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Public Disclosure Authorized MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY OF BANK AND IDA PROPOSED PROJECTS (as of August 15,2004)

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THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY

CONTENTS

User’s Guide 3 Global Environment Facility 4

Projects in the Pipeline New Projects 5 Projects Deleted 6 Africa Region 7 East Asia and Pacific Region 20 South Asia Region 28 Europe and Central Asia Region 34 Middle East and North Africa Region 43 Latin America and the Caribbean Region 47 Guarantee Operations 59 List of Acronyms 60

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

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GUIDETO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY

The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on the jccts, including the hiring of consultants and the procure- status of projects in the World Bank‘s pipeline from the point ment of goods and works. Contractors and suppliers, there- of identification of investment opportunities to the signing of fore, should contact appropriate officials of the implementing the loan, credit or grant agreement. On average, it takes agency to express their interest in specific projects. They about 18 months for the Bank to process a project from con- should obtain information on what goods and services will be cept document to approval. After a financing agreement is needed and when and how to submit bids and proposals. signed, or a project removed from the program, its project entry During implementation, consultants are often used to provide is dropped. technical assistance and other project implementation support Each issue of the summary contains a list of projects being Unlike contracts for goods and works, those for consulting ser- reported for the first time as well as a list of projects for vices are not usually advertised. Therefore, consultants in par- which financing agreements have been signed or that have ticular should contact the responsible implementing agency been dropped from the current program. early in the project preparation period to express their inter By becoming familiar with the Bank’s project cycle, which is est. Contracts for consulting services, as well as some for goods summarized in the following paragraphs, consultants or sup- and works, may also be procured prior to loan/credit/grant pliers of goods and works can gauge when the timing is right approval. This is known as advance contracting. to pursue business opportunities with Bank borrowers. Each The information containcd in The World Bank Monthly Oper- entry in the Monthly Operational Summary tells at what point ational Simmary is intended to enable companies to assess in the cycle a particular project resides. their interest in supplying Bank-financed projects. Further infor- mation should be requested from the country’s project imple- Project Cycle menting agency. The likelihood of a timely response is greater During IDENTIFICATION,both the client government and if the queries are brief and to the point. When possible, travel the Bank are involved in analyzing development strategies for to the country and direct contact with relevant agency offi- the country’s economy as a whole and in identifying projects cials is rccommended. that support those strategies. Firms should contact the World Bank (preferably by fax) PREPARATION, the second stage of the cycle, is the respon- only if they are unable to obtain a response to their queries sibility of the client government. During prcparatiot~,the from the implementing agency. General information about busi- technical and institutional alternatives for achieving the objec- ness opportunities under Bank loans and credits may be tives of a project are identified and discussed. Preparation usu- obtained from the World Bank’s Procurement Policy and Ser- ally requires feasibility studies followed by more detailed vices Group (by e-mail at: [email protected]). studies of the alternatives that promise to yield the most sat- isfactory results. An environmental assessment is usually Environmental Categories carried out during this phase. (See below for more informa- The type, timing and scope of environmental analysis to be tion on environmental assessment.) performed by Bank clients are to be confirmed when a given In the preparation stage of the project cycle, clients often project is identified. Projects are assigned one of the follow- supplement their own efforts by hiring consultants to carry ing categories based upon the nature, magnitude and sensi- out a major part of the work. Contractors and suppliers of equip tivity of environmental issues: ment and goods need to start making contacts with country Category A Environmental assessment is normally required, officials during this stage as the project may have adverse and significant environ- Project APPRAISAL, the responsibility of the Bank, pro- mental impacts. vides a comprehensive review of all aspects of the project (tecli- Category B: More limited environmental analysis is appro- nical, institutional, economic and financial) and lays the foun- priate, as the project may have specific environmental issurs. dation for implementing the project and evaluating it when completrd. Conducted by Bank staff, project appraisal may Category C: Environmental analysis is normally unnecessary. be supplemented by individual experts. The preparation of the Projects added to the summary after July 1994 include the envi- Project Appraisal Document concludes this stage. ronmental category A, B or C, except in the case of financial During NEGOTIATION, discussions are held with the client intermediary loans, which are designated “FI,” and struc- government, and the agreements reached are written into the tural adjustment loans and credits, which are not catego- loan documents. Upon completion of negotiations, the project rized. The absence of a category is shown by the letter “U”. is presented to the Executive Directors for approval After Business opportunities arising from World Bank projects approval, the financing agreement is signed. after they have been approved, including invitations to bid and Project IMPLEMENTATION normally starts within a few to submit proposals on Bank projects and notices of contract months of project financing agreement signing. Countries, awards, appear twice a month in UNDevelopment Bwsiness and through their implementing agencics, have full responsibil- are also available via the internet at UN Development ity for the design and execution of World Bank-financed pro- Business Online at . PAGE 4 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004

A typical summaiy entxy looks like this:

Vietnam + 0 Name of borrowing country (R) = revised: (N) = new entry 4, (R) Payment Systems and Bank Moderniza- tion: The project will establish a computerized payments system in order to improve efficiency .f------+ Project and modernize the banking sector. Technical assistance to strengthen the institutional capacity Italics indicate change from last month’s listing of participating commercial banks will also be pro- vided. Preappraisal mission completed. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. PID: VNMPA028. f------. ‘ID= Projectidentification number. Amount of financing in US$ millions (source) 4 US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for project management and commercial bank institu- tional studies. Project Management Unit, Payment System and Bank Modernization Project, State C----r Name/address of implementing agency Bank of Vietnam, 49 Ly Thai To, Vietnam, Fax: (84-4) 258-385, Contact Mr. Nguyen Van Binh

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

Inaddition to projects financed by the World Bank, The World funds: (a) if they are eligible for financial assistance through the Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on projects financial mechanism of either the Climate Change Convention financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF or the Convention on Biological Diversity: or (b) if they are cli- provides grants and concessional funding to recipient coun- gible to borrow from the World Bank (IBRD and/or IDA) or tries for projects and programs that protect the global envi- receive technical assistance grants from UNDP through a Coun- ronment and promote sustainable economic growth try Programme, A country must be a party to the Climate Change Convention or the Convention of Biological Diversity The facility, set up as a pilot program in 1991, was restructured to receive funds from the GEF in the relevant focal area. and replenished with over US$2 billion in 1994, and replenished with another US$ 4 billion in 1998, to cover the agreed incre- GEF projects must be country-driven, incorporate consulta- mental costs of activities that benefit the global environment in tion with local communities and, where appropriate, involve non- four focal areas: climate change, biological diversity, international governmental organizations in project implementation. waters, and stratospheric ozone. Activities concerning land For additional information on the GEF, contact the GEF secretariat degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation, as they or visit its site on the World Wide Web at: wv.gefweb.org relate to the four focal areas, are also eligible Cor funding. Both the Frame-work Convention on Climate Change and the Con- The GEF Secretariat vention on Biological Diversity have designated the GEF as their 1818 H St. NW funding mechanism on an interim basis. Washington DC 20433, USA GEF projects and programs are managed through three imple- Tel: (1-202) 473-0508 menting agencies: thc UN Development Programme (UNDP) , Fax: (1-202) 522-3240, 522-3245 the UN Environment Prograninie (UNEP) and the World Bank. E-mail: [email protected] The GEF Secretariat, which is functionally independent from the three implementing agencies, reports to and services the Council and Assembly of the GEE The GEF is striving for universal participation, and currently 168 countries are participants. Countries may be eligible for GEF ~~~~~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 5

___ ~ ~ New Projects Added in This Issue

Africa Region Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Rural Development: Real Estate Cadastre and Registration p.39 BUl-UXldi Rural Development: Agricultural Rehabilitation Poland and Sustainable Land Management (HI17-BU) Environment and Natural Resources Management: P’7 Odra River Basin Flood Protection p.40 Ghana Rural Development: Serbia and Montenegro Rural Development: Water Resource Management p.41 Community-Based Rural Development (Cr. 3964-GH) p.11 Water and Sanitation: Water and Sanitation: Serbia Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation p.41 SmaU Towns Water Supply and Sanitation (Cr. 3971-GH) p.11 Mali Middle East and North Africa Region Economic Management: Fourth Structural Adjustment p.14 Tunisia Mozambique Energy and Mining: Economic Management: Second Poverty Reduction Support p.14 Energy Efficiency Program/Industrial Sector p.45 Education: Technical and Vocational Education and Training p.15 Law and Justice: Legal Capacity p.15 West Bank and Gaza Transportation: Water and Sanitation: Northern Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment p.46 Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance p.15 East Asia and Pacific Region Latin America and the Caribbean Region China Argentina Water and Sanitation: Buenos Aires Infrastructure p.47 Urban Development: Shanghai Urban Environment (APL 2) p.21 Urban Development: Sichuan Urban Development p.21 Colombia Water and Sanitation: Liuzhou Environment Management p.22 Environment and Natural Resources Management: Sustainable Development Structural Adjustment I p.51 Vietnam Environment and Natural Resources Management: Ecoriomic Management: Poverty Reduction Support IV p.26 Sustainable Development Technical Assistance p.5 1 Rural Development: Social Protection: Second Programmatic Labor Avian Influenza Emergency Recovery (Cr. 3969-VN) p.27 and Social Reform Adjustment p.52 South Asia Region Social Protection: Technical Assistance to Support the 2nd Programmatic Labor manistan and Social Reform Adjustment p.52 Private Sector Development: Haiti Investment Guarantee Facility (Cr. 3968-AF) p.28 Public Sector Governance: Economic Recovery Adjustment p.54 Bangladesh Peru Private Sector Development: Export Infrastructure 1 p.29 Energy and Mining: Rural Electrification p.57 India Rural Development: Sierra Rural Development p.57 Energy and Mining: Power System Development 111 p.30 Energy and Mining: Rural Electricity Access p.30 Water and Sanitation: Tamil Nadu Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project p.32 Pakistan Health, Nutrition and Population: Partnership for Polio Eradication (Supplemental) p.33 Europe and Central Asia Region Armenia Rural Development: Rural Enterprise and Small-Scale Commercial Agriculture Development p.35 Bulgaria Transportation: Community Services Roads p.37 Kosovo Public Sector Governance: Economic Policy and Public Expenditure Management p.38 Kyrgy Republic Economic Management: Poverty Reduction Support p.38 PAGE 6 Monthlv Operational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004

Projects Deleted From This Issue

Africa Region Europe and Central Asia Region Burkina Faso: Sahel Integrated Lowland Ecosystem Management Armenia: Municipal Water and Wastewater (Cr. 3893-AM) ' Ghana: Poverty Reduction Support 2 (Cr. 3957-GH, H115-GH) Bulgaria: Programmatic Adjustment I1 (Ln. 4743-BUL) Kenya: Agricultural Productivity (Cr. 3929-KE, H098-KE) Croatia: Coastal Cities Pollution Control (Ln. 7226-HR) Kenya: Northern Corridor Transport Improvement (Cr. 3930-KE) Georgia: Reform Support Kenya: Nairobi Water and Sewerage Institutional Restructuring (H100- Georgia: Secondary and Local Roads KE) Kazakhstan: Northeastern Kazakhstan Water Supply and Sanitation Malawi: Community-Based Rural Land Development (HO81-MAI) Moldova, Republic oE Social Investment Fund I1 (Cr. 3931-MD) Mali: Development Learning Center (HO90-MLI) Serbia and Montenegro: Health System Improvement (Cr. 3918-YF) Mali: Multi-Sectoral HIV/AIDS (H099-MLI) Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro Pension System Administra- Tanzania: Poverty Reduction Support Supplemental (Cr. 32721) tion Investment (Cr. 3919-YF) Uganda: Bujagali Hydropower Serbia and Montenegro: Transport Rehabilitation (Cr. 3909-YF) Tajikistan: Community Agriculture and Watershed Management (Cr. East Asia And Pacific Region 3928-TJ, H097-TJ) Cambodia: Flood Management Irrigation and Rural Development Turkey: Third Programmatic Financial and Public Sector Adjustment China: Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment (Ln. 4742- (Ln. 7233-TU) CHA) Turkey: Health Transition (Ln. 4737-TU) China: Hai Basin Integrated Water and Environment Management Indonesia: Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management I1 (COREMAP Middle East and North Africa Region 11) (Ln. 4740-IND. Cr. 3910-IND) Algeria: Municipal Waste Management Lao People's Democratic Republic: Second Education (Cr. 3886-LA, Jordan: Disi Water H084-LA) Latin America and the Caribbean Region South Asia Region Brazil: Higher Education Improvement Afghanistan: Emergency Power Rehabilitation Brazil: PROAGUA I1 Bangladesh: Economic Management Technical Assistance Brazil: First Programmatic Sustainable and Equitable Growth (Ln. Pakistan: Public Sector Capacity Building (Cr. 3904-PAK) 7218-BR) Sri Lanka: Health Sector Development (H095-CE) Brazil: BNDES Water Sector Modernization Brazil: CAIXA Water Sector Modernization (Ln. 4292-1-BR) Peru: Lima Transport (Ln. 7209-PE) SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 7

Management of Forests and Adjacent Lands: The objective of the project is to enable continuation of work financed by an earlier series Africa of grants for forest and adjacent land management. Board presenta- tion is scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. US$6.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Angola of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Economic Management Health, Nutrition and Population (R) Emergency Mdti Sector Recovery: The objective of the pro- ject is to build the foundation for long-term reconstruction, economic National Community-Driven Development: The project would in- rehabilitation, and reestablishment of state administration. Appraisal crease access of poor communities to basic social infrastructure and mission is scheduled for 16 October 2004. Environmental Assessment economic opportunities in response to their identified needs and in ac- Category B. PID: 83333. US$235.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be cordance with local governments' plans and with a national CDD pol- determined. Ministry of Planning, Largo 17 de Setembro, Luanda, icy, in turn improving local government capacity for planning, monitoring and maintaining community-based services. Negotiations completed. Angola, Tel: (244-2) 338-686, Fax: (244-2) 336-945, Contact: H.E. Ana Dias Lourenco, Minister Board presentation was scheduled for 14 September 2004. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consultants will be Health, Nutrition and Population required and will be financed under a countrymanaged PHRD grant or a requested Project Preparation Facility (PPF) advance. Agence de HIV/AIDS, Malaria andTuberculosis: The objective of the project Financement des Initiatives de Base, 02 PO Box 287, Cotonou, Republic is to control the spread and mitigate the effects of AIDS, Tuberculo- sis and Malaria. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- of Benin, Tel: (229) 305-276, Fax: (229) 305-494, E-mail: [email protected], sessment Category B. PID: 83180. US$20.0 (IDA). Consulting services Contact: Mr. Lucien Afanou, Directeur GCnCral to be determined. National Commission Against AIDS and Endemic Diseases Burkina Faso Energy and Mining Law and Justice (R) The project will (R) Economic Management Technical Assistance (Cr. 3744- Energy Sector Development and Reform: help the government enhance the efficiency of the energy sector, in- ANG): The objective of the project is to strengthen the ability of the key economic ministries to implement institutional and policy reforms crease access of the population to modern sources of energy and im- that create an enabling environment for the private sector to flourish, prove the sustainability of energy resources. Negotiations were scheduled building on reforms already under way as agreed with the International for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: 69126,73358. US$62.9/2.8 (IDA/GEF). Consultants will be required. Monetary Fund. The project will support implementation of a Poverty Ministry of Energy and Mines, 01 BP 644, Ouagadougou 01 Burkina Reduction Strategy Paper, which is being prepared. ?%ecredit was Faso, Tel: (226) 300-248,331-745,436-727,Fax: (226) 217-542, Contact: signed on 9]une 2003. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 72205. US$16.0 (IDA). A consultant has been engaged to assist in prepa- Mr. Godefroy Thiombiano, Project Coordinator ration of the PCD and Project Appraisal Document and participate in Public Sector Governance the appraisal mission. Further consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Planning, Luanda, Angola, Tel: (244-2) 391-825, E-mail: Capacity Building Program: The project will provide technical as- [email protected]. Contact: Eduardo Severim de Morais, Deputy sistance to core and line ministries to implement the first phase (ca- Planning Minister pacity assessment) and the second phase (implementing reforms) of a long-range capacity building effort. Appraisal is scheduled for October Benin 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78596. US$ 5.0 (IDA), Consultants will be required. Prime Minister's Office, BP 7027, Economic Management Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 324-889, Fax: (226) 330-551, Second Poverty Reduction Support: The objectives of the project Contact: Mrs. VCronique TiemtorB, General Secretary to the Prime are to implement the Poverty Reduction Strategy through the budget Minister process and strengthen the government's capacity to design and carry out its development and poverty reduction programs. Project Con- Burundi cept Note was reviewed on 9 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory to be determined. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be Rural Development determined. Ministry of Finance and Economy, BP 302, Cotonou, (N) Agricultural Rehabfitation and Sustainable Land Manage- Benin, Tel: (229) 315-356, Fax: (229) 301-851, Contact: Mr. Emmanuel ment (H117-BU): The objective of the project is to restore the pro- Assilamehoo, Head, Technical Secretariat, National Committee for ductive capacity of rural areas through investments in production and Development and Poverty Reduction sustainable land management and through capacity building for pro- ducer organizations and local communities. Approved by the Execu- Energy and Mining tive Directors on 27 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Energy Services Delivery Cr. 3951-BEN):The project will sup- B. PID: 64558. US$35.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Min- port increased access to modern energy. The credit was signed on 28 istry of Agriculture and Livestock, PO Box 1850, Bujumbura, Burundi, July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 79633. US$ Tel: (257) 910-412, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Salvator 45.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required SociCtC Beninoise d'Elec- Nimubona, Director tricitC et dEau, 92 Ave. Pape Jean Paul II,Ol, BP 123, Cotonou, BCnin, Tel: (229) 312-145, Fax: (229) 315-028. Contact: M. Roger Kouessi, Di- Cameroon recteur GCnCral; CommunautC Electrique du BCnin, Rue de la Kozah, BP 1368, Lome, Togo, Tel: (229) 221-5796, Fax: (229) 221-3764, Con- Economic Management tact: M. Cyr M'Po Kouagou. Directeur GCneral (R) Infrastructure/Local Economic Development: The project will seek to maximize the contribution of cities to sustain the devel- Environment and Natural Resources Management opment of the country while vigorously attacking the roots of poverty Coastal Zone Management: The objective of the project is to con- in and around urban areas. It will address policy issues such as de- tribute to sustainable management of the coastal zone and biological centralization, local economic development, and access to basic ser- diversity with the view to sustainable development of the country vices by the poor. Decision meeting is scheduled for December 2004. Board presentation is scheduled for October 2004. Environmental As- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$20.0 million (IDA). Con- sessment Category B. US$4.2 (GEF). Consulting services to be de- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- termined. Implementing agency (ies) to be determined termined. PAGE 8 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 Education Ministry of Economic Promotion and Development, N'Djamena, Chad, Education Development Capacity Building: The objective of the Tel: (235) 515-898, Fax: (235) 515-185, Contact: Mr. Mahamat Bachir, project is to strengthen administrative and educational management Vice Director-General skills in the ministries of education and to organize their efforts in the fight against poverty and social inequality. Preappraisal mission com- Rural Development pleted. Decision meeting is scheduled for October 2004. Environ- (R) Local Development Program: The objective of the project is to mental Assessment Category A. PID: 75964. US$ 15.0 million (IDA). improve local governance and participation and provide broader ac- Consulting services to be determined. Projet d'appui au Secteur de YE- cess to basic services and economic opportunities as decentralization ducation, BP 8390, YaoundC, Cameroon, Tel: (237) 222-4547, E-mail of institutions is implemented. The local development program will be [email protected], Contact: Charles Awono implemented in three phases, of which this project is the first. The pro- ject will focus on designing and implementing a decentralized and par- Public Sector Governance ticipatory financing mechanism that will empower rural communities (R) Transparency and Accountability Capacity Building: The ob- and decentralized institutions to manage development funds in a trans- jective of the project is to enhance transparency and accountability in parent way and according to their own priorities. Negotiations completed. the use of public resources. Project preparation was scheduled to begin Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 66998. US$20.0 (IDA). in September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economic Promotion and De- 84160. US$lO.O (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Eco- velopment, N'Djamena, Chad, Tel: (235) 515-898, Contact: Mr. Ma- nomic Affairs, Programming and Regional Development, Tel: (242) 215- hamat Bachir, Vice Director-General: Celule Permanente de Suivi de 702, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Ngouembe Abandza la Table Ronde de GenOve IV, N'Djamena, Tchad, Tel(235) 520-749, Contact: Mr. Baharadine Rural Development Institutional Reform Support: The objective of the project is to as- (R) Community Development Program (Cr. 3876-CM): The ob- sist in implementing two of the country's poverty reduction strategic jective of the project is to improve governance and participation at the objectives: (a) improving governance and transparency: and (b) ensuring local level and enable greater access to basic services and economic strong and sustained growth, especially in the rural sector. Appraisal opportunities as decentralization of institutions is implemented. The completed. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 8371 1. US$ credit was signed on 8 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category 25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Plan- FI. PID: 73629. US$20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry ning, Development and Cooperation, Tel(235) 526-181,Fax: (235) 522- of Planning, MINPAT, Yaounde, Cameroun, Tel: (237) 221-088, E-mail: 950, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Bakhit HassanAdoum [email protected], Contact: Marie-Madeleine Nga; Ministry of Agri- culture, MINAGRI, YaoundC, Cameroun, Tel: (237) 223-441, E-mail Social Protection [email protected], Contact: Clementine Ananga Demobilization and Reintegration: The objective of the project is Cape Verde to build national reconciliation, peace and security, thereby helping sus- tain social and economic development. It will do this by: (a) demobi- Economic Management lizing 5,564 officers and sub-officers and helping them return to civilian (R) Poverty Reduction Support: Cformerly under Law and Justice) life, (b) assisting an estimated 20,000 ex-combatants and their families The objective of the project is to provide program support on the basis return to productive civilian life, (c) facilitating poverty reduction of the Government's key sectorstrategies (to be presented in theforthcoming through the reallocation of national military expenditures to priority PRSP), which include health, education, social protection, administra- sectors such as education, health, rural development, infrastructure tive reform (including decentralization), and public expenditure man- and social development. Preparation mission was tentatively scheduled agement. Appraisal mission is scheduled for 27 September 2004. for August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78860. US5 15.0 (ZDA). (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Comite National de Rein- A PPF advance of US5 595,000 has been approved. Consulting services sertion, PO Box 06, NDjamena, Chad, Tel: (235) 526-614, E-mail: will be required for background analysis in sectors of interest (Human [email protected], Contact: Col Dingamadji Majior Development, Public Sector Reform, and Public Expenditure Man- agement). Ministry of Finance, Planning and Regional Development, Urban Development Praia, Santiago, Republic of Cape Verde, Tel: (238-2) 607-520, E-mail Urban Development: The objective of the project is to rehabilitate [email protected], Contact: Mr. Manuel Pinheiro, Director Gen- infrastructure and manage urban services in the major cities. Project eral for Planning Concept Review was scheduled for September 2004. Environmental As- Transportation sessment Category B. US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined (R) Road Sector Support: The objective of the project is to support critical road access infrastructure needs on five islands and to provide Congo, Democratic Republic of institutional assistance on sector reforms and capacity building. Appraisal mission is scheduled for October 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Cat- Economic Management egory B. PID: 87004. US$25.0 (IDA). A PPF advance has been approved. (R) Post-Redcation Economic Recovery (Cr. 3862-ZR): The Consultants have been selected as part of preparation for road design objective of the project is to provide balance of payments support in and management studies. Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the post-reunification context to facilitate implementation of urgent Ponta Belem, Praia, Santiago, Republic of Cape Verde, Tel: (238-2) 615- reforms. The credit was signed on 9 March 2004. Environmental As- 699, Far: (238-2) 614-141, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. sessment Category U. PID: 82443. US$ 200.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- Manuel Inocsncio Sousa, Minister of State for Infrastructure and vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, BP 12997, Kinshasa 1 Transport Democratic Republic of Congo, Fax: (243) 880-2381 Chad Education Environment and Natural Resources Management (R) Emergency Economic and Social Reunification Support (Cr. Integrated Ecosystem Management: The objective of the program 3824-DRC, H064-DRC): The project aims at supporting economic is to promote sustainable development in rural areas combined with and social reunification: support that is critical to mitigating the ongoing the management of ecosystems so as to generate global and local en- social and humanitarian crisis and continuing implementation of eco- vironmental benefits. Appraisal completed. Environmental Assess- nomic reforms. The credit andgrant were signed on 23 September2003. ment Category FI. PID: 78138. US$ 6.0 (GEF). Consultants will be Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 81850. US$50.0/164.0 required. Cellule Permanente de Suivi de la Table Ronde de Geneve (IDA CreditADA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Min- IV, N'Djamena, Chad, Tel: (235) 520-749, Contact: Mr. Baharadine; istry of Planning: Ministry of Finance SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv ODerational Summarv PAGE 9 Health, Nutrition end Population nomic infrastructures in communities most affected by the war. Ap- (R) Multi-SectoralHIV/AIDS (H080-ZR):The objective of the pro- praisal completed. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 82817. ject, part of the Banks regional multi-sectoral program for Africa, is US$60.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Commission Nationale to mitigate the negative impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on devel- pour le Desarmement, Demobilkation et Reintegration (National Com- opment of the country. The grant was signed on 26 April 2004, Envi- mission for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration), 27 BP ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82516. US$102.0 (IDA Grant). 933 Abidjan 27 Cote dIvoire, Tel: (225) 2252-7350/1/2/4, E-mail: Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to [email protected],Contact: Ibrahima Sangare, Secretaire Ex- be determined ecutif du CNDDR Private Sector Development Eritrea (R) Private Sector Development and Competitiveness (Cr. 3815- Energy and Mining ZR): The objective of the project is to increase the competitiveness of Power Distribution and Rural Electrification (Cr. 3949-ER, the economy, and thereby contribute to economic growth. The credit H114-ER): The objectives of the project are to rehabilitate and up was signed on 11 August 2003. Environmental Assessment Category grade electricity distribution systems in Asmara and electrify certain B. PID: 71144. US$120.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry rural areas. Approved by the Executive Directors on 6 July 2004. En- of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Immeuble Gecamines, Blvd. 30 Juin, du vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 57929. US$29.0/21.0 (IDA Kinshasa - Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 891- CreditADA Grant). Consultants will be required for financial man- 3897, Fax: (243) 139-2388,Contact: Pierre Kikuni Saido, General Sec- agement, information systems, institutional and power sector reforms, retary of Mines: Ministry of Transport, Economique et de urban and rural power distribution work. Eritrea Electric Authority Developpement du President, Tel: (243) 880-2857,Fax: (243) 880-2000, (EEA), Asmara, Eritrea, Tel: (291-1) 122-228, Fax: (291-1) 124-984, Contact: Mr. Faustin Luanga, Conseiller; Ministry of Telecommuni- Contact: Mr. Abraham Woldemicael, General Manager cations; Ministry of Energy Transportation Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Road Sector: The project, a first phase adaptable program loan, will (R) Emergency Demobilization and Reintegration (33089-ZR): aim at (a) building institutional capacity for engineering and financial The objective of the project is to help finance the post-conflict transi- management, materials testing and quality control; (b) rehabilitating, tion of former combatants. The grant was signed on lOJune 2004. En- strengthening and upgrading priority roads, bridges and culverts: and vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 78658. US$ 100.0 (IDA (c) implementing a national road safety program. Appraisal mission is Grant). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency (ies) to be tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- determined egory A, PID: 50357. US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services for project preparation are being financed through a PPF. Infrastructure Depart- Congo, Republic of ment, Ministry of Public Works, PO Box 841, Asmara, Eritrea. Tel: (291- Economic Management 1) 122-477, Fax: (291-1) 120-661,Contact: Mr. Kidane Berhane, Director Economic Recovery: The objective of the project is to assist the General country with its economic recovery. Board presentation was scheduled for August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 Ethiopia (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance Education CBte d'lvoire Post-Secondary Education: The objective of the project is to ex- pandhtrengthen the country's post-secondary education system as key Health, Nutrition and Population components of its national capacity building effort. Negotiations com- HIV/AIDS Multi-sector Response: The project will support a multi- pleted. Board presentation is scheduled for 16 September 2004. Envi- sector HIV/AIDS national program to reduce the spread of HIV infection ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78692. US$ 40.0 (IDA). with special focus on the most vulnerable groups and assist infected Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, PO Box persons and affected communities cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS. 1367, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 560-063, Fax: (251-1) 553-133, Board presentation is scheduled for 23 September 2004. Environ- Contact: Dr. Teshome Yizengaw, Vice-Minister for Higher Education mental Assessment Category B. PID: 71631. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Con- sultants will be required and are being recruited. Ministry in Charge Information and Communication of HIV/AIDS (MSLS), 16 BP, Abidjan 16, CBte d'Ivoire, Tel: (225) Information and Communication Technologies Assisted Devel- 2124-3013/4, 2021-0832, 0752-2376, 0505-6699, Fax: (225) 2021-0834, opment: The objective of the project is to enable communities to have E-mail: [email protected],Contacts: Konan Kouassi Clovis, Charge dE- increased access to ICT-assisted public and private services, and to use tudes au Cabinet, Prof. Mireille Dosso these services more effectively to increase their income, give them bet- ter access to markets and enable them to participate in local decision Law and Justice making. Negotiations completed. Board presentation is scheduled for Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction Program:The objective 16 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: of the project is to strengthen the capacity of central and community- 78458. US$25.0 (IDA). Consultingservices to be determined. Ministry based agencies to deliver and be accountable for quality public service. of Capacity Building, PO Box 1028, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251- Appraisal is contingent upon security clearance. Environmental As- 1) 503 973, Fax: (251-1) 534 246, Contact: Ato Dhaba Oria, Director Gen- sessment Category C. PID: 55076. US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services eral, Ethiopian ICT Development Authority will be required during preparation to put the key analytical and ca- pacity building blocks in place. In the implementation phase, consul- Private Sector Development tants will be required for program management, monitoring and (R) Private Sector Development Capacity Building: The objective evaluation. SecrCtariat National a la Gouvernance et au Renforcement of the project is to increase private sector participation in the economy des Capacites, Cabinet du Premier Ministre, 01 BP 1533 Abidjan 01, by increasing its productivity and competitiveness. Preappraisal was Rue des jardins, 2 Plateau, RBpublique de CBte d'lvoire, Tel: (225) scheduled for 12 September 2004. Appraisal k scheduled for early No- 2241-0164, Fax: (225) 2022-1833, E-mail: [email protected], Con- vember2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$25.0 (IDA). tacts: Mme. Ginette Yoman, M. Marc-Antoine Koffi Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Trade and Indus- try, PO Box 704, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 518-025, Fax: Social Protection (251-1) 514-288, Contact: Ato Tadesse Haile Demobilization, Reintegration and Rehabilitation: The objective is to provide immediate support for (a) demobilizing and reintegrat- Public Sector Governance ing ex-combatants; (b) returning internally displaced people and (R) Public Sector Capacity Building Program Support (Cr. refugees to their communities: and (c) strengthening social and eco- 3899-EI): The objectives of the program are to: (a) improve the ~~~ PAGE 10 Monthlv Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 scale, efficiency, and responsiveness of public service delivery at the Ministry of Forestry and Environment, Tel: (241) 721-383. Fax: (241) federal, regional and local levels; (b) empower citizens to participate 721-382, E-mail [email protected], Contact: Mr. Juste-L. Boussienguet, more effectively in shaping their own development: and (c) enhance Coordinator CPSE the transparency and accountability of state institutions. Signing was tentatively scheduled for 23 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Category C. PID: 74020. US$lOO.O (IDA). The general procurement Community Inhstructure and Capacity Building: The project will notice with consulting services, goods and training requirements was be a follow-on to the continuing Pilot Community Infrastructure Works published on 6 March 2004. Ministry of Capacity Building, PO Box 1082, and Capacity Building Project (LIL) to capitalize on and take advan- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 572-224/226, Contact: Ato tage of the results of the LIL. The objectives of the project are to: (a) Hailemelekot T/Giorgis, State Minister, Ministry of Capacity Building set up a sustainable management system to carry out public works by small- and medium-enterprises (SMEs); (b) promote and develop Rural Development SMEs in public works sectors such as the secondary road network, Rural Capacity Building: The objective of the project is to increase health, education); (c) generate employment; (d) provide basic infra- the productivity and profitability of the agricultural sector through in- structure and improved access to services; and (e) improve the local vestments designed to raise the human capital of farmers and other economy and contribute to poverty alleviation. The CB I1will focus on people involved in agricultural and agri-business enterprises, and im- sector reforms (improved access of SMEs to sectors of the economy); prove the effectiveness of agricultural technology institutions. Ap- and capacity building (SMEs, line ministries, and local governments) I praisal is scheduled for November 2004. Environmental Assessment Appraisal mission is scheduled for February 2005. Environmental As- Category B. PID: 79275. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be sessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Addis termined. PAPSUT, PO Box 114, Libreville, Gabon, Tel: (241) 765-830, Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 150-110, Fax: (251-1) 512-984, E-mail: 768-307, Fax: (241) 765-831, E-mail: [email protected],Con- [email protected],Contact: Belay Edjigu, Minister of State; Min- tact: Mr. Richard Damas, Project Coordinator istry of Agriculture and Rural Development Social Protection Gambia, The (R) Productive Safety Nets: The objective of the project is to trans- Education form existing relief-oriented safety nets to a system that not only sus- Third Education: The project is the second phase of an APL that uses tains lives but enhances growth by preventing irreversible losses and a sector-wide approach toward achieving the Millennium Develop providing incentives to the most vulnerable households to engage in ment Goals of universal completion of primary education by 2015 and productive behavior. Appraisal was scheduled for 13 September 2004. gender parity by 2010. Project Concept Note is being prepared. Envi- Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 87707. US$200.0 (IDA). ronmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 10.0 (IDA.). Consulting services to be determined. Food Security Coordination Bu- Consulting services to be determined. Department of State for Edu- reau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, PO Box 62347, cation, Tel: (220) 422-8522, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Aa'dkAbaba, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 516-172, (251-1) 520636, Fax: (251- Lawrence Bruce, Project Coordinator 1) 512-984, Contact: Ato Berhane Gizaw, Deputy Commissioner, Head ofFood Security Coordination Bureau, Minktry OfAgrculture and Rum1 Health, Nutrition and Population Development (R) Health Sector Reform: The objective of the project is to im- Transportation prove the health of the population through access to quality essential health care packages (preventive and curative) on a sustainable basis. (R) Road Sector Development Phase 2 - AF'L 2: The objective Initial preparation mission was completed in August 2004. Environ- of the project is to rehabilitate and upgrade priority link and regional mental Assessment Category B. PID: 85004. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Con- roads and support the Rural Travel and Transport Program to prepare sulting services to be determined. Department of State for Health, The woreda and village-level development activities. Negotiations com- Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, Tel: (220) 422-7872, E-mail: es- pleted. Board presentation is scheduled for 16 September 2004. Envi- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Essa A. Khan, Permanent Secre- ronmental Assessment Category A. US$160.9 (IDA Grant). Consulting tary, Department of State for Health services for feasibility studies and engineering designs are being fi- nanced under existing projects. Additional services will be advertised. Rural Development Ethiopia Roads Authority, PO Box 1770, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 525-392, Fax: (251-1) 514-866, Contact: Ato Zaid Woldegebriel, (R) Community-Based Rural Development: The objective of the General Manager project is to mobilize and empower rural communities to undertake activities that enhance livelihoods and support social capital develop Water and Sanitation ment, such as activities that increase agricultural productivity, diver- (R) Water Supply and Sanitation (Cr. 3901-ET, HOS5-ET): The sify farm and off-farm income and build local capacity to manage objective of the project is to increase access to sustainable water sup development. Preappraisal mission is tentatively scheduled by No- ply and sanitation services through improved capacity of stakeholders vember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82969. in the sector and better management of water resources. Signing is US$ 12.0 (IDA). A PHRD grant has been provided. Consultants will scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. be required. Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, PID: 76735. US$ 75.0/25.0 (IDA CreditADA Grant). Consultants will Tel (220) 422-5181, Fax: (220) 449-4758, E-mail: [email protected], be required. Ministry of Water Resources and Regional Water Bu- Contact: Mr. M.E. Touray, Project Coordinator reaus, PO Box 5673, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 61 1-111. Fax: (25 1-1) 610-885, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mes- Ghana fin Tegene, Vice Minister Finance Gabon Accountability and Capacity Building: The objective of the project is to enhance the efficiency, accountability and transparency of gov- Environment and Natural Resources Management ernment financial management functions and improve revenue gen- Forestry and Environment: The objective of the project is to in- eration. Appraisal mission was scheduled for June 2004. Environmental crease sustainably the contribution of the natural resources manage- Assessment Category C. PID: 69348. US$55.0 (IDA). Consultants will ment sector to the national economy, helping improve standards of living be required for information technology, training, institutional devel- while ensuring sustainable management of natural resources and con- opment and capacity building. Ministry of Finance, PO Box M40, Ac- servation of biodiversity. Appraisal was scheduled for September 2004. cra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 668-016, Fax: (233-21) 663-854, E-mail: Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 70196. US$19.9 (IBRD). [email protected], Contact: Ms. Agatha Gaise-Nketsiah, Program Consulting services to be determined. Planning and Monitoring Unit, Coordinator SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv Omrational Summarv PAGE 11 Rural Development care services: and (c) strengthen the health care referral system. (N) Community-Based Rural Development (Cr. 3964-GH): The Board presentation is scheduled for 23 September 2004. Environ- objective of the project is to reduce poverty by enhancing the quality mental Assessment Category B. PID: 65126. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Con- of life of rural communities. Approved by the Executive Directors on sulting services to be determined. Ministhre de la Sant6 (Ministry of 29 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 81482. US$ ,Health), BP 585, Conakry, Guinea, Tel: (224) 219-456, E-mail: pdra- 60.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Rural Infrastructure Coor- [email protected]. Contact: Mr. Pepe Dramou dinating Unit, CT 3742, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 770-246, Fax: (233. Transpottation 21) 770-247;Ministry for Local Government and Rural Development, PO Box M50, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-32) 664-763,663-668,Fax: (233- Second National Rural Infrastructure Program: The objective of 21) 668-071, Contact: Mr. Kwadwo Adjei-Darko, Minister the project is to develop the rural sector, increasing incomes and im- proving health and education, by improving physical access to market Urban Development opportunities and administrative and social service facilities. Boardpre- Urban V Phase 2: The purpose of the Adaptable Program Loan is sentation was scheduled for 26 August 2004 Environmental Assessment to ensure the sustainable delivery of adequate urban infrastructure and Category A. PID: 65127. US$30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required services, particularly in under-served secondary towns. This will be and will be 5nanced under a requested Project Preparation Facility (PPF) achieved through local level capacity building and improvement of ur- advance and a Canadian Trust Fund. Ministry of Public Works and ban infrastructure and services in support of the government's de- Transport, BP 715, Conakry, Guinea, Tel: (224) 413-639, Fax: (224) 413- centralization program. The objective of the second phase is to 639, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Toure Alahassane, strengthen and deepen the capacity building initiatives from Phase 1 Directeur National des Pistes Rurales and provide basic infrastructure for the participating DAs on a de- mand-driven and competitive basis. Appraisal mission is scheduled Guinea-Bissau for January 2005. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 75.0 Energy and Mining (IDA), Consultants are required for preliminary engineering studies. (R) Critical Energy Services: The objective of the project is to re- Ministry ofLocal Government and Rural Development, PO Box M50, habilitate and expand electricity distribution networks and to reform Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 670-363/4, Contact: Mr. Godfrey Ewool the electricity sector. Project Concept Review meeting was scheduled for Water and Sanitation September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- mined. US$7.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry (N) Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation (Cr. 3971-GH): Approved by the Executive Directors on 27 July 2004. Environmental of Economy and Finance, Rua Justin0 Lopes No 74-A. Bissau, Guinea- Bissau, Fax: (245) 203-495, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Assessment Category B. US$26.0 (IDA) I Consultants will be required. Dr. Jose Carlos Varela Casimiro, Coordinator Community Water and Sanitation Agency, PMBKIA, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 779-102, Fax: (233-21) 779-475, E-mail: [email protected],Con- Environment and Natural Resources Management tact: Mr. Kofi Asamoah, Chief Executive Coastal and Biodiversity Management: The objective of the project (R) Urban Water (Cr. 3962-GH): lformerly Wuter Restructuring). is to promote appropriate and responsible natural resource manage- The project will improve efficiency and effectiveness of urban water ment schemes that will address threats from ongoing and planned ac- services and provide safe and affordable water supply services to un- tivities, most particularly industrial fisheries and offshore oil drilling, served, low-income urban areas. Approved by the Executive Directon in an effort to conserve sustainablythe country's unique coastal ecosys- on 27 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 56256. tems and related biodiversity. Boardpresentation is tentatively sched- US$103,0 (IDA), Consultants will be required for Environmental and uled for November/December 2004. Environmental Assessment Social Assessment Engineering. Ghana Water Sector Project Man- Category B. PIDs: 83453,11491,49513. US$3.0/4.8 (IDA/GEF). A sup agement Unit, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 666-781, Fax: (233-21) 663- plemental PPF advance was approved. Cofinancing has been con- 552, E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Mr. Emmanuel Nkrumah, firmed from the European Commission, the World Conservation Union, Acting PMUDirector and the government, totaling US$3.3. Consultants will be required for Urban EnvironmentalSanitation 2 (Cr. 3889-GH): The objective chief technical advisor, technical advisors for each project component, of the project is to improve urban living conditions in regard to sani. and technical advisory assignments of short duration to prepare sec- tation, drainage, vehicular access and solid waste management in a sus- toral safeguards' guidelines, species action plans, national resource man- tainable fashion, with special emphasis on benefits to the poor. Approved agement plans, fisheries management procedures, technical by the Executive Directors on 29 April 2004. Environmental Assess- capacitybuilding and a conservation finance mechanism. Ministry of ment Category A. PID: 82373. US$62.0 (IDA). Consulting services to Economy and Finance, 37 Av. Amilcar Cabral. Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, be determined. Ministry of Local Government and Rural Develop Tel/Fax: (245) 203-513, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. ment, PO Box M 50, Accra, Ghana, Fax: (233-21) 537-3004), Director, Aquino Duarte, Chairman, Project Steering Committee Local Government Project Support Unit Health, Nutrition and Population Guinea (R) HIV/AIDS Global Mitigation Support (H1100-GB): The ob- Environment and Natural Resources Management jective of the project, which is within the framework of the Multi-Coun- try AIDS Program for Africa, is to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic Community-Based IntegratedEcosystem Management Program: The objective of the project is to generate multiple global environ- through community and civil society initiatives, mainstreaming mental benefits by piloting through the ongoing Village Communities HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention into the work programs of gov- Support Program, an approach in selected sub-watersheds to enable ernment ministries and agencies, and institutional development for pro- and encourage local communities to incorporate integrated ecosystem gram management. The credit was signed on 5 August 2004. management practices designed and implemented by the local popu- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73442. US$ 7.0 (IDA). lations. Appraisal mission is scheduled for late October 2004. Envi- A PHRD grant was used for preparation. A PPF advance of US$763,000 ronmental Assessment Category B. US$5.0 (GEF). Consulting services has been approved. Consultants were recruited for preparation. Di- to be determined. Ministry of Plan, Conakry, Guinea, Tel: (225) 464- rection du Programme National pour la Lutte contre le SIDA, Minis- 031, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mrs. Aminatou Camara thre de la Sant6, Ave. Unidade Africana, CP 50, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 202-838, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: M. Paulo Barry Rabna, Directeur National Health, Nutrition and Population National Health Development Program (Supplemental): The ob- Health Sector Support: The objectives are to (a) enhance knowledge jective of the supplemental credit is to continue to improve the health and skills to prevent and manage communicable diseases and manage status of the population, particularly women and children, through nutrition and reproductive health at the household level, with special strengthening the national public health system, service delivery, man- attention to the poor: (b) increase access and utilization of basic health agement structures and processes. Negotiations were tentatively sched- PAGE 12 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004

uled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. is scheduled for November 2004. Environmental Assessment Category PID: 88282. US$ 4.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for imple- C. PID: 84224 US$75.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required as finan- mentation. Ministry of Health, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 212- cial sector experts and developers of a strategy for the sector. Ministry 424, Fax: (245) 201-188, E-mail: pnds@mail,gtelecom,gw, Contact: Sra. of Finance, Treasury Building, Harambe Av., PO Box 30007, Nairobi, Hilda Mateus dos Santos, Project Coordinator Kenya, Tel (254-20) 338-111, Contact: Mr. Joseph Oyula, Acting Per- manent Secretary Kenya Private Sector Development Economic Management (R) Micro-, Small- and Medium-Enterprise Competitiveness (R) Development of a National Statistical System: The objective (Cr. 3959-KE): The project will facilitate the growth and creation of of the project is to build a more effective and efficient statistical sys- micro-, small and medium enterprises through increased delivery of tem that will produce better data and improved analysis of economic, non-financial services to meet the demand of these enterprises, gen- financial and social developments. Negotiations were tentatively sched- erate employable skills in selected sectors and lower critical investment uled for late August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. climate barriers that constrain their performance. The credit was signed PID: 85414. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Contracts have been written for some of on 4August2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 85007. the consultants required during preparation. Central Bureau of Statistics, US$ 22.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for business plan com- Ministry of Planning and National Development, PO Box 30266, petition design. Ministry of Trade and Industry, Teleposta Towers, PO Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 340-929, Fax: (254-20) 333-030, E-mail: Box 30430, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 331-030, Fax: (254-20) 253- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Anthony Kilele, Acting Director 649, E-mail: [email protected] , Contact: Issac Ka- Education mande, Deputy Chief Economist Education Sector Wide Approach: The objective of the project is Rural Development to strengthen primary and secondary education. Identification is un- (R) Western Integrated Ecosystem Management: The objective der way. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA). of the project is to improve the productivity and sustainability of land Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, Science use systems through adoption of an integrated ecosystem management and Technology, Jogoo House “B.” Harambee Av., PO Box 30040, approach in selected watersheds in the Nyando, Yala, and Nzoia River Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 334-144, Fax: (254-20) 214-287, Contact: Basins. Appraisal mission completed. Negotiations were scheduled for Professor Karega Mutahi, Permanent Secretary late August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 72981. Energy and Mining US$4.1 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Kenya Agri- cultural Research Institute, PO Box 5781 1, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel/Fax: The project will sup (R) Energy Sector Recovery (Cr. 3968-KE): (254-20) 583-344, E-mail [email protected], Contact: Romano Kiome, port: (a) enhancement of the policy, institutional and regulatory envi- Director ronment for private sector participation and sector development; (b) efficient expansion of power generation capacity to meet the econ- Urban Development omy’s projected supply deficits by FY2009/10: (c) increased access to Local Government Fiscal Restructuring: The objective of the pro- electricity, while improving the efficiency, reliability and quality ofser- ject is to achieve significant improvement in service delivery by local vice to existing consumers: and (d) studies and engineering services authorities. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- for preparation and implementation of generation and distribution up- ment Category B. US$48.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Min- grade components as well as for developing future projects. The credit istry of Local Government, Jogoo House, “A” Taifa Rd., PO Box 30004, was signed on 4 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 223-346, Fax: (254-20) 243-067, Contact: PID: 83131. US$ 80.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for imple- Mr. Francis N. Mwaura, Director, Department of Urban Development menting a corporate recovery program for the power company, KPLC, capacity building in the regulatory agency and other sector entities, Lesotho conducting geothermal reservoir optimization studies and engineer- ing support toward implementation of the generation and distribution Health, Nutrition and Population components. Ministry of Energy PO Box 30582, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (R) Health Sector Reform (Phase 11): The objective of the project, (254-20) 333-551, 330-048, Fax: (254-20) 240-910, Contact: Mr. Patrick the second phase of a three-phase APL, is to achieve a sustainable in- Nyoike, Permanent Secretary: KENGEN, PO Box 47936, Nairobi, crease in access to quality preventive, curative and rehabilitative health Kenya, Fax: (254-20) 246-691, Contact: Mr. Edward Njoroge, Manag care services. Appraisal is scheduled for November 2004. Environ- ing Director: KenGen, KPLC, PO Box 30099, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: mental Assessment Category C. PID: 76658. US$ 12.0 (IDA). Con- (254-20) 243-366, Fax: (254-20) 250-067, Contact: Eng. Jasper Oduor, sultants will be required with expertise in physical planning, architecture, Managing Director human resources and health insurance. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, PO Box 514, Maseru 100, Lesotho, Tel: (266) 2231-7976, Fax: Finance (266) 2231-0279, E-mail: [email protected], makhakhem@plan- (R) Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance: The objec- ning.health.gov.ls, Contact: Mrs. Majoel Makhakhe tive of the project is to support the creation of a sound and efficiently (R) HIV/AIDS Capacity Building and Technical Assistance functioning financial sector that will ensure broad access to financial (H113-BO): The project will provide capacity building and techni- services and support sustained economic growth, with priority going cal assistance to implement the grant from the Global Fund for AIDS, to immediate reform of the banking sector. The project will also ad- TB and Malaria. The grant was signed on 5 August 2004. Environ- dress weaknesses in the judiciary that hamper access to financial ser- mental Assessment Category C. PID: 87843. US$ 5.0 (IDA Grant). vices and law reforms, giving priority to laws in the financial and Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Development commercial sectors. Negotiations completed. RW approval decision is Planning, Box 395, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (266-22) 316-404, Fax: (266- tentatively scheduled for 14 October 2004. Environmental Assessment 22) 310-622, email: [email protected], Contact: Mr. McKaskill Category C. PID: 83250. US$20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required as restructuring and privatization advisers, auditors, resident advisers, Law and Justice trainers, legal drafting experts and for project management. Ministry Public Sector Improvement and Reform: The project, first phase of Finance, Treasury Building, Harambe Av., PO Box 30007, Nairobi, of an APL, aims at (a) defining the role of government; (b) strength- Kenya, Tel(254-20) 338-1 11, Contact: Mr.Joseph Kinuya, Permanent ening financial management: (c) enhancing government transparency: Secretary and (d) supporting professionalization of civil service. Negotiations are Financial Sector Adjustment: The objective of the project is to rem- scheduled for January 2005. Environmental Assessment Category C. edy vulnerabilities and inefficiencies in the banking system, increase PID: 65731. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Gov- competition, improve the lending environment, and broaden and ernment Office, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (266) 2231-1000, Fax: (266) deepen private sector access to financial services. Appraisal mission 2232-0578, Contact: Ms. M. Lebesa, Principal Secretary ~~ ~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 13 Transportation agement, reduce corruption and promote human development through Integrated Transport Program: The project aims at continuing re- improved service delivery in education and nutrition. Approved by the form of the road sub-sector initiated by the Road Rehabilitationand Main- Executive Directors on 20 July 2004. The credit and grant were signed tenance Project, but in the context of a more comprehensive approach on 21 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 70999. to the transportation sector at large. It will support economic growth US$37.0/88,0(IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. and poverty reduction through provision of sustainable transporta- Vice Primature chargke des programmes economiques, BP 295, Anosy, tion infrastructure, affordable transportation services and reliable ac- Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 222-9551, E-mail: cess of isolated areas and the poor to markets, services and [email protected],Contact: Mx Boun Baylatry, Directmr General, Di- opportunities. Appraisal is scheduled for November 2004. Environ- rection Generale de la PlaniFcation des Investissements et de la Coordi- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 75566. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Con- nation de la Politique des Agences sultants will be required for work on administrative, accounting, Rural Development financial and operational manuals, a financial system, institutional re- form and a transport data study. Ministry of Public Works and Trans- Watershed and Irrigation Improvement: The objective of the pro- port, PO Box 1283, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (266) 2231-6269, Fax: (266) ject is to stimulate inclusive rural growth through intensification and 2231-0508, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mathibeli, Prin- diversification in three regions with high potential for agricultural de- cipal Secretary velopment, while promoting sustainable use of infrastructure and soil and water resources. Project Concept Review completed. Decision Water and Sanitation meeting is scheduled for April 2005. Environmental Assessment Cat- Water Sector Improvement: The objective of the project is to secure egory B. US$ 120.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for the pro- sustainable, adequate and clean water supply and appropriate waste- ject preparation. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Tel water services for consumers living in the Lowland areas. Board pre- (261-20) 222-7227, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Hari- sentation was scheduled for 14 September 2004. Environmental son Randriarimanana, Minister Assessment Category A. PID: 56418. US$17.5 (IDA). Consulting ser- Social Protection vices to be determined. Ministry of Natural Resources, Department of Water Affairs, Contact: Mr. Emmanuel Lesoma, Director: Water (R) Community Development Fund (Supplemental) (Cr. 34981- and Sewerage Authority PO Box 426, Maseru, 100 Lesotho, Tel: (266) MAG): The objective of the project is to rebuild communities hardest 2231-2449, 317.516, Fax: (266) 2231-0006, 310-437, E-mail: makhoal- hit by the cyclone. Approved by the Executive Directors on 20 July 2004. [email protected], [email protected], Contacts: S. Makhoalibe, Chief The credit was signed on 21July 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- Executive, M.P. Leroitholi, Engineering Director egory B. PID: 88978. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- termined. Fonds dhtervention pour le Developpement, Tel (261-20) Madagascar 223-6150, Fax: (261-20) 223-3606, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Davida Rajaon, Directeur Gknlral Energy and Mining Energy Services Delivery: The objectives of the project are to ex- Malawi pand access to electricity in rural and peri-urban areas, especially in Education the poorest provinces, and support economic growth by reliably meet- ing the demand for electricity at the lowest feasible cost. Board pre- Education Sector Support: The objective of the project is to im- sentation has been postponed to FY 2006. Environmental Assessment prove teacher education and quality at primary, secondary and tertiary Category B. PID: 74659. US$ 148.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- levels. Preappraisal is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- quired. Ministry of Energy and Mines, BP 896, 101 Antananarivo, gory B. US$32.2 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Madagascar, Tel (26120) 224-0770, Fax: (261-20) 223-2554, E-mail: istry of Education, Science and Technology, Lilongwe, Malawi [email protected], Contact: Mr. Rodolphe Ramanantsoa, Director of En- Energy and Mining ergy; JIRAMA, BP 200, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 222- 0031, Fax: (26120) 223-3806, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. Desire Energy Access Expansion and Development: The objectives of the Rasidy, General Manager project are to expand access to energy and improve wood fuels man- agement. Board presentation is scheduled for FY 2006. Environmen- Health, Nutrition and Population tal Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be (R) Second Health (Supplemental): The objective of the project is required. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs, to improve the health status of the population through more accessi- Private Bag 350, Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Tel: (265) 641-435, Fax: (265) 788- ble and better quality health services. Negotiations completed. Board 689, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. EUos Lodzeni, Di- presentation is scheduled for March 2005. Environmental Assessment rector of Administration: Department of Energy, Tel: (265) 774-702, Category B. PID: 88729. US$22.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Contact: Dr. Charles Kafumba, Director of Energy UGP Projet CRESAN, Immeuble Maison de La Reunion, Isoraka, An- Infrastructure Services: The project will address prioritized service tananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 225-5323, Fax: (261-20) 225- delivery in the water and sanitation, electricity, transportation, and 6976, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Paul Richard telecommunications sectors. Interventions in selected districts will Ralainirina, Coordonnateur National du Projet support the government's Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth strategy and will be coordinated across sectors with a view to signifi- Private Sector Development cantly enhancing production and productivity, notably in agriculture Integrated Growth Poles: The project will support acceleratedgrowth but also in tourism and mining. Project preparation is under way. En- in selected regions with high economic potential by providing an ap- vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 57761. US$ 40.0/3.0 propriate infrastructure platform based on the needs expressed by the (IDA/GEF). Cofinancing of US$5.0 is anticipated from the Nordic De- private sector and evaluated by the Bank to remove the main bottle- velopment Fund. Consultants will be required for feasibility studies, necks to investment. A decision meeting is scheduled for October institutional arrangements and private sector participation. Ministry 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 83351. US$125.0 of Economic Planning and Development, Tel: (265-1) 796-686, Fax: (IDA), Consulting services to be determined. Ministere des Transports. (265-1) 788.247, Contact: Mrs. Fanny M'bawa, Director des Travaw Publics et de I'Amenagement du Territoire (MIITPAT), BP 3378, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel (261-20) 223-5612, Fax: (261- Health, Nutrition and Population 20) 222-0890, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Freddie Ma- Health Sector Support: The objective of the project is to establish, hazoasy, Directeur, Prospective et Strategie through a health sector-wide approach, a health delivery system re- sponsive to people's needs, by improving the effectiveness and efficiency Public Sector Governance of health services, and providing a minimum package of essential (R) Poverty Reduction Support I (Cr. 3960-MAG, H116-MAG): health services, with an emphasis on reaching the poor, women, and The objectives of the project are to improve public expenditure man- ' children. Appraisal completed. Negotiations were scheduled for August PAGE 14 Monthlv Onerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004

2004. Retroactive fmancing is expected. Environmental Assessment Cat- Fax: (223) 223-1023, Contact: Mr. Bakary Sekou Coulibaly, Technical egory B. US$15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Adviser Ministry of Health, PO Box 30377, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Rural Community-Based Development: The objective of the pro- Tel: (265-1) 789400, Fax: (265-1) 789431, E-mail:[email protected], ject is to reduce rural poverty and improve the living conditions of peo- Contact: Dr. Richard Pendame, Permanent Secretary ple in rural areas through community empowerment and social, economic and environmental investments. Appraisal is scheduled for Public Sector Governance October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 40653. US$ Fiscal Management and Accelerating Growth Program (Cr. 45.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Rural 3881-MAI):The objective of the project is to deepen the implemen- Development and Environment, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 222-1589,223- tation of structural reforms already begun and lay the basis for gen- 3595, Fax: (223) 222-1590, Contact: Mr. SBkou MaIga, Project Coordi- erating growth. Approved by the Executive Directors on 13 April 2004. nator Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 72395. US$50.0 (IDA), Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, PO Box Mauritania 30049, Lilongwe 2 Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 789-355, Fax: (265-1) 789-173, E-mail: [email protected], Mr. P. E. Chilambe Education (R) Higher Education (Cr. 3970-MALI): The objectives of the pro- Rural Development ject are to: (a) improve the quality of learning, teaching and research Rural Livelihoods, Irrigation, and Agricultural Development: through development of an adequate academic infrastructure with ap- The objective of the project is to raise smallholder productivity and thus propriate pedagogical support systems: (b) improve efficiency in re- advance the commercialization of agriculture. Appraisal is scheduled source utilization and enhance the financial sustainability of public for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 84148. higher education institutions: (c) provide access to modern scientific US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agri- and advanced technological fac es: and (d) enhance higher educa- culture, Irrigation and Food Security, PO Box 30134, Capital Hill, Cap tion curriculum development and delivery in response to the demands ita1 City, Lilongwe 3 Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 789-033, Fax: (265-1) 789-218, of the labor market. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 August Contact: Mr. C. J. Matabwa, Principal Secretary 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87180. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Mali Development, BP 238, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 529-2767, Fax: (222) 525-1513, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Kamil Hamoud Ab- Economic Management delwedoud, Director of EducatiodTraining Projects (N) Fourth Structural Adjustment: The project will strengthen fis- cal policy and financial sector fundamentals of shared growth, and Public Sector Governance public expenditure management reforms and transparency. Appraisal Public Sector Capacity Building: The objectives of the project are mission was scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment to (a) provide civil works, equipment, training and technical support: Category U. PID: 83272. US$25.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. (b) mainstream the environment into development to enable effective Ministry of Economy and Finance, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 223-1654, coordination of environmental planning and management, and help in- 222-9632, Fax: (223) 222-8853, Contact: Mr. Samba Diallo, Secretary tegrate environmental concerns in the social and economic develop General ment process, and better define the roles of public and private sectors: and (c) decentralize the program for strengthening the capacity of Environment and Natural Resources Management the Ministry of Interior and in particular the Directorate for Local Au- (R) Gourma BiodiversityConservation: The project will ensure that thorities to play an effective role in coordinating and sustaining com- biodiversity and range degradation trends are reversed in selected munal development and reinforcing the administrative capacity of conservation areas and stabilized elsewhere in the Gourma. Board pre- provincial and local governments. Appraisal mission is scheduled for sentation was scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assess- November 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82888. ment Category B. PID: 52402. US$ 5.5 (GEF). Consultants will be US$ 17.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economic required. Ministry of Environment, BP 2382, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) Affairs and Development, BP 238, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 224-3603/ 1383, TeVFax: (223) 224-1383, E-mail: [email protected], 525-3776, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Mohamed Hamid Ag Mohamid Lamine: Direction Nationale de la Conservation Ould Abba, Counsellor de la Nature, BP 275, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 233-3685/97, Fax: (223) 223-3696, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Water and Sanitation Felix Dacko. Project Coordinator Water Supply and Sanitation Sector: The objective of the project is to achieve sustainable improvement in the provision of water and Private Sector Development sanitation services in unserved and low-income areas of Nouakchott Growth Support: The objective of the project is to increase private and secondary cities. Project is being identified. Environmental As- sector-led growth in selected sectors through (a) better business en- sessment Category to be determined. PID: 79475. US$30.0 (IDA). Con- vironment and direct support services, (b) targeted investment and ex- sultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Hydraulics, SocietC port promotion activities, (c) enhancement of the socio-economic mauritanienne de l'eau (SNDE), B.P. 335 Nouakchott, Mauritanie, impact of the mining sector, (d) better access to and efficiency of Fax: (222) 525-3995, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sidi Ould telecommunications and postal services, and (e) enhanced economic Riha, General Manager, SNDE opportunities in tourism and handicrafts. Appraisal was scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 80935. Mozambique US$55.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Centre National de Pro- motion des Investissements, BP 1980, Bamako, Mali, E-mail:cnpi@spi- Economic Management der.toolnet.org, Contact: Mr. Oumar Dia, Director General (N) Second Poverty Reduction Support: The project will focus on reform of public financial management including the procurement Rural Development system, the financial sector, the investment climate, and financial as- Agricultural Competitiveness and Diversitication: The objectives pects of public health, and rural development. Preappraisal mission was of the project are to (a) restore and improve the performances of the scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category cotton sector, and (b) increase and diversify rural households' revenues to be determined. US$70.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. through the expansion of marketed quantities of selected high-value Ministry of Planning and Finance, PraGa da Marinha, Maputo, Mozam- agricultural and livestock products. Appraisal is scheduled for Octo- bique, Tel: (258-1) 315-013/5/6, Fax: (258-1) 315-060 ber 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 81704. US$35.0 (R) First Poverty Reduction Support (Cr. 3950-MOZ): The ob- (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Live- jective of the project is to build on recent reforms and support imple- stock and Fisheries, BP 61, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 222-2979/2785, mentation of the government's Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute ~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 15

Poverty (PARPA). The credit was signed on 21 July 2004. Environ- and Zimbabwe: and (b) improve the operational and financial sus- mentalhessment Category C. PID: 75805. US$60.0 (IDA). No con- tainability of the Beira railways system. Negotiations were scheduledfor sultants are required. Ministry of Planning and Finance, CP272, PraGa 30 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82618. da Marlnha Popular9Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: (258-1) 306-808, US$llO.O (IDA). Consultants will be required. CFM (national port and 421303, 425-071/5, Fax: (258-1) 306-261, 420-137, Contact: Luisa railway administration), CP 2158, Praqa dos Trabalhadores, Maputo, Diogo, Minister Mozambique, Tel: (258-1) 431-706, Fax: (258-1) 313-364, E-mail: rui- [email protected],Contact: Mr. Rui Fonseca Education (N) Technical and Vocational Education and Training: The ob- Namibia jective of the project is to implement reform of the technical and vo- Environment and Natural Resources Management cational education and training system to make it more integrated and demand driven. Identification mission was scheduled for August 2004. Promoting Environmental Sustainability Through Improved Environmental Assessment Category C. US$20.0 (IDA), Consultants Land Use Planning: The project aims at developing an adaptive man- agement framework to guide policy and investment decisions for in- will be required. Ministry of Education, Maputo, Mozambique tegrated land use at local, regional and national levels, Project preparation Environment and Natural Resources Management is under way. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. (R) Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Develop- US$ 1.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of En- ment: The project builds on earlier projects aimed at taking advantage vironment and Tourism, Private Bag 13306, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: of unique opportunities in biodiversity conservation, tourism and rural (264-61) 284-2185, Fax: (264-61) 284-2216, E-mail: malan.l@mweb. development, The main objective is to obtain sustainable livelihood and com.na, Contact: Dr. Malan Lindeque, Permanent Secretary economic development benefits from the well-managed exploitation of the country's natural resources. Project preparation is under way. En- Nigeria vironmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: 71465, 76809. US$ Public Sector Governance 20.0/10.0 (IDA/GEF). Consultants will be required. TFCA Unit, Min- (R) Federal Government Economic Reform and Governance: cfor- istry of Tourism, Ave. 25 de Setembro, 1018, PO Box 614, Maputo, merly Civil Service Renewal) The project h a consolidation of Civil Ser- Mozambique, Tel: (258-1) 420-979, Fax: (258-1) 306-212, Contact: Dr. vices Renewal, Statistical Capacity Development and Economic Bartolomeu Soto, Head Management and Capaci& Building. The objectives of the project are to: (a) create a public service that is affordable, properly resourced, able to Finance recruit, retain and motivate the key technical professional and manage- Financial Sector Technical Assistance: The objective of the project rial staff to deliver on the mandate of the fearera1 government and (b) is to improve the soundness and efficiency, reach and depth of the strengthen the management of the economy, in ParticularpublicFnances. Mozambican financial system so that it can fulfil its role of contribut- Project Concept Review was held on 13July 2004. Appraisal mission was ing to economic growth and poverty reduction by strengthening bank- scheduled for 9 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category ing supervision, developing a more robust payment system, improving C. PID: 88150. US$lOO.O (IDA). consultants will be required. Ministry the lending environment, strengthening the monetary framework and of Finance, Central Business District,Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 234- expanding financial services. Project preparation is under way. Envi- 6940, Contact: Dt Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 86169. US$lO.O (IDA). Con- (R) Statistical Capacity Development: The objective of the project sulting services to be determined. Central Bank of Mozambique, Av. is to enhance the capacity of the government's statistics gathering 25 de Setembro 1679, Maputo, Tel: (258-1) 423-384, Fax: (258-1) 421- and analysis operations. This project has been combined with Federal 912, Contact: H.E. Adriano Afonso Maleiane, Governor Govemment Economic Reform and Governance. Further separate re- Health, Nutrition and Population porting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category FI. US$40.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Office (R) The objective of the pro- HIV/AIDS Response (HO30-MOZ): of Statistics ject is to combat sexually transmitted deceases, particularly HIVIAIDS by slowing the spread of the infection and mitigating its effects through Transportation prevention and care The grant was signed on 16 May 2003. Environ- Rural Access and Mobility: The objective of the project is to assist mental Assessment Category B. PID: 78053. US$55.0 (IDA Grant). Con- participating states and local government councils sustainably to im- sultants will be required. Executive Secretariat, National Council to prove access and mobility in their rural areas. Appraisal is scheduled Combat HIV/AIDS, Rua Antonio Bocarro 106/144, Maputo, Mozam- for May 2005. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 bique, Tel: (258-1) 495-396, Fax: (258.1) 495-395, E-mail: janet@vir- (IDA), Consultants will be needed for project preparation. Federal conn.com, Contact: ME. Janet Mondlane, Executive Secretary: Ministry Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Michael Okpara Way, of Health, Ave. Eduardo Mondlane 1008, Tel: (258-1) 313-389, Fax: (258- Wuse Zone 5, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 523-8463/8466, Contact: 1) 427-133, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Francisco Eng. Mrs. E. Okeke, Director, Rural Development Songane, Minister of Health Urban Development Law and Justice Lagos Metropolitan Development. The project aims at improving (N) Legal Capaciw The objective of the project is to enhance and livability in Lagos through support for urban upgrading, drainage, and improve capacity for affording access to law andjustice. Project is be- sanitation; it also aims at improving urban management through re- ing identified. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$5.0 (IDA). forms in select agencies, innovative pilots to support reforms and Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- training for building capacity. Appraisal is scheduled for March 2005. mined. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 71340. US$lOO.O (IDA). Transportation Consultants will be required for preparation. Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, the Secretariat, Alausa, Lagos, Nige- (N) Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance: The ob- ria, Tel: (234-1) 4969-0309, Contact: Hon. Commissioner, Olayemi jective of the project is to improve management and maintenance of Cardoso the roads and bridges systems. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 135.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- Water and Sanitation quired. Administraqao Nacional de Estradas, Av. de Mozambique, Lagos Water Sector Restructuring: The objective of the project is 1225, Tel: (258-1) 476 018, Fax: (258-1) 475290, E-mail: Amugunhe@ to improve and expand the potable water supply and sewer systems ane.gov.mz, Contact: Atanasio Mugunhe for Lagos. Project preparation is under way Environmental Assessment (R) Beira Raihvar The objectives of the project are to (a) make cost Category B. PID 71391. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required effective and efficient transport available for freight and passenger for preparation, including legal, financial, engineering and environ- traffic in the central region and the neighboring countries of Malawi mental work. Lagos State Water Corporation, Water House Head- ~~ PAGE 16 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 quarters, Ijora, Lagos, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 774-3013, E-mail: olawale@ sessment Category C. PID: 66386. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants will coker.metrong.com, Contact: Mr. Olumuyiwa Coker, CEO be required for implementation. Ministry of Finance and Economic Plan- National Urban Water Sector Reform (Cr. 3924-UNI): The pro- ning, PO Box 158, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 577-494,501-998, Fax: (250) ject will support reforms and the development of appropriate sector 577-581, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], policies through support to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources Contact: Charles Karake, Acting Facilitator of PSCBP and selected State Water Authorities. Up to six states, competitively Social Development, Gender and Inclusion selected against agreed performance criteria, will be supported to fa- cilitate private sector participation in their urban water supply sys- (R) Decentralization and Community Development (HO94-RW): tems, rehabilitation of existing systems and network expansion. The objective of the project is to stabilize and expand the capacity of Approved by the Executive Directors on 15 June 2004. Environmen- local governments and communities to identify and secure financing tal Assessment Category B. PID: 71075. US$ 120.0 (IDA). Consultants for their development priorities. Thegrant was signed on 30 June2004. for preparation activities have been selected, but consultants also will Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 74102. US$ 20.0 (IDA be needed in 2004 for further engineering, legal and financial work. Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Local Government, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Area 1, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, PO Box 3445, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 87285, Contact: Mr. Adolpha Tel: (234-9) 234-2205, Fax: (234-9) 234-2895, E-mail: abubakar@in- Shyaka, Coordinator of Project Preparation foweb.abs.net, [email protected], Contact: Engr. M. A. K. Abubakar, Director, Water Supply S5o Tome and Principe Education Regional (R) Social Sector Support (Cr. 3902-STP, H088-SI'P):The pro- Environment and Natural Resources Management ject aims at strengthening the social sectors by enhancing the planning and implementation capacity of the public sector and civil society and (R) Reversal of Land and Water Degradation Trends in the by supporting implementation of clearly defined objectives to respond Niger River Basin: The objective of the project is to build capacity better to people's social needs in both access and quality of service de- within the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) and its national com- livery. The credit and grant were signed on 24 June 2004. Environ- mittees, to address transboundary water and environmental manage- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 75979. US$ 5.0/1.5 (IDA ment issues and better achieve its mandate of managing land and CreditADA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Plan- water resources in the greater conventional basin of Lake Chad. This ning and Finance, Largo das Alfandegas, C.P. 374, SLo Tome, Tel: will be achieved inter alia through a Transboundary Diagnostic Analy- (239) 224-696, Fax: (239) 222-121, E-mail:[email protected], Con- sis, policy initiatives, strengthened engagement of stakeholders, pilot tact: Mr. Aires Bruzaca, Coordinator, Ministry of Education and Cul- projects and a Strategic Action Plan for management of the basin. ture: Federation of NGOs (FONG), C.P. 234, SLo Tome, Tel: (239) Country participants are Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, 224-792, Fax: (239) 233-63, Email: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Niger and Nigeria. ;rhegmnt was signed on 10June 2004. Environmental Tom6 Santos, President Assessment Category B. PID: 70256. US$9.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required. Niger Basin Authority, BP 729, Niamey, Niger, Tel: (227) Public Sector Governance 7272-3102, Fax: (227) 7272-4208, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: (R) Governance Capacity Building: The objective is to strengthen Muhammad Bello Tuga, Executive Secretary: Lake Chad Basin Com- economic management and the corresponding human capacity of the mission, BP 727, N,Djamena Chad, Tel:(235) 524-145, Fax:(235) 524- civil service. Board presentation is scheduled for October 2004. Envi- 137, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Muhammad Sani Adamu, Executive ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 83400. US$5.0 (IDA). Con- Secretary sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Health, Nutrition and Population SLo Tom6 City, SLo Tom6 and Principe, Tel: (239) 225-792, Fax: (239) 222-182, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mrs. Genoveva (R) HIV/AIDS Treatment Acceleration Program H104-MOZ, Costa, Director of the cabinet of the Minister of Finance and Planning: H105-GH, H106-BUR, HlOS-RAF, H109-RAF): The objective PIU of the Project, Ministry of Finance and Planning, SLo Tome City, of the project is to finance treatment provided by international or do- Sgo Tome and Principe, Tel: (239) 222-372, Fax: (239) 222-182, E-mail: mestic NGOs, often in collaboration with other NGOs, associations or [email protected], Contact: Mrs. Angela Santiago, Project Coordi- private sector entities. It will finance their scaling up existing pro- nator grams further into low-income areas. The program includes training activities to build national capacity in HIV/AIDS treatment. Thegrank Senegal were signed on 14July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82613. US$ 20.8/14.9/18.1/2.0/4.0 (IDA Grants to Mozam- Economic Management bique/Ghana/Burkina Faso/UNECA/WHO). Consultants will be re- Poverty Reduction Support: The objective of the project is to pro- quired. Ministry of Health, 30, BP 7035, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; vide budgetary support to implement the government's poverty re- MinistryofHefth, PO BoxM44, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 666-151, duction strategy. Appraisal completed. Environmental Assessment Fax: (233-21) 663-810, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, Minister; Ministry of Health, Category C. PID: 74065. US$30.0 (IDA), Consultants will be required Caixa Postal 264, Maputo, Mozambique, (258-1) 313-389, Fax: (258-1) for implementation. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Cellule de 427-133, E-mail: [email protected], Dr. Francisco Songane, suivi et de lutte contre la pauvretk (CSPLP), Tel: (221) 889-2166, Fax: Minister (221) 301-851, Contact: M. Thierno Niane, Chef de la CSPLP Rwanda Energy and Mining (R) Electricity Efficiency Enhancement: The objective of the pro- Environment and Natural Resources Management ject is to improve efficiency in the power sector and meet increasing Integrated Management of Critical Ecosystems: The objective of demand for electricity. Appraisal mission is scheduled for October2004. the project is to rehabilitate farmed wetlands. Appraisal completed. En- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73477. US$67.0 (IDA). vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 70700. US$4.3 (GEF), No Consultants may be required for transmission and distribution engi- consultants are required. Ministry of Land, Environment, Forest, Wa- neering. Cellule de Preparation et de Suivi des RCformes du Secteur ter and Natural Resources, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 517-563, Fax: (250) de I'Energie, BP 4037, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 821-1611, Fax: (221) 85057, Contact: Bishangara Cyprien, Director, Environment Division 821-1608, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: M. Amadou Diagne, Directeur de Cabinet, Ministbre de 1'Energie et des Mines L8W and Justice (R) Electricity Services for Rural Areas: The objective of the pro- (R) Public Sector Capacity Building (Cr. 3955-RW): The objec- ject is to increase sustainable provision of basic electricity services and tive of the project is to strengthen the capacity of central government the associated social and economic benefits in rural regions. Eoardpre- entities to perform more efficiently, effectively, transparently and ac- sentation was tentatively scheduled for 9 September 2004. Environmen- countably. The credit was signed on 3 August 2004. Environmental As- tal Assessment Category B. PIDs: 70530. 85708. US$ 29.9/5.0 SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv ODerational Summary PAGE 17 (IDA/GEF) . A PPF advance is in use for preparation. Paralleljnanc- Swaziland ingis expected from AfDB and KfW (US$12.7), the government (US$ 6.8), and private sector (VS8.6).Consultants will be required for mon- Energy and Mining itoring project implementation. Agence Senegalaise de I'Electrifica- (R) Energizing Rural Transformation: The objective of the project tion Rurale, Ex Camp Lat Dior, BP 11, 131 Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) is to expand rural and peri-urban access to electricity, telephone and 849-4717, Fax: (221) 849-4720, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: M. internet on a commercial basis in order to enhance the climate for rural Aliou Niang, Directeur General development and job creation. Following on reforms in the power and telecomm sectors, the project will support establishment of new sec- Environment and Natural Resources Management tor structures, including a Rural Access Trust Fund and sectoral reg ulators, as well as investments for grid and off-grid electricity and (R) Integrated Marine and Coastal Resource Management :The telecommunications infrastructure. Appraisal mission is scheduled objective of the project is to increase sustainable development and for late September2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: management of coastal and marine resources in three pilot areas 77179. US$20.0/3.1 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants will be required. Min- through responsible exploitation of these resources and protection of istry of Economic Planning and Development, PO Box 602, Mbabane, the ecosystems and ecological processes critical for their replenishment. Swaziland, Tel: (268) 404-3765/8, Fax: (268) 404-8144, E-mail: Negotiations completed Environmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: [email protected], Contact: Ephraim Hlophe 58367,86480. US$ 10.0/5.0 (IDAIGEF) , The biodiversity component will be funded mainly by GEE The sustainable fisheries component Environment and Natural Resources Management will be funded by IDA. A PPF advance has been approved. A PHRD Biodiversity Conservation and Participatory Development: The grant of US$0.5 has been approved. Consultants have been recruited project will introduce a landscape/ecosystem management approach locally. Studies by local consultants funded by a PDF B grant are com- to achieving biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic de- pleted. Expressions of interest for studies to be funded under the velopment in two "biodiversity and tourism corridors" that are large PHRD grant have been received, and consultant firms have been se- enough to encompass important biological and ecological functions and lected for three ofthe studies. Ministere de I'Environnement et de 1'As- to provide a critical mass of tourism attractions and opportunities for sainissement, BP 4055, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 851-0157,Fax: (221) private sector investment. The corridors are across the northern and 824-3775, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Contact: eastern parts of the country. Appraisal is scheduled for October/No- Mr. Mbarak Diop, Project Coordinator, C/o Department of National vember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 68975. Parks US$ 1.0/5.5 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Communication, PO Box 2652, Mbabane, Rural Development Swaziland, Tel: (268) 404-6420, Fax: (268) 404-6438: Ministry of Eco- (R) Agricultural Markets and Agribusiness Development: The ob- nomic Development and Planning, PO Box 602, Mbabane, Swaziland, jective of the project is to improve the competitiveness of the country's Tel: (268) 404-3765, Fax: (268) 404-2157: Swaziland Environment Au- agriculture for domestic and international markets, by implementing thority, PO Box 100, Lobamba, Swaziland, Tel/Fax: (268) 416-3351, E- export promotion strategies, developing agricultural market facilities mail: [email protected], Contact: Jameson Vilakati, Director of and services, and promoting medium- and small-scale private irriga- Environment tion. Preappraisal mission has been rescheduled for September 2004. Urban Development Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 83609. US$35.0 (IDA). A PPF advance has been approved. Cofinancing is expected with (R) Local Government: The project aims at building on the targeted Agence Franqaise de Developpement (AFD) and EU. Agricultural ex- assistance provided by the earlier Urban Development Project (Ln. 3807- port and irrigation related studies are under way through CIDA and SW) to address the capacity building and resource mobilization needs AFD financing. Consultants will be required. Ministere de I'Agricul- of all tiers of local government, including cities, towns, peri-urban ar- ture, de Z'Elevage et de I'Hydraulique, Building Administratif, 56me eas and rural service centers. The objective is to provide flexible sup etage, Dakar, SenCgal, Tel: (221) 8224703,Fax: (221) 823-3268, E-mail: port to meet the needs of each tier on a demand driven basis. The project [email protected], Contact: Mn. Ndeye Mama Tourb, Con- will also aim at completing a set of overarching policy reforms needed seiller Technique to enable responsive, sustainable and transparent local governance and service delivery throughout the country. This project is no longer in the Social Development, Gender and Inclusion lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmen- tal Assessment Category C. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- (R) Casamance Emergency Reconstruction Support: The objec- quired. Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, PO Box 1832, tive of the project is to support the restoration of the Casamance re- Mbabane, Swaziland, Tel: (268) 404-1741, Fax: (268) 404-4085, gion to normal social and economic activities and prepare it for future E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mbuso Dlamini, Principal development programs. Negotiations completed. Board presentation Secretary was scheduledfor 9 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. PID: 69207. US$20.0 (IDA). A PPF advance has been approved. Tanzania A PHRD grant is financing environmental studies and a resettlement Education policy framework. Consultants have been hired to prepare the gov- ernment multi-donors and multi-sectoral program. Ministry of Econ- (R) Secondary Education (Cr. 3915-TA, H093-TA): The objec- omy and Fmance/Direction de la Cooperation, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) tives of the project are to (a) improve the learning outcome of students 882-3562, Fax: (221) 822-1267, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. in the secondary education system, (b) increase the proportion of Moustapha Ba, Adjoiont au Directeur de la Cooperation children completing high school, and (c) enable public administrators to manage the secondary school system more effectively The credit andgrant were signed on 5July 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- Sierra Leone egory B. PID: 83080. US$ 123.6/26.4 (IDA CreditADA Grant). No Energy and Mining consultants are required. Ministry of Education and Culture, Ma- gogoni Rd., PO Box 9121, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 212- (R) Power and Water (Cr. 3945-SL): The objective of the project 2067, Fax: (225-22) 21 1-3271, Mrs. M. Malale, Permanent Secretary is to improve sustainable access to essential power, rural water sup ply and sanitation and urban solid waste management services. The Energy and Mining credit was signed on 6 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Emergency Power Supply (Cr. 3916-TA): The objective of the B. PID: 87203. US$35.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry project is to provide continuation of power in the event of natural dis- of Energy and Power, Electricity House, Siaka Stevens St., Freetown, asters or other causes of unanticipated power outages. The credit was Sierra Leone, Tel: (232-22) 222-669, Fax: (232-22) 228-199, Contact: Em- signed on 5 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: manuel 0.Grant, Minister 74624. US$43.8 (IDA). 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(Independent Power Tanzania Ltd.) from fuel oil to gas. Ministry of scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. Energy and Minerals, Maji Bldg., Corner of Sokoine Dr. and Mwepu PID: 71634. US$15.0 (IDA). Consultingservices to be determined. Con- St., PO Box 2000, Dares Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-7156/9, sei1 national de lutte contre le SIDA et les infections sexuellement 213-1192/4, Fax: (255-22) 117-790, Mr. Patrick Rutabanzibwa, Perma- transmissibles (National AIDS Country Council . NACC), PO Box nent Secretary 13146, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 262-717, Fax: (228) 218-941, Contact: Dr. Energping Rural Transformation: The objective of the project is Kpante Bassabi to bolster incomes generated and jobs created in rural and peri-urban areas by increasing access to electricity and information and commu- Uganda nication technology for households, enterprises and social facilities in Energy and Mining those areas. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Power Sector Technical Assistance: The objective of the project is Category to be determined. US$80.0 (IDA). Consultingservices to be to provide technical assistance to the government concerning: (a) determined. Ministry of Energy and Minerals. Maji Bldg., Sokoine Dr. monitoring and complying with the environmental, social, contractual and Mwepu St., PO Box 2000, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) and other aspects of the Bujagali Hydropower Project and (b) estab- 21 1-7156/7/8/9, 213-1192/3/4, Fax: (255-22) 211-7790 lishing a contingent liab es management program. Concept review Law and Justice has been delayed. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 8.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) Accountability, Transparency and Integrity: The objective of the to be determined. project is to improve the impact of development programs on the poor by enhancing the quality of governance. Preappraisal mission was Health, Nutrition and Population scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category Poverty Reduction Support 4: The project will support implemen- C. PID: 70544. US$ 40.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for stud- tation of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) as summarized ies, analysis, system design and documentation, training, document in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). The project aims at preparation, technical assistance and architectural expertise. Ministry (a) improving basic service delivery; and (b) supporting rural devel- of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Tel: (255-22) 211-1151, Fax: (255- opment. Negotiations completed. Board presentation was scheduled 22) 113-239; E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. K. Mass- for 2 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: aba, Permanent Secretary and Deputy Attorney General 74082. US$ 150.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry Public Sector Governance of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Finance Bldg., Nile Av., PO Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 235-051/9, Fax: (R) Poverty Reduction Support I1 (Cr. 3965-TA, H118-TA): The (256-41) 23016 objectives of the project are to (a) reduce the breadth and depth of in- come poverty, (b) improve the quality of life and social well-being and Law and Justice (c) create an environment that is sustainably conducive to development. Capacity and Performance Enhancement: The objective of the pro- Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 July 2004. The credit andgrant ject is to enhance the capacity and performance of public entities to were signed on 5 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category deliver services effectively and efficiently at levels consistent with rais- to be determined. PID: 74073. US$60.0/90.0 (IDA CreditADA Grant). ing and sustaining the growth, diversification and modernization of the A PHRD grant of US$0.4was approved to finance preparation.. Nocon- economy and with the government's poverty reduction targets. Appraisal sultants are required. Ministry of Finance, PO Box 911 1, Dares Salaam, mission is scheduled for 8 November 2004. Environmental Assessment Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1 174/1208, Fax: (255-22) 21 1-0326, Contact: Category C. PID: 50440. US$70.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required Mr. Peniel Lyimo, Permanent Secretary for (a) capacity building and training, (b) good governance, (c) human resources development, and (d) management and public service re- Transportation form. Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, P.O. (R) Central Transport Corridor Roads (Cr. 3888-TA): The ob- Box 7096, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 230-290, Fax: (256-41) 230- jective of the project is to rehabilitate the highest priority arteries in 891, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Keith Muhakanizi, the Central Transport Corridor and improve institutional capacity to Director manage the road program and its assets and services on a more com- mercial basis. The credit was signed on 31 May 2004. Environmental Private Sector Development Assessment Category B. PID: 78387. US$122.0 (IDA), An IDA Guar- Private Sector Export Competitiveness 2: The objective is to im- antee of US$ 40.0 was also approved for the project. Consulting ser- prove the competitiveness of the private sector in international and re- vices to be determined. Ministry of Communications and Transport, gional export markets. Board presentation was scheduled for 2 PO Box 1516, Dares Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (225-22) 213-7650/9, Fax: September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83809. (225-22) 211-2751 US$25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fi- nance, Planning and Economic Development, Finance Bldg., Nile Av., Togo PO Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 235-051/9, Fax: (256-41) Energy and Mining 230-163; Private Sector Foundation, Tel: (256-41) 230-956 Energy Sector Investment (Power V): The project will support pri- Transportation vatized distribution utility and reinforcement and expansion of the Road Development Program Phase 3: The objective of the project transmission and distribution systems, and creating the environment is to upgrade main roads to paved standard and selected feeder roads for private sector power generation. Appraisal mission has been to main roads standard. The project will also include construction of rescheduled for February 2006. Environmental Assessment Category a new road agency headquarters building and rehabilitation and re- A. PID: 41277. US$30.0 (IDA). Consultants are required for (a) insti- gravelling of the Atiak-Moyo Road. Board presentation was scheduled tutional reinforcement and engineering and preparation of bid docu- for 2 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: ments: and (b) technical assistance. Togo Electricite, 426 Av. du Golfe, 74079. US$67.6/40.0 (IDA CreditADA Grant). Consulting services to BP 42, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 221-2744, Fax: (228) 221-6498, Contact: be determined. Ministry of Works, Housing and communications, Air- M. Marc Ducommun-Ricoux, Directeur General; Communaute Elec- port Road, PO Box 10, Entebbe, Uganda, Tel: (256-42) 320-101/9,232- trique du Benin (CEB), Rue de la Kozah, BP 1368, Lome, Togo, Tel: 803, Fax: (256-42) 320-135 (228) 221-5796, Fax: (228) 221-3764, Contact: M. Cyr M'Po Kouagou, Directeur General Zambia Health, Nutrition and Population Energy and Mining HIV/AIDS Emergency Response: The objective of the project is to (R) Increased Access to Eledcity and ICT Services: The objective build up effective activities in the prevention of HIVinfection and care of the project is to expand access to electricity, telephone and internet of people living with AIDS as part of a Region-wide effort. Appraisal is services in rural areas. Preparations were under way for a workshop on ~~~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 19 public9rivate partnershipsfor increasing accm to electricity services. The Water and Sanitation workshop was being organized by the Zambia business forum. Appraisal Support to Water Reform: The objective of the project is to ensure mission is scheduled for November2005. Environmental Assessment Cat- that water sector resources are effectively and efficiently used to con- egory B. PID: 77452. US$24.0/8.0/2.5 (IDA/GEF/PCF), Consultank tribute to poverty reduction. Preappraisal completed. Environmental will be required. Ministry of Energyand Water Development, PO Box Assessment Category B. PID: 71259. US$35.0 (IDA). Consultants will 36079, Lusaka 10101 Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 251-337, Fax: (260-1) 254-491, be required. Ministry of Local Government and Housing, Tel: (260-1) 252-339, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: W. Serenje, Director, De- 253-643, 250-345, Fax: (260-1) 252-204; Ministry of Energy and Water partment of Energy Development; Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company; other utilities in Environment and Natural Resources Management Lusaka and Copperbelt Provinces (R) Securing the Environment for Economic Development Bio- Zimbabwe diversiw. The project aims at stimulating diversified economic growth and private investment in tourism, agribusiness and non-traditional gem- Health, Nutrition and Population stone mining.Approved by the Executive Directors on July 29,2004. The AIDS The project will provide support to scale up and accelerate the credit was scheduled to be signed on 16August 2004. Environmental As- national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Project design will fo- sessment Category C. PID: 74258. US$ 4.0 (GEF). Consulting ser- cus on defining the framework and mechanisms for implementation vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance and Economic being developed by the National AIDS Council to allow immediate Development, PO Box 50062, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 253-512, Fax: scaling up of existing and clearly defined programs and allowing time (260-1) 251-078, Contact: Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane, Secretary to for preparation of activities not yet ready Negotiations will proceed once the Treasury suspension of disbursements is lifted. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory C. PID: 70186. US$ 54.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Private Sector Development termined. National AIDS Council, 18 Lanark Rd., Belgravia, Harare, (R) Support to Economic Expansion and DiversilicationTourism Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 791-171,791-172,791-178,791-152(direct line), (Cr. 3966-&I): The objective of the project is to stimulate diversified Fax: (263-4) 703-682, 728-998, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: economic growth and private sector investment, using tourism as an Dr. Everisto Marowa, Executive Director entry point. This is to be achieved through public/private partner- National Health Strategy Support: The project will support (a) de- ship for building an enabling environment conducive to private sector centralization of the health sector and a pubWprivate mix on health growth and community-based development, and by preserving the financing issues; (b) provision of drugs and medical supplies; (c) pre- country's extensive cultural, natural and wildlife assets. Approved by ventive and curative care for reproductive health: and (d) strengthening the Executive Directors on 29 July 2004. The credit was scheduled to be of human resources. Project preparation is on hold due to the coun- signed on 16August2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: try situation. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 3325. US$ 71407. US$ 28.2 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health and Child Tourism, PO Box 30575, Electra House, Cairo Road, Lusaka, 10101, Welfare, I-4thFloor, Kaguvi Bldg., 4th StKentral Av., Causeway, PO Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 227.6451647, Fax: (260-1) 222-189, Contact: Mr. BoxCY 1122, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 727-951, Fax: (263-4) 702- John Chiluwe, Project Coordinator 293, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Dr. D. Dhlakama, Director, Technical Support Unit Public Sector Governance (R) Public Service Capacity Building Phase 2: The objective of Law and Justice the project is to refine and accelerate the public sector reform process Enhanced Social Protection: The purpose of the project is to pro- with a particular focus on improving public expenditure management, vide social protection to groups most vulnerable to the impact of the accountability and transparency and, (2) implement critical support- economic and social crisis. Appraisal completed. Negotiations will pro- ive system-wide and management capacity building policy reform de- ceed once suspension of disbursements is lifted. Environmental As- veloped under Phase l.Board presentation has been postponed. sessment Category FI: PID: 68947. US$ 101.2 (IDA). Consulting Environmental Assessment Category C. US$19.0 (IDA). Consultants services to be determined. Social Development Fund, Ministry of Pub- will be required. Public Sector Capacity Building, Tel: (260-1) 251-356, lic Service, Labor and Social Welfare, Private Bag 7707 Causeway, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Moses Kondowe, Director Harare or 6th Floor, Compensation House 4th St., Central Av., Harare, Economic Management and Growth: The purpose of the project Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 790-871/9, Fax: (263-4) 794-568, E-mail: is to provide balance of payments assistance in support of economic [email protected],Contact: Mr. Sidney Mhishi, Director reforms. Board presentation was scheduled for 16 September 2004. En- Local Government and Development: The project will provide in- vironmental Assessment Category U. US$40.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- frastructure financing and capacity building support for local govern- vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance and Economic ments, including urban and rural district councils. Board presentation Development, PO Box 50062, Ridgeway 15101, Chimanga Rd., Lusaka, is on hold due to the country situation. Environmental Assessment Cat- Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 250-544, Fax: (260-1) 250-940, Contact: Mr. E egory B. PID: 3306. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be re- Mbewe, Coordinator, World Bank Programs quired, Ministry of Local Government and National Housing, Private Bag 7706, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 790-601, Fax: Rural Development (263-4) 708-943. Contact: Mr. S. Chakaipa, Deputy Secretary Agricultural Development Support: The objectives of the project are to : (a) improve the productivity of smallholder agriculture production Transportation systems in a sustainable manner; thereby contributing to improve- Railways Restructuring: The project will include staff retrenchment ments in food security and incomes: (b) support agricultural research and rationalization, infrastructure rehabilitation, studies and technical to be more competitive and results-oriented, strengthen decentralized assistance, training and counseling and assistance to retrenched staff. extension services at the district, block and camp levels in target ar- Project preparation is on hold due to the country situation. Environ- eas: and strengthen smallholders in farming communities through mental Assessment Category B. PID: 57096. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Con. 1 capacity building and with agricultural infrastructure in targeted areas sultants will be required. National Railways of Zimbabwe, PO Box 596, and (c) strengthen the capacity of selected agricultural institutions in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 363-838, Fax: (263-4) 363-502, Con- policy analysis, program implementation, and monitoring and evalua- tact: Mr. Patrick Bondai, Director of Finance tion. Appraisal mission is scheduled for 25 November 2004. Environ- Road Maintenance and Reform: The project will help strengthen mental Assessment Category B. PID: 70063. US$ 20.0 (IDA). the government's ability to rehabilitate and maintain its roads through Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, coordinated sector development plans, policy and institutional reforms, Mulungushi House, Independence Av., PO Box 50197, Lusaka, Zam- improved programming of rehabilitation and maintenance, private sec- bia, Tel: (260-1) 253-933, Fax: (260-1) 253-532, Contact: Mr. N.J. Kwen- tor participation and human resource development. Negotiations are dakwema, Permanent Secretary on hold. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 40634. US$ PAGE 20 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004

100.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport and of budget managers, and strengthen the linkage between pro-poor Energy, Department of Roads, PO Box CY595 Causeway, Harare, Zim- policy and budgets. Project is being identified. Environmental As- babwe, Tel: (263-4) 700-991 Ext. 229, Fax: (263-4) 700-817, Contact: Mr. sessment Category to be determined, US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consul- Nelson Kudenga, Director of Roads tants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, No. 60, Daun Penh (St. 92), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 428-960, Fax: (855-23) 427-298/430-960, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Aun Porn Moniroth, Secretary General Rural Development East Asia and Pacific (R) Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development: (for- merly State Land Management and Social Land Concession) The ob- Cambodia jective of the project is to transfer good quality agricultural land to poor, landless farmers for social and economic development. Project is be- Education ing identified. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$25.0 (IDA). Basic Education: The project will support expansion of access to - Consulting services to be determined. Land Management and Ad- and improvements in the quality of - basic education. Investments ministration, 771 Monivong Blvd., Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel/Fax: include school construction, incentive programs to lower barriers to (855.23) 211-354, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sar So- schooling access for poor or disadvantaged students, development of vann, Project Director a school cluster support network, development of a national education quality monitoring system and teacher training reform. Project prepa- China ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Economic Management 70668. US$20.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Economic Reform Implementation: The objective of the project is of Education, Youth and Sport, 169 Norodom Blvd. (cnr. St. 310), Ph- to promote China's economic reform and development by providing nom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 210-349, Fax: (855-23) 210-349, technical assistance for implementing agreed reform strategies. Pro- Contact: Im Sethy, Secretary of State ject preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category C. Higher Education: The objective of the project is to produce better US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of skilled university graduates by improving the quality and market rel- Finance, Sanlihe, Xicheng District, Beijing, China 100820, Tel: (86-10) evance of higher education. The project will invest in management train- 6855.1208, Fax: (86-10) 6855-1125, E-mail: fy,[email protected], Contact: ing, libraries, connectivity, staff development, and organizational Ms. Liu Fangyu, Director of Technical Assistance Division development (e.g., accreditation systems, credit transfer arrange- ments, financial management, student fmancial aid systems, etc.). Pro- Energy and Mining ject preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category C. Heat Reform and Building Energy Efficiency: The objective of the PID: 70666. US$25.8 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- project is to achieve in eight years a combination of heat reform and istry of Education, Youth and Sport, 169 Norodom Blvd., (cnr. St. 310), energy efficiency measures to be implemented by municipalities, but Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 217-937, Fax: (855-23) 844-276, with the central government as the overall counterpart. Appraisal mis- E-mail: [email protected],Contact: H.E. Pok Than, Secre- sion was scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment tary of State, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Category A. PID: 72721. US$ 15.0-18.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Construction, Bai Wan Zhuang, Beijing, Energy and Mining China 100835, Fax: (86-10) 6839-4530, Contact: Mr. Wu Yong, Deputy Rural Electr%cation (Cr. 3840-KH): The objective of the project Director, Department of Science and Technology is to improve energy sector efficiency, rural standards of living and the Renewable Energy Scale-up Program: The project will help enable enabling environment. Credit signing is tentatively scheduled for Oc- commercial renewable electricity suppliers to provide energy to the tober 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 64844. US$ electricity market efficiently, cost-effectively and on a large scale. The 40.0/5.7 (IDAKEF). A PPF advance of US$0.3 was approved in Oc- project brief was approved by the GEF Council at its May 2001 meet- tober 2001. Consultants are being used for: Meritec - Rural Electrifi- ing. Preappraisal mission completed. Appraisal mission is scheduled cation Strategy and Project Implementation Plan and Australia Power for November 2004, Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: . Feasibility Study of the Transmission component. Ministry of In- 67825. US$ 50.0/40.0 (IBRDKEF). Consultants have been hired, fi- dustry, Mines and Energy, 45 Preah NorodomBlvd. KhanDaun Phen, nanced by GEF PDF Block C and PHRD grants. GoCIWB Gef Re- Phnom Penh Cambodia and Electricite due Cambodge (EDC), St. 19, newable Energy Scale-up Program Project Management Office, B1718 Wath Phnom, Daun Penh District, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855- Guohong Mansion, Muxidi Beilijia 11, Xicheng Beijing, China.Te1: 23) 723-447 (MIME), (855-23) 426-938 (EDC), Fax: (855-23) 427-852 (86-10) 6390-8566, Fax: (86-10) 6390-8568, E-mail: Zhoufq@public3. (MIME); (855-23) 426-018 (EDC), Contact: H.E. Ith Praing, Secretary bta,net.cn, Contact: Mr. Zhou Fengqi, Director, Project Management of State, MIME; Mr. Yim Nolson, Deputy Managing Director, EDC Office Public Sector Governance Yantai Integrated Gasfication and Combined Cycle: The objec- tive of the project is to develop a long-term strategy to gradually achieve Poverty Reduction Support: The objective of the project is to sup zero-COZ emissions from coal-fired power generation by constructing, port key policy measures of the government's National Poverty Re- commissioning, operating, demonstrating and replicating a green-field duction Strategy Paper (NPRS),which was completed in December 2003. 300-400 MW IGCC plant at Yantai, Shandong Province. Project prepa- The project aims at helping reduce poverty by (a) enhancing the ef- ration is under way Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: fectiveness of public sector management, in particular in the areas of 71439. US$15.0-18.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. expenditure, civil service reform and governance/anti-corruption; (b) State Grid Corporation of China, 86 Xi Chang'an Av., Beijing, China, improving the environment for private sector development, including Fax: (86-10) 6659-8592, Contact: Mr. Lu Jianping, Deputy Director promoting trade and investment; and (c) promoting pro-poor sectoral General, Investment and Financing policy actions, with the focus on health, education, agriculture and rural development. Concept review is scheduled for mid-May 2005. En- Environment and Natural Resources Management vironmental Assessment Category U. US$20.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- Demonstration of Alternatives to Chlordane and Mirex in Ter- vices to be determined. Ministry of Economy and Finance, St. 92 mite Control: The objective of the project is to introduce, first through Sangkat Wat Phnom. Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: a demonstration and later on a broader scale, alternative termite con- (855) 1286-1355, Fax: (855) 2342-87798, E-mail: ferpmefwbd@cam- trol practices to those that threaten human health and the environment. net.com.kh, Contact: Mr. Thao Sokmuny, Chief, World Bank Division Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Public Financial Management: This project will assist the govern- gory B. PID: 82992. US$12.0 (GEF). Cofinancing is expected from bi- ment to improve the credibility of the budget, enhance accountability lateral donors. Consultants have been identified. State Environmental ~ ~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 21 Protection Administration, 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie, Beijing 100035 river and other waterways feeding traffic into the Pearl River Delta re- China,Tel: (86-10) 6615-3366, Fax: (86-10) 6615.1776, E-mail:luogl@svrl- gion. A secondary objective is to harness water-flow in two of these pek.unep.net, [email protected],Contact: Mr. Gaolai Luo, rivers to generate environmentally clean electricity to help meet grow- Deputy Director General, FECO ing energy demand in Guangdong and Guangxi. Approved by the Ex- Demonstrationof PCB Management and Disposal: The objective ecutive Directors on 25 March 2004. Loan signing is scheduledfor late of the project is to reduce and remove threats to human health and the September2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 77137 environment posed by Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) by demon- US$91.0 (IBRD). Project agencies are contracting locally for detailed strating how to recover PCBs from unsafe temporary storage sites and design using their own budget. Guangxi Communications Depart- dispose of them safely. Project preparation is under way. Environ- ment; No. 67, Xinmin Rd., Nanning, Guangxi 530012 China, Tel (86- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 82993. US$ 12.0 (GEF). Cofi- 771) 211-5065, Fax: (86-771) 261-4441, Contact: Mr. Li Shangyan, nancing is expected from bilateral donors. Consultants will be required Deputy Director; Guangdong Navigation Bureau, No. 280, Changdi Rd., and have been identified. State Environmental Protection Adminis- Guangzhou, Guangdong 210120 China, Tel(86-20) 8333-4810,Fax: (86- tration, 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie, Be4ing 200035 China, Tel(86-10) 20) 8337-2939, Contact: Mr. Chen Zichao, Deputy Director 61 15-3366A775, Fax: (86-10) 6615-1776, E-mail:[email protected], (R) Inner Mongolia Tmport and Trade Facilitation: The objectives [email protected],Contact: Mr. Gaolai Luo, Deputy Director of the project are to: (a) construct a 250 km highway connecting General, FECO Manzhouli and Yakeshi; (b) operate a ruralroads maintenance program and (c) improve highway safety. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for Rural Development late September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: (R) Agricultural Technology The objective of the project is to raise 68752. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for construc- rural incomes in selected areas by supporting the restructuring and tion supervision, technical studies and training. Inner Mongolia Come modernizing of agricultural production, processing and marketing, munication Department, No. 68 Saihan District, Dizhiju South St., using viable scientific and technical models, and a sustainable and ef- Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, Tel (471) 696-8813, Fax: (471) 696- ficient use of natural resources. Appraisal mission was scheduled for 7588, Contact: Mr. Bao Jiansh, Deputy Director 12 September 2004. Negotiations are scheduled for 8 November 2004. Fifth Inland Waterways: The objectives of the project are to provide Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 69862. US$lOO.O (IBRD). (a) cost-effective, predictable, and increased transport capacity for wa- Limited internationaVnationa1consulting services will be required for terway users along the Han River; and (b) sustainable hydropower and preparation. State Office of Comprehensive Agriculture Development, water resources for the Xiangfan City Area and the Tondong Farmland 100026 Fulu Mansion, Fengtai District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) Region. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cate- 88914024, Fax: (86-10) 8891-0023, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. gory A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required to assist the Luo Luyong, Division Chief, Foreign Funding Division institutional strengthening of the implementing agency Hubei Provin- HeilongjiangDairy: The objective of the project is to increase the in- cial Communications Department, No. 428 Jianshe Av.. Hankou, Wuhan come of smallholder dairy farmers by increasing their milk produc- 430030 China, Tel: (86-27) 346-0753, Fax: (86-27) 8386-0754, Contact: tion to a level commensurate with market demand. Increased milk Mr. Wang Yanghong, Deputy Director, Project Management Office production would result from relative increases in herd size, improved Hubei Shiman Highway: The objective of the project is to improve genetic potential and management practices, including improved feed- road management efficiency in Hubei in order to sustain provincial so- ing practices and fodder production. Decision meeting is tentatively cio-economic development and regional integration, support trade, scheduled for 30 November 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category unlock lagging western provinces, and improve the effectiveness and B. PID: 86629. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services may be re- safety of the provincial highway network. Approved by the Executive quired for project preparation if trust fund financing becomes available. Directors on 24 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: Heilongjiang Province Agriculture World Bank Project Management 81749. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Hubei Provin- Office, 202 Zhongshan Rd., Nangang District, Harbin, China, 150001, cial Communications Department, No. 428, JianShe Av., Hankou, Fax: (86-451) 263-2146, Contact: Mr. Liu Guicheng, Director Wuhan, Hubei 430030 China, Tel/Fax: (86-27) 8386-9260, E-mail: pro- Irrigated Agriculture IntensXcation III: The objectives of the pro- jectofflce@hbjt,gov.cn. Contact: Mr. Ren Binian, Director ject are to help raise agricultural output and farm income in the 3-H National Railways 11: The objectives of the project are to support im- Basin through environmentally sustainable, modern irrigated agri- plementationof the ongoing restructuring and reform program for China culture based on improved water/agriculture productivity, and to fa- Railways and to make capital investments that (a) increase the capac- cilitate farmer adjustment to increased market competition and ity and environmental sustainability of the railway network linking integration with the global economy after WTO accession. Preparation eastern and western China and (b) help China Railways modernize and is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 84742. upgrade track maintenance practices consistent with the goal of op- US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Office erating a modern, competitive rail service. Approved by the Executive for Comprehensive Agricultural Development, 100026 Fulu Mansion, Directors on 24 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Fengtai District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 8819-1812, Fax: (86-10) 8819- 75602. US$242.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Min- 1856, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Luo Luyong, Director istry ofRailways, 10 FwingRd., Beijing 100844, China, Tel(86-10) 5184- Poor Rural Communities Development: The objective of the pro- 8416, Fax: (86-10) 5184-1845, E-mail: [email protected], ject is to reduce poverty in Western China through a participatoryand Contact: Mr. Yang Haichang, Director, Foreign Capital and Technical multisectoral attack on absolute poverty in an extremely resource-de- Import Center ficient area covering the worst affected upland areas of several inland Urban Development provinces. Poor rural communities would design and implement ac- tivities to improve agricultural productivity and access to infrastructure (N) Shanghai Urban Environment (APL 2): The objective of the in the poorest communities of Guangxi, Yunnan, and Sichuan Provinces. project is to improve environmental conditions in Shanghai by pro- Decision meeting was scheduled for 15 September 2004. Environ- gressive development and implementation of integrated, metropolitan- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 71094. US$lOO.O (IBRD). Lim- wide measures. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for late January ited international consulting services will be required. Leading Group 2005. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 75732. US$200.0 for Poverty Alleviation, Foreign Capital Project Management Office, (IBRD). Consultants will be required for construction supervision, 11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100026, Tel technical studies and training. Shanghai Development and Reform (86-10) 8261-7155, Fax: (86-10) 8261-7165, Contact: Mr. Qu Qingping, Commission, 200 Ren Min Da Dao, Shanghai 200003 China, Tel: (86- Director, PRCDP Liaison Officer 21) 6321 2810, Fax: (86-21) 6358-5227, Contact: Mr. Qiu Wenjin, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Capital Development Transportation (N) Sichuan Urban Development: This objective of the project is (R) Fourth Inland Waterways (LM. 4728-CHA): The main objec- to resolve water, sewer, transport, and other infrastructure deficiencies tive of the project is to improve water transport access for poor south- and bottlenecks, including in new development areas, that constrain ern regions by upgrading navigation conditions on the major east-west increased economic activity and environmental progress in Mianyuang, PAGE 22 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 Panzhihua, Suining and Yibin. Project preparation is under way. En- Indonesia vironmental Assessment Category A. US$ 105.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Sichuan Provincial Constructiotl Com- Education mission, No. 40, South Renmin Rd., Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Higher Education for Competitiveness: The objective of the pro- Tel: (86-28) 557-1036, Fax: (86-28) 557-1037, Contact: Mr. Lu Qiang, Se- ject is to improve the organizational health of higher education through nior Architect enhanced support of institutional autonomy: additional governance reforms and introduction of performance-based financing. Project (R) Hunan Urban Development: The objective of the project is to preparation completed. Preappraisal is scheduled for late September promote sustainable development in the city-region of Changsha, 2004. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. PID: Zhuzhou and Xiangtan (CZT Region) of Hunan Province. Negotia- 85374. US$72.4 (IBRDADA). Consulting services to be determined. tions completed. Board presentation is tentatively scheduled for 16 Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Higher Edu- September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 75730. cation, JI. Jend. Sudirman, Jakarta, Indonesia, TeVFax: (62-21) 572-5061, US$ 172.0 (IBRD). Consultants are in place. Hunan Provincial Devel- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Prof. Dr. Satryo Brodjonegoro, opment Planning Commission, 69 Wu-Yi Zhong Rd., Changsha, Hu- Director General of Higher Education, Ministryof National Education nan 410011, China, Tel: (86-731) 221-4531, Fax: (86-731) 221-2956, Contact: Mr. Xu Xianping, Director Energy and Mining Domestic Gas Sector Restructuring: The project aims at support- (R) Ningbo Water and Environment: The objective of the project ing the government's reform program for the domestic gas sector by is to expand water and wastewater services in the Ningbo metropoli- providing financing for expansion of gas distribution on West Java. Preap tan area and thereby protect public health, improve the environment, praisal mission completed. Decision meeting was scheduled for late and sustain the area's rapid economic growth. Preappraisal mission was August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. tentatively scheduled for mid-September 2004.Environmental Assess- US$ 85.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. PT. PGN ment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Persero, J1. K.H. Zainul Arifin No. 20, Jakarta 11140, Indonesia, Tel: (62- termined. Ningbo Water and Environment, World Bank Project 21) 633-9525, Fax: (62-21) 633-1304, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Management Office, 1509/R, 15F, Tianning Tower, 138 West Zhong- tact: Adil Abas, Development Director shan Rd., Ningbo, China, Tel: (86-574) 8728-0409, Fax: (86-574) 8728- Health, Nutrition and Population 0430, E-mail:[email protected], [email protected], Contacts: Ms. Xu Xu, Vice Director, Mr. Zhibo Li, Deputy Division Chief (R) Provincial Health and Nutrition: The project aims at improu- ingpriority health outcomes through effective and sustainable health sec- Guangdong Pearl River Delta Urban Environment 2: Continuing tor reforms, with a focus on nutrition. Identification mission completed. on the first project, the second project focuses on Shenzhen Munici- Preparation mission is scheduled for October 2004. Environmental As- pality, the second contributor of pollution in the Pearl River Delta. The sessment Category to be determined. US$ 75.0 (IBRD/IDA). Con- objectives are to provide a safe environment setting for long-term lo- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health, Jln. H.R. Rasuna cal economic growth to contribute to environmental pollution control SaidX5, Kav. 4-9 Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 520-1579; Fax: (62- and water resources preservation in the project area through sanita- 21) 520-1597, Contact: Dx Dadi S. Argaderedja, Secretary General tion and flood control investments. Decision meeting is tentatively Third Water Supply and Sanitation for Low-Income Communi- scheduled for 16 November 2004. Environmental Assessment Category ties: The project will build on the achievements of the two preceding A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultant Trust Funds will be sought to review projects and focus on the kabupatens in the eastern part of the coun- some part of the feasibility study and to review urban service im- try farthest from achieving the MillenniumDevelopment Goals for wa- provement and heritage program. The Guangdong Province has already ter supply and sanitation. Project is being identified. Environmental mobilized an international consultant to assist with the counterpart pro- Assessment Category B. US$150.0 (IBRDADA). Consulting services ject preparation. Technical assistance for implementation is to be de- to be determined. Ministry of Health Directorate General for Com- termined at a later stage. Shenzhen Municipal Government, Shenzhen municable Disease Control and Environment, JI. Percetakan Negara Water Resources Bureau, 3rd F1. Hongtao Building, Nol. 2 BaoAn Rd. No. 29, PO Box 223, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 420-9930, Fax: (62- Shenzhen 518008, Tel: (86-755) 2559 3766, Fax: (86-755) 2559 3447, Con 21) 420-7807, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Professor Dr. Umar tact: Mr. Chen Jie, Deputy Director Fahmi Ahmadi, Director General for Communicable Disease Control and Environment Water and Sanitation Public Sector Governance (R) Government Financial Management and Revenue Admin- gV) Uuzhou Environment Management: The objectives of the pro- istration: The objective of the project is to finance modernization of ject are to (a) improve community sanitation by investing in solid public financial management, tax administration and customs. Ap waste and public toilet facilities, and (b) improve water quality in Li- praisal is scheduled for late September/October 2004. Environmental uzhou's Liujiang river. Preappraisal mission was scheduled for Sep Assessment Category C. PID: 85133. US$ 60.0 (IBRDADA). Con- tember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 81346. sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, PO Box 21, Jaoan US$ 115.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Liuzhou Lapangan Banteng Tinurr Nomar 2-4, Jakarta 10710 Indonesia, Tel: (62- Construction Investment and Development Co., Ltd., Middle Tanzhong 21) 385-2143, Fax: (62-21) 384-4784, Contact: Mr. Agus Haryanto, Sec- Rd., Liuzhou Guangxi, 545001, China, Tel: (772) 283-0681, Fax: (772) retary General 283-0681, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Yin Nian, ICDC Initiatives for Local Governance Reform: The purpose of the pro- Vice General Manager ject is to initiate a reform process and develop a district-level system of checks and balances, increasing local accountability and trans- (R) Tai Basin Urban Environment (Ln. 4748-CHA): The objec- parency. Negotiations were scheduled for September 2004. Boardpre- tive of the project is to enhance the quality of life in key municipalities sentation is scheduled for 28 October 2004. Environmental Assessment in the Tai Basin and to help sustain economic competitiveness and Category B. PID: 76174. US$63.2 (IBRD/IDA). Consultants are con- growth by alleviating degradation of water resources and improving ducting project preparation fmanced by a Japanese PHRD and a DFID the quality of the urban environment. Approued 6y the .Executive Directors grant. Ministry for National Development and Planning, Bappenas & on 3 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 57933. Moha, JL. Taman Suropati No. 2, TeVFax: (62-21) 334-195,335-289, Con- US$61.3 (ZBRD). Consultants are required. Jiangsu Provincial Man- tact: Max Pohan, Director, Regional Autonomy Development agement Office, Foreign Economy and Finance Division, Jiangsu Fi- nance Bureau, 63 Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210024 Jiangsu Province, China, Rural Development Tel: (86-25) 372-7278, Fax: (86-25) 331-2450, E-mail: lindaxie1234@ (R) Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Management (In. vip.sina.com, Contact: Mr. Zhang Jiefei, Deputy Division Chiei Foreign 4711-IND, Cr. 38074"): The objectives of the project are to (a) Economy and Finance Division develop and build the capacity of Irrigation Water User Associations SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv ODerational Summarv PAGE 23 (WUAS) and District IrrigationAgencies: (b) establish local Irrigation sustainability of coastal and marine protection measures. Project prepa- Improvement Funds for irrigation facilities and for rehabilitation and ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: completion of canals for irrigation schemes; (c) support an irrigation 68133. US$ 8.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Inter- and agricultural extension program: (d) build the capacity of River national Maritime Organization, 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 Basin Management Units: and (e) finance river improvement work. Loan 7SR, United Kingdom, Tel: (44-207) 587-3210, Fax: (44-207) 587-3119, signing is scheduled for late December 2004. Environmental Assess- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jean-Claude Sainlos, Director, Marine ment Category B. PID: 59931. US$45.0/25.0 (IBRDADA). Consultants Environment Division for preparation have been selected and negotiations are in progress. Strategic Roads Infrastructure: The objective of the project is to pro- Directorate General for Water Resources, Ministry of Settlement and vide improved road conditions and capacity along key traffic corridors Regional Infrastructure, Pattimura 20, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: to support economic growth. It consists oE (a) betterment of existing (62-21) 739-3006. Contact: J1. Ir. Sri Nurumi, Director: Ministry of roads and expansion of capacity through widening of the existing Home Affaim and National Planning Agency, Direcotrate Technical Guid- roads or construction of new ones along congested key traffic corri- ance, Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure dors and subjecting those roads to traffic safety audits: (b) imple- Farmers Empowerment through Agridtural Technology and In- mentation support for design, supervision and preparation of formation: The objective of the project is to increase agricultural pro- environmental, social and land acquisition and resettlement action ductivity and farmers' income in selected districts by empowering and plans, and (c) road sector support in the forms of training and tech- organizing farmers, particularly smallholders, to drive the agricultural nical assistance, including in finance and management, Project prepa- services agenda and improve their access to technical and market in- ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$300.0 formation, by promoting partnerships and improving the delivery of (IBRD). Consulting services are required for (a) project preparation, research and extension services. Project preparation is under way. (b) design and supervision of environmental assessments and action Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83742. US$ 70.0/30.0 plans and land acquisition and resettlement action plans, and (c) tech- (IBRDADA) . PHRD-financed consultants will be required for prepa- nical assistance (still to be defined). Ministry of Settlements and Re- ration. Ministry of Agriculture, JI. Harsono RM. No. 3, Bldg. A,, Pasar gional Infrastructure Project, JI.Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan Minggu,Jakarta, Indonesia,Tel: (62-21) 780-4427, Contact: Dr. Memed 12110 Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 720-0281, 727-6581, Fax: (62-21) 720- Gunawan, Secretary General 1760, 727-9232, Contacts: Mr. Machfudz Madjid, Director of Techni- Sustaining Microhance: The project will provide capacity building cal Affairs, Directorate General of Regional Infrastructure, Mr. Herman to the community-managed microfinance units (CMFUs) and partic- Darmansyah, Technical Affairs, Urban, Directorate General of Urban ipating banks (PFIs) that are accredited based on eligibility criteria, and Rural Development and promote links among them to increase outreach to rural areas. The Urban Development project will also provide a line of credit to eligible private financial in- stitutions to be onlent to borrowers, to newly established including CM- (R) Third Urban Poverty: The objective of the project is to improve FUs. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment services to the urban poor by: (a) establishing or supporting repre- Category B. US$ 60.0 (IBRDADA). Feasibility study is under way. sentative and accountable community organizations that are able to in- The social/environmental impact assessment consultants have been crease the voice of the poor in public decision making; (b) making local selected. PHRD grant is being used by the government. Ministry of governments more responsive to the needs of the poor through in- Finance/Commercial BanWMinistry of HomeAffairs, BuildingA, 5th creased cooperation with community organizations: and (c) providing Floor, JI. Dr. Wahidin No. 1, Jakarta 10710 Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 384- funds transparently to community based organizations and local gov- 8305, Fax: (62-21) 384-7473, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: ernments to provide services to the urban poor. The first two urban Mr. Sri Bagus Guritno, Head of Section Investment for Banking Sec- poverty projects cover the islands of Java. Kalimantan, Sulawesi and tor, Directorate of Onlending Management Nusa Tenggara Barat. This one will cover Sumatera, Maluku, Papua, and East Nusa Tenggara, which contain 14 provinces with about 1,618 Social Development, Gender and Inclusion wards (kelurahan). Negotiations are scheduled for October 2004. Support for Social and Economic Revitalization: The objective of Board presentation is scheduled for February 2005, Environmental As- the project is to support transition to longer-term development in post- sessment Category B. PID: 84583. US$142.1 (IBRDADA). Consultants conflict areas by (a) strengthening community-led planning and dis- are beiwhired. Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infrastructure (Kim- pute resolution processes: (b) promoting private investment and job praswil), J1 Pattimura No. 20, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12110 creation: and (c) increasing utilization of effective education and health Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 739-2563, Fax: (62-21) 712-805, Contact: Dr. Ir, services. Negotiations are scheduled for October 2004. Environmen- Soenarnodiplihe, Director General of Human Settlements tal Assessment Category C. PID: 78070. US$77.0 (IBRDADA). Con- (R) Urban Water and Sanitation Improvement and Expansion: sulting services to be determined. National Development Planning The objective of the project is to improve and expand the delivery of Agency (BAPPENAS), JI. Mangonsarkoro 5, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: water supply and sanitation services by strengthening the local pro. (62-816) 36407, Fax: (62-21) 352-4043, E-mail: [email protected]. vision of those services in an operationally efficient and financially Contact: Ir. Tatag Wiranto, Director, Community and Rural Empow- sustainable manner. The project will finance investments aimed at im- erment proving water services and extending their coverage into unserved ur- ban and peri-urban areas. The project will also pilot in three cities the Transportation main-streaming of community-based initiatives to expand coverage of (R) Second Eastern Region Transport (In.47444"): The ob- wastewater collection and treatment. Negotiations were tentatively jective of the project is to stimulate economic growth and improve so- scheduled for mid-September 2OO4. Environmental Assessment Cate- cial welfare in the region through improved access to roads, reduced gory B. PID: 84872. US$58.2 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- road transport costs and more efficient use of resources. The loan was termined. Ministry of Settlements and Regional Infrastructure, J1. signed on 23July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: Pattimura No. 20, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62- 74290. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required for im- 21) 727-96155158, Fax: (62-21) 727-96155, E-mail: budiman@kim- plementation support and technical assistance. Directorate General of praswil.go.id, Contact: Mr. Budiman Arif, Director General of Urban Regional Infrastructure, Ministry of Settlement and Regional Infra- and Rural Development structure, Jalan Pattimura 20, Jakarta, Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) Urban Sector Development and Reform: The objective of the pro- 720-1760, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Hatta Latief, EIRTP ject is to make urban local governments more efficient and effective Officer in Charge, Directorate of Technical Affairs in meeting the needs of their citizens in the context of the new de- Marine Electronic Highway Demonstration: The objective of the centralization laws. Negotiations are scheduled for March 2005, En- project is to demonstrate the feasibility of implementing a Marine vironmental Assessment Category A. PID: 71296. US$ 79.U30.0 Electronic Highway (MEH) in the Malacca straits. The project will con- (IBRDADA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Set- stitute a frst stage of the MEH whose goals are to improve navigational tlement and Regional Development, J1. Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Se- efficiency, reduce the risk of environmental damage, and increase the latan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 712-805, Fax: (62-21) 739-2563, Contact: ~ PAGE 24 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004

H.E. Ir. Bambang Goeritno, Minister of Settlement & Regional Infra- Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 415-037, 413-012, Fax: (856-21) 413-013, structure E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Houmphone Bulyaphol, Urban Water Supply and Sanitation: The objective of the project Director is to expand sewerage infrastructure in local governments, enable pri- Health, Nutrition and Population vate sector participation in operating and maintaining existing water and sanitation facilities, and design instruments to ensure inclusion of (R) Health Services Improvement: The project will enhance the health low-income communities residing in the service areas. Appraisal is status of the population by (a) expanding access to and improving the qual- scheduled for December 2004. Environmental Assessment Category ity of a core package of health services in eight southern and central A. PID: 60668. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- provinces; (b) building capacity in the health wonkforce; and (c) improving mined. Ministry of Settlements and Regional Infrastructure (Kim- the management of health expenditures and making basic health ser- praswil), JI. Pattimura 20, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12110, Indonesia, vices affordable for the pool: Appraisal completed. Negotiations were Tel: (62-21) 722-1772, Contact: Ir. Budiman Arif, Director General, Di- scheduledfor late August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category rectorate General of Urban and Rural Development B. PID: 74027. US$8.1/6.7 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Ministry of Health, Simuang Rd., PO Box Western Java Environment Management APL 2: The objectives 2236, Vientiane Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 214-009, Fax: (856-21) 214-508, of the project are to (a) reinforce and expand efforts initiated in APLl to strengthen the institutional and community capacity of participat- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Sisamone Keola, Head of Preparation Team, HSIP and PCU Director, Health System Reform and ing local governments and groups to implement environmental waste Malaria Control Project management programs, (b) initiate investments in the waste man- agement projects and facilities designed in APLl, (c) assist two new Rural Development waste management corporations effectively to manage related pro- (R) Nam Them 2 Rural Livelihood The project will enhance op- grams through capacity building and technical assistance, and (d) portunities for rural villagers in the Xe Bang Fai Basin to participate continue to support community and commercial composting efforts. in the expected economic development in the basin. Project prepara- Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ tion is under way Environmental Assessment Category U. US$lO.O 50.0/15.0 (IBRDADA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture of Settlements and Regional Infrastructure, SKIMPRASWIL, J1. Senopati and Forestry, Lanexang Av. (Patouxay), Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856- No. 38, Jakarta 12110, Tel: (021) 726 0669, Fax: (021) 726-1935, E- 21) 412-359, Fax: (856-21) 412-340, E-mail: [email protected], Con- mail: [email protected], Contact: Ir. Noeradhi Iskandar, Head, Cen- tact: H.E. Mr. Sitaheng Rasphone, Vice-Minister tral Program Support Unit (CPSU) Transportation Kiribati Provincial and Rural Infrastructure: The objective of the project Rural Development is to stimulate economic and social development by improving acces- Adaptation: The project aims at reducing vulnerability to climate sibility to markets, jobs, education and health services, and by providing change and variability and sea level rise. Project preparation is under access to water and sanitation to meet basic health and hygiene for small way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 78290. US$ 3.3 towns and rural population. The project will provide basic rural infra- (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance structure and help develop managerial, technical, and administrative and Economic Planning, National Economic Planning Office, PO Box capacity to plan, budget, manage and monitor investments and main- 57, Bairiki, Tarawa, Kiribati, Tel: (686) 21808/9, Fax: (686) 21808/9, tenance activities effectively. Project preparation is under way. Envi- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Peter Tong, Director of ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 75780. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Planning Consultants are required for preparation. Ministry of Communica- tions, Transport, Post and Construction (MCTPC), Lane Xang Av., Vi- Lao People’s Democratic Republic entiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 412-741, Fax: (856-21) 414-132, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sommad Pholsena, General Director, Economic Management Department of Roads: Provincial governments of Attapu, Xekong. (R) Poverty Reduction Support: (fbrmerly under Law and Justice) Houaphan. and Phongsali The objective of the project is to develop and implement policies and Road Maintenance Program (APL 11) (Cr. 3944-IA):The pro- structural reforms supportive of the country’s overall economic de- ject will expand the road maintenance programs over all national and velopment strategy in a sequenced and phased manner. The initial re- local roads, strengthen institutional capacity especially at a local level forms will focus on public sector governance, social sectors, trade, private to maintain the assets under a decentralized framework, improve cost sector development and other areas to be determined. Project prepa- recovery from road users to make financing fully sustainable, and ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ strengthen traffic management, especially concerning heavy vehicles amount to be determined (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- and road safety. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 June 2004. mined. Ministry ofFinance, That Luang Rd., PO Box 46, Vientiane, Lao Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83543. US$25.0 (IDA). PDR, Tel: (856) 911-370, Fax: (856) 412-142, E-mail: tchan- A PHRD grant has been approved. Ministry of Communication, Trans- [email protected], Contacts: Mrs. Thipphakone Chanthavongsa, port, Post and Construction, Lanexang Av., PO Box 4467, Vientiane, Deputy Director of External Financial Relations Department: Mrs. Lao PDR, Tel: (856.21) 412 741, Fax: (856-21) 414-123, E-mail: som- Vienthong Siphandone, Director [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sommad Pholsena, Vice Minister Energy and Mining Mongolia (R) Southern Provinces Rural Electrification 11: The objective of the project is to improve living standards and increase income oppor- Law and Justice tunities for about 80,000 rural households by providing them with Poverty Reduction Support: The objective of the project is to de- electricity. Appraisal completed. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled velop and implement policies and structural reforms that are consis- for October2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 75531. tent with and supportive of the country’s overall economic development US$25.0 (IDA). Consultants are required during project preparation strategy in a sequenced and phased manner. Board presentation is for the following activities: socioeconomic survey and rural electrifi- scheduled for 28 October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category cation database: distribution system loss reduction: tariff study: rural C. PID: 78386. US$12.0 (IDA). Noconsultants are required. Ministry electrification framework: power sector financing strategy: and project of Finance and Economy, Negdsen Undestnii St., 5/1, Government preparation of physical components. Contract awards are being final- Building No.2, Room 203, Ulaanbaatar 210646, Mongolia, Tel/Fax: ized. Electricite du Laos, Nong Bone Rd., BP 309, Vientiane, Lao PDR, (976-11) 320-247, Contact: Mr. Sandadorj, Head of Fiscal Policy De- Tel: (856-21) 451-519, Fax: (856-21) 415-039, E-mail: somphone@edl- partment laos.com, Contact: Mr. Somphone Simmalavong, Officer: Ministry Poverty Reduction Support 11: The objective of the project is to es- of Industry and Handicraft, Nong Bone Rd.. BP 4708, Vientiane, tablish a sound institutional and regulatory environment to complete SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 25 the transition to a market economy and enable the private sector to be- Project Management Division (UPMD) , Department of Health, GF Bldg. come an engine of growth. Project is being identified. Environmental 3, San Lazaro Compound, Sta. Cruz. Manila, Philippines, Tel (63-2) 781- Assessment Category C. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be 8843, Fax: (63-2) 781-8843, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. determined. Ministry of Finance and Economy, Government Building Ma.Virginia Guzman-Ala, Head No, 2, Ulaanbaatar 2105646 Mongolia, Tel/Fax: (976-11) 320-247, Con- tact: Ms. Damba Bassankhuu, Head of Fiscal Policy Public Sector Governance Public Finance Strengthening: The purpose of the project is to Transportation strengthen public finances. There are three key aspects: strengthen- Transport and Communication: The objective of the project is to ing public expenditure and financial management to improve resource reduce the cost of domestic trade. The project will finance key roads use, strengthening resource zation to increase public revenues, and transport facilities in Ulaanbaatar. Project is being identified. En- and containing contingent li s and fiscal risks. Project is being vironmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$40.0 (IDA). identified. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 75335. US$ Consultants will be required. Ministry of Infrastructure, Department 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Department of of Transport, Road, Information, Communication and Tourism, and Pol- Finance, Tel: (632) 521-2948, Fax: (632) 521-2948,Contact: Ms. Juanita icy and Coordination, Tel: (976-11) 326-119, Fax: (976-1l) 310-503, Amatong. Secretary, Department of Finance Contact: Dr. Javchig Sereeter, General Director Public Sector Strengthening: The objective of the project is to im- prove governance, combat poverty and improve the delivery of basic Water and Sanitation services through: (a) streamlining public administration; (b) strength- Second Ulaanbaatar Services Improvement (Cr. 3890-MOG): ening the management and poverty focus of public expenditures: (c) The project will (a) improve basic services in Ulaanbaatar'spriority Ger controlling the fiscal weight of the wage bill and enhancing civil ser- areas and upgrade water supply and sanitation in the city: and (b) de- vice quality and accountability: and (d) strengthening monitoring and velop mechanism for sustainable management of services in the Gers. evaluation capacity. Project is being identified. Environmental As- Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 April 2004. Environmen- sessment Category C. PID: 78068. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants, to tal Assessment Category B. PID: 74591. US$ 18.0 (IDA). Consulting be financed by a US$ 1.1 PHRD grant, are required to prepare re- services to be determined. Municipality of Ulaanbaatar, MUB, ports, recommendations, strategies and action plans for: (a) functional Sukhbaatar Square-11, Ulaanbaatar .46, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 325- and efficiency reviews of central departments; (b) improving the 060, Fax: (976-11) 32433, Contact: Mr. Choipog Bat, Chief of Economy macroeconomic, fiscal and sector expenditure frameworks and link- and Strategic Policy Department ages among different planning tiers: (c) civil service pay and em- ployment reform and (d) improving implementation of the medium-term Papua New Guinea expenditure framework and program evaluation. Consulting services Transportation are also required to assist the government with implementation and coordination of the PHRD grant. Department of Budget and Man- The project will rehabilitate the 600 km High- Highlands Highway agement, Department of Budget and Management, Ground FI., Build- lands Highway between Lae and Mendi and support the establish- ing I,General Solano St., San Miguel, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) ment of an authority to manage roads in PNG with reliable funding 735-4934, Fax: (63-2) 735-4961, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: arrangements, and implementation of a program to reduce HIV/AIDS Ms. Laura B. Pascua, Undersecretary, Department of Budget and caused by mobility provided by the improved highway. Project prepa- Management ration is under way Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 59066. US$30.0 (IBRD). A consulting firm completed the preparation Rural Development of engineering, environmental, land acquisitionhesettlement, eco- (R) Diversified Farm Income and Market Development: The ob- nomic, institutional and financing aspects. Consulting services will be jective of the project is to improve market development services and required for supervision and management and for support of the pro- investments and widen access to them, with a view to increasing agri- posed Highlands Highway Authority as well as for management of the cultural value added and rural incomes. Loan signing was scheduled for HIV/AIDS component. Department of Works, PO Box 1108, Boroko ZateAugustZ004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 75184. NCD, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (675) 324-1343, Fax: (675) 324-1277, US$60.0 (IBRD), Consultants for project preparation have been retained. E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Roy Mumu, Deputy Department of Agriculture, Room 301,3rd Floor, Department of Agri- Secretary (Technical) culture Bldg., Elliptical Rd., Diliman. Quezon City Philippines, Tel: (63- 2) 928-8741, Ext. 333, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Segfredo Philippines Serrano, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Planning Health, Nutrition and Population (R) Land Administration and Management II: The objectives of Health Sector Reform: The objective of the project is to support im- the project are to (a) improve land tenure security, (b) facilitate the de- plementation of the five components of the Department of Health's velopment of land markets, and (c) increase government revenues from Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA), which are health insurance, property taxes. The project will include formulating land policy and reg local health systems development, hospital development, public health dation, and developing land titling and registration systems. Appraisal services and health regulation (especially for drugs). The project will mission is under way. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for Sep- also help build capacity at the national level to support reforms at the tember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73206. local level. This will be done at four sites, with particular attention to US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Department of Envi- ensuring improved access for the poor. Project preparation is under ronment and Natural Resources, Visayas Av., Dilliman, Quezon City way. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 75464. US$ 40.0 1100 Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 925-2328, Fax: (63-2) 925-2328, E-mail: (IBRD), Consultants will be required in the areas of health system man- [email protected], Contact: Ms. Mylene Albano, Executive Director agement, planning and fmancing, social health insurance, social mar- Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Communities Development keting (for health insurance), training in health services management Program: The objective of the project is to support the expanded pi- and social health insurance, licensing of drug retailers, drug pricing loting and development of an improved modality of land reform aimed and retailing, monitoring, and evaluation. Department of Health, San at speeding up and reducing the cost of implementing the Compre- Lazaro Compound, Rizal Av., Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (632) hensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), and improving agricultural 781-8843, Fax: (632) 781-8843, E-mail [email protected],Con- productivity, The project builds on a current mechanism of voluntary tact: Dr. Ma. Virginia Guzman-Ala, Head land transfer and direct payments to: (a) empower, through technical Second Women's Health and Safe Motherhood The project will assistance and training, landless farmers and farm workers to choose support Government's continuing efforts to promote the health of and acquire agricultural lands from landowners through a land pur- women and, through them, their children. Negotiations were sched- chasing scheme that relies on negotiations between willing buyers uled for 23 August 2004, Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: and willing sellers in a decentralized administration; (b) increase the 79628. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Unified productivity of the acquired lands; and (c) improve the welfare of the PAGE 26 Monthlv Operational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 land reform beneficiaries by building on relevant lessons and experi- scheduled for late September 2004. Environmental Assessment Cate- ences from the ongoing earlier project. Project is being identified. En- gory C. US$4.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry vironmentalAssessment Category B. PID: 78252. US$40.0-50.0 (IBRD). of Education, Nukualofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) 23511, Fax: (676) 23596, Consulting services to be dekrmined. Department of Agrarian Reform, Contact: Mr. Viliami Takau, Director of Education FAPSO Building, DAR Compound, Ellipitical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 95 1-5981, Fax: (63-2) 454-2027, E-mail: jose- Vietnam [email protected], Contact: Jose Mari B. Ponce, Assistant Secretary River Basin and Watershed Management: The objectives of the Economic Management project are to enhance livelihoods and improve natural resources man- (N) Poverty Reduction Support Iv: The objective of the project is agement by (a) promoting coordinated and sustainable demand-driven to further the progress achieved under the reform agenda supported development activities supporting increased economic and agricul- by previous poverty reduction projects. Project is being identified. En- tural production and rural incomes and a sustainable resource base, vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting (b) conducting pilot work on comprehensive water resources planning services to be determined. State Bank of Vietnam, 59 LyThai To St., and management in the Bicol River Basin and, at the national level, (c) Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 934-3361, Fax: (84-4) 825-0612, E-mail: developing capacity for integrated water resources management and [email protected], Contact: Mr. Le Duc Thuy, Governor future investment, through the preparation of integrated watershed de- velopment plans in Manila and Cebu. Project preparation is under Poverty Reduction Support 111: The project will build on recent re- way. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 64974. US$ 25.0 forms and support further progress in structural and other key policy (IBRD) . Consultants have completed the Bicol River Basin Master areas. The overall framework is provided by the Comprehensive Plan and Framework and the Watershed Management Development Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy (CPRGS), which is the coun- Plans. A multi-disciplinary government preparationteam under the De- try's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Approved by the Executive Di- partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is prepar- rectors on 22 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: ing the project (DENR Manila and DENR Region V). Department of 82759. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. State Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Manila and Region V, Bank of Vietnam, 49 Ly Thai To St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 934- DENR Bldg., Rawis, Legaspi City, Albay, Tel: (63-52) 214-3886), 3361, Fax: (84-4) 825-0612, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Le Duc E-mail: [email protected];Contact: Mr. Oscar M. Hamada, Thuy, Governor Regional Executive Director Education Urban Development National EFA Plan Implementation: The objectives of the project Manila Third Sewerage: The objective of the project is to improve are to (a) expand access to universal basic education for poor and dis- sewerage and sanitation conditions in the East Zone of Metro Manila advantaged children, (b) improve educational quality through imple- Concession Area. Preappraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for mentation of minimum standards for infrastructure, teacher November 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 79661. qualifications, professional development, and management, and (c) US$64.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Metropolitan establish an enabling policy environment that will promote expanded Waterworks and Sewerage System, 4/F Administration Building, educational access and improved service delivery Concept review MWSS Complex, Katipunan Rd., Quezon City, Philippines, Tel/Fax: completed. Appraisal mission is scheduled for October 2004. Envi- (63-2) 921-2887, Contact: Mr. Leonor Cleofas, Project Management ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 85260. US$50.0 (IDA). Con- Officer sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education and Training, Urban Shelter and Community Mastructure: The objective of Suite 406, Tu Phap, Phan Ke Binh St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel/Fax: (84- the project is to assist the government to develop a financially, socially 4) 762-8946, Contact: Mr. Nguyen Quoc Chi, Coordinator and institutionally sustainable approach to improving the living con- ditions of the urban poor living in un-serviced slum and squatter set- Second Higher Education: The objectives of the project are to in- tlements. The project will support pilot schemes that will test various crease the relevance and raise the standards of higher education, in concepts that need to be resolved before a larger program can be im- response to changing economic and social needs. In particular, the pro- plemented. Decision meeting is tentatively scheduled for October ject will: (a) provide incentives for integrating university teaching and 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 77515. US$ 5.0 research in the areas of science and technology, the social sciences and (IBRD). A PHRD grant of US$ 0.25 has been approved for project the humanities: (b) improve the technical and professional capacity preparation and a consultant has been hired with the grant. Housing within higher education institutions (HEIs) and research institutes and Urban Development Coordinating Council, Makati City, Philippines, (RIs) : and (c) promote national and international cooperation enabled Tel: (63-2) 811-4116, Fax: (63-2) 811-4158, Contact: Lucille Ortile, selected HEIs and RIs to achieve wider recognition for standards of Deputy Secretary General teaching and research. Preparation mission is tentatively scheduled for late September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Timor- Les te 79665. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- istry of Education and Training, 49 Dai Co, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84- Energy and Mining 4) 869-2479, Contact: Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister (R) Power Sector: The objectives of the project are to (a) provide oil well rehabilitation and gas seep harvesting for power production in Suai Energy and Mining and Viqueque, (b) supply and install a new diesel generator in the Dili Comoro power station and (c) purchase compact fluorescent light Rural Energy 11: The objectives of the project are to improve access to good quality, affordable electricity services to rural communities, bulbs for Dili.Apfiroued by the Regional Vice President on 23 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$1.6 (Trust in an efficient and sustainable manner. The project is expected to pro- Fund). Consultants will be required. Department of Energy and Min- vide improved access to energy to about 1 million households, in- eral Resources, Unsindo I Block C15, Dili, Timor Leste, Tel: (670) cluding many living in some of the poorest communes identified in the 724-2020, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Lourenco government's special commune program. Appraisal completed. Ne- Pedro; Electricite de Timore Leste, Rua Estrada de Balide, Caicoli, Dili, gotiations were tentatively scheduled for late August 2004. Environ- Timor Leste, Tel: (670) 390 333-9254, E-mail:[email protected], mental Assessment Category B. PID: 74688. US$220.0/7.0 (IDA/GEF). Contact: Mr. Jolo Rodrigues, General Manager Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Industry, Electric- ity of Vietnam, 18 Tran Nguyen Han St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) Tonga 825-5659, Fax: (84-4) 824-9462, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Dao Van Hung, General Director: Ministry of Industry, 54 Hai Ba Education Trung St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 934-9411, Fax: (84-4) 934-9412, FitEducation: The objective of the project is to improve educational E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Hoang Trung Hai, service delivery and enhance educational quality. Concept review is Minister ~~ ~ ~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 27 Finance Rural Development The Second Payment System and Bank Modernization: The project (N) Avian Influenza Emergency Recovery (Cr. 3969-VN): aims at upgrading and expanding (a) the use of the Inter-Bank Pay objectives of the project are to (a) strengthen disease surveillance and ment System (IBPS) operated by the State Bank of Vietnam by in- diagnostic capacity in the control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza creasing the number of provincial processing centers and connecting (HPAI): (b) strengthen poultry sector infrastructure to better cope with all banks and branches operating, and (b) the commercial banks' in- serious disease outbreaks; and (c) safeguard human health by im- tra-bank payment system and client support services system by in- proving public awareness and information. Approved by the Executive creasing the number of applications and rolling out the system to Directors on 3 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. several more branches per commercial bank. Appraisal mission was PID: 88362. US$5.0 (IDA). Consultants are required to set-up and op- delayed until the end of the first quarter of FY05. Environmental As- erate community-based Surveillance networks, prepare engineering bio sessment Category C. PID: 82627. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consultants will security designs for breeding farms and training of project staff, com- be required. The State Bank ofVietnam, 28 Nguyen ChiThanh, Hanoi, mune staff and farmers on animal disease surveillance and epidemi- Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 733-0488, Fax: (84-4) 834-5180, E-mail: ology, and animal husbandry and bio security. Ministry of Agriculture [email protected], Contact: Dr. Ta Quang Tien, General Director, In- and Rural Development, Project Coordination Unit of Agricultural Di- formation Technology Department versification Project, 2 Ngoc Ha St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 733- 9290, Fax: (84-4) 733-7860, E-mail [email protected], Contact: Mr. Health, Nutrition and Population Nguyen Van Vinh, Director, Project Coordination Unit (R) Forest Sector Development (Cr. 39534"): The project sup- Health Fund for Poor: The project will finance health services for ports (a) forest policy and institutional reform: (b) forest land alloca- the poor in selected provinces while piloting mechanisms to ensure tion and issuance of land use certificates; (c) sustainable forest that financing will be self-sustaining. Appraisal mission is scheduled development and management through promotion of forest planta- for May 2005. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 82672. US$ tions and small-scale tree growing by farmers, communities, mass or- 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined, Ministry of Health, ganizations and private sector: (d) conservation fund for improving 138A Giang Vo, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel (84-4) 846-4914, Fax: (84-4) 846- management effectiveness of protected areas: and (e) project man- 4051, Contact: Mr. Duong Huy Lieu, Director, Planning and Finance agement. Approved by the Executive Directors on 8 July 2004, Loan Department signing is tentatively scheduled for 7 October 2004. Environmental As- HIV/AIDS Prevention: The objective of the project is to strengthen sessment Category B. PID: 66051,74414. US$39.5/9.0 (IDA/GEF). the HIV/AIDS program to slow its spread and mitigate its effects on Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De- socio-economic development. The project will support: (a) local pro- velopment, 2 Ngoc Ha, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 843-8689, Fax: (84- grams for prevention, (b) behavioral change communications initiatives: 4) 843-8793, Contact: Mr. Nguyen Quang Duong, Vice Director, (c) strengthening of health services delivery for HIV/AIDS and (d) Department of Forestry Development capacity building. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for late Sep (R) Water Resources Assistance (Cr. 3880-VN):The project is a tember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 82604. national program to support: (a) irrigation modernization and reform: US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of (b) dam safety and (c) integrated water resources development in the Health, 138A Giang Vo, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 934-2013, Fax: (84- Thu Bon Basin (located near Da Nang in the Central Coast). Credit 4) 934-2014, Contact: Dr. Trinh Quan Huan, General Director of Gen- signing was scheduled for late August 2004. Environmental Assessment eral Department of Preventive Medicine and HIV/AIDS Control Category A. PID: 65898. US$130.0 (IDA). Engineering design and tech- nical assistance consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture Mekong Region Health Support: The objective of the project is to and Rural Development, 2 Ngoc Ha St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel (84-4) 733- enhance the health services system with a policy framework and bet- 0782, Fax: (84-4) 824-7133, Contact: Nguyen Trong Hoang, Deputy Di- ter institutional capacity for improved quality of hospital care and pre- rector, Central Project Office vention as well as stronger mechanisms for financing catastrophic Natural Disasters Mitigation: The objectives of the project are to save curative care for the poor. Appraisal mission is scheduled for Decem- lives and protect economic assets and outputs, especially for the poor, ber 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category C. PID: 79663. US$47.0 who are often the most vulnerable to natural hazards. This would be (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health, 138A achieved by: (a) preventing natural disaster impacts: (b) improving gov- Giang Vo, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 846-4914, Fax: (84-4) 846-4051, ernment policies and strengthening national and local institutions in Contact: Mr. Duong Huy Lieu, Director of Planning and Finance De- preparedness response and long term recovery from natural disasters: partment and (c) restoring basic infrastructure in case of a major disaster and providing assistance to affected poor people. Decision meeting is Information and Communication scheduled for December 2004. Environmental Assessment Category E-Government: The objective of the project is to accelerate infor- A, PID: 73361. US$150.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry mation communication technology development in Vietnam. The pro- of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, ject will promote public sector efficiency and transparency, access, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 843-7520, Fax: (84-4) 733-0752, Contact: Dr. Le Van with emphasis in rural areas, and national and international Ecommerce, Minh. Director General Management Unit which will lead to job creation. Appraisal mission is scheduled for late Transportation February 2005, Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 79344. The objective of the pro- 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- Hanoi Urban Transport and Development: US$ ject is to develop a sustainable urban transport system consistent with ing agency(ies) to be determined continued economic growth and accessibility for all users through the establishment of high capacity busways on the major corridors of the Public Sector Governance city, development of a comprehensive urban transport policy that pro- (R) Customs Modernization:The program aims at assisting in trade vides priority to public transit, investments in road infrastructure that reform, revenue collection, foreign trade statistics collection, com- facilitate growth of public transport, and technical assistance. Project munity protection and meeting international obligations. A decision preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. meeting was scheduled for mid-September 2004. Environmental As- PID: 83581. US$ 135.0/10.0 (IDA/GEF). Consulting services are re- sessment Category to be determined. PZD: 85071. US$70.0 (IDA). Con- quired for preparation and implementation. A PHRD grant application sultants will be required.A PHRD grant agreement has been signedfor has been conditionally approved for project preparation, and a PPIAF preparation. A request for proposals has been issued. Ministry of Fi- grant is under way. GEF preparation funding has been approved. Hanoi nance, 162 Nguyen Van Cu st, Long Bien Dist. Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: Transport and Urban Public Works Service/Transport and Urban (84-4) 872-5258, Fax: (844) 872-5949, E-mail: thtkhqt3hn.unn.vn, Public Works Project Management Unit, 75 To Hien Thanh Av., 3rd, c~tomsitpro~hn.vnn.un,Contact: MKNpyen Manh Tung, Director of 4th Floor, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 974-0914, E-mail: tupmu.toan@ Project Management Unit of Technical Assistance fpt.vn, Contact: Mr. Hoang Ha, Director PAGE 28 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 Road Safety: The objective of the project is to reduce the rate of se- (R) Water Supply Development: The objective of the project is to rious injuries and deaths associated with road transportation. Prepa- expand water services to currently unserved households, irrespective ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category to be of income levels, in both large urban centers and smaller district towns. determined. US$ 25.0 (IDA). Consultants for preparation have been The project will make funds available to water companies that either selected. Ministry of TranspodNational Traffic Safety Committee, 80 achieve pre-definedlevels of performance or are willing to commit to Tran Hung Dao St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Fax: (84-4) 822-3592, E-mail: the competitive appointment of contractors to design, build and lease/op- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Bui Huynh Long, Chief Administrator erate facilities. A revolving fund will also be established to allow house- holds to invest in sanitation facilities. Appraisal mission completed. Rural Transport 111: The objective of the project is to reduce rural Negotiations are tentatively scheduledfor lute September2004.Boardpre- poverty by: (a)- improving rural access for communities to markets, sentation is tentatively scheduled for 23 November 2004. Environmen- off-farm economic opportunities and social services: (b) increasing the tal Assessment Category B. PID: 73763. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Contract with capacity at all administrative levels to plan, improve and sustain the ex- main consultant was signed on 5 June 2003. Additional consultants will isting rural transport network: and (c) supporting the development of small-scale private contractors and transport service operators. Deci- be required for project management and construction supervision. Ministry of Construction, 37 LeDai Hanh St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: sion meeting is tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Environmen- (84-4) 976 1852 or 974-0090, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. tal Assessment Category B. PID: 75407. US$ 200.0 (IDA). Consulting Pham Ngoc Thai, Director, Management Board for Water Supply and services will be required for preparation and will be paid for through Sanitation Projects a DFID Trust Fund. Additional consultants will be required during im- plementation to assist with project management and construction su- Rural Water Supply and Sanitation: The objective of the project is pervision. Project Management Unit No. 5, 278 Ton Duc Thang St., to provide essential water and sanitation infrastructure to poor people Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 851-3659/4406, Fax: in ruralareas. The project is the first in a possible series of investments (84-4) 851-0857, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Luu Van Dung, to support the National Rural Water and Sanitation Strategy and directly General Director contribute to achieving targets of 85 percent water supply coverage and 70 percent sanitation access in rural areas by 2010. Project prepara- Urban Development tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- mined. PID: 77287. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for (R) Urban Upgrading (Cr. 3887-VN): The main objectives of the project preparation. Danida is financing preparation through a paral- project are to help alleviate poverty in urban areas by improving the lel project. Additional consultants may be required for further prepa- living and environmental conditions of the urban poor using partici- ration during implementation and also to assist with project patory planning methods, and influencing planning processes to be- management, capacity building, health promotion, and construction su- come more inclusive and pro-poor. It will focus on Haiphong, Ho Chi pervision. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Center for Minh City, Can Tho and Nam Dinh. Approved by the Executive Di- Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Tel: (844) 835-5821, Fax: (844) 835- rectors on 29 April 2004. The credit and PHRD grant were signed on 8 5964, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Le Van Can, Director July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 70197. US$ 223.5 (IDA). Consultants will be required. A PHRD grant is financing consulting services to (a) assist government review and develop poli- cies relating to urban upgrading: and (b) prepare detailed engineer- ing for tertiary infrastructure improvements in low income areas (contract signed). A second PHRD grant is financing consulting ser- South Asia vices for detailed design of primary and secondary infrastructure and preparation of a Resettlement Action Plan and an Environmental Im- Afghanistan pact Assessments Plan (EN). The PHRD grants total US$ 1.8 million. Ministry of Construction, 37 Le Dai Hanh St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84- Economic Management 4) 976-0478, Fax: (84-4) 976-2 153, E-mail: urban-upgrading,moc@ (R) Programmatic Support for Institution Building I (Cr. 3963- hn.vnn.vn, Contact: Le Trong Binh, Deputy Director, Department of AF): The objective of the project is to strengthen public administra- Architecture and Rural and Urban Planning, MOC: Ho Chi Minh City tion and budget management and support selected core reforms in the Project Management Unit (PMU), 25 Pham Ngoc Thach, Ho Chi areas of human and private sector development. Approved by the Ex- Minh City, Vietnam, Tel (84-4) 824-6500, Fax: (84-4) 824-6499, Contact: ecutive Directors on 29 July 2004. Re credit was signed on 4 August 2004. Mr. Nguyen Hoang Nhan, PMU Director: Can Tho PMU, 61 Phan Dinh Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 78618. US$80.0 (IDA). Phung, Can Tho City, Vietnam, Tel: (84-71) 823-917, Fax: (84-71) 823- No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Pashtonistan Watt, 918, Mr. Phung Kim Chau, PMU Director: Nam Dinh PMU, 10 Tran Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-70) 280-706, Contact: Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Min- Dang Ninh, Nam Dinh City, Vietnam, Tel/Fax: (84-350) 864-451, Con- ister tact: Mr. Bui Van Que, PMU Director: Hai Phong PMU, 32 Ly Tu Education Trong St., Hai Phong City, Vietnam, Tel: (84-31) 842-314, Fax: (84-31) 842-021, Contact: Mr. Pham Vu Cau, PMU Director (R) Education Quality Improvement Program (H119-AF): The project aims at improving the quality of educational inputs and processes Water and Sanitation as a foundation of a long-term strategy to improve the quality of edu- cational outcomes and to promote education for girls by putting in- (R) Coastal Cities Environmental Sanitation: The objectives of centives for female teachers and students in each activity. Approved by the project are (a) sustained improvements to public health, particu- the Executive Directors on 29 July 2004. The grant was signed on 4 Au- larly for poor residents, and (b) increased growth and economic de- gust 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83964. US$ velopment. This would be achieved by reducing the incidence of 35.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of flooding, reversing environmental degradation, and strengthening the Education, Deh Afghanan, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-70) 210-0484, capacity of the urban environmental companies (URENCOs) respon- Contact: Mr. Najim Saqib, Director, Grant Management Unit sible for operating and maintaining sanitation services in the provin- cial cities of Nha Trang, Quy Nhon and Dong Hoi. Decision meeting Private Sector Development is tentatively scheduled for 8 June 2005. Environmental Assessment (N) Investment Guarantee Facility (Cr. 3968-AF): The objective Category A. PID: 82295. US$ 120.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be of the project is to stimulate private business activity and attract for- determined. Cities of Quy Mom City, Matrangand Dohn hoi, Quy Mon eign private investment in manufacturing, agribusiness, banking and City, People’s Committee, Tel: (84-5) 682-5254, Fax: (84-5) 682-6076, small-scale infrastructure projects. Approved by the Executive Directors Contact: Mr. Thai Ngoc Bich, Vice Chairman; Nha Trang City, Peo- on 29July 2004. ?%e credit was signed on 4 August2004, Environmental ple’s Committee, Tel: (84-5) 882-1129, Fax (84-5) 882-9308, Contact: Mr. Assessment Category C. PID: 88719. US$5.0 (IDA Grant). Cofinanc- Nguyen Ngoc Minh. Chairman; Dong Hoi, People’s Committee, Tel: ing of US$ 5.0 is being provided by the ADB. No consultants are re- (84-5) 282-2505, Contact: Mr. Dang DucDuc, Acting Director quired. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, 1818 HStreet, NW, SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv ODerational Summarv PAGE 29 Washington, DC 20433 USA, Tel: (1.202) 458-5467, E-mail: mkon- Health, Nutrition and Population [email protected], Contact: Monique Koning, Lead Underwriter (R) Health and Population Sector Program 11: The objective of the project is to improve the health and family welfare of the most vul- Urban Development nerable women, children and poor. Preparation review completed. En- (R) Kabul Urban Reconstruction (Cr. 3967-4: The objective vironmental Assessment Category B. US$190.0 (IDA). Consultants of the project is to pilot ways of improving infrastructure service de- will be required. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bldg. 3, Rm. livery and shelter in Kabul in order to enhance the quality of life, 341, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-6979, 861-6708, 861- health status and welfare of all segments of the population, especially 0469, Fax: (880-2) 861-9077, Contact: Mr. Wahid Khan, Joint Chief, the disadvantaged, and to support economic growth. The project will Planning also lay the groundwork for a follow-up project aimed at city-wide in- frastructure reconstruction and service delivery. Approved by the Ex- Private Sector Development ecutive Directon on 29 July 2004. ?%e credit was signed on 4August 2004. (N) Export Infrastructure 1: The objective of the project is to re- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID 83919. US$25.0 (IDA). duce the time taken to transport export and import goods between ConsultantswiU be required for implementation include engineers, plan- Dhaka and Chittagong. Project is being identified. Environmental As- ners and specialists in social and community development. Ministry sessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. of Urban Development and Housing, 3rd Macrorayan, Kabul, Bangladesh Railway, Railway Bhaban, Abdul Gani Road, Dhaka, Afghanistan, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Dr. Qiamuddin Djal- Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 956-1200, Fax: (880-2) 956-3413,Contact: Mr. lalzada, Deputy Minister: various municipalities A.F. Mustafizur Rahman, Director-General, Bangladesh Railway: Chit- tagong Port Authority, CPA Building, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tel: (880- Bangladesh 031) 712-500/712-504, Fax: (880-031) 710593, Contact: Mr. A.M.M. Shahadat Hossain, Chairman, Chittagong Port Authority Economic Management Enterprise Growth and Bank Modernization (Cr. 3917-BD): The (R) Development Support I1(Cr. 3961-BD): The project will pro- objectives of the project are to trigger (a) new jobs through private sec- vide budgetary support for the reform program of the government. tor enterprise growth and modernization of the banking system: and Approved by the Executive Directon on 27 July 2004. necredit was signed (b) reforms within the state owned enterprises (SOEs) and the na- on 3August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID 83887 tionalized commercial banks (NCBs). Approved by the Executive Di- US$200.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Fi- rectors on 8 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ nance Division, Bldg. 7, Room 238, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 250.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Finance Division, Ministry 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-2785, Fax: (880-2) 716-5581, E-mail: of Finance, Bldg. 7, Room 238, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zakir Ahmed Khan, Secretary Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-0406, Fax: (880-2) 716-5581, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Zakir Ahmed Khan, Secretary Education Private Sector Development: The objectives of the project are to (a) (R) Education Sector Development Support: The objective of the reduce regulatory barriers to private sector development, (b) facilitate project is to improve governance and performance of the education export diversification and product development, and (c) enhance skills sector including raising the quality of teachers, curricula and text- development training capacity. Project is being identified. Project Con- books. Negotiations completed. Board presentation was scheduledfir31 cept Note is being prepared. Environmental Assessment Category C. August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 77789. US$25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Com- US$ 100.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Min- merce, Bhaban 3, Room 135, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, istry of Education, Bhaban 6, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-9006, Fax: (880-2) 716-5741, E-mail: min- Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-4236, Fax: (880-2) 861-7577, Contact: M?: [email protected],Contact: Md. Aminur Rahman, Secretary Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi, Secretary, MOE Rural Development (R) Primary Education Development I1 (Cr. 3857-BD): The ob- jective of the project is to sustain achievements gained in educational Water Management Improvement: The objective of the project is quality improvement and to deepen assistance directed toward further to improve water management and services in flood- and cyclone- improving the quality of education. The credit was signed on 21 March prone areas by improving sustainability and performance of the existing 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 74966. US$150.0 flood- and cyclone-management infrastructure, establishing an en- (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Primary abling environment by facilitating institutional reform and improvement and Mass Education, Bhaban 6, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, of the BangladeshWater Development Board (BWDB) and Water Re- Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-2484, Fax: (880-2) 861-8871, Contact: Dr. sources Planning Organization (WARPO) : and enhancing stakeholder Tehmina Hussain, Secretary participation in planning, implementation, operation and maintenance. Board presentation was scheduled for 9 September 2004. Environ- (R) Reaching Out-of-School Children (HlO2-BD): The objective mental Assessment Category B. PID: 40712. US$ 84.6 (IDA). Con- of the project is to provide access to quality primary education to out- sulthgservices to be determined. WMIPIBWDB, Ansar Chamber (1 lth of-schoolchildren. negrant was signed on 30 June 2004. Environmental floor, 149), Motijheel C/A.,Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 712- Assessment Category C. PID: 86791. US$ 51.0 (IDA Grant). Consul- 1540, Fax: (880.2) 712-1537, E-Mail: [email protected], Contact: tants will be required Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, Tel: Mr. Md. Aminul Hoque, Project Director (880-2) 716-2484 and 716-7859, Fax: (880-2) 716-8871, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Rafiqul Islam, Secretary Transportation (R) Road Sector Reform: The objective ofthe project is the sustainable Energy and Mining delivery of safe, efficient major road network service. Board presen- Power Sector Development Technical Assistance (Cr. 3913- tation is scheduled for September 2005. Environmental Assessment Cat- BD, H092-BD): The objective of the project is to create, over the next egory isB. PID: 75346. US$200.0 (ZDA). Consultants will be required three years, a sound institutional foundation on which to ramp up, in firpreparation and implementation.Roads and Highways Department, a sustainable manner, the substantial public and private investments Sarak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: (88W 9554606, needed for the power sector to enhance its contribution to economic Fax: (880-2) 956-2798, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: growth and poverty alleviation. Approved by the Executive Directors M?:A.R.M. Anwar Hossein, Project Coordinator on 3 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78707. US$ 7.1/8/4 (IDA CreditADA Grant). Consulting services to be de- Water and Sanitation termined. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Power Divi- Water Supply Program (HlO1-BD): The objective of the project is sion, Building 6, Room 124, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, to provide safe water in an increasingly decentralized manner. Ap- Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-0523, Fax: (880-2) 717-3316, Contact: Mr. proved by the Executive Directors on 17 June 2004. Environmental As- S. M. Shamsul Alam, Secretary sessment Category B. PID: 86661 US$40.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants PAGE 30 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 will be required. Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development Education and Cooperatives, Local Government Division, Bldg. 6, 16th Floor, Room 1614, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh, Tel: Agricultural Higher Education Reforms: The objective of the pro ject is to implement strategic reforms in the existing system to produce (880-2) 716-6072, Fax: (880-2) 716-0371, Contact: Mr. Md. Abdullah, ' Deputy Chief, Planning Cell the required professionals. The reforms, based on the National Agri- culture Policy, focus on governance and financing of institutions, pro- motion of excellence, openness and linkages, and improved services Bhutan to stakeholders. It will also provide opportunities for greater public-pri- Environment and Natural Resources Management vate partnership. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- sessment Category B. PID: 78536. US$ 80.0/80.0 (IBRDADA). Multi-sectoralMechanisms and Incentives for Land Management: Consulting services to be determined. Education Division, Indian The project will promote innovative technical and institutional mech- Council of Agriculture Research, KrishiAnusandham Bhavan 11, Pusa, anisms to enhance sustainable land management practices with local, New Delhi 110012 India, Tel: (91-11) 2574-7760, Fax: (91-11) 2561- regional and global environmental benefits. The project aims at ad- 0403, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Dr. J. C. Katyal, Deputy Di- dressing land and watershed degradation issues through multi-sectoral rector General planning and implementation with strong participation of local re- source users and stakeholders. Project preparation is under way En- Energy and Mining vironmental Assessment Category B. US$7.5 (GEF) Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Thimphu, Bhutan, Tel: (975-23) (N) Power System Development 111: The objective of the project 22604, Fax: (975-23) 26779, Contact: Nima Wangdi, Director General, is to increase the facility for reliable power exchanges among regions Department of Aid and Debt Management and states by assisting in building a national transmission network and supporting the institutional development of POWERGRID for sus- Health, Nutrition and Population tainable development of a large transmission system. Preparation mis- (R) HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention and Control (H103-BHU): sion was tentatively scheduled for 23 August. Environmental Assessment The project aims at reducing the risk of transmission of HIV/AIDS and Category A. US$400 IBRD Consulting services to be determined. other sexually transmitted infections. The credit was signed on 11 July Power Grid Corporation of India, "Saudamini," Plot No. 2, Sector 29, 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83169. US$5.8 (IDA Near IFFCO Chowk, Gurgaon (Haryana) 122001, India, Tel: (91-124) Grant). Consultants will be needed for a feasibility study for condom 2571700-719, Fax: (91-124) 2571760/1, E-mail: arun@powergridin- social marketing, technical assistance on behavioral change commu- dia.com nications and second generation surveillance, development of sys- (N) Rural Electricity Access: The objective of the project is to de- tems for laboratory and drug information, capacity building and velop a scalable sustainable institutional models for increasing access technical assistance on the development of a national HIV/AIDS pol- to electricity services in rural areas. Preparation mission completed. icy. Ministry of Health, Thimpu, Bhutan, Tel: (975-2) 32 l-935/842/328, Environmental Assessment Category B. US$65.0 (IDA). Consultants Fax: (975-2) 326-038, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: will be required. Ministry of Power, 209 Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Richen Yoezer, Project Coordinator Marg, New Delhi 110 001 India, Tel: (91-11) 2371-5378, Fax: (91-11) 2371-7519, Contact: Mr. Ajay Shankar, Joint Secretary Private Sector Development Private Sector Development: The objective of the project is to en- Environment and Natural Resources Management hance the performance ofthe private sector to undertake a wide range Chhatiisgarh Community Forest Management: The objective of the of productive activities especially in non-traditional areas. Project prepa- project is to strengthen participatory systems of natural resource man- ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$14.0 agement and marketing to improve and sustain the livelihoods of for- (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Trade and est dependent people. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Industry, Planning and Policy Division, PO Box 141, Thimpu, Bhutan, Assessment Category B. PID: 77572. US$50.0 Consulting services to Tel: (975-2) 323-579,326-096, Fax: (975-2) 324-279,326-097, E-mail: sp be determined. State Forest Department, Village Forestry Institu- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sonam F? Wangdi, Deputy Sec- tions, PRI, Raipur 492001, Chhattisgarh. India, Tel: (0771) 221-157, retary, Planning and Policy Division: Department of Aid and Debt Fax: (0771) 331-120, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Management, PO Box 1032, Thimphu, Bhutan, Tel: (975-23) 24121, Fax: Ramprakash, Principal Secretary Forests (975-23) 26779, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Yanki T Wangchuk, Director General Madhya Pradesh Community Forest Management: The objective of the project is to facilitate a shift from Joint Forest Management Rural Development OFM) to Community Forest Management (CFM), with project com- Decentralized Rural Development: The objective of the project is ponents providing the necessary ingredients for successful CFM. Pro- to increase agricultural output and improve market access for rural com- ject preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category B. munities. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- PID: 50644. US$ 105.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. ment Category B. US$9.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Madhya Pradesh State Forest Departments, Village Ministry of Agriculture, Thimphu, Bhutan, Tel: (975-23) 27376, E-mail: Forestry Institutions, Vallabh Brawan, Bhopal 462004, India, Tel: (91- [email protected],Contact: Mr. Sangay, Sr. Forestry Economist 755) 576-593, Fax: (91-755) 763-428, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. Manoj Kumar, Principal Secretary Forests India Finance Economic Management Small- and Medium-Enterprise Financing and Development: Technical Assistance for Project Development Facility: The ob- The objective is to help participating banks gain better access to term jective of the project is to support the development of sound, policy- financing for small- and medium-enterprise (SME) lending, reduce based reform initiatives and comprehensive preparation of investment the costs and risks related to SME financing, improve the profitabil- and adjustment operations in priority sectors with high likelihood of ity of their SME business and expand SME financing while improving implementation with Bank fmancing. Negotiations have been post- the quality of their loan portfolios. Appraisal completed. Negotiations poned until further notice from the government. Environmental As- were scheduled for August 2004. Environmental Assessment Cate- sessment Category C. PID: 81663. US$ 50.0 (IDA) Consultants for gory FI. PID: 86518. US$ 120.0 IBRD). Consultants will be required. preparation have been retained Department of Economic Affairs, Min- Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) , Videocon Tower, istry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi 110001 India, Tel: (91-11) 2309- 10th FI., E-1, Rani Jhansi Road, Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi 11005 2883, Fax: (91-11) 2309-2477/2511, E-mail: [email protected]. India, Tel: (91-1 1) 2368-2469, Fax: (91-11) 2368-2461/2, E-mail: nic.in, Contact: Mr. Subhash C. Garg, Director [email protected], Contact: Mr. N. K. Madan, Dy General Manager ~ ~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 31 Health, Nutrition and Population structure to intensify and diversify production. Negotiations were sched- Inwated Disease Surveillance (Cr. 3952-IN): The objective of uled for23August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: the project is to help in the shift from a centrally driven, vertically or- 84792. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. ARIASP So- ganized disease surveillance system to one coordinated by the center ciety, GS Rd., Khanapara, Agriculture Campus, Guwahati 781022 As- and implemented by the states, districts and communities. Approved sam, India, Tel: (91-361) 233-2564, E-mail: [email protected], by the Executive Directors on 8 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Contact: Mr. Ravi Kota, Project Director Category B. PID: 73651. US$68.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required (R) Karnataka Rural Poverty Reduction and Panchayaw The ob- to (a) assess laboratory facilities; (b) estimate training needs and ca- jective of the project is to improve the capacity of rural governments pacity assessment at district, state and national levels: (c) make an in- to manage public resources for the benefit of the rural poor through stitutional assessment at central, state and district levels; and (d) (a) capacity building at the state, gram panchayats and constituents lev- prepare plans and manuals for handling medical and laboratory waste els and (b) grants for rural infrastructure to the most disadvantaged and safety issues. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Nirman gram panchayats. Apflraisal was scheduled for Sefltember 2004. Envi- Bhavan, New Delhi 110 001, India, Tel: (91-11) 301-8863, Fax: (91-11) ronmental Assessment Category B. US$150.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- 301-4252, Contact: Mr. J.V.R. Prasada Rao, Secretary vices to be determined. Department of Rural Development and Tamil Nadu Health Systems: The objective of the project is to im- Panchayats, Government of Karnataka, Vidhan Soudha, Bangalore, Kar- prove health outcomes for poor and underserved populations by (a) nataka, India, Contact: Mr. Raghunandan, Secretary increasing access to underserved populations, (b) redressing regional Jharkhand Participatory Forest Management: The objective of the imbalances and (c) increasing effectiveness through institutional de. project is to reduce rural poverty through improved forest ecosystem velopment and enhanced quality. Project is being identifed. Environ- management with community participation. It will do this by: (a) mental Assessment Category B. PID: 75058. US $100.0 (IDA). strengthening the policy, legal and organizational framework for par- Consulting services to be determined. Government ofTamil Nadu, Fort ticipatory forest management: (b) enhancing the quality of community St. George, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India, Tel (91-44) 2567-1875, Fax: institutions, including mechanisms to ensure benefits to women and (91-44) 2567-1253, Contact: Mrs. Sheela Rani Chunkath, Principal Sec- vulnerable groups; and (c) expanding the natural resource base and retary, Health returns to local communities. Project preparation is under way. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 77192. US$40.0 (IDA). Con- Law and Justice sultants will be required for preparation of feasibility studies, the Statistical Strengthening: The objective of the project is to reform environmental assessment and the social assessment. Most of these administration of the statistical system, including improvement of data are likely to be provided through specialists attached to the prepara- collection methods, and identification of new data series to keep pace tion team. Jharkhand Local Communities and State Forest Depart- with the expanding economy Project preparation has resumed and will ment, Ranchi, 834 001, Jharkhand, India, Tel: (91-654) 525-2669, Fax: incorporate recommendations of the recently published National Sta- (91-654) 625-2669, E-mail rccfJhk@rediffmail, Contact: Ms. Neelam tistics Commission Report. Environmental Assessment Category C. Nath, Principal Secretary, Department of Forests and Environment PID: 78337. Amount to be determined (IBRD). Consulting services to Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Reduction: The objec- be determined. Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation of tive of the project is to improve the livelihoods and quality of life of the India, Sardar Pate1 Bhavan, Parliament St., New Delhi 110001 India, rural poor in Tamil Nadu, particularly women and other disadvan- Tel: (91-11) 336-0889/1080, Fax: (91-1I) 334-2384, Contact: G. Raveen- taged groups, through social, economic and democratic empower- dran, Deputy Director General ment. To achieve this, the project will build the productive and non-productive assets of poor people and improve the organizational Public Sector Governance and institutional context that govern their effective use of these assets. (R) Tamil Nadu Economic Restructuring: The objective of the Project preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Cate- project is to improve the state's fiscal position, making it more effec- gory B. PID: 79708. US$ 112.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- tive in accelerating economic growth and reducing poverty. Board termined. Government of Tamil Nadu, Social Welfare Department, presentation was scheduled for 18 August 2004. Environmental As- Fort Street George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Tel: (91-44) 567-1545, sessment Category U. US$125.0/125.0 (IBRDADA). Consultants will Fax: (91-44) 567-5183,E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. C.K. be required. Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, India, Fax: (91-44) Gariyali, Secretary 2567-1252, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. N. Narayanan, Fi- nance Secretary and Development Commissioner Transpotfation Orissa Structural Adjustment I:The objective of the project is to (R) Lucknow-Muzaffqur National Highway: The project aims at lift the state from its fiscal crisis and the economic stagnation that has (a) reducing transport constraints on national economic activity, and yielded little progress against its massive poverty to a path of sus- (b) improving institutional capabilities to manage road programs, as- tained economic growth, fiscal sustainability and improved gover- sets and services on a more commercial basis. The project will finance nance. Appraisal completed. Environmental Assessment Category U. the upgrading of a 513-km national highway stretch between Luc- PID: 81882. US$50.0/50.0 (IBRD/IDA). No consultants are required. know, Uttar Pradesh and Muzaffarpur, Bihar on the East-West Corri- Government of Orissa, India, Tel: (91-674) 240-5799, Fax: (91-674) 240- dor, and support institutional strengthening actions. Appraisal completed. 5799, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. P.K. Mishra, Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 77856. US$640.0 (IBRD). Special Secretary, Finance Consultants will be required for civil works supervision and institutional Third Karnataka Economic Restructuring: The project is part of capacity building technical assistance. National Highways Authority of the multi-tranche programmatic structural adjustment loan (PSAL) India, Plots G5 and G6, Sector 10, Dwarka, New Delhi, India, Tel (91- designed to provide budgetary support to the government of Kar- 11) 2509-3527, Fax: (91-11) 2509-3518, [email protected], Con- nataka. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment tact: B.P. Kukrety, Chief General Manager, East-West Corridor Category U. PID: 75192. US$100.0/100.0 (IBRDADA). Noconsultants (R) Rural Roads: The objective of the project is to achieve broader, are required. Finance Department, Government of Karnataka, 2nd more sustainable access to markets and services for rural people. Floor, Vidhan Souda, Bangalore 560001 India, Tel: (91-80) 226-5434035- This will accelerate growth and improve quality of life in the rural ar- 3138, Fax: (91-80) 228-0520, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. eas affected. The project is intended to be implemented in two or G. Gurucharan, Secretary, Budget & Resources more states to be identified during preparation and is likely to include these components: (a) upgrade of rural roads: (b) periodic and rou- Rural Development tine maintenance of core rural road networks in districts where up (R) Assam Agricultural Competitiveness: The objective of the pro- grading is taking place; and (c) institutional development of state and ject is to improve service delivery, farmer organizations and market local government rural road agencies to enhance the management and links, supported by expansion of essential rural infrastructure. The aim financing of rural roads. Negotiations comDCeted. Boardpresentation was is to develop a market-oriented agricultural services delivery system scheduled for 23 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Cate- that can help farmers make better use of their resources and infra- gory A. PID: 77977. US$300.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required dur- PAGE 32 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 ing preparation for institutional review, environmental and social as- signed on 30 July2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: sessment and maintenance management. Consultant requirements 78550. US$69.6 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Water- during implementation are to be determined. Ministry of Rural De- shed Management Directorate, Government of Uttaranchal, Dehradun, velopment, National Rural Road Development Agency, Krishi Bhawan, India, E-mail:[email protected] New Delhi 110001 India, Tel: (91-11) 2338-9432, Fax: (91-11) 2338- Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement (In. 4730-IN): The 8191, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Vijay Kumar, IAS; Pub- objectives of the project are to: (a) launch the state government's wa- lic Works Departments in states, Contact: Joint Secretary yet to be ter supply and sanitation sector reform process, and (b) improve ur- determined ban water supply and sanitation services in the participating hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga to demonstrate that sustain- Urban Development able, efficient, commercially-oriented service can be provided. Ap (R) Andhra Pradesh Urban Poverty Reduction: The primary fo- proved by the Executive Directors on 8 April 2004. Environmental cus of the project will be on poverty reduction and the empowerment Assessment Category B. PID: 82510. US$39.5 (IBRD). A request for of the poor, protection of the most vulnerable through security mech- expressions of interest and a general procurement notice were pub- anisms and creating opportunities for the poor by building their assets lished in UNDevelopment Business No. 546 of 16 November 2000. Kar- and enabling the markets to work for them. Appraisal is scheduledfor nataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation, December 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 71250. Unity Buildings Annex, Silver Jubilee Block, Second Floor, Third Cross US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Municipal Mission Rd., Bangalore, India, 5600027, Tel: (91-80) 223-2023, Fax: Administration and Urban Development Department, Secretariat Com- (91-80) 223-2178, Contact: Mr. K.P. Krishnan, Managing Director plex, Hyderabad 500 022,India TeVFax: (91-40) 2345-0622, Contact: A.K. Maharashtra Water Sector Improvement: The objectives of the pro- Goyal, Principal Secretary, Urban Development ject are to: (a) to strengthen the state's capacity for multi-sectoral plan- Karnataka Urban Sector Reform: The objectives of the project are ning, development, and sustainable management of water resources, to: (a) foster the decentralization process among states through im- and (b) improve irrigation service delivery on a sustainable basis to proved governance and oversight of local governments; (b) enhance increase productivity of irrigated agriculture and contribute to rural the accountability and financial soundness of local urban bodies, and poverty reduction. Appraisal is scheduled for November 2004. Envi- c) improve service delivery to the urban population. Project prepara- ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: 84790. US$ 147.5/147.5 tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 79675. (IBRDADA). Consulting services to be determined. Irrigation De- US$ 160.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Urban De- partment, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400032 velopment Department, Government of Karnataka, 448,4th Floor, MS Maharashtra, India, Tel: (91-22) 2202-3038, Fax: (91-22) 2283-4335, Bldg., Dr. Ambedkar Veedhi, Bangalore 560001, India, Tel: (91-80) 2202-5446, Contact: Mr. S.V. Sodal, Secretary 225-3958, Fax: (91-80) 220-3503, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: MsShamim Banu Maldives The objective of the pro- Third Tamil Nadu Urban Development: Education ject is to improve urban infrastructure services sustainably Project prepa- ration is under way Environmental Assessment Category B. US$220.0 Integrated Human Development (Cr. 3948-MAL):The project aims (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Tamil Nadu Urban Develop at (a) improving education, health and nutrition services: (b) pro- ment Fund, Ezhilagam Annex, Canteen Block, I1 Floor, Chepauk, moting regional equity by strengthening social services and increas- Chennai 600005 India, Tel (91-44) 851-6651, Fax: (91-44) 851-6718, E- ing economic opportunities in atolls remote from Male: and (c) mail:[email protected],Contact: Mr. L. Ravikumar, Vice President concentrating services and populations on ecologically viable islands. Approved by the Executive Directors on 6 July 2004. Environmental Water and Sanitation Assessment Category B. PID: 78523. US$15.6 (IDA). Consultants are (N) Tamil Nadu Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project: required for implementation. Ministry of Education, Ghazee Bldg., The objective of the project is to expand rural communities' access to Male 20-05, Republic ofMaldives, Fax: (960) 315-474,321-201, E-mail: improved and sustainable water supply and sanitation services in Tamil [email protected], Contact: Shehenaz Abdullah, Assistant Director Nadu. Project preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. US$150.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. TWAD House, Nepal 31, Kamraja Salai, Chepauk, Chennai 600005 India, Tel: (91-44) 2852- Education 4907, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr Vibhu Nayar, Project (R) Higher Education II [formerly Higher Secondary Education]: Director The project will support higher education reforms. The areas ofgreat- (R) Hydrology Phase 11: The objective of the project is to promote est emphasis will be decentralization, financial assistance to students effective and efficient use of the Hydrologic Information System by all and quality assurance. Project has not been identified. Environmental concerned water data users in water resources planning and man- Assessment Category C. US$20.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be agement to increase productivity, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of wa- determined. Ministry of Education and Sports, Keshar Mahal, Kath- ter related investments. Boardpresentationwas scheduledfor24August mandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 441 1-599, Contact: MK Vidyadhar Mallik, 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 84632. US$120.0 Secretary (IBRD) No consultants are required. Ministry of Water Resources, Com- . Education for All (Cr. 3956-NEP): The objective of the project is missioner (GW and MI), Shram Shakthi Bhavan, Rafi Marg, New to consolidate institutional capacities at national, district and school lev- Delhi 110001 India, Tel: (91-11) 2461-7060, Fax: (91-11) 2469-4752, els to plan and deliver more efficient and better quality education ser- Contact: S. K. Chaudhary, Commissioner vices and to raise primary school quality. It will address human and (R) Madhya Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring: The objective physical requirements to universalize primary education, and ensure of the project is to improve productivity of water for the enhancement that school improvement strategies are in place. Credit was signed on of socially and environmentally sustainable growth and poverty re- 9 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 74633. duction. The project will be further defined subsequent to a sector study US$50.0 (IDA). Cofinancing is expected from Denmark, Finland, Nor- currently ongoing with the Asian Development Bank, which will also way and the United Kingdom. Consultants will be required. Ministry likely co-finance the project. Negotiations completed. Boardpresentation of Education and Sports, Keshar Mahal, Kantipath. Kathmandu, Nepal, was scheduledfor 7 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- Tel (977-1) 441-1599, Fax: (977-1) 441-4887, E-mail:[email protected], egory A. PID: 73370. US$244.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Contact: Mr. Vidhyadhar Mallik, Secretary termined. Government ofMadhya Pradesh, India, Tel: (91-755) 760-851, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. J.K. Tiwari Health, Nutrition and Population (R) Uttaranchal Decentralized Watershed Development (Cr. Health Sector Program: The project aims to expand access to, and 3907-IN):The objective of the project is to improve the productivity increase use of essential health care services, especially by under- of resources through institutionally and ecologically sustainable ap served populations. This will be achieved by strengthening service de- proaches that are participatory and socially inclusive. The credit was livery through greater local authority over service provision, SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 33 public/private partnerships, and institutional capacity building and services for rolling out the accounting system. The need for other management development. Negotiations completed. Board presentation consultants has not been identified. Auditor General/Controller Gen- was tentatively scheduled for 9 September 2004. Environmental As- eral of Accounts, Audit House, Constitution Av., G-5 Islamabad, Pak- sessment Category B. PID: 40613. US$ 50.0 (IDA), Consultants will istan, Tel: (92-51) 922-4080, Fax: (92-51) 922-5243, E-mail: psagp@ be required. Ministry of Health, Ramshah Path, Kathmandu, Nepal, hotmail.com, Contact: Mr. Yunis Khan, Auditor General Tel: (977-1) 426-2590, Fax: (977-1) 426-2896, E-mail: hesru@wlink. com.np, Contact: Mr. Lokman Singh Karki, Secretary Health, Nutrition and Population (N) Partnership for Polio Eradication (Supplemental): The ob- Social Protection jectives of the project are to (a) continue the Partnership for Polio Erad- Poverty Alleviation Fund (HO91-NEP): The objective of the pro- ication and (b) procure Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) for the Polio ject is to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor and socially Eradication Initiative. Board presentation was scheduled for 14 Sep excluded by (a) creating infrastructure, employment and income-gen- tember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$21.5 (IDA). erating opportunities in the most depressed villages and habitations; No consultants are required. Ministry of Health, National Expanded (b) enhancing the capacity of local governments, particularly vil- Program on Immunization, Chak Shehazad, Islamabad,Tel: (92-51) 925- lage development committees, to provide and sustain services for poor 5101, Fax: (92-51) 925-5216. E-mail: [email protected], and socially excluded groups; and (c) creating an instrument where Contact: Dr. Rehan Hafiz, National Program Manager donors can come together in a coordinated manner and under gov- Law and Justice ernment's oversight to target programs to the rural poor. Approved by the Executive Directors on 1June 2004. Environmental Assess- NorthWest Frontier Province Structural Adjustment 11: The ob- ment Category B. PID: 81968. US$15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting ser- jective of the project is to support the provincial government's imple- vices to be determined. Poverty Alleviation Fund, National Planning mentation of reforms to improve fiscal and financial management, Commission, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel (977-1) 422-9070, governance and public service delivery in education, health, rural de- Fax: (977-1) 424-0171, E-mail: [email protected], velopment and the regulatory framework for private sector develop- [email protected], Contact: Dr. Shankar Sharma, Vice Chairman ment. Approved by the Executive Directors on 22 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 79635. US$90.0 (IDA). Transportation No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Government of (R) Rural Access Improvement: The project is designed to repli- NWFP, Civil Secretariat, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-0334, cate and scale up the Rural Infrastructure LIL (Cr. 3215-NP). The ob- Fax: (92-91) 921-1134, Contact: Mr. Zia LU Rehman, Secretary of Finance jective is to provide rural communities with sustainable physical access Sidh Structural Adjustment 11: The objective of the project is to to economic opportunities and social services, giving priorities to com- finance implementation of reforms to improve fiscal and financial man- munities with the greatest need for access. Appraisal is scheduled for agement, governance, public service delivery, and the state's regula. October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83923. tory framework, Project preparation is under way. Environmental US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Lo- Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- cal Development, Department of Local Infrastructure and Development quired in the following areas: (a) improvement of fiscal and financial and Agriculture Roads (DOLIDAR), Jawalakhel, Latitpur, Nepal, Tel: management: (b) financial resource mobilization and institutional de- (977-1) 554-6524, Fax: (977-1) 531-850, E-mail [email protected], velopment; (c) capacity building of core government departments: Contact: Sohan Sundar Shrestha, Director General (d) reconciliation of public accounts: (e) information technology spe- cialist work; and (0 technical support. Consulting services are to be Water and Sanitation financed through PHRD grant TF050806. Department of Finance, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation I1 (Cr. 3911-NEP): The ob- Government of Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 920-6512, Fax: jectives of the project are to: (a) improve sector institutional performance (92-21) 920-6511, Contact: Mr. Fazal ur Rehman, Additional Chief Sec- and mainstream the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fund Devel- retary, Finance opment Board approach in the government's system: and (b) support communities to form inclusive local water supply and sanitation user Public Sector Governance groups that can plan, implement and operate drinking water supply and Poverty Reduction Support: The project is designed to support im- sanitation infrastructure that delivers sustainable health, hygiene and plementation of the country's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) productivity benefits to rural households. Credit signing was tentatively in four major areas: (a) accelerating economic growth and maintain- scheduled for mid-August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category ing macroeconomic stability; (b) improving governance and support- B. PID: 71285. US$25.3 (IDA). No consultants are needed. Rural Wa- ing devolution to the provincial and local levels: (c) investing in human ter Supply and Sanitation Fund Development Board, PO Box 12414, capital and reducing gender gaps: and (d) strengthening social safety Panipokhari, Lazimpat, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1)441.4529,441- nets. Board presentation was scheduled for 2 September 2004. Envi- 0761, 441-5856, 441-8611, Fax: (977-1) 441-7899, E-mail: khaskosh@ ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78806 US$300.0 (IDA). Con- wlink.com.np, Contact: Mr. Aqun Nursing Rayamajhi, Executive sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Block C, Rm. Director 308, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 921-0629, Fax: (92-51) 920-6029, Contact: Dr. Waqar Masood Khan, Secretary, Pa kisfan Economic Affairs Division Finance Tau Administration Reform: The objective of the project is to build a modern tax system that will be administered effectively and will fa- Banking Sector Adjustment: The project will support balance sheet cilitate and improve voluntary compliance with tax laws. Appraisal restructuring of Habib Bank Ltd., Allied Bank Ltd. and Industrial De- mission completed. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: velopment Bank of Pakistan, after privatization. Preparation mission 77306. US$ 102.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Cen- completed. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$300.0 (IDA). tral Board ofRevenue, Constitution Av., Tel: (92-51) 920-7540/50, Fax: No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Pakistan Secre- (92-51) 920-8864, Contact: M. S. Lal, Member Tax Policy and Reforms tariat, Block Q,Islamabad, Pakistan. Tel: (92-51) 921-1518, Fax: (92-51) 920-8158, Contact: Thaseen Khan Iqbal Rural Development Improvement of Fhancial Reporting and Auditing Ik The objective (R) Punjab Barrage Safety: The objective of the project is to prevent of the project is to increase the accuracy, completeness, reliability and disastrous barrage failure and therefore provide reliable water supply timeliness of public sector financial reports. The project directly sup for irrigation and drinking, which will enhance farmers' incomes and ports the government's commitment to improve public financial man- benefit millions of people in the poor rural areas of the province. Ap- agement, accountability, and transparency, facilitate public oversight praisal mission was scheduled for midSeptember 2004. Environmental and increase credibility internationally. Preappraisal mission com- Assessment Category B. PID: 88994. US$130.0 (IBRD). Consultants pleted. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 76872. US$80.0 will be required. Irrigation & Power Department, Punjab Province, Old (IDA), Consultants, who have been appointed, will continue providing Anarkali, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 921-2091, Fax: (92-42) 921- PAGE 34 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004

0675, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Ehsan Sardar, Chief En- Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 268-8947, Fax: (94-11) 268-2029, E-mail:batuwita@slt- gineer and Provincial Coordinator net.lk (R) Punjab On-Farm Water Management: The objective of the pro- Social Protection ject is to increase agricultural productivity and farm incomes by im- proving irrigation water efficiency and management in tertiary level Poverty Reduction Support 11: The project, the second of a series irrigation systems (water courses) and on member farm fields. Pro- of annual adjustment operations, will focus on rural development and ject preparation is suspended pending government decision on which welfare reforms. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- mode ofjnance to request (IDA or IBRD). Environmental Assessment sessment Category C. US$125.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Category B. PID: 84551. US$88.4 (IDA). Consultants will be required termined. Ministry of Finance, Secretariat Bldg., Colombo 01, Sri for monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance and project manage- Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 2431-761, Fax: (94-11) 2449-823, Contact: Mr. ment support. Directorate of Water Management, Agriculture De- Charitha Ratwatte, Secretary partment, Government of Punjab, 21 Agha Khan Road, Lohore, Pakistan, Transportation Tel: (92-42) 930-0703, Fax: (92-42) 920-0702, Contact: Mr. Mushtaq A.Gill. Director General, Water Management Road Sector Assistance: The objective of the project is to provide beneficiaries with improved and sustainable road transport by en- (R) Si& On-Farm Water Management (Cr. 3905-PAK): The hancing the durability, efficiency and economic impact of the national project focuses on water management improvements and institutional road network in use. The project will also set out the framework for reforms in the irrigation sector. The project includes (a) a social mo- improving the institutional capacity of the decentralized governance bilization and capacity building program for developing effective farm- system for rural road infrastructure maintenance and rehabilitation. ers' organizations; (b) improvement and rehabilitationof distributaries, Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- minors and watercourses; (c) agricultural productivity enhancement gory A. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services are being procured. measures: (d) monitoring and evaluation: and (e) project manage- Road Development Authority, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. ment support. The credit was signed on 27 July 2004. Environmental Paskaran, Project Director Assessment Category B. PID: 78997. US$61.1 (IDA) I Consultants will be required for monitoring and evaluation, quality assurance and pro- Urban Development ject management support. Sindh On-Farm Water Management Di- North East Housing Reconstruction: The program will support the rectorate, Agriculture Department, Government of Sindh, Block C, borrower and other stakeholders in providing the poorest conflict-af- Shahbaz Bldg., Thandi Sarak, Hyderabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-221) 920- fected families with improved and affordable housing units in the 0045, Fax: (92-221) 920-0052, Contact: Mr. Rao Abdul Jabbar Khan, Di- North East. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- rector General, Agricultural Engineering and Water Management ment Category B. PID: 83932. US$75.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. North East Housing Reconstruction Unit, Provincial Water and Sanitation Ministry of Rehabilitation, North East Provincial Council, 56, Central (R) "P Community InfrastructureServices II (Cr. 3906-Pw Rd., Orrs Hill, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-26) 222-5336, Fax: (94- The project will be a demand led local infrastructure and services pro- 26) 222-5335, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Rangarajah, gram. Its key feature will be partnerships between local governments Chief Secretary and their communities. Signing was tentatively scheduled for mid-Au- gust 2004. EnvironmentalAssesFment CategoryB. PID 82621. US$37.1 Water and Sanitation (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Local Gov- (R) North-East Irrigated Agriculture 11: The objective of the pro- ernment, North West Frontier Province, 3rd Floor PDA Commercial ject is to help conflict-affected communities in the North-East Province Complex Block A, PH V Hayatabad, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan, Tel: and adjoining areas to restore livelihoods, enhance production and in- (92-91) 921-7347, Fax: (92-91) 921-7350, E-mail: [email protected] comes, and build their capacity for sustainable social and economic rein- sats.net.pk, Contact: Mr. Wakil Khan Afridi, Secretary; Tehsils Municipal tegration. This is a follow-up operation to the ongoing North-East Administration, Contact: Dr. Jamal Nasir, Director General CIP; Citi- Irrigated Agriculture Project. The credit was signed on 23July 2004. zen's Community Boards Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86747. US$60.0 (IDA). Sin& Water Sector Improvement: The objective of the project is Consultants will be required. Project Management Unit, North-East to improve water productivity through the reform agenda and require Provincial Council, 171 Power House Rd., Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, investments leading to a better management system that links the Tel: (94-26) 222-4005, Fax: (94-26) 222-4006, E-mail: [email protected] canal command areas, the distributary and the watercourse level. Pro- ject preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 84302. US$ 140.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Sindh Ir- rigation and Drainage Authority, 13 Ch Khaligu Zaman Rd., Clilon, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 920-0647, Fax: (92-21) 925-1255, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ijaz Qureshi, Acting Managing Di- Europe and Central Asia rector, Irrigation and Power Department Albania Sri Lanka Economic Management Information and Communication (R) Poverty Reduction Support 3:The objective of the project is to E-Sri Lanka Development: The objective of the project is to promote support development and implementation of fiscally sustainable poli- effective use of information and communication technology as an en- cies within the framework of the government's three-year National Strat- abler for development throughout key sectors of the economy. Nego- egy for Social and Economic Development, that support a higher tiations completed. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 81771. quality of life (especially for the poor), and that are consistent with the US$53.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. ICT Agency, country's overall growth strategy.Appraisa1completed. Negotiations were No. 561/3, Elvitigala Mw. Colombo 5, Sri Lanka, Tel (94-1) 510-550/554, tentatively scheduled for the first week of September 2004. Environmen- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Manju Haththotuwa, CEO tal Assessment Category A. PID: 83337 US$ 10.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Deshmoret e Kombit" Blvd., Tirana, Rural Development Albania, Tel: (355-42) 28373, Fax: (355-42) 58435, E-mail deputy.min- (R) Community Development and Livelihood Improvement [email protected],Contact: Ms. Adriana Berberi (H078-CD): The objective of the project is to enable the rural poor to improve their livelihood and quality of life. Thegrant was signed on Environment and Natural Resources Management 29 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 74872. Butrint National Park Global Biodiversity and Heritage Con- US$ 51.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Gemi servation:The project aims at (a) connecting biodiversity conserva- Foundation, c/o Ministry of Samurdhi, 7A Reid Av., Colombo 7 Sri tion and sustainable ecosystem management with conservation of SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv ODerational Summarv PAGE 35 world heritage in the Butrint aquatic and wetland complex, and (b) mo- Rural Development bilizing donors’ support for long-term financing of the park complex. (N) Rural Enterprise and Small-Scale Commercial Agriculture Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Development: The project seeks to improve farmers’ and rural en- gory C. PID: 85089 US$ 1.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be deter- trepreneurs’ ability to access markets and increase employment op- mined. Butrint National Park, Office for Administration and Coordination portunities by stimulating market-oriented investments in rural areas. to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Blvd. “Deshmoret e Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Kombit,” Tirana, Albania, Tel/Fax: (355-7) 324-600, E-mail: visit- gory B. PID: 8701 1 US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- [email protected], Contact: Auron Tare, Director mined. Ministry of Agriculture, 375010, Republic Square, Government Coastal Zone Development and C1eanup:The objective is to pro- Bldg. 3, Yerevan 10 Armenia, Tel: (374-1) 52-48-34,Contact: Mr. David tect coastal and marine natural resources and promote sustainable Lokyan, Minister tourism development. Project is being identified. Environmental As- (R) Agricultural Reform Support (Supplemental) (Cr. 3035- sessment Category A. PID: 86807. US$9.0 (IDA). Consulting services AM): The additional activities foreseen under this supplemental credit to be determined. Ministry of Economy, 2, Zhana D’Ark Blvd., Tirana, are targeted at helping small farmers recover from the devastating frost Albania, Tel (355-42) 28442, Fax: (355-42) 22655, Contact: Prof. Dr. Anas- of December 2002, replenishing funds reallocated as an early response tas Angjeli, Minister to the frost damage and spearheading the effort to put in place a last- Natural Resource Development: The project will focus on micro- ing response to horticulture’s vulnerability to frost. The credit was catchments in mountain and hilly areas. Its objective will be for par- signed on l4June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ticipating communities and community members to adopt sustainable 88262. US$ 1.7 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Agri- natural resource management practices, leading to enhanced pro- culture, PIU, 74, Teryan St., Yerevan 375009 Armenia, Tel: (374-1) ductivity and incomes, reduced soil degradation, improved water qual- 548-090, Fax: (374-1) 544-528, E-mail [email protected], Contact: Mr. ity and conservation of critical ecosystems. Project preparation is Levon Aghamyan, PIU Director under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: 82375/89061. Irrigation Dam Safety 2 (Cr. 3922-AM): The objective of the pro- US$ 7.0/4.8 (IDA/GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Di- ject is to broaden to a larger number of areas the benefits of the on- rectorate of Agricultural Projects and Rural Development, Rruga “Sami going Dam Safety project, protecting the population and the Frasheri”, No. 4, Tirana e Re, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-42) 27186, socio-economic infrastructure downstream from dams facing the high- Fax: (355-42) 32571, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Haki est risk of failure. Approved by the Executive Directors on 10 June 2004. Kola, Director, Project Preparation Unit Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 88499. US$ 6.8 (IDA). Water and Sanitation No consultants are required. State Committee for Water Management, Vardanants 13A, Yerevan 375010 Armenia, Tel: (374-1) 540-642, Fax: (R) Water Resource Management (Cr. 3914-ALB): The objective (374-1) 540-472, [email protected], Contact: Tigran Kalan- of the project is to increase the contribution of water resources to sus- taryan, Deputy Project Director tainable economic growth by improving the management of irrigation and other water resources. The credit was signed on 29 July 2004. En- Social Protection vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82128 US$15.0 (IDA). Con- (R) Social Protection Mstration(Cr. 3921-AM):The objective sultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Scanderbeg is to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of the public em- Square, Tirana, Albania, Tel/Fax: (355-42) 24597, E-mail: arben- ployment, pension and social assistance agencies’ services to provide [email protected], Contact: Mr. Gjergji Sotiri, Director of Water Man- enhanced social protection to the poor and vulnerable. The credit was agement signed on 30 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 87620. US$5.2 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Labor Armenia and Social Issues, Republic Square, Government House 1, Yerevan Economic Management 375010 Armenia, Tel: (374-1) 523-471, E-mail: [email protected], Con- (R) Poverty Reduction Support: The objective is to implement the tact: Mr. Robert Harutyunyan, Director social sector reform strategy and create a competitive private sector Water and Sanitation economy Appraisal was scheduled for September 2004. Environmen- (R) Yerevan Water and Wastewater Services: The project will con- tal Assessment Category C. PID: 78673. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants tinue work initiated by the Municipal Development projects and im- will be required in social sector reform and capital market development. prove the efficiency, management, operation, delivery, and financial Ministry of Finance and Economy, Government House, Republic sustainability ofwater and wastewater services for the Yerevan service Square, Yerevan 375010 Armenia, Tel: (374-2) 523-471, 505-113, Fax: area. Project preparation b under wuy Environmental Assessment Cat- (374-1) 151-736,528-742, Contact: Vardun Khachatryan, Minister ofFi- egory FI. PID: 87641. US$20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required Mu- nance and Economy nicipal Development Project Implementation Unit, S.I., 8 Vardanants Health, Nutrition and Population Blind Alley, Floor 8, Yerevan 375010 Armenia, Tel: (374-1) 522-795, Fax: (374-1) 547-072, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. V. Avoyan (R) Health System Modernization (Cr. 3920-AM): This project is the first phase of a two-phase APL to develop the health sector. The Azerbaijan program is expected to last seven years. The credit was signed on 30 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73974. US$ Economic Management 19.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Health, Toumanyan Poverty Reduction Support: The objective of the project is to de- St., 8 Yerevan 37500 Armenia, Tel: (374-1) 564-156, Fax: (374-1) 564- velop and implement, within the framework of the government’s 156, [email protected], Contact: Sergey Khachatryan, Health poverty reduction strategy, fiscally sustainable policies that support a PIU Director higher quality of life, especially for the poor, and that are consistent with the country’s overall growth stratea, Negotiations are tentatively Public Sector Governance scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. (R) Public Sector Modernization (Cr. 3891-AM): The project PID: 74938. US$ 20.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Imple- supports the public sector reform program including: (a) strengthen- menting agency(ies) to be determined ing human resource management, (b) improving policy management capacity, (c) strengthening financial accountability and (d) enhancing Energy and Mining capacities of local governments. The credit was signed on 30 July2004. Power Transmission: The project aims at establishing an efficient Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 60786. US$ 10.2 (IDA). and financially viable power transmission system by creating a central No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Economy, Gov- dispatch facility with energy management capability and rehabilitating ernment House House-1, Republic Square, Yerevan 375010 Armenia, the existing power transmission grid. Project processing is continuing. Tel: (374-1) 595-304,521-459,Contact: Manuk Topuzyan, Chief of Staff Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83341. US$40.0 (IBRD), of the Prime Minister Consultants will be required Azerenerji JSC, 10, Academician Abdul PAGE 36 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 Kerim Ali Zadeh st, Baku, AZ 1005, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 984-184, ica 1, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-51) 218-417 (RS), Fax: (994-12) 985-523, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. Tey (387-33) 665-261 (Fed.), Fax: (387-51) 218-416 (RS), (387-33) 471-767 yar Ibrahimov, Project Director (Fed.), E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Environment and Natural Resources Management Environment and Natural Resources Management Natural Parks and Natural Resources: The objective of the pro- Biodiversity Conservation: The objective is to increase the area un- ject is for mountain communities and local authorities in the Shah der formal protection status in forest and mountain ecosystems, and Dag Greater Caucasus area to adopt environmentally responsible prac- to develop mechanisms to conserve these ecosystems over the long tices of forestry, grazing and energy consumption. This will serve to term. Project preparation is under way. A PCN meeting has been held. demonstrate how environmentally responsible natural resource man- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87094. US$4.0 (GEF). agement can improve living conditions in rural communities. The An Austrian trust fund for preparation has been requested. Consult- global objective is to conserve the existing biodiversity, reverse land ing services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Water Man- degradation, and improve energy supply and efficiency This would be agement and Forestry, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Trampina br.4/1, achieved by promoting adoption of integrated ecosystem manage- Sarajevo 71000 Bosnia and Herzegovina,Tel(387-33) 213-098, Fax: (387- ment (IEM) concepts in policy, planning and implementation of de- 33) 213-099, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Alojz Dundjer, velopment activities. Project preparation is under way. Environmental PIU Director: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Manage- Assessment Category B. PID: 66199. US$8.0/5.0 (IDA/GEF). Con- ment, Republika Srpska, Kralja Petra IKaradjordjevica 135-137,Banja sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Ecology and Natural Luka 78000 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel/Fax: (387-51) 319-675,E-mail: Resources, Bakhram Agaev, 100 A, 370073 Baku, Azerbaijan: Tel: (994- piussume@inecco,net, Contact: Mr. Zeljko Stojanovic, PIU Director 12) 925-294: Fax: (994-12) 385-454: Contact: Mr. Gussein Bagirov, Minister Public Sector Governance (R) Economic Management Structural Adjustment (Cr. 3925- Finance BOS): The project is aimed at (a) reducing the excess burden of gov- Market Services Development: The project will provide infra- ernment in the economy by rationalizing public spending, and (b) structure and technical assistance to improve access to financial ser- improving efficiency and equity through expenditure restructuring and vices in rural areas, via interconnectivity, skills, systems and interface better governance in the management of public resources. The credit with national payment system. Project preparation is under way. En- was singed on 21 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category U. vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 81616. US$ 12.3 (IDA). PID: 71039. US$34.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required in the areas Consultants will be required for preparation and implementation. Na- of education financing and fiscal decentralization. Federation of BIH tional Bank of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 973-970, Fax: Ministry of Finance, Mehmed Spahe 5, Sarajevo 71000 Bosnia and (994-12) 935-541 Herzegovina, Tel (387-33) 203-147, Fax: (387-33) 203-152, Contact: Mr. Dragan Vrankic, Minister: Republika Srpska Ministry of Finance, Rural Development Vuka Karadzica 5, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-51) Rural Investment (Cr. 3912-AZ): The objective of the project is to 331-350, Fax: (387-51) 331-361, Contact: Mr. Branko Krsmanovic, enable rural communities and municipalities to prioritize, deliver and Minister manage basic municipal services. The project will finance investments Social Protection in the construction, operation and maintenance ofselected community infrastructure and provide support for local capacity building. Ap- (R) Second Employment Support (Cr. 3927-BOS): The project proved by the Executive Directors on 3 June 2004. Environmental As- will provide employment services for an estimated 10,000 people and sessment Category FI. PID: 76234. US$15.0 (IDA). Consultants have further the reform agenda to bring behavioral and business change been selected. Agency to Support the Development of the Agriculture to employment services by focusing their delivery of effective job bro- Private Sector, Project Preparation Unit under the Cabinet of Minis- kerage services and employment assistance programs, and providing ters, 40 U. Hadjibekov St., Government House, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: analytical and information services. The credit was signed on 21 July (994-12) 934-693, Fax: (994-12) 981-395, E-mail:[email protected], 2004. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 84596. US$12.0 Contact: Mr. Vagif Aslan Huseynov, Director (IDA). Consultants will be required for implementation. Project Im- plementation Unit in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Antuna Social Protection Branka Simica 4, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-71) 655- Pension and Social Assistance (Cr. 3923-AZ): The objective is to 155, Fax: (387-71) 655-155, E-mail: [email protected], sbogunovic@rs- reform administration of the social insurance and social assistance def.org programs. Approved by the Executive Directors on 10 June 2004. En- (R) Second Social Sector Adjustment (Cr. 3926-BOS): The ob- vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 49892. US$ 10.0 (IDA). jective of the project is to facilitate policy reforms in (a) veterans' ben- Consultants will be required in the areas of pension policy and ad- efits, (b) social safety net, (c) unemployment administration and (d) ministration, physical inventory of offices and equipment, business disability policy. The credit was signed on 21 July 2004. Environmental processes, information technology design and installation, works su- Assessment Category C. PID: 70992. US$51.0 (IDA). Bank is admin- pervision, public education campaigns, capacity building for social istering a PHRD grant. Additional consultants will be required. For the policy development and project implementation and management, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ministry of Finance, Mehmeda Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, 9th Floor, Spahe 5, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 203- Government House, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 931-203, Fax: (944- 147, Fax: (387-33) 203-152, Contact: H. E. Franjo Franjic, Deputy Prime 12) 939-472, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Yashar Gamza- Minister and Minister of Finance: for Republika Srpska: Ministry of yev, Grant Implementation Coordinator Finance, Vuka Karadzica 4, Banja Luka, 78000 Bosnia and Herzegov- ina, Tel: (387-51) 331-350, Fax: (387-51) 331-361, Contact: H. E. Simeun Bosnia and Herzegovina Vilendecic, Minister Education Water and Sanitation Education Restructuring:The objectives of the project are to (a) in- (R) Urban hhstructure and Service Delivery (Cr. 3954-BOS): crease participation in secondary education and access to tertiary ed- The objective of the project is to improve the quality and reliability of ucation: and (b) improve the efficiency of secondary and higher delivery of basic infrastructure services in urban areas, thereby prompt- education delivery, which will allow public funding to be refocused on ing significant improvements in the livelihood of the beneficiary pop improving access and quality in the system. Board presentation is dation and improving the prospects for local economic development. scheduled for December 2004. Environmental Assessment Category Approved by the Executive Directors on 8 July 2004. Environmental C. PID: 79226. US$12.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for higher Assessment Category B. PID: 83353. US$20.0 (IDA). Consultants will educationand general education finance, higher education restructuring be required for technical assistance, training, design and supervision and secondary education. Project Coordination Units, Vuka Karadz- of works, and project audits. Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv Operational Summarv PAGE 37 Relations, Musala 9,71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Henegovnia, TeVFax: ius St., 17-19, Sofia 1202 Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 9405-455, Fax: (359-2) (387-33) 445-911, Contact: Dusanka Divcic, Project Coordinator 987-2517 (R) Water Quality Protection: The project will support the interna- tional water way protection for the Bosnia and Neretva Rivers water Croatia quality program. GEF financing will be secured from the Black Sea Energy and Mining Danube program for the Bosnia River. New GEF financing is for the Neretva River. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- Renewable En- Resources: The project wiU start with the objective of assisting the government in developing a rational policy framework sessment Category B. PID: 85112. US$1.5/8.5 (IBRD/GEF) I Consulting services to be determined. JP Vodovod, Dr. Ile Budaka 106: Mostar, for renewable energy and will help develop an economically and en- Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tel: (387-088) 318-329. Fax: (387-088) 315-016, vironmentally sustainable market for renewable energy resources. E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Enes Alagic, Project Coordinator, The project’s global objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Vodoprivreda Sarajevo and Mostar by overcoming barriers to implementation of renewable energy. Pro- ject processing is continuing. Environmental Assessment Category FI. Bulgaria PID: 71464. US$6.0 (GEF) I Consultantswill be required. Hrvatska Elec- troprivreda Ltd. (HEP), Ulica Grada Vukovara 31,10000 Zagreb, Croa- Energy and Mining tia, Tel (385-1) 632-2302,Fax: (385-1) 617-0478, E-mail:gordanalucic@ (R) Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support a large increase hep.hr, Contact: Mr. Gordana Lucic, ESO Team Leader, Development in energy efficiency investment through the establishment of a self- Department sustaining and market-based financing mechanism. Financially prof- itable energy efficiency projects will be developed and implemented Health, Nutrition and Population to provide sustainable and increasing reductions in green house gas Sustainable Health System: The objective of the project is to improve emissions without relying on public subsidy. Project processing is con- the performance of the health system by making it more efficient, en- tinuing. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 84831. US$ hancing appropriate financial protection for the population, and adding 1.5/10.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of En- incentives that will be catalysts for change in the delivery system. Pro- ergy and Energy Resources, 8 Triaditza Str., Sofia 1040 Bulgaria, ject preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category to Tel/Fax: (359-2) 988-3216, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. be determined. PID: 86669. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Kostadinka Todorova, Director, Energy Strategy Directorate, MEER, needed in the areas of: health finance, health service delivery, public Head of Project Preparation Unit health promotion and capacity building. Ministry of Health and Social Public Sector Governance Welfare, Ksaver 200, Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 460-7517, Fax: (385- 1) 460-7520, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Dr. Nikola Benic, Project Third Programmatic Adjustment: The objective is to reduce Management Unit poverty and empower the population, especially the poor, to partic- ipate in economic growth by investing in human capital, strengthening Private Sector Development social programs and making them more effective, implementing an (R) Programmatic Adjustment: The objective of the project is to en- anti-corruption strategy and reforming public administration and hance economicgrowth by reducing the size and improuiw efjciency of the judiciary. Board presentation is scheduled for 17 May 2005. Envi- the public sector, and by encouraging greater private sector activity and ronmental Assessment Category to be determined. PID: 78675 US$ productivity. Project is being preappraised. Environmental Assessment 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants for preparation in the education, labor mar- Category U. PID: 82278. US$ 100.0 (IBRD), Consulting services to be ket, health, and social protection areas will be financed by a PHRD determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined grant, Council for Structural Policy, 1 DondukovBlvd., Sofia 1594 Bul- garia, Tel: (359-2) 940-2143. Fax: (359-2) 980-7707, Contact: Zinaida Science and Technology: The objectives of the project are to (a) Veleva, Director, European Integration and Relations with IFIs, Coun- strengthen and restructure research and development institutions to cil of Ministers achieve higher levels of applied research and increase their self-suffi- ciency; and (b) to increase the ability of beneficiary enterprises to de- Rural Development velop, use and adapt technology. Appraisal mission was tentatively Forest Development: The objective of the project is to maximize the scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category value of forest resources to the national economy and maximize for- C. PID: 80258. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will include ac- est related opportunities and benefits for the rural population through tivities related to institutional building of RDIs and Business Innova- reformulated and sustainable management in private, communal, and tion Center of Croatia (BICRO); development of Management state forests. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Information Systems (MIS) for RDIs and BICRO: a promotion cam- Environmental Assessment Category A. PIDs: 33964, 80377. US$ paign: assistance related to setting up venture capital funds: setting up 30.3/7.8 (IBRD/GEF) , Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Technology Centers and Science Parks: assistance to private firms in of Agriculture, 55, Hristo Botev Blvd., BG-1040 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359- improving their competitiveness and technology transfer: setting up 2) 987-1192, Fax: (359-2) 987-1193, E-mail: [email protected]. a fund to attract promising scientists and researchers from the Croa- Contact: Ms. Meglena Plugchieva, Deputy Minister tian international community to transfer knowledge and skills back to Rural Development: The objective of the project is to improve the Croatia through a variety of activities: studies and training. Ministry living standards and income of the rural poor by strengthening cen- of Science, Education and Sport, TrgJ.J. Strossmayera 4,10000 Zagreb, tral and local government and their ability to absorb SAPARD funds Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 459-4441147, Fax: (385-1) 459-4449169, E-mail: (and later EU structural funds) targeting rural infrastructure. Project [email protected], Contacts: Mr. Dragan Soljan, Director, Pro- preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category FI. ject Management Unit PID: 83436. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Department of Rural Develop ment, 55 Hristo Botev Blvd.. 4th floor, Sofia 1040 Bulgaria, Tel: (359- Social and Economic Recovery: The objective of the project is to 2) 9851-1410, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Miroslava address post-conflict reconstruction and sustainable development in Georgieva, Rural Development Director war-affected and disadvantaged areas. The main development objec- tive is to increase social cohesion and sustainable economic opportu- Transportation nities among different war-affected and marginalized groups in various (N) Community Services Roads: The objective of the project is to ethnic communities. In order to achieve this, the project will adopt a promote urban development through energy efficiency measures in social fund approach to financing community-selected activities. Pro- district heating services and improved waterlwastewater services. ject preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category Fl. Project is being identifed. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: PID: 76730. US$33.3 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. 80405. US$60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Ministry of Public Works, Reconstruction, and Construction, Navarova istry of Regional Development and Public Works, Kiril and Method- 61, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 469-5736, E-mail: franka.vo- PAGE 38 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 [email protected], Contact: Franka Vojnovic, Head of Section, De- Kazakhstan partment for Island and Regional Development Environment and Natural Resources Management Social Protection Forest Protection and Reforestation: The objective of the project Social Protection: The objective of the project is to have an efficient, is to develop environmental and economic services through more sus- affordable social welfare system that will provide improved services tainable use, increased productivity and enhanced conservation of for- and address the varied needs of its clients. Appraisal mission was est and associated rangeland resources, with a focus onthe northeastern scheduled for September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category pine forest and southern saxaul woodlands. Project preparation is un- to be determined. PID: 69937. US$36.0 (IBRD). Consulting services der way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 78301. US$ to be determined. Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ksaver 200, 25.0/5.0 (IBRDKEF). Consulting services to be determined. Forestry Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 460-7555, Fax: (385-1) 467-7091, Contact: and Hunting Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, Abay Ave., 49, As- Mr. Nino Zganec, State Secretary tana 473000, Kazakhstan, Tel: (3172) 328-248, Fax: (3172) 328-233, E- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Igor A. Koval, Deputy Chairman Georgia Rural Development Economic Management (R) Agricultural Competitiveness: The objective of the project is to facilitate: (a) an effective marketing information system: (b) critical tech- Poverty Reduction Support: The objective of this project is to sup nical services to farmers: and (c) strengthened capacity in the Min- port government structural reforms necessary to promote growth, sus- istry of Agriculture to develop enabling policies, regulatory frameworks, tain macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty. Project was scheduled and provisions in support of their implementation. Appraisal mission to be identified in early FY05. Environmental Assessment Category to was scheduled for August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category be determined. PID: 88820. US$15.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be B. PID: 49721. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- determined. Ministry of Finance, 70, IAbasidze St. Tbilisi 0612 Geor- mined. Ministry of Agriculture, 49 Abai St., Astana 473000, Kaza- gia, Tel: (995-32) 252-904, Fax: (995-32) 5532-3122, E-mail: proto- khstan, Tel: (7-3172) 323-784, Fax: (7-3172) 324-541, Contact: Ms. Liliya [email protected], Contact: Mariam Dahkundaridze, Head of Protocol Musina, Deputy Minister. Public Sector Governance (R) Second Agricultural Post-Privatization Assistance: The de- velopment objective is to enhance rural finances by: (a) strengthen- Public Sector Reform: The objective of the project, which will be co- ing and expanding rural financial advisory services program: (b) ordinated with adjustment credits, is to improve public sector man- supporting agricultural risk management: (c) deepening rural out- agement and civil service functioning. Project was scheduled to be reach of commercial banks and leasing companies: and (d) support- identified in early FY05. Environmental Assessment Category to be de- ing sustainable rural microfinance. Negotiations have been rescheduled termined. PID: 63081. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- for October2004. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 58015. termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required in the areas of elabo- Rural Development rating microfinance training modules and conducting workshops for farmers and local consultants in financing options. Ministry of Agri- (R) Rural Development: The objective of the project is to develop culture, 49 Abai Ave., Astana 473000 Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-3272) 324-537, the private commercial agriculture sector by facilitating access of small Fax: (7-3272) 316440,324-299, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. Serik farmers to supply chains and improving the competitiveness of the sup Mazhekenov, Head, Investment Department plies system in response to demand from domestic and international markets. This would increase incomes and employment and reduce Kosovo poverty in rural areas. Project preparation is under way. Environmen- tal Assessment Category FI. PID: 78544. US$ 16.0 (IDA). Consulting Public Sector Governance services to be determined. Project Coordination Center, Ministry of (N) Economic Policy and Public Expenditure Management: The Agriculture and Food, 41 Kostava St., Tbilisi 380062 Georgia, Fax: project will assist in institution building to strengthen economic pol- (995-32) 996-261, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Re- icy and public expenditure management. Project is being identified. En- vaz Asatiani, PCC Director vironmental Assessment Category U. PID: 78674. US$ 5.5 (IDA). Consultants may be required for preparation. Ministry of Finance and Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Economy, Corner of Mother Theresa and Bill Clinton, Prishtine, CommuniwBased Tourism and CMAsset Management: The Kosovo, Tel: (381-38) 2003-4101, Contact: Mr. Lorik Fejzullahu objective of the project is to improve the management of cultural as- sets in terms of financial and social sustainablty. Project preparation Kyrg yz Republic is under way Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87888. Economic Management US$ 3.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Fund for the (N) Poveriy Reduction Support: The project aims at developing and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, 7 Yetim Gurji St., Tbilisi, Georgia, implementing sound policies within the government's comprehensive Tel: (995-32) 252-220, 983-161, 931-469, Fax: (995-32) 985-713, E-mail: poverty alleviation strategy, as laid out in the National Strategy of [email protected], Contact: Mr. David Ninidze, Director Poverty Reduction, that focuses on improving efficiency and equity of social protection and human development, and public sector efficiency, Hungary service delivery and institutional capacity, and that are supportive of Environment and Natural Resources Management the country's overall growth strategy. Project is being identified. En- vironmental Assessment Category U. PID: 79112. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Black Sea Nutrient Reduction: The objective of the project is to re- Consultants will be required for preparation and will be financed by a duce nutrient discharge into the Danube and ultimately the Black Sea PHRD grant. Ministry of Finance, 720040,58, Erkindik Blvd, Bishkek, by improving purification of effluent from wastewater treatment plants Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 661-350, Fax: (996-312) 661-645 at Budapest and Dunaujviros and increasing the nutrient retention ca- pacity in the Danube-Drava National Parks Gemenc and BCda-Kara- Education pancsa Region. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment (R) Rural Education: The objective of the project is to improve the Category B. PID: 74971. US$7.5 (GEF). Consultants will be required. coverage and quality of primary and secondary education, with improved Municipality of Budapest, Varoshaz u. 9-11, H-1840 Budapest 50, P.O.B. coverage defined as improved school attendance in grades 1 through 1, Tel: (36-1) 317-6310,Fax: (36-1) 327-1811, Contact: Attila Pocs, Head 11, and improved quality as better student learning achievement in the of the PIU, Office of the Mayor, Budapest V.: Municipality of Dunaju- same grades. Preapprakal completed. Appraisal is scheduled for De- varos, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Erika Nemes, Head. cember 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78976. PMU: Gemenc National Park, Contact: Gyozo Buzetsky, Head US$15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. A PHRD grant (TF052684) ~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 39

is being used for preparation. Ministry of Education, PIU Director to grams: (c) introduce, operate, and regulate new pension system: and be identified (d) strengthen institutional capacity in social protection. The loan was s&ned on 15July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Environment and Natural Resources Management 74358. US$ 9.8 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for preparation (R) Disaster Hazard Mitigation (HO96-KG): The project will: (a) of the pension and social protection components. Ministry of Labor and rehabilitate old mine tailings and waste dumps to minimize exposure Social Policy, Dame Gruev 14, Skopje, Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 310-6216, to radionuclides; (b) improve the effectiveness of disaster management E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Vesna Petkovic. Pro- and response: and (c) reduce the potential loss of life in key landslide ject Director areas of the country The grant was signed on 23 July 2004. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 83235 US$6.9 (IDA Grant) Con- Transportation sulting services will be required for design and construction supervision Raihvays Reform: The objective of the project is to improve the financial and capacity building. Ministry of Ecology and Emergency, Toktonaliev viability, productivity, and effectiveness of railway operations. Project St., Bishkek 720055, KyrgyzRepublic, Tel: (996-312) 547985, Fax: (996- preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category B. 312) 547985, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Anarkul Aitaliev, PID: 83499. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Director, Department of Emergencies Monitoring and Forecasting of Transport and Communication, Skopje 1000 The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tel: (389-23) 123-292. Fax: (389-23) 126-228 Private Sector Development Agribusiness and Marketing: The objectives of the project are to (a) Moldova, Republic of expand processing, marketing and trading downstream of the farm- Energy and Mining the gate, (b) increase number and economic importance of producer (R) Renewable EnergV from Agricultural Wastes: The objective organizations, and (c) build trade links among producers and primary is to overcome barriers for development of biomass technology in the and secondary trade organizations, Project preparation is under way. country by demonstrating best practices in the sustainable use of bio- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 49724 US$8.5 (IDA). Con- mass fuelled energy systems as a viable alternative to gas, oil, and coal sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Water Re- in rural communities. Project preparation is under way. Environmen- sources and Processing Industry, Kievskaya ul. 96A, Bishkek, Kyrgyz tal Assessment Category B. PID: 84688 US$ 1.0 (GEF). Consulting ser- Republic, Tel(996-312) 623-516, Fax: (996-312) 623-532, E-mail:imukam- vices to be determined. Consolidated Agricultural Project Management [email protected], Contact: Irina Mukambaeva, Head, Project Unit (CAPMU), 9 Cosmonautilor St., Office 544, Chisinau, Republic Preparation Unit of Moldova, MD-2005, Tel: (373-22) 223-106, E-mail: Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic [email protected], Contact: Mr. Igor Gorashov, General Director of Public Sector Governance Health, Nutrition and Population (R) Public Financial Management Technical Assistance: The project aims at improving budget preparation, execution, reporting and (R) Health Sector Management (Ln. 4733-MK): The project will control through capacity building and investment in the design and in- build upon the Health Sector Transition Project, which supported an stallation of an integrated financial management information system. initial phase of health reforms aimed at improving cost-effectiveness, Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- fiscal sustainability and patient choice in the health system. The loan gory C. PID: 82916. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Cofinancing is being negotiated was signed on 15 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. with donors. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 7 Cos- PID: 86670. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. A PHRD monautilor St., Chisinau 2005 Moldova, Tel: (373-2) 221-307, Fax: (373- grant (TF026814) was used for preparation. Ministry of Health, 50th 2) 243-775, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Ms. Zinaida Division 6, Skopje 91000 FYR Macedonia, E-mail: [email protected], Grecianii, Minister Contact: Dragan Gjorgjev, PPI Director Water and Sanitation Public Sector Governance (R) Chisinau Environmental: The objective of the project is to im- (R) Public Sector Management Adjustment I1 (In.4734-MK): prove the quality of water in the Dnister River as well as the environ- The objective of the project is to support reforms in central govern- mental quality in the Dnister River Basin. The project would assist ment budget formulation and execution, procurement, auditing and civil Moldova to begin the development of a Transnational Dnister River service, along with sectoral reforms in health care and social assistance. Basin Management System. It falls under the guidelines of the UN Eco The loan was signed on 15 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- nomic Commission for Europe (ECE) Convention on the Protection egory U. PID: 74893. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes. during implementation. Ministry of Finance, Skopje, FYR Macedonia, GEF Council consideration for approval is scheduled for 17 Decem- Tel/Fax: (389-2) 312-6015, E-mail: [email protected], ber 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 74139. US$5.0 Contact: Mr. Goran Anceski, Project Coordinator (GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment and Rural Development Natural Resources, str Cosmonautilor 9. Moldova 2005 mun, Chisinau. Tel: (373-22) 22-1667; Department of Constructions and Tern'tory De- (N) Real Estate Cadastre and Registration: The project aims at im- velopment, str Cosmonautilor 9, Moldova 2005 mun, Chisinau, Tel: proving public confidence in tenure security and lowering transaction (373-22) 20450 costs by building more effective land registration and cadastre systems, contributing to the development of efficient real property markets. Poland Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. PID: 83126. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Energy and Mining termined. State Authority for Geodetic Works, U1. Trifun Hadzi Janev (R) Krakow EneraEfficiency: The project will improve energy ef- br.4, Skopje 1000 FYR Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 317-0100, Fax: (389-2) ficiency and reduce emission of atmospheric pollutants in the Krakow 317-1668, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Ms. Tatjana Cen- region. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for 24 August 2004. En- ova Mitrevska. State Advisor for Legal Works vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 70246. US$ 11.0 (GEF). Con- sultants will be required. Municipal District Heating Co. of Krakow, AI. Social Protection Jana Pawla II,188,30-969, Krakow, Poland, Tel/Fax: (48-12) 644-5326. (R) Social Protection Implementation (h.4932-MK): The ob- E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Janusz Miechow- jective of the project is to (a) increase effectiveness, efficiency, equity, icz, Head, Foreign Cooperation Department and transparency in resource allocation and delivery of social protec- Hard Coal Mine Closure (h7247-POL): The objective of the pro- tion services; (b) improve efficiency and targeting of pension insurance ject is to reform the hard coal industry to become a profitable sector and social protection services, including improved administration of by improving efficiency through capacity restructuring, environmen- benefits, social welfare services, employment and labor market pro- tal improvement and subsidence repair. Approved by the Executive Di- PAGE 40 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 rectors on 1 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Public Sector Governance 83093. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Econ- (R) Programmatic Adjustment: The project will support the gov- omy, Labor and Social Policy, Plac Trzech Krzyzy 3/5, Warsaw 02-950 ernment's efforts to improve the performance of the executive and ju- Poland, Tel: (48-22) 628-1887, Fax: (48-22) 693-4006: Mikne Restruc- diciary in each of the following institutional and governance areas: policy turing Company, ul. Kopolniana 6, Warsaw 40-205 Poland formulation and coordination: public expenditure management: human Environment and Natural Resources Management resource management; and the judiciary The project will identify ac- tions that the government and the judiciary will undertake in each of (N) Odra River Basin Flood Protection: The objective of the pro- these areas as well as desired results. Board Presentation was sched- ject is to protect the population in the Odra River Basin against loss of uledfor 16 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category U. life and damage to property caused by severe flooding. Project prepa- PID: 8791. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ration is under way Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: Implementing agency is to be determined. 86768. US$250.0 (IBRD). Consultants were used for project feasibil- ity studies; and will be used for detailed design and construction su- Russian Federation pervision: and for monitoring and evaluation of project impacts. Project Coordination Unit, Rynek 13,50-101, Wroclaw, Poland, Tel: (48-71) 346- Education 0270, Fax: (48-71) 346-0275, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. E-LearningSupport (h.4726-RU): The project is the first element Janus Zaleski, Director of an APL totaling US $300.0 million. It aims at improving the acces- sibility, quality and efficiency of general and frst level vocational edu- Rural Development cation by (a) building sustainable capacity to produce high quality, Post-Accession Rural Support: The objective of the project is to de- affordable and flexible learning: (b) supporting pre-service and in- velop the rural sector in the medium term. Itwill help increase the level service teacher training with the introduction of informatiodcom- of employment in rural areas, the ongoing decentralization of local self- munication technology methods into classrooms and embedding them government and regional development, and strengthening institu- in teaching and learning practices: and (c) establishing a network of tional capacity to absorb European Union structural funds. Project resource centers to improve regional access to electronically enhanced preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category FI. education opportunities and dissemination of new teaching practices. PID: 65270. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. The regions that have been selected to participate are Khaborovsk, Kras- Ministry of Economy, Labor and Social Policy, 1/3 Nowogrodzka St., noyarsk, Perm, Karelia, Stavropol, Chelyabmsk and Kaluga. Approved Warsaw 00-503 Poland, Tel: (48-22) 661-0191, Fax: (48-22) 661-0190, E- by the Executive Directors on 2 March 2004. Environmental Assess- mail: [email protected], Contact: Marek Szczepanski, ment Category C. PID: 75387. US$lOO.O (IBRD). Consultants have been Under-Secretary of State hired. National Training Foundation, 3/5 Smolensy Blvd., Moscow 119898 Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) 246-1884, Fax: (7-095) 246- Regional 9892, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mrs. Elena Soboleva, Executive Director Environment and Natural Resources Management Lake Skhoder Integrated Ecosystem Management: The objec- Health, Nutrition and Population tive of the project is to assist the governments of Albania and Mon- Child Welfare Development: The objectives of the project are to im- tenegro in achieving more sustainable use of natural resources of the prove the welfare of the most vulnerable families and children, protect lake and its watershed. Project preparation is under way Environ- human capital, and ensure that the government is able to use its pub- mental Assessment Category FI. PID: 84605. US$ 5.0 (GEF). Con- lic resources more effectively to improve the welfare of families and sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Environment, k.Durresi. children at risk. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- No. 27, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 270-624, Fax: (355-4) 270-624, E- sessment Category B. PID: 77346. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zamir Dedei, Director of Na- vices to be determined. Ministry of Labor and Social Development, ture Protection; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Birzhevaya Place #1, Moscow 101999 Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) Planning, Poslovni Centar Vectra, 81000 Podgorica Serbia and Mon- 928-06-83, Fax: (7-095) 921-73-69, Contact: Mr. A. P. Pochinok, tenegro, Tel: (381-81) 482-167, Fax: (381-81) 234-131, E-mail: vik- Minister [email protected], Contact: Mr. Viktor Subotic, Project Director Public Sector Governance Romania Land Registration and Cadastre: The objective of the project is to build efficient land administration systems to facilitate development of Energy and Mining efficient markets for land and real estate. Project preparation is under Mine Closure, Rehabilitation, and Socio-Economic Regenemtion way. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78420. US$ 130.0 (Mining 11): The objective of the project is to provide social support (IBRD) , Consulting services to be determined. Federal Land Cadas- for unemployed ex-miners and their families and for communities tre Service, Prospect Vernadskogo 37, korpus 2, Moscow, Russian where mines have closed or are being closed. It will also assist with Federation, Tel: (7-095) 930-7351, Fax: (7-095) 930-2794, E-mail: alo@fc- mine closure and remediation of environmental damage to mining ar- clandm, Contact: Mr. Aleksei Overchuk, Deputy Chief; Ministry ofJus- eas. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cat- tice, Ulica Voroncova Polya, 4-A, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: egory B. PID: 87807. US$lOO.O (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (7-095) 206-0253, Fax: (7-095) 916-2903, Contact: Mr. Alexander Kar- Ministry of Economy and Trade, 152-154, Calea Victoriei, 1st Floor, lin, First Deputy Minister: Center for Land Reform ImplementationSup- Room 116, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania, Tel: (40-21) 210-4984/4130, port Project (Project Preparation Unit), Tel/Fax: (7-095) 238-9062, Fax: (40-21) 315-1155, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Nico- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Igor Rumiantsev, Director lae Turdan, Director, Project Management Unit, Mine Closure and So- cial Mitigation Project Urban Development (R) St Petersburg Economic Development (h.4694-RU): The Environment and Natural Resources Management objectives of the project are to rehabilitate eight historic buildings of (R) Modernizing Agricultural Knowledge and Information Sys- cultural value, replicate the Cultural Fund that was part of the St. Pe- tems: The objective of the project is to assist the government to im- tersburg City Center Rehabilitation Project; and provide technical as- prove the competitiveness of farmers and agro-processors in the EU sistance to three major cultural institutions with a view to strengthening accession environment. Aflpraisal mission is in thefield. Environmen- their capacity The loan was signed on 4 August 2004. Environmental tal Assessment Category C. PID: 86949 US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting Assessment Category U. PID: 69063. US$161.1 (IBRD). Consultants services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Forests, Waters, have been selected. Ministry of Finance, 9 Ilyinka ul., Moscow 103097 and Environment, Bd. Carol nr.24, Bucharest, Romania, Tel (40-21) Russian Federation, Tel (7-095) 913-4406, Fax: (7-095) 913-4531, Con- 315-2950, Fax: (40-21) 315-2965, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Mr. Alexander Pavlov; Ministry of Culture, 7 Kitaygorodsky tact: Simona Paranici, Project Director Proyezd, Moscow 103097 Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) 925-0608, SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv Omrational Summarv PAGE 41 Fax: (7-095) 925-9158, Contact: Mr. Mikhail Svidkoy, Minister: City of tified. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87968. US$20.0/20.0

St. Petersburg, Smolny Palace, St. Petersburg 193060 Russian Feder- (IBRD/IDA) I Consulting services to be determined. Implementing ation, Tel: (7-812) 319-9030, Fax: (7-812) 310-0002. Contact: Mr. A. agency(ies) to be determined Vakhmistrov, Vice-Governor for Construction Slovak Republic Water and Sanitation Law and Justice (R) Hydromet Modernization: The objective of the project is to im- prove RosHydromet's capacity to provide weather and hydrological ser- Legal and Judicial Reform: The objective of the project is to in- vices and to assure effective delivery of weather forecasts to the crease access to justice through: (a) improved capacity for systematic government and the public by modernizing key elements of its tech- evaluation of the impacts of laws and regulations: (b) improved per- nical base and strengthening its institutional arrangements. In turn this formance of courts: and (c) increased efficiency and effectiveness of objective supports the higher-level goal of reducing risk to lie and dam- legal aid programs. Project preparation is under way Environmental age to the economy from weather and climate-related events. Negoti- Assessment Category C. PID: 74930. US$ 7.0 (IBRD). Consultants ations were tentatively scheduled for September 2004. Environmental have been identified for project preparation in the areas of information Assessment Category C. PID: 82239. US$BO.O (ZBRD). Consulting ser- technology (hired under the German Trust Fund), and Regulatory Im- vices to be determined. Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorol- pact Assessment. MinistryofJustice, Zupnk Square 13,813 11 Bratislava, ogy and Environmental Monitoring (RosHydromet) , 12 Novovagan' Slovak Republic, Tel: (42-12) 5935-3111, Fax: (42-12) 5441-5952, E- lovsky pereulok, Moscow 123995 Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) 205- mail: [email protected],Contact: Mrs. Lucia Zitnanska, State 4813, Fax: (7-095) 252-1158, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Alexan- Secretary der I.Gusev, Chief, Technical Department Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Serbia and Montenegro Social Development Fund: The objective of the project is to include more at-risk and marginalized groups and communities through com- Economic Management munity development work and from better access to economic op- (R) Second Structural Adjustment, Montenegro: The objective of portunities and social services. Project preparation is under way. the project is to support key reforms to promote growth and support EnvironmentalAssessment Category FI.PID: 78414. US$lO.O (IBRD). further fiscal consolidation. Negotiations completed. Board presenta- Technical assistance work requiring consultants is being funded by a tion was scheduledfor I4 September ZO04. Environmental Assessment PHRD grant. Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Family, Spitalska 4- Category U. PID: 74908. US$18.0 (IDA). Consultants have been hired. 6, Bratislava 81643 Slovak Republic Ministry of Finance, Republic of Montenegro, Stanka Dragojevica 2. Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro, Tel: (381-81) 224-450, Fax: (381- Tajjkjstan 81) 242-835, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: H.E. Miroslav Ivanisevic, Economic Management Minister (R) StructuralAdjustment 3: The objective of the project is to sup (R) Second Structural Adjustment, Serbia: The objective of the pro- port the country's structural reform agenda, including improvements ject is to achieve the structural reforms necessary to lay the founda- in public resource management and governance. Project preparation tion for enduring growth and macroeconomic stability. Appraisal was is at an earlystage as the previous adjustment operation was only recently scheduled for 15 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Cate- completed. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 74889 US$lO.O gory U. PID: 78457. US$70.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) mined. Ministry of Finance and Economy, Republic of Serbia, Nemanjina to be determined 22-26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Tel: (381-11) 3616- 533, Fax: (381-11) 3616-535, E-mail:[email protected],yu, Con- Rural Development tact: H.E. Mladjan Dinkic, Minister Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management: The objectives Environment and Natural Resources Management of the project are to (a) increase productivity of irrigated agriculture and income of about 250,000 people by improving land and water man- Danube River Enterprise Pollution Reduction: The objective of agement and (b) improve regulation and dam safety of the Kayrakum the project is to increase the prevalence of environmentally sound reservoir. Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- practices among eligible enterprises and thereby reduce pollution of ment Category B. PID: 84035. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to the Danube River. It will also aim at building capacity to improve en- be determined. Ministry of Melioration and Water Resources Man- vironmental management, Project preparation is under way. Environ- agement, 5/1 Shami St., Dushanbe 734001 Republic ofTajikistan Tel: mental Assessment Category FI. PID: 84604. US$6.0 (GEF). Consulting (992-372) 359-740, 353-566, Fax: (992-372) 357-640, E-mail: services to be determined. Ministry for Protection of Environment and [email protected], Contact: Ahrorov Ahadjon Aubovich, Head Natural Resources,91, Dr. Ivana Ribara St., Belgrade, Serbia and Mon- of Investments and Foreign Relations tenegro, Tel: (381-11) 161-180, Fax: (381-11) 158-793, E-mail: brana.an- [email protected], Contact: Branka Andric, Special Adviser Turkey Rural Development Education (N) Water Resource Management: The project aims at: (a) reduc- (R) Secondary Education: The project will support secondary ed- ing the risk of damage to land, crops, property, and infrastructure ucation development through measures such as: (a) an increase in the from flooding: (b) increasing agricultural productivity through support number of schools: (b) curriculum development; (c) pre-service and to high priority rehabilitation of drainage and irrigation infrastructure; in-service training for teachers: (d) furnishing of educational materi- and (c) improving water resource management and strengthening als and information technology equipment: (e) provision of examina- the associated water resource management institutions and policies. tions, assessments, certification, career guidance, counseling services Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- and management information systems: and (0 school improvement pro- gory B. PID: 87964. US$25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- jects. Appraisal completed. Environmental Assessment Category B. mined. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, 2A PID: 66149. US$175.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Bulevar Umetnosti, 11070 New Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Ministry of National Education, Guniz Sok No. 50-52 Kavakhdere, Tel: (381-11) 201-3338.201-3366,E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 428-8573, Fax: (90-312) 428-8635, E-mail: Nikola Marjanovic. Director, Water Directorate [email protected], Contact: Bilge Nazikioglu, Director, Program Coordination Team Water and Sanitation (N) See Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation: The project Environment and Natural Resources Management aims at lmproving safety and reliability in the water supply and sani- Anatolia Watershed Rehabilitation (Ln. 4741-TU): The objective tation services in selected towns and rural areas. Project is being iden- of the project is to support sustainable natural resource management PAGE 42 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 and poverty reduction in degraded watersheds in Anatolia and the igation of social and environmental risks. Project is being identified. Black Sea coast. Approved by the Executive Directors on 1June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 79316. US$250.0 (IBRD). Environmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: 70950/75094. US$ Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy and on 20.0/7.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants will be required for planning, mon- Issues of European Integration of Ukraine, 12/2 M. Hrushevskoho St., itoring, and evaluation. Undersecretariat of Treasury, Inonu Bulvari, Kyiv01008, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 253-9394, Fax: (38044) 226-3181, Con- Emek, 06530 Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 213-0297, Fax: (90-312) tact: Myroslav Illinsky, Head of department for cooperation with IFIs 212-8737, E-mail: hazine@hazine,gov.tr, Contact: Ms. Aysen Kulakoglu, Head, World Bank Projects: General Directorate of Afforestation and Environment and Natural Resources Management Erosion Control, Ministry of Forestry, Gazi Tesisleri No. 11, Sogutozu, Methyl Bromide Phase-Out: The objective of the project is to pro- Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 212-5596, Fax: (90-312) 212-5532, Con- tect the ozone layer from depletion by ensuring long-term and sustained tact: Planning and Coordination Department: General Directorate of compliance with the Copenhagen Amendment to the Montreal Protocol Production and Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, after 1 January 2005, and move forward with complete phase-out of Tel: (90-312) 418-5982, Fax: (90-312) 417-0026, Contact: Mr. Eyup Kok- ozone depleting substances in line with the evolution of international sal, Project Coordinator: General Directorate Control and Protection, practice and obligations. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Contact: Aldulmecit Yesil: Assessment Category B. PID: 85138 US$3.0 (GEF). Consulting ser- General Directorate of Rural Affairs, Tel: (90-312) 287-8092, Fax: (90- vices to be determined. Ministry of Environmental Protection, 5 312) 287-8091, Contact: Mr. Hasan Balaban, Department Head: For- Kreshchatyk St., Kyiv 01601 Ukraine, Tel(380-44) 226-2428, Fax: (380- eign Relations Department, Ministry of Environment, Tel: (90-312) 44) 228-8383, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Svy- 287-9963 Ext. 4113, Fax: (90-312) 285-3739, Contact: Ms. Guzin Arat, atoslav Kurulenko, First Deputy Minister Section Head Seismic Risk Mitigation: The objective of the project is to mitigate Finance the seismic risk in municipalities of Istanbul and further strengthen Municipal Credit Market Development: The objective of the pro- the capacity for emergency preparedness in order to save lives and re- ject is to initiate, on a pilot basis, a sustainable market for municipal duce social, economic, and financial impacts of earthquakes. Project credit. It emphasizes building a sustainable link for capital investments preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. made by municipalities to be financed by private savings, intermedi- PID: 78359 US$400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ated through commercial banks. Project preparation is under way. En- Prime Ministry/Project Implementation Unit, Bilkent Plaza BI Blok vironmental Assessment Category U. PID: 87263. US$30.0 (IBRD). Kat: 1, Bilkent 06530, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 266-7764/7774/4703, A PPF advance of US$1.5 became effective 27 May 2004. The PPF will Fax: (90-312) 266-7733, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: finance 100 per cent of foreign individuals and firms, 87 per cent of lo- Mr. Murat Sungur, Director, BURSA cal frms, 92 per cent of local individuals, and 90 per cent of incremental Public Sector Governance operating costs. Ministry of Finance, Tel: (38-044) 201-5602, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Anatoliy Shapovalov, Deputy Programmatic Public Sector Adjustment: The project is designed Minister; Ukrainian Municipal Loan Fund to support the coming phase of the Government’s public sector reform program. This phase of public sector reform encompasses: (a) struc- Public Sector Governance tural fiscal reforms in support of sustained fiscal adjustment, (b) pub- lic expenditure management reforms, and (c) institutional reforms to (R) Development of the State Statistics System for Monitoring improve public governance. Project is being identified. Environmen- the Social and Economic Transformation (In.4729-UA): The tal Assessment Category C. PID: 71052. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consult- objective of the project is to restructure the statistical system includ- ing services to be determined. Undersecretariat of Treasury, Inonu ing support for development of statistical infrastructure, modification Bulvari, Eskisehir Yolu, Emek, 06530, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) of modes of data collection, improvement of data processing and dis- 213-6873, Fax: (90-312) 212-8737, E-mail: [email protected], Con- semination. The loan was signed on 15 July 2004. Environmental As- tact: Melih Nemli, Acting General Director of External Relations sessment Category C. PID: 76338. US$32.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for development of a computer network to deploy the sta- Transportation tistics plan and for other purposes. State Statistical Committee, 3 Shota Railway Restructuring: The objective of the project is to reduce the Rustaveli St., Kyiv 23,01023 Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 226-2021, Fax: (380- fiscal burden of railways and increase the competitiveness of the econ- 44) 227-6611, Contact: Victor Holovko, First Deputy Chairman omy by reducing the logistical costs associated with inefficiencies of the railway and port sub-sectors. Project preparation is under way. En- Rural Development vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 77328. US$ZOO.O (IBRD). Rural Finance: The project would finance: (a) rural credit and leas- Consultants are needed for short term assignments and to adminis- ing for private rural farm and nonfarm enterprises, rural entrepreneurs, ter a social plan under a US$ 0.7 PHRD grant. Turkish Railways, and farmers: (b) development of retail banking and microfinance in- Tesisler ve Trafii Dairesi .06330 GAR, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) stitutions that can serve rural areas: and (c) project management and 309-0515, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mrs. Hulyaim H. technical assistance in rural financial market development. Project Zeybek, Deputy Director, Research and Planning Department preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 76553. US$125.0 (IBRD). An IBRD advance of US$1.8 has been Water and Sanitation approved under the Project Preparation Facility to fmance preparation. Municipal Services: The project will help develop a sustainable mu- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry ofFinance, 12/2 Hru- nicipal finance system. To this end, Iller Bank, a municipal bank, is ex- shevsky St., Kyiv, 01008, Tel: (380-44) 293-7466, Fax: (380-44) 293- pected to be restructured so that it can make long term loans to fmance 8243, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Natalya Konovalenoro, municipal investments. Project preparation is under way. Environ- Head, MU-RFP mental Assessment Category FI. PID: 81880. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Con- sultants are being hired. Iller Bank, Bank of Provinces, Yeni Ziraat Mah. Social Protection 14 sokak, No. 14 Diskapi Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 384-6126, Fax: (90-312) 341-2071,E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Hidayet (R) Social Assistance Reform: The objective of the project is to ad- Atasoy, General Manager minister social safety net programs better, minimizing client burdens, strengthening public information, and improving program monitoring Ukraine to support policy reforms and effectively target the poor. An aflfiraisal is scheduledfor December 2004. Environmental Assessment Category Economic Management C. PID: 75231. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- (R) Third Programmatic Adjustment: The objective of the project mined. Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, 8/10 Esplanadna St., is to effect policy, institutional and structural reforms in financial dis- Kyiv 01034 Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 2262-4452, Fax: (380-44) 2000-0098, cipline, regulation, property rights, public sector accountability, and mit- E-mail: [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 43 Uzbekistan 356-334, Fax: (253) 356-819, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Fathi Ahmed Chamsan, Directeur General Health, Nutrition and Population Second Health: The objective is to improve the quality and overall Energy and Mining cost-effectiveness of health care organizations and services. Negotia- (R) Power and Water: The objectives of the project are to develop tions completed. Project has been placed on hold at the government’s the sectors through (a) sustainable development of the powersector, (b) request. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 51370. US$ protection of water resources and (c) institutional restructuring aimed 25.0 (IDA), No consultants are required. Ministry of Health, Central at facilitating investment to the sectors. Preappraisal is scheduled for Project Implementation Bureau, Tashkent Institute of Advanced Med- November 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID 86379 icine Education, “3rd Floor, Health Project,” Mirzaulugbek District, US$ 7.0/3.0 (IDA/GEF). Consultants will be required. Office of the Parkentskaya 51, Tashkent 700007 Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-71) 268-2539, Prime Minister, BP 2086, Djibouti Ville, Djibouti, TeVFax: (253) 351- Fax: (998-71) 138-5951/52, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. 812, E-mail: [email protected] Jamshed Maksumov, Director Urban Development Public Sector Governance (R) Flood Emergency Rehabilitation: The objectives of the project (R) Public Finance Management Reform: The project will provide are to (a) repair the economic and social damage of the April 2004 floods technical assistance, equipment and software to improve fiscal disci- and (b) improve living conditions for the people who were resettled. pline, strategic resource allocation, and efficiency of budget resource Negotiations completed. Board Presentation was scheduled for 2 Sep- use by placing the budget into a medium-term framework, strength- tember2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID 89968. US$ ening budget preparation, execution, and monitoring capacity, in- 6.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Agence Djibouti- creasing fiscal transparency as well as implementing modern Treasury enne d Execution de Travaux d Inter& Publics, PO Box 4298, Bd. information technology systems. Appraisal is tentatively scheduledfor Foch, Djibouti, Republic de Djibouti, Tel: (253) 358-6555, Fax: (253) February 2005. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 70084. 357-184, Contact: Mr. Kader Ismail Guelleh, Director General US$ 7.0/7.0 (IBRD/IDA). A PHRD grant of US$ 0.5 has been ap- proved for preparation of IT systems for the State Treasury. Ministry of Finance, 5 Mustakillik Sq., Tashkent 700008, Republic of Uzbekistan, Education Tel: (998-71) 139-4646, Fax: (998-71) 139-1625, Contact: Jamshid A. (R) Early Childhood Education Enhancement: The objective of the Kuchkarov, Deputy Minister project is to improve school readiness of preschool children (4-5 year olds), especially those from disadvantaged socio-economic back- grounds, through (a) increased access to early childhood education (ECE) programs, (b) improved quality of ECE programs, and (c) en- hanced central and local capacity to implement ECE programs. Preap Middle East and North praisal completed. Negotiations are scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 82952 US$120.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education’s Program Plan- Africa ning and Monitoring Unit, 8 El-Falaky St., Bab El Louk. Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (202) 578-7643/4, Contact: Mr. Ahmed AI Damrawy Algeria Water and Sanitation Information and Communication IntegratedIrrigation Improvement and Management: The objectives ICT Development Support: The objective of the project is to create of the project are to (a) improve irrigation and drainage infrastructure an enabling environment to: (a) improve access to efficient and af- for about 200,000 ha, (b) provide equipment and materials for irriga- fordable information and communications technology (ICT) services: tion and drainage pumping stations, (c) establish water user associa- (b) facilitate private sector growth in ICT: (c) improve the competi- tions and (d) build irrigation capacity. Project preparation is under tiveness of national firms; and (d) enhance the efficiency of govern- way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73977. US$ 150.0 ment services delivery To accomplish this, the project will support the (IBRD). Consultants will be required through preparation and imple- government’s program to: (a) strengthen the ICT policy and regula- mentation. Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Khalafawi Post tory framework (b) leverage ICT to promote business and government No. 11614, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (202) 220-3802,444-2802/3802, Fax: (202) competitiveness; (c) support “net-enterprise“ development: and (d) 444-1192, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eng. Kemal Enany, strengthen communications strategy and capacity building. Project First Under Secretary and Head of the Irrigation Improvement preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category C. Sector PID: DZPE75664. US$22.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Min- istry of Post and Telecommunications, 4 Blvd. Krim Belkacem, Alger, Iran Algerie, Tel: (213-2) 731-769, Fax: (213-2) 712-007, E-mail: ucsp@post- Rural Development elecom.dz, [email protected],Contacts: Mme. Sayah Salihah, Project Coordinator, M. Younsioui Ali, Secretaire General Integrated Land and Water Management: The objective of the pro- ject is to enhance current efforts to achieve integrated land and water Djibouti management at the river basin level through (i) rehabilitation and de- velopment of new irrigation and drainage infrastructure to improve wa- Education ter use efficiency and increase productivity: (ii) improve land and soil Second School Assessment and Improvement: The objective of conservation in the upper watershed to reduce erosion and sedimen- the project is the improve basic education. The project will focus on tation: and (iii) training and capacity building in outreach and stake- quality and entry into secondary level education, training, implemen- holders participation in the sustainable management ofwater resources. tation of a national textbook policy, and general capacity building for Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- the sector. Appraisal mission was scheduled for September 2004. En- gory A. US$ 120.0 IBRD. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Ji- vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86994. US$ 10.0 (IDA). had and Agriculture, 28, 5th Floor, Shagayegh St., Dehkadeh Ave., Consultants will be needed, particularly for preparatory studies being Keshavar Blvd., Tehran, Iran, Tel: (98-21) 612-3027, Fax: (98-21) 896- financed by a PPF of US$0.3.These are: (a) a consultancy to develop 8945, Contact: Dr. B. Aminipoori, Deputy Minister, Soil and Water: school mapping; (b) a study on cost and financing of education; (c) a Ministry of Energy study to develop and/or improve sectoral training plans: (d) a main- tenance strategy study: (e) a study on the inclusion of children with Social Development, Gender and Inclusion special.needs; and (f) small equipment supplies. Ministry of National Local Development Fund The objective is to enhance the effec- and Higher Education, Djibouti-ville, Republic of Djibouti, Tel: (253) tiveness and efficiency of community-driven development intervention PAGE 44 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 for poverty alleviation, through strengthening the role and capacity of Ira g local governments and civil society organizations in selected disad- vantaged areas of four provinces. Appraisal mission is scheduled for Education October 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (R) Emergency Education Rehabilitation: The objective of the pro- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Interior, Dr. Fatemi ject is to repair and rehabilitate primary and secondary schools. Ne- Ave., Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Tel: (98 -21) 896-7008, Fax: (98- gotiations completed. Board presentation is scheduled for 28 September 21) 865-0025, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mrs. Ashraf 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID 87907 US$ 60.0 Borujerdi, Deputy Minister for Social Affairs Council (Trust Fund). Consultants will be required for (a) Procurement man- agement agent; (b) Auditor: (c) Project Management (individual con- Transportation sultants): and (d) design and supervision of civil works (rehabilitation Road Safety: The objective of the project is to reduce road accidents of schools). Ministry of Education, E-mail: [email protected], in a few high risk road corridors and urban areas and increase the gov- Contact: Mr Saad Ibrahim, Project Team Leader ernment’s capability to address road safety issues. Project preparation Rural Development is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID 86465. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required during project preparation. (R) Emergency Community Infrslstructure Rehabilitation: The Implementing agency(ies) to be determined objective of the project is to rehabilitate basic infrastructure. Project design will rest on rapid appraisal and feasibility studies and promote Urban Development initiatives that build on local ownership and participation. Activities will be managed in a decentralizedmanner by local administration and com- (R) Bam Earthquake Emergency Response: The project will fo- munities organizations with a focus on small private sector operations. cus on the reconstruction of the social and economic infrastructure as Appraisal and negotiations were scheduledfor late August. Board @re- well as private housing damaged by the quake. Negotiations were sched- sentation was scheduled for 13 September 2004. Environmental As- uled for 1 September 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category B. PID sessment Category B. US $ 20.0 (Trust Fund). Consultants will be 88060 US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, required, Ministry of Water Resources, Baghdad, Iraq, Tel: (914) 360- Tel: (98-21) 311-9429, Fax: (98-21) 391-0024, Contact: Dr. Seyed Jam1 4225, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Waleed A. H. Salih, Di- Hosseini, Senior Advisor to the President of the Organization for In- rector General, Planning Development vestment Economic and Technical Assistance (R) Urban Upgrading and Housing Reform Program (In.4739- Water and Sanitation IRN): The objectives of the project are to: (a) provide affordable hous- (R) Emergency Infrastructure Reconstruction I:The objective of ing to low to moderate income households and (b) further develop the project is to reconstruct war damaged infrastructure in the water market institutions of the housing sector in areas such as insurance, and sanitation sectors, focusing on the most urgently needed facilities finance, construction and real estate brokerage. The loan was signed as identified by the local population. Appraisal is scheduledfor October on 17July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73433. 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category B. US$150.0 (Trust Fund). US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Housing Consultants will be required. Ministry of Municipalities and Public and Urban Development, 60 Bijan St., Vanak Sq., Tehran, Iran, Fax: Works, Contact: Mr. Rakan AI-Allaf, General Director, Baghdad (98-21) 879-5957, Contact: Mr. Nasser Nikouseresht, Secretary, National Habitat Committee Jordan Tehran Solid Waste Management: The objective of the project is to Transportation rehabilitate and improve facilities, equipment and handling proce- An” Development Corridor (h.722850): The objectives are dures for managing hazardous and toxic wastes in the Tehran area. to: (a) reinforce the country’s role as a regional center for transport Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- and logistics services and (b) provide access to affordable land for pro- gory A. US$70.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Organization ductive investment and urban development. Approved by the Execu- of Waste Recycling and Composing, Municipality of Tehran, No. 52, tive Directors on 3 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category 6th West Andisheh, Andisheh St., Dr. Beheshti Ave., Tehran 19678 Iran, A. US$38.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required during implemen- Fax: (98-21) 843-6735, E-mail: [email protected]. Contact: Mr. Abol- tation for project management and construction supervision services fazl Ebrahimi, Managing Director for major road work. Technical assistance will be required for im- proved transport logistics service and urban planning. Ministry of Water and Sanitation Public Works and Housing, PO Box 1220, Amman 11118 Jordan, Tel: (R) Ahwaz and Shiraz Water Supply and Sanitation: The objec- (962-6) 585-0470, Ext. 4326, Fax: (962-6) 585-7590, 565-8362, E-mail: tive of the project is to rehabilitate and extend existing water and san- [email protected],Contact: Mr. Sami Halaseh, Director of Highway itation systems in the cities of Ahwaz and Shiraz. The loan was signed Studies on 17July2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 71191. US$ 279.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. National Water and Urban Development Wastewater Engineering Company, 8 Shahid Abdolah-zadeh St., Ke- (R) Regional and Municipal Development: The objective ofthe pro- shavars Blvd., Tehran, Iran, Tel: (98-21) 895-3319, Fax: (98-21) 895-5795, ject is to: (a) strengthen the intergovernmental finance system, (b) up- Contact: Mr. Elahipanah, PMU Director grade financial management, technical and administrative capacities at the local level, and (c) increase the coverage and quality of munic- Northern Water Supply and Sanitation: The project will assist the Provincial Water Supply and Sewerage Companies (PWSC) of Rasht, ipal service provision, with particular emphasis on under-servedareas. Anzali, Babol and Sari in: (a) improving service levels of urban water Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- supply and sanitation: (b) improving the quality and increasing the ef- gory B. PZD: 70958 US$35.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for ficiency, through rehabilitation of existing infrastructure; expansion of preparation and implementation. Ministry of Municipal Affairs, PO networks; and modernization of operation and management systems: Box 1799, Amman, Jordan, Tel (962.6) 467-2135, 460-1228, Fax: (962- (c) improving environmental conditions and promoting efficient reuse 6) 569-5627, Contact: Eng. Nart N. B. Naguer, Director, Development of effluent from sewage treatment plants for agricultural purposes: Projects Unit: Ministry of Planning, PO Box 555, Amman 11118 Jor- (d) improving cost recovery and financial capacity of PWSC, with the dan, Tel: (962-6) 463-4511, (962-2) 464-5861, Fax: (962-6) 461-5683, objective of making them self-financing: and (e) providing technical as- Contact: Eng. Khaled Tarawneh, Director, Regional Planning sistance to develop private sector participation in the sector. Project Lebanon preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for preparation and su- Finance pervision. Mazandaran and Guilan Water and Wastewater Companies, Revenue Enhancement and Fiscal Management Technical As- Tel: (98-21) 8953-3301, Fax: (98-21) 897-8133, E-mail: elahi-panah@ sistance (In.7197-LB): The objective of the supplemental loan is nw.co.ir, Contact: Mr. Elahi Panah, Director, Ministry of Energy to finance completion of work associated with the Land and Cadastre SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 45 System in the Ministry of Finance. Approved by the Executive Direc- Urban Development tors on 26 August 2003. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Housing Sector Adjustment: The objective of the project is to establish 83514. US$ 5.3 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Fi- a market-based institutional and regulatory environment for the hous- nance, Beirut, Lebanon, Fax: (961-1) 981-059, Contact: H.E. Fouad ing sector, including better access to and greater affordability of hous- Siniora, Minister ing finance and services for the urban poor. Project preparation is Water and Sanitation under way Environmental Assessment Category C. PID 83746. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministere des Finances et Bekaa Regional Water Supply and Waste Water: The objectives de la Privatisation, Ave. Mohamed V, Quartier Administrau, Rabat, Roy- of the project are to: (a) operate and maintain water and waste water aume du Maroc, Tel: (213) 763-1711847, Fax: (212) 3776-1575, E-mail: facilities in the Bekaa Region, (b) undertake rehabilitation works us- I,[email protected]~ances.gov.ma,Contact: M. El Idrissi. Directeur Ad- ing the operations and the investment fund to be made available by the joint, Departement du TrCsor government, and (c) bill and collect on behalf of the Regional Water Utility for all its customers. Project is being identified. Environmental Water and Sanitation Assessment Category B. PID 77334. US$35.0 (IBRD). Consultantswill Water Supply and Sanitation: The objectives of the project are to: be required during preparation to carry out feasibility studies. Coun- (a) increase significantly access of rural communities to potable wa- cil for Development and Reconstruction, Tel: (961-3) 205-663, Fax: ter and safe sanitation and (b) improve hygiene practices in a sus- (961-1) 981-252, Contact: Mr. Jamal Itani, President tainable manner. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86877. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consultants Morocco will be required. Station de Traitement, Av. Oued Akreuch, Rabat, Mo- Education rocco, Tel: (212-37) 759-600, Fax: (212-37)632-052,Contact: Ms. Samira Badri, Chief, Finance Division Basic Education Reform Support Program: The objective of the project is to provide a primary and lower secondary education of im- Tunisia proving quality to all children ages 6-15 in a financially sustainable manner. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Envi- Education ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 43412. US$lOO.O (IBRD). Con- Higher Education Reform Support 11: The objective of the project sulting services to be determined. Ministere de l'kducation nationale is to support the government in its higher education reform efforts, et de lajeunesse, Bab Rouah, Rabat, Maroc,Tel: (212-37) 687-221, Fax: focusing on building up traditional and alternative models to increase (212-37) 779-029 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Mr. Ahmed enrollment opportunity, improving the quality and relevance of higher Gouittaa, Directeur de la strategie, des statistiques et de la planifica- education teaching and research, and broadening sources of higher tion education finance. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- sessment Category B. PID: 75809. US$ 50.0 (IBRD), Consulting ser- Law and Justice vices to be determined. Ministere de l'enseignement supkrieur, Av. (R) Public Administration Reform (h7245-MOR): The objec- Ouled Haffouz, 1030 Tunis, Tunisi, Tel (216-71) 849-971, Fax: (216-71) tive of the project is to improve the effectiveness of public resource 801-701, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr Hedi Zai'em, management, a key step for accelerated growth and poverty reduction. President de la commission chargee de la preparation du projet dap The loan was signed on 12July2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- pui a la reforme de l'enseignement superieur I1 egory U. PID: 78565. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- termined. Ministry of General Affairs, Fax: (212-37) 774-287, Contact: Energy and Mining Melle Sabah Benchekroun, Chef du p61e des relations internationales (N) Energy Efficiency ProgramAndustrial Sector: The objective et de la macro-economie, Ministere Charge des Affaires Cconomiques of the project is to overcome barriers to the development of a sustainable et generales et de la Mise a niveau de l'economie market of energy efficiency projects. Negotiations completed. Board presentation is scheduled for 27 September 2004. Environmental As- Rural Development sessment Category C. PID 78131. US$8.5 (GEF). Consultants will be Integrated Forestry: The objective of the project is to improve the required for technical assistance consisting mostly of training and ca- management of biodiversity and natural resources.This will be achieved pacity building. Agence Nationale des Energies Renouvelables (MER), by (a) sustainably managing forest, water and soil resources and im- 3, rue 8000, BP 213, Montplaisir, 1002 Tunis, Tunisie, Tel: (216- 71) proving agricultural production in peri-forestry areas: (b) improving 787-700, Fax: (216-71) 784-624, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. socio-economic conditions of the rural population: (c) protecting the Mohamed Ezzedine Khalfallah, Director General country's biodiversity: (d) increasing industrial and artisanal wood production: and (e) enhancing forest based services for people's use Environment and Natural Resources Management and enjoyment whether from cities or the countryside. In addition, im- (R) Gulf of Gabes: The objective of the project is to protect marine proved carbon storage resulting from increased vegetative cover and and coastal resources in the Gulf of Gabes. Negotiations were tenta- better forest management will contribute to reducing net emissions of tively scheduled for August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category greenhouse gases. Appraisal is scheduled for October 2004. Environ- B. PID: 69460. US$6.6 (GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministere mental Assessment Category B. PID: 75561. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Con- de I'Agriculture, de l'Environnement, et des Ressources Hydrauliques, sultants will be required. Ministere charges des Eaux et Fbrets, Agriculture Centre Urbain Nord, Immeuble ICF, 2080 Ariana, Tunisie. Quartier Administratif, BP 607, Rabat, Morocco, Fax: (212-37) 768-496, Fax: (216-71) 799-457, Contact: S. E. Monsieur Nadhir Hamada, Se- Mr. M. Anechoum, Secretary General cretaire dEtat charge de l'Environnement Transportation Private Sector Development Rural Roads (Ln. 4747-MOR): The objectives of the project are to (R) Export Development I1 (In.7239-TUN): The objective of the (a) significantly increase the level of road access by the rural popula- project is to build upon and anchor more deeply the reforms started tion, especially in the more disadvantaged provinces, and (b) enhance under the first Export Development project with the intention of en- the impact of improved rural road accessibility through institutional couraging a more supportive export environment. The loan wassigned measures aimed at strengthening participatory processes, improving on 2July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 71115. local road management, monitoring accessibility and facilitating sec- US$36.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Commerce toral integration. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 June and Tourism, 1, Av. Mohamed V, 1001 Tunis, Tunisie, Tel: (216-71) 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID 82754 US$ 36.9 781-324, Fax: (216-71) 350-997, Contact: H. E. Mr. Mondher Zenaidi. (IBRD) , Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works and Minister Transport, Directorate of Roads, Tel: (212-37) 713-247, Fax: (212-37) (R) Information and Communication Technologies Sector De- 713-259/261, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Mr. Ahmed Imzel, velopment (In.7244-TUN): The objectives of the project are to (a) Head, Planning Division improve information and communication performance by fostering re- PAGE 46 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 forms in telecommunications and electronic services and (b) accelerate Urban Development use of information and communication technology by developing and Land Administration LIL The objectives of the project are to: (a) promoting applications. The loan was signed on 2 July 2004. Environ- develop national land policy, (b) improve the efficiency and trans- mental Assessment Category C. PID: 88929. US$ 13.1 (IBRD). Con- parency of land administration, and (3) support the Palestinian Land sultants will be required. Ministry of Communication Technologies and Authority in safeguarding and strengthening management of land Transport, 3 bis, Rue dAngleterre, 1000 Tunis, Tunisie, Tel: (216-71) records as part of an institutional development framework. Project 359-000, Fax: (216-71) 338-121, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. Mr. Salem Miladi, Director of Planning and Studies US$ 3.0 (Trust Fund). Consultants will be required. Palestinian Land Water and Sanitation Authority, PO Box 1021, Gaza, Tel: (972-8) 282-2318, Fax: (972-8) 282- 0265, Contact: H.E. Mr. Freih Abu Middain, Chairman Urban Water Supphl: The objective of the project is to (a) strengthen water supply and sewerage sector policy development and imple- Water and Sanitation mentation processes to enhance sector performance, promote private (N) Northern Gam EmergencySewage Treatment: The objectives sector participation and improve sound tariff and subsidy policies: (b) of the project are to: (a) remove the immediate and gathering health enhance SONEDEs performance through operating and financial and environmental safety threats surrounding the effluent lake: and management capacity buildings: and (c) sustain the reliability and (b) provide a longer-term solution for the treatment of wastewater for quality of water service in Greater Tunis and other urban centers, north Gaza. Negotiations completed. Board presentation was sched- through added production capacity, transmission and distribution net- uled for 7 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. work upgrades. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- PID 74595. US$ 7.8 (special fmancing). Consultants will be required sessment Category B. PID 64836. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will for preparation of environmental assessment, implementation and su- be required. SociCtC Nationale dExploitation et de Distribution des Eaw pervision. PalestinianWater Authority (PWA), PWA Bldg., Shifa St. Gaza (SONEDE) ., Av. Slimane Ben Slimane, Manar 11, Tunis, Tunisie, City, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-8) 282-2696, Fax: (972-8) 282-2697, TeVFax: (2 16-71) 887-000, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. E-mail: sali@pwa-gaza-org,Contact: Eng. Nabil El-Sharif, Chairman Abdelaziz Mabrouk, PrBsident Directeur GCneral Gam Emergency Water: The project will (a) support the provision of a private operator to operate and manage water and wastewater ser- West Bank and Gaza vices in Gaza: and (b) continue improving the water and sanitation ser- Health, Nutrition and Population vices, through rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion of the existing (R) Social Safety Net Reform: The objectives of the project are: (i) systems and facilities: (c) support the functional establishment of the to protect and enhance the human capital of children from the poor- Coastal Water utility under the ownership of the local governments rep- est households: and (i)to strengthen the institutional capacity of the resenting those communities. Project preparation is under way. Envi- Ministry of Social Affairs. The grant was signed on 19 July 2004. En- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 65920. US$15.0 (Trust Fund). vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 81477. US$ 10.0 (Trust Consultants will be required. Palestinian Water Authority, PWA Bldg., Fund). For preparation, consulting services are required for commu- Shifa St., Gaza City, West Bank and Gam, Tel: (972-8) 282-2696, Fax: nications/awareness programs and for training of ministry staff. An (972-8) 283-4686, 282-2697, Contact: Eng. Nabil El-Sharif. audit firm will be contracted to monitor implementation. Consulting services will be required for program monitoring and evaluation. Min- Yemen istry of Social Affairs, Old Housing Bldg., Rimal, Gaza, Tel: (972-8) 282- Education 9193/7102, Fax: (972-8) 282-7474, Contact: Mr. Walid Emtair, Director (R) Basic Education Development Program: The objective of the General project is to achieve quality basic education for all with special atten- Second Health System Development: The project has been re. tion to gender equity Negotiations compkted. Boardpresentationis sched- designed in light of new priorities emerging from the security situa- uled for 30 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. tion. Included in the project is the preparation of two hospital master PID 76185 US$ 65.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Credit Ad- plans, two regional hospital rationalization plans, and capacity build- ministration Unit, Ministry of Education, Tel: (967-1) 200-472, Fax: ing of the hospital management system, including information tech- (967-1) 403-572, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Abddatif Almaneefi, nology-related activities, waste management, and quality of care. Project Director Appraisal is scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment (R) Decentralization and Local Development: The objective of Category B. PID: 64988. US$5.0 (Trust Fund). Consultants have been the project, a LIL, is to test methods of implementing key aspects of selected for preparation work. Ministry of Health, Project Implemen- the government's decentralization strategy. Negotiations completed. tation Unit, Gaza City, Gaza, TeVFax: (972-7) 282-5653, E-mail: pi- Board presentation was scheduledfor September 2004. Environmental [email protected],Contact: Engineer Jawad Abu El-Gomboz, Director Assessment Category C. PID: 080044 US$4.7 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Local Administration, Sana'a, Yemen, Tel: Public Sector Governance (967-1) 252-532, Fax: (967-1) 251-513, Contact: H.E. Mr. Sadiq Abu Public Financial Management Reform: The objective of the emer- Ras, Ministry of Local Administration gency structural adjustment project is to sustain the momentum of on- going financial management reforms by providing budget support to Energy and Mining the Palestinian Authority during its acute economic and fiscal crisis. Power Sector: The project seeks to improve further the operating ef- Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 June 2004. Environmental ficiency and finances of the Public Electricity Corp., strengthen its Assessment Category U. PID: 88754. US$20.0 (Trust Fund). No con- governance and start implementing a new industry structure and reg sultants are required. Ministry of Finance, PO Box 795, Ramallah, ulatory framework. Project preparation is under way. Environmental West Bank, Tel: (970-2) 240-0650, Fax: (970-2) 240-0595, E-mail: cbo- Assessment Category B. PID: 86865. US$50.0 (IDA). Consultants will [email protected], Contact: Mr. Salam Fayyad, Minister be required for implementation. For preparation,the need for consultants is still to be determined. Public Electricity Corporation (PEC), PO Social Protection Box 178, Sana'a, Republic ofYemen, Tel: (968-1) 328-164/5, Fax: (968- (R) CMl Service Pension Reform: The objective of the project is 1) 328-150/1, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Eng. Abdul Moati Al- to design and implement a unified public sector pension system, in- Jonaid, Managing Director cluding modernization of the administration of asset management, benefits and payment administration, and initiation of prudential gov- Transportation ernance standards. Appraisal mission is scheduled for April 2005. En- Rural Access Program, Phase 11: The objective of the project is to vironmental Assessment Category C. PZD: 82230. US$ 10.0 (Trust reduce isolation by ensuring that rural people have reliable access Fund). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Ramallah, through local, regional and national road networks. Project prepara- West Bank, Tel: (972-2) 240-0372, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: tion is under way Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 85231. Dr. Atef Alawneh, Deputy Minister of Finance US$30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv ODerational Summarv PAGE 47 and Highways, Rural Access Program Central Management Office, Tel Transpotfation (967-1) 409-626, Fax: (967-1) 262-609, E-mail: [email protected], Con- National Highway Asset Management (In. 7242-AR): The pro- tact: Eng. Hakim Aghbari, Director: Ministry of Planning and Inter- ject will consolidate an efficient road management strategy, bringing national Cooperation about the necessary capabilities to preserve the national road net- work in the long term. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 88153. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for implementation in areas such as: (a) detailed engineering designs for bridges and road safety works; Latin America (b) design of a road safety education campaign: (c) design of a moni- toring and evaluation system for the road safety pilot strategy; and (d) implementation of the Institutional Renewal Action Plan, including the and the Caribbean preparation of a human resources assessment of DNV and the design of a short-term action plan. Direccidn Nacional de Vialidad, Av. Julio Argentina A. Roca 738 2do Piso, Buenos Aires. Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4343-2857, Fax: (54-11) 4331-7292, Contact: Ing. Nelson Periotti, Administrador Energy and Mining General Mining Decontamination:The objectives of the project are to clean up uranium mines and tailing sites and strengthen the environmental Urban Development management capacity of the responsible agency, Comision Nacional (R) Buenos Aires City Infrastructure: The project aims at assist- Energia At6mica. Project processing is on hold. Environmental As- ing the City of Buenos Aires in developing a risk management strat- sessment Category A. PID: 57124. US$ 16.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- egy, to reduce vulnerability to floods, with contingency plans and vices to be determined. Comision Nacional Energia Atomica, Ave. del non-structural measures to increase risk information, and mitigate Libertador 8250,3er Piso, Oficina 3352, Buenos Aires 1429, Argentina, flood effects in the Maldonado basin with infrastructure works. Preap- Tel: (54-11) 4704-1217, Fax: (54-11) 4704-1165, E-mail: gregui@cnea. praisal was tentatively scheduled for September 2004. Environmental gov.ar, Contact: Jose Gregui, Project Coordinator Assessment Category A. PID: 88624. US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Unidad de Coordinacidn para Emergencias, Finance Secretariade Hacienda, Ave. Corrientes 1621, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Economic Recovery Support Structural Adjustment (In.7241- Tel: (54-11) 4816-8074, Contact: Ricardo Rebagliati, Coordinador AR): The project aims at supporting the country’s efforts to consoli- date economic recovery ressing pending structural reforms in Water and Sanitation the financial and public sectors and by improving the invest- (N) Buenos Aires hhstructure: The project will improve infra- ment climate, and enhancing competitiveness and export potential of structure services in the province within a framework of fiscal re- existing and new enterprises, particularly those of small and medium sponsibility as a means of supporting the return to a sustainable path size. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 June 2004. Environ- of economic growth, to alleviate poverty and increase social equity. Ap- mental Assessment Category U. PID: 83982. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). No praisal was scheduled for August 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- consultants are required. Ministry of Economy and Production, Hipolito egory B. PID: 88032. US$275.0 (IBRD). Consultants may be required. Yrigoyen 250, 5to Piso, 1310 Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54.11) Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 4349-6352, Contact: Gerardo Hita, Director Nacional de Proyectos con Organismos Internacionales de Credit0 Urban Drainage Infrastructure and Management: The project is designed to resolve the highest priority bottlenecks in the macro- Health, Nutrition and Population drainage systems of economically active metropolitan areas, in order Provincial Maternal-Child Health (Ln. 7225-AR): The objective to provide rapid flood relief. However, the main purpose is to establish of the project is to support a federally-managed program that seeks to the strategies, guidelines and institutional framework for proper storm (a) stimulate provincial-level extension of formal health insurance to water drainage management, Therefore, this program is intended to the largely low-income population that currently does not benefit from serve as a catalyst for efficient investments in drainage infrastructure insurance: (b) provide incentives for the improvement and better uti- at both the macro- and micro-level, through institutional capacity build- lization of basic health care services; and (c) reinforce key reforms in ing and development of appropriate technical standards and best prac- the structure, financing and regulation of the existing insurance pro- tices. As a result, the country should be able to reverse the current grams, the Obras Sociales Sindicales and Obras Sociales Provinciales. trend and reduce the severe costs associatedwith flooding. Project pro- Approved by the Executive Directors on 15 April 2004. Environmen- cessing was placed on hold due to the economic crisis. Preparation is tal Assessment Category C. PID: 71025. US$ 135.8 (IBRD). Consul- well advanced and some of this work will be utilized for the proposed tants will be required. Ministry of Health, Ave. 9 de Julio, 1925 (1332), City of Buenos Aires Drainage project (Maldonado Basin) I Environ- Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4372-3832, Fax: (54-11) 4384- mental Assessment Category A. PID: 57453. US$200.0 (IBRD). Con- 6997, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Oscar Filomena, Coor- sultants may be required. Unidad Coordinadora de Proyectos con dinador General de la UFI-Salud Financiamiento Externo (UCPFE), Secretaria de Obras Publicas, Mi- nisterio de Economia, Av. HipolitoYrigoyen 250, Piso 12, Oficina 1208, Social Protection Buenos Aires, Argentina, TeVFax: (54-11) 4349-7632/7622, Contact: Fifth Social Protection: The objective of the project is to further sys- Ing. Graciela Aresca, General Coordinator temic reforms in social protection. The program will facilitate the con- solidation of an integrated and coherent social protection strategy, Belize focusing on: (a) supporting ongoing efforts in social protection re- form; (b) enhancing capacity for effective crisis response in protection Education of vulnerable groups; (c) supporting labor market and other capacity- Education Sector Improvement: The objectives of the project are building programs targeted to poor communities: (d) strengthening (a) to support implementation of a primary and a secondary school institutional capacity for targeting, monitoring and evaluating social pro- reform program that would increase access, equity, and quality of ed- tection interventions: and (e) intensifying provincial reforms. Project ucation: and (b) to assist the government in the design of appropriate preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. policies and levels of budget support for sustainable education programs. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Fondo Par- This project has been placed on hold until the fiscal situation improves. ticipativo de Inversion Social, Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Medio Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 6106. US$12.4 (IBRD). Ambiente, Ave. 9 de Julio 1925, Piso 17, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education, Belmopan, Belize, (54-11) 4382-2956, Fax: (54-11) 4383-8741, E-mail: darroyo@desarrol- Tel: (501-2) 32062, Fax: (501-2) 31762, E-mail: [email protected], losocial.gov.ar, Contact: Lic. Daniel Arroyo, Viceministro Contact: Ernest Raymond, Project Coordinator PAGE 48 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 Bolivia children (ages 0 to 6 years) from low-income families, including chil- dren with disabilities and other special needs. These services comprise Health, Nutrition and Population education, health, social assistance and income generation provided (R) Social Sector Programmatic (Cr. 3942-BO): The program will by a network of governmental and nongovernmental institutions. Ne- support progress in health and nutrition, education, water and sanita- gotiations are not yet scheduled, pending government clearance. En- tion, and social protection and reduce disparities in development out- vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 6525. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). comes across different regions, ethnic groups and income classes. In Consultants no longer required for project preparation. Prefeitura da addition, it will maintain the social sectors at the center of the gov- Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Centro Administrativo Si0 Sebastiio, Rua ernment's agenda as it develops a new poverty reduction strategy. Afonso Cavalcanti, 455, 30 Andar CEP 20211-110 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, The loan was signed on 30 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 293-0393, Fax: (55-21) 293-0638, E-mail: smo- egory C. PID: 87841. US$ 25.0 (IDA). Consultants are no longer re- [email protected], Contact: Dra. Sonia Maria Correa Mograbi, Sec- quired. Vice-Ministerio de Inversion Pliblica y Financiamiento Externo, retaria de Educacio Palacio de Comunicaciones, Piso 11, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) 314-761 through /769, Fax: (591-2) 317-408, Contact: Luis Arnal, Vice Energy and Mining Minister (R) Energy Sector Technical Assistance (In.4780-BR): The ob- jective of the project is to help ensure sustainable implementation of Rural Development the government's ongoing energy sector reform program, through tech- (R) Community-Based Land Distribution: The project will facili- nical assistance in specific areas and by providing a mechanism for con- tate access to land and complementary productive investments by tar- tinuing dialogue with policymakers about longer-term sector reform. geted organized groups in selected regions. Project preparation is This operation focuses on the power sector, where there are more ur- under way Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87925. US$ gent reform needs and the greater consensus on the reform agenda: 15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be requiredfor an environmental and so- the hydrocarbons sector is covered directly only with respect to pro- cial impacts study; economic and financial analysis; analysis of land vision of natural gas for electricity generation, although certain other markets, input markets and technical assistance; and logistical and or- components, such as institutional strengthening, would affect it as ganizational support for preparation. Ministry of Sustainable Devel- well. Loan signing was tentatively scheduled for late August 2004. En- opment, Avenida Mariscal Santa Cruz esq. Oruro, Piso 5, La Paz, vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 76977. US$ 12.1 (IBRD). Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) 231-0748, Fax: (591-2) 231-2641, E-mail gpe- A project implementation unit is being established. Technical consul- [email protected], Contact: Gustavo Pedraza, Minister tants are providing support to the Ministry of Mines and Energy in (R) Rural Space: The objective of the project is to improve the income the power sector reform. Secretariat of Energy, Ministry of Mines of poor rural producers, particularly those with indigenous back- and Energy, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco U, 8O Andar, Sala 806, grounds, in two or three sub-regions. Project preparation is under CEP 70065-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 319-5099, Contact: Car- way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83051. US$ 20.0 los August0 Hoffmann, Advisor to the Executive Secretary (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Vice-Ministry of Rural Environment and Natural Resources Management Development of the Ministry ofAgriiculture and Peasant Affairs. Ave. Ca- macho No1471,2do Piso 2, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) 220-3980, 237- (R) First Programmatic Reform for Environmental Sustainabil- 4274, Contact: Johnny Delgadillo, Vice-Minister ity: The objective of the project is balancing socioeconomic develop ment with the maintenance and improvement of environmental quality. Brazil This first loan out of a series of three will focus primarily on deepen- ing the national debate, maintainingthe implementation of reforms ini- Education tiated in previous administrations and launching new packages of (R) Human Development Technical Assistance: The objective of legislative and institutional reforms. Board presentation was scheduled the project is to assist the government in developing institutional ca- for 24 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: pacity to monitor the progress and impact of its social policies, a crit- 80829. US$505.0 fZBRD). Consultants will not be required. Ministry ical step towards institutionalizing performance-based management. of Environment, Executive Secretariat, Esplanada dos Ministerios, This requires improving accountability and governance systems in Bloco B, 60 Andar, Sala 600,70068-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) the social sectors by creating a feedback mechanism under which 317-1205, Fax: (55-61) 225-8969, Contact: Fabricio Barreto, Coordina- monitoring, evaluation and research programs are used to formulate tor: Ministry of Finance, Secretariat of International Affairs, Esplanada policies. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for early September dos Ministerios, Bloco P, 20 Andar, Sala 225, 70048-900 Brasilia, DF, 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 82523. US$ 10.0 Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 412-2227, Fax: (55-61) 412-1722, Contact: Eduardo (IBRD). Consultants are being used for preparation. Ministry of Ed- Coutinho, Coordinator ucation, Esplanada dos Ministerios,, Bloco L, 80 Andar, Gabinete, CEP (R) Rio Grande do Norte Integrated Water Resources Manage- 70047-900 Brasilia. DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 410-8762, Fax: (55-61) 410- ment: The project will develop the institutional and operational frame- 9168, Contact: Rinaldo Macin, Project Coordinator: Ministry of Health, work and the necessary infrastructure to optimize the integrated Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco G, Edificio Sede, Sala 317, CEP management and sustainable use ofwater resources in the State of Rio 70058-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 315-2359, Fax: (55-61) 226- Grande do Norte, including the improved operation and maintenance, 0286, Contact: Andre Guerreiro, Assessor, Diretoria de Investimentos rehabilitation and expansion of water related infrastructure, and enhance e Projetos Estrategicos its links to other state policies regarding the strengthening of poverty Pernambuco Integrated Development: Education Quality Im- reduction and economic growth in those areas. The ultimate goal of provement: The objectives ofthe project are to: (a) improve the qual- the project would be to reduce the vulnerability of the rural poor to ity, efficiency and inclusiveness of the public education system: (b) cyclical droughts. Identification mission was tentatively scheduled for modernize and strengthen the managerial, financial and administra- August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PZD: 89929.

tive capacity of the Secretariat of Education to set policies and guide- US$50.0 (IBRD) I Consulting services to be determined. Secretaria de lines for the sector and deliver public education efficiently: and (c) Estado de Recursos Hidricos (SERHID-RN), Rua D. Maria Cbara, support the overall state modernization effort. Negotiations are not yet 1884, Capim Macio, CEP 59082-430, Natal, RN, Brazil, Tel: (55-84) scheduled, pending government clearance. Environmental Assess- 232-2410, Fax: (55-84) 232-2411, Contact: Josema de Azevedo, Secre- ment Category C. PID: 69934. US$31.5 (IBRD). Consultants may be tary of State required for project implementation. State Basic Education Secretariat, Amazon Basin and Aquatic: The objectives of the project are to: (a) Rua Siqueira Campos, 304 CEP 50010-010 Recife, PE, Brazil, Tel (55- support the conservation of freshwater biodiversity of global impor- 81) 3224-3333, Fax: (55-81) 3423-7285, E-mail:[email protected], tance in the Amazon River Basin, through formulation of a strategy for Contact: Mozart Neves, Secretary the sustainable integrated management ofwater resources and fresh- Rio Integrated Early Childhood Development: The project will ex- water biodiversity in two to three sub-basins of the Amazon River pand and improve the quality of integrated services provided to young Basin; and (b) generate and disseminate lessons that could be adapted ~~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 49 towards the conservation of freshwater biodiversity in other parts of sessment Category C. PID: 83533. US$12.1 (IBRD). Consultants will the basin. Project preparation is under way EnvironmentalAssessment be required. Ministry of Finance, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco P, Category B. PID: 66535. US$5.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required CEP 70048-900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 412-2321, Fax: (55-61) for project preparation. Ministkrio do Meio Ambiente, Diretoria do Pro- 225-0443, Contact: Mr. Marcos de Barros Lisboa, Secretary of Economic grama Nacional de ConservaCgo da Diversidade Biologica, Bloco H, Policy 70818-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 325-7966, Fax: (55-61) 325- 7967, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: JoIo Paulo Viana, Public Sector Governance Project Coordinator Cearh Multi-Sector DevelopmentAPL: The objective of the project Brasilia Environmentally Sustainable: The objective of the project is to support critical programs in key sectors during a period when the is to ensure quality water resources to meet the growing needs of the state’s finances require signifcant resource infusions to keep from Federal District and the Brasilia Metropolitan Region, through envi- shutting down investment and seriously curtailing public programs ronmental planning and management activities implemented at the re- across the board. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- gional level, integrated with poverty reduction interventions and sessment Category C. PID: 82142. US$ 149.0 (IBRD). Consultants environmental rehabilitation in the most critical watersheds. Project will be required for studies and systems work. Instituto de Pesquisa preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. e Estrategia EconBmica do CearA, Ceara State Government, Centro Ad- US$ 57.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required for project ministrativo, SEPLAN, CEP 839-900, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Tel: (55-85) preparation. Government of the Federal District, Aghcia de Infra-es- 488-7564, Fax: (55-85) 488-7564, Contact: Dr. Marcos Holanda. Direc- trutura e Desenvolvimento Urbano do Distrito Federal, Anexo do Pala- tor General cio do Buriti 120 Andar, CEP 70075-900,Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) WasGerais Partnership for Development: The objective of the 325-3500, Contact: David Jose de Matos, Project Coordinator project is to (a) help achieve fiscal balance, (b) facilitate public sector Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Integrated Ecosystem Management reform; and (c) promote private sector development, with particular in Productive Landscapes: The project will promote an integrated emphasis on public-privateparticipation in key infrastructure projects ecosystem approach to guide the development and implementation of and the Estrada Real initiative. Project preparation is under way. En- sustainable land management practices while providing environmen- vironmental Assessment Category U. US$170.0 (IBRD). Consultants tally and socially sustainable economic opportunities for rural com- will be required. Planning Secretariat, Finance Secretariat, and Eco- munities in the North and Northeast Fluminense administrative regions nomic Development Secretariat (jointly), Minas Gerais, Brazil, Tel: of the Rio de Janeiro state. Project preparation is under way. Environ- (55-31) 3275-1722, Fax: (55-31) 3292-1009, E-mail: athayde.sede@ mental Assessment Category B. PID: 75379. US$ 6.7 (GEF). Con- mg.gov.br, Contact: Luiz Antonio Athayde, Subsecretary of International sulting services to be determined. Secretaria de Estado de Agricultura, Affairs, Economic Development Secretariat Abastecimento, Pesca e Desenvolvimento Interior, Project0 de Mi- Rural Development crobacias Hidrograficas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Alameda S2o Boaventura, No. 770,24120-191, Fonseca - Niteroi, RJ, Brazil, Tel/Fax: (R) Maranh5io Integratd Program: Rural Poverty Reduction (la. (55-21) 265-8184, Contact: Nelson Teixeira, Project Unit Coordinator 4735-BR): The project will help the state of Maranhao reduce high levels of rural poverty by: (a) improving well-being and incomes of the Health, Nutrition and Population rural poor through better access to basic social and economic infra- (R) Amazonas Regional Development: The overall objective is to structure and services and support for productive activities, using reduce the poverty rates in the priority regions of the state of Amazonas proven community-driven development techniques: (b) increasing the by improving economic conditions and quality of life while protecting social capital of rural communities to organize collectively to meet the environment. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- their own needs; (c) enhancing local governance by greater citizen par- sessment Category B. PID: 83997, US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultank ticipation and transparency in decision making, through the creation will be requiredforprojectpreparation.Secretariat of Planning, Av. An and strengthening of community associations and municipal councils: dre Aratijo. 1500-Aleixo, CEP 69060-000 Manaus, AM, Brazil, Tel: (55- and (d) fostering closer integration of local development policies, pro- 92) 2126-1227, Fax: (55-92) 642-8677, E-mail: omonteiro@seplan. grams and projects by assisting municipal councils to extend their am.gov.br, Contact: Ozires Monteiro Rodriguez, Secretary of Plan- role in seeking funding, priority setting and decision making over re- ning source allocation and by assisting the government to measure the ef- ficiency and impact of its programs to reduce rural poverty. Loan (R) Disease Surveillane and Control II -VIGISUS II (In. 7227- BR): The objective of the project is to reduce mortality and morbid- signing was tentatively scheduled for late August 2004. Environmen- ity and decrease exposure to risk factors associated with ill health by tal Assessment Category B. PID: 80830. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting strengthening the national public health surveillance and disease con- services will be contracted for information campaigns, technical as- trol system and supporting disease prevention and control among in sistance, studies and capacity building for the beneficiary communi- ties and the state project implementation unit. GEPLAN/NEPE, Rua digenous populations. It will build upon the accomplishments of the first phase while supporting the decentralization of health surveillance do Giz, 249 - Centro. CEP 65010-680. S3o Luis, MA, Brazil, Tel: (55- activities and institutional reforms related to the indigenous health 98) 232-3699, Fax: (55-98) 232-1567, Contact: Dr. Antonio Gualhardo system. Loan signing was tentatively scheduled for mid-September Alvarez Prazeres, Director 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 83013. US$lOO.O (R) Tocantins Sustainable Regional Development (In. 7208-BR): (IBRD). Consultants were required for project preparation. Ministry The objectives of the project are to raise living standards and reduce of Health, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco G, CEP 70058-900Brasflia, inequalities and regional disparities by improving access to markets, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 315-3777, Fax: (55-61) 321-9253, E-mail: jar- job opportunities, infrastructure and social services for rural com- [email protected],Contact: Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., Sec- munities in Tocantins’ poorest regions, while ensuring sustainable use retary, Health Surveillance Secretariat: FUNASA, FundaCIo Nacional of natural resources and the protection of fragile ecosystems. Loan sign- de Sadde, SAS Quadra 4, Bloco N, CEP 70070-040 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, ing is tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assess- Tel: (55-61) 314-6356, Fax: (55-61) 226-7149, E-mail: ricardoxha- ment Category A. PID: 60573. US$60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be [email protected], Contact: Ricardo Chagas, Director, Department of required. State Planning and Environment Secretariat, Esplanada das Indigenous Health Secretarias, Pca dos Girassbis, CEP 77003-020 Palmas, TO, Brazil, Tel: (55-63) 218-1150, Fax: (55-63) 218-1690, Contact: Dr. Ricardo Dias, Private Sector Development Director for Ecologico-Economic Zoning (R) Sustainable and Equitable Growth Technical Assistance Rural Poverty Reduction-Alagoas:The project would help the state (In.7253-BR): The project will strengthen the government’s insti- government of Alagoas to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences tutional capacity to implement the Growth Reform Program. In addi- by: (a) providing basic social and economic infrastructure, and em-. tion, project studies will help fine-tune the measures to be supported ployment and income-generating opportunities for the rural poor: (b) under second and third programmatic loans being considered. Loan decentralizing resource allocation and decision-making to local levels signing is tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Environmental As- by supporting community-based municipal councils and beneficiary as- PAGE 50 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 sociations in investment planning and implementation: (c) leveraging ing of the state's road sector management. Project processing is on hold. resources mobilized at the community and municipal levels; and (d) Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 6523. US$165.0 (IBRD). deepening the creation ofsocial capital. Negotiations are not yet sched- Consulting services to be determined. Departamento de Estradas de uled, pending government clearance. Environmental Assessment Cat- Rodagem do Estado de Minas Gerais, Av. dos Andradas, 1.120, Sala egory B. PID: 74083. US$12.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be contracted 215, Predio A, CEP 30120-010Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Tel: (55-31) for information campaigns, technical assistance, studies and capacity 224-8497,235-1278/1025, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Julio Cesar building for the beneficiary communities and the State Project Im- Diniz Oliveira, Project Coordinator plementation Unit. State Secretariat of Agriculture, Supply and Fish- eries, Rua Cincinato Pinto, 348, 200 Andar Centro, CEP 57020-050 Urban Development Macei6, AL, Brazil, Tel: (55-82) 315-1377, Fax: (55-82) 315-1373, Con- (R) Municipal Lending Program I - Recife: The objective of the tact: Dr. Jose Klinger, Director Presidente project, one of four city loans in the first phase of a horizontal APL, is Rural Poverty Reduction-Minas Gerais: The project will help the to develop and revitalize the Capibaribe River Basin, one of Recife's most important natural resources, and an important mixed-income com- state government of Minas Gerais to alleviate rural poverty and its con- sequences by: (a) providing basic social and economic infrastructure, munity. The work will include resettlement, urban development, wa- and employment and income-generatingopportunities for the rural poor; ter supply and sanitation, environmental management, job creation, (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision-making to local governance, fiscal management and social targeting. Project prepara- levels by supporting community-based municipal councils and bene- tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 89013. ficiary associations in investment planning and implementation: (c) lever- US$32.8 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Municipality aging resources mobilized at the community and municipal levels: of Recife, Av. Oliveira Lima, 867 . Boa Vista 50050-390, Recife, PE, and (d) deepening the creation of social capital. Negotiations are not Brazil, Tel: (55-81) 8856-6327, E-mail: [email protected], yet scheduled, pending government clearance. Environmental As- Contact: Cesar de Barros, Director sessment Category B. PID: 52256. US$35.0 (IBRD). Consultants will (R) Municipal Lending Program I - Uberaba: The objective of the be contracted for information campaigns, technical assistance, stud- project, one of four city loans in the first phase of a horizontal APL, is ies and capacity building for the beneficiary communities and the to improve water resources management, water supply and sanita- State Project Implementation Unit. State Secretariat of Planning and tion, wastewater collection and treatment, macro-drainage, and envi- Coordination, R. Bernard0 Guimarles, 2731,40 Andar, CEP 30.140-082 ronmental protection of the Uberaba river basin Environmental Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Tel: (55-31) 3290-4859, Fax: (55-31) 3290- Protection Area. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- 4759, Contact: Dr. Mauro Santos Ferreira, SecretArio sessment Category A. PID: 89011. US$17.7 (IBRD). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Municipality of Uberaba, Av. Guilherme The project will help the Rural Poverty Reduction - Tocantins: Ferreira, 1539, Cidade Jardim, CEP 38022-200 Uberaba, MG, Brazil, state government of Tocantins to alleviate rural poverty and its con- Tel: (55-34) 3312-7744, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: sequences by: (a) providing basic social and economic infrastructure, Marcos Montes Cordeiro, Mayor employment and income-generatingopportunities for the rural poor: (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision-making to local (R) Sustainable Communities - hap&The objective of the pro- levels by supporting community-based municipal councils and bene- ject is to alleviate rural and urban poverty while protecting the envi- ficiary associations in investment planning and implementation: and ronment through urban community development, strengthening of (c) leveraging resources mobilized at the community and municipal microcredit and other state institutions, rural productive and community levels. Negotiations are not yet scheduled. Environmental Assessment sub-projects, and capacity building. Negotiations were tentatively Category B. PID: 74737. US$36.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be scheduled for late August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category contracted for information campaigns, technical assistance, studies B. PID: 76924. US$4.9 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. and capacity building for the beneficiary communities and the State Agencia de Desenvolviemiento do Amapa (Amapa Development Project Implementation Unit. State Secretariat of Planning and the En- Agency), Rua Chdido Mendes 111, CEP 68900-050Macapa, Ap, Brazil, vironment, AANO-Esplanada das Secretarias, Centro, CEP 77085-050 Tel: (55-96) 212-1195, Fax: (55-96) 212-1196, E-mail: adapdpj@hot- Palmas, TO, Brazil, Tel: (55-63) 218-1151, Fax: (55-63) 218-1158, Con- mail.com, Contact: Ruziely Pontes, Project Coordinator tact: Livio William Reis de Carvalho, Secretkio Curitiba Urban Transport: The objective of the project is to en- hance the quality of life in the Curitiba MetropolitanRegion by improving Social Development, Gender and Inclusion substantially accessibility of the population to employment, education, First Employment: The project will promote youth occupational pre- health and recreation facilities and by continuing to provide easy ac- paredness for income generation, by participating in the pool of funds cess to government services. Project preparation is under way. Envi- that finance the First Employment Program. Project preparation is ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: 82117. US$ 174.8 (IBRD). under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 86639. US$ Consulting services to be determined. Prefeitura de Curitiba, Instituto 170.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be contracted for technical as- de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba, Rua do Bom Jesus, sistance and studies. Ministry of Labor and Employment, Esplanada 669, CEP 80035-010 Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Tel: (55-41) 352-1414, Fax: (55- dos Ministerios, Bloco F, 50 Andar, CEP 70059-908, Brasflia, DF, Brazil, 41) 252-6679, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Luiz Tel: (55-61) 225-0041, Contact: Remigio Todeschini, Secretary of Pub- Hayakawa, Project Coordinator lic Policy for Labor Municipal Lending Program I - Teresina: The objective of the project, one of four city loans in the first phase of a horizontal APL, is Social Protection to build on Teresina's award-winning Villa Bairro program, support- Bola Familia (In. 7234-BR): The objectives of the program are ing slum upgrading, urban development, water supply and sanitation, to reduce poverty and inequality and promote human capital invest- social inclusion, economic development and environmental manage- ments among poor families through the provision of direct monetary ment interventions in the Lagoas do Norte area of the city. Project prepa- transfers to poor families and incentives for investing in human capi- ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$28.3 tal. Loan signing was tentatively scheduled for September 2004. En- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Municipality of Teresina, vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 87713. US$572.2 (IBRD). Praca Marechal Deodoro, 860, Palacio da Cidade, 4O Andar, Centro, Consultants will be required for implementation. Ministry of the Pres- Teresina. PI, Brazil, Tel: (55-86) 215-7520, E-mail: rosanaabreu@e- idency (Casa Civil), Palacio do Planato, Anexo 1, Sala C2, Brasilia, DF, mail.com, Contact: Rosana Abreu, Project Coordinator Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 41 1-2504, Fax: (55-61) 41 1-3333, E-mail: ana.fon- Municipal Lending Program I - Belo Horizonte: The objective of [email protected],Contact: Ana Fonseca, Executive Secretary the project, one of four city loans in the first phase of a horizontal APL, is to lay the foundation in Belo Horizonte for a large-scale, city-wide Transportation program of slum urbanization, linking with the municipality's efforts State Highway Management 111: The project will help finance (a) at social inclusion and water pollution control. Project preparation is the rehabilitation and maintenance of Minas Gerais' state road network: under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$31.0 (IBRD), (b) the upgrading and paving of gravel roads: and (c) the strengthen- Consulting services to be determined. Municipality of Belo Horizonte, SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 51 Av. do Contorno, 5454, Funcionarios, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Tel: Chile (55-31) 3277-8059, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Maria Caldas, Project coordinator Transportation Santiago Urban Transport: The project aims at assisting the imple- Social Housing: The objective of the project is to improve poor low- mentation of proposed reforms in the urban bus sector, using quick income households' access to shelter and home ownership. Project disbursing instruments to allow the reforms to be pursued at the pace preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. desired despite some short term budgetary difficulties, but also per- PID: 87585. US$156.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. mitting the government to defer draw down if necessary to accom- Ministry of Finance, Esplanada dos MinistCrios, Bloco P, CEP 70048- modate improvements or fluctuations of the fiscal position. Board 900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 412-2321, Fax: (55-61) 225-0443 presentation has been postponed. Project will be re-appraised. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category C. PD: 82412. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Con- Water and Sanitation sultants will not be required. Coordinacion General de Transporte de Santiago, Calle Nueva York 9, lOmo Piso, Santiago, Chile, Tel: (56-2) (R) Espirito Santo Water and Coastal Pollution Management 428-7900, Contact: Aldo Signorelli Bonomo, Coordinador General (Additional Loan) (In. 7248-BR): The objective is to allow the state Sanliago Urban Transport Technical Assistance: The project aims government to: (a) connect additional users to trunk sewerage infra- at supporting the design of the bus reform arrangements, facilitating structure constructed with the previous loan: (b) improve the water qual- compliance with the matrix triggers associated with the sectoral ad- ity, service continuity and service pressure of water supply systems, justment loan and to facilitate the implementation of the urban trans- particularly in the poorer neighborhoods of Grande Vitoria and Guara- port plan for Santiago, as well as to analyze and mitigate its various pari: and (c) reach the institutional development objectives defined at potential adverse impacts and risks. Board presentation has been post- appraisal for the state environment agency SEAMA and the state wa- poned. Project will be re-appraised. Environmental Assessment Cate- ter company (CESAN) . Loan signing was tentatiue&sched&d)% 15 S@t& gory C. PID: 85589. US$ 6.3 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. mer2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87711. US$36.0 Coordinaci6n General de Transporte de Santiago, Calle Nueva York (IBRD). Expressions of interest are being evaluated for consultants 9, lOmo Piso, Santiago, Chile, Tel: (56-2) 428-7900, Contact: Aldo Sig- for project implementation. State Government of Espirito Santo - Sec- norelli Bonomo, Coordinador General retaria de Estado de Planejamento, Orcamento e Gestlo, Av. Gov. Bley, No 236, Ed. Fabio Ruschi, CEP 29010-150, Vitoria, ES, Brazil, Tel: (55- Water and Sanitation 27) 3381-3248, Fax: (55-27) 3381-3250, E-mail: guilherme.dias@se- (R) Infrastructure for Territorial Development: The objective of plog.es.gov.br, Contact: Guilherme Gomes Dias, SecretArio the project is to improve the access, quality and use of infrastructure services by poor rural communities to achieve sustainable territorial (R) Integrated Municipal - Beth(In. 7246-BR): The project will development. The infrastructure services include water supply, sani- help the municipality of Betim to improve quality of life and support tation, transport, ICT and electricity, Appraisal was tentatively sched- economic growth through strengthening of municipal development poli- uled for September2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: cies, financial and managerial capacity, rehabilitation and protection of 76807. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Sub- the Bethriver basin, and the expansion and improvement of basic ser- secretaria de Desarrolo Regional, Division de Desarrollo Regional, vices. Loan signing is tentatively scheduled for January 2005. Environ- Zenteno 234, Santiago, Chile, Tel (56-2) 636-3600, Fax: (56-2) 673- mental Assessment Category A. PID: 82328. US$ 24.1 (IBRD). 0310, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Julio Ruiz. Director Consultants have been hired for project preparation. Municipality of Betim, Municipal Secretariat, Rua Professor Osvaldo Franco, 55,4O An- Colombia dar, Centro, CEP 23510-50, Betim, MG, Brazil, Tel: (55-31) 35392430, Environment and Natural Resources Management Fax: (55-31) 3539-2426, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: The ob- Ciro Pedrosa, Project Coordinator (N) Sustainable Development Structural Adjustment I: jective of the project is to produce critical policies and decrees to (a) promote a focus on results in the institutions responsible for environ- Integrated Water Management and Basic Services: The project will identify the main sources of water pollution for the key raw water mental management: (b) improve inter-institutionalcoordination mech- bodies in metropolitan Slo Paulo, and undertake interventions to re- anisms and increase public participation in decision-making to promote verse the pollution and improve the quality of life locally, through greater transparency and accountability in governmental decision- multi-sectoral and multi-institutional responses. Examples of such in- making processes; (c) facilitate sustainable development: and (d) de- terventions are wastewater collection and treatment, drainage, solid velop environmental tools to enable implementation of environmental waste management, slum upgrading, protection of natural habitats management plans. Project preparation is under way. Environmental and work on ecological parks. Project preparation is under way. Envi- Assessment Category U. PID: 81397. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 6553. US$ 147.5 (IBRD). A services to be determined. National Development Planning Agency, PHRD grant of US$O.9is being used for preparation. Consultants will Calle 26 No 12-19, Edificio Fonade, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 596- be required for slum upgrading and urban environmental interventions, 0300, Ext.5066/63, Contact: Santiago Montenegro Trujillo, Director civil works and technical assistance in urban water resources man- gv) Sustainable Development Technical Assistance: The project agement. State Secretariat for Energy, Water Resources, and Water Sup- will (a) support the incorporation of environmental and social consid- ply and Sanitation, Slo Paulo, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 3257-3348,Contact: erations in the policies and programs of the sectors with a high cost Dirceu Rioji Yamazaki, PMU Coordinator of environmental degradation, which are water, housing, health and transport: and (b) strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Envi- Small MunicipalitiesIntegrated Water Supply and Sanitation: The ronment, Housing and Territorial Development to improve effective- project will promote the sustainable rehabilitation and construction of ness and efficiency of its National Environmental Management System. integrated sanitation infrastructure (water supply, sanitation, micro- Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- drainage and solid waste management) in municipalities with popula- gory C. PID: 82520. US$ 12.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- tions of less than 20,000 which are included within the semi-arid termined. Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial northeastern region of the country Negotiations are not yet scheduled. Development, Calle 37 No 8-40, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 332- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 60555. US$60.0 (IBRD). 3400, Contact: Sandra Sanchez Perez, Minister Consulting services include participatory planning, design, capacity Conservation of Biodiversity in Sierra Nevada: The project will building and works supervision for integrated sanitation interventions. support the conservation of globally significant biodiversity within the MinistCrio das Cidades. Secretaria Nacional de Saneamento Ambien- framework of the sustainable development plan for the Sierra Nevada tal, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco A, 30 Andar, SaIa 318, CEP 70054- de Santa Marta. Negotiations have not been scheduled. Environmen- 900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 411-4653, Fax: (55-61) 322-2024, tal Assessment Category B. PID: 57093. US$ 9.0 (GEF). Consulting Contact: Heitor Collett, Project Coordinator services to be determined. Fundacion Pro-SierraNevada de Sta Marta, PAGE 52 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 Calle 74, No 2-86, Bogota. Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 310-0571, Contact: mental Assessment Category C. PID: 88857. US$ 2.0 (IBRD). Con- Gonzalo Uribe, Executive Director sultants may be required. Department of National Planning, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 336-0136, Contact: Mr. Ramiro Guerrero, Vice Finance Minister of Social Protection Second Programmatic Financial Sector: The project will upgrade the regulatory framework in the securities, insurance and pension Transportation markets as well as in the banking sector and mortgage fmance, and (In. The objective strengthen the supervisory and market institutions to achieve finan- Integrated Mass Transit Systems 7231-CO): of the project is to improve long term sustainability, efficiency and cial system stability and long-term viability in promoting economic quality of urban transport in selected cities by implementation of the growth through investment funding. Appraisal was tentatively sched- National Urban Transport program. Approved by the Executive Di- uled for August 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category C. US$lOO.O rectors on 10 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: (IBRD). Consulting services will be required for implementation. Min- 82466. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for imple- istry of Finance, Securities Superintendency, Banking Superinten- mentation. Ministry ofTransport, NationalPlanning Department & Min- dency, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 350-6508, Contact: Ms. Maria istry of Finance, Av. El Dorado CAN, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) Ines Agudelo, Technical Vice Minister 324-0800, Contact: Dr. Juan Ricardo Noero, Deputy Minister, Ministry Public Sector Governance of Transport Peace and Development (In.7232-CO): The objective of the pro- ject is to reduce violence and poverty among vulnerable populations, Urban Development including the internally displaced, and to recover state presence in those (R) Disaster Vulnerability Reduction: The project aims at reduc- regions. The project will draw upon lessons learned from the suc- ing vulnerability to natural disasters, measured in terms of fiscal ex- cessful implementation of the two Magdalena Medio Regional Devel- posure of the state. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for October opment LILs and expand them to other conflict-affected regions. 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82429. US$350.0 Approved by the Executive Directors on 10 June 2004. Environmen- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. National Planning De- tal Assessment Category C. PID: 51306. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consul- partment, Direccidn de Politica Ambiental, Calle 26 No 13-19, 8vo tants have been hired. Red de Solidaridad Social, Calle 7 No 6-54, Piso, Bogotd, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 596-0331, Fax: (57-1) 599-9531, E- BogotB, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 596-0863/0800, Fax: (57-1) 336-4618, E- mail: [email protected], Contact: Julio Miguel Silva, Director de De- mail: [email protected] or [email protected],Contact: Luis sarrollo Urbano y Politica Ambiental Alfonso Hoyos Aristizabal, Director General Programmatic Fiscal and Institutional Adjustment 111: The ob- Water and Sanitation jectives of the series of loans of which this is part are to: (a) reduce (R) Water and Sanitation Sector Support: The project aims at im- fiscal rigidities in ways that make it more feasible to attain the substantial proving water and sanitation services efficiently and sustainably through fiscal adjustment underlying sustainable macroeconomic stability; and capital investment subsidies for poverty-focused coverage expansion (b) improve the provision of public sector services and establish the and service quality improvement. Appraisal was tentatively scheduled institutional basis for higher efficiency and accountability in public ex- for 13 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: penditure. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment 82973. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required during imple- Category U. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Min- mentation. Ministry of Environment, Territorial Development, and istry of Finance and Public Credit, Carrera 8 No 6 - 64, Bogota, DC. Housing, Calle 37, No840, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 332-3434, Fax: Colombia, Tel (57-1) 297-1310, Fax: (57-1) 286-1400, Contact: Maria (57-1) 340-5524, Contact: Gloria Ines Acevedo, Director, DAPSBA (Di- Ines Agudelo, Vice Minister reccidn de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Basico) Rural Development (R) Rural Diversification: The adaptable program loan (APL) will sup Costa Rica port the transition over the next decade of the rural sector from one Education of low productivity with agriculture relatively well-protected and “large farm bias” policies prevailing, to one that is more open and competi- Equity and Efficiency of Education: The objective of the project is tive. This operation, the first phase, will focus on market and institu- to put in place a medium-termeducation development framework with tional development, as well as enhancing the knowledge and innovation clear benchmarks to increase the level and quality of education, es- system for improved competitiveness and improving access to factors pecially for rural, indigenous and transition rural-urban marginal com- of production such as land and finance. Appraisal completed. Negotia- munities. This project initially invests in the quality of basic and tions are scheduled for October 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- secondary education in rural and underserved areas, while it sup egory B. PID: 82167. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be ports changes in a longer-term education development plan that uti- determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ave. lizes existing resources cost-effectively Negotiations are substantially Jimenez No 7-65,3er, 4to y 5to Pisos, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 341- completed, awaiting government clearance. Environmental Assess- 9042, Fax: (57-1) 2833982, E-mail: [email protected],Con- ment Category B. PID: 57857. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be tact: Carlos Gustavo Cano, Minister required for implementation. Ministry of Public Education, Edif. An- tigua Embajada Americana, Ministerio de Educacidn Pliblica. 3er Piso Social Protection -PROMECE, Calle lera, Avenidas 1 y3, Apartado 10433-1000, San JosB, (N) Second Programmatic Labor and Social Reform Adjust- Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 222-0029, Fax: (506) 222-6501, E-mail: cbar- ment: The objectives of the project are to: (a) increase employment; [email protected], Contact: Carlos Barrantes, Project Coordinator (b) raise human capital formation: and (c) strengthen social protection. Appraisal completed. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for late Transportation August 2004. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 82865. Port City of Iimon Integrated Infrastructure: The objective of the US$200.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance project is to collaborate in the transformation of the port city of Limon and Public Credit, Carrera 8 No 6-64, Bogota, DC, Colombia, Tel: (57- into a regional center of economic growth, thus helping to improve the 1) 297-1310, Contact: Mr. Alejandro Gamboa, Director, Multilateral country’s overall competitiveness and to alleviate the city’s poverty rate Group and social inequalities. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for April (N) Technical Assistance to Support the 2nd Programmatic La- 2005. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 85539. US$ 45.0 bor and Social Reform Adjustment: The objectives of the project (IBRD). Consultants may be required for project preparation. Ministry are to improve knowledge, develop effective instruments, and of Public Works and Transport, Costado Oeste de Plaza Gonzalez strengthen ability to carry out reforms supported by the Programmatic Dique, San JosC, Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 257-7789/258-9489 Ext. 2616, Labor and Social Structural Adjustment Loan. Appraisal completed. Ne- 2808, Fax: (506) 255-1487, Contact: Lorena Lopez, Viceministra de gotiations were tentatively scheduled for late August 2004. Environ- Transpor te SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv Ouerational Summarv PAGE 53 Water and Sanitation tional strengthening): (b) expanding into related areas (natural re- Water and Sanitation Sector Modernization: The objectives of the sources management): (c) mainstreaming attention to indigenous and project are to modernize the water and sanitation sector nationwide Afro-Ecuadorian issues in selected national sectors and local govern- and complete the construction of the sewage collection, conveyance ments: and (d) tackling key issues of ethno development (community and treatment system in metropolitan San JosB. Appraisal is tenta- tourism, cultural assets, ethno biological production and handicrafts) tively scheduled for 14 October 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- in new ways. Approved by the Executive Directors on 17 June 2004. egory A. PID: 82974. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 77257. US 34.0 (IBRD). determined. Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados, Consultants will be required. Consejo de Desarrollo de las Nacional- Edificio Sede de AyA Pavas, Modulo A, ler Piso, San Jose, Costa Rica, idades y Pueblos del Ecuador (CODENPE), Bosmediano El 150 y Tel/Fax: (506) 242-5042, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ing. Luis Carlos Guerrero, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-22) 464-900, Fax: (593-22) Paulino Picado Blanco, Director de Financiamiento Extern0 922-453, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Marcelino Chumpi, Executive Secretary Dominican Republic Fansportation Energy and Mining Rural Roads and Development: The project will finance (a) tech- Power Sector Program: This fast disbursing, single tranche adjust- nical assistance for institutional strengthening, regulatory reform and ment loan is the first in a proposed program of Bank support of sec- increased private sector participation, and (b) a rural roads rehabili- ond-generation reforms in the power sector. Provided that there are tation and maintenance program. Negotiations were tentatively sched- demonstrable improvements in sector performance indicators, subse- uled for August 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category B. PID: 7077. quent fast disbursing loans would be proposed. An investment loan to US$30.0 (IBRD). IDB cohancing of US$30.0 has been approved. Con- strengthen the transmission grid is also under consideration. Negoti- sultants will be required. The project will include US$ 2.5 million for ations are tentatively scheduled for April 2005. Environmental Assess- consulting services. Ministerio de Obras Pdblicas (MOP) /Unidad de ment Category C. PID: 82712. US$ 90.0 (IBRD). No consultants are Caminos Vecinales, Juan Leon Meray Orellana esquina, Quito, Ecuador, required. Comisi6n Nacional de Energia, Gustavo Mejia Ricart Esq. Tel: (593-22) 559-120/6268, 556-990, Fax: (593-22) 904-323, E-mail: Agustin Lara, Edif. de la CREE 3er Piso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dr, [email protected], Contact: Arq. Fabian Lupero, Director minicana, Tel: (809) 547-3044, Fax: (809) 547-2073,E-mail: orppgr@code Ejecutivo tel.net.do, Contact: Ing. George Reinoso, Executive Director Urban Development Ecuador Low-Income Neighborhood Upgrading: The objective of the pro- Private Sector Development ject is to improve the quality of life of the urban poor by enhancing their access to (a) affordable land, (b) basic urban services, (c) participa- Competitiveness: The project will (a) facilitate trade, (b) increase la- tion in urban development and (d) local economic opportunities, and bor and capital mobility to facilitate productive adjustment and (c) im- by strengthening the territorial planning system. Appraisal mission is prove the investment climate. The main motivation is to help the scheduled for March 2005. Environmental Assessment Category B. economy adjust to the FTA with the US under important market im- PID: 83010. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been identified and will perfection, including a futed exchange-rate regime. The broad objec- be hired as soon as Ecuador signs the PHRD grant received for pro- tive is to improve the country's competitiveness and productivity-based ject preparation. Ministerio de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano, Unidad growth to reduce poverty. Project preparation is under way. Environ- Coordinadora del Proyecto PROMIB, 10 de Agosto 2270 y Cordero, mental Assessment Category C. PID: 83872. US$40.0 (IBRD). Con- Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (532) 250-8710/8716, Contact: Arq. Margarita sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Competitiveness, Romo, Coordinadora TBcnica Industry, International Trade and Fishery, Avenidas. Eloy Alfaro y Amazonas MAG-MICIP, ler Piso, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-22) 505-072, Grenada Fax: (593-22) 507-549, Contact: Ivonne Baki, Minister Public Sector Governance Public Sector Governance Public Sector Modernization: The objectives of the project are to Institutional Reform (In. 7237-EC): The project will focus on en- (a) strengthen the efforts to commercialize government services by hancing efficiency and transparency in the public sector. Approved by improving both the incentives and capacity for senior and mid-level gov- the Executive Directors on 22 June 2004. Environmental Assessment ernment officials, including the technical capacity of the Public Sec- Category C. PID: 85302. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- tor Reform Unit: (b) analyze and finance possible restructuringof the quired in the areas of custom and civil services reform and procure- public sector, including payment for civil servants to receive training ment. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ave. Amazonas 4330, Villa and access to micro-credit to encourage entrepreneurship and private Lengua, Edif. Banco Amazonas Piso 3, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-22) sector development: and (c) institutional strengthening in the area of 226-9549, [email protected], Contact: Diego Mancheno, e-governance, including the increased use of information technology Subsecretario de Politica Economica to deregulate the IT sector to improving the inter-connectivity within Programmatic I1 Fiscal Adjustment: The operation will continue Government. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As. to provide Bank support for reforms initiated by the First Fiscal Con- sessment Category C. US$5.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- solidation and Competitive Growth Loan. The objectives of this loan termined. Department of Human Resources, Office of the Prime are to (a) improve tax policy and administration: (b) reverse expan- Minister, Botanical Gardens, Tanteen, St. George's, Grenada W.I., Tel: sionary spending and improve budget transparency: (c) regain con- (473) 440-3767, Fax: (473) 440-6609, E-mail: [email protected], trol of the public payroll: (d) improve public debt management: (e) Contact: Mrs. Beryl Isaac, Director support trade reform: (0 promote competitive pricing and regulatory policies: and (8, increase labor flexibility. Appraisal is tentatively sched- Guatemala uled for late September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 83856. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Environment and Natural Resources Management Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ave. Amazonas 4330, Villa Lengua, Western Altiplano Natural Resources Management (In. 7175- Edif. Banco Amazonas, 3er Piso, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-22) 226-9549, GU): The objective of the project is to improve the management and Contact: Diego Mancheno, Subsecretario de Politica Econdmica conservation of natural resources, biodiversity and the incomes of the people who depend upon these resources, in the Western Altiplano. Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Loan and grant signing is tentatively scheduled for 30 October 2004. Second Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Peoples Development Environmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: 64883, 68292. US$ (h,7235-EC): The project will build on the lessons learned in the 32.W8.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consulting services will be required for im- first project by: (a) deepening its involvement in the most successful plementation. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, 7a Ave. 12- areas (community investments, land titling, scholarships and institu- 90, Zona 13, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 362-4764, Fax: PAGE 54 Monthly Operational Summary SEPTEMBER 2004 (502) 332-8302, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Edin Barri- June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 74758. US$ entos, Minister 58.8 (IDA). Consultants will not be required. Ministry of the Presidency, Blvd. Juan Pablo 11, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 232-1084, Con- Social Protection tact: Rocio Tabora, Viceministra del Despacho Presidencial (R) Structural Adjustment: The objective of the project is to improve Poverty ReductionTechnical Assistance (Cr. 3939-HO): The ob- and sustain progress in developing and protecting human capital as a jective of the project is to strengthen the government's fiscal, financial key factor to achieve faster economic growth and reduce poverty in- and fiduciary management, support implementation of the Civil Ser- cidence and inequality. Concept review completed, Deckion meeting is vice Act, and develop the government's capacity to monitor, evaluate scheduledfirMay 2005. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ and improve its poverty reduction strategy. Approved by the Execu- 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will not be required. Implementing agency(ies) tive Directors on 24 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined C. PID: 83851. US$8.0 (IDA). Consultants may be required in the ar- Transportation eas of fiscal, financial and fiduciary management, and civil service re- form. Executive Secretariat of the Presidential commission for State Second Rural and Main Roads (In. 7169-GU): The project will continue the work started under Loan 4260-GUto improve road trans- Modernization, Edif. Ejecutivo Las Lomas, 4to Piso, Blvd. Juan Pablo 11, Colonia Lomas, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 235-9369/71, port access in the poorer areas of the country to stimulate economic activity, improve commercialization of non-traditionalagricultural prod- Fax: (504) 235-9368, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Ri- ucts and provide greater access to social services. Loan signing is ten- cardo Callejas, Director tatively scheduled for late September 2004. Environmental Assessment Rural Development Category B. PID: 55085. US$46.7 (IBRD). Consulting services may Forests and Rural Productivity: The objective of the project is to be required for implementation. Instituto de Foment0 Municipal and increase the contribution of sustainable natural resources manage- Direccion General de Caminos, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) ment to the incomes and quality of life of the predominately rural poor 472-1414, Fax: (502) 334-6709, Contact: Delfino Mendoza, Manager in selected low-income municipalities with high agro-forestry poten- Guyana tial. Approved by the Executive Directors on 24 June 2004. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 64914. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Environment and Natural Resources Management Consultants may be required for project implementation. Secretary of National Protected Area Systems: The project will analyze and ap- Agriculture and Livestock through the Rural land Management Pro- ply biological, socio-economic and land-use data to provide a sound ba- ject Coordination Unit, 2da Planta, Edif. Educredito, Col. Florencia sis for designing and implementing a national protected areas system Norte, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel (504) 239-9848, Fax: (504) 239-7817, (NPAS). Discussions are under way with the government on redesign E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Henry Merriam, Coor- of the project to adopt a long-term programmatic approach. Environ- dinador Nacional mental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.0 (GEF). Most consultants Land Administration (Cr. 3858-HON): The project aims at estab- have been contracted. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Uni- lishing an integrated and decentralized land administration system versity Campus, Turkeyen, Guyana, Tel: (592) 222-6703, Fax: (592) 222- (using area-based systematic title regularization, surveying and reg 2442, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Balgobin Parsaud, istration) that accurately generates, registers, and links information on Acting Executive Director private and public land parcels in a timely, cost-effective, and widely accessible manner. Approved by the Executive Directors on 26 Feb- Haiti ruary 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 55991 US$ Public Sector Governance 25.0 (IDA). Consultants may be required. Various Entities through ex- (N) Economic Recovery Adjustment: The project will: (a) encour- isting PAAR Coordination Unit, 2da Planta, Edif., Educredito, Col. Flo- age policy actions in support of the macroeconomic framework and rencia Norte, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 239-9848, Fax: (504) IDA re-engagement in Haiti by ensuring the clearance of arrears to mul- 239-7817, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Henry Merriam, tilateral creditors and creating the conditions for clearance of remaining Coordinador Nacional arrears to official creditors: (b) support reforms that will create the con- Social Protection ditions for sound allocation and efficient use of public resources in crit- ical social and economic sectors, and encourage private sector (R) Nuestras Raices (Cr. 3892-HO): The objective of this newest phase ofthe Nuestras Raices program is to contribute to an increased involvement in the management and provision of key social and eco- nomic services; and (c) encourage key sectoral reforms that would cre- participation of indigenous and Afro-Honduran groups in the holistic ate the right environment for future Bank-supported investment lending. development processes of their communities and their nation, through Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- the strengthening of local capacity to build sustainable organizations, gory U. US$65.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Fi- development projects and cultural identity. Credit signing was tenta- nance, Port-au-Prince,Haiti, Tel: (509) 299-,1754, Fax: (509) 2990-1732, tively scheduled for l8August 2004. Environmental Assessment Cat- Contact: Mr. AndrC Lemercier Georges, Under Secretary of Finance egory B. PID: 83244. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Fondo Hondureiio de Inversidn Social, Edif. IPM, Colonia Alto de To- Honduras contin (frente a la Iglesia Amor Viviente), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 234-5231, Fax: (504) 234-5255, E-mail: [email protected],Contact: Public Sector Governance Lic. Leoncio Yu Way, Ministro Judicial Branch Modernization: The objective of the project is to (R) Nutrition and Social Protection: The project will strengthen the improve Judicial Branch performance, especially with respect to effi- country's social safety net to improve effectively and efficiently improve ciency, transparency, and access. Appraisal is scheduled for January the nutritional status of children from infancy to age five and to pro- 2005. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 81516. US$ 16.0 vide alternative interventions for early childhood development, as well (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Supreme Court, Blvd. as to provide opportunities for disadvantaged youth to become pro- Fuerzas Armadas, Contiguo a Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores, Tegu- ductive citizens. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for 7 March 2005. cigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 234-2530, Fax: (504) 233-8089, Contact: Environmental Assessment Category C. PZD: 82242. US$20.0 (IDA). Kenneth Roland0 Madrid Chinchilla, Director Ejecutivo, Unidad TCc- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health, Teguci- nica de Reforma galpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 238-0984, E-mail: [email protected], Poverty Reduction Support (Cr. 3941-HO): The objectives of the Contact: Ms. Fanny Mejia, Vice-Secretary of Health project are to: (a) accelerate pro-poor growth, via support for reforms: (b) increase the impact and efficiency of resources devoted to human Transport8 tion development and social protection: and (c) increase the medium- and Rural Infrastructure: The project aims at providing poor rural com- long-term sustainability of poverty reduction initiatives through policy munities with adequate access to improved infrastructure services on and institutional reforms. Approved by the Executive Directors on 24 a sustainable basis. The project will also support (a) reducing rural ~ SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 55 poverty, and (b) promoting sustainability Appraisal is tentatively sched- contribute to global technology demonstration and replication of hy- uled for December 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID brid thermal solar systems that have the potential to displace carbon 86775. US$ 45.0 (IBRD). Consultants may be required for implemen- emissions. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for October 2004. Envi- tation. Oficina Presidencial de Seguimiento de Proyectos, Casa Pres- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 66426. US$51.0 (GEF). Con- idencial, Blvd. Juan Pablo 11, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 221.4545 sultants will be required for project preparation. Comisi6n Federal de Ext. 246, Fax: (504) 290-0685, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Electricidad, Melchor Ocampo No 469,Zdo Piso, Col. Nueva Azures, tact: Ing. Mauro Membreno Tosta, Coordinador General Cartera de 11590 Mexico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 254-6981/6977, Contacts: Lic. Proyectos Gerardo Hiraiat, Gerente de Proyectos GeotCrmicos Urban Development Large-Scale Renewable Energy: The objective of the project is to stimulate and accelerate the commercialization of renewable energy National Urban Integrated Development: The project will (a) in- applications and markets, particularly at the grid-connected level, in crease access to basic and good quality urban services by poor urban order to reduce greenhouse gases and other emissions while re- households through targeted investments: (b) strengthen human and sponding to increasing energy demand and energy diversification im- social capital in poor neighborhoods through increasing community peratives necessary for sustainable economic growth. Appraisal is participation in the planning, delivery and maintenance of works and tentatively scheduled for November 2004. Environmental Assessment services, and incorporating an employment generation approach (c) Category FI. PID: 77717. US$25.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required improve the capacity of municipal governments to plan and deliver ur- for preparation. Secretaria de Energia, 890 Insurgentes Sur, Col. Del ban services; and (d) improve the capacity of municipal governments, Valle, 03100 MCxico, DF, Mexico, Tel (52-55) 5448-6000, Fax: (52-55) and security programs at the community level for the multisectoral pre- 5448-6223, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Juan Mata San- vention of crime and violence. Project preparation is under way. Envi- doval, Director General ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 88319. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants may be required for implementation. Implementing Environment and Natural Resources Management agency(ies) to be determined Air Quality Management and Sustainable Transport: The objec- tive is to contribute to reductions in the pollution and greenhouse gas Mexico load into the air shed of the Mexico City area generated by the trans- Education port sector while improving the safety and efficiency of urban trans- (R) Welong Learning: uormedy Lifelonghamingad Training) The port management. Project preparation is under way. Environmental objective of the project is to improve the country's productivity by Assessment Category B. PID: 43165. US$288.6 (IBRD). Consulting promoting a quantum leap in skill and knowledge building efforts, es- services to be determined. Secretaria de Comunicaciones. Medio am- pecially among adults who finished primary school but not early sec- biente, Paseo Vicente Guerrero No 486, Col. Morelos, Toluca, Mex- ondary school (9th grade). The project will target those in the 15-34 ico, Tel: (52-722) 215-9752, Fax: (52-722) 213-3980, Contact: Guillermo age group. Appraisal is tentativeh scheduled for27September2004. En- Cano, Secretario: Secretaria de Medio Ambiente DF, Plaza de la Con- vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 86058. US$240.0 (IBRD). stitucibn, No 1,3er Piso, Col. Centro, MCxico DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) Consulting services will be required. Consejo Nacional de EducacicSn 5510-3663/5542-0983, Fax: (52-55) 5521-2688, Contact: Claudia Shein. para la Vida y el Trabajo (CONEVyT) /Institute Nacional de Educaci6n baum, Secretaria para 10s Adultos (INEA), Francisco Marquez, 160, 5to Piso, Colonia Coindesa, 06140 MCxico DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 5241-2728, Fax: (52- Health, Nutrition and Population 55) 5241-2965, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ing. Ramon (R) ISSSTE Programmatic Sector Adjustment: The objectives of de la Peiia, Presidente (CONEVyT) and Director General (INEA) the project are to (a) improve the fiscal efficiency of social security ben- (R) Tertiary Education Student Assistance: The objective of the efits, especially pensions and health services, for public employees; and project is to increase tertiary education enrollment and quality in an (b) enhance the governance of public social security through corpo- equitable, efficient, and sustainable manner. To do this it will: (a) con- rate restructuring of ISSSTE (Public Sector Social Security) and the solidate development of the SOFES student loan scheme and expand establishment of a regulatory framework for private sector participa- its provision of unsubsidized tertiary education student loans, (b) de- tion in benefit provision. This project is no longer in the current lending velop a revolving scholarship fund and gifted and talented programs program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmental As- for children of the poor and indigenous families, and (c) support ana- sessment Category C. US$500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required lytical work and dialogue on tertiary education policy and institutional for project preparation. Mexico Public Sector Social Security (ISSSTE), issues. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Ave. de la Republica No 154, Piso 12, Col. Tabacalera, 06030 MCxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 566-6888, Contact: Lic. Benjamin Gonzalez Category C. PD: 85593. US$300.0 (IBRD) I Consultants will be required for implementation. Secretariat of Education, Brazil 31-312, Centro Roaro, Director General Historico, 06029 Mexico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 5723-6713, E-mail (R) Technical Assistance for Public Sector Social Security Re- [email protected], Contact: Ignacio Arvizu, Coordinator form: The objective of this technical assistance loan is to (a) improve Basic Education Development AF'L (Phase 3) (In. 7249-ME): the fiscal efficiency of social security benefits, especially pensions and The APL supports the compensatory education program, as outlined health services, for public employees in Mexico and (b) enhance the in the National Education Program (PNE) 2001-2006 and the Educa- governance of public social security through corporate restructuring tion Development Program 1995-2000.Phase I11 will: (a) consolidate of ISSSTE and the establishment of regulatory framework for private and expand quality improvements in initial and basic education: (b) sector participation in benefit provision. This project is no longer in the strengthen management of the education system and integrate the op- current lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Envi- eration of the compensatory education program and (c) continue ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 74795. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). strengthening states' institutional capacity to plan, program and eval- Consultants will be required for project preparation. Mexico Public Sec- uate the delivery of basic education services. Approved by the Exec- tor Social Security (ISSSTE), Ave. de la Republica No 154, Piso 12, Col. utive Directors on 1 July 2004. Environmental Assessment Category Tabacalera, 06030 MCxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 566-6888, Contact:

B. PID: 85851. US$300.0 (IBRD) I Consulting services will be required Lic. Benjamin Gonzalez Roaro, Director General for implementation. CONAFE (Consejo Nacional de Foment0 Educa- tivo), Rio Elba No 20 7mo Piso, Col. Cuauhtemoc, MCxico, DF, Me- Public Sector Governance xico, Tel: (52-41) 7443-7444, Fax: (52-41) 5553.3357, E-mail: albertoz@ State Judicial Modernization (In. 7250-ME): The project will conafe.edu.mx, Contact: Mr. Albert0 Navarrete, Director aim at improving the institutional performance of the state courts by learning while doing. Approved by the Executive Directors on 1 July Energy and Mining 2004, Signing is scheduled for 1 October 2004. Environmental As- Hybrid Solar Thermal Power Plank The objectives of the project sessment Category C. PID: 74755. US$25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will are to (a) increase the contribution of renewable energy sources in Me- be required in the areas of training, technical assistance and knowl- xico's future energy mix, particularly in power generation, and (b) edge sharing. BANOBRAS, Jaime Barros Sierra No 515, Col. La Fe, PAGE 56 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 5270- provided by sound, profitable microfinance institutions to broad seg 1552/1565/1617, Contact: Raul Escalante, Gerente de Productos ments of the population, including low income households and small . and micro-firms. The loan was signed on 15 June 2004. Environmen- Rural Development tal Assessment Category C. PID: 77826. US$7.0 (IDA). Consultants (R) Savings and Rural Finance (In. 7240-ME): The project will may be required for project implementation. SECEP, Managua, deepen access to financial services, contributing to the integration of Nicaragua, Tel (505) 265-0500, Fax: (505) 265-0561, Contact: Mr. Ho- underserved marginal rural and urban households and enterprises into racio Rose, Strategic Planning Secretariat, Office of the Presidency the national economy, and realizing their income generating potential. The project will build on the on-going project to further strengthen the Health, Nutrition and Population savings and credit societies and cooperatives sector with a technology (R) Health Services Extension and Modernization (2nd APL): platform. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 June 2004. En- The Health Sector Modernization Program (HSMP), of which this vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 87152. US$75.5 (IBRD). project is the second phase, seeks to improve the efficiency, effec- No consultants are required. Banco del Ahorro Nacional y Servicios Fi- tiveness and equity of the health system by: (a) strengthening first level nancieros S.N.C. (BANSEFI), Eje 10 Sur, Rio Magdalena 115, Colonia care and nubition: (b) modernizing the hospital network (c) developing Tizapan San Angel Mexico, CP 01090 Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, MB the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Health: and (d) support- xico, DF, Mexico, Tel/Fax: (52-55) 54-81-33, Contact: Luis de la Vega ing social security reform. Project preparation is under way. Environ- Madrigal, Director General Adjunto de Tecnologia de la Informacidn mental Assessment Category B. US$7.0 (IDA). Consultants may be Urban Development required. Ministry of Health, Dra. Concepcih Palacio, Modulo 1, OF- cina 415, Managua, Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 289-7152,28!2-0369, Fax: (R) Housing and Urban Technical Assistance: The objective of the (505) 289-4701, 289-4473, Contact: Lic. Rodolfo Correa Oquel, Coor- project is to support the policy reforms of the Housing and Urban Ad- dinador General justment Loan. Negotiations were scheduled for26 August 2004. En- vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 88080. US$ 28.0 (IBRD). Panama Consultants will be required for implementation. Secretaria de Ha- cienda y CrCdito Pliblico (SHCP), Palacio Nacional, 2do Patio Mariano, Rural Development 4to Piso, Colonia Centro 0600, Mexico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 9158- Second Rural Poverty and Natural Resources: The project at 1444/1445, Fax: (52-55) 9158-1490, E-mail: [email protected], reducing rural poverty and improving natural resource conservation Contact: Ricardo Ochoa, Director General Adjunto and management by increasing investment for sustainable devel- Affordable Housing and Urban Poverty Program (In. 7229-ME): opment and improving local governance in poor rural areas. Project At the request of the federal government, this project has been expanded preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category B. to a programmatic adjustment loan covering reforms in the housing PID: 64918. US$37.5 (IBRD). Consultants may be required. Ministry and urban sectors with the aim of increasing access of the poor to shel- of Economy and Finance, Via Espana, Edif. Ogawa, 3er Piso, AP ter. The program includes housing and urban policy, neighborhood up 7304, Zona 5, Panama, Republic ofPanama, Tel: (507) 227-3650, Fax: grading, land markets, housing finance and subsidies, and disaster (507) 227-6148, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Noberto R. mitigation. Approved by the Executive Directors on 8 June 2004. En- Delgado, Minister: Ministry of Agriculture, Apartado 5390, Zona 5, vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 70371. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Panama, Republic of Panama, Tel (507) 232-5648, Fax: (507) 232-5044, Consultants will be required for implementation. Secretaria de Ha- E-mail: ministrol @psi.net.pa, Contact: Licenciada Lynnette Maria Stan- cienda y Credit0 Publico (SHCP), Palacio Nacional, 2do Patio Mariano, ziola, Minister 4to Piso, Colonia Centro, 0600 Mexico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 9158- 1444/1445, Fax: (52-55) 9158-1490, E-mail: [email protected], Paraguay Contact: Ricardo Ochoa, Director General Adjunto Decentralized Infrastructure Development Program (In.7320- Finance ME): The objective of the project is to support infrastructure devel- Financial Sector Adjustment: The project is aimed at strengthen- opment at state and municipal levels anchored to comprehensive ing the banking regulatory framework including: (a) modernized exit sector or sub-sector strategies fully owned by the respective state or mechanisms for banks and use of market merger and asset/deposit local authorities. Approved by the Executive Directors on 8 June 2004. transfer mechanisms facilitated by a deposit insurance fund, and (b) EnvironmentalAssessment Category FI. PID: 80149. US$108.0 (IBRD). consolidation of the state owned financial institutions into a small rural Consultants will be required for implementation. BANOBRAS, Javier oriented first tier bank and a second tier development fund. Board pre- Barros Sierra No 515, Col. Lomas de Sta. Fe, 01219 MCxico, DF, Me- sentation was tentatively scheduled for 24 August 2004. Environmen- xico, Tel: (52-55) 5270-1200, Contact: Lic. Veronica Baranda, Officer of tal Assessment Category U. PID: 39994. US$60.0 (IBRD). Consultants the Subdirection of Project Evaluation financed from a PHRD grant are being used for project preparation. Ministry of Finance, Vice Minister's Office, Edificio Ybaga, Piso 12, Nicaragua Ave. Presidente Franco con Nuestra Sra. de la Asuncidn, Asuncibn, Education Paraguay, Tel: (595-21) 490-391, Fax: (595-21) 441-474, Contact: Lic. Jose Buttner, Vice Ministro de Hacienda (R) Education: The project aims at bringing together donors and lenders to help the government implement its National Education Pol- Financial Sector Technical Assistance: This project aims at strength- icy, including the Education For All (EFA) goals. The objectives are ening capacity to manage weaknesses and stresses in the financial sys- to (a) increase completion rates at all levels of basic education: (b) im- tem and to prevent crisis contagion effects, by overhauling the prove quality and relevance of learning: (c) improve systems of gov- framework for prudential supervision and bank resolution as well as ernance and accountability, including measures to strengthen by strengthening Paraguay's financial infrastructure. Board presentation community participation in the education sector: and (d) harmonize was scheduled for 24 August 2004. Environmental Assessment Cate- donor assistance in the sector. Board presentation was scheduled for gory C. PID: 80961. US$6.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Min- 2 September 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78990. istry of Finance, Edificio Ybaga, Piso 12, Ave. Presidente Franco con US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants may be required for implementation. Nuestra Sra. de la Asuncidn, Asuncidn, Paraguay, Tel: (595-21) 490-391, Ministry of Education, Centro "Civic0 Mddulo J", Planta Alta, Managua, Fax: (595-21) 441-474, Contact: Lic. Jose Buttner, Vice Ministro Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 265-0297, Fax: (505) 265-3547, E-mail: por- Health, Nutrition and Population [email protected], Contact: Sr Emilio Porta, Director General ak ProQec- cio'n y Politicas (R) Second Wealth: The project aims at increasing access to and uti- lization of basic health services and public health interventions by the Finance poor. Project preparation is under way Environmental Assessment (R) Broad-Based Access to Financial Services (Cr. 3903-NI): Category C. PZD: 82056. US$9.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be The objective of the project is to improve access to financial services determined. Ministry of Health, Pettirossiy Brasil, Asuncion, Paraguay, SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthlv Operational Summarv PAGE 57 Tel: (595-21) 206-885, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Dr. Julio preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. Cesar Velazquez, Minister PID: 79165. US$25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Peru, Presidencia de Consejo de Ministros, Ave. Mi- Public Sector Governance raglores 878, Miraflores, Lima, Peru,Tel: (51-1) 446-9800 ext: 114/149, (R) Strengthening Ministry of Finance Technical Assistance: Contact: Mr. Rudecindo Vega Carreazo, Secretario Tecnico de la The project will support the design and implementation of the Ministry Comisidn Interministerial de Asuntos Sociales of Finance’s reorganization, business reengineering, access of infor- Agricultural Research and Extension APL Phase II: The project mation and delivery of services. It will also provide assistance to will build on lessons learned in Phase I.It will expand and strengthen strengthen the budget, human resources, procurement, control, anti- the demand-driven rural agricultural innovation system in a pluralistic corruption and planning functions and expand them within the rest of and decentralized manner led by the private sector, expanding its scope the central government and regions to ensure that these public insti- to all regions, targeting disadvantaged groups, including indigenous peo- tutions are capable of responding to the Ministry’s improve rules and ple and women. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- practices. Appraisal was tentatively scheduled for September2004. En- sessment Category B. PID: 82588. US$25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 87036. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). be required. Ministry of Agriculture/Oficina de Innovacidn y Com- Consultants will be required in the areas of organizational, budget petitividad del Agro Peruano. Ave. Pablo Carriquiry 660 San Isidro, Lima and human resources reform and information technology. Ministry of 27 Peru.Tel: (51-1) 221-2614, Fax: (51-1) 221-1725,E-mail: incagro@inca- Finance, Chile 252, Asuncion, Paraguay, Tel: (595-21) 451-186, Contact: gro.gob.pe, Contact: Victor Palma, Executive Director Mr. Fernando Masi, Adviser to the Minister Social Protection Peru (R) Accountability for Decentralization in the Social Sectors Energy and Mining (In.7254-PE): The objective of the project is to strengthen results- (N) Rural Electrification:The project will develop and demonstrate oriented and participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation, with a framework for public-private electricity service in rural areas that would emphasis on decentralized social programs of the Ministry of Women attract investment from the private sector as well as national, regional and Development Affairs. Approved by the Ezecutive Directors on 15 July and local governments. Project preparation is under way, Environ- 2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 78953. US$ Z8 mental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- (ZBRD)).Consultants will be required. Unidad de Coordinaci6n de vices to be determined. Ministry of Energy and Mines, Lima, Peru, Prestamos Sectoriales, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Junin 319, Tel: (51-1) 474-0056, Contact: Sr. Jose Slava Arnao, Director Ejecutivo Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 427-7069, Fax: (51-1) 428-1623, Contact: Maria de Proyectos del Carmen Rivera, Chief, Coordinating Unit for Sectoral Loans Private Sector Development Transportation (R) Programmatic Reform Growth 11: The program will support Regional Transport Decentralization: The project aims at sup decentralization of functions and resource transfer for the newly cre- portingthe decentralization process at the regional level, through the ated regional government with the objective of improving competi- design and implementation of a decentralized framework for regional tiveness in a decentralized environment. Project preparation is under transport interventions. Ultimately, the project is expected to improve way, Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 83949. US$ 170.0 the prioritization, efficiency and effectiveness of regional transport in- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Vice Ministry of Eco- terventions and, hence, their contribution to local development and nomics and Finance, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 428-1880, Fax: (51-1) 426- poverty reduction. Project preparation is under way, Environmental As- 5313, Contact: Sr. Fernando Zavala, Vice Minister sessment Category C. PID: 78813. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Ministry of Transport and Communications/ Public Sector Governance PROVIAS Departamental, Av. 28 de Julio No 800, Lima, Peru, Tel (R) Institutional Capacity for Sustainable Fiscal Decentralization (51-1) 332-5112, Fax: (51-1) 331-5112, Contact: Ing. Walter Zecenarro Technical Assistance (In. 7255-PE): The project aims at provid- Mateus, Coordinador ing technical assistance to strengthen fiscal and institutional reforms for decentralization supported by the Decentralization and Competi- Urban Development tiveness project. Approved by the aecutive Directors on 15 July 2004. (R) Vilcanota Valley Rehabfitation and Management: The project Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 88809. US8.8 (IBRD)). aims at establishing a foundation for sustainable development in the Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Junin Machu Picchu Sanctuary and the Vilcanota valley through invest- 319, Lima Peru, Tel: (51-1) 427-7069, Fax: (511) 428-1623, Contact: ments in tourism management capacity, urban infrastructure devel- Maria del Carmen Rivera, Chief, Coordinating Unit for Sectoral Loans opment and the rehabilitation of historical and cultural sites. Negotiations (R) Justice Services Improvement (Ln. 7219-PE): This techni- completed. Board Dresentation was tentatively scheduled for September cal assistance project will set the basis for an effective and sustainable 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 82625. US$ 5.0 justice sector reform process through a series of activities aimed at (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Foreign Trade and strengthening sector institutions and enhancing access to justice for Tourism, Ave. Uno, COPRPAC, San Isidro, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) the poor. Loan signing was tentatively scheduled for September 2004. 226-0293, Contacts: Arq. Ramiro Salas Bravo, Vice Minister, Ing. Jorge Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 73438. US$12.0 (IBRD). Chavez, Director Nacional de Desarrollo Turistico Consultants will be required for human resource strengthening, or- ganizational performance improvement, enhanced access to justice and Regional overall project management. Office of the General Manager of the Ju- Environment and Natural Resources Management diciary, Paseo de la Republica Cuadra 2 s/n, Lima 1, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 426-2940, Fax: (51-1) 426 5768, Contact: Roberto Keil, General (R) OECS Protected Areas and Associated Livelihoods: The ob- Manager jective of the project is to strengthen national and regional capacities in the sound management of protected areas in support of the Orga- Rural Development nization of Eastern Caribbean States sub-region through: (i) the (N) Sierra Rural Development: The objective of the project is strengthening of existing and creation of new protected areas: and (ii) poverty alleviation of rural peasants within a demand-driven base as- providing environmentally sustainable economic opportunities for sisting them to (a) improve their access to basic infrastructure; (b) stim- communities in the surrounding areas. 7’hegrant was signed on I4JuZy ulate socioeconomic territorial development through strategic alliances 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 73267. US$ 3.7 (between rural dwellers for production efficiency and with markets for (GEF). Consultants will be required. Organization of Eastern Caribbean increased revenues); and (c) strengthen institutions (regional, mu- States Secretariat, Morne Fortune, PO Box 1383, Castries, St. Lucia, nicipal, communal), to make them better providers of local services Tel: (758) 453-6208, Fax: (758) 452-2194, E-mail: [email protected], (health, education, professional training, linkages to alliances), Project Contact: Dr. Vasantha Chase, Head of Unit PAGE 58 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004 Information and Communication Health, Nutrition and Population OECS: ICT Development: The objective of the project is to improve HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control (La. 7251-SVKr. 3946-SV, the access, quality and use of telecommunications services within the H111-SV): The project is part of the multi-country HIV/AIDS pre- OECS to achieve sustainable territorial and regional development. vention and control Adaptable Program Lending (APL) for the Caribbean Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Region. Itwill support targeted HIV/AIDS interventions for high-risk gory C. PID: 88448. US$4.6/3.4 (IBRDIIDA). Consulting services to groups and non-targeted interventions for the general population. Ap- be determined. Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Secretariat, proved by the Executive Directors on 6 July 2004. Environmental As- Morne Fortune, PO Box 1383, Castries, St. Lucia, Tel: (758) 453-6208, sessment Category B. PID: 76799. US$ 3.5/1.8/1.8 (IBRDADA Fax: (758) 452-2194, E-mail [email protected], Contact: Beverly Best, CreditADA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health Project Officer and Environment, Administrative Centre, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Tel: (784) 456-1111 Ext. 511/512: 457-2586, Fax: (784) St. Lucia 457-2684, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mrs. Verlene Saunders, Permanent Secretary Health, Nutrition and Population HIV/AIDS Prevention (h.7252-SLU/Cr. 3947-SLU, H112- Uruguay SLU): The objective of the project is to control the spread of HIVIAIDS Energy and Mining and mitigate its impact, with targeted interventions for high risk groups and non-targeted interventions for the general population. Approved Energy Efficiency: The project will increase consumer-driven de- by the Executive Directors on 6 July 2004. Environmental Assessment mand for-and competitive supply of-energy efficient goods and ser- Category B. PID: 75795. US$ 3.2/1.6/1.6 (IBRDADA Credit/IDA vices by (a) creating the enabling framework for the development of Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Financial Cen- an energy efficiency market and (b) stimulating development of the ter, Bridge St., St. Lucia, Tel (758) 453-6966, Fax: (758) 452-5655, Con- market by facilitating the availability and acquisition of energy efficient tact: Mr. Trevor O.B. Brathwaite, Permanent Secretary; Ministry of goods and services, Approved by the Executive Directors on 13 May Health, Stanislaus James Bldg., Waterfront, St. Lucia, Tel: (758) 453- 2004. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 68124. US$ 6.8 6966, Fax: (758) 452-5655, Contact: Mr. Fidelis Williams, Permanent (GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Industry, Energy Secretary and Mines, Mercedes 1041, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 908-6313, Fax: (598-2) 902-1629, E-mail [email protected], Public Sector Governance Contact: Ing. Alvaro Bermudez, National Director of Energy Public Sector Modernization: The project will: (1) develop model Health, Nutrition and Population legislation in the area of public service for the OECS: (2) improve the Second Health Sector Development: The objectives of the project quality of financial management, particularly in the areas of internal are to: (a) increase access to and quality of the primary health care net- and external audit and legislative scrutiny; (3) enhance accountability work serving the poor uninsured; (b) enhance and secure essential pub through a variety of mechanisms ranging from more proactive use of lic health functions nationwide: and (c) redesign and improve the information technology: and (4) streamline business application pro- Ministry of Public Health’s regulatory and stewardship capacity. Pro- cedures and create a more favorable climate for private sector invest- ject preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category C. ment, including the rationalization of procurement harmonization. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Health, 18 de Julio 1892, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 409- gory C. US$5.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Fi- 1015/2534, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Dr. Conrad0 Bonilla, nance, International Financial Services and Economic Affairs, Old Minister Government Bldg., Laborie St., Castries, St. Lucia, Tel: (758)468-3911, Fax: (758) 451-9706, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Louis E.A. Rural Development Lewis, Director of Economic Affairs (R) Integrated Natural Resources and Biodiversity Management: Urban Development The objective of the project is to promote adoption of an integrated pro- duction system in agricultural and livestock landscapes to increase pro- (R) Disaster Management (La. 7238-SLU, Cr. 3936-SLU): The ductivity within a context of holistic ecosystems and natural resources project aims at further reducing the country’s vulnerability to adverse management while conserving soils, water, grasslands, and biodiver- natural events (hurricane, floods, etc.) through investment in risk sity. The IBRD portion will finance the productive and competitive com- management activities. The loan and credit were signed on 29 July ponents related to agriculture and livestock. The GEF component will 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86469. US$3.7/3.8 finance the incremental costs required to restore or improve the capacity (ZBRD/ZDA), Consultants have been hired. Ministry of Physical Plan- of the productive rural landscape to maintain ecological processes and ning, Environment and Housing, PO Box 709, St. Lucia, Tel: (758) conserve biodiversity. The project will promote multipleland use prac- 468-4486, Fax: (758) 453-0417,E-mail: [email protected],Con- tices for biodiversity conservation outside protected areas. Appraisal com- tact: Cheryl Mathurin, Deputy Project Coordinator pleted. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for midaeptember 2004. EnvironmentalAssessment Category B. US$30.0/7.0 (IBRD/GEF). No St. Vincent and the Grenadines consultants are required. Ministerio de Ganaderia, Agricultura y Pesca, Education Cerrito 316, Piso 1, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 915-0049, Con- tact: Diego Paysee, Project Coordinator Education Development Program (Ln. 7243-SV/Cr. 3943-SV): The objective of the project is to build human capital which, in turn, Venezuela will contribute to the diversification of the economy and more sustainable growth. This will be achieved by: (a) increasing equitable access to sec- Law and Justice ondary education; (b) improving the quality of teaching and learning (R) Judicial Conflict Resolution: The objective is to enhance the Ju- with more direct interventions and resource provisions at the school diciary’s ability to resolve conflicts so as to help alleviate social tensions level, a focus on student-centered learning and mechanisms to provide and polarization. It would involve: (a) piloting alternative conflict res- student support: and (c) strengthening sector management and school olution mechanisms: (b) expanding to lower courts, especially in Cara- governance. The project was approved-following APL procedures- cas, reforms achieved in administration and citizen information access: on 29 June 2004. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86664. and (c) deepening Judicial Branchtransformation. Appraisal was sched- US$ 3.V3.1 (IBRDADA). A limited number of consultants will be uled for November2004. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: hired, mostly by DFID. Ministry of Education, Halifax St., Kingstown, 84571. US$ 28.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Di- St. Vincent, Tel (784) 457-1104, Fax: (784) 457-1114, Contact: Ms. rectorate of the Judiciary, Supreme Tribunal of Justice, Esquina de Dos Shirla Francis, Permanent Secretary: Ministry of Planning and Fi- Pilitas, final Ave. Baralt, Caracas, Venezuela, Tel (58-212) 553-9512, Con- nance, Contact: Mr. Cools Vanloo, Education Planner tact: Dr. Ivan Rincdn, President SEPTEMBER 2004 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 59 Purchase Agreement is expected to be signed shortly. Board presen- Guarantee Operations tation is tentatively scheduled for the first quarter of FY05.

In September 1994, the Bank's Executive Directors approved a proposal to make guarantees a mainstream instrument of Bank operations. Europe and Central Asia These guarantees are most likely to be used for infrastructure fi- nancing, where the demands for funding are large, political and sov- ereign risks are significant, and the need for longmaturity financing is often critical to a project's viability. Romania By covering some of the risks that the market is not able to bear or adequately evaluate, the Banks guarantee can attract new sources of Energy and Mining finance, reduce financing costs, and extend maturities. The guarantee can be especially valuable where activities traditionally undertaken Banat and Dobrogea Electricity Distribution Privatization: (Pri- and financed by the government are being shifted to the private sec- vate Sector) (Private Sector) The World Bank will provide a partial risk tor but where the government remains as a regulator or provider of guarantee of about US$60.0 in support of the country's energy priva- inputs and a buyer of outputs. The Bank's participation as guarantor tization program by enabling the government and the private investor can also facilitate the transparency of these transactions. to reach an agreement for Banat and Dobrogea and implement priva- Since the guarantee is intended to be a catalytic instrument, the Bank tization and a new regulatory framework for electricity distribution. The offers only partial guarantees, and risks are clearly shared between PRG is intended to provide a guarantee of recovery of loss of revenue the Bank and private lenders. The Banks objective is to cover risks caused by a change or repeal by the government's regulatory au- that it is well-positioned to bear given its credit, its experience with thority or its non-compliancewith the provisions of an agreed regula- developing countries, and its special relationships with governments. tory framework. Estimated total project cost US$300.0. Board The risk-sharing may be for specific risks (the partial risk guarantee) presentation is scheduled for the second quarter of FY05. or for part of the financing (the partial credit guarantee). A partial risk guarantee covers risks arising from nonperformance of sovereign contractual obligations or from force majeure aspects in a project. A partial credit guarantee typically extends maturities beyond what private creditors could otherwise provide, for example, by guaranteeing late-dated repayments or by providing incentives for lenders to roll over medium-term loans. For more information on the Banks guarantee program and to obtain a copy of the pamphlet "The World Banks Guarantees," (available in English, French and Spanish), please contact the Manager, Project Finance Group. Tel: (202) 473-1650; Fax: (202) 477-0218.

Africa Region Regional Energy and Mining West African Gas Pipeline:(Private Sector) The project comprises three main components: a) the commissioning of a gas pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana; b) the development of non-power gas markets in Ghana, Benin, and Togo and the financing of other technical assistance needs; and c) support to the newly created WAGP Authority, The pipeline would transport natural gas from Nigeria to the neighboring countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin initially for power generation, but eventually for other commercial and industrial uses. An IDA partial risk guarantee up to US $50 million to protect commercial parties against sovereign risks is currently being considered in support to the project. Estimated total project cost US$550 million. Board presentation is ex- pected in the second quarter of FY05.

East Asia,and Pacific Region

~~ Lao People's Democratic Republic Energy and Mining Nam Them Power:(Private Sector ) The project would construct and operate a 1,086 MWhydropower facility primarily to export power to Thailand. A partial risk guarantee is being considered for the pro- ject. Estimated total project cost: US$ 1,280.0. The Concession Agree- ment and Shareholder Agreement have been signed. The Power PAGE 60 Monthlv ODerational Summarv SEPTEMBER 2004

LIST OF ACRONYMS

AUSAID Australian Agency for International IsDB Islamic Development Bank Development JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation ADB Asian Development Bank Interim Trust Fund ADF African Development Fund ITF AfDB African Development Bank Kfw Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (Germany) APL Adaptable Program Loan BADEA Banque arabe de developpement LIL Learning and Innovation Loan Cconomique en Afrique NCB National competitive bidding BOAD Banque ouest africaine de developpement NGO Nongovernmental organization CDB Caribbean Development Bank CFD Caisse francaise de dCveloppement NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation CIDA Canadian International Development Agency OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund DANIDA Danish International Development (Japan) Agency OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting DFID Department for International Countries Development (UK) PAD Project Appraisal Document EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction 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 FAC Fonds d'aide et de cooperation (France) PHRD Policy and Human Resources Development (Japan) FA0 Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations PID Project Identification (Number) FA0 Cooperative Program FAO/CP Project Preparation Facility (with the World Bank) PPF FINNIDA Finland International Development QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection Agency SDC Swiss Agency for Development GEF Global Environment Facility Cooperation GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Swedish International Development Zusammenarbeit SIDA Authority LAPS0 Inter-Agency Procurement Service Office UNDP United Nations Development Programme IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction UNFPA United Nations Population Fund and Development UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund ICB International competitive bidding IDA International Development Association USAID United States Agency for International Development IDB Inter-American Development Bank IFAD International Fund for Agricultural WHO World Health Organization Development