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MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY OF BANK AND IDA PROPOSED PROJECTS (as of June 15, 2001) Public Disclosure Authorized

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CONTENTS

User’s Guide 3 Global Environment Facility 4

Projects in the Pipeline New Projects/Deletions 5 Africa Region 6 East Asia and Pacific Region 20 South Asia Region 32 Europe and Central Asia Region 42 Middle East and North Africa Region 57 Latin America and the Caribbean Region 63 Guarantee Operations 76

List of Abbreviations 79

Entries for Projects in the Pipeline are organized by region, country and economic sector. Entries pre- ceded by (N) denote new listings; (R) indicates a revision or update from the previous month’s listing- such changes appear in italic type. A sample entry is included in the User’s Guide on the next page.

SECTOR DEFINITIONS

Agriculture Public Sector Management (includes technical (includes forestry and fisheries) and management assistance) Education/Training Reconstruction/Rehabilitation Environment (includes natural resources Rural Development management and pollution control) Social Sector (includes human resources Finance (includes development finance development, poverty reduction and institutions) women in development) Industry (includes mining) Structural Adjustment (includes imports) Infrastructure (multisector) Telecommunications Population, Health and Nutrition Transport (includes ports, roads and railways) Power (includes petroleum and energy) Urban Development Private Sector Development Water Supply/Sanitation

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GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY

The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on implementing agencies, have full responsibility for the design the status of projects in the World Banks pipeline-from the and execution of World Bank-financed projects, including the point of identification of investment opportunities to the sign- hiring of consultants and the procurement of goods and ing of the loan or credit. On average, it takes about 27 months works. Contractors and suppliers, therefore, should contact for the Bank to process a project from identification to loan borrowers to express their interest in specific projects. They signing. Following the approval of a project by the Bank’s should obtain information on what goods and services will be Board of Executive Directors, a more detailed summary ap- needed and when and how to submit bids and proposals. pears in the Approved Projects section of the summary. After During implementation, consultants are often used to provide loans or credits are signed, project entries are dropped. technical assistance and other project implementation sup- Each issue of the summary contains a table of projects being port. Unlike contracts for goods and works, those for consult- listed for the first time as well as a list of projects for which ing services are not usually advertised. Therefore, consultants loans or credit agreements have been signed or that have in particular should contact the responsible implementing been dropped from the current lending program. agency early in the project preparation period to express their interest. Contracts for consulting services, as well as some for By becoming familiar with the Bank’s project cycle, which is goods and works, may also be procured prior to loan/credit ap- summarized in the following paragraphs, consultants or proval. This is known as advance contracting. suppliers of goods and works can gauge when the timing is right to pursue business opportunities with Bank borrow- The information contained in The World Bank Monthly Op- ers. Each entry in the Monthly Project Summary tells at erational Summary is intended to enable companies to as- what point in the cycle a particular project resides. sess their interest in supplying Bank-financed projects. Further information should be requested from the borrowing country’s project implementing agency. The likelihood of a Project Cycle timely response is greater if the queries are brief and to the point. When possible, travel to the borrower’s country and di- During IDENTIFICATION, both the borrowing govern- ment and the Bank are involved in analyzing development rect contact with relevant agency officials is recommended. strategies for the borrower’s economy as a whole and in Firms should contact the World Bank (preferably by fax) identifying projects that support those strategies. only if they are unable to obtain a response to their queries from the implementing agency. General information about PREPARATION, the second stage of the cycle, is the re- sponsibility of the borrower. During preparation, the techni- business opportunities under Bank loans and credits may be obtained from the World Bank’s Procurement Policy and cal and institutional alternatives for achieving a project’s Services Group (by e-mail at: [email protected]). objectives are identified and discussed. Preparation usually requires feasibility studies followed by more detailed stud- ies of the alternatives that promise to yield the most satis- Environmental Categories factory results. An environmental assessment is usually 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 borrowers are to be confirmed when a given project is identified. Projects are assigned one of the In the preparation stage of the project cycle, borrowers often following categories based upon the nature, magnitude and supplement their own efforts by hiring consultants to carry sensitivity of environmental issues: out a major part of the work. Contractors and suppliers of equipment and goods need to start making contacts with Category A: Environmental assessment is normally re- borrowers during this stage. quired, as the project may have adverse and significant envi- ronmental impacts. Project APPRAISAL, the responsibility of the Bank, provides a comprehensive review of all aspects of the project (technical, Category B: More limited environmental analysis is appro- institutional, economic and financial) and lays the foundation priate, as the project may have specific environmental issues. for implementing the project and evaluating it when complet- Category C: Environmental analysis is normally unnecessary. ed. Conducted by Bank staff, project appraisal may be supple- Projects added to the summary after July 1994 include the mented by individual experts. The preparation of the Staff environmental category A, B or C, except in the case of struc- Appraisal Report concludes this stage. tural and sector adjustment loans, which are designated “II,” During NEGOTIATION, discussions are held with the bor- and financial intermediary loans, which are designated “FI.” rower, and the agreements reached are written into the loan Business opportunities arising from World Bank projects af- documents. Upon completion of negotiations, the project is ter they have been approved, including invitations to bid and presented to the Executive Directors for approval. After ap- to submit proposals on Bank projects and notices of contract proval, the loan agreement is signed. awards, appear twice a month in Development Business and Project IMPLEMENTATION normally starts within a few are also available via the internet at UN Development months of loan signing. Borrowing countries, through their Business Online at . PAGE 4 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

A typical summary entry looks like this:

Viet Nam 4 Name of borrowing country (R) = revised; (N) = new entry !-+ (R) Payment Systems and Bank Moderniza- tion: The project will establish a computerized pay- - Project description ments system in order to improve efficiency and modernize the banking sector. Technical assistance to strengthen the institutional capacity of partici- Italics indicate change from last pating commercial banks will also be provided. Pre- +- month’s listing appraisal mission completed. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: VNMPAO28. US$ 4- Amount of loan (US$ millions); lender 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for project management and commercial bank institutional studies. Project Management Unit, Payment Sys- a------Name/address of implementing agency tern and Bank Modernization Project, State Bank of Viet Nam, 49 Ly Thai To, Viet Nam, Fax: (84-4) 258- 385, Contact Mr. Nguyen Van Binh

GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, The GEF is striving for universal participation and The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary re- currently 156 countries are participants. Countries ports on projects financed by the Global Environment may be eligible for GEF funds in one of two ways: (1) if Facility (GEF). The GEF provides grants and conces- they are eligible for financial assistance through the fi- sional funding to recipient countries for projects and nancial mechanism of either the Climate Change Con- programs that protect the global environment and pro- vention or the Convention on Biological Diversity; or mote sustainable economic growth. (2) if they are eligible to borrow from the World Bank (IBRD and/or IDA) or receive technical assistance The Facility, originally set up as a pilot program in grants from UNDP through a Country Programme. A 1991, was restructured and replenished with over US$ country must be a party to the Climate Change Con- 2 billion in 1994, to cover the agreed incremental costs vention or the Convention of Biological Diversity to re- of activities that benefit the global environment in four ceive funds from the GEF in the relevant focal area. focal areas: climate change, biological diversity, inter- national waters, and stratospheric ozone. Activities GEF projects must be country-driven, incorporate con- concerning land degradation, primarily desertification sultation with local communities and, where appropri- and deforestation, as they relate to the four focal ar- ate, involve non-governmental organizations in project eas, are also eligible for funding. Both the Framework implementation. Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity have designated the GEF as their For additional information on the GEF, contact the funding mechanism on an interim basis. GEF secretariat or visit their site on the World Wide Web at: http:Nwww.worldbank.org/html/get7gef- GEF projects and programs are managed through graph.htm three implementing agencies: the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Environment Pro- The GEF Secretariat gramme (UNEP) and the World Bank. The GEF Secre- 1818 H St. NW tariat, which is functionally independent from the Washington DC 20433, USA three implementing agencies, reports to and services Tel: (l-202) 473-8324 the Council and Assembly of the GEF. Fax: (l-202) 522-3240,522-3245 JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 5

Social Sector: Social Investment Fund Local Development (FISDL) p. 71 New Projects Added Mexico in This Issue Population, Health and Nutrition: ISSSTE p. 74 Nicaragua Africa Region Agriculture: Land Administration p. 74

Uganda Social Sector: Public Expenditure Reform p. 19

South Asia Region Projects Deleted from Bangladesh This Issue Power: Renewable Energy Development p. 32 Africa Region Europe and Central Asia Region Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou Water Supply (Cr. 3476-BUR) Armenia Nigeria: Community-Based Poverty Reduction (Cr. 3447-NG) Structural Adjustment: Programmatic Institutional Reform Adjustment p. 43 East Asia and Pacific Region Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Finance: Financial Sector Development Technical Assis- China: Social Security Reform tance p. 46 Mongolia: Transport Infrastructure Development (Cr. 3478 Power: Electric Power Emergency Reconstruction p. 46 MOG) Private Sector Development: Private Sector Development Technical Assistance p. 46 South Asia Region Romania Bangladesh: Legal and Judicial Capacity Building (Cr. Social Sector: Social Development Fund II p. 50 3485-BD) Russian Federation Europe and Central Asia Region Environment: Rostov Nutrients Discharge and Methane Reduction p. 51 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Social Sector Technical Assistance Slovakia (Cr. 3439-BOS) Public Sector Management: Public Finance Management p. 53 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Social Sector Adjustment (Cr. 3465-BOS) Turkey Georgia: Education I (Cr. 3474-GE) Education/Training: Secondary Education p. 54 Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Gjakove-Rahovec Social Sector: Social Risk Mitigation p. 55 Water Supply Ukraine Romania: Rural Finance Development (Ln. 4602-RO) Social Sector: Social Investment Fund p. 56 Turkey: Local Initiatives Middle East and North Africa Region Middle East and North Africa Region Djibouti Algeria: Health Sector Population, Health and Nutrition: AIDS Program p. 58 Algeria: Energy and Mining Technical Assistance (Ln. 7048- Population, Health and Nutrition: Health Sector Develop- AL) ment p. 58 Jordan Latin America and the Caribbean Region Public Sector Management: First Public Sector Reform p. 59 Bolivia: Sustainability of the Bolivian Protected Areas System Latin America and the Caribbean Region Honduras: Road Reconstruction and Improvement (Cr. 3432-HO) Costa Rica Nicaragua: Rainfall Risk Management Population, Health and Nutrition: Health Sector Strength- ening and Modernization p. 70 Peru: Indigenous Management of Protected Areas in Peru- vian Amazon El Salvador Peru: Urban Rehabilitation and Management Population, Health and Nutrition: Basic Health Coverage Extension and Earthquake Rehabilitation p. 71 Venezuela: Water Sector PAGE 6 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

Population, Health and Nutrition Africa Region (R) HIV/AIDS Disaster Response: The project’s overall objective is to slow the spread and mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS by expanding access to preventative care and treatment. Board presentation was scheduled for July 2001. Benin Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 22.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy Agriculture and Finance, 03 BP 712, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 31-44-80. Contact: Project Director (R) Cotton Sector Reform Program: The program is de- signed to help achieve successful transition from the cur- Power rent monopolistic and centrally administered system to a more competitive cotton sector. The project is expected to Energy Sector Development and Reform (ESDRP): strengthen Benin’s competitiveness in international export The project will help the government enhance the efficiency markets, which would allow the country to raise its market of the energy sector, increase access of the population to share and benefit from the expected expansion of world cot- modern sources of energy and improve the sustainability of ton demand. It is also expected that the increase in trans- energy resources. Project preparation is under way Envi- parency and efficiency would lead to a better distribution of ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 62.9 (IDA). Con- incomes throughout the sector.Appraisal was scheduled for sultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Mines, 01 July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ BP 644, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 31-84-29, 18.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Fax: (226) 31-84-30, Contact: General Manager of SON- of Rural Development, PO Box 03-2900, Cotonou, Benin, ABEL, Tel: (226) 30-61-00, 31-54-00, and General Manager Tel: (229) 30-04-10, 30-04-10, Fax: (229) 30-03-26, Contact: of SONABHY, Tel: (226) 43-67-26,43-67-27 Henay Essouma, Conseiller technique a l’organisation pay- sanne Private Sector Development Competitiveness and Enterprise Development: The Power project would improve economy’s competitiveness by (a) im- proving quality, access to and costs of telecommunications; Seventh Power: The project will support (a) institutional (b) creating and enabling environment to introduce new reform measures, including privatization of the distribution communication technology; (c) promote the development of utilities and reinforcement and expansion of the transmis- a strong indigenous private sector through a streamlined sion and distribution systems; and (b) the creation of a busi- business environment; and (d) support the development of ness environment for private sector power generation. new sources of growth in rural areas. Appraisal mission was Appraisal mission is scheduled for January 2002. Environ- scheduled for June 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- mental Assessment Category A. US$35.0 (IDA). Consulting gory B. US$ 25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- services will be required for (a) institutional reform and re- mined. Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Handicrafts, structuring measures; and (b) engineering and preparation Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 31-44-93, Fax: (226) of the bidding documents. Societe beninoise d’electricite et 31-84-97, Contact: Minister Abdoul Kader Cisse d’eau @BEE), Direction g&&ale, Car& No. 9, BP 123, Cot- onou, Benin, Tel: (229) 31-21-62, Fax: (229) 31-50-28, Con- Rural Development tact: M.C. Kohoue, Directeur general (R) National Community-Based Rural Development (Cr. 3436-B=): The credit will support a national program Burkina Faso aimed at empowering rural communities to bring about sus- tainable improvements in natural resource management, Education/Training rural production and socioeconomic infrastructure. Ap- proved by the Executive Directors on 30 November 2000. Basic Education: The project will support the develop- Credit was signed on 7 June 2001. Environmental Assess- ment and implementation of a national strategy program ment Category B. PID: BFPE35673. US$ 67.0 (IDA). Con- for primary education, including programs to promote func- sulting services to be determined. Projet national de gestion tional literacy and girls’ and women’s education. Appraisal des terroirs (PNGT), c/o World Bank Resident Mission, BP is scheduled for October 2001. Environmental Assessment 622, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Contact: Mr. Albert Djig- Category C. PID: BFPA309. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants ma, Tel: (226) 32-47-53, Fax: (226) 30-86-49, E-mail: al- will be required. Ministry of Education, c/o World Bank Res- [email protected] ident Mission, PO Box 622, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 31-31-85, Fax: (226) 31-36-42 Structural Adjustment

Environment Poverty Reduction Support: The credit will finance im- plementation of the program summarized in the June 2000 National Natural Ecosystem Management: The project Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. It would (a) help main- will establish a national decentralized system for participa- tain macroeconomic stability and create the conditions for tory management of natural ecosystems. The first phase accelerating growth by providing quick-disbursing assis- will establish and test this system in four locations. Ap- tance in the context of lower-than-expected government rev- praisal is scheduled for September 2001. Environmental As- enues; (b) help poverty reduction through improving the sessment Category B. US$ 7.5 (GEF). Consultants will be targeting and effectiveness of public expenditures to the required. Ministry of Environment and Hydrology, Director- poor; and (c) help the poor by strengthening the institution- ate of Water and Forests, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: al framework and national capacity to manage public re- (226) 35-60-34, Contact: Mr. Bobodo Blaise Sawadogo, sources, including external assistance. Project preparation Project Preparation Coordinator is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 7

60.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. PRSC Poverty Re- marketing of condoms and oral rehydration salts and the so- duction Support Credit Implementing Agency, Ministry of cial funds providing funds to community groups and local Economy and Finance, 03 BP 7008 Ouagadougou 03, Burki- NGOs to carry out AIDS prevention and population activi- na Faso, Tel: (226) 31-44-80, Fax: (226) 31-27-15, Contact: ties. Board presentation was scheduled for July 2001. Envi- Mr. Jean Baptiste Compaore, Ministre delegue aupres du ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: TDPE72226. US$ Premier Ministre charge des finances et du budget 15.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economic Promotion, Development and Cooperation, Burundi N’Djamena, Chad, Tel: (235) 52-65-16, 52-47-64, Fax: (235) 52-65-14, E-mail: ims@?intnet.td Private Sector Development Power Regional Trade Facilitation (LIFT) (Cr. 3495-BU): The Petroleum Development and Pipeline (Ln. 455%CD): objective is to jump-start private sector activity. The project The project involves (a) the development of Chad’s oil fields consists of a political risk insurance facility in support of and (b) the construction of a petroleum export pipeline from commercial financing for productive transactions involving the south of Chad to the Atlantic coast of Cameroon and re- enterprises in participating countries and their foreign lated marine installations. Approved by the Executive Di- partners. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: rectors on 6 June 2000. Environmental Assessment Category A. The final environmental assessment is avail- BIPE65789. US$ 7.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- able from the World Bank’s Infoshop. PID: TDPE44305. mined. African Insurance Agency US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Project Services Manager, Esso Exploration and Production Cameroon Chad, Inc., 800 Gessner, Suite 400, Houston, Texas, USA 77024, Fax: (1-713) 973-5230; Ministry of Mines, Energy Power and Petroleum, BP 816, N’Djamena, Chad, Tel: (235) 51-21- 88, Fax: (235) 51-25-65,51-30-43; Societe nationale d’hydro- Petroleum Development and Pipeline (Ln. 7020~CM): carbures, BP 955, Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237) 20-19-10, The project will support (a) the transport of oil from Chad to Fax: (237) 20-46-51 the coast of Cameroon; (b) development of the Doba oil fields; and (c) construction of a pipeline to the coast of Cam- Public Sector Management eroon. Approved by the Executive Directors on 6 June 2000. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: CMPE51059. (R) Poverty Reduction Support: The project will support US$55.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Im- three key activities: (a) a more streamlined role of the state plementing agency is to be determined. and increased participation of the beneficiaries in policy for- mulation, financing and delivery of public services; (b) in- Transport creased impact of public expenditures on poverty reduction by basing the allocation of public resources on a comprehen- Railway Concession: The project will assist the govern- sive database on poverty and development and monitoring ment in concessioning the railway company to the private poverty outcomes; (c) enhanced efficiency and sustainability sector. Board presentation is scheduled for September 2001. of poverty reduction through improved public resources Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: CMPE54786. management and generation of public savings. Appraisal US$ 22.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. In- mission is in the field. Board presentation is scheduled for frastructure and Equipment Rehabilitation and Informatics late August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. Components: CAMRAIL, 51, Rue Louis Blanc, 92400 Cour- US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- bevoie, France, Tel: (33-l) 41-41-54-92, Fax: (33-l) 41-41-50- istry of Economic Promotion, Development and Coopera- 38, Contact: Mr. Monpert; Management Capacity Develop- tion, N’Djamena, Chad ment Component: Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Econ- omy and Finance, Ministry of Public Investment, Yaounde, Telecommunications Cameroon, Tel: (237) 23-97-50, Fax: (237) 25-51-08, Contact: Bassoro Aminou, President of the Privatization Committee Post and Telecommunications: The objective of the project is to provide affordable communications services by Central African Republic (a) reforming the legal, regulatory and policy environment; (b) involving private operators in financing and managing Population, Health and Nutrition telecommunications infrastructure; and (c) assisting the postal corporation in implementing a business development Multisectoral HIV/AIDS: The credit will finance technical plan. The objective will be achieved by supporting the gov- assistance for financial management support in HIV/AIDS ernment in the following activities: (a) building institution- prevention efforts. Project preparation is under way. Envi- al capacity in the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Con- (MPT) and the regulatory agency (OTRT); (b) establishing sulting services to be determined. Secretariat, National an adequate regulatory framework, (c) restructuring the ex- AIDS Prevention Program, Bangui, Central African Repub- isting state-owned post and telecommunications enterprise lic into separate corporate entities; (d) privatizing the main telecommunications operator through a transparent and Chad competitive bidding process; and (e) rehabilitating the exist- ing postal network, building managerial capacity of the state-owned postal corporation and establishing a partner- Population, Health and Nutrition ship with a private bank for financial services offered by the Population and AIDS II: The credit will support imple- postal corporation. Negotiations were scheduled for July mentation of Chad’s population policy and of the national 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: AIDS control strategy. This project will continue the social TDPE65496. US$8.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- PAGE 8 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 mined. Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, N’Djame- the Government of Italy. Ministry of Finance, Asmara, Eri- na, Chad, Contact: H.E.M. Oumar Kadjalami Boukar, Tel: trea, Tel: (291-l) 118-131, Fax: (291-l) 127-947 (235) 52-15-00, Fax: (235) 52-15-55 Transport Comoros Roads: The project will be the first phase of an adaptable Infrastructure program loan. The project will include (a) building institu- tional capacity for engineering and financial management, Infrastructure, Water and Environment (Cr. 346% materials testing and quality control; (b) rehabilitation, COM): The project will help to improve living conditions strengthening and upgrading of priority roads, bridges and and to speed up economic growth by (a) providing adequate culverts; and (c) implementation of a national road safety water and sanitation services and safe transport and (b) program. Project preparation is under way. Environmental protecting and improving the environment. The project is being modified to include a component on decentralization Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- of services. Approved by the Executive Directors on 1 March vices for project preparation are being financed through a 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: PPF. Infrastructure Department, Ministry of Public Works, KMPA47250. US$ 8.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- PO Box 841, Asmara, Eritrea, Tel: (291-l) 122-477, Fax: termined. Ministry of Public Works, PO Box 85, Moroni, Co- (291-l) 120-661 moros, Tel: (269) 74-45-14, Fax: (269) 73-29-93 Urban Development Cbte d’lvoire (R) Community Development Program: This project, the Structural Adjustment second phase of the Eritrea Community Development Fund (ECDF), will continue the activities currently carried out by (R) Structural Adjustment: The credit will support the the ECDF and support rehabilitation or new construction of government’s Economic Reform Program and support finan- social and economic infrastructure and natural resources cial sector reform. The project is no longer in the lendingpro- management. The Savings and Credit Program will expand gram. Further reporting will be discontinued. the activities now being carried out by a pilot Savings and Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 315.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for project preparation and su- Credit Program. The Women in Development component will pervision. Ministry of Economy and Finance, BP V 125, provide resources to local associations of women to finance ac- Abidjan, C&e d’Ivoire, Tel: (225) 218-022, Fax: (225) 211- tivities aimed at stimulating or strengthening the role women 690, Contact: Mr. Emmanuel N. N’Goran can play in productive activities. The Capacity Building com- ponent will finance training and technical assistance activi- Eritrea ties for all involved in implementing the ECDF The Poverty Monitoring and Analysis component will support the activi- Education/Training ties currently carried out by the National Office of Statistics to collect data on people’s living conditions and strengthen the Education: The project will (a) expand rural access and im- national capacity of monitoring and analyzing the impact of prove educational quality to support improvement of teach- the government’s programs and projects on people. A final ing facilities and increase availability of textbooks and other educational materials; (b) improve the quality of voca- component will finance institutional support for implementa- tional training and build, furnish and equip two skills devel- tion of the project by CDF management units, regional offices opment centers; and (c) provide institutional strengthening and other institutions. Project preparation is under way. En- to improve the organization and management capacity vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 72.0 (IDA). Con- within the education sector. Negotiations are delayed- sulting services will be needed for preparation and awaiting government’s response. Environmental Assess- implementation of the project. Eritrea Community Develop- ment Category B. PID: ERPE34156. US$ 15.2 (IDA). Con- ment Fund, Ministry of Local Government, PO. Box 225, As- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, mara, Eritrea, Tel: (291-l) 11-76-34, 12-11-76, Fax: (291-l) PO Box 1056, Asmara, Eritrea, Tel: (291-l) 11-38-79, Fax: (291-l) 12-19-13 12-06-09, Contact: Mr. Kidane Tsegai, General Manager Cultural Assets Rehabilitation: The project will (a) de- Private Sector Development velop community-based approaches for the conservation of historic sites, on a pilot basis; (b) build the capacity for the Private Sector Reconstruction: The objective of this conservation of Eritrea’s architectural heritage through project is to support the government’s strategy to revive the private sector. This broad, long-term objective will be pur- partnership between the public and private sectors; (c) pro- sued through (a) mechanisms to enhance the international vide support for the management of written historic records competitiveness of private enterprises; (b) developing the and the development of a National Archive; and (d) capacity of the Eritrean Investment Center to play a more strengthen Eritrea’s living cultures, particularly its oral effective role in promoting foreign and domestic investment; traditions by providing training in oral history and building (c) meeting the immediate investment and export financing the capacity for documenting oral traditions. Board presen- needs of enterprises through the banking system; and (d) tation was scheduled for 3 July 2001. Environmental As- commencing a process of building a healthy and competitive financial system. Project is currently on stand-by status. sessment Category C. PID: ERPE58724. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ERPE50356. Consulting services to be determined. Cultural Heritage US$ 29.2 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Cofi- Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, PO Box 6513, Asmara, Eri- nancing in the amount of US$ 10.0 million is expected from trea, Tel: (291-l) 122-059, Fax: (291-l) 123-691 JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 9 Ethiopia four major towns. Project preparation is under way. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 200.0 (IDA). Con- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Mines and Education/Training Energy, PO Box 486, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-l) Distance Learning (Cr. 3501-ET): The project will test 150-465, Fax: (251-l) 517-874 comparative learning outcomes, cost-effectiveness and sus- tainability of various distance learning approaches for civil Private Sector Development servants developed by the Institute of Distance Education Privatization Technical Assistance: The primary objec- (IDE). The existing Global Distance Learning Network tives of the project are to (a) support the implementation of (GDLN) videoconferencing, and internet link at the Civil the government’s program of privatization of state-owned Service College will be raised to international standards. enterprises (SOEs) in the productive sectors and (b) pro- Modified GDLN links to five regional centers will be estab- mote acceleration of private-sector-led economic activities. lished, and the programs will be developed at the IDE. Sat- Specific objectives are to (a) improve the efficiency of state- ellite rental, facility maintenance, and operational costs will owned enterprises through privatization; (b) reduce the size be partly financed from tuition during 2001-2003. The and the fiscal burden of the SOE portfolio; (c) strengthen the project was approved - following LIL procedures - on 7 capacity of the Ethiopian Privatization Agency to manage a April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$4.9 more ambitious and accelerated privatization program; and (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Civil Service (d) identify critical issues facing key utilities and infrastruc- College, PO Box 5648, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-l) ture sectors and identify options for introducing private sec- 60-17-63, Fax: (251-1) 60-17-64, E-mail: Hailem@ex- tor participation in these sectors. Appraisal mission is cite.com, Contact: Dr. Haile Michael Aberra scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Finance Category B. US$l3.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Ethiopia Privatization Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethio- (R) Women’s Development Initiatives (Cr 3407-ET): pia Test methods to enhance the social and economic welfare of households in selected poor districts, improving opportuni- Transport ties for women by increasing their skills, productivity, and income. Approved by the executive directors on 27 July 2000. (R) Second Roads Sector Development: The credit wilI Project became effective on 22 March 2001. Environmental support the rehabilitation and upgrading of priority second- Assessment Category C. US$5.0 (IDA). Consulting services ary and regional rural roads. Feasibility studies and de- to be determined. Women’s Development, Tel: (251-l) 557- tailed engineering designs of selected roads are in progress 794 or 552-044, Contact: H. E. Tadelech Haile-Michael. under ongoing projects. A Rural Travel and Transport Pro- gram to prepare village-level development activities is be- Population, Health and Nutrition ing prepared. Project preparation is scheduled to start in October 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal 250.0 (IDA). Consulting services for feasibility studies and Plants (Cr. 3461-ET): The project will initiate support for engineering designs are being financed under existing conservation, management and sustainable utilization of projects; additional services to be determined. Ethiopia medicinal plants for human and livestock health care The Roads Authority, PO Box 1770, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: project’s objectives are to (a) strengthen institutional capac- (251-l) 156-603, Fax: (251-1) 514-866 ity; (b) confirm and document selected commonly used me- dicinal plants for the treatment of three major human Urban Development diseases (tapeworm infections, bronchopneumonia, hyper- tension) and three livestock diseases (tapeworm infections, Cultural Heritage: The project will (a) develop site plan- mastitis, dermatophilosis); (c) initiate studies for the safe ning and conservation activities in the two historically sig- utilization of effective medicinal plant remedies these dis- nificant pilot sites of Axum and Gondar; (b) develop an eases; (d) assess the economic benefits derived from medici- inventory and database of cultural heritage assets and es- nal plants in human and livestock health care on a national tablish impact mitigation guidelines for sites that are level; (e) develop national medicinal plant database; and (0 threatened by development with a focus on building institu- support in-situ conservation and management and initiate tional capacity and working with communities to become ex-situ cultivation of medicinal plants. Approved by the Ex- more fully involved in the cultural heritage conservation; ecutive Directors on 13 February 2001. Environmental As- and (c) support artisanal crafts development on a pilot basis sessment Category C. PID: ETPE52315. US$2.5/1.8 (IDA)/ to provide design guidance, technical skills, business under- (GEF). Consulting services will be required for project im- standing and direct market links to generate sales to local plementation and supervision. Institute of Biodiversity tourist, regional and export markets, and to support the in- Conservation and Research (IBCR), PO Box 30726, Addis novation and production of traditional crafts. Appraisal is Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-l) 612-244, Fax: (251-l) 637-22 scheduled for 23 October 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: ETPE57770. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consulting Integrated Early Childhood: The projects aims to pro- services to be determined. Ethiopia Tourism Commission, mote healthy growth and holistic development of children PO Box 2183, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-l) 150-604, by expanding access to and improving the quality of services Fax: (251-l) 513-899 that address young children’s basic needs. Project prepara- tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Im- Gabon plementing agency to be determined. Public Sector Management Power Public Sector Reform: The credit will provide technical Power Distribution: The project will rehabilitate electric- assistance to support preparation of sector strategies, action ity and expand the distribution system in Addis Ababa and plans and priority investment programs in key poverty alle- PAGE 10 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 viation sector and to support institutional reforms in the sessment Category B. PID: GHPE968. US$45.0 (IDA). Con- budgetary process. Project preparation is under way. Envi- sultants will be required for statistics and information ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Con- system; horticultural exports promotion; horticultural pro- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency is duction; research management; ministerial organization to be determined. and management; monitoring and evaluation systems; small-scale irrigation systems; natural resources manage- Gambia ment; trypanosomiasis and tsetse control; fisheries resourc- es management; aquaculture; and appropriate technology in agricultural production and processing. Ministry of Food Power and Agriculture, PO Box M 37, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) Energy Infrastructure: The project will support restruc- 78-05-75, Fax: (233-21) 66-82-45, Contact: Mr. PA. Bruce, turing of Gambia’s power sector and provide financial sup- Coordinator port for investment to the concessionaire. Appraisal mission is scheduled for February 2002. Environmental Assessment Finance Category A. PID: GMPE57395. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consulting Rural Financial Services (Cr. 3374-GH): The project will services to be determined. Implementing agency is to be de- focus on building capacity of Ghana’s rural and microfi- termined. nance sector in order to deepen rural financial intermedia- tion and broaden its development impact. Key features Public Sector Management include strengthening linkages between the informal and (R) Capacity Building for Economic Management: formal financial sectors, strengthening the rural banking The overall development objective is to contribute to poverty system for more cost effective service delivery and support- alleviation through better management of public resources. ing the establishment of an apex structure for the rural The project will focus on strengthening capacity and institu- banks to more effectively address generic operational con- tions to (a) promote accountability and transparency by im- straints. Cofinancing is proposed by IFAD (US$ 10.0 mil- proving a weak management of public resources; (b) enforce lion) AfDB (US$ 2.0 million) and GTZ (US $0.5 million). fair and rapid administration of laws; and (c) ensure the Approved by the Executive Directors on 8 June 2000. Envi- soundness of the banking system in support of private sec- ronmental Assessment Category FI. PID: GHPE69465. US$ tor development. The beneficiaries will be consumers of ba- 5.0 (IDA). Specialists will be required in the areas of bank sic public services, the civil service and private sector restructuring, rural banking, microfinance, project and fi- operators. Negotiations were scheduled for late June 2001. nancial analysis, rural sociology and gender issues, munici- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: GMPE57995. pal finance initiatives, information technology and legal and US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. De- regulatory framework. Bank of Ghana (BOG), Cedi House, partment of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, The Accra, Ghana, Contact: Mr. l? Ameyaw, Tel: (233-21) 665- Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, Tel: (220) 227-221, Fax: 338, Fax: (233-21) 662-996 (220) 227-954 Second Public Financial Management Reform (PUF- MARP II): The project would continue to support the Gov- Urban Development ernment of Ghana in its efforts to enhance efficiency, accountability and transparency of the financial manage- (R) Gambia Gateway Program: The objective of the pro- ment functions of the government and to improve revenue gram is to improve the living conditions of the urban popu- generation. The project will build on the achievements of lation through (a) the sustainable provision of adequate the first Public Financial Management Technical Assistance public infrastructure and services; and (b) the development Project and other reform activities in the context of the of an enabling environment for municipal investment fi- Public Financial Management Reform Programme (PUF- nancing and for employment creation and income genera- MARP) of the government. The project will include second- tion. Appraisal is scheduled for late July 2001. generation financial management reforms by addressing is- Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: GMPE57394. sues of economic governance. These activities will focus on US$ 16.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Im- improving transparency, accountability and participation in plementing agency is to be determined. the area of economic management. To this end, the project will enhance the oversight functions of Parliament and pub- Ghana lic agencies that are mandated to ensure accountability and transparency. It will also enable civil society to play a more Agriculture proactive role in the economic management process. Ap- praisal mission was tentatively scheduled for late June Agricultural Services (Cr. 3405-GH): The project is the 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 85.0 major instrument for implementing the government’s strat- (IDA). Consulting services will be required for information egy for accelerated agricultural growth and rural develop- technology, training, institutional development and capaci- ment. The government intends to increase the pace of the ty building. Ministry of Finance, PO Box M40, Accra, Gha- sector’s growth with a strategy that is privately led and ex- na, Tel: (233-21) 668-016, Fax: (233-21) 663-854, E-mail: port-oriented. The public sector will create an enabling en- [email protected]. Contact: Mr. Cornelius Adabla, Pro- vironment for the private sector boost to agricultural gram Coordinator production, agro-processing and exports. The project objec- tives are to (a) increase agricultural production; (b) promote Social Sector farming systems and practices; (c) strengthen the technical, financial and managerial capacities of the sector ministry, Community Development (Cr. 3237-GH): The project departments agencies and the district assemblies; and (d) will pilot mechanisms and systems for designing, imple- promote partnerships between the public and private sec- menting and monitoring community-based poverty reduc- tors as well as linkages with civil society. Approved by the tion activities. The project was approved - following LIL Executive Directors on 2 August 2000. Environmental As- procedures - on 9 June 1999. Environmental Assessment JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 11

Category C. PID: GHPE40659. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consultants ed interventions. Ministry of Local Government and Rural will be required for project preparation. National Develop- Development, PO Box M50, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (223-21) 66- ment Planning Commission, Flagstaff House, PO Box C633, 54-21, Fax: (223-21) 66-10-16, Contact: Mr. Godfrey Ewool, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 77-30-55, Fax: Engineering Advisor (233-21) 77-30-11 Promoting Partnerships with Traditional Authori- Water Supply/Sanitation ties: The project will support the following objectives and Water Restructuring: The project will improve efficiency components: (a) helping control the spread of HIV/AIDS and and effectiveness of urban water services and provide safe other endemic diseases, through strengthening and en- and affordable water supply services to unserved, low-in- hancement of the capacity and the advocacy role of tradi- come urban areas. Appraisal mission is scheduled for No- tional authorities; (b) expanding the provision of equitable vember 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: and quality basic education by deepening and strengthen- GHPE56256. US$ 220.0 (IDA). Consulting services are re- ing community involvement in the provision of infrastruc- quired for project preparation. Ghana Water Corporation, ture, administration and access in rural areas; (c) helping PO Box M194, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 66-67-81, Fax: build a sustainable partnership with government through (233-21) 66-35-52, Contact: E.K.Y. Dovlo, Managing Direc- institutional strengthening and building the capacity of tra- tor ditional authorities; and (d) conservation and sustainable reintegration of the cultural heritage of the traditional area into the socioeconomic development plans of the community Guinea The lessons learned would serve as a basis to scale up the activities in a future Bank-financed project. Project prepa- Education/Training ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$5.0 (IDA). Consulting services are being (R) Basic Education for AII Program: The objectives of identified. Office of the Regional Coordinating Council, Re- the project are to attain full primary attendance and im- gional Administration, Kumasi, Ghana, Tel: (233-51) 24- prove the quality of education through teacher training, 647,26-261-6, Ext. 208, Contact: Mr. Joe D. Issachar, Direc- supplying textbooks and improving student health. Negoti- tor ations completed. Boardpresentation was scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Structural Adjustment GNPE50046. US$40.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- termined. Ministry of Education, Conakry, Guinea, Tel: (R) Economic Reform Support III: The credit will pro- (224) 41-34-41, Contact: Mr. Zoumanigi Kozo vide policy-based balance of payments support. Appraisal completed. Negotiations were scheduled for late June 2001. Structural Adjustment Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 90.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, (R) Fourth Structural Adjustment (formerly Poverty Re- PO Box M40,Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 665-587 Fax: (233- duction Strategy I): The reform program supported by the 21) 667-069 credit aims at (a) improving the impact of public expendi- tures on economic and social outcomes, and more particular- Urban Development ly on the poor, by focusing on service delivery, (R) Urban Upgrading: The project would improve basic decentralization and more transparent and accountable re- urban infrastructure and ensure the sustainable delivery of source management in public sector institutions; and (b) municipal services in low-income communities in Greater creating the conditions for a more active private participa- Accra through the following activities: (a) financing urban tion in the provision of basic infrastructure services through infrastructure and services in low-income communities, in- enhancement of the rule of law and reform of the regulatory cluding improvements in related primary infrastructure framework. Appraisal and negotiations completed. Board networks if there are any bottlenecks; (b) strengthening the presentation was cheduled for July 2001. Environmental capacity of local assemblies in Greater Accra (the Accra Assessment Category C. PID: GNPE65128. US$40.0 (IDA). Metropolitan Assembly, the Tema Municipal Assembly and No consultants are required. Ministry of Planning, Conakry, the Ga District Assembly) to mobilize funds and utilize Guinea, Contact: Mr. El Hadj Amadou Sow , Tel: (225) 217- them for operations and maintenance of infrastructure cre- 082, Fax: (225) 413-059 ated; (c) strengthening the institutional capacity of these lo- cal governments to address the needs of the urban poor; and Kenya (d) developing the capacity of local communities to partici- pate in partnership with local government in the design, im- Agriculture plementation and management of urban upgrading programs. Preappraisal mission was scheduled for July Agriculture Sector Investment: The project will support 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (a) extension, animal health, disease control and other es- (IDA), Consulting services are required for preliminary en- sential services and regulatory activities; (b) continuation of gineering studies. Ministry of Local Government and Rural policy and institutional initiatives begun under Agricultur- Development, PO Box M50, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 670- al Sector Adjustment II; (c) infrastructure to support pri- 36314, Contact: Mr. Godfrey Ewool vate sector development; and (d) pilot investment schemes Fifth Urban (Cr. 3330-GH): The project will include basic to support small-scale capital investments covering commu- infrastructure improvements in selected secondary towns nities, NGOs and private entrepreneurs. Negotiations have and capacity building for district assemblies. Approved by been postponed. Environmental Assessment Category B. the Executive Directors on 30 March 2000. Environmental PID: KEPA1346. US$ 27.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be Assessment Category B. PID: GHPE50624. US$lO.9 (IDA). determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Develop- Consulting services will be required for preliminary engi- ment and Marketing, Kilimo House, PO Box 30028, Nairobi, neering and environmental and economic analysis of select- Kenya, Tel: (254-2) 718-870, Fax: (254-2) 720-586 PAGE 12 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

Education/Training vestor to purchase a majority stake in Lesotho Electricity Corporation (LEC); (b) provision of an interim management Strengthening Primary and Secondary Education: task-force to run LEC until the investor is in place, and pro- The project will be a policy-based sector investment and visions to hold this temporary management team account- maintenance loan. It will be an Adaptable Program Loan for able (under a performance contract) for a financial strengthening primary and secondary education, and will turnaround of LEC; (c) establishment of a regulatory agency support the first stage of the government’s master plan for for electricity that can implement the draft regulatory the education sector. Appraisal mission is scheduled for late framework and a regulatory agency for telecommunications September 2001. The government is preparing a master to implement the Telecommunications Act; (d) streamlining plan for the education sector. A Japanese grant of up to US$ the staffing of LEC; (e) financing a two-part study on the fu- 556,000 for project preparation is being used. Environmen- ture options related to hydroelectric power; and (f) ongoing tal Assessment Category C. PID: KEPE1373. US$ 30.0 support to the Unit Trust to enable future local participa- (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education, tion in the shares of privatized utilities. Approved by the Ex- PO Box 30040, Nairobi, Kenya, Tlx: 963 25200, Fax: (254-2) ecutive Directors on 29 March 2001. Environmental 214-287 Assessment Category B. PID: LSPE70673 US$ 28.6 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Privatization Unit, Population, Health and Nutrition Ministry Of Finance, Private Bag A249, Maseru 100, District AIDS and Reproductive Health (Cr. 344OXE): Lesotho, Contact: Mr. M. T. Mashologu, Director, Tel: (266) The objectives of the project are to (a) slow the increase in 317902, E-mail: [email protected] HIV prevalence rates; (b) improve mother and child health through more integrated delivery of HIV/AIDS, child sur- Public Sector Management vival and reproductive health services, increase the efficien- (R) Public Sector Improvement and Reform: This pro- cy of the government in delivering these services and posed adaptable program loan would aim at (a) improving maintain the accomplishments of Kenya’s population pro- executive decision making; (b) professionalizing civil ser- gram; and (c) create an enabling environment for decentral- vice; (c) developing effective leadership and management; ized managed delivery of HIV/AIDS, child survival and (d) improving service delivery; (c)skills development for ser- reproductive health-related services to and within districts. vice delivery; (f) devolution of service delivery; (f) improved Approved by the Executive Directors on 12 December 2000. administration of justice; (g) improved communications, Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: KEPE66486. and (h) improved project management. The first phase, last- US$50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. A general pro- ing two to three years, will focus on (a) defining the role of curement notice was published in UN Development Busi- government; (b) strengthening financial management; (c) ness No. 532 dated 16 April 2000. Ministry of Health and enhancing government transparency; and (d) supporting National Aids Control Council, Afya House, Cathedral Rd., professionalization of civil service.Appraisal completed. Ne- PO Box 30016, Nairobi, Kenya, Contact: Prof. J.S. Meme, gotiations were scheduled for July 2001. Environmental As- Permanent Secretary, Tel: (254-2) 717-077, Fax: (254-2) 715- sessment Category C. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting services 239 to be determined. Government Office, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (266) 311-000, Fax: (266) 320-578, Contact: Ms. M. Lebesa, Private Sector Development Principal Secretary Regional Trade Facilitation (Cr. 349OXE): The objec- tive of the project is to jump-start private-sector activity. Madagascar The project will consist of a political risk insurance facility in support of commercial financing for productive transac- Agriculture tions involving enterprises in participating countries and their foreign partners. Approved by the Executive Directors (R) Rural Sector Development: The overall objective of on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. the project is to set the basis for a long-term program that US$25.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. African Trade will foster sustainable agricultural growth in the rural sec- Insurance Agency, 101 Union Ave., Harare Zimbabwe, Tel: tor and thereby improve food security and reduce rural pov- (263-4) 726-246, Fax: (263-4) 790-954, Contact: Mr. Isa Luk- erty while the physical environment is protected. The wago, E-mail: Ilukwago@[email protected] specific objectives of the project are to (a) improve the insti- tutional capacity for the development of the Rural Develop- Lesotho ment Plan and the implementation of its agricultural sector components; and (b) promote accelerated growth and reduce poverty in the country’s diversified agriculture sector. Nego- Environment tiations completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 19 Maloti-Drakensberg Conservation and Development: June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: The objective is to conserve globally significant biodiversity. MGPE51922. US$90.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Board presentation was scheduled for late July 2001. Envi- termined. Permanent Steering Committee, Contact: Mr. Ro- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$6.8 (GEF). Consult- land Ravatomanga, Chairman, Fax: (261) 20-22872, E-mail: ing services to be determined. Ministry of Environment, [email protected] Gender and Youth Affairs, PO Box 10993, Maseru, Lesotho 100, Tel: (266) 311-767, Fax: (266) 310-506, E-mail: Social Sector [email protected] Community Development Fund (Cr. 349%MAG): The project will build on the success of the ongoing community Power development project. Subprojects will include primary Utilities Sector Reform (Cr. 3484-LSO): The project in- schools, health posts, feeder roads, community water-supply cludes (a) appointment of a professional advisory team to schemes, irrigation schemes and income-generating activi- assist with the identification of, and negotiation with, an in- ties. Approved by the Executive Directors on 19 April 2001. JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 13

Environmental Assessment Category FI. US$ 110.0 (IDA). ning, regulatory functions and financing of public goods by Consulting services to be determined. Fonds d’intervention transferring activities to the private sector. In parallel, ag- pour le developpement, Lot II J 164, Villa ALMA, Ambodi- ricultural services, including applied research, training, lit- voanjo, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar, Contact: Mr. Ar- eracy, technical advice and extension for farmer mand Randriamamonjy, General Manager, Tel: (261-20) 22- organizations and rural communes will be strengthened 423-77, 22-420-74, Fax: (261-20) 22-426-89, E-Mail: and revamped by establishing community-based demand- [email protected] driven financing mechanisms. Negotiations are scheduled Cultural Heritage: This learning and innovation credit for August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: MLPA35630. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- will test approaches to integrate the conservation and man- agement of cultural assets into local economic development. quired. Ministry of Rural Development, Bamako, Mali, Mr. Project processing is currently on hold. Environmental As- Mamadou Goita Director, Tel: (223) 22-82-40 sessment Category C. PID: MGPE67058. US$ 4.8 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Culture, Telecommunications Information and Communication, BP 491, Antananarivo, Telecommunications Sector Reform: The project aims Madagascar, Contact: Mr. Mamy Rakotobe, Director, Direc- to improve economic competitiveness through improved tion du patrimoine culturel, Tel: (261-2022) 274-77, Fax: coverage and quality and more competitive prices for tele- (261-2022) 294-48 communications services. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled for December 2001. Environmental Assessment Malawi Category C. PID: MLPE62908. US$l2.0 (IDA). Consultants have been selected for studies. Local consulting services will Environment be required. Ministry of Communications, BP 116, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 22-83-92, Fax: (223) 22-83-19, Contact: Mr. Mulanje Mountain Biodiversity Conservation: The Dahirou Diallo, Conseiller technique project will support the conservation of the biological diver- sity and environmental functions of the Mulanje mountain Mauritania and its ecosystems through a combination of community en- vironmental awareness, sustainable use and alternative livelihood initiatives and targeted community conservation Education/Training schemes. Approved by the Executive Directors on 17 April (R) Education Sector Reform: The Education Sector De- 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 velopment Program is an APL to support the government’s (GEF). Consultants may be required. Ministry of Research ten-year education reform policy (2001-2010). The focus of and Environmental Affairs, Mulanje Mountain Conserva- the program is to (a) improve the quality and relevance of tion Trust education at all levels; (b) increase the access to and equity of education, especially at primary and secondary levels; (c) Population, Health and Nutrition improve the efficiency of education system; and (d) develop AIDS: The objective of this Learning and Innovation Loan the management capacity of the Ministere de l’Education is to produce the behavioral changes needed to reduce the nationale and promote deconcentration of authority in the spread of HIV infection, treat STDs and support care of peo- education system. Appraisal was scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IDA). ple with AIDS. The project includes (a) information, educa- tion and communication; (b) institutional support; and (c) Consulting services will be required in the following areas: (a) preparation for the Procedure Manual of program activ- treatment and care of people with AIDS. Project processing is currently on hold. Environmental Assessment Category ities; (b) preparation of the Administrative and Procedure Manual for hiring of consultants; and (c) conducting social C. US$ 4.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. National and environment assessments. Ministere des Affaires Aids Control Program, PO Box 30622, Capital City, Lilong- Bconomiques et du developpement, Nouakchott, Maurita- we 3, Malawi, Tel: (265) 781-344, Fax: (265) 784-247 nia, Tel: (222) 29-27-67, Fax: (222) 25-15-35, E-mail: Private Sector Development [email protected], Contact: Mr. Kamil Hamoud Abdelwedoud, Directeur des Projets education-formation Regional Trade Facilitation (Cr. 3492-MAI): The objec- (R) Global Distance Learning Center (formerly Global tive of the project is to jump-start private sector activity Development Learning Center): The project will increase ac- The project will consist of a political risk insurance facility cess to high-quality, up-to-date and cost-effective training in support of commercial financing for productive transac- for public and private decision makers through the estab- tions involving enterprises in participating countries and lishment of a distance learning center. Negotiations were their foreign partners. Approved by the Executive Directors scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. Category C. US$3.3 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- US$ 15.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. African Trade mined. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development, The Insurance Agency, Times Towers, Haile Selassie Ave., Nairo- Distance Learning Center, BP 238, Nouakchott, Maurita- bi, Kenya, Tel: (254-2) 343-310, Fax: (254-2) 343-310, E- nia, Tel: (222) 25-07-55, Fax: (222) 29-06-03, Contact: Mr. mail: MDQATI-ACA.COM, Contact: Mr. Erastus J. 0. Mohamed Ould El-Abed, Director, Distance Learning Cen- Mwencha, Interim Managing Director ter

Mali Urban Development Urban Development: The project will (a) provide basic in- Agriculture frastructure, primarily to slums; (b) support production of National Agricultural Services Support Program: The serviced sites, microcredit and development of urban com- objective of the program is to reform the Ministry of Rural munities; and (c) provide information systems. Negotiations Development by refocusing its activities toward policy, plan- are scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assess- PAGE 14 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 ment Category A. PID: MRPE69095. US$64.0 (IDA). Con- Transport sultants will be required. Ministry of Economic Affairs and (R) Roads and Bridges Management and Mainte- Development, BP 238, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 254-617, 250-349, Fax: (222) 254-167, Contact: Director of nance Program: The project will support the rehabilita- tion of rural infrastructure and bridges. Appraisal and Planning negotiations completed. Board presentation was scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ Mauritius 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Au- thoridade National das Estradas, Ministry of Public Works Water Supply/Sanitation and Housing, Ave. Karl Marx 606, CP 268, Maputo, Mozam- bique, Tel: (258-l) 430-028, Fax: (258-l) 421-369 Solid Waste Management: The project will address (a) the most appropriate institutional and legal framework, to be set up at the national level, to allow gradual introduction of Niger the private sector through operations and capital invest- ment; and (b) the financial sustainability of the sector as a Water Supply/Sanitation whole. Project preparation has been delayed due to change Water Sector (Cr. 3505-NIR): The project will include (a) in government. Environmental Assessment Category A. financing of investments for the rehabilitation and expan- PID: MUPE57775. US$20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to sion of urban water networks in parallel with the involve- be determined. Ministry of Environment, Ken Lee Tower, ment of a private operator; (b) support to capacity building Barracks St., Port Louis, Mauritius, Tel: (230) 212-6080, in regulation and supervision of urban water operations; Fax: (230) 212-6671 and (c) support to the elaboration and implementation of new approaches to the development of basic services in ru- Mozambique ral areas. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Environment NEPE61558. US$48.0 (IDA). Consultants will likely be re- quired for detailed design for urban investments, assistance (R) Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management to regulatory and monitoring entities, assistance to the (Cr. 3366-MOZ): The project aims to strengthen the conser- preparation of a new rural water supply strategy and finan- vation and management of globally significant coastal and cial management assistance. Implementing agency is to be marine biodiversity by supporting the National Forestry determined. and Wildlife Strategy within the overall framework of the national coastal zone program. Approved by the Executive Nigeria Directors on 1 June 2000. A GEF advance grant has been approved to support preparation activities. Additional cofi- Education/Training nancing is being sought. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. US$5.6 (IDA); 4.1 (GEF). Consulting services to be University System Innovation: The project will promote determined. Ministry for Coordination of Environment Af- institutional innovations, strategic management and rele- fairs, Ave. Acordos de Lusaka, Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: vant learning in support of national economic development. (258-l) 465-848, Fax: (258-l) 465-849 Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory C. US$ 90.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- Public Sector Management mined. Implementing agency is to be determined.

Mineral Resources Management Capacity Building Environment (Cr. 3486-MOZ): The project objectives are to (a) encourage private investment in mining through activities to develop Micro-Watershed and Environmental Management the geological infrastructure, including airborne surveys Program: The credit will support a community-based ap- and geological mapping; (b) increase mining revenues; (c) proach to the integrated and sustainable management of develop environmental and social management for the min- natural resources. Project preparation is under way. Envi- ing sector; and (d) improve the capacity of government insti- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Con- tutions, particularly by supporting the modernization of the sulting service to be determined. Federal Ministry of regulatory framework. Approved by the Executive Directors Environment, Department of International and Public Af- on 29 March 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. fairs, Independence Way South, Central Area, Abuja, P.M.B. US$ 18.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of 265, Garki-Abuja, Nigeria, Contact: Mrs. Anne Ene-Ita, Di- Mineral Resources and Energy, National Directorate of rector, Tel: (234-9) 234-6596, Fax: (234-9) 234-6597 Mines, Praca 25 de Junho, PO Box 2904, Maputo, Mozam- bique, Tel: (258-l) 422-447, Fax: (258-l) 427-121, Contact: Population, Health and Nutrition Estevao Rafael (R) Health Systems Development II: Help develop a sus- tainably high quality health care system with enhanced cov- Structural Adjustment erage and improved service delivery at the grass roots, with Fifth Economic Recovery: The operation will focus on the participation of local communities in the targeting and structural and policy reforms aimed at improving the sus- oversight of state funds, backstopped by robust state and tainability and efficiency of public sector operations, with a federal capacity in planning, monitorting and evaluation. special focus on fiscal reforms. Project preparation is under Board presentation is scheduled for August 2001. Environ- way. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 mental Assessment Category C. US$ 112.9 (IDA). Consult- (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of ants will be required. Federal Ministry of Finance, Planning and Finance, Praca da Marinha Popular, CP 272, Multilateral Institutions Department, P.M.B. 14, Garki- Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: (258-l) 43-07-51, Contact: Man- Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 234-6940, Contact: Ms. L. H. uel Chang, National Director of Treasury Shumaiku JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 15

(R) HIV/AIDS Program Development: The program will sensus building, legal and regulatory reform institutional support the development of an effective program to combat strengthening of the NCC, privatization of NITEL rural and the rapidly growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and to mitigate its universal access, legal and regulatory reform, restructuring social, economic and development costs. Negotiations com- of National Electric Power Authority’s (NEPA’s) functions, pleted. Board presentation was scheduled for 5 July 2001. corporate privatization of entities formed from NEPA power Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: NGPE70291. generation concessions, improved access to rural areas and lJS$90.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Federal Min- financial and technical aspects of private sector participa- istry of Finance, Multilateral Institutions Department, tion transaction design. Bureau of Public Enterprises, Plot PM.B. 14, Garki-Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 234-6940, Con- No. 2876, Osun Crescent by Ibrahim Babangida Way, Maita- tact: Mr. Alhaji Kassim ma District, PMB 442, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 413-4637, Fax: (234-9) 413-4665, Contact: Mr. Nasir el-Ru- Power fai, Director General, BPE

Transmission Development: The project will support the Urban Development government’s program of power sector reform and privatiza- tion by addressing the requirements of the transmission (R) Community-Based Urban Development: The and dispatch subsectors, specifically through (a) facilitating project will (a) support the provision and upgrading of basic the National Electric Power Authority’s (NEPA’s) unbun- infrastructure services in poor neighborhoods; (b) support dling and privatization in generation and distribution; (b) an Urban Upgrading Fund that will support eligible project establishing a transparently regulated, financially viable, proposals prepared in partnership between local govern- commercially operated transmission and system operation ments and their communities; and (c) support capacity company with private participation; (c) removing transmis- building and training activities for project and urban man- sion network and system operation constraints in provision agement. Appraisal mission was scheduled for November of reliable power supply; and (d) facilitating development of 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 an efficient wholesale power market to improve the power (IDA). Consulting services will be required for detailed en- sector’s long-term performance. The project includes these gineering of the subprojects including environmental im- investment components: (a) urgent transmission substation pact assessment in seven participating states. Akwa Ibom reinforcement; (b) grid metering; (c) SCADA/EMS/commu- State, Ministry of Finance, Secretariat Complex, Uyo City, nication systems; (d) grid protection; (e) MIS for the compa- Nigeria, Contact: Mr. Micheal B. Eyo, Permanent Secretary; ny; (f) technical assistance in establishing the company; (g) Bauchi State, Ministry of Works and Housing, Kobi Street, drafting transmission and system operation-related second- Bauchi, Nigeria, Contact: Alhaji Umaru Dahiru, Hon. Com- ary regulation; and (h) a social and environmental compo- missioner, Tel: (234-77) 542-521; Ebonyi State, Ministry of nent. Board presentation is scheduled for 26 July 2001. Works and Lands, Housing and Transport, Abakaliki, Nige- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA). ria, Contact: Engineer Elias N. Mbam, Hon. Commissioner, Consultants will be required. For the preparation phase Tel: (234) 432-0108; Edo State, Office of the Head of Service, they are needed in transmission planning SCADA/EMS and Governor’s Office, Benin City, Nigeria, Contact: Dr. S.A.A. communications engineering. For the implementation Okpaise, Head of Service; Jigawa State, Dutse, Nigeria, Tel: phase, technical assistance consulting is needed in change (234) 6472-1200, Contact: Alhaji Shehu Mustapha, Execu- management, preparation and implementation of the busi- tive Scretary, Urban Development Board; Nasarawa State, ness plan for the private company, drafting of the grid code Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Lafia, Nige- transmission pricing study, power market development and ria, Arc. Hassan Danladi, Hon. Commissioner, Tel: (234) 472-1750; Ogun State, Ministry of Works and Housing, operation engineering services and capacity building and training. National Electric Power Authority, Presidential P.M.B. 2071, Abeokuta, Nigeria, Contact: Prince Segun Ade- Villa, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 234-7718, Fax: (234-9) segun, Hon. Commissioner, Tel: (234) 3924-3558, Fax: (234) 234-7721, Contact: Senator Liyel Imoke, Chairman, Techni- 3924-3527 cal Board of Directors, NEPA Regional Private Sector Development Private Sector Development (R) Privatization Support (Cr 352OZVGj: The objective of the project is to support preparation and implementation Regional Trade Facilitation (Cr. 3488~RAF): The objec- of a privatization program in infrastructure and in the pro- tive of the project is to jump-start private sector activity. ductive and service sectors. Specifically it provides (a) tech- The project will consist of a political risk insurance facility nical assistance, investment advisory and consulting in support of commercial financing for productive transac- services for the preparation and implementation of the fed- tions involving enterprises in participating countries and eral government’s public enterprise privatization program, their foreign partners. Approved by the Executive Directors power sector reform and telecommunications reform (in- on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. cluding support for capacity building for the privatization US$ 5.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. African Trade agency, the Bureau of Public Enterprises, and other agen- Insurance Agency, Times Towers, Haile Selassie Ave., Nairo- cies, as well as the creation of regulatory capacity in power bi, Kenya, Tel: (254-2) 343-310, Fax: (254-2) 343-310, E- and telecoms, notably the Nigerian Communications Com- mail: MDQATI-ACA.COM, Contact: Mr. Erastus J. 0. mission (NCC), and a public outreach and communications Mwencha, Interim Managing Director program); and (b) technical assistance for preparation and implementation of the concession of the Lagos State Water Rwanda Corporation, including limited emergency equipment re- pairs. Approved by the Executive Directors on 14 June 2001. Private Sector Development Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 114.3 (IDA). Consultants will be required in the following areas: general Competitiveness and Enterprise Development (Cr. privatization support, institutional strengthening and con- 3499-RW): The objective of the project is to create a better PAGE 16 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 climate for private sector development. The credit will focus Private Sector Development on capacity improvement and alleviating the immediate Private Sector Development: This project is a follow-up threats to the financial sector. IFC and MIGA will be mak- ing parallel interventions in support of the overall program. to the Industrial Sector Restructuring Project (Cr. 1866-SE) and the ongoing Private Sector Capacity Building Project Approved by the Executive Directors on 19 April 2001. En- (Cr. 2759-SE). It will support (a) improvement of the policy, vironmental Assessment Category B. US$40.8 (IDA). Con- regulatory and legal environment of the private sector, par- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency is ticularly financial sector operations; and (b) increased pri- to be determined. vate investment through an Apex line of credit and Rwanda-Regional Trade Facilitation (LIFT) (Cr. 3494- assistance to develop new financial institutions and instru- RW): The objective of the project is to jump-start private ments in favor of investment financing. Appraisal mission sector activity. The project will consist of a political risk in- was scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment surance facility in support of commercial financing for pro- Category B. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be fi- ductive transactions involving enterprises in participating nanced through a Japanese grant. Ministry of Economy, Fi- countries and their foreign partners. Approved by the Exec- nance and Planning, Immeuble Peitavin, Dakar, Senegal utive Directors on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: RWPE65788. US$ 7.5 (IDA). Consulting Water Supply/Sanitation services to be determined. African Insurance Agency Long-Term Water Sector (Cr. 3470-33): The objective of the project is to achieve a sustainable improvement in the Rural Development provision of water and sanitation services in unserved and Rural Sector Support (Cr. 3483-RW): The objective of low-income areas of Dakar and secondary cities. The project the program is to revitalize the rural economy through the will support further institutional and regulatory reforms transfer of adequate financial and technical resources that and policy enhancements in the water sector and, in paral- would provide adequate infrastructure, support services lel, remove its major physical constraints, using private sec- and institutional capacity to induce growth. The first phase tor project financing. Approved by the Executive Directors of this adaptable program credit would emphasize building on 6 March 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. the institutional and technical capacities that are needed to PID: SNPE41528. US$ 125.0 (IDA). Consulting services to support the generation and adoption of efficient cropping be determined. Implementing agency is to be determined. and post-harvest technologies. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 March 2001. Environmental Assessment South Africa Category B. PID: RWPE64965. US$48.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Environment Resources, and Forestry (MINAGRI), Kigali, Rwanda, Con- tact: Mr. Alfred Mutebwa, Director, Marketing and Exten- Maloti-Drakensberg Conservation and Development: sion Services Division, MINAGRI, Tel: (250) 85053 The objective of the project is to contribute to community de- velopment through income generation from ecotourism and through capacity building for sustainable utilization of the Senegal natural and cultural heritage of the project area. The project includes (a) project management and transfrontier coopera- Population, Health and Nutrition tion; (b) conservation planning; (c) protected area planning; (d) conservation management in and outside of existing pro- Nutrition Sector Enhancement Program: The program tected areas; (e) community involvement; (f) nature-based aims at improving the nutritional status of children under tourism development; and (g) institutional development. three and pregnant and lactating women in poor urban and Board presentation is scheduled for late July 2001. Environ- rural areas. It would establish the institutional capacity re- mental Assessment Category B. US$7.9 (GEF). Consulting quired to enable the Commission nationale de Lutte contre services to be determined. KwaZulu-Natal Conservation la Malnutrition (CNLM) and its partners to develop, imple- Service, PO Box 13053, Cascades 3202, KwaZulu-Natal, ment and monitor nutrition activities. Appraisal mission is SouthAfrica,Tel: (27-331) 845-1999, Fax: (27-331) 8451699 scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.5 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Population, Health and Nutrition Commission nationale de lutte contre la malnutrition, AG- ETIP, Bd. Djily Mbaye x Berenger Ferraud, BP 143, Dakar, Hospital Revitalization and Quality of Care: The Senegal, Tel: (221) 839-0202, Fax: (221) 839-0478, Contact: project will include (a) revitalization of public hospitals; (b) Mr. Mbeye Diack, Vice-Secretary General of the President’s quality of care initiatives; (c) strengthening hospital policy Office and management capacity; and (d) project management, monitoring and evaluation. Appraisal mission was sched- Power uled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ZAPE50568. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to Hydrocarbon Sector Reform and Investment: The pro- be determined. Department of Health, Private Bag X828, posed project provides for the supply of electricity services Civitas Bldg., Pretoria 0001, South Africa, Contact: Thabo to some 20,000 households in about 100 villages through Sibeko, Chief Director for Hospitals, Tel: (27-12) 312-0390, grid extension, photovoltaic and diesel (or hybrid) systems. E-mail: thabosi@hltrsa:!.pwv.gov.za Environmental benefits will result from the use of renew- able energy technologies. Project preparation is under way. Tanzania Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 65.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Agence senegalaise d’electrifi- Education/Training cation rurale (ASER), Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 849-4711, Fax: (221) 849-4720, Contact: Ibrahima Thiam, General Di- (R) Education Sector Development: The project would rector (a) promote equitable and increased access to quality prima- JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 17 ry education; (b) create an appropriate policy framework for The project will consist of a political risk insurance facility expansion of secondary education using a mix of public, pri- in support of commercial financing for productive transac- vate and community efforts; and (c) further deepen the im- tions involving enterprises in participating countries and plementation of the local government decentralization their foreign partners. Approved by the Executive Directors program for the education sector. The project will also in- on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. clude the preparation of a program to rationalize and devel- US$ 15.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. African Trade op tertiary education. Negotiations were scheduled for July Insurance Agency, 101 Union Ave., Harare Zimbabwe, Tel: 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (263-4) 726-246, Fax: (263-4) 790-954, Contact: Mr. Isa Luk- (IDA). Consulting services will include education special- wago, E-mail: Ilukwago@[email protected] ists, education economists and instituitonal development specialists. Implementing agency is to be determined. Water Supply/Sanitation

Environment Dar es Salaam Water Supply and Sanitation: The project would support technical, commercial and financial (R) Forest Conservation and Management: The objec- rehabilitation of the water supply and sanitation service in tives of the project are to provide the resources to assist the Dar es Salaam. This would be achieved by privatizing Dar Government in implementing its new forest policy, in partic- es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority’s operations and ular by developing a framework for the long-term sustain- implementing a program of rehabilitation of all water sup- able management and conservation of Tanzania’s forest ply and sanitation facilities and extension of piped water in resources, strengthening the role of individuals, communi- poorly served neighborhoods. Appraisal mission is sched- ties, villages, and the private sector in management and uled for February 2002. Environmental Assessment Catego- conservation of forests, and implementing this framework ry B. PID: TZPE59073. US$35.0 (IDA). Consulting services on a pilot scale. The project includes reform of forestry insti- to be determined. Implementing agency is to be determined. tutions, private sector management of industrial planta- tions and Eastern Arc forest conservation and management. Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS): The Appraisal mission was scheduled for late June 2001. Envi- project includes three main components. The first compo- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: TZGE58706. US$ nent supports development of a district implementation 15.0 (IDA); 7.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. model (estimated at US$ 3.0 million) initially in the three Division of Forestry and Beekeeping, Ministry of Natural districts of Rufiji (Coastal region), Mpwapwa (Dodoma re- Resources and Tourism, NBC Bldg, Samora Ave. Branch, gion) and Kilosa (Morogoro region) and gradually expand- PO Box 426, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-51) lll- ing to about 12 out of Tanzania’s 115 districts. Activities 602, Fax: (255-51) 130-091, E-mail: [email protected]; Dr. would include: (a) support to the establishment and Felician B. Kilahama, Project Preparation Coordinator, strengthening of operational capacity of district water and Forsest Conservation and Management Project, PO Box sanitation teams to prepare district RWSS plans and ap- 40832, Dar es Salaam, Tel: (255-22) 866-160, Fax: (255-22) praise RWSS projects identified by communities; (b) sup- 866-162, E-mail: [email protected] port to the establishment of district RWSS funds to finance the construction of new RWSS schemes, the rehabilitation Lower Kihansi Environmental Management Techni- and expansion of existing systems and possible other water cal Assistance: The objective of the project is to put in related small-scale infrastructure investments; and (c) the place measures to conserve the Kihansi Gorge ecosystem assistance to communities in the proper management and and upstream catchment areas for the long term. It will en- operation of these systems. The component will also include able, at a national level, development of a a coordinated, provision of equipment to districts, hygiene education and consistent legal and institutional framework for environ- promotion of HIV/AIDS prevention and mitigation mea- mental and water resources management and strengthen- sures. Activities under this component will coordinated with ing of ecosystem monitoring and assessment functions. that of the IDA-financed Tanzania Social Action Fund Board presentation was scheduled for July 2001. Environ- (TASAF) project. The second component supports construc- mental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consulting tion of RWSS schemes (estimated at US$ 14.0 million) in services to be determined. Implementing agency is to be de- about 250 communities in about 12 districts, including the termined. construction or the rehabilitation of existing open wells, drilled boreholes equipped with hand pumps, powered Population, Health and Nutrition pumps and solar pumps, spring tapping, transmission lines, Multisectoral AIDS: The project will support Tanzania’s distribution systems, reservoirs, latrines and community plan to reduce HIV transmission and mitigate the adverse sanitation facilities. The third component supports institu- consequences of AIDS. The project includes (a) capacity tional strengthening and development of a National RWSS strengthening of agencies responding to AIDS; (b) AIDS-re- Program (estimated at US$ 3.0 million) including: (a) sup- lated interventions through government ministries; (c) sup- port to stakeholder consultative process on the strategy for port to district and community-based AIDS-related scaling-up toward a National RWSS Program; (b) technical interventions; and (d) the establishment of a monitoring assistance to the preparation of the National RWSS pro- and evaluation system. Project is being identified. Environ- gram; (c) the development of a management information mental Assessment Category C. US$50.0 (IDA). Consulting system (MIS) for tracking lessons learned from the project; services will be required for impact studies, capacity as- (d) assistance to the RWSS sector institutional restructur- sesssments and consensus building, strategy development ing and building of the capacity of key stakeholders (Minis- and financial analyses. Implementing agency is to be deter- try in charge of water, NGOs, consultants and private sector mined. suppliers of goods and services) and project management. Project preparation is under way. A request for a PPF has Private Sector Development been made by the borrower to help finalize outstanding preparation activities. Environmental Assessment Catego- Regional Trade Facilitation (Cr. 3491-TA): The objec- ry B. US$ 15.0 (IDA) Consultants will be required. Ministry tive of the project is to jump-start private-sector activity. in charge of Water, PO Box 9153, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, PAGE 18 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

Contact: Prof. Idris A. Mtulia, Permanent Secretary, Tel: Assessment Category B. PID: UGPE44695. US$25.0 (IDA). (255-22) 212-02-81, Fax: (255-22) 213-98-47, E-mail: Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agricul- [email protected] ture, Animal Industries and Fisheries, PO Box 102, En- tebbe, Uganda, Tel. (256-42) 20981, Fax: (256-42) 20803 Togo Environment Population, Health and Nutrition Environmental Management and Capacity Building II (Cr. 3477-UG): The project includes three components. Health: The project will (a) apply sector policies and strat- The first component will enhance environmental manage- egies in a limited number of health districts; (b) support the ment capacity at the district and community levels by pro- government strategy to decentralize health services; (c) viding support to the local governments and the strengthen capacity at the district level to enable the dis- communities. The second will aim at increasing capacity in trict to provide essential health services to the population at lead agencies at the national level to enable them to execute a sustainable cost; and (d) strengthen the institutional ca- environmental planning and management responsibilities pacity of the Ministry of Health. Negotiations are scheduled within their sectoral mandates. It will equip lead agencies for late August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category with required skills, knowledge and logistical support to en- C. PID: TGPE57824. US$5.5 (IDA). Consulting services will able them to integrate legislation in their policies, plans and be required for (a) development of management information programs. The third component will enhance the environ- systems; (b) review and standardization of reporting forms; mental management capacity in National Environmental (c) development of an accounting system at the district and Management Authority by consolidating the institutional regional levels; (d) internet network development; and (e) structure of the authority as the apex regulatory body in the on-the-job training of health personnel. Ministry of Health, area of environmental management as well as putting in Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 22-53-73, Fax: (228) 232-38-73, Con- place a sustainability mechanism for the institution. Ap- tact: Mr. Ketor Adjwoly, Project Unit Coordinator proved by the Executive Directors on 20 March 2001. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 22.0 (IDA). No Power consultants are required. National Environmental Manage- Power V: The project would support institutional reform in- ment Authority, Communications House, 6th House, Plot 1, cluding privatization of the distribution utilities and rein- Colville St., PO Box 22255, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) forcement and expansion of the transmission and 251-064, Fax: (256-41) 257-521, Contact: Prof. John Y. Oke- distribution systems, and creating the environment for the di, Executive Director private sector power generation. Appraisal mission is sched- uled for November 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- Power gory A. PID: TGPE41277. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consulting Power IV: The objectives of the project are to (a) improve services are required for (a) institutional reinforcement and power supply to meet demand by supporting least-cost in- engineering and preparation of bid documents; and (b) tech- vestments in the power subsector; and (b) strengthen capac- nical assistance for the restructuring of the private sector. ity to manage reform, privatization and development in the CEET, 10 Ave. du Golfe, BP 42, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 21-77- power and the petroleum subsectors. The project will bridge 44, Fax: (228) 2 1-64-98 the electricity supply deficit by 2003, after which the private sector is expected to take over the operation of the distribu- Water Supply/Sanitation tion and generation functions and financing of expansion. Water Sector: The project will support (a) improvement of The project will provide funding for the following compo- nents: (a) provision of additional generation capacity at Ki- the management of ground water resources; (b) the estab- ira Power Station; (b) rehabilitation of Nalubaale lishment of equitable and efficient cost-recovery policies; (c) Switchyard and several other grid substations; (c) upgrade community-managed water services in small towns; and (d) and extension of SCADA, (d) hydromechanical equipment the expansion of water services in Lome. Appraisal mission and civil works for Unit 13; (e) power sector reform; and (f) is scheduled for January 2002. Environmental Assessment petroleum sector reform. Board presentation was scheduled Category B. PID: TGPE002888. US$ 19.0 (IDA). Consultant for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ selection is under way for a study on delegation of commer- 97.3 (IDA). Consultants will be required for project supervi- cial management of urban water services. R&e nationale sion, financial management, power sector studies, petro- des eaux du Togo (RNET), Angle Ave. de la liberation-rue du leum sector studies, hydrology studies and advisory services chemin de fer, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 21-42-68, Fax: (228) 21- for power and petroleum sector reform and development. 46-13 Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Amber House, PO Box 7270, Kampala, Uganda, Contact: Mr. Fred Uganda Kabagambe-Kaliisa, Permanent Secretary, Tel: (256-41) 230-070, Fax: (256-41) 234-732,230-220 Agriculture Private Sector Development Agriculture Extension (Cr. 3463~UG): The project would be the initial phase of an adaptable program loan focused on Regional Trade Facilitation (Cr. 3489-UG): The objec- the agriculture extension subsector. This initial phase tive of the project is to jump-start private-sector activity. would include designing institutional reforms to further de- The project will consist of a political risk insurance facility centralize the extension system; instituting contracting out in support of commercial financing for productive transac- of some of the extension services field activities; expanding tions involving enterprises in participating countries and the plurality methodologies being employed; and establish- their foreign partners. Approved by the Executive Directors ing greater participation by farmers in the design and man- on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. agement of the extension system. Approved by the US$20.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. African Trade Executive Directors on 15 February 2001. Environmental Insurance Agency, 101 Union Ave., Harare Zimbabwe, Tel: JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 19

(263-4) 726-246, Fax: (263-4) 790-954, Contact: Mr. Isa Luk- determined. Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational wago, E-mail: Ilukwago@[email protected] Training, PO Box 50464, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-l) 252- 411, Fax: (260-l) 252-951, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Social Sector tact: Ms. Josephine Mapoma, Permanent Secretary

(N) Public Expenditure Reform (Cr. 3510~UG): This Private Sector Development Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC) will help the gov- ernment carry out its poverty reduction strategy. Specifical- Regional Trade Facilitation (Cr. 3493-ZA): The objec- ly, the project will support the government’s reform program tive of the project is to jump-start private sector activitiy. to improve public service delivery through (i) efficient and The project will consist of a political risk insurance facility equitable use of public resources, which is essential for im- in support of commercial financing for productive transac- proving public resource allocation and raising the produc- tions involving enterprises in participating countries and tivity and cost-efficiency of public investment and other their foreign partners. Approved by the Executive Directors expenditures; (ii) improved governance through cross-cut- on 3 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. ting public sector reforms, such as the reform of public ser- US$ 15.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. African Trade vice and pay, public procurement, financial management, Insurance Agency, Times Towers, Haile Selassie Avenue, monitoring and evaluation, and measures to increase trans- Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-2) 343-310, Fax: (254-2) 343-310, parency and participation, and fight corruption; and, (iii) E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Erastus J. 0. improved access to and quality of education, health care, Mwencha, interim managing director. and water and sanitation services which will improve the quality of life of the poor. Approved by the executive direc- Zimbabwe tors on 31 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Population, Health and Nutrition Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Treasury Building, P.O. Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (R) National Health Strategy Support: The project will (256-41) 234-433, Fax: (256-41) 230-163, Contact: Mrs. support (a) decentralization of the health sector and a pub- Mary Muduuli, Acting Deputy Secretary to the Treasury lic/private mix on health financing issues; (b) provision of drugs and medical supplies; (c) preventive and curative care Transport for reproductive health; and (d) strengthening of human re- sources. Appraisal mission is scheduled for July 2001. Envi- Road Development Program Phase Two: The credit ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: ZWPE3325. US$ will finance (a) the upgrading of main roads to paved stan- 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health dard; (b) consulting services for construction supervision; (c) and Child Welfare, I-4th Floor, Kaguvi Bldg., 4th St./Central implementation of a National Road Safety Action Plan, in- Ave., Causeway, PO Box CY 1122, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: cluding capacity-building support to the National Roads (263-4) 727-951, Fax: (263-4) 702-293, E-mail: PMUFH- Safety Council and Traffic Police, as well as the improve- [email protected] ment of accident blind spots; and (d) preparation of a Na- tional Transport Master Plan, including plans for the Public Sector Management greater Kampala metropolitan area. The project includes additional components to be financed by the Nordic Devel- Local Government and Development: The project will opment Fund (NDF). Board presentation was scheduled for provide infrastructure financing and capacity building sup- 3 July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: port for local governments, including urban and rural dis- UGPE65436. US$ 65.6 (IDA). Consultants will be required trict councils. Negotiations completed. Board presentation for construction supervision, preparation of a national is on hold due to the country situation. Environmental As- study on selected road safety components and design and sessment Category B. PID: ZMPE3306. US$ 50.0 (IDA). supervision of construction to address blind spots. NDF will Consulting services will be required. Ministry of Local Gov- finance studies and construction supervision of a pilot ernment and National Housing, Private Bag 7706, Cause- project using innovative technologies in construction of low- way, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 790-601, Fax: (263-4) volume traffic roads. Ministry of Works, Housing and Com- 708-943, Contact: Mr. S. Chakaipa, Deputy Secretary munications, Road Agency Formation Unit, PO Box 10, En- tebbe, Uganda, Contact: Mr. Bernard Sperring, Director of Structural Adjustment Road Agency Formation Unit, Tel: (256-41) 232-807, Fax: Fiscal Restructuring: The credit will support the govern- (256-41) 320-101, E-mail: [email protected] ment’s reform program to restructure public expenditures, reduce domestic debt, privatize state enterprises and ini- Zambia tiate land reform. Board presentation is tentatively sched- uled for July 2002. Environmental Assessment Category C. Education/Training PID: ZWPE50320. US$ 140.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- quired. Ministry of Finance, Munhumutapa Bldg., Samora (R) Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepre- Machel Ave., Private Bag 7705, Causeway, Harare, Zimba- neurship Training Development Program Support bwe, Tel: (263-4) 722-101, Fax: (263-4) 796-563, Contact: Mr. (formerly Training Subsector Investment Program) (Cr. CT. Kuwaza, Senior Secretary 3521ZA): The project will (a) strengthen the Technical Ed- ucation, Vocational and Enterpreneurship Training Author- Transport ity; (b) build capacity within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Vocational Training; (c) support institution- Railways Restructuring: The project will include staff re- al restructuring; and (d) provide information and develop trenchment and rationalization, infrastructure rehabilita- private training institutions. Approved by the Executive Di- tion, studies and technical assistance, training and rectors on 14 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- counseling and assistance to retrenched staff. Project prep- gory C. US$ 25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be aration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category PAGE 20 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

B. PID: ZWPE57096. US$ 60.0 (IDA). Consultants will be the rural areas; (b) provide adequate support to the demobi- required. National Railways of Zimbabwe, PO Box 596, Bu- lized soldiers during the transition phase; and (c) help the lawayo, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) 363-838, Fax: (263-4) 363- veterans’ full reintegration into civilian life through train- 502 ing and the preparation of development programs for affect- ed communities. Appraisal mission is in the field. Road Maintenance and Reform: The project will help Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 15.0 (IDA). strengthen the government’s ability to rehabilitate and Consulting services to be determined. General Secretariat, maintain its roads through coordinated sector development Mr. Svay Sitha, Under-Secretary of State plans, policy and institutional reforms, improved program- ming of rehabilitation and maintenance, private sector par- ticipation and human resource development. Negotiations Transport are currently on hold. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Provincial and Rural Infrastructure: The objective B. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be required. of the project is to build the foundation for and catalyze sus- Ministry of Transport and Energy, Department of Roads, tainable development and poverty reduction in rural areas. PO Box CY595 Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: (263-4) The specific objectives are to (a) improve the access of rural 700-991 Ext. 229, Fax: (263-4) 700-817 communities in the four project provinces (Siem Reap, Odd- au Meanchey, Kampong Thorn and Preah Vihear) to mar- kets, off-farm economic opportunities and social services; (b) East Asia and Pacific Region develop provincial and district and local capacity to improve and maintain high-priority rural transport networks; and (c) foster the development of small-scale contractors through pilots promoting businesses in road works, trans- Cambodia port, tourism and delivery of water and electricity services. Project preparation completed. Pre-appraisal mission is ten- Education/Training tatively scheduled for January 2002. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consulting services Basic Education: The project will support investments in required to be financed under a Japan PHRD grant. Minis- basic education. Project preparation has not started. Envi- try of Public Works and Transport, Norodom Blvd., Phnom ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Con- Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 723-515, Fax: (855-23) 723- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, 515, Contact: Mr. Tauch Chankosal, Director, E-mail: WB- Youth and Sport, 169 Norodom Blvd. (Cnr. St. 310), Phnom [email protected] Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 210-349, Fax: (855-23) 210- 349, Contact: Im Sethy, Secretary of State, MoEYS Water Supply/Sanitation Higher Education: This project will support the National Higher Education Commission and other interested parties (R) Provincial and Peri-Urban Water and Sanitation: in developing a proposal for IDA investment in higher edu- The project will finance water supply and sanitation infra- cation. The investment would likely focus on development of structure in the urban and peri-urban areas of Cambodia, quality control mechanisms, organizational improvements, focusing on promoting partnerships with the private sector. staff development and financing reforms. Project is being The project will implement the recommendations of the identified. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ Cambodia Water Supply and Sanitation Policy Framework, 12.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry which had been developed by the Royal Government of of Education, Youth and Sport, 169 Norodom Blvd., (cnr. St. Cambodia (RGC) through the IDA-financed Cambodia Ur- 310), Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 210 705, Fax: ban Water Supply Project (IDA Credit 3041-KH). The (855-23) 210-705, E-mail: PT MOEYSQeducation-kh.com project will finance investments that (a) respond to what consumers in the project communities want and are willing Population, Health and Nutrition to pay; and (b) facilitate and develop private sector partici- pation in financing, operating and maintaining constructed Health Sector Support: The project will support a Sector- facilities, while designing specific instruments that ensure Wide Approach (SWAP) program for the health sector. The inclusion of low-income communities residing in the service long-range benefits of a SWAP would include improved sec- areas. Concept review meeting was scheduled for late June tor performance and better health for the population, espe- 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 27.0 cially for women, children, under-served populations and (IDA). Consulting services will be required. Department of the poor. The policy would foster institution building and Potable Water Supply, Ministry of Industry, Mines and En- promote the involvement of provincial, district and commu- ergy, 45 Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855- nity authorities in decision-making. The strengthening of 23) 210-272, Fax: (855-23) 210 272, Contact: Mr. Peng Na- the central management capacity and the partnership vuth, Director, E-mail: [email protected] among stakeholders would increase the resource basis for the sector, improve efficiency and reduce waste. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Category C. China US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- istry of Health, No. 151/152 Kampuchea Krom St., Phnom Agriculture Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 881-404, Fax: (855-23) 426- (R) Aquaculture Improvementi The specific objectives of 841 the project are to (a) develop, multiply and extend good quality aquatic seed and brood stock; (b) increase the pro- Reconstruction/Rehabilitation duction of higher-valued species; and (c) support improved Demobilization: The objectives of the project are to (a) re- environmental and business management and strengthen- duce overall military expenditures as a percentage of the ing of aquaculture institutions. The project would include government’s budget and help transfer the savings to the (a) freshwater brood and seed stock improvement; (b) ex- social sectors to promote poverty reduction, specifically in pansion of freshwater fish production; (c) environmental JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 21 monitoring and management; and (d) institutional, techni- policies to control water pollution in the basin. Approved by cal and business development and strengthening, including the Executive Directors on 22 March 2001. Environmental financing the establishment, renovation and/or expansion of Assessment Category B. PID: CNPE47345. US$ 105.5 fish processing plants and wholesale markets. Pre-apprais- (IBRD). Consultants have been appointed for project prepa- al mission is currently in the field. Environmental Assess- ration. Anhui Project Management Office, Anhui Provincial ment Category A. PID: CNPE9796. US$ 45.0 (IBRD). Finance Bureau, 238 Funan West Rd., Hefei 250061, China, Consulting services may be required. Ministry of Agricul- Tel: (86-551) 510-0160, Fax: (86-551) 510-0162, Contact: Ms. ture, Foreign Economic Cooperation Center, Beijing Liu Hua, Deputy Director, World Bank Loan Division; Sha- 10000024, China, Contact: Mr. Xu Qingmin, Director, Fish- dong Project Management Office, Shandong Provincial Con- ery Project Office, Tel: (86-10) 6419-4569, Fax: (86-10) 6419- struction Commission, 3 Jida Rd., Jinan 25002, China, Tel: 4564, E-mail: [email protected] (86-531) 295-1900, Fax: (86-531) 292-7531, Contact: Mr. Song Wenxu, Deputy Chief, Debt and Finance Management (R) Jiangxi Integrated Agriculture Modernization: The objectives of the project are to (a) achieve significant im- Division, Shandong Financial Bureau provement in farmers’ product quality and production effi- ciency; (b) improve farmers’ access to markets; and (c) Population, Health and Nutrition demonstrate and promote the modernization characteris- Tuberculosis Control: The objective of the project is to im- tics of integrated agriculture. The project includes (a) reha- prove the access and quality of tuberculosis control pro- bilitation and construction of irrigation and drainage (land grams in a number of provinces. Appraisal mission is improvement); (b) farm production improvement (including tentatively scheduled for early September 2001. Environ- soil improvement); (c) market system development; and (d) mental Assessment Category C. PID: CNPE9659. US$ research, training and monitoring. Pre-appraisal mission is 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Minis- tentatively scheduled for mid-September 2001. Environmen- try of Health, Foreign Loan Office, 154 Gu Lou Xi Da Jie, tal Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting Beijing, China, Contact: Dr. Cai Jiming, Deputy Director services will be required. Jiangxi Provincial Agriculture General, Foreign Loan Office, Ministry of Health, Tel: (86- Foreign Fund Utilizing Office, 12th Floor. Provincial Plan- 10) 8404-5749, E-mail: [email protected] ning Commission Bldg., West 2 Rd. Provincial Government Compound, Nanchang, China, Tel: (86-791) 621 1815, Fax: Power (86-791) 621 2873, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Yuan Jin Mu, Director (R) Renewable Energy Scale-up Program (CRESP): The China Renewable Energy Scale-Up Program (CRESP) Integrated Sheep Development: The objective of the will help enable commercial renewable electricity suppliers project is to support the sustainable development of the to provide energy to the electricity market efficiently, cost- sheep sector by (a) developing and distributing genetically effectively and on a large scale. The program would support improved sheep; (b) conserving the environment through the implementation of a national policy framework that grassland improvement; and (c) improving marketing sys- would legally require a share of electricity to be met from re- tems. The project includes (a) development and multiplica- newable resources-a mandated market policy. The man- tion of elite livestock; (b) production improvement, dated market policy is required to address the failure of the demonstration and grassland improvement; (c) improve- market price for thermal electricity to reflect the costs of ment of the processing and marketing of wool; and (d) damage borne by society, resulting from pollution caused by strengthening of the recording and monitoring systems. burning fossil fuels. The Program would support implemen- Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- tation of necessary laws and/or regulations, as well as a ment Category to be determined. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consult- range of other measures to strengthen commercial capacity ing services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, to scale up renewable energy markets. The program would Foreign Economic Cooperation Center, 11 Nongzhanguan also directly support a small number of investment projects Nanli, Beijing 100026, China, Contact: Mr. Tang Zhishao, to be implemented under the policy. Project preparation is Acting Director, Tel: (86-10) 6500-3273, Fax: (86-10) 6419- under way. The project brief was approved by GEF Council 4578, E-mail: [email protected] at its May 2001 meeting. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. US$50.0 140.0 (IBRD I GEF). Consulting services to Education/Training be determined. PID: CNPE67828 Ministry of Finance, San Basic Education in Western Areas: This project would Li He Lu, Beijing, China 100829, Tel: (86-10) 6855-1133, increase access to high-quality basic education (grades one Fax: (86-10) 6855-1183, Contact: Yang Jinlin, GEF Opera- to nine) for poor children, especially girls and minorities, in tional Focal Point of China, E-mail: [email protected] the poorest parts of the western areas. Identification mis- Hubei Hydroelectric: The objectives of the project are to sion was scheduled for July 2001. The project will be cofi- (a) expand electric power generation capacity in an econom- nanced by DFID. Environmental Assessment Category C! ical and environmentally sustainable manner, through the US$ 100.0 (IBRD). It is expected that consulting services construction of four small- and medium-size hydropower will be required to support project preparation particularly projects; and (b) to use the project as an opportunity to di- in areas such as education financing, distance education rectly support alleviation of poverty in the host communi- and quality assessment. Ministry of Education (MOE), Fi- ties, which are among the poorest in the nation. Project nance Department, Xidan, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 6609- preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Cate- 6679, Fax: (86-10) 6609-6263, Contact: Ms. Sun Ling, Chief, gory A. PID: CNPE68049. US$ 110.0 (IBRD). Consulting Division of Foreign Capital Utilization services to be determined. Hubei Provincial Planning Com- mission, 17 Dong Yi Rd., Shuiguohu, Wuchang, Wuhan, Environment Hubei, China, Contact: Mr. Chen Hui, Tel: (86-27) 8781- 5800, Fax: (86-27) 8736-4130 Huai River Basin Pollution Control (Ln. 4597-CHA): The project will assist local governments in (a) developing Renewable Energy Development (Ln. 4488-CHA): The and financing municipal pollution control investments in objectives of the project are: development of a sustainable two provinces (Anhui and Shandong); and (b) formulating market for PV technologies and demonstration of the viabil- PAGE 22 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 ity of commercial wind development in the coastal regions. 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: The project includes (a) installation and operation of 20 MW CNPE58845. US$200.0 (IBRD). A consultant for construc- of grid-connected wind farms in four provinces; (b) supply of tion supervision is being selected. The World Bank Loan about 10 MW of photovoltaic (PV) systems to households Project Office of Jiangxi Provincial Communications De- and institutions; (c) support for technology upgrading to im- partment, 12 Xier Rd., Provincial Government Coutyard, 69 prove the performance and reduce the cost of solar PV tech- Beijing Rd., Nanchang, Jiangxi 330046, China, Tel: (86-791) nologies in China; and (d) assistance to strengthen 624-3046, Fax: (86-791) 628-1344, Contact: Mr. Xia institutional capacity and market infrastructure for com- Zhengyu, Director mercialization of windfarms and PV. Approved by the Exec- (R) Third Inland Waterways: The objective of the project utive Directors on 8 June 1999. A major restructuring of the is to provide more efficient water transport in inland prov- power sector initiated after Board approval of the project inces by upgrading inland waterways and providing policy has been completed, and the project needs to be restruc- guidelines to encourage modernization of inland water ves- tured as a result. Extension of the loan signing deadline to sels. The project would include construction of a dam and June 2001 has been approved to permit the restructuring shiplock with a capacity to generate hydropower at and submission of the revised project to the Board. Environ- Xiangjiang waterway in Hunan. Negotiations completed. mental Assessment Category B. PID: CNPE46829. US$ Board presentation was scheduled for 21 June 2001. Envi- 13.0/35.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consulting services will be required ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: CNPE56199. US$ for strengthening the institutional capability to implement 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants for the study on policy guidelines windfarms and PV projects. Please refer to the general pro- have been appointed. Hunan Xiangjiang Navigation Con- curement notice published in UN Development Business No. struction and Development Corporation limited, 286 West 493, dated 31 August 1998. PID: CNPE46829. State Eco- Wuyi Rd., Changsha, Hunan, China, Tel: (86-731) 225-2233, nomic and Trade Commission, 26 Xi Da Jie, Xuan Wumen, Fax: (86-731) 225-2299, Contact: Mr. Li Jun Beijing (R) Wuhan Urban Transport: The objective of the project Rural Development is to foster an approach to improving mobility and accessi- bility in the city, especially for the disadvantaged, that facil- (R) Poor Rural Communities Development: The project itates economic development, improves the quality of life will support the government’s objective of reducing poverty and is financially sustainable. The project will focus on im- in Western China through a participatory and multisectoral provements to (a) the road network, (b) traffic management attack on absolute poverty in an extremely resource-defi- and road safety, (c) the scope and quality of public transport cient area covering the worst affected upland areas of sever- services, and (d) environmental management. Project is be- al inland provinces. Poor rural communities would design ing identified Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ and implement activities to improve agricultural productiv- 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required for ity and access to infrastructure in the poorest communities project preparation. World Bank Loan, Wuhan City Trans- of Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. port Project Office, 130 Yanjiang Ave., Hankou, Wuhan Project components include (a) environmentally sustainable 430014, China, Tel: (86-27) 8587-4312, Fax: (86-27) 8558- mountain agriculture; (b) community-based infrastructure; 0354, Contact: Ms. Peng Limin, Vice Director, E-mail: (c) basic health and other social services; (d) project man- [email protected] agement and support. Identification mission is currently in (R) Xinjiang Highway III: The project’s major component the field. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 70.0 is the rehabilitation of a high-grade highway connecting (IBRD). Limited international consulting services will be re- Kuitun and Sailum Lake. Project preparation is under way. quired. Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation, Foreign Cap- Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: PO58847 US$ ital Project Management Office, 11 Nongzhanguan Nanli, 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required for re- Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100026, Tel: (86-10) 8261- view of designs of civil works and electrical and mechanical 7155, Fax: (86-10) 8261-7165, Contact: Mr. Feng Quang, facilities, and construction supervision. Project Execution Deputy Director Office, Xinjiang High-Grade Highway Construction Author- (R) Sustainable Forestry Development: The objective of ity, 52 Yanan Rd., Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830001, China, Tel: the project is to ensure that modern management practices (86-991) 257-4999, Fax: (86-991) 257-4907, Contact: Mr. are applied in selected natural forests, protected areas and Aman Haji, Director plantations established to relieve pressures on forest re- Hubei Highway: The project will focus on the construction sources and to protect the natural environment. Negotia- of Wuhan-Xiangfan Expressway (240 km), road upgrading tions completed. Board presentation is tentatively scheduled in low-income areas and institutional, policy and traffic for late August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category safety reforms. Project preparation is under way Environ- A. PID: CNPE64729. US$ 95.0 (IBRD). Consulting services mental Assessment Category A. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consult- will be required in natural forest management, rural/com- ing services to be determined. Hubei Provincial munity development, training/capacity building and other Communication Department, Wuhan, Hubei, China, Tel: areas. Consultants will most likely be financed by other do- (86-27) 8383-2033, Fax: (86-27) 8386-9260, Contact: Mr. Ren nors. State Forestry Administration, 18 Hepingli East St., Binian, Director, Mr. Bai Shunxi, Deputy Director Beijing, China, Contact: Mr. Song Shikui, Director, Tel: (86- 10) 6422-3216, Fax: (86-10) 6421-7796 Inner Mongolia Highway: This project would include (a) construction of about 100 km of National Trunk Highway System expressway connecting Hohhot, capital of Inner Transport Mongolia to the seaport ofTianjin via Beijing; (b) a road net- (R) Second Jiangxi Highway 6%~. 4608~CHA): The ob- work improvement program in poor areas; (c) traffic safety; jective of the project is to provide a more efficient, safe and and (d) institutional strengthening and training. Project effective transport infrastructure in support of social and preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- economic development in Jiangxi Province. The project’s gory A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be re- main component will be construction of the Taihe-Ganzhou quired during preparation and implementation. Inner expressway. Approved by the Executive Directors on 5 June Mongolia Communications Department (IMCD), No. 68 JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 23

Dizhiju South St., Xincheng District, Hohhot, China, Tel: mill) clean-up, and environmental resource protection in (86-471) 696-7559, Fax: (86-471) 696-7588, Contact: Mr. Li three cities. Negotiations completed. Board presentation Heping, Director, Planning Department, IMCD was scheduled for 19 June 2001. Environmental Assess- National Railway: The project will assist the government ment Category A. PID: CNPE51859. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). and the Ministry of Railways in (a) planning and managing Consulting services will be required. Liaoning Provincial the transition in policy and organization from a planned to GovernmenVLUCRIPO and Liao River Basin Project Office a socialist market economy; and (b) addressing railway ca- with City Governments, 19 Caita St., Shenyang, China, pacity bottlenecks. Appraisal mission was tentatively 110015, Tel: (86-24) 2384-2898, Fax: (86-24) 2392-2290, E- scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment mail: [email protected], Contact: Zeng Category A. PID: CNPE58846. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consult- Juequn, Director ants have been selected for project preparation. Ministry of Railways, 10 Fuxing Rd., Beijing, 100844, China, Tel: (86- East Timor 10) 6324-8416, Fax: (86-10) 6324-1845, Contact: Mr. Yang Haichang, Director Education/Training Shijiazhuang Urban Transport (Ln. 4600~CHA): The objective of the project is to reduce congestion, improve (R) Second Emergency Education: This is a follow-up transport conditions and establish an institutional capacity project of the original Emergency School Readiness Project for the planning and management of sustainable transport approved in fiscal year 2000. The project is expected to focus operations. The project will include road infrastructure, new school construction and teacher training. Board pre- public transport and traffic management and road mainte- sentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Environmental nance components. Approved by the Executive Directors on Assessment Category C. US$ 13.9 (Trust Fund). Consult- 27 March 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. ants will be required for (a) architectural and works plan- PID: P056596. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been ning for basic education facilities; (b) teacher qualification selected for project preparation. World Bank Financing assessment and upgrading inservice training; and (c) devel- Shijiazhuang Urban Transport Project Office, Tel/Fax: (86- opment and management of school maintenance and teach- 311) 681-6540, Contact: Mr. Wang Jinze, Director, E-mail: support programs. United Nations Transitional [email protected] ydministration in East Timor, Dili, East Timor, Tel: (408) 890-249, (419) 193-981, Contact: Mr. Rezene Tesfamichael, Urban Development Project Director

(R) Tianjin Urban Development and Environment II: Population, Health and Nutrition This project will help improve environmental and transpor- tation facilities in newly developing areas of the city. Identi- (R) Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development fication mission is in the field. Environmental Assessment Program II: This project will provide continued support to Category to be determined. US$ 150.0 (IBRD).A request for rebuilding the health system, including strengthening basic proposal for consulting services is expected in late July 2001. health services, ensuring access, reconstructing and reha- Tianjin Municipal Construction Commission, Tel: (86-22) bilitating needed hospitals and rationalizing hospital capac- 2330-6419, Fax: (86-22) 2330-3630, E-mail: tjpmo@pub- ity and services, further developing health policy and lic.tpt.tj.cn appropriate systems and supporting project management. (R) Zheijiang Urban Environment: The project objec- Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Envi- tives are to (a) enhance basic urban environmental services ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 11.0 (Grant). Con- delivery; (b) promote institutional and financial reform in sulting services to be determined. Division of Health the waste utility sector; and (c) strengthen urban financial Services, Division of Health Services, UNTSET, Dili, East management and resource generation. The main compo- Timor, Fax: (6729-390) 321-178, E-mail: [email protected] nents include (a) expansion of sewerage infrastructure and wastewater treatment; (b) enhancement of safe disposal of Private Sector Development solid waste; (c) redevelopment of the historic inner-city with associated underground infrastructure; (d) institutional de- Small Enterprises II: The main objectives of the Small velopment and policy reform in the utility sector; and (e) Enterprises Project II (SEP II) are to generate employment, conservation of cultural heritage. The total project costs accelerate economic growth, and improve SME competitive- have been tentatively estimated at US$ 450 million with ness through an SME line of credit, capacity building in pri- Bank funding estimated at US$ 140 million. A project con- vate sector development (PSD), and rehabilitation of cept review is scheduled for mid-August 2001. Environmen- market infrastructure. The project has three components: tal Assessment Category B. US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consulting (a) provide funds for Banco National Ultramarino to make services are required for both preparation and implementa- loans to SMEs for business investment; (b) finance capacity tion. Zhejiang Urban Development Project Office, A 404 building in private sector development for both the SMEs Wensan Rd., Hangzhou 310013, Zhejiang, China, Tel: (86- and policymakers; and (c) finance community-based reha- 571) 886-3991, Fax: (86-571) 886-64685, Contact: Mr. Zhou bilitation of market infrastructure. Project Appraisal Docu- Weiqun, Acting Project Director, E-mail: zud- ment is being prepared. Environmental Assessment [email protected] Category B. US$7.5 (Trust Fund). Consulting services may Liao River Basin Environment: The project will be im- be required for (a) business development services; (b) busi- plemented in the province of Liaoning, and focus on major ness development center administration; (c) civil service river basin pollution cleanup. The policy component will fo- training; (d) legal and regulatory environment; and (e) mar- cus on environmental management and urban services pric- ket rehabilitation. Banco National Ultramarino, Departa- ing. The investment component is expected to cover mento de Timor, Dili, East Timor, Tel: (670) 390-324-301, wastewater management, urban heritage asset upgrading Fax (670) 390- 324-298, E-mail: [email protected], and urban asset management, industrial enterprise (paper Contact: Jo&o Manuel Tubal Goncalves PAGE 24 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 Indonesia Infrastructure (R) Nusa Tenggara Barat Poverty Alleviation: The Education/Training project will (a) support the preparation of a medium-term (R) Basic Education TV: This project will provide support poverty-alleviation action plan in NTB province; (b) assist for improved management of basic education in a decentral- in providing basic environmental infrastructure to the poor; (c) support assistance to the poor for income generation; and ized environment. It will provide capacity building at the (d) assist in the provision of environmental infrastructure to school, community and district levels and will finance both support economic development. This project is the first district grants and school-level grants to support the meet- phase of a three-phase program. The major portion of the in- ing of minimum service standards. Appraisal mission was vestments under (b) to (d) will be in Lombok, while the re- tentatively scheduled for mid-July 2001. Environmental As- mainder (about 15 per cent) will be in Sumbawa. Pre- sessment Category C. lJS$60.0 (IDA). Technical assistance appraisal mission is in the field. Environmental Assessment will be required for institutional development, the supervi- Category B. PID: IDPE40522. US$35.0 (IDA). Consultants sion of school rehabilitation programs and the professional have completed project preparation work with support from development of project management teams. Ministry of Ed- a PHRD grant. Consultants for phase two of project prepa- ucation and Culture, E Bldg., 5th Floor, Jl. Jenderal ration have been mobilized. Ministry of Settlements and Re- Sudirman, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 5299-3000, Fax: gional Development, Jl. Pattimura 20, Jakarta, Indonesia, (62-21) 5299-3111 (Tel. and Fax c/o Education Unit, World Tel: (62-21) 712-805, Fax: (62-21) 739-2563 Bank Office, Jakarta, Indonesia), Contact: Ms. Renani, Planning Bureau, Directorate General of Primary and Sec- Population, Health and Nutrition ondary Education (R) Library Development (formerly Libraries for the (R) Provincial Health II: The project will follow the de- Poor): The loan for library development will seek appropri- sign template being developed for Provincial District Health ate and effective ways of supporting existing grassroots I project. Board presentation was tentatively scheduled for small libraries in communities and in primary schools. The 26 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category to be project would be carried out in a limited number of locations determined. US$ 102.6 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- in a few selected provinces. The project was approved - fol- termined. Ministry of Health, Jl. H.R. Rasuna, Said, Blok. X.5, Kav. 4-9, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 520-1597, Fax: lowing LIL procedures - on 8 June 2001. Environmental (62-21) 520-5188 Assessment Category C. US$ 4.5 (IBRD). Technical assis- tance will be required for the design of the training program Health Workforce and Services: The objective of this and for the design and implementation of the monitoring project is to improve the management of human resources and evaluation component. National Library, Jalan Salem- in health care in the context of decentralized healthcare pol- ba Raya, Jakarta, Indonesia, Contact: Dr. Hernandono, icy making and management in the provinces of Central Head and East Java in Indonesia. The three main components are (a) health workforce planning and management at the Global Development Learning Network: This learning provincial level; (b) capacity building; and (c) physical and innovation loan will support the establishment of a Glo- works. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- bal Distance Learning Network center on the University of sessment Category C. US$ 65.0 (IBRD). Specialists will be Indonesia campus in Jakarta and two demonstration sub- required in (a) undergraduate and post-graduate medical sites at Universitas Hasanuddin in Makassar and Universi- education curriculum pedagogy (problem-based learning tas Ria in Pekanbaru. The loan will finance retrofitting, etc.); (b) post-graduate continuous education including dis- equipment, connectivity and operational costs (on a declin- tance learning; (c) establishing and managing medical insti- ing basis) for a period of three years. Appraisal mission is tutions; and (d) combining training with research and scheduled for early August 2001. Environmental Assess- service delivery as an academic center of learning through ment Category C. US$ 2.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- community based piloting. Ministry of National Education quired. University of Indonesia, Kampus Universitas, (MoNE) and Central Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Indonesia Depok, Tel: (62-21) 310-6014, Fax: (62-21) 310- (MoHSW), Jl. Jenderal Sudirman, Pintu I, Senayan, Jakar- 2774, Contact: Mr. Bagyo Y. Moeliodihardjo, Dean Faculty of ta 10002, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 573-1436, (62-21) 573- Computer Science 1988, Fax: (62-21) 573-1466, (62-21) 573-1988, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Satryo Soemantri Brodjone- Environment goro, Director General of Higher Education, MoNE (R) Western Java Environmental Management (Ln. Power 4612-IND, Cr. 3519-ZND): The project will support (a) pro- vision of sanitation services to residential areas; (b) solid Energy Sector: This project will: (a) support the govern- waste collection and disposal through establishment of re- ment’s reform program for restructuring the Power sector, gional waste management corporations and increased pri- including the financial and corporate restructuring of the vate sector participation; (c) a social strategy to emphasize State-owned utility, Perum Listrik Negara (PLN); (b) intro- waste reduction; (d) improvements to the manufacturing duce price adjustment mechanism to help the government process of small-scale industries; (e) regional environment to bring prices of petroleum in line with international prices management strategies and action plans; and (f) strength- including gradual removal of subsidies; and (c) review op- ening local governments and public participation in moni- tions for phasing out leaded gasoline. This programatic op- toring environmental performance. Approved by the eration will include investment components to meet PLN’s Executive Directors on 12 June 2001. Environmental As- essential investment needs and possibly for natural gas dis- sessment Category B. PID: IDPE40528. lJS$ 11.7i5.8 tribution. Project preparation is under way Environmental (IBRDIIDA). Ministry of Human Settlement and Regional Assessment Category A. US$ 420.0 (IBRD). Consultants Development, Jl. Pattimura 20, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62- will be required. Perum Listrik Negara (PLN), Jl. Trunojoyo 21) 712-805, Fax: (62-21) 739-2563 Blok MI/135, Jakarta, Indonesia, Jl. K.H. Zainul Arifin 20, JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 25

Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 722-0300; Fax: (62-21) 720- tation of a provincial road fund in one of the provinces in the 4929 Eastern Indonesian Region. Preappraisal mission complet- ed. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for late July Rural Development 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: IDPE40578. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been se- Land Administration II: The objective of the project is to lected for preparation studies. Directorate General of Re- establish and protect equitable land rights. The project gional Infrastructure Ministry of Settlements and Regional would (a) support reform of land rights policies and legisla- Infrastructure, No. 20, Jalan Pattimura, Jakarta Selatan tion with emphasis on traditional tenure systems; (b) up- 12110, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 720-0281, Fax: (62-21) 720- grade Kabupaten Land Offices to be financially independent 1760, Contact: MR. Hisnu Pawenang, Director of Techncial and operationally autonomous and efficient decentralized Affairs land administration agencies; (c) accelerate land titling and registration on Java; (d) carry out ulayat mapping pilots in selected areas off-Java; (e) establish procedures for just and Urban Development timely resolution of land tenure disputes; (f) modernize (R) Urban Local Government Reform: The objective of BPN and ensure it operates efficiently with clear terms of this program is to make urban local governments more effi- reference to support Kabupaten Land Office; and (g) estab- cient and effective in meeting the needs of their citizens in lish procedures for ongoing social assessment and consulta- the context of the new decentralization laws. It will consist tion in project monitoring and evaluation. Project of a system of loans and grants to local governments accom- preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- panied by a negotiated package of reforms that foster local gory A. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- responsibility, accountability, performance and ownership. mined. Ministry of Home Affairs/National Land Agency Technical assistance to build local government capacity to (BPN), Jl. Sisingamangaraja No.2, Jakarta Selatan, Indo- deliver on their new responsibilities and improve account- nesia, Tel: (62-21) 722-3723, 722-8724, Fax: (62-21) 726- ability to citizens will also be provided. The total program 7531, Contact: Dr. Lutfi I. Nasoetion, Vice Chairman, Na- tional Land Agency cost is estimated at US$ 350 million, with US$ 150 million in a possible first phase of an Adaptable Program Loan. The bulk of the program will be subsidiary loans and grants to Social Sector local governments for capital expenditure, initially for basic (R) Kecamatan Development Program II: The purpose infrastructure services. Concept review meeting was tenta- of this project is to support community-based planning and tively scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assess- the construction of basic infrastructure in rural Indonesia. ment Category to be determined. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). The project will support a decentralized program of commu- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Settle- nity grants, locally-based technical and empowerment facil- ment and Regional Development, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, itators and a range of local capacity development activities. Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 712-805, Fax: (62- Project preparation will focus on developing transparent fi- 21) 739-2563, Contact: H.E. Ms. Erna Witoelar, Minister duciary management, fast and efficient disbursement un- der decentralization, accountable local institutions and site- Community-Based Development: The objective of the specific adaptations of the core design. Very little interna- project is to empower urban communities to help them over- tional technical assistance is envisaged for this project, come poverty and improve the capacity of local agencies to which will be planned and implemented through Indone- assist poorer communities. It will cover South Java, Kali- sian government and non-government organizations. Nego- mantan and Sulawesi. The project will consist of two main tiations completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 26 components: (a) grants to Kelurahans which will then be on- June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ lent to community groups for income generation activities; 300.0 (IDA). Consulting contracts will be for the entire term and (b) an infrastructure fund that will provide resources to of the project and include (a) national provincial and district local governments on a matching-fund basis for infrastruc- oversight consultant contracts (12); (b) Individual field facil- ture. The total project cost is estimated at US$ 200 million. itators (2000); (c) procurement invoicing and payroll agents Identification mission was scheduled for mid-June 2001. (2); and (d) monitoring (5). Department of Home Affairs, Jl. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. Raya Pasar Minggu Km. 19, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Sela- US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. tan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 7919-97067, 7919-4595, Fax: Ministry of Settlement and Regional Development, Jl. Pat- (62-21) 7919-96118, Contact: Ir. Eko Sri Haryanto, KDP timura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 739- Project Manager 2563, Fax: (62-21) 712-805, Contact: H.E. Ms. Erna Wi- toelar, Minister Transport (R) Eastern Indonesia Region Transport I: The project Lao People’s Democratic Republic would support decentralization of the planning, program- ming and budgeting systems (PPBS) systems for the provi- Education/Training sion of demand-responsive transport infrastructure and services in the Eastern Indonesia Region. It includes (a) Education Development II: The objective of this adapt- treatment of accident black spots; (b) efficient and transpar- able program loan is to improve access to and quality of pri- ent use of financial resources through improved procure- mary and secondary education within the context of ment processes and practices and better quality of design strengthening the management and delivery of education and construction of roads; (c) the improvement of processes services. Appraisal mission was tentatively scheduled for for PPBS for transport infrastructure; (d) institutional late June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. strengthening and manpower development in a decentral- PID: LAPE59083. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- ized environment. The project would also include the prep- quired. Ministry of Education, Laney Aug Ave., Vientiane, aration of comprehensive and multi-modal transport plans Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 216-006, Fax: (856-21) 412-415,216- for some of the islands in Eastern Indonesia and implemen- 006 PAGE 26 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 Population, Health and Nutrition Mongolia Social Fund: This learning and innovation credit will pro- vide financing for the Social Fund of Lao PDR which is de- Environment signed primarily to improve the well-being of the poorest in Urban Stove Improvements: The grant will support the general and, in particular, the most vulnerable groups of the use of more environmentally-friendly stoves. Preliminary population. The first component will provide grants for technical assistance is being provided by the ESMAP pro- small-scale demand-driven social and physical infrastruc- gram to (a) assess and suggest improvements to coal stoves; ture subprojects. The second component will include deliv- (b) design experimental insert kits capable of improving tra- ery of a social services package designed for improved ditional stoves without requiring households to invest in village health and child development. Eligibility for the new stoves; (c) test innovative delivery mechanisms for the project’s subgrants in component one will include communi- new products and know-how; and (d) carry out preliminary ty participation in the social services package activities. Ap- surveys to provide data for the design of a longer-term pro- praisal mission is tentatively scheduled for August 2001. gram. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: LAPE65884. sessment Category C. US$O.8 (GEF). A consultant has been US$ 5.0 (IDA). Specialists will be required to (a) design the selected for project preparation. Implementing agency is to compulsory social services package based on village-level be determined. assessment of health, education and nutritional needs; (b) prepare the menu of subprojects financed by the Social Power Fund Component; (c) develop a district level targeting map for the Social Fund Activities. Ministry of Finance and Lao Energy Sector (Cr. 3503-MOG): The project will support Women’s Union power distribution system development and efficiency im- provements. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Rural Development MNPE40907. US$30.0 (IDA). Any procurement of consult- (R) Agricultural Development (Cr. 3509-I&: The project ing services for project implementation will be advertised in would support agricultural development using a community- a future general procurement notice. Energy Authority of based approach. Approved by the Executive Directors on 29 Mongolia, Chiuggis Ave., Ulaanbaatar 36, Mongolia, Tel: May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$16.7 (976-l) 341-105 (ZDA). Consulting services for implementation will be final- ized during negotiations. Ministry OfAgriculture and Forest- Papua New Guinea ry, Department of Planning, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856- 21) 415-359, Fax: (856-21) 415-363, Contact: Mr. Anonth Environment Khamhung, Director General, E-mail: [email protected] (R) Forestry and Conservation: The project will Structural Adjustment strengthen institutions and processes to support the in- volvement of landholders in forest management and sus- Financial Sector Adjustment: This credit will support tainable natural resources activities. Board presentation is the government in implementing policy actions to improve scheduled for 30 August 2001. Environmental Assessment the domestic financial system. Project is being identified. Category B. PID: PGPE4398. US$ 17.36/17.0 (IBRD/GEF). Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. National Forest Service, PO Consulting services to be determined. Bank of Lao PDR, PO Box 5055, Boroko, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (675) 327-7877, Box 19, Yennet Rd., Vientiane, Lao PDR, Contact: Soukanh 327-7930, Contact: Mr. Thomas Nen, Managing Director Mahalat, Governor, Tel: (856-21) 213-100, Fax: (856-21) 213- 108 Public Sector Management Public Sector Reform: This project will support develop- Transport ment, strengthening and management of regulatory mech- (R) Road Maintenance Program (Cr. 3481-LA): The anisms and building institutional capacity in the public project would support the development of an efficient main- sector. Project is being identified. Environmental Assess- ment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- tenance management system for the entire road network. quired to establish a training database within the The expected project outputs are as follows (a) additional fi- Department of Personnel Management and establish a na- nancial resources for road maintenance are mobilized and tional employment database within the Department of Em- efficiently used; (b) the capacity of institutions dealing with ployment and Youth. Department of Personnel road maintenance activities at the central and provincials Management, Waigani, NCD, Papua New Guinea, Fax: level is strengthened; (c) the local contracting and consult- (675) 327-6732 ing industry providing road maintenance services is strengthened; (d) overloading is reduced; (e) road users/ben- Transport eficiaries participate in the delivery and management of road maintenance activities; and (I) the second phase of pro- (R) Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation: The project gram is designed. Approved by the Executive Directors on will include (a) preparation and implementation of a three- 27 March 2001. Credit was signed on 13 April 2001. Envi- year program for maintenance (routine, periodic, specific) ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: LAPE64821. US$ and major reconstruction/replacement of roads and bridges 25.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Com- in the six provinces of Central, Oro, Manus, Morobe, East munication, Transport, Post and Construction, Wat Nark New Britain and West New Britain; (b) support for imple- Noy Rd., Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 313-192, Fax: mentation management, including a project management (856-21) 414-132, E-mail: [email protected], Con- team, design and supervision of road and bridge works, and tact: Mr. Sommad Pholsena, Director General, Department provision of equipment for road works laboratories, environ- of Roads. MCTPC mental monitoring, and traffic counting and vehicle weigh- JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 27 ing; and (c) support to the road sector which consists of Bldg., BSP Complex, Roxas Blvd., Malte, Manila 1004, Phil- strengthening of small- and medium-sized contractors for ippines, Contact: Mr. Jeremias Paul, Jr., Assistant Secre- road maintenance operations, institutional strengthening tary, International Finance Group, Tel: (63-2) 523-9911, of DoWI and provincial administrations for road mainte- Fax: (63-2) 526-9990,526-7516, E-mail: [email protected] nance; updating and improving the bridge inventory and management system, and assessment of socio-economic im- Power pacts of road and bridge improvements. Appraisal mission was tentatively scheduled for early July 2001. Environmen- Rural Power: The project would support the implementa- tal Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants tion of the National Energy Plan through (a) investment for the project management team have been selected. Con- support to provide selected rural areas with reliable elec- sulting services will be required to (a) develop designs and tricity supply in a sustainable manner, including, as appro- bidding documents for the subprojects included in the annu- priate, environmentally friendly renewable energy; and (b) al work programs; (b) conduct an inventory of bridges and technical assistance and training for capacity building to develop a bridge management system; and (c) support of improve the sector performance and to support an enabling small- and medium-sized contractors as well as training of environment to promote private sector participation. This DoWI and provincial administration staff; and (d) conduct a operation will be financed through an adaptable program study of the socioeconomic impacts of road and bridge sub- loan (APL), and the first phase of the APL is expected to projects. Department ofWorks and Implementation, PO Box support investments directed at achieving visible results on 1108, Boroko, NCD, Papua New Guinea, Contact: Mr. Roy the ground within a relatively short term. Project is being Mumu, Deputy Secretary (Technical), Tel: (675) 324-1343, identified. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- Fax: (675) 324-1277, E-mail: [email protected] mined. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services (for pre-in- vestment study for off-grid electrification component) in the Highlands Highway: The project will rehabilitate the 600 process of selection by government. Department of Energy, km Highlands Highway between Lae and Mendi and sup- Energy Center, Merrit Rd., Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Metro port the establishment of an authority to manage it with re- Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 844-1021 to 40, Fax: (63-2) liable funding arrangements. Project preparation is under 818-8614, Contact: Mr. Reuben Emmanuel T. Quejas, Chief, way. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 30.0 Nonconventional Energy Division, E-mail: rque- (IBRD). A consultant has been selected to assist in the prep- [email protected] aration of engineering, environmental, land acquisition/re- settlement, economic, institutional and financing aspects. Public Sector Management Department of Works, PO Box 1108, Boroko NCD, Papua New Guinea, Contact: Mr. Roy Mumu, Deputy Secretary Judicial Reform: This project will support the Philippines (Technical), Tel: (675) 324-1343, Fax: (675) 324-1277, E- Action Plan for Judicial Reform: 2001-2006. The action plan mail: [email protected] supports (a) reforms of judicial systems and procedures; (b) institutional development; (c) human resources develop- Philippines ment; and (d) reform of support systems (e.g., public infor- mation). The precise aspects that this project will focus on within this broader reform program are yet to be deter- Environment mined. It is expected to include (a) improvement of the cur- (R) Laguna de Bay Environmental Management: The riculum and continuing judicial education for justices, project may include investments in the following areas: di- judges, court personnel and lawyers, in specialized areas version and treatment of municipal and industrial waste such as environment, bankruptcy and intellectual property water; proper disposal of solid and hazardous waste; provi- rights; (b) improvement of court administration; (c) im- sion of silt-traps; embankment strengthening; and desludg- provement of court process and case-flow management; (d) ing of highly polluted sections of the lake. The project will development of a communications strategy to enhance com- also include a technical assistance component to support the munication between the judiciary and the citizenry; and (e) implementation on the institutional framework. A technical pilot improvements in model courts. Project is being identi- assistance program is currently under way to define the in- fied. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- stitutional framework and identify the priority invest- mined. US$ 7.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be ments. The project preparation activities will be initiated required. Supreme Court, Padre Faura, Manila 1000, Phil- only after agreement has been reached between the govern- ippines, Tel: (63-2) 434-9531, Fax: (63-2) 521-7242, Contact: ment and the Bank on the institutional framework. Envi- Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide, Jr., Tel: (63-2) 521-8024 ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency Rural Development is to be determined. (R) River Basin and Watershed Management: The project would support integrated river basin and watershed Finance management in selected priority river basin(s). The project Contractual Savings Reform: The proposed housing fi- components would likely include critical watershed improve- nance component for this loan has been dropped. The re- ment and management, wetland conservation, flood protec- structured loan will focus on basic reforms to rationalize tion/mitigation, irrigation and rural water supply public and private sector social security system and institu- improvement. The Mindanao river basin had been selected tions, and promote capital markets and long-term savings and the consultant procurement for project preparation was formation. Further preparation work may be undertaken completed. However, due to the peace and order problems in next year depending on the government’s adoption/confir- the basin lust year, the Bank and thegovernment have selected mation of policy reforms in the sector which the Bank is as- Bicol as the alternative basin for inclusion under the project. sisting through two Asia-Europe Meeting Grants (ASEM). Project preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: PHPE64563. Category to be determined. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Znvitution for US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. proposal is expected to be issued to consulting firms in July Department of Finance, 6th Floor, Department of Finance 2001 for carrying out the basin planning for Bicol. National PAGE 28 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

Economic and Development Authority, NEDA, Amber Ave., Water Supply/Sanitation Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-Z) 631-0945, Fax: (63-2) 631-3724, Contact Mr. Ruben Reinoso Jr., Direc- (R) Local Government Unit Urban Water Supply and Sanitation II: This is the second phase of a larger APL tor, Infrastructure Staff, E-mail: [email protected] which is currently in place to provide support to local gov- Second Agrarian Reform Communities Development: ernment unit (LGU) -based water utilities in conducting op- The objective of the project is to reduce rural poverty and in- erations on commercial principles. The project aims at crease farmers’ incomes in the project provinces through (a) financing investments in water supply infrastructure, and piloting and adoption of a community-managed agrarian re- attracting sufficient numbers of private sector operators to form program for redistributing and raising the productivi- operate and maintain LGU-managed water supply systems ty of land; and (b) providing services to communities where efficiently. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for mid- land is already distributed, aimed at developing social cap- July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ ital, rural infrastructure and agricultural and other rural 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Develop- enterprises. Project preparation is under way. Environmen- ment Bank of the Philippines, DBP Bldg., Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines, Contact: tal Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting Marietto Enecio, Vice President, Tel: (63-2) 818-9511, Fax: services will be required to support project preparation and (63-2) 810-2652, E-mail: [email protected] implementation. Department of Agrarian Reform, DAR Bldg., Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City, Manila, Philip- pines Contact: Mr. Bert Beniqued, Director for The Agrarian Solomon Islands Reform Communities Development Project, Tel: (63-2) 92% 7031, Fax: (63-2) 929-3968, E-Mail: [email protected] Education/Training Fourth Education: The project will provide support for ba- Social Sector sic education, particularly to improve the quality of the Second Social Expenditure Managementz The project Community High Schools (CHS) and improve the financing will support the provision of basic social services during a and management of the sector. Preparation mission is period of continuing fiscal difficulty and strengthen man- scheduled for October 2001. Environmental Assessment agement capacity and systems by supporting critical re- Category C. US$ 8.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be re- quired for preparation and implementation. Ministry of Ed- forms in education, health and social welfare. Education ucation and Human Resources, PO Box G28, Honiara, reforms may include teacher deployment and training, orga- Solomon Islands, Tel: (677) 23900, Fax: (677) 21560, Con- nizational structure, textbook and instructional materials tact: Mrs. Mylyn Kuve, Assistant Secretary, IPU management and management of the school-building pro- gram. Health reforms may include hospital reform, health insurance and the regulation and pricing of pharmaceuti- Thailand cals. The project will include retroactive financing of ongo- ing social programs. Project is being identified. Environment Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). (R) Environment Institutions Development: The objec- Consulting services will be required during the preparation tives of the project are to (a) assist the government in con- phase for studies in each of the reform areas outlined above. solidating, streamlining and decentralizing environmental A recipient-executed PHRD Grant has just been approved functions under the ministries of agriculture, industry and for this purpose. Consulting requirements during imple- cooperatives; and (b) assist in the restructuring of the Envi- mentation are to be determined. Department of Budget and ronment Fund and provide a line of credit to finance priority Management, G/F DBM Bldg. 1, Gen. Solano St., San environmental investments at the local level. The project in- Miguel, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 735-4934, Fax: (63- cludes (a) restructuring of environment agencies in the Min- 2) 735-4961, Contact: Laura B. Pascua, Assistant Secretary, istry of Science, Technology and Environment, the Ministry E-mail: [email protected] of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry; (b) establish- ment of regional offices to support decentralization; (c) Transport strengthening the environmental monitoring and enforce- ment mechanism; and (d) financing municipality, local gov- (R) Metro Manila Urban Transport Integration: The ernment and community investments in environmental project aims to improve the transportation system in Metro improvement (wastewater, watershed, solid waste, forest Manila through (a) road construction and rehabilitation; (b) plantations and environmental education). Negotiations are traffic management and safety measures; (c) and strength- scheduled forAugust 2001. Environmental Assessment Cat- ening transportation, planning, traffic management and egory B. US$ 26.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- policy formulation capability in the Metro Manila Develop- mined. Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, ment Agency. A GEF grant of US$l.7 million to design and Rama VI Rd., Rajthevi, Phyathai, Bangkok 204000, Thai- integrate non-motorized transport options is being pro- land, Tel: (66-2) 246-0064, Fax: (66-2) 2468106, Contact: cessed. Negotiations completed. Board presentation was Mr. Sunthad Somchevita, Permanent Secretary scheduled for 21 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: PHPE57731. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consult- Private Sector Development ants for detailed engineering of Phase II of the project will be (R) Rural Information Empowermenti The objective of selected starting in October 2001. Department of Public the project is to overcome the information gap facing rural Works and Highways, Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Metro citizens by providing a mechanism to create community- Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 527-4808, Fax: (63-2) 527- driven information and communications technology (ICT) 4105, Contact: Chairman; Metro Manila Development Au- content and infrastructure that addresses local develop- thority, MMDA Bldg., EDSA Corridor, Orense St., Guada- ment needs. The project plan envisages an innovation fund lupe, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines and support to rural communities, a digital literacy and JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 29 awareness program as well as a cost sharing scheme for Urban Development communities seeking to assess modern telecommunication (R) Motorcycle Upgrade: This project will include (a) an facilities. Appraisal mission is scheduled for August 2001. in-use Motorcycle UpgradelScrappage Scheme to provide Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 9.0 (IBRD). motorcycle testing, minor repairs and tune-ups and incen- Consulting services to be determined. National Electronics tives for polluting vehicles to be scrapped or upgraded and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), NSTDA Bldg. through an innovative public-private partnership; (b) ca- 73/l Rama 6 Rd., Rachathewi, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand, pacity-building for monitoring and enforcement of pollution Tel: (66-2) 6448150, Fax: (66-2) 644-6653 regulation to strengthen enforcement of motorcycle pollu- tion regulations; and (c) a fund for pilot activities in air Public Sector Management quality management to fund innovative pilots that could generate lessons for the proposed Bangkok Air Quality Public Sector Reform II: This program is designed to Management Project. Appraisal mission was scheduled for support ongoing reforms that aim at improving public sec- 5 July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ tor management through (a) better management of finan- 8.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Bangkok cial and human resources; (b) improved service delivery; Metropolitan Authority, 173 Thanon Dinso Rd., Bangkok, and (c) greater accountability and transparency. Program 10200, Thailand, Tel: (66-2) 222-0823, Fax: (66-2) 222-0823, preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Contact: Ms. Nathanon Thavisin, Deputy Permanent Secre- gory U. PID: THPE56522. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- tary, E-mail: [email protected] vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Prime Bangkok Air Quality Management: The objectives of the Minister’s Office and Public Sector Reform Steering Com- project are to reduce exposure to air pollution in Bangkok in mittee/Fiscal Policy Office, Bangkok 10400, Thailand, Tel: a cost-effective manner. The project aims at (a) reducing (66-2) 273-9201, Fax: (66-2) 273-9556, Contact: Mr. Sommai emissions of particulate matter from buses and trucks; (b) Phasee, Deputy Permanent Secretary reducing road and construction dust; and (c) controlling oth- er sources of air pollution in the city of Bangkok. Preap- Rural Development praisal mission is scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: THPE65482. Natural Resources Management: The project will focus US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consultants for project preparation are on surface water and groundwater resources management, being financed through a PHRD grant. Consulting services as well as dam safety The project may include the following for implementation to be determined. Bangkok Metropoli- components: (a) a dam safety component which would es- tan Authority, 173 Thanon Dinso Rd., Bangkok 10200, Thai- tablish a dam safety program within the Royal Irrigation land, Tel: (66-2) 222-0823, Fax: (66-2) 222-0823, Contact: Department (RID) charged with developing and implement- Ms. Nathanon Thavisin, Deputy Permanent Secretary, E- ing structural and non-structural measures to enhance the mail: [email protected] safety of RID’s small- and medium-size dams; a risk-based approach would be taken to focus actions on priority, high- Water Supply/Sanitation risk dams; (b) an irrigation modernization component which would focus on modernization of irrigation management, in- Bangkok Waste Management Improvement: The frastructure and associated institutional roles in the Chao project will include (a) investment in a sewerage treatment Phraya Basin; and (c) a groundwater management systems plan and network; and (b) capacity building of the Bangkok component which would focus on a systematic assessment of Metropolitan Authority. Feasibility studies are being con- ducted. Identification mission to be discussed. Cofinancing aquifer potential and opportunities for conjunctive manage- by JBIC is being considered. Environmental Assessment ment of the surface and groundwater, as well as improving Category A. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Preparation of the environ- the institutional capacity to manage groundwater. Preap- mental assessment is under way with assistance of the praisal mission completed. Appraisal is subject to Cabinet Netherlands partnership trust fund. Consulting services for approval which is pending. Environmental Assessment Cat- implementation to be determined. Bangkok Metropolitan egory B. PID: THPE58707. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting Authority, 173 Thanon Dinso Rd., Bangkok 10200, Thai- services for preparation have been selected. Consulting ser- land, Tel: (66-2) 246-0316, Fax: (66-2) 246-0274, Contact: vices for implementation to be determined. Royal Irrigation Chanchai v. Punyakij, Director of Water Quality Manage- Department, Samsen Rd., Bangkok 1030, Thailand, Tel: ment Division, Department of Drainage and Sewerage, E- (66-2) 241-0068, Fax: (66-2) 243-7870, Contact: Dr. Siripong mail: [email protected] Hungspreung, Director of the Office of Budget Program- ming and Project Planning; Department of Mineral Re- Vanuatu sources, Rama 6 Rd., Bangkok 10400, Thailand, Tel: (66-2) 202-3730, Fax: (66-2) 202-3816, Contact: Ms. Somkid Buap- Education/Training es (R) Education II: This learning and innovation credit will Structural Adjustment follow the November 1999 donors’ meeting to organize sup- port for the Bank-sponsored Education Master Plan, prior Economic and Financial Adjustment Loan III: This to undertaking a system-wide reform. This will include in- loan will support economic recovery and strengthen Thai- troduction of mother-tongue instruction in community land’s medium-term competitiveness. Appraisal mission is school grades K-2 and English or French language instruc- tentatively scheduled for March 2002. Environmental As- tion in primary school grades 3-8. Board presentation-fol- sessment Category U. US$ 600.0 (IBRD). Consultants will lowing LIL procedures-was scheduled for 26 June 2001. be required. PID: THPE66068. Ministry of Finance, RAMA Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: VUPE04823. VI Rd., Bangkok, Thailand, 10400, Tel: (662) 273-9020, Fax: US$ 3.5 (IDA). Consultants recruited under the Japanese (662) 273-9168, Contact: Khun Pongpanu Svetarundra, E- Grant Facility have conducted a preliminary evaluation of mail: Pongpanu@vayu, mof.go.th the education system for project preparation. Need for fur- PAGE 30 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 ther consultants is to be determined. Ministry of Education, The proposed IDA guarantee would be limited to debt in the Sports and Youth, Port-Vila, Vanuatu, Tel: (678) 22-309, amount of US$ 75.0 million equivalent. The risks to be cov- Fax: (678) 24-569 ered by the guarantee would be limited to sovereign con- tractual obligations agreed between the government and Viet Nam the winning bidder defined in the underlying project con- tracts. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for October 2001. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. Education/Training US$ 75.0 (IDA Guarantee). Consulting services to be deter- (R) Primary Teacher Training (APL): The objectives of mined. Ministry of Industry, 54 Hai Ba Trung St., Hanoi, the project are to improve the quality of teacher training, Viet Nam, Contact: Mr. Hoang Van Loan, Director, Depart- create a quality assurance mechanism and implement com- ment of Planning and Investment, Tel: (84-4) 826-9887, Fax: plementary reforms in the management of the teaching (84-4) 825-5303 force. This will be the first operation in a series of three System Efficiency Improvement, Equalization and adaptable program loans to professionalize the primary Renewal: The project is designed to (a) improve overall sys- teaching force with a comprehensive program of profession- tem efficiency through optimization of the transmission sys- al development through pre- and in-service training in ac- tem, rehabilitation of distribution systems and effective credited programs followed by the adoption of new terms of demand-side management; and (b) enhance energy access service. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for 25 June for the poor in remote areas by upgrading the MV distribu- 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: tion lines for rural electrification, rehabilitating small hy- VNPE51838. US$ 20.1 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- dro plants in the rural areas and developing community and termined. Ministry of Education and Training, Primary renewable energy-based utilities in remote communes. The Teacher Training Project, 49 Dai Co Viet, Hanoi, Viet Nam, project will also support sustainable reform in the power Tel: (84-4) 868-1683; Fax: (84-4) 868-1927 sector through (a) separation of generation, transmission Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children: The and distribution; (b) improving corporate governance by in- project would support provisions of basic/primary education stituting more effective financial management and informa- to disadvantaged groups in selected targeted zones. The tion technology; and (c) equitization of districts in north, project will target poverty alleviation and increase access to center and southern parts of the country to develop a cred- primary schooling through (a) school construction; (b) use of itworthy distribution sector. Project is being identified. En- special delivery methods; and (c) scholarships, targeted sub- vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 198.0 (IDA). sidies and other incentives to enroll and maintain children Consulting services to be determined. Electricity of Viet in primary schools. Project is being identified. Environmen- Nam, 18 Tran Nguyen Han St., Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) tal Assessment Category C. US$90.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- 825-5659, Fax: (84-4) 824-9462, Contact: Mr. Dao Van Hung, vices to be determined. Implementing agency is to be General Director determined. Rural Development Population, Health and Nutrition (R) Community-Based Rural Infrastructure: This is a (R) Safe Blood: The project would support a three-year ef- targeted poverty reduction project that will assist Viet fort to establish region-wide blood services programs based Nam’s poorest communes. The project will be demand-driv- at appropriate regional blood centers in the country’s north- en, providing a range of infrastructure (roads and access, ern, central and southern regions. The project would drinking water, irrigation systems, schools and health cen- strengthen the three regional blood centers to enable them ters and rural electrification) in response to priorities iden- to increase region-wide population coverage of safe blood tified at the local level through a participatory planning transfusion services according to WHO standards. Apprais- process. The project will focus on Central Viet Nam. It will al is completed. Negotiations are under way. Environmental strengthen local capacities to plan and implement local de- Assessment Category C. US$ 56.7 (IDA). Technical assis- velopment projects, and central capacities to coordinate, tance will be required in the areas of blood safety and volun- monitor and evaluate decentralized development initia- tary blood donation. Ministry of Health, 138A Giang Vo St., tives. Negotiations are completed. Board presentation was Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-48) 464 058, Fax: (84-48) 456 056, scheduled for 26 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Contact: Dr. Duong Huy Lieu, Director, Department of Plan- Category B. PID: VNPE62748. US$ 102.0 (IDA). The need ning for consulting services is to be determined, but it is not like- Health Care for the Poor: The project, the first phase of ly to be significant. International and local consultants may and adaptable program loan (APL), will build a policy be recruited to support project monitoring and evaluation, framework and institutional capacity for improved quality including process monitoring. Ministry of Planning and In- of hospital care. It will also develop mechanisms for financ- vestment, 2 Hoang Van Thu St., Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, ing catastrophic curative care for the poor. The first phase of Tel: (84-4) 0804-3034, Fax: (84-4) 823-4176, Contact: Mr. the APL will pilot specific quality improvements in the three Pham Hai, Director, Local and Regional Economic Develop- poor provinces. Project preparation is under way Environ- ment Department mental Assessment Category C. PID: VNPE51841. US$ (R) Northern Mountains Poverty Reduction: The ob- 230.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry jective of this project is to reduce poverty in 368 communes of Health, 138A Giang Vo, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 846- in the Northern Mountains Region through an integrated 4051, Fax: (84-4) 846-405 grassroots program of (a) environmentally sustainable im- provements to agricultural production; (b) construction of Power rural roads and markets; (c) improved access to basic edu- (R) Phu My-2 Phase-2 Power: The project consists of a cation, health and nutrition; (d) community budget; and (e) proposed combined-cycle power facility with the capacity of project management and planning. Appraisal is completed. about 700 MW to be located in Phu My, Ba ria, Vung Tau Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for July 2001. Envi- province, as the second phase of the Phu My 2 power plant. ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: VNPE59936. US$ JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 31

110.0 (IDA).Alimited amount of technical assistance will be Structural Adjustment required during project preparation. Ministry of Planning (R) Poverty Reduction Support I (Cc 3511-VN): The and Investment, No. 2 Hoang Van Thu, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Contact: Mrs. Le Thi Thong, Director, Central Project credit will finance a program of reform in the areas of bank- ing, state enterprises, trade, private sector and public ex- Management Unit, Tel/Fax: (84-4) 823-4716 penditures. This will be the first in a series of such credits Forest Sector Development: The project would possibly that will gradually incorporate other sectoral policy issues. support (a) reforestation of degraded barren hill areas suit- Approved by the Executive Directors on 5 June 2001. Envi- able for forestry; (b) improving food security for the rural ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 250.0 (IDA). State poor residing in these areas; and (c) protection of critical re- Bank of Viet Nam, 47-49 Ly Thai To St., Hanoi, Viet Nam, maining natural forests. Project has not been identified. En- Tel: (84-4) 255-769, 252-831, Fax: (84-4) 258-385, Contact: vironmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ Mr. Le Due Thuy, Deputy Governor 75.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2 Ngoc Ha, Hanoi, Transport Viet Nam, Contact: Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Binh, Director, Forest- ry Development Department, Tel: (84-4) 843-8689, Fax: (84- (R) Mekong Transport and Flood Protection (Cr. 344%VN): The project will support the government’s efforts 4) 843-8793 to complete the rehabilitation of Highway One. It will focus Natural Disasters Mitigation: The objectives of the on (a) the protection of flood-prone sections in the central project is to save lives and to protect economic assets and coastal area; and (b) the improvement of the surface trans- outputs, especially for the poor, who are often the most vul- portation system in the Mekong Delta area. Approved by nerable to natural hazards. This would be achieved by: pre- the Executive Directors on 20 December 2000. Credit was venting natural disaster impacts; improving government signed on 15 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- policies and strengthening national and local institutions in gory A. PID: VNPE42927. US$ 110.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- preparedness response and long term recovery from natural vices to be determined. Ministry of Transport and disasters; and restoring basic infrastructure in case of a ma- Communications, 38 Minh Khai St., Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: jor disaster and providing assistance to affected poor people. (84-4) 862-8978, Fax: (84-4) 862-8983, Contact: Mr. Pham Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- Ngoc Thuy, General Director, PMUl egory A. US$20.0/100.0 (IBRD/IDA). Consulting services to Road Network Improvement: The overall purpose of this be determined. Ministry of Science, Technology and Envi- project is to establish a sustainable institutional and finan- ronment, 39 Tran Hung Dao, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Tel: 825 cial framework for the maintenance of the national road 2731, Fax: 824 1056, Contact: Mr. Chu Tuan Nha, Minister network. The specific objectives would be to: (a) improve the Rural Finance II: The project would provide financial sup- condition of selected portions of the national road network port to viable investments of farmers and rural entrepre- to enable an efficient provision of transport services and neurs, mainly for their medium- and long-term preservation of road assets; (b) implement a user-based mechanism for improved mobilization of funds for road investments. A secondary objective would be to strengthen maintenance; and (c) strengthen the road agencies’ capacity the rural financial institutions and encourage them to par- to preserve the national road asset base and increase the ef- ticipate in financing of viable rural investments, provide ficiency of their operations. The project is a mix of technical better financial services and increase banking competition assistance to set up an efficient maintenance management to the benefit of the rural economy. The project would consist and funding system at all levels of government, and of cap- of three parts: (a) a Rural Development Fund that would ital funding to help the government address the current re- provide short-, medium- and long-term credit facilities habilitation backlog and substantially increase periodic through competing participating financial institutions to fi- maintenance activities along national roads. The technical nance household and enterprise investment in agriculture assistance and training will support the required policy, leg- and other viable operations; (b) a line of credit to finance vi- islative and institutional changes needed, while the invest- able economic activities of the rural poor; (c) training, tech- ment components would test more efficient contract nical assistance and equipment to support this operation arrangements for delivery of maintenance activities by the and the project’s associated financial institutions; and (d) private sector. Project preparation is under way. Environ- equipment and vehicles to support mainly a mobile banking mental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 200.0 operation. Identification mission is completed. Project prep- (IDA). Consulting services are required for preparation and aration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category for implementation. A PHRD grant was approved for project B. US$ 200.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. preparation. Ministry of Transport, 38 Minh Khai St., Ha- Implementing agency is to be determined. noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 862-8978, Fax: (84-4) 862-8983, Contact: Mr. Pham Ngoc Thuy, General Director, E-mail: Water Resources Assistance: The project will introduce [email protected] integrated water resources development and management into Viet Nam. It would finance (a) a framework basin plan Urban Development for the Thu Bon River in the Central Coast; (b) water re- sources infrastructure identified by that plan; (c) establish- Urban Upgrading: The main objective of the project is to ment of a national dam safety unit; and (d) a national improve living conditions in low-income urban areas program for reform-based rehabilitation of irrigation sys- through interventions in which the communities actively terns and institutions. Preappraisal is tentatively scheduled participate. It will focus on Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City and for May 2002. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: one or more provincial towns. Project preparation activities VNPE65898. US$ 130.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- was to begin in July 2001. Environmental Assessment Cat- termined. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development egory to be determined. US$42.0 (IDA). A PHRD grant will (MARD), 2 Ngoc Ha St., Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 733- finance consulting services to (a) assist government review 0782, Fax: (84-4) 824-7133, Contact: Mr. Pham Hong Giang, and develop policies relating to urban upgrading; and (b) Vice Minister. MARD prepare upgrading designs. Ministry of Construction and PAGE 32 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

Municipal Governments of Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh City, participation in economic development by (a) improving the 37 Le Dai Hanh St., Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 976-0478, quality of secondary education; (b) increasing access and re- Fax: (84-4) 976-2153, Contact: Nguyen Dang Can, Director tention of girls; and (c) strengthening monitoring and ac- General, International Cooperation Department, E-mail: countability Appraisal mission was tentatively scheduled [email protected] for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$O.2 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Retro- Water Supply/Sanitation active financing is being considered under the proposed project. A sum of US$500,00 from the Post-Primary Educa- Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation (Cr. tion PHRD grant is financing preparation work. Directorate 3475-VN): The project will rehabilitate the combined sewer- of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE), Shikkah Bha- age system in the Nhieu Lot-thi Nghe (NLTN) basin, im- van, 16, Abdul Ghani Rd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) prove environmental conditions in the area and enhance 956-3390, Contact: Dr. Ayesha Khatun, Director General operating capability of drainage system operating agencies. The project will (a) rehabilitate and reinforce the existing Environment combined sewerage network to reduce the incidence of flood- ing; (b) provide interceptor sewers to prevent pollution of (R) Gorai River Restoration: The project will prevent en- the NLTN canal, including necessary pumping preliminary vironmental degradation and promote sustainable environ- treatment; (c) dredge the canal to remove polluted sediment mental flow allocation in the southwest region, specifically and increase it hydraulic capacity and strengthen the canal around Khulna city, the coastal belt and mangrove forests of embankments; and (d) strengthen institutional arrange- Sunderbans. This will be achieved by restoring Ilow during ments for operating and maintaining the combined sewer- dry season of the Gorai River, the major spill channel of The age network and introduce cost recovery to ensure Ganges River. A feasibility study is being carried out with sustainability of the investments. Approved by the Execu- the assistance of the Netherlands, a PHRD grant and other tive Directors on 20 March 2001. Environmental Assess- assistance funds. The draft feasibility study was submitted ment Category A. PID: VNPE52037. US$ 166.0 (IDA). to the Government in December 2000, the Government re- Expressions of interests for consulting services for construc- viewed it in March 2001 and, based on its review, the final tion, supervision and institutional strengthening of the Ur- design option selected by the Government is being carried ban Drainage Company are expected to be advertised in the out by the consultants. The final design will depend on the second quarter of 2001. Department of Transport and Public options selected by the government. Appraisal mission is Works, 252 Ly Chinh Thang St., District 3, Ho Chi Minh tentatively scheduled within year 2001 or early 2002, subject City, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-8) 829-5642, Fax: (84-8) 829-0458, to progress in the processing of the project by the government Contact: Eng. Tran Minh Dung, Vice Director and water sector reform under the Water Sector Improve- ment Project. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: BDPE55290. US$ 180.0 (IDA). Feasibility studies and final design are being financed by the government of the Nether- South Asia Region lands, a Japanese grant and other bilateral assistance. Ad- ditional consulting services for preparation/implementation are to be determined. Bangladesh Water Development Bangladesh Board, Management and Monitoring Cell, 72, Green Rd., Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 811-7250, Contact: Mr. Agriculture Aminul Haque Shah, Director,

(R) Water Sector Improvement: The objective of the Finance project is to improve monsoon season water management in the flood-prone areas of Bangladesh by improving sustain- (R) Central Banking Technical Assistance: The project ability and performance of the existing flood-management will focus on strengthening the central bank in the areas of infrastructure, and restoring and enhancing water services functional reorganization, human resources development, and water quality. The project would establish an enabling bank regulation and supervision, problem bank unit, ac- environment by supporting and facilitating institutional re- counting and auditing and automation/MIS. Appraisal will form and improvement of the Bangladesh Water Develop- be scheduled when the borrower meets the appraisal condi- ment Board (BWDB) and Water Resources Planning tions. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Organization (WARPO); and enhancing stakeholder partici- BDPE62916. US$20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. pation in planning, implementation, operation and mainte- A PHRD grant has been signed. Bangladesh Bank, Head Of- nance. In addition, the project would support the systematic fice Motijheel CIA, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fax: (880-2) 956- rehabilitation and improvement of essential physical flood- 6212, Contact: Dr. Farashuddin, Governor; Ministry of Fi- management infrastructure; and develop and test improved nance, Bhaban 7, Room 238, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dha- systems for satisfactory operation and maintenance of this ka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-0406, Fax: (880-2) 861- infrastructure by BWDB, in some cases jointly with commu- 5581, Contact: Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, Secretary, Finance Divi- nity organizations. Board presentation is scheduled for Sep- sion tember 2002. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Bang- Power ladesh Water Development Board, WAPDA Bldg., Motijheel (N) Renewable Energy Development: The core objective C/A, Dhaka, Contact: Mr. Salahuddin Md. Humayun, of the GEF-supported project is to accelerate market devel- Project Director, WSIP, Tel: (880-2) 956-6600, Fax: (880-2) opment of off-grid renewable energy technologies. The 956-4763 project will enable Bangladesh to increase rural electricity access to promote social development and economic growth. Education/Training It will support renewable technologies provided by both gov- (R) Female Secondary School Assistance II: The project ernment and non-government agencies. Project support will will support the government’s efforts to enhance women’s include (i) solar home systems provided by the rural elec- JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 33 tricity cooperatives, private sector and microfinance institu- improve efficiency, accountability and transparency in pub- tions; (ii) mini-hydro and wind energy projects, and (iii) lic sector management. Discussions with the borrower re- technical assistance for capacity building and program im- garding project design and composition are under way, plementation. Open for cofinancing. Procurement includes particularly in the areas of accounting and audit, tax collec- solar, wind and micro-hydro electricity equipment; consult- tion, information technology, human resources and develop- ing services for project preparation, capacity building, re- ment program management. A Project Concept Document newables, market promotion, microfinance, socio-economic has been reviewed. Environmental Assessment Category C. impact analysis and environment assessment. Appraisal US$20.0 (IDA). A Japanese PHRD grant and DFID funds mission is in the field. Environmental Assessment Category are financing consulting services for project preparation. C. US$7.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ru- Economic Relations Division, TA Cell, Block 8, Sher-e-Bang- ral Electrification Board, Joarshahara, Khilkhet, Airport la Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 811-8611, Fax: Road, Dhaka, Tel: (880-2) 891-6418, Fax: (880-2) 891-6400, (880-a) 811-1660, Contact: Mohammed Zahid Hussain, Dep- Contact: Mr. Abu Abdullah, Director Programs, Rural Elec- uty Secretary, Economic Relations Division trification Board; Infrastructure Development Company Ltd., IDB Bhaban, Rokeya Sharani, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Rural Development Dhaka, Tel: (880-2) 911-4385, Fax: (880-2) 811-6663, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Fouzul Kabir Khan, Rural Credit: The objective of this learning and innovation CEO credit is to test financial instruments that would improve small and marginal farmers’ (0.5 to 2.5 acres) access to fi- (R) Power Sector Technical Assistance: The project will nancial services. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled support the preparation and implementation of a compre- for August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. hensive power sector reform program encompassing the PID: BDPE58467. US$5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be main utilities and addressing the financial, technical, eco- determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Bhaban 4, Room 534, nomic, labor, communications and other issues inherent in Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, Tel: power sector reforms. Appraisal mission is tentatively (880-2) 861-7474, 861-0470, Fax: (880-2) 861-7040, E-mail: scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assessment [email protected]; Ministry of Finance, Bhaban 7, Category C. PID: BDPE73134. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting Room 238, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000, Bang- services will be required for project implementation. Minis- ladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-0406, Fax: (880-a) 861-5581 try of Energy and Mineral Resources, Power Division, Bha- ban 6, Room 124 and 125, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Social Sector Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-5918, 861-0523 Fax: (880-2) 862-3316,861-1110, Contact: Mr. Mufazzal Hossain, Secre- (R) Social Investment Program: The main project objec- tary, Power Division, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Re- tive is to improve access of the poor to basic social and eco- sources nomic infrastructure and services, by supporting small- scale projects identified and implemented through commu- (R) Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy De- nity participation. The key project components are (a) com- velopment (formerly Rural Electrification-Grid and Off- munity subprojects sponsored by eligible NGOs, civil society Grid Development): The Project will enable Bangladesh to organizations and local government bodies; (b) institutional increase rural electricity access to promote social develop- support to establish and operate the Social Development ment and economic growth. It will supplement grid options Foundation; (c) technical assistance to build capacity; and with renewable technologies provided by both government (d) communication development for information dissemina- and non-government agencies. Project includes (a) grid ex- tion. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for Septem- pansion and intensification by Rural Electrification Board; ber 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: (b) solar home systems provided by the rural electricity coop- BDPE53578. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required eratives, private sector and microfinance institutions; (c) re- for project preparation and implementation. A PHRD grant mote area power supply systems (mini-grids) by private of US$475,000 has been approved. Prime Minister’s Office, sector; (d) mini-hydro and wind energy projects and (e) tech- Old Sangshad Bhaban, Tejgoan, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: nical assistance for capacity building and program imple- (880-2) 811-1307, Fax: (880-2) 811-3244, Contact: Dr. Syed mentation. Project concept document has been approved. Abdus Samad, Principal Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office; Appraisal is under way. Environmental Assessment Catego- Ministry of Finance, Bldg. 7, Room 238, Secretariat, Dhaka, ry B. PID: BDPE71794 US$ 142.Olll.O (IDAIGEF). Open Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-0406, Fax: (880-a) 861-5581, for cofinancing. Procurement includes electricity distribu- Contacts: Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, Secretary, Finance Division, tion, solar, wind and micro-hydro electricity equipment. Ministry of Finance Consultants will be required for project preparation, capaci- ty building, renewables, market promotion, microfinance, so- Transport cio-economic impact analysis and environmental assessment. Rural Electrification Board, Joarshahara, (R) Rural Transport Improvement: The project will fi- Khilkhet, Airport Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) nance investments to (a) contribute to faster and more equi- 891-6418, Fax: (880-2) 891-6400, Contact: Mr. Abu Abdul- table economic growth; (b) improve local governance; (c) lah, Director, Programs; Infrastructure Development Com- improve access to local and international and rural mar- pany Ltd., 6th Floor, IDB Bhaban, Rokeya Sharani, Sher-e- kets; (d) create an inclusive development process through Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 911-4385 the use of participatory process in project selection and Fax: (880-2) 811-6663, E-mail: [email protected], Con- preparation; (e) increase opportunities for commercial activ- tact: Dr. Fouzul Kabir Khan, CEO ities in rural areas; and (f) provide sustainable transport services by focusing on maintenance of rural infrastructure. The project will include (a) construction of feeder roads, ru- Public Sector Management ral roads and drainage structures; and (b) improvement of Public Sector Modernization: The project will include river jetties and selected rural markets. Project concept doc- several technical assistance subprojects for capacity build- ument is being reviewed. Environmental Assessment Cate- ing of selected public institutions and other initiatives to gory C. US$ 200.0 (IDA). Consulting services for project PAGE 34 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 preparation are being financed through the ongoing Second services to be determined. Government of Rajasthan Irriga- Rural Roads and Markets Improvement and Maintenance tion Dept., Secretariat, Jaipur 302005, India, Tel: (91-141) Project. Local Government Engineering Department, 380-335, Fax: (91-141) 370-928, E-mail: subhrgv@hot- LGED Bhaban, 7/B Agrgaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka mail.com, Contact: Mr. Sudir Bhargava, Principal Secre- 1207, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 912-2435, Fax: (880-2) 912- tary, Irrigation 6165, E-mail: rdp7@bdmailnet, Contact: Mr. Mohammed Azizul Haque, Project Director Education/Training

Urban Development (R) Rajasthan District Primary Education II: The ob- jective of the project is to assist the government of Rajast- (R) Urban Services: The main objectives of the project are han to build and strengthen state, district and subdistrict to address urban poverty, strengthen urban governance and capacity to accelerate progress toward universal education management and improve the provision of urban services in in nine low-literacy districts. The project will support activ- Khulna. Specifically, the project will assist in (a) upgrading ities designed to (a) increase access to primary education; slums in Khulna city by improving access to basic services, (b) reduce dropout and improving learning achievement; strengthening social capital and improving conditions for and (c) strengthen the capacity of institutions at the state slum dwellers in partnership with the communities, the pri- and district level to manage primary education. Negotia- vate sector and other stakeholders; (b) addressing critical tions completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 21 constraints for improving the coverage and efficiency of wa- June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ ter supply delivery in greater Khulna; (c) reforming the city 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry administration and management of greater Khulna to of Education, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India, Tel: achieve greater accountability and efficiency; and (d) im- (91-141) 380-961, Tel/Fax: (91-141) 380-012, Contacts: Mr. proving municipal finances for greater self-reliance and fi- Ashish Bahuguna, Secretary, Rural Works and Panchayati nancial sustainability of municipal investments. Project Raj Department, Mr. Sanjay Dixit, State Project Director, processing is continuing. Environmental Assessment Cate- DPEP, Rajasthan, Department of Elementary Education gory to be determined. US$66.0 (IDA). Consulting services and Literacy, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 338-3451, Fax: to be determined. Khulna City Corporation, Contact: Li- (91-11) 338-6153, Mr. Sumit Bose, Joint Secretary, Bureau aquat Ali Sharif, City Engineer, Tel: (880-41) 720-448, Fax: of Elementary Education (880-41) 720-668 Elementary Education: This project will build upon a se- ries of IDA credits which have been made to expand and im- Water Supply/Sanitation prove the quality of primary education (grades one through (R) Water and Sanitation Sector Improvement: The ob- five) across 14 states in India. The project will support the jective of the project is to reduce sickness and premature development of elementary schooling (grades one through mortality caused by arsenic contamination, lack of sanitary eight) in one or more states. Project is being identified in the facilities, poor surface water quality and inadequate hy- context of the government’s new national program for uni- giene practices. A secondary objective is to establish a sus- versal elementary education. Environmental Assessment tainable framework for sanitation and water supply Category to be determined. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting investments through reorienting the central government services to be determined. Implementing agency is to be de- agency, strengthening local government functions and in- termined. creasing beneficiary participation in the design, construc- tion and maintenance of assets. Project processing is Infrastructure continuing. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Community Infrastructure: The project’s objective is to Amount to be determined. (IDA). Consulting services will be demonstrate a sustainable planning and financing mecha- required for project preparation. Department of Public nism for community infrastructure among low income and Health Engineering, DPHE Bhavan, 175-178 Kakrail, Dha- poor communities. The project will be implemented through ka 1000, Bangladesh a commercially oriented financial intermediary The main principles of the project include (a) demand-driven selection India of community projects; (b) ensuring market-based financing arrangements; (c) de-linking financing from project prepa- Agriculture ration and investment subsidies through appropriate insti- tutional arrangements; (d) ensuring institutional (R) Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring: The project sustainability by gradually incorporating cost of project would include a comprehensive program of reforms of the preparation into project costs; and (e) maximizing conver- state’s water resources management in general, and irriga- gence with existing government programs to enhance their tion drainage and groundwater management in particular. effective utilization and better targeting of subsidies. This The water resources policy, planning and mangement com- will help to develop approaches for scaling-up of community ponent includes (a) institutional reorientation of govern- infrastructure investments by converging government pro- ment water sector agencies; (b) water resources planning grams with market-based lending and technical assistance. and environmental management; (c) community-based This will aid development of sustainable access to finance groundwater management pilot subprojects; and (d) pilot- for community infrastructure. The focus on community par- ing of distributory systems transfer to the private sector; ticipation, with necessary technical assistance support, will and (e) resettlement and rehabilitation. The water systems ensure effectiveness of investments. Project preparation is management performance improvement component in- under way. Environmental Assessment Category FI. US$ cludes (a) participatory rehabilitation and transfer; (b) agri- 42.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Housing cultural support services; and (c) water resources Development Finance Corporation Ltd., Ramon House, 169 innovation and demonstration. Negotiations are tentatively Backbay Reclamation, Mumbai, India 400 026, Tel: (91-22) scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assessment 283-1920, Fax: (91-22) 204-6834, Contact: Mr. Deepak Sat- Category A. PID: INPE40610. US$140.0 (IDA). Consulting walekar, Managing Director JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 35

Orissa Emergency Cyclone Reconstruction: The Solar Thermal Power: The project will focus on construc- project aims at (a) reconstructing irrigation systems, roads tion of a solar thermal/fossil fuel hybrid power plant of and communications infrastructure, schools and colleges, about 140 MW, incorporating a parabolic trough solar ther- plantations, agriculture service centers and cyclone shelters mal field of 35 to 40 MW. It will also include a technical as- in affected areas of the state; and (b) building capacities of sistance package to support commercialization of solar the governments and communities in disaster manage- thermal technology. Project preparation is under way. GEF ment. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- approved a US$ 750,000 advance for project preparation. sessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Consulting services Cofinancing in the amount of US$l50.0 million will be pro- will be required. Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authori- vided by KfW. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ ty, Ninth Floor, Rajiv Bhavan, Unit V, Bhubaneshwar 49.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required. Rajasthan Energy 751001, India, Tel: (91-674) 401871, Fax: (91-674) 401-769, Development Agency, E-166, C-Scheme, Yudhisther Marg, 401-773, Contact: Mr. Aurobindo Behera, Managing Direc- Jaipur, India, Tel: (91-141) 382-759, Fax: (91-141) 380-928 tor Public Sector Management Power Modernization of the State Statistical Systems: The (R) Powergrid System Development II (Ln. 4603-IN): project includes (a) statistical development within the mar- The project will support a five-year time-slice of Powergrid’s croeconomic financial and social framework, (b) institution- investment program and is expected to help implement (a) al capacity building and improvement of relations with data power system coordination and control facilities for the users and providers; and (c) communications and informa- Eastern and Western regions; (b) transmission system de- tion technology to support components (a) and (b). Project velopment, including inter-regional transmission links from concept is being reviewed by the government. Project prep- the Eastern region to the Northern, Southern and Western aration has been postponed. Environmental Assessment regions and related regional transmission system reinforce- Category C. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- ment programs; (c) a telecommunications system, taking termined. Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementa- advantage of its nation-wide transmission network, and (d) tion of India, Sardar Pate1 Bhavan, Parliament St., New the completion of similar facilities and activities financed by Delhi 110001, India,Tel: (91-11) 336-0889, Fax: (91-11) 334- the Bank under Loans 3237-IN and 3577-IN. Approved by 2384, Contact: G. Raveendran, Deputy Director General, the Executive Directors on 3 May 2001. The loan was signed MOS, Tel: (91-11) 336-1080 on 13 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been selected. POW- Structural Adjustment ERGRID Corporation of India Ltd., B-9, Qutab Institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi 110 016, India, Tel: (91- (R) Karnataka Economic Restructuring Program: The 11) 656-0190, Fax: (91-11) 656-0086, Contact: Mr. Y. Haque, loan/credit will support the Government’s multi-year fiscal executive director, corporate planning. and governance reform program in (a) fiscal and public ex- penditure management, (b) administration, (c) private sec- Andhra Pradesh Power Sector Restructuring: Phase tor development, and (d) poverty monitoring. These reforms, two of this adaptable program loan will finance (a) the con- including a multi-year fiscal framework, fiscal transparen- tinuation of the rehabilitation and expansion of the trans- cy, procurement reforms, and an anti-corruption strategy, mission and distribution system; (b) end-use efficiency are designed to improve the state’s fiscal position and ratio- improvement and demand-side management activities; (c) nalize and make more effective the role of the state govern- rural infrastructure; and (c) technical assistance to the new ment in accelerating growth and reducing poverty. Board entities in the power sector. Project preparation is under presentation was scheduled for 21 June 2001. Environmen- way Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- tal Assessment Category C. US$ 75.0/75.0 (IDA/IBRD). mined. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). DFID-funded consultants are al- Consultants are being selected to support implementation ready working with the utilities on corporatization, of the reform. Government of Karnataka, Department of Fi- commercialization and institutional development issues. An nance, Tel: (91-80) 225-7336, Fax: (91-80) 225-3731, Con- international merchant banker is assisting in the privatiza- tact: Mr. S.C. Khuntia, Secretary tion of the power distribution business. CIDA-funded con- Andhra Pradesh Programmatic Structural Adjust- sultants are providing assistance on technical/engineering ment: This programmatic loan will support the govern- matters. The regulatory commission is being supported by ment’s broad reform strategy to accelerate growth, reduce international consultants, financed by the Bank and DFID, poverty, and help mitigate the social costs of Andhra for institutional development, training and to assist the Pradesh’s public sector restructuring program. The adjust- commission on its work relating to important regulatory as- ment program will be designed around three core reform ar- pects. Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limit- eas: (a) fiscal reform to stabilize and public finances, ensure ed, Vidyut Soudha, Hyderabad 500049, India, Contact: Mr. sustainability and restructure expenditures to protect pri- Ramakant Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Tel: ority expenditures on social services, operations and main- (91-40) 331-7657, Fax: (91-40) 332-0565 tenance and priority public investment; (b) governance Second Haryana Power Sector Restructuring: The reforms to provide greater accountability and transparency project will focus on privatization of distribution business, in government, reform service delivery to be more efficient achievement of financial sustainability in the power sector, and responsive and government rationalization through institutional development and improvement in the system civil service reform, deregulation and public enterprise re- efficiency, quality of power and customer services. Project structuring; and (c) rural development and poverty reduc- preparation has been postponed. Environmental Assess- tion through improved growth in agriculture and ment Category B. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- deregulation. DFID is a key development partner in the pro- quired. Shakti Bhawan, Sector 6, Panchkula 134109, gram, providing significant technical assistance (public en- Haryana, India, Tel: (91-172) 560-579, 560-652, Fax: (91- terprise restructuring, tax reform, urban services reform, 172) 560-087, E-mail: hseb%hry.nic.in@internet, Contact: etc.) and cofinancing of the loan. Project preparation is un- Mr. Samir Mathur, Managing Director der way. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- PAGE 36 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 mined. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Finance Department, in the road sector to bring greater private sector participa- Secretariat, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, tion; and (f) pilot an inland water transport (IWT) project for India, Tel: (91-40) 345-3027, Contact: Mr. Ratan Watal, Fi- testing approaches to correct the current imbalance in the nance Secretary modal share between roadways and IWT in the State. Uttar Pradesh Fiscal Reform and Public Sector Re- Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- structuring II: The credit/loan will support the second ment Category A. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services phase of fiscal and governance reforms in Uttar Pradesh. will be required for construction supervision and institu- The fiscal reform component is aimed at ensuring sustain- tional strengthening. The Public Works Department, Gov- ability and creating additional fiscal space over the medium ernment of Kerala, TC 41/304 Muthoot Chamber, Nr. term for well-targeted public investments in social sectors Ayyapan Temple, Thycaud, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, Tel/ and key infrastructure. The public sector restructuring com- Fax: (91-471) 330-787, Contact: Mr. N.D. Kumar, Project Di- ponent is aimed at improving the quality of service delivery rector by reorienting the role of government, reforming the civil Mizoram State Road: The principal development objec- service, reducing corruption through improved transparen- tive of the project is to improve the management and carry- cy, deregulation and strengthening of watchdog agencies, ing capacity of the core state road network in Mizoram. decentralization to local bodies and by improving financial Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- management and accountability. Project preparation is un- ment Category A. US$ 52.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- der way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$125.0/ quired for construction supervision and for advisory 125.0 (IDA/IBRD). Consulting services for implementation services in implementing an institutional development ac- of reforms are being financed under the Technical Assis- tion plan for the Department of Public Works. Mizoram Pub- tance for Economic Reform Project. Government of Uttar lic Works Department, Tuikhuah Tlang, Aizawl 796001, Pradesh, Externally Aided Projects, Yojana Bhawan, Luc- Mizoram, India, Tel: (91-389) 324-001, 322-176, Fax: (91- know 226 00, India, Contact: Mr. Pankaj Agarwala, Secre- 389) 324-510, Contacts: Mr. R. Khiangte, Engineer-in-Chief, tary, Tel: (91-522) 238390, 239-635, Fax: (91-522) 238227, Mr. Swamavela, Project Directors E-mails: [email protected]; upfinOup.nic.in Mumbai Urban Transport: The project will support prior- Transport ity improvements to the capacity and quality of the Mumbai urban transport system, particularly public transport. This (R) Grand Trunk Road Improvement: The objective of will be complemented with institutional developments and this project is to remove critical transport constraints on na- improved cost recovery and social and environmental mea- tional economic activity on a sustainable basis. The project sures. Project preparation is under way Environmental As- will (a) add capacity to the most congested parts of the na- sessment Category A. PID: INPE50668. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). tional highway (NH) network; (b) improve road safety; (c) Consulting services to be determined. A general procure- promote private sector participation in road financing; and ment notice for this project was published in UN Develop- (d) enhance institutional capacity for the effective delivery ment Business No. 535, dated 31 May 2000. Mumbai and management of NH assets and services. Negotiations Metropolitan Regional Development Authority, Bandra- completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 21 June Kurla Complex, Mumbai, India, Contact: Mr. Ajit Warty, 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 589.0 Metropolitan Commissioner, Tel: (91-22) 654-2520, Fax: (91- (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project implemen- 22) 654-0162, E-mail: [email protected] tation and management and construction supervision. Na- Orissa State Roads: The objective of the project is to make tional Highway Authority of India, 1 Eastern Ave., the government of Orissa more responsive and efficient in Maharani Bagh, New Delhi 110065, India, Tel: (91-11) 682- addressing road transport infrastructure needs while im- 4974, Fax: (91-11) 692-4383, E-mail: [email protected], Con- proving traffic flow and safety on selected congested state tact: Mr. Subhash Patel, Chief General Manager roads. The project includes (a) institutional strengthening of Karnataka State Highways Improvement (Ln. 4606- the public works department; (b) maintenance and rehabil- IN): The project is designed to improve the core road net- itation of about 1000 km of state roads; and (c) widening and work in Karnataka by expanding the road network, reduc- improving of about 200 km of state roads. Project prepara- ing the backlog of deferred maintenance, conducting a pilot tion is under way Environmental Assessment Category A. road safety program and delivering road infrastructure ser- PID: INPE57062 US$ 129.0 (IBRD). Selection of consult- vices more efficiently Approved by the Executive Directors ants for supervision of works is under way Prequalification on 24 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. of contractors for the widening and strengthening compo- PID: INPE70421. US$360.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- nent has started. Bidding documents for the first-year quired for construction supervision and for advisory servic- maintenance program have been completed. Orissa Works es in implementing and institutional development action Department, Office of the Chief Engineer, Roads and Build- plan for the public works department. Public Works Depart- ings, Nirman Soudha, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India 751001, ment, Government of Karnataka State, PWD Annex. K.R. Tel/Fax: (91-674) 405-719, Contact: Mr. B. Padhi Circle, Bangalore, 560 001, Karnataka, India, Tel: (91-80) Rajasthan State Highways: The project will support (a) 222-6262, Fax: (91-80) 222-9666, E-mail: pi- widening and strengthening of 1200 km of state highways [email protected], Contact: Mr. L.V. Nagarajan, Chief and main district roads; (b) periodic road maintenance; and Project Officer (c) technical assistance for strengthening institutional ca- Kerala State Transport: The project will help the govern- pacity to manage the state road network including im- ment of Kerala (a) improve the capacity and quality of its proved road management methods. Negotiations have been highly congested state highways and major district roads; postponed until further notice. Environmental Assessment (b) improve road maintenance planning and management Category B. PID: INPE50640. US$ 360.0 (IBRD). Consult- practices; (c) reduce road accidents and fatalities along ants will be required for design, project management and project roads; (d) strengthen planning, technical and man- construction supervision. A specific procurement notice for agement capacities of key road sector institutions such as this project was published in UN Development Business No. the state Public Works Department; (e) implement reforms 538, dated 16 July 2000. Government of Rajasthan, Public JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 37

Works Department, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, Tel: (91-141) Assessment Category to be determined. US$200.0 (IBRD). 222-309, Fax: (91-141) 222-248, Contact: Mr. R. Dayal, Chief Consulting services to be determined. Urban Development Engineer, E-mail: [email protected] Department, Secretariat Complex, Hyderabad 500 022, Tel: (91-40) 3548004, Fax: (91-40) 345-0622, Contact: A.K. Goel, Tamil Nadu Road Sector: The project would enhance the Principal Secretary, Urban Development efficiency of the state road network by reducing transport costs and transport constraints on economic activity; im- Gujarat Urban Reform: The objective of the project is to proving riding quality and capacity of selected core road seg- improve basic urban services of local governments and build ments; improving maintenance effectiveness; and their financial management capacity, increasing their cred- improving the State’s institutional capabilities for manag- itworthiness. Project on hold because of recent earthquake. ing and monitoring its expenditures in road sector. The Environmental Assessment Category A. US$200.0 (IBRD). project components are (a) upgrading and strengthening of Consultants will be required for institutional. environmen- priority roads; (b) design and supervision; (c) land acquisi- tal and engineering studies. Urban Development and Urban tion and resettlement, and rehabilitation; (d) periodic main- Housing Department, Sachivalaya, 9th Floor Block No. 14, tenance; and (e) institutional strengthening of State Road Gandhinagar-382010, Gujarat, India, Tel: (91-2712) 20259 Agency. Project preparation is under way. Environmental ext. 6482, Fax: (91-2712) 20981, E-mail: secur- Assessment Category B. US$ 330.0 (IBRD). Consultants [email protected], Contact: Dr. Manjula Subramaniam, princi- will be required for construction supervision, institutional pal secretary strengthening and maintenance. Highways and Rural Karnataka Municipal Capacity Building: The project Works, Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project, Highways Re- would focus on strengthening of local capacity in secondary search Station, Guindy, Chennai 600 025, India, Fax: (91- cities in order to (a) improve the state transfer system, with 44) 230-0195, Contact: T. S. Sridhar, Project Director particular focus on creating a performance-based scheme; Uttar Pradesh State Roads: The project will support the (b) enhance local resource mobilization primarily through state government’s objective to reduce poverty in the state reform of the property tax; (c) provide assistance in develop- by lowering transportation costs of goods and services, pro- ing and implementing new management tools (GIS, MIS, vide greater connectivity between production and consump- wide-area network and intranet systems); (d) improve traf- tion centers and improve the effectiveness of investments fic and transportation; and (e) upgrade municipal staff tech- through the establishment of a road sector management nical skills through training programs, including distance plan in conjunction with Uttar Pradesh’s overall fiscal and learning. The project will finance software and hardware to public sector reforms and governance framework. The upgrade and monitor municipal management performance. project development objectives are to (a) reduce transport Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- costs and impediments to economic growth by significantly egory to be determined. US$200.0 (IDA). Consulting servic- improving the flow of traffic on highly congested corridors in es to be determined. Government of Karnataka, Urban the State’s primary road network; and (b) enhance the insti- Development Department, MS Bldg. II, Fourth Floor, Ban- tutional capacities and financial effectiveness of the govern- galore, India 560 001, Tel/Fax: (91-80) 225-3958, Contact: ment agencies in managing the State’s road program, assets Mr. S. Krishna Kumar, Principal Secretary and services. The project includes (a) institutional strength- ening of the Public Works Department (PWD) and develop- Water Supply/Sanitation ment of an effective road maintenance system in the PWD, (R) Karnataka Community-Based Tank Management: (b) upgrading and widening of about 1,000 km of priority The objective of the project is to improve rural livelihood state roads, and (c) major maintenance of about 2,500 km of and reduce poverty by developing and strengthening com- state roads, which will involve rehabilitation of existing munity-based approaches to managing selected tank sys- roads within their existing widths. Project preparation is tems. The project would address the main sector issues under way Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: related to building community ownership and responsibility INPE67606. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- for the management of tanks by fostering an integrated ap- quired for construction supervision and for advisory servic- proach to water and land management in tank systems, es in implementing an institutional strengthening plan for deepening rural decentralization and instituting cost recov- the Public Works Department. Public Works Department, ery arrangements for future sustainability. The main 96, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, project components are (a) establishing an enabling envi- Tel: (91-522) 221-971, Fax: (91-522) 227868, Contact: Mr. ronment for the sustainable and decentralized management K.B. Bansal, Projects Director, E-mil: [email protected] of tank systems; (b) strengthening community-based insti- tutions to assume responsibility for tank system manage- Urban Development ment and (c) undertaking tank system improvement. The project concept document has been revised and submitted to Andhra Pradesh Urban Poverty Reduction: The pri- the RVP for review. Environmental Assessment Category B. mary focus of the project will be on poverty reduction and lJS$30.0 (IDA). Studies will be financed through a PHRD the empowerment of the poor, protection of the most vulner- grant. Studies include social and environmental assess- able through security mechanisms and creating opportuni- ment, institutional studies, hydrological studies, knowledge ties for the poor by building their assets and enabling the assessment, economic analysis and financial evaluation and markets to work for them. This will be in a variety of forms, financial management. Jal Samvardhana Yojana Sangha such as (a) making the government and private service de- Samiti (JSYS), Department of Minor Irrigation, Govern- livery institutions pro-poor; (b) directing infrastructure in- ment of Karnataka, 16/l S.P. Complex, 5th Floor, Lalbagh vestments in settlements housing the urban poor; (c) Road, Bangalore 560 027, Tel, Fax: (91-80) 299-5622, Con- enhancing access by the poor to micro-credit and communi- tact: Mr. Madan Gopal, Project Diector, (JSYS); Mr. Ramesh ty-based finance systems; (d) improving delivery of services; Kumar, Principal Secretary, Minor Irrigation and (e) improving planning, rules and regulations to incor- porate the needs of the poor in housing and land develop- (R) Karnataka Watershed Development: The project ment and measures to enable the land and housing markets aims at sustainable poverty alleviation in predominantly to work better. Project is being identified. Environmental rainfed areas of the state by improving the productive po- PAGE 38 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 tential of selected watersheds, enhancing production and and formulating a comprehensive environmentally sustain- livelihood systems and strengthening community arrange- able development strategy; (c) right-sizing and capacity ments for natural resource management. The project in- building of irrigation and drainage subsector institutions; (d) cludes participatory water treatment, farming system promoting agricultural intensification and diversification intensification, income-generating activities for vulnerable through appropriate public and private sector institutional groups and institutional strengthening. Negotiations com- linkages; and (e) piloting replicable management options for pleted. Board presentation was scheduled for 21 June 2001. sustained irrigation and drainage operations by both public Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: INPE67216. and private sector entities in about 400,000 ha. Project ap- US$ 95.0 (IDA). Consultants have been selected. Govern- praisal is under way. Environmental Assessment Category ment of Karnataka, Department of Watershed Develop- A. lJS$ 160.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. ment, Vana, Vikasa, 18th Cross Rd., Malleswaram, Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department, Secretariat, Lucknow Bangalore 560 003, Tel/Fax: (91-80) 346-6501, E-mail: 226 001, India, Tel: (91-522) 238-688, Fax: (91-522) 422-916, WatershedOVsnlnet, Contact: Mr. R.G. Nadadur, Director Contact: Mr. Ashok Kumar, Secretary (Irrigation) and Team Leader (UPWSRP), E-mail: [email protected] and (R) Second Karnataka Rural Water Supply and Envi- [email protected] ronmental Sanitation (RWSS): The overall objective is to improve the quality of RWSS service delivery to achieve Karnataka Water and Urban Management: The objec- sustainability of investments. Specifically the project devel- tives of the project are to (a) improve the efficiency, manage- opment objectives would be to (a) institutionalize on a sig- ment and delivery of water supply and sanitation services in nificant scale decentralization of RWSS service delivery to participating urban local bodies through the introduction of Gram Panchayats (GP) and user groups; and (b) build the the private sector; and (b) enhance the general planning state’s capacity in further strengthening of sector reforms and financial management capacity of the participating ur- and their statewide scaling up. The community develop- ban local bodies. The initially proposed third objective, to ment and infrastructure building component will include (a) initiate the preparation of urban service improvements to capacity building of user groups/women’s groups; (b) target- be implemented in Bangalore under a future operation, will ed women’s development programs; (c) design and engineer- now be undertaken through the Technical Assistance Loan ing support; and (d) rehabilitation/upgrading of for Economic Reform. Project preparation is under way. A infrastructure for drinking water supply, ground water re- request for proposals for a management contract for water charge, drainage with lane pavements, household and supply by a private sector provider is being prepared. Envi- school latrines, environmental management schemes (e.g. ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: INPE67502. US$ compost pits, smokeless chullahs, solid waste management) Amount to be determined. (IBRD). A request for expressions and improving management of existing RWSS services. The of interest and a general procurement notice were published institution building component will include (a) establish- in UN Development Business No. 533 dated 30 April 2000. ment and operation of state and district level project insti- Consultant proposals for the preparation of the capital in- tutions; (b) sanitation and hygiene promotion; and (c) vestment program were opened in October 2000. Karnataka capacity building of Gram Panchayats, community-based Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corpora- organizations and the private sector. It will also include ca- tion, Unity Buildings Annex, Silver Jubilee Block, Second pacity building of the state and district level project institu- Floor, Third Cross Mission Rd., Bangalore, India, 5600027, tions in technical and management aspects and in adopting Contact: Mrs. Sudha Krishnan, Director, Finance, Tel: (91- demand responsive approach and participatory processes. 80) 223-2132, Fax: (91-80) 223-2022 The statewide sector development component will include studies and programs to enhance the state’s capacity in car- Nepal rying forward and scaling up sector reforms statewide and in improved management and regulation of RWSS sector. Education/Training This will also include systematic learning from Karnataka RWSS I, Government of India-supported pilot projects and Higher Secondary Education: The project will support other RWSS projects/programs. Project preparation is un- ongoing higher secondary education reforms that comple- der way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ment the tertiary education reforms carried out under the INPE50653. US$l50.0 (Lender to be determined). Consult- Higher Education Project (Credit 2560-NEP). The project ing services required for social intermediation, engineering will assist the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Higher and capacity building support to rural communities. Rural Secondary Education Board in improving educational plan- Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Government ning, management, mobilization and utilization of resourc- of Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore 560 001, India, es with an emphasis on decentralization and Tel: (91-80) 226-1322, Fax: (91-80) 226-4650, E-mail: pp- imolementation canacitv. The oroiect will also focus on up- [email protected], Contact: Mr. S. L. Gangadharappa, grading facilities, equipment and information technology as well as human resources develonment at the MOE and the Principal Secretary I regional level. Project has not been identified. Environmen- (R) Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring: The tal Assessment Category C. US$25.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- project will support the implementation of a major reform vices to be determined. Higher Secondary Education Board, program for the Uttar Pradesh water sector. The reforms aim Sano Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Contact: Dr. Shreeram at restructuring the sector and significantly improving per- Lamichane, Member-Secretary, HSEB formance in water resource planning and allocation and management for sustained use. The development objectives Finance of the project are to (a) increase productivity of water; (b) in- crease and sustain agricultural productivity; and (c) improve (R) Financial Sector Technical Assistance: This techni- the living standards of the rural poor. These objectives will be cal assistance project will support financial sector reform achieved by (a) establishing new institutions required to car- with a particular emphasis on (a) strengthening the capaci- ry out the water sector reform process; (b) adopting a river- ty of the banking supervision department to competently basin approach to identifying issues and constraints to devel- conduct examinations of financial institutions and under- opment in the sector starting with the Ghagra-Gomti Basin take appropriate remedial action; (b) the production of time- JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 39 ly and reliable financial accounts of the banks and privatization of NTC. Cofinancing has been discussed with improving central and commercial banking legislation; (c) OPEC, DANIDA and NDF. Environmental Assessment Cat- production of bid packages for management teams to be ap- egory C. US$20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for pointed in Rastriya Banijya Bank (and Nepal Bank Limit- preparation and implementation. Ministry of Information ed) and later to be privatizecl; and (cl) liberalizing the and Communication, Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, banking sector and improving market orientation. Board Tel: (977-l) 215-444, 227-525, Fax: (977-l) 226-260; Nation- presentation is scheduled for the second quarter offiscal year al Telecommunications Authority, Tel: (977-l) 221-944,258- 2002. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 490, Fax: (977-l) 260-400 (IDA). Consulting services will be required. Nepal Rastra Bank, Bulawatar, Kathmanclu, Nepal, Tel: (977-l) 414-552, Water Supply/Sanitation Fax: (977-l) 414-533, Contact: Mr. Ram Babu Pant; Minis- try of Finance, Kathmanclu, Nepal; National Planning Of- Kathmandu Water Supply and Sanitation: The primary fice objective of the project is to improve services in Kathmandu Valley towns by increasing the quantity and improving the Power quality of water supplied to consumers and to improve san- itation services by operating the services as a sound com- (R) Power Development: The objectives of the project are mercial business. This will be achieved by sector to: (a) develop Nepal’s hydropower potential in an environ- institutional reforms over a period of time by contracting mentally and socially sustainable manner so as to meet do- out the operations of Kathmandu Valley Towns to a private mestic electricity demand and to export power to India, operator through a ten-year management/lease type of con- when feasible; (b) improve access in rural areas to electricity tract. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- services; and (c) promote private participation in the power sessment Category to be determined. US$ 15.0 (IDA). A sector as a way to improve power sector efficiency, as well as consulting firm has been selected for project preparation. to mobilize financing for the sector’s investment require- Additional consulting services to be determined. MPPW/ ments. The project would consist of three components, PSPC, Tel: (977-l) 429-531, Fax: (977-l) 419-802, Contact: namely: (a) establishment of a Power Development Fund in- Mr. Rattan Kuma Siddhi, Coordinator, PSPC, E-mail: rat- volving funds from IDA and a technical assistance package [email protected] for fund administration and pipeline development; (b) sup- port for small micro-hyclro schemes for rural village electri- Pakistan fication; and (c) improvements in grid transmission and distribution facilities of the Nepal Electricity Authority Agriculture (NEA), including technical assistance towards restructur- ing NEA and upgrading planning and financial manage- (R) Northwest Frontier Province On-Farm Water ment systems. Project preparation is under way. Management: The project would focus on policy improve- Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: NPPA43311. ments and institutional reforms in the irrigation sector. The US$ 80.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of project will include (a) a social mobilization program for de- Water Resources, Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: veloping effective farmers’ organizations; (b) improvement (977-l) 228-923, Fax: (977-l) 227-536, Contact: Mr. B.N. and rehabilitation of distributaries and minor watercourses Sapkota, Secretary in canal-commanded areas; (c) improvement in water distri- bution facilities in the barani and hill torrents areas; and (cl) Structural Adjustment local/minor community irrigation. Approved by the Execu- tive Directors on 12 June 2001. Environmental Assessment (R) Financial Sector Adjustment: This credit will sup- Category B. US$21.4 (IDA). Selection of consultants for so- port the policy components of the financial sector reform cial mobilization and transfer of irrigation management has program. It will place particular emphasis on completing been completed. NWFP Water Management Directorate, privatization of Rastriya Banijya Bank and Nepal Bank Tel: (92-91) 921 l-939, Fax: (92-91) 921 l-933; Federally Acl- Limited. Project has not been identified. Environmental As- ministered Tribal Area Development Corporation (FATA sessment Category B. lJS$50.0 (IDA). Consulting services DC), Tel: (92-91) 9212-149, 9212-145, Fax: (92-91) 9212-144, will not be required. Nepal Rastra Bank, Bulawatar, Kath- 9212-135; Federal Coordination Unit (FCU) of the Ministry man&, Nepal, Tel: (977-l) 414-552, Fax: (977-l) 414-533, of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock (MINFAL), Tel: (92-51) Contact: Mr. Ram Babu Pant; Ministry of Finance, Kath- 9260-992, Fax: (92-51) 9260-967 manclu, Nepal; National Planning Office (R) Punjab Irrigation Systems Improvement (formerly Punjab Irrigation Systems Implementation): The project Telecommunications will (a) support ongoing programs to decentralize the Pro- (R) Telecommunications Sector Reform: The objective vincial Irrigation Department within an overall framework of the project is to promote private investments, operations for participatory and financially sustainable management and competition in the provision of telecommunications ser- of irrigation systems; (b) establish commercially oriented vices. The project will assist sector entities in developing an area water boards and participatory farmer organizations appropriate policy and sectoral regulatory and legal frame- in the Lower Chenab Canal east and Lower Bari Doab Ca- work, including the management of the radio frequency nal command areas; and (c) improve the operational effi- spectrum, and advising on Nepal Telecommunications Cor- ciency of the irrigation system through rehabilitation of the poration’s (NTC) privatization efforts. The project would irrigation/canal system infrastructure, including three link also support the expansion of telecommunications services canals and two barrages supplying water to these systems. into rural areas. Components are likely to include (a) a one- A preappraisal was carried out in June 2000. The Punjab time subsidy for rural telecommunications access; (b) tech- government has proposed expansion of the project scope. As nical assistance for policy formulation in the Ministry of In- a result, the previous feasibility study will need to be updat- formation and Communication; (c) technical assistance for ed and the project reassessed. Further project processing strengthening the regulatory reform and capacity building will depend on the outcome of this study and the govern- for the National Telecommunications Authority; and (d) ment’s commitment to the project. Environmental Assess- PAGE 40 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 ment Category B. US$ 175.0 (IDA). Consulting services to at sustaining and deepening the reforms undertaken under be determined. Ministry of Water and Power, Islamabad, BSALAppraisal mission completed. Negotiations are sched- Pakistan; Punjab Irrigation and Drainage authority, uled for 23 July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category Lahore, Pakistan C. US$ 300.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry (R) Punjab On-Farm Water Management (Cr. 3516- of Finance, PAR Secretariat, Tel: (92-51) 920-6367, Contact: PAK): This project is one of the four unbundled provincial Dr. Waqar Masood, Additional Secretary, Finance; State projects of the Fourth On-Farm Water Management Project Bank of Pakistan, Central Directorate, 1.1. Chundrigar Rd., and will require restructuring The project would focus on Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 921-2455, Contact: R. A. policy improvements and institutional reforms in the irriga- Chugtai, Deputy Governor; Privatization Commission, 5-A tion sector and enhance productivity through improved wa- Constitution Ave., Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920- ter management. The project will include (a) a social 3881, Contact: Ahmed Waqar, Additional Secretary mobilization program for developing effective farmers’ orga- nizations; (b) improvement and rehabilitation of distribu- Power taries and minor watercourses in canal-commanded areas; Power Sector Restructuring: The project seeks to sup- and (cl improvement in water distribution facilities in the port (over a number of phases) the government’s Power Sec- barani and hill torrents areas. Project processing is continu- ing. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 68.5 tor Reform Program to achieve (a) a competitive electric power system consisting of autonomous, largely privately (IDA). Selection of consultants for social mobilization and transfer of irrigation management is at an advanced stage. owned and financially viable and efficiently operated enti- Punjab On-Farm Water Management Directorate, 21 Agha ties for generation, transmission and distribution which Khan Soyyem Rd., Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9200-703, provides power at an affordable cost in a environmentally 9200-751, Fax: (92-42) 9200-702. sustainable and socially acceptable way; and (b) an indepen- dent and appropriate regulatory framework that protects (R) Sindh On-Farm Water Management: This project is consumer interests, promotes competition in the sector and one of the four unbundled provincial projects of the Fourth facilitates private sector investment. Appraisal of the On-Farm Water Management Project. The project would fo- project has been deferred pending the satisfactory comple- cus on policy improvements and institutional reforms in the tion of certain actions. Environmental Assessment Category irrigation sector. The project will include (a) a social mobili- to be determined. US$200.0 (IDA). Consulting services will zation program for developing effective farmers’ organiza- be required for preparation and implementation. Water and tions; (b) improvement and rehabilitation of distributaries, Power Development Authority (WAPDA), and Successor minors and watercourses in canal-commanded areas; and Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Companies, (cl improvement in water distribution facilities in the bara- WAPDA House, The Mall, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) ni and hill torrents areas. Board presentation is tentatively 920-2211, Fax: (92-42) 920-2485, Contact: Lt. Gen. Zulfiqar, scheduled for the third quarter of fiscal year 2002. Environ- Chairman, WAPDA mental Assessment Category B. US$27.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be required for social mobilization and transfer Social Sector of irrigation management. Sindh On-Farm Water Manage- ment Directorate, Agriculture Department, Government of Community District Infrastructure Services - Azzad Sindh, Block C. Shahbaz Building, Thandi Sarak, Hydera- Jammu Kashmir: The project will help the government of bad, Tel: (92-221) 783-440,28993, Fax: (92-221) 781-484. Pakistan reduce poverty through the development of a par- ticipation-based program to deliver sustainable and afford- Environment able infrastructure and services to low-income communities in Azzad Jammu Kashmir. The project includes (a) commu- Protected Areas Management: The objective of the nity development activities; (b) basic infrastructure upgrad- project is to conserve globally important species, their pop- ulations and habitats in the protected areas of Pakistan. ing and services; (c) implementation support and The project will include (a) integration of local communities monitoring and evaluation; and (d) federal facilitation. Ap- in protected area management; (b) strengthening of park praisal mission is scheduled for August 2001. Environmen- tal Assessment Category to be determined. US$30.0 (IDA). management; (cl public environmental awareness; and (d) human resources development. Approved by the Executive Consulting services to be determined. Local Government Directors on 24 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Cat- and Rural Development Department, Federal Ministry of egory B. US$ 10.0 (GEF). An international NGO and the Environment, Local Government and Rural Development, government have completed project preparation. Selection Muzafarabad, Pakistan, Contact: Sardar Rias Ahmad of consultants for technical assistance is nearly completed. Khan, Tel: (92-58810) 33124; Fax: (92-58810) 33125 Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural De- velopment, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-2960, Fax: Structural Adjustment (92-51) 920-5887 (R) Structural Adjustment 02~ 3515-PAK): The pro- posed Structural Adjustment Credit (SAC) would support Finance the implementation of the initial phase of the government’s (R) Banking Sector Restructuring and Privatization: Poverty Reduction Strategy. It will support the govern- The objective of the project is to help Pakistan resume im- ment’s reform program in the areas of (a) macroeconomic plementation of banking reforms started in 1997, with as- stability; (b) improved governance and public financial ac- sistance under the Banking Sector Adjustment Loan countability; (c) economic growth through the removal of (BSAL). The project would focus on improving corporate constraints to private sector development; and (d) improve- governance through further restructuring of the national- ments in delivery of social services. Approved by the Execu- ized commercial banks to improve their prospects for sale to tive Directors on 12 June 2001. The credit was signed on 12 qualified strategic investors, completing the privatization of June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ the partially privatized banks and resolving the problems 350.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- ofthe largest development finance institution. It also aims menting agency is to be determined. JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 41

Transport Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: LKPE50741. US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Highways Rehabilitation: The objective of the project is istry of Higher Education and Information Technology De- to improve the efficiency of the National Highway Network velopment, Isurupaya, Sri Jayawardhanapura Kotte, by the year 2010 through (a) a more rational allocation of Battaramulla, Sri Lanka public expenditures in the highway sector, including in- creasing the share of resources for rehabilitation, mainte- Finance nance and selective improvements; (b) introduction of new sustainable sources of finance for road maintenance, with (R) Central Bank Strengthening: The project will sup- greater user and private sector participation in generation port the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) in (a) reorganiz- of revenues and management of funds; and (c) efficiency im- ing and restructuring; and (b) in making the payments provements through institutional strengtheningiprogres- system work more efficiently. The reorganization compo- sive commercialization of road sector agencies and nent will provide support for (a) developing a human re- promotion of private sector provision and operation of high- sources master plan; (b) developing a comprehensive way and related services. Appraisal mission is scheduled for training program for CBSL; (c) training and research; and August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ (d) a voluntary retirement scheme. The payments system 125.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. National component will (a) provide hardware, software and logisti- Highway Authority (NHA), Plot No. 27, Mauve Area, G-9/1, cal support to assist in the automation of the payments sys- Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 926-0409, Fax: (92-51) tem with a real-time gross settlement capability; (b) support 926-0983, Contact: Muhammad Ijaz Khan, Member (Plan- the automation and integration of a Scripless Government ning), NHA Securities System; and (c) automate the general ledger of Trade and Transport Facilitation (Cr. 3500-PAK): The the central bank. The payments component will also focus project will assist in introducing modern transport facilita- on reviewing the adequacy of existing facilities to support e- tion procedures and transport legislation. Approved by the banking and e-commerce and design support programs to Executive Directors on 24 April 2001. Environmental As- strengthen the central bank and banking institutions in fa- sessment Category C. PID: PKPE56213. US$ 3.0 (IDA). cilitating e-business. Negotiations were held May 14-16, Consultants were identified. Ministry of Commerce, Block 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: D, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, Pakistan, Contact: Mr. LKPE71131. lJS$30.3 (IDA). Consultants will be required Mirza Qamar Beg, Secretary, Tel: (92-51) 921-0277, Fax: during preparation and appraisal. Central Bank of Sri Lan- (92-51) 920-3104 ka, Governor Amarananda S. Jayawardena, 30 Janadhip- athi Mawatha, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-l) 477-176, Fax: (94-l) 477-712, Contact: Ms. Kumudhini Saravaramut- Urban Development tu, Senior Assistant Director, Financial Markets Depart- Punjab Municipal Development Fund: The project will ment (a) mobilize additional resources for urban infrastructure development in the province of Punjab; (b) develop an effi- Social Sector cient mechanism for allocating public resources for urban infrastructure investment; and (c) strengthen the financial, (R) Poverty Reduction Support Structural Adjust- administrative and managerial capacities of the Urban Lo- ment (formerly Poverty AlleviationlRural Development): cal Bodies. Appraisal was scheduled for March 2001. Envi- The project will facilitate access to resources and social ser- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: PKPE55293. US$ vices to promote self-employment and entry into the labor 50.0 (IDA). A PPF advance in the amount of US$2.0 million market for the poor. Project has not yet been identified. En- has been approved for (a) consulting services and training; vironmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ (b) equipment and vehicles; (c) operating costs; and (d) sub- 50.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be required. Ministry of loans for pilot projects. Punjab Municipal Development Finance Policy Planning, Ethnic Affairs and National Inte- Fund Company (PMDFC), 30-C/1, Ghalib Rd., Gulberg III, gration, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-l) Lahore, Pakistan, Contact: Mr. Syed Mujeebullah Husaini, 562-485 Acting Managing Director, PMDFC, Tel: (92-42) 571-6577-8, Fax: (92-42) 571-6576 Urban Development Colombo Urban Services Improvement: The objective Sri Lanka of the project is to improve urban services for about 30,000 households in the Colombo metropolitan area and strength- Education/Training en local authorities’ capacity for better management of ser- vice delivery. Project is being identified. Environmental (R) Development of Undergraduate Education: The Assessment Category A. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants will project aims at improving the quality and capacity of higher be required in engineering and project planning services. education to sustain the country’s rate of economic growth. Ministry of Urban Development, Construction and Public Specifically, the project will support the following objectives: Utilities, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (a) increasing the quality of public tertiary education pro- Tel: 94-l) 564-205, Fax: (94-l) 564-214, E-mail: grams and enhancing the employability of graduates; (b) [email protected], Contact: Anura Dassanayake creating a positive environment for the development of quality private tertiary education institutions; (c) improv- Water Supply/Sanitation ing access to tertiary education; (d) establishing linkages between tertiary institutions and economic growth sectors; (R) Community Water II: The project would form part of and (e) promoting social harmony through core courses. The a program of rural water and sanitation investments to be project includes (a) legal and management reform; (b) pri- implemented over five years by a variety of service provid- vate sector development; (c) financing reform; (d) staff de- ers. The project will provide access to water and water san- velopment; (e) institutional development; and (f) a review of itation to about 2.5 million people in 2,500 villages. Partner curricula in priority disciplines. Project is being identified. organizations would help create community-based organi- PAGE 42 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 zations that would be actively involved in the planning, de- Transport sign and implementation of the schemes with private sector Road Maintenance: The project consists of road mainte- support. The project would adopt policies, criteria and pro- nance work for about 300 km of main road network and 600 cedures developed during the Community Water Supply km of rural roads and bridges. Project preparation is under and Sanitation Project (Credit 2442-CE) and introduce en- way Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 abling reforms for further private sector participation. (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- Transport, Skenderbej Square, Tirana, Albania, Fax: (355- ment Category B. PID: LKPE58067. US$Z5.0 (IDA). Con- 4) 232-389; Ministry of Local Government, Deshmoret e Ko- sultants will be required during identification. Government mbit Blvd., Tirana, Albania, Fax: (355-4) 232-545 of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Development, Housing and Con- struction, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-l) 862-225, Contact: Water Supply/Sanitation Mr. Ananda Gunaskera, Secretary Municipal Water and Wastewater: The project will reha- bilitate and upgrade water and sanitation systems in Durres, Fier, Lezhe and Saranda, and introduce manage- ment controls to strengthen local water and sewerage net- Europe and works. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants for preparing the management contract have been selected. Central Asia Region Ministry of Public Works, Skenderbej Square, Tirana, Alba- nia, Tel: (355-42) 28345, Fax: (355-42) 27879

Albania Armenia Agriculture Agriculture (R) Agricultural Services (Cr 3522-ALl3): The project (R) Irrigation Development: The project aims at enhanc- will aim at increasing agriculture productivity and farm in- ing the profitability, reliability and sustainability of irriga- come through supporting activities in the seed sector, agri- tion through rehabilitation of conveyance systems, culture marketing, land consolidation and sustainable decreased dependency on energy-intensive pumping irriga- management of the fisheries sector. Approved by the Execu- tion, improved safety and operational efficiency of dams and tive Directors on 14 June 2001. Environmental Assessment strengthened institutional capacity for system management Category C. US$9.9 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- and operation and maintenance. Negotiations are under mined. Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Skenderbeg way. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Square, Tirana, Republic of Albania, Contact: Mr. Selim AMPE55022. US$20.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Dedej, Deputy Minister, Tel/Fax: (355-42) 28379 termined. Ministry of Agriculture, Project Implementation Unit, 13 Vardanants, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-2) 526- Fishery Development: The primary objective of the 385, Fax: (374-2) 151-829, Contact: Mr. Adibek Kazarian, project is to develop a sustainable fisheries industry and to Project Director realize the potential of the industry The project will (a) in- troduce and strengthen community-based management of Private Sector Development marine resources through establishing fisheries associa- tions; (b) develop a legal and regulatory framework; and (c) (R) Enterprise Incubator (formerly Enterprise Incuba- promote modern aquaculture techniques among entrepre- tion): The project will focus on providing post-privatization neurs in the sector. Project preparation is under way. Envi- assistance to the enterprise sector and promoting increases ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.9 (IDA). in foreign direct investment. Project preparation is under Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agricul- way. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- ture and Food, Blvd. Deshmoret e Kombit, Tirana, Albania, mined. US$5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Contact: Mr. Mevlan Balilaj, Director, Project Management Ministry of Finance and Economy, Government House-l, Unit Republic Square, 375010, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-2) 523-471, 503-113, Fax: (374-2) 151-736, E-mail: Social Sector [email protected], Contact: Bagrat Yengibarian (R) Social Service Delivery (Cx 3513~ALB): The objec- Public Sector Management tives of the project are (a) to assist the government in devel- Judicial Reform: The objective of the project is to assist oping, monitoring and evaluating social policy; and (b) to in the development of an independent, accessible and effi- improve its capacity to plan, manage and deliver sustain- cient judiciary The court administration component will fo- able well-targeted and effective community-based social cus on consolidating court administrative functions in a care services to the poor and vulnerable population groups separate agency within the judiciary. The project will also through increased involvement of local governments, com- provide assistance in the area of case management and munities and civil society in service provision. Approved by court automation. The court infrastructure rehabilitation the Executive Directors on 7 June 2001. Environmental As- component will assist the government in the rehabilitation sessment Category C. PID: ALPE55383. US$ 10.0 (IDA). and reconstruction of court buildings. The training compo- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Labor and nent will support (a) the establishment and strengthening Social Affairs, Administrata e Pergjithshme e Ndhimes of a Judicial Training Center; and (b) short-term training Sherbimeve Sociale, Rruga e Durresit No. 43, Tirana, Alba- needs for the judiciary which will be identified during nia, Tel/Fax: (355-42) 32301, Contact: Kosta Barjaba, Chief project preparation. The enforcement of court decisions of Cabinet, Chairman of Project Steering Committee component will assist the newly established structure in the JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 43 areas of capacity building, training of personnel and provi- prepare and monitor the management contract and pro- sion of equipment. The information access component will vide assistance to the government in establishing sector improve the access to legal information through (a) facilitat- law and regulation. Project is being identified. Environmen- ing the flow of legal information to judges, government offi- tal Assessment Category FI. PID: AMPE63398. US$ 15.0 cials, legal professionals and the general public; (b) (IDA). Consultants will be required to (a) prepare the bid- developing a government strategy for facilitating private ding documents for themanagement contracts; (b) conduct and competitive dissemination of legal information; and (c) audits; (c) provide procurement assessments; and (d) pro- strengthening the institutional and operational capacity of vide economic and financial analysis. Armenia Municipal agencies responsible for maintaining authoritative texts of and Wastewater Project, Project Implementation Unit, 13 official legal materials, their codification and systematiza- Vardanants, Yerevan, Armenia, Contact: Mr Adibek Ghaz- tion. The project will also support a public awareness cam- aryam, Project Director, Tel: (374-2) 526-385, Fax: (374-2) paign aimed at educating the population of Armenia about their basic legal rights and obligations, the role of law and 151-829, E-mail: [email protected] judiciary in a modern society, access to justice and various forms of legal representation in court. Preappraisal mission Azerbaijan is in the field. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: AMPE57838. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Finance termined. The Council of Court Chairman, Yerevan, Arme- nia, Contact: Mr. Henrik Danielian, Chairman of the Court (R) Financial Sector Technical Assistance (Cr. 3518- of Cassation of the Republic of Armenia, Fax: (374-2) 582- AZ): The credit will finance implementation of the govern- 117; Ministry of Justice, Khorurdarani, 8, Yerevan 375010, ment’s financial sector development strategy, focusing on Armenia, Tel: (374-2) 581-943, Fax: (374-2) 581-582, Con- bank restructuring and divestiture; and enhancement of tact: Mr. David Harutiunian, Minister banking infrustructure and banking supervision. Approved by the Executive Directors on 12 June 2001. Environmental Structural Adjustment Assessment Category C. US$5.4 (IDA). Consultants will be (N) Programmatic Institutional Reform Adjustment: required. Ministry of Finance and Azerbaijan National The project will support the public sector institutional re- Bank, Project Management Unit, Baku 370070,32 R. Beh- form program and seek to assist in operationalizing key el- budov, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 973-970, Fax: (994-12) 973- ements of recent and upcoming analytical work. The 970, Contact: Rustam Tahirov objectives of the reform program are to: (a) improve public expenditure management and the civil service; (b) improve Population, Health and Nutrition capacity for policy formulation, coordination and implemen- tation; (c) enhance accountability and transparency in the (R) Health Reform: This learning and innovation credit functioning of the public sector; and (d) improve institution- will support comprehensive health sector reform. Reform al capacity to finance and deliver key public services. Project will be implemented at the district level by revising primary preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- health care service protocols and reforming health financing gory C. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- at the local level. The project will be piloted in five districts. mined. Ministry of Finance and Economy, Government The project was approved -following LIL procedures - on House House-l, Republic Square, 375010 , Yerevan, Arme- 12 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: nia, Tel: (374-l) 595-304,521-459 AZPE69293. US$5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- Structural Adjustment IV (Cr. 350%AM): The credit mined. Ministry of Health, 4 Kicik Daniz St., Baku, Azer- aims at (a) supporting the government’s efforts to foster pri- baijan, Tel: (99-412) 931-907, Fax: (99-412) 988-559, vate sector development and job creation; (b) strengthening Contact: Abbas Velibekov, Deputy Minister of Health, E- public institutions which will create an investor-friendly en- mail: [email protected] vironment; and (c) advancing reforms in health education and social protection. The credit will support reforms begun Public Sector Management under the previous two structural adjustment credits and will expand on the technical assistance provided under the (R) Second Institution Building Technical Assistance: Second Structural Adjustment Credit and Second Structur- The project will provide the technical assistance and insti- al Adjustment Technical Assistance Credit. Approved by the tution building necessary to implement the structural and Executive Directors on 22 May 2001. Environmental As- policy reforms to be supported under the upcoming Second sessment Category C. PID: AMPE65189. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Structural Adjustment Credit (SAC II). The objective of the No consultants are required. Foreign Financing Projects credit is to assist the government in establishing transpar- Management Center, Government House 1, Republic ent, accountable and credible public sector institutions and Square, 375010, Yerevan, Armenia, Contact: Mr. Bagrat enhancing the government’s capacity for improved gover- Yengibaryan, Executive Director, Tel: (374-l) 523-471, Fax: nance and better management of public resources. The (374-l) 528-742, E-mail: [email protected] project currently includesassistance to implement (a) re- forms in expenditure management; (b) reforms in auditing Water Supply/Sanitation and financial reporting; (c) modernization of public admin- istration and service delivery; and (d) legal and judicial re- (R) Municipal Water and Wastewater: The objective of the project is to improve water and wastewater services, in forms. However, the project is being restructured to support terms of coverage, quality and cost, with a focus on areas the upcoming SAC II. Project preparation is under way En- outside the capital city and special emphasis on service to vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: AZPE66100. the poor. The project would include (a) private sector man- US$ 16.8 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Of- agement and operation of one or more regional water compa- fice of the President, Chief of Staff of the Office of the Pres- nies; (b) an investment fund to support systems in ident, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 923-154, Fax: (994-12) participating communities; and (c) technical assistance to 983-328, Contact: Mr. Ramis Mehdiyev, Chief of Staff PAGE 44 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 Social Sector Bosnia and Herzegovina Pension and Social Assistance: The project includes four components: (a) developing capacity for policy analysis (b) Finance strengthening pension administration; (c) social assistance Local Initiatives (Microfinance) II: The project is de- improvement; and (d) a public education campaign. These signed to build on the achievements of the first Local Initia- components will be implemented through (a) improvements tives Project. It will continue to help increase incomes, in legislation that will institutionalize pension policy and create jobs and foster entrepreneurship by providing access administrative reforms; (b) strengthened linkages between to financial services to low-income entrepreneurs who do benefits and contributions; (c) creation and maintenance of not have access to services from the commercial banking individual records; (d) enhanced social assistance targeting sector. The project has five components: (a) the microfi- to become cost-effective; and (e) efficient pension and social nance fund; (b) microfinance legal and regulatory reform; (c) assistance administrative structure. Project preparation is microfinance sector capacity building; (d) impact assess- under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ ment/research and development; and (e) project manage- 15.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be required in the areas ment. Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. of pension policy and administration, physical inventory of Environmental Assessment Category FI. US$ 20.0 (IDA). offices and equipment, business processes, information Consulting services for project preparation are being fi- technology design and installation, works supervision, pub- nanced by a PHRD grant. Consulting services will be re- lic education campaigns, capacity building for social policy quired for the legal and regulatory framework and development and project implementation and management. microfinance components. Local Development Foundation, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, Trampina 12, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387- 9th Floor, Government House, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994- 33) 200-630, Fax: (387-33) 200-630, E-mail: 12) 931-203, Fax: (944-12) 939-472, Contact: Mr. Yashar [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mirzet Ribic Gamzayev, E-mail: [email protected] Power Structural Adjustment Public Sector Reform Adjustment: The project will fo- (R) Third Electric Power Reconstruction: The project cus on creating public sector institutions that are transpar- is designed to restore 400 kv and other high voltage trans- ent, accountable and credible to promote development and mission systems, especially damaged substations, allowing effective management of public policies and resources. The reconnections with power grids in other parts of the former reform program will focus on (a) reforms in expenditure Yugoslavia and, eventually, with the Union for the Coordi- management; (b) auditing; (c) administrative including civil nation of Transmission in Europe. It will help improve pow- er dispatching and operation of an integrated high voltage service reforms; and (d) legal and judicial reforms. The re- network by establishing a Supervisory Control and DataAc- sources provided under this adjustment credit will be used to support the government’s balance of payments and bud- quisition System. It will improve safety and plant availabil- ity at selected hydropower stations and effect improvements get needs. Project preparation is on hold. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$56.0 (IDA). Consulting servic- in pollution abatement measures at thermal power plants. The project will also provide assistance in procurement and es to be determined. Office of the President, Chief of Staff of implementation, conduct of a social survey, commercializa- the Office of the President, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) tion and establishment of regulatory agencies. Board pre- 923-154, Fax: (994-12) 983-328, Contact: Mr. Ramis Meh- sentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Environmental diyev, Chief of Staff Assessment Category B. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Elektroprivreda Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vil- Transport sonovo Setaliste 15,710OO Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovi- (R) Highway (Cc 3517-AZ): The project includes (a) up- na, Tel: (387-33) 47-24-81, Fax: (387-33) 65-42-66, Contact: grading of the East-West Highway from Ganja to Gazekh; Mr. Ognjen Markovic, acting general manager; Electro- and (b) institutional restructuring of Azeratoyol Highway privreda Republika I.C. Srpska, Luke Vukalovica 3, Trebin- Administration. Parallel financing is expected from the EC je, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-59) 26-00-91, Fax: Technical Assistance fund in the amount of US$ 31.5 mil- (387-59) 26-00-70, Contact: Mr. Svetozar Acimovic, general lion and financing from the government is expected in the manager; Elektroprivreda of the Croatian Community of amount of US$ 6.5 million. Approved by the Executive Di- Herzeg-Bosnia, Mile Budaka 2106A, Mostar, Bosnia and rectors on 12 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- Herzegovina, Tel: (387-36) 31-08-47, Fax: (387-36) 31-71-57, gory B. US$40.0 (IDA). Consulting services will be required Contact: Mr. Matan Zaric, general manager. for project appraisal. Azeratoyol Road Administration, 7214, Uzeir Hajibayou St. Baku, Azerbaijan, Contact: Mr. Yusif Private Sector Development Novruzov, President, Tel: (994-12) 93-35-56, Fax: (994-12) (R) Private Sector II: The project will support small- and 98-43-23 medium-size enterprise development and strengthening of banks. The project includes a credit line and a technical as- Be/arm sistance component to help improve institutional capacity of participating banks. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled Power for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: BAPE70243. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting services (R) Social Infrastructure Retrofitting (Ln. 7056~BY): to be determined. Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Fi- The loan will finance energy efficiency improvements to nance, 18 Vojvode Nomcila, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herze- schools and hospitals. Approved by the Executive Directors govina, Contact: Ranko Labovic, E-mail: on 5 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. [email protected] PID: BEPE44748 US$ 22.6 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Committee for Energy Savings, 14 (R) Privatization Technical Assistance: The objectives Karl Marx Blvd., Minsk 220677, Belarus of the project include assisting in: (a) tender sale of 45 state JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 45 enterprises, (b) preparation of the legislative and regulatory ministration, 6 Mula-Mustafe Baseskije, Sarajevo, Bosnia frameworks for divesting public service utility companies, and Herzegovina, Contact: Mr. Stipo Vujevic, Director, Tel: (c) unbundling of large enterprises to make them more mar- (387-71) 442-256, Fax: (387-71) 206-340 ketable as separate entities, and (d) establishment of a transparent, regulated marketplace for future sharehold- Bulgaria ers. Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. En- vironmental Assessment Category FI. US$ 19.8 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Directorate for Privatization, Power 4 Mladena Stojeanovica, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegov- District Heating: The project will assist with the rehabil- ina, Tel: (387-51) 308311, Fax: (387-51) 311-245, E-mail: itation of the heating systems in Sofia and Pernik. Board [email protected], Contact: Mr. Rodoljub Djukanovic; Federa- presentation is tentatively scheduled for September 2001. tion and Cantonal Privatization Agencies, 41 Alipasina, Sa- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: BGPE8314. rajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 212-884, Fax: US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. (387-33) 212-883, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. State Agency for Energy and Energy Resources, 8 Triaditza Reza Zutic. St., 1040, Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 986-2599, Fax: (359- 2) 872-550, Contact: Ms. Lubka Giorgieva, Head of District Public Sector Management Heating Department Community Development: The project would improve District Heating II: The project will assist with the reha- the quality of basic infrastructure and services in poor com- bilitation of the Rousse, Bourgas, Pleven, Plovdiv and Ka- munities within low-income municipalities, while seeking zanlak heating systems. Project is being identified. to strengthen the institutional and financial capacity to Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. manage such services over the long term. The project will in- US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. clude (a) performance-based grant agreements for non-rev- State Agency for Energy and Energy Resources, 8 Triaditza enue-generating investments; (b) institutional St., 1040, Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 986-2599, Fax: (359- development; and (c) project implementation. Board pre- 2) 872-550, Contact: Ms. Lubka Giorgieva, Head of District sentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Environmental Heating Department Assessment Category C. PID: BAPE70995 US$l5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Federation of Bosnia Public Sector Management and Herzegovina: Local Development Foundation (LDF), Trampina 12, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Contact: (R) Cadastre/Land Registration: The objectives of the Mr. Faisal Kirlic, Republika Srpska; Development and Em- project are to (a) provide security for recently restored real ployment Foundation (DEF), Narue/Byrsac 7/11, Banja Lu- estate ownership rights; and (b) establish simple and cost- ka, Republika Srpska, Contact: Mr. Srecko Bogunovic, effective procedures for real estate transactions. Board pre- Director, Tel: (387-58) 218-140 or 218-620, Fax: (387-58) sentation was scheduled for 21 June 2001. Environmental 217-947, E-mail: [email protected] Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, 102 Rakovski Structural Adjustment St., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 869-355, Fax: (359-2) 801-148 (R) Business Enabling Environment Structural Ad- justment: The adjustment credit will support measures to Structural Adjustment improve the enabling environment for private sector-led growth including the following key objectives: (a) improv- (R) Agriculture Sector Adjustment II: The project will ing the legal, regulatory and administrative requirements support agricultural reforms initiated under the first Agri- for private business start-up and growth; (b) reducing the culture Sector Adjustment Loan, with an emphasis on legal tax burden for businesses and rendering the tax system fair and institutional framework. Negotiations completed. and transparent; and (c) strengthening the court system Board presentation was scheduled for 21 June 2001. Envi- and enforceability of laws, regulation and contracts. Project ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Con- preparation is under way, Environmental Assessment Cate- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, gory C. US$ 40.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Min- 55 Hr. Botev Blvd., 1040 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 951- istry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Musala 9, 5816, Fax: (359-2) 981-9173, Contact: Ms. Valya Sarcheve, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 473- Deputy Minister 123, Fax: (387-33) 445-911. Contact: Mrs.Azra Hadziahme- (R) Financial and Enterprise Sector Adjustment tovic, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Loan III: This project will support the completion of the government’s current Financial and Enterprise Sector Ad- Transport justment Program and set the stage for the next generation (R) Trade and Transport Facilitation in Southeast of reforms. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Europe (Cr. 3466-BOS): The project will include modern- Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). ization of customs administration, upgrading of information Consulting services to be determined. Council for Structur- systems, improvements to border crossing infrastructure al Reform, 1 Dondoukov Blvd., Sofia, Bulgaria, Contact: Mr. and equipment and technical assistance for trade facilita- Mladen Georgiev, Senior Adviser, Tel. (359-2) 981-4459, Fax. tion. This is part of a regional program involving Albania, (359-2) 980-7707 Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and The former Yugoslav Re- public of Macedonia. Loan signing is tentatively scheduled Croatia for late July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 11.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Cofi- Environment nancing is expected from the United States government and the local government in the amount of US$ 0.7 million and Karst Ecosystem Conservation: The objectives of the US$ 3.1 million respectively Federation Customs and Ad- project are to (a) address the critical issues for biodiversity PAGE 46 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 protection and nature conservation; and (b) establish prior- Structural Adjustment ities for institutional strengthening and investments to im- prove the protection of the environment, biodiversity and (R) Structural Adjustment: The loan will focus on struc- national parks in coastal and forest areas. Project prepara- tural issues related to fiscal, institutional and competition/ tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. regulatory reforms. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled US$6.3 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Min- for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ istry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning, 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Minis- Ulic Republike Austrije 20,lOOOO Zagreb, Croatia, Contact: try of Finance, Katanciceva 5, Croatia, Tel: (385-l) 4591- Mr. Bozo Kovaceviv, Minister, Tel: (385-l) 378-2143, Fax: 258, Fax: (385-l) 433-446, Contact: Josip Kulisic, Assistant Finance Minister (385-l) 377-2555

Power Federal Republic of Yugoslavia District Heating: The objectives of the project are to (a) Finance implement the first step in restructuring the power sector; (b) improve the quality, reliability and affordability of dis- (N) Financial Sector Development Technical Assis- trict heating services in Zagreb, Osijek and Sisak. The first tance: The project will finance technical assistance in sup- objective will be achieved by (a) supporting the establish- port of the troubled bank resolution program. Negotiations ment of the district heating activities of Hrvatska Elektro- completed. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$6.0 privreda (HEP) as a separate commercial subsidiary of (IBRD). Consultants will be required for implementation. HEP; and (b) achieving financial viability as well as trans- Bank Rehabilitation Agency, Knez Mihailova 30/l, 11000 parent management and accountability in district heating Beograd , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Tel: (381-11) 624- through the adoption of a new pricing policy and modern 245, Fax: (381-11) 625-426, E-mail: [email protected], concession regime. The second objective will be achieved by Contacts: Radovan Jelasic, Vice-Governor of National Bank (a) financing the backlog of urgent rehabilitation invest- of Yugoslavia and Radmila Milutinovic, Executive Director ments needed to improve the efficiency and maintain the ofBRA productive capacity of the district heating installations; and (b) helping consumers decrease their energy consumption Power by improving the heat energy efficiency at the end-user lev- el. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- (N) Electric Power Emergency Reconstruction: The ment Category B. PID: HRPE69381. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). project aims at restoring reliable electricity supply in Serbia through urgent repairs of power facilities affected by lack of Consulting services to be determined. Ulica Grada Vuko- maintenance and damage during the Kosovo conflict. Addi- vara 37, 1000 Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385-l) 613-1983, Fax: tional objectives are to improve the financial management (385-l) 613-1978, Contact: Mr. Branimir Poljak, Manager, system of the Electric Power Company of Serbia (EPS) and to Heat Energy Department, E-mail: [email protected] support the Serbian Ministry of Mining and Energy in pre- paring an Energy Policy Statement and drafting a new Ener- Public Sector Management gy Law. Negotiations were scheduled for 14-15 June 2001. (R) Court and Bankruptcy Administration: This learn- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$6.0 (FRY Trust ing and innovation loan will help finance the establishment Fund). Consultants will be required. Electric Power Compa- of orderly insolvency proceeding while modernizing selected ny of Serbia (EPS), Balkanska 13, Tel: (381-11) 688-835, Fax: commercial courts and strengthening bankruptcy trustees. (381-11) 361-1304, E-mail: dana.vukovi&?eps.co.yu, Contact: This will include (a) developing and testing a replicable Danica Vukovic, Assistant General Manager. model for court and case management; (b) creating a legal information system; (c) designing and implementing a reg- Private Sector Development ulatory framework for trustees and administrators; (d) up- (N) Private Sector Development Technical Assis- grading the skills of in-court and out-of-court professionals; tance: The purpose of the project is to support the new and (e) designing insolvency and legal services framework. privatization program and improve the business environ- Board presentation was tentatively scheduled for 15 June ment. Negotiations completed. Environmental Assessment 2001. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: Category C. US$ 6.0 (Grant). Consultants will be required HRPE65466. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be for implementation. Ministry of Economy and Privatization required. Ministry of Justice, Ulica Republike Austrije 14, of Serbia, 16 Srpshih vladara St., Belgrade, Federal Repub- 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, Tel/Fax: (385-l) 371-0666 lic ofYugoslavia, Tel: (381-11) 3617699, Fax: (381-11) 3617- Pension System Investment: The project will help fi- 640), Mr. Mirko Cvetkovic, Deputy Minister nance investments required to support the reform of the pension system. The reforms are intended to restructure the Georgia current pay-as-you-go pension tier while adding both man- datory and voluntary funded tiers to the pension system. Environment The project is likely to include (a) a broad range of technical assistance and training; (b) support for the strengthening or (R) Protected Areas Development: The project will sup- creation of organizations to plan, implement, administer, port implementation of the Georgian National Park Plan- regulate or supervise the reformed system, especially the ning program. GEF grant approved by the Executive second and third pillars; and (c) preparation of public infor- Directors on 24 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Cat- mation programs concerning the reforms. Project prepara- egory to be determined. US$8.7 (GEF). Consulting services tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. to be determined. Ministry of Environment, 68A Kostava US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Im- St., Tblisi, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 334-853, Fax: (995-32) 983- plementing agency is to be determined. 425, Contact: Nini Chkhobadze JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 47 Power Hungary Electricity Market Support (Cr. 3502-GE): The project includes (a) rehabilitation and upgrade of electricity flow Environment metering in the transmission network, (b) rehabilitation Szombathely Biomass: The project will support the de- and upgrading of system control; (c) rehabilitation and up- velopment of an environmentally friendly and cleaner new grading of telecommunications; (d) rehabilitation of selected source of energy through (a) an assessment of the biomass transmission substations; (e) management contracts for the potential of the country; and (b) an investment operation. wholesale electricity market and the transmission and dis- Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- patch companies; and (f) technical services for project imple- ment Category to be determined. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consult- mentation. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 May ing services to be determined. TAVHO (Heating Company of 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Szombathely), Tel: (36-94) 312-983, Fax: (36-94) 324-031, E- GEPE54886. US$27.4 (IDA). Consulting services will be re- mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Attila Papovics, di- quired in the following areas: management, project prepara- rector tion and implementation, audits of dispatch and transmission companies, the transmission system environ- Kazakhstan ment action plan and the wholesale electricity market. Elec- trodispetchrizatsia 2000 Ltd., 2 Baratashvili St., Tbilisi Environment 380005, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 93-63-17,98-98-21, Fax: (995- 32) 92-37-48, Contact: Mr. Boris Kozhoridze, General Direc- Nura River Cleanup: The project will (a) support the tor; JSC Elektrogadatsema, 2 Baratashvili St., Tbilisi, clean-up of mercury in Nura River; (b) strengthen the water 380005, Georgia, Tel/Fax: (995 32) 98-98-21, Contact: Mr. monitoring network; (c) develop a water resources manage- Guram Javakhadze, Director ment plan; and (d) strengthen the water pollution control system. Project preparation is under way Environmental Energy Transit Institution Building (Cr. 3473-GE): Assessment Category A. US$ 41.6 (IBRD). Consulting ser- The project will enhance the capacity of Georgia to negotiate vices to be determined. State Committee for Water Resourc- and implement oil and gas transit agreements in a manner es, 28-A Mzhaiskiy St., 473201 Astana, Kazakhstan, that maximizes economic benefits, and minimizes social and Contact: Mr. Tulegen Sarsembekov, Chairman, Tel: (731-22) environmental costs. The project includes (a) environmental 241-428, Fax: (731-22) 242-491 and technical advice for pipeline implementation; (b) legal advice for pipeline implementation; (c) company audits; (d) Public Sector Management non-pipeline oil spill prevention and mitigation; and (e) (R) Real Estate II: The project will (a) roll-out the comput- project implementation services. Approved by the Executive erized, unified real estate registration system tested in the Directors on 13 March 2001. Environmental Assessment Real Estate Registration Pilot Project (Ln. 4146-KZ); and Category C. US$ 9.63 (IDA). Consultants will be required. (b) address longer-term infrastructure requirements in the Institution Building Project Implementation Unit, 42 Al. area of map production. Project preparation is under way. Kazbegi Ave., Tbilisi 380077, Georgia, Tel: (955-32) 950-865, Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 8.4 (IBRD). Fax: (995-32) 955-268, Contact: Mr. Alexander Sikharulidze, Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Justice, E-mail: [email protected] 21 Prospekt Respubliki, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-3712) 323-346, Fax: (7-3712) 322-395, Contact: Mr. B. Rakhimbek- Water Supply/Sanitation ov, Chairman (R) Irrigation and Drainage Community Develop- (R) Second Public Sector Resource Management Ad- ment: The project includes rehabilitation of high priority justment (PSRMAL II): The operation will support a irrigation and drainage systems and formation of water-use range of activities designed to improve governance, trans- associations. Negotiations completed. Board presentation parency and accountability. To this end, it will focus on was scheduled for 21 June 2001. Environmental Assess- economy-wide structural reforms aimed at: (a) modernizing ment Category B. US$25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be public administration and the public service; (b) improving public expenditure management (including intergovern- determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 8 Machabeli mental finances); (c) reforming public procurement; (d) St., Tblisi, 380008 Georgia, Fax: (995-32) 921-467, Tel: (995- strengthening audit, financial controls and government ac- 32) 931-466, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: counting; (e) institutional strengthening of the tax and cus- Constantine Mgeladze, Project Manager toms administrations; (f) removing public sector obstacles (R) Tbilisi Water Supply and Sanitation: The project to private sector development; and (g) building a partner- will include (a) a lease contract with an international water ship with civil society in the reform process. Project prepa- operator (IWO) to strengthen management and operational ration is on hold because there is no need at present for capacity of Tbilkalcanal; and (b) a fund for future invest- balance of payments or budget support. However, the Bank ments for rehabilitating and improving water and waste- is working with the authorities and other development part- water systems, to be identified and administered jointly by ners to find a mechanism to support public sector reforms the (IWO) and Tbilkalcanal. Negotiations are tentatively without necessarily tying the program to Bank lending. En- scheduled for January 2002. Environmental Assessment vironmental Assessment Category C. US$l50.0 (IDA). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency to Category B. PID: GEPA49171. US$25.0 (IDA). Consultants be determined. Contact: Mr. Oraz Jandosov, Deputy Prime have been selected. Tbilisi Water and Sanitation Utility Minister, Government House, Astana, Kazakhstan. (Tbilkalcanal), Tbilisi Water Utility Development Bureau (TWUDB), 33, 1st Lane, Kostava St., Tbilisi, Georgia, Con- Structural Adjustment tact: Mr. Zurab Gongadze, Managing Director of TWUDB, Tel: (995-32) 93-58-31, Fax: (995-32) 98-26-07, E-mail: (R) Social Protection Reform Adjustment: The loan [email protected] will support the government’s social reform program. The PAGE 48 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 program aims at promoting social protection by (a) provid- mand for oil products and ways to help a private oil industry ing a minimum safety net for the poor; and (b) improving emerge, (k) investment plans for recommended next steps, the functioning of the labor market. The loan will focus on (1) an electric power tariff plan, and (m) potential internal social assistance programs and funding, labor and employ- efficiencies at the current energy companies. Approved by ment laws, studies to improve private sector development the Executive Directors on 4 May 2001. Environmental As- and data improvements. Project preparation is under way sessment Category C. US$ 2.5 (GRANT). Consultants will Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: KZPE64627. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. be required for the energy sector study. UN Interim Admin- Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, Astana, Kazakh- istration, Mission in Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo, Federal Re- stan, Tel: (3172) 153-602, Fax: (3172) 153-654, Contact: Vice public of Yugoslavia, Tel: (381-38) 500-223, ext. 6832, Fax: Minister Serik Seleimenov (1-212) 963-8113, Contact: Jo Trutschler, acting co-head, public utilities department. Water Supply/Sanitation (R) Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea (Ln. Kyrgyzstan 4609-m): The project will allow more water to be passed down to the delta and the Northern Aral Sea to benefit the Population, Health and Nutrition environment, agriculture, livestock and fisheries. Approved by the Executive Directors on 5 June 2001. Environmental Second Health Sector Reform (Cr. 3506-KG): The objec- Assessment Category C. PID: KZPA46045. lJS$ 64.5 tives of the project are to (a) improve health status and eq- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Committee for uity in access to health care; (b) provide protection against Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Almaty, Kazakh- potentially impoverishing levels of out-of-pocket health ex- stan, Tel: (7-3272) 622-310, Fax: (7-3272) 623-983; State penditures; (c) increase the responsiveness of the health Committee for Water Resources, 28A Mazhayevsky St., As- system to the demands of the population; and (d) advocate tana, Kazakhstan, Tel/Fax: (7-3172) 241-428, Contact: Mr. efficient use of resources. Approved by the Executive Direc- Serikbay Smailov, Director tors on 8 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. Northeastern Kazakhstan Water Supply and Sanita- PID: KGPE51372. US$l5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be tion: The objective of the project is to improve the quality, determined. Ministry of Health, 148 Moskowskaya St., reliability, efficiency, financial viability and sustainability of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 72405, Contact: Minister Tilek Me- the water supply and wastewater services in selected urban imanaliev, Tel: (966-312) 22-86-97, Fax: (966-312) 66-08-57, centers located in the northeastern region of Kazakhstan. The project would include (a) rehabilitation and efficiency 66-04-93, E-mail: [email protected] improvements of existing facilities; (b) transfer of operation- al and financial management of participating water and Structural Adjustment wastewater enterprises (vodokanals) to an internationally (R) Governance Structural Adjustment: The program experienced water utility operator under a performance- will provide support in public administration reform and in- based management contract; (c) strengthening institutional and financial capacity of the vodokanals; and (d) creating an stitutional strengthening of key government agencies and in- enabling legal and regulatory environment that promotes fi- stitutions as well as in reform of public expenditure nancial and institutional autonomy for vodokanals, includ- management, including procurement and financial manage- ing setting tariffs that allow full cost recovery. Project ment. The program will also support actions to diagnose cor- preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- ruption and strengthen the financing and delivery of public gory B. US$ 83.0 (IBRD). Financing from the government services targeted to the poor and vulnerable. Projectprepara- is expected in the amount of US$ 32.5 million. Consulting tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. services to be determined. Committee for Water Resources, US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ad- Ministry of Environment Protection, 28-l Mozhaiskiy St., ministration of the President, White House, Bishkek, Kyr- 473201 Astana, Kazakhstan, Contact: Mr. Serik Smailov, gyzstan, Contact: Mr. M. Karypkulov, Head Director, Tel: (7-3272) 623-083, 626-259, Fax: (7-3172) 241- 428, E-mail: [email protected] Water Supply/Sanitation Kosovo, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (R) Rural Water and Sanitation: The project includes (a) rehabilitation and construction of village water supply sys- Power terns; (b) rehabilitation of small town water systems; (c) in- stitutional strengthening, project management and Energy Sector Technical Assistance: The project aims at preparing an energy sector study with these elements: subproject preparation for village water supply systems; (d) (a) a household energy survey and affordability study to institutional strengthening and project management for gauge demand through 2015, (b) data on the useful lives of water systems in small towns; and (e) incremental operat- existing power facilities and least expensive ways to fill the ing costs. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled for late gaps needed to meet demand, (c) alternatives for rehabili- July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: tating and expanding the power transmission system and a KGPE36977. US$l5.0 (IDA). Parallel financing is expected recommended choice, (d) analysis of ways and means of re- from the British Department for International Develop- ducing technical losses in power transmission and distribu- ment in the amount of US$ 5.4 million and from the gov- tion furing 2002-2015, (e) feasibility of a new integrated ernment in the amount of US$ 3.2 million. Consulting power network, (f) further power investment requirements services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Wa- through 2015, (g) a lignite mine development strategy, (h) condition of district heating facilities in Pristina, Gjakova, ter Resources, 96-A Kievaskaya St., Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and Mitrovica and options for alternatives or improvements Tel: (996-312) 224-726, Fax: (996-312) 226-784, Contact: Mr. to them, (i) feasibility of importing natural gas, (i) future de- Marat Sarymsakov, Project Coordinator JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 49 Latvia nanced by the Government of Sweden. Vilnius District Heating Company, Smolensko 8.12, 2600 Vilnius, Lithua- Finance nia, Contact: Mr. Marijan Burinskij, Vice General Director- Technical Director, Tel: (370-2) 230-295,474~877, Fax: (370- Housing: The project will support the formulation and im- 2)230-702,260-637 plementation of a mortgage insurance policy and the devel- opment of mortgage finance. Cofinancing is expected from Poland the Government of Denmark, the Swedish International Development Agency, and the Government of Latvia. Ap- praisal mission was tentatively scheduled for June 2001. Agriculture Environmental Assessment Category FI. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Agriculture Competitiveness: The project would sup- Consulting services to be determined. Working Group for port Poland’s efforts in meeting agriculture standards es- the Establishment of Mortgage Lending, Ministry of Fi- tablished under European Union requirements at the level nance, 1 Smilsu St., Riga 1919, Latvia, Tel: (371-7) 095-690, of government and public institutions and food industry and Fax: (371-1) 095-693, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: agriculture producers, particularly with regard to animal Mr. Roberts Zile, Minister for Special Assignments for Coop- and plant hygiene, quality- and food-safety standards. eration with International Financial Institutions Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- Power mined. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 30 Riga District Heating Rehabilitation (Ln. 7031-LV): Wspolna St., 00-930 Warsaw, Poland, Tel: (48-22) 623-1751, Fax: (48-22) 623-1009, Contact: Mr. Andrzej Halasiewicz, The project would (a) support the rehabilitation of the dis- Director, E-mail: A.Halasiewicz@?fapa.com.pl trict heating system in Riga to improve reliability and ser- vice level and (b) support the development of the heating company. Approved by the Executive Directors on 1 August Environment 2000. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: (R) Air Protection in Silesia: The project will help the re- LVPE8530. US$36.2 (IBRD). Consultants have been select- gional authorities improve the quality of urban air in Ka- ed for project preparation. Rigas Siltums, CESU Iela 3, Riga towice principally by subsidizing low-income households to 1012, Latvia, Tel: (371-7) 017-300, Fax: (371-7) 017-363, change from coal heating to less polluting resources. This Contact: Mr. Hugo Pavuls project is no longer in the lending program. Further report- ing will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Cate- Public Sector Management gory FI. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Silesian Provincial Self Government, Katow- Local Government Management Finance: The project will provide investment support to various municipalities ice, Poland, Tel: (48-32) 256-1666, Fax: (48-32) 256-3420, and improve the system of local government budgeting and Contact: Mr. Jan Rzymelka, Deputy Marshall investment planning. Project preparation is under way En- Renewable Energy/Geothermal: The project will help vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). develop geothermal energy as a resource for district heating Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency systems and reduce local air pollution and carbon dioxide is to be determined. emissions. Project preparation is under way Cofinancing is being sought. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Structural Adjustment PLPA37339. US$32.6 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Geotermia Podhalanska, Olcza, Stachonie 2A, 30-502 Zako- (R) Programmatic Adjustment Loan II: The loan will pane, Poland, Tel: (48-18) 2015-041, Fax: (48-18) 2015-044 support continuation of the first programmatic structural adjustment program, which focused on returning to a macro Power framework conducive to growth and improving public sector performance through strengthening credibility of the public (R) Krakow Energy Efficiency f&z. 7057-POL): The sector, improving its institutional capacity to deliver servic- project will improve energy efficiency and reduce emission es and creating a transparent relationship with the private of atmospheric pollutants in the Krakow region by (a) con- sector. Appraisal completed. Negotiations are tentatively tinuing the implementation by the local municipal district planned for fall 2001. Board presentation is tentatively heating utility (MPEC Krakow) of the optimization program scheduled for late November 2001. Environmental Assess- for the district heating network in Krakow; (b) helping heat ment Category U. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services for consumers decrease their heat consumption by improving project preparation are being financed by bilateral donors. the energy efficiency of their buildings and heating installa- Ministry of Cooperation with International Financial Agen- tions; and (c) developing in Krakow the knowledge and cies, Ministry of Finance, 1 Smilsu St., Riga, Latvia, Con- mechanisms necessary for financiers to fund energy retrofit tact: Roberts Zile, Minister of Special Assignments projects so that the energy market’s price signals can moti- vate energy efficiency. Under the proposed project, MPEC Lithuania Krakow has established a subsidiary company. This compa- ny will (a) develop and implement energy efficiency invest- ments at the end-user (consumer) level for heating and Power other energy uses as appropriate; (b) arrange financing (R) Vilnius District Heat: The project will include reha- through local commercial banks, supported initially by the bilitation of the Vilnius district heating systems and sup- World Bank; and (c) assume all project performance risks port for the commercialization and strengthening of the associated with these investments for the consumers. Ap- district heating company. Appraisal is completed. Negotia- proved by the Executive Directors on 7 June 2001. Environ- tions are substantially completed. Environmental Assess- mental Assessment Category B. PID: PLPE65059. US$l5.0 ment Category B. PID: LTPE63656. US$ 17.0 (IBRD). The (IBRD). Consulting services for preparation have been se- feasibility study being conducted in Vilnius is being fi- lected. Municipal District Heating Enterprise of Krakow PAGE 50 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

(MPEC Krakow SA), Al. Jana Pawla II 188,30-969 Krakow, Rural Development Poland, Tel: (48-12) 644-18-22, Fax: (48-12) 644-55-10, Con- tact: Mr. Marek Jaglarz, President, E-mail: Mjag- Rural Investment and Services: The project will sup- [email protected], E-mail: [email protected] port the strengthening of institutional capacity to provide marketing, advisory and information services to private Transport farmers and enterprises. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: MDPE60434. (R) Railway Restructuring (Ln. 7054-POL): The project US$30.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Min- will support the commercialization, restructuring and par- istry of Agriculture, Consolidated Agricultural Projects tial privatization of Polish State Railways, by financing tem- Management Unit (CAMPU), 9, Cosmonautilor St., Room porary income support measures and redeployment services 544, Chisinau 2000, Republic of Moldova, Tel: (373-2) 22-24- for about 37,000 redundant employees to be laid off. The 65, Fax: (373-2) 24-44-69, Contact: Mr. Sergiu Botezatu, loan will also cover advisory services on railway restructur- Project Coordinator ing and privatization. Cofinancing is expected from the EBRD in the amount of US$ 9.3 million. Parallel financing Structural Adjustment is expected from EBRD in the amount of US$ 91.8 million, and from the government and other sources in the amounts Public and Private Sector Adjustment: The credit will of US$ 136.5 and US$ 3.1 million respectively. Approved by address (a) structural reforms affecting the real sector, in- the Executive Directors on 29 May 2001. The loan was cluding a continuation of the privatization agenda; (b) mac- signed on 31 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Catego- ro-imbalances and the associated implementation of public ry C. US$ 101.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be re- expenditure and revenue reforms; and (c) structural and in- quired during implementation. Polish State Railways (PKP) stitutional reforms in the area of public administration and 62 Szczesliwicka Str., 00-973 Warsaw, Poland, Contact: Mr. civil service, anticorruption, decentralization and local gov- Krzysztof Celinski, Director General, Tel: (48-22) 524-9000, ernment reform. Project preparation is under way. Environ- Fax: (48-22) 524-9020, E-Mail: [email protected] mental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fi- nance, 7 Cosmonautilor St., Chisinau, Moldova, Contact: Regional Mr. Mihai Manoli, Minister of Finance, Tel: (373-2) 233-575, Fax: (373-2) 221-307 Environment (R) Baltic Sea: The primary objective of the project is to Romania increase sustainable biological productivity, improve coastal zone management and reduce agricultural non-point source Private Sector Development pollution through the introduction of ecosystem-based ap- proaches for land and coastal and marine environmental Second Private Sector Institution Building: The loan management. The project’s long-term goal is to provide the will support the government’s privatization initiatives, its three Baltic Sea cooperating international bodies the Hels- banking reform program and its business environment re- inki Commission (HELCOM), the International Baltic Sea form agenda. Technical assistance will be provided to sup- Fisheries Commission (IBSFC) and the International Coun- port reform initiatives. Project preparation is under way. cil for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the recipient Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). countries with management tools for sustainable agricul- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, tural, coastal and marine management, while improving 17 Apollodor St., Bucharest, Romania, Tel: (40-l) 410-3400, the social and economic benefits of the farming, coastal and 410-3550,410-5025, Fax: (40-l) 312-1630. fishing communities. Cofinancing is expected from the EU, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden and Nordic Environ- Rural Development ment Finance Corporation.Appraisal mission is in the field. Rural Development: The project will strengthen the ca- Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 18.0 (GEF). pacity of the local public administration to identify and de- Consulting services to be determined. Baltic Marine Envi- liver rural infrastructure. Project preparation is under way. ronment Protection Commission, Katajanokanlaituri 6B, Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: ROPE57960. Helsinki, Finland, Tel: (358-9) 622-0220, Fax: (358-9) 622- US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. 02239, Contact: Mr. Mieczyslaw Ostojski, Executive Secre- Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 24 Blvd. Carol 1, Sector 1, tary Bucharest, Romania, Tel: (40-l) 314-4020, Fax: (40-l) 313- 0322, Contact: Ms. Adriana Alesce, Head, Directorate for Republic of Moldova Rural Development

Power Social Sector Energy II: The project will support the demonopolization (N) Social Development Fund II: The project, represent- and privatization program for the power sector, including ing the second phase of an Adaptable Program Loan, would (a) unaradina of Dower svstem control and data acquisition support a continuation and extension of activities undertak- facili%s; (b)iommercial”metering equipment; (c) upgrading en under the first phase. It aims at contributing to poverty of electrical substations: and (d) technical assistance for in- alleviation and community-driven development through: (a) stitutional reform. The project will also provide support to improving the livelihood of beneficiaries from poor rural com- the heating sector by initiating an investment program and munities and vulnerable groups and (b) promoting social supporting the restructuring of the sector. Project prepara- capital enhancement and civic engagement among project tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. beneficiaries. Activities are clustered in the following compo- US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. S.E. nents: (a) Romanian Social Development Fund (RSDF) sub- Moldtranselectro, 78 V. Alexsandri St., Chisinau 2012, Re- projects. Sub-projects will be prepared by recipients in poor public of Moldova, Fax: (373-2) 253-350 rural communities and vulnerable groups, and will be fi- JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 51 nanced under the following categories: small rural infra- education reform strategy through the development of new structure, community based social services, income policies, services and procedures. At the regional level, the generating activities and follow-up activities; (b) Knowledge project will pilot essential reforms in general and initial vo- Sharing and Partnership Building: Community participation cational education in the regions of Samara, Yaroslavl and and empowerment will be disseminated by successful sub- Chuvashiya. A large portion of project funds (approximate- project communities themselves, as the best promoters of the ly 72 per cent) will be onlent to provide resources for the ex- project. Partnerships will be built between community-based ecution of pilot educational reform programs in the three organizations, other nongovernmental organizations, local regions to be selected. Approved by the Executive Directors governments and members of the communities; active civic on 24 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. engagement among beneficiaries will be encouraged; (c) In- PID: RUPE50474. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- stitutional Strengthening: Capacity building at the commu- quired. National Training Foundation, 3/5 Smolensky Blvd., nity level will be supported. RSDF institutional support will 119898, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) 246-1884, be provided including decentralization (2-3 regional branch- 246-9892, Contact: Ms. Elena Soboleva, Project Manager es) and an RSDF newsletter. Preappraisal mission was scheduled for 21-29 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Environment Category FI. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consulting services were used for preparation under PHRD Trust Fund 027128, which (N) Rostov Nutrients Discharge and Methane Reduc- is now closed. Consulting services for implementation to be tion: The objective of the project is to reduce the discharge determined. Romanian Social Development Fund, 3, Regina of nutrients into the Don River, Azov Sea and Black Sea Elisabeta St., 3rd floor, Bucharest, Romania, Tel: (40-l) 315 through (a) rehabilitation and improvement of the wastewa- 3440, 3153495, Fax:(40-1) 315-3415, E-mail: [email protected] ter treatment plant in Rostov-on-Don, (b) configuration of or [email protected], Contact: Ms. Liliana Vasilescu, Execu- the sewage network to reduce untreated wastewater over- tive Director flow into the Don Tributary Temernik, (c) policy reform and pilot activities to promote phasing out of phosphate and (R) Social Sector Development: The project will support polyphosphate discharges into the Don River watershed, reforms in the social sector including pension reform, the and (d) replication of a comprehensive nutrient reduction expansion and strengthening of the ongoing labor redeploy- approach in other parts of Russia and riparian countries of ment program, social assistance, local government financial the Black Sea and Azov Sea. Project preparation is under management and program monitoring and evaluation. way Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.5 Board presentation was scheduled for 19 June 2001. Envi- (GEF). Consultants will be required for preparation and im- ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: ROPE8783. US$ plementation. Rostov Vodokanal, Gorky St. 293, 344019 70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Rostov, Russian Federation, Tel: (8-632) 652-580, (8-632) of Labor and Social Protection, 2, Demetru I Dobrescu St., 653-202, Fax: (8-632) 518-318), Contacts: Boris Persidski, Bucharest, Romania, Contact: Mr. Constantin Olteanu, Tel: Director, and Sergei Schneider, PIU Director (40-l) 315-27-42, Fax: (40-l) 315-54-56, E-mail: Opri- [email protected] Finance

Structural Adjustment Regional Fiscal Reform (RFRL): The loan is designed specifically as the follow-up operation to the Regional Fiscal Private Sector Adjustment II: The loan will support Technical Assistance Loan, which was approved by the structural reforms in the financial sector, state enterprise Board in December 1999. The main objective of the loan is privatization, business environment reforms and social re- to strengthen the system of intergovernmental finance and forms. Project preparation is underway Environmental As- to support improved fiscal management. Regions will com- sessment Category U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting pete for access to the resources and those which have made services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, 17 Apollodor the greatest progress in fiscal reforms will be rewarded. St., Bucharest, Romania, Tel: (40-l) 410-3400, 410-3550, Movement forward on the project will require that the gov- 410-5025, Fax: (40-l) 312-1630 ernment’s program of intergovernmental reforms remains broadly on track and that the competing regions continue to Programmatic Adjustment Loan: The loan will support meet the selection criteria. Project preparation is under the government’s efforts to improve the performance of the way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 120.0 executive and judiciary in each of the following institutional (IBRD). Consulting services will be procured throughout and governance areas: policy formulation and coordination; the preparation process as a quality assurance measure to public expenditure management; human resource manage- provide expert advice and input on the project’s design. Min- ment; and the judiciary The project will identify actions istry of Finance, Ilyinka 9, 103097 Moscow, Russian Feder- that the government and the judiciary will undertake in ation, Tel: (7-095) 792-3010, Fax: (7-095) 792-3011, E-mail: each of these areas as well as desired results. The project p0026-latiinfinru. Contact: Mr. Alexei Lavrov, Deputy will also include (a) a component to monitor and evaluate Director, Department of Intergovernmental Budgetary Re- these actions and results; and (b) development and imple- lations, Ministry of Finance mentation of an anti-corruption strategy and action plan. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory to be determined. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- Industry vices to be determined. Implementing agency is to be (R) Coal Mining Safety: The project will support the elim- determined. ination of unsafe situations and acts in the workplace. It will (a) introduce modern and more efficient practices for Russian Federation safety management, monitoring and enforcement; (b) incor- porate the extensive use of protective equipment and con- trols; (c) modernize the safety regulatory framework of the Education/Training coal industry; (d) improve the mine rescue and fire control Education Reform (Ln. 4605-RU): At the federal level, services. Furthermore, it will include support for technical the project will build capacity to support the government’s assistance to enhance safety in current mine layouts and de- PAGE 52 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 signs, and to assess options for methane drawings/use on (7-095) 246-3185, Fax: (7-095) 246-8883, E-mail: sham- the basis of well proven technologies, which will reduce dan- [email protected] gerous conditions and enhance the economic viability of some mines. This project is no longer in the lending pro- Public Sector Management gram. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmen- tal Assessment Category B. PID: RUPE57239. US$ 150.0 (R) Treasury Development: The project will support a (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Reformugol, Smolen- comprehensive reform in public expenditure management skiy Blvd. 3/5, 119121, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7- systems, leading to specific measurable improvements in 095) 915-5887, Contact: Mr. Dmitry Novosyolov, Executive various dimensions of public expenditure control and trans- Director, E-mail: [email protected] parency The improvements will include (a) the control framework for budget execution, (b) the accounting system Population, Health and Nutrition and associated operational procedures and (c) the fiscal re- porting system to provide the information required by MOF (R) Health Reform Implementation: The project will management. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled for help the government and the Federal Ministry of Health to February 2002. Environmental Assessment Category C. develop specific instruments that will support the health re- US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. form process. These instruments will be tested in two pilot Federal Treasury, 9 Iljinka St., Moscow 103097, Russian regions. The main objectives of the project are to (a) identify Federation, Tel: (7-095) 298-9640, Fax: (7-095) 298-0059, a range of concrete measures to improve the cost-effective- Contact: Ms. Tatiana Nesterenko, Deputy Minister of Fi- ness and quality of health care; and (b) develop the techni- nance cal, regulatory and institutional framework for reform at Second Tax Administration Modernization: The the federal and regional levels in order to facilitate imple- project is designed to improve the level of taxpayer volun- mentation of these measures countrywide. Appraisal mis- tary compliance, promoting increased efficiency, profession- sion is tentatively scheduled for December 2001. al ethics, equity and fairness in administration of taxes, Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: RUPE46497. with the intended outcomes of a lighter taxpayer compli- US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required. Rus- ance burden and fewer barriers to business development. sian Health Care Foundation, Malays Trubetskaya ul., 12th Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- Floor, Office 8, Moscow 119048, Russian Federation, Tel: (7- ment Category C. US$l50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to 095) 257-2665, Fax: (7-095) 257-2606, Contact: Mr. Anatoly be determined. Ministry of Taxes and Fees, 23 Neglinnava Pleshanov St., Moscow, Russia 103381, Tel: (095) 209-2918, Fax: (095) (R) Tuberculosis/AIDS: The project will (a) reduce the 209-7507, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mikhail prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) and the incidence of HIV in- Mishustin. fection; and (b) improve access, quality and cost-effective- ness of TB, AIDS and STDs services. Appraisal completed. Social Sector Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services for preparation and implementation (R) Northern Restructuring Pilot (Ln. 4611-RU): The will be required. Ministry of Health of the Russian Federa- project will include (a) migration assistance to people volun- tion, Rakhmanovsky per., 3, Moscow, 101431 Russian Fed- tarily leaving participating Northern settlements; (b) local eration, Tel: (7-095) 927-2572, Fax: (7-095) 9285815, restructuring in pilot areas; and (c) federal policy develop- Contact: Dr. Shevchenko ment. Approved by the Executive Directors on 7 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: RUPE64238. Power US$80.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required dur- ing project preparation to undertake the design of the mi- Municipal Heating (Ln. 4601-RU): The objective of the gration assistance scheme and to undertake the social project is to support the government’s reform program for assessment. Foundation for Enterprise Restructuring, 3/5 housing and communal services. The project will reduce the Smolensky Blvd., Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) financial burden on municipalities associated with the sup- 792-3010, Fax: (7-095) 792-3011 ply of heat. Approved by the Executive Directors on 27 March 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Transport RUPE38551 US$70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- termined. Central Project Development Unit, 6 Tverskoy Moscow Urban Transport (Ln. 4595-RU): The objec- Blvd., Moscow 103009, Russian Federation, Contact: Ms. tives of the project are to (a) improve traffic and transport Marina Velikanova, Tel: (7-095) 777-67-17, Fax: (7-095) 290- operations by increasing the efficiency of existing traffic and 19-87, E-mail: [email protected] transport facilities; (b) improve utilization of available road- based public transport vehicles; (c) reduce traffic-related Private Sector Development emissions; (d) improve road safety; and (e) assist in improv- ing the institutional capacity and efficiency of the agencies Coal and Forestry Sector Guarantee Facility (Ln. to plan and design traffic management schemes and to en- BllG-RU): The project’s development objective is to help force traffic regulations. The project components will be in- Russian coal and forestry enterprises finance the fixed- and frastructure, traffic systems management, public transport working-capital assets they need to restore production, ex- operations management and metropolitan transport strate- ports and employment. The guarantee facility would issue gy. Approved by the Executive Directors on 6 February special non-commercial risk guarantee contracts against a 2001. Loan signing was tentatively scheduled for late May discrete list of government interference risks. Approved by 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: the Executive Directors on 12 September 2000. Environ- RUPE46061. US$60.0 (IBRD). Financing from the govern- mental Assessment Category FI. PIDS: RUGU60045; ment is expected in the amount of US$ 63.2 million. Con- RUGU57893. US$ 200.0 (IBRD Guarantee). Consultants sultants will be required. Project Implementation Unit, will not be required. Federal Center for Project Finance, 315 Prospect Vernadskava Dom 29, Office 804, Moscow 129090, Smolensky Blvd., 119121 Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: Russian Federation, Tel: (7-095) 138-23-80, 138-10-81, Fax: JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 53

(7-095) 133-40-39, Contact: Ms. Ekaterina Popova, PIU Di- Family, Spitalska 4-6, 816 43 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, rector Tel: (42-7) 338-1310,338-1312, Contact: Vojtech Tkac, State Secretary; Social Insurance Agency, UI. 29. Augusta, 813 Water Supply/Sanitation 63, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Tel: (42-7) 384-8301, 384- 8302, Contact: JUDr. Igor Liptak, Director; National Labor (R) Municipal Water and Wastewater (Ln. 4593-RU): Office, Slovak Republic, Contact: Daniela Bacikova, Direc- The project will support institutional development and in- tor vestments for rehabilitation of water, sewerage and sanita- tion services in selected cities. Cofinancing is expected from Structural Adjustment the water utilities and the central government in the amount of US$ 45.4 million and US$ 9.3 million respective- (R) Enterprise and Financial Sector Adjustment: The ly Approved by the Executive Directors on 21 December proposed loan will support Slovakia’s comprehensive pro- 2000. Loan signing was tentatively scheduled for late June gram of bank and enterprise reforms. The program contains 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: four broad components: (a) restructuring and privatization RUPA8832. US$ 122.5 (IBRD). Parallel financing from of the banking system, centered on the privatization of the Swedish International Development Agency is expected in three large State banks, but also including the resolution of the amount of US$ 1.0 million. Consultants will be required all troubled medium banks; (b) strengthening of banking for feasibility studies, design and institutional support. regulation and supervision; (c) design and implementation Project Preparation Unit, Tuersky Blvd., Moscow 103009, of a strategy to workout the large stock of classified claims; Russian Federation, Contact: Valeria Sergeeva, Project and (d) improvement in the legal framework, centered on Manager, Tel: (7-095) 290-4245, Fax: (7-095) 202-9201, E- the bankruptcy and collateral regimes, and the laws dealing mail: [email protected] with corporate governance. Board presentation was sched- uled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. Slovakia US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants for project preparation are being financed by a PHRD grant. Ministry of Finance, Coor- dination Unit for Bank and Enterprise Privatization, Ste- Public Sector Management fanovicova 5, PO Box 82, 81742, Bratislava, Slovakia, Fax: (N) Public Finance Management: The project would fi- (421-7) 5958-2032, Tel: (421-7) 5958-2033, Contact: Mr. Ju- nance technical assistance, training activities and a small raj Rencko, Coordinator amount of information technology to support the govern- ment in improving budgetary and financial management of Tajikistan government operations. It would have these components: (a) formulation of budgetary policy, the review of sectoral Social Sector policies and programs and the preparation of the budget within an overall medium-term framework, (b) creation of a Poverty Alleviation II: The project will support the ex- state Treasury, including cash management, control of cen- pansion of the microproject and microfinance program car- tral government operations, monitoring of the operations of ried out by the Tajikistan Social Investment Fund. Project local governments, and development of government ac- preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Cate- counting and financial information systems, and (c) im- gory C. PID: TJPE8860. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consulting servic- provements in domestic and external public debt es to be determined. Tajikistan Social Investment Fund, management through reform of the domestic debt market, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (7-3772) 218-753, Contact: Jam- establishment of an overall legal framework for debt man- shed Karimov, Executive Director agement, and creation of a cash and debt management agency A Project Concept Review meeting was conducted Structural Adjustment on 5 June 2001. Appraisal mission is tentatively planned for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Structural Adjustment II: The main objective of the C. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for prepa- credit is to support the government’s efforts to (a) maintain ration and implementation in the following areas: (a) bud- macroeconomic stability by providing foreign exchange to get preparation, formulation of budgetary policy review of help maintain essential imports and non-inflationary fi- sectoral policies and programs, and preparation of the bud- nancing for the budget; (b) reform public administration; (c) get; (b) management consulting for implementation of the improve budget management systems; and (d) promote pri- vate sector activities. Negotiations completed. Board pre- Treasury project (IT to be financed by the Slovak budget and EU-PHARE); (c) creation of a debt management agency sentation was tentatively scheduled for June 2001. and improvements in public debt management through re- Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. form of the domestic debt market and establishment of an US$ 40.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Project Im- overall legal framework for debt management; and (d) serv- plementation Unit, Office of the President, Dushanbe, ing as a resident adviser for coordination of the reforms. Tajikistan Ministry of Finance, Stefanovicova 5,817 82 Bratislava 15, Slovakia, Tel: (421-7) 5249-2312, FAX: (421-7) 5249-1125, Water Supply/Sanitation E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Katarina Kovacova, Dushanbe Water Supply: The project will finance (a) the Director, International Department emergency repair of, and/or rehabilitation works for, the wa- (R) Social Benefits Reform: The project will improve im- ter treatment plant and the water distribution network; (b) plementation capacity for the new social insurance pro- a demand management program; (c) installation and opera- gram, including improved collection of beneficiary tion of an appropriate commercial and financial manage- contributions and policy reforms designed to contain public ment system; and (d) a management contract. The project outlays on social benefits. Negotiations were tentatively will also finance the operating costs for the project coordina- scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- tion unit, technical studies, technical and financial audits, gory C. PID: SKPE38090. US$29.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- supervision of construction and refinancing of a PPF. Project vices to be determined. Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Cate- PAGE 54 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 gory B. PID: TJPE57883. US$l5.0 (IDA). Consulting servic- Water Supply/Sanitation es to be determined. Dushanbe Water Supply Project Implementation Unit, 14A Ayni St., Dushanbe, Tajikistan, (R) Water Utility Improvement: The project will im- Contact: Mr. Bekhruz Safarov, PIU Director, Fax: (992-372) prove the operations of water and wastewater companies in 21-09-97 Skopje, and also improve the solid waste collection in the city. Negotiations completed. Board presentation was tenta- tively scheduled for 26 June 2001. Environmental Assess- The former Yugoslav Republic ment Category B. PID: MKPE38395. US$ 16.2113.1 of Macedonia (IBRD IIDA). Financing from the government is expected in the amount of US$ 17.3 million. During implementation, Public Sector Management consulting services will be required for technical assistance to put a lease contract in place between Skopje Municipality Public Sector Management Technical Assistance and a private company for the operation of the water utility. Credit: The project will support the implementation of the Contracts would also be issued for the rehabilitation of the programmatic Public Sector Management Adjustment water network. Ministry of Transport and Communications, credit/loan in two areas. The public expenditure manage- Crvena Skopsksa Opstina No. 4, 1000 Skopje, the FYR of ment component will support (a) development of financial Macedonia, Tel: (389-91) 128-200, Fax: (389-91) 118-144, management in line ministries; (b) development of a mac- Contact: Mr. Biljana Zdrareva, Assistant Minister, Ministry roeconomic and fiscal forecasting function; and (c) develop- of Urbanism and Construction ment of financial management in the health insurance fund. The loan will also improve policy targeting in (a) the Turkey health sector through a hospital rationalization study; and (b) social protection through studies for rationalization and/ Agriculture or reform of unemployment, child and disability benefits. Appraisal is under way Environmental Assessment Catego- (R) Agriculture Reform Implementation: The project ry C. US$ 1.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Minis- will help the government implement its agricultural sup- try of Finance, Dame Gruev 14, 91000 Skopje, the NR of port policy reform program by providing technical assis- Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 106-295, Fax: (389-2) 117-280, E- tance and financial support for setting up a direct income mail: [email protected], Contact: A. Naceva, Advi- support system, restructuring state economic enterprises, sor to the Minister of Finance improving the system of agriculture statistics and assisting farmers in switching to alternative crops as the support Social Sector price system is dismantled. Board presentation was sched- uled for 29 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category Children and Youth Development: The project will pro- C. PID: TRPE70286. US$600.0 (IBRD). Consulting services mote the social cohesion and integration among different to be determined. Treasury Department, Prime Ministry, ethnic communities through investments in favor of pre- Under-Secretariat of Treasury, General Directorate of State school children and their families as well as of youth in the Economic Enterprises, Inonu Bulvari, 06510 Emek, Anka- post-compulsory age groups. Negotiations were scheduled ra, Turkey, Contact: Ms. Ayse Donmezer, Tel: (90-312) 212- for late May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. 8912, Fax: (90-312) 2120457 US$2.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Agen- cy for Youth and Sports, 11 Oktomvri 9 (ESM Bldg.), E-mail: Education/Training [email protected], Tel: (389-2) 119-628, Contact: Mr. Igor Georgievski, Director (N) Secondary Education: The project will support sec- ondary education development through measures such as: Community Development and Culture: The project will (a) an increase in the number of schools; (b) curriculum de- focus on preserving architectural and artistic treasures of velopment; (c) pre-service and in-service training for teach- the Lake Ohrid Region and increasing the cultural toursim ers; (d) furnishing of educational materials and information potential in an environmentally sustainable manner. Ap- technology equipment; (e) provision of examinations, as- praisal report is being prepared. Environmental Assess- sessments, certification, career guidance, counseling servic- ment Category FI. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be es and management information systems; and (f) school determined. Ministry of Culture and Project Coordination improvement projects. Project preparation is under way Unit, Illindenska bb, 91000 Skopje, the FYR Macedonia, Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. Tel: (389-91) 128-042, Contact: Ms. Ana Efremova, E-mail: US$ 175.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. [email protected] Ministry of National Education, Guniz Sok No. 50-52 Kava- khdere, Ankara , Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 428-8573, Fax: (90- Structural Adjustment 312) 428-8635, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Bilge Nazikioglu, Director, Program Coordination Team Public Sector Management Adjustment: The budget management reform component will provide budgetary sup- Basic Education: The objectives of the project are to (a) ex- port for reform measures to be adopted by the government pand enrollment in basic education schools; (b) train teach- prior to credit disbursement. The civil service reforms com- ers, school principals and inspectors; (c) develop central and ponent will (a) support further reforms in public sector man- provincial implementation capacity to carry out the pro- agement, particularly public administration and budget gram; (d) create a mechanism to monitor and evaluate the management; and (b) supplement ongoing reforms in the fi- outcomes of the program; (e) reconstruct and rehabilitate ed- nancial and public enterprise and social sectors. Appraisal ucational facilities for preschool, basic education and second- is under way Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ ary education that were destroyed or damaged in the 24.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for project prepara- Marmara earthquake; and (f) resume education in the areas tion. Ministry of Finance, Dame Gruev 14, 91000 Skopje, affected by the earthquake. This is phase two of an adaptable the FYR Macedonia, Tel: (389-91) 117-288, Fax: (389-91) program loan. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for 116-313, Contact: Vance Eargov, Undersecretary November 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. - JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 55

US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ease. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- Ministry of National Education, M.E.B. Mustesarlik, 06648 sessment Category C. PID: TMPA43330. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Bakanliklar, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 418-6979, Fax: Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health and Medi- (90-312) 425-3315, Contact: Ibrahim Barbaros, Deputy Un- cal Industry, 95 Magtumguly, Ashgabat, 744000, Turkmen- dersecretary, E-mail: [email protected] istan, Tel: (7-3632) 251-063, Fax: (7-3632) 253-250, Contact: Mr. K. Berdimuhamedov, Minister Social Sector Water Supply/Sanitation (N) Social Risk Mitigation: The project aims to reduce the social impact of poverty in the short run and permanent- Kara Kum Main Canal: The project will (a) rehabilitate ly by means of three components: (a) an adjustment compo- two large hydraulic control structures on the Karakum Ca- nent, with which rapid support can flow to existing high nal; (b) improve the canal operation by means of telemetry; priority programs of the Social Solidarity Fund (SSF) and, and (c) provide capacity building through provision of tech- thus, reach the poor in ways that are already determined to nical assistance and equipment. Project preparation is un- have met appropriate condition; (b) an institutional devel- der way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 opment component facilitating the building of SSF capacity (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of to manage social risk more effectively; and (c) an invest- Land Reclamation and Water Management, 1 Seidi St., Ash- ment component providing cash benefits to a large number gabat 744000, Turkmenistan, Tel: (993-12) 393-437, Fax: of poor households that qualify by positive behavior change. (993-12) 398-539, 298-539, Contact: Mr. T.A. Altyer, Vice Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- Minister ment Category C. US$500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- quired for preparation under a PHRD trust fund grant. Ukraine Consulting services for implementation to be determined. Turkish Social Solidarity Fund, Karanfil Sokak No. 67, 06640 Bakanliklar, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 4180476, Environment Contact: Mr. Selami Namal, General Director (R) Azov Black Sea Biodiversity: The project will sup- port the Black Sea Environment Program by building ca- Urban Development pacity in local Ministry of Environment Staff and creating a (R) National Community Development and Heritage sufficient coastal wetlands national park system. Negotia- (formerly National Cultural Heritage): The project will (a) tions are scheduled for late July 2001. Environmental As- demonstrate ways of upgrading and integrating archeologi- sessment Category C. US$ 6.9 (GEF). Consultants have cal and historical sites into the local economy; and (b) in- been selected for project preparation. Ministry of Environ- crease capacity for heritage conservation within community mental Protection and Nuclear Safety, 5 Khreshchatyk St., and urban planning frameworks. Project preparation is un- Kiev 252601, Ukraine, Fax: (380-44) 228-2922, Contact: Mr. der way Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 Yaroslav Movchan, Deputy Minister of Environment (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Culture, Ilk Meclis Binasi, 06100 Ulus/Ankara, Turkey, Finance Contact: Mr. Fikret Uccan, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Rural Finance: The loan will support capitalization of pi- Culture, Tel: (90-312) 310-4286, Fax: (90-312) 311-6603 lot lending institutions which focus on financing private farms and restructuring farms. Project preparation is under Turkmenistan way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: UAPE56847. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Agriculture termined. National Bank of Ukraine, 9 Institutska St., Kiev 252007, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 293-2192, Fax: (380-44) 293- Crop Protection and Animal Health: The project aims 1698, Contact: Ms. Natalia Ivanik, Deputy Director, Eco- at rebuilding crop protection and veterinary services that nomic Group are financially and environmentally sustainable. The project includes a plant protection component that seeks to Population, Health and Nutrition strengthen the existing biocontrol practices, farmer worker safety and pest-reducing agronomic practices among new Tuberculosis/AIDS Control: The project’s objective is to farmers and help introduce and evaluate technologies that reduce the prevalence of tuberculosis and the incidence of promote sustainable crop production. Project preparation is HIV infection. Project preparation is under way. Environ- under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ mental Assessment Category C. PID: UKPE69857. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry 58.6 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Water, 63 Azadi St., Ashgabat 744000, of Health, 7 Hrushvestky St., Kiev, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) Turkmenistan, Tel: (993-12) 35-36-63, Contact: Mr. Al Ora- 253-6165 zov, Deputy Minister Power Population, Health and Nutrition (R) Coal Sector Social Mitigation: The objective of the Health: The objectives of the project are to (a) improve the project is to increase the economic efficiency of coal mining quality of care and efficiency of health care delivery in a pi- and to mitigate the social impact of mine closures. The lot district; and (b) build sufficient capacity in the Ministry project will provide support for the closure of depleted and of Health and medical industry to prepare, evaluate and non-viable mines through payment of social benefits to af- replicate reforms. Reforms would consist of (a) rationaliza- fected mine workers and execution of works for safe physi- tion of health services; (b) implementation of incentive SYS- cal closure. The project will also include employment terns and new clinical protocols; and (c) implementation of services and retraining, as well as support for small busi- organizational schemes focusing on the integrated provision ness and community development to assist employees af- of cost-effective care aimed at reducing the burden of dis- fected by mine closures. Negotiations are tentatively PAGE 56 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 scheduled for September 2001. It is expected that bilateral Rural Development donors will finance technical assistance. Environmental As- sessment Category B. PID: UAPE40561. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). (R) Rural Land Titling (formerly Rural Titling Lund): The project is designed to carry out systematic titling and Consulting services are not required. Ministry of Fuel and registration of rural land parcels. This includes assistance Energy, 4, B Khmelnitsky St., Kiev 252008, Ukraine, Tel: for the preparation of maps, farm restructuring plans, land (380-44) 226-2847, Fax: (380-44) 228-2131 surveys and registration of legal titles for newly demarcated Sevastopol Heat Supply Improvement (Ln. 4599-UA): land. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- The project would support (a) the introduction of a decen- sessment Category B. US$65.0 (IBRD). Consulting services tralized heating service in Sevastopol and (b) the develop- to be determined. State Committee for Land Resources, ment of a new heating enterprise. Approved by the Grushevskogo 6, Tel: (380-44) 226-2170, Contact: Mr. Nova- Executive Director on 22 March 2001. Environmental As- kovsky, SCLR Chairman sessment Category B. PID: UAPA55738. US$ 28.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be financed by the loan and other Social Sector donors yet to be identified. Sevteploserviss, PR-T Gen. Os- (N) Social Investment Fund : The development objec- tryakara 25, P.O. Box #35, Sevastopol 99029, Ukraine, Tel: tives of the project are to: (a) improve living conditions of (380-692) 44-35-21, Fax: (380-692) 44-35-21, E-mail: poor and vulnerable groups in targeted communities; (b) [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sergey empower communities and vulnerable groups to address lo- Dorul, Director cal social needs; and (c) help reform social protection by cre- ating models of targeting and service provision. These will Private Sector Development be achieved through development of innovative, cost-effec- tive social and communal services, strengthening the soli- Private Sector Development: The project will (a) pro- darity sense of communities and vulnerable groups, mote the private sector by strengthening the competitive- building the decision making, organizational and manageri- ness of Ukrainian enterprises; (b) accelerate the entry of al capacities of communities, nongovernmental organiza- private small- and medium enterprises; and (c) create a sup- tions and local government and strengthening the policy portive business environment. Project preparation is under formulation, monitoring and management capabilities of way. PPF has been approved; PHRD grant has been extend- central and local governments in financing and delivering ed. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: social care services. Appraisal report is being prepared. En- UAPE54966. US$ 82.1 (IBRD). Consulting services in the vironmental Assessment Category FI. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). area of corporate restructuring will be needed. Ukrainian Consulting services to be determined. Ukraine Social In- vestment Fund Executive Office, Ministry of Labor and So- Center for Enterprise Restructuring and Private Sector De- cial Policy 8/10, Esplanadna St., 01023 Kiev, Ukraine, Tel: velopment, 2 Pirogova St., Kyiv 01030, Ukraine, Tel/Fax: (380-44) 463-58636, 417-2633 Fax: (380-44) 417-1057, E- (380-44) 234-3814 mail: [email protected], Contact:Mrs. Natalia Yasko, Di- rector Public Sector Management Municipal Development Program: The program seeks Structural Adjustment to develop a sustainable system for financing local govern- (R) Programmatic Adjustment: The Programmatic Ad- ment investment which will improve local service delivery justment Loan (PAL) is the backbone of the proposed lend- and assist the government in better management of inter- ing program under the Country Assistance Strategy and governmental finance. The program will include (a) pro- will assist the government in implementing its reform agen- gram-supported reforms in intergovernmental finance to da. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- create incentives for municipalities to better manage their sessment Category C. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consulting fiscal affairs; (b) development of a Municipal Development services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, 12/2 M. Hru- Loan Fund (MDLF); and (c) assistance to municipalities to shevskoho St., Kyiv 01008, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 293-5363, help them prepare to borrow and to assess their capacity to 226-2044, 293-7466, Fax: (380-44) 293-8243, Contact: Miti- repay loans from the MDLF. Project preparation is under ukov Ihor Oleksandrovych, Minister of Finance way. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: UKPE56806. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consulting services in the Water Supply/Sanitation fields of intergovernmental finance and development of mu- (R) Lviv Water and Wastewater (Ln. 4610-UA): The nicipal credit markets are being employed in the prepara- project would help to improve the accessibility and quality tion phase, and are financed by individual consultant trust of water supply and wastewater services in the city of Lviv. funds and a PHRD grant. Implementing agency is to be de- The project seeks to: (a) support high-priority investments termined. needed to improve the operation of the water supply and wastewater systems, reduce operating costs and improve Title Registration: The project will (a) support the equip- service quality at affordable prices to the population; and (b) ping of region-level registration offices for land and other enable institutional strengthening of Lviv Vodokanal, the real estate with information systems, hardware, surveying municipal enterprise responsible for water supply and equipment and training in land registration; and (b) finance wastewater services in Lviv, through the improvement of its investments in mapping equipment to produce maps for le- technical, commercial and financial operations with the gal cadastre. Project preparation is under way Environ- help of technical assistance. Approved by the Executive Di- mental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). rectors on 5 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Catego- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Justice, ry B. US$ 24.3 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for M. Katsubinsogo St., 12, Kiev Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 229- management and operation improvement advisory services. 6664, Fax: (380-44) 224-2567, Contact: Ms. Irina Zavalna, Lviv Vodokanal, 64 Zelena St., Lviv 79017, Ukraine, Tel: Program Director (380-322) 756-291, Fax: (380-22) 783-179, Contract: Mr. Lev JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 57

Hipp, Deputy Director, Reconstruction and Development, E- Contact: Mr. G. S. Tsukirov, Technical Director, Project Im- mail: [email protected] plementation Unit

Uzbekistan Middle East and Agriculture (R) Rural Enterprise Support: The project will (a) help North Africa Region create the enabling conditions for farm privatization and re- structuring, including the legal framework, land registra- tion and training of farmers; and (b) initiate the process of Algeria farm privatization by providing the necessary support to farmers who choose to participate in the process. Board pre- Agriculture sentation is scheduled for late July 2001. Environmental As- sessment Category C. PID: UZPE46043. US$ 36.1 (IBRD). Agricultural Sector Investment: The objective of this Consulting services to be determined. The Cabinet of Minis- loan is to promote growth, productivity and employment in ters, Project Implementation Unit, 29 Suleymanova St., the agricultural sector through improving the efficiency of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (7-3712) 391-887, Fax: (7-3712) public expenditures in the agricultural sector, emphasizing 394-469, Mr. Inoiat Nurov, Director General (a) capacity development in the public administration for agriculture; and (b) rehabilitation investments to make bet- Public Sector Management ter use of the existing infrastructure in the irrigation sector which consumes over half of the public investments in agri- Public Finance Management Reform: The project will culture. Proposed project components include (a) rehabilita- provide technical assistance to improve fiscal discipline, tion of irrigation infrastructure (including associated strategic resource allocation, and efficiency of budget re- engineering, economic, social, environmental and studies); source use by placing the budget into a medium-term cycle, (b) support for individual farmers for partial financing of in- strengthening budget preparation, execution, and monitor- ing capacity, as well as fiscal transparency, related informa- vestments, repairs, replacement or rehabilitation of equip- tion systems, and public debt management. Project ment and materials; and (c) support for capacity preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Cate- development in the public administration for agriculture. gory C. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- Project preparation is on hold due to new government prior- mined. Ministry of Finance, 5 Mustakillik Sq., Tashkent ities. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 700008, Republic of Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-71) 139-4646, (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministere de Fax: (998-71) 139-1273, Contact: Jamshid A. Kuchkarov, l’agriculture, 12 Bd. Colonel Amirouche, Alger, Algeria, Con- deputy minister. tact: M. A. Rachedi, Directeur de la planification, Tel: (213- 2) 74-57-52, Fax: (213-2) 71-88-70 Water Supply/Sanitation Education/Training (R) Bukhara/Samarkand Water Supply: The project will support the rehabilitation of the water supply system in Education Reform: The project will (a) help increase en- Bukhara and Samarkand. Negotiations are tentatively rollment rates in secondary education; (b) upgrade the qual- scheduled for September 2001. Environmental Assessment ity of learning through the generalization of standard Category B. US$ 41.3 (IBRD). Financing from the govern- setting and evaluation methods; and (c) promote changes in ment is expected in the amount of US$ 13.8 million. Con- curricula and education research. Project preparation is un- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of der way Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 Macroeconomics and Statistics, 45a Uzbekistan Ave., Tash- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- kent, Uzbekistan, Contact: Mr. Alexander Mironenkov, Tel: ing agency is to be determined. (998-71) 139-8216, Fax: (998-71) 132-6319 Drainage: The objective of the project is to improve the Finance management of drainage water disposal from the irrigation (R) Financial System Infrastructure Development: schemes on the right bank of the Amu Darya in order to re- The project will support modernization of the payments sys- duce river salinity and facilitate the discharge of drainage tem including data and teletransmission facilities. Negotia- water from irrigated areas. Project preparation is under tions completed. Environmental Assessment Category C. way Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 70.0 PID: DZPA54217. US$ 16.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of quired. Bank of Algeria, 12, Bd. Colonel Amirouche, Alger, Agriculture and Water Resources, Navoi St. 44, 700011, Algeria, Tel: (213-2) 73-89-50, Fax: (213-2) 68-39-54, Con- Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (988-712) 422-986, 422-985, tact: M. Mohamed Laksaci, Vice-Governor, Bank of Algeria Contact: Mr. G. S. Tsukirov, Technical Director, Project Im- plementation Unit Housing Finance Technical Assistance: The project will Karshi Pumping Cascade Rehabilitation: The project help establish the enabling environment for an affordable will (a) rehabilitate and improve the most critical compo- mortgage loan market through: (s) legal and administrative nents of the pumping cascade which supplies water to an ir- improvements regarding the registration, titling, and mort- rigation command area of 35,000 ha; and (b) initiate the gage system and (b) appropriate structuring of mortgage creation of sustainable water management institutions in products and the capacity building of financial entities to the irrigation command area. Project preparation is under implement such a system. Project preparation is under way way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 75.0 Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: DZPE64983. (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of US$ 7.39 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Societe de Agriculture and Water Resources, Navoi St. 44, 700011, refinancement hypothecaire, BP 407, Hydra, Alger, Algeria, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (988-712) 422-986, 422-985, Tel: (213-2) 69-10-52, Fax: (213-2) 60-47-41, Contact: Dr.Ab- PAGE 58 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 delkader Beltas, Chairman and Managing Director, E-mail: horn of Africa such as those recently approved for Ethiopia [email protected] and Eritrea. The objective of the project is to increase access to programs of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment Public Sector Management with emphasis on high-risk and vulnerable groups. The project will also include development of community actions CR) Budget Systems Modernization (Ln. 7047~AL): The programs to take an increasing role in HIV/AIDS informa- first phase will finance technical assistance in detailed im- tion dissemination and provision of basic care and treat- plementation planning and will include (a) budget structur- ment. Project processing is continuing. Environmental ing of multi-year framework, economic and functional Assessment Category B. Project amount to be determined. classification grouping, accrual accounting (partial), trans- Consultants will be required to support development of a parent presentation, management of contingent liabilities, national AIDS strategy Ministry of Health, P.O. Box 1974, integration of capital expenditures, output monitoring and Djibouti, Tel: (253) 35-08-43, Fax: (253) 35-63-00, Contact: controls, dissemination of new procedures, analytical and Dr. Mohammed Mahyoub Hathem, Conseiller technique countervail capacity building; (b) system architecture deter- mination, training and outsourcing plans; and (c) prepara- (N) Health Sector Development: This first phase project tion of bids for hardware, software, launch assistance and of a three-phase adaptable program loan has the objectives communications. The deployment and launch of informa- to improve public health outcomes by (a) improving the tion systems for the new budget structure will include (a) quality of care at the facility level, (b) developing detailed hardware and software installation and tests; (b) technical sector management and financing reforms that could be im- and functional training on using the new budgetary process- plemented during the next two phases, (c) increasing the ca- es; and (c) launch and adaptations. Approved by the Execu- pacity of the Centre de formation de personnel de la Sante tive Directors on 6 February 2001. Loan was signed on 18 Publique, and (d) improving the malaria program. Other in- April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. lJS$ fectious diseases will be addressed through a parallel HIV/ 23.7 (IBRD). A PHRD grant and a grant from an Italian AIDS project. Project preparation is under way. Environ- Trust Fund have been obtained. Selection of consultants is mental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consult- under way. Ministry of Finance, Alger, Algeria, Contact: M. ants will be required for preparation of a strategic Brahim Bouzeboudjen, General Secretary, Ministry of Fi- framework for lo-year APL period and detailed first-phase nance preparation. Ministry of Health, PO. Box 1974, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 35-08-43, Fax: (253) 35-63-00, Contact: Dr. Mo- Rural Development hammed Mahyoub Hathem, Conseiller Technique Rural and Local Development: The project emphasizes community driven participatory development in the rural Egypt areas of the wilayate of M’sila, Tiaret, Tissemsilt and Djelfa. Education/Training Its main objectives are to: (a) improve rural incomes by stimulating economic activities through participatory and Higher Education Enhancementi The project will sup- community driven approaches; (b) improve living conditions port the first phase of the government’s Tertiary Education through investments in physical and social infrastructure; Reform Program. The objectives of this project are to (a) in- and (c) improve the performance of local administrations in crease access to tertiary education; (b) initiate improve- the areas of participatory approaches, community driven ments in the quality, relevance and efficiency of the projects, links with communities and NGOs. Project prepa- country’s tertiary education; and (c) provide support in the ration is under way. Environmental Assessment Category reform of sector governance. Appraisal mission is scheduled B. US$ 75.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Category Ministere de 1’Interieur et des Collectivites locales, Palais C. PID: EGPE56236. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services du Gouvernement, Alger, Algeria, Tel: (213-2)-73-24-90, to be determined. Ministry of Higher Education, Falaky St., Fax: (231-2) 73-61-06, Contact: M. Rachid Benzaoui, Direct- Garden City, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 354-8870, 355-2575, eur des etudes et du developpement local Fax: (20-2) 354-2163, Contact: Dr. Mohsen Elmahdy Said, Director, E-mail: [email protected] Transport Skills Development: The project will focus on improving (R) Transport Technical Assistance: The project will (a) the current vocational and technical education system in or- create a transport policy framework that favors private pro- der to produce market-relevant skills. The project will sup- vision of infrastructure (PPI) and competition in the mar- port (a) rationalization of the training system; (b) ket; (b) raise sector management capabilities in human improvement of the internal and external efficiency of train- resource development, planning and project appraisal, han- ing; (c) improvements in training; (d) the development of a dling of fiscal and tariff issues and other regulatory func- governance structure for vocational and technical educa- tions; (c) demonstrate the benefit of PPI to Algeria and its tion; and (e) development of sustainable financing mecha- viability to the international community as a condition for nisms. Appraisal mission is scheduled for September 2001. successfully mainstreaming PPI with less need for risk Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). guarantees; (d) remove the burden of railway subsidies; (e) Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency and privatize railway subsidiaries. Negotiations are under is to be determined. way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 7.7 (IBRD). Ministry of Transport, Algiers, Algeria Jordan

Djibouti Agriculture (R) Agriculture Exports: The project will (a) promote ag- Population, Health and Nutrition ricultural export development by the private sector; (b) im- (N) AIDS Program: The project is part of the multi-coun- prove effectiveness of support services; and (c) provide rural try AIDS program for Africa and complements others in the finance. Preappraisal completed. Appraisal mission is JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 59

scheduled for mid-October 2001. Environmental Assess- preparation of an action plan for reuse of treated wastewa- ment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to ter. Preparation mission completed. Consultancy studies un- be determined. Ministry of Planning, Steering Committee, der way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 Project Unit, PO Box 555, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 464- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of 9341, Fax: (962-6) 464-4466, Contact: Mr. Jawad Hadid, Water and irrigation (through Jordan Valley Authority), PO Minister Box 2412-5012, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 568-9517, Fax: (962-6) 568-9916, Contact: H.E. Eng. Zafer Alem, Secretary Power General, Jordan Valley Authority Samra First Private Power: The project will consist of a Disihnman Water Conveyor: The development objec- 450 MW combined-cycle power plant to be located near Am- tive of the operation is to provide an adequate and reliable man and developed by the private sector on a build, own and supply of bulk water to meet the needs of municipal and in- operate (BOO) basis. It will (a) support the government’s dustrial consumers in major urban areas. Project prepara- new initiative for private power generation and its efforts to tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category A. tap new sources of private capital for the power sector; (b) PID: JOGU51’749. US$ 100.0 (IBRD partiaI risk guarantee). add new power generating capacity at competitive prices Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Water and while improving the efficiency and reliability of the power Irrigation, PO Box 2412-5012, Amman Jordan, Tel: (962-6) supply; and (c) strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of 5680-100, Fax: (962-6) 5680-075, Contact: Dr. Hazim El- Energy and Natural Resources to prepare future private Naser projects and put into effect key policies for the sustainable development of the energy sector. The evaluation of propos- Lebanon als for the selection of the private project sponsors is com- pleted, and clarifications and negotiations with the selected Environment developer are currently in progress. Environmental Assess- ment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IBRD partial risk guarantee). Waste to Energy: The project would support the reduction A legal and financial consulting firm has been selected. Min- of methane gas from landfills to minimize greenhouse gas istry of Energy and Natural Resources, PO Box 140027, Am- emissions. Project preparation is under way. Environmental man, Jordan, Fax: (962-6) 582-1398, Contact: Mr. Azmi Assessment Category B. US$3.0 (GEF). Consulting services Kahresat, Secretary General, Ministry of Energy and Natu- to be determined. Council for Development and Reconstruc- ral Resources tion, PO Box 5351/116, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 643- 960, Fax: (961-1) 647-947, Contact: Mr. Mahmoud Osman, Private Sector Development President Cooperative Sector Restructuring The project would Private Sector Development (a) provide business support and training services to select- (R) Privatization Support: The project will (a) assist the ed cooperatives; (b) establish a guarantee fund which would government in launching its privatization program; and (b) facilitate the access of creditworthy cooperatives to commer- help implement the privatization of Middle East Airlines as cial finances; and (c) assist the Jordan Cooperative Corpora- its first major transaction. Appraisal mission has been de- tion in its further restructuring and downsizing. Project has ferred until the Bank and the government reach agreement been postponed. Environmental Assessment Category C. on an acceptable macro-economic program. Environmental US$ 4.9 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Assessment Category C. PID: LBPE70469. US$ 60.0 Planning, PO Box 555, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 464- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency 2247, Fax: (962-6) 464-9341, Contact: Dr. Salah Jamal, Sec- is to be determined. retary General, Ministry of Planning Awali-Beirut Water Conveyor: The project is a bulk wa- Public Sector Management ter supply build-operate-transfer operation to provide water to greater Beirut. The project includes construction of a wa- (N) First Public Sector Reform: The project will provide ter conveyor to tunnel water from Joun for a distance of 24 fast-disbursing external financing to meet anticipated gaps km, with a treatment plant and reservoir and distribution in revenues available for budgeted public services while link to supply water to south Beirut. Request for proposals supporting fundamental structural changes in its core pub- is being finalized. The prequalification is completed. The list lic sector. It aims at strengthening public institutional ca- of prequalified firms was announced by the Council for De- pacity and the quality of public services whose objectives velopment and Reconstruction. Environmental Assessment are to strengthen private investment, diversify the econo- Category A. PID: LBEC45101. US$65.0 (IBRD Partial Risk my, achieve closer integration with the global economy, Guarantee). Consulting services to be determined. Council strengthen the country’s human capital base, and ensure for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), PO Box 116- better access to services for citizens, especially the poor. 5352, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 981-431, Fax: (961-1) Board presentation was scheduled for 21 June 2001. Envi- 981-252, Contact: Mr. Mahmoud Osman, President ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). NO consultants are required. Ministry of Planning, PO. Box Social Sector 555, Amman 11118, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 4644-466, ext. 70, 4644-381, ext. 85, Fax: (962-6) 4649-341, 4642-247, E-mail: (R) Community Development: The development objec- [email protected], Contact, H. E. Jawad Hadid, Minister of tive of the project is to raise living standards in targeted Planning poor communities. This will be achieved by raising economic activity levels in communities through investing in the Water Supply/Sanitation grass-roots social and small infrastructure and income-en- hancement activities. Board presentation was scheduled for (R) Jordan Rift Valley Improvement: The project would 26 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ support improved water management in the Jordan Rift 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project man- Valley, together with restructuring of key institutions and agement. Council for Development and Reconstruction, Tal- PAGE 60 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 let El-Saray, PO Box 5351/116, Beirut, Lebanon, Fax: (961- be determined. Minister-e de l’agriculture, du 1) 981-252 developpement rural et des eaux et for&s, Direction des amenagements hydro-agricoles (DAHA), BP 607, Rabat, Transport Morocco, Contact: M. Abdelkrim Rahhali, Directeur des amenagements hydro-agricoles, Tel: (212-7) 75-17-10, Fax: Urban Transport Development: The project will help (a) (212-7) 75-20-42 improve traffic management through technical assistance to build capacity for traffic management within a Traffic (R) Rainfed Agriculture Development: The overriding Management Organization and financing traffic signals and goal of the project is to promote sustainable agricultural de- layout improvements for intersections in the greater Beirut velopment in rainfed areas that will help reduce the rural- area; (b) control parking in selected zones, and enforce paid urban gap. To this end, the proposed project would have the on-street parking; (c) improve traffic flow along major corri- following specific objectives: (a) to build institutional capac- dors by financing the construction of grade separations at ity in rainfed areas for project identification and implemen- sixteen highly-congested intersections; and (d) develop ur- tation in partnership with local organizations; (b) to ban transport plans and follow-up projects. Board presenta- improve the livelihoods and incomes of the local population tion is scheduled for September 2001. Environmental in four priority areas; and (c) to reduce the vulnerability of Assessment Category A. PID: LBPA34038. US$ 65.0 the production systems to drought. Project preparation is (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Council for under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. lJS$ Development and Reconstruction (CDR), Talet El-Serail, 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry PO Box 1165351, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-l) 643-966, of Agriculture, Rural Development, Water and Forests. Tel: Fax: (961-1) 647-947, Contact: Mr. Elie Helou, Project Man- (212-37) 29-99-45, Fax: (212-37) 69-84-34, Contact Person: ager Mr. Benmakhlouf, Director of Land Development

Urban Development Education/Training

Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development: The (R) Education Reform: The project will implement re- project will finance (a) priority site conservation and en- forms in general and higher education. Appraisal mission is hancement investments and associated urban infrastruc- scheduled for mid-July 2001. Environmental Assessment ture improvements in the selected sites of Baalbeck, Byblos, Category C. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Saida, Tripoli and Tyre; and (b) technical assistance servic- termined. Ministry of National Education, Rabat, Morocco, es to strengthen the capacity of the Directorate General of Tel: (212-7) 773-016, Fax: (212-7) 772-048; Ministry of High- Antiquities (DGA), Ministry of Tourism (MOT) and target er Education municipalities in cultural heritage preservation and tour- ism development. The project components include (a) cul- Infrastructure tural heritage preservation; (b) site operation and visitor management; (c) conservation of Saida and Tripoli historic (R) Information Infrastructure Sector Development old towns; (d) Urban regeneration and infrastructure im- (Ln. 7055-MOR): The project will support the implementa- provements; and (e) capacity building in cultural heritage tion of a comprehensive package of reforms designed to (a) preservation and cultural tourism development. Project enhance the competitiveness of Moroccan firms through the preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- provision of a wider choice of communication and informa- gory B. PID: LBPE50529. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- tion services at more competitive prices; (b) foster the devel- vices to be determined. Council for Development and opment of a vibrant information and communication Reconstruction (CDR), Talet El Serail, PO Box 116-5351, industry as a major source of private-sector growth; (c) ex- Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-l) 981-373/4/5/6, Fax: (961-1) tend postal and telephone services to the poor, especially in 864-494, Contact: Dr. Wafa Sharaf el Dine, Project Manager rural areas; and (d) improve savings mobilization and re- source allocation with the efficient provision of financial ser- Water Supply/Sanitation vices through the postal network, making use of the only existing country-wide retail network with branches in many Greater Beirut Water Supply and Sanitation: The ob- remote areas of the country Approved by the Executive Di- jectives of the project are to (a) improve water supply and rectors on 31 May 2001. Cofinancing will be provided by the distribution and wastewater collection services in greater African Development Bank. Environmental Assessment Beirut; and (b) lay the groundwork for the sustainable insti- Category C. PID: MAPE65736. US$ 65.0 (IBRD). Consult- tutional development of water and wastewater services. ants have been selected. Secretariat d’Etat charge de la Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- poste et des nouvelles technologies de l’information (SEP- ment Category B. PID: LBPE49903. US$65.0 (IBRD). Con- TI), Av. Moulay Hassan, Rabat, Morocco, Contact: M. Ben- sultants will be required for project preparation. Council for nani, Secretary General, Tel: (212-7) 70-20-47, 73-31-00, Development and Reconstruction (CDR), Talet El Serail, PO Fax: (212-7) 20-27-77 Box 116-5351, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-l) 981-431, Fax: (961-1) 981-252, Contact: Mr. Mahmoud Osman, President Public Sector Management Morocco (R) Legal and Judicial Development (Ln. 4563-MOR): The project will support (a) strengthening of the judicial system’s capacity to handle business-related cases through Agriculture the introduction of modern court management techniques (R) Irrigation-Based Community Development (Ln. and case management tools and systems in specialized com- 4607-MOR): This adaptable program loan will support par- mercial tribunals and Registries of Commerce; (b) strength- ticipatory, integrated rural development based on small- ening the Ministry of Justice’s capacity to manage and and medium-irrigation rehabilitation. Approved by the EX- disseminate legal, judicial and regulatory information and ecutive Directors on 31 May 2001. Environmental Assess- promote a wide-ranging communication policy, including a ment Category B. US$ 32.6 (IBRD). Consulting services to public awareness program; (c) modernization of the training JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 61 of judges through the reorganization of the National Insti- Infrastructure tute for Judicial Studies; and (d) a legal and regulatory com- ponent that includes drafting of an arbitration code and (R) Cultural Heritage (Ln. 7059.TUN): The objective of review and amendment of relevant laws. Approved by the the project is to assist the Government of Tunisia in the sus- Executive Directors on 15 June 2000. The loan was signed tainable management of the country’s cultural heritage in on 30 April 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. order to develop cultural tourism and, in time, gain addi- PID: MAPE63918. US$ 5.3 (IBRD). Studies are being fi- tional revenue. To achieve this objective, the project will (a) nanced by a PHRD grant. Ministry of Justice, Place de la enhance the legal framework to enable efficient manage- Mamounia, Rabat, Morocco, Contact: Ahmed Ghazali, Sec- ment of the country’s cultural assets through adapting and retary General, Tel: (212-7) 73-22-74, Fax: (212-7) 72-37-10 implementing Iegislation on cultura1 heritage, creating a comprehensive museum policy and strengthening the ca- (R) Maintenance: The project will support the govern- pacity of the institutions responsible for managing the coun- ment’s use of established norms and strategic criteria to try’s cultural assets; (b) develop and market cultural manage real property assets (public lands and buildings). products; and (c) improve infrastructure and management Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- at a representative sample of seven archeological and his- ment Category C. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- toric sites in order to increase their appeal and tourism po- quired. Direction des domaines, Direction du budget, tential. Approved by the Executive Directors on 12 June Ministere de l’konomie et des finances, Quartier adminis- 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: tratif, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-7) 77-11-72, Fax: (212-7) 77- TNPA48825. US$ 17.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- 92-82, Contact: Mr. A. Chaou-Roqai quired. Institut national du patrimoine, Ministry of Cul- ture, 2, place du chateau, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-1) 26-16- Social Sector 22, 26-12-59, Fax: (216-1) 56-24-52, Contact: M. Boubaker Ben Fraj Social Development Agency: The project supports the es- tablishment of a Social Development Agency (SDA). The Structural Adjustment SDA will support the financing of community-based infra- structure and provision of social services. SDA will use local (R) Third Economic Competitiveness Adjustment (for- NGOs, community-based organizations, local governments merly Economic Competitiveness Adjustment): The loan and other forms of intermediaries for subprojects imple- would support a program of reforms focusing on insurance mentation. Beneficiaries of subprojects will be involved in reform, financial sector reform, telecommunications and in- all stages of the development and implementation. Apprais- formation technology services liberalization and business al mission is scheduled for September 2001. Environmental environment reform. Appraisal is completed. Environmen- Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- tal Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Studies are vices to be determined. Agence de developpement social, Ra- being financed by a PHRD grant. Ministry of Economic De- bat, Morocco, Tel: (212-37) 77-97-71, 68-23-98, Contact: Mr. velopment, Direction generale des previsions, place de la Najib Guidera, Directeur general monnaie, 1000 Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-1) 347-183, Fax: (216-1) 351-666, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Abdelhamid Triki, directeur general Tunisia Transport Agriculture (R) Transport Sector Investment Phase II (Ln. 7051. Agricultural Support Services: The project will support TUN): The project will create an institutional framework agricultural services. Specifically, it will (a) consolidate the conducive to sustainable development of public transport in achievements of research and extension planning and pro- major cities. It aims at enhancing the quality of urban gramming; (b) support a progressive transfer of responsibil- transport and raising the economic efficiency of better fo- ity for service delivery to the private sector; (c) strengthen cused, coordinated and executed infrastructure invest- human resources management and training in both the ments. The project will also include a railway component to public and private sector; and (d) strengthen professiona speed up modernization of the phosphate network. Ap- organizations. Negotiations were scheduled for May 2001. proved by the Executive Directors on 19 April 2001. Loan Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: TNPE5750. was signed on 25 May 2001. Environmental Assessment US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Category B. PID: TNPE64082. US$37.6 (IBRD). Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture, 30, rue Alain Savary, 1002 Tunis, Transport, 13 rue 8006, Cite Montplaisir, 1004 Tunis, Tuni- Tunisia, Fax: (216-1) 78-44-47, Contact: M. Abdallah sia, Contact: SaIem Miladi, Directeur genera1 de la planifi- Mallek, Director General cation et des etudes, Ministere des transports, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-l) 79-52-89, Fax: (216-1) 79-22-16 Environment West Bank and Gaza Protected Areas: The objective of the project is to improve management and protection of selected national parks for Education/Training the purpose of conserving biodiversity of global importance. The project includes (a) institutional strengthening; (b) pro- (R) Education Action: The objective of the project is to en- tected areas management; (c) global public awareness and hance the policy making and management capacity of the education; and (d) project management. Project preparation education sector to deliver fiscally sustainable and quality is under way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ services. The project supports the work already carried out 4.7 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of by the Ministry of Education in the development of a five- Agriculture, 30 rue Alain Savary, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: year plan and long-term education strategy. Project goals (216-1) 848-892, Fax: (216-1) 799-457, E-mail: mag@minis- will be achieved through two components (a) support for terestn, Contact: Mr. Ahmed Ridha Fekih, Director Gener- leadership and management of the sector, including al, DGF strengthening the financial management and policy and PAGE 62 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 planning directorates; (b) investments in targeted domains supporting the emergence of a more strategic vision of how such as staff training, secondary vocational education and the Palestinian Authority and the NGOs can have comple- construction and equipment. The project has a flexible mentary roles in providing basic social services; (b) how the structure with investments appraised annually on the basis financial sustainability of the sector can be further en- of an agreed-upon workplan for the directorates involved. hanced; and (c) how the sector can be supported by promot- Approved by the Executive Directors on 31 May 2001. Envi- ing a culture of learning that allows for more effective ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: XOPE65593. US$ exchanges of information within the sector, and the docu- 7.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of mentation of best practices. Appraisal and negotiations Education, PO Box 576, Ramallah, West Bank, Contact: completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 21 June Khalil Mahshi, Director General, International and Public 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 8.0 Relations, Tel: (972-2) 298-3254, Fax: (972-2) 298-3299 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. The Welfare Association Consortium, PO Box 2173, Ramallah, West Population, Health and Nutrition Bank, Tel: (972-2) 234-7771, Fax: (972-2) 234-7776, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Mohammed Sha- Second Health System Development: The project will hid, Director, Project Management Organization relocate and upgrade the management and infrastructure of the two main hospital systems in West Bank and Gaza (Shi- Water Supply/Sanitation faa Hospital in Gaza City and Al-Watani Hospital in Nab- lus) which provide critical services in northern Gaza and Gaza Water and Sanitation II: The project will (a) devel- northern West Bank regions, but whose quality of care is se- op a sustainable institutional structure of the water and verely constrained by substandard facilities and location. wastewater sector in the Gaza Strip by supporting the es- The project includes (a) the preparation of a hospital master tablishment of a Coastal Water Utility under the ownership plan that provides a rational design, functional standards of the local governments representing those communities as and implementation plan for the development of these two well as by enhancing and deepening the involvement of the hospital systems over the next two decades; (b) implemen- private sector, and strengthening the regulatory and insti- tation of the first phase of the hospital rehabilitation work, tutional capacity of the Palestinian Water Authority; and (b) which will involve the replacement of existing substandard continue improving the water and sanitation services, facilities; and (c) capacity building of the hospital manage- through rehabilitation, upgrading and expansion of the ex- ment system including information technology related ac- isting systems and facilities. Project preparation is under tivities. Appraisal mission was scheduled for July 2001. way Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 16.0 (IDA). (IDA). Consultants will be required. Palestinian Water Au- Consultants have been selected for preparation work. Min- thority, PWA Bldg., Shifa St., Gaza City, West Bank and Ga- istry of Health, Project Implementation Unit, Gaza City, za, Tel: (972-8) 282-2696, Fax: (972-8) 283-4686, 282-2697, Gaza, Tel: (972-7) 282-5653, Fax: (972-7) 282-5643, E-mail: Contact: Dr. Khairy Al-Jamal [email protected], Contact: Engineer Jawad Abu El-Go- mboz, Director, Project Implementation Unit Yemen

Private Sector Development Agriculture (R) Financial Institution Developmenti The project will Farmer Services: Phase one of this adaptable program support new financial sector programs and institutions to credit will (a) implement farmer services in three zones; (b) improve access to credit by businesses and to reduce the pilot new services initiatives; (c) promote farmer organiza- credit risk inherent in commercial bank lending. Negotia- tion and private sector involvement and cost sharing; and tions were scheduled for June-July 2001. Environmental As- (d) support the implementation of sector-wide adjustments. sessment Category C. PID: XOPE43340. US$ 7.9 (IDA). Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- Consultants are being used. Palestinian Monetary Authori- ment Category B. US$l4.2 (IDA). Consulting services to be ty (PMA), Omar Mukhtar St., El Rimal, PO Box 4026, Gaza determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Sana’a, Strip, Palestine, Tel: (972-7) 282-5713, Fax: (972-7) 282- Yemen, Tel: (967-l) 277-171, Fax: (967-l) 282-968, Contact: 4599, Contact: Dr. Amin Hadded, Acting Governor Mr. Abdulrahman Bamatraf, Vice Minister

Social Sector Population, Health and Nutrition (R) Palestinian NGO II: The project aims at strengthen- (R) Health Sector Reform Support: The objectives of the ing the capacity of NGOs to deliver sustainable services to program are to improve the overall efficiency and equity of poor and marginalized Palestinians, while supporting the the health system as well as the quality and accessibility of overall professional and strategic development of the Pales- essential maternal and child health services provided at the tinian NGO sector. An estimated 77 per cent of the total secondary health infrastructure level in selected governor- amount budgeted (assumes a total budget of US $15.0 mil- ates. The project will strengthen management systems, pub- lion, the balance to be obtained through donor funding) will lic health programs and service delivery at the district level. be used to fund service delivery subprojects that are man- Appraisal mission is scheduled for mid-October 2001. Envi- aged by larger NGOs in partnership with smaller NGOs. ronmental Assessment Category B. US$70.0 (IDA). Consult- The subprojects assume that a significant amount of techni- ing services to be determined. Ministry of Public Health and cal capacity building will be provided by the larger NGOs to Population. the smaller ones. The partnership approach is intended to help the larger NGOs reach out more effectively to the most Rural Development marginalized communities and regions. The remaining 23 per cent will fund interventions that support capacity build- (R) Rural Access Improvement (CI: 3514-YEM): The ing at the level of the sector and not individual NGOs, in ad- project will establish a sustainable foundation for large- dition to covering management costs of the implementing scale improvement to rural accessibility in areas severely agency This last component pays particular attention to (a) affected by poverty with good prospects for rural develop- JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 63 ment. The project would put in place effective institutional arrangements and more appropriate technical standards and implementation procedures for rural roads develop- Latin America and ment. Approved by the Executive Directors on 7 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. lJS$ 45.0 (IDA). the Caribbean Region Consulting services will be required. Ministry of Public Works and Urban Development, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel: (967-l) 264-070, Fax: (967-l) 264-144, Contact: H.E. Abdullah H. Al Dafi’i, Minister Argentina

Urban Development Agriculture (R) Taiz Municipal Development and Flood Protec- Sustainable Fisheries Management (Ln. 4579~AR): This learning and innovation loan will support (a) strength- tion: The project includes (a) construction of flood-control ening of fisheries planning and monitoring and control ac- structures; and (b) a technical assistance component which tivities; (b) implementation of an Individual Transferable will finance international experts in municipal develop- Quota system; and (c) other measures associated with im- ment, support the development of a solid waste strategy for proved sustainable fisheries management including assis- the City of Taiz and assistance to manage the annual audit for use of IDA funds. Negotiations completed. Environmen- tance to displaced workers. The project was approved, following LIL procedures, on 18 September 2000. Loan sign- tal Assessment Category A. lJS$ 45.2 (IDA). Consultants ing pending Presidential decree. Environmental Assess- will be required. Ministry of Construction, Housing and Ur- ment Category C. PID: ARLL57459. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). ban Planning, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel: (967-14) 26-26-12, Fax: Consultants will be required for project preparation. Secre- (967-l) 26-26-09, Contact: Eng. Ibrahim Othman tariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, 982 Paseo Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Contact: Enrique Water Supply/Sanitation Gabriel Sesar, Tel: (54-l) 4349-2165, Fax:(54-1) 4349-2655 Sana’a Basin Water Managementi The project will be the first five-year slice of a program supported by an Adaptable Education/Training Program Credit with a period of 12-15 years. The program (R) Buenos Aires Second Secondary Education (Ln. objectives are to (a) increase both the quantity and the us- able life of the available water resources for domestic and 4586-AR): The project is a follow-up to the ongoing second- industrial use within the basin and to postpone new supply ary education loan for the Province of Buenos Aires (Ln. investments from outside the basin; and (b) increase effi- 4314~AR). The project (BASSEP), also known as Prodymes ciency of agricultural use in order to gain time for a gradual III-A, is a pilot for implementation of Jornada Completa (in- shift to a less water-based rural economy The project objec- creased number of school hours) in 200 upper secondary schools in poor urban areas. The project’s main objectives tives will be to test demand- and supply-management meth- ods, as well as institutional and regulatory arrangements are to improve (a) the quality of education through new ped- for full implementation of the program by (a) developing agogical inputs; (b) equity by targeting the socioeconomical- technical and institutional water supply and demand-man- ly disadvantaged; and (c) school autonomy through agement methods for large-scale implementation; (b) estab- decentralization of resources and decision-making. Ap- proved by the Executive Directors on 7 December 2000. lishing regulatory, legal and institutional framework for basin management; and (c) preparing phase two of the pro- Loan signing is tentatively scheduled for late August 2001. gram. Project preparation is under way. Environmental As- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: ARPE64614. sessment Category A. US$50.0 (IDA). Tentatively identified US$ 57.0 (IBRD) Consultants will be required for project areas that will require studies and consulting services in- preparation. Directorate General of Culture and Education clude: (a) a stakeholder and demand assessment, (b) de- (DGCyE), Ave. 13 entre 56 y 57, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Ar- mand management, (c) rural supply management, (d) gentina,Tel: (54-221) 483-1071/g, Contact: Lit. Jose Horatio wastewater management, (e) institutional development and Ordeix (f) environmental assessment. National Water Resources Authority (NWRA), PO Box 8944, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel: (967- Environment 1) 231-733, Fax: (967-l) 231-733, Contact: Dr. Jamal Mo- (R) World Bank-GEF Marine Pollution Prevention hamed Abdo, Chairman, NWRA, E-mail: [email protected] and Biodiversity: The main objective of this project is to Urban Water Supply and Sanitation: The project will protect the Patagonia Shelf large marine ecosystem through provide efficient and sustainable water services in urban ar- improved prevention and mitigation of marine pollution. eas through (a) increasing water supplies through improved The project will strengthen institutions and support priori- operation and reduction of water losses and subsequently ty investments to (a) safeguard marine biodiversity from oil through development of new water resources, including the spills and other pollution associated with maritime traffic; reuse of wastewater; (b) improvement of sector manage- and (b) increase the knowledge base and build capacity to ment through the establishment of financially viable region- improve marine resource management. The main project al corporations with significant participation of the private outputs are the improved capacity for oil spill prevention sector; and (c) provision of affordable sewerage facilities and mitigation using increased coordination of private and that assure protection of the environment and permit the public efforts and electronic marine information tools; and reuse of wastewater for agriculture or artificial recharge. the development and implementation of a competitive grant Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- program to promote sustainable use of marine resources. ment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services will Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Envi- be required. Ministry of Electricity and Water, Sana’a, Ye- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$8.4 (GEF). Consult- men, Tel: (967-l) 400-284, 400-285, 400-286, Fax: (967-l) ing services will be required for project implementation. 203-240, Contact: Eng. Isam Makki, E-mail: isam- Secretaria de Desarrollo Sustentable y Medio Ambiente, [email protected] Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Medio Ambiente, San Mar- PAGE 64 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 tin 459, Piso 2, Buenos Aires, 1004, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 5521, Fax: (54-11) 4349-5833, Contact: Lit. Alejandro Cal- 4348-8465, Fax: (54-11) 4348-8440, Contact: Lit. Mariano darelli Jager, Project Coordinator Reform of Justice System: The project will support inde- pendence of the judiciary, the administration of the Ministry Industry of Justice and the Attorney General’s Office. It will establish Mining Decontamination: The objectives of the project training facilities, improve access to justice, establish alter- are to clean up uranium mines and tailing sites and native dispute resolution mechanisms, strengthen the role strengthen the environmental management capacity of the of the legal profession and support research of law and eco- responsible agency, Comisidn National Energfa Atomica. nomics. Project preparation has been postponed pending Appraisal mission is scheduled for July 2001. Environmen- agreement with new authorities. A project preparation facil- tal Assessment Category A. PID: ARPE57124. US$ 16.0 ity advance of US$1.5 million has been approved to finance (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Comision Na- preparation of legal registries and the Judicial Council com- cional Energfa Atomica, Ave. de1 Libertador, 8250 Buenos ponent. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 Aires, 1429, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4704-1217, Fax: (54-11) (IBRD). Consulting services will be required in the areas of 4704-1165, Contact: Jose Gregui court administration and judicial training. Ministry of Jus- tice, Sarmiento 329, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argen- Population, Health and Nutrition tina, Tel: (54-11) 432%3015/19, Contact: Hugo Mercer, Project Coordinator (R) Health Insurance for the Uninsured (Ln. 4523- AR): This learning and innovation loan would provide the Social Sector necessary technical assistance and inputs in a few pilot provinces to design and implement a health insurance (R) Family Strengthening (PROFAM): This learning scheme for the non-insured. The project was approved - fol- and innovation loan will pilot and learn from civil society in- lowing LIL procedures - on 24 November 1999. Loan sign- itiatives that seek to reduce the vulnerability of poor fami- ing is tentatively scheduled for late August 2001. lies. Specifically the project will finance (a) family Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 4.9 (IBRD). strengthening by implementing Programa Equidad to fi- Consulting services to be determined. Programa de Reforma nance civil society subprojects and by providing training de1 Sistema de Seguro de Salud, Lima 355, Piso 10-B, Bue- and technical assistance to beneficiaries; (b) communication nos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4381-1979, Fax: (54-11) by facilitating the dissemination and exchange of informa- 4381-3044 tion related to project themes (paternal responsibility, gen- der equity, etc.) and by highlighting successful experiences; Public Sector Management and (c) institutional development by strengthening the exe- cuting agency for project implementation and monitoring of (R) Santa Fe Provincial Reform: This loan will support project outcomes and results. Board presentation is tenta- reforms in social spending, including social assistance, edu- tively scheduled for early August 2001. A project preparation cation and health to improve efficiency and enhance quality facility advance of US$O.5 million has been approved to fi- and equity, within a fiscally sound framework. Negotiations nance preparation of the institutional strengthening compo- substantially completed. Board presentation was tentatively nent. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Cate- ARPE70374. US$5.0 (IBRD). Consultants are not required. gory U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- National Council of Women, Ave. R.S. Pena 648, 7P A, Bue- mined. Undersecretary for Provincial Programming, nos Aires, 1035 Capital Federal, Argentina, Tel/Fax: (54-11) Ministry of Economy, H. Yrigoyen 250, Piso 9 Of. 921, 1310 345-640216403, Contact: Marisa Alfiz, E-mail: Buenos Aires, CF, Argentina, Contact: Dr. Oscar D. Ce- [email protected] trangolo Indigenous Development (Ln. 4580-A@: The objective Cordoba Provincial Reform (Ln. 4585-AR): This loan of this learning and innovation loan is to help improve the will support the provincial government’s program of state quality of life of indigenous communities by strengthening modernization. It will include reforms in public finance their social organization and cultures as well as assisting (privatization of the provincial bank, concessioning of the the communities in reducing poverty and in becoming part- provincial electricity distribution company and pensions); ners with other stakeholders in the comanagement of the public administration (tax administration, financial man- environmentally sensitive areas in which they live. The agement, human resource management and transparency); project will be carried out in three pilot areas where indige- and the social sector (education, health and social assis- nous occupants have legal collective title or are in the pro- tance). Approved by the Executive Directors 22 November cess of consolidating their traditional tenure rights. 2000. Loan signing wastentatively scheduled for late June Specifically the project will finance (a) a social and cultural 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 300.0 strengthening component; (b) a sustainable use of natural (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Government resources component which is designed to improve incomes of Cordoba Province, Carlos Pelegrini 125, Piso 2, Oficina B, derived from the sustainable use of forests, soils, water and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4328-9284,4328-9285, other natural resources; and (c) a project management com- Contact: Rodolfo Vacchiano, Director National de1 Proyecto ponent, designed to create the conditions for effective imple- Provincial Reform III (Catamarca) (Ln. 4578-m): The mentation of the project. The project was approved - project will support reforms, including fiscal adjustment, following LIL procedures - on 18 September 2000. Loan improvement of social services delivery and efficiency, and signing pending a presidential decree. A GEF biodiversity- private sector development. Approved by the Executive Di- protection project is also being prepared. Environmental rectors on 14 September 2000. Loan signing wastentatively Assessment Category B. US$5.0 (IBRD). Consulting servic- scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment es to be determined. Instituto National de Asuntos In- Category C. US$ 70.7 (IBRD). Consulting services will not digenos (INAI), Lavalle 547, Piso 7, Buenos Aires, be required. Ministry of Economy, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4493-9924, 4493-4345, 4493-4304, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349- 4493-4306, Contact: Dr. Alejandro Isla, Director JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 65

Structural Adjustment supported; (b) the Performance Agreements already used by the MOH and all nine political Departments would be ex- Buenos Aires Social Adjustment: The loan will support panded to include also some of the larger municipalities; (c) second generation reforms in health care, education and fls- the new vaccines would reach a national coverage and be- cal adjustment in the Province of Buenos Aires. Project come completely financed by domestic sources; and (d) the preparation has been postponed. Environmental Assess- investment mechanism promoting maternal and child inter- ment Category U. US$400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- ventions piloted in five departments would be expanded to quired for project preparation. Ministry of Economy, the national level and would place a greater emphasis on in- Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Ar- terventions designed to reduce perinatal mortality.Appruis- gentina, Tel: (54-l) 349-5521, Fax: (54-l) 349-5833 al and negotiations completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 29 June 2001. Environmenta Assessment Water Supply/Sanitation Category B. US$35.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Urban Drainage Infrastructure and Management: termined. Ministry of Health and Social Prevention and So- The proposed program has an investment component de- cial Investment Fund, Calle Capitan Ravelo No. 2199, Piso signed to resolve the highest priority bottlenecks in the 4, Edif. Escuela de Salud Publica, Direction General de Ser- macro-drainage systems of economically active metropoh- vicios de Salud, La Paz Bolivia, Tel: (5912) 440-7321915, tan areas, in order to provide rapid flood relief. However, the Fax: (5912) 440-591, Contact Person: Fernando Lavadenz, main purpose is to establish the strategies, guidelines and General Manager PCU institutional framework for proper storm water drainage management. Therefore, this program is intended to serve Public Sector Management as a catalyst for efficient investments in drainage infra- structure at both the macro- and micro-level, through insti- Judicial Reform: The project will assist in (a) implemen- tutional capacity building and development of appropriate tation of the strategic plan adopted by the Judicial Council technical standards and best practices. As a result, Argenti- for 2000-04; (b) establishment of alternative dispute resolu- na should be able to reverse the current trend and reduce tion mechanisms; (c) launch and operation of a judicial the severe costs associated with flooding. Project identifica- school; and (d) implementation of the Judicial Career Act, tion completed. A PHRD grant proposal for project prepara- including development of an incentive package. Project tion has been approved. Environmental Assessment preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Cate- Category A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Selection of consultants for gory C. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- preparation activities under the PHRD grant is currently mined. Ministry of Justice/Judicial Council underway. Unidad Coordinadora de Proyectos con Finan- ciamiento Externo (UCPFE), Secretaria de Obras Publicas, Structural Adjustment Ministerio de Economia, Ave. Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Piso Programmatic Structural Adjustment for Decentrali- 11, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-8587, Fax: zation (Cr. 3507-BO): The project will support the govern- (54-11) 4349-7594 ment’s decentralization program. The project aims to adapt the existing institutional framework for improved decen- Belize tralized public service delivery and governance to imple- ment the Government’s poverty reduction strategy. Education/Training Specifically, the program will support the Government in its efforts to improve the delivery of public service to the poor Education Sector Improvement: The major objectives of through increased efficiency, transparency and accountabil- this sector project are (a) to support implementation of a pri- ity of Bolivia’s decentralized government system and mary and a secondary school reform program that would in- through improving the capacity of the decentralized govern- crease access, equity, and quality of education; and (b) to ment system to deliver these services. Approved by the Ex- assist the government in the design of appropriate policies ecutive Directors on 15 May 2001. Environmental and levels of budget support for sustainable education pro- Assessment Category B. PID: BOPE68134. US$60.0 (IDA). grams. Negotiations completed. Environmental Assessment Consulting services for project preparation work have been Category C. US$ 12.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. completed. Ministry of Finance, Vice-Ministry for Public In- Ministry of Education, Belmopan, Belize, Tel: (501) 823-342, vestment and External Financing (VIPFE), Centro de Co- Fax: (501) 823-389 municaciones, Piso 11, La Paz, Bolivia, Contact: Marianela Zeballos Vargas, Tel: (591-2) 31-74-32 Bolivia Transport Population, Health and Nutrition Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance: The project will (R) Health Sector Reform (2nd Phase): The purpose of support (a) institutional strengthening activities to consoli- the program is to help reduce the infant mortality rate by date the reform of the Servicio National de Caminos and in- complementing other interventions in education, rural pro- ter-institutional coordination with the Viceministry of ductivity and water and sanitation described in the equity Transport and Prefecturas; (b) investments for the rehabil- pillar of the Bolivia CAS. The interventions initiated in itation of specific segments of the road network and road phase I would be expanded geographically reaching nation- maintenance by microenterprises; (c) technical assistance al coverage and a slightiy more eIaborate form of the inter- for the design of new projects; (d) technical assistance for ventions would be implemented. Specifically during this the road safety initiative; and (e) the establishment of a phase: (a) the Basic Health Insurance Program would ex- Road Maintenance Fund. Project preparation is under way pand its benefit package to provide greater coverage of the The Nordic Development Fund will provide financing of health needs of the poor, new forms of delivery of care using US$ 7.0 million. Environmental Assessment Category B. community agents would be incorporated in the SBS, and US$ 87.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ser- other reforms to expand health insurance coverage would be vicio National de Caminos, Edif. 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Piso 8, Ave. Mar&al Santa Cruz, esq. Orara, La Paz, Boliv- of Education, Tel: (55-61) 223-9309, 410-8704, Fax: (55-61) ia, Tel: (591-2) 342-957, Fax: (591-2) 391-764 410-9222,410-9215

Brazil Environment (R) Amazon Region Protected Areas Program: The Agriculture overall objective of the program is to expand and consolidate (R) Animal and Plant Health Protection (Ln. 4480- protected areas in the Amazon region. The first phase of the BR): The project will continue to support the government’s project would last four years and would be followed by two effort to reduce/eliminate animal and plant diseases affect- more phases of three years each.Appraisal mission is tentu- ing Brazilian exports of beef, pork, poultry and selected tively scheduled for August 2001. Environmental Assess- fruits. It would be mainly concentrated in the exporting ar- ment Category B. US$35.0/33.5 (GEFIIBRD). Consulting eas of southern Brazil. This is a follow-up to a livestock dis- services to be determined. Ministerio do Meio Ambiente ease control project financed by the Bank. Approved by the (MMA), Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bl. B, Andar 5, 70053- Executive Directors on 27 May 1999. Loan signing is tenta- 900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (57-61) 317-1000 tively scheduled for 31 July 2001. Environmental Assess- PROAGUA II: The objectives of the project are to (a) pro- ment Category B. US$ 44.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to mote a continuous policy of sustainable use and participa- be determined. Ministry ofAgriculture, Esplanada dos Min- tory management of water resources in federal rivers, isterios, BI, D, Anexo B, Sala 406, Brasilia, DF 70043-900, especially in the South, Southeast and Center West; (b) de- Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 226-6182, Fax: (55-61) 224-3995 centralize the function of water resources management to (R) Land-Based Poverty Alleviation (Ln. 7037-BR): independent-user associations and river basin committees; The project would address land access by the poor. Adopting and (c) evaluate an appropriate institutional framework for an innovative, market-based approach, it would empower the creation and expansion of a network for technical sup- communities to take the lead in land purchases and devel- port and operation of an integrated water resource manage- opment. The project will build upon lessons learned during ment to make effective use of water resources from federal the implementation of the Land Reform Pilot and Rural and state rivers. Project identification has been temporarily Poverty Alleviation Projects. Approved by the Executive Di- stopped while the project proposal (carta-consulta) is being rectors on 30 November 2000. Loan signing was tentatively evaluated by the Ministry of Planning. Environmental As- scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment sessment Category A. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting servic- Category B. PID: BRPE50772. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consult- es to be determined. Secretariat of Water Resources SGAN, ing services to be determined. Ministry of Agrarian Devel- Quadra 601, Lote 1, Edif. CODEVASF, Sala 401, Brasilia, opment, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco A, Andar 8, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 317-1291, Contact: Raymundo Jose San- Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 214-7474, Fax: (55-61) 226- tos Ganido, Secretary 3855 Finance Education/Training Financial Sector Technical Assistance: The main objec- (R) Cear& - Quality Improvement in Basic Educa- tive of the project is to support the development of institu- tion (Ln. 4591-BR): The project will improve the quality of tional capacity to assist the implementation of Brazil’s basic education in the state of Ceara through the following program of financial sector reforms. The proposed project actions (a) promotion of early childhood development activ- would support these objectives through technical assistance ities; (b) regularization of student flows; (c) teacher training to the two key financial sector regulatory agencies in Brazil programs; (d) programs in the area of science education; (e) entrusted with the design and implementation of the reform support of school development projects; (f) decentralization program: the Banco Central do Brasil and the Comissao de of educational management; and (g) community participa- Valores Mobiliarios. Project preparation is under way. Envi- tion and social mobilization. Approved by the Executive Di- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 14.5 (IBRD). Con- rectors on 20 December 2000. Loan signing was scheduled sulting services to be determined. Banco Central do Brasil, for 25 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. SPS, Quadra 3 - Bloco B, Edif. Sede, Andar 18, 70074-900 PID: BRPE59566. US$90.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Contact: Helio Jose Ferreira, Tel: (55- quired. Secretariat of Education, Ceara, Centro Adminis- 61) 414-1368, Fax: (55-61) 224-5360; Comissao de Valores trativo Virgflio Tavora, Bairro Cambeba, 60830-070, Mobiliarios, SCN Q. 2-Bl. A, Ed. Corporate Financial Cen- Fortaleza, Ceara, Tel: (55-85) 218-1412, Fax: (55-85) 218- ter, Andar 4, 70712-900, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 1446, 488-8310, Contact: Antenor Manoel Naspolini, State 327-2031, Fax: (55-61) 327-2040, Contact: Edison Garcia Secretary, E-mail: [email protected] First Programmatic Financial Sector Adjustment: Ln. Higher Education Improvement: The project’s main ob- 7053-BR The proposed programmatic lending operation fo- jective is to increase access to tertiary education and to fa- cuses on a subset of reforms: (a) actions to raise efficiency in cilitate the transition to a more diverse, higher quality and more efficient system. The main means for increasing access financial intermediation and broaden access to financial in the private system will be a loan program for qualified services; (b) reforms to enhance financial system transpar- but needy students. The main means for increasing quality, ency and the effectiveness of regulation and supervision for efficiency and relevancy will be the support of a new funding both the banking system and securities markets; and (c) system and regulatory framework under which institutions steps to bolster defenses against financial crisis. Approved are free to make decisions, but resource allocation is tied to by the Executive Directors on 24 May 2001. Environmental performance as defined by the governments policy priori- Assessment Category C. US$404.0 (IBRD). No consultants ties. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment are required. Banco Central do Brasil, SPS, Quadra 3 - Blo- Category C. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required co B, Edif. Sede, Andar 18, 70074-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil; for project preparation. Secretariat of Higher Education Contact: Helio Jose Ferreira,Tel: (55-61) 414-1368, Fax: (55- (SESU), Contact: Dr. Abilio Neves, Director, SESU, Ministry 61) 224-5360 - JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 67

Infrastructure financed. An eventual component to assist in the implemen- tation of the Law of Fiscal Responsibility is possible. Ap- (R) Fortaleza Urban Transport: The objectives of the proved by the Executive Directors on 24 May 2001. Loan project are to (a) improve the quality of public urban trans- signing is tentatively scheduled for late August 2001. Envi- port in the Fortaleza Metropolitan Region (FMR) by enhanc- ronmental Assessment Category C. PID BRPE73294 US$ ing the development of a fully integrated urban transport 8.9 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Fi- system under the coordination of a Regional Transport Co- nance, Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco P, 70048-900 ordination Commission (RTCC); (b) rehabilitate the Metro- Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 412-5283, Fax: (55-61) 412- for North Line; and (c) increase private sector participation 5263, Contact: Antonio Gustav0 Rodrigues in the operation and management of the Metrofor system (North and South lines). Negotiations were tentatively (R) Programmatic Fiscal Reform Structural Adjust- scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment ment (Ln. 7046-BR): The program consist of series of ac- Category B. US$ 85.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- tions undertaken during a two-year period (2000-2001) to termined. Companhia Brasileira de Trens Urbanos (CBTU), improve public sector performance. The actions cover imple- Estrada Velha da Tijuca 77, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Tel: mentation of the Fiscal Stability Plan and the Fiscal Re- (55-21) 5753399, Contact: Dr. Flavio Mota Monteiro, CBTU sponsibility Law; upgrading of the federal financial management system, development of the federal multi-an- Population, Health and Nutrition nual expenditure plan (the PPA) framework, completion of administrative reform, and implementation of a program to Bahia Health: The project’s main objective is to support bring Federal Debt Management institutions to best prac- the health reform process of the State of Bahia, specifically tice. Approved by the Executive Directors on 18 January to (a) develop and strengthen the health secretariat’s initia- 2001. Loan was signed on 5 June 2001. Environmental As- tives; (b) increase access to basic health care services; and sessment Category C. US$ 757.6 (IBRD). Consultants will (c) improve the efficiency and quality of public hospitals and be required. Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Planning clinic services. The project will be presented as an adaptable and Budget, Brasilia, DF, Brazil lending program. Project preparation is under way Envi- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Con- Rural Development sultants will be required. Secretariat of Health, Bahia, Ave. (R) Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Ba- Luis Viana Filho - 4 Av., Platafoma 6, Lado B, CAB, 41746- hia): The project would help the State Government of Bahia 900 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Tel: (55-71) 370-4383, Fax: (55- to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences by (a) provid- 71) 371-2488, Contact: Jose Maria Magalhaes Neto, State ing basic social and economic infrastructure, and employ- Secretary ment and income-generating opportunities for the rural Family Health: The project’s main objectives are to (a) sup- poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision- port the expansion of Programa de Saude Familiar in poor making to local levels by supporting community-based mu- urban areas; (b) initiate municipal health reform experienc- nicipal councils and beneficiary associations in investment es aimed at implementing systems of effective management planning and implementation; (c) leveraging resources mo- of care in selected municipalities; (c) improve the quality of bilized at the community and municipal levels; and (d) deep- primary care nationwide; and (d) strengthen the policy ening the creation of social capital that was initiated by the guidance and the monitoring and evaluation roles of the Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Negotiations completed. MOH. The project will be presented as an adaptable lending Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Envi- program. Appraisal mission was scheduled, in principle, for ronmental Assessment Category B. US$54.35 (IBRD). Con- mid-July 2001, depending on government approval. Envi- sulting services to be determined. State Secretariat of ronmental Assessment Category C. US$l50.0 (IBRD). Con- Planning, Science and Technology (SEPLANTEC), Tel: (55- sultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Esplanada dos 71) 370-3040, Fax: (55-71) 371-0015 Ministerios, Bloco G. Andar 8, Sala 818, CEP 70058-900, (R) Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction Brazil, Contact: Gerald0 Biasoto Jr., Secretario de Gestao de (Ceara): The project would help the State Government of Investimentos em Saude/SIS, Tel: (55-61) 315-2790, Fax: Ceara to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences by (a) (55-61) 223-0799, E-mail: [email protected] providing basic social and economic infrastructure, and em- ployment and income-generating opportunities for the rural Public Sector Management poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision- making to local levels by supporting community-based mu- (R) Fiscal and Financial Management Technical As- nicipal councils and beneficiary associations in investment sistance (Ln. 4604-BR): The project would support the ob- planning and implementation; (c) leveraging resources mo- jectives of the recently approved Programmatic Fiscal bilized at the community and municipal levels; and (d) deep- Reform Structural Adjustment Loan (PFRSAL). The objec- ening the creation of social capital that was initiated by the tives of the loan are to strengthen the foundations for im- Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Negotiations completed. proved growth, poverty reduction and public service Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Envi- delivery by improving (a) aggregate fiscal performance ronmental Assessment Category B. US$37.5 (IBRD). Con- through incentives for fiscal responsibilities; and (b) the use sulting services to be determined. State Secretariat of Rural of public resources, through better allocation and technical Development (SDR), Tel: (55-85) 245-5477, Fax: ( 55-84) efficiency of expenditures, including better service delivery 286-4035 to citizens and improved debt management. Specifically, the loan would help Brazil to qualify for an additional opera- (R) Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Per- tion(s) under the programmatic loan by supporting three of nambuco): The project would help the State Government of the PFRSAUs benchmark areas: strengthening of the multi- Pernanbuco to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences year programmatic budget approach, modernizing debt by (a) providing basic social and economic infrastructure, management, and modernizing SIAFI, the Government’s and employment and income-generating opportunities for integrated financial management system. The first two the rural poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and de- would be completely Bank financed, the third Government cision-making to local levels by supporting community- PAGE 68 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 based municipal councils and beneficiary associations in in- tation; (c) leveraging resources mobilized at the community vestment planning and implementation; (c) leveraging re- and municipal levels; and (d) deepening the creation of so- sources mobilized at the community and municipal levels; cial capital that was initiated by the Rural Poverty Allevia- and (d) deepening the creation of social capital that was ini- tion Project. Project preparation under way. Environmental tiated by the Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Negotiatiolzs Assessment Category B. US$ 22.5 (IBRD). Consulting ser- completed. Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June vices to be determined. State Secretariat of Planning (SE- 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.1 PLAN), Tel: (55-84) 211-5444, Fax: (55-84) 211-7786 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Secre- tariat of Development (SEPLAN) Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Ser- gipe): The project would help the State Government of Ser- (R) Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Pi- gipe to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences by (a) aui): The project would help the State Government of Piaui providing basic social and economic infrastructure, and em- to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences by (a) provid- ployment and income-generating opportunities for the rural ing basic social and economic infrastructure, and employ- poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision- ment and income-generating opportunities for the rural making to local levels by supporting community-based mu- poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision- nicipal councils and beneficiary associations in investment making to local levels by supporting community-based mu- planning and implementation; (c) leveraging resources mo- nicipal councils and beneficiary associations in investment bilized at the community and municipal levels; and (d) deep- planning and implementation; (c) leveraging resources mo- ening the creation of social capital that was initiated by the bilized at the community and municipal levels; and (d) deep- Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Project preparation un- ening the creation of social capital that was initiated by the der way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.8 Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Negotiations completed. (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Secre- Board presentation was scheduled for 26 June 2001. Envi- tariat of Planning, Science and Technology (SEPLANTEC), ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 22.5 (IBRD). Con- Tel: (55-79) 224-7177, Fax: (55-79) 211-9931 sulting services to be determined. State Secretariat for Planning (SEPLAN), Tel: (55-86) 221-4142; Fax: (55-86) Transport 221-2241 Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Ala- (R) Goias State Highway Management: The project, goas): The project would help the State Government ofAla- the first phase of an APL, would help finance (a) the rehabil- goas to alleviate rural poverty and its consequences by (a) itation and maintenance of Go& state road network, (b) the providing basic social and economic infrastructure, and em- upgrading and paving of important gravel roads; (c) the ployment and income-generating opportunities for the rural strengthening of the state’s road sector management; (a’) the poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and decision- preparation of a program for environmental management; making to local levels by supporting community-based mu- and (e) technical assistance and training to help implement nicipal councils and beneficiary associations in investment the state’s reform program. Appraisal and negotiations com- planning and implementation; (c) leveraging resources mo- pleted. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 65.0 bilized at the community and municipal levels; and (d) deep- (IBRD). Consultants will be required for road engineering ening the creation of social capital that was initiated by the studies and technical assistance in road and environmental Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Project preparation un- and public sector management. Agencia de Transporte der way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 16.0 e Obras Publicas (AGETOP), Av. Governador Jose Ludovico (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Secre- de Almeida, No. 20, Conjunto Caicara, CEP 74623-160, tariat OfAgriculture, Supply and Fisheries, Tel: (55-82) 315- Goiania, Go&, Brazil, Tel: (55-62) 883-8349, Fax: (55-62) 1377, Fax: (55-82) 315-1373 245-4018, E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Eng. Joslo Skaf Filho Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Minas Gerais): The project would help the State Government of SBo Paul0 Metro (Line 4): The project will improve the Minas Gerais to alleviate rural poverty and its consequenc- quality and long-term sustainability of urban transport in es by (a) providing basic social and economic infrastructure, the Sao Paul0 Metropolitan Region by interconnecting the and employment and income-generating opportunities for existing subway, commuter rail and bus networks through the rural poor; (b) decentralizing resource allocation and de- the construction of Metro’s Line 4 under BOT type scheme, cision-making to local levels by supporting community- partially financed by the private sector. Appraisal mission is based municipal councils and beneficiary associations in in- in the field. Environmental Assessment Category A US$ vestment planning and implementation; (c) leveraging re- 209.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will not be required. sources mobilized at the community and municipal levels; Transport Secretariat of Sao Paulo, Av. Paulista 402, Andar and (d) deepening the creation of social capital that was ini- 15, 01310-903 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 284-5618, tiated by the Rural Poverty Alleviation Project. Project 281-6101, Fax: (55-11) 281-6161, Contact: Mr. Arnaldo preparation under way Environmental Assessment Catego- Pereira ry B. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- State Highway Management III: The project would help mined. State Secretariat of Planning and Coordination finance (a) the rehabilitation and maintenance of Minas (SEPLAN), Tel: (55-31) 3290-4859, Fax: (55-31) 3290-4759 Gerais’ state road network; (b) the upgrading and paving of Community-Based Rural Poverty Reduction (Rio gravel roads; and (c) the strengthening of the state’s road Grande do Norte): The project would help the State Gov- sector management. Project processing is currently on hold. ernment of Rio Grande do Norte to alleviate rural poverty Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 165.0 (IBRD). and its consequences by (a) providing basic social and eco- Consulting services to be determined. Departamento de Es- nomic infrastructure, and employment and income-generat- tradas de Rodagem do Estado de Minas Gerais, Av. dos An- ing opportunities for the rural poor; (b) decentralizing dradas, 1.120 Sala 215, Predio A-CEP 30120-010 Belo resource allocation and decision-making to local levels by Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Tel: (55-31) 224-8497, 235-1278, E- supporting community-based municipal councils and bene- mail: [email protected]., Contact: Julio Cesar Diniz Oliveira, ficiary associations in investment planning and implemen- Project Coordinator, Tel: (55-31) 235-1025 JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 69

Water Supply/Sanitation 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project prepara- (R) Paraiba do Sub The loan will support an integrated re- tion. Ministerio de Educacibn, Teatinos 20, Oficina 53, Piso sources management project including water quality man- 5, Santiago, Chile agement for Brazil’s second most important watershed - the Paraiba do Sul River in the States of Rio de Janeiro, S&o Public Sector Management Paul0 and Minas Gerais. Project preparation is under way. Further loan processing is pending due to unresolved proce- Public Expenditure Management: This project would dural matters at the federal government level. Environmen- aim at (a) establishing a modern integrated financial man- tal Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting agement system in the central government and public agen- services to be determined. Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, dos cies based on the concept of operational decentralization Recursos Hidricos e da Amazonia, (MMA) and Secretaria and normative centralization; (b) promoting results-orient- Recursos Hidricos (SRH), Esplanada dos Ministerios Bloco ed budgeting; (c) creating a medium-term expenditure B, Andar 5, 700553-900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) framework for resource allocation; and (d) upgrading civil 317-1000, Fax: (55-61) 226-4345 service management information systems and their linkage with performance evaluations and agency budget results. Comunidade Solidkria: The loan will support the sus- The project would finance technical assistance, goods and tainable rehabilitation and construction of integrated sani- equipment including information technology (hardware, tation infrastructure (water supply, sanitation, micro- software, and telecommunications equipment) and training. drainage and solid waste management) in municipalities of Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- the federal program ‘Comunidade Solidaria/Ativa’. The lo- ment Category C. US$ 27.5 (IBRD). Consulting services to calities served will have populations of 500-20,000. The pro- be determined. Ministry of Finance, Santiago, Chile, Tel: gram will be delivered in a demand driven way with a (562) 671-7113, Fax: (562) 671-1351, Contact: Roberto Cerri phased approach to integrated sanitation investment, and with the promotion of innovative service delivery manage- Water Supply/Sanitation ment models, efficient subprojects and appropriate technol- ogy Project preparation is under way Environmental Water Resources Management: The project would sup- Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- port the government’s efforts to define and implement a na- vices to be determined. Secretaria Especial de Desenvolvi- tional water resources management policy and develop an mento Urban0 da Presidencia da Republica (SEDU-PR), innovative institutional framework suitable for the decen- Esplanada dos Ministerios, Bloco A, Andar 3, Sala 318, tralized management of water resources. Appraisal is com- Brasilia, DF, CEP 70054-900, Brazil, Contact: Jose Roberto pleted. A GEF biodiversity-related component is also being Resende, Project Coordinator, Tel: (55-61) 315-1709, Fax: prepared. A PHRD grant for project preparation has been (55-61) 321-1462 approved. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0/8.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants have been selected. Min- Caribbean Regional istry of Public Works (MOP)

Population, Health and Nutrition Colombia

(R) Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control: Agriculture This is an APL for the Caribbean Region (total project cost US$ 150.0 million). The overall development objective of (R) Productive Partnership (formerly Productive Part- this adaptable program loan would be to increase access to nership for Peace): The project will assist the government in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs, with setting up a successful program that supports a diverse emphasis on vulnerable groups (e.g. youth, women of child- range of local partnerships by providing an integrated pack- bearing age). The specific developmental objectives of each age of incentives and assistance for the development and individual country project will be stated in the national pro- implementation of demand-driven, sustainable and partici- grams and agreed during appraisal. Negotiations complet- patory productive partnerships. Negotiations were tenta- ed. Board presentation was scheduled for 28 June 2001. tively scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Assessment Category B. PID: COPA41642. US$ 40.0 Consultants will be required for the preparation of individ- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Departamento Nacio- ual country projects. The first group of countries includes: nal de Planeacion, Calle 26 No. 13-19, Bogota, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Barbados, and OECS nations. Minis- Fax: (57-l) 334-0221 tries of Health Environment Chile (R) Conservation of Biodiversity in Sierra Nevada: The project will support the conservation of globally signifi- Education/Training cant biodiversity within the framework of the sustainable development plan for the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. (R) Life-long Learning and Training: This loan will as- Appraisal completed. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled sist the government and the private sector in establishing for late August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category the foundation for a life-long learning and training system B. US$ 9.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. to ensure continued economic and social transformation Fundacion Pro-Sierra Nevada de Sta Marta, Calle 74, NO. 2- through (a) reducing the social deficit in education and 86, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (571) 310-0571 training opportunities for unemployed youth and workers seeking to improve their employability and quality of life; Finance and (b) upgrading human capital to improve the country’s productivity and competitiveness in the international are- (R) Private Infrastructure Project Finance Facility: na.Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for November The loan would establish an Infrastructure Finance Facility PAGE 70 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 to be managed by Banco de Comercio. The Facility would ties of Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla and Cartagena; aim to attract private financing and investments of suffi- Ministry of Development cient magnitude and at the best possible terms to help meet Colombia’s growing infrastructure needs. The project is no Costa Rica longer in the lending program. Further reporting will be dis- continued. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project prepa- Population, Health and Nutrition ration. Implementing agency is to be determined (N) Health Sector Strengthening and Modernization: The proposed project would support the ongoing reform pro- Public Sector Management cess in the Costa Rican health sector. The first phase of the reforms, supported by a previous Bank loan, the Costa Rica Judicial Reform: The Judicial Reform Program will (a) in- Health Sector Reform, has been successful in introducing troduce community-based, conflict resolution mechanisms; new management tools to improve efficiency and quality in (b) improve the civil process and court administration; and the provider network, extend the coverage of the primary (c) improve the judiciary’s governance and managerial ca- care system and improve information systems for the collec- pacity. Appraisal mission was scheduled for June 2001. En- tion of social security contributions. The second phase of the vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). reforms would support consolidation of the first phase re- Consulting services to be determined. Corte Suprema de forms, and pursue (a) changes in the Caja Costarricense de Justicia, Campo de la Judicatura Seguro Social and Ministry of Health organizational struc- tures, (b) improvements in the regulatory framework, (c) de- Social Sector centralization of the provider, (d) strengthened management (R) Second Magdalena Medio Regional Development: of the pharmaceutical supply chain, and (e) improved re- This follow-up project to be supported by a learning and in- source allocation. Negotiations completed. Board presenta- novation loan will support the next phase of the Program of tion was scheduled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 17.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Development and Peace for Magdalena Medio, with the ob- termined. Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, Contact: Dr. jective of increasing the capacity of communities to directly Juan Carlos Sanchez , Gerente de1 Proyecto, Tel. (506) 233- manage and control the Program, and to achieve sustain- 5463 able benefits. The project will have two components, one fo- cusing on the community role in program management, and the other on improving the probability of success of specific Dominican Republic investments, with an emphasis on productive projects. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- Power ment Category C. US$5.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. National Planning Department, Edif. FON- Power Market Development: The project’s overall objec- ADE, Calle 26, 13-19, Piso 14, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (571) tive is to support power sector reform by establishing a com- 596-0300, Fax: (571) 599-9550, Contact: Juan Carlos Echev- petitive bulk-supply market for electricity. Specifically, the erry project seeks to lift transmission constraints that hinder open access of power generators and to (a) support installa- Human Capital Protection (Ln. 7050~CO): This project tion of an Energy Control Center (ECC) and Financial Set- is the second loan to support a planned US$ 750.0 million tlement Center (FSC); (b) strengthen and expand the social-safety program. It aims at alleviating the negative Interconnected Transmission System; (c) provide technical impact of the economic crisis and adjustments on the poor assistance to sector policy and regulatory entities and pro- through targeted conditional cash transfers. Approved by mote rural electrification; and (d) contribute to separation the Executive Directors on 29 March 2001. Environmental costs for sector staff. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants for September 2001. Environmental Assessment Category will be required for project preparation. DAPRE-FIP, Office B. US$90.0 (IBRD). Consulting services will be required to of the Presidency, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (571) 334-9763, support power sector reform and regulatory agencies. Im- Fax: (571) 334-0221, Contact: Manuel Salazar plementing agencies: For the transmission/dispatch compo- nent: Corp Dominicana de Electricidad (CDE), Ing. Cesar Social Sector Adjustment: The loan will support reforms Sanchez, Gen. Administ., Ave. Independencia, esq. Winston to improve the efficiency and equity of social sector pro- grams. Project is being identified. Environmental Assess- Churchill, Centro de 10s Heroes, La Feria, Sto. Domingo, DR, Tel: (809) 533-3807, Fax: (809) 534-6760, Email: ment Category to be determined. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). [email protected] Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Agen- cy is to be determined. Ecuador Urban Development Power Colombia Barrio Upgrading and Land Regulariza- tion: The project will support the improvement of living Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization: The conditions in low-income areas in Colombia’s largest cities project will support structural and regulatory reform and (Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla and Cartagena) by (a) privatization of the hydrocarbon, electricity and telecommu- improving sanitation services, access roads, public spaces nications sectors. Project preparation is under way. Envi- and communal services; (b) regularizing land titles; CC) ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). strengthening community development programs; and (d) Consulting services to be determined. State Modernization supporting development of a longer term strategy to finance Council (CONAM), Ave. Juan Leon Mera, Edif. CFN, Piso low-income shelter. Project is being identified. Environmen- 10, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: (593-2) 505-025, Fax: (593-2) 501- tal Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 60.0 368, Contact: Arq. Patricia Donoso, Coordinador UEP, E- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Municipali- mail: [email protected] JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 71

Social Sector impact on living conditions of the poor. The program would be a key component in the implementation of the govern- Border Development: This loan will assist the govern- ment’s National Strategy for Local, and would leverage re- ment in the peace process with Peru by supporting activities sources controlled directly by municipalities, thus adding to which would help strengthen and increase the economic de- the available resources for local public infrastructure and velopment and integration in the border area. Activities are other support services on a demand-driven basis and sub- likely to be geared toward providing basic infrastructure ject to conditions that promote participation, capacity build- needed to support other economic activities. Project is being ing, poverty targeting and sustainability of investments. identified. Project preparation will depend upon progress Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- attained in the peace process. Environmental Assessment ment Category FI. US$60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required required for project preparation. Fondo de Inversion Social for project preparation. Implementing agency is to be deter- Desarrollo Local (FISDL), 10a. Av. Sur y Calle Mexico, Bar- mined. rio San Jacinto, frente a Casa Presidential, San Salvador, El Human Capital Protection: The project will support the Salvador, Tel: (503) 237-0122, Fax: (503) 237-0139, Contact: consolidated safety net for the poorest subgroup to mitigate Miguel Angel Siman, Director the social impact of the economic crisis. Project preparation is under way Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ Guatemala 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Social Welfare, Robles 350 y Paez, Quito, Ecuador, Tel: Education/Training (593-2) 509-127, Fax: (593-2) 563-569, Contact: Abog. Raul Patina, Min. of Social Welfare (R) Universalization of Basic Education: This project is a continuation of the ongoing Basic Education Reform Transport Project which supports the Ministry of Education’s (MIN- EDUC) effort to (a) achieve universal access to primary Rural Roads and Development: The loan will finance (a) technical assistance for institutional strengthening, regula- schooling; (b) improve equity and the quality of education primarily in rural, indigenous areas; and (c) decentralize tory reform and increased private sector participation; and and modernize the education administration system. Ap- (b) a rural roads rehabilitation and maintenance program. proved by the Executive Directors on 22 May 2001. Loan Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- signing is tentatively scheduled for mid-August 2001. Envi- ment Category to be determined. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consult- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 62.2 (IBRD). Con- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency to be determined. sultants will be required for project preparation. Ministry of Education, Ave. Reforma No. 4-73, Zona 10, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 360-3825, Fax: (5-2) 360-3870, Water Supply/Sanitation Contact: Lit. Rossana de Hegel (Director of UCONIME) Guayaquil Water III: The project will support the privati- zation of water and sewerage services of Guayaquil, focus- Private Sector Development sing on rehabilitation and expansion of drainage services of about 80 percent of the city Project preparation is stalled (R) Competitiveness (Ln. 7044-GU): The project will sup- because of disagreement over which level of government port regulatory changes and institutional development to will be the borrower. Environmental Assessment Category promote increased international competitiveness of busi- B. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. nesses, most likely through assistance in firm-level skills Implementing agency is to be determined. training, information technology, international trade and product quality and certification systems. Approved by the Executive Directors on 14 December 2000. Loan signing is El Salvador tentatively scheduled for mid-August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: GTPE55084. US$ 20.3 Population, Health and Nutrition (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy, 01001 8a. Ave. lo-43 Zona 1, Guatemala, Tel: (N) Basic Health Coverage Extension and Earth- (502) 251-8606,251-7135, Fax: (502) 238-2413 quake Rehabilitation: This project will support (i) ex- tending basic health and nutrition services to targeted, low- income populations by contracting NGO providers and Transport strengthening health ministry primary providers; (ii) devel- Rural Roads: The project will continue the work started oping and strengthening key health ministry stewardship under Loan 4260-GU to improve road transport access in functions; (iii) implementing a national program to combat the poorer areas of the country to stimulate economic activ- the spread of HIV/AIDS; and (iv) rehabilitating hospitals ity, improve commercialization of non-traditional agricul- damaged by the January 2001 earthquake. Project prepara- tural products and provide greater access to social services. tion is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project preparation is under way Environmental Assess- US$45.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project ment Category to be determined. US$75.0 (IBRD). Consult- preparation. Ministry of Health, San Salvador, El Salvador, ing services to be determined. Instituto de Foment0 Tel: (503) 272-4532, Contact: Jorge Flamenco, Email: jorge- Municipal, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Fax: (502) 334- [email protected] 6709, Contact: Albert0 Alfaro, Manager

Social Sector Guyana (N) Social Investment Fund Local Development (FIS- DL): The project will strengthen the capacities of local gov- Environment ernments to plan with participation and transparency, manage and sustain investments in local public infrastruc- National Protected Area Systems: The project will en- ture and delivery of municipal services that have a positive able the government to establish a national system of pro- PAGE 72 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 tected areas which would conserve globally important quired for project preparation. Ministry of Education, Teg- biodiversity as an essential step toward the sustainable ucigalpa, Honduras, Contact: Cristobal Rodriguez (Director management of the country’s natural resources, and the of Planning), Tel/Fax: (504) 220-0700 maintenance of access to international markets for these re- sources. Project preparation has stalled pending resolution Environment of internal country issues. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. US$ 10.0 (GEF). Most consultants have been con- (R) Sustainable Coastal Tourism: The project will sup- tracted. Office of the President, Georgetown, Guyana port the development of sustainable tourism, including op- portunities for community-based tourism on the Caribbean Public Sector Management Coast of Honduras through a learning and innovation loan. (R) Public Service Reform Adjustment: The objective of The project includes (a) development of a national strategy the proposed operation is to provide short-term support to for sustainable coastal tourism on Honduras’ North Coast, the government’s public service reform program and to be- including the incorporation of environmental and social gin to pave the way for longer-term public sector reform in- safeguards within the development strategy for the sector; itiatives. A decision on project configuration, content and (b) institutional strengthening at the municipal level to timing was to be made following in-depth consultations that build the capacity of local government and partners in the were expected to be held in late June 2001. Environmental private sector to plan and implement sustainable coastal Assessment Category C. PID: GYPE69273. US$ 10.0 (IDA). tourism initiatives; and (c) pilot programs for sustainable Consulting services to be determined. Head of the Presiden- tourism, designed to ensure broad participation in the ben- tial Secretariat, Office of the President, New Garden St. and Vlissengen Rd., Georgetown, Guyana, Tel: (592-2) 57051, efits from tourism investment in the region (these include 51330, Fax: (592-2) 63395, Contact: Dr. Mahase Pertab or training in SME for small tour operations; protected area Winston Brassington management training, grants to support entrepreneurship and innovation in tourism related public private partner- Haiti ships; (d) restoration of cultural monuments in selected tourist destinations to stimulate employment and visita- Education/Training tion; and (e) independent certification for environmentally sustainable tourism destinations and operations). Apprais- Basic Education: The project would assist the government al completed. Negotiations were tentatively scheduled for in promoting greater equity and quality in delivery of basic late June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. education services. This project has been placed on stand-by US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consulting services are being provided by status for the fiscal year 2002 lending program. Appraisal Hawkins and Associates (USA), with subcontracts to local mission is tentatively scheduled for May 2002. Environmen- consultants, and several other direct contracts to Honduran tal Assessment Category C. PID: HTPA7324. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education, consultants. Honduras National Institute of Tourism, Apar- 5, rue Audain, Local IPN, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) tado Postal 3261, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 222- 222-5042, Fax: (509) 223-7887 4002, Fax: (504) 238-2102

Social Sector Population, Health and Nutrition Economic and Social Fund II: The project will support (R) Health Sector Reform: The objectives of the project continued financing of small-scale subprojects in the social are to (a) improve the institutional capacity and manage- sectors. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for Au- ment systems of the Ministry of Health and the health fund gust 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: of the social security system; (b) increase the quality of ser- HTPE52269. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- vice delivery; and (c) strengthen the financing mechanisms termined. Ministry of Finance, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fax: of the health sector. Project preparation is under way. Envi- (509) 223-1247 ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: HNPE53575. US$ 45.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Honduras of Health and IHSS, Contiguo al Correo National, Teg- ucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 222-8518, Fax: (504) 238- Education/Training 4141 Community-Based Education (Cr. 3497-HO): The objec- tives of the project are to improve the quality of education Jamaica services for grades O-9 and to provide targeted education services to poor communities. Project components will be di- Social Sector vided into three broad types of interventions: (a) expanding the existing program for community-based education in- (R) Social Safety Net: The objective of this project is to cluding preschool, multicultural and bilingual education support the Government of Jamaica’s efforts to reform its and tutoring strategies; (b) continuing to support the na- social safety net in order to provide better and more cost-ef- tional process to improve education quality in rural areas fective social assistance programs to the extreme poor. The (mainly educational materials and teacher training) for pre- project would (a) consolidate major income transfer pro- school and basic education (grade O-9); (c) establishing the grams into a unified program; and (b) strengthen institu- foundations for school-based management and community tional capacity. Appraisal was scheduled for late June 2001. participation. Approved by the Executive Directors on 10 April 2001. Loan signing wastentatively scheduled for July Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Consultants will be required. Implementing agency is to be HNPE7397. US$41.5 (IDA). Consulting services will be re- determined JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 73 Mexico vices to be determined. National Financiera, Insurgentes Sur 1971, Torre 4, Piso 8, Colonia Guadalupe Inn, 01020 Education/Training MBxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-5) 325-6000 Off-Grid Rural Electrification GEF: The project will test Basic Education Development II: This project is the sec- private-sector implemented mechanisms for sustainable ond phase of a current adaptable program loan program. electrification of off-grid rural areas, using conventional and The project includes (a) measures to increase access and im- renewable energy technologies, as feasible. A LIL of up to prove quality in basic education services; (b) innovations in US$ 5.0 million is envisioned to finance pilot operations in education to improve the quality of education; and (c) selected sites that will later be replicated all over the coun- strengthening the management of the Ministry of Educa- try in a follow-up operation. Approval by the GEF Council tion and decentralization and strengthening of administra- has been postponed until focal point letter is issued by the tion at the state level. Project preparation is under way. Ministry of Finance. Appraisal was tentatively scheduled Environmental Assessment Category C. US$300.0 (IBRD). for mid-July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. Consulting services to be determined. Secretaria de Edu- US$ 1.5 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Sec- caci6n Ptiblica, Ave. Argentina No. 28, Ofic. 301, Piso 2, Col. retaria de Energia Insurgentes Sur 552, Piso 3, Col. Roma Centro, 06029 MBxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-5) 510-0358, Fax: Sur, MBxico, DF, 06769, Mexico, Tel: (52-5) 564-9789, Fax: (525) 521-8293 (52-5) 564-9769 Technical Training and Certification: The general ob- Off-Grid Rural Electrification: This learning and inno- jective of the project is to enhance the international compet- vation loan will test private-sector implemented mecha- itiveness of the labor force by improving the skill level of nisms for sustainable electrification of off-grid rural areas, workers. Specific goals are to (a) develop a demand-led voca- using conventional and renewable energy technologies, as tional training system in selected states and stronger links feasible. Appraisal mission is tentatively scheduled for mid- between training programs and industry; (b) improve the August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ quality of training delivery systems and outcomes in the la- 5.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Secre- bor market; (c) develop more effective and financially sus- taria de Energia Insurgentes Sur 552, Piso 3, Col. Roma tainable training institutions; (d) consolidate labor Sur, MBxico 06769, DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-5) 564-9789, Fax: competencies norms and certification system; and (e) in- (52-5) 564-9769 crease private sector participation in training delivery. Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- PROMAD: The development objective of the Environmen- egory to be determined. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- tal Management and Decentralization Program (PROMAD) vices to be determined. Secretaria de Educaci6n Ptiblica, would be to reverse the trend of environmental deteriora- Ave. Argentina No. 28, Oficina 301, Piso 2, Col. Centro, tion in Mexico through more efficient and effective environ- 06029 Mgxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (525) 510-8927 mental management. This is an Adaptable Program Loan to be broken down into three phases. The first phase would be Environment approximately US$50.0 million. The amounts for other two phases to be determined. Project preparation is under way. Air Quality and Urban Transport: This project will com- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). plement activities under the Air Quality II project. The ob- Consultants have been contracted. Ministry of Environ- jective is to reduce the costs of environmental degradation ment, Natural Resources and Fisheries (SEMARNAP), caused by emission of greenhouse gases in the Mexico City Perifkrico Sur No. 4209,60 Piso, Col. Fracci6n Amineto Jar- metropolitan area. Project preparation is under way. Envi- f6y; en al Montafia, MBxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (525) 628- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (GEF). Con- sulting services are no longer required. Comisi6nAmbiental Metropolitana, Plaza de la Constituc%n, No. 1, Piso 3, Cal. Finance Centro Delegaci6n Cuauhtemoc, CP 06068, Mexico (R) Rural Microfinance: This technical assistance loan Consolidation of Protected Areas Program: The will identify cost-effective mechanisms to improve the ac- project will provide support to biodiversity conservation and cess of communities in the marginal areas to sustainable, sustainable use in protected areas (PAS) in Mexico. The formal and semi-formal financial services which can serve project would extend the protected areas program initiated as the basis for an expanded program of support to commu- with GEF funding in 1992 and restructured in 1997, by add- nities and non-bank financial institutions throughout Mex- ing 12 PAS to the program. Appraisal was tentatively sched- ico. Negotiations are scheduled for September 2001. uled for July 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. Environmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 16.5 (GEF). Consultants will be required for project US$40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Im- preparation. Secretaria de Medio Ambiente, Recursos Nat- plementing agency is to be determined urales y Pesca, Comisidn National de Areas Naturales Pro- tegidas, Ave. Revoluci6n 1425, Col. Campestre Tlacopac, (R) States Decentralization: The project would support 01040 MBxico, DF, Mexico, Tel: (525) 624-3625, Fax: (525) the states’ development as part of Mexico’s ongoing decen- 624-3589 tralization process. The project is no longer in lending pro- gram. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmental Municipal Development in Rural Areas: This project is Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). a follow-up to the Second Decentralization and Regional De- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency velopment project. The project aims at improving the decen- is to be determined. tralized delivery of social infrastructure in rural municipalities, by supporting local small-scale investments Infrastructure and institutional development activities, while strengthen- ing capacities in the three levels of government to coordi- Federal District Urban Upgrading: The project supports nate joint investments and municipal development ensuring the provision of quality infrastructure for low-in- programs. Project, preparation is under way. Environmental come populations and effective public governance. The pro- Assessment Category B. US$400.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- gram purpose is to improve the physical environment and PAGE 74 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 access to economic opportunity for residents of poor neigh- tion, health, pensions) and in the two main infrastructure borhoods of the Federal District. This is an adaptable pro- sectors (water, roads) can be ensured at both the state level. gram loan. Appraisal is tentatively scheduled for October Appraisal is scheduled for August 2001. Environmental As- 2001. Environmental Assessment Category FI. US$ 60.0 sessment Category C. PID: MXPE73371. US$20.0 (IBRD). (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. BANOBRAS, Consultants will be required for project preparation. BAN- Monterrey 206, Col. Roma, Mexico, DF, Mexico,Tel: (525) OBRAS, Tecoyotitla No. 100-2 piso, Colonia Florida, Mexico, 564-1138 DF, CP 01030, Mexico, Tel: (525) 5723-6039, Fax: (525) 5723-6233, Contact: Victor Manuel Gonzalez Molina, Subdi- Population, Health and Nutrition rector de Programas Crediticios y Asistencia Tecnica

(N) ISSSTE: This programmatic Sector Adjustment Loan Social Sector will support the government of Mexico in: (a) improving the fiscal efficiency of social security benefits, especially pen- Gender (Ln. 7022-ME): The project will improve the qual- sions and health services, for public employees in Mexico; ity of life for the poor by (a) improving access to social and and (b) enhancing the governance of public social security economic programs; (b) modifying the negative aspects of through corporate restructuring of ISSSTE (Public Sector gender roles and relations in society; and (c) strengthening Social Security) and the establishment of regulatory frame- institutional capacity through the inclusion of a gender per- work for private sector participation in benefit provision. spective. The project will consist of three general compo- Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Cat- nents (a) Institutionalization of the Gender Perspective in egory to be determined. US$500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Poverty Alleviation Programs, to incorporate gender fair- be required for project preparation. Mexico Public Sector ness in opportunities and outcomes in the programs, proce- Social Security (ISSSTE) dures and practices of the eleven SEDESOL programs addressed to the poor; (b) gender awareness, to provide in- (R) Third Basic Health Care - PROCEDES: This centives for the inclusion of equitable gender approaches in project will complement activities under the Second Basic programs managed by the private sector, local governments Health Care Project. The objective is to consolidate the Pro- and grassroots organizations; (c) community-based actions, grama de Ampliacion de Cobertura (PAC) and its expansion to promote more balanced mechanisms of participation in to rural and peri-urban areas located in states not covered community-based programs. The project was approved - by the ongoing project. Board presentation was scheduled following LIL procedures - on 16 June 2000. Loan signing fir 21 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. is tentatively scheduled for September 2001. Environmen- US$350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project tal Assessment Category C. PID: MXPE66938. US$ 5.0 preparation. Secretariat of Health, Ave. Jose M. Vasconcelos (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Secretary of 221, Piso 7, San Miguel Chapultepec, Mexico, DF 11850, Social Development (SEDESOL), San Antonio 124, Piso 1, Mexico, Tel: (525) 211-7788, Fax: (525) 553-0583 Edif. C, Col. Transito, Deleg. Guauntempo, Mexico, DF, Health System Reform II: The project will complement Mexico, CP 08323, Tel: (52-5) 741-0923, Fax: (52-5) 741- activities under the Health System Reform Structural Ad- 8284, Contact: Rosalba Carrasco and Francisco Cos Montiel justment Loan (Ln. 4364-ME). Project is being identified. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$350.0 (IBRD). Nicaragua Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency is to be determined. Agriculture Private Sector Development (N) Land Administration: The project, to be carried out over a four-year period, is both institution building and tran- Regional Private Sector Development: This learning sitional in the sense that it will develop a more coherent and and innovation loan will support the competitiveness of the technically superior approach to systematic land rights reg- private sector at the regional level. Negotiations were ten- ularization. It entails the development of a policy, legal, in- tatively scheduled for late May 2001. Environmental As- stitutional and technical framework for the clarification and sessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be administration of land rights by: (i) promoting the analysis needed in the areas of microfinance and information com- and discussion of national land policies and programs; (ii) re- munication technology. National Financiera, S.N.C. (NA- forming and modernizing land titling procedures, the prop- FIN), Insurgentes Sur 1971, Torre 4, Piso 13, Col. erty rights regularization and the administration Guadalupe Inn, Mexico, DF, Mexico 01020, Tel: (52-5) 325- framework; and (iii) reforming or completing the correspond- 6163, Fax: (52-5) 325-7199, Contact: Mariano Gamboa, Ex- ing legal framework. Negotiations were scheduled for July perto Funcionario de la Direction de Promotion y Asistencia 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 32.77 Tecnica (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project prepara- tion. Ministerio de Hacienda y Credit0 Publico, Managua, Public Sector Management Nicaragua

Estado de Mexico Technical Assistance: The project Environment will provide technical assistance to support the implemen- tation and institutionalization of the government’s decen- (R) Disaster Vulnerability Reduction (Cr. 3487-ND: tralization reform program. It will assist the Federal This institutional development loan will build national ca- Government in creating the legal, financial, regulatory and pacity to manage natural disasters while supporting local institutional frameworks conducive to decentralization by governments’ emergency planning, vulnerability mapping, taking the case of Estado de Mexico, as a very important ini- risk analysis, identification and implementation of mitiga- tial case (the largest state in population in the country) and tion measures. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 as an example for the rest of the country The project’s objec- April 2001. Credit was signed on 2 May 2001. Environmental tive is to show, by taking the case of Estado de Mexico, that Assessment Category B. PID: NIPE64916. US$ 13.5 (IDA). states can be made financially sound and that sustainable Consulting services will be required for project preparation and efficient service delivery in the social sectors (educa- Executive Secretariat for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 75 and Response, Edif. Vice-Presidencia, Ave. Bolivar, Busto Si- Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assess- mon Bolivar 1 c. al Norte, 1 c al Este, Managua, Nicaragua ment Category B. US$8.0 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Peru, Pro-Fond0 National para Social Sector Areas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado (PROFO- (R) Poverty Reduction and Local Development: Cr. NANPE), 722 Prolongation Arenales, San Isidro, Lima, Pe- 3504-NI The project would help the government implement ru, Contact: Albert0 Paniagua, Director its poverty-reduction efforts through the Social Investment Structural Adjustment Fund (FISE) by (a) continuing to improve access to priority small-scale social and economic infrastructure and services (R) Programmatic Social Reform: The first loan of the to the poor; (b) strengthening local capacity (municipalities, program will provide quick-disbursing assistance to safe- community organizations, NGOs); (c) developing a coherent guard critical social expenditures during the political tran- social safety net. The project’s over-arching objective is to sition period and to lay the groundwork for medium-term help FISE move from a strong focus on infrastructure to a social policy reforms. Board presentation was scheduled for more comprehensive approach to poverty reduction, includ- 19 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category to be ing greater participation at the local government and com- determined. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- munity level, as well as integration into the country’s safety quired for project preparation. Ministry of Economy and Fi- net. Approved by the Executive Directors on 3 May 2001. nance, Jiron Junin 319, Lima, Peru, Tel: (511) 428-0128, Credit was signed on 6 June 2001. Environmental Assess- 428-9630, Contact: Nelson Shack ment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- quired for project preparation. Fondo de Inversion Social de Transport Emergencia (FISE), Planes de Altamira, Contiguo a la Transport Rehabilitation II: The project will assist with Clinica Tiscapa, Managua, Nicaragua Contact: Carlos Noguera, Tel: (505) 277-3340, E-mail: [email protected] (a) improvements to national highways in Northern Peru; (b) traffic safety program; (c) a pilot program to introduce performance-based road management and maintenance; Panama and (d) institutional strengthening and capacity building. Negotiations are tentatively scheduled for March 2002. En- Public Sector Management vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 184.0 (IBRD). (R) Public Policy Reform Technical Assistance: The Consultants have been selected for project preparation. project will support the government’s public policy reform Proyecto Especial Rehabilitation Infraestructura de Trans- program in the areas of (a) trade promotion and reform; (b) portes (PERT), Ave. Bolivia 120, Torre de Lima, Piso 4, Li- domestic competition policy; (c) poverty reduction; and (d) ma, Peru, Tel: (511) 433-4606, 330-3960, Fax: (511) 330- strengthening of national procurement and financial admin- 2233, Contact: Ing. Rafael Charun Vila, Director Ejecutivo istration. Appraisal completed. Negotiations were tentatively Water Supply/Sanitation scheduled for late June 2001. Environmental Assessment Category C. PAPE55844. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will National Water Supply, Health and Sanitation: The be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Apartado project will support the improvement of health and living 2694, Zona 3, Ciudad de Panama, Panama, Fax: (507) 264- conditions of the rural population through the provision of 260, Contact: Elna Medrano de Gonzales, Director of Techni- adequate water supply, sanitation and health education cal Unit programs. Project preparation is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Ministry of the Paraguay Presidency, Ing. Fernando Laca, Ave. Paseo de la Republica 4297, Surquillo, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 222-3666, ext. 1721 Environment Regional Sustainable Rural Investment: The project will support small agro-industry investments targeted to rural poor com- Education/Training munities within the framework of sound natural resources management practices. Project preparation has been de- OECS Education Development: This project includes layed pending decision on project content. Environmental three countries in the first phase (Dominica, St. Kitts and Assessment Category B. US$20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Nevis and St. Lucia) and two countries in the second phase be required. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, Pts. (Grenada and St. Vincent). The development objectives for Franc0 entre O’Leary y Ayolas, Edif. Ayfra, Asuncion, Para- the project are to increase equitable access to secondary ed- guay, Tel: (595-21) 449-614, Fax: (595-21) 449-951 ucation and improve the quality and management of public and private schools at this level. The project supports sec- ondary education reform programs that will: (a) expand eq- Peru uitable access; (b) revise the programs and curricula in light of fast changing labor market conditions; (c) improve quali- Environment ty by creating an environment more conducive to teaching Participatory Management of Protected Areas (PRO- and learning; (d) address the problems of youth-at-risk as FONANPE II): The project will ensure biodiversity conser- manifested by significant school drop-outs, especially vation by increasing the involvement of civil society among boys, and by school violence; and (e) develop the ca- institutions and the private sector in the planning, manage- pacity of both central and school level administration in the ment and sustainable use of five protected areas of the Pe- context of a newly defined system of autonomy and account- ruvian System of Natural Protected Areas (SINANPE). ability. Appraisal is scheduled for first quarter of fiscal year PCD Review Meeting took place on March 22, 2001. At 2002. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 16.0 present, social assessment and some technical studies will (IBRD). Consultants will be required. DOMINICA: Ministry go ahead. Main involvement of the Bank will come after the of Education, Science and Technology, Roseau, Dominica, CAS process had clearly defined the Government priority Tel: (767) 448-2401, Fax: (767) 448-4807; ST. KITTS AND PAGE 76 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001

NEVIS: Ministry of Education, Basseterre, St. Kitts, West the poor. Negotiations completed. Board presentation was Indies, Tel: (869) 465-2521, Fax: (869) 465-5202; ST LUCIA: scheduled for 26 June 2001. Environmental Assessment Ministry of Education, Culture and Labor, Castries, St. Lu- Category B. US$30.3 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- cia, Tel: (758) 451-6725, Fax: (758) 453-2299 termined. Ministry of Health, Centro Simon Bolivar, Edif. Sur, Piso 9, Caracas, Venezuela, Tel: (582) 481-5380, Fax: Uruguay (582) 483-8189, Contact: Dr. Gilbert0 Rodriguez, Minister

Environment Urban Development

Maritime Marine Management: The project would pro- (R) Low Income Barrios II: The project includes (a) insti- vide technical assistance and investments to strengthen the tutional development for the central government and local management of coastal and marine resources, and address governments on decentralization issues and (b) investment priority issues through (a) environmental and safety im- for barrio upgrading, focusing on water and sanitation, pow- provements in ports, prevention of pollution and control of er distribution, paving, titling and urbanization in second- ship wastes; (b) improved oil-spill mitigation and vessel ary cities outside of metropolitan Caracas. The project is no monitoring; and (c) promotion of sustainable fisheries. A longer in the lendingprogram. Further reporting will be dis- GEF marine biodiversity/international waters component is continued. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ also being prepared. Environmental Assessment Category 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and infrastructure works B. US$20.0/8.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consulting services for project to be determined. FUNDACOMUN, Ministerio Familia, preparation are being financed by a Japanese PHRD grant. Ave. Abrahma Lincoln, final Blvd. de Sabanas Grandes, Proposals have been evaluated, and contracts will shortly be awarded to two consulting firms to carry out project prep- Edif. FUNDACOMUN, Chacaito, Apartado 50.218, Caracas, aration. Presidencia de la Republica, Oficina de Pla- Venezuela, Fax: (58-2) 952-0947 neamiento y Presupuesto (OPP), Edif. Libertad, L.A. de Herrera 3350, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 487-2110, Fax: (598-2) 480-7085, Contact: Cra. Mariella Maglia Guarantee Operations Water Supply/Sanitation In September 1994, the Bank’s Executive Directors ap- (R) OSE Modernization and Systems Rehabilitation proved a proposal to make guarantees a mainstream instru- (Ln. 4556-m): The project aims at increasing the efficien- ment of Bank operations. These guarantees are most likely cy, coverage and sustainability of water supply and sanita- tion services by: (a) improving the competitiveness of Obras to be used for infrastructure financing, where the demands Sanitarias de Estado; (b) maintaining the reliability and en- for funding are large, political and sovereign risks are sig- hancing the coverage of water supply infrastructure; and (c) nificant, and the need for long-maturity financing is often increasing sewerage coverage and sewage treatment. The critical to a project’s viability. project will be an Adaptable Program Loan. The first loan By covering some of the risks that the market is not able to will represent US$ 27.0 million, while the estimated total bear or adequately evaluate, the Bank’s guarantee can at- program would be around US$ 200.0 million. Approved by tract new sources of finance, reduce financing costs, and ex- the Executive Directors on 6 June 2000. Loan was signed on tend maturities. The guarantee can be especially valuable 15 May 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: where activities traditionally undertaken and financed by URPE63383. US$27.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- the government are being shifted to the private sector but termined. Obras Sanitarias de Estado, Soriano 1613, Mon- tevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 400-6574, Fax: (598-2) 400 where the government remains as a regulator or provider of 6574, Contact: Natan Wajner, Director of OSE Development inputs and a buyer of outputs. The Bank’s participation as Project Office guarantor can also facilitate the transparency of these transactions. (R) Public Services Modernization Technical Assis- tance (Ln. 459%UR): The project aims at increasing the ef- Since the guarantee is intended to be a catalytic instrument, ficiency, coverage and sustainability of water, sanitation, the Bank offers only partial guarantees, and risks are clear- telecom, electricity and other utility services. It will develop ly shared between the Bank and private lenders. The Bank’s and strengthen independent regulatory structures while ex- objective is to cover risks that it is well-positioned to bear panding and deepening the involvement of the private sec- given its credit, its experience with developing countries, tor in service delivery. Approved by the Executive Directors and its special relationships with governments. The risk- on 22 March 2001. Loan signing is tentatively scheduled for sharing may be for specific risks (the partial risk guarantee) August 2001. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ or for part of the financing (the partial credit guarantee). 6.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto, Edif. Libertad L.A. de Herrera A partial risk guarantee covers risks arising from nonper- 3350, Montevideo, Uruguay, Contact: Graciela Perez Monte- formance of sovereign contractual obligations or from force ro, Director, Division Empresas Publicas, Tel: (598-2) 487- majeure aspects in a project. A partial credit guarantee typ- 2110, Fax: (598-2) 487-5198 ically extends maturities beyond what private creditors could otherwise provide, for example, by guaranteeing late- Venezuela dated repayments or by providing incentives for lenders to roll over medium-term loans. Population, Health and Nutrition For more information on the Bank’s guarantee program and (R) Caracas Metro Health: The project will support the to obtain a copy of the pamphlet “The World Bank’s Guaran- reform and modernization of the health care delivery net- tees,” (available in English, French and Spanish), please work in the metropolitan area of Caracas, with the goal of contact the Manager, Project Finance Group. Tel: (202) 473- improving the access to and quality of health services for 1650; Fax: (202) 477-0218 JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 77

Africa Region South Asia Region

Uganda Bangladesh

Power Power (R) Bujagali Hydropower: (Private Sector) The project con- (R) Haripur Power: (Private Sector) Estimated total nected with the guarantee would construct and operate a 200- project cost: US$ 175.0. Partial risk guarantee of US$60.9 250 MW power plant on a BOOT basis on the River Nile. The million was approved on 1 June 2000. Financial closure on project, sponsored by AES, includes about 100 Km of 132 and April 4,200l. 220 kV transmission line Estimated total project cost: lJS$ 560 million. An IDA partial risk guarantee of US$ll5.0 mil- lion is being considered for the project. Lead manager has been selected. Project and reform are being appraised. Board Middle East and presentation is tentatively scheduled for fiscal year 2002. North Africa Region West Africa Sub Jordan Public Management Power (N) BoAD: (Public Sector) The purpose of the guarantee would be to backstop certain sovereign risks underwritten (R) Samra Power: (Private Sector) The project connected by UEMOA member countries for private, medium- and with the guarantee is for construction of an oil-fired power long-term project loans originated, appraised and guaran- station of up to 450 MW at a site north ofAmman. Estimat- teed by BoAD. Estimated total program cost to be deter- ed total project cost: US$478 million. The partial risk guar- mined. And IDA partial risk guarantee of US$ 100 million antee of about US$ 78 million would cover government equivalent is being considered for the program. The guar- breach of the implementation agreement and government antee program would be associated with an IDA line of cred- guarantee. Contracts are being finalized. Board presenta- it of US$ 125 million and a technical assistance loan of US$ tion is tentatively scheduled for fiscal year 2002. 3 million. Approval from the Guarantee Review Committee was to be sought in July 2001. Lebanon

Water Supply East Asia and Pacific Region (R) Alawi-Beirut Water Conveyer: (Private Sector) The project connected with the guarantee is for construction of a water conveyer to tunnel water the 24 km from Juan to Lao People’s Democratic Republic Beirut and, with a treatment plant and reservoir, supply water to south Beirut. Estimated total project cost: $U$ Power 210.0 million. The partial risk guarantee of at least US$ 50.0 million would secure government obligations to the (R) Nam Theun Power: (Private Sector) The project con- project. A request for proposal is in its final stage. Board nected with the guarantee would construct and operate a presentation is tentatively scheduled for fiscal year 2002. 921 MW hydropower facility to export power to Thailand. Estimated total project cost: US$ 1075 million. A partial risk guarantee is being considered for this project. Power purchase agreement has been signed by the government Latin America with the power purchaser, EGAT of Thailand. Preliminary economic and financial analysis of the project are under and the Caribbean Region way. Board presentation is tentatively scheduled for fiscal year 2003. Bolivia/Brazil Viet Nam Power Power (R) Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline: (Public/Private Sector) (R) Phu My 212 Power: (Private Sector) The project con- The project connected with the guarantee is for construction nected with the guarantee is for construction and operation of an approximately 3,000 km pipeline to transport natural of a gas-fired generation plant of about 700 MW capacity by gas from Rio Grande in Bolivia to Porto Alegre in Brazil via a private sponsor. Estimated total project cost : US$ 400.0 Sao Paulo. Estimated total project cost: US$ 2.0 billion. A million. IDA partial risk guarantee of up to US$75.0 million partial credit guarantee of about US$ 180.0 million will be in support of commercial debt financing was offered as an op- used to provide funding for the project. Proceeds will be tion in the bidding. The sponsor consortium was selected in used to construct the Brazil portion of the pipeline. Ap- January 1999 and requested the IDA guarantee. Negotia- proved by the Executive Directors in December 2000. Notes tion ofproject documents was completed in May 2001. Board documentation is in process, and financial closure is expect- presentation is tentatively scheduled for fiscal year 2002. ed in calendar year 2001. PAGE 78 Monthly Operational Summary JULY 2001 Colombia

Public Management (R) Policy Based Guarantee: (Public Sector) The policy based guarantee of up to US$ 220.3 million supports the government’s notes to be issued in capital markets. Esti- mated total project cost: $US 1.0 to 1.5 Billion. Approved by the Executive Directors on 8 March 2001. Financial closure on April 9,ZOOl. JULY 2001 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 79

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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