to reduce extreme poverty (formerly known as Juntos, now as Unidos). Project Identification is Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). (R) Barranquilla Flood Management: The objectives are to as- Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- sist in: (a) the Flood Risk Reduction Investments; (b) strengthen the mined. municipal government institution; and (c) resettlement of people in Industry and Trade high risk areas, and compensation for involuntary loss of land. Pro- ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2011. Envi- (R) Disaster Risk Management DPL with Catastrophe De- ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants ferred Draw Down Option II: The objective is to reduce Colom- will be required. Secretariat of Planning District of Barranquilla, Calle bia’s vulnerability to natural hazards. Project Concept Review Meeting 34 No. 43-31, Colombia, Tel: (57-317) 641-7757, E-mail: mabuchaibe@ scheduled for 31 August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category barranquilla.gov.co, Contact: Maria Elia Abuchaibe, Secretary of U. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Ha- Planning cienda y Credito Publico, Carrera 7, No. 6-45, Bogota, Colombia Tel/Fax: (57-1) 381-1700, E-mail: [email protected], (R) Rio Bogota Environmental Infrastructure (Ln. 79850- Contact: Carolina Mary Rojas Hayes, Subdirectora Financiamiento CO): The objective is to transform the Rio Bogota from an environ- Organismos Multilaterales y Gob mental liability into an urban set for the metropolitan region by improving water quality, reducing flood risk, and creating a series of Innovation, Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship: The multi-functional parks along the river. The loan was signed on 15 July objective is to improve the competitiveness of the Colombian econ- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P111479. US$ omy by facilitating productivity improvements, innovation, technol- 250.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Corporacion Autonoma ogy adoption, and entrepreneurship within the private sector. Project Regional de Cundinamarca, Carrera 7 No. 36-45, Bogota, Colombia Identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Tel/Fax: (57-1) 320-900 Ext. 1400, E-mail: [email protected], Con- US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing tact: Garcia Jorge Plata, Project Manager agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Costa Rica (R) Fiscal Risk Management Development Policy Loan (Ln. Education 80800-CO): The objective is to support the Government program to manage fiscal risks. Bank Approval completed on 21 July 2011. En- (R) Higher Education: The objective will be to improve quality and vironmental Assessment Category U. Project: P123267. US$ 300.0 relevance of the Costa Rican university system. Project Concept Re- (IBRD). No consultants are required. Public Credit and Treasury, view Meeting completed on 21 July 2011. Preparation is underway. Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Carrera 8A No. 6-64, Bogota, Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123146. US$ 200.0 Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 381-1700, Fax: (57-1) 350-9331, E-mail: cmro- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to [email protected], Contact: Carolina Mary Rojas Hayes, Sub- be determined. Directora Health and Other Social Services (R) Sustainable Development Additional Financing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to support the Government’s Innovations to Enhance Performance of Health Care Net- environmental agenda: (a) environmental health, (b) integrated wa- works: The objective is to enhance performance and cost-efficiency ter resources management, (c) planning and oversight of environmental of health care networks to respond to emerging needs of the popu- management, and (d) sustainable urban development. Negotiations lation by modernizing infrastructure, data generation, management tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental Assess- and decision-making tools. Preparation is underway. Environmen- ment Category B. Project: P115639. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will tal Assessment Category B. Project: P122265. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). be required. Ministry of Environment and National Planning De- Consultants will be required. Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social, San partment, Calle 37 No. 8-40, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 332-3400, Jose, Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 2539-0192, Fax: (506) 256-3959, E-mail: Ext. 1194, Fax: (57-1) 332-3429, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Contact: Daisy Corrales, Coordinator SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 75 Dominican Republic Industry and Trade (N) Technology and Innovation: The objective is to enhance Health and Other Social Services the ability to generate, identify, disseminate, apply and integrate Third Performance and Accountability of Social Sectors knowledge among its citizens to foster economic growth and dimin- DPL: The objectives are to: (a) enhance performance of social sec- ish inequities. This will be achieved through a combination of sup- tors to promote human capital for poor households; (b) improve ply- and demand-side investments. This project is on hold until fur- budget management in the CCT program; (c) introduce performance- ther notice. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.0 informed budgeting in social sectors; and (d) enhance transparency (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to and civil society oversight for improved performance and account- be determined. ability in social policy domain. Decision Meeting tentatively sched- Public Administration, Law, and Justice uled for early-September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P125806. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. (N) Second Programmatic Public Finance and Social Progress Ministerio de Hacienda, Avenida Mexico No. 45, Gazcue, Santo Development Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) create fiscal Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tel: (809) 687-5131 Ext. 2071/72, Fax: space for needed social spending; and (b) protect and socially in- (809) 688-6561, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Edgar clude vulnerable segments of the population. Project identification is Victoria Yeb, Director General, Credito Publico underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Boulevard de los Public Administration, Law, and Justice Heroes No. 1231, Edificio Los Cerezos, San Salvador, El Salvador, Tel: (503) 2237-3051, Fax: (503) 2237-6419, E-mail: rina.djarquin@ mh. Transparency and Governance for Economic Results: The gob.sv objectives are to support the implementation of: (a) existing legislation and mechanisms to increase efficiency, transparency and ac- Public Finance and Social Progress Development Policy countability in the use of public resources; and (b) basic policy actions Loan: The objective is to support the Government to improve the fis- to improve the use of public resources around the budget cycle. Pro- cal management with policy measures to expand fiscal space and ject Identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category improve public finance management and transparency. Bank Ap- U. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministerio de Ha- proval completed on 2 June 2011. Signing tentatively scheduled for cienda, Avenida Mexico No. 45, Gazcue, Santo Domingo, Dominican early-September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Pro- Republic, Tel: (809) 687-5131 Ext. 2071/72, Fax: (809) 688-6561, E- ject: P122699. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Min- mail: [email protected], Contact: Vicente Bengo, Ministro de istry of Finance, Boulevard de los Heroes No. 1231, Edificio Los Hacienda Cerezos, San Salvador, El Salvador, Tel: (503) 2237-3051, Fax: (503) 2237-6419, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Rina Castel- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection lanos de Jarquin, Directora General de Inversion y Credito (R) Emergency Recovery and Disaster Management Addi- Grenada tional Financing: The objective is to assist with the financing gap, due to cost overruns of ongoing activities resulting principally from: Health and Other Social Services (a) design changes associated with planned works; and (b) institu- Social Safety Net: The objective is to support the consolidation and tional strengthening interventions to reduce risks by increasing reli- strengthening of the safety net programs using a results-based lend- ability and capacity of early warning and water management systems ing instrument that links safety net expenditures to improvements during extreme events. Concept Review Meeting tentatively sched- in the programs themselves. Bank Approval completed on 5 July uled for late-September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category 2011. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-October 2011. Environ- B. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. National Institute mental Assessment Category C. Project: P123128. US$ 5.0 (IDA of Hydraulic Resources (INDHRI), Av. Jimenez Moya, Centro de los Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Social Develop- Heroes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tel: (809) 532-3271, ment, Ministerial Complex, West Wing, 1st Flr Botanical Gardens, Tan- Fax: (809) 534-5913, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jose teen, St. Georges, Grenada, Tel: (473) 440-6037/7952/7994, Fax: Navarrete, NA. Dominican Corporation of State Electrical Companies (473) 440-7990, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sandra (CDEEE), Av. Independencia, esq. Fray Cipriano, Centro de los He- Thomas, Permanent Secretary roes, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Tel: (809) 535-9098, Fax: (809) 535-1870, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mar- Guatemala ilyn Brito, NA Education Emergency Support for Social Services: The objective is to El Salvador support the Government to improve governance and transparency with Education policy measures to improve the transparency of public finances and customs administration. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-No- (R) Education Governance Improvement: The objective is to vember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122370. improve quality and governance in school education. Project Ap- US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance praisal Document scheduled for 6 September 2011. Environmental and Economy, 8va Avenida 20-87, Zona 1, Edificio Finanzas Publi- Assessment Category B. Project: P126364. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Con- cas, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2248-5029, Fax: (502) sultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2248-5005, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Luis Alejos, Health and Other Social Services Director, Credito Publico (R) Strengthening Public Health Care System (Ln. 80760- Health and Other Social Services SV): The objectives are to: (a) expand the coverage, quality, and eq- Expanding Opportunities for Vulnerable Groups: The ob- uity in utilization of priority health services provided under the RIISS; jective is to support the Government’s strategy to increase the use of and (b) strengthen MINSAL’s stewardship’s capacity to manage es- education, health and rural infrastructure services by the extreme poor sential public health functions. Bank Approval completed on 21 July in the most vulnerable municipalities, by boosting their demand for 2011. Signing tentatively scheduled by mid-October 2011. Environ- those services and strengthening sector capacity to deliver them. The mental Assessment Category C. Project: P117157. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). project has lapsed the lapse of signing/effectiveness period. This pro- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Ministerio de Salud, ject is no longer in the lending program. Further reporting will be Calle Arce 827, San Salvador, El Salvador, Tel: (503-2) 205-7332, Fax: discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P107416. (503-2) 271-0008, E-mail: NA, Contact: Eduardo Espinoza, Vicem- US$ 114.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance inistro de Politicas de Salud and Economy, 8va Avenida 20-87, Zona 1, Edificio Finanzas Publi- PAGE 76 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 cas, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2248-5029, Fax: (502) (HRTF). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Rue 2248-5005, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Juan Alberto Charles Summer, Port-au Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509-3) 701-8058, Fax: Fuentes Knight, Minister NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Alfred Metellus, Chief of Satff Industry and Trade Energy and Mining Enhancing Small and Medium Enterprise Productivity: The (N) Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure and Access: The ob- objective is to improve competitiveness of micro and small busi- jectives are to: (a) strengthen energy policy and planning capacity; nesses. Specifically, to strengthen value chains and clusters, improve and (b) rehabilitate and expand access to reliable electricity services the legal and regulatory framework for microfinance, improve the sup- in urban and rural areas and to sustainable energy for cooking. Pre- ply of business development services, and promote appropriate paration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ technology adoption. Signing scheduled for mid-March 2012. En- 100.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Electricite d'Haiti, vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P112011. US$ 32.0 Unité de Coordination de Projets (UCP), Angle rue Chareron et H. (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, 8A Truman, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 2946-6060, Contact: Avenida 10-43, Zona 1, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2412- Camille Cange, Coordinator of the Project Coordination Unit (PCU). 6101, Fax: (502) 2253-1419, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Ministère des Travaux Publics, des Transports et de la Communica- tact: Ruben Morales, Minister tion, Unité de Gestion du Secteur de l’Energie, 40 rue Reimbold, Marcadieu, Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Contact: René Jean Guyana Jumeau, NA Education Health and Other Social Services University of Guyana Science and Technology Support: The (R) Ensuring Health Nutrition and Social Services for the objective is to support the Government of Guyana and the Univer- Vulnerable: The objectives are to: (a) increase access and quality sity of Guyana to modernize the higher education system and develop of basic social services; and (b) strengthen governance and institu- a world class biodiversity institute to support the conservation of tional capacity of the Government to manage and monitor services, Guyana’s natural resources. Bank Approval completed on 23 June 2011. including during crises. Project Identification is underway. Envi- Signing tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental As- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0/17.0 (IDA Grant/HRTF). sessment Category B. Project: P125288. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Consultants will be required. Fonds d’Assistance Economique et So- sultants will be required. Ministry of Education, 26 Brickdam, cial (FAES), 1, Delmas 75, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 2246- Georgetown, Guyana, Tel: (592-2) 225-4163, E-mail: pkandhi@ya- 8530, Fax: NA, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Harry Adams, hoo.com, Contact: Pulandar Kandhi, Permanent Secretary Executive Director Haiti Industry and Trade Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Investment Climate and Growth: The objective is to support the (R) Relaunching Agriculture: The objective is to strengthen the private sector-led growth and exports through: (a) improving the MARNDR’s capacity to further define and implement the National business climate; and (b) promoting job creation by the small and Agriculture Extension Strategy in order to increase access to agriculture medium enterprises. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 November extension services and training on animal and plant health to small 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123974. US$ farmers in priority regions as specified in Haiti’s National Agriculture 55.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy Investment Plan. Appraisal completed on 9 August 2011. Negotia- and Finance, Palais des Ministeres, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) tions are underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: 3558-9673, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ronald P126744. US$ 40.0/10.0 (IDA Grant/GAFS). Consultants will be re- Baudin, Minister of Economy and Finance quired. Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Devel- Public Administration, Law, and Justice opment, Port-au-Prince, Damien, Haiti, Tel: (509) 3550-2846, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Hermann Augustin, Project Coordinator RE- Economic Reconstruction and Growth Development Policy SEPAG Credit: The objective is to support the reconstruction efforts and un- leash growth potential. Project Identification is underway. Environ- Second Strengthening Agriculture Public Services: The ob- mental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants jective is to increase access by small farmers to agriculture extension are required. Ministry of Finance, Rue Charles Summer, Port-au services. This project is on hold until further notice. Environmental Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509-3) 701-8058, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Assessment Category B. Project: P123756. US$ 10.0 (GAFS). Con- Alfred Metellus, Chief of Satff sultants will be required for agriculture extension (IT specialists, gender specialists, environmental specialists). Ministry of Agriculture, Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Natural Resources and Rural Development, Port-au-Prince, Damien, (R) Disaster Management and Vulnerability Reduction: The Haiti, Tel: (509) 3550-2846, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Her- objective is to build upon the success of the Haiti Emergency Recov- mann Augustin, Project Coordinator RESEPAG ery Disaster Management (P090159) by: (a) promoting vulnerabil- Education ity reduction into the built environment; (b) institutional strengthening and community capacity building; (c) structural and non-structural (R) Second Phase of Education for All Program: The objec- mitigation investments; and (d) contingent financing. Decision Meet- tive is to support the Government’s national education strategy ing completed on 28 July 2011. Negotiations tentatively scheduled through the implementation of sustainable programs to improve ac- for late-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 cess, particularly of under-served populations, and quality of pri- (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministere des Travaux mary education, increasing internal efficiency and strengthening Publics, des Transports et des Communications (MTPTC), E-mail: gar- institutional capacity. Appraisal scheduled for mid-August 2011. En- [email protected], Contact: Garry Jean, Mr. Ministere de l’Interieur vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124134. US$ 70.0 et des Collectivites Territoriales (MICT), E-mail: [email protected], (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministere de l’Education Contact: Yolene VavalSurena, Mme Nationale et de la Formation Professionnelle, 5, rue Dr. Audain, Port- au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 2517-7846, E-mail: [email protected], Honduras Contact: Reginand Paul, Project Coordinator Emergency Social and Economic Recovery Grant: The objective Public Administration, Law, and Justice is to restore crucial education and agricultural services in the wake (N) First Programmatic Development Policy Credit: The ob- of the series of disasters that struck Haiti in 2010. Project Identifi- jective is to support the government’s efforts in fiscal consolidation cation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 and security. Project Identification is underway. Environmental As- SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 77 sessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- sion Meeting scheduled for 19 September 2011. Environmental As- quired. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. sessment Category B. Project: P123760. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consul- Improving Public Sector Performance: The objective is to sup- tants will be required. Comision Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR), port the Government to improve the management of public resources Periferico Poniente No. 5360, Esq. Carretera a Nogales, Edificio B, by: (a) consolidating the ongoing reforms with customs and tax ad- Jalisco, Mexico, Tel: (52-33) 3777-7000, Fax: NA, E-mail: maguilar@ ministration, financial management, planning, procurement, inter- conafor. gob.mx, Contact: Mario Aguilar, Gerente de Silvicultura Co- nal and external control, and human resources; and (b) introducing munitaria the results-focus in the management of public resources. Decision Meet- Education ing tentatively scheduled for late-September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P110050. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). No Second Innovation for Competitiveness APL: The objective is consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Av. Cervantes, Barrio to support the Government’s efforts to improve the competitiveness el Jazmin, Edificio SEFIN, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 220- of the Mexican economy by (a) strengthening the innovative capac- 0133, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Daisy Mejia de Erazo, ity of the private sector; (b) accelerating advanced human capital Coordinadora General formation, and (c) increasing the capacity of the states to conduct science, technology and innovation programs. Project Identification is Nutrition and Social Protection Additional Financing: The underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). objectives are to: (a) implement the Institutional Strengthening of the Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Social protection Framework for children and Youth; and (b) cover mined. a financing gap and expansion of activities for the First Employ- Second Upper Secondary Education Development Policy ment/Mi Primer Empleo Pilot Program for at-risk youth. Bank Ap- Loan: The objective is to support the Government to implement the proval completed on 16 June 2011. Signing tentatively scheduled for Mexico Upper Secondary Education Reform to improve the internal early-September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- efficiency of upper secondary education and its responsiveness to ject: P126158. US$ 3.6 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Sec- the labor market. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 6 retary of the Presidency, Honduras, Tel: (504) 2232-1527, Fax: (504) September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 2232-1666, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Rocio Tabora, Co- (IBRD). No consultants are required. Implementing agency(ies) to be ordinator, UATP/SDP determined. Second Land Administration Program: The objective is to strengthen property rights in Honduras through modernization of the Energy and Mining legal framework, institutional strengthening and development of a fully- (N) Energy Efficiency Supply Side: The objective is to: (a) iden- integrated and decentralized National System for Property Admin- tify and support investments and measures in supply-side efficiency istration. Signing scheduled for 29 September 2011. Environmental in Mexico; and (b) support the government of Mexico’s agenda to re- Assessment Category B. Project: P106680. US$ 32.8 (IDA Credit). Con- duce GHG. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 De- sultants will be required. Instituto de la Propiedad, Anillo Periferico, cember 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 Residencial La Canada, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 239-9848, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Reinaldo Vega, be determined. Program Coordinator Finance Jamaica (R) Rural Savings and Credit Sector Consolidation: The objec- Public Administration, Law, and Justice tive is to assist the Government to consolidate the rural financial sector through: (a) Technical Assistance to the sector entities; (b) (R) Second Programmatic Debt and Fiscal Sustainability De- supporting the technology platform; (c) access to financial ser- velopment Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) enhance fiscal vices and inclusion; (d) communication and dissemination, includ- and debt sustainability, (b) increase the efficiency of public financial ing financial education; and (e) strengthening BANSEFI. Appraisal management and budgeting processes, and (c) further strengthen completed on 27 July 2011. Negotiations scheduled for 22 August tax administration and increase tax revenue generation capacity. Ne- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P123367. gotiations completed on 22 July 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. BANSEFI, R Mag- 8 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: dalena No. 115 Mezz, Col. Tizap San Angel, Mexico City, Mexico, P123241. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry Tel: (52-55) 5481-3490, Fax: (52-55) 5481-3372, E-mail: idiaz@ of Finance and Public Service, 30 National Heroes Circle, PO Box 512, bansefi.gob.mx, Contact: Ismael Diaz Aguilera, Subdirector de Jamaica, Tel: (876) 932-5434, Fax: (876) 924-9291, E-mail: court- Financiamiento Internacional [email protected], Contact: Courtney Williams, Senior Director Health and Other Social Services Mexico Sustainable Territorial Development Policy Loan: The ob- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry jectives are to increase the access to local infrastructure services and income generating opportunities in the poorest municipalities of (R) Green Production Systems and Biodiversity: The objec- Mexico through improved territorial planning and local governance, tives are to conserve and protect nationally and globally significant inclusion of sustainability objectives within local investments, and ef- biodiversity in Mexico through improving and mainstreaming sus- ficiency gains in federal spending at the local level. Decision Meet- tainable management practices in the productive landscape in priority ing scheduled for 21 September 2011. Environmental Assessment ecological corridors. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on Category U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secre- 19 July 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 25 January 2012. En- taria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, Palacio Nacional, Patio de la Em- vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 11.7 (GEFU). Consultants peratriz, Edificio 12, Piso 2, Col. Centro, Mexico City, DF 06000, will be required. CONABIO, Liga Periferico, Insurgentes Sur 4903, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 3688-1438, Fax: (52-55) 3688-1216, E-mail: Col. Parques del Pedregal, Mexico City, DF 06000, Mexico, Tel: (52- [email protected], Contact: Carlos Raul Delgado 55) 5004-4958, Fax: (52-55) 5004-4931, E-mail: palvarez@xolo. Aranda, Director de Organismos Financieros Internacionales conabio.gob.mx, Contact: Pedro Alvarez Icaza, Director General CBM REDD Capacity Building and Innovation: The objective is to Industry and Trade assist the Government to: (a) develop and implement the national Re- Strengthening the Business Environment for Enhanced ducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) Economic Growth Development Policy Loan: The objective is strategy; and (b) support community-based forest management, to support economic policies that will strengthen Mexico’s business strengthen public institutions’ capacities and promote Mexico’s ac- environment and the micro-economic foundations for enhanced eco- cess to financial incentives from forest carbon sequestration. Deci- nomic growth and employment generation. Signing scheduled for late- PAGE 78 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Panama P112264. US$ 751.9 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for expert on telecommunications. Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, Av. Health and Other Social Services Constituyentes 1001, Edificio B, 6to. Piso, Col. Belen de las Flores, CP, Social Protection: The objectives are to: (a) improve the man- Mexico City, DF 06000, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 3688-1486, Fax: (52- agement and operation of the non-contributory pension program 55) 3688-4962, E-mail: [email protected], Con- “100 a los 70 Program” to enhance its effectiveness in reaching the tact: Guillermo Bernal Miranda, Jefe de la Unidad de Politica y unsecured elderly poor population; and (b) enhance government Control Presupuestario capacity to develop coherent mechanisms to target public services subsidies to poor families. Project is on hold until further notice. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants (R) Fiscal Risk Management Development Policy Loan: The will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. objective is to support policies for enhanced fiscal sustainability and Strengthening the Performance of Basic Health Services: The predictability and transparency of public expenditure to support sta- objectives are to: (a) increase utilization and quality of prioritized health ble economic growth and development. Project Concept Review services for the uninsured target population; and (b) strengthen the Meeting tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental management of the public health sector to increase utilization and qual- Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- ity of services for the uninsured. Preparation is underway. Environ- quired. Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico SHCP, Av. Consti- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P125343. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). tuyentes 1001, Edificio B, 6to Piso, Col. Belen de las Flores, CP, Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Edificio 238, 2no Mexico DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 3688-1486, Fax: (52-55) 3688- Piso, Panama City, Panama Tel/Fax: (507) 512-9177, E-mail: 4962, E-mail: [email protected] [email protected], Contact: Juan Alberto Batista, Director Ejec- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection utivo (R) Addressing Variability and Climate Change in the Wa- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ter Sector: The objective is to support the modernization of the Na- (R) Enhanced Public Sector Efficiency Technical Assistance tional Meteorological Service in Mexico as a key measure to strengthen Loan (Ln. 80160-PA): The objective is to support the generation Mexico’s resilience to climate change. Project Concept Review Meet- and use of performance information by key actors along the budget ing completed on 20 July 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 Feb- cycle. Signing tentatively scheduled for mid-September 2011. Envi- ruary 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126487. ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P121492. US$ 55.0 (IBRD). US$ 105.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CONAGUA Comi- Consultants will be required. Ministry Of Economy and Finance, Via sion Nacional del Agua, Av. Insurgentes Sur No. 2416, 4to Piso, Col. Espana, Edificio Ogawa, 2do Piso, Apartado 0816-02886, Panama Copilco El Bajo, Mexico City, DF 06000, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 5174- City, Panama, Tel: (507) 506-6304, Fax: (507) 507-7301, E-mail: 4503, Fax: (52-55) 5174-4794, E-mail: griselda.medina@conagua. [email protected], Contact: Felix Adames, Director de Planea- gob.mx, Contact: Griselda Medina Laguna, Subgerencia de Gestión cion de Inversiones (DPI) y Eval. de Proyectos Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the Gov- ernment’s policy efforts in tax reform and competitiveness. Signing Nicaragua tentatively scheduled for late-August 2011. Environmental Assessment Education Category U. Project: P123255. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants (R) Secondary Education Quality and Equity Improvement: are required. Ministry of Finance, Via Espana y Calle 52, Edificio The objective is to increase primary education completion rate in Ogawa, 4to Piso, Panama, Tel: (507) 507-7202, Fax: (507) 507-7200, poor, rural municipalities and autonomous Atlantic regions of E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected], Contact: Ma- Nicaragua. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 18 July hesh C. Khemlani, Director of Public Credit 2011. Project Appraisal Document scheduled for 1 September 2011. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Con- (R) Disaster Risk Management Development Policy Loan CAT sultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. DDO: The objective is to enhance the government’s capacity to im- Transportation plement its disaster risk management program for natural disasters (R) Rural Transport Logistics and Roads: The objectives are as part of its disaster risk management national framework. Negoti- to improve access of the hinterland population to essential markets ations completed on 10 August 2011. Bank Approval scheduled for and services through: (a) road improvement works, (b) strengthen- 4 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: ing of the institutional capacity systems, and (c) reducing vulnerability P122738. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministerio to natural disasters in the Ministry of Transport and in related enti- de Economia y Finanzas, V Espa y Calle 52 Este, Campo Alegre, Edif ties responsible for the road network in the country. Project Concept Ogawa Piso 3, Panama City, Panama, Tel: (507) 507-7201, Fax: (507) Note completed on 11 May 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 8 507-7045, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mahesh C. November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Khemlani, Director of Public Credit P123447. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Mi- Paraguay nisterio de Transporte e Infraestructura (Ministry of Transport), Frente al Estadio Nacional, Nicaragua, Tel: (505-2) 222-5913, Fax: Education (505-2) 222-3834, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Carlos Suarez Ma- Education: The objective is to promote the improvement of peda- tus, Director gogical practices and teacher performance in secondary education in order to increase the pertinence of student learning and the quality Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection of Paraguayan education. This project on hold until further notice. Adaptation of Water Supplies to Climate Change: The objective Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P123154. US$ 20.0 is to enhance Nicaragua’s adaptive capacity to the impacts of climate (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to change in the water supply sector through strengthening water resources be determined. management, which would guarantee a sustainable water supply for the population. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Public Administration, Law, and Justice Category B. US$ 6.0 (SCCF). Consultants will be required. Ministry (R) Second Programmatic Public Sector Reform Develop- of Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA), Km 8 1/2 Car- ment Policy Loan: The objective is to assist the Government in as- retera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 276-0575, Fax: (505) suring continuity of efforts to gradually implement its public sector 276-1490, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Roberto Araquistain, reform agenda. Decision Meeting scheduled for late-September 2011. Vice Minister Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117043. 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(IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Chile 252, and transparency through regionally harmonized e-government ap- Asuncion, Paraguay, Tel: (595-21) 440-010, Fax: (595-21) 448-283, plications. Decision Meeting scheduled for 21 November 2011. En- Contact: Martha Pena, Directora de Politica de Endeudamiento vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114963. US$ 6.0/16.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing Peru agency(ies) to be determined. Education Public Administration, Law, and Justice Basic Education: The objective is to help improve the efficiency and efficacy of education management and strengthen accountability by (R) Sustainable Financing and Management of Eastern developing and implementing nationwide integrated Education Man- Caribbean Marine Ecosystem: The objective is to enhance the agement and Information System that provides information to pol- long-term sustainability of protected area networks in the OECS re- icymakers, administrators, frontline providers and parents. Project gion by: (a) establishing sustainable financing mechanisms; (b) Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 November 2011. Environ- strengthening marine protected area networks; and (c) deploying a mental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will regional monitoring and information system for protected area net- be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. works. Bank Approval completed on 4 August 2011. Signing tenta- Higher Education Quality Assurance: The objectives are to: tively scheduled for late-September 2011. Environmental Assessment (a) improve quality in higher education; (b) enhance competitively Category B. Project: P103470. US$ 8.8/4.5/4.7 (GEFU/KFW/ZFOU). allocated investment funding for higher education; and (c) improve Consultants will be required. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), PO information and dissemination on higher education to policy mak- Box 420237, Summerland Key, United States, Tel: (876) 754-4579, ers, students and public in general. Decision Meeting scheduled for Ext. 28, Fax: (876) 754-2365, E-mail: NA, Contact: Kimberly John, 6 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Sustainable Waters Programme Manager P122194. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. National Eastern Caribbean Energy Regulatory Authority: The objec- System For Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Education (SINEACE), tive is to enhance the efficiency of electricity provision in OECS coun- Lima, Peru, Tel: (511) 440-2365, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA tries. Signing scheduled for 29 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P101414. US$ 5.6 (IDA Credit). Con- Transportation sultants will be required. OECS Secretariat, Morne Fortune, PO Box (R) Cusco Regional Development: (formerly Second Vilcanota 179, St. Lucia, Tel: (758) 452-6327, E-mail: [email protected], Valley Protection and Development) The objective is to enhance the Contact: James Fletcher, Director, Social and Sustainable Devel- capacity of the Regional Government of Cuzco to provide basic ser- opment vices and infrastructure in key sectors in the Cuzco Region. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 February 2012. Environmental Assessment Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Category A. Project: P117318. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. COPESCO, Plaza Tupac Amaru s/n, Distrito Wanchaq, (N) Second Phase Disaster Vulnerability Reduction APL Cuzco, Peru, Tel: (51-84) 581-540, Fax: (51-84) 236-712, E-mail: fro- for St. Lucia: The objectives are to support: (a) structural invest- [email protected], Contact: Fernando Rodriguez, Executive Di- ments in selected critical public buildings and infrastructure; and rector (b) technical assistance activities to measurably reduce St. Lucia’s vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change impacts. Project Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. (R) Optimization of Lima Water and Sewerage Systems US$ 10.0/12.0 (IDA Credit/CIF). Consultants will be required. Min- (Ln. 80250-PE): The objective is to contribute to the improve- istry of Finance, Economic Affairs and National Development, Financial ment of the water utility sustainability and its services to the poor by Center, Bridge St., 3rd Floor, Castries, St. Lucia, Tel: (1-758) 468-5500, optimizing the water and sewerage network in the poorest section of Fax: (1-758) 452-6700, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Isaac Lima Metropolitan Region, including rehabilitation, sectorization, Anthony, Permanent Secretary metering and system automatization. The loan was signed on 22 OECS Disaster Vulnerability and Climate Risk Reduction Pro- July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117293. gram: The objective is to: (a) measurably reduce OECS countries’ phys- US$ 54.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. SEDAPAL, Autopista ical and fiscal vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change R. Priale 210, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 317-3000, Fax: (51-1) 362-5148, E-mail: impacts; and (b) improve participating OECS capacity for integrat- [email protected], Contact: Jorge Barco, General Manager ing climate and hazard risk in investment and development planning. Signing scheduled for 15 September 2011. Environmental Assess- Regional ment Category B. Project: P117871. US$ 20.9/30.2/2.0 (IDA Credit/ Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry CIF/GFDR). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, PO Box 608, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Second Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamer- Grenadines, Tel: (784) 457-1007, Fax: (784) 456-2430, E-mail: cen- ican Barrier Reef System: The objectives are to: (a) consolidate [email protected], Contact: Laura Anthony-Browne, Director of on-going efforts on the part of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Planning. Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economy, Energy, and Co- Mexico to manage the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) operatives, Financial Complex, The Carenage, St. George’s, Grenada, as a shared, regional ecosystem; (b) safeguard its biodiversity values Tel: (473) 440-2928, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Tim- and functional integrity; and (c) create a transnational regulatory othy Antoine, Permanent Secretary and policy framework for its sustainable use. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 1 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.3 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Centro Agro- Uruguay nomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenza (CATIE), CATIE 7170, Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 2558-2551, Fax: (506) 2558-2047, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Roberto Rodriguez, (R) Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and Cli- Institutional Strengthening Coordinator mate Change: The objective is to incorporate a strong focus on Cli- mate Change adaptation and mitigation in the agricultural sector. Information and Communications Negotiations scheduled for 26 September 2011. Environmental As- (R) Advanced Regional Communications Infrastructure sessment Category B. US$ 48.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Program: The objectives are to: (a) increase access and affordabil- Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishery (MGAP), Constu- ity of broadband communications networks in the Caribbean region tuyente 1476, Piso 1, Montevideo 11200, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 411- and within countries; (b) contribute to the development of the regional 2821/2418, Fax: (598-2) 419-8175, E-mail: [email protected], IT industry; and (c) contribute to improved Government efficiency Contact: Alicia Martins PAGE 80 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

Education associated with conservation of globally threatened species. It is ex- Fourth Basic Education: The objective is to continue supporting pected that co-funding will be leveraged from the Bank and from the Government to increase equity, quality and efficiency in the pro- private sector partners, through the Save Your Logo campaign, to revision of pre-school, primary education and secondary education by: plenish the funding mechanism. Bank Approval completed on 5 (a) expanding the Full-time School (FTS) model; and (b) strength- April 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115564. ening institutional capacities. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- US$ 4.9 (GEFU). No consultants are required. International Union uled for 16 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing Switzerland, Tel: (41-22) 999-0000, Fax: (41-22) 999-0002, E-mail: agency(ies) to be determined. [email protected] Development Marketplace 2009-GEF: The objective is to Industry and Trade help identify and provide grant funding to support innovative pro- (R) Sustainable Industrial Development: The objective is to help jects. GEF CEO Endorsement was completed on 22 December small and medium enterprises with inadequate access to credit to im- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 1.0/2.0/2.7/1.1 prove their compliance with environmental regulations, while si- (GDEN/GEFU/ GFDR/IFAD). No consultants are required. Var- multaneously boosting their industrial competitiveness. This project ious Organizations, Contact: Mr. Adetokunbo Abiru, Commis- is no longer in the lending program. Further reporting will be dis- sioner for Finance continued. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P110965. Second Strategic Action Plan for Red Sea and Gulf of Aden: US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Vivienda, The objective is to support transition from current practices to an ecosys- Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente (MVOTMA), Zabala tem-based management (EBM) approach by demonstrating its added 1432, 4o. piso, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 917-0710, Fax: value through institutional reforms as well as on the ground activi- NA, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mallo Marisol, ties in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Decision Meeting scheduled for Directora 21 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Public Administration, Law, and Justice 3.0/2.0 (GEFU/ZPCI). Consultants will be required for implemen- (R) Institutions Building Technical Assistance Additional Fi- tation in marine managed areas, including participatory approaches nancing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to further focusing on gender and social inclusion, commercial fisheries private strengthen the public sector management in the identified areas. De- sector partnerships, transboundary governance inclusion, fishery- cision Meeting tentatively scheduled for early-September 2011. En- specific PERs, and ecosystem-based management approaches sited vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P123461. US$ 5.0 in Middle East cultural context. PERSGA, The Regional Organization (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Fi- for the Conservation of Environment of the, PO Box 53662, Jeddah nance, Colonia 1089, 3er Piso, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 1712- 21583, Saudi Arabia, Tel: (966-2) 652-3224, Fax: (966-2) 652-1901, 2210, Fax: (598-2) 1712-2212, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Mohammed Mariela Maglia, Coordinadora Badran, Director Second Programmatic Public Sector, Competitiveness and Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Social Inclusion Development Policy Loan: The objective is to continue to enhance the public sector efficiency, competitiveness and (R) Sustainable Governance and Knowledge Generation: The social inclusion. Decision Meeting tentatively scheduled for late-Au- objective is to secure and enhance the delivery and impacts of the new gust 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). MNA/GEF Mediterranean Partnership Initiative “Sustainable MED” No consultants are required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Colo- and to put in place “sustainability elements” for an improved gover- nia 1089, 3er Piso, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 1712-2210, Fax: nance of freshwater, coastal and marine resources at the regional (598-2) 1712-2212, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Michael Mediterranean level and at the country level. Appraisal scheduled for Borchardt, Head of Macroeconomics Advisory 15 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 3.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Foreign Transportation Affairs, Cairo, Maspiro, Arab Republic of Egypt Tel/Fax: (202)-574- Transport Infrastructure: The objectives are to strengthen 7847, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Khalil Moataz, Deputy Uruguay’s transport infrastructure management, foster multimodal Assistant. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: approaches and logistics efficiency. Project Concept Review Meeting (213-21) 504-318, Fax: (213-21) 504-322, E-mail: [email protected], scheduled for 20 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- Contact: Mrs. Latifa Benazza, Director egory U. US$ 75.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection OSE Response to Climate Change: The objective is to support OSE in adapting to and mitigating climate change by increasing the Guarantee Operations efficiency and resilience of existing and future water supply and sanitation systems. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. Project: P118064. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants By covering some of the risks that the market is not able to bear or will be required. Administracion de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado adequately evaluate, the Bank’s guarantee can attract new sources of (OSE), Carlos Roxlo 1275, 3er Piso, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598- finance, reduce financing costs, and extend maturities. The guaran- 2) 1952-1950, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Natan Wajner, tee can be especially valuable for countries with limited market ac- Gerente Programas con Financiamiento Externo cess and where activities traditionally undertaken and financed by the government are being shifted to the private sector but where the government remains as a regulator or provider of inputs and a buyer of outputs. The Bank’s participation as guarantor can also facilitate the Worldwide transparency of these transactions. Since the guarantee is intended to be a catalytic instrument, the Bank Regional offers only partial guarantees, and risks are clearly shared between the Bank and private lenders. The Bank’s objective is to cover risks Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry that it is well-positioned to bear given its credit, its experience (R) Threatened Species Partnership Save Your Logo-GEF: with developing countries, and its special relationships with gov- The objective is to provide grant funding through IUCN for projects ernments. The risk-sharing may be for specific risks (the partial risk SEPTEMBER 2011 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 81 guarantee) or for part of the financing (the partial credit guaran- Kenya tee). Energy and Mining A partial risk guarantee covers risks arising from nonperformance of sovereign contractual obligations or from force majeure aspects KPLC IPP Program: (Private Sector) The objective is to support in a project. A partial credit guarantee and a policy-based guaran- 3 IPPs for a combined amount of $105 million are under preparation. tee typically extend maturities beyond what private creditors could The financing of the IPPs will also involve MIGA and IFC. Board otherwise provide, for example, by guaranteeing late-dated repay- submission is scheduled for FY12. ments. Nigeria For more information on the Bank’s guarantee program and to ob- Energy and Mining tain a copy of the pamphlet “The World Bank Guarantees: Leverag- ing Private Finance for Emerging Markets” (available in English, Energy and Gas Improvement: (Private Sector) The objective is French, Portuguese and Spanish), please contact the Finance Economics to strengthen the value chain for power generation by ending the and Urban Department (FEU) Tel: (202) 458-8111; Fax: (202) 522- bottlenecks in the supply chain for power generation—-previously a 0761, or visit www.worldbank.org/guaranteeswww.worldbank.org/ fundamental constraint to economic growth in the country. The guar- guarantees. antees will support the Power Holding Company of Nigeria’sNigeria’s gas supply payment obligations to international and domestic oil companies which will help mobilize gas supplies for power generation. The PRGs would help to assist the Government in putting in place an appropriate framework for IPPs as well as the extent of Govern- Africa Region ment support to be provided through the PRGs. IDA PRGs of US$ 400.00 million were approved for the first phase of the project . Ap- Cameroon proved by the Executive Directors on 16 June 2009. Energy and Mining Serbia Kribi Gas Power IPP: (Private Sector) The objective is the devel- Finance opment and implementation of a216 MW gas-fired power plant lo- Private and Financial Sector Policy Based Guarantee (Sov- cated in the Mbolongwe village, 9 km north of the coastal city of Kribi ereign Borrowing): The objective is to support reforms in three in the southern province of Cameroon. The primary objective is to in- policy areas: (a) enhancing business environment to encourage pri- crease the capacity and reliability electricity supply in Cameroon vate sector investment; (b) strengthening financial discipline with con- through the implementation of the 216 MW Kribi gas power gener- tinued reform of the non private enterprise sector; and (c) building ation project to create a solid base for growth and poverty reduction a stable and more efficient financial sector. The IBRD PBG in Euro in Cameroon. An IDA PRG of about US$ 80 million is being consid- in the amount equivalent of US$400 million (up to EU€ 300 million) ered in support of the project. Board presentation is tentatively sched- will support the borrowing of the Republic of Serbia from a commercial uled for late-FY11. bank. Approved by the Executive Directors on 10 February 2011. PAGE 82 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2011

LIST OF ACRONYMS

AUSAID Australian Agency for International IDA International Development Association Development IDB Inter-American Development Bank ADB Asian Development Bank IFAD International Fund for Agricultural ADF African Development Fund Development AfDB African Development Bank IsDB Islamic Development Bank APL Adaptable Program Loan JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation BADEA Banque Arabe de Développement ITF Interim Trust Fund Économique en Afrique KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine (Germany) de Développement LIL Learning and Innovation Loan CDB Caribbean Development Bank NCB National Competitive Bidding CFD Caisse Française de Développement NGO Nongovernmental Organization CIDA Canadian International Development NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Agency Cooperation DANIDA Danish International Development OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund Agency (Japan) DFID Department for International OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Development (UK) Countries EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction PAD Project Appraisal Document and Development PCD Project Concept Document EDF European Development Fund PCF Prototype Carbon Fund EIB European Investment Bank PCN Project Concept Note EU European Union PHRD Policy and Human Resources FAC Fonds d’Aide et de Coopération (France) Development (Japan) FAO Food and Agricultural Organization PID Project Identification (Number) of the United Nations PPF Project Preparation Facility FAO/CP FAO Cooperative Program (with the World Bank) QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection FINNIDA Finland International Development SDC Swiss Agency for Development Agency Cooperation GEF Global Environment Facility SIDA Swedish International Development Authority GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit UNDP United Nations Development Programme IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Service Office UNFPA United Nations Population Fund IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund and Development USAID United States Agency for International ICB International Competitive Bidding Development