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THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY
CONTENTS
User’s Guide 3 Global Environment Facility 4
Projects in the Pipeline New Projects 5 Projects Deleted 6 Africa Region 7 East Asia and Pacific Region 16 South Asia Region 25 Europe and Central Asia Region 31 Middle East and North Africa Region 38 Latin America and the Caribbean Region 42 Guarantee Operations 54 List of Acronyms 56
Entries for Projects in the Pipeline are organized by region, country and economic sector. Entries preceded by (N) denote new listings; (R) indicates a revision or update from the previous month’s listing. The portions of the entry that differ appear in italic type. A sample entry is included in the User’s Guide, which begins on the next page.
SECTOR DEFINITIONS
Economic Management Private Sector Development Education Public Sector Governance Environment and Natural Resources Management Rural Development Energy and Mining (including Renewable Energy) Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Finance (including noncompulsory pensions, insurance Social Protection and contractual savings) Transportation Health, Nutrition and Population Urban Development Information and Communication Water and Sanitation Law and Justice
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GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY
The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on the for executing of World Bank-financed projects, including hiring status of projects in the World Bank’s pipeline from the time the consultants and procuring goods and works. Contractors and operation is identified to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or suppliers, therefore, should contact appropriate officials of the Grant Agreement. It is a detailed accounting of the projects implementing agency to express their interest in specific pro- included in the country lending programs that are actively jects and obtain information on what goods and services will be being prepared for implementation. The lending programs needed and when and how to submit bids and proposals. reflect the Bank’s strategy for each member country as set out During implementation, consultants are often used to provide in the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) papers and notes technical assistance and other project implementation support. presented to the Board of Executive Directors of the World Unlike contracts for goods and works, those for consulting ser- Bank. On average, it takes about 13 months for the Bank to process vices are not usually advertised. Therefore, consultants in par- a project from concept document to approval. After a financing ticular should contact the responsible implementing agency agreement is signed or a project removed from the program, early in the project preparation period to express their interest. the project entry is dropped from this Summary. Contracts for consulting services, as well as some for goods and Each issue of the Summary contains a list of projects being works, may also be procured prior to loan/credit/grant approval. reported for the first time and a list of projects for which financ- This is known as advance contracting. ing agreements have been signed or that have been dropped The information contained in The World Bank Monthly Opera- from the current program. tional Summary is intended to enable companies to assess their By becoming familiar with the Bank’s project cycle, which is sum- interest in supplying Bank-financed projects. Further informa- marized in the following paragraphs, consultants or suppliers tion should be requested from the country’s project imple- of goods and works can gauge when the timing is right to pur- menting agency. The likelihood of a timely response is greater sue business opportunities with Bank borrowers. Each entry if the queries are brief and to the point. When possible, travel in the Monthly Operational Summary what point in the cycle a to the country and direct contact with relevant agency officials particular project has reached. is recommended. Project Cycle Firms should contact the World Bank only if they are unable to During IDENTIFICATION, the client government and the obtain a response to their queries from the implementing Bank identify a specific operation as being likely to support agency. General information about business opportunities under the country’s development strategy and the Bank’s CAS. Bank loans, credits, and grants may be obtained from the World During PREPARATION, the client government identifies and Bank’s Procurement Policy and Services Group’s website at discusses the technical and institutional alternatives for achiev- http://www.worldbank.org/procure (click on bidding and con- ing the objectives of a project. Preparation usually requires fea- sulting opportunities). sibility studies followed by more detailed studies of the alter- Business opportunities arising from World Bank projects after natives that promise to yield the most satisfactory results. An they have been approved, including invitations to bid and to sub- environmental assessment is usually carried out during this phase. mit proposals on Bank projects and notices of contract awards, (See below for more information on environmental assess- appear twice a month in UN Development Business and are avail- ment.) able via the internet at UN Development Business Online In the preparation stage of the project cycle, clients often sup- at
A typical summary entry looks like this:
Vietnam •Name of borrowing country •(R) = revised; (N) = new entry (R) Payment Systems and Bank Moderniza- tion: The project will establish a computerized payments system in order to improve efficiency •Project description and modernize the banking sector. Technical assistance to strengthen the institutional capacity Italics indicate change from last month’s listing of participating commercial banks will also be pro- • vided. Preappraisal mission completed. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. PID: VNMPA028. •PID = Project identification number. Amount of financing in US$ millions (source) US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for • project management and commercial bank institu- tional studies. Project Management Unit, Payment System and Bank Modernization Project, State •Name/address of implementing agency Bank of Vietnam, 49 Ly Thai To, Vietnam, Fax: (84-4) 258-385, Contact Mr. Nguyen Van Binh
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, the World GEF funds if (a) they are eligible for financial assistance Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on projects through the financial mechanism of either the Climate Change financed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF Convention or the Convention on Biological Diversity; or (b) provides grants and concessional funding to recipient coun- they are eligible to borrow from the World Bank (IBRD tries for projects and programs that protect the global envi- and/or IDA) or receive technical assistance grants from ronment and promote sustainable economic growth. UNDP through a Country Programme. A country must be a The facility, set up as a pilot program in 1991, was restructured party to the Climate Change Convention or the Convention and replenished with over US$ 2 billion in 1994, and replen- of Biological Diversity to receive funds from the GEF in the ished with another US$ 4 billion in 1998, to cover the agreed relevant focal area. incremental costs of activities that benefit the global environment GEF projects must be country-driven, incorporate consulta- in four focal areas: climate change, biological diversity, inter- tion with local communities, and, where appropriate, involve national waters, and stratospheric ozone. Activities concerning nongovernmental organizations in project implementation. land degradation, primarily desertification and deforestation, For additional information on the GEF, contact the GEF sec- as they relate to the four focal areas, are also eligible for retariat or visit its website: www.gefweb.org funding. Both the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity have designated The GEF Secretariat the GEF as their funding mechanism on an interim basis. 1818 H St. NW GEF projects and programs are managed through three Washington DC 20433, USA implementing agencies: the UN Development Programme Tel: (1-202) 473-0508 (UNDP), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) ,and the Fax: (1-202) 522-3240, 522-3245 World Bank. The GEF Secretariat, which is functionally inde- E-mail: [email protected] pendent from the three implementing agencies, reports to and services the Council and Assembly of the GEF. The GEF is striving for universal participation, and currently 168 countries are participants. Countries may be eligible for MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 5
New Projects Added in This Issue
Africa Region Lao People’s Democratic Republic Burkina Faso Health, Nutrition and Population: Health Services Improving Education: Decentralized Basic Services p. 7 (Food Price Crisis Response Trust Fund) p. 20 Côte d’Ivoire Regional Energy and Mining: Urgent Electricity Rehabilitation p. 9 Environment and Natural Resources Management: Gambia, The Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management p. 23 Economic Management: Public Sector Policy and Growth p. 9 Solomon Islands Kenya Information and Communication: Human Development: Cash Transfer for Orphans Telecommunications and ICT Development p. 23 and Vulnerable Children p. 10 South Asia Region Nigeria Education: Lagos Eko Secondary Education p. 13 Pakistan Health, Nutrition and Population: Malaria Control Economic Management: Poverty Reduction Booster Additional Financing p. 13 and Economic Support Operation p. 30 Regional Health, Nutrition and Population: Europe and Central Asia Region HIV/AIDS West Africa Multi-Disease Surveillance p. 14 Armenia Sierra Leone Social Protection: Third Social Investment Social Protection: Decentralized Basic Services p. 14 Fund Additional Financing p. 32 East Asia and Pacific Region Middle East and North Africa Region Cambodia Yemen Environment and Natural Resources Management: Education: Education for All Fast Track Initiative Environment and Protected Areas Management p. 16 Catalytic Fund Phase III p. 41 Rural Development: Smallholder Agriculture and Social Protection Support p. 16 Latin America and the Caribbean Region China Argentina Rural Development: Huai River Baskin Social Protection: Basic Protection SWAP p. 43 Flood Management and Drainage Improvement p. 17 Brazil Rural Development: Integrated Forestry Development p. 17 Economic Management: Transportation: Wuhan Second Urban Transport p. 18 Alagoas Fiscal and Public Management Reform: p. 44 Indonesia Haiti Social Development, Gender and Inclusion: Energy and Mining: Improvement of Utility Second National Program for Community Performance Additional Financing p. 49 Empowerment in Rural Areas Additional Financing p. 20 PAGE 6 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Projects Deleted From This Issue
Africa Region Middle East and North Africa Region Kenya Iraq Economic and Social Empowerment Emergency Water Supply (Cr. 4409-IQ) Nigeria Jordan Third Fadama (Cr. 4494-NG) Promotion of a Wind Power Market Community Social Development (Cr. 4496-NG) Amman Solid Waste Management and Carbon Finance (Ln. 7573-JO) Federal Roads Development (Cr. 4415-NG) Amman Solid Waste Management and Carbon Finance (Ln. 7573-JO) Togo HIV/AIDS Emergency Response Latin America and the Caribbean Region East Asia And Pacific Region Bolivia Disaster Recovery & Vulnerability Reduction Additional Financing China (Cr.4440-BO) Rural Health (Ln. 7551-CN) Brazil Jiangxi Shihutang Navigation and Hydropower Complex (Ln. 7580-CN) Goiás State Highway Management APL 2 Indonesia Caixa Integrated Solid Waste Management and Carbon Finance Kecamatan Development Program Community Conservation Colombia Vietnam Strengthening Public Information, Monitoring, M&E for Results Rural Distribution (Cr. 4444-VN) Management (Ln. 7620-CO) Third Rural Finance (Cr. 4447-VN) Grenada South Asia Region Technical Assistance (Cr. 4400-GD) Guatemala India Orissa Rural Livelihoods (Cr. 4472-IN) Housing Infrastructure and Basic Service Delivery Second Uttar Pradesh Diversified Agriculture Support Mexico Nepal Integrated Energy Services (Ln. 7501-ME) Access to Financial Services Consolidation of Protected Areas Additional Financing (Fourth Tranche) Environmental Sustainability Development Policy Loan (Ln. 7601-MX) Europe and Central Asia Region Private Housing Finance Markets Strengthening (Ln. 7614-MX) Azerbaijan Savings & Rural Finance Phase 2 Additional Financing (Ln. 7592-MX) Social Protection Development (Cr. 4418-AZ) Peru Belarus Second Programmatic Fiscal Management and Competitiveness Integrated Water Supply and Natural Hazard Mitigation Development Policy (Ln. 7588-PE) (Ln. 7589-BY) Regional Bosnia and Herzegovina OECS e-Government and Regional Integration Road Infrastructure and Safety (Cr. 4371-BOS) (Cr. 4453-DM/Cr. 4452-GD/Cr. 4451-LC) MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 7
ipation. Appraisal scheduled for 25 February 2009. Environmental As- sessment Category B. PID: 95617. US$ 7.0 (GEF). Consulting ser- Africa vices to be determined. Department of Wildlife and Natural Parks, Private Bag B0199, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 391-4955, Fax: (267) 391-4861, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Lucas P. Gakale, Angola Permanent Secretary Rural Development Health, Nutrition and Population Market Oriented Smallholder Agriculture (Cr. 4502-AO): The (R) HIV/AIDS SIL (7568-BW): The objective is to assist the Gov- objective is to generate a broad-based and sustainable increase in the ernment (and its development partners) in enhancing the efficiency income of rural smallholders of the targeted areas, through the improved and sustainability of the national multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS. efficiency of agricultural production and marketing. Approved by the This will also address the longer-term planning, implementation, and Executive Directors on 31 July 2008. Environmental Assessment Cat- effectiveness of national and decentralized coordination efforts. These egory B. PID: 93699. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Min- indicators would probably include the preparation of a joint multi-part- istry of Agriculture, Maculusso, St. Comandante Gika, Luanda, Angola, ner expenditure framework explicitly linked with the National Devel- Tel: (44-222) 322-694, Fax: (244 -222) 320-553, Contact: Mr. Zacarias Sam- opment Plan (2003-2009). This would serve to enhance both beny, Vice Minister of Agriculture coordination and effectiveness of development partners inputs to the Water and Sanitation national response. The loan was signed on 29 January 2009. Environ- Water Sector Institutional Development (Cr. 4501-AO): The ob- mental Assessment Category C. PID: 102299. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Con- jective is to improve the quality and sustainability of urban water sup- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ply and sanitation services provided by improving the institutional Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Private Bag 008, capacity of the water supply and sanitation utilities in the pilot cities Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 395-0100, Fax: (267) 395-6086, E-mail: and by rehabilitating existing water supply and sanitation systems in [email protected], Contact: Mr. K. Ndobano, Deputy Secretary, Eco- selected major urban centers. Approved by the Executive Directors on nomic Affairs 31 July 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 96360. US$ Tr ansportation 57.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Energy (R) Integrated Transport: The objective is to improve the effective- and Water, Ave. Conego Manuel das Neves, S. Paulo, Luanda, Angola, ness of the urban and rural transport infrastructure and its operation Tel: (244-222) 339-988, Fax: (244-222) 339-335 (244-222) 430-107, E-mail: system in Botswana covering both surface and air transport. Appraisal [email protected], [email protected], dasdna@nexus. completed. Negotiations scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental ao, Contact: Manueal Gomes da Silva, Director Assessment Category B. PID: 102368. US$ 177.0 (IBRD). Consul- Benin tants will be required. Ministry of Works and Transport, Roads De- partment, Private Bag 007, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 395-8504, Economic Management Fax: (267) 391-3303, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Ephraim (R) Fifth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. H448-BJ): The Masimega, Director, Roads Department, Ministry of Works and Trans- objectives are: (a) improve the policy environment for private invest- port ment and infrastructure; (b) improve access to basic services and en- sure greater efficiency of public expenditures on human capital Burkina Faso formation; and (c) promote better governance. Approved by the Exec- Education utive Directors on 22 January 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- (N) Decentralized Basic Services: The objective is to support the gory U. PID: 107498. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be Government in implementing its current decentralization strategy and determined. Ministry of Economy and Finance, BP 302, Cotonou, improve service delivery to the population, through: (i) the develop- Benin, Tel: (229) 9092-3248, Fax: (229) 2130-1851, E-mail: gadsoon@ ment of CTs capacity to manage and implement local development strate- hotmail.com, Contact: Mr. Mohamed Gado, Sécrétaire Techinique au gies; (ii) strengthening basic services in targeted communities; and Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances (iii) building a comprehensive decentralization mechanism among all stakeholders which is conducive for the implementation of the na- Botswana tional strategy. Decision meeting scheduled for 10 April 2009. Envi- Energy and Mining ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA). Consulting services (R) Morupule B Generation and Transmission: The objective is to be determined. Ministry of Decentralization, 01 BP 526, Ouagadou- to expand domestic power generation capacity that will support sus- gou 03, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226-50) 324-778, Fax: (226-50) 317-200 tained economic growth in Botswana and to build institutional capac- Basic Education Additional Financing (Cr. 4473-BF): The ob- ity for sustainable development of the energy sector. The scope includes jective is to assist the Borrower in its efforts to implement its Basic the Morupule B power station, transmission lines and substations, Education Ten Year Program. The program includes (a) improving the and technical assistance. Appraisal scheduled for 28 May 2009. Envi- access to, and quality of basic education; (b) strengthening the edu- ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: 112516. US$ 650.0 (IBRD). cation sector’s financial sustainability; and (c) enhancing the financial Consultants will be required. Botswana Power Corporatiion, PO Box management, budgeting, procurement, monitoring, evaluation, and 48, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 360-3250, Fax: (267) 397-3563, E- donor coordination of the Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy (Mi- mail: [email protected] nistère de l’Education de Base et de l’Alphabétisation MEBA). Ap- Mmamabula Coal to Power IPP: The objective is to develop, own proved by the Executive Directors on 10 June 2008. Environmental and operate a 2100 MW coal fired supercritical power plant and an as- Assessment Category B. PID: 110642. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consulting sociated coal mine in eastern Botswana by a private sector project services to be determined. Government Entity, Ouagadougou, Burki- company. Appraisal scheduled for mid-October 2009. Environmental na Faso, Tel: (226-50) 307-853, Fax: (226-50) 308-036, E-mail: norao- Assessment Category A. PID 110332. US$ 150.0 (GEF). Consulting ser- [email protected], Contact: Zaba Noraogo Innocent, Secretary General vices to be determined. Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Af- (MEBA), Basic Education Ministry fairs, Government of Botswana, Private Bag 0018, Gaborone, Botswana, International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineer- Tel: (267) 391-3803 ing (2ie) (Cr. 4462-BF): (Formerly Regional Training Center (2ie)) The objective is to support the development of 2IE as a regional cen- Environment and Natural Resources Management ter of excellence with the aim of increasing the number of highly Wildlife Conflict Management and Biodiversity Conservation skilled professionals in the areas of water, energy, environment and in- for Improved Livelihoods: The objective is to improve people’s liveli- frastructure engineering. It will do so by: (a) further increasing the ca- hoods, resolve conflicts and conserve wildlife by introducing effective pacity of the 2IE campuses in Kamboinse and Ouagadougou to train measures for sustaining biodiversity and enabling community partic- and board students; (b) improving the quality of training and research PAGE 8 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 programs, particularly at master and doctorate levels; and (c) im- Tel: (237-22) 222-099, Fax: (237-22) 222-099, E-mail: jpzekeyo@ya- proving the institute’ s management and communication capacity. Ap- hoo.fr, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Jean-Pierre Ghonnang, proved by the Executive Directors on 5 June 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 108791. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- Chad vices to be determined. International Institute for Water and Environ- Health, Nutrition and Population mental Engineering (2ie), Rue de la Science, 01 BP 594, Ouagadougou Population and HIV AIDS Additional Financing: The objective would 01, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226-70) 200-542, Fax: (226-50) 312-724, E-mail: be to: (a) finance the costs associated with the scaling up of [email protected], Contact: Bertrand Ficini, Counselor to STI/HIV/AIDS local response activities targeting the most-at-risk the Director General groups in the two regions with the highest sexually transmitted in- Health, Nutrition and Population fections (STI) and HIV/AIDS prevalence indicators in the country Health Sector Support and Multi-Sectoral Aids Project (HSS and and extending these activities to Logone Oriental, the oil producing MAP) Additional Financing (H400-BF): The objective is to sup- region; (b) scale up the integrated population and reproductive health port implementation of the Borrower’s health sector and multi-sectoral services in the region of Moyen Kebbi Ouest to ensure coverage of HIV/AIDS strategies, in order to accelerate progress toward the Mil- all women of child-bearing age and their children; and (c) serve as a lennium Development Goals. The original project has two compo- bridge between the ongoing project and the new Multi-country nents: Component A provides support for the national health strategy HIV/AIDS Project (MAP) for Chad, expected to start in mid-2009. An for: (i) improved quality and utilization of maternal and child health in-depth evaluation of the results of the project would be undertaken services; (ii) malaria prevention and treatment; and (iii) treatment for in 2008 to feed into the design of new MAP. Board presentation sched- HIV/AIDS and sexually transmissible infections. Component B sup- uled for May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ports the National HIV/AIDS Strategy through a pooled fund at the 105724. US$ 7.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Econ- National AIDS Council to: (i) improve knowledge of HIV prevention omy and Planning, PO Box 286, Chad, Tel: (235-2) 517-153, E-mail: and encourage adoption of lower-risk behaviors among high-risk [email protected], Contact: Mr. Bachar Brahim Adoum, groups as well as the general population; and (ii) mitigate the socioe- General Secretary conomic consequences of the AIDS epidemic through improved cov- Comoros erage of social safety nets. Approved by the Executives Directors on 5 June 2008. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 110815. Economic Management US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry (R) Economic Governance Technical Assistance: The objectives of Health, Health Development Support Project (PADS), 03 BP 7062 are to strengthen personnel and financial management systems and Ouagoudougou 03, Tel: (226-50) 308-846, Fax: (226-50) 311-708, E- improve the transparency and accountability of Government operations. mail: [email protected], Contact: Zacharie Balima, Coordinator Appraisal scheduled for 11 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory C. PID: 102376. US$ 2.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- Rural Development termined. Ministere des Finances, du Budget, de l’Economie, du Plan Second Community-Based Rural Development: The objective is et de la Promotion de l’Emploi, BP 324, Moroni, Comoros, Tel: (269) to strengthen capacity for decentralized rural development. Decision 741-144, Fax: (269) 741-140, E-mail: [email protected], Con- meeting scheduled for mid-April 2009. Environment Assessment Cat- tact: Mr. Yahaya Ahmed Houmedi, Secretaire General egory B. US$ 50.0/90.0 (IBRD/IDA). Consultants will be required. Min- istere de l’Agriculture, 01 BP 1487 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: Congo, Democratic Republic of (226) 5031-5437, Fax: (226) 5031-7410, E-mail: [email protected], Private Sector Development Contact: Jean Paul Sawadogo, Coordinateur National Private Sector Development and Competitiveness Additional Burundi Financing (H366-ZR): The objective is to increase the competitive- ness of the economy and thereby contribute to economic growth; by Health, Nutrition and Population improving the investment climate; supporting reform of public enter- (R) Health Support: (formerly under Uganda) The objective is to in- prises in the mining, telecommunications, financial, transport, and en- crease the use of a defined package of health services by pregnant ergy sectors; stimulating economic diversification and development in women and children under five. Decision meeting scheduled for 3 March the Katanga region through community driven development approaches 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 101160. US$ 25.0 and facilitating the reintegration of retrenched workers in the local econ- (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Pub- omy through support for training, business development services and lic Health, PO Box 1820, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 225-167, Fax: finance. Approved by the Executive Directors on 22 April 2008. Envi- (257-2) 229-196, Dr Emmanuel Gikoro, Minister ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 90872. US$ 60.0 (IDA Grant). Second Multisectoral HIV/AIDS (H383-BI): The objective is to in- Consulting services to be determined. Comité de Pilotage de la Réforme crease the utilization of the efficacious prevention services and prac- des Entreprises Publiques (COPIREP), Immeuble SOFIDE 4ème tices among high risk groups, and to increase the proportion of persons Ètage, Av. Lemarinel & Kisangani No. 9-11, Commune de la Gombe, living with HIV/AIDS receiving care, support, and treatment. Ap- Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-081) 526-4329, E- proved by the Executive Directors on 13 May 2008. Environmental As- mail: [email protected], [email protected], Contact: Ilunga sessment Category B. PID: 109964. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting Ilunkamba, Executive Secretary services to be determined. Permanent Secretariat for the National Public Sector Governance Council for HIV/AIDS, Chaussée Prince Louis Rwagasore, Immeuble Banque de la ZEPBujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-22) 245-300/302, Governance Capacity Enhancement (H365-ZR): The objective is Fax: (257-22) 245-301, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Fran- to enhance transparency and efficiency in central and sub-national coise Ndayishimiye, Secretariat Exécutif Permanent du CNLS public finance and human resource management and to establish and consolidate an equitable resource sharing mechanism between cen- Cameroon tral and sub-national government. Approved by the Executive Direc- tors on 22 April 2008. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Energy and Mining 104041. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry (R) Energy Sector Development SIL (Cr. 4484-CM): The objec- of Finance, Rue Lubefu No. 20, Commune de la Gombe, Kinshasa, Tel: tive is to assist the Ministry of Energy (MINEE) with the preparation (243-815) 094-947, Fax: (243) 880-2381, E-mail: [email protected], of LPD, AER and rural energy projects. It will provide technical as- Contact: Mr. Athanase Matenda Kyelu, Minister of Finance; Ministry sistance to MINEE and will help set up a rural energy fund. The credit of Interior, Boulevard Colonel Tshiatshi, Commune de la Gombe, Kin- was signed on 30 October 2008. Environmental Assessment Category shasa, Tel: (243-998) 365-336, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: A. PID: 104456. US$ 65.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Direc- Mr. Albert Etchumba, Advisor, Ministry of State in charge of the In- tion de l’Electricité, Ministry of Energy and Water, Yaounde, Cameroon, terior, Decentralization and Security MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 9 Rural Development Eritrea Agriculture Rehabilitation and Recovery: The objectives are to Energy and Mining (a) increase agricultural productivity sustainably and (b) improve farm- ers’ access to domestic markets. Decision meeting scheduled for 19 Power Distribution and Rural Electrification (H-410ER): The February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 92724. objective is the rehabilitation and expansion of urban electricity in US$ 80.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Asmara, rural electrification, required maintenance, and replace- Livestock and Fisheries, Croissement Avenue Batela et Boulevard ment and spare parts for generating plants in he interconnected and du30 Juin, Kinshasa-Gombe, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243- isolated systems. Approved by the Executive Directors on 26 June 99) 990-6017, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Hubert Ali Ra- 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 110202. US$ mazani, Secretary-General and Project Coordinator 25.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and Implementing Agency(ies) to be determined. Social Protection Ethiopia Emergency Demobilization and Reintegration SIL (H362-ZR): The objectives are to help consolidate peace and promote economic Education stability and sustainable development in the DRC and the region through demobilization of up to an estimated 150,000 ex-combatants (R) General Education Quality Improvement Program (Cr. and provision of reintegration support during their transition to civil- 4535-ET): The objective is to improve the quality and diversity of in- ian life; and to promote the reallocation of Government expenditure structional services offered to Ethiopian children in Grades 1-12 to pro- from military to social and economic sectors. The proposed additional duce higher levels of achievement across diverse segments of the grant would help finance costs associated with the completion of EDRP population. Approved by the Executive Directors on 16 December 2008. demobilization and reintegration activities. Approved by the Executive The loan was signed on 29 December 2008. Environmental Assess- Directors on 22 April 2008. Environmental Assessment Category C. ment Category C. PID: 106855. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consulting services PID: 105729. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be deter- to be determined. Ministry of Education, PO Box 1367, Addis Ababa, mined. Ministry of Defense, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-111) 553-133, Fax: (251-111) 560-133, E-mail: moe- E-mail: safi divine
Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 213-4603, Fax: (255-22) 211-1579, E-mail: 3.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Mar- [email protected], Contact: Dr. Magnus A. K. Ngoile, Director Gen- itime Economy eral Tr ansportation Finance Dakar-Diamniadio Toll Road: The objective is to build a road be- Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) tween Dakar and Diamniadio to foster economic development by (a) Financial Institutions Support (Cr. 4529-3T, H434-3T): The diminishing transport congestion and its associated costs and (b) sus- objective is to improve financial integration and intermediation in the tainably spreading out economic activities and housing within and out- CEMAC region, which will help increase economic activity and reduce side the Cap Vert peninsula. Board presentation scheduled for 31 poverty. Approved by the Executive Directors on 4 December 2008. March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 87304. US$ Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 99833. US$ 32.0/18.0 50.0 (IDA). A PPF (US$ 0.8) advance has been approved. IDA (US$ (IDA/IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Banque des 30.0) partial risk guarantee is planned to attract private sector in- Etats de l’Afrique Centrale, PO Box 1917, Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237) volvement in private-public partnerships. Cofinancing will be required 223-4030, Fax: (237) 223-8258, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jean- to bridge the financing gap. Consultants will be required for road stud- Felix Mamalepot, Governor ies, investment banking, and urban upgrading. Agence National Chargée de la Promotion de l’Investissement et des Grands Travaux, BP 430, Health, Nutrition and Population CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 842-3110, E-mail: [email protected], (N) HIV/AIDS West Africa Multi-Disease Surveillance: The ob- Contact: Mme. Marie Ndaw, Project Director jective is to establish a functional, coordinated, and harmonized regional disease surveillance and response network and to improve prepared- Sierra Leone ness to respond to major epidemic outbreaks in the West Africa sub- Environment and Natural Resources Management region thus contributing to reduce mortality, morbidity and vulnerability resulting from communicable diseases. The surveillance network will (R) Mineral Sector Technical Assistance: The objectives are to ac- comprise a regional laboratory, the MDSC, and the national disease celerate sustainable development of extractive industries through surveillance systems of the beneficiary countries. Project concept re- strengthening the policy, fiscal and regulatory framework and there- view scheduled for 27 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- after to attract investments for continued sector growth. Appraisal gory A. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. completed. Negotiations scheduled for late-February. Environmental As- Multi-Disease Surveillance Center and MOHS sessment Category B. PID: 99357. US$ 6.0 (IDA). Preparation will re- quire (a) an international consulting firm to prepare environment and Rural Development social assessments prior to appraisal and (b) individual consultants to Eastern Nile Water Shed (ENSAP): The objective is to develop a refine project components. These will include a mining adviser and ex- sustainable, transboundary framework for watershed management in perts in mining cadastre, licensing and regulations. During imple- the Easten Nile Basin and to improve natural-resource based livelihoods mentation, consultants will be required in mining sector development, and reduce land degradation in selected watersheds. Specific devel- small-scale and artisanal mining, mining cadastres, geoscience, pro- opments objectives of the program are: (i) develop and sustain a mech- motion and awareness raising about mining. Ministry of Mines and Min- anism for generation and exchange of information and expertise for eral Resources, Youyi Bldg., 5th Fl., Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra decision making on the management of the natural resources of the Leone, Tel: (232-22) 240-142, Fax: (232-22) 235-234, E-mail: min- Eastern Nile; and (ii) implement successful model interventions for liveli- [email protected], Contact: Alhaji M.S. Deen, Minister hood-based catchment management. Project is preparation underway. Public Sector Governance Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 91099. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Nile Basin Initiative Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office, Deesie Rd., (R) Integraded Public Financial Management Reform: The ob- PO Box 27173-3100, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-16) 411-130, jective is to support the Government of Sierra Leone to: (i) strengthen Fax:(251-11) 645-9407, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mekuria macro, fiscal, and budget management; (ii) strengthen key aspects of Tafesse, Executive Director; Ministry of Irrigation and Water Re- the control systems; (iii) improve accounting and reporting systems; sources, PO Box 878, Khartoum, Sudan (or 40th St. 35 Khartoum 2, and (iv) develop sustainable human resource capacity and systems with Sudan), Tel: (249-11) 785-763, 777-533, Fax: (249-11) 778-330, 773-838, the objective of sustainably improving the credibility, control, and E-mail: moiwr [email protected], Contact: H. E. Kamal Ali Mo- transparency in fiscal and budget management. Appraisal scheduled for hamed, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources; Ministry of Wa- late-February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: ter Resources and Irrigation, Corniche Nil Imbaba, Giza, Egypt 12666, 108069. US$ 4.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Fi- Tel: (20-2) 2544-9448/2, Fax: (20-2) 544-9449, E-mail: [email protected], nance and Economic Development, Government of Sierra Leone, or [email protected], Contact: H. E. Dr. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, Min- Geroge Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232-22) 225-612, Fax: ister of Water Resources and Irrigation (232-22) 228-355, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sheku Sesay, Financial Secretary Rwanda Social Protection Rural Development (N) Decentralized Basic Services: The objective is to enable the cen- Second Rural Sector Support (H408-RW): The objective are in tral government to protect and increase transfers to local govern- three components: (1) Marshlands and hillsides rehabilitation and de- ments, focus on financing gaps for those priority activities under the velopment; (2) strengthening commodity chains; and (3) project co- mandate of local councils in education, health, water, social assistance, ordination and support. Approved by the Executive Directors on 24 improving downward accountability mechanisms between local coun- June 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 105176. US$ cils, citizens and civil society. Decision meeting scheduled for 19 March 35.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. PSCU-RSSP, BP 6981 Kigali, 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 113757. US$ 20.0 Rwanda, Tel: (250) 587-226, Fax: (250) 587-226, E-mail: rssp_pscu@rssp. (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance and gov.rw, Contact: Ms. Gerardine Mukeshimana, National Project Co- Economic Development, Ministerial Building, George Street, Free- ordinator town, Sierra Leone, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Sheku Sesay, Financial Secretary Senegal Environment and Natural Resources Management South Africa (R) Sustainable Management of Fish Resources (Cr. 4545-SN): Environment and Natural Resources Management The objective is to reduce fishing pressure on the fish stocks sup- Development, Empowerment and Conservation in the Greater porting the central coastal fisheries of Senegal (from the Cap Vert St. Lucia Wetland Park and Surrounding Region: The objective Peninsula to the Saloum River Delta). Credit signing scheduled for 30 is to protect the exceptional biodiversity of the greater St. Lucia wet- March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 105881. US$ land area through conservation, sustainable resources use, planning MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 15 for rational land use and local economic development. Decision meet- for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ing scheduled for 13 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category 112334. US$ 50.0/US$ 9.0 (IDA/GEF). Consulting services to be de- B. PID: 86528. US$ 9.3 (GEF). Consulting services to be determined. termined. Rural Electrification Agency, Ministry of Energy and Min- St. Lucia Greater Wetlands Park Authority, Kwazul Natal, Private Bag eral Development, Plot 1 Pilkington Road, Workers House, Kampala, X05, St. Lucia 3936 South Africa, Tel: (27-35) 590-1633, Fax: (27-35) 590- Uganda, Tel: (256-312) 265-095, Fax: (256-41) 346-013, E-mail: rea@rea. 1602, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Andrew Za- or.ug, Contact: Mr. Fred. Kabagambe-Kaliisa, Permanent Secretary loumis, CEO (R) Private Power Generation (Cr. B013-UG): The objective is to provide adequate, reliable and cost-effective power generation in an eco- Swaziland nomically and environmentally sustainable manner, to enhance the eco- Urban Development nomic growth and well-being. The guarantee was signed on 21 December 2007 (R) Local Government: The objective is to strengthen the capacity . Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 89659. US$ 115.0 (Guar) and resource mobilization functions of the local governance system to . Consultants will be required. Ministry of Energy, Amber deliver and sustain basic services, in particular to benefit the poorer House, Kampala Road, PO Box 7270, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) sections of the population. Negotiations scheduled for 10 March 2009. 234-733, Fax: (256-41) 234-732, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 95232. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Mr. Fred Kabagambe-Kaliisa, Permanent Secretary Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Housing and Urban Public Sector Governance Development, Mhlabanyasi Rd., PO Box 1832, Mbabane, Swaziland, Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC7) (Cr. 4431- Tel: (268) 404-1741/43, Fax: (268) 404-4085, E-mail: [email protected], UG): The objective is to implement the strategy laid out in the Poverty Contact: Mr. Paul Nkambule, Acting Permanent Secretary Eradication Action Plan. Approved by the Executive Directors on 6 May Tanzania 2008. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 101231. US$ 200.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Finance Education Building, Nile Ave., PO Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) Science and Technology Higher Education (Cr. 4454-TZ): The 232-095, Fax: (256-41) 343-023, Contact: Mr. Chris Kassami, Permanent objective is to help produce better qualified graduates and technicians Secretary, Secretary to the Treasury in strategic disciplines to meet the national development objectives of Rural Development the MKUKUTA (Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction). Approved by the Executive Directors on 27 May 2008. En- Preparedness and Control of Avian Influenza (Cr. 4482-UG): vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 98496. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Con- The objective is to provide the Government of Uganda with financial sultants will be required. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, assistance for the implementation of its Integrated National Action PO Box 9121, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-3139, Fax: Plan (INAP) for prevention, control and management of Avian In- (255-22) 211-3271, Contact: Dr. Khamis Dihenga, Permanent Secretary fluenza epidemic. It will also assist in building sustainable national ca- pacity for general epidemic disease surveillance and rapid response. Energy and Mining Approved by the Executive Directors on 19 June 2008. Environmen- Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources: The objectives tal Assessment Category B. PID: 110207. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consulting are to (a) increase capacity to manage mineral resources sustainably services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and (b) develop artisan mining. Appraisal scheduled for 17 Mar 2009. and Fisheries, PO Box 102, Entebbe, Uganda, Tel: (259-41) 320-563, Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 96302. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Fax: (259-41) 321-047, Contact: Mr. David Obong Omara Oleke, Per- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Minerals, 754- manent Secretary. 33 Samora Ave., PO Box 2000, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) Second Agricultural Research and Technology Additional Fi- 211-7156/9, Fax: (255-22) 211-7790, Contact: Mr. Asah Mwakapugi, Per- nancing (Cr. 3204-UG): The objective of the additional financing is manent Secretary to scale up of activities of the core research program that are impor- tant for effective technology generation and dissemination, expansion Public Sector Governance of the competitive research grants program, and to re-equip and fully Sixth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC6) (Cr. 4526-TZ): utilize the research institutes rehabilitated earlier under ARTP II. Ap- This is the third in a series of five annual operations supporting the proved by the Executive Directors on 2 August 2007. Environmental implementation of the National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Assessment Category U. PID: 105649. US$ 12.0 (IDA). Consulting Poverty (MKUKUTA). The objective is to support the Government in services will be required. National Agricultural Research Organization, the implementation of the MKUKUTA, the MKUKUTA’s objectives re- PO Box 296, Entebbe, Uganda, Tel: (259-41) 321-431, Fax: (259-41) 321- lated to growth and reduction of poverty, improvements of quality of 070, Contact: Dr. Joseph Mukiibi, Director General life and social well being, and governance and accountability. Approved by the Executive Directors on 21 October 2008. Environmental As- Tr ansportation sessment Category U. PID: 101229. US$ 160.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- Road Development Phase 4: The objective is to improve the access vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Madaraka Avenue, Dar to rural and economically productive areas by removing major con- es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1174/6, Contact: Hon. Zakia straints to transport services on the country’s road network. Decision Meghji, Minister meeting scheduled for 18 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 92837. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be Uganda determined. Uganda National Roads Authority, Plot 11, Yusuf Lule Education Road, PO Box 28487, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423-2814, Fax: (256-41) 423-2807, Contact: Eng. Peter Ssebanakitta, Executive Di- (R) Post Primary Education and Training: The objectives are to rector improve access, efficiency in the delivery and the quality of post pri- mary education and training. Negotiations completed. Board presenta- Zambia tion scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 110803. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be deter- Economic Management mined. Ministry of Education and Sports, Embassy House, PO Box (R) Poverty Reduction Support Credit (PRSC1): These objectives 7063, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 425-7038, Fax: (256-41) 423-4920, are to facilitate Zambia to maintain and deepen its macroeconomic frame- Contact: Mr. Francis X. Lubanga, Permanent Secretary work conducive to robust growth, to strengthen the credibility and in- stitutional capacity of the public sector, and to enhance Zambia’s growth Energy and Mining opportunities while improving its poverty impact. Decision meeting (R) Energy for Rural Transformation II: The objective is to increase scheduled for 9 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. rural access to modern energy and information/communication tech- PID: 107218. US$ 10.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry nologies (ICT). Negotiations completed. Board presentation scheduled of Finance and National Planning, Chimanga Road, PO Box 50062, PAGE 16 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 253-512, Fax: (260-1) 251-078, E-mail: termined. Ministry of Commerce, No. 20 A & B, Norodom Blvd., Ph- [email protected], Contact: Dr. James Mulungushi, Per- nom Penh, Cambodia, Tel/Fax: (855-23) 213-067, E-mail: hang.sochivin@ manent Secretary moc.gov.kh, Contact: Mr. Hang Sochivin, Deputy Director of Interna- Second Economic Management and Growth (Cr. 4443-ZM): tional Cooperation Department The objective is to implement policy and institution reforms outlined in the poverty reduction strategy. Approved by the Executive Direc- Public Sector Governance tors on 20 May 2008. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: (R) Second Poverty Reduction and Growth Operation: The ob- 74445. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Fi- jective is to implement reform actions taken from Joint Monitoring In- nance and National Planning, PO Box 50062, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: dicators (JMIs) and sectoral action plans. Decision meeting scheduled (260-1) 253-512, Fax: (260-1) 251-078, E-mail: evans.chibiliti@mofnp. for 27 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: gov.zm, Contact: Mr. C. Evans Chibiliti, Secretary to Treasury 75267. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Econ- omy and Finance, St.92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Ph- Energy and Mining nom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 427-798, Fax: (855-23) 724-664, Increased Access to Electricity and ICT Services (Cr. 4446-ZM): E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Phalla Phan, Deputy Di- The objective is to expand access to electricity, telephone and inter- rector, Economic and Public Finance Policy Department, Ministry of net services in rural areas. Approved by the Executive Directors on Economy and Finance 20 May 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 77452, 76320. US$ 33.0/8.0/2.5 (IDA/GEF/PCF). Consultants will be re- Rural Development quired. Ministry of Energy and Water Development, PO Box 36079, (N) Smallholder Agriculture and Social Protection Support: The Lusaka 10101 Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 251-337, Fax: (260-1) 254-491, 252- objective is to strengthen the food and nutritional security and re- 339, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. W. Serenje, Director, De- silience to shocks to the system through budgetary assistance and tech- partment of Energy nical assistance to the Cambodian government. Project preparation is Social Development, Gender and Inclusion underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 3.0/5.0 (R) Support to Decentralization Implementation Program: (For- (IDA/SF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Fi- merly Local Development Fund) The objective is to advance local de- nance, No. 60, Daun Penh (St. 92), Corner Street Preah Ang Eng and velopment initiatives by operating a financial intermediary to provide Preah Kosamak 12202 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 724-664, funding for projects estimated to be good prospects for success. Ap- Fax: (855-23) 427-798, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. praisal scheduled for 14 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- Aun Porn Monirth, Secretary of State gory B. PID: 95193. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Second Rural Investment and Local Governance: The objective Ministry of Local Government and Housing, Decentralization Secre- is to broaden from the commune-level rural investment and local gov- tariat, P O Box 50027, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 226-787, Fax: (260- ernance support initiated under the predecessor project to the district 1) 252-680, E-mail:[email protected], Contact: Mr. Alfred Sakwiya, level using the new institutional framework established under the re- Project Manager cently promulgated Organic Law on Decentralization and Deconcen- tration. Decision meeting scheduled for 10 January 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 96505. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Consult- ing services to be determined. NCDD Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, No.275, Norodom Boulevard, Khan Chamkarmorn, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 361-900, 362-175, 723 844, Fax: (855-23) 724- East Asia and Pacific 419, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Contact: H.E. Chhieng Yanara, Director of NCDD Program Support Team Cambodia Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Education (R) Demand for Good Governance (H441-KH): The objective is Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement: The ob- to promote transparency, accountability and public service improve- jective is to produce more highly skilled university graduates by im- ment through Demand for Good Governance institutions, networks and proving the access, quality, market relevance and systematic capacity coalitions. The grant was signed on 14 January 2009. Environmental of higher education sub-sector in Cambodia. Project identification is Assessment Category C. PID: 101156. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Con- underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 106605. US$ sultants will be required. Ministry of Interior, 275 Norodom Blvd., Ph- 15.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, nom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 726-052, 721-190, Fax: (855-23) 169 Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-12) 804-182, 721-905, Contact: H.E. Ngy Chanphal, Secretary of State Fax: (855-23) 210-349, Contact: Mr. Mag Ngoy, Deputy Director, Higher Education Empowerment for the Poor in Siem Reap: The objective is to em- power the poor by strengthening their organizations and supporting Environment and Natural Resources Management their livelihoods. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- (N) Environment and Protected Areas Management: The objec- sessment Category B. PID: 97082. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants will tive is to strengthen and expand the Cambodian government’s ability be required. Ministry of Interior, 275 Norodom Blvd., Phnom Penh, to manage emerging environmental issues through an integrated pro- Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 726-052, 721-190, Fax: (855-23) 721-905, Con- gram. Decision meeting scheduled for 30 April 2009. Environmental tact: H.E. Ngy Chanphal, Secretary of State Assessment Category B. PID: 105397. US$ 10.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment, 48, Sihanouk Blvd. (Street 274), China Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Education Tel: (855-23) 214-184, Fax: (855-23) 214-185, E-mail: cepamp@ on- line.com.kh, Contact: Sem Sundara, Project Director, CEPAMP (R) Technical and Vocational Education Training: The objective is to improve quality and relevance of Technical and Vocational Edu- Private Sector Development cation Training (TVET) in order to meet labor market demand. Ne- (R) Trade Development Support Program: The objective is to sup- gotiations scheduled for 23 March 2009. Environmental Assessment port the first pillar on cross-cutting reforms, give priorities to reform Category C. PID: 96707. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be and capacity development that would enable growth in the priority sec- determined. Department of Labor and Social Security of Guangdong tors identified in the DTIS and supported by the Trade SWAp and build Province, Project Management Office,88 Jiaoyu Road, Guangzhou, implementation capacity for the trade development support program. Guangdong 510030, P. R. China, Tel: (86-20) 8319-2413, Fax: (86-20) The grant was signed on 14 January 2009. Environmental Assessment 8319-2406, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Li Shao Juan, Category C. PID: 109648. US$ 12.6 (TF). Consulting services to be de- Deputy Director MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 17
Energy and Mining (N) Integrated Forestry Development: The objective is to demon- (R) Second Energy Efficiency Financing: The objective is to scale- strate sustainable management and operation models for multifunction up commercial debt financing for energy efficiency (EE) investment forest plantations with significant public goods benefits. Progress to- across China through an EE financing debt facility (the Facility) to be wards the achievement of this objective would be monitored through created and managed by Minsheng Bank with the support of (i) an pro- increases in: (a) forest cover in selected environmentally fragile pro- posed IBRD loan; (ii) an possible public debt financing from the China ject sites; and (b) net income from project-supported multifunction Clean Development Mechanism Fund (CCDMF); and (iii) a possible forests. Decision meeting scheduled for 27 April 2009. Environmen- IFC risk sharing facility. Project preparation is underway. Environ- tal Assessment Category B. PID: 105872. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No con- mental Assessment Category FI. PID: 113766. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). sultants are required. State Forestry Administration, 18 East Street, Consultant services will be required for project preparation and im- Hepingli, Beijing, China, 100714, Tel: (86-10) 8423-9030, Fax: (86-10) plementation but detailed requirements will be identified at a later 6421-7796, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. An Fengjie, stage. China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd., No 2, Fuxingmennei Ave., Director of WB Loan Project Management Center Xicheng District, Beijing, China 100031, Tel: (86-10) 5912-3680, Fax: (R) Henan Yellow River Ecological Animal Husbandry Belt: The (86-10) 5978-1198, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. objective is to address animal waste management on medium sized beef Minghui Huang, General Manager, Trade Finance Department and dairy farms in Hunan. Decision meeting scheduled for 12 August (R) Shanxi Coalbed Methane Development: The objective is to de- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100455. US$ 80.0 velop coal bed methane/coal mine methane technology for thermal (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Henan, energy in homes, industry and businesses. Negotiations scheduled for Henan Provincial Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Zhengzhou, Henan 30 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 100968. China, Tel: (86-371) 6577-8978, Fax: (86-371) 6577-8979, E-mail: 13837- US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Shanxi En- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Yuntao Zhang, Director of PMO ergy Industries Group. Ltd., A Bldg, 24th Floor, Jingang Plaze, 35 (R) Jilin Food Safety: The objective is to improve food quality and Bingzhou Beilu, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province 030001 China, Tel: (86- safety in Jilin Province by investing in laboratories, water supply sys- 351) 461-8538, Fax: (85-351) 461-8501, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tem, and providing medium-term loans to small and medium enterprises tact: Ms. Gao Qiang, Director to expand the production of safe, high-quality food. Decision meeting (R) Thermal Power Efficiency: The objective is to reduce coal con- scheduled for 14 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. sumption and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission per unit of electric- PID: 101716. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ity production n Shandong, Shanxi and Guangdong Provinces in China. Jilin Provincial Office for Comprehensive Agricultural Development, The project will support pilot programs and demonstration sub-projects Jilin Provincial Department of Finance, 3646 Remin Dajie, Changchun, in the three provinces that have significant potential for power sector Jilin Province 130021 China, Fax: (86-431) 855-0972, Contact: Mr. Liang efficiency improvements. Board presentation scheduled for 5 May 2009. Dailiang, Deputy Director Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 98654. US$ 19.7 (GEF). (R) Sustainable Development in Poor Rural Areas: The objectives ICB and NCB contracts will be reached for retrofitting of existing are to: (a) provide the poorest villages and households with the poverty power plant, simulation system for power grid dispatch and on-line mon- reduction measures and assistance that they believe are most needed, itoring system for combined heat and power generation. Ministry of (b) improve the well-being of rural migrants living in urban areas, and Finance, Room 2518 Economic Construction Dept., Sanlihe, Xicheng (c) help rural communities to identify and analyze climate change District, Beijing 100820, Tel: (86-10) 6855-2879, E-mail: ccid_ljg@sina. adaptation risks. Negotiations scheduled for 18 May 2009. Environ- com, Contact: Dr. Liu Junguo, Executive Director mental Assessment Category B. PID: 99751. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Con- Inner Mongolia Biomass Heat and Power: The objective is to pro- sulting services to be determined. Foreign Capital Project Management vide clean power and heating services to the residents of Xing’an Center, State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Meng in Inner Mongolia. This would be achieved by: (a) Developing Development, South Bldg, 3rd Floor, Shuangyushu Xili 36, Haidian Dis- CHP (Combined Heat and Power) plants in Ulanhot and Arxan cities trict, Beijing 100086 China, Tel: (86-10) 8261-7155, Fax: (86-10) 8261- that will utilize biomass residues (forestry and agricultural) and bio- 7165, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Ou Qingping, mass from fuelwood plantations; (b) Rehabilitating and expanding dis- Deputy Director trict heating networks and associated supply infrastructure; and (c) Eco-Farming (Ln. 7605-CN, Ln. 7604-CN)): The objective is to Providing adequate training and capacity building support during achieve household level environmental improvements through the preparation and project implementation for biomass fuel supply, CHP establishment and improvement of biogas systems and biogas related plant, and district heating system. Project preparation is underway. En- on-farm investments. Approved by the Executive Directors on 2 De- vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants cember 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 96556. and implementing agency to be determined. US$ 24.0/96.0 (IBRD/IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Environment and Natural Resources Management Foreign Economic Cooperation Center, Ministry of Agriculture, 20 Maizidian Rd., Beijing 200026, China, Tel: (86-10) 6508-0856, Fax: (86- Xinjiang Aksu Pig Farm Biogas: The objective is to reduce methane 10) 6506-3012, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Han Gaojun, Di- emissions from livestock waste, to mitigate climate change by reduc- rector General ing its GHG emissions and to extend the coverage of CDM projects to biogas use in China. Appraisal scheduled for 15 April 2009. Envi- Shandong Ecological Afforestation: The objective is to improve the ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 106518. US$ 6.0 (CF). Agri- environmental conditions of Shandong’s most fragile land areas through cultural Specialist, Institutional Specialist and Financial/Economist afforestation by: (a) stabilizing the fragile conditions of the alluvial Analyst will be required. Aksu Sanjiang Breeding Company, Aksu City, land areas; (b) reducing soil and water erosion of some degraded Xinjiang Province, Fax: (86-997) 251-8876, E-mail: [email protected], mountainous areas; and (c) stabilizing sandy soils. Decision meeting Contact: Mr. Yongjun Chen, Chairman of the Board scheduled for 29 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 112759. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Rural Development Shandong Forestry Department, No. 42 Wenhuadonglu, Jinan, Peo- (N) Huai River Baskin Flood Management and Drainage Im- ple’s Republic of China, Fax: (86-531) 8855-7747, E-mail: guanghuaqin@ provement: The objective is to increase agricultural productivity and 163.com, Contact: Mr. Sun Yugang, Director of Project Management farmers’ incomes by better protecting against floods, the properties and Office lives of many people living in predominantly rural areas of the Huai Shanxi Saline Alkali Land Improvement: The objective is to (a) en- River Basin. Negotiations scheduled for mid-April 2009. Environmen- hance farmers’ earning opportunities through the improvement of tal Assessment Category A. PID: 98078. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants saline-alkali and low yield lands and (b) the development of the live- will be required. Huai River Basin Committee, Ministry of Water Re- stock sector in five counties of Shuozhou Municipality in Shanxi sources, Bengbu 233001, Anhui Province, China, Tel: (86-552) 309-3702, Province. The Bank’s next step is pending on the completion of the Fax: (86-552) 309-3708, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Qian client’s new proposal. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 90.0 Min, Director General (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Government of Shanxi, No. 345, PAGE 18 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Yingze Dajie, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001 China, Tel: (86-351) 404-3310, Guiyang Guangzhou Railway: The objective is to enhance the trans- Fax: (86-351) 404-0626, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Hong port access of the relatively poor provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yun- Xiao, Director, International Finance Division, Shanxi Provincial Finance nan and Sichuan in south west China to the ports and economic growth Bureau centers in the Pearl River region, through improvements to rail trans- Xining Flood and Watershed Management: The objective is to re- portation services. Negotiations scheduled for 23 February 2009. En- duce the impact of flooding, increase the treatment of wastewater, and vironmental Assessment Category A. PID: 107559. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). enhance the management of critical watersheds, thus protecting hu- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Railways, Foreign man life and property and improving the environment within Xining Capital and Technical Import Center, 10 Fuxing Rd, Beijing 100844 Municipality. Negotiations scheduled for 15 April 2009. Environmen- China, Tel: (86-10) 5184-2825, Fax: (86-10) 5184-8407, E-mail: xufengcn@ tal Assessment Category A. PID: 101829. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Envi- 163.com, Contact: Mr. Xu Feng, Deputy Director ronment Specialist, Watershed Specialist and Social Specialists will be Taiyuan Urban Transport: The objective is to improve mobility and required. Xining Municipal Government, Xining, Qinghai Province, Peo- accessibility for Taiyuan’s people and freight to key industrial and ple’s Republic of China, Fax: (86-971) 821-5652, Contact: Mr. Fan Guo- commercial zones in a safe, efficient and sustainable manner. Negoti- qing, Vice Mayor ations scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory A. PID: 81615. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Tr ansportation Taiyuan Development Planning Commission, Project Management (N) Wuhan Second Urban Transport: The objective is to enhance Office, No. 38, Fuxi St., Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China 030002, Tel: mobility within and to the central area of Wuhan (the area within the (86-351) 415-2220/21/23, Fax: (86-351) 415-2221, E-mail: shihangb@ 2nd Ring Road) in an environmentally sustainable, integrated, and 126.com, Contact: Mr. Wang Shiying, Deputy Director safe manner. The project will include bus priority corridors, facilities to better integrated transport modes, expanded traffic management and Urban Development road safety schemes, road improvements, and technical assistance ac- (R) Guizhou Cultural and Natural Heritage Infrastructure and tivities. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Management: The objective is to develop the economy of and allevi- Category A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Munic- ate poverty in Guizhou Province in a sustainable manner through the ipality of Wuhan, No. 188, Yan Jiang Avenue, Hankou, Wuhan, China, protection and development of cultural and natural heritage assets. Ne- 430014, Tel: (86-27) 8282-6302, Fax: (86-27) 8281-4646, E-mail: gotiations scheduled for 24 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zhang Hanhua, Director, Wuhan egory A. PID: 91950. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Urban Construction Utilization of Foreign Investment Project Man- Tourism Administration of Guizhou Province, No. 242-5 Zhonghua agement Office North Rd., Guiyang, Guizhou 550004 China, Tel: (86-851) 683-5822, 681- (R) Hubei Yiba Highway: The objective is to improve passenger and 7801, Fax: (86-851) 683-6309, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: freight flows in the Yichang-Badong corridor by investing in the con- Mr. Li Sangi, Director, PMO struction of an expressway and strengthening the institutional capac- (R) Nanning Urban Environment: The objective is to help the re- ity for environmental management. Negotiations scheduled for 19 habilitation and river integrated environmental improvement of the February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 101258. Fenghuang and Liangqing rivers, Wastewater Management of City US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Hubei Provincial and Counties, including the construction of the 2nd Phase of a Waste- Communications Department, No. 428, JianShe Avenue, Hankou, water Treatment Plant in Jiangnan. Preappraisal mission scheduled for Wuhan, Hubei, China 430030, Tel: (86-27) 8346-0753, Fax: (86-27) 8346- 30 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 108627. 0754, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Chen Xinwu, US$ 150.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Nanning Development Deputy Director General and Reform Commission, 1 Jiabin Road, Guangxi Region, Nanning (R) Nan Guang Railway: The objective is to finance the construction Guangxi, PR China, 530028, Tel: (86-771) 5535-881, Fax: (86-771) 5535- of a new (greenfield) dual-use (passenger and freight) railway line 881, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zeng Qingzuan, Director, from the provincial capital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, to World Bank Project Management Office the provincial capital of Guizhou Province, Nanning. The line is planned (R) Shanghai Agricultural and Non-point Source Pollution Re- to be approximately 400 km long and will have a design speed for pas- duction: The objective is to improve the environment with positive im- senger trains of 250 kmph and an operating speed of 200 kmph. Pro- pacts on the East China Sea. Decision meeting scheduled for 24 February ject preappraisal is underway. Environmental Assessment Category 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 90376. US$ 4.8 A. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry (GEF). Consultants will be required. Shanghai Municipal Govern- of Railways, Foreign Capital and Technical Import Center, 10 Fuxing ment, No. 1 Lane 1114, Liyang Rd., Shanghai 200082 China, Tel: (86- Rd, Beijing 100844 China, Tel: (86-10) 5184-1825, Fax: (86-10) 5184-1845, 21) 5666-8104, Fax: (86-21) 6540-6094, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Xu Feng, Director Mr. Qiu Wenjin, Director, Project Office (R) Ningxia Highway: The objective is to improve the attractiveness (R) Shanghai Urban Environment (APL Phase III): The objec- and competitiveness of the Ningxia Autonomous Region through a more tive is to further advance the APL program goal of improving the effective, equitable, and sustainable use of the regional road infra- Shanghai Metropolitan area’s environmental conditions by progressive structure in support of industry and poor agricultural producers as mea- development and implementation of integrated, metropolitan-wide sured by reduced transit times on improved highways and improved measures, through promoting continuous sector reforms and institu- access for rural communities. Preappraisal mission scheduled for 1 tional development, and selected strategic investments in the water and March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 wastewater sector. Negotiations scheduled for 13 April 2009. Envi- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ningxia Communica- ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: 96923. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Con- tions Department, No. 165 Beijing East Rd., Xigqing District, Yichuan, sultants will be required. Shanghai Municipal Government, No. 1 Lane Ningxia Province, China, Tel: (86-951) 503-2956, Ext. 521, Fax: (86-951) 1114, Liyang Rd., Shanghai 200082 China, Tel: (86-21) 5666-8104, Fax: 608-6844, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zhou Shu, Di- (86-21) 6540-6094, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Qui Wenjin, rector General Director, Project Office Anhui Medium Cities Urban Transport: The objective is to sup- (R) Yunnan Urban Environmental: (formerly Second Yunnan Ur- port critical enhancements to the mobility of the citizens of the Pro- ban Environmental) The objectives are to (a) integrate lake basin ject Cities through investments in urban infrastructure and public management for Dianchi, and (b) develop urban environmental in- transport services that follow key National Priorities. Preparation is un- frastructure in about 13 towns in Kunming Municipality, Dali Prefec- derway. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). ture, Lijiang Municipality and Wenshan Prefecture. Negotiations Consulting services to be determined. Anhui Provincial Construction scheduled for 23 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category Bureau, No. 28, Huan Cheng Nan Lu, Hefei, Anhui Province, China A. PID: 96812. US$ 90.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been identified. Yun- 230001, Tel: (85-551) 287-1280, Fax: (85-551) 263-9845, E-mail: weil- nan Provincial Project Management Office, 27 Xi Yuan Nan Lu, Kun- idai&163.com, Contact: Mr. Zhong Yaping, Chief Engineer; Ms. Dai ming 650032 China, Tel: (86-871) 410-4554, Fax: (86-871) 410-4963, Weili, Deputy Director, Planning and Financial Division E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Zhou Bo, Director, For- MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 19 eign Techno-Economic Corporation Division,Yunnan Provincial Envi- Decision meeting scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental As- ronment Protection Bureau sessment Category C. PID: 101722. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consultants Chongqing Urban Rural Integration Development: The objective to be determined. Directorate General of the Management of Primary is to help integrate the more prosperous urban areas of the municipality and Secondary Education (Mandikdasmen),Ministry of National Ed- with the lagging rural areas, in order to achieve a better balance of eco- ucation, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Senayan, E Bldg., 4th Floor, Jakarta, In- nomic, social and environmental development, which includes four in- donesia, Tel: (62-21) 572-5057, Fax: (62-21) 572-5606, Contact: Professor vestment components: (a) infrastructure improvements in small cities Suyanto, Director General, Primary and Secondary Education and towns; (b) rural surplus labor transfer; (c) small-scale infrastruc- ture improvements within demonstration towns and villages; and (d) Energy and Mining community-level health services. In addition, the project would sup- (R) Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage Power: The objective is to port institutional strengthening, training, technical assistance and pol- improve the overall efficiency of the power generation system in Java- icy reforms at the municipal and local levels, which will be defined during Bali. This will be achieved through (a) the development of the proposed project preparation. Preappraisal scheduled for 2 March 2009. Envi- Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage hydropower plant in an environ- ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: 86446. US$ 84.0 (IBRD). mentally sustainable and socially responsible manner, and (b) the im- Consultants will be required. Chongqing Project Management Office, plementation of an institutional and technical assistance program to 248 Renminlu Rd., Yuzhong District, Chongqing Municipality, China, improve PLN’s managerial and operational capabilities. Decision meet- Tel: (86-23) 6387-7677, Fax: (86-23) 6387-7822, E-mail: zhoulinjun@ ing scheduled for 30 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category 2008.sina.com, Contact: Mr. Zhou Linjun, Director of Chongqing A. PID: 112158. US$ 470.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- mined. PT PLN (PERSERO), Jalan Trunojoyo Blok M 1/135 Kebay- Water and Sanitation oran Baru-Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 726-1875/1122/2234, Fax: (R) Jiangsu Water and Wastewater: The objective is to expand city (62-21) 722-1330, Contact: Mr. Bambang Praptono, Director for Plan- water supply and wastewater services to small towns along the Yangtze ning and Technology river. Negotiations scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental As- sessment Category B. PID: 96926. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Finance be required. Jiangsu Provincial Construction Commission, Jiangsu (R) Tax Administration Reform (Ln. 7631-ID): The objective Construction Bureau, Rm. 401, Huahui Dasha, 69 Beijing Xilu, Nan- is to reform revenue administration. Loan signing scheduled for 2 March jing, Jiangsu Province 210024 China, Tel: (86-25) 8332-9553, Fax: (86- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 100740. US$ 25) 8501-5079, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Chen Yaocai, 110.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Deputy Director DG Tax, B Bldg., 14th Floor, Jl. Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 40-42, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 526-2918, Fax: (62-21) 522-5136, E- Indonesia mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Robert Pakpahan, Coordinator, Economic Management Tax Administration (R) Public Expenditure Support Facility (DPL-DDO): The objective Health, Nutrition and Population is to assist the Government of Indonesia (GoI) in addressing the po- tential impacts of the global financial crisis on public expenditures (R) Health Professional Education Quality: The objective is to im- during 2009/10. The GoI expects that a set of confidence-boosting prove and assure the quality of higher education in the health sector policies and back-up finance will reassure markets and enable it to raise through: (a) rationalizing and strengthening the accreditation of pub- resources from them. Negotiations completed. Board presentation sched- lic and private institutions; (b) implementing competency-based cer- uled for 3 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: tification; and (c) providing resources, on a results-based basis, to 115199. US$ 2,000.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of assure that training institutions can meet these standards. Project Finance and Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Jl. Lapangan preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Banteng Timur No. 2-4, Jakarta, 10710, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 351-1178, 113341. US$ 95.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Di- Fax: (62-21) 351-1186, Contact: Mahendra Siregar, SE, M.Ec, Deputy rectorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of Natinal Education, Minister for International Economic Cooperation Jl. Jend Sudirman Pintu I, Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia 10002, Tel: Strengthening Statistics: The objective is to support improved data (62-21) 579-46101, Fax: (62-21) 579-46104, Contact: Dr. Fasli Jalal, reporting and statistical capacity in Indonesia through the development Director General, Higher Education of a World Bank-financed Statistical capacity building program (STAT- Private Sector Development CAP). Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory C. PID: 106384. US$ 45.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (R) Private Infrastructure Financing and Support Facility: The Central Bureau of Statistics Jl. Dr. Sutomo 6-8, Jakarta 10710, In- objective is to promote public-private partnership in infrastructure and donesia, Jl. Dr. Sutomo 6-8, Jakarta 10710, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 381- to attract private long-term capital into commercially viable infra- 0291, Fax: (62-21) 385-7046, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. structure projects by offering a range of financial products through a Toto E. Sastrasuanda, Deputy Director General new financial intermediary. Decision meeting scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 92218. US$ 100.0 Education (IBRD). Consulting services are currently being financed by ADB (R) Better Employment Knowledge and Enterpreneurship to Re- and AusAID (with possible financing from IFC and KfW) under the vitalize Job Access (BEKERJA): The objective is to increase em- overall coordination of the Bank. Ministry of Finance, Jl. Lapangan Ban- ployment and earnings of disadvantaged youth (young women, drop teng 2-4, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 251-2222, Fax: (62-21) 572-2446, outs, poor) through improved market oriented skills training and en- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Suyatno Harun, Di- trepreneurship. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- rector, Directorate General of Asset Management; Coordinating Min- sessment Category C. PID: 100763. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants istry of Economic Affairs to be determined. Ministry of National Education, Directorate General of Non Formal and Formal Education, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Senayan, E Rural Development Building, 3rd Floor, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 572-5033, Fax: (62- (R) Dam Operational Improvement and Safety: The objective is 21) 572-5487, Contact: Dr. Hamid Muhammad, Director General, Non to improve reservoir dams and make them safer. Negotiations completed. Formal and Informal Education Board presentation scheduled for 19 March 2009. Environmental As- (R) Education System Improvement through Sector Wide Ap- sessment Category B. PID: 96532. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants for pro- proaches (SISWA): The objective is to improve efficiency and equity ject preparation have been recruited. Once effective, TA consultants in the use of resources to increase access to basic education and im- will be needed, as well as contractors for variety of works. Ministry of prove the quality. Such improvements are expected to lead to increased Public Works, Department of Water Resources, Jl. Pattimura 20, Jakarta, net enrollment rates in lower secondary schools, higher and more timely Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 739-6616, Fax: (62-21) 720-8285, Contact: Ir. completion of basic education, and better student learning achievement. Iwan Nursyirwan, Director General PAGE 20 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Social Development, Gender and Inclusion [email protected], Contact: Mr. Budi Yuwono, Director General (N) Second National Program for Community Empowerment in of Human Settlement Rural Areas Additional Financing: The objective of the additional Water and Sanitation financing will be to support the expansion of PNPM-Rural from its cur- (R) Urban Water Supply and Sanitation: The objective is to improve rent geographical coverage of 2,835 rural subdistricts (kecamatan) to water supply services by strengthening local water utilities to become a total 4,371 rural subdistricts in 2009. The project will expand signif- operationally efficient and financial sustainable. Negotiations scheduled icantly the coverage of community block grants, and thus scale up the for 23 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: project’s developmental impacts. Board presentation scheduled for 2 90991. US$ 28.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Pub- April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 108757. US$ lic Works, Jl. Pattimura 20, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12110 Indonesia, 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants required for preparation. Ministry of Home Tel: (62-021) 7179-6158, Fax: (62-021) 7279-6155, Contact: Ir. Agoes Wid- Affairs, J. Raya Pasar Minggu Km 19, Jakarta Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) janarko, Director General of Human Settlements 794-2373/74, Fax: (62-21) 791-96118, Contact: Pak Ayip Muflich, Director General, Community Development, Ministry of Home Affairs Lao People’s Democratic Republic Tr ansportation Economic Management (R) Second Infrastructure Development Policy Loan (Ln. 7607- (R) Fifth Poverty Reduction Support: The objective is to support ID): The objective are: (a) increase the quantity and efficiency of cen- the medium term policy reform program in improving: the invest- tral Government spending on infrastructure through improved public ment climate, competitiveness, and business development; and strength- service obligation (subsidy) policy, and expenditure planning and bud- ening public finance management framework for improving service geting, (b) improve sub-national infrastructure services through in- delivery. Decision meeting scheduled for 27 March 2009. Environmen- creased sub-national government spending and an improved incentives tal Assessment Category C. PID: 110109. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Con- framework, (c) increase private investment in infrastructure through sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, 4 That Luang the establishment of a fiscally sound, credible and transparent PPP Rd., Ban Phonxay, Xaysettha District, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856- framework; and (d) enhance governance for infrastructure through im- 21) 262-323, Fax: (856-21) 263-357, E-mail: [email protected], proved land acquisition, environmental protection, and procurement Contact: Mme. Sifong Oumavong, Director Public Finance Manage- and audit processes within the Ministry of Public Works. The loan was ment Strengthening Unit signed on 22 December 2008. Environmental Assessment Category U. Energy and Mining PID: 111905. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Jl. Dr. Wahidin No. 1, Makarta 10710, Indonesia, Tel: (62- Rural Electrification Project - Phase 2: The objective is to support 21) 384-6725, Fax: (62-21) 350-0842, E-mail: [email protected], the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) and Electricité du Laos (EdL) Contact: Mr. Silaban Rio, Director, Risk Management Unit; Coordinating in expanding the national power network as well as off-grid systems. Ministry of Economic Affairs, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Timur 2-4, Makarta The project: (a) would support the implementation of an electricity tar- Pusat 10710, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 351-1462; BAPPENAS, Jalan Taman iff reform as well as formulation of a sector financing strategy for the Surapati No. 2, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 336-207 purpose of scaling up investment in the power sector; (b) strengthen the capacity at EdL to implement loss reduction programs and roll out Western Indonesia National Roads Improvement: The objective Demand-Side Management and energy efficiency activities; and (c) as- is to (a) enable decentralization and sustain regional economic com- sist MEM in piloting alternative power generation technologies and petitiveness and social well-being by upgrading substandard roads formulate necessary legal, regulatory and institutional arrangement that have been reclassified as national and strategic roads to the re- to foster replication. Project preparation is underway. Environmental quired national standards and by eliminating traffic bottlenecks along Assessment Category B. US$ 51.0/1.25 (IDA/GEF). Consulting ser- strategic and national roads; and (b) enhance road sector management vices to be determined. Ministry of Energy and Mines and Electricité capacity. Appraisal tentatively scheduled for April 2009. Environmen- du Laos, PO Box 4708, Nong Bone Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR., Tel: (856- tal Assessment Category A. PID: 90990. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Negotia- 21) 451-519, Fax: (856-2)1 416-381, E-mail: [email protected]; tions with the consultant are underway for project preparation. Ministry [email protected], Contact: Mr. Anousak Phongsavanh, Manager, Rural of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan 12110 Indone- Electrification Division, Department of Electricity; Mr. Gnanhkham sia, Tel: (62-21) 720-0281, Fax: (62-21) 720-1760, Contact: Mr. Taufik Douangsavanh, Project Manager, Electricité du Laos. Widjoyono, Director of Planning, Directorate General of Highways TA for Capacity Development in Hydropower and Mining Sec- Urban Development tor: The objective is to support the hydropower and mining sectors through a combined technical assistance project which would put em- (R) Jakarta Emergency Dredging Initiative (JEDI): The objectives phasis on capacity building within sector agencies as well as across re- are: (a) alleviate the impacts of annual floods in DKI through the pri- lated government institutions. The hydropower component would ority rehabilitation and dredging of existing floodways, drains and re- include optimization of revenue-sharing and ownership arrangements, tention basins, in accordance with international best practices; and establishment of a Hydropower Learning Center, and capacity build- (b) provide technical expertise through on-the-job training to strengthen ing in power system planning and operation. The mining sector compo- the capacity of DKI and MoPW to operate and maintain its flood con- nent would include support to legislative and regulatory strengthening, trol system, in accordance with international standards. Decision meet- institution of cadastre management procedures, enhancement of geo- ing scheduled for 15 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category science capacities, support to artisanal and small-scale mining, and A. PID: 111034. US$ 135.5 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- strengthening of monitoring and inspection procedures. Project prepa- mined. Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura 20, Jakarta, Indonesia, ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 12110, Tel: (62-21) 726-2366, Fax: (62-21) 726-1292, E-mail: suryan- 109736. US$ 7.0 (IDA). Consulting services may be required for de- [email protected], Contact: Ir. Iwan Nursyirwan, Director Gen- veloping a strategy for capacity building, scoping and design of cadas- eral, Mr. Budi Yuwono, Director General of Human Settlements tre management system, assessment of ASM and monitoring and (R) National Program for Community Empowerment in Urban evaluation capacities. These activities would be managed by the exe- Areas (PNPM II UPP) Additional Financing: The objective is to cuting agencies and are expected to be undertaken during the first half support GOI national poverty alleviation program (PNPM) for the of 2009. Ministry of Energy and Mines, PO Box 4708, Nong Bone Road, benefit of the urban poor by improving series and infrastructure iden- Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 413-002, Fax: (856-21) 414-351, E-mail: tified and delivered in a more effective and participatory manner. [email protected], Contact: Mr. Thongphath Inthavong, Director Board presentation scheduled for 2 April 2009. Environmental Assess- General, Department of Mines ment Category B. PID: 109196. US$ 115.0 (IBRD). National Man- agement Consultant and Oversight Consultants will be required. Health, Nutrition and Population Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, In- (N) Health Services Improving (Food Price Crisis Response Trust donesia, Tel: (62-81) 7279-6158, Fax: (62-21) 7279 6155, E-mail: suryan- Fund): The objective will be to include a pilot of a conditional cash trans- MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 21 fer (CCT) scheme designed to increase the uptake of key maternal and Environment and Natural Resources Management child health (MCH) services and a community-based health and nu- Forest Conservation: This objective is to strengthen financial sus- trition program to stimulate behavior change and mobilize mutual tainability and professional capacity for protected area management and support to improve nutrition and broader MCH outcomes. Project biodiversity conservation in Mongolia, and the development of an ap- preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: proach to landscape-level planning that addresses the broad range of 114863. US$ 2.0 (SF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, inter-connected pressures and threats to biodiversity and integrates plan- Simeuang Road, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: (856-20) 242-8795, Contact: ning strategies of municipalities, local governments and protected Dr. Sisamone Keola, Project Director, Ministry of Health area administrations. The project will also support legal and regulatory Public Sector Governance innovations to broaden the scope of governance types of PAs. Deci- sion meeting scheduled for 15 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Treasury Modernization: The objective is to strengthen treasury man- Category B. PID: 106114. US$ 1.8 (GEF). Consultants required. Min- agement by implementing a fully integrated management information istry of Nature and Environment, Government Building No. 3, Baga system. Decision meeting scheduled for 15 May 2009. Environmental Toiruu 44, Ulanbaatar 11, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 312-269, Fax: (976- Assessment Category C. PID: 107757. US$ 9.0 (IDA). Consulting ser- 11) 321-401, E-mail: [email protected] vices to be determined. Public Finance Management Strengthening Forest Landscapes Development and Conservation: The objec- Unit, Ministry of Finance, 4 That Luang Rd., Ban Phonxay, Xaysettha tive is to enable forest products and the ecosystem services that forests District, Vientiane, Lao, Tel: (856-21) 262-323, Fax: (856-21) 263-357, provide to make significant contributions to economic development and E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Sifong Oumavong, environmental protection. Decision meeting scheduled for 15 July PFMSU Director, Ministry of Finance 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 97297. US$ 3.0/1.8 Rural Development (IDA/GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Nature and En- (R) Rice Productivity Improvement: The objective is to increase vironment, Baga toiruu-44, Ulaanbaatar-48, MNE, 210648 Mongolia, rice productivity and overall volume of rice production among small- Tel/Fax: (976-11) 321-401, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Del- holders in four selected provinces that will substantially increase in- gertsogt, Vice Minister and National Project Director comes and improve food security for small farm households. Special Papua New Guinea financing signing scheduled for 2 March 2009. Environmental Assess- ment Category C. PID: 114617. US$ 3.0 (SF). Consultants will be re- Energy and Mining quired. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, National Agriculture (R) Second Mining Sector Institutional Strengthening Technical and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), PO Box 4195 Vientiane, Assistance (Cr. 4491-PNG): The objectives are to (a) to support the Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 770-092, Fax: (856-21) 770-0082, E-mail: institutional strengthening of the main mining sector agencies for ad- [email protected], Contact: Kouang Douangsila, Director of the ministering the mining to improve sector governance and (b) to build Project the capacity of the affected communities, especially women’s organi- (R) Sustainable Forestry for Rural Development (H446-LA): The zation and youth, to better benefit from mining sector activities. Grant objective is to achieve the sustainable management of natural pro- signing scheduled for 27 February 2009. Environmental Assessment duction forests to alleviate rural poverty by: (a) improving the policy, Category B. PID: 102396. US$ 17.0 (IDA). Consulting services and im- legal an incentive framework enabling the expansion of Participatory plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Mineral Resources Au- Sustainable Forest Management (PSFM) throughout the country; (b) thority, Poreporena Freeway, PO Box 1906, Port Moresby, National bringing the country’s priority natural production forests under PSFM; Capital District, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (67-5) 321-3511, Fax: (67-5) and (c) improving villagers’ well-being and livelihood through bene- 321-5711, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Philip Samar, Project fits from sustainable forestry, community development and develop- Manager, Special Projects Unit ment of viable livelihood systems. Grant signing scheduled for 2 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 108505. US$ 10.0 Information and Communication (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture (R) Rural Communications: The objective is to facilitate improved and Forestry, Thatdam Road PO Box 6238, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Tel: access to affordable and reliable telecommunications infrastructure and (856-21) 219-561, Fax: (856-21) 217-483, E-mail: [email protected], services in rural and remote areas of PNG through a sustainable and Contact: Bouahong Phanthanousy, Project Director transparent public-private funding mechanism. For the end-users/ben- eficiaries, the project will introduce low-cost and innovative technolo- Tr ansportation gies for the private provision of telecommunications/ICT services in (R) Transport Sector: The objectives are to (a) enhance the capac- rural PNG. Decision meeting scheduled for 30 April 2009. Environ- ity of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to plan and imple- mental Assessment Category C. PID: 107782. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Con- ment transport programs; (b) help increase aid effectiveness in the sultants will be required. Department Communications and Information, sector, through the introduction of a sector-wide approach; and (c) im- PO Box 639, Waigaini NCD, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (675) 325-0148, prove the efficiency of key road programs through financing of spe- Fax: (675) 325-1242, Contact: Mr. Henao Iduhu, Acting Secretary cific contracts and/or technical assistance to improve programs’ design Rural Development and implementation). Decision meeting scheduled for 10 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 102398. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Productive Partnerships in Agriculture: The objective is to improve Consultants will be required for preparation, implementation, engi- smallholders’ access to markets, including through public-private in- neering supervision and technical assistance. Ministry of Public Works vestments in selected agriculture value-chains. Decision meeting sched- and Transport (MPWT), Lanexang Ave., PO Box 4467, Vientiane, Lao uled for 29 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: PDR, Tel: (856-21) 412-741, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: H.E. 110959. US$ 17.0 (IBRD/IDA). Consultants will be required. Depart- Sommad Pholsena, Minister, MPWT ment of Agriculture and Livestock Papua New Guinea, P.O. Box 2033, Port Moresby, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (67- Mongolia 5) 321-4096, Fax: (67-5) 321-1387, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Mr. George Mosusu, Deputy PPAP Team Leader Energy and Mining (R) Ulaanbaatar Clean Air: The objective is to improve the quality Social Development, Gender and Inclusion and cost-effectiveness of centralized heating in Ulaanbaatar and selected (R) Rural Service Delivery and Local Governance: The objective Aimags, and urban transport in Ulaanbaatar. Decision meeting sched- is to increase the capacity of residents of rural communities and their uled for 30 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: respective Local-level Governments in 4-6 selected provinces to man- 106832. US$ 15.0/15.0 (IDA/GEF). Consulting services to be deter- age, implement and sustain the access to and provision of community- mined. Ulaanbaatar Municipality, Sukhbaatar Square-11, Ulaanbaatar- prioritized basic public services. Decision meeting scheduled for 21 July 46, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 325-060, Fax: (976-11) 327-199, Contact: Mr. 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 111944. US$ 25.0 Begzjav Munkhbaatar, Head of Urban Development Policy Department (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Provin- PAGE 22 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 cial and Local Government Affairs, PO Box 1287, BOROKO NCD, 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 101076. US$ 5.0 Papua New Guinea, Tel: (67-5) 301-1002, Fax: (67-5) 325-0553, Contact: (GEF). Consulting services for preparation are underway. Depart- Mr. Manasupe Zurenouc, Secretary ment of Environment and Natural Resources, Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel/Fax: (63-2) 926-8065, E-mail: osec@denr. Philippines gov.ph, Contact: Analiza Rebuelta-Teh, Assistant Secretary Energy and Mining Mindanao Rural Development Program Phase II - Coastal and (R) Rural Power Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) Marine Ecosystem Conservation Component: The objective is to test and demonstrate viable business models that maximize leverage conserve coastal and marine biodiversity of global significance through of public resources with private investment for decentralized electri- co-management of critical marine habitats and through the introduc- fication; (b) support transformation of electric cooperatives (ECs) tion of improved, upstream land management practices that would ar- through institutional and operational improvements; and (c) avoid rest land degradation, enhance the integrity of important ecosystems CO2 emission through wider use of renewable energy. Negotiations and benefit landholders who are mostly poor farmers, fisherfolk, scheduled for 25 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category and/or indigenous people. Project preparation is underway. Environ- FI. PID: 113159. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. mental Assessment Category B. PID: 96836. US$ 7.0 (GEF). Consul- Program Development Sector of the Development Bank of Philip- tants for detailed preparation will be required after the proposed project pines, Gil Puyat Corner Makati Ave, Makati City, Philippines, Tel: (63- preparation grant is approved. Department of Agriculture, Office of the 2) 637-5855, Fax: (63-2) 637-5870, Contact: Mr. Reynaldo G. David, Secretary, Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel/Fax: President and Chief Executive Officer (63-2) 920-4079, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Segfredo Serrano, Undersecretary Environment and Natural Resources Management National Program Support for Agrarian Reform: The objective is Integrated POPs Management: The objective is to assist the Philip- to reduce rural poverty and enhance the quality of life of the targeted pines in meeting their obligations under the Stockholm Convention for agrarian reform communities (ARCs). Project preparation on hold Annex A, Part II Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs), Annex C Chemi- and design to be revisited based on the nature of the extension of the cals Unintentionally Produced Persistent Organic Pollutants (UPOPs), Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) which would be and Section 1e of Article 6 (contaminated sites) and contribute to the made by the Government by end of FY 2009. Project preparation put development of capacity for the sound management of chemicals in on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. general. Decision meeting scheduled for 15 September 2009. Envi- PID: 78252. US$ 40.0/50.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been hired for ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 8.64 (GEF). Consulting ser- preparation. Department of Agrarian Reform, FAPSO Bldg., DAR vices for preparation are underway. Department of Environment and Compound, Ellipitical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63- Natural Resources, Elliptical Rd., Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, 2) 928-7031, Fax: (63-2) 927-0752, E-mail: [email protected], Tel/Fax: (63-2) 926-8065, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Angelo Contact: Ms. Herminia San Juan, Director Reyes, Secretary Social Development, Gender and Inclusion Rural Development Poor and Disadvantaged Areas (KALAHI-CISSS 2): The objec- (R) National Program Support for Participatory Irrigation De- tive is to scale up operations under the KALAHI by expanding areas velopment: The objectives for the overall APL program are (a) trans- of coverage (poor LGUs) and targeting other disadvantaged areas, formation of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) into a strategically such as post-conflict or IP communities. PDAP will be implemented focused and financially viable irrigation service agency; (b) expansion following the current modalities detailed in operations manuals of the of the participation of Irrigators’ Associations (IAs)through the im- KALAHI. Project identification is underway. Environmental Assessment plementation of Irrigation Management Transfer (IMT) and capacity Category B. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. building of IAs in irrigation development and management; and (c) im- Department of Social Welfare and Development, Depeeartment of So- provement of irrigation service delivery through rehabilitation and mod- cial Welfare and Development Building, Constitution Hills, Batasan Com- ernization of national irrigation systems. For the first phase APL, the plex, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 931-8101, Fax: (63-2) 931-8191, objective is to improve irrigation service delivery through improved E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Esperanza I. Cabral, Sec- O & M, routine rehabilitation, and management of targeted irrigation retary systems and to facilitate the implementation of the NIA’s rationaliza- tion plan. Appraisal completed. Negotiations scheduled for 23 March Social Protection 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 88926. US$ 50.0 (R) Social Welfare and Development Reform: The objective is to (IBRD). Consulting services for preparation have been procured and strengthen the effectiveness of the Department of Social Welfare and completed. National Irrigation Administration, 4/F, DCIE Bldg., NIA Development (DSWD) as a social protection agency to efficiently im- Compound EDSA, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 926- plement the new Conditional Cash Transfer program (4Ps) and to ex- 7602, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mario Gulinao, Pro- pand an efficient and functional national household targeting system ject Coordinator for social protection programs in selected areas. In so doing, the pro- (R) Second Agrarian Reform Communities Development Addi- ject supports the National Social Welfare and Development Reform tional Financing: The objective is to support the ongoing Second Agrar- agenda through 3 components: (i) implementation of a national house- ian Reform Communities Development Project, reduce rural poverty, hold targeting system; (ii) implementation of the CCT (4Ps) program; raise incomes, enhance quality of life of rural households by improv- (iii) building institutional capacity to lead in social protection. Decision ing their productive assets and rural infrastructure and provide access meeting scheduled for 26 February 2009. Environmental Assessment to key support services. Specifically, the project consists of develop- Category C. PID: 82144. US$ 405.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to ing rural infrastructure facilities in selected agrarian reform commu- be determined. Department of Social Welfare and Development, DSWD nities through the financing of subprojects for construction and Bldg., Batasan Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City, Philippines, rehabilitation of small-scale irrigation facilities. Negotiations completed. Tel: (63-2) 951-7521, Fax: (63-2) 931-8138, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Board presentation scheduled for 19 March 2009. Environmental As- tact: Ms. Alice Bala, Undersecretary sessment Category B. PID: 112031. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Government of Tr ansportation the Philippines, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: Cavite-Laguna North South Highway: The objectives are to (a) im- (63-2) 453-1826; 928-7031, Contact: Narciso B. Nieto, Undersecretary prove road access to the country’s premier industrial belt by reduc- Climate Change Adaptation Program: The objective is to develop ing traffic congestion through construction of the North-South and demonstrate the systematic diagnosis of climate-related as well as Expressway; and (b) to assist in creating an enabling environment for design of cost-effective adaptation measures while continuing inte- private sector participation through public-private partnerships. Pro- gration of climate risk awareness and responsiveness into economic ject preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. and operational planning. Decision meeting scheduled for 26 May PID: 101581. US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for prepa- MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 23 ration and implementation. Department of Public Works and Highways, (677) 28049, 28620, 27751, Tel/Fax: (677) 28054, E-mail: [email protected]. Bonifacio Dr., Port Area, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 304-3000, Fax: sb, Contact: Mr. Luma Darcy, Permanent Secretary (63-2) 304-3487, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Manuel M. Bonoan, Undersecretary Thailand Light Rail Transit Line 1 South Extension: The objective is to sup- Environment and Natural Resources Management port the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) with the construction of (R) Sapthip Biogas: The objective is to have Wastewater Management Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 South extension and concessioning the and Methane Caputring for Heating to treat wastewater from the Manila LRT Line 1 through a public-private partnership. Project prepa- ethanol producing factory (200,000 liters/day) at the Sapthip facility ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: in Lopburi, Thailand. The Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Bed (UASB) re- 96821. US$ 260.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for preparation actor will remove the organic material in the wastewater, thus reduc- and implementation. Light Rail Transit Authority, Administration Bldg., ing the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and subsequent fugitive CH4 LRTA Compound, Aurora Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 833- emissions. Biogas produced will be used in the Sapthip facility to cre- 2466, 832-0423, 853-0041, Fax: (63-2) 831-6449, E-mail: melrobles@ ate heat displacing about 120 tons of coal. Appraisal scheduled for 26 lrta.gov.ph, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Melquiades Rob- February 2009 and negotiations for 17 March 2009. Environmental As- les, Administrator sessment Category B. PID: 110040. US$ 40.0 (CF). Consultants will be required. Sapthip Company Ltd., 68 Soi Santipharp Sap Road Sipraya, Urban Development Bangrak, Bangkok, 10500, Thailand, Tel: (66-2) 233-8507, Fax: (66-2) Local Government Support for Performance Grants: The objective 236-6752, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Suchai Sathaporn, is to support the introduction of a performance grant system for LGUs Chief Executive Officer to provide incentives for governance improvement in areas such as lo- cal revenue mobilization, fiduciary control, planning and budgeting, Public Sector Governance and public participation. Project preparation is underway. Environ- (R) Public Sector Development Policy Loan: The objective is to mental Assessment Category B. PID: 97445. US$ 70.0/2.0 (IBRD/Au- assist the Government of Thailand (GOT) in strengthening the per- sAID). Japan CTF received to assist in preparation. Department of formance of the public sector by: (i) supporting the GOT performance Finance, Municipal Development Fund Office, DOF Bldg., BSP Com- based budget management reform program; (ii) improving the per- plex, Roxas Blvd., Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 523-9215, Fax: (63- formance of the core public finance management system; and (iii) en- 2) 526-8474, Contact: Mr. Margarito Teves, Secretary hancing performance and quality of service delivery by supporting the GOT public administration reform program. Decision meeting sched- Water and Sanitation uled for 12 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: Local Government Support for Regional Water Supply: The ob- 114154. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Three consultants have been hired to re- jectives are to improve the Local Water Utilities Administration’s financial view the current status of the PFM and Public Administration reform status and support its reorganization. Project preparation is under- program and one more consultants will be hired to assist the Task Team way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 96822. US$ 50.0 to review the FM system of GOT). Public Debt Management Office, (IBRD). Consultants for preparation have been selected, hired and mo- Ministry of Finance. Ministry of Finance, Rama VI Road, Bangkok bilized. Local Water Utilities Administration, LWUA Bldg., Katipunan 10400, Thailand, Tel: (66-02) 273 9158, Fax: (66-02) 273 9109, E-mail: Rd., Balara, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 920-5581, Fax: (63-2) [email protected], Contact: Mr. Suwit Rojanavanich, Director, 920-1229, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mario Quitori- Policy and Planning Bureau, Public Debt Management Office ano, Department Manager, Loans and Water Rates Evaluation De- Rural Development partment (R) Small Scale Livestock Waste Management: The objective is Regional to convert open anaerobic lagoons to covered lagoons to capture and utilize methane to generate electricity for consumption within the par- Environment and Natural Resources Management ticipating farms. The implementation of each farm will depend on its (N) Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management: The ob- technical and financial readiness. The participating farmers will trans- jective is to build regional sustainable integrated water resources man- fer the ownership of the emission reductions to the Energy Research agement for the Mekong River Basin (Cambodia, Lao, Thailand and and Development Institute (ERDI) which will act as a project sponsor. Vietnam) by: (a) implementing water utilization rules and procedures Appraisal scheduled for 27 March 2009 and negotiations for 22 April and developing regional tools to assess infrastructure impacts on wa- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 112092. US$ 15.7 ter quality and quantity; and (b) support policy development and ca- (CF). Consultants will be required. Energy Research and Development pacity building at the national level in support of regional integrated Institute (ERDI), PO Box 289, Chiang Mai University, Ampur Muang, water resources management. Project preparation is underway. Envi- Chiang Mai Province 50202, Thailand, Tel: (66-53) 948-195/8; (66-53) ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 104806. US$ 28.4 (IDA). 942-007/9, Fax: (66-53) 903-763, 892-375, E-mail: [email protected], Consultants will be required. Mekong River Commission, PO Box Contact: Dr. Prasert Rerkkriangkrai, Director 6101, Unit 18 Ban Sithane Neua, Sikhottabong District, Vientiane Tr ansportation 01000, Lao PDR, Tel: (856-21) 263-263, Fax: (856-21) 263-264, E-mail: Highways Management (Additional Financing): The objective is [email protected], Contact: Mr. Jeremy Bird, CEO to upgrade approximately 433 km of national highway stretches from Solomon Islands 2-lane standard highway to 4-lane divided highway in order to ac- commodate the increasing traffic. Project identification is underway. Information and Communication Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 85.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Highways, Ministry of (N) Telecommunications and ICT Development: The objective is Transport, Department of Highways, Sri Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok, to facilitate increased access to reliable and affordable telecommuni- Thailand 10400, Tel: (66-2) 354-6714, Fax: (66-2) 644-5252, Contact: Mr. cations for the majority of Solomon Islanders. Specifically, the project Panja Cooparat, Deputy Director-General will: (a) assist the government in managing the transition from monopoly to competition; (b) facilitate the transfer of legal, regulatory, and tech- Timor-Leste nical expertise to support the establishment of fully-functional oversight institutions for telecommunications and ICT; and (c) assist the gov- Social Development, Gender and Inclusion ernment in implementing a sustainable, self-financing connectivity National Workfare Support: The objective is to contribute to poverty program for rural and remote areas. Decision meeting scheduled for reduction in Timor-Leste through the creation of temporary employ- 30 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 113148. ment and building of capital stock in sucos. Project identification is un- US$ 3.25 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Com- derway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 112433. US$ munication and Aviation, PO Box G8, Honiara, Solomon Islands, Tel: 3.5 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Secretariat of State PAGE 24 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 for Vocational Training and Employment, Ex CNRT, Rua Balide, Dili, 200.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Vietnam Elec- Timor-Leste, Tel: (670) 333-1222/1207, E-mail: bandito_freitas@ya- tricity, 18 Tran Nguyen Han, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 2220-1387, Fax: hoo.co.uk, Contact: Mr. Bendito dos Santos Freitas, Secretary of State (84-4) 2220-1386, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Pham Le Thanh, President Vietnam Trung Son Hydropower: The objective is to finance equipment and Economic Management civil works relating to the construction of the 88-meter high dam on (R) Eighth Vietnam Poverty Reduction Support (PRSC8): This the Ma River and the development of the power house and associ- is the third in a series of five proposed credits (DPLs) in support of ated plant to produce 250 MW of electric power. Technical assistance Vietnam’s Socio-Economic Development Plan (SEDP) 2006-10. The component which may consist of advisory and capacity building SEDP was presented to the Board in 2006 as Vietnam’s Poverty Re- assistance in hydropower planning and plant operation, develop- duction Strategy. The reform actions to be supported under the SEDP ment of equitization strategies for existing hydropower stations, fur- fall under four broad heads: (a) the promotion of growth and transi- ther capacity building in resettlement and environmental manage- tion to a middle-income market economy; (b) reducing poverty and ment for hydropower, and/or other possible topics. Decision meeting ensuring social inclusion; (c) managing environmental and natural re- scheduled for 12 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category sources in a sustainable manner; and (d) building institutions to sup- A. PID: 84773 US$ 330.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. port the above actions and promote modern governance. Concept Electricity of Vietnam, 18 TranNguyen Han, Han Noi Vietnam, Tel: review scheduled for 26 February 2009. Environmental Assessment (84-4) 220-1387, Fax: (84-4) 220-1386, Contact: Mr. Dinh Quang Tri, Category U. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Vice President The State Bank of Vietnam, 47-49 Ly Thai To, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84- Environment and Natural Resources Management 4) 934-3361, Fax: (84-4) 825-0612, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Dang Anh Mai, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Department, (R) PCB Management: The objective is to develop capacity in Viet- State Bank of Vietnam nam to actively manage the vast bulk of PCBs in the country, consis- tent with the provisions of the Stockholm Convention, and for Vietnam Education to become ready for the follow-on phase of destruction of all PCB-con- (R) Higher Education Development Policy: The objective is to taminated oils and equipments. Decision meeting completed. Appraisal support the Government’s implementation of its Higher Education is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 99460. US$ Reform Agenda 2006-2020. Preappraisal completed. Decision sched- 7.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required. Vietnam Environment Ad- uled for 2 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: ministration (VEA), 67 Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84- 104694. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. 4) 3822-3191, Fax: (84-4) 3822-3189, E-mail: [email protected], Ministry of Education and Training, 49 Dai Co., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: Contact: Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Senior Officer, VEA; Industry Safety, (84-4) 869-2479, Contact: Ms. Tran Thi Ha, Director Higher Educa- Technology and Environment Agency (ISEA), Formach Building, tion Lane 102 Truong Chinh Street, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 2221-8316, (R) New-Model Universities: The objective is to establish two E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr Nguyen Van Thanh, Deputy research universities, in Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho City with Director General, ISEA; Electricity Vietnam (EVN), 18 Tran Nguyen support for infrastructure, systems and regulatory frameworks. Pro- Han Street, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 2220-1387, Fax: (84-4) 2220-1386, ject preparation scheduled for 23 March 2009. Environmental Assess- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lam Giang, ment Category B. PID: 110693. US$ 270.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- Officer, EVN vices to be determined. Ministry of Education and Training, 49 Dai Finance Co Viet St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 869-2397, Fax: (84-4) 869-4085, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Tran Thi Ha, Director Higher Financial Market Infrastructure Development: The objective is to Education support the State Securities Commission (SSC) to enhance its ability School Education Quality Assurance: The objective is to raise the to monitor the compliance with its regulations by public companies and quality of teaching in basic education and to promote universal access market participants, to enforce, to enhance the transparency and fair- to full-day primary education. Appraisal scheduled for 2 March 2009. ness of the market. Provide the public and investors with more reli- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 91747. US$ 100.0 (IDA). able and timely information on public companies and licensed market Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education and intermediaries/professionals. Also support the State Capital Investment Training, 49 Dai Co., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 869-2479, Contact: Mr. Corporation (SCIC), the state holding company in equitized enter- Le Tien Thanh, Director Primary Education Department prises, to effectively exercise the state ownership rights, promote sound governance of the enterprises and enhance their value while not Energy and Mining crowding out the private sector and the establishment of a bond trad- (R) Renewable Energy Development (REDP): The objective is ing market. Decision meeting scheduled for 30 April 2009. Environ- to increase the supply of least-cost electricity to the national grid from mental Assessment Category C. PID: 105198. US$ 37.0 (IBRD). renewable energy sources on a commercially sustainable basis in an Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, 28 Tran- environmentally and socially sustainable manner. The project will have Hung Dao St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 220-2828, Fax: (84-4) 220- three components. Board presentation scheduled for 16 April 2009. 8020, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Nguyen Ba Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 103238. US$ 152.0 Toan, Deputy Director, International Cooperation Department, Min- (IDA). Consultants required for Environment, Social, Techncial and istry of Finance Financial. Ministry of Industry and Trade, 54 Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi, Financial Sector Modernization and Information Management Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 220-2420/2361, E-mail: [email protected], Con- (Cr. 4505-VN): The objective is to assist the State Bank of Vietnam, tact: Mr. Le Tuan Phong, Deputy General Director of Energy Depart- the Credit Information Center and Deposit Insurance of Vietnam to be- ment come largely compliant with selected key international standards in (R) Second Rural Energy Additional Financing: The objectives are: the delivering of their main functions. Approved by the Executive Di- (a) major upgrading and/or expansion of rural power networks in rectors on 30 October 2008. Environmental Assessment Category U. about 1200 communes; (b) conversion of current ad-hoc local electricity PID: 88759. US$ 60.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for techni- management systems to local distribution utilities (LDUs) as legal en- cal assistance. State Bank of Vietnam, 49 Ly Thai To, Hanoi, Vietnam, tities recognized under Vietnamese law, to improve management of Tel: (84-4) 934-3361, Fax: (84-4) 825-0612, E-mail: [email protected], Con- power distribution in rural areas, improve financial sustainability, and tact: Mr. Le Minh Hung, Director-General, International Cooperation better enable future mobilization of private funds; and (c) capacity Department building assistance for the LDUs, provincial authorities, participating regional power companies, and national authorities involved in the Health, Nutrition and Population planning and regulation of rural electrification. Decision meeting sched- (R) Central-North Health Support: The objective is to improve the uled for 20 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ access to quality preventive and curative health services for the poor MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 25 population and reduce the financial burden of health care. Project Second Urban Water Supply Development: The objective is to in- preparation scheduled for 6 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- crease coverage of clean water in district towns and expand service to egory C. PID: 95275. US$ 62.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Min- urban centers in a cost effective and sustainable manner. Project iden- istry of Health of Vietnam, 138A Giang Vo, Ba Dinh Ha Noi, Vietnam, tification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Tel: (84-4) 846-4416, Fax: (84-4) 846-4051, E-mail: [email protected], 96911. US$ 125.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required to prepare the Contact: Mr. Nguyen Hoang Long, Vice-Director, Planning and Fi- project. Ministry of Construction, 37 Le Dai Hanh, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: nance Department (84-4) 976-1852, Fax: (84-4) 821-5428, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Mr. Pham Ngoc Thai, Director of Management Board of Urban Rural Development Infrastructure Projects (R) Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety: The objective is to improve the competitiveness of household-based livestock produc- Water and Sanitation ers by addressing production, food safety and environment risks in live- (R) Coastal Cities Environment Sanitation: The objective is to re- stock product supply chains in the selected provinces. And livestock duce river pollution in Quy Nhon City in a financially and environ- as a major source of income and the family is providing the majority mentally sustainable manner through piloting of a new local cost waste of the labor required for the enterprise. Project preparation is under- water treatment technology and thereby improving the marine and way. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 90723. US$ 65.0 coastal ecosystems along the coastline of Vietnam. Board presentation (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural scheduled for 28 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. Development (MARD), Government of Vietnam, No. 2 Ngoc Ha Street, PID: 90374. US$ 19.0/5.0 (GEFI/GEFU). No consultants are required. Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4)3846-8160/8161, Fax: (84- City of Quy Nhon, Quy Nhon PMU, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, Tel: (84-5) 4)3845-4319, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Le Van Minh, Director 682-0023, Fax: (84-5) 681-7249, E-mail: [email protected], Con- of International Cooperation Department (ICD) tact: Mr. Huynh Huu Phuc, Director (R) Second Program 135 Phase 2 Support: The objective is to Red River Delta Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program support strengthened policies and their implementation as regards (Phase II): The objectives are to expand access to water and sanita- the primary public support program targeted to poor, remote ethnic tion provision in a sustainable manner and thus contribute to improv- minority communities. Specific policy areas include those related to ing the quality of life and alleviating poverty in selected rural (a) poverty targeting; (b) decentralization, participation and empow- communities. Project identification is underway. Environmental As- erment; (c) fiduciary transparency and accountability; and (iv) mon- sessment Category B. US$ 96.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. itoring and evaluation. Decision meeting completed. Appraisal mission Center for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Ministry of Agriculture scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category and Rural Development, 83 Vu Ngoc Phan Street, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: A. PID: 107062. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Com- (84-4) 835-5821, Contact: Dr. Le Van Cahn, Director mittee for Ethnic Minorities (CEM), Ministry of Planning and Invest- ment (MPI), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Selected Provincial People’s Com- mittees (PPCs), 80-82 Phan Dinh Phung, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84- 4) 3734-6839, Fax: (84-4) 3843-8704, E-mail: [email protected], Con- South Asia tact: Mr. Giàng Seo Ph_, Minister, Chairman of the Committee of Ethnic Minorities Afghanistan Social Protection Environment and Natural Resources Management Social Security Modernization: The objective is to support the mod- ernization of the social security administration in Vietnam through im- Naghlu Rehabilitation Carbon Finance: The objective is to prepare proving the business processes, modernizing information systems, a Carbon Finance operation in order to commercialize the carbon improving service delivery, and strengthening management and ac- dioxide emissions produced by the rehabilitation of Naghlu power countability. Project identification is underway. Environmental As- station as part of the clean development mechanisms established in sessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be the Kyoto Protocol. Preappraisal is underway. Environmental As- determined. Vietnam Social Security, 7 Trang Thi St., Hanoi, Vietnam, sessment Category B. PID: 99442. US$ 3.6 (IDA). Consultants will be Tel: (84-4) 936-1776, Fax: (84-4) 934-4169, E-mail: [email protected], required to develop the project design document and conduct the re- Contact: Mr. Nguyen Huy Ban, General Director quired verification activities. Ministry of Finance, Pastoonistan Watt, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-75) 200-4199, E-mail: [email protected], Tr ansportation Contact: Mr. Wnwar-ul Haq Ahady, Minister Road Network Improvement (RNIP) Additional Financing: The Urban Development objective is to improve the national road network through increased Urban Waste Management: The objective is to develop sustainable preventive maintenance and selective upgrading, and an increase in solid waste and on-site sanitation management systems. Negotiations the level of resources available for road maintenance and capacity for scheduled for 4 August 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. planning, budgeting, and monitoring road assets. Project preparation PID: 98461. US$ 25.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Kabul Municipality, Mohammad Jan Khan Watt, Puli Bagh e Umomi, Consultant contracts from RNIP will be extended. Project Management in front of Ministry of Education, Kabul, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-70) 287- Unit 2, 18 Pham Hung, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (84-4) 768-4008/9985, 122, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Ali Niazi, Director Fax: (84-4) 768-0072, E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected], of Planning; Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Kabul, Contact: Mr. Le Anh Tuan, General Director Afghanistan Urban Development Bangladesh (R) Local Development Investment Funds: The objective is to im- prove the efficiency and sustainability of local development invest- Economic Management ment funds and facilitate financing of infrastructure with private sector Food Crisis Development Support Credit (Cr. 4511-BD): The participation. Decision meeting scheduled for 17 March 2009 and ap- objective is to assist the Government of Bangladesh to mitigate impact praisal for 27 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category FI. of food price increases and cushion the fiscal pressure arising from the PID: 94055. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry additional safety net support that is being provided to protect the ba- of Finance, 28 Tran Hung Dao, Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel: (844) 220-8037, sic consumption needs of the poor. Approved by the Executive Directors Fax: (844) 220-8020, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: on 28 October 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Mr. Pham Phan Dzung, Director General, Banking and Financial In- 112761. US$ 130.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Fi- stitutions Department nance, Economic Relations Divisions, Block 8, Room 3, Sher-e-Bangla PAGE 26 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Nagar, Dhaka, Tel: (880-2) 811-2641, Fax: (880-2) 811-3088, E-mail: ing. Negotiations scheduled for 1 March 2009. Environmental Assess- secy [email protected], Contact: Mr. M. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Sec- ment Category B. PID: 98151. US$ 70.2 (IDA). Consultants services retary for main project have been identified during preparation phase. Min- Transitional Support Credit (Cr. 4422-BD): The objective is to sup- istry of Environment and Forests, Paribesh Bhaban, E-16 Agargaon, port the policy and institutional reform program of the Caretaker Gov- Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207, Tel/Fax: (88-02) 716-1676, Contact: ernment (CTG), which assumed power in January 2007. Approved by Mr. Abul Hasan M. Rejaul Kabir (Acting), Secretary, Ministry of En- the Executive Directors on 17 June 2008. Environmental Assessment vironment and Forests Category B. PID: 110167. US$ 200.0 (IDA). No consultants are re- Dhaka Environment and Water Resources Management: The ob- quired. Ministry of Finance, Economic Relations Division, Block 8, Room jectives are to: (a) reduce the social and economic costs of environmental 3, Sher-e-Bangla, Nagar, Dhaka, Tel: (880-2) 811-2641, Fax: (880-2) degradation of rivers in Dhaka and (b) develop a programmatic approach 811-3088, E-mail: secy [email protected], Contact: Mr. Md. Aminul Islam to water resources and environmental management in the Dhaka met- Bhuiyan, Secretary ropolitan area for strategic long-term activities and investments. Pro- ject preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category Education B. PID: 96555. US$ 65.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry (R) Higher Education Quality Improvement: The objectives are of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, Bldg. to: (a) focus on reforms and activities which can bring rapid and visi- No. 7, Rm. 602, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh, ble benefits to the academic community, (b) select initiatives with the Tel/Fax: (880-2) 716-8578, Contact: Mr. Safar Raj Hossain, Secretary potential to overhaul higher education institution’s quality, and (c) fo- cus on activities based on voluntary participation and using incentive Rural Development mechanisms. Board presentation scheduled for 17 March 2009. Envi- SIPP II - Empowerment and Livelihood Project: The objective ronmental Assessment Category C. PID: 106216. US$ 60.0 (IDA). is to support Government of Bangladesh’s strategy for reducing poverty Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education, Bhaban-6, Room amongst the rural people, currently outside the reach of most devel- 1809, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel:(880-2) 716- opment interventions. It would empower the rural poor and improve 8711, 716-4236, Fax: (880-2) 716-7577, E-mail: [email protected], Con- their livelihoods in the poorest districts through developing, strength- tact: Md. Momtajul Islam, Secretary of Education ening and synergizing pro-poor local groups and village level institu- (R) Vocational Education: The objective is to build on sector work tions. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment currently underway. Key components may include organization and Category B. PID: 73886. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be management reform, financing reform and encouraging private pro- determined. Bangladesh SIPP 2 (livelihoods), Social Development vision of training. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- Foundation (SDF), House 4, Road 21, Sector 4, Uttara Model Town, sessment Category C. PID: 90807. US$ 40.0 (IDA). Consulting services Dhaka-1230, Tel: (880-2) 987-3094, Fax: (880-2) 987-3095, Contact: Mr. to be determined. Ministry of Education, Bhabab-6, Room 1809, Muhammad Fazlur Rahman, Managing Director, SDF Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-8711, Social Protection 716-4236, Fax: (880-2) 716-7577, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Md. Momtajul Islam, Secretary of Education (R) National Protection: The objective is to target beneficiaries in Secondary Education Quality and Access Improvement (Cr. selected rural and urban areas will utilize social assistance programs 4475-BD): The objective is to improve school governance and qual- and/or insurance products delivered through an efficient and ac- ity and access to both poor girls as well as poor boys. Approved by the countable decentralized mechanism. Appraisal scheduled for 15 June Executive Directors on 31 July 2008. Environmental Assessment Cat- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 102542. US$ 105.0 egory C. PID: 106161. US$ 130.7 (IDA). Consultants will be required. (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Local Gov- Ministry of Education, Bhaban-6, Room 1809, Bangladesh Secretariat, ernment, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-8711, 716-4236, Fax: (880-2) 716- 716-2159, 716-3566, 716-8578, Fax: (880-2) 716-4374, Contact: Mr. Sa- 7577, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Md. Momtajul Islam, Sec- far Raj Hossain, Secretary retary of Education Disability and Children at Risk Services (Cr. 4481-BD): The ob- jective is to expand social and rehabilitation services for the disabled Energy and Mining and build the capacity of NGOs and Government agencies, support the Siddhirganj Peaking Power (Cr. 4508-BD): The objective is to pro- scaling up of services for vulnerable children and adolescents, and sup- vide power during daily peak consumption periods. Credit signing port restructure the Ministry of Social Welfare. Approved by the Ex- scheduled for 13 November 2009. Environmental Assessment Category ecutive Directors on 1 July 2008. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 95965. US$ 350.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Project C. PID: 106332. US$ 35.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. preparation consultant is being funded by the Power Sector Develop- Ministry of Social Welfare, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ment Technical Assistance project. Electricity Generating Company of Tel: (880-2) 860-568, 864-856, Fax: (880-2) 716-8969, Contact: Md. Ab- Bangladesh, WAPDA Bldg., 1st Floor, 12 Motijheel C/A Dhaka, dul Hye Howlader, Secretary Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 911-6382, 812-4197, Contact: Mr. Delwar Hos- sain, Managing Director Tr ansportation South Zone Power Distribution: The objective of the project is to Export Infrastructure Development: The objective is to enhance deliver power more widely by establishing a power distribution com- the competitiveness of the tradable sectors of the economy. Prepara- pany and improving and expanding the power distribution network. tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 89634. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cate- US$ 131.0 (IDA). Consultants have completed a feasibility study, and gory B. PID: 87861. US$ 150.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be de- the project is in the process of DPP approval to proceed to the detailed termined. Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral design stage. Chittagong Port Authority, CPA Bldg., Chittagong, Resources, Bhaban 6, Rooms 124 and 125, Bangladesh Secretariat, Bangladesh, Tel: 880-031(956-3441office) (861-7489 and 935-4853 Res.), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 716-5918, 716-0523, Fax: (880-2) 717- Fax: (880-031) 710-593, Contact: Mr. Mr. Habib Ahmed, Chief Planning 0740; Bangladesh Power Development Board, WAPDA Building, Moti- Officer, Bangladesh Railway, Railway Bhaban, Abdul Gani Road, Dhaka jeel C/A, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 956-2154, Fax: (880-2) Road Sector Reform: The objective is the sustainable delivery of a 956-4765; Distribution Power Zone, Power Development Board, Bidyut safe, efficient major road network system. Appraisal scheduled for 27 Bhaban, Agrabad, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-31) 712-200, Fax: July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 75346. US$ (880-31) 715-090, Contact: Mr. Aminul Islam, Chief Engineer 150.0 (IDA). Consultants are required for preparation and implemen- tation of the civil works components and for institutional strengthen- Environment and Natural Resources Management ing of the Roads and Highways Department. Roads and Highways (R) Clean Air and Sustainable Energy (CASE): The objective is Department, Sarak Bhaban, Ramna, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh, Tel: to improve air qualify and safe mobility in cities through the imple- (880-2) 956-8740, Fax: (880-2) 956-8302, E-mail: [email protected], mentation of demonstration initiatives in urban transport and brick mak- Contact: Mr. Shamsul Alam, Project Director MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 27 India 11) 2617-8316, Fax: (91-11) 2617-9699, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Shri Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General Energy and Mining India Chiller Energy Efficiency Credit: The objectives are to (i) im- Coal-Fired Power Station Rehabilitation: The objective is to prove energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the improve environmental and energy efficiency performance and prac- chiller sector, and (ii) reduce and/or eliminate consumption of ozone tices of selected coal-fired power generating units. The project has depleting substances (ODS) as required under the Montreal Protocol. two components (a) Technical Assistance (US$ 7.5 million GEF Negotiations scheduled for 17 February 2009. Environmental As- Grant); and (b) Coal R&M Energy Efficiency Financing Window. Nego- sessment Category B. PID: 100584, US$ 6.3 (GEF). Consulting services tiations scheduled for 17 February 2009. Environmental Assess- to be determined. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government ment Category B. PID: 100101. US$ 180/45.4 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants of India, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi, will be required. Maharashtra State Power Generation Company India 110003, Tel: (91-11) 2436-3596, Fax: (91-11) 2436-9192, E-mail: mi- Ltd. (MahaGenco), Prakashgad, Plot No. G 9 2nd Floor, Bandra (E), [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sudhir Mittal, Joint Secretary Mumbai 400051, India, Tel: (91-22) 2647-4211, Fax: (91-22) 2647- Integrated Coastal Zone Management Loan/Credit: The objectives 1060, Contact: Mr. Ajoy Mehta, Managing Director, Maharashtra State are to develop and implement an improved strategic and integrated man- Power Generation Company Ltd. (MahaGenco); West Bengal Power agement approach for India’s coastal zones to preserve the long-term Development Corporation Ltd, 1 Kiran Shankar Roy Rd, 6th Floor, productivity for continued sustainable development and economic Kolkata 700001, India, Tel: (91-33) 2248-3317, 2248-2024, 2243-0525, growth. The four components are: (i) vulnerability and ecological map- Fax: (91-33) 2248-6436, 2243-7874, Contact: Mr. S. Mahapatra, Manag- ping; (ii) institution building and strengthening at national level; (iii) ing Director, West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd.; development and implementation of state-level approaches; and (iv) pro- Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd, Shakti Bhawan, Sector- ject management. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- 6, Panchkula-134 109, Tel: (91-172) 2560672, Contact: Mr. Sanjeev sessment Category A. PID: 97985. US$ 30.0/60.0 (IBRD/IDA). Kaushal, Managing Director Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Gov- Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydro Electric Loan: The objectives are to: ernment of India, Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New (a) improve the reliability of India’s Northern (Electricity) Grid/Net- Delhi 110003, Tel: (91-11) 2436-0694, Fax: (91-11) 2436-0678, Contact: work through the addition of renewable, low-carbon energy; and (b) Dr. A. Senthil Vel, Additional Director improve the effectiveness of Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Public Sector Governance Ltd. with respect to the preparation and safe implementation of eco- nomically, environmentally and socially sustainable hydropower pro- Statistical Strengthening: The objective is to strengthen and mod- jects. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment ernize the country’s statistical system, including improvement of data Category A. PID: 96124. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. collection methods and identification of new data series to keep pace Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd., Corporate Planning, Pra- with the expanding economy. Preparation is underway. Environmen- gatipuram Bypass Road, Rishikesh 249201, Uttarakhand, India, Tel: (91- tal Assessment Category C. PID: 78337. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting 135) 2452-5764/5836, 2453-7821, Fax: (91-135) 2454-5092, Contact: Mr. services to be determined. Ministry of Statistics and Program Imple- D.K. Govil, General Manager, Corporate Planning mentation, 414 Sardar Patel Bhavan, Parliament St., New Delhi 110001 India, Tel: (91-11) 2334-11867, Contact: Dr. S. K. Nath, Director Gen- Environment and Natural Resources Management eral, Central Statistical Organization (R) Biodiversity Conservation and Rural Livelihood Improvement: Rural Development The objective is to strengthen biodiversity conservation while im- (R) Orissa Community Tank Management (Ln. 7576-IN, Cr. proving rural livelihoods. Decision meeting scheduled for 28 May 2009. 4499-IN): The objective is to rehabilitate about 900 tank systems Environmental Assessment Category B. PIDs: 88520, 88598. US$ with a command area of about 120,000 hectares in the state of Orissa. 24.0/14.0 (IDA/GEF). A PHRD grant of US$ 0.4 is financing preparation. The project would also support capacity building of community based Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment and Forests, An- institutions and the development of the agriculture, horticulture, vet- nex 5, Bikaner House, Shahjahan Rd., Paravaryan Bhawan, New Delhi erinary, fisheries and foreshore area activities in the tanks being re- 110001 India, Fax: (91-11) 2338-4428, E-mail: [email protected], Con- habilitated. The rehabilitation work would be undertaken in three tact: Dr. Rajesh Gopal, Director batches over a six-year project period. The total project cost, based on (R) Capacity Building for Industrial Pollution Management: The available benchmarks, is estimated at US$ 127.8 million, with a objectives are: (a) to support the development of institutional and credit/loan component of about US$ 112.0 million. The rehabilitation methodological framework for implementing of pilots for rehabilitation work would be undertaken in three batches over a six-year project pe- of highly polluted sites resulting from rapid industrialization; and (b) riod. Loan and credit signing to be rescheduled. Environmental Assess- build tangible capacity of selected state and national institutions for tak- ment Category B. PID: 100735. US$ 56.0/56.0 (IBRD/IDA). Consulting ing the primary role in reducing the risks to public health, livelihoods services would include (i) External M&E agency for the duration of and ecosystem integrity from past environmental damage. Negotiations the project; (ii) Third party quality assurance of civil works executed scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category under the project; (iii) Creation of GIS database for minor irrigation A. PID: 91031. US$ 25.2/31 (IBRD/IDA). A PPF advance is financing tanks in GOO. Orissa Community Tank Development and Management four preparatory studies for which consultants were hired. Ministry Society, Department of Water Resources, Government of Orissa, Sec- of Environment and Forests, Paryavaran Bhawan, CGO Complex, retariat, Bhubaneshwar, Tel: (91-40) 239-4105, Fax: (91-674) 2392-2446, Lodi Rd., New Delhi 110003 India, Tel: (91-11) 2436-3596, Fax: (91-11) Contact: Mr. Surendra Kumar, Project Director, OCTMP, Cum Special 2436-9192, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. GK Pandey, Secretary, Government of Orissa Advisor Project Director Andhra Pradesh Water Sector Improvement: The objective is to Financing Energy Efficiency at SMEs: The objective is to improve support the following four components: Component A: Improving ir- energy efficiency and reduce GHG emissions from Small and Medium rigation service delivery and management in Nagarjuna Sagar Scheme Enterprises utilizing increased commercial financing by: (a) creating (about US$ 443.5 million, 91.5 %); Component B: Water sector institu- increased demand for EE investments; (b) raising the quality of EE tional restructuring and capacity building (about US$ 24.5 million, investment proposals from a technical and commercial perspective; and 5%); Component C: Innovative pilots (about US$ 9.7 million, 2 %); and (c) expanding use of existing resources and/or aid in the development Component D: Project management (about US$ 7.3 million, 1.5%). Ap- of new financial instruments which will be deployed as required to over- praisal scheduled for 5 October 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- come market barriers in implementing and financing EE projects. Pro- egory A. PID: 100954. US$ 435.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. ject preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category Irrigation and Command Area Development Department (I&CADD), B. PID: 100530. US$ 11.3 (GEF). Consulting services to be deter- Government of Andhra Pradesh, Secretary, Irrigation and CAD De- mined. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, Ministry partment, Government of Andhra Pradesh, A.P. Secretariat, Hyderabad, of Power, 4th Floor, Sewa Bhawan, R.K. Puram, 110-066 India, Tel: (91- India, Tel: (91-40) 2345-2411, Fax: (91-40) 2345-2471, E-mail: adidas- PAGE 28 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
[email protected], Contact: Mr. Aditya Nath Das, Secretary to the Gov- 6251, Fax: (91-755) 242-6252, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. ernment of Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation and CAD Department Ravindra Pastor, Project Coordinator Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement: The objective is to improve Third Uttar Pradesh Sodic Lands Reclamation: The objective the safety and optimal sustainable performance of selected existing dams are: (a) on-farm development and land treatment, (b) rehabilitation of and associated appurtenances. Appraisal scheduled for mid-April 2009. drains, (c) agricultural support services and (d) institutional strength- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 89985. US$ 350.0 (IBRD). ening. Risk Assessment Review scheduled on 18 March 2009. Envi- Consultants will be required for project preparation. Ministry of Wa- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 112033. US$ 160 (IDA). ter Resources, Shram Sakthi Bhavan, Rafi marg, New Delhi, India, E- Consulting services to be determined. Uttar Pradesh Bhumi Sudhar mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. S.K. Das, Member Nigam Limited, Bhumitra Bhawan, T.C./19 V, Vibhuti Khand, Gomti (D&R) Central Water Commission, Sewa Bhavan Nagar, Lucknow, 226010 India, Tel: (91-522) 272-0428, 272-0410, 272- Jammu & Kashmir Participatory Watershed Management: This 0420, Fax: (91-522) 272-041616, E-mail: [email protected] is a follow-up to the Integrated Watershed Development Project (IWDP), (R) West Bengal Accelerated Development of Minor Irrigation: a five-state project (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu & Kash- The objective is to enhance the development of agriculture-based in- mir, Punjab, and Haryana). IWDP closed in 30 September 2005 with come of small and marginal farmers through sustainable use of irri- consistent ratings of success in terms of its development objective gation resources. The main components are: (a) strengthening and implementation progress. The objectives are: a) institutional community-based institutions; (b) irrigation systems development and strengthening, b) focus on watershed protection and development, c) improvement; (c) agricultural development and support services; and enhancing livelihood opportunities and d) project coordination. Ne- (d) project management and institutional development. Project prepa- gotiations scheduled for 15 June 2009. Environmental Assessment ration completed. Decision meeting scheduled for 1 December 2009. En- Category B. PID: 99857. US$ 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be vironmental Assessment Category A. PID: 105311. US$ 220.0/30.0 determined. Department of Forestry, Government of Jammu & Kash- (IBRD/IDA). Consultants for EA, SA and hydrologic studies under pro- mir, Near Pollution Control Board Bldg, Silk Factory Road Raj Bagh, curement. Other consultants to be determined. Water Investigation and Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar, India, Tel: (91-194) 2331-1924, Fax: (91- Development Department (WIDD), Government of West Bengal, 194) 231-1924, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. R. D. Wrtiers’ Building, B.B.D Bagh, Kolkata 700 001 India, Contact: Mr. John Tiwari, Project Director Koshy, Secretary, WIDD Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery: The objective is Tr ansportation to strengthen the capacity of local governments to manage public re- (R) Sustainable Urban Transport: The objective is to: (a) reduce sources for the benefit of the constituents, including the disadvan- GHG emissions through promotion of modal shift to more energy taged, while the state is engaged in a long term debt restructuring efficient modes of urban transport in India and (b) strengthen the program. This would be accomplished through a two pronged ap- capacity in planning, financing, implementing, operating, and man- proach: (a) capacity building at the level of the state, the gram pan- aging climate friendly and sustainable urban transport interventions chayats, and constituents; and (b) formula based block grants to the at national, state and at city levels. Decision meeting scheduled for 16 local governments for financing many of the activities as defined in the March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 110371. State Act. Decision meeting scheduled for 15 October 2009. Environ- US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry mental Assessment Category B. PID: 102624. US$ 170.0 (IDA). Con- of Urban Development, Government of India, Nirman Bhawan, sultants will be required. Government of Kerala, Ministry of Local Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi 110011, India, Tel: (91-11) 2306- Governments and Planning, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, Contact: Mr. 3495, Fax: (91-11) 2379-2052, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: M. Vijay Anand, Secretary Planning and Local Governments Ramachandran, Secretary Maharashtra Agricultural Competitiveness: (formerly Multi State (R) Sustainable Urban Transport (GEF): The objective is to: (a) Agricultural Competitiveness) The objective is to develop more com- reduce GHG emissions through promotion of modal shift to more en- petitive market systems and improve market access for farmers and ergy efficient modes of urban transport in India and (b) strengthen the livestock producers through enhanced knowledge and more effective capacity in planning, financing, implementing, operating, and manag- producer organization. Appraisal mission scheduled for 30 March ing climate friendly and sustainable urban transport interventions at 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 93136. US$ national, state and at city levels. Decision meeting scheduled for 16 100.0/100.0 (IBRD/IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Gov- March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100589. US$ ernment of Maharashtra, Tel: (91-22) 2202-5283, Fax: (91-22) 2202-3909, 20.3 (GEF). A consulting firm has been hired by MOUD under a GEF Contact: Dr. Sudhir Kumar Goel, Principal Secretary, Co-Operation and project preparation grant (US$ 350,000) to help MOUD prepare the Marketing, Secretariat, Mumbai project. Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, Nirman North East Livelihood: The objective is to achieve an upward trend Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi 110011, Tel: (91-11) 2306-3495, in livelihood productivity among participating local community groups Fax: (91-11) 2379-2052, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: M. Ra- located in various ecological zones in the NE Region through partici- machandran, Secretary patory and demand driven investment choices and collective action, Andhra Pradesh State Roads: This is a second road project in with support from value-adding partnerships. Project preparation is un- Andhra Pradesh financed by the Bank. The objective is to improve the derway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 102330. US$ state road network by providing better quality and safer roads to the 100.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of De- users in a sustainable manner. Project preparation is underway. Envi- velopment for the North East Region, Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, Maulana ronmental Assessment Category A. PID: 96021. US$ 320.0 (IBRD). Con- Azad Rd, India, Tel: (91-11) 2302-2024, Fax: (91-11) 2302-2024, E-mail: sultants will be required for construction supervision, PPP transactions [email protected], Contact: Ms. Veena S. Rao, Secretary, Ministry of and monitoring, road asset management, and institutional develop- Development of North Eastern Region ment support. Andhra Pradesh Road Development Corporation, Errum Second Madhya Pradesh District Poverty Initiatives (MPDPIP Manzil, Hyderabad-500082 India, Tel: (91-40) 2330-0462, 2332-3423, II): The development objective for the proposed project would be to Fax: (91-40) 2330-1196, Contact: Mr. B. Rajagopal Reddy, Managing Di- improve the capacity and opportunities for the targeted rural poor to rector achieve sustainable livelihoods. This will be achieved by enhanced Assam State Roads: The objective is to provide road users in Assam participation by the rural poor in economic activities, skill enhancement with good quality and better managed state highways and major dis- for taking-up higher value employment, and increased income among trict roads. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment project target households through assets and market linkages. Deci- Category A. PID: 96018. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Agreement preparation fa- sion meeting completed. Appraisal scheduled for 19 January 2009. cility is not to exceed US$ 2.0 and countersigned by Ministry of Finance, Environmental Partial Assessment Category B. PID: 102331. US$ Government of India. Consultants will be required. Public Works De- 200.0 (IDA) Consultants will be required. Government of Madhya partment, Assam, Sachivalaya, Dispur, Guwahati 6 India, Tel/Fax: (91- Pradesh, Indira Gandhi Garibi Hatao Yojana, Paryavaran Parisar E-5 361) 226-1678, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Mukut Area Colony, Madhya Pradesh, Tel: (91-755) 246-0244, 242-0093, 242- Dutta, Commissioner and Special Secretary MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 29
Orissa State Roads (Ln. 7577-IN): The objective is to remove Tel: (91-79) 2324-1862, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. transport bottlenecks in targeted transport corridors for greater pri- K. Srinivas, Managing Director vate sector investment, economic and social development activities in National Cyclone Risk Mitigation: (Formerly National Risk Mitigation) the state of Orissa. Approved by the Executive Directors on 30 Sep- The objective is to mitigate risks and vulnerability to natural disasters, tember 2008. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 96023. particularly cyclones. Project preparation is underway. Environmen- US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Preparation consultants have been mobilized and tal Assessment Category B. PID: 92217. US$ 250.0 (IDA). Consulting have started working in the field. Other specialists in transactions, as- services to be determined. National Disaster Management Authority, set management, institutional strengthening and supervision will be 3d Floor, Centuar Hotel, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2565-5015, Fax: recruited. Government of Orissa, Works Department, Bhubanesh- (91-11) 2565-5015, Contact: A.R. Sule, Deputy Secretary war, Orissa, India, Tel: (91-674) 253-6668, Fax: (91-674) 240-7051, E-mail: National Urban Infrastructure Fund: The objective is to improve [email protected], Contact: Er. Suvendu Kumar Ray, ngineer-in- urban infrastructure including through mobilization of private financ- Chief-Cum-Secretary, Works Department, GOO ing. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- Second Karnataka State Highway Improvement: The objective egory FI. PID: 92699. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. is to improve the state’s road network to support the state’s grow- Ministry of Urban Development, Nirman Bharan, New Delhi, India, ing economy and social development efforts through leveraging the Tel: (91-22) 2306-2309, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: private sector outlays with private sector financing and improving the Mr. M. Rajamani, Joint Secretary regulatory and institutional capacity of the public sector to deliver National Urban Reform Fund: (Formerly Enhanced Urban Reform effective and safe road network to users. Preparation is underway. Incentive Fund) The objective is to provide states with incentives to Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Con- undertake essential urban sector reforms, enabling local Governments sulting services to be determined. Public Works, Ports and Inland to improve their finances and capacity to provide essential services and Water Transport Department, Government of Karnataka, 3rd Floor, incentives to do so. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Vikasa Soudha, M.S.Building, Dr.Ambedkar Road, Bangalore 560001, Assessment Category C. PID: 88776. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants Karnataka, India, Tel: (91-80) 2251-449, Fax: (91-80) 2235-3988, E-mail: will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined [email protected], Contact: Sri. Sudhir Krishna, I.A.S., Prin- cipal Secretary Water and Sanitation Second Rural Roads: The objective is to provide beneficiary com- (R) Karnataka Municipal Water Energy Efficiency: The objective munities with sustainable and cost-effective road access to markets and is to improve energy efficiency in urban water supply service in the social services. Appraisal scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environ- participating municipalities in Karnataka and to mitigate climate change mental Assessment Category A. PID: 96020. US$ 500.0 (IDA). Con- risks; specifically, (a) contributing to climate change mitigation and GHG sultants will be required for the design and supervision of minor rural emission reduction by improving energy efficiency of water supply sys- roads, social and environmental monitoring and possible assistance with tems in participating municipalities of Karnataka; and (b) improving financial management monitoring. National Rural Road Development water supply service in participating municipalities by increasing sys- Agency (NRRDA), Tel: (91-11) 4602-2221, 2671-6936, Fax: (91-11) 4100- tem efficiency and reducing operation costs. Emission Reduction Pur- 0475, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. H K Srivastava, Director (Pro- chase Agreement (ERPA) signing scheduled for 30 March 2009. jects I) Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100352. US$ 1.0 (CF). Urban Development Consultants will be required. Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Devel- opment and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC), 3rd Cross, Mission Road, (R) Capacity Building for Urban Local Bodies-NURM: (Formerly Silver Jubilee Block, 2nd Floor, Unity Building Annexe, Bangalore, Kar- Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) In- nataka, India, 560027, Tel: (91-080) 2223-2021/2134, Fax: (91-080) 2223- stitutional Strengthening and Capacity Credit). The objective is to pro- 2021, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ashok Jain, Director vide Technical Assistance (TA) support at both the State and Urban Andhra Pradesh Rural Water Supply and Sanitation: The objec- Local Bodies level to strengthen policy, support institutional reform and tive is to improve the rural water and sanitation services through a Dis- improve procedures and skills in the areas of municipal financial man- trict Challenge Fund that supports progressive decentralization, agement, service delivery, planning and governance. The target is the community participation and enhanced accountability. The project will 300 Class I cities, including the 63 JNNURM cities (only the cities that contribute to GoAP’s RWSS Program by: (i) developing and assisting have signed a Memorandum of Agreement) for implementation of re- the state to implement a ‘District Challenge Fund’ supporting reform forms with the Ministry of Urban Development are eligible. The four policies and and institutional framework for select participating districts; focus areas created inline with the JNNURM reform requirements that and (ii) financing a substantive portion of GOAP’s investment pro- the cities may choose. Activities from TA funding: (i) Financial Man- gram for the next five years. Project preparation is underway. Envi- agement Reform, (ii) Service Delivery, (iii) Framework for Planning ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 101650. US$ 150.0 (IBRD/ and (iv) Framework for Governance. Board presentation scheduled for IDA). Consultants will be required. Government of Andhra Pradesh, 15 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 99979. US$ Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Block L, 8th Floor, Sec- 40.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Urban Develop- retariat, Hyderabad 500029, Tel: (91-040) 2345-4670, Fax: (91-040) ment, Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi 110011 India, Tel: (91- 2345-3016, Contact: Mr. Sahoo, Secretary 11) 2306-2194, Fax: (91-11) 2306-1446, Contact: Mr. Aniruddha Kumar, Director, JNNURM Rajasthan Rural Water Supply and Sanitation: (formerly under Rural Development) The objective is to support the GOR’s sector plans and Andhra Pradesh Urban Reform and Municipal Services: The ob- to increase access to improved, affordable and sustained water and san- jective is to support reforms and improvements in city management itation services (WSS) of rural communities in Rajasthan. This would and services in Andhra Pradesh through technical assistance and in- support (i) the development and the implementation of a state integrated vestment subloans linked with reform and capacity building perfor- WSS sector investment plan, and (ii) the development and imple- mance of urban local bodies. Board presentation scheduled for 26 mentation of state-wide consistent policies and implementation arrange- March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 71250. US$ ments. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment 233.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Municipal Administration Category B. PID: 101651. US$ 130.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be and Urban Development Department, Secretariat Complex, Hyderabad determined. Public Health and Engineering Department, Government 500022 India, Tel/Fax: (91-40) 2345-4965, Contact: Ms. Pushpa Sub- Secretariat, Jaipur, 302017, India, Tel: (91-141) 515-3222, Fax: (91-141) ramanyam, Secretary, Urban Development, Andhra Pradesh 222-7222, Contact: Mr. Agam Mathur, Chief Engineer Gujarat Urban Development: The objective is to improve service delivery through targeted investments and capacity building. Project Nepal preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 94722. US$ 130.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Gu- Rural Development jarat Urban Development Corporation, Government of Gujarat, First (R) Agricultural Commercialization and Trade: The objective is Floor, Abhishek Bldg., Sector 11, Ghandinagar 382017 Gujarat, India, to increase aggregate value added in selected commodity value chains PAGE 30 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 in districts supported by the project. Appraisal scheduled for late-Feb- Information and Communication ruary 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87140. US$ Rural Telecommunications and e-Service: The objectives are to: 20.2 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and (a) accelerate access to communications in unserved and underserved Cooperatives, Harihar Hbawan, Lalitpur, Nepal, E-mail: agriplan@mos. areas by using targeted subsidies for rural expansion, (b) strengthen com.np, Contact: Mr. K. K. Shrestha, Joint Secretary legal, policy, regulatory and spectrum management and (c) monitor functions and expansion of e-services. Project preparation is underway. Pakistan Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100681. US$ 124.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Informa- Economic Management tion Technology and Telecommunications, Evacuee Trust Bldg., 4th (N) Poverty Reduction and Economic Support Operation: The Floor, Aga Khan Rd., F-5/1, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-9484, objective is to regain and maintain macro-economic stability, enhanc- Fax: (92-51) 920-9482, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. ing competitiveness, and protection for the poor and vulnerable. Board Farrakh Qayyum, Secretary; Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, presentation scheduled for 26 March 2009. Environmental Assess- Zonal Office, 222/5, Khadim Hussain Rd., Rawalpindi Cantt, Islamabad, ment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Min- Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 287-8143, Fax: (92-51) 287-8155, E-mail: chair- istry of Finance, Government of Pakistan, Q Block, Pakistan Secretariat, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Shahzedha Malik, Chairman Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-2373, Fax: (92-51) 920-1857, Con- tact: Mr. Farrakh Qayyum, Finance Secretary, Ministry of Finance. Law and Justice Second Sindh Structural Adjustment: The objective is to implement Education reforms to improve fiscal and financial management, governance, pub- Higher Education Support Program: The objective is to support lic service delivery, and the state’s regulatory framework. Project the Government of Pakistan’s higher Education medium term Devel- preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ opment framework to foster public private partnership in the delivery 100.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for: (a) improvement of fis- of higher education and to provide substantial technical support to the cal and financial management; (b) financial resource mobilization and client in developing a reasonable financing plan consistent with the institutional development; (c) capacity building of core Government macro-framework of the country. Project preparation is underway. En- departments; (d) reconciliation of public accounts; (e) information vironmental Assessment Category U. PID: 102607. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). technology specialist work; and (f) technical support. Department of The consultants support will be needed during preparation and im- Finance, Government of Sindh, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 920-6512, plementation. Pakistan Higher Education Commission, Sector H-9, Is- Fax: (92-21) 920-6511, Contact: Mr. Malik Israr, Secretary lamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 904-0120, Fax: (92-51) 925-7505, E-mail: Social Protection [email protected], Contact: Dr. Sohail H. Naqvi, Executive Director, Higher Education Commission. Support to Safety Nets: The objectives are to support the effective strengthening of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for de- Sindh Education Reform: The objectives are to improve participa- livery of cash transfer programs. Project preparation is underway. En- tion, retention and transition rates, reduce gender and regional dis- vironmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 103160. US$ 50.0 (IDA). parities, and improve quality in elementary and secondary education Consultants will be required. Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal, Street No. 7 H-8/4, (grades 1-10). Decision meeting scheduled for 12 March 2009. Envi- Islamabad, Pakistan ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 107300. US$ 300 (IDA). Con- sulting services to be determined. Benazir Income Support Program Tr ansportation (BISP), BISP Building, Sector G-51, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) National Expressways: The objective is the sustainable delivery of 921-5319, Fax: (92-51) 921-5323, E-mail: [email protected], Con- an efficient, high speed and safe access-controlled expressway system tact: Mr. Muhammad Sher Khar, Managing Director contributing to lower transit costs and time along the program corri- dor. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- Energy and Mining egory A. PID: 101685. US$ 634.5 (IBRD). Construction supervision and (R) Thar Coal and Power Technical Assistance: The objectives are contract administration. National Highway Authority, 27 Mauve Area, to: (a) help the Governments of Sindh and Pakistan strengthen the en- G-9/1, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 835-1702, Fax: (92-51) 926-0418, abling policy, legal, and regulatory frameworks conducive to new in- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Sheikh Abdul Latif, vestments in the coal-to-energy sector; and (b) assist the Governments Member, Planning. of Sindh and Pakistan to attract qualified private investors to develop National Trade Corridor Improvement Program: The objective is Thar coal deposits and build new capacity for coal thermal power gen- to enhance export competitiveness by reducing the cost of trade and eration, guided by high standards of environmental and social sustain- transport logistics and bringing service quality to international stan- ability. Decision meeting scheduled for 11 February 2009. Environmental dards. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- Assessment Category B. PID: 114278. US$ 26.0 (IDA). Consultants will egory C. PID: 101683. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultant has been recruited be required. Thar Coal and Energy Board, Department for Mines and to carry out strategic environmental, poverty and social assessment. Minerals of Sindh Province, and Ministry of Water and Power, Room Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan, Chughtai Plaza, Room 214, Tughlaq House, Sindh Government Secretariat Building Number No. 206, Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-2670, Fax: (92- 2, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 921-1294/1295, E-mail:secy@sindh- 51) 920-2129, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Syed mines.gov.pk, Contact: Mr Yunous Dagha, Secretary for Mines and Min- Tanwir Hussain Bukhari, Chief (T&C) erals of Sindh. Trade and Transport Facilitation II: The objective is to improve per- Mineral Sector Technical Assistance: The objective is to imple- formance of trade and transport logistics by facilitating: (a) the im- ment a strategy to accelerate sustainable mineral sector development plementation of the National Trade Corridor Improvement Program; by strengthening governance, transparency, and capacity in the man- and (b) the simplification and modernization of Pakistan’s interna- agement of mineral resources. Project preparation is underway. En- tional trade procedures and practices. Appraisal scheduled for 23 Feb- vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 99375. US$ 50.0 (IDA). ruary 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 101684. US$ Consultants will be needed in preparation to: (a) undertake strategic 25.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Planning Commission, Gov- environmental and social assessments focusing on mining; (b) build ernment of Pakistan, Block P, 2nd Floor, Pakistan Secretariat, Islam- implementation capacity; and (c) define components. Required spe- abad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-2616, Fax: (92-51) 920-9402, Contact: cialties are mining regulations, geology, geophysics and mining cadas- Mr. Muhammad Akram Malik, Member (Infrastructure); Ministry of tre. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources, 21-E Huma Plaza, Commerce, Block A, 6th Floor, Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad, Pak- Blue Area, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-2337, Fax: (92-51) istan, Tel: (92-51) 920-3604, Fax: (92-51) 920-5208, E-mail: irtiqazaidi@ 920-4077, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Irshad gmail.com, Contact: Syed Irtiqa Ahmed Zaidi, Project Director, Trade Ali Khokhar, Director General (Minerals) & Transport Facilitation Unit MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 31 Urban Development Punjab Large Cities Development Policy: The objective is to pro- mote economic growth in the major cities through strategic planning, Europe and Central Asia integrated infrastructure investments, and efficient urban service de- livery. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory U. PID: 95983. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). A PHRD grant for preparation Albania is anticipated. Consulting services to be determined. Planning and Economic Management Development Department, Government of Punjab, Civil Secretariat, La- hore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 921-0002/4, Fax: (92-42) 921-4069, Contact: (R) Second Development Policy: The objectives are to improve de- Mr. Suleman Ghani, Chairman, Planning and Development Board livery of social services and promote private sector led growth. Nego- tiations completed. Board presentation scheduled for 17 March 2009. Water and Sanitation Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 99823. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Second Punjab Barrages Rehabilitation and Modernization: The No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Bul: Deshmoret e Kom- objective is to prevent the occurrence of disastrous barrages failure bit No. 4, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 267-654, Fax: (355-4) 227-937, and ensure their sustainable use, providing improved and reliable ir- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mimoza Dhembi, Gen- rigation and drinking water supplies. Decision meeting scheduled for eral Budget Director 1 June 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 96745. US$ Energy and Mining 120.0 (IBRD). Design consultants are being recruited. Construction supervision consultants will also be required. Punjab Irrigation and (R) KESH Electricity Distribution Privatization Partial Risk Power Department, Punjab Barrage Rehabilitation Project Management Guarantee: The objective is to support Albania’s electricity sector Office, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 921-1920, E-mail: iri lhr@ya- privatization program by enabling the Government and the private in- hoo.com, Contact: Mr. Mohammed Akhtar, Acting Director, Project vestor reach a successful privatization agreement for the privatization Management Office of KESH’s Distribution System Operator and implement the privatization and the new regulatory framework for electricity distribution. Board Sri Lanka presentation scheduled for 17 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Private Sector Development Category to be determined. PID: 112242. US$ 50.0 (Guar). Consult- ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Tourism Sector Development and Community Empowerment: The objective is to expand the high-end tourism market (ecological & Social Protection cultural) potential in Sri Lanka by (i) institutional strengthening and (R) Social Service Delivery Additional Financing: The objective building capacity (ii) improving tourism related infrastructure and (iii) of the additional financing is to provide administrative improvements product development and branding. Project preparation is underway. to the delivery of pension services. Negotiations completed. Board pre- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants sentation scheduled for 17 March 2009. Environmental Assessment will be required. Tourism Development Authority and Ministry of Category C. PID: 107382. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Tourism, 64 Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 238-747, quired. Social Insurance Institute, Rruga e Durresit, No 83, Tirana, Al- 238-5241, Fax: (94-11) 244-1505, Contact: Mr. George Michael, Secre- bania, Tel/Fax: (355-4) 222-7850, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: tary, Ministry of Tourism Evelina Koldashi, General Director of the Social Insurance Institute Public Sector Governance Urban Development Public Sector Capacity Building (Cr. 4412-CE): (Formerly Pub- lic Financial Management and Statistical Institution Building) The ob- (R) Catastrophe Deferred Draw-Down Option: The objective is to jective is to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of provide rapid budget support to the Government of Albania’s Disas- key public sector agencies (Department of Census and Statistics ter Risk Mitigation and Adaptation project, which responds to natural [DCS], Auditor General’s Department [AGD]through an investment disasters. Board presentation scheduled for 17 March 2009. Environ- package that includes organizational strengthening, capacity build- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 107997. US$ 26.0 (IBRD). No con- ing, information management, communication improvements, physi- sultants are required. The Ministry of Finance cal and information technology infrastructure, and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) support. Approved by the Execu- Armenia tive Directors on 5 June 2008. Environmental Assessment Category Education B. PID: 97329. US$ 22.6 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Depart- ment of Census & Statistics under Ministry of Finance & Planning and (R) Second Education Quality and Relevance (APL 2): (formerly Auditor Generals Department, The Secretariat, Colombo 1, Sri Lanka, Education Quality and Relevance (APL 2)). The objective is to support Tel: (94-11) 269-8792, Fax: (94-11) 243-2073, E-mail: amara.satharas- the Government of Armenia in two main endeavors: (i) enhance and [email protected], [email protected], Contact: Dr. Amara facilitate school learning in general education and improve the school Satharasinghe for DCS and Mr. Chulantha Wickramaratne for AGD’s readiness of children entering primary education; and (ii) support the component, Tel: (94-11) 269-1151 convergence and integration of Armenian Tertiary Education system into the European Higher Education Area. Decision meeting completed. Rural Development Negotiations scheduled for 9 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Gemi Diriya II (Estates): The objective is to enable the communi- Category B. PID: 107772. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- ties of the poorest regions in the country to build accountable and self- quired. Ministry of Education and Science, Project Coordination Unit, governing local institutions and to manage sustainable investments by: Government House 3, Republic Square, Yerevan, Republic of Arme- (i) devolving decision making power and resources to community or- nia, Tel: (3741) 526-602, E-mail: [email protected], http://www.edu.am, ganizations; (ii) strengthening selected local governments and other Contact: Mrs. Karine Harutyunyan, Director local level agencies which demonstrate responsiveness and account- ability to rural communities; and (iii) working with federation of village Energy and Mining organizations, the private sector and Non-Governmental Organiza- (R) Second GeoFund-Geothermal Energy Preparation: The ob- tions (NGOs) on economic empowerment to increase the size and di- jective is to diversify the energy resource base with renewable en- versity of livelihood options. Decision meeting scheduled for 2 March ergy. Decision meeting scheduled for 10 May 2009. Environmental 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 87145. US$ 50 Assessment Category B. PID: 94207. US$ 3.2 (GEF). Consultants will (IDA). Consultants will be required. Gemi Diriya Foundation, 177 be required. Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund (R2E2 Galle Road, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 2382-0670-8, E-mail: Fund), 32 Proshyan Street, 1st Lane, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 588-011, [email protected], Contact: Dr. Gamini Batuwitage, CEO/Project Di- 545-121, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms Tamara Babayan, Di- rector rector PAGE 32 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 Social Protection Tr ansportation (N) Third Social Investment Fund Additional Financing: The ob- (R) Baku Urban Transport: The objective is to reduce trans- jective of the additional financing will scale-up activities under the portation time and improve traffic access and safety within the Baku Community Investments Component of the Social Investment Fund III metropolitan area, through implementation of traffic management project to help improve the coverage of infrastructure and services in measures, improvement of parking conditions, improvement of the poor communities. Board presentation scheduled for 24 February concessioning of passenger transport services and establishment of 2009. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 115743. US$ 8.0 an institution responsible for development and implementation of traf- (IDA). No consultants are required. Armenia Social Investment Fund, fic management measures in Baku. Concept review meeting scheduled 31 K Ulnetsu Street, Yerevan 375037 Armenia, Tel/Fax: (374-2) 151- for 19 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 417, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Ashot Kirakosyan, Ex- 103270. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing ecutive Director agency(ies) to be determined. Second Highway Additional Financing (Ln. 7516-AZ): The ob- Tr ansportation jective of the additional financing is to provide two additional tranches Railways Restructuring: The objective is to reduce traffic congestion for Highway 3 and Highway 4, which will reduce road transport costs and the rate of traffic accidents and fatalities in Yerevan by (a) creat- and improve access, transit and road safety within Azerbaijan’s main ing a traffic management unit in the City of Yerevan, (b) improving the corridors, through (a) completion of the upgrade to four lanes of Alat- existing institutional capabilities of the municipality of Yerevan for pas- Masalli (M3) started under Highway 2 and (b) reconstruction of Tag- senger transport planning and regulation, (c) improving parking reg- ihev-Sahil (R6) connecting the M3 with the M1. Approved by the ulation and enforcement, (d) investing in improvements to the traffic Executive Directors on 29 April 2008. Environmental Assessment Cat- signal system and geometric improvements to selected intersections, egory A. PID: 100667. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (e) investing in safety improvements to the Yerevan metro, (f) invest- Azer Road Service OJC, 72/4, Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street, AZ1010, Baku, ing in modest traffic enforcement equipment, and (g) advancing a Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 493-0045, Fax: (994-12) 493-4665, E-mail: silk- comprehensive national traffic safety program. Decision meeting [email protected], Contact: Mr. Javid Gurbanov, Chief of AzerRoadSer- scheduled for 13 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. vice OJC of the Ministry of Transport PID: 104433. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Trade and Transport Facilitation (Ln. 7509-AZ): The objectives of Transport and Communications, 28, Nalbandyan St., Yervan, Armenia are to make freight transport more competitive in terms of quality, ca- 375010, Tel: (37-41) 563391, Fax: (37-41) 560528, E-mail: minister@mts. pacity and cost, and to increase the economic, financial and social sus- am, Contact: Alexander Bakhtamyan, Director, Armenia Transport tainability of rail passenger services. Approved by the Executive PIU Directors on 27 March 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. Traffic Management and Safety: The objective is to improve traffic PID: 83108. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry management in main cities and traffic safety throughout Armenia of Transport, 10554 Tbilisi Ave., Baku 1122 Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) through (a) traffic management measures to improve traffic flow on 985-087, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Musa Panahov, Min- existing streets, (b) measures to improve traffic safety, (c) passenger ister transport reforms to adapt public transport services to the rapidly Urban Development changing traffic situation, and (d) institutional adjustments and strength- ening to permit Government to better respond to this emerging trans- (R) Fourth Absheron Rehabilitation Program (ARP) Environment port challenge. Negotiations scheduled for 30 March 2009. Policy and Enforcement for Environment State Program: The ob- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100665. US$ 15.0/5.0 jective is to launch a large-scale, long-term program to rehabilitate the (IBRD/IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and areas around Baku in order to reduce the threat to the health of area Economy, 1 Melik-Adamyan St., Yerevan 375010 Armenia, Tel: (374- residents and enable reutilization of substantial areas of valuable land. 10) 595-300, Fax: (374-10) 526-338; Ministry of Transport and Com- Decision meeting scheduled for 24 February 2009. Environmental As- munication, 28 Nalbandyan St., Yerevan 375010 Armenia, Tel: (374-10) sessment Category C. PID: 110683. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consultants will 563-391, Fax: (374-10) 560-528, E-mail: [email protected] be required. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MENR), B. Aghayev St. 100A, AZ1073 Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel/Fax: (99-412) 492- Azerbaijan 5907, Contact: Gussein Bagirov, Minister Rehabilitation Program (ARP) I-Contaminated Sites Rehabil- Education itation (Ln. 7548-AZ): (Formerly AARP/Contaiminated Sites Tertiary Education Reform: The objective aims to create, foster, and Rehabilitation). The objective is to support the Environment State sustain the conditions to improve accessibility, quality, and relevance Program (ESP) to curtail environmental degradation in the Absheron of tertiary education in Azerbaijan. Project preparation is underway. Peninsula, by assisting in decontamination of former iodine produc- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 107774. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). tion sites and the development of a strategy for remediation/containment Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education, 49 Khatai Prospekt, of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) contami- Baku, AZ1008, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 496-3759, 496-3760, Fax: (994- nated sites. The project will also support in developing institutional 12) 496-9368, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Elvin Rusta- capacity for the cleanup of former oil production sites and for develop- mov, PIU Director ing rehabilitation and redevelopment plans for a specific oil produc- tion site. Approved by the Executive Directors on 17 June 2008. En- Rural Development vironmental Assessment Category A. PID: 104985. US$ 74.5 (IBRD). Rural Investment Additional Financing (Cr. 4404-AZ): The ob- Consultants will be required Ministry of Emergency Situations, 69 jective is for households in rural communities completing micro-pro- Fizuli Street, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel. (994-12)-512-0041, E-mail: ject investments to achieve improved living standards through better [email protected], Contact: Mr. Tariyel Huseynov, Head of access to infrastructure services. The proposed additional credit would Division support the costs associated with scaling-up activities of the ongoing Rehabilitation Program (ARP) II-Integrated Solid Waste Man- project in Nakchivan and 24 new districts and approximately 700,000 agement (Ln. 7549-AZ): The objective is to support the reform of additional beneficiaries, thus contributing to a significant enhance- the Greater Baku solid waste collection and disposal operations into ment of its impact and development effectiveness. Approved by the Ex- an effective and sustainable system in the fields of: (i) data collection ecutive Directors on 27 March 2008. Environmental Assessment and strategic planning; (ii) buildup of operational, management and com- Category FI. PID: 109885. US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be re- munication capabilities of the responsible agency; (iii) the rollout of quired. AZRIP Project Management Unit, U. Hajibekov str. 40, Gov- collection services; and (iv) the improvement of environmental con- ernment House, Room # 801, AZ 1016 Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) ditions at the existing waste disposal sites. Approved by the Executive 493-4693, 493-6607, Fax: (994-12) 493-4813, E-mail: [email protected], Directors on 17 June 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID Contact: Soubhan Asgerov, Director 110679. US$ 29.50 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 33 Economic Development, 23 Niyazi street, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994- Bulgaria 12) 492-5895, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Asgar Alakbarov, Head of Foreign Investment and Technical Assistance Co- Education ordination Department (R) Third Social Sectors Institutional Reforms Development Rehabilitation Program (ARP) III-Large Scale Oil Polluted Land Policy Loan (SIR DPL 3): The objective is to support the Govern- Cleanup Project (Ln. 7550-AZ): The objective is to improve (i) SO- ment of Bulgaria (GoB) to meet some of the challenges associated with CAR’s capacity and effectiveness in environmental management and EU accession in the case of DPL I and post-accession DPL II and III. in cleaning up of oil-polluted land in the Absheron Peninsula, and (ii) The DPL series would support the adoption and implementation of poli- the quality of soil conditions in oil-polluted lands cleaned up under the cies to (i) increase employment and lay the foundations for long-term project. Approved by the Executive Directors on 17 June 2008. Envi- productivity growth by providing incentives for job creation and im- ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 110682. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Con- proving quality of education; and (ii) promote fiscal sustainability sultants will be required. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), through efficiency gains in social sectors. Decision meeting completed. 73 Neftchilar Avenue, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 492-1789, E-mail: Appraisal scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environmental Assessment [email protected], Contact: Mr. Faig Jafarov, Head of Ecological Projects Category U. PID: 115400. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- Management Department quired. Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Ministry of Education and Science, 102 G.S.Rakovski Belarus Street, 1040 Sofia Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 9859-2022/2023/2078 Energy and Mining Law and Justice (R) Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support investments in up- grading capabilities of power and heat generation with energy efficient (R) Strengthening Access to Justice for the Vulnerable: The ob- units based on natural gas and local renewable fuels to: (i) reduce de- jective is to innovatively and sustainably the poor and marginalized in pendency on imported fuels, (ii) improve energy efficiency, and (iii) selected areas in Bulgaria in respect of their legal rights and promote improve security and reliability of power supply. Negotiations scheduled their access to justice. Bulgaria’s population in poverty is proportion- for 9 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 108023. ately more affected by lack of awareness of legal rights and access to US$ 125.0 (IBRD). Consulting services required PIU:Belinvestener- justice. Because the poor and marginalized lack information on their gosberezhenie, Revolutsionnaya str. 13 A, Minsk, Belarus, Tel: (375- legal rights, they often fail to exercise their right to obtain legal ser- 17) 227-20-78, Fax: (375-17) 206-46-83, E-mail: [email protected], vices and access the justice system. This project is no longer in the lend- Contact: Pavel Yakubovich, General Director ing program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 1.9 (JSDF Grant). Consultants will be Bosnia and Herzegovina required. Bulgaria Charities Aid Foundation, 65 Vitosha Blvd., 2nd Floor, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 981-1901, 987-1574, Fax: (359-2) 988- Environment and Natural Resources Management 0080, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Elitsa Barakova (R) Biodiversity Conservation: The objective is to increase the area under formal protection status in forest and mountain ecosystems, Rural Development and to develop mechanisms to conserve these ecosystems over the (R) Regional Development: The objective is to increase the capac- long term. The grant was signed on 18 December 2008. Environment- ity of municipalities to make effective use of EU structural funds by al Assessment Category B. PID: 87094. US$ 2.5/3.4 (GEFI/GEFU). developing proposals according to EU criteria and to provide short- Austrian trust fund has been requested for preparation. Ministry of term financial support to municipalities to cover expenses associated Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry, Bosnia and Herzegovina, with project preparation and implementation. Board presentation Trampina br.4/1, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387- scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category 33) 213-098, Fax: (387-33) 213-099, E-mail: [email protected], Con- B. PID: 78384. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Min- tact: Mr. Alojz Dundjer, Project Implementation Unit Director; Min- istry of Regional Development and Public Works, 17-19 Cyril and istry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Republika Srpska, Methodius St. (Kiril & Methodii St.), 1202 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359- Kralja Petra I Karadjordjevica 135-137, Banja Luka 78000, Bosnia 2) 988-2382, Fax: (359) 987-2517, Contact: Dimcho Mihalevski, and Herzegovina, Tel/Fax: (387-51) 319-675, E-mail: piussume@inecco. Deputy Minister, MRDPW net, Contact: Mr. Zeljko Stojanovic, PIU Director Social Protection Tr ansportation (R) Sava Waterway Rehabilitation: The objective is to improve the (R) Second Social Sectors Institutional Reform Development navigability of the Sava River to facilitate the full return to operational Policy Loan (SIR DPL 2) (Ln. 7611-BG): The objective is to sup- use of the inland waterway for the first time after the cessation of hos- port the adoption and implementation of policies to (a) improve the tilities. Decision meeting scheduled for 21 September 2009. Environ- institutional framework in the labor and social sectors to more closely mental Assessment Category A. PID: 108000. US$ 15.0/15.0 (IBRD/ align their policies with EU standards; and (b) improve the effi- IDA). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- ciency of the health, education, and social protection systems to termined. maintain a fiscally sustainable expenditure framework and improve access to basic social services. Loan signing scheduled for 16 March Urban Development 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 102160. US$ Second Solid Waste Management (Ln. 7629-BA, Cr. 4540-BA): 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, The objectives are to: (a) cost-effectively improve solid waste services Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Ministry of in participating priority areas; (b) increase administrative and techni- Education and Science, 102, Rakovska St., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria, Tel: cal capacity for solid waste management at the local and entity level; (359-2) 9859-2441, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Svetla Pano- (c) improve cost recovery in the sector and encourage private sector va, Head of Department involvement; and (d) correct environmental problems and reduce (R) Social Inclusion (Ln. 7612-BG): The objectives are to (a) pro- health hazards caused by inadequate waste collection and disposal sys- mote social inclusion by increasing enrollment and learning out- tems. Approved by the Executive Directors on 25 November 2008. En- comes for children from poor and marginalized backgrounds, and vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 107998. US$ 25.0/15.0 (b) build capacity for absorption of European Social Fund financing. (IBRD/IDA). Consultants will be required. Federal Ministry for En- Loan signing scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental Assess- vironment and Tourism, Alipa_ina br. 41 Sarajevo, Tel: (387-33) 667- ment Category FI. PID: 100657. US$ 59.0 (IBRD). Consultants will 801, Fax: (387-33) 212-833, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: be required. Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, 2 Triaditza St., Muris Hadzic; RS Ministry of Urbanism, Civil Engineering and Envi- Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 811-9443, Fax: (359-2) 988-4405, E-mail: ronment, Tel: (387-51) 339-488, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Contact: Elena Kremenlieva, Chief Contact: Zdravko Begovic Expert PAGE 34 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 Water and Sanitation Kazakhstan (R) Municipal Infrastructure Development: The objective is to Education complete important public investments in water resource manage- ment. Board presentation scheduled for 28 May 2009. Environmen- (R) JERP TVE Modernization: (formerly Technical and Vocational tal Assessment Category A. PID: 99895. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). Consultants Education Restructuring) The objectives are to restructure and re- will be required. Ministry of Regional Development and Public build the TVE system in order to (i) increase youth employability and Works, 17-19 Kiril Metodi St., Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 988-2382, capabilities for continuous skills upgrading, and (ii) offer business a E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Plamen Niki- trained workforce with the skills and competencies that will enable them forov, Director to compete in the global economy. Decision meeting scheduled for 20 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 102177. US$ Croatia 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Ed- Law and Justice ucation and Science, Dom Ministerstv, Entrance 11, Astana, Kazakh- stan, Tel: (7-7172) 741-573, Fax: (7-7172) 742-416, E-mail: kuanganov@ Judicial Reform: The objective is to facilitate Croatia’s EU integra- edu.gov.kz tion process by increasing justice system efficiency through support for rationalizing the court network strengthening case management, Environment and Natural Resources Management modernizing court administration and judicial budgeting, strength- (R) Second Irrigation/Drainage: The objectives are to (a) improve ening enforcement of judicial decisions supporting the proposed legal irrigation, drainage systems, water management and environmental ser- aid arrangements, and selected investments in physical infrastruc- vices and (b) strengthen agricultural practices and farmers’ informa- ture. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- tion services. Board presentation scheduled for 14 May 2009. egory C. PID: 104749. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86592. US$ 131.0 (IBRD). Ministry of Justice Project Management Unit, 41, Savska Cesta, XVI, Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Zagreb 100000 Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 613-0595, 611-3284, Fax: (385-1) 631- 31 Pobedy Ave., Astana 010000 Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-3172) 591-972, Fax: 4371, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Marina Vukovic- (7-3172) 591-973, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Alzhan Braliev, Dujmovic, State Secretary Vice-Minister Tr ansportation Urban Development Second Rijeka Gateway (Ln. 7638-HR): The objective is to foster Territorial Development (JERP): The objective is to finance the sustainable growth in the second economic center of Croatia, by fur- overnment’s effort to implement the national territorial development thering port development, while supporting both increased transport strategy to enhance economic development and competitiveness in the connectivity from the port to its markets and enhanced quality of life regions. Decision meeting scheduled for 27 September 2009 Envi- through a redefined port-urban interface. Approved by the Executive ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 102772. US$ 55.0 (IBRD). Con- Directors on 11 December 2008. Environmental Assessment Cate- sultants to be determined. Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning, gory A. PID: 102365. US$ 122.50 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. 11 Pobeda Ave., Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-3172) 717-255, Fax: Port of Rijeka Authority, 51000 Rijeka, Riva 1, Rijeka, Croatia, Tel: (7-3172) 717-129, Contact: Viktor Sprun, Deputy Minister, Ministry of (385-5) 135-1170, Fax: (385-51) 331-764, E-mail: Bojanhlaca.ri@por- Economy and Budget Planning tauthority.hr, Contact: Bojan Hlaca, Executive Director Water and Sanitation Kosovo (R) Second Coastal Cities Pollution Control APL (Ln. 7640-HR): Economic Management The objectives are to improve the quality of Croatia’s Adriatic coastal Public Sector Modernization: (Formerly Second Public Expenditure waters to meet EU ambient quality standards in the participating mu- Management Technical Assistance): The objective is to improve the nicipalities in a financially and operationally sustainable manner. The efficiency and transparency of public financial and human resources loan was signed on 6 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- management. This project has been put on hold until Kosovo’s mem- egory FI. PID: 102732. US$ 87.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. bership to the World Bank is cleared. Environmental Assessment Cat- Hrvatske Vode, Ulica Grada Vukovara 220, Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385- egory C. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of 1) 6155-820, Fax: (385-1) 6155-910, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Economy and Finance, Provisional Institutions of Self-Governance, Jadranko Husaric, Director Deshmoret e Kombit-Bill Clinton, Prishtine, Kosovo, Tel: (381-38) Georgia 2003-4246, Fax: (381-38) 548, Contact: Mr. Melihate Terkolli, Minister; Ministry of Public Services, Provisional Institutions of Self-Gover- Tr ansportation nance, Pristina, Kosovo, Contact: Mr. Haki Shatri, Minister Second East West Highway Improvement Additional Financ- Environment and Natural Resources Management ing (Cr. 4512-GE): The objective is continued support of the Sec- ond East-West Highway Improvement Project. Approved by the (R) Real Estate Cadastre and Registration: The objective is to en- Executive Directors on 30 October 2008. Environmental Assess- hance the security property rights of the business environment. Ap- ment Category A. PID 107610. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consultants will be praisal scheduled for 11 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category required. Roads Department, 29a Gagarin Street, Tbilisi, Georgia, Tel: B. PID: 101214. US$ 7.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. (995-32) 381-633, Fax: (995-32) 313-052, E-mail: roaddepdalakish- Kosovo Cadastre Agency (KCA), Kosovo Cadastral Agency, Kosovo [email protected], Contact: Mr. Roman Dalakishvili, Chairman, State Archive Bldg, 2nd Floor, Pristina, Kosovo, Tel: (381-38) 512-353, Fax: Department of Roads (381-38) 512-356, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Hamit Basholli, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Urban Development Regional & Municipal Infrastructure Development (Cr. 4516- Social Protection GE): The objective is to improve the efficiency, quality, and reliability (R) Sustainable Employment Development Policy: The objective of municipal services by building the capacity of local governments to is to support major reforms and program implementation in education, provide sustainable services and increasing access to financing for in- health, social protection and public sector governance with the objective frastructure and related services. Approved by the Executive Direc- of promoting sustainable employment. Preparation completed. Decision tors on 30 October 2008. Environmental Assessment Category FI. meeting scheduled for 29 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- PID: 110126. US$ 40.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Georgia gory C. PID: 112227. US$ 40.0 (SF). Consultants will be required. Municipal Development Fund (MDF), 7b, Yetim Gurjy Street, 0105, Deputy Prime Minister, Interministerial Working Group on Sustainable Tbilisi, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 943-240, Fax: (995-32) 940-439, E-mail: Employment, Government Building, 3rd Floor, Office No. 310 Street, [email protected], Contact: Mr. Lasha Gotsiridze, Executive Director Mother Tereza 10000 Prishtina, Kosovo, Fax: (381-38) 212-722, E-mail: MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 35 [email protected], Contact: Hajredin Kuci, Deputy Prime Min- expenditures in social protection, health, and education services; (ii) ister improving the environment for private sector development and en- abling a greater domestic supply response; and (iii) improving public Kyrgyz Republic sector governance. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- Economic Management sessment Category C. PID: 107253. US$ 10.0 (IDA). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Cosmonaut Street, 7 MD 2005 Kyrgystat: Strengthening the National Statistical System: The Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Tel: (373-22) 226-629, 233-575, Fax: (373- objective is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the national 22) 224-0055, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mariana Durle- statistical system that will provide relevant, timely and reliable data for steanu, Minister of Finance evidence-based policy making in support of the Government’s devel- opment strategies and the monitoring and evaluation of the progress Social Protection This project has been put on hold until active preparation resumes. En- (R) Second Social Investment Fund Project Additional Financ- vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 104706. US$ 1.0 (IDA ing: The objective of the additional financing is to scale up small com- Grant). Consulting services to be determined. National Statistical Com- munity projects (schools, health centers, gas connections, roads, water mittee of Kyrgyz Republic, 374 Frunze St., Bishkek 720033 Kyrgyz Re- supply, etc) financed through local governments. Negotiations sched- public, Tel: (996-312) 626-084, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. uled for 17 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category FI. Orozmat Abdykalykov, Chairman PID: 114838. US$ 5.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Moldova So- Tr ansportation cial Investment Fund, 124, Stefan cel Mare Street, Office 315, MD-2001, Mun. Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, Tel: (373-22) 27 91 21, Fax: (373 National Road Rehabilitation (Osh-Isfana): The objective is to sup- -22) 27 53 20, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Boris Popa- port the rehabilitation of national roads in the Kyrgyz Republic. Most diuc, Executive Director of the IDA grant would be allocated for the rehabilitation of the Osh- Batken-Isfana road that would restore access to the majority of the pop- Montenegro ulation in Batken Oblast who currently lack efficient access to the national road network. A small proportion will be utilized to improve Economic Management the planning and management of maintenance for the national road net- Third Development Policy: The objective is to implement struc- work. Decision meeting scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environment- tural reforms critical for sustained growth and poverty reduction. This al Assessment Category A. PID: 107608. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consulting project has been postponed until active preparation resumes. Envi- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 22.0 (IDA/IBRD). Consult- ing services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Staka Dragjevica Water and Sanitation 2, Podgorica 81000 Montenegro, Tel: (381-81) 243-274, Contact: H.E. (R) Second Rural Water Supply & Sanitation: The objective is a Igor Luksic, Minister of Finance continuation of the first Rural Water Supply and Sanitation: (a) to pro- vide the rural population of the borrower with access to safe and af- Energy and Mining fordable drinking water from water supply systems which the (R) Energy Efficiency (Ln. 7637-ME): The objective is to improve communities own, operate, maintain and manage in a sustainable man- energy efficiency projects in public sector buildings (schools, health ner; and (b) to improve hygiene, sanitation and water-related prac- centers, universities, etc.) and could also support financing loss reduction tices at individual, family and institutional levels in the rural areas. programs in EPCG transmission and distribution networks. The loan Appraisal completed. Negotiations scheduled for early-March 2009. En- was signed on 28 December 2009. Environmental Assessment Category vironmental Assessment Category B. PID 110267. US$ 5.5/4.5 (IDA/IDA B. PID: 107992. US$ 9.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Grant). Consultants will be required. Joint Project Management Unit, of Health, Labor and Social Welfare, Cetinjski put bb, PC Montenegro, Room 420, 422, 114 Chui Prospect, 720040, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Repub- Tel: 381-81-234-271, Fax: 381-81-234-227, E-mail: [email protected] lic, Tel: (996-312) 660-637, 661-534, Fax: (996-312) 660-643, E-mail: Health, Nutrition and Population [email protected], Contact: Mr. M. Sarymsakov, Director (R) Health System Improvement Additional Financing: The ob- Macedonia, jective of the additional financing would: (i) support the scale up of pri- The former Yugoslav Republic of mary health care reform outside of the capital city of Podgorica; and (ii) the scale up of policy reforms, including developing the strategic Social Protection reforms of the secondary and tertiary care reform and to begin build- (R) Conditional Cash Transfers: The objective is to support the Gov- ing up the hospital information system. Project preparation is under- ernment of Macedonia in the development and implementation of the way. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 7.0 (IBRD). conditional cash transfer program. Decision meeting scheduled for 3 Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Labor and Social March 2009 and appraisal for 9 March 2009. Environmental Assess- Welfare, Ul. serdara Jola Piletica 18/II, stan 9 81 000 Podgorica, Mon- ment Category C. PID: 103974. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be tenegro, Tel/Fax: (382-81) 244-441, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: required. Ministry of Labor, Dame Gruev 14, Skopje, Former Yugoslav Mr.Pavle Aligrudic, Project Management Network Coordinator Republic of Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 310-6216, E-mail: vpetkovic@mtsp. Public Sector Governance gov.mk, Contact: Vesna Petkovic, Director Land Administration and Management (Ln. 7647-ME): The ob- Urban Development jective is to improve the efficiency of the permit and property regis- (R) Municipal Development: The objective is to improve performance tration systems. Approved by the Executive Directors on 9 December of municipalities and their communal services enterprises. Negotiations 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 106906. US$ 16.2 completed. Board presentation scheduled for 24 March 2009. Environ- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, Real Es- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 96481. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Con- tate Administration under Ministry of Finance, Oktobarske Revolucije sultants will be required. Ministry of Transport and Communications; br, PC Celebic (V sprat) 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Tel: (382-81) Ministry of Finance, St. Dame Gruev 14, Skopje, former Yugoslav Re- 444 001, Fax: (382-81) 444 004, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mico public of Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 311-6012, Fax: (389-2) 311-7280, Con- Orlandic, Director tact: Trajko Slaveski, Ph.D., Minister of Finance Rural Development Moldova, Republic of (R) Institutional Development and Agriculture Strengthening: The objective is to improve the delivery of government assistance for sus- Economic Management tainable agriculture and rural development in a manner consistent Third Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to sup- with EU pre-accession requirements and mainstream sustainable land port the policies of the Government’s National Development Strategy use and natural resource management into agricultural policies, pro- (the replacement for the EGPRSP) by: (i) increasing the efficiency of grams and investments. Board presentation scheduled for 10 March PAGE 36 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 107473. US$15.0/4.0 Russia, Tel: (7-495) 648-1123, Fax: (7-495) 648-1096, E-mail: o2204@min- (IBRD/GEF). No consultants are required. Ministry of Agriculture, fin.ru, Contact: Vladimir Lukov, Head, Department for Financial Pol- Forestry and Water Economy, Rimski trg 46, 81000 Podgorica, Mon- icy tenegro, Tel: (382-81) 482-263, Fax: (382-81) 234-306, E-mail: branko.b@ mn.yu, Contact: Mr Branko Bulatovic, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tr ansportation (R) Public-Private Partnership Development: The objective is to Water and Sanitation promote investments in priority sectors through the reduction of ini- (R) Sustainable Tourism Development Additional Financing: tial set-up and transaction costs for investors and lowering of admin- The objective of the additional financing is for the additional compo- istrative barriers for PPP projects; promote the efficient use of facilities nents that could not be covered under the original project because it and services of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ); and assist in im- went to the Board in June 2007; the Government could only take the proving the competitiveness of goods and services produced by en- IDA financing but not the foreseen IBRD financing, and the GEF fi- terprises in various sectors of the economy. Decision meeting scheduled nancing was not available at that time. Concept review meeting sched- for 2 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 110595. uled for 4 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economic 5.0/8.0 (IBRD/GEF). Consulting services and implementing Development and Trade, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 1.3, Moscow, Rus- agency(ies) to be determined. sia, Tel: (7-495) 200-0347, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Mr. Dmitry Levchenkov, Director Poland Urban Development Economic Management Housing and Communal Services Reform Program Development (R) Public Finance Management, Employment, and Private Sec- Policy (Ln 4888-RU): The objective is to reform and modernize the tor Development Programmatic Policy (Ln. 7626-PL): The ob- housing and communal services sector at the regional and municipal jective is to support the government’s plans to stimulate productive levels. Approved by the Executive Directors on 26 February 2008. employment, encourage entrepreneurship and SME development, im- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 79032. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). prove social service delivery, and strengthen the management and Consultants will be required. Federal Agency for Construction and Hous- longer-term sustainability of public finances. The loan was signed on ing Complex, Stroitelei St., 8/2, Moscow 119991 Russia, Tel: (7-495) 23 December 2008. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 930-6482, Fax: (7-495) 938-2202, 930-4644, E-mail: [email protected], 112765. US$ 1,250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Contact: Mr. S. Kruglick, Head istry of Finance, Ul. Swietokrzyska 12, 00-916 Warsaw, Poland, Tel: (48- 22) 694-56-46, Fax: (48-22) 694-30-70, E-mail: [email protected], Serbia Contact: Michal Baj, Director, Foreign Department Economic Management Regional Public Expenditure: The objective is to improve the planning, im- Energy and Mining plementation monitoring and evaluation of public expenditure in Ser- bia Project identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Category U. PID: 108759. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (CASA 1000): The objective is to facilitate regional electricity trade Ministry of Finance, 20 Kneza Milosa St, Belgrade 11000 Serbia, Tel: between the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan in Central Asia and (381-11) 361-4972/4007, Fax: (381-11) 361-4914, E-mail: kabinet@mfin. Afghanistan and Pakistan in South Asia through the establishment of sr.gov.yu, Contact: Janko Gusijan, State Secretary the physical infrastructure and the concomitant institutional and legal framework a Special Purpose Company (SPC) with private sector par- Public Sector Development Policy: The objectives are to (a) tran- ticipation on behalf of the Governments of Afghanistan, Kyrgyz Republic, sition to a private sector-led economy by reducing the size of the state; Pakistan and Tajikistan. Decision meeting scheduled for 2 November and (b) improve the effectiveness of the state. This project has been 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 110729. US$ postponed until active preparation resumes. Environmental Assessment 40.0/204.0 (IBRD/IDA). Consulting services to be determined. Spe- Category U. PID: 90235. US$ 55.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- cial Purpose Company (SPC) quired. Ministry of Finance, Nemanjina 22-26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: (381-11) 361-7603, Fax: (381-11) 363-3264, E-mail: [email protected]. Russian Federation gov.yu, Contact: Mr. Mladjan Dinkic, Minister of Finance Second Programmatic Private Financial Sector Development: The Energy and Mining objectives are to (a) strengthen fiscal discipline in the enterprise, en- Infrastructure Guarantee: The objective of the Partial Risk Guarantee ergy and transport sectors, (b) attract foreign investment and (c) build will facilitate private sector investments in the infrastructure in Rus- a more stable financial sector. Board presentation scheduled for 19 sia. It will support government private-public partnership program in March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 96711. US$ delivering infrastructure services. Project concept review scheduled 50.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Na- for 16 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category to be deter- manjina 22-26, Belgrade 11000 Serbia, Tel: (381-11) 361-7603, Fax: mined. PID: 102726. US$ 500.0 (Guar). Consulting services and imple- (381-11) 361-7613, Contact: Mladjen Dinkic, Minister menting agency(ies) to be determined. Health, Nutrition and Population Rural Development (R) Health Additional Financing: The objective of the additional fi- Krasnodar Agricultural Nutrient Reduction: The objective is to re- nancing is to scale-up activities that would ensure the continuation of duce nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the Black Sea from agri- hospital payment reforms. Board presentation scheduled for 19 March cultural sources. This project has been put on hold until active 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 110593. US$ 13.5 preparation resumes. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Health, Nemanjina 78436. US$ 5.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required. Consultants were 22-26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: (381-11) 361-6596, Fax: (381-11) 265- used for preparation. Nutrient management experts may also be re- 6548, Contact: H.E. Tomica MilosavljevicMinister quired to assist in implementation. Ministry of Agriculture, 1/11 Or- likov per, Moscow 107139 Russia, Tel/Fax: (7-495) 207-6405, E-mail: Tr ansportation [email protected] Serbian Railway Reform: The objective is to reduce the cost of rail- Microfinance Infrastructure Development: The objective is to de- way transportation on Corridor X for both passengers and freight, velop a sustainable, sound financial co-operative system for enhancing thereby contributing to improved operational and financial perfor- access to financial services by poor and underserved people, especially mance, whilst also supporting the continuing reform of the Serbian Rail- in rural areas. Appraisal scheduled for 4 May 2009. Environmental As- ways. Negotiations scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental sessment Category C. PID: 100563. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants Assessment Category C. PID: 96592. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 9 Ilyinka St., Moscow 109097, will be required. Public Enterprise Serbian Railways, 6 Nemanjina St., MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 37
11000, Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: (381-11) 306-7315, Fax: (381-11) 361- cial conditions through reforms in areas. Project concept review meet- 6841, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Zeljko Valentic, ing scheduled for 15 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category Director, International Affairs Department to be determined. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Undersecretariat of Treasury, Inonu Bulvari, Eskisehir Yolu, Tajikistan Emek, 06530 Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 2046-000, Fax: (90-312) Economic Management 2128-550, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Elvan Ongun, Head of Department, General Directorate of Foreign Economic Relations (R) Third Programmatic Development Policy (PDPG3): The ob- jective are to: (a) support the government’s reform program outlined Energy and Mining in the PRSP; (b) support a strategic set of policy reforms in private sec- (R) Programmatic Electricity Sector Development Policy: The ob- tor development, public sector management and social service deliv- jective is to support the implementation of the Government’s program ery; (c) provide continuity of the reform initiated by the Bank’s previous that aims to address the projected electricity supply-demand imbalance policy reform operations; and (d) contribute to improved governance (a) through energy efficiency measures to reduce the rate of growth and strengthening public financial management. Negotiations com- of demand for electricity, and (b) by enhancing the efficient supply of pleted. Board presentation scheduled for 26 March 2009. Environmen- electricity. Board presentation scheduled for 14 May 2009. Environ- tal Assessment Category U. PID: 106963. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). mental Assessment Category U. PID: 110643. US$ 800.0 (IBRD). Con- Consultants will be required. Presidential Administration, 80 Rudaki sultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Ave., Dushanbe 734023 Tajikistan, Tel: (992-372) 213-446, Fax: (992- Inonu Bulvari No. 27 Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 213- 372) 213-446, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Matlubkhon 6601/6951, Fax: (90-312) 223-40-84, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Davlatov, State Economic Advisor tact: Mr. Budak Dilli, General Director Education Health, Nutrition and Population (R) National Quality Education: The objective is to strengthen man- agement of the sector through the establishment of a national as- (R) Health and Social Security Reform: The objective is to strengthen sessment center, promotion of monitoring and evaluation and health and social protection sector performance, with the ultimate ob- development of an institutional framework for reform. Concept review jective of reducing the gap in health and social outcomes between completed. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Turkey and EU countries, while maintaining fiscal sustainability and Category C. PID: 97176. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- a strengthened governance and accountability framework. Negotia- quired. Ministry of Education of Tajikistan, 734024, 13a Nisor- tions scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- muhammad Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-37) 221-4605, Fax: gory C. PID: 102172. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (992-37) 221-7041, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Rahmonov, Ab- Ministry of Health, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 435-7100, dujabbor, Minister of Education Fax: (90-312) 432-0818, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Adnan Yildirim, Project Director; Social Security Institute, Ziya Bey Cad- Energy and Mining desi No: 6, Balgat Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 207-8069, Fax: (90-312) (R) Pamir Emergency Additional Financing (H381-TJ): The ob- 207-8159, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Selahattin Acisu, jective is to improve the reliability and enhance the quantity of supply Project Director of electricity in the Gorno Badakshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) Urban Development through private sector involvement in a financially, environmentally and socially sustainable way. The grant was signed on 30 December 2008. (R) Municipal Services Additional Financing: The objective of Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 105727. US$ 2.5 (IDA). the additional financing is to scale-up activities and investments iden- Consultants will be required. Pamir Energy Company, Gulmamedova tified under the Municipal Services Project: (a) infrastructure projects Str. 75, Khorog, Tajikistan, Tel: (873-761) 844-8758, Fax: (992-37) 224- for small, medium and a few metropolitan municipalities; (b) support 6565, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Daler Jumaev, least-cost priority investments; and (c) target municipal infrastructure Director General in the water, wastewater, solid waste management sectors and also, on a pilot basis, attempt to expand geothermal sources. Negotiations sched- Health, Nutrition and Population uled for 20 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category FI. Health Sector Strategy Support: The objective is to strengthen gov- PID 110770. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Iller ernance and stewardship to improve the performance of the health sec- Bank, Ataturk Bulvar, No. 21 Opera, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (312) 310- tor, with the aim of increasing public health spending, improving equity 3141, Fax: (312) 312-2928, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. in access and efficiency in provision and financing of health care ser- Necla Akca, Project Head vices. Decision meeting scheduled for 5 May 2009. Environmental As- sessment Category B. PID: 107790. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants Tu rkmenistan will be required. Ministry of Health, Ibn Sino Street, Dushanbe, Tajik- Economic Management istan, Tel/Fax: (992-372) 244-413, Contact: Mr. Nusratullo Salimov, Minister of Health Statistical Capacity Building for Growth and Poverty Reduc- tion: The objectives of the strategies are to ensure high economic Public Sector Governance growth, maintain economic independence, and raise living standards (R) Public Financial Management Modernization: The objective to the level of developed countries. Project preparation is underway. is to enhance the efficiency and transparency of public sector expen- Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 0.4 (Grant). Consulting diture management by designing and implementing an automated fi- services to be determined. State Committee of Statistics (SCS), 72 nancial management information system and building capacity in core Makhtumkuly Ave., Ashgabat 744000, Turkmenistan, Tel: (99-312) areas of public financial management. Negotiations scheduled for 24 3539-3564-23, Fax: (99-312) 3632-3947-08, E-mail: [email protected], March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 99840. US$ Contact: Amanniyazova Lyudmila, Deputy Chairman 5.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 3 Akademikov Rajabovykh Ave., Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-372) 221- Ukraine 3804, Contact: Sherali Safarov, First Deputy Minister of Finance Energy and Mining Tu rke y Second Power Transmission: The objective is to support investments in upgrading capabilities of transmission system operator, UkrEnergo, Economic Management so that it can implement policy decisions to assure security and relia- Third Programmatic Public Sector Development Policy (PPDPL bility of power supply in the domestic and international energy mar- 3): The objective is to support a sustained medium-term process of kets. Project concept review scheduled for 15 April 2009. Environmental legal, institutional and structural development that promotes growth, Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- improves public governance and service delivery and strengthens so- quired. National Power Company UkrEnergo, 25, Kominternu Street, PAGE 38 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
01032, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: (38-044) 238-3070, Fax: (38-044) 249-1219, bouti, Tel: (253) 353-282, Fax: (253) 352-138, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. K. Ushapovskiy, Acting Director of UkrEnergo Contact: Houssein Kayad, Manager of the UGP Social Protection Egypt (R) Pensions Administration: The objective is to create a fiscally and Education socially sustainable pension system by improving collection of social insurance contributions and reducing costs of compliance and ad- (R) Post-Basic Education Reform: (Formerly Egypt Education Re- ministration. Negotiations scheduled for 27 May 2009. Environmental form Program) The objective is to improve post-basic education so that Assessment Category C. PID: 83726. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants it provides students with the knowledge, competencies and skills to will be required. Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, 8/10 Esplanadna better adapt to an ever changing economic environment. To this end St., Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 289-5688, Fax: (380-44) 266-3472, E-mail: the Bank will support the government efforts in (a) improving the in- [email protected], Contact: Ms. Tatiana Zinchenko, Project terface between secondary and tertiary education so that students Management Consultant have multiple opportunities to succeed in school, (b) ensuring that teach- ers have the right incentives and opportunities to increase their per- Tr ansportation formance in the classroom by gaining new competencies, and (c) (R) Railway Modernization: The objective is to restructure the rail- creating and applying quality assurance mechanisms that can guide way and infrastructure upgrade component that would include track schools at all levels of instruction to improve education quality. Project rehabilitation/double tracking, signaling upgrading and electrification preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: in the North-South freight corridor between Russia and the Black Sea. 95820. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be needed for teacher pol- Negotiations scheduled for 13 April 2009. Environmental Assessment icy, technical education, school admissions policy and economic analy- Category B. PID: 110200. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- sis. Ministry of Education (MOE), MOE, 12 Filaki St., Cairo, Egypt, quired. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Tel: (20-22) 794-9490, Fax: (20-22) 796-2952, E-mail: [email protected], (R) Roads and Safety Improvement: The objectives are to (i) im- Contact: Hassan Bilawi, Advisor to the Minister; Ministry of Higher prove trade competitiveness through modernized integrated network Education (MOHE), MOHE, 101 Kasr El Eini St., Cairo, Egypt, Tel: linked with international trade routes, (ii) improve passenger and (iii) (20-22) 792-1275, Fax: (20-22) 795-6962, E-mail: galal.abdellah@mailer. freight traffic flows. Negotiations scheduled for 24 February 2009. En- eun.eg, Contact: Galal Abdellah, Advisor to the Minister vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100580. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Energy and Mining Consultants will be required. Ukravtodor (Roads Administration), 9 Phizkultury Street, Kyiv, Ukraine 03680, Tel: (380-44) 227- 2449, Fax: (R) Ain Sokhna Power (Ln. 7633-EG): The objective is to further (380-44) 227-2449, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Yevgen Pru- enhance the on-going energy sector policy dialogue with GOE. The senko, Chairman of the Board 1,300 MW supercritical steam turbine power plant comprising of two 650 MW steam turbines using natural gas as the main fuel (and ma- Uzbekistan zout as the back-up fuel), comprise of studies and policy support in- cluding rapid response support to EEHC in the implementation of the Education time-of-use tariff and further tariff adjustment recommendations from (R) Second Basic Education: The objective is to support Uzbekistan’s the on-going Energy Pricing Strategy work. Approved by the Execu- efforts to improve the effectiveness of teaching and learning in gen- tive Directors on 29 January 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- eral secondary education and pre-schools in order to provide students gory A. PID: 100047. US$ 600.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be with the new knowledge and skills required in the contemporary determined. Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, Ramsis Street Ex- global economy. Preparation completed. Decision meeting scheduled for tention Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, Tel/Fax: (20-2) 401-2368, E-mail: kyas- 26 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 [email protected], www.egelec.com (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Education, 100078, 5 Mustaqillik Maydoni Street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998- Finance 71) 239-1310, Fax: (998-71) 239-1934, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: (R) Affordable Housing Finance: The objectives are to: (i) expand Mr. Odyl Sobirov, Deputy Minister of Public Education housing affordability through mortgage finance; (ii) increase both new housing production and use of the existing stock; and (iii) improve the efficiency, targeting and transparency of the housing subsidy sys- tem. Decision meeting scheduled for 9 March 2009. Environmental As- sessment Category C. PID: 112346. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Investment and Ministry of Hous- Middle East ing, Utilities, and Urban Development, 2 Latin America Street, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (2-02) 2795-9287, Fax: (2-02) 2795-9233, E-mail: and North Africa [email protected], Contact: H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Mo- hieldin, Minister of Investment Djibouti Mortgage Finance Additional Financing: The objective of the addi- tional financing is to create an efficient enabling environment for a Health, Nutrition and Population competitive and sustainable market-based mortgage market, through (R) Improving the Performance of Health Sector and AIDS supporting the liquidity facility (Egyptian Mortgage Refinance Com- Control Program: The objective is to assist the Government of Dji- pany) that would provide funding to primary lenders. The project will bouti in achieving the three health-related Millennium Development also help the Government of Egypt in developing new financial sec- Goals (MDGs) namely: (a) improving health service delivery perfor- tor activities. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assess- mance, which will support the delivery of sustainable improvement in ment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- child and maternal health services and AIDS control interventions; (b) mined. Ministry of Investment, Egyptian Company for Mortgage improving health systems performance, which will finance activities Refinance, 2 Latin America Street, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (2- aiming at strengthening the MOH management capacity and im- 02) 2795-9287, Fax: (2-02) 2795-9233, E-mail: contact-moi@invest- proving the performance of the different health systems in support of ment.gov.eg, Contact: H.E. Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, Minister of health services; and (c) improving program management and moni- Investment toring and evaluation capacity, which will support the Project Man- agement Unit (PMU) and the Executive Secretariat (ES) to manage Rural Development the project activities and fiduciary functions. Decision meeting sched- Upper Egypt Integrated Governorates Development: The objec- uled for 19 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ tive is to reduce disparities in access to basic services between Upper 7.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services will be required. Unité de Ges- and Lower Egypt and to increase employment opportunities and in- tion des Projets (UGP), Ministère de la Santé, BP 2235, Djibouti, Dji- come in rural areas. Project preparation is underway. Environmental MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 39
Assessment Category A. PID: 97326. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultant try of Planning and Development Cooperation and Iraqi Telecom and requirements include feasibility studies for infrastructure investments, Post Company, Baghdad, Republic of Iraq, Tel: Not available (NA) analysis of agricultural supply chain, participatory local planning at the due to security reasons, Fax: NA due to security reasons, E-mail: theplan- district level and environmental and social safeguard assessment. [email protected], Contact: NA due to security reasons PHRD grant in the amount of US$ 0.7 has been approved. Ministry of Local Development, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 3375-5987, Con- Public Sector Governance tact: Dr. Lobna Abdel Latif, National Coordinator Public Financial Management Reform: The objective is to address three areas: (a) the national PFM and accountability system; (b) sub- Tr ansportation national PFM capacity building and (c) public procurement system re- (R) Railways Restructuring: The objective is to assist the Govern- form. This project will be implemented through two complementary ment in improving the reliability, efficiency and safety of the railways’ grants. One grant is for the development of the outputs by the Gov- services through signaling and track renewal investments by the Egypt ernment of Iraq, and the second, complementary grant provides tech- Natioanl Railways (ENR) and the modernization of its management and nical assistance. Appraisal is underway. Environmental Assessment operating practices in order to enhance the railways’ sector respon- Category C. PID: 110862. US$ 18.0 (IRTF). Consulting services to be siveness to economic and social needs and to strengthen the financial determined. Ministry of Finance, Baghdad, Iraq, E-mail: alkha- viability of the Project Implementing Entity. Negotiations completed. [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected], Board scheduled on March 12, 2009 Negotiations completed. Board pre- Contact: H.E. Bayan Jabr, Minister of Finance sentation scheduled for 12 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 101103. US$ 270.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to Water and Sanitation be determined. Ministry of Transport, 12 Ismail Abaza St., Cairo, Second Emergency Baghdad Water Supply and Sanitation: The Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 260-1800, Fax: (20-2) 261-0510, E-mail: mhalim@mot. objective is to rehabilitate and upgrade the water supply system, treat- gov.eg, Contact: Mr. Magdy Halim, Railways Adviser ment facilities, pumping stations and sewer network. Project prepara- tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 Urban Development (IDA). Consultants will be required for preparation. City of Baghdad., Greater Cairo Development: The objective is to contribute to Khulani Square, Jamhoriya St., PO Box 1140, Baghdad, Iraq, Tel: (964) improving the efficiency and livability of the Greater Cairo Metro- 1816-8823, Fax: (964) 1885-7365, E-mail: pmt.baghdadmayoralty@ politan Area through strategic investments in urban infrastructure gmail.com, Contact: Dr. Saber Al-Esawey, Mayor and transport systems. Project preparation moves slowly, awaiting Government’s letter of request. PHRD grant approved. Environ- Jordan mental Assessment Category A. PID: 94230. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Con- Education sultants will be required for feasibility studies, urban transport, envi- ronmental and social safeguards. Ministry of Housing, Utilities and (R) Education Reform for Knowledge Economy II: The objective Urban Development, 12 Ismail Abaza St., El Qasr El Einy, Cairo, Egypt, is to support the education reform program in the following five areas: Tel: (20-2) 796-4047, Fax: (20-2) 792-1512, E-mail: madbouly@yahoo. (i) adopting a school and community centered approach to education com, Contact: Mostafa Madbouly, Chairman, General Organization program delivery; (ii) re-orienting policy formulation, planning, per- of Physical Planning formance monitoring, and the associated institutional structures nec- essary to facilitate school and community centered program delivery; Iran (iii) deepening and broadening the qualitative dimensions of all inputs into the teaching learning process; (iv) supporting further development Social Development, Gender and Inclusion of special focus programs, including early childhood education, voca- (R) Local Development Fund: The objective is to enhance the ef- tional education and special education; and (v) provision of resources fectiveness and efficiency of community-driven development inter- to ensure equitable provision of safe and efficient infrastructure, de- vention for poverty alleviation, through strengthening the role and signed to enhance the learning environment. Decision meeting completed. capacity of local governments and civil society organizations in se- Appraisal mission scheduled for 20 February 2009. Environmental As- lected disadvantaged areas of five provinces. This project longer in the sessment Category B. PID: 105036. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmen- will be required. Ministry of Education, PO Box 1646, Amman, tal Assessment Category B. PID: 73070. US$ 75.0 (IBRD). Consul- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 567-3652, Fax: (962-6) 568- tants will be required. Ministry of Interior, Dr. Fatemi Ave., Tehran, 8776, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: H.E. Dr. Fawwaz Jarad- Iran, Tel: (98-21) 8896-7009, Fax: (98-21) 8895-0025, Contact: Dr. Ho- dat, Secretary General for Education and Technical Affairs, Ministry jatollah Ayoubi, Deputy Minister for Social Affairs and Councils, Min- of Education istry of Interior (R) Higher Education for a Knowledge Economy: The objective Iraq is to support policy reforms that will: (i) improve the Government’s capacity to diversify and improve financing mechanisms to universi- Finance ties as a means to create incentives to promote a culture of quality and (R) Banking Sector Reform: The objective is to help finance the costs innovation in universities; and (ii) strengthen the management and ef- associated with restructuring the banking sector in Iraq. In particular: ficacy of the sector by aligning the roles, missions and responsibilities (i) institutional and operational restructuring of state-owned banks; (ii) of various governance bodies to the new strategy objectives. In terms financial restructuring of state-owned banks; and (iii) strengthening of expected results, the project would increase the efficiency of pub- of the regulatory and supervisory functions of the central bank of lic higher education institutions; diversify the resource base of state Iraq. Negotiations scheduled for end-February 2009 and RVP presenta- universities and link government financing mechanisms to quality in- tion for mid-March. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 10.0 centives. Appraisal scheduled for late-February 2009. Environmental As- (IRTF). Consulting services to be determined. Central Bank of Iraq, sessment Category C. PID: 102487. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants Al-Rasheed Street, Baghdad, Tel: (964-1) 816-5170, Fax: (964-1) 816- will be required. Project Development Unit, Ministry of Higher Edu- 6802, E-mail: [email protected] cation and Scientific Research, PO Box 138, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962- 6) 535-0967, Fax: NA, E-mail: [email protected],, Contact: Dr. Fayez Private Sector Development Khasawneh, Project Director (R) Emergency Private Sector Development Additional Financ- ing: The objectives are: (a) the development of the private and finan- Energy and Mining cial sectors in institutional capacity building and essential commu- (R) Al-Qatrana Power Project: The objective is to assist the coun- nications infrastructure and (b) generate jobs. Approved by the try’s electricity needs in an economically and environmentally sus- Regional vice President on 22 October 2008. The grant was signed on tainable manner. Appraisal scheduled for 30 March 2009. Environmental 12 November 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Assessment Category A. PID: 108850. US$ 50.0 (Guar). Consulting ser- 112064. US$ 10.0 (IRTF Grant). No consultants are required. Minis- vices to be determined. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, PAGE 40 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Amman, Jordan, Tel: N/A, Fax: (962-6) 586-5373, E-mail: N/A, Con- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 110956. US$ 69.7 tact: H.E. Dr. Khaled Shreidah, Minister (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Council for Develop- ment and Reconstruction, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: N/A, Fax: 961-1-981- Private Sector Development 252/3, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Elie Helou, Project Private Participation in Infrastructure: The objective is to estab- Manager, Urban Transport Development Project lish a public private partnership fund to resolve capital market failures in the financing of infrastructure and social services in Jordan. Project Morocco identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Education US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Executive Pri- vatization Commission, Abdel Haleem Al-Keylani Street, Shemisani (R) Second Basic Education Reform Support Program: The ob- West, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 567-8451, Fax: (962-6) 462-6254, E- jective is to continue to support the Government’s efforts to provide mail: [email protected], Contact: H.E. Eng. Abdel-Rahman El-Khatib, a basic education (primary and lower secondary education) of im- Chairman proved quality to all children. Negotiations scheduled for 9 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 95714. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Tr ansportation Consultants will be required. Ministry of National Education, Higher Amman Development Corridor Additional Financing (Ln. 7634- Education, Civil Servant Training and Scientific Research, Bab Rouah, JO): The objective is to assist the Borrower in: (i) supporting more Morocco, Tel: (212-37) 681-509, 687-232, Fax: (212-37) 772-042, E-mail: efficient transport and logistics services by removing key infrastruc- N/A, Contact: M.M. Abdelhafid Debbarh, Secrétaire Générale ture transport bottlenecks; and (ii) providing access to affordable land Environment and Natural Resources Management for productive investment and urban development purposes. Approved (R) Solid Waste Sector DPL: The objective is to support the policy by the Executive Directors on 4 December 2008. Environmental As- reforms in the solid waste sector in order to improve the governance sessment Category A. PID: 110954. US$ 33.0 (IBRD). Consultants will of the sector, ensure the sustainability of the services and mainstream be required. Ministry of Public Works and Housing, PO Box 1220, Am- related environmental and social dimensions. The operation will tar- man, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 585-0470, Fax: (962-6) 585-9895, E-mail: get the progressive establishment of an integrated SWM system in view [email protected], Contact: Sami J. Halaseh, Secretary General/ADCP of reaching the following outcomes: (a) the upstream reform elements Project Manager to move towards the institutional and legal sustainability of the SWM Lebanon sector is strengthened; (b) the downstream, an operational system of financial incentives, focusing therefore on the quality of the economic Economic Management and technical performance of SWM services (from collection to dis- (R) Emergency Fiscal Management Reform Implementation posal/treatment) put into place; and (c) environment and social con- TA: The objective is to improve the control, allocation and use of pub- siderations in the SWM to be mainstreamed including a programmatic lic financial resources, by implementing a number of inter-linked mea- approach for carbon finance. Board presentation scheduled for 31 March sures in budgeting, debt and aid management designed to improve 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 104937. US$ 132.7 efficiency and transparency in government financial management. (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, The project will include five components: (1) support strengthening Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-37) 677-266, Fax: (212-37) 677-530, E-mail: macroeconomic programming and policy analysis in the Ministry of [email protected], Contact: Mr. Abdelatif Bennani,Directeur Finance; (2) provide assistance to improve the management of public du Budget expenditure; (3 and 4) provide advisory services to strengthen debt Water and Sanitation and aid management, respectively; and (5) assist in the provision of targeted training connected to the other components of the project. Thus, (R) Oum er Rbia Irrigated Agriculture Modernization: The ob- the project would finance international and local advisory services jective is to increase the economic value of irrigation water while (with a small provision for office equipment essential to the effective- putting in place conditions for more sustainable water management in ness of the project), as well as training and capacity building directly the basin. Appraisal scheduled for 2 March 2009. Environmental As- related to the envisaged reform measures. Board presentation sched- sessment Category B. PID: 93719. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will uled for 16 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: be required. Ministère de l’Agriculture, du Développement Rural et des 111602. US$ 4.0 (SF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Pêches Maritimes, Ave. Mohamed V, Quartier Administratif, Place Riad El-Solh Square, Ministry of Finance Building, 3rd Floor, Beirut, Abdellah Chefchaouni, BP 607, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-37) 760-102, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 981-030, Fax: (961-1) 642-782, E-mail: chrisd@fi- 661-487, Fax: (212-37) 763-878, Contact: M. Mohamed Elyazghi, Min- nance.gov.lb, Contact: Chris De Clercq, Officer in Charge ister Social Protection Regional (R) Second Emergency Social Protection Implementation Sup- Environment and Natural Resources Management port (ESPISP II): The objective of ESPISP II is to improve the ad- Strategic Action Plan for Red Sea II: The objective is to conserve ministration, delivery, financial sustainability, and targeting of social and promote the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources of services through implementation of new systems and the adoption of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and improve the socioeconomic bene- new policies in those agencies. These systems and policies will improve fits to the 50 million people of the region. Project concept review sched- access to and quality of the social insurance, social safety net, health uled for 30 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 3.0 and public education services, to the Lebanese middle class, and poor (GEF). Consultants will be required. PERSGA, The Regional Organi- and vulnerable populations. The grant was signed on 11 November 2008. zation for the Conservation of Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 111849. US$ 6.0 (SF). of Aden, PO Box 53662, Jeddah 21583, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tel: Consultants will be required. National Social Security Fund, Ministry (966-2) 652-3224, Fax: (966-2) 652-1901, E-mail: mohammed.bad- of Social Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Riad El Solh Square, 4th Floor, [email protected], Contact: Mohammed Badran Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 981-057, Fax: (961-1) 981-059, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ms. Raya El Hassan, Prime Minis- Tunisia ter’s Office Education Tr ansportation Skills Development and Competitiveness Development Policy (R) Urban Transport Development Additional Financing (Ln. Loan: The objective is to support the Government’s strategy to improve 7642-LB): The objective is to provide the city of Beirut and greater Tunisia’s capacity to compete in international markets, through a com- Beirut area with the basic institutional framework and critical invest- bined set of policies and actions: (i) consolidating the partnership be- ments needed to maximize the efficiency of the existing urban trans- tween the training system and the private sector in priority sectors; (ii) port infrastructure. Approved by the Executive Directors on 22 January reform of the Financing mechanisms used for pre-service and in-ser- MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 41 vice training; (iii) responsiveness to changes in the national and global take better investment, policy and pollution control decisions using economy; and (iv) developing a Life-long learning Policy Framework. an improved information base; (b) remote rural communities use The project has been postponed until active preparation resumes. En- improved water supply systems; and (c) farmers use improved or new vironmental Assessment Category to be determined. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). irrigation and drainage systems. This will be achieved mainly through: Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education, Minis- (a) making new information and the results of innovative pilot activ- tère de l’Education et de la Formation, Boulevard Bab B’net, 1030 Tu- ities available to decision-makers in the MARH and MESD; (b) creat- nis, Tunisie, Tel: (216-71) 568-768, Fax: (216-71) 569-294, Contact: H.E. ing/improving piped drinking-water services in rural areas; and (c) Sadok Korbi, Minister of Education creating/rehabilitating irrigation systems. Negotiations scheduled for 2 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Energy and Mining 95847. US$ 34.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Min- (R) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Investment: The objective istry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources (MAHR), 30 rue Alain is to reduce the energy intensity of the Tunisian economy and in- Savary, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 785-633/793-183, Fax: crease the share of renewables in the primary fuel mix. This will be (216-71) 799-457, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Habib achieved through a credit line through commercial banks for invest- Haddad, Minister of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources ment in energy efficiency and in renewable energy projects. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: West Bank and Gaza 104266. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agence Na- tionale de la Maitrise de l’Energie (ANME), 3 Rue 8000 Montplaisir Finance 1073 Tunis BP 213 Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 787-700, Fax: (216-71) 784- (R) Palestinian Reform and Development Plan Development Pol- 524, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Nejib Osman, Director, icy Grant II: The objective is to support the PA as it implements the Etudes et Planification reform program detailed in the PRDP. The DPG II will focus on fiscal strengthening and Public Financial Management. Decision meeting Environment and Natural Resources Management scheduled for mid-March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Managing Healthcare Waste and PCBs: The objectives are to C. US$ 40.0 (SF). Consulting services to be determined. Palestinian help strengthen the healthcare waste management system in Tunisia, Authority, Ministry of Finance, Ramallah, West Bank, Tel: (02-2) 400- and contribute to the implementation of its persistent Organic Pollu- 650, Fax: (02-2) 400-595, E-mail: NA, Contact: H.E. Omar Abdul Razeq, tants (POPs) National Implementation Plan by demonstrating and Minister of Finance promoting the best techniques and practices for managing healthcare waste and PCBs and promoting private sector participation. Project prepa- Social Protection ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 5.84 Food Price Crisis Response Additional Financing: The objec- (GEF). Consultants will be required. Agence Nationale de Gestion tives of the additional financing are: (a) to mitigate the impact of the des Déchets (ANGed), 6 Rue Al amine Al Abbassi, 1002 Tunis, le continued socio-economic crisis on a subset of the poorest and most Belvedère, Tunis, Tunisie, Tel: (216-71) 847-493, E-mail: [email protected]. vulnerable households; and (b) strengthen MOSA’s institutional capacity tn, Contact: Mr. Mounir Ferchichi, General Director, Ms. Myriam Je- to manage cash transfer programs. Approved by the Executive Di- nayah, Chef Projet PAGIDS rectors on 12 November 2008. Environmental Assessment Category Community-Based Integrated Rural Development: The objective C. PID: 113117. US$ 5.0 (SF). Consultants will be required. Ministry is to promote an integrated community-based approach to sustainable of Social Affairs, Ramallah, West Bank, Tel: (970-2) 240-5660, Fax: rural development and management of natural resources, including cli- (970-2) 240-5642, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Thanaa mate change adaptation. The project will involve a partnership be- Elkhozendar, SSNRP Project Coordinator tween local and rural communities and all other stakeholders and Water and Sanitation aiming at improving the socio-economic welfare of these communities through a coherent program of income-generating agricultural and non- (R) Southern West Bank Solid Waste Management: The objec- agricultural activities, as well as social investments, combined with tive is to support approximately 33 Palestinian municipalities and Joint the sustainable management of the natural resources that constitute Services Councils in Bethlehem and Hebron governorates in im- the basis for agricultural production and rural life. Project preparation proving their solid waste disposal services through provision of a so- is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 86660. US$ cially acceptable and environmentally friendly system. Appraisal 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Di- completed. Negotiations scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environmen- rection general du Financement, des Investissements et des Organ- tal Assessment Category A. PID: 105404. US$ 12.0 (SPF). Consul- ismes Professionnels (DGFIOP), 30 rue Alain Savary, Tunis 1002 tants will be required. Southern West Bank Higher Joint Services Tunisia, Tel: (216-1) 842-687, Fax: (216-1) 784-447, Contact: Mr. Ali Aydi, Council for Solid Waste Management, c/o Hebron Municipality, PO Director General Box (6) Hebron, Palestine, Tel: (970-2) 222-8121, Fax: (970-2) 222- 8293, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Khaled Osaily, Private Sector Development Chairman, Chairman, Southern West Bank Higher Joint Services (R) Global Integration and Competitiveness DPL: (Formerly In- Council for Solid Waste Management tegration and Competitiveness DPL) The objectives are to: (a) main- tain macro stability in a difficult international context marked by high Yemen fuel and other commodity prices; (b) deepen Tunisia’s global inte- Education gration, including by unleashing the potential in services; and (c) fos- ter the development of non-banking finance to support small and (N) Education for All Fast-Track Initiative Catalytic Fund Phase medium enterprises’ access to finance and enhance Tunisian firms’ com- III: The objective is to focus on increasing access to and retention in petitiveness through further improvement in the business climate. quality education in selected remote areas of the country, where the Appraisal completed. Negotiations scheduled for 20 February 2009. En- out of school population is mostly concentrated. The Grant activities vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consulting will be simple and focused. During preparation, the duration of the pro- services to be determined. Ministry of Develoment and International ject and the allocation of the Grant amounts between activities will be Cooperation, Government of Tunisia, Place Ali Zouaoui, 1000 Tunis, discussed with the government and the local donor partners. Appraisal Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 892-653, Fax: (216-71) 351-666, E-mail: K.benre- is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (EFAF). [email protected], Contact: M. Kamel Ben Rejeb, Directeur général de Consultants will be required during preparation and implementation. la Coopération financière multilatérale, Ministère du Développement Project Administration Unit- MoE, PO Box 16392, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel: et de la Coopération internationale (967-1) 619-319, Fax: (967-1) 619-219, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tact: Dr. Ahmed Al-Arashi Water and Sanitation (R) Second Higher Education: The objective is to improve the qual- (R) Second Water Sector Investment (PISEAU II): The objec- ity and relevance of selected programs in Yemen’s universities and to tives are: (a) the Government institutions involved in water management maintain the momentum on longer-term reform of university finance PAGE 42 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 and governance. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- [email protected], Contact:Mr. Ibrahim Othman, Project Direc- sessment Category C. PID: 110733. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants tor will be required. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Integrated Urban Development Project (IUDP): The objective is Hayel Street, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel/Fax: (967-1) 501-541, E-mail: malmot- to: (a) improve the living conditions of poor and at-risk populations and [email protected], Contact: Dr. Mohammed Muttahar, Vice Minister, reduce environmental degradation in priority urban centers, namely Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Sana’a and Taiz; and (b) enable the Government of Yemen to develop Energy and Mining a national integrated urban development program. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 107050. (R) Rural Energy Access: The objective is to improve electricity and US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Taiz Municipal Devel- LPG access of the rural populations (particularly the weaker sections) opment and Flood Protection Project (TMDFPP) Project Manage- in a financially sustainable and environmentally sound manner. The pro- ment Unit c/o Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation posed Project would consider new public, private and community/co- (MOPIC), Algeria Street, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 400- operative based delivery models as well as grid and off-grid technologies 712/711 (MOPIC Sana’a) and (967-4) 223-098 (PMU Taiz), Fax: (967- and would target to achieve a RE rate of about 30% by FY15. For the 1) 250-665 (MOPIC Sana’a) and (967-4) 223098 (PMU Taiz), E-mail: LPG component, the proposed Project could increase the access to LPG [email protected] and [email protected], Contact: Mr. of the poor rural households from the current level of about 50% to more Ibrahim Othman, Project Director, TMDFPP than 60%. Appraisal completed. Negotiations scheduled for 6 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 92211. US$ 25.0 (IDA Port Cities Development Phase II: The objective is to transform Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Electricity and En- strategic Yemeni port cities into regional growth centers by creating ergy, Airport Road, PO Box 11422, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 326-191, an enabling environment conducive to private sector investment. Build- Fax: (967-1) 326-214, E-mail: N/A, Contact: Engr. Asaad Al-Ashwal ing on the efforts started under Phase I of laying the policy, regula- Project Director tory and institutional foundation for promoting private sector-led growth Al-Mocha Wind Park: The objectives are to demonstrate the oper- at the city level, the development objective of Phase II of the PCDP is ational feasibility of wind power (15 MW) at Al-Mocha to be connected to attract private investment in the three port cities of Aden, Hodeidah to the national grid. To accomplish this, the proposed Project will fi- and Mukalla that would contribute to economic growth and job cre- nance: (a) Al-Mocha Wind Park; and (b) Technical Assistance to de- ation, by alleviating critical infrastructure and institutional constraints velop local capacity in the development and implementation of wind to private investment. Project preparation is underway. Environmen- projects Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment tal Assessment Category A. PID: 88435. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants Category B. PID: 106069. US$ 20.0 (IDA). Consulting services to be will be required. Port Cities Development Program National Coordi- determined. Public Electricity Corporation, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, nation Unit, Khormaksar, Aden, Yemen, Tel: (967-2) 239-171/2, Fax: Tel: (967-1) 328-164, Fax: (967-1) 326-214, E-mail: [email protected], (967-2) 239-165, E-mail: [email protected]; and portcities-aden@yemen. Contact to be determined. net.ye, Contact: Mr. Mohamed Zemam, PCDP National Coordinator Environment and Natural Resources Management Water and Sanitation Adaptation to Climate Change Using Agro-Biodiversity Resources (R) Water Sector Support: The objective of the Project is to support in the Rainfed Highlands: The objective is to enhance coping strate- the Recipient’s implementation of the NWSSIP to: (i) strengthen in- gies for adaptation to climate change for farmers who rely on rainfed stitutions for sustainable water resources management; (ii) improve agriculture in the Yemen highlands, through the conservation and community-based water resource management; (iii) increase access utilization of biodiversity important to agriculture (particularly the lo- to water supply and sanitation services; (iv) increase returns to water cal land races and their wild relatives) and associated local traditional use in agriculture; and (iv) stabilize and reduce groundwater abstrac- knowledge. The grant agreement for a GEF Project Preparation Grant tion for agricultural use in critical water basins. Negotiations completed. for $ 200K, and a PHRD grant for $ 780K (for preparation and imple- Board presentation scheduled for 24 February 2009. Environmental As- mentation) were signed in September 2007. Project preparation is un- sessment Category A. PID: 107037. US$ 90.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants derway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 103922. US$ will be required. Ministry of Water and Environment, Ministry of Agri- 4.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and culture and Irrigation, Hadda Street, Sana’a, Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 418- Irrigation, PO Box 2805, Zira’ah St., Sana’a Republic of Yemen, Fax: 291, Fax: (967-1) 235-113, Contact: Mr. Mohamed Al-Hamid, Deputy (967-1) 532-557, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Bilquis, Pro- Minster of Water and Environment ject Coordinator Health, Nutrition and Population Health and Population: The objective is to improve the quality and utilization of an integrated package of preventive, clinical, and public health services by 2015 in selected regions. Project preparation is un- Latin America derway. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 94755. US$ 28.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Health and Pop- ulation, PO Box 1330, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 252-224, and the Caribbean Fax: (967-1) 251-622, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Dr. Fowzia Jaffer, Credit Administrator Argentina Urban Development Education (R) Flood Protection and Emergency Reconstruction Additional Financing II: (formerly Emergency Flood Protection Additional Fi- (R) Results in Education: The objective is to (a) increase the num- nancing) The objective is to protect residents, property and businesses ber of children who receive and complete a quality primary education from the effects of floods and to rebuild infrastructure damaged by the in a timely manner; and (b) strengthen the results orientation of the October 2008 floods. Negotiations scheduled for 23 February 2009. En- education sector as a whole, with a particular emphasis on the plan- vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 115178. US$ 35.0 (IDA ning, supervision and management functions of provincial ministries. Grant). Consultants will be required. Taiz Municipal Development This project is no longer in the lending program. Further reporting will and Flood Protection Project Implementation Unit, representing the be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 101197. Ministry of Public Works and Highways, Ministry of Public Works and US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Edu- Highways (2nd floor), Nuqom Area, Eastern Ring Road Sana’a, Republic cación, Ciencia y Tecnologia, Pizzurno 935 (1020), Buenos Aires, Ar- of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 545-496-135 (Sana’a); (967-4) 223-098 (Taiz), gentina, Tel: (54-11) 4959-2319, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Maria Fax: (967-1) 545-496-135 (Sana’a); (967-4) 223-098 (Taiz), E-mail: Ines Martinez, Directora de la Unidad Financiera de Educación MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 43
Energy and Mining tario; Administración de Parques Nacionales, Av. Santa Fe 690, Buenos Energy Efficiency: The objective is to increasing efficiency in the use Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4311-8853, Contact: Lic. Christina Ar- of energy, which would reduce costs for consumers, contribute to the matta, Vocal del Directorio long-term sustainability of the energy sector and reduce greenhouse Private Sector Development gas emissions, by addressing barriers to energy efficiency invest- Unleashing Productive Innovation for Competitiveness (Ln. ments. Approved by the Executive Directors on 26 June 2008. Await- 7599-AR): The objective is to support the competitiveness of the Ar- ing presidential decree for signing. Environmental Assessment Category gentine economy by promoting innovation and diversification of the C. PID: 90119. US$ 15.2 (GEF). Consultants have been required for production base. More specifically, the project seeks to support the cre- preparation. Secretariat of Energy, Paseo Colon 171, Oficina 401, (1063) ation of new knowledge-based companies, develop the capacity for in- Capital Federal, Argentina, Tel/Fax: (54-11) 4349-8008, E-mail: abarag@ novation in priority sectors, expand human capital for productive mecon.gov.ar, Contact: Alicia Baragatti, Director, National Directorate innovation, and strengthen the policy framework for innovation. Loan for Promotion signing scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- Mining Environmental Restoration (Ln. 7583-AR): The objective egory B. PID: 106752. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. is to support the environmental restoration of a closed uranium milling Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANC), Avenida site in Mendoza, and support the process of improved environmental Córdoba 831, 1er Piso (C1054AAH), Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: planning and site-specific remediation at uranium mine and milling sites (54-11) 4311-5424/5539, E-mail: [email protected], Con- across the country. It will also strengthen environmental management tact: Ruth Ladenheim, Coordinator of the Institutional Promotion Unit capacity of the responsible agency, the National Atomic Energy Com- mission, and two linked agencies, the national Secretariats of Mining Public Sector Governance and Environment. Approved by the Executive Directors on 31 July 2008. (R) Performance Informed Budgeting Foundations: The objec- Awaiting presidential decree for signing. Environmental Assessment tive is to improve the efficiency, transparency and accountability of pub- Category A. PID: 110462. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. lic management and territorial economic development. Appraisal Comisión Nacional Energia Atómica, Av. del Libertador 8250, 3er Piso, completed. Negotiations scheduled for 9 March 2009. Environmental As- Oficina 3352, Buenos Aires, 1429 Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4704-1217, Fax: sessment Category C. PID: 92840. US$ 28.0 (IBRD). Consultants will (54-11) 4704-1165, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Anibal Nunez, be required. Ministry of Economy and Production, Capital Federal, Project Coordinator Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-5613, Fax: (54-11) 4349- Renewable Energy Additional Financing (PERMER) (Ln. 7617- 5516, Contact: Mr. Gerardo Hita, Director Nacional de Proyectos con AR): The objective of the additional financing would support the same Organismos Internacionales de Crédito type of activities carried out under the original operation, including those (R) Second Social and Fiscal National ID System (Ln. 7572- added with the approval of six amendments to the original loan and AR): The objectives are to: (a) expand and consolidate the network grant agreements during the period of project implementation. Approved for the exchange of social and fiscal information among public agen- by the Executive Directors on 11 November 2008. Environmental As- cies at the national, provincial and municipal levels of government, with sessment Category B. PID: 110498. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants provisions to ensure data protection, accessibility and the quality and will be required. Ministry of Planning, Secretariat of Energy, Av. Paseo accuracy of information; and (b) consolidate the institutionalization of Colon 171, 3er. Piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-8423, Social and Fiscal National Identification System (SINTyS) as a na- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Victor Russo, Coordinator tional independent entity responsible for coordinating and setting stan- dards for the exchange of information within Argentina’s public sector. Environment and Natural Resources Management The loan was signed on 13 January 2009. Environmental Assessment (R) Matanza-Riachuelo Basin Sustainable Development: The ob- Category C. PID: 101171. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. jective is to support basin-wide planning, institutional reforms, and in- National Council of Coordination of Social Policies, Av. Julio A. Roca vestments designed to significantly clean up the Riachuelo Basin, a major 782, Piso 5 (C1067ABP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4334- pollution hot-spot in Buenos Aires. Negotiations scheduled for 4 March 3676, Fax: (54-11) 4334-3676, Contact: Luis Nobili, Coordinator, Pro- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 105680. US$ 841.0 ject Administration Component (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Autoridad de Cuenca Matanza Riachuelo-Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, San Martín Rural Development 320, Piso 1 (Contrafrente) C1004AAH, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Second Provincial Agricultural Development (Ln. 7597-AR): The Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4328-3890, 4328-5495, 4394-5563/64, Con- objective is to increase the productivity and profitability of small and tact: Dr. Alejandro Rossi, Secretario General medium-size agricultural producers with the goal of contributing to the (R) Sustainable Industrial Development: The objective is to help improvement of agricultural competitiveness, especially in the Re- small and medium enterprises in Argentina with inadequate access to gional Economies. Approved by the Executive Directors on 25 Sep- credit to improve their compliance with environmental regulations, while tember 2008. Awaiting presidential decree for signing. Environmental simultaneously boosting their industrial competitiveness. Decision Assessment Category B. PID: 106684. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants meeting scheduled for 21 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- will be required. Programa de Servicios Agrícolas Provinciales, Av. Bel- egory B. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de grano 450/2 2do Piso, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349- Economia y Produccion, Secretaria de Industria y Pyme, Av. Julio A. 1300, Fax: (54-11) 4349-1300 Ext. 1103, Contact: Lic. Jorge Neme, Roca 651, piso 2o., Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-3726/3728, Coordinador Ejecutivo; Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Alfredo Junco, Coordinador and Food, Av. Paseo Colón 982/922 (1063), Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ejecutivo UEPRO-PRESAO Tel: (54-11) 4349-2000, Contact: Ing. Agr. Carlos A. Cheppi, Secretario Sustainable Natural Resources Management APL1 (Ln. 7520- Social Protection AR): The objectives are to (a) improve the sustainable and efficient (N) Basic Protection SWAP: The objective is to increase the effec- management of forest resources; (b) conserve biodiversity in pro- tiveness of Argentina’s income transfer programs for the unemployed tected areas and forest landscapes; and (c) integrate small producers and families with children and to create the preconditions for expan- into forestry development and conservation. Approved by the Execu- sion of the safety net. Decision meeting scheduled for 12 March 2009. tive Directors on 18 March 2008. Awaiting presidential decree for sign- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 115183. US$ 495.0 ing. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 100806. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Pub- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Agricultura, lic Finance, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54- Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentación, Paseo Colón 982, 1er. Piso (1063), 11) 4349-5515, Contact: To be determined. Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-2103, Contact: Ing. Mirta Lirraeu, Directora, Dirección Forestal; Secretaria de Medio Ambiente Tr ansportation y Desarrollo Social, San Martín No. 451, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (R) Cordoba Provincial Road Infrastructure Additional Fi- Tel: (54-11) 4348-8640, Contact: Lic. Jose Maria Musmeci, Sub-Secre- nancing: The proposed additional financing operation will allow the PAGE 44 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 completion of civil works included in the original loan of the reliabil- Bolivia, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Teresa Morales, Con- ity of the Province’s road sector assets and the efficiency of their man- sejera Especial del Ministro agement as a means to support the Province’s competitiveness and (R) Rural Alliances Additional Financing: The objective of the ad- economic growth, by building institutional capacity to encourage effi- ditional financing is to maintain the parent project’s objectives to test cient planning policies and adequate resource allocation for the reha- a model to improve accessibility to markets for poor rural producers bilitation and maintenance of the core provincial road network. Appraisal in selected sub-regions of the country by: (a) promoting strategic pro- scheduled for 14 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ ductive alliances between different economic players at the local level, 96.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agencia Cordoba de In- (b) empowering rural producers through the strengthening of self-man- version y Financiamiento, Rivera Indartes 33, (5000) Cordoba, Ar- aged grass-root organizations, (c) increasing access to productive as- gentina, Tel: (54-351) 4324-420/34, E-mail: [email protected], sets and technology, and (d) promoting more effective, responsive Contact: Eduardo Parizzia, Presidente and accountable service organizations at the local level. Negotiations (R) Rosario Metropolitan Area Infrastructure: The objective is to completed. Board presentation scheduled for 7 April 2009. Environ- reduce capacity constraints of road and rail access infrastructure to mental Assessment Category B. PID: 111863. US$ 30.0 (IDA). Con- Rosario and Rosario port installations and help orient development of sultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development the Metropolitan Area of Rosario. Decision meeting scheduled for 5 and Environment, Casimiro Irusta No. 2164, Sopocachi, La Paz, Bo- June 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 101421. US$ livia, Tel: (591-2) 211-4332, Fax: (591-2) 211-4332, E-mail: alian- 480.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Planificación [email protected], Contact: Johnny Delgadillo, National Coordinator Federal, Inversión Pública y Servicios, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Piso 12, PAR Of. 1201, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-7632, Fax: (54-11) 5349-75993, Contacts: Pablo Abal Medina, Coordinador General UCP Brazil y PFE, Juan Alberto Roccatagliata, Director Nacional de Transporte Economic Management Ferroviario (N) Alagoas Fiscal and Public Management Reform:: The objectives Sustainable Transport and Air Quality: The objective is to reduce are: (i) consolidation of the State’s fiscal adjustment and enlargement Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through the promotion of long of the fiscal space for government investments; (ii) enhancement of term modal shift to less energy intensive transport modes in cities in State human resource management to rationalize personnel expenses Argentina. Approved by the Executive Directors on 4 November 2008. and improve service delivery; (iii) reduction of the imbalances in the Awaiting presidential decree for signing. Environmental Assessment social security system of civil servants; and (iv) improvement of pub- Category B. PID: 114008. US$ 4.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required. lic sector management system for planning, budgeting and expendi- Secretariat of Transport, Ministry of Federal Planning, Infrastructure ture management. Project preparation is underway. Environmental and Services, Av. Julio A. Roca, 636, 9th Floor, Buenos Aires, C1067ABO, Assessment Category U. PID: 103770. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants Argentina, Tel:(54-11) 4343-6124, Contact: Jorge de Belautegui, Gen- will be required in the area of personnel management policies and so- eral Coordinator, PIU cial security. State Secretariat of Finance, Rua General Hermes No. 80 Urban Transport in Metropolitan Areas: The objective is to Cambona, CEP 57020-050 Maceió, AL, Brazil, Tel: (55-82) 3315-7893, improve the quality and sustainability of urban transport in selected Fax: (55-82) 3315-8289, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: cities, with emphasis on the needs of low-income people. Decision Maurício Acioli Toledo, Subsecretary of Finance meeting scheduled for April 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. PID: 95485. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Education Secretaria de Transporte de la Nación, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, 2do (R) PE SWAP-Pernambuco Education Results and Accountability Piso CP1310, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-7173, Fax: (PERA): The objectives are to: (a) improve the quality and efficiency (54-11) 4349-7660, Contact: Jorge de Belaustegui, General Coordinator of public education, (b) foster equity in the provision of education ser- vices, and (c) support the overall state modernization effort through Bolivia interventions to be carried out at the state level as well as in the Sec- retariat of Education for later replication in other sectors. Board pre- Private Sector Development sentation scheduled for 2 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Productivity and Job Creation: The objective is to increase productivity Category C. PID: 106208. US$ 154.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- and job creation through (a) facilitating access to financial services by quired. Secretaria Executiva de Captação de Recursos e Acompan- more micro, small and medium enterprises, and (b) improving the in- hamento de Programas, Rua Gervásio Pires, 399, 3º Andar, Recife, PE, vestment climate. Decision meeting scheduled for September 2009. En- Brazil, Tel: (55-81) 3416-6218, Fax: (55-81) 3416-6264, E-mail: anto- vironmental Assessment Category C. PID: 95490. US$ 15.0 (IDA). [email protected], Contact: Antonio Barbosa, Executive Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Secretary mined. Environment and Natural Resources Management Public Sector Governance (R) First Programmatic Sustainable Environmental Manage- (R) Monitoring and Evaluation for MDGs: The objective is to de- ment Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the Gov- sign, build capacity for, and pilot an integrated system for the formu- ernment of Brazil’s efforts (first operation in a series of two loans lation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies which span the period of 2008-2010) to: (a) improve the effectiveness towards evidence-based policymaking. Project preparation is underway. and efficiency of policies and guidelines of the Brazilian environmen- Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 101336. US$ 20.0 (IDA). tal management system, and (b) further integrate principles of envi- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Planning and Development, ronmentally sustainable development in the development agenda of key Av. Mcal. Santa Cruz No. 1092, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) 211-6000, sectors. The project will also treat climate change concerns at both the Fax: (591-2) 231-1324, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: inter-sectoral level and within each of the targeted sectors (natural re- Noel Aguirre, Ministro sources, water, sanitation, and energy). Negotiations completed. Board presentation scheduled for 5 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Rural Development Category U. PID: 95205. US$ 1,300.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- (R) Innovation and Agricultural Services: The objective is to en- quired. Ministry of Finance, Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco P, Anexo hance public services for sustainable and equitable agricultural growth, B, Sala 122, Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3412-3539, E-mail: ed- by strengthening Bolivia’s Agricultural Innovation System and by fa- [email protected], Contact: Eduardo Gaudard, Man- cilitating the development of private sector based weather insurance. ager, Department of Financial Liabilities and Federal Government Decision meeting scheduled for 25 August 2009. Environmental As- Shares; Ministry of Environment, Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco B sessment Category B. US$ 23.5 (IDA). Consultants will be required. Sala 600, Brasilia, DF, Brazil,, Tel: (55-61) 3317-1205, E-mail: mari- Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, Pala- [email protected], Contact: Marília Marreco, Advisor to the cio de Comunicaciones, Piso 5to, Av. Mariscal Santa Cruz, esq. Oruro, Executive Secretary of MMA; BNDES, Av. 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Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 2172-7897, E-mail: tmoreira@bn- (55-61) 3223-7340, Fax: (55-61) 225-0443, Contact: Mr. Antonio Dercy, des.gov.br, Contact: Terezinha Moreira, Head of the Institutional Fund- Project Coordinator Raising Department, Financial Sector (R) Second Family Health Extension (Ln. 7545-BR): The objective (R) Second National Environmental-Phase II: The objective is to is to continue implementing the family health program in urban mu- contribute to improvement in environmental quality in Brazil. This nicipalities, strengthening the quality of institutions providing training, will be accomplished by strengthening the capacity of environmental and improving the quality and performance of the program’s delivery. institutions at the State and Local levels and by demonstrating the ef- Loan signing scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment fectiveness of targeted subprojects focused on priorities determined Category B. PID: 95626. US$ 83.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. by States. Decision meeting scheduled for 5 March 2009. Environmen- Ministry of Health, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco G, 5o Andar, tal Assessment Category B. PID: 99469. US$ 22.1 (IBRD). Consul- Sala 508, CEP 70058-900 Brasília, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3223-7340, Fax: tants will be required. Ministério do Meio Ambiente, Programa Nacional (55-61) 225-0443, Contact: Mr. Antonio Dercy, Project Coordinator do Meio Ambiente (PNMA II), Tel: (55-61) 3321-3033/3038, Fax: (55- Public Sector Governance 61) 3321-3283, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lorene Bas- tos Lage, Coordenadora Geral (R) Ceará SWAP II Inclusive Growth (Ln. 7600-BR): The objectives are to: (a) improve the quality of government expenditures by en- (R) Sustainable Cerrado Initiative: This project will consist of four hancing the government’s capability to design, budget, implement, decentralized sub-projects. The objective is to promote the increase of monitor, and evaluate its development agenda; (b) improve social in- biodiversity conservatio6n and improve environmental and natural re- dicators in education, health and sanitation; and (c) contribute to more source management of the Cerrado Biome, through support for ap- robust economic growth by supporting key public infrastructure in- propriate policies and practices. Negotiations scheduled for 1 May 2009. vestments and reforms to facilitate private sector productive investments, Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 91827. US$ 13.0 (GEF). particularly outside the capital region. Loan signing scheduled for 31 Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment, States of Goiás, March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 106765. US$ State of Tocantins, Tel: (55-61) 3105-2028, Fax: (55-61) 3105-2027, 240.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for project preparation. E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Braulio Dias, Project Coor- Secretariat of Planning and Management, Av. Gal Afonso Albuquerque dinator Lima, Ed. Seplag, 3o Andar, Cambeba, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Tel: (55- Ceará Integrated Water Resource Management Additional Fi- 85) 3101-4532, Fax: (55-85) 3101-4518, E-mail: silvanaparente@se- nancing (Ln. 7630-BR): The objective is to increase the sustainable plag.ce.gov.br, Contact: Silvana Parente, Secretary of Planning water supply for multiple uses, improve the efficiency of Ceará’s inte- grated water resources management system and decrease vulnerability Rural Development of poor populations to cyclical drought. Signing scheduled for 17 April (R) Paraíba Rural Poverty (Ln. 7628-BR): The objective is to 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 110487. US$ 103.0 continue supporting Paraíba’s effort to reduce poverty by increasing (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretariat of Water Resources its Human Development Index (HDI), using a ommunity-Driven De- SRH/CE, Av. General Afonso A. Lima, s/n Centro Administrativo Vir- velopment approach that has already proven successful under the pre- gilio Távora Ed. SEDUC Cambeba, Bloco C 1o Andar, CEP 60819-900 vious operation. Loan signing scheduled for mid-April 2009. Fortaleza, CE Brazil, Tel: (55-85) 3101-4012, Fax: (55-85) 3101-4047, E- Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 104752. US$ 20.9 (IBRD). mail: [email protected], Contact: Monica Holanda, Project Co- Consultants will be required. Secretariat of Planning, Av. João da Mata, ordinator s/n, Bloco IV, 6o Andar, Centro Administrativo, Jaguaribe CEP 58015- Espírito Santo Biodiversity and Watershed Conservation and 020, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil, Tel: (55-83) 321-4825, Fax: (55-83) 3218- Restoration (TF093210): The objective is to support the widespread 4824, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Franklin de Araújo adoption of sustainable land use practices in two key Atlantic Forest Neto, Secretary watersheds in Espírito Santo, resulting in higher income for farmers (R) Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development: The objec- and improved water supplies. Signing scheduled for 16 March 2009. tive is to increase small-scale farming productivity and competitiveness Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 94233. US$ 4.0 (GEF). in specific territories of the SoRJ through the promotion of environ- Consultants will be required. Instituto Estadual de Meio Ambiente e mentally-sustainable practices and socioeconomic improvements in Recursos Hídricos (IEMA), Rod. BR 262, Km 0, S/N, Jardim América, farming communities. Appraisal completed. Negotiations awaiting Gov- CEP, 29140-500, Cariacica, ES Brazil, Tel: (55-27) 3136-3439, E-mail: msos- ernment authorization. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: [email protected], Contact: Marcos Sossai, Coordinator 101508. US$ 39.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretary of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, SEAPPA, Alameda São Health, Nutrition and Population Boaventura, 770 Fonseca, CEP 24120-191, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, (R) Federal District Multisector Management: The objectives are Brazil, Tel/Fax: (55-12) 2625-8184, Contact: Nelson Texeira, Superin- to: (i) improve public sector management and accountability by es- tendent of Sustainable Development tablishing results-based management practices and improving fidu- (R) São Paulo Rural Development: The objective is to help in- ciary oversight; and (ii) increase access, quality and efficiency of the crease the competitiveness of family agriculture in priority areas of the education, health and public transport services by modernizing the ed- State of São Paulo while improving its environmental sustainability. De- ucation system; modernizing, decentralizing and integrating various cision meeting completed. Appraisal to be scheduled. Environmental As- levels of health care; and strengthening the institutional and operational sessment Category B. PID: 108443. US$ 78.0 (IBRD). Consultants capacity of the public transport sector. Negotiations completed. Board will be required. Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento, Coorde- presentation scheduled for 26 March 2009. Environmental Assessment nadoria de Assistência Técnica Integral, Av. Brasil 2340 CEP 13070-178, Category C. PID: 107843. US$ 130.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Campinas, SP, Brasil, Tel: (55-19) 3241-5700/1888, E-mail: coorde- quired. Secretariat of Planning of Government of Federal District [email protected], Contact: Mr. José Luis Fontes, Coordinador; Brazil, Palácio do Buruti, Eixo Monumental Brasília, DF, Brazil, Tel: Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Coordenadoria de Recursos Naturais, (55-61) 3966-6104, Fax: (55-61) 3223-8268, Contact: Dr. João Quijano, Av. Professor Frederico Hermann Jr. 345, Alto de Pinheiros, São Paulo, Subsecretary SP, Brasil, Contact: Ms. Helena de Queiroz Carrascosa con Glehn, (R) Health System Quality Improvement-QUALISUS-REDE Coordinator (Ln.7632-BR): (formerly Health System Quality Improvement) The ob- (R) Second Rural Poverty Reduction-Sergipe (Ln. 7595-BR): The jectives are to (a) improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of objectives are: (i) improve the rural poor’s access to basic socioeco- the health delivery system and (b) reduce mortality and morbidity from nomic infrastructure; (ii) raise incomes and capital assets through in- conditions that have the greatest disease impact. Approved by the Ex- vestments in productive activities and increased linkages between ecutive Directors on 29 January 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- small producers and markets, and (iii) strengthen the cross-sectoral egory B. PID: 88716. US$ 235.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required integration of investments in rural areas through improved participa- for project preparation. Ministry of Health, Esplanada dos Ministerios, tory planning and monitoring at the local, municipal and State levels. Bloco G, 5o Andar, Sala 508, CEP 70058-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil, Tel: Loan signing scheduled for 20 April 2009. Environmental Assessment PAGE 46 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Category B. PID: 110614. US$ 20.8 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (55-11)3253-8095, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Marcos Pi- Secretariat of Planning, Rua Vila Cristina, 1051 São José, CEP 49020, mentel Bicalho, Superintendente, ANTP 150 Aracaju, SE, Brazil, Tel: (55-79) 3214-7259, Fax: (55-79) 3214-7080, São Paulo Metro Line 4-Phase 2: The objective of Metro Line 4 E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Maria Lúcia de Oliveira (Phase 2) project is to build and enter in operation five Line 4 stations Falcon, Secretary; Company of Sustainable Development (PRONESE), not completed in Phase 1 of the project and build one new station at Rua Vila Cristina, 1051 CEP 49020, 150 Aracaju, SE, Brazil, Tel: (55- the Vila Sónia yard. Project preparation is underway. Environmental 79) 3179-5091/5092, Fax: (55-79) 3211-8878, E-mail: sobral@pronese. Assessment Category A. PID: 106390. US$ 130.0 (IBRD). Consultants com.br, [email protected], Contact: José Macebo Sobral will be required. Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo, Rua Boa Bahia State Integrated Rural Poverty: The objective is to improve Vista 175, Bloco B-6to andar, São Paulo, Brazil,, Tel: (55-11) 3291-5494, well-being, employment and incomes of the rural poor, thus con- Fax: (55-11) 3291-2890, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: tributing to the Borrower’s objective of increasing the State of Bahia’s Ernesto Granado, Coordinator PMU Human Development Index (HDI). Negotiations awaiting Govern- ment authorization. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: Urban Development 110617. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretariat of (R) Ceara Regional Economic Development-Cidades do Ceara: Development and Regional Integration (SEDIR), Av. Luís Viana Filho, The objective is to promote economic development, improve urban in- Conj. Seplan, CAB CEP 41745-000 Salvador, BA, Brazil, Tel: (55-71) 3115- frastructure, and enhance regional management capacity in the Cen- 6701, Fax: (55-71) 3371-0015, Contact: Edmond Lopes Lucas, Secretary; tral Cariri Region of Ceara, which includes the nine municipalities of CAR, Av. Luís Viana Filho, Conj. SEPLAN, CAB CEP 41745-000 Sal- Barbalha, Caririacu, Crato, Farias Brito, Jardim, Juazeiro do Norte, Mis- vador, BA, Brazil, Tel: (55-71) 3115-6701/3115-3940, Fax: (55-71) 3371- sao Velha, Nova Olinda, and Santana do Cariri. Board presentation sched- 0015, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Paulo Cezar Lisboa, uled for 24 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. Executive Director PID: 99369. US$ 46.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria Parana Sustainable Rural Development: The objective is to in- das Cidades, Av. General Afonso Albuquerque Lima, s/n Ed. SEPLAN, crease rural competitiveness in Parana’s Regiao Central which would 1o. Andar, Cambeba, CEP 60830-120 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Tel: (55-85) contribute to the Government’s overall strategy for helping this region 3101-4448, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Vania to catch up socio-economically with other parts of the State. Decision Araripe, Executive Secretary meeting scheduled for June 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 97305. US$ 50.4 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State (R) Municipal Lending Program 1-Cubatão-Guará Vermelho: The Secretariat of Agriculture and Supply-SEAB, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, objective is to support the Municipality of Cubatão to promote sus- Tel: (55-41) 3313-4024, Contact: Luis Carlos Teixeira Lopes, Secre- tainable development by facilitating economic investment climate, tariat strengthening municipal finance controls mechanisms, and address ur- ban informality. This project is no longer in the current lending pro- Social Protection gram. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 95013. US$ 14.6 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Second Bolsa Família: The objectives are to (a) strengthen the pro- quired. Municipality of Cubatão, Paço Municipal Piaçaguera, Praça dos gram’s overall governance; (b) consolidate the program monitoring and Emancipadores s/n, CEP 11510-900 Cubatão, SP, Brazil, Contact: Mr. evaluation system; and (c) promote innovations and strategies for ben- Clemont Castor, Mayor eficiaries’ graduation from poverty. Decision meeting scheduled for 12 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 101504. US$ (R) Recife Urban Development and Social Inclusion-Capibaribe 260.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Social Devel- Melhor (Ln. 7497-BR): The objective is to develop and revitalize the opment and Eradication of Hunger, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco Capibaribe River Basin. Loan signing scheduled for 30 April 2009. En- C, 5o Andar Gabinete, CEP 70058-900 Brasília DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) vironmental Assessment Category A. PID: 89013. US$ 32.7 (IBRD). 3433-1001, Fax: (55-61) 3433-1025, Contact: Rosani Cunha, Secretary Consultants will be required. Municipality of Recife, Av. Oliveira Lima, of the Secretariat for National Citizenship Income 867 Boa Vista CEP 50050-390 Recife, PE, Brazil, Tel: (55-81) 8856- 6327, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Cesar de Bar- Tr ansportation ros, Director (R) São Paulo Feeder Roads: The objective is to improve transport (R) Rio Grande do Sul Integrated Municipal Development- contribution to regional development, and strengthen the state’s capacity Uruguaiana (Ln. 7581-BR): This is one of the municipalities in the of managing investment programs. Negotiations are underway. Envi- Rio Grande do Sul Adaptable Lending Program (APL). The objective ronmental Assessment Category B. PID: 106663. US$ 167.0 (IBRD). is to improve the capacity of the municipality of Uruguaiana to provide Consultants will be required. Departamento de Estradas de Rodagem infrastructure services and employment opportunities for its popula- do Estado de São Paulo (DER/SP), Avenida do Estado 777, 3o Andar, tion and enhance municipal learning and knowledge sharing with the Ponte Pequena, CEP 01107-901 São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 331- other five municipalities participating in the APL Program. Loan sign- 114, Contact: Delson José Amador, Superintendente ing scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- (R) Second Rio de Janeiro Mass Transit: The objectives are to: (a) gory B. PID: P111514. US$ 6.8 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. improve the level-of-service provided to the urban rail transport users Municipality of Uruguaiana, XV de Novembro T, 1882, Centro, CEP in a safe and cost-efficient manner by increasing the peak-hour and off- 97500-510, Uruguaiana, RS, Brazil, Tel/Fax: (55-55) 3411-7535, E-mail: peak carrying capacity of the suburban rail system operated by SuperVia; [email protected], Contact: Julio Cesar Ferreira Tietbohl, and (b) continue the strengthening of the transport management and Municipality Project Coordinator policy framework. Appraisal completed. Invitation to negotiate issued on Rio Grande do Sul Integrated Municipal Development-Munici- 4 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 111996. pality of Santa Maria (Ln. 7648-BR): This is one of the municipalities US$ 211.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CENTRAL, Cia. Es- in the Rio Grande do Sul Adaptable Lending Program (APL). The ob- tadual de Engenharia de Transportes e Logistica, Av. Nossa Senhora jective is to improve the capacity of the municipality of Santa Maria, de Copacabana, 493, 22.031-000 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, to provide infrastructure services and employment opportunities for Tel: (55-21) 3816-6458, Fax: (55-21) 3816-6457, E-mail: jlfavario@cen- its population and enhance municipal learning municipal learning and tral.rj.gov.br, Contact: Jairo Favario, Coordinator PMU knowledge sharing with the other 5 municipalities participating in the (R) Sustainable Transport and Air Quality: The objective is to re- APL Program. Approved following APL procedures on 23 December duce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through the promotion of long 2008. Signing scheduled for April 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- term modal shift to less energy intensive transport modes in the cities egory B. PID: 111513. US$ 14.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. of Belo Horizonte, Curitiba and São Paulo. Negotiations scheduled Municipality of Santa Maria, Venancio Aires St, 1o Andar, 2035, CEP for 29 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8.5 97010-005, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil, Tel: (55) 3219-0104, 9118-1235, E- (GEF). Consultants will be required. ANTP, Alameda Santos, 1000 7o mail: [email protected]; [email protected], Andar CEP 01418-100 São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11)3371-2299, Fax: Contact: Vilson Serro, Municipality Project Coordinator MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 47
Rio Grande do Sul Integrated Municipal Development-Rio (b) building new and optimizing existing sewerage systems, and Grande: This is one of the municipalities in the Rio Grande do Sul Adapt- cleaning selected water streams; and (c) improving the WSS sector’s able Lending Program (APL). The objective is to improve the capac- legal, institutional, and regulatory framework in the State, and sup- ity of the municipality of Rio Grande to provide infrastructure services porting the project beneficiaries in the design, operation, and main- and employment opportunities for its population. Enhance municipal tenance of the programs and facilities. Decision meeting scheduled learning and knowledge sharing with the other five municipalities par- for 19 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: ticipating in the APL Program. Negotiations scheduled for 4 March 2009. 106703. US$ 78.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaría Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8.1 (IBRD). Consultants de Estado de Saneamento e Energía, Rua Bela Cintra 847, 14o andar, will be required. Municipality of Rio Grande, Largo Eng. João Fernandes Bairro Consolação, São Paulo 01415-903, São Paulo, Brazil, Tel: (55- Moreira, Centro, s/n CEP 96200-910 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil, Tel: (55- 11) 3218-5500, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], 53) 3233-8435, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Never- Contact: Ms. Dilma Pena, Secretaria ton Moraes, Municipality Project Coordinator Santos Municipality: The objective is to enhance the management Chile capacity of the Santos Municipal Government for local economic de- Education velopment and to improve public services in the Northwest Zone of the Municipality of Santos. Negotiations awaiting Government autho- (R) Promoting Innovation and Competitiveness (Ln. 7574-CL): rization. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 104995. US$ 44.0 The objective is to strengthen Chile’s capacity to compete in the knowl- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Planning Secretariat, Municipality edge economy, by enhancing the policy and institutional framework of Santos, 30 Praça Visconde de Mauá, Tel: (55-13) 3201-5111, E-mail: for innovation and competitiveness, improving the impact of priority [email protected], Contact: Márcio Lara, Government Secre- innovation programs, and supporting key interfaces in the innovation tary system. Loan signing to be confirmed. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory C. PID: 82927. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Water and Sanitation Ministry of Economy, Teatinos 120, 10mo Piso, Santiago de Chile, (R) Espírito Santo Water and Coastal Pollution Management Chile, Tel: (56-2) 473-3581, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Is- Additional Financing: The objectives are: (a) to improve the effi- abel Zuñiga, Advisor ciency of the water supply and sewerage systems of CESAN; (b) to increase the coverage level of water supply and basic sanitation ser- Environment and Natural Resources Management vices of the Metropolitan Region of Vítora; and (c) to provide appro- Sustainable Land Management: The objective is to prevent, control priate water and sanitation infrastructure in low-income urban areas and reverse land degradation in globally significant areas. Decision meet- of the Metropolitan Region of Vítoria. Board presentation sched- ing scheduled for 14 September 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- uled for 24 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. egory B.PID: 85621. US$ 5.0 (GEF). Consultants have been recruited. PID: 102818. US$ 71.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Oficina de Políticas, Ave. Bulnes 285, Santiago, Chile, Tel: (562) 397- Secretariat of Economic Development, Av. Nossa Senhora da Penha 3037, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Patricio Grez, Project Co- 714, Ed. RS Trade Tower, 3o Andar, Praia do Canto, Vítoria, Espir- ordinator ito Santo, Brazil, Tel: (55-27) 3380-2182, Fax: (55-27) 3380-2216, E- mail: regina.curitiba@sedes. es.gov.br, Contact: Regina Curitiba, Social Protection Executive Secretary (R) Social Protection TA Additional Financing: The additional fi- (R) Integrated Water Management Metropolitan São Paulo: This nancing objectives remain the same as the original project which are is the first phase of a horizontal adaptable lending program involving to support the efforts of the Government to implement Chile Soli- loans to the State Government and State Water Company of São Paulo. dario and lay the foundation of a national system of social protection. The overall objectives are to: (i) protect and maintain the quality of re- Additional resources are needed to implement additional activities to liability of water resource and potable water sources; (ii) improve the scale up the project’s impact and development effectiveness. Appraisal quality of life of the poor populations residing in key targeted urban and negotiations tentatively scheduled for late-March 2009. Environ- river basins; and (iii) strengthen institutional capacity and improve mental Assessment Category C. PID: 114774. US$ 3.0 (IBRD). Con- metropolitan management and coordination in water resources man- sultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Teatinos 120, Santiago, agement, water pollution control, land use policy, and basic service pro- Chile, Tel/Fax: (56-2) 675-1702/1727, E-mail: [email protected], vision. Negotiatons completed. Board presentation scheduled for July Contact: Ximena Serqueira, Coordinadora de Implementación Ad- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 6553. US$ 104.0 ministrativa del Ministerio de Planificación (IBRD). A PHRD grant of US$ 0.9 was used for preparation. Advance contracting and retroactive financing are being considered. Consultants Colombia will be required. State Secretariat for Energy and Water Supply and Sanitation and Energy (SSE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 3257- Environment and Natural Resources Management 3348, Contact: Ricardo Araujo, PMU Coordinator (R) Solid Waste Management: The objective is to improve public (R) Pernambuco Sustainable Water: The objective is to improve health and the quality of basic solid waste management services in water resources management and water supply and wastewater ser- Colombia. Negotiations scheduled for 16 March 2009. Environmental vice delivery in the State of Pernambuco. It will also support a move Assessment Category B. PID: 101279. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants towards a long term, innovative approach to sector wide efficiency and will be required. Ministry of Environment and National Planning De- financial improvements. This will be achieved through: (i) improvements partment, Calle 37 No. 8-40, Bogotá, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 332-3400, to the institutional, regulatory and operational framework of the sec- Ext. 1194, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lucy Amparo tor, (ii) improvements in COMPESA’s operational efficiency and im- Niño, Multilateral Banking Coordinator proved reliability in water service delivery, and (iii) improvements in (R) Third Sustainable Develoment Policy Loan (Ln. 7621-CO): access to WSS services to those not yet connected. Decision meeting The project is the third in an expected series of three quick-disburs- scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category ing loans aimed at supporting the government of Colombia’s inter- A. PID: 108654. US$ 190.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Wa- disciplinary sustainable development program and its efforts to move ter Resources Secretariat, Rua Cruz de Cabuga, 1111 Santo Amaro Reci- toward achievement of the Millenium Development Goals, particu- fe, PE, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3184-2500, Fax: (55-61) 3184-6243, E-mail: larly Goal 7 which seeks to ensure environmental sustainability. The [email protected], Contact: João Bosco de Almeida, State Secretary for loan was signed on 19 December 2008. Environmental Assessment Water Resources Category U. PID: 101301. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- (R) São Paulo Water Recovery-REAGUA: The objective is to increase quired. Ministry of Environment and National Planning Department, water availability in the State’s critical watersheds through: (a) Calle 37 No. 8-40, Bogotá, Colombia, Tel: (5701) 332-3400, Ext. 1194, improving water demand management and water consumption effi- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lucy Amparo Nino, Mul- ciency, controlling and reducing water losses, and reusing wastewater; tilateral Banking Coordinator PAGE 48 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Mainstreaming Sustainable Cattle Ranching: The objective is to ing development; and (b) to develop and pilot approaches to access cap- reduce the impacts of cattle ranching on globally significant biodiver- ital markets to finance the program as a means to reduce and ultimately sity and land degradation by making cattle ranching incentives and pro- eliminate in the medium-term the need for public financing of infra- grams more land-use sustainable and biodiversity friendly. Decision structure. Decision meeting scheduled for 31 March 2009. Environ- meeting scheduled for 9 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 110671. US$ 108.0 (IBRD). egory B. PID: 104687. US$ 7.0 (GEF). Consultants will be required for Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environment, Housing and project preparation. Federación Nacional de Ganaderos, Calle 37 No. Territorial Development, Calle 37 No. 8-40, 3er Piso, Bogotá, Colom- 14-35, Bogotá, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 578-2020, Ext. 259, E-mail: coso- bia, Tel: (57-1) 332-3400, Fax: (57-1) 332-3400 Ext. 1265, Contact: Mr. [email protected], Contact: Carlos Osorio, Director Ciencia y Tec- Luis Felipe Henao Cardona, Viceministro nología Costa Rica Public Sector Governance (R) Justice Sector Development: The objective is to support sector Economic Management authorities in implementation of a justice sector strategic plan to: (a) (R) Public Finance and Competitiveness Development Policy Loan improve the quality, timeliness and efficiency of services; (b) build sec- with Deferred Drawdown Option: The objective is to ease Costa Rica’s tor capacity to plan, execute and monitor reforms; and (c) enhance ac- financing constraint in the current, difficult, global context. The global cess to justice for the Colombia’s most disadvantaged groups. Appraisal crisis, combined with the previous surge in food and fuel prices, has and negotiations scheduled for 2 March 2009. Environmental Assess- led to increased public financing needs. The project seeks to support ment Category C. PID: 83904. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be the Government of Costa Rica in filling this financing gap with a view required. Superior Judicial Council, Palacio de Justicia, Calle 12 Car- to ensuring that there is sufficient fiscal space to maintain ongoing pol- rera 7, Bogotá, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 283-7992, Fax: (57-1) 283-7992, icy reforms and public spending on priority social services. Appraisal E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Rafael Gamboa, Pro- completed. Negotiations are underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- ject Coordinator egory U. PID: 115173. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Social Protection Ministry of Finance, Avenida 2 entre calle 1 y 3, Diagonal at Teatro Na- cional, San José, Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 2284-5172, Fax: (506) 2255- (R) Support for the Second Phase of the Expansion of the Pro- 4874, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Juan Carlos Pacheco, gram of Conditional Transfers-Familias en Accion (Ln. 7619- Director Public Credit CO): The proposed project would finance Colombia’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program. The objectives are: (a) complement the in- Information and Communication come of poor families with children; (b) promote human capital for- (R) Telecom Sector Modernization: The objective is to ensure that mation of poor children by increasing regular check-ups, including the widest range of quality modern telecommunications and infor- growth monitoring, and vaccinations and by increasing enrollment mation and communication technology services are universally ac- and school attendance (basic and/or secondary education); and (c) cessible and affordable. Negotiations scheduled for 13 May 2009. strengthen program quality. The loan was signed on 19 December 2008. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 101718. US$ 13.0 (IBRD). Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 101211. US$ 636.5 Consultants will be required for implementation. Ministry of Envi- (IBRD). No consultants are required. DAPR Acción Social FIP, Presi- ronment and Energy, San José, Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 233-4533, Ext.165, dency, Calle 7 No 6-54, Bogotá, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 596-0800 Ext.7242/ Contact: Mr. Ruben Munoz, Director of International Cooperation; 7250, Fax: (57-1) 341-4055, E-mail: [email protected], Con- Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos, San José, Costa Rica, tact: Pablo Ariel Gomez, Director Programas Presidenciales para la Ac- Tel: (506) 296-8336, Contact: Rodolfo Gonzalez, Adviser to the Direc- ción Social tor General Tr ansportation (R) Bogota Urban Services Additional Financing (Ln. 7609-CO): Dominican Republic The objectives are: (a) Improve mobility through studies for the Sec- Economic Management retaria de Movilidad to plan and design the upgrading of the Inte- grated Mass Transit System for the city, including the first metro line, (R) Programmatic Public Finance and Social Protection De- and (b) Institutional strengthening through technical assistance for the velopment Policy: The objective is to assist the Dominican Republic subcomponents linked to strengthening the capacity of the Instituto to face the global financial crisis by focusing on addressing two main de Desarrollo Urbano with activities related to improving the road ad- issues: (a) fiscal and balance of payments vulnerabilities that are be- ministration system, and support to the Ministry of Finance to ing exacerbated by the current international crisis, and (b) support- strengthen its technical, operational and institutional capacity for im- ing the country maintaining selected social protection programs. proved fiscal management and cadastral processes. Loan signing Project concept review scheduled for early-March 2009. Environmental scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- Assessment Category U. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). No consultants are requir- gory B. PID: 112852. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. ed. Secretaria de Estado de Hacienda, Avenida México No. 45 Gazcue, District of Bogota, Secretaria de Hacienda de Bogota, Carrera 30 #24- Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, Tel: (809) 687-5131, Ext. 2361, 90, Of. 601, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 338-5003, 338-5938, Fax: (57- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Edgar Victoria, Di- 1) 350-9891, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mr. Carlos Ernesto rector Crédito Publico Lucio, Director de Banca Multilateral Rural Development Urban Development Community Driven Development: The objective is to improve the (R) Disaster Risk Management DPL with a Catastrophe well-being of the Dominican poor in selected rural and periurban ar- Deferred Drawdown Option (Ln. 7618-CO): The objective is to eas by: (a) providing matching grants for investments for key local in- strengthen the Government’s program for reducing risks resulting frastructure and services prioritized through a participatory municipal from adverse natural events. Loan signing scheduled for 3 April 2009. planning process; (b) strengthening local institutions; and (c) also Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 113084. US$ 150.0 strengthening the ability of local constituents to articulate their demands (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Hacienda y Cre- and exert oversight on municipal management. Decision meeting dito Publico-Departamento Nacional de Planeacion, Carrera 8, No. scheduled for 18 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category 6-64, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 381-5000, Fax: (57-1) 381-50500, B. PID: 95863. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Na- E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Alex Martinez, Advisor tional Planning Agency, Subsecretaría de Estado de Economia, Plani- (R) Low Income Land and Housing Development: The objectives ficación y Desarrollo, Av. México, Oficinas Gubernamentales, Bloque are (a) to increase access to affordable land and housing solutions for B, 2da Planta, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, Tel: (809) 687- over 200,000 households through the development, piloting and im- 7675, Fax: (809) 689-9731, E-mail: [email protected], Con- plementation of a public-private model for large-scale land and hous- tact: Lic. Anibal Taveras, Subsecretario Técnico MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 49 Water and Sanitation Energy and Mining (R) Water and Sanitation in Tourism Areas: The objectives of the Markets for Sustainable Energy: The objective is to (a) assist with first phase of the proposed APL are: (a) strengthening and consolidation measures in the energy sector that will allow it to reduce its depen- of the policy framework of the water and sanitation sector in the Do- dence on imported oil, and (b) employ both short- and longer-term minican Republic; (b) improving and expanding access to sanitation options involving both investment and technical assistance. Project and wastewater treatment and disposal services in the Puerto Plata re- preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ gion; (c) improving the financial and operational performance of 65.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Empresa de Generación CORAAPLATA; and (d) enhancing operational and commercial per- de Energía Eléctrica, 7a. Avenida 2-29, Zona 9, Edificio La Torre, formance of other regional utilities and preparing them to participate Guatemala, CA 01009, Tel: (502) 2422-1805, Fax: (502) 2422-2017, E- in the second phase of the program. Negotiations completed. Board pre- mail: [email protected], Contact: Ing. Juan Fernando Castro Mar- sentation scheduled for 2 April 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- tinez, General Manager egory A. PID: 54221. US$ 27.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Public Sector Governance Secretaria de Estado de Economia, Planificacion y Desarrollo, Palacio Nacional, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, Tel: (809)688-7000 Integrated Financial Management Additional Financing (Ln. Ext.234, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Lic. Anibal Taveras, 7522-GT): The objective is to extend and deepen the reforms pursued Sub-Secretario Tecnico Administrativo under the Integrated Financial Management III Project (IFML III) with the aim of increasing the effectiveness, efficiency and trans- El Salvador parency of public sector financial management and control as well as further integrating planning and budget management processes and Public Sector Governance ensuring sustainability of financial management reform in the coun- try. Loan signing scheduled for 30 June 2009. Environmental Assess- (R) Public Finance and Social Sector Development (Ln. 7635- ment Category C. PID: 106993. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be SV): The objectives are to: (a) help address El Salvador’s medium-term required. Ministry of Finance, 8va Av. 20-65 Zona 1, Centro Cívico, fiscal issues; (b) support good governance and transparency in the use Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2248-5151/2, Fax: (502) 2248- of public resources; and (c) maintain steady improvements in social 5150, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Erick Coyoy, Technical protection and education. Approved by the Executive Directors on 22 Jan- Coordinator uary 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 114910. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Boule- Urban Development vard de los Heroes 1231, San Salvador, El Salvador, Fax: (503) 2225- (R) Catastrophe Development Policy Loan Deferred Draw Down 7491, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Rina Castellanos de Option: (Formerly under Finance sector) The objective is to strengthen Jarquin, Director of Public Investment and Credit the Government’s program for reducing risks resulting from adverse natural events. Decision meeting and appraisal completed. Negotiations Grenada scheduled for 25 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category Education C. PID: 112544. US$ 85.0 (IBRD). Consultants may be required for im- plementation. Ministerio de Finanzas, 8va. Avenida 20-65, zona 1, Cen- Education Development Additional Financing (Cr. 4542-GD): tro Civico de Guatemala, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2248-5076 to 5079, The objective of the additional financing is to support the original pro- Fax: (502) 2248-5084, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mynor ject with: (i) increase equitable access to secondary education; (ii) im- Argueta, Jefe Depto. Gestion y Negociacion Coop. Int. prove the quality of the teaching and learning process; and (iii) strengthen management of the sector and governance of the schools. Haiti Which would be allocated to support teaching and learning and Education strengthen the school management teams and project administration. Approved by the Executive Directors on 4 December 2008. Environ- (R) Emergency School Reconstruction: The objective is to support mental Assessment Category C. PID: 113342. US$ 1.9 (IDA). Con- the Government of Haiti in: (i) restoring access to basic education in se- sultants will be required. Ministry of Education, Botanical Gardens, lected public primary schools damaged by the hurricanes of August/Sep- Grenada, Tel: (473)440-7439, E-mail: [email protected], Con- tember 2008 and (ii) developing, demonstrating and disseminating tact: Peron Johnson, Portfolio Manager improved standards and methods of safe school construction. Negotiations completed. Board presentation scheduled for 5 March 2009. Environmental Guatemala Assessment Category B. PID: 115261. US$ 5.0 (IDA Grant). Consul- tants will be required. Fond d’appui Economique et Sociale (FAES), Economic Management 1, Delmas 75, PO Box 13286, Delmas, Haiti, HT6120, Tel: (509) 2246- (R) Fiscal and Institutional Development Policy (Ln. 7590-GT): 5772/8530/5797, Contact: Harry Adam, Director General The objective of the DPL series is to assist the government in im- Energy and Mining proving fiscal and institutional policies. Loan signing scheduled for 20 (N) Improvement of Utility Performance Additional Financing: February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 112312. The objective of the additional financing is toward the ongoing elec- US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, tricity project in Haiti, which aims to strengthen the utility’s performance 8va Avenida y 21a Calle, Centro Cívico, Zona 1, Guatemala City, and help reduce the fiscal transfers from the State to the electricity sec- Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2248-5001/6, Fax: (502) 2248-5005, E-mail: jafuen- tor. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- [email protected], Contact: Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight, Minister of egory C. US$ 3.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Electricite Public Finance d’Haiti, Angle Rue Charenton et H, Truman, Port-au-Prince, Haiti B.P (R) Managing Global Volatility Development Policy: The objective 1753, Tel: (509) 223-2201, Contact: Mr. Camille Cange, Coordinator of is to assist the government in addressing public financing needs as- the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) sociated with: (a) macroeconomic management in the face of external shocks by continuing to strengthen financial markets and institutions, Rural Development debt management, and public financial management; and (b) assist- (R) Community-Driven Development (CDD) Additional Financing ing vulnerable households cope with shocks by expanding Condi- (IDA Grant H445-HT): The objective is the same as the original Grant: tional Cash Transfers. Project concept review to be confirmed. to scale-up the direct transfer of public resources to local community Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consult- organizations in poor rural and peri-urban communities. Approved by ants are required. Ministry of Finance, 8a. Av. 20-65 Zona 1, Centro the Executive Directors on 29 January 2009. Environmental Assessment Cívico, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 5800-5586, 2248-5002, Fax: (502) 2248- Category B. PID: 114775. US$ 8.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- 5005, 2248-5084, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Luis Alejandro quired. Bureau de Monétisation des Programmes d’Aide au, Développe- Alejos Marroquín, Director, Crédito Público ment, Boulevard Harry Truman, Ancien Immeuble Casino International, PAGE 50 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, PO2488, Tel: (509) 2223-8625, Fax: (509) 2221- stituto de la Propiedad, Anillo Periférico, Residencial La Canada, frente 2149, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Michael Lecorps, a la UTH, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 239-9848, E-mail: coor- Director General [email protected], Contact: Mr. Reinaldo Vega, Program (R) Strengthening the Management of Agriculture Public Ser- Coordinator vices: The objective is to strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture, Nat- ural Resources and Rural Development management capacity to provide Jamaica core agriculture public services, in particular to small vulnerable farm- Economic Management ers and in time of crisis. Decision meeting scheduled for April 2009. En- (R) Fiscal and Debt Sustainability Development Policy Loan (Ln. vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 113623. US$ 5.0 (IDA 7630-JM): The objectives are: (a) enhancing fiscal and debt sus- Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Natural tainability; and (b) increasing the efficiency of public financial man- Resources and Rural Development, Port au Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 3550- agement and budgeting processes. Loan signing scheduled for 15 April 2846, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jean Lesky Dominique, 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 101321. US$ 100.0 Technical Coordinator of General Directorate (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Public Urban Development Services, 30 National Heroes Circle, Kingston, Jamaica, Tel: (876) 932- (R) Bridge Reconstruction and Disaster Mitigation (H432-HT): 5434, Fax: (876) 932-5975, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: The objective is to reduce the vulnerability of the Haitian transport sys- Courtney Williams, Senior Director, Fiscal Policy Management Unit tem vis-à-vis natural disasters such as tropical storms and hurricanes, Rural Development through implementing a demonstrative bridge reconstruction and (R) Second National Community Development: The objective is maintenance program following the FGHI storms, as well as through to increase income and jobs in poor communities in selected rural ar- a strategic realignment of the Haitian emergency response system. The eas. The project will build on the success of the community-based de- grant was signed on 12 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- velopment approach utilized under the First National Community gory B. PID: 114292. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Development project. The focus of income generation interventions Unite Centrale d’Execution, Premiere ruelle Wilson Paco, Port-au- will be supported by increased agricultural competitiveness in small Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 3446-3165, 3753-3366, E-mail: [email protected], and medium farms, community-based tourism development, and Contact: Garry Jean, Coordonateur; Bureau de Monetisation, 12 Boule- through strengthened linkages between agriculture and markets in gen- vard Harry-Truman Bicentenaire Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 2223- eral. Decision meeting scheduled for 28 April 2009. Environmental As- 8031/8845/9267, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: sessment Category B. PID: 105122. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Consultants Michael Lecorps, Directeur General will be required. Jamaica Social Investment Fund, 2nd Floor, 1c-1f Honduras Pawey Rd, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, Tel: 1-876-929-1620, Con- tact: Stephannie Hutchinson-Ffrench, Project Manager Energy and Mining (R) Power Sector Efficiency Enhancement (PROMEF) (Cr.4536- Mexico HN): The objectives are (a) improving the delivery of electricity ser- Environment and Natural Resources Management vices in Honduras; (b) strengthening the institutional framework of the Honduran telecommunications sector; and (c) strengthening the ca- (R) Adaptation to Climate Change: The objective is to reduce vul- pacity of the hydrocarbons unit at the Honduras Secretary of the En- nerability to the anticipated impacts from climate change in México’s vironment and Natural Resources (SERNA). Approved by the Executive water resources, with a primary focus on coastal areas of the Gulf of Directors on 22 January 2009. Signing scheduled for 27 February 2009. Mexico associated inland basins. The project will implement specific Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 104034. US$ 30.0 (IDA). measures and formulate adaptation policy options in representative sys- Consultants will be required. Empresa Nacional de Energia Eléctrica tems of the Gulf of Mexico wetlands in order to protect their envi- (ENEE), Edif. Bco. Atlantida 4o Piso 2da Avenida entre 9 y 10 calles, ronmental functions from climate change related impacts. Decision Comayaguela, Honduras, Tel: (504) 237-8466, Fax: (504) 237-8473, meeting completed. Appraisal scheduled for 17 March 2009. Environmental Contact: Abog. Rixi Moncada, Ministra Asesora en Materia de Ener- Assessment Category B. PID: 100438. US$ 4.5 (GEF). Consultants will gia y Gerente de ENEE be required. Instituto Nacional de Ecologia (INE), Av. Periférico No.5000, Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco, México, DF, México, Tel: (52-55) Health, Nutrition and Population 5424-6400, Ext.13178, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Biol. Ju- (R) Improving Access and Quality of Basic Health Care Ser- lia Judith Martinez Fernandez, Coordinadora del Programa de Cam- vices: The objectives are: (a) to expand coverage of the decentral- bio Climático ized and traditional health care models, with special attention to (R) Environment Sustainable Development Policy Loan Sup- maternal-infant care; (b) to improve performance outcomes (qual- plemental (Ln. 7639-MX): The objectives are the same as the orig- ity) of basic health services; and (c) to strengthen the Ministry of inal project to support the government’s program by implementing Health capacity to monitor, audit and supervise annually at least 60 actions to address environmental sustainability challenges in key eco- to 80% of the basic health service agreements in the traditional and nomic sectors: tourism, energy, forestry, water, agriculture, and hous- alternative models of health care. Decision meeting scheduled for ing. In light of the economic and financial challenges faced by the 5 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 112090. government of Mexico, supplemental financing is being provided to US$ 15.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for implementation. Min- assist them with their environment reform program. The loan was istry of Health, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 222-8518, Fax: (504) signed on 19 December 2008. Environmental Assessment Category U. 238-4141, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Carlos Aguilar, PID: 115101. US$ 401.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Secre- Acting Minister of Health tariat of Environment and Natural Resources, Av. San Jerónimo No. 458, 3er Piso, Col. Jardines del Pedregal, México, Tel: (52-55) 5490-2118, Rural Development E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected], Second Land Administration: The objective is to strengthen prop- Contacts: Lic. Roberto Cabral y Bowling, Director General Adjunto de erty rights in Honduras through modernization of the legal frame- Financiameintro Estratégico, Biol. Juan Godinez Zúniga, Director de work, institutional strengthening and development of a fully-integrated Crédito Externo and decentralized National System for Property Administration. The specific objective for the second phase is to provide population in the Information and Communication project area with improved, decentralized land administration ser- (R) Information Technology Development (Ln. 7571-MX): The vices, including better access to and more accurate information on prop- objective is to develop the IT and ITES Industry in México, to trans- erty records and transactions. Decision meeting scheduled for 16 fer the best international experience to: (a) develop the indigenous IT March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 106680. Industry; (b) attract outsourcing companies to México; and (c) attract US$ 30.0 (IDA). Consultants will be required for implementation. In- captive offshoring of international corporation to México. Loan sign- MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 51 ing scheduled for 27 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- term sustainability, efficiency and quality of urban transport in Mé- egory B. PID: 106589. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. xico. The first stage of this program would target México City. Secretaria de Economia, Avenida Insurgentes Sur 1940, 4to Piso, Colo- Another stage would earmark medium size cities. Decision meeting nia Florida, México DFCP 01030, Tel: (52-55) 5229-6100 Ext. 34100, E- scheduled for 10 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category mail: [email protected], Contact: Sergio Carrera, Director B. PID: 107159. US$ 180.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. General de Comercio Interior y Economia Digital METROBUS, Av. Cuauhtemoc No. 16, Col. Doctores, México, DF 06720, México, Tel: (52-55) 5761-6858/60 Ext. 126, E-mail: gcalderon@- Public Sector Governance metrobus.df.gob.mx, Contact: Lic. Guillermo Calderon, Director (R) Customs Institutional Strengthening: The objectives are to im- General.; Secretaria de Finanzas del Gobierno del Distrito Federal, prove effectiveness of customs through: (i) Strengthening the controls Calle Dr. Lavista No. 144, Acceso 1, 1er Piso, Col. Doctoresm Méxi- function in SAT to minimize internal and external customs irregular- co DF 06720, México, Tel: (52-55) 5134-2671, E-mail: luisrosendo@- ities (such as contraband and under-valuation); (ii) achieving reduc- finanzas.df.gob.mx, Contact: Lic. Luis Rosendo, Subsecretario de tion in costs for citizens and government, and improvement in Planeacion processing times; and (iii) contributing to improved performance of (R) Sustainable Transport and Air Quality: The objective is to re- customs personnel through professionalization of customs staff and duce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through the promotion of long strengthened link between pay and performance. Appraisal completed. term modal shift to less energy intensive transport modes in cities in Negotiations scheduled for mid-March 2009. Environmental Assessment México. Negotiations scheduled for 2 March 2009. Environmental Category C. PID: 114271. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Assessment Category B. US$ 5.4 (GEF). Consultants will be required. quired. Servicio de Administración Tributaria, Hidalgo 77, Module I, Sedesol, Dirección General de Equipamiento e Infraestructura, Paseo 1er Piso, Col. Guerrero, México, DF, 06300, Tel: (52-55) 5802-2512, E- de la Reforma No. 333, 5to Piso, Col. Cuauhtemoc, México DF, Mé- mail: [email protected], Contact: Rodolfo Ponce Diaz, Coor- xico, Tel: (52-55) 5328-5000 Ext. 57102, Fax: (52-55) 5328-57136, E- dinador de Reingeniería de Aduanas mail: [email protected], Contact: Carlos Valdez Mariscal, Results-based Management and Budgeting (Ln. 7622-MX): The Director objective is to introduce performance-based management and budgeting in México, bringing into the budget-setting process and broader pub- Water and Sanitation lic debate rigorous information on the efficiency and effectiveness of Environmental Recovery of Apatlaco River Basin: The objective Federal departments, agencies and programs. Loan signing scheduled is to improve the environmental conditions of the Apatlaco River Basin. for 11 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: The project has six components: (a) rehabilitation and expansion of 106528. US$ 17.2 (IBRD). Consultants will not be required for project sewerage systems; (b) rehabilitation of existing and construction of new preparation. Secretaria de la Función Pública, Av. Insurgentes Sur wastewater treatment plants; (c) clean-up of garbage dumps; (d) pilot 1735, 8vo Piso, Ala Norte, Col. Guadalupe Inn, CP 01020, México DF, project of municipal management of solid waste, including a recycling México, Tel: (52-55) 2000-3000 Ext.4083, Fax: (52-55) 2000-3000 Ext.4700, project; (e) strengthening of municipal WSS utilities; and (f) institutional E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Javier Gonzalez support to CEAMA in its efforts to obtain ISO 14001 Environmental Gomez, Director General de Eficiencia Administrativa y Buen Gobier- Management System certification. Decision meeting scheduled for no; Secretaria de Hacienda y Crédito Público, Av. Constituyentes 1001, 30 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: 107134. Edificio B, 6to Piso, Col. Belen de las Flores, CP 011100, México DF, US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Banco Nacional de Obras México, Tel: (52-55) 3688-4915, Fax: (52-55) 3688-4962, E-mail: guiller- y Servicios Públicos, S.N.C. (BANOBRAS), Av. Javier Barros Sierra [email protected], Contact: Guillermo Bernal Miranda, No. 515, 8vo Piso Col. Lomas de Santa Fe, México, DF 01219, Méx- Jefe de la Unidad de Política y Control Presupuestario ico, Tel: (52-55) 5270-1616, E-mail: [email protected], Rural Development Contact: Lic. Liliana Reyes Castrejon, Gerente de Asistencia Técnica (R) Sustainable Rural Development: The objective is to promote y Proyectos con Multilaterales environmentally and economically sustainable agro-processing facil- ities, while contributing to the goals of the National Strategy on Cli- Nicaragua mate Change by facilitating the adoption of emission-reduction tech- Rural Development nologies. GEF CEO endorsement pending. Board presentation National Seed System Strengthening (Food Crisis Response scheduled for 24 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Cate- Progam): The objective is to improve the availability and access to high- gory B. PID: 106261. US$ 50.0/10.5 (IBRD/GEF). Consultants will quality seed, in order to increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable be required. Secretaria de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Desarrollo Alimenticio manner in the medium term. Decision meeting scheduled for 26 March y Pesca, Municipio Libre No. 377, 9no Piso, Ala A, Col. Santa Cruz 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 114375. US$ 10.0 Atoyac, México DF 03310, México, Tel: (52-55) 9183-1355, E-mail: dgen- (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and [email protected], Contact: Ing. Rodrigo Diez de Sollano, Gen- Forestry, Km 8 1/2 Carretera a Masaya, Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 276- eral Director 0329/276-0200, Ext. 1025, Fax: (505) 276-0390, E-mail: julio.castillo@mag- Social Protection for.gob.ni, Contact: Julio C. Castillo Vargas, Director General de Políticas (R) Support to Oportunidades: The objective is to continue Mex- Social Protection ico’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, Oportunidades, which covers about 5 million poor families. The principal objectives are: (a) (R) Emergency Food Price Response: The objective is to help mit- complement the income of poor families with children; (b) increase igate the impact of food price increases on vulnerable groups’ human the accumulation of human capital in extremely poor families through capital and productive assets and strengthen programs aimed at pre- improvements in their access to education, health and nutrition; and venting such losses. Specific objectives are: (i) to protect the school (c) strengthen program quality. Decision meeting completed. Appraisal attendance and nutritional status of pre-school and primary school and negotiations scheduled for early-March 2009. Environmental As- age children by providing school lunches to public school students in sessment Category C. PID: 115067. US$ 1,000.0 (IBRD). Consultants vulnerable municipalities, while strengthening the national strategy to will be required. SEDESOL/Oportunidades, Av. Insurgentes Sur, 1480, address chronic malnutrition as part of the national Social Protection México, DF, México, Tel: (52-55) 5534-3000, Ext. 60049, E-mail: mari- system, and (ii) to promote income generation and contribute to poor [email protected], Contact: Dra. Maria Farell Campa, Di- rural households’ food security. Approved by the Executive Directors on rectora General de Administracion y Finanzas 21 January 2009. Grant signing scheduled for 17 February 2009. En- vironmental Assessment Category B. PID: 114441. US$ 7.0 (SF). Con- Tr ansportation sultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (R) National Urban Transport Strategy: (formerly Mexico City Low (MAGFOR) and Ministry of Education (MINED), Tel: (505) 265-1451, Carbon Transport Corridors) The objective is to contribute to the trans- Fax: (505) 265-1595, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: formation of the transport sector through improvements in the long- Miguel de Castilla, Ministro de Educacion PAGE 52 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
Water and Sanitation transport sector; (ii) to improve public transport service quality by help- (R) Greater Managua Water Supply and Sanitation (PRASMA) ing the government consolidate ongoing reforms to the current pub- (Cr. 4527-NI, H430-NI): (formerly Managua Water Supply and lic transport system; (iii) to implement where demand justifies it, BRT Sanitation) The objective is to contribute to increase access to water facilities to improve service efficiency; and (iv) to improve facilities for and sanitation services in poor neighborhoods of Managua and to im- pedestrian and roads for feeder routes in low-income areas. Project prove the quality and sustainability of water and sanitation services pro- preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. PID: vided by ENACAL in Managua. The credit was signed on 21 January 106683. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for implementa- 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 110092. US$ tion. Authority of Transit and Urban Transport (ATTT), Tel: (507) 20.0/20.0 (IDA/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Empresa 502-0514 Ext. 108/113, Fax: (507) 502-0516, Contact: Mr. Heraclio Nicaraguense de Acueducto y Alcantarillado Sanitario - ENACAL Batista, Director (Nicaragua Water and Sewerage Utility) Oficinas Centrales, Km. 5 Urban Development Carretera Sur, Managua, Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 2667-8637, Fax: (505) Sustainable Tourism: The objective is to assist the government in 266-7909, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Jose Luis Oso- regulating and managing the tourism sector in an inclusive way that rio, Project Manager provides benfits to the poor and ensures sustainability. Decision meet- Panama ing scheduled for 15 September 2009. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. PID: 109361. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants may be required Economic Management for implementation. Ministry of Tourism, Planning Department, Aquilino (R) Protecting the Poor Under Global Uncertainty Develop- de la Guardia y calle Gerardo Ortega, Edificio Central, piso 1, Panama ment Policy Loan: (formerly Development Policy Loan with Deferred City, Panama, Tel: (507) 526-7160, Contact: Mr. Jaime Cornejo, Di- Drawdown Option) The objectives of the project are to: (a) promote rector macroeconomic and financial stability through strengthened banking supervision, and (b) mitigate the impact of economic shocks on the Paraguay poor through improved execution of social programs. Concept review Education completed. Decision meeting scheduled for 23 February 2009. Environ- Third Secondary Education: The objective is to support the Gov- mental Assessment Category U. PID: 115177. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). No ernment of Paraguay to improve: (i) learning outcomes in the lower consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Via Espana y Calle 52, and upper secondary levels; and (ii) the internal efficiency in these two Edificio Ogawa, 4to. piso, Panama, Tel: (507) 507-7202, Fax: (507) 507- levels as measured by net enrollment rates, transition rates from lower 7200, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Contact: to upper secondary and completion rates at upper secondary. Decision Aracelly Mendez, Directora, Crédito Público meeting scheduled for 17 September 2009. Environmental Assess- Private Sector Development ment Category B. PID: 101200. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants may be Access to Finance: The objective is to expand access to financial ser- required for implementation. Ministry of Education, 15 de Agosto vices in Panama towards poverty alleviation. Project preparation is un- e/Gral. Diaz y Eduardo V. Haedo, Edif. del ex BNT, Asunción, Paraguay, derway. Environmental Assessment Category FI. PID: 108801. US$ 25.0 Tel/Fax: (595-21) 443-078, Contact: Lic. Maria Ester Jimenez, Minis- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, tra de Educación y Cultura PO Box 7340, Panama City, Panama, Tel: (507) 507-7000, Fax: (507) Environment and Natural Resources Management 507-7045, Contact: Gaudencio Rodriguez, Coordinator de Proyectos, (R) Biodiversity Conservation: The objective is to conserve biodi- Plan de Inversiones de Mediano Plazo versity within the production landscape of the Upper Paraná Atlantic Second Competitiveness and Public Financial Management De- Forest and associated systems. Negotiations scheduled for 23 March velopment Policy (Ln. 7645-PA): The objectives are: (a) promote 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 94335. US$ 5.5 broad-based growth through the enhancement of private sector com- (GEF). Consultants have been recruited. Secretariat of Environment, petitiveness, by reducing bureaucratic red tape, improving training poli- Ave. Madame Lynch 3500, Asunción, Paraguay, Tel: (595) 2161-5806/7, cies, and increasing investments in innovation; and (b) consolidate E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Juan Manuel Cano, Project Co- fiscal sustainability, transparency and efficiency through the mod- ordinator ernization of public financial management systems for revenue, debt, fiscal reporting, and public procurement. Loan signing scheduled for Public Sector Governance 16 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 106641. (R) Public Sector Development Policy Loan: The objective is to US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy assist the Government in assuring continuity of efforts to gradually im- and Finance, Edificio Ogawa, 4 piso, Via Espana, Apartado 0816-02886, plement its public sector reform agenda. Decision meeting scheduled Panama, Republica de Panama, Tel: (507) 507-7202/04, Fax: (507) 507- for 5 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. PID: 113457. 7200, Contact: Aracelly Mendez, Director of Public Credit US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Chile 252, Asunción, Paraguay, Tel: (595-21) 440-010, Fax: (595-21) Rural Development 448-283, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Francisco Second Land Administration Additional Financing: The objec- Ogura, Director de Política de Endeudamiento tive of the additional financing is to modernize the land administra- tion system, including priority protected areas and indigenous peo- Rural Development ples’ territories. Specifically, the scale up parent project activities to Land Access and Administration: The objectives are: (a) strength- cover the Panama and Colon provinces to: (a) regularize urban and ening land policy and land institutions, (b) improving land administration rural lands; (b) consolidate protected areas in four zones; and (c) con- in rural areas, and (c) broadening land access. Project preparation is solidate three new indigenous territories. Decision meeting sched- underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 99850. US$ uled for 15 July 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Chile 110024. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of 128 Casi Palma, Asunción, Republic of Paraguay Economy and Finance through National Program for Land Adminis- tration (PRONAT), Tel: (507) 315-1955, Fax: (507) 315-1949, E-mail: Social Development, Gender and Inclusion [email protected], Contact: Mr. Orlando Armuelles, Tech- Pilot Community Development Additional Financing (Ln.7521- nical Project Coordinator PY): The objective of the additional financing is similar to the original project, except for changing the original reference to three departments. Tr ansportation The objective of the Pilot Community Development project was to test Urban Transport: The objective is to improve mobility and accessi- a decentralized, participatory, bottom up development approach as a bility conditions in the City of Panama in a cost-effective manner. Spe- way to improve the quality of life and social inclusion of poor rural and cific objectives are: (i) to strengthen the capacity of the government marginal urban communities in eight departments in eastern and for planning, supervising and implementing reforms to the public southern Paraguay. The additional financing would allow both the MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 53 funding of additional CDD-type investments in the original project porting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category B. area, and the expansion of project activities to include additional five PID: 99446. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- departments. Approved by the Executive Directors on 25 March 2008. menting agency(ies) to be determined. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 106433. US$ 9.0 (IBRD). (R) Second Health Reform Program APL (Ln.7643-PE): The ob- Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Acción Social, Pdte. Franco jectives are to (a) reduce infant and maternal mortality at an acceler- esq. Ayolas, Edif. Ayfra, Piso 2, Bloque B, Republic of Paraguay, Tel: ated rate and (b) improve nutrition and care of children under five. (595-21) 447-889, Fax: (595-21) 496-799, Contact: Victor Centurion, Approved by the Executive Directors on 17 February 2009. Environ- Project Coordinator mental Assessment Category B. PID: 95563. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Con- Water and Sanitation sultants will be required. Ministerio de Salud, Programa de Apoyo a la Reforma del Sector Salud, Ave. Javier Prado Oeste, No. 1381, San (R) Water and Sanitation Sector Modernization: The objectives Isidro, Lima, Peru, Tel/Fax: (511) 440-4101, E-mail: cricse@parsalud. are to (a) increase coverage of water and sanitation in rural and peri- gob.pe, Contact: Carlos Ricse, Coordinador General urban areas; (b) promote efficient provision of water and sanitation ser- vices in urban and rural areas; and (c) strengthen policy making Public Sector Governance functions in the central government and the institutional capacity of Second Justice Services Improvement: The objective is to sup- the sector regulator, while promoting participation of local authorities port a coordinated introduction of the key sector agencies in imple- in an organized environment to promote better accountability of ser- menting oral proceedings and expanding the activities under the first vice providers, in urban and rural areas. Negotiations are underway. Board Justice Services Improvement project which were limited to only ten presentation scheduled for 26 March 2009. Environmental Assessment judicial districts. Project preparation is underway. Environmental Category B. PID: 95235. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Assessment Category B. PID: 110752. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consul- quired. Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios del Paraguay Sociedad Anón- tants will be required for project preparation. Judiciary of Peru, Av. ima (ESSAP S.A.), Jose Berges 516, Asunción, Paraguay, Tel/Fax: Paseo de la República s/n, Palacio Nacional de Justicia, 4to Piso, Ofi- (595-21) 210-330, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Mannuel cina 444, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1)7196300, Fax: (51-1)4270292, E-mail: Lopez Cano, Presidente; Servicio Nacional de Saneamiento Ambien- [email protected], Contact: Nelson Shack Yalta, Project Coor- tal (SENASA), Mcal. Estigarribia 796, Asunción, Paraguay, Tel/Fax: dinator (595-21) 494-399, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Genaro Cristaldo, General Director Rural Development (R) Sierra Irrigation Subsector: The objectives are (a) to improve Peru farmers’ incomes in the Sierra through increasing production and im- Economic Management proving the commercialization of higher-value crops for internal mar- kets and exports; and (b) to improve overall water resource management (R) Second Programmatic Fiscal Management and Competi- in the country and in selected river basins. Negotiations scheduled for tiveness Development Policy Supplemental Financing (Ln. 7649- 18 May 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. PID: 104760. US$ PE): The objectives are: (a) growth with equity; (b) fiscal adjustment; 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture (c) improved quality of public expenditures; and (d) a public sector that through Programa Subsectorial de Irrigación (PSI) and Instituto Na- facilitates private sector development. The loan was signed on 16 Jan- cional de Recursos Naturales (IRENA), Emilio Fernandez 130, Santa uary 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 115120. US$ Beatriz, Cercado de Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 423-0179, Fax: (51-1) 423- 330.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Economy and 2055, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Ing. Jorge Zuniga, Direc- Finance, Jr, Junin 319, Lima 1, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 428-2101; 426-1823, E- tor Ejecutivo mail: [email protected], Contact: Aida Amezaga, Director Sectoral Loans Coordination Unit Social Protection Environment and Natural Resources Management (R) Second Results and Accountability (REACT) Development Policy Loan: The objectives are: (a) improved outcomes in second (R) Environmental Development Policy Loan (Ln. 7674-PE): The grade literacy; (b) increased access to institutional births in the 10 poor- objective is to support the government’s efforts in (a) institutional est departments; and (c) increased coverage of individualized growth strengthening for environmental governance, including regulation monitoring and counseling for children under 24 months of age in ar- and enforcement; and (b) mainstreaming environmental sustainabil- eas with a high incidence of chronic malnutrition. Negotiations com- ity principles in the mining, fisheries, and urban transport and fuel sec- pleted. Board presentation scheduled for 9 April 2009. Environmental tors; promoting improvements in the health conditions particularly of Assessment Category U. PID: 101177. US$ 330.0 (IBRD). No consul- the poor who are exposed to the highest risks from environmental degra- tants are required. Unidad de Coordinación de Prestamos Sectoriales, dation. Approved by the Executive Directors on 17 February 2009. En- Ministry of Economy and Finance, Jr. Junín 319, Piso 4, Lima, Peru, vironmental Assessment Category U. PID: 101471. US$ 330.0 (IBRD). Tel: (51-1) 311-9900 Anexo 2548, 311-5958/5959, Fax: (51-1) 311-9900 Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Jr. Junín Anexo 2547, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Aida Amézaga, 319, 4to Piso, Lima 1, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 311-5958, 426-9452, Fax: (51-1) Head, Unidad Coodinadora de Prestamos Sectoriales 311-9900, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Aida Amézaga, Jefe de Unidad de Coordinación de Préstamos Sectoriales Tr ansportation (R) Strengthening Biodiversity Conservation Through the Na- Road Safety: The objective is to contribute to the attainment of a de- tional Protected Areas Program (PRONANP): The objective is to fined reduction in fatalities and injuries due to road traffic crashes, consolidate protected areas in a decentralized framework to ensure that through strengthening the institutional framework and management key ecosystems and biodiversity are conserved and managed sus- of road safety activities, together with targeted investment on defined tainably through conservation corridors managed at the regional and pilot corridors in Peru. Project preparation is underway. Environ- local levels. Decision meeting scheduled for 7 March 2009. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 112067. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Con- mental Assessment Category B. PID: 95424. US$ 10.0 (GEF). Con- sultants will be required. Consejo Nacional de Seguridad Vial, Av. sultants will be required. Peruvian Trust Fund for National Parks and Arequipa 810, Piso 9, of. 903 Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 433-3661, 615-7800 Protected Areas, Ave. Prolongacion Arenales 722-724, Miraflores, Ext. 4989, Fax: (51-1) 433-2968, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Peru, Tel: (51-1) 212-1010, Fax: (51-1) 212-1957, E-mail: Apaniagua@pro- Diego Vargas Cardoso, Secretario Técnico fonanpe.org.pe, Contact: Alberto Paniagua, Executive Director Water and Sanitation Health, Nutrition and Population (R) Water Resources Management Modernization: (formerly un- (R) Results in Nutrition: The objective is to reduce chronic malnu- der Environment and Natural Resources Management) The objective trition by 5% in five years, while establishing a structure and monitor- is to build the capacity for participatory, integrated, basin-scale water ing system to accelerate the rate of malnutrition reduction beyond the resource Management by strengthening institutions at the central five years. This project is no longer in the lending program. Further re- level and in three pilot river basins. Appraisal completed. Negotiations PAGE 54 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009 scheduled for 19 March 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. it is well-positioned to bear given its credit, its experience with devel- PID: 107666. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Autori- oping countries, and its special relationships with governments. The dad Nacional del Agua, Ministry of Agriculture, Carlos Pagador, Chief, risk-sharing may be for specific risks (the partial risk guarantee) or Calle Diecisiete No 355, Urb. El Palomar, San Isidro, Lima, Peru, Tel: for part of the financing (the partial credit guarantee). (511) 226-3497, E-mail: [email protected], Contact: Pedro Guer- A partial risk guarantee covers risks arising from nonperformance of rero, Project Manager sovereign contractual obligations or from force majeure aspects in a project. A partial credit guarantee typically extends maturities beyond Regional what private creditors could otherwise provide, for example, by guar- Education anteeing late-dated repayments or by providing incentives for lenders to roll over medium-term loans. OECS-Grenada Skills for Inclusive Growth (Cr. 4534-GD): The For more information on the Bank’s guarantee program and to obtain objective of the second phase of the APL is to support the Government a copy of the pamphlet “The World Bank Guarantees: Leveraging Pri- of Grenada to increase the employability of youth through public/pri- vate Finance for Emerging Markets” (available in English, French, Por- vate sector partnerships for technical and life skills training that is de- tuguese and Spanish), please contact the Finance Economics and mand driven. Approved by the Executive Directors on 14 January Urban Department (FEU) Tel: (202) 458-8111; Fax: (202) 522-0761, or 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: 95681. US$ 3.0 visit www.worldbank.org/guarantees. (IDA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education, Project Co- ordination Unit, 3rd Floor, Ministerial Complex, Botanical Gardens, Tan- teen, St. George’s, Grenada, Tel: (473) 443-0531/2, Fax: (473) 443-0533, E-mail: [email protected],[email protected], Contact: Mr. Crispin Frederick, Project Coordinator Africa Region Energy and Mining Regional OECS Regional Energy: The objective is to enhance the efficiency of electricity provision in OECS countries by (a) strengthening the over- Tr ansportation sight of the respective States ESI’s; (b) improving the States’ decision- Joint Railway Concession: (Public Sector) The objective is to mo- making ability to screen through electricity supply options and bilize commercial debt financing in support of the joint concessioning promoting electricity supply from renewable energy sources; and (c) of the Kenya and Uganda railways. Two IDA partial risk guarantees, promoting regional harmonization of regulatory frameworks. Project Kenya (US$ 45.0) and Uganda (US$ 10.0), in support of the project, preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: which is a component of the East Africa Community Transport Facil- 101414. US$ 4.1/2.4 (IBRD/IDA). Consultants will be required. Im- itation project, were approved by the Executive Directors on 23 Janu- plementing agencies to be determined ary 2006. The project achieved financial closure in December 2006. Effectiveness of the Partial Risk Guarantees is still pending. Uruguay Botswana Economic Management Energy and Mining (R) Second Programmatic Reform Implementation Develop- ment Policy (Ln.7667-UY): The objective is to support implemen- (R) Mmamabula IPP: (Private Sector) The objective is to support tation of priority economic and social sector reforms as determined by the development and implementation of a 2100 MW (3 x 700 MW) the government. This will provide the government with a framework coal fired supercritical power plant and an associated coal mine in for the implementation of the reforms that it has identified to move to- eastern Botswana (in the locale of Mookane and Dovedale) to be de- wards its ultimate goal of obtaining sustained growth at higher than veloped, owned, and operated by a private sector project company. An historical rates, while combating poverty and exclusion and ensuring IBRD partial risk guarantee is being considered in support of the pro- equitable access to opportunities. Approved by the Executive Directors ject to backstop certain government obligations. Board presentation on 3 February 2009. Environmental Assessment Category C. PID: tentatively scheduled for fourth quarter FY09. 106724. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Botswana Economy and Finance, Colonia 1089 3er. Piso, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 1712-2210, Fax: (598-2) 1712-2212, E-mail: secmacro@mef. Energy and Mining gub.uy, Contact: Dr. Fernando Lorenzo, Head of the MEF’s Macro- Morupule B IPP: (Private Sector) The objective is to support the economics Advisory Department development and implementation of a 600 MW (4X150MW) coal fired CFB power plant, adjacent to the existing Morupule A power station in the township of Palapye, eastern part of Botswana. An IBRD in Par- tial Credit Guarantee (PCG) is being considered in support of the pro- ject depending on the financing plan envisaged for the project. Board Guarantee Operations presentation tentatively scheduled for third quarter FY09. Cameroon In September 1994, the Bank’s Executive Directors approved a proposal to make guarantees a mainstream instrument of Bank operations. Energy and Mining These guarantees are most likely to be used for infrastructure fi- (R) Kribi Gas Power IPP: (Private Sector) The objective is the de- nancing, where the demands for funding are large, political and sov- velopment and implementation of a 150 MW gas-fired power plant lo- ereign risks are significant, and the need for long-maturity financing cated in the Mbolongwe village, 9 km north of the coastal city of Kribi is often critical to a project’s viability. in the southern province of Cameroon. The primary development ob- By covering some of the risks that the market is not able to bear or jective for the project is to increase the capacity and reliability of elec- adequately evaluate, the Bank’s guarantee can attract new sources of tricity supply in Cameroon through the implementation of the 150 finance, reduce financing costs, and extend maturities. The guarantee MW Kribi gas power generation project to create a solid base for can be especially valuable where activities traditionally undertaken growth and poverty reduction in Cameroon. An IDA PRG of about US$ and financed by the government are being shifted to the private sec- 60 million being considered in support of the project. Board presen- tor but where the government remains as a regulator or provider of tation is tentatively scheduled for fourth quarter of FY09. inputs and a buyer of outputs. The Bank’s participation as guarantor can also facilitate the transparency of these transactions. Kenya Since the guarantee is intended to be a catalytic instrument, the Bank Tr ansport offers only partial guarantees, and risks are clearly shared between the Nairobi Urban Toll Road: (Private Sector) The objective is to im- Bank and private lenders. The Bank’s objective is to cover risks that prove traffic efficiency along the Northern Corridor in Kenya by en- MARCH 2009 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 55 abling private investment within a toll road concession along the most considered. Board presentation is tentatively scheduled for the first quar- congested urban sections of the Uhuru Highway. An IDA PRG of ter of FY09. about US$120.0 is currently being considered in support of the con- cession. Board presentation tentatively scheduled for first quarter FY10. Nigeria Europe and Central Asia Energy and Mining Region (R) Energy Infrastructure: (Private Sector) The objective is to sup- port the development and implementation of an about 1,500 MW power plant in Nigeria. IDA PRGs of about US$ 160.0 being considered Albania in support of the project. The PRG would help to assist the Govern- Energy and Mining ment in putting in place an appropriate framework for IPPs as well as KESH Power Distribution Privatization: (Private Sector) The ob- the extent of Government support to be provided through the PRGs. jective is the facilitation of the privatization of power distribution com- Board presentation tentatively scheduled for third quarter FY09. pany in Albania through the support of an IBRD Partial Risk Guarantee of about US$ 50.0. Board presentation tentatively scheduled for third Senegal quarter FY09. Energy and Mining (R) Dakar Diamniadio Toll Highway: (Private Sector) The objec- tive of the Dakar Diamniadio Toll Highway (DDTH) is to provide sig- nificant improvement to the Dakar metropolitan area as the economic Middle East driver of Senegal’s development. Given the high perception of politi- cal risk in Senegal which is seen by investors and commercial lenders and North Africa Region as a barrier to investment lending, a Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) of about USD 30 million has been incorporated as a component of the over- all DDTH Project. Board presentation tentatively scheduled for second Jordan quarter FY10. Energy and Mining Al Qatrana Power Project: (Private Sector) The objective is to cat- Senegal alyze private investment for the construction of an about 370 MW gas- Energy and Mining fired combined cycle power station to be developed, owned and operated by a private-sector company in the region of Al Qatrana, Jordan. An Electricity Efficiency Enhancement (Kounoune IPP): (Public IBRD partial risk guarantee of about US$ 48.0 is being considered in Sector) The objective is to improve efficiency in the power sector and support of the project. Board presentation is tentatively scheduled for meet increasing demand for electricity. An IDA partial risk guarantee third quarter of FY09. of US$ 7.2 was offered as an inducement for third-party cofinancing of the investment project for which an IDA credit of US$ 15.0 was ap- proved by the Executive Directors on May 2005. Financial closure is pending. South Asia Region Bangladesh East Asia and Pacific Region Energy and Mining (R) Bibiyana IPP: (Private Sector) The objective is to mobilize pri- Philippines vate capital for the development and implementation of a 330-450 MW gas-fired, base-load, combined-cycle power plant in the northeast of Energy and Mining Bangladesh, approximately 180 km from Dhaka, eight kilometers from Power Sector Reform and Transco Concession: (Private Sector) the Bibiyana gas field (operated by Chevron) on the Kushiyara River. The objective is to implement a power sector reform and privatization An IDA PRG of up to US$ 200.0 is being considered in support of the program by facilitating the concession of a nationwide power trans- project. This project is no longer in the lending program. Further reporting mission system. An IBRD partial risk guarantee of US$ 250.0 is being will be discontinued. PAGE 56 Monthly Operational Summary MARCH 2009
LIST OF ACRONYMS
AUSAID Australian Agency for International IsDB Islamic Development Bank Development JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation ADB Asian Development Bank ADF African Development Fund ITF Interim Trust Fund AfDB African Development Bank KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau APL Adaptable program loan (Germany) BADEA Banque arabe de développement LIL Learning and innovation loan économique en Afrique NCB National competitive bidding BOAD Banque ouest africaine de développement CDB Caribbean Development Bank NGO Nongovernmental organization CFD Caisse française de développement NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation CIDA Canadian International Development Agency OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund DANIDA Danish International Development (Japan) Agency OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting DFID Department for International Countries Development (UK) PAD Project Appraisal Document EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development PCD Project Concept Document EDF European Development Fund PCF Prototype Carbon Fund EIB European Investment Bank PCN Project Concept Note EU European Union FAC Fonds d’aide et de coopération (France) PHRD Policy and Human Resources Development (Japan) FAO Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations PID Project Identification (Number) FAO/CP FAO Cooperative Program PPF Project Preparation Facility (with the World Bank) FINNIDA Finland International Development QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection Agency SDC Swiss Agency for Development GEF Global Environment Facility Cooperation GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische SIDA Swedish International Development Zusammenarbeit Authority IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Service Office UNDP United Nations Development Programme
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction UNFPA United Nations Population Fund and Development UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund ICB International competitive bidding IDA International Development Association USAID United States Agency for International Development IDB Inter-American Development Bank IFAD International Fund for Agricultural WHO World Health Organization Development