THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY CONTENTS 72249 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 30 South Asia Region 43 Europe and Central Asia Region 50 Middle East and North Africa Region 59 Latin America and the Caribbean Region 65 Other 74 Guarantee Operations 74 List of Acronyms 75 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 Copyright © 2012 by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, 1818 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20433. The material contained in The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary may not be reproduced, transmitted or photocopied in any form, or by any means, without the prior written consent of the copyright holder. AUGUST 2012 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 3 GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on the hiring consultants and procuring goods and works. Contractors status of projects in the World Bank’s pipeline from the time the and suppliers, therefore, should contact appropriate officials operation is identified to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or Grant of the implementing agency to express their interest in specific Agreement. It is a detailed accounting of the projects included in projects and obtain information on what goods and services will the country lending programs that are actively being prepared be needed and when and how to submit bids and proposals. for implementation. The lending programs reflect the Bank’s During implementation, consultants are often used to provide strategy for each member country as set out in the Country As- technical assistance and other project implementation sup- sistance Strategy (CAS) papers and notes presented to the Board port. Unlike contracts for goods and works, those for consulting of Executive Directors of the World Bank. On average, it takes services are not usually advertised. Therefore, consultants in about 13 months for the Bank to process a project from concept particular should contact the responsible implementing agency document to approval. After a financing agreement is signed or a early in the project preparation period to express their interest. project removed from the program, the project entry is dropped Contracts for consulting services, as well as some for goods and from this Summary. works, may also be procured prior to loan/credit/grant approval. Each issue of the Summary contains a list of projects being re- This is known as advance contracting. ported for the first time and a list of projects for which financing agreements have been signed or that have been dropped from The information contained in The World Bank Monthly Opera- the current program. tional Summary is intended to enable companies to assess their interest in supplying Bank-financed projects. Further informa- By becoming familiar with the Bank’s project cycle, which is sum- tion should be requested from the country’s project implement- marized in the following paragraphs, consultants or suppliers of ing agency. The likelihood of a timely response is greater if the goods and works can gauge when the timing is right to pursue queries are brief and to the point. When possible, travel to the business opportunities with Bank borrowers. Each entry in the country and direct contact with relevant agency officials is recom- Monthly Operational Summary shows what point in the cycle a mended. particular project has reached. Project Cycle Firms should contact the World Bank only if they are unable to obtain a response to their queries from the implementing During IDENTIFICATION, the client government and the agency. General information about business opportunities un- Bank identify a specific operation as being likely to support the der Bank loans, credits, and grants may be obtained from the country’s development strategy and the Bank’s CAS. World Bank’s Procurement Policy and Services Group’s website During PREPARATION, the client government identifies and at http://www.worldbank.org/procure (click on bidding and discusses the technical and institutional alternatives for achieving consulting opportunities). the objectives of a project. Preparation usually requires feasibility studies followed by more detailed studies of the alternatives that Business opportunities arising from World Bank projects af- promise to yield the most satisfactory results. An environmental ter they have been approved, including invitations to bid and assessment is usually carried out during this phase. (See below to submit proposals on Bank projects and notices of contract for more information on environmental assessment.) awards, appear twice a month in UN Development Business and are available via the internet at UN Development Business In the preparation stage of the project cycle, clients often supple- Online at . ment their own efforts by hiring consultants to carry out a major part of the work. Contractors and suppliers of equipment and Environmental Categories goods need to start making contacts with country officials dur- The type, timing, and scope of environmental analysis to be ing this stage. performed by Bank clients are confirmed when a given project During APPRAISAL, the Bank conducts a comprehensive re- is identified. Projects are assigned one of the following catego- view of all aspects of the project (technical, institutional, eco- ries, depending on the nature, magnitude, and sensitivity of nomic, and financial), laying the foundation for implementing environmental issues: the project and evaluating it when completed. Conducted by Category A: The project may have adverse and significant envi- Bank staff, project appraisal may be supplemented by individual ronmental impacts. Full environmental assessment is normally experts. The preparation of the Project Appraisal Document required. concludes this stage. During NEGOTIATIONS, discussions are held with the client Category B: The project may have specific environmental is- government, and the agreements reached are written into the sues. Partial environmental assessment is normally required. loan documents. Upon completion of negotiations, the project is Category C: Likely to have minimal or no adverse environmental presented to the Executive Directors for approval. After approval, impacts. Beyond screening, no further EA action is required. the financing agreement is signed. Category FI: Involves investment of Bank funds through a finan- Project IMPLEMENTATION normally starts within a few cial intermediary, in subprojects that have adverse environmental months after the project financing agreement is signed. Coun- impacts. An environmental framework may be required. tries, through their implementing agencies, have full responsi- bility for executing of World Bank-financed projects, including Category U: No category given. PAGE 4 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 A typical summary entry looks like this: Viet Nam •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 capac- ity of participating commercial banks will also be provided. Preappraisal mission completed. •Italics indicate change from last month’s listing Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: •PID = Project identification number. P123456. US$ 50.0 (IDA). Consultants will be •Amount of financing in US$ millions (source) required for project management and commercial bank institutional studies. Project Management Unit, Payment System and Bank Moderniza- •Name/address of implementing agency tion Project, State Bank of Viet Nam, 49 Ly Thai To, Viet Nam, Fax: (84-4) 258-385, Contact Mr. Nguyen Van Binh GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, the World The GEF is striving for universal participation, and currently Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports on projects fi- 168 countries are participants. Countries may be eligible nanced by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF for GEF funds if (a) they are eligible for financial assistance provides grants and concessional funding to recipient coun- through the financial mechanism of either the Climate Change tries for projects and programs that protect the global environ- Convention or the Convention on Biological Diversity; or (b) ment and promote sustainable economic growth. they are eligible to borrow from the World Bank (IBRD and/or The facility, set up as a pilot program in 1991, was restruc- IDA) or receive technical assistance grants from UNDP through tured and replenished with over US$ 2 billion in 1994, and a Country Programme. A country must be a party to the Climate replenished with another US$ 4 billion in 1998, to cover the Change Convention or the Convention of Biological Diversity agreed incremental costs of activities that benefit the global to receive funds from the GEF in the relevant focal area. environment in four focal areas: climate change, biological GEF projects must be country-driven, incorporate consulta- diversity, international waters, and stratospheric ozone. Ac- tion with local communities, and, where appropriate, involve tivities concerning land degradation, primarily desertification nongovernmental organizations in project implementation. and deforestation, as they relate to the four focal areas, are For additional information on the GEF, contact the GEF sec- also eligible for funding. Both the Framework Convention on retariat or visit its website: www.gefweb.org Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity have designated the GEF as their funding mechanism on an The GEF Secretariat interim basis. 1818 H St. NW GEF projects and programs are managed through three imple- Washington DC 20433, USA menting agencies: the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Tel: (1-202) 473-0508 the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) ,and the World Fax: (1-202) 522-3240, 522-3245 Bank. The GEF Secretariat, which is functionally independent E-mail: Secretariat@TheGEF.org from the three implementing agencies, reports to and services the Council and Assembly of the GEF. AUGUST 2012 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 5 New Projects Added in This Issue Africa Region Regional Burundi Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Pacific Regional Program-Identifying and Implementing practical CCA Health and Other Social Services: Health Sector and Related DRR Knowledge and Experience 39 Development Support Additional Financing 8 Cote d’Ivoire South Asia Region Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: India POPs Pesticides Management 10 Health and Other Social Services: Fourth National Ethiopia HIV/AIDS Control 45 Transportation: Second Transport Sector Project to Support Pakistan the Fourth Road Sector Development Program 11 Health and Other Social Services: Enhanced Nutrition Madagascar for Mothers and Children 48 Transportation: Infrastructure and Livelihoods 16 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Mauritius Punjab Governance Reforms for Service Delivery 48 Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Second Public Sector Performance DPL 18 Europe and Central Asia Region Regional Serbia Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: South West Indian Finance: Non-Private Enterprise Restructuring DPL 1 57 Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth 21 Turkey Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: South West Indian Energy and Mining: Energy Sector 58 Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth-GEF 22 Health and Other Social Services: Horn of Africa Emergency Middle East and North Africa Region Health and Nutrition Additional Financing 23 Iraq Health and Other Social Services: IGAD Regional HIV/AIDS Partnership Program 23 Transportation: Trade and Transport Corridors 61 Republic of Yemen East Asia and Pacific Region Information and Communications: Climate Info System China and PPCR Coordination 65 Energy and Mining: Concentrated Solar Power 31 Transportation: Nanchang Urban Rail 32 Latin America and Caribbean Region Philippines Nicaragua Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry: Hurricane Felix Rural Development Program 38 Emergency Recovery Additional Financing 72 Health and Other Social Services: Multi Donor Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection: Rural Water Facility-Mindanao Reconstruction and Development 38 Supply and Sanitation Additional Financing 72 PAGE 6 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Projects Deleted from This Issue Africa Region Philippines: Local Government Support for Performance Grants Burkina Faso: Decentralized Urban Capacity Building South Asia Region Additional Financing Cameroon: Kribi Gas Power Generator Partial Risk Guarantees Afghanistan: New Market Development (Cr. H6800-AF) Cape Verde: Reform and Recovery of the Electricity Public Service Reform Program and Water Sectors (Ln. 81150-CV) Bangladesh: Private Sector Development (Cr. 48660-BD) Democratic Republic of Congo: Growth with Governance in the Mineral Sector (Cr. H5890-ZR) Strengthening the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General Ethiopia: Third Electricity Access and Rural Expansion India: Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Additional Financing (Cr. 51260-ET) Orissa Water Sector Improvement Mahanadi Basin Ghana: Skills Development (Cr. 48750-GH) Kenya: Nairobi Urban Toll Road Partial Risk Guarantee Capital Market and Pension Administration Technical Assistance Lesotho: Water Sector Improvement APL Phase II Supplemental Pakistan: Second Punjab Education Sector Additional Financing Liberia: Economic Governance and Institutional Reform Enhanced Nutrition for Mothers and Children Additional Financing Revitalizing Health Services in KP Integrated Public Financial Management Reform (Cr. 50260-LR) Madagascar: Transport Infrastructure Investment Regional: Central Asia and South Asia (CASA) Electricity Additional Financing Transmission and Trade (CASA 1000) Malawi: Mining Growth and Governance Support Sri Lanka: Human Capital Foundations for the Knowledge (Cr. 49010-MW) Economy Promoting Excellence in Secondary and Basic Education (Cr. 50370-LK) Mozambique: Programmatic Support to Disaster Risk Management Development Additional Financing Regional: Central African Backbone-APL4 (Ln. 81500-GA) Rwanda: Third Rural Sector Support (Cr. 50640-RW) Europe and Central Asia Region Support to Social Protection System (Cr. H7590-RW) Azerbaijan: Tertiary Education Reform Governance and Competitiveness Technical Assistance Kazakhstan: KAZSTAT Strengthening the National Statistical (Cr. 50410-RW) System (Ln. 80230-KZ) Statistics for Result Facility Serbia: Innovation Support Senegal: Higher Education Development (Cr. 49450-SN) Fifth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. 49900-SN) Middle East and North Africa Region Public Resource Management Strengthening Technical Assistance Regional: Mashreq Regional Cross Border Trade Facilitation (Cr. 49150-SN) and Infrastructure Phase I South Sudan: Southern Sudan Emergency Food Crisis Response Tunisia: Third Export Development Rural Roads Zambia: Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance Phase 2 Additional Latin America and Caribbean Region Financing Brazil: Piaui Green Growth and Inclusion Development Policy East Asia and Pacific Region Loan (Ln. 81280-BR) Cambodia: Second Public Financial Management Embrapa Verde Agricultural GHG Emissions Reduction China: City Cluster Eco-Transport-GEF Grenada: Growth and Debt Development Policy Loan AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 7 of the Territory, Benin, Tel: (229) 2130-4030, E-mail: info@decen- tralisation-benin.org, Contact: Victorin Djacoto, SP/CONAFIL Africa Eighth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to support the Government to increase economic growth and poverty Angola reduction through the implementation of its third PRSP, the SCRP 2011-2015. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 Au- Education gust 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 20.0 (IDA Quality of Education: The objective is to support the Government Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, BP 302, to pilot and develop interventions for quality improvement in early Cotonou, Benin, Tel: (229) 301-247, Fax: (229) 301-851, E-mail: sg@ grades of primary education. Negotiations scheduled for 6 August finance.gouv.bj, Contact: Mohamed Gado, Director 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122700. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Transportation istry of Education, Street Cdte Gika Central Building, 1 Floor Largo, (R) Cities Support Program: The objective is to increase ac- Luanda, Angola, Tel: (224-222) 322-466, Fax: (224-222) 322-651, cess to basic socio-economic services and short-term employment E-mail: narcisobenedito@gmail.com, Contact: Narciso Benedito, opportunities in target areas. Preparation completed on 18 June Vice-Minister of Education 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 February 2013. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P122950. US$ 60.0 (IDA Transportation Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be Luanda Urban and Mobility Development: The objective is to determined. assist the Government with urban and mobility development issues. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 November 2013. Burkina Faso Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 19.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Third Phase Community-Based Rural Development: The Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection objective of the third phase of the APL Program is to reinforce local Water Sector Institutional Development Additional Financ- development management by rural communes and ensure sustain- ing: The objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity and ef- ability of investment and knowledge built through previous phases. ficiency of the agencies in the water sector with improved access to Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. water service delivery. Bank Approval completed on 30 June 2011. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for commu- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124511. US$ 120.0 nity driven and local development projects. Coordination Nationale (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and PNGT2, 01 BP1487 Ouagadougou 01, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Water, Conego Manuel das Neves Avenue, S. Paulo, Luanda, Angola, Tel: (226-51) 315-437, Fax: (226-50) 317-410 Tel: (244-222) 339-988, Fax: (244-222) 339-335, E-mail: proj.dsa. Education minea@ebonet.net, Contact: Lucrecio Costa, Director Nacional (R) International Institute for Water and Environmental Benin Engineering Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) train students in areas of rural equipment (water, energy, infrastruc- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry tures and environment); (b) increase the capacity 2iE campuses in Forest and Adjacent Land Management Additional Fi- Kamboinsé and Ouagadougou; (c) improve the quality of training nancing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to assist and research programs; and (c) improve the institute’s management with the integration of ecosystem management system of its forests and communication capacity. Project Concept Note completed on 27 and adjacent lands. GEF Council Approval scheduled for 30 August March 2012.Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 2.0/6.0 (IDA Category C. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Credit/GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Consulting services to be determined Implementing agency(ies) to to be determined. be determined. Youth Employment and Skills Development: The objective is Education to improve youth employment and skills development in line with (R) Global Partnership for Education Program: The objective the Government’s employments strategy document. Project Concept is to expand coverage of basic education and literacy program, pro- Review Meeting scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assess- vide quality and equitable learning opportunities and improve sector ment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and management. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 21 June implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2012. Appraisal scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$ 42.3 (EFAF). Consultants will be required for Energy and Mining the preparation. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Electricity Access and Energy Supply: The objectives are to: (a) improve the availability and reliability of electricity supply; (b) Health and Other Social Services increase access; and (c) achieve rationale use of energy. Preparation (R) Health System Performance Additional Financing: The scheduled for 12 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category objective is to provide free malaria diagnosis and treatment services B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing for pregnant women and children under-five. Signing scheduled agency(ies) to be determined. for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129024. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Min- Health and Other Social Services istry of Health, 01BP: 882 Cotonou Benin, Benin, Tel: (229) 2133- (R) Social Safety Net: The objective is to assist the Government to 3930, Fax: (229) 2133-4561, E-mail: imorou_yac@yahoo.fr, Contact: develop a productive safety net that addresses the needs of chronic Valere Goyito, General Secretary poor. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 12 June 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 May 2013. Environmental As- Public Administration, Law, and Justice sessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be (R) Decentralized Community Driven Services (Cr. 51110- required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. BJ): The objective is to improve access to decentralized basic social services and to mainstream the community driven development Public Administration, Law, and Justice (CDD) approach for such services. The credit was signed on 27 June (R) First Growth and Competitiveness Credit (Cr. H7850- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117764. US$ BF): The objective is to continue to support the implementation 46.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Decen- of the PRSP for 2011. Bank Approval completed on 26 June 2012. tralization, Local Government, and Administration and Development Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126207. US$ 90.0 PAGE 8 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and increase access for households and businesses, and (b) address ef- Budget, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226-50) 324-211, Fax: fectively the project’s environmental, social and distributional risks. (226-50) 312-715 Bank Approval completed on 27 March 2012. Environmental As- sessment Category A. Project: P114077. US$ 132.0/29.0/15.0/40.0 Transportation /79.0 (IDA Credit/AFDB/DBCA/EUIB/FRDE). Consultants will be Donsin Transport Infrastructure: The objective is to enhance required. The Electricity Development Corporation (EDC), Yaounde, the competitiveness of air transport in Burkina Faso while at the same Cameroon, Tel: (237-22) 231-103, Fax: (237-22) 231-113, Contact: time stimulating private sector development. Preparation is under- Batet Eitel, Project Director way. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P120960. US$ (R) Mining Sector Technical Assistance: The objective is to 65.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Maitrise D’Ouvrage support legal, regulatory, and institutional issues in the mining sector de l’Aeroport de Donsin (MOAD), 1090, Avenue Professeur Joseph to prepare the country for large-scale mining investment. Signing KI-Zerbo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 5033-1004, 7020- scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category 8105, Fax: (226) 5033-1003 B. Project: P122153. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are re- quired. Ministry of Industry, Mining and Technological Development, Burundi Yaounde, Cameroon, Contact: Lokesh Kumar, Project Director Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Health and Other Social Services Watershed Approach to Sustainable Coffee Production: The objective is to develop a multi-focal area strategy to help en- (R) Ngoyla Mintom: (former Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry sure good integrated ecosystem management approaches. Decision sector)The objective is to establish a core protected area and de- Meeting scheduled for 10 January 2013. Environmental Assessment velop integrated forest management in the Ngoyla-Mintom area, Category B. US$ 4.2 (GEFU). No consultants are required. Ministry through an approach based on land use planning, fostering public- of Environment, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-022) 220-626 private partnership based on environmental assets. Bank Approval completed on 5 April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Energy and Mining Project: P118018. US$ 3.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Energy Efficient Lighting: The objective is to promote energy Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, Tel: (237-22) 229-486, Fax: (237- efficiency and general energy savings by households, public institu- 22) 229-484, E-mail: koulagnakd@yahoo.fr, Contact: Denis Kou- tions, industrial and large commercial customers. Bank Approval lagna Koutou, Project Coordinator completed on 8 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Social Safety Nets: The objective is to strengthen the social safety B. Project: P117225. US$ 1.8 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. net system in Cameroon by setting up a permanent system that is REGIDESO, BP 660, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-3412, financially sustainable and can be scaled up during crises, such as Fax: (257-2) 222-6563, Contact: Mr. Celestin Nduwamungu, Direc- the current food crisis. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 September tor General 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P128534. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Health and Other Social Services to be determined. (N) Health Sector Development Support Additional Financ- ing: The objective, same as the parent SURMHFW, is to improve and Industry and Trade VWUHQJWKHQ the outcomes of the national health system and services. Competitive Value Chains Additional Financing: The objec- 'HFLVLRQ Meeting scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environmental tive is to contribute to the growth of wood and tourism value chains $VVHVVPHQW Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services in Cameroon by improving their competitiveness and the invest- DQG LPSOHmenting agency(ies) to be determined. ment climate. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment (R) Health Sector Development Support Additional Financ- Category A. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. ing: The objective is to increase the use of basic health services Ministry of Economy and Planning (MINEPAT), Rue des Finances, especially for pregnant women and children under the age of five. Cameroon, Tel: (237) 997-2378 Bank Approval completed on 21 June 2012. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. Project: P126742. US$ 14.8 (RBF). Consultants will Cape Verde be required. Ministry of Public Health, PO Box 1820, Bujumbura, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 225-167, Fax: (257-2) 229-196 (R) Development Policy Loan Third-PRSC VII (Cr. 50520- (R) Public Works and Urban Management Additional Fi- CV): The objectives are to support policies and institutions for nancing: The objective is to continue to support the scale-up to promotion of good governance through: (a) public expenditure increase access to urban infrastructure and services in Bujumbura management reforms, civil service reform and decentralization, and other secondary cities and improve the capacity of targeted local improved statistics, and monitoring and evaluation system; and (b) governments to deliver, operate and manage these urban services. developing a dynamic private sector to be the engine of sustainable Signing scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment growth and poverty reduction. The credit was signed on 29 June Category B. Project: P127262. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122669. be required. Ministry of Public Works and Equipment, Avenue Pierre US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Ngendandumwe, Maison des Oeuvres, 3E Etage, BP 989 Bujumbura, Finance, Praia, Cape Verde, Tel: (238) 260-7611, Fax: (238) 261- Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 224-4196, Fax: (257-2) 225-1721, Contact: Al- 5844, E-mail: sandrodebrito@gov1.gov.cv, Contact: Sandro de Brito, phonse Niyongere, Director, Technical Secretaria of Publc Works National Director of Planning Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Fourth DPL Eighth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (R) Sixth Economic Reform Support Grant: The objective (PRSC): The objective is to sXSSRUW WKH LPSOHPHQWDWLRQ RI WKH is to support the Government in reforming public finance manage- *RYHUQPHQW¶V 7KLUG *URZWK DQG 3RYHUW\ 5HGXFWLRQ 6WUDWHJ\ ment. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 18 July 2012. *3563 ,,, IRU WKH SHULRG  3URMHFW &RQFHSW 5HYLHZ 0HHW Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). No LQJ VFKHGXOHG IRU  $XJXVW  (QYLURQPHQWDO $VVHVVPHQW consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, PO Box 1830, Bu- &DWHJRU\ 8 86  ,'$ &UHGLW  &RQVXOWDQWV ZLOO EH UHTXLUHG jumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-2022, Fax: (257-2) 222-3827, 0LQLVWU\ RI )LQDQFH 3UDLD &DSH 9HUGH 7HO   E-mail: reforme_mpbdi@yahoo.fr )D[   (PDLO VDQGURGHEULWR#JRYJRYFY &RQWDFW 6DQGUR GH %ULWR 1DWLRQDO 'LUHFWRU RI 3ODQQLQJ Cameroon Energy and Mining Transportation Lom Pangar Hydropower: The objectives are to: (a) improve Transport Sector: The objectives are to support the improve- the availability, reliability and affordability of electricity supply to ments in inter-island transportation by reforming the: national air- AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 9 line (TACV) and strengthening of the aviation sector regulator; and management and administrative reform. Project Concept Review water transport sector, including capacity building for the water Meeting completed on 28 June 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled sector regulator. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 26 for 17 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 Project: P122941. US$ 5.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. RSSP, Road determined. Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning, BP 324, Sector Support Project, RSSP, Road Sector Support Project, PO Box Moroni, Comoros, Tel: (269) 744-144, Fax: (269) 741-140, E-mail: 900, Praia, Cape Verde, Tel: (238) 261-4820, Fax: (238) 261-3054, zainabaomar@yahoo.fr E-mail: rssp@cvtelecom.cv, Contact: Lucio Spencer Lopes dos San- tos, National Coordinator Democratic Republic of Congo Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Central African Republic (R) Forest Investment Program: The objective is to reduce GHG Health and Other Social Services emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and to enhance Health System Support: The objective is to support CAR Gov- forest carbon stocks in DRC. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- ernment’s 2010-2014 health system development. Bank Approval uled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ completed on 17 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. 36.9 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. MECNT Unite Project: P119815. US$ 9.4/7.7/9.5 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/HRBF). de Coordination du Projet FCN, Enceinte Kotex, A cote du MONUC, No consultants are required. Ministry of Health, Population and Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-8) 1504-6070, Fight against HIV/AIDS, Central African Republic, Tel: (236) 7505- E-mail: martinlukaya@yahoo.fr 0840, Fax: (236) 216-1833, E-mail: Jm_mandaba@yahoo.fr, Con- Regional Growth Poles: The objective is to increase competitive- tact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister ness of two regional economic growth poles in the Congo Basin/ Great Lakes epic centered in DRC, by providing access to markets, Chad finance, infrastructure, expertise to selected industry value chains. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Agriculture Production Support-GEF: The objective is to sup- be required to assist the team in addressing identified Safeguards port rural communities and producer organizations in increasing issues and Special Economic Zones. Implementing agency(ies) to production of selected food crops and livestock species in targeted be determined. zones while increasing the use of sustainable land and water man- agement practices in climate vulnerable ecosystems. Bank Approval Education completed on 17 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. (R) Support To Basic Education Program: The objective is Project: P131019. US$ 4.6/4.6 (GEFU/LDC). Consultants will be to support the implementation of the MEPSP interim education required Contact: plan which will: (a) improve universal access to primary education; Emergency Agriculture Production Support: The objectives (b) enhance the quality of primary education; and (c) lay a basic are to support communities and producer organizations in increas- foundation to foster the strengthening of the system management / ing: (a) the production of selected crops and livestock species in introduce efficient practices in management of the system. Decision selected areas of the Recipient’s territory; and (b) the use of sustain- Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment able land and water management practices in climate vulnerable Category B. US$ 100.0 (EFAF). Consulting services and implement- ecosystems. Bank Approval completed on 17 May 2012. Signing ing agency(ies) to be determined. scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126576. US$ 25.0/4.6 (IDA Credit/LDC). Consultants have Health and Other Social Services been hired to prepare the Project Implementation Manual. Ministry Emergency Social Action Additional Financing II: The objec- of Agriculture, N’Djamena, Chad, Tel: (235) 9598-9485, Fax: (235) tive is to improve access to social services for the poor and enhance 2252-6979, E-mail: sahelien@hotmail.com, Contact: Djime Adoum, management of development resources at the community level. Bank Minister.; Ministry of Economy and Planning, N’Djamena, Chad, Approval completed on 28 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Tel: (235) 2251-7153, Fax: (235) 2251-5185, E-mail: bachar_brahi- Category B. Project: P126683. US$ 6.8 (IDA Grant). Consultants will m07yahoo.fr, Contact: Bedourma Kordje, Minister be required. Fonds Social de la RDC, Avenue Lukusa (immeube Ex- CEI), Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) Comoros 9816-2875, E-mail: fondsocialrdc@yahoo.fr, Contact: Mr. Siddique Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Memon Polio Control Additional Financing: The objective is to sup- SWIO Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth: The port the Government to control the recurrence of poliomyelitis and objective is to assist the Government in developing, adopting and other vaccine preventable disease outbreaks in DRC through: (a) the implementing governance reforms to support an environmentally, vaccination campaign to interrupt transmission; (b) strengthening economically and socially sustainable fisheries sector to reduce of the national program of immunization; and (c) improvements in poverty, contribute to economic growth and create sustainable vaccine storage (cold chain). Bank Approval completed on 28 June wealth. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0/3.5 (IDA Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, La Gombe, Demo- Credit/GFCO). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) cratic Republic of Congo, Contact: Humayun Kabir, Secretary to be determined. Primary Health Care Additional Financing: The objective, Energy and Mining same as the parent project, is to continue supporting the delivery of (R) Energy Sector Recovery FY13: The objective is to sup- a package of essential health services in the HSRP health zones. Bank port the recovery and reform of the Comoros energy sector through Approval scheduled for 17 July 2012. Environmental Assessment (a) technical assistance, (b) emergency investments, and (c) fuel Category B. Project: P126088. US$ 75.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants procurement, with the objective to restore provision of electricity are required. Ministry of Health, Boulevard du 30 Juin, BP 3088, in the country in a financially sustainable manner reliable. Project Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 990-4294, E- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental mail: bctrdc@ic.cd, Contact: Dr. Miaka Mia Bilenge Constantin, Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Project Director and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Social Action Fund: Labor Intensive Public Works Addi- tional Financing: The objective is to improve access to social ser- Public Administration, Law, and Justice vices by the poor and enhance management of development resources (R) Second Development Policy Grant: The objective is to at the community level. Bank Approval completed on 30 March 2010. support the strategic policy reforms in the areas of public financial Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118658. US$ 35.0 PAGE 10 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Fonds Social de la RDC, Gombe, Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-81) 223-76-02, E-mail: aacrd@ Avenue Lukusa (immeube Ex-CEI), Gombe, Kinshasa, Democratic yahoo.fr and Nyarichardkas42@gmail.com Republic of Congo, Tel: (243) 9816-2875, E-mail: fondsocialrdc@ yahoo.fr, Contact: Adetokunbo Abiru, Finance Commissioner Republic of Congo Public Administration, Law, and Justice Education (R) Catalytic Project to Strengthen the Institut National de Professional Skills Development: The objective is to assist the la Statistique: The objective is to strengthen the capacity of INS to Government to strengthen the effectiveness of skills development generate and disseminate statistical information. This will support system and to improve the qualifications of the labor market. Prepa- the planned National Statistical Development Strategy, which will ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ provide quality data for DRC’s PRSP, MDG, and sector strategy moni- 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry toring. Decision Meeting completed on 18 June 2012. Bank Approval of Planning, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Public Administration, Law, and Justice B. Project: P125509. US$ 11.8 (SRTF). Consultants will be required (R) Forest Sector (Cr. 51210-CG): (formerly Agriculture, Fish- for support to technical workshops, for work on the population and ing, and Forestry sector) The objective is to create a conducive envi- housing census, and for various training tasks. Institut National de ronment to support the development of plantation and sustainable la Statistique (INS), Batiment de la Fonction publique, Aile droite, forest management initiatives by the private sector, local communi- rez de chausse, Democratic Republic of Congo ties and smallholder farmers. The credit was signed on 13 June 2012. Establishment of a Conservation Trust Fund: The objective Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124085. US$ 10.0 is to support the establishment and capitalization of a Conservation (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministere de Developpe- Trust Fund (CTF) that improves the sustainability of DRC’s national ment Durable, de l’Economie Forestiere et de l’Environnement, BP protected area system. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2083, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, Fax: (242) 2281-4369, Contact: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127437. US$ HE Said Baragoita, Minister 6.5/11.3/20.0 (BELG/GEFU/KFW). Consulting services to be deter- (R) Transparency and Governance (Cr. 50630-CG): The mined. ICCN Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature, objective is to enhance effectiveness and accountability in public Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-81) 504-8757, financial management, including public investment management and E-mail: gmuamba@yahoo.fr procurement. The credit was signed on 30 May 2012. Environmental Public Service Rejuvenation: The objective is to support the Assessment Category C. Project: P122990. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). No Government’s civil service rejuvenation by providing retirement consultants are required. PRCTG, PO Box 2083, Brazzaville, Republic indemnities to civil servants over the legal retirement age/length of of Congo, Tel: (242) 635-5322, E-mail: prctg@yahoo.fr, Contact: service and supporting relevant reform and rehabilitation plans for Marie Alphonse Itoua, Coordinator Ministries of Environment, Agriculture, Rural Development, Budget and Finance. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 October 2012. En- Cote d’Ivoire vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122229. US$ 130.0 Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (N) POPs Pesticides Management: The objectives are to: (a) Second Governance: The objective, same as the parent project, strengthen institutional and regulatory frameworks; (b) systemize a is to support the Governance Capacity Enhancement project to: registered pesticides and a database on pesticide imports and use; (c) (a) scale-up successful activities; (b) finance new PFM and PSM remediate contaminated sites; (d) promote alternatives to chemical activities; and (c) offset price increases for IT and cost increases for pesticides; (f) inventor\ POPs pesticides; and (g) safely dispose implementation activities in conflict areas. Bank Approval scheduled obsolete pesticide stocks and associated waste. Project Concept Re- for 16 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: view Meeting scheduled for 6 June 2013. Environmental Assessment P126115. US$ 67.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Min- Category A. US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing istry of Interior, Boulevard Colonel Tshatshi, Kinshasa, Democratic agency(ies) to be determined. Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-99) 290-5743, E-mail: prcgrdc@gmail. Education com, Contact: Popaul Kizungu Chihiza, Project Coordinator Emergency Basic Education Support: The objectives are to: Urban Development FY13: The objectives are to: (a) support (a) restore and increase access to basic education, with a particular strengthened institutional performance of targeted cities; and (b) focus on conflict-affected areas; (b) rehabilitate and improve the increase access to basic infrastructure, services for the inhabitants of conditions for teaching and learning; and (c) restore and strengthen targeted cities. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment institutional capacity to deliver quality basic education. First Grant Category B. Project: P129713. US$ 100.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting Funding Request Approval completed on 4 April 2012. Environ- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. mental Assessment Category B. Project: P119328. US$ 41.4 (EFAF). Transportation Consulting services to be determined. Ministere Education Nationale, Cote d’Ivoire, Tel: (225-8) 2021-0534, E-mail: fjbiney@yahoo.fr, (R) Multi-Modal Transportation Additional Financing: The Contact: Francis Biney, Project Implementor objectives are to: (a) improve transport connectivity in DRC to sup- port national economic integration; (b) restore Societe Nationale des Industry and Trade Chemins de Fer du Congo’s financial and operational viability; and (c) Agriculture Sector Support: The objective is to promote com- implement a sector wide governance plan and strengthen transport mercialization and diversification of the Ivorian agriculture sector. state-owned enterprises operational performance. Bank Approval The precise activities and commodity systems have yet to be defined, scheduled for 29 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- and will be based on the upcoming National Agricultural Investment gory B. Project: P129594. US$ 180.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are Program (PNIA). Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 September 2012. required. Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCC), 115, Place Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P119308. US$ 50.0 de la Gare, BP 297, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Tel: (243-991) 008-004, Fax: (243-23) 41-170, E-mail: snccdg@ be determined. yahoo.fr and vts@vecturis.com; Ministry of Transport, 117, Blvd. 30 Juin, Blg SCTP Ex-ONATRA, Kinshasa 1, Democratic Republic Public Administration, Law, and Justice of Congo, Tel: (243-81) 691-4754, Fax: (243-408) 868-5973, E-mail: Fourth Economic Government and Recovery Grant ptmrdct@yahoo.com;: Régie des Voies Fluviales (RVF), 2357, Route (EGRG): The objective is to support the resumption of sustain- des Poids Lourds, Kinshasa N’Dolo, Republic of Congo, Tel: (243- able economic growth and poverty reduction in Cote d’Ivoire. Bank 81) 053-1031, E-mail: regiedesvoiesfluviales@yahoo.fr; Autorité de Approval completed on 15 September 2011. Environmental Assess- l’Aviation Civile, 911, Avenue le Marinel (imm. SOFIDE), Kinshasa ment Category U. Project: P122800. US$ 150.0 (IDA Grant). No AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 11 consultants are required. Ministere de l’Economie et des Finances, Fax: (251-11) 551-4288, E-mail: miltgt@gmail.com, Contact: Girma Immeuble Sciam 19 ème étage, 17 B.P. 670, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Birru, Minister Tel: (225) 2030-2525, Fax: (225) 2030-2528, E-mail: diby.charles@ tresor.gov.ci, Contact: Charles Koffi Diby, Ministre de l’Economie et Health and Other Social Services des Finances (R) Health MDG Support Operation: The objective is to support Poverty Reduction Support Grant: The objective is to support the implementation of the Health Sector Development Plan with a policy reforms in public sector management, economic governance, priority of helping the country to reach the Health related MDGs, and key economic sectors. Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 July and to adopt a results-based financing approach and improve a set of 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P127449. essential and high-impact health services. Decision Meeting sched- US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Implementing uled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ agency(ies) to be determined. 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health, PO Box 1234, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 551- Transportation 6378, Fax: (251-11) 551-9366, E-mail: moh@ethionet.et, Contact: (R) Emergency Infrastructures Renewal (Cr. H7900-CI): Mengistu Wolde, Coordinator The objective is to improve quality and access to basic urban services Productive Safety Nets Program (APL III) Additional Fi- in targeted areas, and improve mobility and access to basic social nancing: The objective is to support the Government to launch services in rural areas with high potential for agricultural produc- an effort to transform its existing humanitarian programs into an tion. Bank Approval completed on 26 June 2012. Environmental effective safety net system. Bank Approval completed on 29 March Assessment Category A. Project: P124715. US$ 100.0 (IDA Grant). 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126430. US$ Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economic Infrastructure, 370.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Agricul- Cote d’Ivoire, Tel: (225) 2021-6005, E-mail: pdimba@puiur.com, ture and Rural Development, PO Box 6247, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Contact: Pierre Dimba, Project Coordinator Tel: (251-11) 520-636, Fax: (251-11) 463-686, E-mail: moard-nr@ ethionet.et, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister Ethiopia Public Administration, Law, and Justice Education Protection of Basic Services Social Accountability Program: (R) Protection of Basic Services Program Phase III: The The objectives are to strengthen the use of social accountability tools, objective, same as the parent, is to continue to expedite access and approaches and mechanisms by (a) citizens and citizens groups, (b) improve the quality of basic services in education, health, agri- civil society organizations (CSOs), (c) local government officials, culture, water supply and sanitation and rural roads delivered by and (d) service providers (SPs) in order to make basic service deliv- sub-national governments, by continuing to deepen transparency ery more effective, efficient, responsive and accountable. Prepara- and local accountability in service delivery. Decision Meeting com- tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 9.4 pleted on 20 June 2012. Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. (EPBS). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P128891. US$ determined. 600.0/175.0/520.0/70.0 (IDA Grant/AFDB/DFID/ECEU). Con- sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Transportation General Education Quality Improvement II: The objec- (N) Second Transport Sector Project to Support the Fourth tive is to improve the quality of general education (grade 1-12) Road Sector Development Program: The objective is to upgrade throughout the country. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled selected trade corridor and road links. Identification scheduled for 23 for 1 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 360.0 50.0/160.0/100.0/20.0 (IDA Credit/DFID/EFAF/FINN). Consult- (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to ing services to be determined. be determined. Second Protection of Basic Services Phase Additional Fi- (R) Transport Sector Project to Support the Fourth Road nancing: The objective is to support the expanding access and Sector Development Program: The objective is to support the improve the quality of basic services in education, health, agriculture, government’s Fourth Road Sector Development Program (RSDP4) water supply and sanitation, and rural roads delivered by sub-na- that will focus on: (a) the restoration and expansion of federal roads tional governments, while continuing to deepen transparency and in regional areas; and (b) some technical support to the Ethiopian local accountability in service delivery. Bank Approval completed on Roads Authority in implementaion. Appraisal completed on 22 June 22 February 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: 2012. Negotiations scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental As- P121727. US$ 173.4/246.6/110.0/19.2/2.6 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/ sessment Category A. Project: P117731. US$ 415.0 (IDA Credit). AFDB/DFID/KFW). Consultants will be required. Federal Ministry Consultants will be required. Ethiopian Roads Authority, PO Box of Finance and Economic Development, PO Box 1037, Addis Ababa, 1770, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-1) 525-392, Fax: (251-1) 514- Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 552-014, Fax: (251-11)-156-8537, E-mail: info- 866, E-mail: era2@ethionet.et, Contact: Ato Zaid Wolde Gebriel, mofed@mofed.gov.et, Contact: Ato Melaku Kifle, Coordinator Director General Energy and Mining Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Halele-Werabesa Hydropower: The objective is to expand the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Additional Financ- populations’ access to electricity and to improve the quality of supply ing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to support: (a) to existing consumers. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled cost overrun incurred in the course of implementation caused by an for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ unanticipated design change; and (b) the water supply and sanitation 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ethiopian Electric improvement intervention. Bank Approval completed on 31 May Power Corporation, PO Box 1233, Deugaulle Square/ Piazza, Addis 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129174. US$ Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 156-0041, Fax: (251-11) 156-0028, 150.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Water E-mail: miheretdebebe@yahoo.com, Contact: Ato Abdul Moham- and Energy, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 662-5526, Fax: (251-1) 661-0885, med, Process Officer Contact: Ato Yohannes Gebre Medhin, Director, Water Supply and Finance Sanitation Directorate Women Entrepreneurship Development: The objective is to Gabon improve the well being of targeted women through increased income levels of women. Bank Approval completed on 24 May 2012. Envi- Energy and Mining ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122764. US$ 50.0/3.0 (R) Electricity Sector Development: The objectives are to: (a) (IDA Credit/DFID). No consultants are required. Ministry of In- develop a least cost sector development plan; (b) establish a Rural dustry, PO Box 704, Addis Abba, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 551-8025, Energy Fund and financing of pilot projects; (c) transmission network PAGE 12 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 rehabilitation and extension in Libreville; and (d) implement energy 5.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) efficiency measures. Project Appraisal Document scheduled for 27 to be determined. August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Energy Education and Water Resources, Gabon, Tel: (241) 778-948 (R) Education For All GPEF: The objective is to improve the quality of education, particularly in deprived districts. Decision Finance Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Economic Diversification and Competitiveness: The objec- Category B. Project: P129381. US$ 75.5 (EFAF). Consultants will be tive is to establish a “One Stop Shop” for assistance to Small and required for preparation of social assessment, economic analysis, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and investors along the line and ex- institutional assessment. Ministry of Education, Ghana panding upon the Maison de l’entreprise concept. Project Concept Energy and Mining Review Meeting scheduled for 25 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to Gas Infrastructure: The objective is to enable Ghana to reap be determined. Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Libreville, economically sustainable benefits (at both the local and national Gabon, Tel: (241-05) 087-284 level) from the use of cheaper and environmentally cleaner natural gas for power generation instead of flaring or re-injecting the gas. The Gambia Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 June 2013. Environmental As- sessment Category A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Commercial Agriculture and Value Chain Management: Health and Other Social Services The objectives are to: (a) increase agricultural productivity in se- lected value chains through improved input and output markets (R) Social Opportunities (Cr. 47350-GH): The objectives are access and technology; (b) increase private investment in commer- to improve targeting in social protection spending, increase access to cial agriculture, agricultural processing and marketing industries; conditional cash transfers nationwide, increase access to employment and (c) improve market linkages between small-holders and larger and cash-earning opportunities for the rural poor during the agricul- commercial entities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for tural off-season, and improve the economic and social infrastructure 6 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 in target districts. The credit was signed on 10 September 2010. (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115247. US$ 88.6 The Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, Tel: (220) 422-9817, Fax: (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. National Coordinating (220) 422-4278, E-mail: aaajobe@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: Abdou Office (formerly Rural Infrastructure Coordinating Unit), PO Box CT Rahmane Jobe, Permanent Secretary 3742, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-30) 277-0246, E-mail: tamfour2000@ yahoo.com, Contact: Mathew Oppong Brown, Coordinator Public Administration, Law, and Justice Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Budget Support Development Policy Loan (Cr. H7760- (R) Eighth Poverty Reduction Support Grant (Cr. H7550- GM): The objective is to improve public financial management, civil GH): The objective is to support the Government to focus on public service capacity, and energy sector performance by continuing and financial management, public sector reform, energy, agriculture and deepening policy reforms. The grant was signed on 29 June 2012. safety nets. The grant was signed on 27 January 2012. Environ- Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P123679. US$ 6.0 mental Assessment Category U. Project: P127314. US$ 100.0 (IDA (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, The Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Eco- Quadrangle, Banjul, The Gambia, Tel: (220) 422-3301, E-mail: seri- nomic Planning, PO Box M40, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-30) 266-5587, gncham@yahoo.com, Contact: Serign Cham, Permanent Secretary Fax: (233-30) 266-7069, E-mail: minister@mofep.gov.gh, Contact: Gladys Ghartey, Head of World Bank Unit Ghana (R) Public Sector Reform: The objective is to support the Gov- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ernment’s priorities for: (a) job creation and (b) food production, (R) Fourth Agriculture Development Policy Operation (Cr. distribution and processing. Project Concept Review Meeting com- 51090-GH): The objective is to support implementation of Ghana’s pleted on 28 June 2012. Preparation scheduled for 6 October 2012. agricultural sector policy. Bank Approval completed on 15 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). Con- Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122808. US$ 50.0 sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Food and (R) Statistics Development Program (Cr. 50100-GH): The Agriculture, PO Box M37, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-27) 756-5693, objective is to modernize and streamline the Ghana National Sta- Fax: (233-30) 266-3250, E-mail: joeboamah@yahoo.com, Contact: tistical System to ensure that it is sufficiently equipped in terms of Regina Adutwum, Director General human resources, essential tools and infrastructure to produce and disseminate reliable and timely statistics. Signing scheduled for Fifth Agriculture Development Policy Operation: The objec- mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: tive is to support critical policy and institutional reforms necessary P118858. US$ 30.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/SRTF). Consultants will be to successfully achieve CAADP objectives in Ghana. Project Concept required. Ghana Statistical Service, PO Box GP 1098, Accra, Ghana, Review Meeting scheduled for 13 September 2012. Environmental Tel: (233-21) 682-647/657, Fax: (233-21) 664-304, E-mail: Grace. Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services bediako@gmail.com, Contact: Humayun Kabir, Secretary and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Commercial Agriculture: The objective is to increase access to Natural Resources and Environmental Governance DPO II: land, private sector finance, input and output markets by smallholder The objective is to focus on institutional and policy issues required for farms from private-public partnerships in commercial agriculture in the borrower to sustainably use renewable and non-renewable natu- Accra Plains and SADA zone. Bank Approval completed on 22 March ral resources. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 September 2013. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P114264. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Food and Agriculture (MOFA), PO Box MB 37, Accra, Ghana, Tel: Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Tech- (223) 677-138, Fax: (223) 668-248, E-mail: alabibortey@gmail.com, nical Assistance: The objective is to provide targeted technical Contact: Alabi Bortey assistance to conceptualize, plan and implement institutional actions and policy reforms that will promote growth and poverty reduction Transportation through sustainable, inclusive and socially responsible natural re- (R) Public-Private Partnership (Cr. 50970-GH): (formerly source management. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 September Finance sector) The objective is to increase the Government capacity 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129769. US$ to facilitate Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure provi- AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 13 sion. Bank Approval completed on 27 March 2012. Environmental Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Assessment Category A. Project: P125595. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Guinea No consultants are required. MoFEP Public Investment Department, Ghana, Tel: (233-20) 203-0284, E-mail: mapenteng@mofep.gov.gh, Industry and Trade Contact: Magdelena Apenteng (R) Development Corridor Growth: The objective is to con- tribute to private sector development in Guinea by: (a) creating Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection conditions for improved competitiveness, enterprise development, GAMA Sanitation and Water: The objectives are to: (a) increase investment promotion; and (b) supporting selected value chains. access to water supply and improve sanitation, particularly in peri- Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category urban areas; (b) enhance the sustainability of service provision; and A. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing (c) improve information on the access, quality and sustainability of agency(ies) to be determined. water and sanitation services. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 Public Administration, Law, and Justice (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to (R) Economic Governance Technical Assistance (Cr. H7650- be determined. GN): The objective is to strengthen the capacity to strategize, and Second Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Addi- implement and then monitor public programs and public administra- tional Financing: The objective is to increase access to sustainable tion structures, personnel and financial management systems, and water supply and sanitation services in small towns in six regions improve transparency, accountability and governance in the area of of the recipient. Bank Approval completed on 12 May 2009. Envi- mining. Bank Approval completed on 20 March 2012. Environmental ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115065. US$ 15.0 (IDA Assessment Category C. Project: P125890. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Credit). Consultants will be required. Community Water and Sanita- No consultants are required. Gouvernement de Guinee, BP: 2350, tion Agency (CWSA), Private Mail Bag, Airport, Accra, Ghana, Tel: Conakry, Guinea, Tel: (224-4) 6443-5041, E-mail: Pdramou2@ya- (233-30) 251-8401, Fax: (233-30) 251-8405, E-mail: infor@cwsa. hoo.fr, Contact: Mamadou Dian Diallo, Coordinator org, Contact: Adetokunbo Abiru, Finance Commissioner Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Urban Water Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) Urban Water Sector Performance Improvement: The objec- retrofit the project to the country’s financing parameters; (b) imple- tive is to increase sustainable access to water services in Conakry ment the investments in the Brong Ahafo and Upper East Regions; through: (a) financing physical investments in the water supply (c) rehabilitate five water supply dams equipment; (d) expand the system; and (b) improving the commercial and financial performance investments to include Winneba transmission and distribution; and of the urban water utility, especially by addressing governance and (e) cover cost overruns of the Management Contract Bank Approval accountability issues within the utility. Decision Meeting scheduled completed on 27 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category for 2 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: B. Project: P129544. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are re- P110327. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implement- quired. Ghana Water Company Limited, E4 Leshie Crescent, Accra, ing agency(ies) to be determined. Ghana, Tel: (233-302) 763-648, Contact: Marie Alphonse Itoua, Coordinator Guinea-Bissau Guinea Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Emergency Food Security Support Additional Financing: The objective is to improve food security for the most vulnerable (R) Second Emergency Agricultural Productivity Support: population, including children, and increase smallholder rice pro- The objective is to improve the productivity and value-added of tar- duction in project areas. Appraisal scheduled for 31 October 2012. geted commodities. Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environ- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 7.0 (GFDR). Consul- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P128309. US$ 20.0 (GFCR). tants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develop- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, ANPRO-CA, ment, Rui de Principe, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 205-904, Conakry, Guinea; CNOP-G, Guinea, Tel: (224-62) 593-438, E-mail: E-mail: Rdjata@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Rui Nene Djata, Project Ibrahima_bahfr@yahoo.fr Coordinator Energy and Mining Education (R) Electricity Sector Efficiency Enhancement Additional (R) Education for All Fast Track Initiative Program: The Financing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to support: objective is to improve the delivery of basic education services with (a) the cost overrun of the original project (cost of original activities a focus on greater and more equitable access, better quality and had been under estimated and equipment cost has escalated in recent improved local governance. First Grant Funding Request Approval years); and (b) new activities given sector deterioration during freeze scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category of Bank activities, based on the ongoing Sector Diagnostic and Recov- B. Project: P114115. US$ 12.0 (EFAF). Consultants will be required. ery Study. Signing scheduled for 14 September 2012. Environmental Ministry of National Education, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) Assessment Category C. Project: P129148. US$ 18.3 (IDA Grant). No 320-5481, Contact: Alfredo Gomes, Coordinator, Project Prepara- consultants are required. Electricte De Guinee, EDG Head Office, tion Team Conakry, Guinea, Tel: (224-6) 208-9780, E-mail: abdoulrachid@ hotmail.com, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister Energy and Mining (R) Mineral Governance Support: The objective is to support Emergency Electricity and Water Rehabilitation Additional the Government to improve its governance in the mining sector along Financing: The objective is to assist the Government of Guinea- the EITI++ value chain. Decision Meeting scheduled for 23 August Bissau in the rapid restoration and improvement of electricity and 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122916. water services in the capital city of Bissau. This project is on holder US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Implementing until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. Proj- agency(ies) to be determined. ect: P125374. US$ 2.2 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Integration, 37 Ave. Health and Other Social Services Amilar Cabral, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320-7286, Fax: (R) Productive Safety Nets (Cr. H7820-GN): The objective is (245) 320-4846, E-mail: hembalo@hotmail.com, Contact: Luis Al- to provide income support to vulnerable groups and to lay the foun- berto Gomes, Coordinator dations of a social safety net strategy by testing some of the building blocks necessary for a larger system. Bank Approval completed on Industry and Trade 19 June 2012. Signing scheduled for 19 July 2012. Environmental Agribusiness Development and Private Sector Rehabilita- Assessment Category B. Project: P123900. US$ 25.0 (IDA Grant). tion: The objectives are to support: (a) improvement of investment PAGE 14 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 climate and entrepreneurship development; and (b) cashew agribusi- by the Independent Power Producers. Bank Approval completed on ness development. Negotiations scheduled for 23 July 2012. Envi- 28 February 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 4.0/4.0 (IDA Credit/IDA P122671. US$ 166.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, Planning, Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC), Kenya and Regional Integration, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320- Power System Development: The objective is to ensure that ac- 7286, Fax: (245) 320-4846, E-mail: pmri@orange-bissau.com cess to reliable, cost effective, and high quality supply of electricity is sustained to business enterprises and households. Project Concept Public Administration, Law, and Justice Review Meeting scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental As- Development Policy Operation: The objective is to support the sessment Category B. US$ 198.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be four pillars of the Government second Poverty Reduction Strategy required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Paper and follow a similar structure of the previous EGRGs series. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 24 August 2012. Finance Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Con- (R) Infrastructure Finance and PPP: The objectives are to: sultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Av A. Cabral. No 67, (a) address the major gap in financing for the crucial infrastructure Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 666-6668, Fax: (245) 320-5156, investment Kenya needs to become a middle income country; and E-mail: jocava@hotmail.com, Contact: Carlos Casimiro, Secretary (b) identify obstacles, including the need for regulatory/institutional of Treasury and Accounting reforms as well as government financial support for PPP projects and hands-on technical advice. Appraisal completed on 29 June 2012. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Negotiations scheduled for 16 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Electricity and Water Reform: (formerly Recovery and Reform Category A. Project: P121019. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants of the Energy Sector) The objective is to meet the electricity and will be required. Public Private Participation Secretariat (PPPS), water supply needs of the country in an economically and environ- Ministry of Finance, Harambee Avenue, PO Box 30007, Nairobi, mentally sustainable manner in order to contribute to economic Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 225-2299, E-mail: skkamau@treasury.go.ke, growth and well-being of the population of Guinea-Bissau. This Contact: Stanley Kamau, Engineer project is on holder until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120917. US$ 7.0/9.0 (IDA Credit/ZMUL). Health and Other Social Services Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, Planning, and (R) Health Sector Support: The objectives are to improve: (a) the Regional Integration, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Tel: (245) 320-7286, delivery of essential health services for Kenyans, especially the poor Fax: (245) 320-4846, E-mail: pmri@orange-bissau.com, Contact: and the drought affected populations; and (b) the effectiveness of Luis Cruz Gomes, Coordinator planning, financing and procurement of pharmaceuticals and medi- cal supplies. Signing scheduled for 10 February 2012. Environmental Kenya Assessment Category B. Project: P128663. US$ 56.8 (IDA Credit). Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry No consultants are required. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance, PO Box 30007, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254- Agriculture Drought Recovery: The objective is to improve 20) 271-7077, Fax: (254-20) 224-0045, E-mail: ps@treasury.go.ke, access to crop and livestock technologies for drought recovery to Contact: Lokesh Kumar, Project Director targeted pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in the Arid and Semi- Arid Lands (ASALs). Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 August 2012. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 45.0/30.5 (IDA Credit/ (R) Development Policy Loan: The objective is to promote ECDF). Consultants will be required for project design components good governance and to accelerate private sector-led growth. De- and supervision. Ministry of Agriculture, Kilimo House, PO Box cision Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. Environmental 30028, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-020) 718-870, Fax: (254-020) Assessment Category U. Project: P121711. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). 271-1149 Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, PO Box Energy and Mining 30007-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 338-111, Fax: (254-20) 228-861, E-mail: psfinance@treasury.go.ke, Contact: Joseph Kinyua, (R) GPOBA W3: Kenya Electricity: The objective is to scale-up Permanent Secretary a method of connecting electricity in both rural and urban areas. The (R) Judicial Performance Improvement: The objective is to loan was signed on 20 February 2012. Environmental Assessment improve the performance of the judiciary in areas of public account- Category B. US$ 5.2 (GPBA). Consulting services and implementing ability, transparency, and improve oversight of case and trial manage- agency(ies) to be determined. ment. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental (R) Lake Turkana Wind: The objectives are to: (a) increase power Assessment Category B. Project: P105269. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). generation capacity; (b) contribute to the diversification of the fuel Consultants will be required. Judiciary of Kenya, PO Box 30041- mix; and (c) increase the capacity of clean electricity generation in 00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 214-632, Fax: (254-20) 333- Kenya through the Lake Turkana Wind Project (LTWP). Decision 449, Contact: Lydia Achode, Chief Registrar Meeting scheduled for 22 October 2012. Environmental Assess- (R) Nairobi Metropolitan Services (Cr. 51020-KE): The ob- ment Category A. Project: P128163. US$ 78.0 (GUID). Consulting jective is to strengthen governance and service delivery in the Nairobi services to be determined. Ministry of Energy, Nyayo House, PO Box Metropolitan Area, Transport, Water Supply and Solid Waste Man- 30582-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (250-20) 310-112, Fax: (254-20) agement. The credit was signed on 21 June 2012. Environmental 222-8314, E-mail: p.nyoike@kenya.go.ke, Contact: Patrick Nyoike, Assessment Category A. Project: P107314. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Permanent Secretary No consultants are required. Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan De- (R) Menengai Geothermal: The objectives are to: (a) develop velopment, KICC 26th Floor, PO Box 30130-00100, Kenya, Tel: geothermal resources in the Menengai field and make them avail- (254-20) 317-224, Fax: (254-20) 317-226, Contact: HE Said Bara- able for electricity generation; and (b) establish transmission lines to goita, Minister connect Menengai to the national grid. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ Transportation 115.0/170.0/120.0/40.0/36.0 (IDA Credit/AFD/AFDB/CIF/EUIB). Nairobi Transport Improvement: The objective is to decongest Consulting services to be determined. Geothermal Development the Northern Corridor road section adjoining Nairobi and to improve Company (GDC), Taj Tower, Upper Hill PO Box 100746-00101, traffic management within Nairobi. Bank Approval scheduled for Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 242-7516, E-mail: md@gdc.co.ke, 2 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Contact: Dr. Silas M. Simiyu P126321. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Partial Risk Guarantees for IPPs: The objective is to assist the Kenya Railways Corporation, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 221-7338, E- Government to meet short-term demand of efficient power genera- mail: md@kre.co.ke, Contact: Nduva Muli, Managing Director.; tion and power supply by adding more generation capacity to the grid Ministry of Transport (MOT), Transcom House, Ngong Road, PO AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 15 Box 52692, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 272-9200, Fax: (254-20) (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to 271-1133, E-mail: info@transport.go.ke, Contact: Eng. Cyrus Njiru, be determined. Permanent Secretary.; Kenya National Highways Authority, PO Box 49714-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 801-3842, Fax: (254- Liberia 20) 271-5483, E-mail: dg@kenha.co.ke, Contact: Eng. Meshack O. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Kidenda, Director General.; Kenya Urban Roads Authority, IKM Place, 5th Ngong Avenue, PO Box 41727-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (R) Smallholder Tree Crop Revitalization Support (Cr. (254-20) 250-8033, E-mail: jnkadayo@kura.go.ke, Contact: Eng. 51010-LR): The objective is to increase tree crop farmers’ income Joseph Nkadayo, Director General.; Ministry of Roads, Ministry of opportunities by: (a) rehabilitating unproductive farms; (b) support- Works Building, Ngong Road, PO Box 30260, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: ing preparation activities towards future development of the tree (254-20) 272-3155, Fax: (254-20) 271-9658, E-mail: psmor@roads. crop sector and effective smallholder participation; and (c) testing go.ke, Contact: Michael S.M. Kamau, Permanent Secretary tree crop replanting and new planting financing mechanisms and institutional arrangements. Signing scheduled for 18 July 2012. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113273. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, (R) Water and Sanitation Service Improvement Additional Liberia, Contact: Hon. Augustine Ngafuan, Minister of Finance Financing: The objective is to support infrastructure development based on supporting a defined part of the overall investment plans Forestry Sector Support: The objectives are to: (a) build the of Athi Water Services Board (AWSB), Coast Water Services Board management capacity of FDA and other stakeholders in the sector (CWSB) and Lake Victoria North Water Services Board (LVNWSB). (NGOs, CBOs); (b) improve the availability of information required Signing scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment for sustainably managing the forest resources; and (c) assist the GoL Category A. Project: P126637. US$ 300.0/20.0/100.0 (IDA Credit/ in reviewing and possibly improving current mechanisms for revenue IDA Grant/AFD). Consultants will be required. Lake Victoria North collection from the forestry sector. Project Concept Review Meeting Water Services Board, Kisumu-Kakamega Road, PO Box 673, Ka- scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category kamega, Kenya, Tel: (254-56) 30-795, Fax: (254-56) 31-506, E- B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing mail: info@lvnwsb.co.ke, Contact: Engineer Diru Magomere, Chief agency(ies) to be determined. Executive Officer.; Athi Water Services Board, Africa Re Centre, Energy and Mining Hospital Road, PO Box 45283-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) Electricity System Enhancement Additional Financing: 272-4292, Fax: (254-20) 272-4295, E-mail: info@awsboard.go.ke, The objectives are to: (a) enhance options for power generation; Contact: Rose Nyaga, Ag. Chief Executive Officer.; Coast Water Ser- and (b) distribute and general systems support for Liberia’s power vices Board, PO Box 90417-80100, Kenya, Tel: (254-41) 231-6471, utility (LEC). Bank Approval completed on 26 January 2012. Envi- Fax: (254-41) 231-5230, E-mail: info@cswb.go.ke, Contact: Andy ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129097. US$ 22.0/1.5 Maro Tola, Ag. Chief Executive Officer (IDA Credit/GFCO). No consultants are required. Liberia Electricity Water Towers Sustainable Management Program: The Corporation (LEC), PO Box 165, Waterside, Liberia, Tel: (231-88) objective is to assist the Government in enhancing integrated wa- 071-9963, E-mail: lecliberia@yahoo.com, Contact: Popaul Kizungu ter resources management and increasing bulk water supply with Chihiza, Project Coordinator enhanced reliability through new water resources infrastructure development in support of economic growth, poverty reduction and Health and Other Social Services drought/flood resilience. Preparation is underway. Environmental (R) Health Systems Strengthening: The objective is to Assessment Category A. Project: P117635. US$ 350.0 (IDA Credit). strengthen the institutional foundations of the health sector, in an Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Water and Irriga- effort to achieve tangible improvements in health outcomes, through tion, Maji House, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 271-6103, E-mail: a more responsive, decentralised system. Project Concept Review ewscr-project@water.go.ke, Contact: R. K. Gaita, Director, Irrigation, Meeting scheduled for mid-Julye 2012. Environmental Assessment Drainage and Water Storage Category B. US$ 10.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/HRBF). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Lesotho Public Administration, Law, and Justice Education (R) Fourth Reengagement and Reform Support Program (R) Technical and Vocational Education and Training: The Budget Support (Cr. 50120-LR): The objectives are to: (a) sup- objective is to contribute to the improvement of quality, relevance port government-owned ongoing reforms to strengthen governance; and governance of TVET offered in Lesotho. Project Concept Review and (b) improve the environment for private-sector led growth that Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment is more broadly shared. The credit was signed on 6 December 2011. Category B. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P123196. US$ 5.0 mined. Ministry of Education and Training, PO Box 47, Maseru, (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Lesotho, Tel: (266-22) 323-956, Fax: (266-22) 2231-0562, E-mail: Monrovia, Liberia, Tel: (231) 2420-0002, E-mail: princettaV@gmail. matsepeM@education.gov.ls, Contact: Odilon Makara, Principal com, Contact: Francis Karpeh, Deputy Minister Secretary (R) Public Sector Modernization: The objective is to improve organizational efficiency and employee performance in the public Health and Other Social Services sector. This project is no longer in the lending program. Further Maternal and Newborn Health Performance Based Financ- reporting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category ing: The objective is to improve the quality and increase the uptake C. US$ 5.0/3.0/7.0 (IDA Credit/AFDB/SIDA). Consulting services of maternal and newborn health services. Appraisal scheduled for 20 and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 7.0 (IDA Fifth Reengagement and Reform Support Budget: The ob- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health jectives are to: (a) support government reforms to strengthen gov- and Social Welfare, Maseru, Lesotho, Tel: (226) 2231-4404, Contact: ernance, and (b) improve the environment for private sector-led Malefetsane Masasa, Director of Health Planning inclusive growth. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 5.0 (IDA Public Administration, Law, and Justice Credit). No consultants are required. Minister of Finance, Liberia, First Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is to Tel: (231-886) 578-921, E-mail: ngafuan@yahoo.com support the reform program of the Government of Lesotho geared towards poverty reduction, inclusive growth and improving public Transportation service delivery. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 4 (R) Second Road Asset Management: The objective is to cover September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 15.0 the cost overruns and finance additional activities which would con- PAGE 16 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 stitute a project restructuring, as part of the additional financing. Assessment Category C. US$ 65.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Negotiations completed on 10 July 2012. Bank Approval scheduled and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. for 20 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Proj- ect: P129654. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Energy and Mining Ministry of Public Works, South Lynch Street, Monrovia, Liberia, (R) Second Power/Water Sectors Recovery and Restruc- Tel: (231) 670-1018 turing APL: The objective is to lay the foundation for a sustainable Road Asset Management: The objective is to improve transport expansion of a commercially-oriented utility in a most cost-efficient efficiency of the road corridor from Monrovia to the Guinea border way by investing in strategically important areas: (a) HV intercon- and maintain good road condition over a 10-year period through nections of the main load-centres; (b) preparation of the next large output and performance-based road management. Bank Approval scale hydro facility; and (c) investments and TA necessary. Project completed on 17 May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 December 2012. Envi- Project: P121213. US$ 113.0 (LRTF). Consultants will be required. ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0/50.0/64.0/70.0 (IDA Ministry of Finance, Broad Street, Monrovia, Liberia, Tel: (231) Credit/AFDB/ZBIL/ZPCO). Consulting services and implementing 657-8921, E-mail: ngafuan@yahoo.com, Contact: Akindele Beckley, agency(ies) to be determined. Program Director Power Sector Guarantee Facility: The objective is to facilitate private sector investment in Hydro Power Generation Facilities in Madagascar Madagascar. The guarantee will cover the Government’s obligations Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry towards the independent Power Producer with regards to payments and regulatory risks. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Environmental SWAp Support: The objectives are to: (a) 21 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ strengthen financial sustainability of the environmental sector; (b) 20.0/40.0 (GUID/ZPCO). Consulting services and implementing involve rural communities in protected areas management; (c) sup- agency(ies) to be determined. port institutional reforms and capacity building of MEEFT; and (d) strengthen environmental governance. Bank Approval completed Health and Other Social Services on 21 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (R) Second Multisectoral STI/HIV/AIDS Prevention II Ad- P107484. US$ 42.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/GFCO). Consultants will be ditional Financing: The objective is to support the delivery of required. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Antananarivo, Mada- an integrated package of HIV/AIDS and other health services to gascar, Tel: (261-33) 332-1063, Fax: (261-20) 223-0693, E-mail: vulnerable and at risk populations in a subset of the poorest districts ministre@mef.gov.mg, Contact: Herilanto Raveloharison, Minister.; in Madagascar. Signing scheduled for 6 August 2012. Environmental CELCO, Ambaranjana, Madagascar, Tel: (261-22) 204-0908, E-mail: Assessment Category B. Project: P128169. US$ 6.0 (IDA Credit). celco_p3@celco.mg, Contact: Guy Razafindralambo, Coordinator No consultants are required. Unité de Gestion du Projet Santé, Im- Irrigation and Watershed Management: The objective is to meuble Lot III M 39 Bloc 2, Anosy, Boite Postal 8555, Antananarivo contribute to inclusive rural growth through the promotion of in- 101, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 225-5323, Fax: (261-20) 225-6976, tensification and diversification in three regions with high potential Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister for agricultural development, while promoting sustainable use of Sustainable Health System Development-Phase II: The infrastructure and soil and water resources. This project is on hold objective is to strengthen the health system and increase its ca- until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: pacity to provide the necessary production, financing, delivery and P088887. US$ 5.9 (GEFU). No consultants are required. Ministry management support for delivery of services necessary to meet the of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Bureau BVPI, Nanisana, eventual objectives of reducing child and maternal mortality, con- Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 222-474-385, Fax: (261- trolling illnesses due to malaria, sexually transmitted diseases, and 20) 222-6561, E-mail: cpnbvpi@blueline.mg, Contact: Lantonirina HIV/AIDS. Bank Approval scheduled for 28 February 2013. Envi- Ramaroson, Coordinateur National ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P106675. US$ 45.0/19.5 Irrigation and Watershed Management: The objective is to (IDA Credit/FRDE). No consultants are required. Cellule d’Execution establish a viable basis for irrigated rice production and natural de Programme, Ministry of Health and Family Planning, Nouvel Im- resources management in selected irrigation sites and their sur- meuble ARO, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-20) 226-6667, rounding watersheds. Bank Approval scheduled for 31 July 2012. E-mail: ugpcresan@simicro.mg, Contact: Docteur Rakotomalala Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P128831. US$ 12.7 Remi, Coordonnateur National du Project PDSSP (PHRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agricul- ture, Madagascar Public Administration, Law, and Justice Growth and Infrastructure: The objective is to consolidate Education and deepen the impacts in the three existing sub-regions (growth (R) Education for All Plan Catalytic Fund: The objective is to poles) and extend the interventions to adjacent sub-regions with finance the education for all plan for the achievement of the MDG2 high growth potential to establish growth corridors. Project Concept by 2015. Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Review Meeting scheduled for 27 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114350. US$ 22.0 (EFAF). Consult- Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services ing services to be determined. Ministere de l’ Education Nationale, and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Anosy, BP 267, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Tel: (261-2022) 28-625, Fax: (261-2022) 62-911, Contact: Josiane Rabetokotany, Technical Transportation Coordinator, UAT (N) Infrastructure and Livelihoods: The objective is to prevent Education for Growth: The objective is to introduce governance further deterioration in access to infrastructure and improve liveli- and financing reforms in the education system to make it more hoods. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 August 2012. demand oriented and encourage employer participation, modern- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 65.0 (IDA Credit). Con- ize the curricula and teaching methods to meet labor market needs sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and encourage innovation and increase equitable access to post- (R) Adaptation to Climate Change Least Developed Coun- primary education. Decision Meeting scheduled for 21 May 2013. tries Fund: The objective is to strengthen the ability of poor rural Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P111120. US$ 40.0 households in the arid communities of southern Madagascar to (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to adapt to the effects of climate change and climate variability on their be determined. immediate livelihoods. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled HD Multisector Operation: The objective is to prevent further for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ deterioration in access to basic education and health services. Project 7.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental be determined. AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 17 Malawi Bank Approval completed on 22 March 2012. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P128576. US$ 30.0/45.9 (IDA Credit/ Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry FSCO). No consultants are required. Consultants are being hired (R) Second Irrigation Rural Livelihoods and Agricultural to: (a) update project environment and social impact assessment Development Additional Financing: The objective, same as the and the existing safeguards instruments; and (b) design the ad- parent project, is a scale-up to reach the rural poor to: (a) expand ditional rural roads component. Ministry of Transport and Public the social safety net function of IRLADP; (b) consolidate the gains Works, Capital Hill, Lilongwe, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 789-497, Con- of IRLADP and (rice) irrigation in general; and (c) prepare for new tact: Marie Alphonse Itoua, Coordinator.; Ministry of Agriculture, integrated investments in (irrigated) agriculture. Negotiations com- Irrigation and Water Development, Malawi, Tel: (265-7) 89-033, pleted on 8 June 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 17 July 2012. E-mail: agriculture@agriculture.gov.mw, Contact: Marie Alphonse Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P131760. US$ 50.0 Itoua, Coordinator (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, PO Box 30134, Capital City, Lilongwe, Malawi, Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Tel: (265-1) 789-033, Fax: (265-1) 789-218, Contact: Mrs. Erica Shire River Basin Management Program: The objective is to Maganga, Principal Secretary.; Ministry of Water Development and support the Shire River Basin’s planning framework developed to Irrigation, PO Box 30134, Capital City, Lilongwe, Malawi, Tel: (265- improve land and water management for ecosystem and livelihood 1) 770-344, Fax: (265-1) 773-737, E-mail: smaweru@gmail.com, benefits in target areas. Signing scheduled for 1 August 2012. Envi- Contact: Mr. Sandram Maweru, Principal Secretary ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P117617. US$ 93.8/31.3 Support to Shire Valley Irrigation: The objectives are to: (a) (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required for catchment raise agricultural productivity and profitability for agricultural pro- management, technical supervision of Kamuzu Barrage upgrad- ducers, including small-holders, in the Lower Shire Valley; and (b) ing, Real-time DSS, water information system, M&E, surveys, and broaden Malawi’s export base by establishing market-driven pro- catchment guidelines. Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water ductive ventures and providing efficient and sustainable irrigation Development, PO Box 30134, Capital City, Lilongwe, Malawi, Tel: services. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 July 2012. (265-1) 789-033, E-mail: agriculture@agriculture.gov.mw, Contact: Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 90.0 (IDA Credit). Con- HE Said Baragoita, Minister sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Mali Health and Other Social Services (R) Nutrition Improvement (Cr. H7610-MW, Cr. 50680- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry MW): The objectives are to expand services and interventions Natural Resources Management in a Changing Climate: known to reduce linear growth retardation and anemia which are The objective is to expand the adoption of sustainable land and wa- Malawi’s two principal nutritional disorders that slows progress, in- ter management practices in targeted Communes in Mali. Decision cluding poverty (non-income side poverty), morbidity, mortality and Meeting scheduled for 16 July 2012. Environmental Assessment cognitive development. The credit and grant were signed on 17 July Category B. Project: P129516. US$ 8.4 (GEFU). Consulting services 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125237. US$ and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 32.0/48.0/13.1 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/CIDA). No consultants are Rural Community Development Additional Financing: required. Office of the President and Cabinet, Private Bag 301, Capital The objective is to improve the livings of those rural communities Hill, Lilongwe 3, Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 771-374, E-mail: maryshawa@ in terms of: (a) access to basic socio-economic services, and (b) a gmail.com, Contact: Dr. Mary Shawa, Principal Secretary sustainable increase in incomes, while promoting basic improved Public Administration, Law, and Justice natural resources management practices. Decision Meeting sched- uled for 26 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (R) Development Policy Operation (Cr. H7950-MW): The 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) objective is to support the implementation of critical policy and to be determined. institutional reforms in support of the Malawi Growth and Develop- ment Strategy II to accelerate the achievement poverty reduction and Education growth. Negotiations completed on 8 June 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 17 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Education For All Initiative Fast Track Initiative Grant: The U. Project: P126155. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- objective is to support the Government’s Education Sector Program quired. Ministry of Finance, Capital Hill, PO Box 30049, Lilongwe 3, to: (a) improve access and equity in basic education (including lit- Malawi, Tel: (265-1) 789-355, Fax: (265-1) 789-173, E-mail: finance@ eracy programs); (b) improve quality, efficiency, and relevance of finance.gov.mw, min-finance@finance.gov.mw basic education; and (c) strengthen sector management through (R) Financial Reporting and Oversight Improvement decentralized management of basic education services. Prepara- (FROI): The objective is to improve financial control, reporting tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 41.7 and oversight of government finances in Malawi. Project Concept (EFAF). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to Review Meeting scheduled for 20 July 2012. Environmental As- be determined. sessment Category C. US$ 10.0 (PFEM). Consulting services to be Higher Education Development: The objective is to support determined. Ministry of Finance, Debt and Aid, Malawi the creation of conditions that enable the higher education sub-sec- (R) Second Additional Financing for the Third Social Ac- tor to evolve into a diversified and financially viable quality system. tion Fund: The objective is to improve the livelihoods of poor Negotiations scheduled for 16 April 2013. Environmental Assessment and vulnerable households and to strengthen capacity of the local Category C. Project: P122015. US$ 38.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting authorities to manage local development. Negotiations completed services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. on 8 June 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 17 July 2012. Envi- Health and Other Social Services ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P131648. US$ 25.0/25.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. MASAF Local Social Protection and Employment: The objective is to estab- Development Fund, Area 14, Red Cross Building, Lilongwe, Malawi, lish a sustainable social safety net system and scale-up programs Tel: (265-1) 775-666, E-mail: tkalebe@masaf.org, Contact: Mr. Ted that increase income and consumption of the poor and vulnerable Kalebe households through cash transfers and short term employment. Decision Meeting scheduled for 11 September 2012. Environmental Transportation Assessment Category B. Project: P127328. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Agricultural Development Program Support Additional Consultants will be required for preparation and pre-appraisal ex- Financing: The objective is to improve the effectiveness of invest- perts needed in institutional set-ups, PW, CT, Safeguards, payment ments aimed at food security and sustainable agricultural growth. system, targeting. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 18 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Industry and Trade Energy and Mining Agricultural Competitiveness and Diversification Addi- Gas to Power: The objective is to use natural gas discovered tional Financing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to offshore for a power station to be built near Nouackchott. Project support the improvements in the performance of supply chains for a Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. Envi- range of agricultural, livestock and fishery products. Project Concept ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 90.0/40.0 (GUAR/GUID). Review Meeting scheduled for 24 July 2012. Environmental Assess- Consulting services to be determined. Project Steering Committee, ment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and BP 199, Rond-Point Sebkha, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222-46) implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 431-537, Fax: (222-44) 297-456, E-mail: kane@acces.mr, kane@ Competitiveness and Growth: The objective is to build on the hydraulique.gov.mr, Contact: Mamadou Amadou Kane, Directeur experience of projects supporting growth pole and value-chain devel- General de l’Electricite opment; and aims to address constraints to private sector growth and Public Administration, Law, and Justice competitiveness so as to promote industrialization and commercial agriculture in the regions of highest potential in Mali (e.g. Bamako, (R) Third Mining Sector Capacity Building: The objectives are Office du Niger, Mopti and Sikasso.) Project Concept Review Meet- to: (a) assist with the revenue management; (b) improve legal and ing scheduled for 28 September 2012. Environmental Assessment regulatory frameworks in mining and petroleum; (c) promote petro- Category C. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- leum sector, support environmental and social management in min- menting agency(ies) to be determined. ing and petroleum; and (d) establish the Mauritania School of Mines. Signing scheduled for 20 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Public Administration, Law, and Justice Category B. Project: P124859. US$ 7.1 (IDA Credit). No consultants (R) Sixth Development Policy Loan: The objectives are to: are required. Ministries of Industry and Mines and Energy/Petro- (a) strengthen institutional health and social protection framework leum, Mauritania Tel/Fax: (222) 4525-6861, E-mail: prism@prism. and build resilience to internal and external shocks; (b) strengthen mr, Contact: Abbazene B. Djidda, Project Coordinator financial governance; and (c) improve the policy environment to Local Development and Youth Employment: The objective is promote competitiveness and employment opportunities. Decision to make decentralization more effective and its contribution to youth Meeting scheduled for 1 September 2012. Environmental Assessment employment more important, by strengthening Local Governments Category U. Project: P125866. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting particularly through setting up a set of tools including a sustainable services to be determined. Ministry of Economy and Finance, PO fiscal transfer mechanism, institutional and efficient capacity build- Box 234, Bamako, Mali, Tel: (223) 222-5726 ing, and strong monitoring and control. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection sultants will be required. Cellule de Coordination du Programme Bamako Water Supply: The objective is to support the Govern- Urbain, BP 5150, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222-42) 290-693, ment’s efforts to increase access to sustainable water services in Fax: (222-45) 290-601, E-mail: ccp@pdu.mr Bamako. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2012. Envi- Transportation ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122826. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. SOMAPEP, Bamako, Nouakchott Port Development: The objective is to secure the Mali, E-mail: atdiarra56@yahoo.fr extension of the port of Nouakchott to face its growth perspectives, while improving the environmental impact of the port’s initial con- Mauritania struction and development. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry P108554. US$ 50.0/55.0 (IBRD/ZPCO). Consultants will be re- (R) Agriculture Development and Food Price Response: quired. Port Autonome de Nouakchott (PANPA), BP 5103, Nouak- The objectives are to: (a) support farmers’ capacity to enhance agri- chott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 525-3859, Fax: (222) 251-794, Contact: cultural and livestock productivity; and (b) provide increased food Ahmed Ould Moctar, Directeur General access to vulnerable groups in targeted areas. The project will be designed as additional financing to the PDIAIM, using the FPCR Mauritius funds and the IDA allocation. Bank Approval scheduled for 2 August Finance 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P128994. US$ (R) Development Policy Loan (Ln. 81390-MU): The objec- 5.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/GFCR). Consultants will be required. Ministère tive is to strengthen the policy and institutional environment for du Développement Rural, Rue 23072 KSAR (Il C), Lot N 075, Nouak- enhancing competition and innovation in the private sector. The chott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) 525-1266, Fax: (222) 452-91043, E- loan was signed on 20 April 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- mail: claa@toptechnology.mr egory U. Project: P126903. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). No consultants are Education required. Ministry of Finance, Government House, Ground Floor, Port Louis, Mauritius, Tel: (230) 111-1111, Contact: Marie Alphonse (R) Second Education for All Fast Track Initiative: The objec- Itoua, Coordinator tive is to improve access to and quality of basic education, maintain equity and increase learning outcomes. Decision Meeting scheduled Industry and Trade for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 12.4 (R) First Development Policy Loan (Ln. 81380-MU): (for- (EFAF). Consultants are required for the school construction by local merly Public Administration, Law, and Justice sector) The objective communities, student learning assessments, school feeding program, is to improve public service delivery by consolidating the Medium M&E system and various studies. Direction des Projets Education Term Expenditure Framework and Program-Based Budgeting by et Formation (DPEF), BP 6541, Nouakchott, Mauritania, Tel: (222) raising human resources productivity in the public sector, accelerat- 525-2063, Fax: (222) 525-1513, E-mail: chrif@dpef.mr, Contact: Mr. ing reforms in public enterprises, and increasing the effectiveness Mohamed Mahmoud Ould of social protection investments. The loan was signed on 20 April (R) Skills Development Support (Cr. 49210-MR): The objec- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P125694. tive is to assist the Government to implement phase II of the Educa- US$ 20.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance tion Sector Development Program and to formalize the education and Economic Development, Government House, Ground Floor, system from pre-school to tertiary. The credit was signed on 13 June Port Louis, Mauritius, Tel: (230) 111-1111, Contact: Marie Alphonse 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P118974. US$ Itoua, Coordinator 16.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministe des Affaires Economiques et du Developpement, BP 238, Mauritania, Tel: (222) Public Administration, Law, and Justice 525-0349, Fax: (222) 525-4617, Contact: Mohamed Mahmoud Ould (N) Second Public Sector Performance DPL: The objective Chrif Mamed, Directeur des Projets Education is to support the *overnment to improve public sector SHUIRU AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 19 mance by: (a) strengthening services to support and empower WKH tion action plan to reduce chronic malnutrition. Decision Meeting most vulnerable; (b) streamlining trade regulation and processes; scheduled for 28 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category and (c) improving human resource management in civil service and C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- monitoring of SOE performance. Project Concept Review Meet- istry of Health, Av. Eduardo Mondlane, 1008, Maputo, Mozambique, ing scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Tel: (258-21) 427-131, Fax: (258-21) 427-133, E-mail: gbminsau@ egory U. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing tropical.co.mz, Contact: Prof. Garrido Paulo Ivo, Project Manager agency(ies) to be determined. Social Protection: The objective is to support the Government in Transportation consolidating and making operational a social safety net system to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from chronic poverty and (R) Road Asset Management and Safety: (formerly Second seasonal and unpredictable shock, and supporting the implementa- Infrastructure) The objective is to reduce the user’s cost on the prior- tion of the productive social action strategy. Preparation is underway. ity sections of the primary and secondary road network, to improve Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129524. US$ 50.0 the institutional framework for road safety, and to strengthen asset (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to management in the road sector. Project Concept Review Meeting be determined. scheduled for 31 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Consultants will Industry and Trade be required for: (a) transport sector; (b) prepare a set of design and construction standards and standard specifications for Mauritius; Integrated Growth Poles: The objective is to support the prepa- (c) review the project for quality initiation, commissioning, design ration of the growth poles operation that will promote broad based and implementation in transport sector; and (d) support the opera- and integrated growth in specific sub-regions in Mozambique, es- tional establishment of the Land Transport Agency. Implementing pecially in Tete and Nampula. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 agency(ies) to be determined. September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Mozambique be determined. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Agricultural Growth and Productivity Enhancement Mining and Gas Technical Assistance: The objectives are to in the Zambezi Valley: The objective is to enhance connectivity improve: (a) the efficiency and transparency of mining, oil and gas to agricultural, economic and social services for rural communities sector management; and (b) the frameworks for sustainable develop- in high agricultural potential areas. Project Concept Review Meet- ment of mineral and hydrocarbon resources by focusing on institu- ing scheduled for 6 September 2012. Environmental Assessment tional strengthening and on the local/regional integration of mining Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- and gas development. Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 August menting agency(ies) to be determined. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129847. US$ Climate Change Development Policy Operation: The objec- 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) tives are to support the Government of Mozambique in its efforts to be determined. to address climate change by adopting policies and strengthening institutional capacity to promote climate resilient and lower car- Transportation bon intensity development in selected sectors such as water, energy Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance Pro- and health. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment gram Phase III: The objective is to improve access of the popula- Category U. Project: P128434. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting tion to all-season roads through maintenance, rehabilitation and services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. upgrading of the classified road network. Project Concept Review Coastal Livelihoods: The objectives are to enhance the socio- Meeting scheduled for 28 August 2012. Environmental Assessment economic growth for the inhabitants of the coastal regions and im- Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for prove the strategic framework for fisheries. Project Concept Review the preparation of design, bidding documents and EIA. Implement- Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment ing agency(ies) to be determined. Category B. US$ 30.0/7.0 (IDA Credit/GFCO). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fisheries, Maputo, Mozambique Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Education (R) Coastal Cities and Climate Change (Cr. 50660-MZ): (formerly Public Administration, Law, and Justice sector) The Early Child Development and Nutrition: The objectives are to objective is to strengthen climate change adaptation in municipal assist the Government to: (a) pilot various types of community-based planning and delivery of selected services in participating coastal ECD interventions; (b) include provision of nutrition services for towns. The credit was signed on 4 May 2012. Environmental As- pregnant mothers and young children; and (c) create an ECD unit sessment Category B. Project: P123201. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). No within the Ministry of Education. Bank Approval completed on 1 consultants are required. Ministry of State Administration (MAE), May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124729. Rua da Radio 112, Maputo, Tel: (258-21) 426-666, E-mail: orlanda- US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Government rafael@yahoo.com.br, Contact: Orlanda Rafael, Diretora Nacional of Mozambique, Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 480-700, Fax: (258-21) do Desenvolvimento Autarquico 490-979, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister Economic Governance: The objectives are to: (a) promote the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Addi- efficiency, transparency and accountability in the use of public tional Financing: The objective is to facilitate the transition of resources through improving public financial management and the existing Technical and Vocational Education system to a de- national statistics systems; and (b) enhance the effectiveness of the mand-led training system and provide the beneficiaries with more justice system to improve the investment climate. Decision Meeting market relevant skills and improve job opportunities. Bank Approval scheduled for 12 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category completed on 12 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing B. Project: P125283. US$ 37.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are agency(ies) to be determined. required. Ministry of Education, PO Box 34, Avenida 24 de Julho, No. 167, Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: (258-21) 480-700, Fax: (258-21) (R) Greater Maputo Water Supply Expansion: The objective 490-979, E-mail: mined@gov.mz, Contact: H.E. Zeferino Martins, is to increase the production and treatment capacity of water to as- Minister of Education sist in meeting the water demand in the Greater Maputo Area and to promote the sustainable operation of the existing water supply Health and Other Social Services system. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- (R) Community Nutrition Enhancement: The objective is to egory A. Project: P125120. US$ 170.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will support the implementation of Mozambique’s multisectoral nutri- be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 20 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Climate Resilient Growth: Transforming Hydro-Meteoro- agement and implementation of road maintenance in Niger. Decision logical Services: The objective is to lower the climate related risks Meeting scheduled for 6 September 2012. Environmental Assess- to local communities and economic development by strengthening ment Category B. US$ 19.5 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be hydrological and meteorological information systems and services determined. CC/PST, Niamey, Niger, Tel: (227-20) 735-438, Fax: to deliver reliable and timely information that increases climate re- (227-20) 732-191, E-mail: pri@intnet.ne silience. Appraisal scheduled for 15 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (CSCF). Consulting services and Nigeria implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Mozambique PPCR Cities and Climate Change: The objective is to strengthen the municipal capacity for providing sustainable (R) Agriculture Sector Development Policy Operation: The urban infrastructure and environmental management which will objective is to support the Government’s agricultural transformation enhance resiliency to climate change risks. Project Concept Review agenda through supporting policy and institutional reforms to im- Meeting scheduled for 14 November 2012. Environmental Assess- prove the effectiveness of public spending, encourage private sector ment Category B. US$ 6.5/9.3 (CSCC/CSCF). Consulting services investments, and establish effective implementation modalities at all and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. levels of the government. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ Namibia 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria, Contact: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Dr. Adetunji Oredipe, Sr. Technical Advisor (R) Coast Conservation Phase 2: The objective is to implement (R) Erosion and Watershed Management-GEF: The objective an integrated coastal zone management approach (ICZM) for the is to support the Government to promote vegetative land manage- development of the Namibian Coast. Decision Meeting scheduled for ment practices by establishing conservation set asides along erosion- 17 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: prone waterways and vegetation corridors. Bank Approval completed P128511. US$ 3.6 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. on 8 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Capital Center Bldng, 6, P126549. US$ 8.6 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Federal Levinson Arcade P/Bag 13346, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: (260-61) Ministry of Environment, Federal Secretariat, Phase 1, 7th Floor, 284-2333, Fax: (260-61) 229-936, E-mail: tnghitila@yahoo.com Garki, Nigeria Tel/Fax: (234-9) 523-4119, E-mail: sumojekwu@ Niger yahoo.com, Contact: Stella U. Mojekwu, Project Coordinator Irrigation and Water Resources Management: The objective Education is to improve the performance and financial sustainability of irriga- (R) Skills Development for Growth: (formerly Secondary and tion service delivery and water resource management in pilot States. Higher Education Quality Support) The objective is to support the Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 January 2013. Environmental Government in its efforts to improve the quality and labor-market Assessment Category A. Project: P123112. US$ 400.0 (IDA Credit). relevance of training programs and to strengthen the institutional Consulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Water environment for a more effective and efficient skills development Resources; Selected States system, with a focus on select institutions and economic sectors. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 December 2012. Environmental Education Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (R) State Education Programmatic Investment: The objective and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. is to support selected States to improve governance in the education Public Administration, Law, and Justice sector. Decision Meeting completed on 12 June 2012. Appraisal scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. (R) First Shared Growth Credit (Cr. 51310-NE): The objective Project: P122124. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be is to support the reforms in the following areas: public expenditure determined. Federal and State Ministries of Education and financial management, export promotion and competitiveness, private sector development, agricultural institutions, and reduction Energy and Mining of vulnerability at the national and household level. Bank Approval completed on 26 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Electricity and Gas Improvement Additional Financ- U. Project: P125272. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are ing: The objective is to continue to support the Government to required. Ministry of Planning, Regional and Community Develop- enable unconstrained transmission of power generated from power ment, B.P. 862, Niamey, Niger, Tel: (227-20) 723-258, E-mail: ab- plants where PRGs are guaranteeing gas supply. Bank Approval dou.souley2@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdou Souley, Secretaire General completed on 19 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126182. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be (R) Sources of Growth (Cr. 51320-NE): The objectives are to: required. Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zambezi (a) create conditions to improve competitiveness, enterprise develop- Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, Fax: (234- ment, and investment promotion; and (b) select value chains. Bank 9) 413-6685, E-mail: maganiyu@nepapmu.org, Contact: Mansuru Approval completed on 26 June 2012. Environmental Assessment A. Ganiyu, Project Manager Category B. Project: P127204. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Commerce, Niger (R) Electricity and Gas Improvement Additional Financing- Growth Policy Reform Credit (GPRC) 2 Supplemental Fi- GUID (Cr. G2140-NG): The objective is to continue to support the nancing: The objective is to help cover an unanticipated financing Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement project to power three of gap caused by the spillovers of the Libyan crisis and a poor harvest. the NIPP plants in Sapele, Olorunsogo and Alaoji. Bank Approval Bank Approval completed on 23 February 2012. Environmental completed on 19 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Assessment Category U. Project: P129793. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). B. Project: P126190. US$ 200.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be No consultants are required. Ministry of Planning, Local Govern- determined. Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zambezi ment and Community Development, B.P. 862, Niamey, Niger, Tel: Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, Fax: (234- (227-20) 723-258, E-mail: abdou.souley2@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdou 9) 413-6685, E-mail: maganiyu@nepapmu.org, Contact: Mansuru Souley, Secretaire General A. Ganiyu, Project Manager Power Sector Guarantees: The objective is to guarantee payment Transportation for electricity generated and delivered to the national grid (public sec- Transport Sector Program Additional Financing: The objec- tor entity) by the Independent Power Plant (private sector) at Obite- tives are to: (a) improve the physical access of rural population to OML 58. Appraisal scheduled for 20 November 2012. Environmental markets and services on selected unpaved sections of the national Assessment Category A. Project: P120207. US$ 1000.0 (GUID). road network; and (b) strengthen the institutional framework, man- Consultants will be required. Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading PLC AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 21 Small-Scale Associated Gas Utilization: The objective is to First Horizontal Multi-State Development Policy Opera- support Nigeria’s technologies for small-scale Associated Gas uti- tion: The objective is to support a program of policy and institu- lization, to pursue low-carbon development priorities. Preparation tional reforms in public financial management being implemented is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 2.7/2.1 by a number of Nigerian state level governments selected through (GEFU/ZBIL). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Gov- a competition. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 27 ernment of Nigeria, Nigeria July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 400.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Health and Other Social Services Finance, Central Area, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 8336-6661, (R) Polio Eradication Support (Cr. 51330-NG): The objective E-mail: turakibatta@hotmail.com is to help finance the procurement of additional Oral Polio Vaccine Transportation (OPV) in support of Nigeria’s final efforts to eradicate poliomyelitis. Bank Approval completed on 12 July 2012. Environmental Assess- (R) Second Rural Access and Mobility: The objective is to ment Category C. Project: P130865. US$ 95.0 (IDA Credit). Consul- support the improvement of rural access and mobility in the par- tants will be required. National Primary Health Care Development ticipating States by: (a) providing improved all-weather access road Agency, Port Harcourt Crescent, Garki, Abuja, ABUJA, FCT, Nigeria, networks in selected and prioritized rural development areas; and Tel: (234-9) 314-2925, Fax: (234-9) 314-2924, E-mail: info@nphcda. (b) supporting the institutional reform in the transport sector in gov.ng, Contact: Ado J.G. Muhammad, Executive Director the states to improve management of the state-wide road network. Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment States Health Program Investment: The objectives are to im- Category B. Project: P095003. US$ 195.0/120.0 (IDA Credit/FRDE). prove the delivery of high impact maternal, child, and reproductive Consultants will be required. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and health interventions. Bank Approval completed on 12 April 2012. Rural Development, Michael Okpara Way, Wuse Zone 5, Nigeria, Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120798. US$ 150.0 Tel: (234-09) 523-8463/66 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Federal Ministry of Fi- Public/Private Partnership Adaptable Program Loan- nance, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria, Phase II: The objective is to continue to assist the Government E-mail: uzedgeffy2005@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: M.A Alao, Director, with the binding constraints to firm productivity improvements and IER Department.; Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: employment generating growth. Project Concept Review Meeting (234-8) 3592-3281, Contact: Haruna Mohammed, Director scheduled for 15 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Youth Employment and Social Support Operations: The US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required to assist the objective is to support the Government’s response to the challenge team on Risk and Financial Analysis. Federal Ministry of Finance, of youth unemployment and human capital development of the poor Central Area, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 8336-6661, E-mail: in Nigeria. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environ- turakibatta@hotmail.com mental Assessment Category C. Project: P126964. US$ 300.0 (IDA Urban Transport: The objective is to support the Government Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of to increase the availability and patronage of a well organized and Finance, Central Area, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 8336-6661, structured public transport service networks, improve traffic man- E-mail: turakibatta@hotmail.com agement, and improve the capacity of governments at different levels Public Administration, Law, and Justice to formulate and implement appropriate policies governing urban transport, and ensure their compliance. Preparation is underway. En- (R) Second Lagos State Development Policy Credit: The vironmental Assessment Category A. US$ 158.0 (IDA Credit). Con- objective is to support the policy and institutional reforms being sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. implemented by the Lagos State Government. Project Concept Re- view Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assess- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ment Category U. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to (R) Ibadan Emergency Floods and Infrastructure Reha- be determined. Lagos State Government, Nigeria bilitation: The objectives are to: (a) improve urban infrastructure (R) Second State Governance and Capacity Building (Cr. services delivery and (b) mitigate the negative environmental im- 46670-NG): The objective is to improve transparency, account- pact of floods in Ibadan Metropolitan area. Project Concept Review ability and quality in the public finance and human resource man- Meeting scheduled for 21 November 2012. Environmental Assess- agement systems, with a view to strengthen governance in the ment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and participating states. The credit was signed on 29 June 2012. Envi- implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P097026. US$ 80.0 (IDA (R) Third Urban Water Sector: The objectives are to: (a) in- Credit). Consultants will be required. Federal Ministry of Finance, crease access to piped water networks in selected States; and (b) Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria, E- improve reliability and financial viability in selected States. Project mail: uzedgeffy2005@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: Agnes Abidemi Aremu, Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environ- Deputy Director mental Assessment Category B. US$ 400.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting (R) State Employment and Expenditure for Results (Cr. services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 50220-NG): (formerly Transportation sector) The objective is to Erosion and Watershed Management: The objective is to en- enhance opportunities for youth employment and access to socio- able a framework for erosion and watershed management and reduce economic services, while improving public expenditure manage- erosion in targeted areas of the South of Nigeria. Bank Approval ment system in the participating states. Bank Approval completed completed on 8 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category on 6 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: A. Project: P124905. US$ 500.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be P121455. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. required. Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Ministry of En- Federal Ministry of Finance, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business vironment, Mabushi, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9) 523-3611, E-mail: District, Abuja, Nigeria, E-mail: uzedgeffy2005@yahoo.co.uk, Con- info@environment.gov.ng, Contact: Mallam M Bashar, Permanent tact: Tunde Lawal, National Project Coordinator Secretary Edo State First Development Policy Operation: The objective Regional is to support a policy and institutional reform program being imple- mented by the State of Edo. Bank Approval completed on 29 March Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P123353. US$ (N) South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and 75.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Edo State Govern- Shared Growth: The objective is to increase the shared benefits ment, Contact: John Inegbedion, Commissioner of Finance.; Ministry from economic growth based on sustainable fisheries and coastal ma- of Finance, 7th Floor Palm House, Sapele Road, Benin City, Nigeria, rine resources. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Tel: (234-803) 852-8562, E-mail: johnosagie02@yahoo.com, Con- Category B. US$ 3.0/35.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services tact: Marie Alphonse Itoua, Coordinator and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 22 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (N) South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and tertiary education (science, technology, engineering, mathematics Shared Growth-GEF: The objective is to increase the shared or STEM, health, and agriculture) in Africa, leveraging regional col- benefits from economic growth based on sustainable fisheries and laboration. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environ- coastal marine resources. Preparation is underway. Environmental mental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Assessment Category B. US$ 15.5 (GEFU). Consulting services and services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Energy and Mining (R) Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Recovery and Resilience: The objective is to build resilience for pastoral and agro-pastoral (R) Adjarala Hydroelectric West Africa Power Pool APL communities’ in drought prone areas, with a focus on addressing Phase 3: The objective is to establish a well-functioning, coopera- trans-boundary challenges to resilience. Project Concept Review tive, power pooling mechanism for West Africa, to increase access Meeting completed on 21 June 2012. Preparation is underway. for the citizens of ECOWAS to reliable and stable electricity at afford- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 225.0 (IDA Credit). able costs. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-July Consulting services to be determined. Ethiopia - Ministry of Agri- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 120.0/150.0/80.0 culture and Rural Development (MOARD), Africa; Kenya - Ministry (IDA Credit/ZBIL/ZMUL). Consultants will be required to update of Livestock Development (MOLD, Africa; Ministry of Agriculture, the Environmental Impact Assessment and the Resettlement Action Animal Industry and Fisheries, Uganda Plan for the technical review of select aspects of the hydropower Africa Stockpiles Programme Supplemental Funds for Dis- plant design and the update of the project economics. Communaute posal: The objectives are to: (a) eliminate and/or safeguarding the Electrique du Benin (CEB), Rue de la Kozah, BP 1368, Lome, United Publicly-Held Obsolete Pesticide stocks and Associated Waste; and States, Tel: (228) 221-6132, Fax: (228) 221-3764, E-mail: dg@cebnet. (b) implement measures to reduce future accumulations of pesti- org, Contact: Djibril Salifou, Managing Director cides. Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental (R) Niger Basin Water Resources Development and Sus- Assessment Category A. US$ 3.2 (GEFU). Consulting services to be tainable Ecosystems Management 2A: The objective is to en- determined. Ministry of Environment and Sanitation (Ministère de hance regional coordination, development and sustainability of water l’Environnement et de l’Assainissement, Mali resources management in the Niger Basin under Phase 2A of the Fourth Comprehensive Agricultural Development: The ob- Water Resources Development and Sustainable Ecosystems Manage- jective is to support the creation of a regional institution for Southern ment (WRD-SEM) APL Program. Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 Africa with the mandate to support and coordinate regional programs July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P130174. in agricultural research, agricultural extension, and agricultural train- US$ 200.0/3.0/10.0/104.7/9.3/7.5/103.5/56.2/18.4/14.6/18.6/71.4 ing and education. Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 September (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/ADFA/AFDB/ARED/ECOW/FRDE/ISDB/ 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113629. KFAE/OPEC/SAUD/WADB). Consulting services to be determined. US$ 50.0 (CDP4). Consulting services to be determined. FARA The Niger Basin Authority (NBA), Niamey, Niger, Tel: (277) 724-595, Secretariat, PMB CT 173, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233) E-mail: sec-executif@abn.ne, Contact: Collins R. U. Ikehire, Major 2177-2823/9421, Fax: (233) 2177-3676, E-mail: mjones@fara-africa. General Rtd Executive Secretary org, Contact: Dr. Monty P. Jones, Executive Secretariat.; Southern (R) Regional Eastern Africa Power Pool APL1 (Cr. 51490- Africa Development Community, Private Bag 0095, SADC House, ET, Cr. 51480-KE): The objective is to improve the supply of Khama Crescent, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 395-1863, Fax: competitive, clean energy in the sub-region through cross border (267) 397-2848, E-mail: ptawonezvi@sadc.int, Contact: Dr. Patrick transmission interconnections and by fostering a sustainable opti- Tawonezvi, Coordinator mal expansion and operation of an integrated regional power mar- Southern Africa Development Community Agriculture: The ket. Bank Approval completed on 12 July 2012. Environmental objective is to generate and disseminate improved technologies in Assessment Category A. Project: P126579. US$ 684.0/354.3/118.0 the participating countries top priority areas that are aligned with the (IDA Credit/AFDB/GFRC). Consultants will be required. Ethiopian Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) regions top priori- Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), Addis, Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) ties. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2012. Environmental 156-0041, E-mail: miheretdebebe@yahoo, Contact: Mekbib Lemma, Assessment Category B. Project: P094183. US$ 90.0 (IDA Credit). Joint Project Coordinator.; Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Consulting services to be determined. FARA Secretariat, PMB CT (Ketraco), Nyayo House, 23rd Floor, PO Box 30582, Nairobi, Kenya, 173, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233) 2177-2823/9421, Fax: Tel: (254-20) 315-202, Fax: (254-20) 240-910, E-mail: githinji.en- (233) 2177-3676, E-mail: mjones@fara-africa.org; Southern Africa heights@gmail.com, Contact: John N. Githinji, Project Manager.; Development Community, Private Bag 0095, SADC House, Khama EEPCo, Dembel City Center, 10th Floor, PO Box 1233, Addis Ababa, Crescent, Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: (267) 395-1863, Fax: (267) 397- Ethiopia, Tel: (251-11) 551-7220, Fax: (251-11) 515-5671, E-mail: 2848, E-mail: ptawonezvi@sadc.int ethken@ethionet.et, kassayek67@yahoo.com, Contact: Esubalew West Africa Agricultural Productivity 2A: The objective is to Kebede, Project Coordinator for Ethiopia scale-up the generation, dissemination and adoption of improved (R) South Africa Power Market APL1 Second Additional technologies in the participating countries’ priority agricultural com- Financing: The objectives are to support: (a) the cost on overruns modity areas that are aligned with the sub-region’s top agricultural on the rehabilitation of high voltage direct current (HVDC) and high commodity priorities, as outlined in the ECOWAP. Bank Approval voltage alternating current (HVAC) transmission lines; and (b) the completed on 22 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category installation of optic fiber guard wire cables (OFGWC) on HVDC and B. Project: P129565. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are HVAC transmission towers. Bank Approval completed on 28 June required. ECOWAS (CORAF), Tel: (221-33) 869-9622, Contact: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P126421. US$ Marie Alphonse Itoua, Coordinator 201.5 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Societe Nationale West Africa Regional Fisheries Program APL C1: The objec- d’Electricite, 2031, Avenue de la Justice, BP 500, Kinshasa, Demo- tive is to sustainably increase the overall wealth generated by the cratic Republic of Congo, Tel: (243-816) 076-254, Fax: (243-813) exploitation of the marine fisheries resources of West Africa, and 010-382, E-mail: jp_saila@yahoo.fr, Contact: Jean-Pierre Saila, the proportion of that wealth captured by West African countries to Coordinator.; Copperbelt Energy Corporation, Private Bag E835, include the coastal nations from Mauritania through Ghana. Deci- Postnet 145, Kabulonga, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-212) 224-4902, sion Meeting scheduled for 19 October 2012. Environmental Assess- Fax: (260-211) 261-640, E-mail: cec@cec.com.zm, Contact: Roland ment Category B. Project: P126773. US$ 30.0/12.0/7.0 (IBRD/IDA Director Lwiindi, Coordinator Credit/GFIA). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) (R) Southern Africa Power Pool and Regional Electricity to be determined. Regulators Association of Southern Africa Regional En- ergy: The objective is to promote regional trading through lending Education operations for several major transmission and generation projects (R) African Centers of Excellence: The objective is to support and provide assistance to create and enforce the technical, economic efforts to build centers of excellence and knowledge networks in and regulatory “rules of the road” for the regional interconnected AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 23 grid. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 Septem- Approval completed on 15 May 2012. Environmental Assessment ber 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA Category B. Project: P124351. US$ 60.0/30.0 (IDA Credit/EUIB). Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be Consultants will be required. ZESCO Limited, Stand No. 6949, Great determined. East Road, PO Box 33304, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-211) 362-771, (R) Third West Africa Power Pool Adaptable Program Fax: (260-211) 222-753, E-mail: cchitundu@zesco.co.zm, Contact: Loan (Inter-Zonal Transmission Hub) (Cr. 49710-GH, Cr. Ernest Mupwaya, Managing Director H7190-BF): The objective is to lower the cost and improve access Regional Transmission Development Adaptable Program to electricity supply to Burkina Faso by avoiding diesel generation, Loan: The objective is to support the development of the transmis- and to increase the overall reliability and stability of the Burkina sion backbone linking Tete Province with the south of Mozambique. Faso and Ghana grid. Bank Approval completed on 29 June 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 May 2013. Environmental Assess- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P094919. US$ ment Category A. Project: P108934. US$ 150.0/50.0 (IDA Credit/ 41.9/32.3/30.9 (IDA Credit/AFD/EUIB). Consultants will be re- GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Electricidade de Mo- quired. Societe Nationale d’Electricite du Burkina (SONABEL), 01 zambique (Electricity of Mozambique), Av. Zedequias Manganhela, BP 54 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Tel: (226) 5030-6100, Fax: N-267, Predio Zat, 4th Floor, PO Box 938, Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: (226) 5031-0340, E-mail: Salif.kabore@sonabel.bf, Contact: Salif (258-21) 304-407, Fax: (258-21) 328-233, E-mail: cyum@edmdipla. Kabore, Managing Director.; Ghana Grid Company Limited, PO Box co.mz, Contact: Mr. Carlos Yum, Director and Project Coordinator M-77, Volta House, Accra, Ghana, Tel: (233-21) 221-132/134, Fax: Finance (233-21) 662-610, E-mail: gridco@gridcogh.com, Contact: Charles Darku, Chief Executive Africa Drought Risk Pool (ADRP): The objective is to provide enhancement to risk transfer structure. Project Concept Review Fourth West Africa Power Pool Adaptable Program Loan Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Phase 1: The objective is to establish access to electricity supply for Category C. US$ 280.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- Liberia and Guinea through construction of a 225 kV transmission menting agency(ies) to be determined. interconnection of a length of approximately 450 km between Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, and Liberia under this Phase 1 of the APL 4. Bank Regional Financial Sector Regionalization Phase 2: The ob- Approval completed on 31 May 2012. Environmental Assessment jective is to support the East African Community Secretary (EAC) in- Category A. Project: P113266. US$ 144.5/31.5/133.1/105.2/40.8 (IDA stitutions to implement the financial sector integration strategy with Credit/IDA Grant/AFDB/EUIB/KFW). Consultants will be required. the ultimate goal of broadening and deepening the EAC single market West Africa Power Pool Secretariat (WAPP), Zone des Ambassades, in financial services. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for PK 6, 06 BP 2907, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: (229) 2137-4195, Fax: (229) 19 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 2137-7143, E-mail: adiallo@ecowapp.org, Contact: Amadou Diallo, 34.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. East African Secretary General Community Secretary (EAC), AICC Kilimanjaro Wing 5th Floor, PO Box 1096A, Arusha, Tanzania, Tel: (255-27) 250-4253/4/5/6, Fax: Inga 3 Development TA: The objectives are to support the cost- (255-27) 250-4255, E-mail: mutabingwa@eachq.org effective development of Inga 3 and mid-size hydropower projects under balanced public-private partnerships in the areas of: (a) Go- Second Regional Trade Facilitation: The objective is to develop DRC; (b) key complementary studies (including feasibility studies the provision of financial instruments and services for the purpose of and safeguards assessments); and (c) capacity building and insti- promoting regional integration, trade, investment, and other produc- tutional development. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 December tive activities in Africa in supplement to those which may be offered 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P131027. US$ by the private sector or in cooperation with the private sector. Bank 43.0/20.0 (IDA Grant/AFDB). Consulting services to be determined. Approval completed on 14 June 2011. Environmental Assessment DRC Ministry of Energy, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Category F. Project: P112456. US$ 20.0/7.5 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. African Trade Insurance Agency, Ke- Mount Coffee Hydro Power Plant West African Power Pool nya Re-Towers, Capital Hill Road, PO Box 10620-00100, Nairobi, APL4 Phase 2: The objective is to rehabilitate the Mount Coffee Kenya, Tel: (254-20) 272-6999, Fax: (254-20) 271-9701, E-mail: Hydroelectric Power Plant (64MW), one of the regional priorities Stewart.Kinloch@ati-aca.org, Contact: Mr. Stewart Kinloch, Ag. Chief West African Power Pool projects. Project Concept Review Meeting Executive Officer scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 60.0/50.0/70.0 (IDA Credit/ZBIL/ZMUL). Consulting ser- Health and Other Social Services vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (N) Horn of Africa Emergency Health and Nutrition Ad- Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NEL- ditional Financing: The objective is to support the emergency SAP): Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric and Multipur- response in targeted refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia by ex- pose: The objective is to build a dam (15 m in height and 470 million panding implementation of a health and nutrition package of ser- m3 in reservoir capacity) and hydropower plant (60-80 MW) as well vices with the sub-region’s medium-term human development goals. as transmission lines (360 km estimate) linked to all three countries Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 September 2012. (i.e. Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania). Project Concept Review Meet- Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). No ing scheduled for 19 September 2012. Environmental Assessment consultants are required. United Nations High Commissioner for Category A. Project: P075941. US$ 406.0/40.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/ Refugees (UNHCR), Case Postale 2500, CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépô, AFDF/ZBIL). Consultants will be required. Ministere de l’Energie et Suisse, Geneva, Switzerland, Tel: (41-22) 739-8280, Contact: Dr. des Mines, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-2) 222-9555, Fax: (257-2) Paul Spiegel, Chief, Public Health and HIV Section Division of Op- 222-3337, E-mail: dgee@cbinf.com, Contact: Idi Buhanga Pressadi, erational Directeur General.; REGIDESO, BP 660, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (N) IGAD Regional HIV/AIDS Partnership Program: The ob- (257-2) 222-3412, Fax: (257-2) 222-6563, Contact: Celestin Ndu- jectives are to: (a) increase preventative action DQG reduce misconcep wamung, Managing Director.; Ministry of Infrastructure Kigali, PO WLRQ of cross border and mobile populations; and (b) establish a com Box 24, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: (250) 0830-1890, Fax: (250) 585-755, PRQ and sustainable regional approach to supporting the population E-mail: olikab@yahoo.fr, Contact: Alexis Karani, Director of Plan- LQ the IGAD member states. Project Concept Note scheduled for 17 July ning.; Ministry of Energy and Minerals, 754/33 Samora Avenue PO 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 7.8 (AFRH). Con- Box 2000, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 213-9455, Fax: sulting services to be determined. IGAD Secretariat, Avenue George (255-22) 211-1749, Contact: Eng. Bashir J. Mrindoko, Commissioner Clemenceau, PO Box 2653, Djibouti, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 2135-4050, Energy and Petroleum.; Electrogaz, PO Box 537, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: Fax: (253) 2135-6994, E-mail: mahboub.maalim@igad.org, Contact: (250-788) 307-149, Contact: Yves Muyange, Director General Eng. Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary Power Transmission Line Upgrade: The objective is to upgrade (R) African Medicine Regulatory Harmonization: The objec- the power transfer capacity of the existing Kafue Town-Muzuma- tive is to strengthen capacities of the East African Community partner Victoria Falls transmission system from 220kV to 330kV. Bank states to harmonize medicines registration systems and to improve PAGE 24 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 efficiency and enhance transparency in medicines registration. The ture Program. Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 November 2012. loan was signed on 21 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123093. US$ 85.0 Category C. Project: P128332. US$ 5.6 (PHGF). No consultants are (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to required. East African Community (EAC): in partnership with its be determined. member states, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-6684, Contact: Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera, Secretary General Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) West Africa Disease Surveillance and Response: The (R) ACBF Regional Capacity Building SMTP III: The ob- objective is to develop modern multi-disease surveillance and re- jective is to support the ACBF in the implementation of SMTP III sponse network in West Africa. Decision Meeting scheduled for 24 during the period 2012-2016 in order to build sustainable human July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125018. and institutional capacity for development in Africa. Preparation is US$ 10.0 (ACGF). Consulting services to be determined. Economic underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 65.0/10.0 Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS), Africa, Tel: (226- (IDA Grant/ACBF). Consulting services to be determined. African 20) 975-775, Fax: (226-20) 975-772, E-mail: pcardoso@wahooas.org, Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), Intermarket Life Towers, Cnr. Contact: Dr. Placido M. Cardoso, Director General Jason Moyo Av/Sam Nujoma Street, Harare, Tel: (263) 470-0208, Public Health Laboratory Networking: The objective is to Fax: (263) 470-915, E-mail: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org, Contact: Fran- establish a network of efficient, high quality, accessible public health nie Leautier, Executive Secretary laboratories for the diagnosis and surveillance of TB and other com- (R) Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research municable diseases in Burundi. Bank Approval completed on 17 May in East and Central Africa Multi-Donor Trust Fund: The 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129551. US$ objective is to enhance access and utilization of agricultural research 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, technologies and innovations in the regional agricultural systems of PO Box 1830, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: (257-22) 222-022, Fax: Eastern and Central Africa. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- (257-22) 223-827, E-mail: reforme_mpbdi@yahoo.fr uled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 11.0 (CDP4). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Industry and Trade be determined. (R) West Africa Road Transport: The objective is to provide a (R) Improved Investment Climate within the Organization regional budget support to those West African countries that jointly for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA) agree to common road transport reforms. Project Concept Review (Cr. H7990-3A): The objective is to strengthen the OHADA re- Meeting scheduled for 31 October 2013. Environmental Assessment gional and national institutions, improve specific aspects of the le- Category U. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- gal and institutional framework for commercial activities within menting agency(ies) to be determined. OHADA member countries. Bank Approval scheduled for 26 July East African Community Development Policy Operation: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P126663. US$ The objective is to support EAC to benefit from the global demand 15.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Secretariat Perma- for manufactured goods, promote employment, generate substantial nent OHADA, Face Ministere des Relations Exterieures, BP 10071, demand for services and agricultural goods produced inland, amplify- Yaounde, Cameroon, Tel: (237) 2221-0905, Fax: (237) 2221-6745, ing the benefits of the customs union. Project Concept Review Meet- E-mail: dorothe.sossa@yahoo.fr, Contact: Prof. Dorothe Cossi Sossa, ing scheduled for 17 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Secretaire Permanent U. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing AUC Institutional Transformation and Capacity Building agency(ies) to be determined. Program Support: The objective is to support the senior man- agement to lead the internal transformation process of establish- Information and Communications ing a strategic and program results-based performance standards. (R) Fifth Regional Communications Infrastructure Pro- Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 September 2012. Environmental gram APL: The objectives are to: (a) lower prices for international Assessment Category C. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services capacityand extend the geographic reach of broadband networks; and and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (b) improve the Government’s efficiency and transparency through Enhancing Social Accountability at AUC through ECO- eGovernment applications. Decision Meeting scheduled for 9 Sep- SOCC: The objective is to help build strong external accountabil- tember 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 70.0 ity relations between civil society organizations and the Economic, (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) and other organizations be determined. of the African Union. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 February (R) WARCIP APL 1C (Cr. 51430-BJ): The objectives are to: (a) 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P125056. support the Government to create a PPP framework for ownership US$ 8.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. African and management of ACE landing station, related capacity and enable Union Commission, PO Box 3243, Roosevelt Street, Addis, Ethiopia, environment for open access; and (b) improve connectivity in the Tel: (251-11) 551-3822, Fax: (251-11) 551-9321, E-mail: cido@africa- sector. Bank Approval completed on 12 July 2012. Environmental union.org, Contact: Dr. Jinmi Adisa, Director Assessment Category B. Project: P130184. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Communications and Infor- Transportation mation Technologies, BP. 120, Cotonou, Benin, Tel: (229) 90 02 79 (R) CEMAC Transport and Transit Facilitation Third Ad- 46, Fax: (229) 90 02 79 46, E-mail: capochichi@yahoo.fr, Contact: ditional Financing: The objective is to facilitate regional trade Oliver Capo-Chichi, Project Coordinator among the CEMAC member states and improve the Central Af- Regional Communications Infrastructure Phase 4: The rican Republic, the Republic of Cameroon’s and the Republic of objective is to contribute to lower prices for international capacity Chad’s access to world markets. Bank Approval scheduled for 26 and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks (the con- July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130422. nectivity development objective); and to contribute to improved US$ 123.4/1.6 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Government efficiency and transparency through e-Government Ministere de l’Equipement, des Travaux Publics et du Desenclave- applications (the transparency development objective) for Eritrea, ment, Bangui, Central African Republic Tel/Fax: (236-75) 503-040, Uganda and Zambia. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 August 2012. E-mail: gbiegbabruno@yahoo.fr, Contact: Noel Gbeba, Cooronnateur Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118213. US$ 22.0 du PFTT zone CEMAC RCA (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to (R) Second Abidjan-Lagos Transport and Transit Facilita- be determined. tion Adaptable Program Loan (Cr. H7870-CI): The objective West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure APL is to facilitate movement of goods and people along the Coastal 2: The objective is to increase the geographic reach of broadband Corridor by reducing physical and non-physical barriers, and reduc- networks and lower cost of communications in Mali and Togo. This ing the impact of HIV/AIDS. Signing scheduled for 16 July 2012. project is part of West Africa Regional communications Infrastruc- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P116323. US$ 90.0 AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 25 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy Second Senegal River Basin Multi-Purpose Water Re- and Finance, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Tel: (225) 2021-6005, E-mail: sources Development APL: The objective, same as the parent micheldiekoaoussou@yahoo.fr, Contact: Dieko Aoussou, National project, is to enhance regional integration among the riparian coun- Coordinator.; Ageroute, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Tel: (225) 2025-1000, tries of the Senegal River Basin through OMVS for multi-purpose E-mail: frkouakouk@yahoo.fr, Contact: Francois Kouakou, Directeur water resources development to foster improved community liveli- de la Gestion du Reseau hoods. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 September (R) Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation: The 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 90.0/20.0 (IDA objective is to enhance economic growth in Southern Africa by fa- Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Senegal cilitating the movement of goods and people as well as fostering OMVS regional integration among Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Zambia and Senegal River Basin Climate Change Adaptation: The ob- Zimbabwe. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 September 2012. Envi- jective is to improve the management of the Senegal River Basin’s ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120370. US$ 210.0/5.0 land and water resources through: (a) climate change adaptation on (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing environmental management in Guinea as a new riparian country agency(ies) to be determined. to OMVS; and (b) ensure sustainability of the water resources base which originates in Guinea. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Eastern Africa Transport Links Improvement: The objective uled for 25 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. is to improve transport services along key trade corridors in Eastern US$ 4.0/12.0 (GEFU/LDC). Consulting services and implementing Africa for Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. agency(ies) to be determined. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 March 2013. Environmental As- sessment Category B. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Rwanda and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Senegal River Basin Integrated Multimodal Transport: (R) Ninth Poverty Reduction Support Grant: (formerly En- The objective is to restore the river transport vocation of the Senegal ergy and Mining sector) The objective is to support the Government River and to enhance the latter by connecting it to a system that to implement its medium-term development strategy, the EDPRS integrates all other types of ground transportation. Decision Meet- and the policy actions to increase private sector investment and ease ing scheduled for 1 April 2013. Environmental Assessment Category constraints to broad based growth. Bank Approval scheduled for A. US$ 186.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. 28 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal (OMVS), P127114. US$ 125.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Min- Rue 46 Carnot, Dakar, Mauritania, Tel: (221) 823-4530, Fax: (221) istry of Finance and Economic Planning, Boulevard de la Revolution, 822-0163, E-mail: omvssphc@omvs.org, Contact: Mohamed Salem Opposite of, PO Box 158, KIGALI, RW, Rwanda, Tel: (250-252) 576- Ould Merzoug, Haut Commissaire 701, Fax: (250-252) 577-581, E-mail: mfin@minecofin.gov.rw Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Energy and Mining (R) Decision Support Services Project for the Sahel and (R) Electricity Access Additional Financing: The objectives West Africa Program: The objective is to improve mutual learn- are to support: (a) distribution network extension and reinforcement; ing and monitoring within the SAWAP portfolio on management and (b) household connections and the associated technical support. of risks to natural resources from climate change, land degradation Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 September 2012. Environmental and natural disasters. Project Concept Review Meeting completed Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services on 19 June 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 March 2013. and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 4.6 (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and Other Social Services Second Support to Social Protection System: The objective (R) Nile Basin Climate Resilient Growth: The objective is is to support the *overnment policy reform agenda that seeks to to improve cooperative climate-resilient water resources manage- consolidate and enhance efficiency and effectiveness, and expand ment and development in the Nile Basin. Decision Meeting com- coverage of its social protection system. Project Concept Review pleted on 11 July 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 8 November Meeting scheduled for 3 October 2012. Environmental Assessment 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130694. Category U. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- US$ 4.0/11.0 (CIWA/NBI). Consulting services to be determined. menting agency(ies) to be determined. Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO), Tel: (251-11) 646- 1130/32, Email: entro@nilebasin.org, Contact: Dr. Yusif Ibrahim, Of- Transportation ficer-in-Charge; Nile Equitorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Programme (R) Feeder Roads Development: The objective is to rehabilitate (NELSAP), Tel: (250-08) 307-334, Email: asendama@nilebasin. and construct selected feeder roads. Decision Meeting scheduled org, Contact: Dr. Antoine Sendam, Regional Coordinator; Nile Basin for 15 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Initiative Secretariat, Tel: (256-414) 321-424/329, Email: nbisec@ Project: P126498. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be nilebasin.org Contact: Dr. Wael Khairy, Executive Director determined. Rwanda Transport Development Agency, Rwanda, Tel: (R) Sustainable Groundwater Management in SADC Mem- (250) 7886-3410, E-mail: ericantO07@yahoo.com, Contact: Eric ber Countries: The objective is to support the sustainable man- Ntegengerwa, Director of Planning agement of groundwater management resources within the SADC Member States and enhance resilience to climatic variability and Sao Tome and Principe change. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 18 Septem- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ber 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 9.0/16.5 (R) Development Policy Operation Programmatic (Cr. (GEFU/ZMUL). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) H7640-ST): The objective is to assist the Government of Sao Tome to be determined. and Principe to improve public sector effectiveness by promoting Africa Climate Risk Management for Green Growth: The sustainable economic policies, strengthening the fiscal policy frame- objective is to build better capacity to effectively manage climate risk work, improving public financial management and improving donor challenges. This will be done through capacity-building assistance at coordination. The grant was signed on 23 April 2012. Environmental AU level to help selected sub-regional groups (e.g EAC, ECOWAS) Assessment Category U. Project: P128023. US$ 4.2 (IDA Grant). with information, institutional, and investment activities related to No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and International systematically building resilience to climate risks. Decision Meeting Cooperation, Largo das Alfandegas, Caixa Postal 168, Sao Tome, scheduled for 10 January 2013. Environmental Assessment Category Sao Tome and Principe, Tel: (239) 226-748, Fax: (239) 222-182, B. Project: P122145. US$ 35.0/30.0 (IDA Credit/PHRD). Consulting E-mail: MFCISTP@hotmail.com, Contact: Marie Alphonse Itoua, services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Coordinator PAGE 26 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Senegal Industry and Trade (R) Agribusiness Development and Finance: The objective is Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry to increase private investment in agribusiness in Senegal in specific sub-sectors. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. (R) Casamance Integrated Growth Pole: The objective is to Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P124018. US$ 80.0 provide key community economic infrastructures and basic social (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, services to local communities while supporting the creation of jobs BP 4005, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 849-7577, Fax: (221-33) 823- and skills for unemployed youth and women. Project Concept Review 3268, E-mail: diop.sadibou@gmail.com, Contact: Cheikh Sadibou Meeting completed on 25 June 2012. Preparation is underway. Diop, Directeur de Cabinet Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Agence Regionale de Developpement Public Administration, Law, and Justice (ARD), Rue 21 No.550 Santhiaba Ouest, Ziguinchor, Senegal Tel/Fax: (R) Sixth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is (221-33) 938-8290, E-mail: sonkos@hotmail.com to support the implementation of the Government’s Third Economic (R) Community-based Sustainable Land Management: The and Social Development Paper that will strengthen the Government’s objectives are to: (a) support rural communities in areas vulnerable policy making and institutional capabilities. Project Concept Review to desertification and land degradation through community based Meeting scheduled for 24 July 2012. Environmental Assessment activities targeting women and through sustainable land manage- Category U. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. ment; and (b) pilot a climate smart agriculture and its potential to Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rue Rene Ndiaye, BP 4017, Dakar, implement nationwide. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 889-2100, Fax: (221-33) 822-4195 for 28 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Sixth Development Policy Operation: The objective is to sup- 6.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to port the Government in strengthening the policy making and insti- be determined. tutional capabilities’ to accelerate broad-based growth, to improve Food Security and Livestock Support: The objective is to im- access to social services, and to foster good governance. Project prove food availability through increased food crops and livestock Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 November 2012. Envi- production in project areas. Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (GFCR). Consult- sultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rue ing services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Programme Rene Ndiaye, BP 4017, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 889-2100, de Développement des Marchés Agricoles du Sénégal (PDMAS), Fax: (221-33) 822-4195 Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 869-6262, E-mail: pdmas@pdmas. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection org; eawone@pdmas.org, Contact: El Hadj Amadou Wone, Directeur Flood Prevention and Drainage: The objective is to reduce General the risk of flooding in the peri-urban areas of Dakar and preserve household and business assets of those living in flood prone areas. Energy and Mining Bank Approval completed on 10 May 2012. Environmental Assess- Support to the Electricity Emergency Plan: The objective is ment Category A. Project: P122841. US$ 55.6/4.1 (IDA Credit/NDF). to help the Government implement an emergency electricity plan Consultants will be required. Agence de Developpement Municipal which will bring the supply and demand of electricity to equilibrium. (ADM), BP 6831 Dakar-Etoile, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 849-2710, This first phase is part of a global plan which aims to restructure Fax: (221) 842-2576, E-mail: dg.adm@orange.sn, Contact: Mou- and restore the energy sector. This project is on hold until further hamadou Kabir Sow, Directeur General notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125565. US$ 85.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. SENELEC, Seychelles 28, rue Vincens, BP 93, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-8) 393-030, Fax: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (221-8) 231-267, Contact: Seydina Kane Kane, Directeur General.; South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared APIX Investment Promotion and Large Projects Agency, 52-54 Rue Growth: The objective is to assist the Government of Seychelles in Mohamed V, BP 430 CP 18524, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-8) 490-555, developing, adopting and implementing governance reforms to sup- Fax: (221-8) 239-489, E-mail: contact@apix.sn, Contact: Aminata port environmentally, economically and socially sustainable fisheries Niane, Ministre Conseiller.; Ministry of International Cooperation, sector to reduce poverty, contribute to economic growth and create Air Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy, Dakar, Senegal Tel/ sustainable wealth. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Fax: (221-8) 498-865, E-mail: cheikhibrahima.diong@micatti.gouv. mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 3.0 sn, Contact: Mr. Ibrahima Cheikh Diong, Permanent Secretary (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and Other Social Services Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Health and Social Financing: The objectives are to improve efficiency and equity of the health and social care delivery system (R) First Sustainability and Competitiveness Development by: (a) strengthening accountability of health facilities and hospitals; Policy Loan: The objective is to improve competitiveness and build (b) enhancing financial accessibility to health care services; and (c) long-term sustainability. Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 July improving the system for targeting the poorest households. Project 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P125202. Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmen- US$ 7.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, tal Assessment Category B. US$ 44.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will PO Box 313, Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles, Tel: (248) 382-0004, Fax: be required. Ministry of Health and Prevention, Fann Rsidence, Rue (248) 225-893, E-mail: ps-finance@finance.gov.sc Aime Cesaire BP 4024, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 869-4242 Sierra Leone (R) Nutrition Enhancement Additional Financing: The ob- jective, same as the parent project, is to expand access to and enhance Energy and Mining nutrition conditions of vulnerable populations, in particular those Energy Access: The objective is to improve energy access through affecting growth of children under five in poor urban and rural ar- generation and transmission and distribution investments. Decision eas. Bank Approval completed on 29 March 2012. Environmental Meeting scheduled for 18 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Assessment Category C. Project: P129398. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- No consultants are required. Cellule de Lutte contre la Malnutrition, menting agency(ies) to be determined. Rue 7, Point E, PO Box 45001, Senegal, Tel: (221-33) 869-0199, Fax: Energy Access Infrastructure Development Fund: The objec- (221-33) 864-3861, E-mail: ben@clm.sn, Contact: Abdoulaye Ka, tive is to increase the reliability and quality of electricity supply in Coordonnateur National de la CLM the major load centers in Sierra Leone and to improve energy access AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 27 in rural areas. Appraisal scheduled for 18 July 2012. Environmental Transportation Assessment Category B. Project: P126180. US$ 19.2 (SLIN). Con- (R) Road Asset Management: The objective is to support the sultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Power (MoEP), Government with implementation of a significant capital expansion Electricity House, 36 Siaka Stevens Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, plan. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Tel: (232 22) 228-681 Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consult- Health and Other Social Services ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Reproductive and Child Health Phase 2 ACGF: The objec- South Sudan tive is to increase the utilization of the essential health services by pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of five. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Agriculture and Rural Development: The objective is to en- Category B. US$ 5.6 (ACGF). No consultants are required. Ministry hance the production of major staple crops and increase farmer’s of Finance and Economic Development, George Street, Sierra Leone, income. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 September Contact: Edmund Koroma, Financial Secretary 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Fifth Governance Reform and Growth Credit (Cr. Education 50560-SL): The objective is to support the Government’s efforts (R) Alternative Education System: The objectives are to: (a) to increase fiscal space and enable it to implement Sierra Leone’s reinforce and extend the capacity of the Alternative Education Sys- Poverty Reduction Strategy. The credit was signed on 27 January tem (AES) to reach a greater number of beneficiaries; (b) coordinate 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126355. US$ programs; (c) improve the quality of AES programs; and (d) provide 24.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance skills relevant to the needs of economy, linking its programs to em- and Economic Development, The Treasury Building, George Street, ployment generation initiatives. This project is no longer in the lend- Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232-22) 222 211, Fax: (232-22) 228- ing program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Environmental 472, Contact: Samura Kamara, Minister Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (R) Public Sector Pay and Performance (Cr. 51220-SL): The and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. objective is to support the Government through the combination of a Health and Other Social Services results based/PforR instrument that would reward tangible reforms that address the critical problems of attraction and retention of hu- Health Rapid Results: The objectives are to: (a) improve service man capital, streamlining the pay structure and improving motiva- delivery of high impact PHC services in Upper Nile and Jonglei; and tion for individual and agency performance and a TA component. (b) strengthen key stewardship functions of the MOH focusing on The credit was signed on 26 June 2012. Environmental Assessment coordination, monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Bank Approval Category C. Project: P128208. US$ 17.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants completed on 13 April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category will be required Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, B. Project: P127187. US$ 28.0 (SSTF). Consultants will be required. The Treasury Building, George Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: Ministry of Health, South Sudan, Tel: (249-9) 5516-9303, E-mail: (232-22) 222 211, Fax: (232-22) 228-472, Contact: Samura Kamara, samson_baba@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: Marie Alphonse Itoua, Co- Minister ordinator Decentralized Service Delivery Program II: The objective is Public Administration, Law, and Justice to enable the central Government to protect and increase transfers Southern Sudan Local Governance and Service Delivery to local governments, finance gaps for priority activities under the Program: The objective is to support the Government of Southern mandate of local councils in education, health, water and sanita- Sudan to strengthen local service delivery and community driven tion and solid waste management as well as capacity development development. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 August 2012. and improvements between local councils, citizens and civil soci- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127079. US$ ety. Bank Approval completed on 20 December 2011. Environmen- 50.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/GDEN). Consulting services and implement- tal Assessment Category B. Project: P119355. US$ 26.0/6.6 (IDA ing agency(ies) to be determined. Grant/ECEU). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232) 228-616, Fax: (232-22) 228- Transportation 472, E-mail: alhassankanu@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: Lokesh Kumar, Roads Development Support: The objectives are to: (a) upgrade Project Director interstate and regional roads; (b) enhance good governance in the transport sector; and (c) legislate the establishment of a road main- South Africa tenance fund and creating the body that will be responsible for the Energy and Mining administration of the funds. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (R) Eskom Renewables Support: The objective is to enable and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Eskom Holdings to enhance power supply and energy security in an efficient and sustainable manner to support the long term car- Sudan bon mitigation strategy of South Africa. The loan was signed on 14 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry P122329. US$ 250.0/390.0/100.0 (CCTF/ZBIL/ZMUL). No con- (R) Sustainable Land and Water Management: The objective sultants are required. Eskom Holdings Ltd Megawatt Park, Maxwell is to expand Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) Drive, Sunninghil, Sandton, South Africa, Tel: (27-11) 800-2901, Fax: practices in targeted landscapes and in climate vulnerable areas in (27-12) 323-3263, E-mail: eskom.funding@eskom.co.za, Contact: Sudan. GEF Council Approval scheduled for 20 November 2012. Ms. Penny Herbst, Project Coordinator Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8.4 (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Large Cities Support Program: The objective is to support Education the Government of South Africa’s Large Cities Support Program, Education Sector Strategic Plan and Preparation of FTI and support and strengthen the service delivery and management Application: The objective is to support the Government of the capacity and systems of selected South African cities. Decision Meet- Republic of Sudan (GoS) towards the development of an Education ing scheduled for 17 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP, 2012-2016), which will form the basis for Category A. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. preparing of an application for financing the Education for All Fast National Treasury, South Africa, Private Bag, Box 115, Pretoria, South Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) secretariat. Bank Approval scheduled for Africa, Tel: (27-12) 315-5111, Fax: (27-12) 315-5230 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 88.0 PAGE 28 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (EFAS). Consulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Minerals, 754/33 Samora Avenue PO Box 2000, Dar es Salaam, General Education (FMoGE), Sudan Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 213-9455, Fax: (255-22) 211-1749, Contact: Eng. Bashir J. Mrindoko, Commissioner Energy and Petroleum Finance Singida Wind Power: The objective is to improve the environ- Pre Arrears Clearance: The objective is conditional on inter- ment for private sector investment in this project, thereby increasing national support to allow IDA engage with Sudan during the debt investment in Tanzanian climate-friendly wind generation capacity. workout period to develop new IDA operations/finance emergency Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 September 2013. Environmen- priority expenditures. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for tal Assessment Category B. Project: P126432. US$ 100.0/200.0 31 March 2013. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (GUID/ZPCI). Consultants will be required. Wind EA, Contact: Mark (IDA Grant). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Gammons be determined. Finance Tanzania Pension and Health Finance Reform Development Policy Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Credit: The objective is (i) to support a reform of the Tanzania pen- (R) Agricultural Sector Development: The objectives are to: sion system; (ii) reform the health finance system. Decision Meeting (a) enable farmers to have better access to and use of agricultural scheduled for 29 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category knowledge, technologies, marketing systems and infrastructure; and U. Project: P117531. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are (b) promote agricultural private investment based on an improved required. Ministry of Finance, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255- regulatory and policy environment. Project Concept Review Meet- 22) 211-1174, Fax: (255-22) 211-0326, Contact: Mr. Joseph Massawe, ing scheduled for 11 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Director, Strategic Planning and Performance Review Category B. US$ 280.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Health and Other Social Services Ministry of Agriculture Food Security and Cooperatives, Kilimo I, PO Box 9192, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 286-2595, E-mail: Third Social Action Fund: The objective is to support poor house- psk@kilimo.go.tz; Prime Minister Office - Regional Administration holds in urban and rural communities’ access to opportunities to im- and Local Government, Tanzania, Tel: (255-71) 344-8835, E-mail: prove their livelihoods and manage the risks they face. Bank Approval elikayanda@yahoo.co.uk completed on 29 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Tanzania Regional Fisheries: The objective is to improve B. Project: P124045. US$ 220.0/16.0/0.9 (IDA Credit/DFID/GSPN). regional coordination and management of tuna and other fisheries, Consultants will be required. TASAF Management Unit, Old Kilwa together with nationally-focused activities to promote the sustain- Malindi Street, PO Box 9381, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 212-3583, Fax: able use and economic development of marine fisheries. Project (255-22) 212-3582, E-mail: info@tasaf.org, Contact: L. Mwamanga, Concept Review Meeting completed on 25 June 2012. Preparation Acting Executive Director is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 Public Administration, Law, and Justice (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Livestock Development, PO Box 9152, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) Second Local Government Support: The objective is to assist 286-1910, Fax: (255-22) 286-1908 the Government’s Decentralization by Devolution (D by D) policy implementation, by improving local participation, local accountabil- Southern Agriculture Growth Corridor SME SAGOT: The ity, and local project implementation and strengthen the manage- objective is to support increased access to finance for SMEs in the ment of the intergovernmental transfer system. Decision Meeting SACGOT area and explore innovative financing instruments to fi- scheduled for 18 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category nance SMEs in agribusiness, which could include venture capital B. Project: P118152. US$ 255.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are support, collateralization through warehouse receipts, and charter required. Office of the Prime Minister, Office of the Prime Minister, banks. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 August 2012. Environmental Government of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) Assessment Category A. Project: P125728. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). 724-951, Fax: (255-22) 121-981, E-mail: ps@pmo.go.tz, Contact: No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Dar Es Salaam, Mainuna Tarishi, Permanent Secretary Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-1174, Fax: (255-22) 211-0326, Contact: Ramadhani M. Khijjah, Permanent Secretary (R) Tenth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objec- tive is to support the country’s policy reform agenda by balancing: Energy and Mining (a) policy reforms to raise regional and global competitiveness of (R) Energy Sector Capacity Assistance: The objective is to assist the economy; and (b) policy reforms that raise the poor’s income the Government to strengthen its capacity to manage development opportunities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 13 of its natural gas resources in an efficient, transparent, accountable September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 75.0 and sustainable manner, and to enhance the Government’s capacity (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and to implement large and complex power generation projects on a PPP Economic Affairs, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-2854, basis. Negotiations scheduled for 4 September 2012. Environmental Fax: (255-22) 211-7090, Contact: Ngosha S. Magonya, Commissioner Assessment Category B. Project: P126875. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). No External Finance consultants are required. Ministry of Energy and Minerals, PO Box Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development: The objectives are 2000, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-2793, Contact: to: (a) improve municipal and metropolitan management; and (b) David Jairo, Permanent Secretary deliver urban services in the three Municipal Councils that make up Conservation and Management of Kihansi Ecosystem: The Dar es Salaam. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 December 2012. objective is to contribute towards achieving an output of 2.2 of GEF Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123134. US$ 75.0 BD 2 which links mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation with (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. DAR City Council, PO sustainable land and water use and energy production under chang- Box 9084, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 212-3346, Fax: ing climate. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 August (255-22) 212-5589, Contact: Mr. Bakari Kingobi, Director 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 6.0 (GEFU). Eleventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is Consultants will be required. Vice President’s Office, PO Box 5380, to support the country’s policy reform agenda by balancing: (a) policy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-3857, Fax: (255-22) 211- reforms to raise regional and global competitiveness of the economy; 3856, Contact: Julius Ningu, Director of Environment and (b) policy reforms that raise the poor’s income opportunities. Ruhudji HPP Guarantee and SIL: The objective is to support Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 October 2012. En- the Government to develop the Ruhudji hydro power project, a 358 vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). No MW hydro power scheme to generate 2000 GWh of electricity per consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, annum in the private sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 29 May PO Box 9111, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-2856/1025, 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P125375. US$ Fax: (255-22) 211-7790, E-mail: ps@mof.go.tz, Contact: Ngosha S. 200.0 (GUID). No consultants are required. Ministry of Energy and Magonya, Commissioner External Finance AUGUST 2012 Africa Region PAGE 29 Transportation lives of its citizens, a critical step for sustaining social and political (R) Central Transport Corridor Additional Financing: The stability in the country. Appraisal scheduled for mid-July 2012. Envi- objectives are to: (a) cover for cost overrun under the Bus Rapid ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 14.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting Transit; and (b) scale-up the intervention in the improvement of services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the Zanzibar Airport component to enhance the project’s impact and (R) Integrated Disaster and Land Management: The objec- development effectiveness. Appraisal scheduled for 16 July 2012. tive is to strengthen institutional capacity of targeted institutions to Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124114. US$ 100.0 manage the risk of flooding and land degradation in targeted rural (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. TANROADS, PO Box and urban areas in Togo. The Global Environmental Objective (GEO) 11364, Maktaba Complex Building, Bibi Titi Moha, Dar es Salaam, is to expand Sustainable Land Management in targeted landscapes Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 215-0932, Fax: (255-22) 215-0022, E-mail: and climate vulnerable areas in Togo. First Grant Funding Request tanroadshq@tanroads.org, Contact: Ephraem Mrema, Chief Execu- Approval scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment tive Officer Category B. Project: P123922. US$ 7.3 (GFDR). Consulting services (R) Railway Revitalization: The objective is to create an efficient to be determined. The National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction intermodal transport system and strengthen logistics organization and Prevention, Togo, Tel: (228) 9002-2528, E-mail: nakibode@ by developing an intermodal land-bridge between the Dar-es-salaam yahoo.fr, Contact: Nelson A. Akibode, Head of The National Plat- port and Isaka. Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 October 2012. En- form vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Con- sultants will be required. Reli Assets Holding Company (RAHCO), Uganda Railways Street Corner, Sokoine Drive, PO Box 76959, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 211-2695, Fax: (255-22) 211-6525, E-mail: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry benhadard@yahoo.com, md_tito@trctz.com, Contact: Benhadard Forestry and Natural Resources Management: The objec- Tito, Managing Director tive is to improve management of critical forest and other natural Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection resources in selected areas of Uganda. Project Concept Review Meet- Second Water Sector Support: The objectives are to: (a) in- ing scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category crease access to urban and rural water supply and sanitation services; B. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of and (b) reform and strengthen the performance of water sector Water and Environment, Plot 21/28 Port Bell, Luzira, PO Box 20026, institutions. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 Sep- Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-414) 505-945/029, Fax: (256-414) 505- tember 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 941, Contact: David Obong Omara Oleke, Permanent Secretary (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water and Energy and Mining Irrigation, PO Box 9153, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Tel: (255-22) 213-1192, Fax: (255-22) 232-1888, Contact: Christopher Sayi, Per- Oil Regional Development: The objective is to improve infra- manent Secretary structure and public services, boost economic development opportu- nities, and enhance management of the Albertine ecosystem for the Togo benefit of communities affected by early oil development in Hoima Health and Other Social Services and Buliisa Districts of Uganda. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 19 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- Community Development and Safety Nets: The objective is gory B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry to provide poor communities with improved basic socio-economic of State for Bunyoro Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Contact: infrastructures and greater access to social safety nets. Bank Ap- Pius Bigirimana, Permanent Secretary proval completed on 22 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127200. US$ 14.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants Industry and Trade are required. Secretariat Technique PDC, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228- 2) 2207-5979, E-mail: pdctogo@yahoo.fr, Contact: Apote Ekpa, (R) Sector Competitiveness III: The objectives are to: (a) im- Secretaire Technique prove acceess to financial services, business registration, regulation and licensing procedures; and (b) scale-up the land registry reform, Public Administration, Law, and Justice stimulate the export of non-traditional commodities and increase (R) Fifth Economic Recovery and Credit: The objective is to youth employment. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for support the Government-owned reforms to improve public finan- mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 cial management as well as structural reforms in cotton, energy, (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Plan- telecommunications and banking. Bank Approval completed on 24 ning and Economic Development, Plot 2-12, Apollo Kaggwa Road 1, May 2012. Signing scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental PO Box 8147, Shimoni Road, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423- Assessment Category U. Project: P126897. US$ 14.0 (IDA Credit). 2095, Fax: (256-41) 423-0163, E-mail: finance@finance.go.ug No consultants are required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Imeuble CASEF, BP 387, Lome, Togo, Tel: (228) 221-5444, Fax: Public Administration, Law, and Justice (228) 221-0905, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister (R) Ninth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. 50610- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection UG): The objective is to support the Government’s development (R) Integrated Disaster and Land Management: The objec- strategy. The credit was signed on 14 May 2012. Environmental As- tive is to strengthen institutional capacity of targeted institutions to sessment Category U. Project: P097325. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). No manage the risk of flooding and land degradation in targeted rural consultants are required. Office of the Prime Minister, PO Box 341, and urban areas in Togo. The Global Environmental Objective (GEO) Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423-3968, Fax: (256-41) 434-1139, E-mail: is to expand Sustainable Land Management in targeted landscapes ps@opm.go.ug, Contact: Chris Laker, Project Coordinator and climate vulnerable areas in Togo. Bank Approval completed on (R) Tenth Poverty Reduction Support Credit: The objective is 20 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: to continue to support the Government of Uganda’s Poverty Eradi- P124198. US$ 5.5/3.7 (GEFU/LDC). Consultants will be required. cation Action Plan, by enhancing public infrastructure, promoting The National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction and Prevention, human capital development, and supporting good governance and Togo, Tel: (228) 9002-2528, E-mail: nakibode@yahoo.fr, Contact: accountability. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 Au- Nelson A. Akibode, Head of The National Platform gust 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IDA (R) Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation and Energy Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Finance Additional Financing: The objectives are to: increase access Building, Nile Ave PO Box 8147, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) to infrastructure and urban services in Lome and (b) support the 232-095, Fax: (256-41) 343-023, E-mail: NA, Contact: Chris Laker, Government’s efforts to demonstrate concrete improvements in the Project Coordinator PAGE 30 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Transportation Tel: (260-211) 243-543, Fax: (260-211) 248-304, Contact: Adam (R) Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development: The Hussen, Director objectives are to: (a) improve the provision of basic infrastructure and services in the municipalities of Uganda; and (b) strengthen the Zimbabwe capacity of the MoLHUD and the municipalities for physical planning Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry and own source revenue mobilization for improved operations and Hwange-Sanyati Biological Corridor Environmental Re- maintenance of municipal infrastructure. Decision Meeting sched- source Management and Conservation: The objective is to uled for 6 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category develop the technical and institutional tools for the sustainable man- B. Project: P117876. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are agement of HSBC. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 September required. Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoL- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124625. US$ HUD), Century House, Parliamentary Av PO Box 7096, Kampala, 6.4 (GEFU). Consultants will be required for establishing biodiver- Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 434-2931, Fax: (256-41) 423-0891, Contact: sity, land degradation and socio-economic baseline data for HSBC; Sam Mabala, Assistant Commissioner Urban Development identification and development of criteria for selection of livelihood Second Transport Sector Development: The objective is to activities and feasibility studies, among others. World Wildlife Fund support the Government with urban transport and rehabilitation Zimbabwe, PO Box CY 1409, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe, Tel: of national roads on critical road corridors. Project Concept Re- (236-4) 703-902, Fax: (236-4) 252-533, E-mail: eshumba@wwf. view Meeting scheduled for 18 September 2012. Environmental org.zw, Contact: Enos Shumba, Interim Director Assessment Category A. US$ 160.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Uganda National Road Authority, Plot 11, Yusuf Lule Road, PO Box 28487, Uganda, Tel: (256-41) 423-2814, Fax: (256- 41) 423-2807 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection East Asia and Pacific (R) Water Management and Development (Cr. 51270-UG): The objective is to help the Government to: (a) strengthen capacity Cambodia and build institutions for water sector development and manage- ment; (b) invest in priority urban water supply, sanitation infrastruc- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ture, protect and secure water sources for future expansion; and (c) Community Based Agricultural Productivity: The objective is operationalize integrated water resource investment plans into one to improve the productivity of diversified smallholder rice based pro- Water Management Zone. Bank Approval completed on 26 June duction systems: agriculture, livestock and fisheries, increase volume 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123204. US$ and quality of export surpluses. Appraisal scheduled for 3 December 135.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117642. US$ and Environment, Plot 21/28 Port Bell, Luzira, PO Box 20026, Kam- 15.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/IFAD). Consultants will be required. Ministry pala, Uganda, Tel: (256-414) 505-945/029, Fax: (256-414) 505-941, of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 200, Norodom Blvd Phnom Contact: David Obong Omara Oleke, Permanent Secretary Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855) 1722-7746, Fax: (855) 2321-7320, E- mail: prak.amida.dsg@maff.gov.kh, Contact: Mr. Amida Thaveak Zambia Prak, Deputy Secretary General and Deputy Chair of CBAPP Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Health and Other Social Services (R) Strengthening Climate Resilience PPCR Phase II: The objective is to mainstream climate change issues in the Sixth Na- (R) Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor tional Development Plan and other strategies in order to ensure in Siem Reap: The objectives are to increase incomes and improve sustainable economic development towards the attainment of the livelihoods of the rural poor in select communes in Siem Reap prov- country’s Vision 2030. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 March ince by: (a) creating and strengthening self-sustaining institutions of 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127254. US$ the poor, (b) providing them access to finance, and (c) linking them 5.0/28.0 (CSCC/CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Min- to markets and key value chains. Decision Meeting scheduled for istry of Finance and National Planning, Finance House, Chimanga 22 February 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Road, PO Box 50062, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-211) 251-105, Fax: P097082. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Min- (260-211) 251-078, E-mail: Mr. David Kaluba, dckaluba@juno.com; istry of Interior, 275 Norodom Blvd Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Chamkar david.kaluba@mofnp.gov.zm Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Tel/Fax: (855-23) 721-791, E-mail: mrdngycp@forum.org.kh, cngy@interior.gov.kh, Contact: H.E. Ngy Public Administration, Law, and Justice Chanphal, Secretary of State (R) Third Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. 51040- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ZM): The objective is to assist the Government with debt man- agement and fiscal sustainability; administrative and civil service (R) Public Financial Management and Accountability Addi- reform; public expenditure, financial management and procurement; tional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the capacity building infrastructure services for private sector development; and regula- and systems implementation for accounting, financial management tion and competition policy. The credit was signed on 22 May 2012. and procurement reform including the provision of funding for the Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126349. US$ 30.0 Independent Procurement Agent. Project Concept Review Meeting (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and scheduled for 12 March 2013. Environmental Assessment Category National Planning, Lusaka, Zambia, Tel: (260-1) 257-178, Fax: (260- C. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of 211) 251-078, Contact: Chisiya Kazembe, Chief Economist Economy and Finance, 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 722-964, Fax: (855-23) 430- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 745, E-mail: rcs.mef@online.com.kh, Contact: Dr. Sok Saravuth, Water Resources Development: The objective is to support the Budget Director development of an infrastructure platform and water management Local Governance and Development Program: The objective framework that improves water allocation efficiencies, increases the is to assist the Royal Government of Cambodia in its implementation reliability of water available for productive purposes and strengthens of the National Program for Sub National Democratic Develop- community resilience to climatic variability. Decision Meeting sched- ment in both local governance and local development objectives. uled for 1 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Decision Meeting scheduled for 21 September 2012. Environmental A. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Assessment Category B. Project: P096505. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Ministry of Energy and Water Development, Sheki Sheki Road, Consultants will be required. NCDD Secretariat, Ministry of Inte- Light Industrial Area, PO Box 50288, Ridgeway, Lusaka, Zambia, rior, 275 Norodom Boulevard, Sangkat Tonle Bassa, Khan Chamcar AUGUST 2012 East Asia and Pacific Region PAGE 31 Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: (855-23) 362-175, 720-038, Fax: Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122008. US$ 50.0 (855-23) 726-092, E-mail: info@ncdd.gov.kh; Ngan.chamroeun@ (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Foreign Loan Management ncdd.gov.kh, Contact: HE Ngan Chamroeun, Project Manager and Office, No. 2 Xuefu Road, Kunming, China Tel/Fax: (86-871) 515- Deputy Director General 5013, E-mail: ynzjxm@126.com, year1990@hotmail.com, Contact: Chen Yongjin, Director China Energy and Mining Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (N) Concentrated Solar Power: The objective is to construct a (R) Hunan Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Devel- 50 MW CSP power plant in Inner Mongolia. The proposed CSP plant opment: The objective is to demonstrate the sustainable forest includes three sub-components: (a) solar field; (b) thermal energy management approach to enhance the forest carbon stocks and storage and (c) power plant. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- adaptation to climate change. Appraisal completed on 12 July 2012. uled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ Negotiations scheduled for 29 October 2012. Environmental Assess- 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. China Datang Corporation ment Category B. Project: P125021. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consulting Renewable Power Co. Ltd A-1002, Building No. 6, Fenghua Haojing, services to be determined. Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau, 356 Guanganmennei Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) Ziyuan Road, Changsha, Hunan Province, China, Tel: (86-731) 8555- 8351-1372-810, Fax: (86-10) 8351-1372-888, E-mail: dtxnywyd@163. 3306, E-mail: liyihuica@yahoo.ca, Contact: Mr. Shuming Li, Project com, Contact: Yan Changhui, Deputy Director General Management Office Director (R) Beijing Energy Efficiency and Emission Reduction (R) Ningxia Desertification Control and Ecological Protec- Demo: The objective is to scale up rooftop PV systems in public tion (Ln. 81590-CN): The objective is to improve the demonstra- schools in Beijing. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 September tion and extension of innovative models, the ecological environment 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125022. US$ on the Eastern Bank of the Yellow River in Ningxia Hui Autonomous 120.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Project Man- Region of China. Signing scheduled for 20 July 2012. Environmen- agement Office, No. 16, Minwang South Alley, Hepingli, Dongcheng tal Assessment Category B. Project: P121289. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 8228-9550, Fax: (86-10) 8228- Consultants will be required. Ningxia Forestry Department, No. 60 9557, E-mail: bjpmoshaozq@bjpc.gov.cn, Contact: Shao Zhiqing, Nanxun West Road, Yinchuan, China, Fax: (86-951) 410-5714, E- Director of PMO mail: he_quanfa@163.com, Contact: Quanfa He, Director (R) Ma’anshan Cihu River Basin Improvement: The objective (R) Second Water Conservation (Ln. 81530-CN): The objec- is to assist the Government in their efforts to promote environmen- tives are to: (a) increase water productivity and farmers agricultural tally and socially sustainable abandoned mine closing options and production income; and (b) improve sustainable agricultural water reduce urban inundation by improving storm drainage management. management in the project areas through innovative water savings Preparation scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment measures, climate change adaptation, agricultural diversification and Category A. Project: P126813. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will development for agricultural water management. Signing scheduled be required to carry out a feasibility study. Ma’anshan Municipal for 27 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Government, No.2008,Tai Bai Road,Yu Shan District, Ma’AnShan, P114138. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry China, Tel: (86-555) 835-5629, E-mail: masfgwwxf@126.com, Con- of Water Resources, No. 2 Lane 2, Baiguang Road, Beijing, China, tact: Mr. Wei Yao, Vice Mayor Tel: (86-10) 6320-2127, E-mail: liyangbin@mwr.gov.cn, Contact: (R) Renewable Energy Scaling-Up Program Phase II: The Mr. YangBin Li, Director of PMO objective is to support the Government’s 12th Five-Year Plan to en- Guangdong Non-Point Pollution Control-GEF: The objective able continued and sustainable scale-up of commercial renewable is to reduce rural and agricultural pollution by promoting source energy development through cost reduction, efficiency improvement, reduction, commercial utilization of agricultural wastes, and sound and smooth integration to the grids, thereby contributing to gov- management and treatment of rural wastes, which will reduce land- ernment’s target of reduction in carbon intensity. Decision Meeting based pollution to the large marine ecosystems of East Asia Seas. scheduled for 21 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 April 2013. Environmental As- C. Project: P127033. US$ 27.3 (GEFU). Consulting services to be sessment Category B. US$ 5.1 (GEFU). Consulting services to be de- determined. New and Renewable Energy Division, No 38 Yuetan termined. Department of Agriculture, Guangdong Province, 135 East Nan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, Fax: (86-10) 6850-1443, Xianlie Rd, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Tel: (86-20) 3728-8910, Contact: Mr. Shi Lishan, Deputy Director General E-mail: evonne_zheng@yahoo.com.cn, Contact: Mr. Chen Zhenghui, (R) Shandong Renewable Energy: The objective is to contribute Deputy Director General of Guangdong Dept. of Agriculture to achieving Shandong Province’s renewable energy (RE) targets and Integrated Modern Agriculture Development: The objective demonstrate the potential contribution of the private sector in RE is to modernize agricultural sector in six provinces of China with development. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 November 2012. positive effects on productivity, resources conservation and resilience Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123225. US$ 100.0 to climate change. Decision Meeting scheduled for 22 October 2012. (IBRD). Consultants will be required to support the project prepara- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125496. US$ 200.0 tion and appraisal. Shandong Chengkou Salt Chemical Company, (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Mashanzi Town Wudi County, Shandong, China Tel/Fax: (86-543) Sanlihe Road, Beijing, China Tel/Fax: (86-10) 6855-3312, E-mail: 507 1502, E-mail: mfsh-888@163.com, Contact: Ma Fengsheng, socad_wly@126.com, Contact: Ms. Lanying Wang, Division Chief, Assistant General Manager SOCAD Green Energy Schemes for Low-carbon City in Shanghai: Tiger Habitat Conservation: The objective is to restore tiger The objective is to pilot green energy schemes for low-carbon city habitat in selected areas of northeastern China for the benefit of the in Shanghai, with a focus in Changning District, thereby reducing tiger population, the local inhabitants and the environment. Decision greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Preparation is underway. Environ- Meeting scheduled for 12 February 2013. Environmental Assessment mental Assessment Category F. US$ 4.4 (GEFU). Consultants will be Category B. US$ 3.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. required. Changning District Government (Shanghai), 599 ChangN- State Forestry Administration, 18 East Street, Hepingli, Beijing, ing Road, China, Tel: (86-21) 2205-1503, Fax: (86-21) 2205-1521, China, Tel: (86-10) 8423-9030, Fax: (86-10) 6421-7796, E-mail: E-mail: gaoyuncn@sina.com, Contact: Gao Yun, Deputy Governor pmcsfa@forestry.gov.cn, Contact: Weisheng Wang, Director Green Energy Schemes for Low-carbon in Shanghai, China: The objective is to pilot green energy schemes for low-carbon city Education in Changning District, Shanghai, to reduce the GHG emissions, by (R) Yunnan Technical and Vocational Education and adopting a framework approach to: (a) finance activities to retrofit EE Training (Ln. 81630-CN): The objective is to improve quality in existing buildings; (b) pilot new near zero-emission buildings; and and relevance of technical and vocational education and training (c) renewable energy and natural gas supply for power and heating. (TVET) in Yunnan province. Signing scheduled for 27 July 2012. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category F. PAGE 32 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Changning E-mail: 898547137@qq.com, Contact: Ms. Lin Jie, Vice General District Government (Shanghai), No. 599 Changning Road, Shang- Accountant hai, China, Tel: (86-21) 2205-1503, Fax: (86-21) 2205-1521, E-mail: (R) Fujian Meizhou Bay Waterways: The objectives are to gaoyuncn@sina.com, Contact: Mr. Gao Yun, Deputy Governor improve the capacity of the main navigation channel and enhance Urban Scale Building Energy Efficiency and Renewable the management capacity of Meizhou Bay Harbor Administration Energy: The objective is to support the scale-up of energy efficiency Bureau. Negotiations scheduled for 26 November 2012. Environ- and renewable energy in urban built environment through city pilots/ mental Assessment Category A. Project: P124848. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). demonstrations and national replication/dissemination. Decision Consultants will be required. Fujian Provincial Transport Depart- Meeting scheduled for 5 November 2012. Environmental Assess- ment, 7th Floor Communication Dept. Building, No. 18 Dongshui ment Category B. US$ 12.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Road, Fuzhou, China, Tel: (86-591) 8707-7709, Fax: (86-591) 8707- International and local consultants of the following specialties are 7710, E-mail: fjjttshb@163.com, Contact: Wang Zhaofei, Deputy expected to be needed for project preparation: architect, building Director General energy specialist, renewable energy specialist, and urban planner. (R) Gansu Qingyang Urban Infrastructure Improvement Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Development, 9 Sanlihe Road, (Ln. 81700-CN): The objective is to assist Xifeng District, the capi- Haidian District, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 5893-4535, Fax: (86-10) tal of Qingyang Municipality to improve selected urban infrastructure 5893-4530, E-mail: istc@mail.cin.gov.cn, Contact: Guichan TONG, services including urban roads and urban environmental services. Deputy Director The loan was signed on 12 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Health and Other Social Services Category B. Project: P123133. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants service will be required both for the lending operations and implementation (R) Second Chongqing Urban-Rural Integration (Ln. 81710- stage and they are all for Bank’s work such as to complete financial CN): The objective is to strengthen and improve the supply capacity analysis, final polishing PAD and project supervision. Gansu PMO, of public health infrastructure at district/county level. The loan was Anding West Road, Xifeng District, Qingyang, China, Tel: (86-934) signed on 11 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. 888-8918, Fax: (86-934) 863-3233, E-mail: gsqywbx@163.com, Project: P126210. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Contact: Zhihu Yan, Deputy Director Chongqing Project Management Office, 14/F Sun of Asia Mansion, 248 Renmin Road, Chongqing, China, Tel: (86-23) 6387-7677, Fax: (R) Guiyang Rural Roads: The objective is to improve accessibil- (86-23) 6387-7822, E-mail: 13808327917@139.com, Contact: Linjun ity for the people living in suburb areas of Guiyang municipality by Zhou, Director upgrading the rural roads and building their institutional capacity of the rural road sector. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Industry and Trade for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-Out Stage I: 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Guiyang Project The objective is to assist China in meeting its HCFC phase-out obli- Management Office, Er Qiao Road No. 42, Shi Ji Xin Yuan Building gations to the Montreal Protocol. The obligation is a production and 1, 4th Floor, Guiyang City, China, Tel: (86-851) 477-0713, Fax: (86- consumption freeze in 2013 (defined as production and consumption 851) 477-0714, E-mail: gpmo@vip.163.com equal to the baseline average of 2009 and 2010), and a 10 percent (R) Hubei Xiangfan Urban Transport (Ln. 81520-CN): The reduction below the baseline by 2015. Negotiations scheduled for 3 objective is to improve mobility of all transport users in Xiangfan September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: in an environmentally sustainable, integrated, and safe manner. P115561. US$ 365.0 (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Foreign Signing scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Economic Cooperation Office of Ministry of Environment Protec- Category B. Project: P119071. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will tion, 5 Houyingfang Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, Tel: be required. Xiangfan Development and Reform Commission, No. (86-10) 8226-8801, E-mail: wen.wurui@mepfeco.org.cn, Contact: 106 Tiefosi Road, Xiangcheng District, Xiangfan, China, Tel: (86-710) Wen Wurui, Director General 361-1690, Fax: (86-710) 353-3994, E-mail: xffgwekm@163.com, Contact: Guoqing Wang, Deputy Director Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Jiangxi Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport Development: (R) Guangdong Social Security Integration and Migrant The objective is to improve the transport accessibility of Shangrao Training: The objectives are to support rural-urban integration and East Jiangxi Province by providing an airport, Shangrao Sanqin- by: (a) social security system that promotes social equity and labor gshan Airport and its intermodal amenities. Appraisal scheduled for mobility by enhancing coverage, integration and portability; and (b) 18 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: contributing to migrant labor force that is more productive and able P123729. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. to upgrade skills during their working lives. Project Concept Review Shangrao Sanqingshan Airport Construction Office (PMO), No. 7 Meeting completed on 28 June 2010. Decision Meeting scheduled Xinyang Road, Shangrao, China Tel/Fax: (86-793) 8222-9791, E- for 20 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: mail: sqsairport@sina.com, Contact: Yu Xiaobin, Director of Project P117596. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry Management Office of Finance, No. 3, Nan San Xiang, San Li He, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 6855-1174, Fax: (86-10) 6855-1125, E-mail: wangwei19@ (R) Large-City Congestion and Carbon Reduction: The ob- mof.gov.cn, Contact: Wei Wang, Acting Director jective is to help establish a policy framework to alleviate traffic (R) Technology Needs Assessment: The objective is to enhance congestion and reduce GHG emissions in large cities in China pri- client capacity to assess climate mitigation and adaptation technol- marily through public transport development and travel demand ogy needs and adopt global best practices. The loan was signed on 6 management, and demonstration of local and global benefits of such July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120932. policy framework in pilot cities. Appraisal scheduled for 15 August US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. National Develop- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127036. ment and Reform Commission (NDRC), 38 S. Yuetan Street, Beijing, US$ 18.2 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry China, Tel: (86-10) 6850-1621/2982, Fax: (86-10) 6850-2978, E- of Transport, No. 11 Jianguomennei Avenue, Beijing, China Tel/Fax: mail: ligao@ndrc.gov.cn, Contact: Mr. Li Gao, Director, Div of Int’l (86-10) 6529-3196, E-mail: xiahong@mot.gov.cn, Contact: Hong Policy and Negs Climate Change Dept. Xia, Executive Director (R) Xinjiang Yining Urban Transport Improvement (Ln. Transportation 81660-CN): The objective is to improve transport mobility in the (N) Nanchang Urban Rail: The objective is to improve sustain- central area city of Yining city, and to approve transport accessibil- able mobility in Nanchang by providing integrated and accessible ity in the selected new city areas of the city, all in a safe, clean and public transport of suitable capacity and quality along the Line 2 efficient manner. The loan was signed on 13 July 2012. Environmen- urban rail corridor. Identification scheduled for 19 October 2012. tal Assessment Category B. Project: P126454. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consult- Consultants will be required. Yining Municipal Government, No. ing services to be determined. Nanchang Municipal Government, 665, Xinhua West Road, Yining, China, Tel: (86-999) 835-9003, AUGUST 2012 East Asia and Pacific Region PAGE 33 Fax: (86-999) 835-9105, E-mail: suser1968@sina.com, Contact: Shisiweilu, Heping District, China, Tel: (86-24) 2385-1807, Fax: (86- Su Jun, Director 24) 2326-4851, E-mail: td56789@163.com; yaoleiyeah@hotmail. (R) Yunnan Honghe Prefecture Urban Transport: The objec- com, Contact: Teng Da, Director tive is to improve the transport infrastructures and traffic manage- Qinghai Xining Urban Transport: The objectives are to enable ment system in Mengzi city and Jianshui County of Honghe Hani Xining laobaixing to travel between the city center and the west part and Yi Autonomous prefecture of Yunnan Province, China. Project of the city in a fast, comfortable and safe manner, through developing Concept Review Meeting completed on 2 July 2012. Preparation a people-first, transit-priority, and green transport corridor. Decision scheduled for 19 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Meeting scheduled for 15 March 2013. Environmental Assessment egory B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Housing Category B. Project: P127867. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). Consultants will and Construction Bureau, No. 1 Huguo Road, Room 401, Honghe, be required. Xining Municipal Government, No. 12, Xishan Yi Xiang, China, Tel: (86) 1398-733-8689, Fax: (86-873) 373-6573, E-mail: Qinghai Province, Xining, China Tel/Tel: (86-971) 613-3495, E-mail: 6418737@qq.com, Contact: Mr. Guocai Li xnxgf@a63.com, Contact: Xu Guofeng, Division Director Anhui Yellow Mountain New Countryside Demonstration: YinXi Railway: The objective is to respond to existing and an- The objective is to help accelerate economic development in selected ticipated transport demand along the Yinchuan to X’ian corridor by districts of the Huangshan region by improving the rural infrastruc- providing increased capacity, faster travel time and increased fre- ture, preserving and protecting the cultural property and the natural quency of services for freight and passengers. Project Concept Review environment, and enhancing the livelihoods of rural households. Meeting scheduled for 26 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 24 October 2012. En- Category A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting Zhengzhou Municipal Government, No. 233, Zhongyun West Road, services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Zhengzhou, China, Tel: (86-371) 6718-1314, Fax: (86-371) 6718-1301, Fujian Fishing Ports: The objectives are to: (a) improve the fishing E-mail: hnzzszwb@126.com, Contact: Lei Ailing, Director port infrastructure facilities to mitigate the impact of wind and wave; Zhengzhou Urban Rail: The objective is to improve sustainable (b) improve disaster protection; and (c) promote regional economic mobility in Zhengzhou by providing integrated and accessible public and social development. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled transport of suitable capacity and quality along the first phase of for 31 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ the Line 3 corridor. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 December 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P128919. US$ be determined. 250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Zhengzhou Harbin-Jiamusi Railway: The objective is to respond to exist- Municipal Government, No. 233, Zhongyun West Road, Zhengzhou, ing and anticipated transport demand along the Harbin-Jiamusi China, Tel: (86-371) 6718-1314, Fax: (86-371) 6718-1301, E-mail: corridor by providing increased capacity for freight and passengers, hnzzszwb@126.com, Contact: Lei Ailing, Director and faster travel time and increased frequency of services for pas- sengers. Appraisal scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmen- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection tal Assessment Category A. Project: P117341. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). (R) Anhui Xuancheng Infrastructure for Industrial Reloca- Consultants will be required. Zhengzhou Municipal Government, tion from Coastal Area: (formerly Transportation sector) The No. 233, Zhongyun West Road, Zhengzhou, China, Tel: (86-371) objectives are to: (a) build up and provide complete infrastructure 6718-1314, Fax: (86-371) 6718-1301, E-mail: hnzzszwb@126.com, facilities to support targeted industries transferred from the coastal Contact: Lei Ailing, Director region and sustain them in an ecological manner, while improving Integrated Rural Economic Development of Demonstra- living conditions in urban and rural areas through better employ- tion Towns and Counties: The objective is to improve public ment; and (b) help Xuancheng demonstrate sustainable investments. infrastructure and services to contribute to sound development of Preparation scheduled for 21 August 2012. Environmental Assess- the selected small towns in Guangdong, Hunan and Gansu Provinces. ment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and imple- Signing scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment menting agency(ies) to be determined. Category B. Project: P118597. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will (R) Guangdong Non-Point Pollution Control: The objective be required. Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Com- is to reduce rural and agricultural pollution by promoting source mission, 305 Dongfeng Zhong Lu, Guangzhou, China, Tel: (86-20) reduction, commercial utilization of agricultural wastes, and sound 8313-3057, Fax: (86-20) 8313-8684, E-mail: chenxu@gd.gov.cn, management and treatment of rural wastes. Decision Meeting sched- Contact: Mr. Chen Xu, Deputy Director, Rural Economy Division.; uled for 15 March 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Hunan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Changsha, US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Depart- China, Tel: (86-731) 8999-0817, E-mail: eric282@126.com, Contact: ment of Agriculture, Guangdong Province, 135 East Xianlie Rd, Mr. Xiao Xuewen, Director, Rural Economy Division.; Gansu Pro- Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Tel: (86-20) 3728-8910, E-mail: vincial Development and Reform Commission, Lanzhou, China, Tel: evonne_zheng@yahoo.com.cn (86-1391) 908-5892, E-mail: njch@gspc.gov.cn, Contact: Mr. Wang (R) Municipal Solid Waste Management-GEF: The objec- Zhiming, Deputy Director, Rural Economy Division tive is to strengthen the legislative and institutional framework and Jiangxi Small Town Infrastructure Development Dem- demonstrate in three municipalities the application of best available onstration: The objective is to improve priority infrastructure in techniques to reduce the release of unintended persistent organic the project counties and establish demonstration for small town pollutants from municipal solid waste disposal areas and incinera- development in Jiangxi Province. Decision Meeting scheduled for tors. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 July 2012. 8 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 12.0 (GEFU). Consult- P126856. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ing services to be determined. Ministry of Environmental Protection, Jiangxi Development and Reform Commission (JDRC), 12th Floor, 115 Xizhimennei Nanxiaojie, Beijing, China, Tel: (86-10) 8226-8807, General Building Jiangxi DRC, No. 3, Beijing West Road, Nanchang, Fax: (86-10) 8220-0510, E-mail: yu.lifeng@mepfeco.org.cn, Contact: China, Tel: (86-791) 621-2873, Fax: (86-791) 885-8576, E-mail: Ding Qiong, Department Head jaffo@126.com; huangping07@21cn.com, Contact: Jinhua Li, PMO (R) Ningbo Municipal Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Director Demonstration: The objective is to upgrade and modernize the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt Infrastructure and Envi- infrastructure and management systems for municipal solid waste ronment: The objective is to strengthen the economic development collection and recycling. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 October in Liaoning coastal cities through the provision and upgrading of 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123323. US$ infrastructure services and quality of life. Decision Meeting scheduled 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for the studies on project for 10 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: background and justification, technical advisory and project design P126611. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. during the project preparation. Ningbo WB Loan Project Manage- Liaoning Provincial Development and Reform Commission, No. 13 ment Office, 1506/R, F15 Tianning Tower, 138 West Zhongshan PAGE 34 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Road, Ningbo, China, Tel: (86-574) 8728-0409, E-mail: hzh4183@ karta, Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 572-0227, E-mail: cites@dephut. yeah.net, Contact: Zhonghua Huang, Executive Deputy Director go.id, Contact: Ir. Dadori, MM, Director General (R) Yan’an Urban Water Supply: The objective is to enhance (R) Sumatra Wildlife Biodiversity: The objective is to improve the water security in Yan’an City by increasing water supply. Nego- the management of the remaining critical habitat for key wildlife tiations scheduled for 20 August 2012. Environmental Assessment in Sumatra. Particularly, the Sumatran Tiger to conserve key spe- Category A. Project: P125458. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be cies at risk of extinction and prevent the loss of essential habitat required. Yan’an WB Loan Project Management Office, Building 6, biodiversity. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 November 2012. Water Supply Company, Shifan Road, Yan’an City, PO Box 716000, Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 9.0 (GEFU). Consul- China, Tel: (86-911) 238-3969, E-mail: 77493425@qq.com, Contact: tants will be required. Ministry of Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti, Feng Renjie, Director Jl Gatot Subroto, Jakarta, Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 572-0227, Guangxi Laibin Water and Environment: The objective is to E-mail: cites@dephut.go.id, Contact: Mr. Agus Budi Sutito, Head improve the integrated urban water management of the medium of Species and Genetic Conservation Division size of Laibin. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. Sustainable Management of Agricultural Research and Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126817. US$ 80.0 Technology Dissemination (SMARTD): The objective is to (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Project Management Office, strengthen the Indonesian Agency for Agriculture Research and No.1 Renmin Road, Laibin city, China, Tel: (86-772) 427-8778, E- Development’s (IAARD) capacity to develop and disseminate in- mail: lbshb@163.com, Contact: Mr. Gang Lu ternational best practice technologies for improved agricultural Jiangxi Wuxikou Integrated Flood Management: The objec- productivity, profitability and sustainability, especially the dual tive is to reduce flood risk in the central urban area of Jingdezhen role of IAARD in research and outreach to farmers. Bank Approval City through implementation of priority structural and non-struc- scheduled for 2 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category tural measures. The project will help increase the flood protection B. Project: P117243. US$ 80.0/6.0 (IBRD/GAUL). Consultants will level from twenty-year up to fifty-year flood, and contribute to the be required. Agency for Agricultural Research and Development, Jl. establishment of an integrated flood risk management for the City. Ragunan No. 29, Pasar Minggu, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 780-1242, Decision Meeting scheduled for 11 September 2012. Environmen- Fax: (62-21) 780-0644, E-mail: sekretariat@litbang.deptan.go.id, tal Assessment Category A. Project: P128867. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Contact: Dr. H. Sumarjo Gatot Irianto, Director General Consultants will be required. Project Management Office, No. 122, Education Yanjiangxilu Rd Jiangdezhen City, China, Tel: (86-798) 267-0633, E- (R) Research and Innovation in Science and Technology: mail: jdzwxk@163.com, Contact: Mr. Xiao Aiguo, Director, PMO The objectives are to: (a) create an enabling environment for research Fiji and development in science and technology; and (b) strengthen the human resources and performance incentives of key public science Information and Communications and technology institutes in Indonesia. Negotiations scheduled for Telecommunications: The objective is to stimulate growth and 18 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: competitiveness by: (a) facilitating and enabling infrastructure and P121842. US$ 95.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Science services in disadvantaged areas; and (b) stimulating a vibrant and and Technology Network, Gendung II BPPT Lt.7, Jl. MH. Thamrin equitable telecommunications/ICT sector. Preparation scheduled No.8, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 310-2062, Fax: (62-21) 310- for 1 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: 2046, E-mail: fpzen@ristek.go.id, Contact: Prof. Freddy P. Zen D. P113187. US$ 2.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Sc Deputy Minister Ministry of Industry, Tourism, Trade and Communications, Naibati Energy and Mining House, 9 Goodenough Street, Suva, Fiji, Tel: (679) 330-5411, Fax: (679) 330-2617, Contact: Mr. P. Wise, Permanent Secretary (R) Chiller Energy Efficiency: The objective is to capture the significant potential for energy efficiency of new non-CFC chillers Indonesia through an acceleration of the replacement of the existing stock of CFC-based chillers, and contribute to a market transformation to Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry more energy conscious decision-making by chiller owners. Negotia- (R) Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program tions scheduled for 2 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Phase III: The objective is to improve the management of eco- egory B. Project: P121003. US$ 3.7/1.0 (GEFU/MPIN). Consultants logically and economically critical coral reef resources in Indonesia, will be required. Ministry of Environment, Jl. D.I Panjaitan Kav. 24, sustain productivity of these ecosystems, and improve livelihoods of Building A, 6th Floor, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 851-7164, Fax: dependent coastal communities. Appraisal scheduled for 24 January (62-21) 8590-2521, E-mail: ozon@menlh.go.id, Contact: Sulistyowati 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). M.M, Asst. Deputy Minister for Climate Change Consultants will be required. Ministry for Marine Affairs and Fish- (R) Partnership for Market Readiness: The objective is to eries (MMAF), Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI), PHKA, Jl. create and/or improve the conditions in Indonesia for use of carbon Medan Merdeka Timur No. 16, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 351-9070, market instruments in the regulation and mitigation of GHG emis- Fax: (62-21) 352-2560, Contact: Suseno Sukoyono, Director sion. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 10 September (R) Coral Reel Rehabilitation and Management Program 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.7 (PMR). Con- III: The objective is to provide communities with the capacity and sultants will be required. National Climate Change Council, Jalan incentives to co-manage their coral reefs sustainably, by supporting: Medan Merdeka Selatan No. 13, Lantai 18, Jakarta, Indonesia, E- (a) more effective local governance; (b) livelihoods development mail: info@dnpi.go.id, Contact: DickyEdwin Hindarto, Head and business innovation based on coral reef ecosystem goods and (R) Second Power Transmission Development: The objective services; and (c) knowledge creation, dissemination, and regional is to meet growing electricity demand and increase access to electric- networking. Negotiations scheduled for 27 February 2013. Envi- ity in selected parts of Java-Bali, East and West Indonesia through ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 12.0 (GEFU). Consultants strengthening and expanding the capacity of the power transmission will be required. Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), networks in these areas in a sustainable manner. Negotiations sched- Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 16, Jakarta Pusat, Tel: (62-21) 351- uled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. 9070, Fax: (62-21) 352-2560/2045, E-mail: truchimat@yahoo.com, Project: P123994. US$ 325.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Contact: Dr. Tony Ruchimat, Director, Coasts and Small Islands PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero, PLN) National Power Co. (R) Forest Carbon: The objective is to develop good practice in Ltd Jl. Trunojoyo Blok M 1/135, Kebayoran Baru, Indonesia, Tel: finance incentive payments to reduce deforestation and forest degra- (62-21) 725-1234, Fax: (62-21) 722-7042, E-mail: imadero@pln. dation. Pre-appraisal scheduled for 29 August 2012. Environmental co.id, Contact: I. Made Rosakya, Division Head Assessment Category A. US$ 6.8 (TF). Consultants will be required. Energy Efficiency Financing: The objective is to finance energy Ministry of Forestry, Manggala Wanabhakti, Jl Gatot Subroto, Ja- efficiency projects in Indonesia’s manufacturing sub-sectors to re- AUGUST 2012 East Asia and Pacific Region PAGE 35 duce energy intensity and related GHG emissions. Project Concept same time contribute to sustainable preservation, development, and Review Meeting scheduled for 12 December 2012. Environmental management of Indonesia’s prime tourism assets. Project Concept Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Review Meeting scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental As- quired. Ministry of Industry, Jen. Gatot Subroto, 16 FL. Kav. 52-53, sessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 525-5509 Ext. 4063, Fax: (62-21) implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 525-3582, E-mail: harjantom@kemenperin.go.id, Contact: Mr. Har- janto, Director of Int. Indust Coop for RegI and Multi Public Administration, Law, and Justice Renewable Energy for Electrification: The objective is to sup- Strengthening DAK Transfers to Local Governments: The port the Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to prepare, finance, and objective is to support the Government to promote greater trans- implement the 1,000 islands electrification program. Specifically, the parency and quality in the delivery of outputs in the infrastructure proposed project would focus on grid connected renewable energy sectors by: disbursing results and policy actions specified in the development and electricity access scale-up. Preparation is under- DLIs that will be structured around the Government’s regulations way. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P128568. US$ on DAK transfers. Decision Meeting scheduled for 23 August 2012. 105.0/100.0 (IBRD/KFW). Consulting services and implementing Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consult- agency(ies) to be determined. ing services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Jl. Dr. Wahidin No. 1, Jakarta, Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 386-6120, E-mail: heru- Finance subiyantoro@depkeu.go.id; herusubiyantoro@gmail.com, Contact: (R) Financial Sector DPL: The objective is to promote the devel- T. Lumban Tobing, Deputy Director for Funds opment of a sound, efficient and inclusive financial sector in order to (R) Institutional, Tax Administration, Social and Invest- support the GoI in achieving its medium-term growth and poverty ment (INSTANSI) DPL: The objective is to support reforms in reduction objectives. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 July 2012. improving investment climate, strengthening public financial man- Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P130150. US$ 100.0 agement, enhancing poverty alleviation and service delivery efforts. (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Radius Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 22 June 2012. De- Prawiro Building, 3rd Floor, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Timur No. 2-4, cision Meeting scheduled for 17 September 2012. Environmental Jakarta 10710, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 350-0841, Fax: (62-21) 384- Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and 6635, E-mail: r_waluyanto@dmo.or.id, Contact: Rahmat Waluyanto, implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Director General for Debt Management Food Access Program (DPL-DDO): The objective is to provide Lampung Water Supply Guarantee: The objectives are to: (a) a mechanism through which international development partners expand coverage of piped water connections to residents of Lam- can support Indonesia’s aim to proactively ensure affordable access pung not currently served by the water utility; and (b) mobilize to key staples should food prices once again rise sharply in world private financing for bulk water treatment and construction of the markets. Negotiations scheduled for 27 September 2012. Environ- transmission and distribution network for expanded capacity of the mental Assessment Category U. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will water supply system. Preparation scheduled for 9 November 2012. be required. Coordinating Ministry for the Economy and Ministry of Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (GUID). Consul- Finance, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Timur 2-4, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: tants will be required. Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum Way Rilau, (62-21) 381-0175, Fax: (62-21) 384-6635, E-mail: webmaster@dmo. Jl. P Emir M. Noer No. 11A, Bandar Lampung, Tel: (62-21) 487-823, or.id, Contact: Ms. Diah Maulida, Deputy Minister for Agriculture Fax: (62-21) 484-611, E-mail: penigustimigo@yahoo.com, Contact: and Marine Dr. Hi. AZP Gustimigo, Director Metropolitan and Urban Development: The objective is to improve planning and investment in participating cities in projects Health and Other Social Services that will be economically and ecologically sustainable. Preparation (R) National Community Empowerment Program: The ob- scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category jective is to help ensure the urban poor in participating kelurahan A. Project: P129406. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be benefits from improved local governance and living conditions. Ne- determined. Bappenas, Jl. Taman Surapati No. 2, Jakarta, Indonesia, gotiations scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Tel: (62-21) 392-3462, Fax: (62-21) 3193-4731, E-mail: pohan@ Category B. US$ 23.5 (IDPN). Consultants will be required. Ministry bappenas.go.id, Contact: Dr. Max Pohan, Deputy Minister.; City of Public Works (MPW), JL. Pattimura No. 20, Kebayoran Baru, Government of Makassar, Jl. Jend. Ahmad Yani No. 9, Makassar, Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-217) 279-6155, E-mail: budiyuwono@pu.go. Indonesia, Tel: (62-411) 317-007, Fax: (62-411) 317-720, E-mail: wa- id, Contact: Mr. Budi Yuwono, Director General likota@makassar.go.id, Contact: Mr. Ilham Arief Sirajuddin, Mayor Industry and Trade of Makassar.; City Government of Balikpapan, Jl. Jend. Sudirman No. 1, Balikpapan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-542) 421-420, Fax: (62-542) (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out in the 422-941, E-mail: walikota@balikpapan.go.id, Contact: Mr. Rizal Foam Sector: The objective is to help the Government meet the Effendi, Mayor of Balikpapan.; City Government of Surabaya, Jl. HCFC phase-out obligations in the foam sector to the Montreal Taman Surya No. 1, Surabaya, Indonesia, Tel: (62-31) 534-5689, Protocol. Preparation scheduled for 6 August 2012. Environmen- Fax: (62-31) 531-2144, E-mail: walikota@surabaya.go.id, Contact: tal Assessment Category B. US$ 2.7 (MPIN). Consultants will be Ms. Tri Rismaharini, Mayor of Surabaya required. Ministry of Environment, Otorita Batam Building A 6 th Floor, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 858-0107, Fax: (62-21) Transportation 8590-6678, E-mail: gempur@menlh.go.id, Contact: Mohd. Gempur (R) First Connectivity Development Policy Loan: The objec- Adnan, Deputy Minister for Environmental Pollution Control tive is to support the Government of Indonesia’s domestic connec- (R) Second Support for Poor and Disadvantaged Areas: The tivity priority areas. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 September objectives are to support: (a) participatory pro-poor district planning; 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). (b) improved service delivery responsive to community priorities; (c) No consultants are required. Coordinating Ministry for the Economy access to justice for poor villagers; (d) capacity development, includ- and Ministry of Finance, Jl. Lapangan Banteng Timur 2-4, Jakarta, ing for conflict resolution; and (e) improvements in business invest- Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 381-0175, Fax: (62-21) 384-6635, E-mail: ment climate. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 November 2012. webmaster@dmo.or.id, Contact: Mr. Rahmat Waluyanto, Director Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123907. US$ 85.0 General of Debt Management (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Ministry for Development (R) Fourth National Program for Community Empower- of Disadvantaged Areas, Jalan Abdul Muis 7, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) ment in Urban Areas Program Nasional Pemberdayaan 344-1295, E-mail: eshadi@yahoo.com, Contact: Ir. Andjar Koentjoro, Masyarakat: The objective is to assist the Government to ensure M.Sc, Act. Deputy Minister for Specific Areas Development that the urban poor benefit from improved socio-economic and local Sustainable Tourism: The objective is to promote private sec- governance conditions through the institutionalization of elected tor development in the tourism industry in Indonesia and at the representative community organizations. Negotiations scheduled PAGE 36 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 for 27 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: 61, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 3983-2091/94, Fax: (62-21) P125405. US$ 266.0/23.5 (IBRD/IDPN). Consultants will be re- 3983-2095, Contact: Soritaon Siregar, CEO quired. Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Urban Solid Waste Management Program: The objective Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 7279-6158, Fax: (62-21) 7279-6155, is to improve solid waste collection and disposal in selected par- E-mail: winda.purnama17@yahoo.co.id, Contact: Budi Yuwono, Di- ticipating municipalities through improvements in the operations, rector General of Human Settlements maintenance and cost recovery of the solid waste management sys- Ports Modernization: The objective is to assist in the pre-invest- tems in these municipalities. Preparation scheduled for 15 February ment stage of the port development program and assist the Ministry 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P127134. US$ of Transport to implement considerable improvements in their capac- 100.0/20.0 (IBRD/ZBIL). Consultants will be required. Ministry of ity for port infrastructure development, management and financing. Public Works, Jl. Pattimura 20, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, This project is on hold for potential delivery in FY14. Environmental Indonesia Tel/Fax: (62-21) 724-7564, Contact: Ir. Djoko Kirmanto, Assessment Category C. US$ 67.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be Minister determined. Ministry of Transport, Jl.Merdeka Barat No. 8, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 381-1308, Fax: (62-21) 345-1657 Kiribati Road Asset Preservation: The objective is to improve the usage Information and Communications (execution, effectiveness, and delivery of outputs) of the sub-national (R) Telecommunications and ICT Development (Cr. H7800- roads. This project is on hold pending the Government’s decision. KI): The objective is to increase access to reliable and affordable Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consul- telecommunications services for the majority of the people of Kiribati. tants will be required. Ministry of Home Affairs, MOHA, Jl. Medan Bank Approval scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental Assess- Merdeka Utara No. 7, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 345-0038 ment Category C. US$ 1.0/4.1 (IDA Grant/PRIF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Communications, Transport and Tourism Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Development, POB 487, Betio, Tarawa, Kiribati, Tel: (686) 26-003, (R) Fifth National Program for Community Empowerment Fax: (686) 26-193, E-mail: secretary@mcttd.gov.ki, Contact: Tarsu in Rural Area (PNPM RURAL V): The objective is to provide Murdoch, Secretary additional resources to the Government of Indonesia’s key commu- nity-based poverty alleviation program for rural areas, the National Lao People’s Democratic Republic Community Empowerment Program for Rural Areas, where over Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 60% of the Indonesia’s poor reside. Pre-appraisal scheduled for 27 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Scaling-Up Participatory Sustainable Forest Management: P128832. US$ 750.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. The objective is to support scaling-up the Participatory Sustainable Ministry of Home Affairs, Jl. Raya Pasar Minggu Km 19, South Forest Management (PSFM) in designated Production Forest Areas Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 7919-1684, Fax: (62-21) 7919-6118, (PFAs). Project Concept Note scheduled for 17 August 2012. Environ- E-mail: ppkpmd@yahoo.com, nuryantohadisucipto@yahoo.com, mental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0/13.3 (IDA Credit/CSCF). Contact: Drs. Nuryanti, Director of Community Institution and Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Training Forestry, Lanxang Avenue, PO Box: 811, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) 219-561, E-mail: dofadmin@ (R) Infrastructure Guarantee Fund (IGF): The objective is gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Oupakone Alounsavath, Head of the Plan- to strengthen IGF as a single window institution to appraise infra- ning Division structure public-private partnership projects requiring government Strengthening Projection and Management Effectiveness guarantees, and facilitate appropriate guarantee and project prepara- for Wildlife and Protected Areas: The objective is to increase tion support to qualified projects. Negotiations scheduled for 18 July capacity for effective protected area management, wildlife conserva- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P118916. US$ tion and control of illegal wildlife trade. Decision Meeting scheduled 29.6 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Indonesia Infrastructure for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Guarantee Fund, Sampoerna Strategic Square, South Tower, 14th P128392. US$ 7.4 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry Floor, Jl, Jenderal Sudirman Kav Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 5795-0550, of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao People’s Democratic E-mail: s.roesly@iigf.co.id, Contact: Sinthya Roesly, President Direc- Republic, Tel: (856-20) 5569-9461, E-mail: b_phan.thavong@yahoo. tor.; Risk Management Unit, Ministry of Finance, MOF Complex, J1, com, Contact: Bouaphanh Phanthavong, Director DR Wahidin No. 1, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 344-1484, E-mail: aristalyakusma@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Bambang Brodjonegoro, Strengthening Protection and Management Effectiveness DG of Fiscal Policy Office for Wildlife and Protected Areas: The objective is to increase capacity for effective protected area management, wildlife conserva- (R) Third Water Supply and Sanitation for Low-Income tion and control of illegal wildlife trade. Decision Meeting scheduled Communities (PAMSIMAS) Additional Financing: The ob- for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Proj- jective is to continue to support the sustainable access to improve wa- ect: P128393. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. ter supply and sanitation facilities to an additional 5,000 villages and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), Tel: support the Government’s program for achievement of the MDGs. (856-20) 5569-9461, E-mail: b_phan.thavong@yahoo.com, Contact: Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 25 July 2012. Envi- Bouaphanh Phanthavong, Director ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0/50.0 (IBRD/AUSL). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura Finance No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 7279-6158, Fax: (R) Statistics for Results Program: The objective is to modern- (62-21) 7279-6155, Contact: Budi Yuwono, Director General of Hu- ize and streamline the National Statistical System to ensure that it is man Settlement sufficiently resourced in terms of human resources, essential tools (R) Water and Sanitation Investment Facility: The objective is and infrastructure to produce and disseminate reliable and timely to increase access to water supply and sanitation services by support- statistics in a cost effective manner. Decision Meeting scheduled ing the central government programs of capital grants output-based for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ grants and loans through program partner facilities, and supporting 8.0/9.4 (SRTF/ZMUL). Consultants will be required. Department central and local government capacity strengthening. Project Concept of Planning and Investment, Luang Prabang Road, Vientiane, Lao Review Meeting scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assess- People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-51) 251-179, Fax: (856-51) ment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. 251-178, E-mail: pxaykosy@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Samaychanh Ministry of Public Works, Jl. Pattimura No. 20, Jakarta Selatan, Boupha, Director General Indonesia, Tel: (62-21) 7279-6158, Fax: (62-21) 7279-6155, Contact: Small and Medium Enterprise Access to Finance: The objec- Budi Yuwono, Director General of Human Settlements.; Indonesia tive is to assist in providing access to finance in Laos by providing Investment Agency, Graha Mandiri, 5th Floor, Jl Imam Bonjol, No. technical assistance to financial intermediaries and the Government AUGUST 2012 East Asia and Pacific Region PAGE 37 implementing agency. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for the Marshall Islands. Negotiations completed on 12 July 2012. Bank 17 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category F. Consulting Approval scheduled for 6 August 2012. Environmental Assessment services to be determined. Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Nong Category U. Project: P128013. US$ 3.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Bone Road, PO Box 474, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Repub- be required. Ministry of Finance, PO Box D Cabinet Building, Majuro, lic, Tel: (856-21) 414-065, Fax: (856-21) 263-590, E-mail: sinmyxai@ Marshall Islands, Tel: (692) 625-7017, E-mail: finsec@ntamar.net, smepdo.org, Contact: Mr. Somdy Inmyxai, Director General Contact: Alfred Alfred, Secretary of Finance Industry and Trade Micronesia, Federated States of (R) Second Trade Development Facility: The objective is to Information and Communications support the implementation of Government’s trade and integration priorities outlined in the 2012 DTIS Action Matrix, and in particular (R) Telecommunications and ICT Development: The objec- to contribute to improved export competitiveness and the expan- tive is to increase access to ICT services for the majority of FSM sion and diversification of exports. Project Concept Review Meeting citizens and support the enabling environment for telecoms and completed on 18 May 2012. Appraisal scheduled for 10 September ICT development. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P130512. 17 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ US$ 3.0/9.0 (IDA Grant/TF). Consultants will be required. IF NIU, 13.0/0.5 (IDA Credit/PRIF). Consulting services and implementing Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Phonxay Road, Vientiane, Lao agency(ies) to be determined. People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) 415-930, E-mail: info@ Mongolia laosaft.org, Contact: Phouvieng Phongsa, Director Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Integrated Livestock-based Livelihoods Support: The (R) Eighth Poverty Reduction Support: The objective is to objectives are to: (a) link farmers to markets; (b) raise livestock support policies that ensure sustain growth and improve revenue productivity and quality to improve livestock productivity and qual- mobilization in the medium term by increasing resources available to ity, to enhance access to domestic and regional markets; and (c) be used for implementing the Seventh National Socio Economic De- strengthen donor coordination. Appraisal scheduled for 7 August velopment Plan (NSEDP7). Negotiations completed on 21 June 2012. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125964. US$ GEF Council Approval scheduled for 9 August 2012. Environmental 11.0 (GAFS). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Food, Assessment Category U. Project: P125298. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). No Agriculture and Light Industry, Government Building No.9, Peace consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, 23 Singha Road, PO Avenue 16A, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 262 853, E-mail: Box 46, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) erdenejargal@mofa.gov.mn 911-611, Fax: (856-21) 412-142, E-mail: chanthavongsa.t@gmail.com, (R) Third Sustainable Livelihoods: The objective is to insti- Contact: Mrs. Thipphakone Chanthavongsa, Director General tutionalize appropriate mechanisms utilized in phase I and II of (R) Public Financial Management Strengthening: The objec- the Sustainable Livelihoods Program to reduce the vulnerability of tive is to provide financing to improve budget planning and execu- rural communities throughout Mongolia. Project Concept Review tion, financial reporting and auditing, and strengthening external Meeting completed on 21 June 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled oversight functions. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 September for 4 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 (IDA Grant). 30.0/10.0 (IDA Credit/SWTZ). Consulting services to be determined. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Finance, Khuvisgalchdiin Avenue 38, State Building No Nong Bone Road, PO Box 474, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic 7, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 322-465, Fax: (976-11) 328- Republic, Tel: (856-21) 414-065, Fax: (856-21) 263-590, E-mail: 107, Contact: A. Khashtsetseg, Project Director sinmyxai@smepdo.org, Contact: Mme Sifong Oumavong, Director, Public Financial Management Strengthening Unit Health and Other Social Services E-Health: The objective is to establish the foundations, in the soft- Transportation ware and institutional capacity for an e-health information system Road Sector Additional Financing: The objective is to improve (internet and mobile technology) by improving the ease of access, road services on two main national corridors and the provincial road completeness, and timeliness of health information to strengthen network, to recover the conditions of Typhoon Ketsana damaged performance monitoring, enhance continuity of care and minimize roads, and to establish a contingency fund for quick response in the inappropriate treatment. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- road sector. Bank Approval scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmen- uled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ tal Assessment Category B. Project: P129347. US$ 21.0 (IDA Credit). 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, Consultants will be required. Ministry Of Public Works and Trans- Government Building 8, Olimpyc Street 2 Sukhbaatar District 142, port, LanXang Avenue, Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tel: (976-11) 51260474, Fax: (976-11) 320- Tel: (856-21) 412-267, Fax: (856-21) 412-265, E-mail: mathsml@ 916, E-mail: dr_jargal_d@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Jargal Saikhan, laotel.com, Contact: Math Sounmala, Director General Director Marshall Islands Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Accountable, Responsive and Transparent Govern- Energy and Mining ment: The objective is to focus onleveraging Mongolia’s well devel- (R) North Pacific Energy: The objective is to support the Govern- oped ICT infrastructure for accountable, responsive, and transparent ment to: (a) review Marshalls Energy Company (MEC) and Kwaja- government through the implementation of e-Government and m- lein Atoll Joint Utility Resource (KAJUR) electricity operations; (b) Government applications and open government data initiatives. review MEC’s Petroleum Operations; and (c) assess scope for Rural Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2012. Electrification initiatives and review the potential for greater reliance Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Con- of renewable energy sources. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 July sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122618. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Finance, PO Box D Cabinet Building, Majuro, Marshall Islands, Tel: Third Ulaanbaatar Urban Service Improvement: The objec- (692) 625-7017, E-mail: finsec@ntamar.net, Contact: Alfred Alfred, tive is to support the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar in prioritizing in- Secretary of Finance frastructure investments in selected ger areas through an integrated District level planning system and targeted investments. Appraisal Information and Communications scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- (R) Telecommunications and ICT Development: The objec- egory B. Project: P122535. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be tive is to support improved access to telecommunications and ICT in required. Second Ulaanbaatar Service Improvement Project, Floor 6, PAGE 38 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Azmon Center, Peace Avenue-50, Khoroo No1, Sukhbaatar District, Energy and Mining Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Tel/Fax: (976-11) 321 674, E-mail: usip2@ (R) Renewable Energy Development: The objective is to support magicnet.mn, Contact: Mrs. L. Badamkhorloo, Director the renewable energy generation and distribution efficiency projects. Decision Meeting scheduled for 24 September 2012. Environmental Papua New Guinea Assessment Category F. Project: P118994. US$ 140.0/50.0/40.0 Energy and Mining (IBRD/CCTF/GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Devel- opment Bank of the Philippines, Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Corner Energy Sector Development: The objective is to provide ap- Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines, Tel: (632) 818-9511 to 20, proximately 500,000 households with access to electricity and a 818-9611, Fax: (632) 893-4748, E-mail: pdlazaro@devbankphil.com. number of small hydros which would support a transmission grid, ph, Contact: Paul Lazaro, Sr. Assistant Vice President providing electricity to Eastern Highlands, Chimbu, Western High- lands, Southern Highlands, Sepik and Madang Provinces. Negotia- Health and Other Social Services tions scheduled for 11 September 2012. Environmental Assessment (N) Multi Donor Facility-Mindanao Reconstruction and Category B. Project: P101578. US$ 6.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Development: The objective is to improve social and economic re- be required. Department of Petroleum and Energy, PO Box 1993, covery in conflict-affected communities of Mindanao through activi- Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (675) 322-4200, Fax: (675) ties which promote confidence-building, peace and demand-driven 322-4222, E-mail: davideteric@petroleum.gov.pg, Contact: David governance. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 3 August Eteric, Executive Officer 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.6 (PHMF). Con- sulting services to be determined. Community and Family Services Health and Other Social Services International, Philippines; Mindanao Land Foundation, Inc Reyes (R) Rural Service Delivery and Local Governance Prepara- Bldg, Jade St Saniel Subd, Kidapawan City, Cotabato, Philippines, tion and Pilot: The objective is to pilot a successful Community Tel: (63-64) 278-3077, E-mail: minland-cmo@minland.ph; Inter- Driven Development (CDD) platform in PNG that would be adopted national Labour Organization, 19th Floor, Yuchengco Tower, RCBC by Government as a way to improve the access, quality and manage- Plaza, 6819 Ayala Avenue, Metro Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) ment of basic public services delivered in rural communities in PNG. 580-9900, Fax: (63-2) 856-7597, E-mail: johnsonl@ilo.org Bank Approval scheduled for 30 November 2012. Environmental As- (R) Social Welfare and Development Reform Additional sessment Category B. Project: P126157. US$ 3.8 (F7BK). Consultants Financing: The objective, same as the parent project, is to reinforce will be required. Department of Provincial and Local Government the support for the Government’s CCT program that undergoes a sub- Affairs, PO Box 1287, BOROKO NCD, Papua New Guinea, Tel: (67-5) stantial geographical scale-up. Negotiations scheduled for 12 October 301-1002, Fax: (67-5) 325-0553, E-mail: mzurenuoc@dplga.gov.pg, 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122702. US$ Contact: Honorable Job Pomat, MP, Minister for Intern-Govern- 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Department of Social ment Relations Welfare and Development, Batasan Pambansa complex, Constitu- tion Hills, Quezon, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 931-7916, Fax: (63-2) Philippines 931-8191, E-mail: dinky@dswd.gov.ph, Contact: Ms. Corazon Soli- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry man, Secretary Second National Program Support for Health: The objectives (N) Rural Development Program: The objective is to develop are to support the Department of Health, the Philippines Health a more market-oriented and climate resilient agriculture and fish- Insurance Corporation (Phil Health) and health providers to: (a) ery sector in the targeted program areas. Project Concept Review become an effective steward in the health sector, (b) manage the Meeting scheduled for 14 August 2012. Environmental Assessment strategic purchasing function, and (c) prepare health providers for Category B. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for effective contracting with PhilHealth. Bank Approval scheduled for identification of activities, eligible expenditures, and implementation 9 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: arrangements. Department of Agriculture, Philippines, Tel: (632) P119069. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Depart- 920-4369, Fax: (632) 929-8183 ment of Health, Department of Health Compound, Rizal Avenue, (R) Gearing Rural Organizations for Wealth Creation To- Manila, Philippines Tel/Fax: (63-2) 651-7824, E-mail: aapadilla@ wards Household Income Improvement (GROWTH): The co.doh.gov.ph, Contact: Dr. Gerardo V. Bayugo, Undersecretary objective is to raise farm productivity and household income of agrar- ian reform beneficiaries and smallholders by: (a) empowering the Industry and Trade beneficiaries and their organizations; (b) facilitating and scaling-up (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out: The ob- the development of livelihood and agribusiness opportunities; and jective is to assist the Philippines in meeting its HCFC phase-out (c) improving access to critical infrastructure and key support ser- obligations to the Montreal Protocol. Appraisal scheduled for 30 vices. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 18 June 2012. December 2016. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Department of Environment Project: P131622. US$ 95.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required and Natural Resources, 4/F DENR Main Building, Visayas Avenue, for identification of project target areas and institutional analysis as Quezon City, Tel: (63-2) 926-2672, Fax: (63-2) 924-2540, E-mail: initial step in project preparation. Department of Agrarian Reform osec@denr.gov.ph, Contact: Jose Atienza, Jr Secretary (DAR), Government of the Philippines, Elliptical Road, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 453-1826, 928-7031 Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Land Administration and Management Additional Fi- Education nancing: The objective is to fast-track the national roll-out of the (R) Second National Program Support for Basic Education: Land Administration and Management System (LAMS) in all sixteen The objective is to improve the quality and coverage of basic educa- regions in support of the land surveying and titling program being tion in the Philippines through raising reading and numeracy skills, implemented through local government units (LGU) for LGU-led developing effective approaches to improve access, strengthening titling activities and also under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform performance accountability and incentives and improved target- Program (CARP). Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 August 2012. ing of lagging schools. Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 August Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 61.5 (IBRD). Consulting 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P118904. US$ services to be determined. Department of Environment and Natural 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Department of Educa- Resources, DENR Compound, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Philippines, tion, Meralco Avenue Extension, Pasig City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) Tel: (63-2) 928-1197, Fax: (63-2) 928-1195, E-mail: lamp@denr. 631-2527, Fax: (63-2) 633-7302, E-mail: usecquijano@yahoo.com, ov.ph, Contact: Manuel D. Gerochi, Undersecretary for Staff Bureaus Contact: Yolanda Quijano, Undersecretary and Project Management AUGUST 2012 East Asia and Pacific Region PAGE 39 (R) Second Development Policy Loan: The objective is to 6626/27/28/29, Fax: (63-2) 926-8074, E-mail: tehanna08@gmail. help achieve sustained inclusive growth by: (a) maintaining a stable com, tehanna17@yahoo.com macro-economic environment; (b) improving Competitiveness and Increasing Infrastructure Investment; (c) improving Governance; Regional and (d) developing the Human Capital of the Poor. Appraisal sched- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry uled for 9 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Department of (N) Pacific Regional Program-Identifying and Implement- Finance, 5/F DOF Building, BSP Complex Roxas Boulevard, Manila, ing practical CCA and Related DRR Knowledge and Experi- Philippines, Tel: (632) 525-4194/496-6571, Fax: (632) 523-9216, ence: The objective is to support and facilitate the dissemination E-mail: Ideleon@dof.gov.ph, Contact: Rosalia V. de Leon, Under and better utilization of local, national and regional knowledge and Secretary information on CCA and related DRR to build and strengthen the Manila Bay Integrated Water Quality Management: The capacity of Pacific Island countries to manage climate change risks objective is to improve the quality of water in the Manila Bay, Pasig to food security and critical infrastructure. Project Concept Review River and Laguna Lake system, through institutional mechanisms Meeting scheduled for 18 October 2012. Environmental Assessment enabling integrated and comprehensive support for public and pri- Category B. US$ 6.1 (CSCF). Consultants will be required. Imple- vate initiatives, to address sources of pollution, sedimentation and menting agency(ies) to be determined. flooding in key pollution hotspots. Project Concept Review Meeting (R) Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program: The ob- scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. jective is to sustainably increase the economic benefits captured by US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Department Pacific Island Countries from the ecosystem services provided by of Environment and Natural Resources, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, the Western Pacific Ocean. This abundant oceanscape, and the eco- Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (632) 929-6626, Fax: (632) 926-8074, system services it provides, is a shared natural capital asset for the E-mail: tehanna08@gmail.com, Contact: Analiza R. Teh, Assistant entire region. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 July Secretary 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0/18.0 (IDA National Community Driven Development Program: The Credit/ZBIL). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to objective is to empower local communities in targeted poor mu- be determined. nicipalities and urban areas in achieving improved access to basic Capturing Coral Reef Ecosystem Services (CCRES): The services and more inclusive local government planning and budget- objective is to support targeted learning and innovation to promote ing. The proposed project would support KALAHI-CIDSS Program. an ecosystem-based approach to capturing value from the sustain- Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 January 2013. Environmental able management of coral reef and associated mangrove ecosys- Assessment Category B. Project: P127741. US$ 300.0/50.0/50.0 tem services in the East Asia/Pacific region. Project Concept Note (IBRD/ZBIL/ZMUL). Consulting services to be determined. Depart- scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category ment of Social Welfare and Development, Constitution Hills, Batasan B. US$ 4.5 (GEFU). Consultants wiill be required for preparation Complex, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 931-8101, Fax: (63-2) 931-8191, and implementation of the project. This will draw on the ecological, E-mail: dinky@dswd.gov.ph, Contact: Hon. Corazon Juliano-Soli- economic, social and business sciences to: (a) scope out the project man, Secretary design, institutional arrangements and delivery mechanisms for the needed TA for each component; and (b) implement the project. Transportation Global Change Institute, Gehrmann Laboratories (60), Saint Lucia (R) Cavite-Laguna North South Highway: The objectives are QLD 4072, Tel: (61-7) 3346-9942, Fax: (61-7) 3346-3299, Contact: to: (a) improve road access to the country’s premier industrial belt by Melanie King, Deputy Director reducing traffic congestion through construction of the North-South Expressway; and (b) assist in creating an enabling environment for Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection private sector participation through public-private partnerships. (R) Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 June 2013. Environmental As- Phase II: The objective is to establish a series of examples for the sessment Category A. Project: P101581. US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consul- integrated water resources management in the Mekong Basin at tants will be required. Department of Public Works and Highways, regional, national and sub regional level. Project Concept Review Bonifacio Dr Port Area, Manila, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 304-3000, Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assess- Fax: (63-2) 304-3033, E-mail: cabral.ma_catalina@dpwh.gov.ph, ment Category B. US$ 38.1 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be Contact: Catalina Cabral, Assistant Secretary determined. Mekong River Commissions, Vientiane, Lao People’s (R) Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): The objectives are to: (a) Democratic Republic, Tel: (856-21) 263-263, Fax: (856-21) 263-264, improve passenger mobility and access in project corridors by pro- E-mail: Phoumin@mrcmekong.org, Contact: Mr. Phoumin Han, viding an alternative that is safer, more secure, more efficient, and Project Coordination and Management Unit generates fewer emissions; and (b) demonstrate effective public private partnership arrangements in the Philippines first BRT. De- Samoa cision Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. Environmental Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Assessment Category B. Project: P119343. US$ 110.0/45.0/25.0 (IBRD/AFD/CIF). Consulting services to be determined. Department Enhancing the Climate Resilience of Coastal Resources and of Transportation and Communication, 17/F The Columbia Tower, Communities: The objectives are to: (a) reduce vulnerability; and Ortigas Ave, Brgy. Wack-Wack, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, (b) enhance the capacity of natural systems and coastal communities Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 723-1507, 727-7960, Fax: (63-2) 726-7128, to recover from impacts (chronic and acute) associated with climate E-mail: gdesguerra@gmail.com, Contact: George Esguerra, Assistant change and extreme weather events. Bank Approval scheduled for Secretary, Planning 15 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 9.7 (CSCF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 2, 3, 4th Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Floors, Central Bank Building, Matafele, Apia, Samoa, Tel: (685) Manila Bay Integrated Water Quality Management: The 34-333, E-mail: litara.taulealo@mof.gov.ws, Contact: Ms. Litara objective is to contribute to the improvement of the quality of water Taulealo, Program Coordinator in Manila Bay, Pasig River and Laguna Lake system through the establishment of institutional mechanisms and implementation of Transportation investments in priority pollution hotspots through public and pri- (R) Enhancing Climate Resilience for West Coast Road: The vate actions. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 July objective is to improve the climate resilience of the West Coast Road 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8.7 (GEFU). from Apia to the airport. Bank Approval scheduled for 13 December Consulting services to be determined. Department of Environment 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126504. US$ and Natural Resources, Quezon City, Philippines, Tel: (63-2) 929- 15.0 (CSCF). No consultants are required. Land Transport Authority, PAGE 40 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 PO Box 1607, Samoa, Tel: (685) 26-740, Fax: (685) 26-739, E-mail: the baseline average of 2009 and 2010), and a 10 percent reduction galuvao@lta.gov.ws, Contact: Leasi Galuvao, CEO below the baseline by 2015. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- uled for 31 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Solomon Islands 25.0 (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Industry, Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Department of Industrial Works, 75/6 Rama VI Road, Ratchthewi, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel: (66-2) 202-4101, Fax: (66-2) 354-3390, (R) Community Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risk E-mail: arthit.w@diw.mail.go.th, Contact: Mr. Arthit Wuthikaro, in Solomon Islands: (formerly Adaptation) The objective is to Director General implement of climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction priority measures. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 8 De- Timor-Leste cember 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0/0.6/2.7 (GEFU/ Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry GFDR/PHRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environ- (R) Coffee Sector Development: The objective is to improve ment and Conservation, PO Box G13, Honiara, Solomon Islands, Tel: livelihoods in coffee producing communities via partnerships that (677) 21-074, Fax: (677) 212-7855, E-mail: minister@mecm.gov.sb, foster the sustainable production and marketing ofcoffee. Project Contact: Mr. Shadrack Fanega, Permanent Secretary Concept Note scheduled for 31 October 2012. Environmental As- sessment Category B. US$ 1.0/6.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants Energy and Mining will be required to prepare the PCN institutional and sector assess- Tina River Hydropower Development: The objectives are to: ments to achieve a better understanding of how to design farm level (a) improve the affordability of electricity on Guadalcanal by switch- interventions. Collaboration with IFC will be explored and work ing energy production from very expensive, imported, diesel power to will be needed to understand complementarities and synergies be- hydropower, a sustainable, lower cost, and renewable alternative; and tween IBRD and potential IFC supported activities. Implementing (b) mobilize private financing for power generation to supplement agency(ies) to be determined. limited public resources. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P114317. US$ 12.0/8.0 (EUIB/ Information and Communications GUID). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Mines, Energy and Telecommunications and ICT Development: The objective is Rural Electrification, PO Box G37, Lengakiki Ridge, Honiara, Solo- to facilitate increased access to a wide variety of reliable and afford- mon Islands, Tel: (677) 28-609/25-937, Fax: (677) 25-811, E-mail: able telecommunications services for the entire population of Timor- douglas.alex800@yahoo.com, Contact: Alex Douglas, Permanent Leste through efficient and well-regulated competition. Appraisal Secretary, Special Duties scheduled for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Information and Communications istry of Infrastructure, Rua de Caikoli, Dili Timor, Timor-Leste, Tel: Pacific Regional Connectivity Program: Phase II Solomon (670) 723-6746, Fax: (670) 333-1500, E-mail: jose.mstr@gmail.com, Connectivity: The objective is to reduce the cost and increase the Contact: H.E. Mr. Pedro Lay, Minister of Infrastructure availability of international bandwidth for participating countries, and thereby facilitate the development of a wide range of ICT ap- Transportation plications to support social and economic development in the Pacific Road Climate Resilience Additional Financing: The objective region, and to enhance the participation of these countries in the is to deliver sustainable climate resilient road infrastructure on the global economy. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Dili-Ainaro corridor and adjacent districts. Negotiations scheduled 4 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ for 24 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. 20.0/18.0 (IDA Credit/ASDB). Consulting services to be determined. Project: P130975. US$ 30.0/10.0 (IBRD/IDA Grant). Consultants Solomons Oceanic Cable Company, Solomon Islands, Tel: (677) 749- will be required for design and supervision of civil works (firm) and 5922, E-mail: robinrussell1@bigpond.com for PMU staffing (individual). Ministry of Infrastructure, Av. Mar- tires da Patria, Dili, Timor-Leste, Tel: (670) 723-3938, Fax: (670) Public Administration, Law, and Justice 331-1038, E-mail: pmu_tlrcrp@yahoo.com, Contact: Fernando Da (R) Development Policy Operation I (Cr. H7680-SB): The Rosa, Project and Finance Manager, PMU objective is to support the Interim Strategy Note and National De- velopment Strategy public service delivery objectives. The grant Tonga was signed on 4 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Energy and Mining Project: P126740. US$ 2.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Treasury, PO Box 26, Honiara, Solomon Energy Road Map Implementation: The objective is to pro- Islands, Tel: (677) 22-556, E-mail: sfanega@mof.gov.sb, Contact: vide technical assistance to implement: (a) recommendations from Shadrach Fanega, Permanent Secretary the Petroleum Supply Chain Study; (b) institutional, legal, policy and regulatory updates for petroleum and electricity; (c) design the Thailand proposed Tonga Green Incentive Fund; and (d) TPL investments for safety, data acquisition and improved efficiency. Decision Meet- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ing scheduled for 30 November 2012. Environmental Assessment (R) Supporting Capacity Building, Law Enforcement, and Category B. Project: P122939. US$ 5.0/3.0/3.0 (IDA Grant/ZBIL/ Market Incentives for Wildlife Conservation: The objective is ZPCI). Consulting services to be determined. Tonga Energy Road- to support direct conservation activities, enforce wildlife conservation map Implementation Unit, PO Box 5, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) laws, and reduce pressures on forest resources that fits well with the 24-644, Fax: (676) 23-888, E-mail: akauola@gmail.com, Contact: goals of the GEF objectives in the biodiversity focal area. Project Con- A kau’ola, Interim Director.; Tonga Power Limited, PO Box 1704, cept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 August 2012. Environmental Nuku’alofa, Tonga, Tel: (676) 28-344, Fax: (676) 23-632, E-mail: Assessment Category B. US$ 7.3 (GEFU). Consulting services to be jvanbrink@tongapower.to, Contact: John van Brink, CEO determined. Ministry of National Resources and Environment, 61 Paholyothin Road, Lad Yao, Jatujak, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel: (66- Public Administration, Law, and Justice 02) 2561-4835, E-mail: chatw@dnp.go.th, Contact: Chatchawan (R) Economic Recovery Operation II: The objective is to sup- Pisdamkham, Director of Wildlife Conservation Office port the Government of Tonga’s efforts to facilitate the recovery of its economy and public finances over the medium term, in the wake Industry and Trade of the global economic crisis. Project Concept Review Meeting com- Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out Phase I: The pleted on 17 May 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 September objective is to assist WKH *overnment in meeting its HCFC phase-out 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P130824. US$ obligations to the Montreal Protocol. These obligations are consump- 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) tion freeze in 2013 (defined as production and consumption equal to to be determined. AUGUST 2012 East Asia and Pacific Region PAGE 41 Vanuatu Education (R) Education for All Fast Track Initiative: The objective is Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry to provide pre-primary and primary education program support to (R) National Adaption: The objectives are to: (a) mainstream meet educational goals. GEF Council Approval scheduled for 23 CCA and DRR at national, provincial and community levels; (b) July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120867. strengthen capacity in date analysis, mapping and vulnerability as- US$ 84.6 (FTIE). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Educa- sessments; and (c) implement climate resilience measures in targeted tion and Training, 49 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: sectors. Bank Approval scheduled for 13 December 2012. Environ- (84-4) 869-2397, Fax: (84-4) 869-4085, E-mail: ttha@moet.gov.vn, mental Assessment Category B. Project: P112611. US$ 2.8/5.6/2.7 Contact: Mr. Le Tien Thanh, Director General of Primary Education (ECEA/GEFU/GFDR). Consultants will be required. Vanuatu Meteo- Department rological Service, PMB 9054, Port Vila, Vanuatu, Tel: (678) 22-331, School Readiness Promotion: The objective is to assist the Fax: (678) 24-686, E-mail: jnapat@meteo.vu, Contact: Mr. Jotham Government’s early childhood education program with a particular Napat, Director focus on disadvantaged children. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 Viet Nam (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education and Training, 49 Dai Co Viet Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 3868-4667, Fax: (84-4) 3869-4085, E-mail: Imha@moet.edu.vn, (R) Climate Change Development Policy II: The objective Contact: Ms. Le Minh Ha, Director of ECE is to improve the management of marine and coastal resources in Science and Technology Innovation: The objective is to focus support of sustainable fisheries in selected coastal provinces of Viet on science and technology and innovation in Viet Nam, to support Nam. Decision Meeting completed on 5 July 2012. Negotiations more effective national innovation system conducive to higher pro- scheduled for 12 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- ductivity and growth. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 December egory U. Project: P127201. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P117394. US$ be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2 Ngoc 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Edu- Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 843-8688, Fax: (84-4) cation and Training, 57A Tran Phu Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: 843-8791, E-mail: cpowb5@gmail.com, Contact: Dr. Nguyen Thi (84-4) 3822-8874, Fax: (84-4) 3734 2091, E-mail: pedc.project@ Tuyet Hao, The Head gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Thach Can, Director General, International (R) Forest Sector Development Additional Financing: The Cooperation Department objectives are to: (a) continue to achieve sustainable management Third Higher Education Development Policy: The objective of plantation forests and the conservation of biodiversity in special is to support the Government’s implementation of its Higher Edu- use forests in Viet Nam; and (b) expand the Smallholder Plantation cation Reform Agenda 2006-2020. Decision Meeting scheduled for Program to additional Provinces. The credit was signed on 15 June 27 March 2013. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126542. US$ P116354. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agricul- mined. Ministry of Education and Training, 49 Dai Co Viet Street, ture and Rural Development, Building OCD 29 La Thanh, Dong Da, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 869-2397, Fax: (84-4) 869-4085, E- Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3513-2567, Fax: (84-4) 3513-2737, E- mail: ttha@moet.gov.vn, Contact: Ms. Tran Thi Ha, Director General mail: daln@mard.gov.vn; vuxuanthon@yahoo.com, Contact: Mr. Vu of Higher Education Department Xuan Thon, Director of Forest Sector Development Project Office Energy and Mining (R) Irrigation Efficiency: The objective is to increase water pro- (R) Distribution Efficiency: The objective is to improve the ef- ductivity by improving the efficiency in irrigation water use through ficiency of the electricity distribution system in Viet Nam. Appraisal technical, management reform and modernization processes. Project completed on 2 July 2012. Negotiations scheduled for 6 August Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 November 2012. Envi- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125996. US$ ronmental Assessment Category B. Consulting services to be deter- 400.0/48.9/7.6/30.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit/AUSL/CCTF). Consultants mined. MARD, 2, Ngoc Ha Street, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) will be required. Viet Nam Electricity (EVN), 18 Tran Nguyen Han 3843-3400 Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 2220-1339, Fax: (84-4) 2220- Coastal Resources for Sustainable Development: The objec- 1340, E-mail: thanhpl@evn.com.vn, Contact: Mr. Pham Le Thanh, tive is to support improvements in the development and management President and CEO of coastal and marine resources in Viet Nam. Negotiations scheduled Finance for 10 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124702. US$ 6.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of (R) Post Poverty Reduction Support Credits Development Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), No. 2 Ngoc Ha Street, Policy Lending: The objective is to support the Government of Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3846-8160, Fax: Viet Nam to continue its reform process in the area of economic (84-4) 3845-4319, E-mail: bnn@fpt.vn, Contact: Mme. Hoa Hoa, management, governance and poverty reduction. Project Concept Head of the International Cooperation Department Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2012. Environmental As- sessment Category U. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Poverty Reduction in Central Highlands: The objective is to and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. improve the well-being (as measured by income/consumption, ac- cess to key services and satisfaction with support) of beneficiaries Health and Other Social Services in targeted districts of the Central Highlands region. Decision Meet- (R) Hospital Waste Management: The objective is to reduce ing scheduled for 29 November 2012. Environmental Assessment the environmental degradation and potential risks for human health Category B. Project: P128072. US$ 150.0/30.0 (IDA Credit/IFAD). through the improved management of health care waste and reduc- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Planning and ing the releases of Persistent Organic Pollutants, mercury and toxic Investment, No. 2 Hoang Van Thu Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, waste from the health care sector. Project Concept Review Meeting Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3845-5298, Fax: (84-4) 3823-4453 scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Strengthening Regional Cooperation on Biodiversity Con- B. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health of Viet Nam, servation in Protected Areas: The objective is to strengthen Lane 135, Nui Truc, Hanoi, Ba Dinh Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) regional cooperation on biodiversity conservation in protected areas 3736-8395, Fax: (84-4) 3736-8394, E-mail: huynga2000@yahoo. and reducing illegal wildlife trade. Project Concept Review Meet- com; lyytdpvn@gmail.com, Contact: Nga Nguyen Huy, Director ing scheduled for 26 September 2012. Environmental Assessment (R) North East and Red River Delta Regional Health System Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Support: The objectives are to improve: (a) quality of health services Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. at district and provincial level; (b) access of the poor and near-poor PAGE 42 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 to health services; and (c) expansion of insurance coverage for the 142.3/10.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. poor and near-poor population. Decision Meeting scheduled for HCMC Department of Transport, 63 Ly tu Trong, District 1, Ho Chi 25 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Minh, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-8) 3822-2777, Fax: (84-8) 3829-0458, E- P122629. US$ 180.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. mail: duongthanh@hcm.vnn.vn, thanhduong5412@yahoo.com Ministry of Health of Viet Nam, Lane 135, Nui Truc, Hanoi, Ba Dinh (R) Mekong Delta Transport Infrastructure Development Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3736-8395, Fax: (84-4) 3736-8394, Additional Financing: The objective is to improve access to E-mail: huynga2000@yahoo.com; lyytdpvn@gmail.com, Contact: markets by businesses, farmers and the poor with lower logistics Tuan Pham, Director costs resulting from the alleviation of key physical and institutional Human Resources for Health Quality Improvement: The bottlenecks of the main transport corridors in the Mekong Delta objective is to improve professional competencies and the practic- region. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental ing environment of the health workforce, especially at the commune Assessment Category A. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be level through: (a) improving the quality assurance system of medical required. Ministry of Transport, 80 Tran Hung Dao street, Hanoi, education; and (b) upgrading the knowledge, skills and competen- Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3942-0198, Fax: (84-4) 3942-3291, E-mail: cies of the existing workforce at the commune level and upgrading hangkh@mt.gov.vn, Contact: Hoang Dihn Phuc, General Director.; the working conditions. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Ministry of Transport, 1041/80 Tran Xuan Soan, Tan Huong Ward, for 19 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-8) 3775-1015, Fax: (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for MOH in accredited (84-8) 3775-1013, E-mail: pmu-siw@vnn.vn, Contact: Nguyen Ngoc areas of medical programs, family health and management of hu- Thach, General Director man resources. Ministry of Health, 138A Giang Vo Street, Hanoi, (R) Sustainable Natural Resource Management (Cr. 51130- Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 6273-2244, E-mail: dr_nguyen_cong_khan@ VN): (formerly Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry sector) The yahoo.com, Contact: Prof. Nguyen Cong Khan, Director objective is to support improvements in the development and man- Social Safety Net: The objective is to strengthen Viet Nam’s social agement of coastal and marine resources in Viet Nam. Bank Approval safety net to alleviate chronic poverty, help vulnerable households completed on 10 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category deal with shocks, and help poor households invest in human capital B. Project: P118979. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be for long-term poverty reduction. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), January 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 No. 2 Ngoc Ha Street, Ba Dinh District, Ha Noi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Government of Viet Nam, 4) 3846-8160, Fax: (84-4) 3845-4319, E-mail: bnn@fpt.vn, Contact: 710B Lac Long Quan, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3710-0596, Fax: (84-4) Mme. Hoa, Head of the International Cooperation Department 3710-0597, E-mail: nvhoi11@yahoo.com, Contact: Mr. Nguyen Van (R) Thanh Hoa Bai Vot Expressway: The objective is to improve Hoi, Deputy Director transport linkages in the Northern Region of Viet Nam through the development of a high-capacity, high-standard expressway facility to Industry and Trade support social and economic development. This project is no longer (R) Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) Phase-out Phase I: in the lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. The objective is to assist Viet Nam in meeting its HCFC phase-out Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 300.0/200.0/500.0 obligations to the Montreal Protocol. Bank Approval scheduled for (IBRD/IDA Credit/ZBIL). Consulting services and implementing 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: agency(ies) to be determined. P115762. US$ 30.0 (MPIN). Consultants will be required. Ministry Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Pilots: The objective is of Natural Resource and Environment, No. 8 Phao Dai Lang, Dong to support the implementation of pilot PPP projects that will be Da District, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 3775-9385, Fax: (84-4) passed through the PPP Financing Framework to demonstrate its 3775-9382, E-mail: vncoffice@fpt.vn, Contact: Nguyen Khac Hieu, value-added to the government, and to learn early lessons from Vice Chairman and Deputy Director General implementation. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2012. Inclusive Innovation: The objectives are to strengthen Viet Nam’s Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0/120.0 (IBRD/ capacity for inclusive innovation, focusing on improving the lives of IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP); and to enhance the technological be determined. capabilities of enterprises to improve competitiveness and produc- Road Asset Management: The objective is to enhance road asset tivity. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 September 2012. Environ- management capacity in Viet Nam and ensure continued effective mental Assessment Category B. US$ 55.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants use of the national and provincial road network in support of the eco- will be required. Ministry of Planning and Investment, No. 6B Hoang nomic development, as well as to minimize negative impacts resulted Dieu, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 804-4948, Fax: (84-4) from infrastructure development such as traffic safety, congestion, 734-2189, E-mail: hunghs@business.gov.vn, Contact: Bui Thu Thuy, environmental and social issues. Preparation scheduled for 6 August Director, General Issues and Policy Division 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123961. US$ 250.8 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Project Public Administration, Law, and Justice Management Unit No. 2 (PMU2), 18 Pham Hung, Hanoi, Viet Nam, (R) Health Sector Governance Strengthening: The objec- Tel: (84-4) 3768-0063, Fax: (84-4) 3768-0072, E-mail: pmu2@ tives are to strengthen the Ministry of Health and other health sec- mt.gov.vn, Contact: Nguyen Ngoc Long, General Director tor governance institutions’ capacity and management systems in areas of policy making, implementation of key policies, monitoring Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection and evaluation, supervision, and policy inspection. Project Concept (R) Results-based Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Un- Review Meeting completed on 28 June 2012. Preparation is un- der the National Target Program (PforR): The objective is to derway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.0 (IDA increase sustained access to water supply and sanitation services and Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Health, 138 Giang improve sector planning, monitoring and evaluation in participating Vo Street, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 846-4914, Fax: (84-4) 846- provinces of the National Target Program for Rural Water Supply. 4051, E-mail: phamtuandr2003@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Pham Negotiations scheduled for 11 September 2012. Environmental Le Tuan, Director Assessment Category B. Project: P127435. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Transportation Rural Development, E-mail: hangnamlk@yahoo.com, Contact: Ms. (R) Ho Chi Minh City Green Transport: The objectives are to: Ha Thanh Hang, Director (a) address urgent urban mobility demands (BRT and Bus Modern- (R) Managing Natural Hazards (Cr. 51390-VN): The objec- ization); (b) maximize the impacts of major metro and road invest- tives are to: (a) strengthen community-based disaster risk prepared- ments; and (c) strengthen institutions for HCMC’s future modern ness, improve weather forecasting and early warning capacity; and transport system. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for (b) mitigate the impacts of natural disasters through investments 4 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ of priority infrastructure in selected disaster-prone provinces in AUGUST 2012 South Asia Region PAGE 43 Central Region. Negotiations completed on 18 June 2012. Bank F. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing Approval scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental Assessment agency(ies) to be determined. Category B. Project: P118783. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Health and Other Social Services 2 Ngoc Ha, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-4) 843-8688, Fax: (R) Safety Net: The objective is to support the scale-up operation (84-4) 843-8791, E-mail: cpowb5@gmail.com, Contact: Cao Tuan for the safety nets pilot. Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 July 2012. Minh, Project Director Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Danang Sustainable City Development: The objective is to help sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Da Nang become a more sustainable city that benefits all citizens by Health Sector Support: The objective is to assist the Ministry of improving urban environment and increasing urban mobility in a Public Health (MOPH) in achieving the targets set forth in the Health clean, safe, inclusive and energy-efficient manner. Decision Meet- Sector Strategic Plan 2011-2015 through: (a) sustaining and improv- ing scheduled for 20 November 2012. Environmental Assessment ing BPHS and EPHS services; (b) building systems and strengthening Category B. Project: P123384. US$ 40.0/132.5 (IBRD/IDA Credit). stewardship capacity of the MOPH; and (c) innovations and re-or- Consulting services to be determined. Danang Priority Infrastructure ganization of health services. Appraisal scheduled for 20 September Investment Projects Management Unit, Danang People’s Committee, 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0/140.0/130.0 54 Thai Phien Street, Danang, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-5) 1135-62677, (IDA Credit/ARTF/ECEU). Consulting services and implementing Fax: (84-5) 1135-62678, E-mail: danangpiip@vnn.vn, Contact: Mr. agency(ies) to be determined. Luong Thach Vy, PMU Director Public Administration, Law, and Justice Second Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation: The (R) Development Policy Program: The objective is to focus on objectives are to collect and treat waste water from Nhieu Loc-Thi reform in the following areas: Macroeconomic management and Nghe Basin and District 2 in Ho Chi Minh City in an environmentally public financial management, public administration reform, social and financially sustainable manner by construction of a wastewater protection and pensions, power and mining. Project Concept Re- interceptor, corresponding sewer system and wastewater treatment view Meeting completed on 13 June 2012. Preparation scheduled plant. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 23 July 2012. for 23 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0/200.0 (IBRD/ P118027. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implement- IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Steering Center of Urban ing agency(ies) to be determined. Flood Control Program, 10 Tran Nhat Duat Street, Tan Dinh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, Tel: (84-8) 3526-7498, E-mail: hc- (R) Second Judicial Reform: The objective is to strengthen the mces@gmail.com, Contact: Pham Van Chin, Director centralized state justice system in Afghanistan and increase access to justice for the Afghan people. The loan was signed on 15 February 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118028. US$ 85.0 (ARTF). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. South Asia Transportation (R) Second National Emergency Rural Access (Cr. H7920- Afghanistan AF): The objective is to provide the rural Afghans all season rural road access to basic services. Bank Approval completed on 26 June Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 2010. Signing scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environmental Assess- (R) National Horticulture and Livestock Productivity: The ment Category B. Project: P125961. US$ 125.0/200.0 (IDA Grant/ objective is to assist in the national rollout of a sustainable rural ARTF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation development service delivery system designed to specifically increase and Development, Darluaman Road, Nelabagh Street, Kabul, Af- the adoption of improved horticulture and livestock production prac- ghanistan, Tel: (93-79) 930-6173, E-mail: salim@nrap.org, Contact: tices. Pre-appraisal completed on 18 June 2012. Appraisal scheduled Abdul Satar Salim, National Proram Coordinator for 16 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 30.0/70.0 (IDA Grant/ARTF). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Second Kabul Urban Reconstruction: The objective is WR H[ pand access to basic services for the poor and improve urban PDQDJH (R) Physical and Institutional Infrastructure for Strategic ment by: (a) GHYHORSLQJ basic infrastructure in informal settlements; (b) Grain Reserves: The objective is to improve food security for the LPSURYLQJ Volid Zaste Panagement; (c) Vtrengthening Xrban Panage poor and other food-insecure people in Afghanistan by creating the PHQW and (d) VXSSRUWLQJ Sroject Panagement and Wechnical Dssis physical and institutional infrastructure required for the establish- WDQFH 3URMHFW &RQFept Review Meeting scheduled for 16 August 2012. En ment and efficient functioning of a Strategic Grain Reserves (SGR) for YLURQPHQWDO Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (ARTF). Consulting services emergency relief and limited price stabilization. Appraisal scheduled WR EH determined. Ministry of Urban Development Affairs, Afghanistan for 26 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126288. US$ 12.0 (JSDF). Consultants will be required. Ministry Bangladesh of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Jamal Mena, Karte Sakhi, Afghanistan Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Improving Agricultural Inputs Delivery System (IAIDS): (R) Afforestation for Climate Risk Reduction: The objective is The objective is to increase adoption of improved crop production to mitigate the impact of climate change on both the coastal and hilly technologies through expanding development of certified seeds and areas of Bangladesh through the afforestation and reforestation of improving access to agricultural inputs of reliable quality. Appraisal mangrove and non-mangrove trees and two strip plantations and the scheduled for 23 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category establishment of core zone and buffer zone forest in Chittagong Hilly B. Project: P120397. US$ 49.0 (ARTF). Consultants will be required. Areas. Appraisal completed on 14 June 2012. First Grant Funding Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Jamal Mena, Karte Request Approval scheduled for 6 September 2012. Environmental Sakhi, Afghanistan, Tel: (93-79) 340-0730, 955-3544, E-mail: asif. Assessment Category B. Project: P127015. US$ 33.8 (BDCC). Con- rahimi@mail.gov.af, Contact: Javid Qaem, Project Director sulting services to be determined. Bangladesh Forest Department, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 811-8671, E-mail: ccf-fd@bforest.gov.bd Finance Modern Food Storage Facilities: The objective is to support the Microfinance Sector Strengthening Additional Financing: development of modern food storage facilities in the country and The objective is to provide access to appropriate financial services to provide food security particularly during disaster. Project Concept the majority of the Afghan population. Project Concept Review Meet- Review Meeting scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental ing scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Assessment Category A. US$ 275.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services PAGE 44 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 to be determined. Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Food feasibility study, detail design and all environment and social rel- and Disaster Management, Bangladesh evant studies. Bangladesh Water Development Board, Ministry of Water Resources, WAPDA Building, Motijheel C/A, Bangladesh, Education Tel: (880-2) 955-1088, Fax: (880-2) 988-3456, E-mail: sarafat. (R) Second Reaching Out of School Children: The objective khan@gmail.com, is to improve equitable access, retention and completion of quality primary education for out-of-school children in under-served areas. Bhutan Decision Meeting completed on 12 July 2012. Appraisal scheduled Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry for mid-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 130.0/6.5 (IDA Credit/AID). Consulting services and implementing (R) Improving Rural Livelihoods: The objectives are to: (a) agency(ies) to be determined. expand the network of rural roads; (b) support public and private measures to enhance agricultural productivity; and (c) strengthen the Reaching Out-of-School Children Additional Financing: The marketing of agriculture commodities. Decision Meeting scheduled objective is to reduce the number of out-of-school children through for 7 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: improved access, quality and efficiency in primary education, espe- P123820. US$ 9.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implement- cially for the disadvantaged children, in support of Government of ing agency(ies) to be determined. Bangladesh’s Education For All (EFA) goals. Bank Approval com- pleted on 4 May 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Proj- Sustainable Financing for Biodiversity Conservation and ect: P120804. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Natural Resources Management: The objectives are to improve Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MoPME), Bangladesh the operational effectiveness and institutional sustainability of the Secretariat, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 861-2484, Fax: (880- Bhutan Trust Fund for Environment Conservation through improved 2) 861-8871, E-mail: rosc@dhaka.net, Contact: Adetokunbo Abiru, conservation management of forests andalpine ecosystems in the Finance Commissioner high altitude northern landscape of Bhutan and greater environ- mental stewardship by local communities. Appraisal scheduled for Energy and Mining 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (R) Renewable Energy and Technical Assistance: The objec- P127490. US$ 4.1 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. tive is to increase access to modern, reliable energy by households Bhutan Trust Fund for Environment Conservation, Chang Lam, PO and enterprises in rural areas of Bangladesh through renewable en- Box 520, Thimpu, Bhutan Tel/Fax: (975-2) 339-863, E-mail: info@ ergy sources. Appraisal scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environmental bhutantrustfund.bt Assessment Category B. Project: P131263. US$ 155.0/7.6/24.5/12.9 Industry and Trade (IDA Credit/AID/BDCC/KFW). Consulting services and implement- ing agency(ies) to be determined. Second Private Sector Development Knowledge Society: The objective is to consolidate Bhutan PSD, ICA analysis and ensu- Finance ing policy decisions analysis to unleash private sectors’ investments Community Empowerment and Development Fund: The in the knowledge economy, partnership with donors/ IFC and oth- objective is to pilot a housing fund for slums in the development ers to implement a proactive policy dialogue in order to support and community empowerment that will counter the problem of Government’s middle income agenda. Project Concept Review Meet- squatting, insecure tenure arrangements and uncontrolled growth ing scheduled for 24 September 2012. Environmental Assessment of slums in Dhaka. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for Category C. US$ 8.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- 4 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 80.0 mined. Ministry of Finance, Bhutan, Tel: (975) 232-4346, Fax: (975) (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Hous- 233-4994, E-mail: ndorji@mof.gov.bt ing and Public Works India Health and Other Social Services Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) Community Climate Change: The objective is to enhance (R) Himachal Pradesh Mid-Himalayan Watershed Devel- the capacity of selected communities to increase their resilience to opment Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) reverse the impacts of climate change. Negotiations completed on 17 June the process of degradation of the natural resource base; (b) improve 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 31 October 2012. Environmental the productive potential of natural resources and incomes of the Assessment Category B. Project: P125447. US$ 12.5 (BDCC). Con- rural households; and (c) support policy and institutional develop- sulting services to be determined. Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation ment to harmonize watershed development projects and policies (PKSF), E-4/B, Agargaon Administrative Area, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, across the State in accordance with best practices. Decision Meeting Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 914-0056, Fax: (880-2) 912-6244, scheduled for 17 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category E-mail: pksf@pksf-bd.org, Contact: Dr. Quazi Mesbahuddin Ahmed, B. Project: P130944. US$ 37.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to Managing Director be determined. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Room No. 329, Transportation Armsdale HP Secretariat, Shimla, India, Tel: (91-177) 262-1871, Fax: Second Rural Transport Improvement: The objective is to (91-177) 262-8474 improve rural accessibility in project areas (covering 26 districts) (R) Second Karnataka Watershed Development: The objec- and strengthen institutional capacity for sustainable rural road tive is to demonstrate more effective watershed management through maintenance. Bank Approval scheduled for 2 October 2012. Envi- greater integration of programs related to rainfed agriculture, innova- ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P123828. US$ 302.0 tive and science based approaches, and strengthened institutions and (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Local Government En- capacities. Negotiations scheduled for 16 July 2012. Environmental gineering Department, LGED Bhaban, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Assessment Category B. Project: P122486. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-2) 811-4804, Fax: (880-2) No consultants are required. Watershed Development Department, 811-6390, E-mail: pdrtip_lged@yahoo.com, Contact: Md. Abdul Government of Karnataka, 7th Floor, KHB Complex, Cauvery Bha- Quader, Project Director van, KG Road, Bangalore, India, Tel: (91-80) 2212-9601, E-mail: Sujala@vsnl.net, Contact: M.S. Goudar, Commisioner Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Coastal Embankment Improvement: The objective is to in- Phase II: The objectives are to improve and sustain the produc- crease the resilience of the coastal population to tidal flooding and tive potential of natural resources and rainfed agriculture, and in- natural disaster by upgrading and rehabilitating the embankment crease incomes of rural inhabitants in selected watersheds through system. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 December 2012. Environ- socially inclusive, institutionally and environmentally sustainable mental Assessment Category A. Project: P128276. US$ 340.0/25.0 approaches. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 Au- (IDA Credit/CIF). Consultants have been engaged to prepare the gust 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA AUGUST 2012 South Asia Region PAGE 45 Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0/50.0 (IBRD/CIF). determined. Consulting services to be determined. Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Bihar Rural Livelihood Additional Financing: The objective Government of India, Ministry of Power, 4th Floor, Sewa Bhawan, is to enhance social and economic empowerment of the rural poor R.K, Puram 110-066, India, Tel: (91-11) 2617-8316, Fax: (91-11) 2617- in Bihar. Signing scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental 9699 Assessment Category B. Project: P130546. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Partial Risk Sharing Facility in Energy Efficiency and Re- No consultants are required. Government of Bihar, Bihar Rural newables: The objective is to develop a performance contracting Livelihoods Promotion Society, Vidyut Bhavan, Annex II, 1st Floor, industry in energy efficiency and renewable industry in India, using Bailey Road, India, Tel: (91-612) 250-4980, Fax: (91-612) 254-4960, innovative financial product. GEF Council Approval scheduled for E-mail: info@brlp.in, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 19.8 Uttar Pradesh Water Sector Restructuring Phase 2: The (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Bureau of Energy objectives are to: (a) assist the Government to strengthen their insti- Efficiency, Government of India, Ministry of Power, 4th Floor, Sewa tutional and policy framework for integrated water resources man- Bhawan, R.K, Puram 110-066, India, Tel: (91-11) 2617-8316, Fax: agement for the entire State; and (b) enable the farmers in targeted (91-11) 2617-9699 irrigated areas to increase their agricultural productivity and water Super Efficient Equipment Program: The objective is to scale- use efficiency. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 September 2012. up and speed up the rate of energy efficiency market transforma- Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122770. US$ 400.0 tion in the area of end-use appliances and equipment. Preparation (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Government of scheduled for 3 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Uttar Pradesh, Irrigation Department, Sachivalaya, Lucknow, India, US$ 150.0/50.0 (IBRD/CIF). Consulting services to be determined. Tel: (91-522) 223-8461, Fax: (91-522) 223-6957 Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, Ministry of Power, 4th Floor, Sewa Bhawan, R.K, Puram 110-066, India, Tel: (91-11) Education 2617-8316, Fax: (91-11) 2617-9699 Secondary Education: The objective is to help the Government in achieving more equitable access to good quality secondary educa- Finance tion. Bank Approval completed on 22 March 2012. Environmental (R) Financing Affordable Housing: The objective is to increase Assessment Category B. Project: P118445. US$ 500.0/90.0 (IDA access to creditworthy low-income and economically weaker section Credit/DFID). No consultants are required. Ministry of Human Re- families to housing finance. Appraisal scheduled for 20 July 2012. source Development, Room No.107, D Wing, Shashtri Bhawan, New Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P119039. US$ 300.0 Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2338-1096, Fax: (91-11) 2338-4306, E-mail: (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to radha.edu@nic.in, Contact: Marie Alphonse Itoua, Coordinator be determined. Informal Settlements Improvement: The objective is to pro- Energy and Mining vide support for Rajiv Awas Yojana, a centrally-sponsored program (R) Network for Climate Technology Innovations: The objec- to pursue an agenda for slum free cities, to be led by the Ministry tive is to convene different players to bring innovations that could of Housing and Poverty Alleviation. Appraisal scheduled for 7 July help bring new technologies to the market. Project Concept Review 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Meeting completed on 22 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Housing and Urban Category C. US$ 10.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Poverty Alleviation, Government of India, Nirman Bhavan, New Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, Ministry of Power, Delhi, India 4th Floor, Sewa Bhawan, R.K, Puram 110-066, India, Tel: (91-11) 2617-8316, Fax: (91-11) 2617-9699 Health and Other Social Services (R) North Eastern Region Power System Improvement: The (N) Fourth National HIV/AIDS Control: The objective is to objective is to improve and sustain the availability and reliability of increase safe behaviors among high risk groups in order to contrib- electricity supply in the North Eastern Region through transmission ute to the national goal of reversal of the HIV epidemic by 2017. and distribution system augmentation and strengthening of institu- Negotiations scheduled for 26 September 2012. Environmental As- tional structures. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 12 sessment Category B. Project: P130299. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). June 2012. Preparation scheduled for 1 July 2012. Environmental No consultants are required. National AIDS Control Organization, Assessment Category A. US$ 425.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to MOHFW, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2335-1700, E-mail: na- be determined. Power Grid, India, Tel: (91-124) 257-1955, E-mail: coasdg@gmail.com arun@powergridindia.com, Contact: Arun Kumar, Executive Direc- (R) Karnataka Health Additional Financing: The objective is tor (BD).; Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL), Lum- to improve health service delivery, public-private collaboration, and jingshai, Short Round Road, Shillong, India, Tel: (91-364) 259-0289, financing, particularly for the benefit of underserved and vulnerable Fax: (91-364) 259-1174, E-mail: cdsaio@rediffmail.com, Contact: C groups in Karnataka. Appraisal scheduled for 18 July 2012. Envi- D Saio, Director (Distribution).; Electricity Department, Manipur, ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130395. US$ 70.0 (IDA Keisampat, Imphal, India, Tel: (91-385) 245-0050, Fax: (91-385) Credit). Consultants will be required for preparation/implementation 245-1172, E-mail: n.dwijen@gmail.com; Assam State Electricity of (a) Organizational Development and Quality Assurance Program; Board, Bijulee Bhawan, Paltan Bazar, Guwahati, India, Tel: (91-361) (b) performance based contracting; (c) Road Safety and Emergency 273-9520, Fax: (91-361) 223-7062, E-mail: pmu_aseb@rediffmail. Health Services; (d) Non-Communicable Disease pilot screening com; Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL), Bidyut and treatment; and (e) Information Communication Technology Bhavan, Banamalipur, Agartala, India, Tel: (91-381) 231-8001, Fax: interventions. Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govern- (91-381) 231-9427, E-mail: cmd.tsecl@rediffmail.com ment of Karnataka, Contact: Mr. S. Selva Kumar Luhri Hydro Electric: The objective is to increase the supply of (R) Tuberculosis II Additional Financing: The objective is to clean, renewable, low-carbon and peaking energy to India’s northern improve and expand diagnosis and treatment of both first-line and grid and to enhance the reliability of the grid. Pre-appraisal sched- multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the public and private sectors. uled for 15 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Decision Meeting completed on 5 July 2012. Appraisal scheduled A. Project: P102843. US$ 650.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be for 7 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: determined. SJVN Limited, Himfed Building, New Shimla, India, P118832. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required for Tel: (91-177) 267-0741/0064/0490, Fax: (91-177) 267-0642, E-mail: design and implementation of public-private collaboration and ICT sjvncp@yahoo.co.in, cpsjvn@hotmail.com related interventions. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Central National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency: The ob- TB Division jective is to scale-up actions to implement energy efficiency im- Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Systems provements in some of the most energy-intensive large industries. Strengthening and Nutrition Improvement Program: The Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 19 September 2012. objectives are to support the Government to strengthen: (a) the policy PAGE 46 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 framework, systems and capacities at the national level and in 8 se- Transportation lected states to deliver quality ICDS services, especially in nutritional (R) Assam State Roads (Ln. 81360-IN): The objective is to outcomes; and (b) the policy/institutional framework and state level provide road users in Assam with good quality and better man- stewardship for multi-sectoral nutrition planning and implementa- aged state highways and major district roads. Signing scheduled tion. Negotiations scheduled for 21 September 2012. Environmental for 27 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Assessment Category C. Project: P121731. US$ 106.0 (IDA Credit). P096018. US$ 320.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Public Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Woman and Child Works Department, Assam, Sachivalaya, Dispur, India Tel/Fax: Development, 6th Floor, A Wing, Shastri Bhawan, India, Tel: (91-11) (91-361) 226-1678, E-mail: as-guwl@nic.in, Contact: Mohan Boro, 2338-7683, Fax: (91-11) 2307-0479, E-mail: jscw.wcd@nic.in Commissioner and Special Secretary Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Second Gujarat State Highway: The objective is to improve the overall efficiency of the Gujarat state road sector. Decision Meet- (R) Bihar Panchayat Strengthening: The objective is to improve ing scheduled for 20 December 2012. Environmental Assessment the autonomy, capacity and accountability of Panchayati Raj Institu- Category A. Project: P114827. US$ 350.0/225.0 (IBRD/SPF). Con- tions in select districts by: (a) implementing government anti-poverty sultants will be required. Government of Gujarat, Block 4, 2nd Floor, schemes and undertake discretionary development initiatives that New Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar, India, Tel: (91-79) 2325-1801/02, are responsive to community needs; and (b) improving the policy and Fax: (91-79) 2325-2509, E-mail: secrnb@gujarat.gov.in administrative environment to enable PRIs function. Negotiations HP State Roads Additional Financing: The objective is to con- scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category tinue assisting the cost overrun associated with (a) increased costs B. Project: P102627. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be of the upgrading works; (b) increased costs of resettlement and required for the entire set up in the Gram Swaraj Society at the state, rehabilitation assistance; and (c) addition of institutional strength- district and block level. Government of Bihar, Bikas Bhawan, Patna, ening measures. Negotiations scheduled for 8 August 2012. En- India, Tel: (91-612) 220-2229, Fax: (91-612) 220-0991, Contact: vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P130616. US$ 61.7 Girish Shankar, Principal Secretary (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Himachal Himachal (R) Bihar Social Protection: The objective is to increase the Pradesh Road and Other Infrastructure Development Corporation poverty reduction impact of social protection (SP) programs for the Ltd Palika Bhawan, Talland, India Tel/Fax: (91-177) 262-0663, E- poorest and most vulnerable households in Bihar through systemic mail: pdsrp-hp@nic.in improvements and demonstrated innovations in SP program deliv- National Highways Interconnectivity Improvement: The ery. Decision Meeting scheduled for 9 August 2012. Environmental objective is to improve connectivity in less-developed areas in proj- Assessment Category B. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services ect states by upgrading selected sections of the National Highway and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (NH) network and to strengthen the sector capacity for develop- (R) Delhi Urban Management: The objective is to improve the ment and management of NH network assets and road safety. Ne- efficiency and coordination of urban management of Delhi metro gotiations scheduled for 9 October 2012. Environmental Assessment region. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 January Category A. Project: P121185. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will 2013. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). be required. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-23) 739-085, Fax: termined. (91-11) 2371-5047, E-mail: aks5858@yahoo.in, Contact: A. V. Sinha, Director General (Road Development) and Special Secretary (R) Himachal Pradesh Environmentally Sustainable De- velopment DPL: The objective is to support the Government of Rajasthan Rural Connectivity: The objective is to provide road Himachal Pradesh to integrate principles of sustainable develop- connectivity to smaller habitations below 500 population using least ment in sectoral policies and programs of key development sectors. cost engineering solutions. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Negotiations scheduled for 19 July 2012. Environmental Assessment uled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Category U. Project: P124041. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services 280.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Government of Himachal Pradesh, Room No. 329, to be determined. Armsdale HP Secretariat, Shimla, India, Tel: (91-177) 262-1871, Fax: Second Kerala State Transport: The objectives are to improve (91-177) 262-8474, Contact: Ms. Sarojni Ganju Thakur, Additional traffic flow and road safety on Kerala State’s primary road network, Chief Secretary and to strengthen the institutional and financial capacity of Kerala’s (R) Uttar Pradesh Development Policy Loan: The objective key transport sector agencies. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 is to develop rural infrastructure in the state, including rural power, October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 141.0 sanitation, housing and marketing hubs. This project is no longer (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Kerala Public Works in the lending program. Further reporting will be discontinued. Department, TC/339, JAGAD Buildings, Keston Road, Nanthancode, Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 200.0/100.0 (IBRD/ Kawdiar PO, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India Tel/Fax: (91-471) IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to 231-8946, E-mail: ceprojects@pwd.kerala.gov.in, Contact: Joseph be determined. Mathew, Project Director Orissa Government Effectiveness Development Policy Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Loan: The objective is to focus on inclusive growth and government (R) Karnataka Urban Water Supply Modernization: The effectiveness. Decision Meeting scheduled for 20 December 2014. objective is to support the scale-up of the 24/7 pilots selected cities Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 168.0/82.0 (IBRD/IDA of Belgaum, Gulbarga and Hubli-Dharwad and will include physi- Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be cal investments. Other potential activities include those related to determined. state wide sector reform issues, support to other cities on basic WSS West Bengal Secondary Cities Development and Manage- reforms (e.g. billing systems, energy audits, GIS) and capacity build- ment: The objective is to support urban renewal in Kolkata and ing. Preparation scheduled for 24 September 2012. Environmental expand the delivery of appropriately planned and effectively man- Assessment Category B. Project: P130544. US$ 190.0 (IBRD). Con- aged local and regional urban infrastructure in secondary cities by sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. strengthened urban bodies through an improved urban institutional (R) Northeast India Water Resources and Institutions and financing framework. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Building: The objective is to support the eight Northeastern States for 6 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0 of India to manage their water resources in an integrated and opti- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Urban mized manner for multi-purpose benefits. Project Concept Review Development, Nagarayan, Sector 1, Block DF-8, Salt Lake, Kolkata, Meeting scheduled for 13 December 2012. Environmental Assess- India, Tel: (91-33) 2334-9394, Fax: (91-33) 2334-7880, E-mail: ment Category A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- psecy-ud-wb@nic.in, Contact: Debashis Sen, Principal Secretary termined. Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Vigyan AUGUST 2012 South Asia Region PAGE 47 Bhawan Annexe, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to 2302-2400/2401, Fax: (91-11) 2306-2754 be determined. (R) Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Modernization: (R) Food Security Enhancement: The objective is to enhance The objective is to improve the quality and sustainability of water food security of targeted vulnerable populations in selected regions of and sanitation services to beneficiaries in selected cities through Nepal. Decision Meeting scheduled for 24 July 2012. Environmental the creation of autonomous, accountable and customer oriented Assessment Category B. Project: P128905. US$ 46.5 (GAFS). Con- service providers. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 6 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ (R) One Health Strengthening Zoonotic Disease Prevention 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of and Control: The objective is to complement the Global Agriculture Urban Development, India and Food Security Program (GAFSP) by improving veterinary ser- Kosi Flood Rehabilitation Program Phase II: The objective is vice delivery and developing climate adaptation measures to reduce to increase the State’s agricultural productivity and enhance access vulnerability in animals as well as humans. It would also comple- to markets and agriculture services in targeted areas by increasing ment the AHIF-financed Regional Training Program in Epidemiol- resilience to floods and droughts and supporting the development ogy and Bio-security in South Asia. The loan was signed on 5 July of rural infrastructure. Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130089. US$ 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P127725. 10.0 (AHIF). Consulting services to be determined. Department of US$ 300.0/200.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to be Livestock Services, Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) determined. Government of Bihar, Patna, Bihar, India, Tel: (91-612) 465-0127, Fax: (977-1) 465-0128, E-mail: aicpnep@gmail.com 221-5804, Fax: (91-612) 222-3983 Rajasthan Water Supply and Sanitation: The objective is to Education increase access to improved, affordable and sustained water and Keeping Girls in School-School Sector Reform Program sanitation services of urban and rural communities in Rajasthan. Additional Financing: The objective is to continue to increase Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 28 November 2012. access to and improve quality of school education, particularly ba- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 180.0 (IDA Credit). sic education (Grades 1-8) for children from marginalized groups. Consulting services to be determined. Public Health and Engineering Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 October 2012. Environmental Department (PHED) and GWD (Ground Water Deparment), GoR, Assessment Category B. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be Secretariat Jaipur, Jaipur, India, Tel: (91-141) 222-7654, Contact: required for the design/revision of scholarship targeting. Ministry of Dr. Purshottam Aggarwal, Principal Secretary Education, Keshar Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 441-8784, Third Maharashtra Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Fax: (977-1) 441-2199, E-mail: owa@mail.moe.gov.np (Jalswarajya-II): The objective is to improve the access of rural Energy and Mining communities in Maharashtra to sustainable drinking water and sanitation services and to strengthen the capacity of Water Sup- (R) Kabeli “A” Hydroelectric: The objective is to support the ply and Sanitation institutions for improved sector management. creation of new electricity generation capacity in Nepal. Negotiations Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category US$ 225.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Gov- A. Project: P122406. US$ 42.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to ernment of Maharashtra, Water Supply and Sanitation Department, be determined. Kabeli Energy Limited, Ganga Devi Marga No. 313, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tel: (91-22) 2756-5087, E-mail: Buddha Nagar, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) jalswarajya_pm@hotmail.com 478-5735, Fax: (977-1) 478-5393 (R) Waste to Energy: The objective is to promote off-grid en- Maldives ergy generation through harnessing of waste and combining with Health and Other Social Services appropriate technology solutions. Project Concept Review Meet- ing scheduled for 5 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Pension and Social Protection Additional Financing: The ob- Category B. US$ 8.0 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. jective is to support the Government to implement a system of old age Alternative Energy Promotion Center, Khumaltar Heights, Lalitpur income security and safety nets based on a combination of mandated Sub Metropol, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 553-9390/91, Fax: (977-1) 553- savings and cash transfers to be administered by the Maldives Pen- 9392, E-mail: govind.pokharel@aepc.gov.np, Contact: Dr. Govind sion Administration Office and the Social Protection agency. Bank Raj Pokhrel Approval completed on 2 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory C. Project: P125700. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Finance be required. Government of Maldives, Hilaalee Magu, Male 20389, (R) Financial Sector and Macroeconomic Stability DPL: The Maldives, Tel: (960) 330-9908, Fax: (960) 330-7759, E-mail: ceo@ objective is to support Government’s effort to address financial sector pension.gov.mv, Contact: Mohammed Maniku, CEO and macroeconomic vulnerabilities. The first DPC focuses on urgent Public Administration, Law, and Justice banking and macroeconomic stability issues, while the second aims Second Development Policy Credit: The objective is to help the at supporting the development of a robust and inclusive financial Government implement policy and institutional reforms, in order to sector and maintenance of prudent fiscal management. Preparation mitigate risks and support robust economic performance over the is underway. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA medium-term in macroeconomic and fiscal management, public Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Nepal financial management, and accountability institutions. Project Con- Health and Other Social Services cept Review Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental (R) Sunaula Hazar Din Community Action for Nutrition Assessment Category U. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants (Cr. H7860-NP, Cr. 51370-NP): (formerly First 1000 Days) are required. Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Male, Maldives, The objective is to improve attitudes and practices known to im- Tel: (960) 317-586, Fax: (960) 324-432, E-mail: fiedms@finance. prove the nutritional outcomes of women of reproductive age and gov.mv children under the age of 2. The credit was signed on 13 July 2012. Nepal Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125359. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Consultants will be re- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry quired for implementation: (a) district profiles of risk factors for (R) Agriculture Commercialization and Trade Additional malnutrition; (b) early introduction of a Rapid Results for Nutrition Financing: The objective is to support the Government of Nepal approach in selected VDCs; (c) baseline survey, including detailed in developing the productivity of the agricultural sector and reduc- impact evaluation design; (d) mid-term assessment of process and ing rural poverty. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for outcomes; and (e) end-of project evaluation. Ministry of Federal 26 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 Affairs and Local Development, Sri Mahal, Pulchowk, Nepal, Tel: PAGE 48 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (977-15) 521-727/728, E-mail: info@mld.gov.np, Contact: Bodh Raj E-mail: tarbela4thext@yahoo.com, Contact: Hazrat Umar, General Niroula, Joint Secretary Manager, Tarbela Public Administration, Law, and Justice Dasu Hydropower Stage I: The objective is to add hydropower generation to the total energy mix, reduce electricity shortages, and Poverty Alleviation Fund III: The objective is to continue to in- contribute to the institutional development of WAPDA Hydel which crease institutional structure and policies to deliver services through owns and operates the existing hydropower plants. Project Concept local governments to marginalized communities Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 1 October 2012. Environmental As- Review Meeting scheduled for 1 August 2012. Environmental As- sessment Category A. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be sessment Category B. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services determined. Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. WAPDA House, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-995) 660-198, Fax: (92- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 995) 660-003, E-mail: tarbela4thext@yahoo.com Building Resilience to Climate Related Hazards: The objec- Natural Gas Efficiency: The objective is to enhance the supply tives are to: (a) diminish the impacts of extreme climate-related of natural gas in Pakistan by reducing the physical and commercial events; (b) protect lives and assets; and (b) support agricultural losses of gas in the pipeline system. Bank Approval completed on 26 livelihoods. Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 September 2012. April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120589. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127508. US$ 31.0 US$ 100.0/100.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Hydrol- Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC), Sir Shah Suleman Road, ogy and Meteorology, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) BI-14, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 9902-1000, 425-6193, E-mail: rishisharm@yahoo.com Fax: (92-21) 9923-1604, E-mail: email@ssgc.com.pk, Contact: Syed Hassan Nawab, Dy. Managing Director Transportation Health and Other Social Services Results-based Bridges Improvement and Maintenance: The objective is to improve uninterrupted movement of traffic along (N) Enhanced Nutrition for Mothers and Children: The RE- Nepal’s Strategic Roads Network through support to the Government jective is to assist Pakistan in improving FRYHUDJH RI HIIHFWLYH QXWUL of Nepal’s program of bridge development and maintenance, and tion interventions delivered through the KHDOWK VHFWRU ZLWK D IRFXV strengthened bridge management. The credit was signed on 13 July on the poor and on marginalized groups, LQ RUGHU WR LPSURYH WKH 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125495. US$ nutritional status of children under two years ROG DQG WKDW RI SUHJ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Department nant and lactating women. Project Concept ReYLHZ 0HHWLQJ VFKH- of Roads, Babar Mahal, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tel: (977-1) 426-2675, duled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment &DWHJRU\ & 86 Fax: (977-1) 426-2693, E-mail: dgdor@dor.gov.np, Contact: Mr. Hari 55.0/34.9 (IDA Credit/AUSL). Consulting services DQG LPSOHPHQ Bhakta Shrestha, Deputy Director General ting agency(ies) to be determined. KP and FATA Emergency Recovery Credit: The objective is to Pakistan assist Government of Pakistan/KP/FATA restore social protection through income transfers and cash for work opportunities to the most Education affected households and vulnerable groups in the areas affected by (R) Promoting Girls’ Education in Balochistan: The objec- military operation against militants and floods. This project is on hold tive is to increase girls’ access to quality education in Balochistan. until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Negotiations scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environmental Assessment P121394. US$ 250.0/35.0 (IDA Credit/PKNF). Consultants will be Category B. Project: P128096. US$ 10.0 (PKNF). Consultants will be required. Provincial Relief Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority required for GPS coding of schools in Balochistan. Government of (PaRRSA), Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-3855, Fax: (92-91) 921-4025, Balochistan, Planning and Development, Civil Secretariat, Pakistan, E-mail: shakeelqadir@pdma.gov.pk, Contact: Shakee Qadir Khan, Tel: (92-81) 920-2754, Fax: (92-81) 920-2132, E-mail: umerbabar@ Director General hotmail.com Punjab Health Sector Reform: The objective is to strengthen (R) Second Sindh Education Sector Additional Financ- health systems and improve health services, particularly for the ing: The objective is to further support the provincial Government poor through service delivery and management reforms; systems of Sindh to potentially enhance the impact and effectiveness of its development interventions including increased accountability, and medium-term Sindh Education Sector Reform Program. Project Con- improved governance in the health sector and restructuring of the cept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 August 2012. Environmental Department of Health. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 August Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123394. US$ to be determined. Reform Support Unit, NJV Building, M.A. Jinnah 135.0/100.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/DFID/HRBF). Consulting services Road, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: (92-21) 3277-7923, E-mail: parvez-see- to be determined. Department of Health, Government of Punjab, har@gmail.com, Contact: Parvez Seehar, Chief Program manager Civil Secretariat, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9921-0749, Fax: Gilgit-Baltistan Education: The objective is to improve access (92-42) 921-1710 to and the quality of education in Gilgit-Baltistan. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 September 2013. Environmental Industry and Trade Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Economic Revitalization for KP and FATA: The objectives to be determined. Department of Education, Education Department, are to: (a) rehabilitate, revitalize the small and medium enterprises Civil Secretariat, Gilgit, Pakistan, Tel: (92-5811) 920-212, Contact: affected by crisis and floods; (b) promote private sector investment Ijaz Asad Rasool, Secretary and PPPs; and (c) build institutional capacity of KP and FATA for long-term economic growth. Bank Approval completed on 22 August Energy and Mining 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P124268. (R) Fourth Tarbela Extension Hydropower (Ln. 81440- US$ 20.0 (PKNF). Consultants will be required. Government of PK, Cr. 50790-PK): The objectives are to help the country to add Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-0516, hydropower generation to the total energy mix, reduce electricity Contact: Mian Khalidullah Jan, Deputy Project Director.; FATA shortages (which are constraining economic growth and efforts at Secretariat, Warsak Road, Peshawar, Pakistan Tel/Fax: (92-91) 520- poverty alleviation) and contribute to the institutional development 0720, E-mail: pdrlcip@gmail.com, Contact: Muhammad Fahim, of WAPDA Hydel which owns and operates the existing 3,478 MW Project Director Tarbela Hydropower Plant. Bank Approval completed on 20 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P115893. Public Administration, Law, and Justice US$ 400.0/440.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. (N) Punjab Governance Reforms for Service Delivery: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), WAPDA House, objHctive is to support public sector management constraints to LP Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-995) 660-198, Fax: (92-995) 660-003, prove service delivery performance in selected sectors of WKH Govern- AUGUST 2012 South Asia Region PAGE 49 ment of Punjab. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 Regional August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry be determined. (R) Third Phase of the APL on Strengthening Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection in Asia: The objective is (R) KP and FATA Governance Reforms: The objective is to help to assist the participating governments of India and others to build KP and FATA Governments design and implement the Governance or enhance shared capacity, institutions, knowledge and incentives program and facilitate sectoral reforms. The loan was signed on to collaborate in tackling illegal wildlife trade and other selected 11 October 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: regional conservation threats to habitats in border areas. Decision P126425. US$ 6.0 (PKNF). Consulting services to be determined. Meeting completed on 26 June 2012. Negotiations scheduled for 4 FATA Secretariat, Warsak Road, Peshawar, Pakistan Tel/Fax: (92- September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: 91) 520-0720, E-mail: pdrlcip@gmail.com, Contact: Pir Muhammad P128275. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required dur- Zahoor Khan, PCNA Coordinator.; Government of Khyber Pakh- ing the preparation stage, to support the design of implementation tunkhwa, Peshware, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-5458, Fax: (92-92) arrangements and fiduciary aspects. Ministry of Environment and 921-0498, E-mail: pcnakp@hotmail.com, Contact: Asad Ali Khan, Forests, Delhi, India Tel/Fax: (91-11) 2436-4791, E-mail: igfwl-mef@ Coordinator nic.in, Contact: Dr. S K Khanduri, Inspector General.; Ministry of (R) Punjab Land Records Management and Information Environment and Forests, Delhi, India, Tel: (91-11) 2618-2484, Fax: Systems Additional Financing: The objective is to improve the (91-11) 2616-0751, Contact: Ms. Rina Mitra, Additional Director land records service delivery of the Province of Punjab, contribut- ing to long-lasting tenure security and more efficient functioning Education of land markets, and to establish a basis for fuller integration of Asian University for Women: The objective is to support the information associated with land rights. Negotiations completed Asian University for Women to establish a center for educational on 9 July 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 11 September 2012. excellence to train future women leaders of Asia and will provide Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P131266. US$ 70.0 the students from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic back- (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Governmentt of Punjab, grounds in Asia with a better chance to realize their intellectual 57-C-II Gulberg III, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9926-8047, Fax: potential. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 16 August (92-42) 9926-8049, E-mail: dpd@punjab-zameen.gov.pk, Contact: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Irfan Elahi, Project Director Consultants will be required. Asian University for Women, 20/A M. M. Ali Road, Chittagong, Bangladesh, Tel: (880-31) 285-4980, Fax: (R) Punjab Urban Management Improvement: The objectives (880-31) 285-4988, E-mail: info@asian-university.org are to support the Government of Punjab to establish an effective institutional and fiscal framework for the management and gover- Sri Lanka nance of metropolitan areas in Punjab to be better positioned and capacitated to deliver sustainable municipal services. Negotiations Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Regional Economic Development: The objective is to enhance B. Project: P112901. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be the capacity of the Government of Sri Lanka to lead and manage required. Planning and Development Board, Government of Punjab, regional growth with inclusive development in the lagging regions Civil Secretariat, Lahore, Pakistan, Tel: (92-42) 9921-4069, Fax: (92- through economic integration. Project Concept Review Meeting 42) 735-3572/921-0091, Contact: Javaid Aslam, Chairman scheduled for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory A. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing (R) Revenue Mobilization DLI: The objectives are to build a agency(ies) to be determined. modern tax system and a transparent, effective and results-oriented tax administration so as to facilitate and improve tax compliance with Finance tax laws. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 16 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Consulting services Warehouse Receipts: The objective is to establish a mechanism to be determined. Federal Board of Revenue, Constitution Avenue, for Smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs to access sustain- Shahra-e-Dastoor, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 920-3399, able commercial financing and ensure food security. First Grant Fax: (92-51) 920-8864, E-mail: taxreforms@fbr.gov.pk, Contact: Funding Request Approval completed on 1 June 2012. Environmen- Samir Khan, FBR Member.; Federal Tax Ombudsman-Pakistan, 5- tal Assessment Category B. US$ 6.5 (GFCR). Consulting services to be A, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan, Tel: (92-51) 921-1382, determined. Ministry of Finance and Planning, Secretariat, Colombo Contact: Sajid Khan, Advisor 1, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 248-4510, Fax: (94-11) 243-3349, E-mail: st@treasury.gov.lk Transportation Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) MDTF FATA Emergency Rural Roads: The objectives are Second Health Sector Development: The objectives are to to construct and improve priority segments of rural roads in the improve quality, efficiency, and equity of health services and reduce Bajaur and Orakzai Agencies of the Federally Administered Tribal out-of-pocket expenditures by the poor for health care. Decision Areas (FATA) with a view to improve access and mobility. Bank Meeting scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Approval scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118806. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Category B. US$ 16.0 (PKNF). Consulting services to be determined. services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Works and Services Department, Works and Services Department Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection FATA, FATA Secretariat, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 9211-1725, Fax: (92-91) 9211-1835, E-mail: c.engineer.fata@gmail.com, Contact: (R) Metro Colombo Urban Development (Ln. 81450-LK): Khalid Shah, Chief Engineer The objectives are to: (a) reduce flooding in the catchment of the Colombo Water Basin; and (b) strengthen the capacity of local au- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection thorities in the Colombo Metropolitan Area (CMA) to rehabilitate, improve and maintain local infrastructure and services through (R) KP South Area Development: The objective is to improve selected demonstration investments. The loan was signed on 18 May the livelihoods and services in selected districts of South KP. Project 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122735. US$ Concept Review Meeting completed on 21 June 2012. Preparation 213.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Project Management is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 18.0 Unit, Metro Colombo Urban Development Project, 15/5 Baladak- (PKNF). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Khy- sha Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tel: (94-11) 233-3930, Contact: ber Pakhtunkhwa, Peshawar, Pakistan, Tel: (92-91) 921-0516 Rohan Seneviratne, Project Director PAGE 50 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 for 19 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 22.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Water Sector Europe and Central Asia Development Project Implementation Unit, Vardanants 3, Yere- van, Armenia, Tel: (374-2) 540-643, Fax: (374-2) 540-472, E-mail: Albania aghazaryan@wsdp.am Finance Education Financial Sector Draw Down Option: The objective is to im- Education: The objective is to support the Government in two main prove risk monitoring, crisis management and macro-prudential endeavors: (a) enhance the quality of General Secondary Education frameworks by adopting a key set of policy and regulatory measures and (b) support Tertiary Education reforms in the context of the at the Central Bank, Ministry of Finance and at the deposit insurer. Bologna Declaration. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Appraisal scheduled for 7 September 2012. Environmental Assess- for 7 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0 ment Category U. Project: P130092. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Project Implementa- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tion Unit (PIU), 73 Vratsyan Street, 0070 Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 575-690, Fax: (374-10) 559-750, E-mail: cfep@arminco. Public Administration, Law, and Justice com, Contact: Hasmik Ghazaryan, Director Governance and Competitiveness Programmatic Develop- ment Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen governance Finance and the business environment; and (b) boost competitiveness of (R) Long Term Finance: The objective is to provide long-term the private sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. financing to private enterprises through the Panarmenian Bank Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P122138. US$ 50.0 (PAB). Identification scheduled for 22 October 2012. Environmental (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Bul: Desh- Assessment Category F. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and moret e Kombit Nr. 4, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 267-654, Fax: implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (355-4) 227-937, E-mail: budget.director@minfin.gov.al, Contact: Health and Other Social Services Nezir Haldeda, Deputy Minister (R) Non-communicable Diseases Prevention and Control: Second Governance and Competitiveness Development The objectives are to: (a) improve the health care system responsive- Policy Loan: The objectives are to strengthen governance and the ness in prevention, early detection and management of NCDs for two business environment by supporting reforms related to water man- major causes of mortality, cardiovascular diseases and malignant agement and inspections; and boost competitiveness of the private neoplasm; and (b) implement a wide range of cost-effective initia- sector by supporting improvements to the higher education system tives at population and facility level aimed at the prevention and and expansion of information and communication technology ser- control of these diseases. Preparation completed on 22 June 2012. vices. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 5 October 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 September 2012. Environmental Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consult- Assessment Category B. Project: P128442. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Consultants will be required. Health PIU, 17 Shirvanzade Street, Third Governance and Competitiveness PDPL: The objective Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 297-536, E-mail: healthpiu@gmail. is to strengthen the governance and competitiveness of Albania’s com, Contact: Gurgen Dumanyan, Director economy. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 10 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Public Administration, Law, and Justice Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Bul: Desh- (R) Development Policy Operation I: The objective is to sup- moret e Kombit Nr. 4, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 267-654, Fax: port the Government’s development objective of protecting the poor (355-4) 227-937, E-mail: budget.director@minfin.gov.al, Contact: and vulnerable and promoting the competitiveness of the Armenian Nezir Haldeda, Deputy Minister economy. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 25.0/47.0 (IBRD/ Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to (R) Water Resources and Irrigation: The objectives are to be determined. support: (a) integration water resources management, strengthen (R) Public Expenditure Management and Tax Adminis- sector’s legal, regulatory and institutional framework; (b) dam reha- tration Modernization (Cr. 51140-AM): The objectives are bilitation and dam safety; and (c) irrigation and drainage rehabilita- to strengthen efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and account- tion and strengthen capacities and institutions. Decision Meeting ability in public financial management and revenue administration. scheduled for 21 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category The credit was signed on 9 July 2012. Environmental Assessment B. Project: P121186. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Category C. Project: P111942. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants termined. Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Durresi will be required. Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia, Street 27, Sheshi, Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-42) 250-223, 425-9333, 1 Melik-Adamyan, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: (374-10) 595-304, Fax: Fax: (355-42) 270-627, 422-3917, Contact: Mr. Idlir Gumbardhi, (374-10) 528-742, E-mail: vache.gabrielyan@minfin.am, Contact: Chief of Water Resources Sector Vache Gabrielyan, Minister of Finance Water Sector Investment: The objectives are to: (a) improve the reliability of water service and cost recovery in the Durres region; Transportation and (b) support the Government’s efforts to implement its sector Lifeline Road Network Improvement: The objective is to strategy, including meeting EUaccession requirements, while sup- improve access of agriculture and livestock industries to markets porting the broader reform agenda at the national level. Decision and to reduce the long-term cost of transportation in Armenia on Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. Environmental Assess- lifeline roads. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 September 2012. ment Category B. Project: P102733. US$ 40.0/40.0 (IBRD/EUIB). Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126782. US$ 45.0 Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Public Works and (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Transport Transport, Rruga ami Frasheri Tirana, Albania, Tel: (355-4) 225- and Communications, 28 Nalbandyan Street, Yerevan, Armenia, Tel: 6091, Contact: Edmond Ali, General Director (374-10) 545-748, Fax: (374-10) 580-523, E-mail: abakhtamyan@ transportpiu.am, Contact: Alexander Bakhtamyan, Director Armenia Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Azerbaijan (R) Second Irrigation Rehabilitation: The objective is to reduce Health and Other Social Services the cost of water through reduction of energy cost and finding ways (R) Health Sector Reform Additional Financing: The objec- through which the WUAs can reduce the total amount of fallow land tives are to: (a) improve overall health system stewardship and fi- within the command areas of the systems. Pre-appraisal scheduled nancing; and (b) enhance equitable access to technical and perceived AUGUST 2012 Europe and Central Asia Region PAGE 51 quality of essential healthcare services, in the selected districts in a (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Europa RE, fiscally responsible and sustainable manner with a view to improv- Weinbergstrasse 56/58, Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: (41-44) 380-5090, ing health outcomes. Appraisal completed on 19 June 2012. Nego- E-mail: heinz.vollenweider@europa-re.com, Contact: Mr. Heinz tiations scheduled for 2 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Vollenweider, Chairman of the Board Category F. Project: P129093. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Bosnia and Herzegovina Small and Medium Enterprises be required. Ministry of Health, 4 Kicik Deniz St Baku, Azerbaijan, Access to Finance Additional Finance: The objective is to Tel: (994-12) 493-2977, E-mail: sabdullayev65@yahoo.com, Contact: provide additional financing for the Bosnia and Herzegovina small Zackiya Mustafayeva, Chief of Staff and medium enterprises (SME) access to finance project aimed at (R) Second Rural Investment (AZRIP) (Ln. 81890-AZ): enhancing access to finance for SMEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The objectives are to strengthen the capacity of communities and Bank Approval completed on 17 May 2012. Environmental Assess- municipalities for long-term sustainable development, expand access ment Category F. Project: P129914. US$ 120.0 (IBRD). No con- to rural infrastructure and support rural livelihoods. Bank Approval sultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Economy/Industry, completed on 5 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Trg Republike Srpske 1, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: Project: P122944. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. (387-51) 339-155, E-mail: maem_baragoita@hotmail.fr, Contact: AZRIP PMU in State Agency on Agricultural Credit, 40 U. Hadjibekov HE Said Baragoita, Minister Street, Government House, 8th Floor Room 801, AZ 1016 Baku, Azerbaijan Tel/Fax: (994-12) 493-4813, E-mail: asubhan@azerotel. Health and Other Social Services com, Contact: Soubhan Asgerov, Project Director (R) Second Bosnia Public Expenditure Development Policy Lending: The objectives are to: (a) increase social assistance to the Industry and Trade poor while reducing the fiscal deficit and creating fiscal space for Agricultural Development Credit: The objectives are to: (a) poverty-reducing growth; (b) improve the structure and efficiency enhance competitiveness of agricultural products, (b) increase ru- of public expenditures; and (c) reduce social contribution rates and ral productivity and incomes; and (c) enhance agricultural support pressures on private sector wages from faster wage growth in the services including advisory and veterinary services. Decision Meet- public sector. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 9 June ing scheduled for 4 September 2012. Environmental Assessment 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2012. Environmen- Category F. Project: P122812. US$ 35.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- tal Assessment Category U. Project: P121158. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No vices to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, 40, U. Hajibayov consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and Treasury, Trg BiH Street, Government House, Baku AZ1016, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 1, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 205-245, Fax: 497-1301, E-mail: adcp@agroagency.gov.az, Contact: Mr. Huseyn (387-33) 202-930, E-mail: b.ramovic@mft.gov.ba, Contact: Bejta Huseynov, Director Ramovic, Head of Department (R) Third Bosnia Public Expenditure Development Policy Transportation Loan: The objectives are to: (a) increase social assistance to the Fourth Highway: The objectives are to: (a) support the improve- poor; (b) improve the structure and efficiency of public expenditures; ment of the main road network to improve Azerbaijan competitive- and (c) reduce social contribution rates and pressures on private ness by strengthen inter-country linkages; and (b) provide greater sector wages from faster wage growth in the public sector, thereby export market access, and build Azerbaijan’s role as a regional transit enhancing private sector competitiveness. Project Concept Review corridor. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 10 Sep- Meeting scheduled for 17 June 2013. Environmental Assessment tember 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 90.0 Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implement- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Azer Road Service, ing agency(ies) to be determined. 72/4, Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street, AZ1010, Baku, Azerbaijan, Tel: (994- 12) 493-0045, Fax: (994-12) 493-4665, E-mail: silkway@online.az, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Contact: Mr. Javid Gurbanov, Chief of AzerRoadService OJC (R) Real Estate Registration: The objective is to complete the cadastre, harmonize records with the land registry and ensure that all Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection records match the situation on the ground. Negotiations scheduled (R) Hovsan Wastewater Outfall: The objective is to improve for 27 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: coastal water quality to bathing quality standards in the area cur- P128950. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required to rently impacted by the discharges from Hovsan treatment plant. Bank undertake a legal review, cadastre analysis and information tech- Approval scheduled for 30 October 2012. Environmental Assessment nology review. Republic Administration for Geodetic and Property Category A. Project: P112773. US$ 92.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Affairs of the Republic of Srpska, Trg Republike Srpske br.8, Banja required. AzerSu Joint-Stock Company, 67, Moscow Avenue, Baku, Luka, Tel: (387-51) 338-002, E-mail: rgu_sop@inecco.net, Contact: Azerbaijan, Tel: (994-12) 431-4767, Fax: (994-12) 498-3814, E-mail: Tihomir Gligoric, Director.; Federal Administration for Geodetic and cdu@azdata.net, Contact: Farid Mamadov, Vice-President Real-Property Affairs of the Federation of BH, Trg Republike Srpske br.8, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel/Fax: (387-33) Bosnia and Herzegovina 201-784, E-mail: zeljko.obradovic@fgu.com.ba, Contact: Mr. Zeljko Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Obradovic, Director Irrigation Development: The objective is to improve water re- Transportation sources planning and management for sustainable use of the water Sava Waterway Rehabilitation: The objective is to improve the resources in irrigation and drainage as well as flood control. Bank navigability of the Sava River to facilitate the full return to operational Approval completed on 3 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- use of the inland waterway for the first time after the cessation of egory B. Project: P115954. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be hostilities. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 December 2012. En- required. Entities Ministries of Agriculture and MOFTER, Trampina vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P108000. US$ 30.0 4, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 213-099, Fax: (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Transport (387-33) 213-098, E-mail: alojz.dundjer@tel.net.ba, Contact: Alojz and Communications, Fehima ef. Curcica 6, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Dundjer, Project Implementation Unit Director Herzegovina, Tel: (387-33) 254-378, Fax: (387-33) 222-193, E-mail: Finance n.sego@mkt.gov.ba, Contact: Nikola Sago, Secretary Bosnia and Herzegovina EEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Bulgaria Facility APL4: The objective is to help increase access of homeown- ers, farmers, and the enterprise sector and government agencies Transportation to financial protection from losses caused by climate change and (R) Railway Infrastructure Rehabilitation: The objective is geological hazards. Negotiations scheduled for 15 October 2012. to assist the Government to improve the quality of railway infra- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P127788. US$ 5.0 structure services. Bank Approval scheduled for 12 February 2013. PAGE 52 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120192. US$ 101.4 manage the road network and to improve traffic safety. Project Con- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. National Railway Infrastruc- cept Review Meeting scheduled for 2 August 2012. Environmental ture Company, 110 Maria Louisa Blvd, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 932- Assessment Category A. US$ 30.0/40.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consult- 3413, E-mail: office@rail-infra.bg, Contact: Mr. Milko Lambrev, ing services to be determined. Roads Department of the Ministry of General Director Regional Development and Infrastructure (RDMRDI), 12 Kazbegi (R) Railway Sector Development Policy Loan: The objective Avenue, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 237-5068, Fax: (995-32) 313-052, is to support the Government to implement the reform programs to Contact: Irakli Litiniashvili, Deputy Chairman establish a financially sustainable railway sector in Bulgaria. Bank (R) Third East West Highway Improvement Additional Approval scheduled for 12 February 2013. Environmental Assess- Financing: The objective is to support the improvement of the ment Category U. Project: P124868. US$ 115.9 (IBRD). No consul- East-West Highway by widening to four lanes an additional 19 ki- tants are required. Ministry of Transport, 6 Diakom Ignatiy Street, lometers from Ruisi to Gomi. The grant was signed on 28 June 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, Tel: (359-2) 940-9542, Fax: (359-2) 940-9824, 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 43.0 (IDA Grant). E-mail: iaja@mtitc.government.bg, Contact: Mr. Kamen Kitchev, Consultants will be required. Road Department of the Ministry of Deputy Minister Economic Development, 12 Kazbegi Avenue, Tbilisi, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 276-286, Fax: (995-32) 313-052, E-mail: roaddepirakli@ Croatia yahoo.com, Contact: Mr. Irakli Litanishvili, Deputy Chairman Industry and Trade Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) Science and Technology: The objective is to build the finan- Second Regional Development: The objective is to improve in- cial gap between the current innovation financing needs of Croatia frastructure services and institutional capacity related to the tourism and access to European Union in July 2013. It will build on the economy in the tourism and heritage circuits of the Imereti region. previous STP programs and will help the government to develop Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 September 2012. Environmental and maintain a pipeline of projects to be supported by the struc- Assessment Category B. Project: P130421. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). tural funds after 2013. Appraisal scheduled for 4 September 2012. Consulting services to be determined. Municipal Development Fund Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P127308. US$ 26.9 of Georgia, 150 D. Agmashenebeli Ave Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 384- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Science, 509/10/11, Fax: (995-32) 484-555, E-mail: l.chichinadze@mdf.org. education and Sports, Donje Svetice 38, Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) ge 459-4341, E-mail: hrvoje.mestric@mzos.hr, Contact: Hrvoje Mestric, Director, STP Coordinator Hungary Export Finance Intermediation Additional Financing: The Finance objective is to provide medium- and long-term finance to exporters Financial Sector and Macro Stability: The objectives are to sup- and quasi-exporters. The funds will be on loan directly to a wide port: (a) fiscal reforms to ensure long-run fiscal and macro-economic range of sectors through the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and sustainability and restore investor confidence, improving access of Development (HBOR) to Participating Financial Institutions with the government, banks to external funding; and (b) financial stability HBOR acting as an Apex. Bank Approval scheduled for 30 August program, designed to ensure adequate levels of liquidity and capital 2012. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P129220. US$ and stronger supervisory powers. This project is on hold until further 67.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Croatian Bank notice. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P114991. for Reconstruction and Development, Strossmayerov trg 9, 10000 US$ 1413.2 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Zagreb, Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 459-1586, Fax: (385-1) 459-1705, E- H-1051 Budapest, Jozsef Nador Ter 2-4, Budapest, Hungary, Tel: mail: bberkovic@hbor.hr (36-1) 327-2100, Fax: (36-1) 327-2749, E-mail: kommunikacio@ Public Administration, Law, and Justice pm.gov.hu, Contact: Almos Kovacs, State Secretary (R) Economic Recovery DPL 2: The objective is to support eco- Kazakhstan nomic recovery through: (a) enhanced fiscal sustainability through expenditure-based consolidation; and (b) fostered private sector Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry growth. Identification completed on 15 June 2012. Project Concept Second Irrigation and Drainage Improvement: The objective Note scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment is to improve irrigation, drainage systems, water management and Category U. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants have been recruited environmental services and to strengthen agricultural practices and for conducting PSIA. Ministry of Finance, Katanciceva 5, Zagreb, farmers’ information services. Negotiations scheduled for 28 August Croatia, Tel: (385-1) 459-1258, Fax: (385-1) 492-2598, E-mail: ma- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P086592. roje.lang@mfin.hr US$ 131.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of En- vironmental Protection, 31 Pobedy Ave Astana, Kazakhstan, Tel: Georgia (7-3172) 591-972, Fax: (7-3172) 591-973, E-mail: a_braliev@nature. Industry and Trade kz, Contact: Alzhan Braliev, Vice-Minister (R) Competitiveness and Growth DPO I (Cr. 51470-GE): The Education objectives are: to support reforms aimed at enhancing competitive- Youth Corps: The objective is to promote positive youth develop- ness and exports needed in order to achieve sustainable, equitable, ment for youth of Kazakhstan through service learning opportunities and employment generating growth; and to support ongoing efforts that both serve the community and foster constructive engagement at fiscal consolidation through reforms aimed at strengthening man- between youth and society at large. Preparation scheduled for 10 agement of public finances. Signing scheduled for 20 July 2012. September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P129597. US$ 60.0 (TF). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Education (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, 16 and Science of RK, Tel: (7-7172) 742-335, E-mail: m_kozhakhmet@ Gorgasali Street, Tbilisi, Georgia, Tel: (995-32) 446-447, Fax: (995- edu.gov.kz, Contact: Madiyar Kozhakhmet, Director of the Youth 32) 457-455, E-mail: k.kintsurashvili@mof.ge, Contact: Konstantine Policy Department Kintsurashvili, Deputy Minister Energy and Mining Transportation Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: The objectives (R) Fourth East West Highway Improvement: The objectives are to raise awareness about the energy efficiency potential in Ka- are to: (a) support the gradual reduction of road transport costs, zakhstan designing and implementing some sustainable projects for improve access, ease of transit, and road safety along the central part demonstration and awareness of the EE/RE potential and supporting of Georgia’s East-West corridor; and (b) strengthen the capacity of capacity building of Kazakh counterparts in developing a sustainable the Roads Department and relevant Government entities to plan and EE/RE framework, design and implementation capacity. Decision AUGUST 2012 Europe and Central Asia Region PAGE 53 Meeting scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Finance Category B. US$ 21.7 (F7VP). Consulting services to be determined. Financial Sector Markets Infrastructure Additional Financ- Ministry of Industry and New Technologies, 47 Kabanbai Batyr ing: The objective is to assist Central Banking Authority of Kosovo’s Avenue, Astana, Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-3272) 299-010, Fax: (7-3272) (CBAK) capacity to oversee financial system’s stability and develop- 290-853, Contact: Mr. Talgat Mukanov, Head of Energy Efficiency ment in Kosovo with a focus on Payment Systems. Bank Approval Department completed on 14 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 6.9 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Central Bank Transportation of Kosovo, Garibaldi Street No.33, Prishtinë, Kosovo, Tel: (381-38) East-West Roads Western Europe to Western China In- 222-055, Fax: (381-38) 243-763, E-mail: ganigerguri@bqk-kos.org, ternational Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b): The objective is to Contact: Gani Gerguri, Governor increase transport efficiency on the road sections between Almaty and Khorgos and provide more accessible, quality and sustainable Kyrgyz Republic transport and logistics services along the Western Europe to West- Education ern China International Transit corridor. Bank Approval completed on 1 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: (R) Education SWAp Sector Support: The objective is to im- P128050. US$ 1068.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Minis- prove student learning outcomes by a sector support program aligned try of Transport and Communications, RK, Astana, Kabanbai Batyr to scaling up of key policy interventions in teacher management, Av 32/1, Astana, Kazakhstan, Tel: (8-7172) 241-312, Fax: (8-7172) governance and financing and school improvement planning sector- 241-419, E-mail: mtc@mtc.gov.kz, Contact: Mr. Nurlan Omirbayev, wide. Appraisal scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Deputy Chairman Assessment Category C. Project: P113350. US$ 8.3/6.8 (IDA Credit/ IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection and Science, 257 Tynystanov Street, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: Second Elimination of POP Wastes: The objective is to support (996-312) 626-806, Fax: (996-312) 621-520, E-mail: director@rep. the development of environmentally sound management of persis- ktnet.kg, Contact: Gulmira Sultanova, PIU Director tent organic pollutants (POPs) with the country’s obligations under (R) Second Village Investment Additional Financing: The the Stockholm Convention. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- objective is to assure the Social mobilization, capacity building, and uled for 12 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. community-driven design and implementation of community invest- US$ 34.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry ment plans in rural communities. Appraisal scheduled for 6 August of Environmental Protection, 31 Pobedy Ave Astana, Kazakhstan, 2012. Environmental Assessment Category F. US$ 2.0 (IDA Credit). Tel: (7-3172) 591-972, Fax: (7-3172) 591-973, E-mail: a_braliev@ Consulting services to be determined. Community Development and nature.kz Investment Agency, Bokumbaeva 102, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, E-mail: eibraimova@aris.kg Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Phase II: The objective is to improve water resource and environmental manage- Finance ment in the Syr Darya Basin. Pre-appraisal scheduled for 25 October (R) Financial Sector (Cr. 50670-KG, Cr. H7600-KG): The 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P093825. US$ objectives are to: (a) enhance financial sector stability through an 165.8 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Committee for improved regulatory and supervisory framework and resolving prob- Water Resources, Admin Building, Left Bank, Orynbur Ave Bldg lem banks; and (b) increase access to a variety of financial services No. 3, Ent No. 12, Astana, Kazakhstan, Tel: (7-7172) 742-681, Fax: by underserved segments of the market. Bank Approval completed (7-3172) 356-776, E-mail: consultants_astana@nursat.kz on 8 March 2012. Environmental Assessment Category F. Proj- ect: P125689. US$ 13.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Kosovo Kyrgyz Post Office, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 610- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry 069, E-mail: posta@posta.kg, Contact: Jusup Turgunbaev, Director General Agricultural Pollution Control-GEF: The objective is to pro- mote environmentally friendly agricultural practices in the Danube Health and Other Social Services watershed of Kosovo with the aim of reducing nutrient discharge (R) Kyrgyz Second Health and Social Protection: The objec- to soil and water bodies. Preparation is underway. Environmental tives are to: (a) improve the performance of the Kyrgyz Health sector Assessment Category B. US$ 4.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be by strengthening the capacity of MOH; (b) improve social protection determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Develop- interventions; and (c) build the capacity of the Ministry of Health and ment, Boulevard Nene Tereza 35, Prishtina, Kosovo, Tel: (381-38) health providers to deliver the State Guaranteed Benefits Package 211-131, Fax: (381-38) 211-885, E-mail: Uran.Ismaili@ks-gov.net, (SGBP). Preparation scheduled for 6 August 2012. Environmental Contact: Mr. Uran Ismaili, Advisor to the Minister Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Energy and Mining to be determined. Ministry of Health of Kyrgyz Republic, Togolok Moldo St. 1, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 663-707, Fax: (R) Clean-Up and Land Reclamation Additional Financing: (996-312) 660-493, E-mail: a_imanbaev@med.kg, Contact: Dinara The objective is to support the Environmental and Social Impact Sagimbaeva, Minister Assessments in related activities through: (a) Environmental Sector Health Results Based Financing: The objective is to support development via investments in capacity building at the Ministry of improvements in Maternal and Child Health quality of care by Environment and Spatial Planning; and (b) supporting the removal piloting: performance-based payments and/or enhance supervi- of hazardous waste from the former gasification plant at the Kosovo sion; performance-based payments at the primary health care in A power station site. Decision Meeting scheduled for 13 August one rayon; and strengthening the Government’s and providers’ 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 3.2 (IDA Credit). capacity in performance-based contracting, and monitoring and Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance, Pristina, evaluation for results. Bank Approval scheduled for 24 July 2012. Kosovo Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120435. US$ 11.0 Lignite Power: The objective is to support a private sector inde- (HRBF). No consultants are required. Ministry of Health (MOH), pendent power producer and lignite mining company. Appraisal 148 Moskowskaya Street, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-312) 662-680, scheduled for 15 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Fax: (996-312) 661-150, E-mail: n_adnaeva@mz.med.kg, Contact: Project: P118287. US$ 50.0/725.0/725.0 (GUID/ZBIL/ZEXP). No Dr. Nurgul Adnaeva, Head consultants are required. Ministry of Economic Development, Nena Tereza Square, 10000 Pristina, Kosovo, Tel: (381-38) 2002-1505, Industry and Trade Fax: (381-38) 2002-1302, E-mail: agron.dida@ks-gov.net, Contact: First Programmatic Development Policy Operation: The Mr. Besim Beqaj, Minister objective is to support the Government to: (a) strengthen public PAGE 54 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 finance reforms; (b) sharpen competitiveness and enhancing the 1000 Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) attractiveness of private investment; and (c) mitigate social risks 311-7288, Fax: (389-2) 311-7280, E-mail: finance@finance.gov.mk, resulting from the reform program. Decision Meeting scheduled Contact: Ms. Malgorzata Markiewicz-Bogov, Director for 23 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Moldova of Finance, 58 Erkindik Boulevard, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (996-312) 661-350, Fax: (996-312) 661-645, Contact: Akylbek Japa- rov, Minister (R) Agriculture Competitiveness-GEF: The objective is to gen- erate rural income growth by contributing to the enhanced com- Second Development Policy Operation: The objective is to mercialization of key agriculture value chains. The loan was signed continue to support the Government to strengthen governance in on 28 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: the management of public assets and revenues. Project Concept P127125. US$ 4.4 (GEFU). No consultants are required. Ministry Review Meeting scheduled for 6 February 2013. Environmental As- of Environment, Street Cosmonautilor 9, of 614A etaj 6, Chisnau, sessment Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Moldova, Tel: (373-22) 204-507, Fax: (373-22) 226-254, E-mail: and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. info@moldovapops.md, Contact: Mr. Rodion Bajureanu, Deputy Third Development Policy Operation: The objective is to con- Minister tinue to support the Government to strengthen governance in the management of public assets and revenues. Project Concept Review Education Meeting scheduled for 5 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Education Reform: The objective is to ensure the quality of and Category U. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple- access to general education while supporting the efficiency reforms menting agency(ies) to be determined. which will be implemented from 2012-2015 in the education sec- tor. Negotiations scheduled for 11 September 2012. Environmental Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Assessment Category C. Project: P127388. US$ 29.0 (IDA Credit). Energy and Mining Consultants will be required for preparation and implementation Macedonia Energy: The objective is to reduce greenhouse gas stages. Ministry of Education, 1, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, emissions in the national and regional power systems. Decision Chisinau, Moldova, Tel: (373-22) 233-348, Fax: (373-22) 233-515, Meeting scheduled for 25 October 2012. Environmental Assessment E-mail: consilier@edu.md, Contact: Mihail Sleahtitchi, Minister of Category A. Project: P112730. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services Education to be determined. ELEM Macedonian Power Plants, 11 Oktomvri 9, Public Administration, Law, and Justice 1000 Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tel: (389- 23) 149-166, Fax: (389-23) 149-176, E-mail: nevenka.jakimova.fili- (R) Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the povska@elem.com.mk, Contact: Nevenka Jakimova Filipovska, Head Government to implement a new medium-term strategy by focus- of Development Division ing on policy measures that will sustain economic growth, maintain competitiveness and improve the investment climate to achieve Health and Other Social Services their broader vision of increased trade and integration with the (R) Public Expenditure Development Policy Loan: The ob- European Union. Decision Meeting scheduled for 23 August 2012. jective is to support the Government to strengthen the efficiency Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). No of the use of public funds and generate savings that could be re-al- consultants are required. State Chancellery, Piata Vasile Alecsandri, located topriority areas. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled 8A, Chisinau, Moldova Tel/Fax: (373-22) 250-583, E-mail: lucretia. for 23 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 ciurea@gov.md, Contact: Lucretia Ciurea, Chief of Unit, National (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be Aid Coordination Unit Team determined. (R) Strengthening PFM and Tax Administration: The ob- Competitiveness DPL: The objectives are to: (a) strengthen the jective is to strengthen institutions and systems for public finance institutional support for investment attraction and export promotion; management and tax administration in Moldova. Project Concept (b) introduce reforms and instruments to promote skills, quality Review Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2012. Environmental infrastructure services and technology absorption in export-oriented Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services industries; and (c) remove business environment constraints, par- and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ticularly in access to finance. Appraisal scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126038. Montenegro US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry Finance of Finance, Mito Hadzivasilev Jasmin bb, 1000 Skopje, Former Yu- (R) Financial Sector Policy Based Guarantee: The objective goslav Republic of Macedonia, Tel: (389-2) 311-7288, Fax: (389-2) is to support the continued implementation of the financial sector 311-7280, E-mail: suzana.stoimceva@finance.gov.mk, Contact: Su- reform agenda (the second in the series of two programmatic devel- zana Stoimceva, State Adviser opment policy operations) started under PFSDPL1. Bank Approval Industry and Trade completed on 28 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Second Macedonia Competitiveness DPL: The objectives are U. Project: P130157. US$ 79.2 (GUAR). Consulting services to be to: (a) strengthen the institutional and implementation capacity for determined. Ministry of Finance, Stanka Dragojevica 2, 81000 Pod- FDI attraction and export promotion; (b) introduce reforms that gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro, Tel: (382-20) 242-835, Fax: (382-81) bring about better functional factor markets, especially markets for 224-450, E-mail: mf@mif.gov.me; Central Bank of Montenegro, agricultural land, labor and skills; and (c) introduce reforms that Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog 7, Podgorica, Montenegro, Tel: remove sector-specific constraints in key export-oriented sectors. (381-81) 665-363, Fax: (381-81) 665-362, E-mail: mfo@cb-cg.org, Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 February 2013. En- krgoviclj@cb-cg.org vironmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting Montenegro SEEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. APL3: The objective of the third phase of a regional horizontal APL is to help increase access of homeowners, farmers, the enterprise sector Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection and government agencies to financial protection from losses caused (R) Municipal Services Improvement Additional Financ- by climate change and geological hazards. Negotiations scheduled ing: The objective is to improve transparency, financial sustainabil- for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: ity and delivery of targeted municipal services in the participating P127044. US$ 2.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. municipalities. The loan was signed on 11 July 2012. Environmen- Europa RE, Weinbergstrasse 56/58, Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: (41-44) tal Assessment Category B. Project: P129996. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). 380-5090, E-mail: heinz.vollenweider@europa-re.com, Contact: Mr. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, Dame Gruev 14, Heinz Vollenweider, Chairman of the Board AUGUST 2012 Europe and Central Asia Region PAGE 55 Programmatic Financial Sector Development Policy Loan: Meeting scheduled for 8 August 2012. Environmental Assessment The objectives are to: (a) help the authorities cope with the negative Category B. Project: P131138. US$ 11.8 (F7VP). Consulting services effect of global and regional economic downturn on Montenegrin to be determined. International Unionfor Conservation of Nature economy; and (b) support banking sector restructuring. Bank Ap- (IUCN), Rue Mauverney 28, 1196 Gland, Switzerland, Tel: (41-22) proval completed on 1 September 2011. Environmental Assessment 999-0316, Fax: (41-22) 999-0002, E-mail: richard.aishton@iucn. Category U. Project: P116787. US$ 85.0 (IBRD). Consultants will org, Contact: Mr. Richard W. Aishton, Program Coordinator.; WWF be required. Ministry of Finance, Stanka Dragojevica 2, 81000 Pod- International, 26, Ioan Caragea Voda Street, District 1, Bucharest, gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro, Tel: (382-20) 242-835, Fax: (382-81) Romania, Tel: (021) 317-4996, Fax: (021) 317-4997, E-mail: cbucur@ 224-450, E-mail: mf@mif.gov.me, Contact: Milorad Katni wwfdcp.ro, Contact: Mr. Costel Bucur, Program Coordinator Public Administration, Law, and Justice Health and Other Social Services Public Expenditure Development Policy Loan: The objective Improving Blood Safety in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan: The is to focus on the broad policy agenda, targeting improvements in objectives are to: (a) increase the number and share of blood units the efficiency and effectiveness of public expenditures and strength- donated by voluntary donors; (b) reduce the prevalence of HIV, ening the overall policy environment for economic growth. Project HepB, HepC and syphilis in retested blood unit; and (c) increase the Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental share of cases with appropriate clinical use of blood transfusion in Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and all cases which received blood and blood products. Decision Meeting implementing agency(ies) to be determined. scheduled for 22 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (RTF). Consultants will be required for preparation Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection and implementation Tajikistan Republican Blood Center, 1 Proezd, (R) Hot-Spots Cleanup: The objectives are to: (a) design and 16 M.Tursunzade Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tel/Fax: (992-37) implement environmental remediation measures for industrial and 227-3705, E-mail: blood_t@tojikiston.com, Contact: Burkhoniddin hazardous waste disposal sites; and (b) mitigate negative impacts Bakhovatdinov, Director.; Ministry of Health, 60, Mira Prospekt, on environmental resources, public health and the development of Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, Tel: (996-778) 415-646, Fax: (996-312) the tourism sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 September 548-972, E-mail: alim_63@mail.ru, Contact: Tursunbaev Muhamed- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P122139. US$ alim Satkankulovich, Director 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Montenegro, IV Proleterske 19, Podgorica, 81000, Montenegro, Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Tel: (382-20) 618-250, Fax: (382-20) 618-246, Contact: Mr. Danilo (R) Adriatic Sea Environment Program: The objective is to Kujovic, Spec. of Environmental Protection Advisor reduce pollution loads entering the Adriatic Sea from hotspots to restore their ecological balance and improve regional management Poland capacity for transboundary pollution control. Project Concept Review Energy and Mining Meeting scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Building Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support the prepa- Category F. US$ 20.0 (GFIA). Consulting services to be determined. ration of a Program for Results Project that would focus on achiev- Designated Country Institutions ing energy efficiency in buildings. Project Concept Review Meeting Danube Region Water and Wastewater Sector Capacity scheduled for 17 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Building Program: The objective is to support institutional capac- egory U. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ity building and the development of regulatory and policy instru- Ministry of Infrastructure, ul.Chalubinskiefgo 4/6, Warszawa, Po- ments in the water supply and waste water sector in participating land, Tel: (48-22) 630-1359, Fax: (48-22) 630-1909 countries in the Danube Region. Bank Approval completed on 16 April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P128416. Public Administration, Law, and Justice US$ 6.0 (F7VP). Consulting services to be determined. International (R) Development Policy Loan (Ln. 81860-PL): The objective Association of Water Supply Components in the Danube River, Grab- is to support reforms in the areas of public financial management and nergasse 4-6, A-1060, Vienna, Austria, Tel: (431-59) 959-31002, social sectors. Bank Approval completed on 19 June 2012. Signing Fax: (431-59) 959-7311, E-mail: kling@iawd.at, Contact: Mr. Walter scheduled for midJuly 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Kling, Secretary General US$ 1.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, ul.Swietokrzyska 12, Warszawa, Poland, Tel: (48-22) 694-5370, Fax: Romania (48-22) 694-3070, E-mail: michal.baj@mofnet.gov.pl, Contact: Mi- Health and Other Social Services chal Baj, Director of International Department BGK Subnational Lending: The objective is to assist a subna- Results Based Financed Health Sector Reform: The objective tional lending facility for municipalities in the less developed regions is to support the Romanian Health Sector Reform efforts through of Poland. Guaranteed by BGK, a state-owned development bank, enhancing the service delivery system, strengthening financing and which is in the process of being designated as a “comparable agency” payment methods, and improving governance in the health system. in line with the Bank’s Articles. Project Concept Review Meeting Decision Meeting scheduled for 23 May 2013. Environmental Assess- scheduled for 20 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- ment Category C. Project: P121675. US$ 336.8 (IBRD). Consultants egory B. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing will be required. Ministry of Health, Street Ministerului Nr. 1-3, agency(ies) to be determined. Romania, Tel: (40-1) 314-1526, Fax: (40-4) 312-4916, E-mail: calin. alexandru@ms.ro, Contact: Calin Alexandru, Director General Second Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support reforms in the areas of public financial management and social sec- Public Administration, Law, and Justice tors. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 1 November (R) Development Policy Operation Draw Down Option (Ln. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 1000.0 (IBRD). 81760-RO): The objective is to support the Government’s reforms Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be deter- in strategic planning, fiscal management, SOE corporate governance mined. and financial sector with a view to positioning Romania to address Regional the increased volatility in European markets, protect employment, resume economic growth and convergence to the living standards Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry of more advanced EU economies. Signing scheduled for 15 August (R) The European Neighbourhood and Partnership In- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P130051. strument (ENPI) East Countries and Russia Forest Law US$ 1333.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Public Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) 2: The objective is to de- Finance, 17 Apolodor St Romania, Tel: (40-21) 410-3400/1189, Fax: liver a significant support to good forest governance, sustainable for- (40-21) 312-1630, E-mail: cabinet.ministru@mfinante.ro, Contact: est management and protection in the ENPI East countries. Decision Bogdan Dragoi, Minister PAGE 56 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (R) Tax Modernization: The objective is to implement a tax 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) reform program and help modernize the revenue collection system. to be determined. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Microfinance: The objective is to assist the Government to develop Assessment Category C. Project: P130202. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Con- a sustainable, safe and sound national financial cooperative, and sulting services to be determined. National Agency for Fiscal Admin- microfinance system that will enhance access to financial services istration (NAFA), 16 Strada Apolodor, Sector 5, Bucuresti, Romania, by the poorer and underserved segments of the population, espe- Tel: (21) 319-9671, Fax: (749) 151-240, E-mail: relatiipublice.anaf@ cially in the rural areas. Bank Approval scheduled for 15 November mfinante.ro, Contact: Octavian Deaconu, Director of International 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P095554. US$ Cooperation 20.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, 9, Ilyinka Street, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 913-4406, Russian Federation Fax: (7-495) 913-4531, E-mail: p0237_de@minfin.ru, Contact: S.A. Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Storchak, Deputy Minister of Finance Forestry Emergency Response: The objective is to assist with Health and Other Social Services the emergency response to the forest fires of the summer 2010 with (R) Social Inclusion through Sports: The objective is to develop four components: (a) forest fire management; (b) forest institutional an integrated system to provide conditions for regular physical train- support to address legislation policy, governance, forest management ing and sports activities for socially disadvantaged groups, and create planning and capacity building; (c) forest restoration and regenera- pilot test for the municipalities of the Russian Federation with a view tion; and (d) project management. Bank Approval scheduled for 25 to further replication throughout the Russian Federation. Decision September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Meeting scheduled for 20 September 2012. Environmental Assess- P123923. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of ment Category B. Project: P126283. US$ 70.0 (IBRD). Consulting Natural Resources and Ecology, Pyatnitskaya Ulitsa, 59/19, 115184, services to be determined. Ministry of Sports, Tourism and Youth Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 953-3785, Fax: (7-499) Policy, Kazakova Street, 18, 105064, Moscow, Russian Federation, 230-8530, E-mail: lesinfor@aha.ru, Contact: Mr. N.V. Maslyakov, Tel: (7-495) 601-9440, Fax: (7-495) 604-6209, E-mail: varaksin@ Head of the Agency minstm.gov.ru, Contact: Mr. Pavel Varaksin, Lead Expert North Caucasus Federal Okrug Local Initiatives Support: Education The objective is to increase citizen and community involvement in Innovative Development of Preschool Education of Sakha decision making, oversight and monitoring of service delivery in (Yakutia): The objective is to improve the access and quality of target areas, for improved provision of social and communal services. the early childhood care and education services in the Republic of Negotiations scheduled for 2 October 2012. Environmental Assess- Sakha (Yakutia) Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. ment Category B. Project: P120434. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127405. US$ 118.0 will be required. Ministry of Regional Development, Sadovaya-Sa- (IBRD). Consultants will be required for an architect’s assistant, motechnaya Street, Bld. 10/23, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7- permafrost engineer, ECD specialists’ assistant with background in 495) 694-3555, Fax: (7-495) 699-3841, E-mail: Ruslan.Madyarov@ Russia and CIS. Ministry of Education of Sakha (Yakutia), 30 Lenina minregion.ru, Contact: Madiarov Ruslan Valeevich, Head Avenue, Yakutsk city, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-4112) 422-921, Fax: (7-4112) 424-929, E-mail: nsitni@yandex.ru, Contact: Natalia Public Administration, Law, and Justice Sitnikova, Head of General Education Department (R) Public Finance and Financial Sector Modernization: The objective is to strengthen the economic management and over- Energy and Mining sight of financial risks through policy advice and capacity building (R) Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support the Government in the Ministry of Finance, the Federal Tax Service and sub-national in reducing the energy intensity of the economy by 40%, by the year governments. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 28 2020. Negotiations scheduled for 6 August 2012. Environmental February 2011. Decision Meeting scheduled for 11 December 2012. Assessment Category F. Project: P122492. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Con- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P122998. US$ 25.0 sulting services to be determined. Gazprombank and Ministry of (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Federal Tax Service, Neglin- Energy, Russian Energy Agency, Nikitskiy per 5, Moscow, Russian naya Street 23, Moscow 127381, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) Federation, Tel: (7-495) 789-9292, E-mail: Ivanov@rosenergo.gov. 913-0503, Fax: (7-495) 913-0682, E-mail: alo@nalog.ru, Contact: ru, Contact: Ms. Tatiana Yurlova, First Vice President Overchuk Alexei Logvinovich, Deputy Head.; Ministry of Finance, (R) Energy Efficiency-GEF: The objective is to support the insti- 9 Ilyinka Street, Moscow 109097, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) tutional, regulatory and market barriers facing commercial financing 648-1123, Fax: (7-495) 648-1096, E-mail: o2204@minfin.ru, Con- of Energy Efficiency projects across Russia. Negotiations scheduled tact: Andrey Bokarev, Director for 6 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Transportation P123692. US$ 22.7 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Russian Development Bank Infrastructure Finance: The Gazprombank and Ministry of Energy, Russian Energy Agency, Ni- objective is to support the long-term financing for infrastructure and kitskiy per 5, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 789-9292, public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure in Russia and to E-mail: Ivanov@rosenergo.gov.ru, Contact: Ms. Tatiana Yurlova, strengthen VEB’s institutional capacity in infrastructure financing. First Vice President Decision Meeting scheduled for March 2013. Environmental Assess- Finance ment Category F. Project: P125905. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Russian Development Bank, Akademika Export Sector Financial Intermediary Loan: The objective is Avenue,9 107996, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 229- to support export growth by providing medium and long term work- 5942, Fax: (7-495) 604-6160, E-mail: pavlov_av@veb.ru, Contact: ing capital and investment finance to Russian industrial exporters. Mr. Alexander Pavlov, Deputy Director Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 June 2013. Environmental Assess- ment Category F. Project: P126006. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Hydrometeorological Services Modernization: The ob- Financial Sector Diversification and Strengthening: The jective is to increase accuracy and timely delivery of basic weather objective is to meet financial sector stability standards by adopting forecasts, river flow forecasts and to have better client satisfaction international financial center benchmarks, ensuring G20 risk man- based on client satisfaction surveys. Appraisal scheduled for 18 agement role with associated regulatory norms, attracting financial September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: investments, supervisory modernization, and risk monitoring of the P127676. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Russian financial markets. Appraisal scheduled for 18 September Russia Hydrometeorological Service, Russian Federation, Contact: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P125305. US$ Mr. Alexander Frolov, Director AUGUST 2012 Europe and Central Asia Region PAGE 57 Arctic Program: The objective is to improve Russia’s environ- ture/land management practices. Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 mental management systems to deal with growing environmental November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 9.5 risks and pollutions in the Arctic Zone caused by climate change and (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. TJ Environmental increasing human activities. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- Committee uled for 30 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category (R) Second Public Employment for Sustainable Agricul- F. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for preparation ture and Water Resources Management: The objective is to and implementation. Ministry of Economic Development, Russian increase food security through increased crop production resulting Federation from improved irrigation and drainage infrastructure and improved Past Environmental Liabilities Program: The objective is to water resource management policies in five districts of Khtlon oblast. address past environmental damages to environment by developing Negotiations scheduled for 9 August 2012. Environmental Assess- a national program to focus on establishing institutional responsibili- ment Category B. US$ 27.9 (GAFS). Consulting services to be deter- ties and capacities. Decision Meeting scheduled for December 2013. mined. PMU Fergana Valley Water Resources Management Project, Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P121373. US$ 25.0 5/1 Shamsi Street, 9th Floor, 734054, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tel/Fax: (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Natural (992-372) 236-6208, E-mail: pmu@fvwrmp.tj, Contact: Mr. Abdu- Resources and Ecology, Ulitsa Bolshaya Gruzinskaya 4/6, Moscow, vohid Sharipov, Director Russian Federation, Tel: (7-495) 254-4800, Fax: (7-495) 254-4310, (R) Second Upland Agricultural Livelihood and Environ- 254-6610, E-mail: hitran@mnr.gov.ru, Contact: Mr. Rinat Gizatul- mental Management-GEF: The objective is to enable rural people lin, Director in selected uplands to build their productive assets in ways which sustainably increase rural productivity and curtail natural resource Serbia degradation. Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 November 2012. Finance Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122694. US$ 5.4 (N) Non-Private Enterprise Restructuring DPL 1: The objec- (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agricul- tive is to enhance the contribution of the public enterprise sector ture, 44, Rudaki avenue, 734025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992- to the competitiveness of the Serbian economy. Decision Meeting 372) 211-596 scheduled for 1 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Education U. Project: P127408. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Sixth Programmatic Development Policy Grant: The ob- jectives are to protect basic services and to improve the environment Health and Other Social Services for private sector development. Project Concept Review Meeting (R) Second Health: The objective is to support the government completed on 18 January 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 in enhancing the efficiency of the Serbian health system through July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126042. improved planning and management, enhanced financial incentives US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Min- and greater transparency and accountability. Project Concept Review istry of Finance, 3 Ak. Rajabovs Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: Meeting scheduled for 30 October 2012. Environmental Assessment (992-372) 221-1417, Fax: (992-372) 221-3329, E-mail: min_fin@ Category C. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. tojikiston.com, Contact: Safarali Najmiddinov, Minister Ministry of Health, Nemanjina 22-26, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: First Development Policy Operation: The objective is to assist (381-11) 361-4890, Fax: (381-11) 265-6548, E-mail: ep@zdravlje. the Government to maintain high growth within a sustainable mac- gov.rs, Contact: Elizabet Paunovic, State Secretary roeconomic framework. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 17 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ Public Administration, Law, and Justice 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Public Expenditure Development Policy Loan: The objective to be determined. is to support the Government’s reforms to improve public expendi- Global Partnership for Education 4: The objective is to con- tures management and policy at the central and local government tribute to improving coverage and quality of pre-school and quality levels. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 26 July 2012. of basic education. Decision Meeting scheduled for 7 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consult- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 16.2 (FTIE). Consulting ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. services to be determined. Ministry of Education, 13a Nisor Muk- Third Programmatic Development Policy Loan: The objective hammad Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (922-37) 221-4605, Fax: is to help reduce the size of Serbia’s large public sector by supporting (922-37) 221-4360, E-mail: moert.k@maorif.tj, Contact: Rakhmonov reforms that will help improve the productivity of public spending, Abdujabbor, Minister of Education structured by: (a) improving the efficiency of spending in the larg- Second Development Policy Operation: The objective is to est spending sectors; (b) strengthening public expenditure and debt continue to assist the Government to maintain high growth within management; and (c) improving social assistance. Bank Approval a sustainable macroeconomic framework. Project Concept Review scheduled for 23 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Meeting scheduled for 17 September 2013. Environmental Assess- U. Project: P123065. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. ment Category U. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and Ministry of Finance, 20, Kneza Milosa Street, Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (381-11) 364-2626, Fax: (381-11) 361-8961, E-mail: goran@gov.rs, Contact: Goran Radosavljevic, State Secretary Finance Transportation Private Sector Development: The objective is to support the (R) Road Management SWAp: The objective is to support the private sector-led growth in Tajikistan through: (a) further improv- rehabilitation/reconstruction to clear the backlog maintenance on the ing the business environment; (b) encouraging the development primary and secondary network in Serbia. Decision Meeting sched- of high-potential industries; and (c) enhancing access to financial uled for 30 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. services while strengthening the financial sector. Bank Approval US$ 100.0/130.0/130.0 (IBRD/EBRD/EUIB). Consulting services completed on 10 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. to be determined. Public Enterprise Putevi Srbije, Serbia Project: P130091. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. State Committee for Investment and State Property Management, 27 Tajikistan Shotemur Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tel/Fax: (992-372) 227-5909, E-mail: amcu@gki.tj, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) PPCR Environmental Land Management and Agri- Health and Other Social Services cultural Livelihoods: The objective is to foster innovation at the (R) Health Results Based Financing: The objective is to improve farm/field level to support rural communities become more resilient selected health outcomes (mainly for maternal and child health) to impacts of climate change in a way that can ‘’transform’ agricul- through the provision of incentives to primary health care providers, PAGE 58 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 upon achievement of agreed health targets. Decision Meeting sched- economy is recovering from the global crisis. Bank Approval com- uled for 14 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. pleted on 17 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P126130. US$ 15.0/4.8 (IDA Credit/HRBF). Consultants will Project: P121743. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. be required. Ministry of Health, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-372) Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi (TSKB), Meclisi Mebusan Cad. No 221-3346, E-mail: mahbuba@health.tojikiston.com 81, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: (90-212) 334-5050, Fax: (90-212) 334- 5234, E-mail: beskoko@tskb.com.tr, Contact: Mr. Orhan Beskok, Public Administration, Law, and Justice Executive Vice President (R) Tax Administration: The objective is to support the devel- opment of an effective and efficient tax administration that would Public Administration, Law, and Justice encourage voluntary compliance and reduce administrative and com- Growth Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support pliance cost. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment equitable growth, competitiveness and job creation over the medium Category C. Project: P127807. US$ 14.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting term. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. services to be determined. Tax Committee of Tajikistan, N. Kara- Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 600.0 (IBRD). Consult- baev Street, 42/2, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-372) 233-0691, ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Contact: Ayubjon Soliev, Deputy Chairman Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Turkmenistan (R) Municipal Infrastructure Additional Financing: The Transportation objective is to improve the availability, quality and efficiency of de- Turkmenbashi Sustainable Port Development: The ob- livery of basic municipal services to the population of the participat- jective is to enhance Turkmenbashi’s port capacity to: (a) handle ing towns. The grant was signed on 24 May 2012. Environmental non oil products, improve its safety of operations; (b) comply with Assessment Category B. Project: P127130. US$ 11.9 (IDA Grant). international environmental standards; and (c) improve the legal Consultants will be required. Khochagii Manziliu Komunali (KMK), framework, organizational structure and planning capabilities of 56 Karabaeva Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-37) 233-1330, the port administration. Decision Meeting scheduled for August Fax: (992-37) 233-8525, E-mail: office@midp.tj, Contact: Mr. Al- 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123676. US$ imurod Tagoimurodov, Director General 62.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Service of Maritime and River Transportation of Turkmenistan, 745000, 8A Turkey Shagadam Street, Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan, Tel: (993-243) Energy and Mining 203-60, Fax: (993-243) 207-44, Contact: Mr. Meylis Mutdikov, (N) Energy Sector: The objective is to support and accelerate the Chairman implementation of the Government of Turkey’s strategy to reform Turkey’s energy sector in line with EU energy strategies and priori- Ukraine ties. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 October 2012. Environmental Energy and Mining Assessment Category C. US$ 14.9 (F7SD). Consulting services to be (R) Partnership for Market Readiness: The objective is to determined. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR), provide grant financing to Ukraine for building market readiness Inonu Bulvari 27, Bahcelievler, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: (90-312) 295- components; to pilot, test and sequence new concepts for market 5010, E-mail: yyazar@enerji.gov.tr, Contact: Yusuf Yazar instruments; to support Ukraine’s participation in the PMR platform (R) Partnership for Market Readiness: The objective is to as- that enables policy makers to share experiences and information sist Turkey in establishing a market based mechanism for mitigation regarding elements of market readiness; to share lessons learned. of greenhouse gas emissions. Preparation is underway. Environ- GEF Council Approval scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental mental Assessment Category C. Project: P126101. US$ 5.4 (PMR). Assessment Category C. US$ 5.4 (PMR). Consulting services to be Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Environment and determined. State Environmental Investment Agency Urbanization, Turkey, E-mail: muhammet.ecel@csb.gov.tr Gas Network Modernization: The objective is to assist the Gov- (R) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Energy Effi- ernment to finance a part of the overall modernisation program of ciency: The objective is to support the *overnment’s policy of pro- Ukraine’s gas transmission network. Project Concept Review Meeting moting energy efficiency in SME Programs and small businesses. scheduled for 15 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Decision Meeting scheduled for 28 September 2012. Environmental egory B. US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Assessment Category F. Project: P122178. US$ 200.0/7.9 (IBRD/ NAFTOGAZ, Khmelnytsky Street 6, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) ZMUL). Consulting services to be determined. Halk Bank; Vakif 586-3537, Fax: (380-44) 586-3310, Contact: Mr. Evgen Bakulin, Bank, Sogutozu Mah. 2 Cadde No 63 06520, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: Chairman of the Board (903-12) 289-4781, 455-8646, Fax: (903-12) 289-4785, 455-8640, Contact: Mr. Yunus Esmer, Deputy General Manager Health and Other Social Services Finance Second Social Assistance Modernization: The objective is Third Access to Finance for SMEs (SME III): The objective to improve the efficiency and equity of Ukraine’s social safety net is to broaden and deepen the access of Turkish small and medium through a fiscally sustainable expansion and strengthening of the well enterprises to medium- and long-term finance, with a view to expand targeted programs and down scaling those that have the low targeting productive activities and job creation in specific sectors. Appraisal accuracy. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 5 November scheduled for 29 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). egory F. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Social Policy, 8/10 agency(ies) to be determined. Esplanade Blvd Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 289-5448, Fax: (380-44) 289-0098, Contact: Vyacheslav Kolomiets, Deputy Minister Health and Other Social Services Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Health Transformation Program: The objective is to sup- port the preparation for results project in the health sector. Project (R) DEVSTAT Additional Financing: The objective is to build Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 October 2012. Environ- a sustainable state statistical system that will provide timely and mental Assessment Category C. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- accurate data for policy decision making and evaluation. Appraisal vices and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. scheduled for 20 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. State Industry and Trade Statistics Service of Ukraine (SSSU), 3 Shota Rustavely Str Kyiv, Fifth Export Finance Intermediation: The objective is to Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 287-2433, Fax: (380-44) 235-3739, Contact: provide medium and long-term financing for exporters while the Oleksandr Osaulenko Head AUGUST 2012 Middle East and North Africa Region PAGE 59 Transportation Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) Second Road and Safety Improvement:The objective is to con- (R) Alat-Karakul Water Supply: The objective is to improve the tinue the rehabilitation and upgrading to motorway standards of level of service in terms of safety, coverage, quality, reliability and the M-03 road Kiev, Kharkiv, and Dovzhanzky. Particularly the efficiency as well as the sustainability of the water supply services section between Lubny and Poltava. Bank Approval scheduled in the two districts. Decision Meeting scheduled for 31 July 2012. for 27 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118197. US$ 75.0 Project: P127156. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Uzkommunhiz- termined. Ukravtodor (Road Agency), 9 Phizkultury Street 03680, mat, 45a Uzbekistanskaya Av Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-7165) Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: (380-44) 287-2449, E-mail: forec@ukravtodor. 224-3833, E-mail: ukh@uzkommunhizmat.uz, Contact: Mr. Uktur gov.ua, Contact: Mr. Yevgen Prusenko, Deputy Chairman Khalmuhamedov, General Director (R) Water Supply and Sanitation Adjustable Program Uzbekistan Loan: The objective is to support the Government’s urban and ru- ral WSS infrastructure projects, sector strategy infrastructure, while Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry supporting sector policy-making and planning, capacity building and (R) Second Rural Enterprise Support Additional Financ- institutional reform. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for ing: The objective is to increase the productivity and financial and 20 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ environment sustainability of agriculture. Bank Approval scheduled 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Uzkom- for 11 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ munhizmat, 45a Uzbekistanskaya Av Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel: 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry (998-7165) 224-3833, E-mail: ukh@uzkommunhizmat.uz, Contact: of Agriculture and Water Resources, 39 B Kari Niyazova Street, Mr. Uktur Khalmuhamedov, General Director Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Tel/Fax: (998-712) 371-657, E-mail: resp@ sks.uz, Contact: Mr. Nasriddin Najimov, General Director (R) South Karakalpakstan Water Resources Improvement: The objective is to improve water management by rehabilitating and developing irrigation infrastructure, introducing more rational water Middle East management, and by enhancing the capacity of irrigation and drain- age institutions. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 February 2013. and North Africa Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0/50.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture Algeria and Water Resources, Uzbekistan Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Mitigation: The objective is to increase the productivity and financial and envi- (R) Improving Desert Ecosystems for Livelihoods (ALG- ronmental sustainability of agriculture as well as the profitability of DELP): The objective is to improve livelihoods of oasis commu- agribusiness in the project area. Pre-appraisal scheduled for 2 August nities through piloting a combined approach of desert ecosystem 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127486. US$ conservation, agricultural development, and adaptation to climate 12.7 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Rural Restructur- change impacts at a network of intervention sites. Project Concept ing Agency, Street Kari Niyazi 39, Uzbekistan Tel/FaxL (998-712) Review Meeting scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assess- 371-657, E-mail: resp_sks_uz@slider.sks.uz, Contact: Mr. Nasriddin ment Category A. US$ 5.0/3.0 (GEFU/SCCF). Consulting services Najimov, General Director to be determined. Ministere de l Amenagement du Territoire et de l Environment, Avenue des 4 Canons, Algiers, Algeria Tel/Fax: (213) Education 432-804, E-mail: cadastre-2002@hotmail.com (R) Early Childhood Education: The objectives are to: (a) to Djibouti increase access higher education services; (b) enhance the quality Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry and relevance of higher education; and (c) strengthen the insti- tutional capacity of Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special (R) Rural Community Development and Ware Mobiliza- Education Counterparts. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled tion Additional Financing: (formerly Public Administration, for 12 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ Law, and Justice sector) The objective is to support the community 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry investment to retain water in Wadis for small scale agriculture and of Public Education, 5 Mustaqillik Maydoni Street, Tashkent, Uz- livestock, prevent flood and facilitate recharge of the acquifer. Bank bekistan, Tel: (998-71) 239-1310, Fax: (998-71) 239-1934, E-mail: Approval completed on 12 June 2012. Signing scheduled for 15 info@uzedu.uz August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 3.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Fish- Energy and Mining eries and Livestock Halieutic, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 2135-5068, Fax: (253) 2135-5879, E-mail: maem_baragoita@hotmail.fr, Contact: Advanced Electricity Distribution Metering: The objective Almis Mohamed Abdillahi, Director is to implement new accurate electricity meters and metering sys- tems to reduce large scale technical and commercial losses from the Energy and Mining distribution system that will improve the economic and technical (R) Geothermal Exploratory Drilling: The objective is to sup- performance. Bank Approval completed on 27 March 2012. Environ- port the Government to: (a) maintain the lowest tariff price for the mental Assessment Category C. Project: P122773. US$ 180.0 (IBRD). geothermal power generation; (b) establish an exploratory drilling Consultants will be required. Uzbekenergo, 100000, Tashket City, program; and (c) recommend an Independent Power Producer’s Khorezm Street 6, Uzbekistan, Tel: (998-71) 233-9821/9889, Fax: international tender to develop, engineer, procure and construct a (998-71) 236-2700, E-mail: sjsc@uzpak.uz, Contact: Mr. Batirjan 50 MW geothermal power plant. Decision Meeting scheduled for 26 Teshabaev, Chairman July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127143. US$ 6.0/3.3/5.0/6.0/7.0 (IDA Grant/AFD/AFDB/GEFS/OPEC). Finance Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy and (R) Risk Sharing Facility: The objective is to enhance access Finance, in Charge of Industry and Planning, BP 13, Djibouti, Tel: to financial enterprises through the use of a risk sharing facility. (253) 2132-5105, Fax: (253) 2135-6501, E-mail: smibrathu@mefip. Identification scheduled for 29 October 2012. Environmental As- gov.dj sessment Category F. US$ 26.3 (IDA Credit). Consulting services (R) Geothermal Exploratory Drilling-GEF: The objective is to and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. support the Government to: (a) maintain the lowest tariff price for PAGE 60 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 the geothermal power generation; (b) establish an exploratory drill- Electricity Holding Company, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) ing program; and (c) recommend an Independent Power Producer’s 2401-2368, Fax: (20-2) 2261-6512, E-mail: eea_awad@link.net, international tender to develop, engineer, procure and construct a Contact: Eng. Mohamed Habib, Executive Director for Planning 50 MW geothermal power plant. Appraisal scheduled for 4 Septem- (R) Helwan South Power: The objective is to improve power sup- ber 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127144. ply in Egypt, which includes construction of 1,300 MW power plant US$ 6.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry at Helwan South and associated infrastructure. Decision Meeting of Economy and Finance, in Charge of Industry and Planning, BP completed on 12 July 2012. Appraisal scheduled for 16 July 2012. 13, Djibouti, Tel: (253) 2132-5105, Fax: (253) 2135-6501, E-mail: Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P117407. US$ 536 smibrathu@mefip.gov.dj .6/520.0/196.9/198.4/200.8 (IBRD/AFDB/ARFU/ISDB/KFAE). (R) Power Access and Diversification Additional Financing Consultants will be required. Egypt Electricity Holding Company, II: The objective is to reduce the negative effects of drought on water Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 2401-2368, Fax: (20-2) 2261- pumping in both rural and urban areas by strengthening the country’s 6512, E-mail: eea_awad@link.net, Contact: Dr. Mohamed M. Awad, power supply resilience to natural catastrophes through the creation Managing Director of HFO and diesel security stocks. Signing scheduled for 15 August Kom Ombo Solar: The objective is to support the concentrated 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130493. US$ solar power plant and associated infrastructure in Upper Egypt. Deci- 5.2 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy sion Meeting scheduled for 12 November 2012. Environmental As- and Finance, in Charge of Industry and Planning, BP 13, Djibouti, sessment Category A. Project: P120191. US$ 170.0/170.0/50.0/32.0 Tel: (253) 2132-5105, Fax: (253) 2135-6501, E-mail: smibrathu@ (IBRD/AFDB/CCTF/KFW). Consultants will be required. New and mefip.gov.dj, Contact: Almis Mohamed Abdillahi, Director Renewable Energy Agency (NREA), Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, Health and Other Social Services Tel: (20-2) 271-3176, Fax: (20-2) 271-7173, E-mail: nre@idsc.net.eg, Contact: Mr. Abdel Rahman Salah El Din, Managing Director (R) Crisis Response Social Safety Net (Cr. H7790-DJ): The objectives are to: (a) support the provision of short-term employ- Health and Other Social Services ment opportunities in community-based labor-intensive works (R) Emergency Labor Intensive Investment (Ln. 81730- for the poor and vulnerable; and (b) improve nutritional practices EG): The objective is to create short-term employment opportunities among participating households focusing on pre-school children and for unemployed unskilled and semi-skilled workers in selected loca- pregnant/lactating women. Signing scheduled for 15 August 2012. tions in Egypt through labor intensive subprojects in: (a) community Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130328. US$ 5.0 level construction or maintenance; (b) community services; and (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Agence Djiboutienne de (c) youth employment and capacity development. Bank Approval Développement Social (ADDS), rue Mohamed Djama Elabeh, plateau completed on 28 June 2012. Signing scheduled for 21 August 2012. du Serpent, B.P. 4298, Djibouti, Tel: (253-21) 358-655, Fax: (253- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126339. US$ 200.0 21) 357-184, E-mail: mahdi.mohamed.djama@gmail.com, Contact: (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of International Co- Mahdi Mohamed Djama, Directeur Général operation, 8 Adly Street, Downtown, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, (R) Improving Health Sector Performance: The objective Tel: (20-2) 2391-2815, Fax: (20-2) 2391-5167, Contact: Seham Abdel is to improve utilization of quality health care services for mater- Baki, General Director for International Financing nal and child health and communicable disease control programs (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria). Decision Meeting scheduled Public Administration, Law, and Justice for 20 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (R) Enhanced Water Resources Management: The objective P131194. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implement- is to enhance integrated water resources management to reduce ing agency(ies) to be determined. pollution loads in the Nile Delta Drains and the Mediterranean Sea, by using targeted pilot investments, technical assistance and Public Administration, Law, and Justice knowledge generation to improve the quality and availability of (R) Education and Vocational Education and Training (Cr. surface and ground water and its effective management. Bank Ap- H7770-DJ): The objective is to strengthen institutional capacity for proval completed on 5 July 2012. Signing scheduled for 14 August improved management of the education system, through reinforce- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118090. ment of the institutional organization and systems, applying man- US$ 6.7 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water agement tools and training of human resources. Signing scheduled Resources and Irrigation, Cornich El Nil Imbaba, Imbaba, Giza, for 28 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 3544-9462, Fax: (20-2) 3544- P123315. US$ 6.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Minis- 9456, E-mail: heps@mwri.gov.eg, Contact: Popaul Kizungu Chihiza, try of Education and TVET, Cite Ministerielle, BP 16, Djibouti, Tel: Project Coordinator (253) 356-334, Fax: (253) 355-768, E-mail: kader_houmed@yahoo. Sustainable Persistent Organic Pollutants Management: fr, Contact: Almis Mohamed Abdillahi, Director The objective is to assist Egypt to strengthen its technical and man- Arab Republic of Egypt agement capacity for minimizing exposure to persistent organic pollutants. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 October 2012. Envi- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P116230. US$ 5.4/5.3 (R) Regional Coordination for Improved Water: The objec- (ECEU/GEFU). Consultants will be required. Egypt Environmental tive is to improve water resources management and agricultural Affairs Agency, 30 Misr, Helwan Agri. Road, Maadi, Cairo, Arab management in and across project countries through the use of Republic of Egypt, Tel: (20-2) 526-1419/1421, E-mail: gefunitegypt@ Earth Observation Methods. Bank Approval scheduled for 17 July gmail.com, Contact: Yasmin Fouad, Director, GEF Unit 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 1.1 (GEFU). No consultants are required. National Authority for Remote Sensing and Transportation Space Sciences, 23 Joseph Tito Street, El Nozha El Gedida, Cairo, Urban Transport Infrastructure Development: The objec- Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (202-2) 625-1299, Fax: (202-2) 622- tive is to improve the reliability and efficiency of urban transport in 5800, E-mail: aeldessouki@narss.sci.eg Cairo through implementation of cost-effective and clean technology investments that support major modal shift from private vehicles and Energy and Mining microbuses to large size. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 March (R) Giza North Additional Financing: The objective is to sup- 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P115837. US$ port the improvement of the security and efficiency of electricity sup- 150.0/100.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consultants will be required. Ministry ply by adding a new generation capacity based on the most efficient of Housing, GOPP, 12 Ismail Abaza Street, Cairo, Arab Republic of thermal power generation technology. Signing scheduled for 14 Au- Egypt, Tel: (20-20)-2792-1514, Fax: (20-20)-2792-1512, E-mail: gust 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P116198. madbouly@yahoo.com, Contact: Prof. M. Madbouly, Chairman of US$ 240.0/164.0 (IBRD/EUIB). Consultants will be required. Egypt GOPP AUGUST 2012 Middle East and North Africa Region PAGE 61 Iraq scheduled for 8 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P127306. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be Transportation determined. Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Lebanon, Tel: (N) Trade and Transport Corridors: The objective is to facilitate (961-3) 883-434, E-mail: syamout@pcm.gov.lb logistics and trade for major imports to Iraq on WKH N-S corridor IURP Turkey to Iraq and WKH E-W corridor from Jordan to Iraq. Health and Other Social Services 3URMHFW &RQcept Review Meeting scheduled for 8 November 2012. En (R) Cultural Heritage Additional Financing: The objectives are YLURQPHQWDO Assessment Category A. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consulting to support to: (a) rehabilitation of historic city centers and improve- VHUYLFHV DQG implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ment of urban infrastructure; (b) conservation and management of archeological sites; and (c) institutional strengthening. Signing Jordan scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry B. Project: P116197. US$ 27.0/30.1 (IBRD/FRDE). Consultants will be required. Council for Development and Reconstruction, Beirut, (R) Badia Desert Ecosystems and Livelihoods: The objective Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 981-432, Fax: (961-1) 981-252, E-mail: wafac@ is to sustain livelihoods by enhancing ecosystem services in three cdr.gov.lb, Contact: Nabil Jisr, President poverty pockets of the Jordan Badia through: (a) diversification of community income sources; (b) preservation and sustainable use of (R) Social Promotion and Protection: The objectives are to natural and rangeland resources; and (c) capacity enhancement of support: (a) community-led social development projects based on target stakeholders and beneficiaries. Negotiations scheduled for 23 a demand-driven process; (b) National Poverty Targeting Program July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127861. (NPTP); and (c) other social reforms of the Ministry of Social Affairs. US$ 3.3 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Dr. Faisal Awawdeh, Decision Meeting scheduled for 23 October 2012. Environmental As- Director General, 639 Baqa’, 19381, Baqa’, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 472- sessment Category B. Project: P124761. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consulting 6680, Fax: (962-6) 472-6099, E-mail: faisal@ncare.gov.jo services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Industry and Trade Information and Communications Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Phaseout III: The objec- Mobile Internet Ecosystem Project (MIEP): The objective is tive is to assist the Government of Jordan in meeting its 2013 and to increase the number of start-up projects in the ICT sector, raise 2015 Montreal Protocol phase-out obligations in a sustainable man- employment in the ICT sector, and enhance the enabling environ- ner, which minimizes future impact on the climate and the ozone ment for ICT in Lebanon. Preparation is underway. Environmental layer (i.e. to reduce the number of future equipment requiring HCFC- Assessment Category C. Project: P131202. US$ 5.0 (IBRD). Consult- 22 servicing). Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 21 May ing services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2012. Appraisal scheduled for 15 November 2012. Environmental Public Administration, Law, and Justice Assessment Category B. US$ 3.0 (MPIN). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Polychlorinated Biphenyle Management: The objective is to facilitate the implementation of the duties, rights, and responsibili- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ties of the Republic of Lebanon towards the Stockholm Convention (R) First Programmatic Development Policy Loan (Ln. by: (a) enhancing management of Persistent Organic Pollutants; and 81270-JO): The objective is to support the Government in its fiscal (b) drawing partnership to develop/implement a national strategy to consolidation efforts by bringing down the large fiscal deficit to a level eliminate the release of Polychlorinated Biphenyles. Appraisal sched- compatible with a stabilization of the debt to GDP ratio below 60%. uled for 19 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Signing scheduled for 30 January 2012. Environmental Assessment US$ 2.5 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Category U. Project: P124441. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). No consultants Environment, Downtown Beirut, Lazarieh Center, Black A4 New, 8th are required. Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, Floor, Beirut, Lebanon, Tel: (961-1) 976-517, Fax: (961-1) 976-534, PO Box 555, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 464-4466, Fax: (962-6) E-mail: manal.moussallem@undp-lebprojects.org 464-2247, Contact: H.E. Dr. Jafar Hassan, Minister of Planning and Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection International Cooperation Water Augmentation: The objective is to augment the water (R) Second Programmatic Development Policy Loan: The supply of the Greater Beirut Region in a sustainable manner. Project objective, same as the parent project, is to support the Govern- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 10 September 2012. Envi- ment achieve fiscal consolidation efforts and mitigate the impact ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 125.0/74.0/60.0 (IBRD/ of the fiscal crisis. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for ISDB/SAUD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 to be determined. (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Morocco Lebanon Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) Climate Change Development Policy Loan: The objective (R) Sustainable Agriculture Livelihoods in Marginal Areas: is to support the Government in developing a coherent strategic ap- The objective is to assist small farmers in remote hilly areas with a proach to climate change and mainstream climate change actions high level of poverty, which will provide supplementary irrigation to across sectors. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 grow higher value crops, increase incomes and create employment October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 opportunities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 and Finance, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-37) 774-287, Fax: (212-37) (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Leba- 677-530, E-mail: benchekroun@affaires-générales.gov.ma, Contact: non, Tel: (961-1) 821-900, Fax: (961-1) 823-900, Contact: Moham- Mlle Sabah Benchekroun, Chargé de Mission auprès du Premier mad Khansa, Advisor to H.E. the Minister of Agriculture Ministre (R) Integrated Coastal Zone Management: The objectives Finance are to support: (a) policy planning and monitoring of the sustain- (R) Innovation and SME Growth: The objective is to foster able fisheries and ecosystem management; (b) critical pilot invest- innovation from focus industries to create an ecosystem that deliv- ments, including conservation and rehabilitation activities in Lake ers innovation through: (a) technology absorption and adaptation, Nador and other sites; (c) capacity strengthening; and (d) project incubation services; (b) mentorship; (c) industry and business skills management. Bank Approval completed on 5 July 2012. Signing training through private sector linkages with educational institutions; scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category and (d) global networking opportunities, and financing. Appraisal B. Project: P121271. US$ 5.2 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. PAGE 62 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 Ministry of Energy, Water, Mining and Environment, Rue Abou terieur.gov.ma, Contact: Nadira El Guermai, Governor, National Marouane Essaadi, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-37) 688-857, Fax: Coordinator (212-37) 688-863, E-mail: rattal2005@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdallah (R) First Skills and Employment Development Policy Loan Rattal, Directeur adjoint des Etudes de la Planification (Ln. 81720-MA): (formerly Education sector) The objective is to Social and Integrated Agriculture: The objectives are to: (a) support the Government of Morocco in implementing its program of integrate the land, water and biodiversity conservation measures reforms aimed at improving employability, productivity and quality in projects directed to small farmers located in marginal areas; and of employment. Signing scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental (b) mainstream these measures in the national agricultural strategy. Assessment Category U. Project: P120566. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No Decision Meeting scheduled for 24 September 2012. Environmental consultants are required. Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training, Assessment Category B. Project: P129774. US$ 6.3 (GEFU). Con- Quartier Administratif, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-537) 683-187/85, sulting services to be determined. Agence pour le Developpement Fax: (212-537) 683-186, Contact: Amal Reghay, Director of the Di- Agricole (ADA), 103 Av. Fal Oueld Omeir Agdal, Rabat, Morocco, rectorate of Employment.; Minisry of Higher Education, Scientific Tel: (212-661) 584-068, E-mail: med.elguerrouj@ada.gov.ma Research and Executive Training, Rue Idriss Al Akbar, Quartier Has- san, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-537) 217-501, Fax: (212-537) 217-547, Education E-mail: secretariat.general@enssup.gov.ma, Contact: Abdelhafid Second Education Development Policy Loan: The objective is Debbargh, Secretary General to support the Government of Morocco in implementing its program of reforms aimed at improving access, quality, equity and efficiency in Industry and Trade school education. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 December 2012. (R) Economic Competitiveness Support Program DPL: The Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P120541. US$ 60.0 objective is to support the policy reforms for increased competitive- (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of National Education, ness of the Moroccan economy in three key areas of the Government’s Bab Rouah, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-537) 771-822, Fax: (212-537) comprehensive economic strategy: investment climate, trade policy 771-874, E-mail: Secretariat.General@men.gov.ma, Contact: Abdel- and trade logistics, and economic governance. Negotiations sched- haq El Hayani, Director of Strategy, Statistics and Planning uled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P127038. US$ 160.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Energy and Mining termined. Ministry of Economy and Finances, Avenue Mohammed (R) Ouarzazate II Concentrated Solar Power: The objectives V, Rabat, Morocco Tel/Fax: (212-37) 677-530 are to: (a) develop the 500 Megawatt Ouarzazate solar power plant (R) Second Competitiveness DPL: The objective is to support by financing the second phase (160-340Megawatt gross) through a the economic governance reform agenda of the Government, in public private partnership (PPP); and (b) increase power genera- view of fostering greater competition and more effective policies to tion from solar power and mitigate greenhousegas emissions and spur competitiveness. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled local environmental impact. Project Concept Review Meeting sched- for 9 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ uled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to 150.0/187.5/200.0/375.0/125.0/125.0 (IBRD/AFDB/CCTF/EUIB/ be determined. FRDE/KFW). Consulting services to be determined. Mr. Mustapha (R) Second Plan Maroc Vert Development Policy Loan: Bakkoury, CEO, Station Traitement Av Mohamed Bel Hassan, Rabat, The objective is to support the Government’s Plan Maroc Vert to Morocco, Tel: (212-53) 7574-657, Fax: (212-53) 7571-475, E-mail: improve: (a) efficiency of domestic markets; (b) socio-economic masen@masen.ma impacts of investments directed to small farmers; (c) agricultural (R) Renewable Energy Investment: The objective is to sup- services; and (d) use and management of irrigation water and plan- port investment in renewable energy based generation capacity. ning of irrigation infrastructures. Decision Meeting scheduled for Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 8 January 2013. 8 January 2013. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consult- P127822. US$ 205.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ing services to be determined. Division Financement, Morocco, Tel: Ministere de l’Agriculture et de la Peche Maritime (MAPM), Rabat, (212-522) 668-005, Fax: (212-522) 433-152, Contact: Mr. Mohamed Morocco, Tel: (212-537) 698-645, Fax: (212-537) 297-544, E-mail: Fait, Chef de la Division Financement Belghiti1957@gmail.com Finance Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Devel- (R) Accountability and Transparency DPL: The objective opment (Ln. 81820-MA): The objective is to provide support to is to support reforms to enhance the Government’s accountability improve access to finance for MSMEs. Bank Approval completed and transparency by (a) adopting a performance based budgeting on 28 June 2012. Signing scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environ- approach; (b) enhancing public disclosure and consultation on key mental Assessment Category F. Project: P129326. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). information; and (c) improving access to and quality of basic public Consultants will be required. Caisse Centrale de Garantie, Rabat, services. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 9 August Morocco, Tel: (212-537) 716-933, E-mail: a.glillah@ccg.ma, Contact: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Abdelkhalek Glillah, Directeur Ressources Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy and Second Financial Sector DPL: The objective is to support a Finance, Avenue Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-3) 5376- new phase of financial sector reforms building on past progress. 77501, Fax: (212-3) 5376-7527, E-mail: internet@finances.gov.ma Decision Meeting scheduled for 27 September 2012. Environmen- Judicial Performance Enhancement: The objectives are to tal Assessment Category U. Project: P122866. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). improve public trust and confidence in the judicial system by: (a) Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economy and implementing new approaches in legal aid, management of cases, Finance, Quartier Administratif, Rabat Chellah, Rabat, Morocco, use of human capacities, court functioning; and (b) strengthening Tel: (212-37) 677-266/267, Fax: (212-37) 677-530, E-mail: bennani@ the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Justice in the areas of db.finances.gov.ma financial/human resources management and project management. Signing scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Health and Other Social Services Category C. Project: P125799. US$ 15.8 (IBRD). Consultants will be (R) Second National Initiative for Human Development: required. Ministry of Justice, Place El Mamounia, Rabat, Morocco, The objective is to continue to support the Government’s National Tel: (212-537) 732-274, E-mail: rhom1956@gmail.com, Contact: Initiative for Human Development. Bank Approval completed on Abdelmajid Rhomija, Secretary General 28 June 2012. The signing scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmen- tal Assessment Category B. Project: P116201. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Transportation Consultants will be required. Ministry of Interior, Morocco, Tel: (R) Road Asset Management: The objectives are to: (a) enhance (212-537) 215-811, Fax: (212-537) 760-759, E-mail: Achadali@in- and preserve the road assets conditions; and (b) provide efficient AUGUST 2012 Middle East and North Africa Region PAGE 63 road infrastructure to facilitate connection to markets and link to- art maritime navigation technologies; (b) facilitating establishment gether major ports and development poles. Project Concept Review of agreements between beneficiary countries; and (c) helping to build Meeting scheduled for 12 December 2012. Environmental Assess- capacity to manage the marine highway. Project Concept Review ment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Meeting scheduled for 27 November 2012. Environmental Assess- Direction des routes, BP 6226 Rabat-Instituts, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: ment Category C. US$ 8.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. (212-53) 771-3378, Fax: (212-53) 771-3405, E-mail: nhammoucha@ Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. mtpnet.gov.ma (R) Maghreb Trade Facilitation and Infrastructure: The (R) Second Urban Transport Sector Development Policy objective is to lay the ground for increased trade between Maghreb Loan: The objective is to continue the development of the urban countries and between Maghreb countries and the rest of the World. transport sector’s institutional framework, improve the delivery of Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 November 2012. urban transport services, and improve environmental and social Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consul- sustainability, including climate change mitigation. Project Concept tants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Review Meeting scheduled for 4 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Tunisia required for preparation including for environmental and poverty and social impact assessment. Direction Generale des Collectivites Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Locales, Ministere de l’interieur, Hay Riad, Rabat, Morocco Tel/Fax: Wastewater Reuse: The objectives are to support: (a) rehabilita- (212) 5372-15811, E-mail: achadali@interieur.gov.ma tion, extension and creation of at least nine irrigated perimeters using treated wastewater; and (b) specific investment in ONAS wastewater Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection treatment plants to improve the quality of the effluents supplied (R) Third Solid Waste Sector DPL: The objectives are to: (a) to the irrigated perimeters. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 May strengthen transparency and accountability in the solid waste sector; 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P125176. (b) improve financial and institutional sustainability of municipal US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Office National de solid waste (MSW) services; (c) upgrade the national environmental l’Assainissement (ONAS), 32, Rue Hedi Nouira, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: control and monitoring system; and (d) promote waste recycling (216-71) 343-200, Fax: (216-71) 350-411, E-mail: PDG@onas.nat. and value added activities in the sector. Preparation is underway. tn; Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Centre Urbain Nord, Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 130.0 (IBRD). Consul- Cedex 1080, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-72) 870-679, Fax: (216-70) tants will be required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Avenue 728-595, E-mail: dgeqv@mineat.gov.tn Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: (212-3) 5376-77501, Fax: (212-3) 5376-7527, E-mail: internet@finances.gov.ma, Contact: Taoufik El Education Graoui, Chef de Division Infrastructure (R) Training for Employment: The objective is to support the Government to implement a competitive innovation fund for activi- Regional ties promoting training opportunities for employability and employ- Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry ment. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 20 August (R) Regional Coordination on Improved Water Resources 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 45.0 (IBRD). Management and Capacity with NASA: The objective is to Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Vocational Training improve water resources management and agricultural management and Employment, 10 Boulevard Ouled Haffouz, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: in and across project countries through the use of Earth Observa- (216-71) 791-331, Fax: (216-71) 794-615, E-mail: youssef.naouar@ tion Methods. Signing scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental mfpe.gov.tn Assessment Category C. Project: P117170. US$ 4.6 (GEFU). Consul- Energy and Mining tants will be required. Ministry of Water and Irrigation, PO Box 555, Amman 11118, Amman, Jordan, Tel: (962-6) 565-2286, Fax: (962-6) Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricite et du Gaz Concentrated 565-2287, E-mail: maysoon_zoubi@mwi.gov.jo, Contact: Dr. Saleh Solar Power Plant: The objective is to develop a 50-100 MW Con- Al-Kharabsheh, Secretary General.; Centre Royal de Teledetection centrating Solar Power (CSP) power plant to meet the country’s en- Spatiale, Avenue Mohamed V Rabat, Morocco, Fax: (212-0) 3771- ergy and climate change objectives and contribute to global CSP cost 1435, E-mail: elhadani@crts.gov.ma, Contact: Dr. Driss El Hadani, reduction. An integral component of the CSP and Clean Technology Director.; Conseil National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ryad El Fund (CTF) scale-up investment plan. Decision Meeting scheduled Solh, 1107-2260, 59, Zahia Selman Street, Inah, Beirut, Lebanon, Fax: for 20 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Proj- (961-1) 822-639, E-mail: hamze@cnrs.edu.lb, Contact: Dr. Mouin ect: P122029. US$ 35.0/35.0/36.0/54.0 (IBRD/AFDB/CCTF/ZBIL). Hamze, Chairman, Secretary General.; National Authority for Re- Consultants will be required. Societe Tunisienne de l’Electricite du mote Sensing and Space Sciences, 23 Joseph Tito Street, El Nozha El Gaz (STEG), 38 Rue Kamel Attaturk, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) Gedida, Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt, Tel: (202-2) 625-1299, Fax: 334-366, Fax: (216-71) 335-031, E-mail: dga@steg.com.tn, Contact: (202-2) 622-5800, E-mail: aeldessouki@narss.sci.eg, Contact: Ay- Moncef Harrabi, Project Manager man El-Dessouki, Chairman.; Centre Regional de Teledetection des Public Administration, Law, and Justice Etats de l’Afrique du Nord, 55 Avenue Mouaouia, Ibn Abi Sofiane, El Menzeh VI 1004, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 236-575, Fax: (216-71) (R) Governance, Opportunities and Jobs Development 236-466, E-mail: dg.crtean@crtean.intl.tn, Contact: Dr. Neji Fekih, Policy Loan: (formerly Second Multi-Sector Development Policy Directeur General Loan) The objective is to support a multi-sector program of reforms MENA Desert Ecosystems and Livelihoods Knowledge in four key areas: (a) governance; (b) employment and regional Sharing and Coordination: The objective is to promote knowl- development; (c) financial sector; (d) and social policies. Project Con- edge and experience exchanges around key integrated desert eco- cept Review Meeting completed on 2 July 2012. Decision Meeting system management themes linked with productive sectors through scheduled for 2 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category building and strengthening networks among select organizations in U. Project: P128251. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be participating countries. Appraisal scheduled for 28 September 2012. determined. Ministry of Investment and International Coopera- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P130343. US$ 1.0 tion, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: (216-71) 798-522, Contact: Abdallah Zekri, (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be Director determined. (R) Urban Development: The objectives are to: (a) restore/im- prove the delivery of basic services and infrastructure to the urban Transportation population with focus on lagging regions; and (b) support sectoral (R) 5M-GEF Southern Mediterranean Marine Highway: The reforms and strengthening municipal capacity to ensure better gov- objective is to promote the sound environmental management of the ernance and performance of the urban development sector. Project Mediterranean Sea by: (a) piloting and promoting use of state-of-the- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 12 September 2012. Environ- PAGE 64 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 mental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Fund (MDLF), Palestine, Al-Beireh, Rashmawi Building, Al Yasmin be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Street, Ramallah, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-02) 296-6610, Fax: Ecotourism and Conservation of Desert Biodiversity: The (972-02) 295-0685, E-mail: abednofal@mf-palestine.org, Contact: objective is to develop ecotourism in desert ecosystems as a means to Abdel Mughni Nofal, General Director promote environmental, financial and social sustainability. Negotia- Municipal Development Program Additional Financing: tions scheduled for 10 September 2012. Environmental Assessment The objective is to improve municipal management practices for Category B. Project: P120561. US$ 4.3 (GEFU). Consultants will be better transparency. Bank Approval completed on 6 March 2012. required. Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Tunisia, Tel: Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127162. US$ 2.0 (216-72) 870-679, Fax: (216-70) 728-595, E-mail: dgeqv@mineat. (SPF). No consultants are required. Municipal Development and gov.tn, Contact: Habib Ben Moussa Lending Fund (MDLF), Al Bireh, Al Rashmawi Building, 3rd Floor, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (970-2) 296-6610, 295-0684, Fax: (970- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection 2) 295-0685, E-mail: abednofal@mf-palestine.org, Contact: Popaul Managing Healthcare Waste and PCBs: The objectives are Kizungu Chihiza, Project Coordinator to: (a) help strengthen the healthcare waste management system in Tunisia; and (b) contribute to the implementation of its Persistent Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Organic Pollutants (POPs) National Implementation Plan. Bank (R) Gaza Solid Waste Management: The objective is to improve Approval scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental Assessment solid waste management services in the Middle and Southern Gaza Category A. Project: P100478. US$ 5.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be Strip through the provision of efficient and environmentally- and required. Agence Nationale de Gestion des Dechets (ANGed), 6 Rue socially-sound waste management systems. Appraisal completed Al amine Al Abbassi, 1002 Tunis, le Belvedere, Tunis, Tunisia, Tel: on 18 June 2012. Negotiations scheduled for 24 September 2012. (216-71) 791-595, Fax: (216-71) 890-581, E-mail: boc@anged.nat.tn, Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P121648. US$ Contact: Mr. Mounir Ferchichi, General Director 6.6/13.2/0.6/10.0/0.2 (ECEU/FRDE/GSWE/SPF/UNDP). Con- West Bank and Gaza sultants will be required. Mr. Abdelmoughni Nofal, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (970-2) 296-6610, Fax: (970-2) 295-0685, E-mail: abed- Education nofal@mdlf.org.ps (R) Education-to-Work Transition: The objective is to im- Gaza Water Supply Rehab and Expansion: The objectives prove education to work transition of young Palestinians attending are to improve the water supply efficiency and the water service participating tertiary education institutions (TEIs) by: (a) fostering provision quality in the middle and southern governorates in Gaza partnerships between TEIs and employers; and (b) enhancing the via: (a) rehabilitation, and expansion of water supply networks and capacity of the MOEHE and TEIs to collect, disseminate and use of facilities, and (b) provision of technical and operational assistance to TEIs graduate tracking system. Signing scheduled for 31 July 2012. the Coastal Municipality Water Utility (CMWU). Decision Meeting Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P129861. US$ 6.5 scheduled for 25 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category (SPF). Consultants will be required during implementation for inter- B. Project: P101289. US$ 6.4 (SPF). Consultants will be required. national and local technical assistance and related consulting services Coastal Municipalities Water Utility, Abdel Nasser St Abu Shabban for capacity building of TEIs to form partnerships with private sector Building, PO Box 5052, Gaza City, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-8) businesses; research, data collection and program evaluation; aware- 288-1446, Fax: (972-8) 288-1445, E-mail: cmwu@cmwu.ps ness and information campaign; and dissemination of good practices. West Bank Wastewater Management: The objective is to install Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Project Coordination wastewater collection, treatment and re-use facilities in the Hebron Unit, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-02) 296-9352, E-mail: pcudi- governorate. This is the implementation of Phase 1 of the Hebron rector@tep.ps, Contact: Suha Khalili, Director, PCU Governorate Wastewater Management Master Plan. Decision Meeting Public Administration, Law, and Justice scheduled for 5 September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P117449. US$ 14.0/10.0 (GFRC/SPF). Consultants will (R) Government Services for Business Development: The be required for a feasibility update and ESIA studies, civil works and objective is to improve the ability of the Ministry of National Economy construction supervision. Palestinian Water Authority, Al-Beireh, to deliver timely, efficient, and quality business development informa- Nablus, Jerusalem St Ramallah, West Bank and Gaza, Tel: (972-2) tion, data and services to target beneficiaries, including to MSMEs, 240-9022, Fax: (972-2) 240-9341, E-mail: adel_pwa@yahoo.com women business owners and other marginalized groups, to promote business development. Signing scheduled for 6 August 2012. Envi- Republic of Yemen ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P126586. US$ 3.0 (SPF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of National Economy, West Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Bank and Gaza, Tel: (970-598) 914-567, E-mail: rjshunnar@met.gov. Climate Resilient Integrated Coastal Zone Management: ps, Contact: Hazem Shunnar, Assitant Deputy Minister The objectives are to: (a) enhance capacity and awareness of insti- (R) Second Land Administration: The objective is to establish a tutions and stakeholders on Climate-Resilient Integrated Coastal sustainable, efficient, and transparent land registration system in the Zone Management (ICZM), at national and local levels in selected project areas. The loan was signed on 16 May 2012. Environmental coastal governorates; and (b) demonstrate benefits of implement- Assessment Category C. Project: P105403. US$ 5.7/3.0 (FINN/SPF). ing climate-resilient ICZM in three target sites. Decision Meeting Consultants will be required. Palestinian Land Authority, Rimal scheduled for 14 January 2014. Environmental Assessment Category Street, Gaza, West Bank and Gaza Tel/Fax: (970-8) 288-0131, E- B. Project: P115001. US$ 4.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. mail: land@gov.ps, Contact: Nadim Barameh, Chairman EPA (Environmental Protection Authority, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Fifth Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP) Tel: (967-1) 20-7816, Fax: (967-1) 20-7327, E-mail: epa-yemen@ Support: The objective is to continue supporting the Palestinian’s yemen.net.ye Authority efforts to implement the Palestinian Reform and Develop- ment Program. The Development Policy Grant will focus on fiscal Education strengthening and Public Financial Management. Project Concept (R) Labor Intensive Public Works (Cr. H6630-RY): The Review Meeting scheduled for 13 December 2012. Environmental objectives are to: (a) provide needed infrastructure to improve ac- Assessment Category U. US$ 40.0 (SPF). Consulting services and cess to basic public services; and (b) create short term employment. implementing agency(ies) to be determined. The grant was signed on 12 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Gaza Municipal Development Program II: The objectives are Category B. Project: P122594. US$ 61.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants to support the municipal institution-building, municipal finance, will be required. Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, urban services and housing for the poor. Preparation is underway. Sana’a Al-Steen Street, Near Exh. Hall, PO Box 18316, Sana’a, Re- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (SPF). Consulting public of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 448-109, Fax: (967-1) 448-110, E-mail: services to be determined. Municipal Development and Lending pwp-yem@y.net.ye, Contact: Saeed A. Ahmed, Director AUGUST 2012 Latin America and the Caribbean Region PAGE 65 (R) Basic Education Development: The objective is to assist Socio-Economic Inclusion in Rural Areas: The objective is to the Government of Yemen to provide an equitable learning oppor- support the Government’s strategy to raise incomes and improve liveli- tunities in basic education for increased students learning achieve- hoods among the rural poor of Argentina. Bank Approval scheduled for ments. Preparation scheduled for mid-July 2012. Environmental 29 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Assessment Category B. Project: P130853. US$ 65.0/82.0 (IDA P106685. US$ 52.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio Grant/EFAF). Consulting services to be determined. Public Works de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Pesca (MAGyP formerly SAGPyA), Avda. Project, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1) 407-358, Fax: (967- Belgrano 450, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-1300, E- 1) 407-353, E-mail: pwpyem@y.net.ye; Ministry of Education, East mail: prosap-comunica@prosap.gov.ar, Contact: Lic. Jorge Neme, of 60 meter Street, Bayt Meyad, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, E-mail: Coordinador Ejecutivo, Ing Sandro Sassatelli, Coordinador Tecnico info@bedp.yemen.org Education Finance Salta Province SWAp: The objectives are to improve public service (R) Competitiveness and Micro and Small Enterprise: The delivery and human capital in the province of Salta by strengthening objective is to improve the business environment and the creation public sector management and enhancing the quality of education of employment through competitiveness. Project Concept Review services. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 December 2012. En- Meeting completed on 18 June 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P127864. US$ 60.0 12 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to P128161. US$ 32.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implement- be determined. ing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and Other Social Services Information and Communications (R) Provincial Public Health Insurance Development (Ln. (N) Climate Info System and PPCR Coordination: The objec- 80620-AR): The objectives are to: (a) increase utilization and qual- tive is to support the feasibility and design work on hydrometeorology ity of key health services for the uninsured target population, and (b) systems, upgrading, forecasting and warning systems, and climate improve institutional management by strengthening the incentives information systemV, and conduct an environmental and social impact for results in participating provinces and among service providers. assessment, including an environmental and social management Signing scheduled for 13 August 2012. Environmental Assessment plan. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 November Category C. Project: P106735. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 18.5 (CSCF). Con- be required. Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente, Av. 9 de Julio 1925 Piso sulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 12 (1332), Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel/Fax: (54-11) 4379-9339, E- mail: mdiosque@msal.gov.ar, Contact: Dr. Maximo Andres Diosque, Transportation Secretario de Promocion de Programas Sanitarios (R) Road Asset Management: The objectives are to assist the Government in improving condition and safety of existing paved roads Industry and Trade in three to four governorates, and in developing institutional arrange- (R) Montreal Protocol Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) ments for efficient road maintenance. Decision Meeting scheduled Phase Out: The objective is to serve the Hydrochlorofluorocarbons for 14 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Phase-out Management Plan, Stage I, for the Government to submit P125135. US$ 30.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Road for approval by the Multilateral Fund Executive Committee at its first Maintenance Fund, PO Box 4035, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen, Tel: meeting in 2012. The operation is expected to pave the way for fur- (967-1) 510-471, Fax: (967-1) 441-847, E-mail: ybrmf@y.net.ye ther engagement on the Montreal Protocol agenda in face of HPMP Stage 2 starting in 2015. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 31 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (MPIN). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Latin America Sustainable Industrial Development: The objective is to sup- port small and medium enterprises in Argentina with inadequate access to credit to improve their compliance with environmental and Caribbean regulations, while simultaneously boosting their industrial competi- tiveness. Bank Approval scheduled for 29 November 2012. Environ- Antigua and Barbuda mental Assessment Category B. Project: P110612. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Economia y Produccion, Health and Other Social Services Secretaria de Industria y Pyme, Av. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 2o, Buenos Safety Net Advancement: The objective is to improve the effi- Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4349-3726/3728, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, ciency of public spending through strengthening the social protection Contact: Alfredo Junco, Coordinador Ejecutivo UEPRO-PRESAO system, supporting public sector transformation, setting up active labor market policies, and programs for the unemployed. Prepara- Public Administration, Law, and Justice tion is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: (R) Third National Communication United Nations Frame- P126791. US$ 11.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implement- work Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): The objec- ing agency(ies) to be determined. tive is to assist the Government to strengthen its capacity in designing sectoral policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation to cli- Argentina mate change and to evaluate the environmental, social and economic Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry impact of their implementation while fulfilling obligations to the UNFCCC. Signing scheduled for 1 August 2012. Environmental As- Rural Corridors and Biodiversity: The objectives are to: (a) sessment Category C. Project: P116974. US$ 2.4 (GEFU). Consultants increase the protection of vulnerable natural areas and the con- will be required. Secretariat of the Environment and Sustainable servation of biological diversity in both the Argentine Patagonian Development (SAyDS), Climate Change, San Martin 451, Buenos Steppe and the Argentine Chaco; and (b) bolster the technical capac- Aires, Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4348-8648, E-mail: smucci@ambiente. ity and outreach of federal and provincial organizations working in gov.ar, Contact: Nazareno Castillo Marin, Director natural resource issues. Bank Approval scheduled for 29 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114294. US$ Belize 6.3/2.3 (GEFU/MSC1). Consultants will be required. Administacion de Parques Nacionales, Av. Santa Fe 690, C1059ABN, Buenos Aires, Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Argentina, Tel: (54-11) 4774-5357, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Management and Protection of Key Biodiversity Areas Dra. Patricia Gandini, President in Belize: The objective is to strengthen natural resource man- PAGE 66 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 agement and biodiversity conservation through the mitigation of September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: threats to Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Belize. Preparation is P129640. US$ 36.0/5.0 (CSCC/CSCF). Consulting services to be underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.1/15.0 determined. Ministry of Environment and Water, Capitan Castrillo (GEFU/GFCO). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Forestry, y 20 de Octubre 434, San Pedro, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-2) 211-5582, Fisheries, and Sustainable Development, Sir Edney Cain Building, E-mail: carlos.ortuno@miriego.com, Contact: Julieta Mabel Monje Belmopan, Belize, Tel: (501) 822-2526, Fax: (501)-822-3673, E-mail: Villa, Minister foreigntrade@btl.net Marine Conservation and Climate Adaptation: The objective Brazil is to implement the priority ecosystem-based marine conservation Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry and climate adaptation measures to strengthen the climate resilience Ceara Rural Sustainable Development and Competitive- of the Belize Barrier Reef System. Preparation is underway. Envi- ness: The objectives of the project are to: (i) improve the sustain- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.0 (ADPT). Consultants ability of rural production and rural income generation, and (ii) will be required. Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable contribute to the Borrower’s efforts to universalize access to water Development, Sir Edney Cain Building, Belmopan, Belize, Tel: (501) services. Signing tentatively scheduled for mid-August 2012. Environ- 822-2526, Fax: (501)-822-3673, E-mail: foreigntrade@btl.net, Con- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P121167. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). tact: Wendel Parham, Chief Executive Officer Consultants will be required. Ceara-Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Agrario, Av. Bezerra de Menezes, 1820, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Tel: (55- 85) 3101-8002, Fax: (55-85) 3287-2176, E-mail: nelson.martins@ (R) Climate Resilient Infrastructure: The objectives are to: sda.ce.gov.br, Contact: Jose Nelson Martins, Secretary (a) provide evidence-based climate resilient infrastructure and (b) enhance the capacity of the country in coping with climate change. Embrapa Verde Agricultural GHG Emissions Reduction: Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 4 October 2012. En- The objectives are to: (a) implement existing GHG reducing tech- vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Consultants nologies for crop and livestock activities; (b) develop new technolo- will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. gies designed to achieve further GHG reductions and adopt GHG reduction technologies within Embrapa research system; and (c) Bolivia promote Embrapa exchange with other ag. research institutions fo- cused on reducing GHG. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry for 18 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (R) Rural Alliances II: The objective is to improve market access 140.0/140.0 (IBRD/IADB). Consulting services and implementing for small rural producers in selected areas of the country. Decision agency(ies) to be determined. Meeting scheduled for 20 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Marine Protected Areas: The objective is to support the creation Category B. Project: P127743. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants and implementation of a representative and effective marine and will be required. Ministry of Rural Development and Land (MDRT), coastal protected areas system in Brazil to reduce the loss of coastal Av. Camacho 1471, entre calles Bueno y Loayza, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: and marine biodiversity. Preparation is underway. Environmen- (591-2) 211-1103, Fax: (591-2) 211-4332, E-mail: alianzarural@gmail. tal Assessment Category B. Project: P128968. US$ 18.2 (GEFU). com, Contact: Jhonny Delgadillo, Coordinator Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- termined. Energy and Mining Piaui Integrated Green Growth Sustainability and Inclu- Access and Renewable Energy: The objective is to support sion: The objective is to support the Government of Piauí in the Bolivia’s access strategy through: (a) energy services for isolated and implementation of its policies and programs to achieve higher rates dispersed individual households and public buildings; (b) renewable of inclusive green growth. Awaiting Government authorization to mini-grids for isolated rural areas; (c) grid densification; and (d) proceed. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). project management and supervision and capacity building. Project Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 22 August 2012. Environ- termined. mental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Promotion of Sustainable Agriculture: The objectives are to services to be determined. Ministry of Hydrocarbon and Energy, support sustainable agriculture and ranching in previously degraded Palacio de Comunicaciones, Piso 12, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) or abandoned deforested areas by reoccupying the lands and increase 211-4690, E-mail: msiles@idtr.gob.bo, Contact: Marlene Siles, Head productivity, thus promoting economic growth while decreasing of the Project Implementation Unit the pressure to deforest new areas in the Amazon. Awaiting Gov- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ernment’s authorization to proceed. Environmental Assessment (R) Second Urban Infrastructure: The objective is to improve Category A. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry the access to basic services to the urban poor in two cities in Bolivia of Agriculture, Espl. dos Ministerios, Bl. D, Sl. 752, Edificio Sede, through targeted infrastructure investments and the provision of Brasilia, DF, Brazil, Tel: (55-61) 3218-2644, E-mail: derli.dossa@ technical assistance to municipalities in the planning, expansion and agricultura.gov.br, Contact: Derli Dossa, Chefe da Assessoria de sustainability of urban service delivery Decision Meeting completed Gestao Estrategica on 27 June 2012. Appraisal scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environ- Rio Grande do Norte Regional Development and Gover- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P130528. US$ 24.0 (IDA nance: The objective is to promote regional economic and social Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Municipality of La development, which is inclusive of the poor and environmentally Paz, Calle Mercado y Colon No. 1298, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) sustainable. Project Appraisal Document scheduled for 10 August 265-1846, Fax: (591-2) 220-2000, E-mail: tatiana.duran@lapaz. 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126452. bo, Contact: Juan Carlos Ribero Calvimonte, Project Coordinator.; US$ 360.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State of Rio Grande Municipality of El Alto, Av. 6 de Marzo Calle 13, Zona 12 de Octu- do Norte, Centro Administrativo do Estado, BR 101, KM 0, Natal, bre, El Alto, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2) 282-5136, Fax: (591-2) 282-9198, RN, Brazil, Tel: (55-84) 3232-1910, Fax: (55-84) 3232-1911, E-mail: E-mail: Carlos281063@yahoo.com, Contact: Carlos Altamirano, oberyjr@rn.gov.br General Coordinator Rio de Janeiro Sustainable Rural Development Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) increase the adoption of in- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection tegrated and sustainable farming systems in specific areas; and (b) (R) Climate Resilience Integrated Basin Management: The re-establish an agricultural productive environment in areas of the objective is to strengthen the national capacity to integrate climate Serrana Region affected by natural disaster of Jan 2011, contributing resilience in planning, management, and investment; through the to increase small-scale farming productivity and competitiveness in adoption of a river basin management approach that will be piloted those areas. Negotiations tentatively scheduled for early-August 2012. in the Rio Grande River Basin. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126684. US$ 100.0 AUGUST 2012 Latin America and the Caribbean Region PAGE 67 (IBRD). Consultants will be required during project implementation (R) Bahia Inclusion and Economic Development DPL (Ln. to provide specialized technical assistance to project beneficiaries. 81770-BR): (formerly Public Administration, Law, and Justice State Secretariat of Agriculture and Livestock (SEAPEC), Alameda sector) The objectives are to support the innovation of: (a) public S Boaventura, 770, Fonseca, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 3607- financial management and planning; (b) reducing social inequality; 5398, Fax: (55-21) 3607-6003, E-mail: microbacias@agricultura. (c) economic diversification; and (d) trade infrastructure and logis- rj.gov.br, Contact: Nelson Texeira, Superintendent of Sustainable tics. Bank Approval completed on 28 June 2012. Signing tentatively Development scheduled for mid-September 2012. Environmental Assessment South Cooperation for Economic Development: The objective Category U. Project: P126351. US$ 700.0 (IBRD). No consultants are is to expand and deepen Brazil’s participation in the international required. Secretaria da Fazenda da Estado de Bahia, 2a Ave 260 CEP development system through the enhancement of its capacity to par- 41.745-003, CAB, Salvador, BA, Brazil, Tel: (55-71) 8153-8679, Fax: ticipate in South-South Cooperation (S-SC) programs for the transfer NA, E-mail: augusto@sefaz.ba.gov.br, Contact: Augusto Monteiro, of relevant developmental knowledge and technologies. This project Assessor Tecnico is on hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category Public Administration, Law, and Justice C. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Belo Horizonte Urban Development Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) support the municipality’s strategy and policies Education to strengthen efforts to plan and manage territorial urban develop- (R) Alagoas Extreme Poverty Eradication: The objective is ment in the city; (b) promote affordable housing; and (c) provide to support the efforts of the State of Alagoas to eradicate extreme targeted and integrated social assistance programs to the urban poverty, as part of the Brazilian Federal Government’s program to poor. Negotiations scheduled for 10 August 2012. Environmental achieve the same goal nationwide. Decision Meeting tentatively Assessment Category U. Project: P126749. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). No scheduled for late-August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category consultants are required. Secretaria Municipal de Financas, Rua C. Project: P126620. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Espirito Santo 593, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil, Tel: (31) 3277-9253, Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Fax: (31) 3277-1069, E-mail: paulo.araujo@pbh.gov.br, Contact: Paulo Robero Araujo, Gerente de Captacao de Recursos Recife Swap Education and Public Management: The objec- tives are to: (a) expand coverage and improve quality of early child (R) Minas Gerais Partnership III SWAP (Ln. 81870-BR): education and primary school; and (b) improve municipal public The objectives are to support: (a) the state’s third generation of management, with emphasis on the areas of education, finance, ur- result-oriented public sector management reforms across several ban mobility, and management of public policy. Signing scheduled sectors; and (b) reforms in the area of natural resource manage- for 1 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: ment and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Negotiations P126372. US$ 130.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Special completed on 20 June 2012. Bank Approval scheduled for 26 July Secretariat of Planning and Management, Avenida Cais do Apolo 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P121590. US$ 925-9o andar, CEP50030-230, Brazil, Tel: (55 81) 3355-9444, Fax: 450.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Estado de (55-81) 3355-8014, E-mail: elabanca@recife.pe.gov.br, Contact: Planejamento e Gestao de Minas Gerais (SEPLAG), Rua Bernardo Evelyne Labanca, Secretary Guimaraes, 2731, Bairro Santo Agostinho, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Tel: (55-31) 3290-8382, Fax: NA, E-mail: ana.cristina@planejamento. Health and Other Social Services mg.gov.br, Contact: Fernanza Cimini Salles, Superintendente de (R) Integrated Health and Water Management (Ln. 79510- Financiamento ao Investimento BR): The objectives are to: (a) increase access to clean water, sanita- (R) Parana PSM for Development SWAp: The objective is to tion, and basic health care in 10 selected municipalities most affected support the modernization of public sector management to access by infectious intestinal diseases (IID); and (b) improve neonatal health economic opportunities and human development in a less unequal care in 25 selected hospitals using a Baremo indicator of quality and state of Parana. Negotiations tentatively scheduled for early-August efficiency. Signing scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assess- 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126343. ment Category B. Project: P095171. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants will US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Secretariat of be required. Secretariat of Planning of Bahia, Av. Luis Viana Filho, Planning and General Coordination PR, Palácio das Araucárias, 4o 2da Avenida No. 25, Salvador, BA, Brazil, Tel: (55-71) 3115-3550, Andar, Centro Cívico, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, Tel: (55-41) 3313-6272/70, Fax: (55-71) 3371-3237, E-mail: anacristina.branco@seplan.ba.gov. Fax: (55-41) 3313-6276, E-mail: cassiotaniguchi@sepl.pr.gov.br, br, Contact: Ana Cristina Gomes Branco, General Coordinator Contact: Cassio Taniguchi, State Secretary of Planning and General (R) Sergipe Development Policy Loan: The objective is to sup- Coordination PR port the Government to implement its poverty reduction and inclu- (R) Rio State Technical Assistance Additional Financing: sive growth strategy. Specific support to transformative policies in 3 The objectives are to scale-up: (a) the integrated territorial develop- areas: (a) public financial management; (b) human development; and ment approach to Rio de Janeiro by expanding sectoral activities in (c) local development. Gender and more vulnerable groups would the metropolitan governance and urban transport, environment and be highlighted as a cross-cutting theme. Decision Meeting scheduled disaster risk management, housing, and social development; and (b) for 11 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: the services and activities offered in health and education. Appraisal P129652. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. completed on 6 July 2012. Negotiations tentatively scheduled for Secretary of State for Planning, Budget and Management, Sergipe, September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Brazil, Tel: (55-79) 3226-2202, Fax: NA, E-mail: gab.secretario@ P126735. US$ 48.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implement- seplag.se.gov.br, Contact: Jose de Oliveira Junior, Undersecretary ing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Sao Bernardo Integrated Water Management in Sao Industry and Trade Paulo Program: (formerly Water, Sanitation and Flood Protec- (R) Ceara SWAp III: The objectives are to: (a) support economic tion sector) The objectives are to: (a) protect and maintain the quality growth, a reduction in social inequality and environmental sus- and reliability of MRSP’s water resources and potable water sources; tainability in Ceara; and (b) strengthen public investment planning and (b) improve the Guarulhos’ quality of life of the poor popula- and the quality of supporting functions such as procurement and tions residing in key targeted urban river basins. Signing tentatively financial management. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled scheduled for late-August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category for 28 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ A. Project: P125829. US$ 20.8 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. 350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretariat of Planning Municipality of Guarulhos (PMG) Water and Sewerage Autonomous and Management, Av. Gal Afonso Albuquerque Lima, Ed. Seplag, Service Company, SAAE, Av. Emilio Ribas, 1.247, Guarulhos, SP, 3o Andar, Cambeba, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, Tel: (55-85) 3101-4532, Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 2472-5300 Ext. 365, E-mail: afraniodepaula@ Fax: (55-85) 3101-4518, E-mail: cristina.medeiros@ipece.ce.gov.br, saaeguarulhos.sp.gov.br, Contact: Afrânio de Paula Sobrinho, Su- Contact: Cristina Madeiros, Project Coordinator perintendent of SAAE.; Municipality of Sao Bernardo do Campo PAGE 68 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 (PMSBC), Praca Samuel Sabatini 50, Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection Brazil, Tel: (55-11) 4367-6408, Fax: (55-11) 4122-0160, E-mail: tas- Acre Social and Economic Inclusion and Sustainable De- siaregino@uol.com.br, Contact: Tássia Regina, Secretary velopment Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) (R) Third Rio State Development Policy Loan: The objective develop and implement water supply and sanitation urban service is to assist the Government to improve their efficiency to plan cost delivery in five municipalities; and (b) expand and deepen the range and program public investments, the expansion of health programs of activities in education, health and sustainable development to scale in poor municipalities, and performance based reforms in the educa- up the project’s impact and development effectiveness. Project Con- tion sector. Negotiations scheduled for 16 July 2012. Environmental cept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P126465. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). No Assessment Category B. US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and consultants are required. Secretaria de Fazenda, 42 Rua da Alfan- implementing agency(ies) to be determined. dega, Centro Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 2334 4300, Fax: NA, E-mail: ptafner@fazenda.rj.gov.br, Contact: Espirito Santo Integrated Sustainable Development: The ob- Paulo Taffner, Deputy Secretary of Finance jectives are to: (a) improve the quality of water resources in two main Rio Municipality Technical Assistance Loan: The objectives basins that supply water to the Vitória Metropolitan Region (through are to: (a) support activities to further consolidate the reforms under- improved sanitation, sustainable land management practices and taken as part of the DPL to the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro; and payment for environmental services); and (b) provide technical as- (b) promote improvements in the areas of public investment man- sistance to the State on integrated urban water management. Project agement, delivery of social services and public sector management, Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 August 2012. Environmen- including monitoring and evaluation of social programs. Decision tal Assessment Category B. US$ 225.0 (IBRD). Consulting services Meeting tentatively scheduled for mid-September 2012. Environ- to be determined. CESAN, Av. Governador Bley, 186, Brazil, Tel: mental Assessment Category C. US$ 16.2 (IBRD). No consultants are (55-27) 3132-8200, Fax: (55-27) 3222-4369, E-mail: www.cesan. required. Secretaria Municipal de Fazenda, Rua Afonso Cavalcanti, com.br; IEMA (Instituto Estadual do Meio Ambiente), Rod. BR 262 455, Anexo, Sala 604, Ciudad Nova, 20211-110, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Km 0, Patio Porto Velho, Brazil, Tel: (55-27) 3136-3437, Fax: (55-27) Tel: (55-21) 2976-3280, Fax: (55-21) 2976-2661, Contact: Marco 3136-3441, E-mail: presidente@iema.es.gov.br; Secretaria de Estado Aurélio Santos Cardozo, Head of the Municipal Treasury de Projetos Especiais e Articulação Metropolitana, Palácio da Fonte Grande, Rua Sete de, Setembro, No. 362 8o Andar, Centro Vitória, Transportation Brazil, Tel: (55-27) 3636-1190, Fax: (55-27) 3321-3889, E-mail: (R) Federal Transport SWAp: The objective is to support the www.es.gov.br improvement of the country’s transport sector efficiency and safety. Federal Disaster Risk Management: The objectives are to sup- Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 24 August 2012. En- port: (a) capacity building and (b) strengthen institutional federal vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants agencies in disaster prevention, vulnerability reduction, risk financ- will be required. Ministry of Transport, Brazil ing, and emergency response. Project Concept Review tentatively (R) Rio Grande do Sul SWAp (Ln. 81550-BR): (formerly scheduled for early-December 2012. Environmental Assessment Industry and Trade sector) The objective is to support activities Category C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- in private sector development, public sector management, fiscal menting agency(ies) to be determined. policy, primary education, transport, environmental and disaster risk management. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-July 2012. En- Sergipe Water: The objective is to promote efficient and sustain- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120830. US$ 480.0 able water use in targeted municipalities of the Sergipe river basin, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Planejamento, by improving water resources management and regulatory tools, re- Gestao e Participacao Cidada, Av. Borges de Medeiros, 1501, 9o ducing the pollution load discharged into rivers and increasing water Andar, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, Tel: (55-51) 3288-1431, Fax: (55- services productivity. Signing tentatively scheduled for mid-August 51) 3288-1412, E-mail: rogerio-fialho@seplag.rs.gov.br, Contact: 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P112074. Rogerio Correa Fialho, Secretario Adjunto US$ 70.3 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Secretariat of Environment and Water Resources-Sergipe, Av. Prefeito Heraclito (R) Upgrading and Greening the Rio de Janeiro Urban Rollemberg, S/N, Sergipe, Brazil, Tel: (55-79) 3179-7300, Fax: (55- Rail System Additional Financing: The objective is to improve 79) 3179-7302, E-mail: NA, Contact: Ailton Francisco da Rocha, the quality of Rio urban rail transit system and lower the system’s Project Coordinator carbon footprint. Signing tentatively scheduled for mid-August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P125630. US$ 600.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CENTRAL, Av. Nossa Senhora Chile de Copacabana, 493, 22.031-000 Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Education Brazil, Tel: (55-21) 3816-6457, Fax: (55-21) 3816-6459, E-mail: jlfa- vario@central.rj.gov.br, Contact: Jairo Favario, Coordinator PMU (R) Second Tertiary Education Finance for Results (Ln. Sao Paulo Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management and 81260-CL): The objective is to increase the effectiveness of public Transport: The objective is to foster enhanced efficiency in trans- funding for tertiary education by: (a) enhancing quality, (b) coher- port through improvement of key segments of the State’s road and ence, and (c) responsiveness in the system, through stronger ac- waterway transport network, while increasing resilience to climate countability for performance. Signing scheduled for 31 August 2012. risk through strengthening environmental and disaster risk manage- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P111661. US$ 40.0 ment systems. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Division of Higher Education, Category B. Project: P127723. US$ 300.0/200.0 (IBRD/GUAM). Ministry of Education, Av. Libertador Bernardo O’higgins 1371, San- Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- tiago, Chile, Tel: (56-2) 390-4401, Fax: NA, E-mail: juanjose.ugarte@ termined. mineduc.cl, Contact: Juan José Ugarte, Director Tocantins Integrated Sustainable Regional Development: Transportation The objective is to foster improved effectiveness of road transport and enhanced efficiency of selected public services in support of an Rural Infrastructure for Territorial Development: The ob- integrated and territorially balanced development of the State of jective is to increase the effective and productive use of sustainable Tocantins. Bank Approval scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmen- infrastructure services by poor rural communities in selected ter- tal Assessment Category B. Project: P121495. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). ritories. Decision Meeting scheduled for 13 December 2012. En- Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Estado da Infraestrutura vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126500. US$ 30.0 Tocantins, Esplanada das Secretarias, Praca dos Girassois,Palmas, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Subsecretaria de Desarrollo Brazil, Tel: (55-63) 3218-1640/41, Fax: (55-63) 3218-1690, E-mail: Regional (SUBDERE), Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago, Chile, Tel: dae@seinf.to.gov.br, Contact: Silvio Leao, Superintendente de Apoio (56-2) 690-4043, Fax: (56-2) 636-3600, E-mail: miguel.flores@ Estrategico subdere.gov.cl, Contact: Miguel Flores, Subsecretario AUGUST 2012 Latin America and the Caribbean Region PAGE 69 Colombia Subnational Institutional Strengthening: The objective is to support the strengthening of the managerial capabilities at the Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry subnational level in Colombia. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 Smallholder Agriculture Competitiveness: The objective is to September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 increase the competitiveness of small holder agriculture in Colombia, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Departamento Nacional de which will build upon success of the Rural Productive Alliance II, to Planeacion, Calle 26 No. 13-19 Edificio Fonade, Bogota, Colombia, scale up the investments of Smallholders to participate in high value Tel: (57-1) 381-5000 Ext. 3500, Fax: NA, E-mail: nbargans@dnp.gov. chains and enter into contractual arrangements with buyers. Decision co, Contact: Natalia Bargans Ballesteros, Subdirector de Credito Meeting scheduled for 4 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126540. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will Transportation be required. Ministerio de Agricultura, Avenida Jimenez No. 7-65, (R) Urban Transport Clean Technology Fund: The objective Bogota, D.C Colombia, E-mail: viceministerio@minagricultura.gov. is to support the Government in developing the urban transport co, Contact: Ricardo Sanchez, Viceministro de Agricultura project for Bogota identified under the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Investment Plan, to improve public transit service provision. The CTF Finance for Bogota envisions a comprehensive mobility and climate change (R) Productive and Sustainable Cities Development Policy agenda for Bogota’s Carrera 7 corridor. Project Concept Review Loan: The objective is to support a multi-sector reform agenda on Meeting scheduled for late-September 2012. Environmental Assess- sustainable and productive cities through the first of two operations ment Category B. US$ 40.0 (CCTF). Consultants will be required. in a programmatic series covering issues of land and housing policy, Ministerio de Transporte, Av. El Dorado CAN, Bogota, Colombia, urban management, urban transport and logistics, social inclusion, Tel: (57-1) 324-0800, E-mail: ftarga@mintransporte.gov.co, Contact: and urban environment. Project Concept Review Meeting completed Felipe Targa, Viceministro de Transporte on 11 July 2012. Preparation scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environ- Support to the National Urban Transport Program: The mental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will objectives are to: (a) deliver high quality and sustainable BRTS in be required. Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Carrera 8 No. selected medium and large cities to improve mobility along the most 6, Bogota, Colombia Tel/Fax: (57-1) 381-1700, E-mail: malmonac@ strategic mass transit corridors; (b) improve accessibility for the poor minhacienda.gov.co, Contact: Monica Almonacid, Subdirectora de through feeder services and fare integration; and (c) build greater in- Financiamiento Organismos Multilaterales y G stitutional capacity at the national and local level. Signing scheduled Health and Other Social Services for 24 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P117947. US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Enhanced Social Promotion: The objective is to support the Transport, Av. El Dorado CAN, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 324-0800, E- strengthening of Colombia’s social promotion system, which includes mail: mintrans@mintransporte.gov.co, Contact: Carolina Camacho, an ongoing Conditional Cash Transfer Program (Familias en Accion) Coordinadora Sistemas Integrados de Transporte as well as an integrated program to reduce extreme poverty (formerly known as Juntos, now as Unidos). Project Concept Review Meeting Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection scheduled for 29 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category (R) National Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Phase 2: The C. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing objective is to further strengthen Colombia’s disaster risk manage- agency(ies) to be determined. ment framework through: (a) the application of disaster risk analysis Industry and Trade and management in policy making at the sectoral and territorial levels, and (b) strengthening of risk reduction at subnational levels. (R) Disaster Risk Management DPL with Catastrophe De- Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 27 June 2012. Project ferred Draw Down Option II (Ln. 81840-CO): The objective preparation tentatively scheduled for mid-August 2012. Environ- is to reduce Colombia’s vulnerability to natural hazards. Bank Ap- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants proval completed on 10 July 2012. Signing tentatively scheduled for will be required. Ministry of Housing, Cities, and Territory, Bogota, late-August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Colombia, Tel: (571) 288-6020, Fax: NA, E-mail: NA P126583. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico, Carrera 7, No. 6-45, Bogota, Colombia Barranquilla Flood Management: The objectives are to assist Tel/Fax: (57-1) 381-1700, E-mail: cmrojas@minhacienda.gov.co, in: (a) the Flood Risk Reduction Investments; (b) strengthen the Contact: Carolina Mary Rojas Hayes, Subdirectora Financiamiento municipal government institution; and (c) resettlement of people Organismos Multilaterales y Gob. in high risk areas, and compensation for involuntary loss of land. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 December 2012. Environmental Public Administration, Law, and Justice Assessment Category A. Project: P120159. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Con- (R) Sustainable Development Additional Financing: The sultants will be required. Secretariat of Planning District of Barran- objective, same as the parent project, is to support the Government’s quilla, Calle 34 No. 43-31, Colombia, Tel: (57-317) 641-7757, E-mail: environmental agenda: (a) environmental health, (b) integrated water mabuchaibe@barranquilla.gov.co, Contact: Maria Elia Abuchaibe, resources management, (c) planning and oversight of environmental Secretary of Planning management, and (d) sustainable urban development. The loan was signed on 20 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Costa Rica Project: P115639. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Education Ministry of Environment and National Planning Department, Calle (R) Higher Education: The objective is to improve quality and rel- 37 No. 8-40, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 332-3400, Ext. 1194, Fax: evance of the Costa Rican university system. Negotiations scheduled (57-1) 332-3429, E-mail: lnino@minambiente.gov.co, Contact: Lucy for 2 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Amparo Nino Carrillo, Coordinadora de Banca Multilateral P123146. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CONARE, Second Programmatic Fiscal Sustainability and Growth Edificio Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz, Pavas, Apdo. 1174-1200, San Jose, Resilience Development Policy Loan: The objective is to sup- Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 2519-5700, Fax: NA, E-mail: eduardosibaja@ port the long-term Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) outcome of hotmail.com, Contact: Eduardo Sibaja, Coordinator improved fiscal, financial, and social risk management under the ‘inclusive growth with enhanced productivity’ CPS theme. Deci- Dominica sion Meeting tentatively scheduled for mid-September 2012. En- vironmental Assessment Category U. Project: P129465. US$ 200.0 Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Public (R) Third Phase Disaster Vulnerability Reduction APL: Credit, Carrera 8 No. 6-64, Bogota, Colombia, Tel: (57-1) 381-1700, The objective is to finance physical disaster mitigation investments Fax: (57-1) 350-9331, E-mail: cmrojas@minhacienda.gov.co, Con- and technical assistance activities to measurably reduce Dominica’s tact: Carolina Rojas, Sub-Director Multilateral Credit vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change impacts. Proj- PAGE 70 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 ect Concept Review Meeting tentatively scheduled for late-August the transparency and quality of public expenditure. Project Concept 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 17.0/6.0 (IDA Review Meeting completed on 28 June 2012. Decision Meeting Credit/CIF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 5th tentatively scheduled for early-August 2012. Environmental Assess- Floor, Financial Centre, Kennedy Ave, Roseau, Dominica, Tel: (767) ment Category U. Project: P131763. US$ 200.0 (IBRD). Consultants 266-3340, Fax: (767) 448-0054, E-mail: finance@dominica.gov. will be required. Directorate of Public Credit, Ministry of Public dm, Contact: Rosamund Edwards, Financial Secretary.; Ministry of Finance, 8a. Avenida 20-65 Zona 1, Centro Civico, Guatemala City, Environment, Natural Resources, Physical Planning and Fisheries, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2322-8888 Ext. 11538, Contact: Mynor Argu- 2nd Floor, Government Headquarters, Kennedy Avenue, Roseau, eta, Head of Department, Management and Negotiation Dominica, Tel: (767) 266-3544, Fax: (767) 440-7761, E-mail: envi- ronment@dominica.gov.dm, Contact: Kenneth Darroux, Minister.; Haiti Environmental Coordination Unit (ECU), Roseau Fisheries Complex Energy and Mining Building, Dame Mary Eugenia Charles Boulevard, Roseau, Dominica, (R) Rebuilding Energy Infrastructure and Access: The objec- Tel: (767) 266-5256, Fax: (767) 448-4577, E-mail: ecu@dominica. tives are to: (a) strengthen energy policy and planning capacity; and gov.dm, Contact: Lloyd Pascal, Director (b) rehabilitate and expand access to reliable electricity services in Dominican Republic urban and rural areas and to sustainable energy for cooking. Deci- sion Meeting completed on 11 July 2012. Appraisal is underway. Energy and Mining Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P127203. US$ 90.0 (R) Electricity Distribution Rehabilitation Additional Fi- (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Electricite d’Haiti, Unité nancing: The objectives are to: (a) increase the Cash Recovery de Coordination de Projets (UCP), Angle rue Chareron et H. Truman, Index of the three distribution companies in selected areas; and (b) Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) 2946-6060, Contact: Camille Cange, improve the quality of electricity service. Decision Meeting completed Coordinator of the Project Coordination Unit (PCU).; Ministère des on 26 June 2012. Appraisal tentatively scheduled for early-October Travaux Publics, des Transports et de la Communication, Unité de 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Gestion du Secteur de l’Energie, 40 rue Reimbold, Marcadieu, Del- Consultants will be required. CDEEE, Dominican Republic, Tel: mas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Contact: René Jean Jumeau, NA (809) 535-9098 Health and Other Social Services Health and Other Social Services (R) Ensuring Health Nutrition and Social Services for the Youth Development Project (Repeater): The objective is to Vulnerable: The objectives are to: (a) increase access and quality support the Ministry of Labor in improving the employability of: of basic social services; and (b) strengthen governance and institu- (a) poor, low-skilled, long-term unemployed people between the tional capacity of the Government to manage and monitor services, ages of 18 and 65; and (b) poor at-risk youth by building their work including during crises. Project Appraisal Document completed experience and life skills. Quality Enhancement Review tentatively on 13 July 2012. Decision Meeting scheduled for 11 October 2012. scheduled for mid-September 2012. Environmental Assessment Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123706. US$ Category B. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Fonds d’Assistance mined. Ministry of Labor, Jose Luis Polanco de Leon, Coordinator, Economique et Social (FAES), 1, Delmas 75, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Av. Jimenez Moya, Centro de Los Heroes, Dominican Republic, Tel: (509) 2246-8530, Fax: NA, E-mail: faes@faes.gouv.ht, Contact: Tel: (809) 535-4404, Ext. 2306, Fax: (809) 533-1548, E-mail: jose. Harry Adams, Executive Director polanco@mt.gob.do Industry and Trade El Salvador (R) Investment Climate and Growth: The objective is to support the private sector-led growth and exports through: (a) improving the Public Administration, Law, and Justice business climate; and (b) promoting job creation by the small and (R) Second Programmatic Public Finance and Social Prog- medium enterprises. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 July 2012. ress Development Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) create Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123974. US$ 65.0 fiscal space for needed social spending; and (b) protect and socially (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and including vulnerable segments of the population. Appraisal sched- Finance, Palais des Ministeres, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509) uled for 5 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. 3558-9673, E-mail: ronbaudin@mefhaiti.gov.ht, Contact: Ronald Project: P127333. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Baudin, Minister of Economy and Finance Ministry of Finance, Boulevard de los Heroes No. 1231, Edificio Los Cerezos, San Salvador, El Salvador, Tel: (503) 2237-3051, Fax: (503) Public Administration, Law, and Justice 2237-6419, E-mail: rina.djarquin@mh.gob.sv (R) Infrastructure and Institutions Emergency Recovery Additional Financing: The objective is to continue with financing Guatemala the recovery and reconstruction of Haiti after the January 12, 2010 (7.0 magnitude) earthquake. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 July Industry and Trade 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P130749. (R) Enhancing Small and Medium Enterprise Productiv- US$ 35.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministere des ity (Ln. 80000-GT): The objective is to improve competitiveness Travaux Publics, des Transports et des Communications (MTPTC), of micro and small businesses. Specifically, to strengthen value Unite Centrale d’Execution, Rue Wilson, Port au Prince, Haiti, Tel: chains and clusters, improve the legal and regulatory framework (509) 3446-3165, E-mail: garijean@gmail.com, Contact: Garry Jean, for microfinance, improve the supply of business development Coordinateur de l’UCE services, and promote appropriate technology adoption. Signing Economic Reconstruction and Growth Development Policy tentatively scheduled for mid-August 2012. Environmental Assess- Credit: The objective is to support the reconstruction efforts and ment Category B. Project: P112011. US$ 32.0 (IBRD). Consultants unleash growth potential. Decision Meeting tentatively scheduled will be required. Ministry of Economy, 8A Avenida 10-43, Zona for late-July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 30.0 1, Guatemala City, Guatemala, Tel: (502) 2412-6101, Fax: (502) (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Rue 2253-1419, E-mail: rsagastume@mineco.gob.gt, Contact: Ruben Charles Summer, Port-au Prince, Haiti, Tel: (509-3) 701-8058, Fax: Morales, Minister NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Alfred Metellus, Chief of Staff Public Administration, Law, and Justice Honduras (R) First Programmatic Development Policy Loan: The ob- jective is to support the Government’s reform agenda in three areas: Energy and Mining (a) strengthening tax administration and tax policy; (b) improving Sustainable Rural Energy Services: The objective is to scale up the coordination and management of social policy; and (c) enhancing the provision of sustainable energy services (off-grid) and advanced AUGUST 2012 Latin America and the Caribbean Region PAGE 71 biomass cookstoves for rural and periurban areas in Honduras. (R) Sustainable Rural Development Additional Financing: Project Concept Note scheduled for 13 September 2012. Environ- The objective is to build on the highly positive results generated mental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (CSCF). Consultants will by the ongoing Sustainable Rural Development Project in terms be required. Secretaria de Finanzas, Bo. El Jazmin 5ta. Ave. 3ra of promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy, and reducing Ave, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Tel: (504) 222-8701, Fax: (504) 238- emissions from biomass in the productive sector. Project Concept 2309, E-mail: wchongw@sefin.gob.hn, Contact: Leonardo Matute, Note scheduled for 29 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- Coordinador egory B. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and Other Social Services (R) Safe and Inclusive Municipalities: The objective is to con- Education tribute to the reduction in crime and violence in selected munici- (R) Second Upper Secondary Education Development palities and neighborhoods by (a) strengthening local capacities for Policy Loan (Ln. 81320-MX): The objective is to support the integrated citizen security planning and implementation, and (b) Government to implement the Mexico Upper Secondary Education financing prevention and strategic interventions to address specific Reform to improve the internal efficiency of upper secondary educa- risk and protective factors. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 October tion and its responsiveness to the labor market. Signing scheduled 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). for 31 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: Consultants will be required. FHIS, Honduras P126297. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Educacion Publica (SEP), Brasil 31, Piso 2, oficina 318, Colonia Public Administration, Law, and Justice Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico, Tel: (52-5) 3601-1000, Fax: (R) Second Programmatic Development Policy Credit: The NA, E-mail: NA, Contact: Javier Diaz Parra, Coordinador de Rels. objective is to support the Government’s efforts in fiscal consolidation Internacionales and security. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for mid- Second Tertiary Education Student Assistance: The objective September 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 50.0 is to further support and develop efforts by the federal Government (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Av. of Mexico in the field of tertiary education student assistance, thus Cervantes, Barrio el Jazmin, Edificio SEFIN, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, leading to improvements in the equity and coverage of tertiary educa- Tel: (504) 2222-0111, 9978-2227, E-mail: wchong@sefin.gob.hn, tion. Project Concept Note scheduled for 15 November 2012. Envi- Contact: William Chong Wong, Minister of Finance ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection (R) Disaster Risk Management: The objective is to improve Energy and Mining national capacity for disaster risk management in the country. Proj- Energy Efficiency Supply Side: The objectives are to: (a) identify ect Concept Note scheduled for 26 July 2012. Environmental As- and support investments and measures in supply-side efficiency sessment Category B. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are in Mexico; and (b) support the government of Mexico’s agenda to required. Disaster Emergency Preparedness and Response Agency reduce GHG. Project identification is underway. Environmental (COPECO), Carretera hacia Mateo, 200m adelante del Hospital Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Militar, Comayaguela, M.D.C Honduras, Tel: (504) 229-0619/0629, required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. E-mail: gsuazo@pmdn.gob.hn Industry and Trade Jamaica (R) Second Innovation for Competitiveness APL: The ob- jective is to support the Government’s efforts to improve the com- Public Administration, Law, and Justice petitiveness of the Mexican economy by: (a) strengthening the (R) Improving Climate Data and Information Manage- innovative capacity of the private sector; (b) accelerating advanced ment: The objective is to improve quality climate information for human capital formation, and (c) increasing the capacity of the effective planning and action at local and national levels in Jamaica. states to conduct science, technology and innovation programs. Decision Meeting scheduled for 18 October 2012. Environmental As- Decision Meeting tentatively scheduled for early-August 2012. En- sessment Category B. US$ 6.8 (CSCF). Consultants will be required. vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126838. US$ 100.0 Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), PIOJ Building 16 Oxford (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CONACYT, Avenida Insur- Road Kingston 5, PO Box 634, Jamaica, Tel: (876) 935-5059, Fax: gentes Sur No. 1582, Mexico, Tel: (55) 5322-7700, Fax: NA, E-mail: (876) 906-2214, E-mail: hpeterson@pioj.gov.jm, Contact: Hopeton jparada@conacyt.mx, Contact: Hersch D. Goldbard Deutsch, Coor- Peterson, Manager dinador General UCP Mexico Public Administration, Law, and Justice Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry (R) Fiscal Risk Management Development Policy Loan (Ln. 81400-MX): The objective is to support policies for enhanced (R) Conservation of Coastal Watersheds: The objective is to fiscal sustainability and predictability and transparency of public support an innovative multi-institutional collaborative framework expenditure to support stable economic growth and development. to achieve results across four GEF focal areas: Biodiversity (BD), Signing tentatively scheduled for late-July 2012. Environmental Climate Change (CCM), Sustainable Forest Management (SFM), and Assessment Category U. Project: P123505. US$ 300.8 (IBRD). No Land Degradation (LD). Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled consultants are required. Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 39.5 SHCP, Av. Constituyentes 1001, Edificio B, 6to Piso, Col. Belen de las (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to Flores, CP, Mexico DF, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 3688-1486, Fax: (52-55) be determined. 3688-4962, E-mail: guillermo_bernal@hacienda.gob.mx, Contact: (R) Green Production Systems and Biodiversity: The objec- Guillermo Bernal, Coordinator tives are to conserve and protect nationally and globally significant biodiversity in Mexico through improving and mainstreaming sus- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection tainable management practices in the productive landscape in pri- (R) Modernization of the National Meteorological Service ority ecological corridors. Negotiations scheduled for 30 July 2012. for Improved Climate Adaptation (MOMET) (Ln. 81650- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P121116. US$ 11.7 MX): The objective is to support the modernization of the National (GEFU). Consultants will be required. CONABIO, Liga Periferico, Meteorological Service in Mexico as a key measure to strengthen Insurgentes Sur 4903, Col. Parques del Pedregal, Mexico City, DF Mexico’s resilience to climate change. Bank Approval completed 06000, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 5004-4958-54, E-mail: palvarez@xolo. on 17 May 2012. Signing tentatively scheduled for late-July 2012. conabio.gob.mx, Contact: Pedro Alvarez Icaza, Director General Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126487. US$ 105.3 CBM (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CONAGUA Comision Nacio- PAGE 72 Monthly Operational Summary AUGUST 2012 nal del Agua, Av. Insurgentes Sur No. 2416, 4to Piso, Col. Copilco Piso, Panama, Tel: (507) 507-7202, Fax: (507) 507-7200, E-mail: El Bajo, Mexico City, DF 06000, Mexico, Tel: (52-55) 5174-4503, amendez@mef.gob.pa; crpmp@bloomberg.net, Contact: Mahesh Fax: (52-55) 5174-4794, E-mail: griselda.medina@conagua.gob.mx, C. Khemlani, Director of Public Credit Contact: Griselda Medina Laguna, Subgerencia de Gestión y Eval. de Proyectos Paraguay Finance Nicaragua (R) Financial Inclusion and Social Protection Development Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Policy Loan: The objective is to assist the Government to: (a) widen (N) Hurricane Felix Emergency Recovery Additional Fi- financial inclusion by instituting a modern payment system platform nancing: The objective is to support the sustainable recovery of that could support the private sector development of cost efficient the communities affected by Huricane Felix in the North Atlantic financial services delivery; and (b) strengthen social protection by Autonomous Region (RAAN) of Nicaragua. Project Concept Note placing non-contributory pensions payments program for poor re- scheduled for 13 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category tirement age population. Project Identification is underway. Envi- B. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Gobierno de ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants la Region Autonoma del Atlantico Norte (GRAAN), Casa de Gobi- will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. erno Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Tel: (505)792-2468, E-mail: ua_graan@yahoo.es Peru Information and Communications Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Rural Telecom Additional Finance: The objective is to finance (R) Sierra/Selva Territorial Development: The objective is the cost associated with scaling-up activities for providing telecom- to improve the assets and economic conditions of approximately munications services in Nicaragua’s Caribbean coastal region and 1.2 million rural families in 21 regions, 161 provinces and 1, 333 Rio San Juan; both regions being of high priority for the Govern- municipalities and strengthen government capacity for territorial ment of Nicaragua. Bank Approval completed on 14 June 2012. planning and supporting subnational government investment capac- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P129264. US$ 5.0 ity. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 August 2012. Environmental (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Instituto Nicaraguense Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de Telecomunicaciones y Correos, Av. Bolívar, esq. diagonal al edi- determined. Presidency of Minister’s Council (PCM), Armendariz ficio, de la Cancillería de la República, Managua, Nicaragua, Tel: 339, Piso 3, Miraflores, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 319-7000, Fax: (51-1) (505) 2222-7350, Fax: NA, E-mail: ocastillo@telcor.gob.ni, Contact: 319-7001, E-mail: mdammert@pcm.gob.pe, Contact: Manuel Dam- Orlando Castillo, Presidente Ejecutivo mert, Secretary of Descentralization.; Ministry of Agriculture, Av. La Universidad 200, La Molina, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 613-5826, Fax: Public Administration, Law, and Justice (51-1) 613-5824, E-mail: jrheineck@minag.gob.pe, Contact: Juan (R) Second Land Administration in Support of Land Pro- Rheineck, Viceminister of Agriculture gram (PRODEP): The objective is to provide the population in the National Agricultural Innovation: The objective is to increase area with improved land administration services, including more the contribution of agricultural innovation to inclusive and sustainable accurate cadastral and property registry information. Project Con- sector growth, with the ultimate aim of rewarding all participants, cept Review Meeting scheduled for 7 August 2012. Environmental especially small and medium sized farms at levels comparable to Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be other sectors. Project preparation is underway. Environmental As- required. Procuraduria General de la Republica, Managua, Nica- sessment Category B. US$ 25.0/15.0 (IBRD/IADB). Consultants will ragua, Tel: (505-2) 266-6036, E-mail: heres@pgr.gob.ni, Contact: be required. Instituto Nacional de Innovacion Agraria, Av. La Molina Hernan Estrada, Procurador General de la Republica 1981, La Molina, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 349-5616, Fax: (51-1) 349-5964, E- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection mail: jefatura@inia.gob.pe, Contact: Arturo Florez, Manager (Jefe) (N) Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Additional Financ- Strengthening Sustainable Management of the Guano Is- ing: The objective is to increase access by project beneficiaries to sus- lands, Isles and Capes National Reserve System: The objec- tainable water and sanitation services in rural areas. Project Concept tive is to improve the management effectiveness of the Guano Islands, Review Meeting scheduled for 17 September 2012. Environmental Islets and Capes National Reserve System of Peru. Decision Meeting Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be scheduled for 27 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- required. FISE, Nicaragua, Tel: (505) 2278-1664, Ext. 1084, E-mail: egory B. US$ 8.8 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. azeledon@fise.gob.ni PROFONANPE, Av. Javier Prado Oeste 2378, Magdalena, Lima, Peru, Tel: (511) 218-1097, Fax: (511) 218-1049, E-mail: apaniagua@ (R) Adaptation of Water Supplies to Climate Change: The profonanpe.org.pe, Contact: Alberto Paniagua, Executive Director objective is to enhance Nicaragua’s adaptive capacity to the impacts of climate change in the water supply sector through strengthening Education water resources management, which would guarantee a sustainable (R) Basic Education: The objectives are to: (a) improve priority water supply for the population. Appraisal completed on 22 June schools’ capacity to provide students with quality learning oppor- 2012. GEF Council Approval scheduled for 20 July 2012. Envi- tunities; and (b) strengthen system capacity to measure quality, ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.0 (GEFU). Consultants track results and manage information inbasic education. Decision will be required. Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Meeting scheduled for 4 September 2012. Environmental Assess- (MARENA), Km 8 1/2 Carretera Norte, Managua, Nicaragua, Tel: ment Category C. Project: P123151. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants (505) 276-0575, Fax: (505) 276-1490, E-mail: sinap@ibw.com.ni, will be required. Ministry of Education, Av. de la Poesia, 3er. Piso, Contact: Roberto Araquistain, Vice Minister Lima 41, Peru, Tel: (51-1)-515-5800, Fax: NA, E-mail: pandrade@ minedu.gob.pe, Contact: Patricia Andrade, General Director of Ba- Panama sic Education Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Higher Education Quality Assurance: The objectives (R) Second Programmatic Development Policy Loan: are to: (a) improve quality in higher education; (b) enhance com- The objective is to support the Government’s overall objectives of petitively allocated investment funding for higher education; and increasing fiscal space, strengthening fiscal management, enhanc- (c) improve information and dissemination on higher education ing transparency, improving the efficiency of public spending and to policy makers, students and public in general. Decision Meeting strengthening social programs. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category scheduled for 15 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Cat- C. Project: P122194. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. egory U. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. National System For Evaluation and Quality Assurance of Educa- Ministry of Finance, Via Espana y Calle 52, Edificio Ogawa, 4to tion (SINEACE), Calle los Tucanes 136, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 440- AUGUST 2012 Latin America and the Caribbean Region PAGE 73 2283, Fax: NA, E-mail: alexis_duenas@yahoo.com, Contact: Alexis George’s, Grenada, Tel: (473) 443-0531, Fax: (473) 443-0533, E- Dueñas, Technical Secretary mail: margaret.belfon@gmail.com, Contact: Margaret Belfon, Project Coordinator.; Ministry of Finance, Second Floor American Drywall Health and Other Social Services Building, Vive Bouteille, Castries, Saint Lucia, Tel: (758) 453-6892, Social Inclusion Development Policy Loan: The objective is to Fax: NA, E-mail: chmathurin@gosl.gov.lc, Contact: Cheryl Mathurin, support Government reforms to enhance the inclusiveness, overall Project Coordinator.; Ministry of ICT, Telecom Science and Technol- coordination, and results orientation of social policies and programs ogy 3rd Fl Clico Building Bay Street, Kingston, St. Vincent and the in Peru. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat- Grenadines, Tel: (784) 456-1223, Fax: NA, E-mail: drjthompson@ egory U. Project: P131028. US$ 45.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be gov.vc, Contact: Jerrol Thompson, Minister of Telecommunication, required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Science,Technology and Industry Social Inclusion Technical Assistance: The objective is to sup- port the technical assistance in the form of knowledge, advisory Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection needs, capacity building and relevant equipment to support the Second Phase Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Adaptable consolidation and result orientation of the MIDIS and the reform Lending Program: The objectives are to support: (a) structural in- of the key programs that MIDIS is coordinating with main focus on vestments in selected critical public buildings and infrastructure; and the Juntos CCT Program, Feeding Programs (PRONAA) and Pension (b) technical assistance activities to measurably reduce Saint Lucia’s 65. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change impacts. Prepa- C. Project: P131029. US$ 10.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Av Paseo de la 10.0/12.0 (IDA Credit/CIF). Consultants will be required. Ministry Republica 3101, San Isidro, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51-1) 440-2413, E-mail: of Finance, Economic Affairs and National Development, Financial Svargas@midis.gob.pe, Contact: Silvana Vargas, Contact Center, Bridge St 3rd Floor, Castries, Saint Lucia, Tel: (1-758) 468- Transportation 5500, Fax: (1-758) 452-6700, E-mail: ianthony@gosl.gov.lc, Contact: Isaac Anthony, Permanent Secretary Cusco Regional Development: The objective is to enhance the capacity of the Regional Government of Cuzco to provide basic ser- vices and infrastructure in key sectors in the Cuzco Region. Decision Uruguay Meeting scheduled for 1 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Education Category A. Project: P117318. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. COPESCO, Plaza Tupac Amaru s/n, Distrito Wanchaq, (R) Full-Time School Expansion: The objective is to continue Cuzco, Peru, Tel: (51-84) 581-540, Fax: (51-84) 236-712, E-mail: supporting the Government to increase equity, quality and efficiency hmolina@copesco.gob.pe, Contact: Helio Hebert Molina Aranda, in the provision of pre-school, primary education and secondary Executive Director education by: (a) expanding the Full-time School (FTS) model; and (b) strengthening institutional capacities. Appraisal completed on 18 Regional June 2012. Negotiations scheduled for 23 July 2012. Environmental Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Assessment Category B. Project: P126408. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consul- tants will be required. ANEP - Administracion Nacional de Educacion (R) Second Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Me- Publica, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 900-3104, E-mail: marinao@mecaep. soamerican Barrier Reef System: The objectives are to: (a) edu.uy, Contact: Marina Orozco, General Coordinator consolidate on-going efforts on the part of Belize, Guatemala, Hon- duras and Mexico to manage the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Transportation (MBRS) as a shared, regional ecosystem; (b) safeguard its biodiver- sity values and functional integrity; and (c) create a transnational (R) Transport Infrastructure: The objectives are to strengthen regulatory and policy framework for its sustainable use. Project on Uruguay’s transport infrastructure management, foster multimodal hold until further notice. Environmental Assessment Category B. approaches and logistics efficiency. Decision Meeting scheduled US$ 5.3 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Centro Agronomico for 30 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenza (CATIE), CATIE 7170, Turrialba, P125803. US$ 66.0 (Ihttp://projportal.worldbank.org/servlet/sec Cartago, Costa Rica, Tel: (506) 2558-2551, Fax: (506) 2558-2047, E- main?PSPID=P128644&theSitePK=213348&piPK=69345&pageP mail: jcampos@catie.ac.cr, Contact: Roberto Rodriguez, Institutional K=112935&menuPK=109012BRD). Consultants will be required. Strengthening Coordinator Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Industry and Trade Public Administration, Law, and Justice Support and Expand Caribbean Network of Business Incu- (R) Public Sector Management and Social Inclusion Devel- bators: The objective is to create and grow competitive Micro, Small opment Policy Loan: The objective is to support the Government’s and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the Caribbean region. First strategy of mitigating the impact of the current global and regional Grant Funding Request Approval scheduled for 14 September 2012. economic uncertainties and consolidating recent advances on eco- Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 12.0 (INFO). Consulting nomic and social inclusion of low-income population groups. Proj- services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ect Concept Review Meeting completed on 10 July 2012. Decision Information and Communications Meeting tentatively scheduled for late-August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 275.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and (R) Advanced Regional Communications Infrastructure implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Program (Cr. 51190-GD, Cr. 51170-LC, Cr. H7720-6R, Cr. 51180-VC): The objectives are to: (a) increase access and afford- Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection ability of broadband communications networks in the Caribbean region and within countries; (b) contribute to the development of (R) OSE Response to Climate Change (Ln. 81830-UY): The the regional IT industry; and (c) contribute to improved Govern- objective is to support OSE in adapting to and mitigating climate ment efficiency and transparency through regionally harmonized change by increasing the efficiency and resilience of existing and fu- e-government applications. The credit and grant were signed on 26 ture water supply and sanitation systems. Bank Approval completed June 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114963. on 5 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: US$ 22.0/3.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. P118064. US$ 42.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Admin- INDOTEL, Ave. Abraham Lincoln 963 Building Osiris, C.P. 10148, istracion de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado (OSE), Carlos Roxlo Dominican Republic, Tel: (829) 732-5555, Fax: (829) 473-8547, 1275, 3er Piso, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 1952-1950, Fax: E-mail: sricourt@gmail.com, Contact: Salvador Ricourt, Techni- NA, E-mail: nwajner@ose.com.uy, Contact: Natan Wajner, Gerente cal Manager.; Ministry of ICT, GCNA Complex Lagoon Road, St. Programas con Financiamiento Externo PAGE 74 Development Business AUGUST 2012 cally extend maturities beyond what private creditors could otherwise provide, for example, by guaranteeing late-dated repayments. Other For more information on the Bank’s guarantee program and to obtain a copy of the pamphlet “The World Bank Guarantees: Leveraging Worldwide Private Finance for Emerging Markets” (available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish), please contact the Finance Economics and Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Urban Department (FEU) Tel: (202) 458-8111; Fax: (202) 522-0761, Conservation Agreements Private Partnership Platform: or visit www.worldbank.org/guarantees. The objective is to catalyze private sector participation in the conser- vation of biodiversity and provision of ecosystem services by enabling private sector companies to partner directly with local communities. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 August 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and Africa Region implementing agency(ies) to be determined. FIP Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Kenya Communities: The objective is to enhance the capacity and support Energy and Mining specific initiatives of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Kenya Private Sector Power Generation Support Project: FIP Pilot countries in order to strengthen their participation in FIP (Private Sector) A series of IDA PRGs in an amount of US$ 166 mil- and other REDD+ processes at the local, national and global levels. lion are supporting 4 IPPs. These IPPs include three thermal and Appraisal scheduled for 26 November 2012. Environmental Assess- one geothermal. MIGA and IFC are also providing support for the ment Category F. Project: P128748. US$ 25.5 (CSCF). Consulting operation. Board Approval was completed on 28 February 2012. services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Lake Turkana Wind Project IPP: (Private Sector) IDA PRG of Oceans Financing Facility: The objective is to finance sustainable EUR 54 million, to be reduced to EUR30 million is being considered fisheries management activities in up to five priority ocean areas in support of the development of a 300MW wind farm, which will around the world, together with increased funding from the Oceans be located near Loyangalani in Marsabit County, approximately 12 Financing Facility to implement all of the objectives of the GPO, km east of Lake Turkana in north-eastern Kenya. The objective is to e.g. more sustainable aquaculture, reduced marine pollution, and increase the capacity of clean electricity generation in Kenya. Board habitat conservation or protection. Project Concept Review Meeting Approval tentatively scheduled for late-FY12. scheduled for 31 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) Tanzania to be determined. Energy and Mining Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Strategic Ecosystem Manage- Singida Wind power: (Private Sector) An IDA PRG of $100m is ment: The objective is to introduce an ecosystem-based manage- being prepared to support the 100 MW Singida wind farm, which ment (EBM) approach through building monitoring networks and a will be located at Singida in Tanzania. Board Approval scheduled harmonized knowledge base, community organization for the man- for FY13. agement, conservation and benefit sharing of marine resources in the Ruhudji Hydropower Project: (Private Sector) An IDA PRG Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 Decem- of $200m is being prepared in support of the 358 MW Ruhudji ber 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113794. hydropower plant. Board Approval scheduled for FY15. US$ 3.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required for implementation in marine managed areas, including participatory approaches focusing Nigeria on gender and social inclusion, commercial fisheries private sector Energy and Mining partnerships, transboundary governance inclusion, fishery-specific Energy and Gas Infrastructure: (Private Sector) The objective PERs, and ecosystem-based management approaches sited in Middle is to strengthen the value chain for power generation by ending the East cultural context. PERSGA, The Regional Organization for the bottlenecks in the supply chain for power generation-previously a Conservation of Environment of the, PO Box 53662, Jeddah 21583, fundamental constraint to economic growth in the country. The Saudi Arabia, Tel: (966-2) 652-3224, Fax: (966-2) 652-1901, E-mail: guarantees will support the Power Holding Company of Nigeria’s gas persga@persga.org, Contact: Dr. Mohammed Badran, Director supply payment obligations to international and domestic oil com- panies which will help mobilize gas supplies for power generation. The PRGs would help to assist the Government in putting in place an appropriate framework for IPPs as well as the extent of Government Guarantee Operations support to be provided through the PRGs. IDA PRGs of US$ 400.00 million were approved for the first phase of the project. Executive By covering some of the risks that the market is not able to bear or Directors Approval completed on 16 June 2009. adequately evaluate, the Bank’s guarantee can attract new sources of finance, reduce financing costs, and extend maturities. The guarantee can be especially valuable for countries with limited market access and where activities traditionally undertaken and financed by the government are being shifted to the private sector but where the Europe and Central Asia Region government remains as a regulator or provider of inputs and a buyer of outputs. The Bank’s participation as guarantor can also facilitate Serbia the transparency of these transactions. Finance Since the guarantee is intended to be a catalytic instrument, the Bank Private and Financial Sector Policy Based Guarantee (Sov- offers only partial guarantees, and risks are clearly shared between ereign Borrowing): The objective is to support reforms in three the Bank and private lenders. The Bank’s objective is to cover risks policy areas: (a) enhancing business environment to encourage pri- that it is well-positioned to bear given its credit, its experience with vate sector investment; (b) strengthening financial discipline with developing countries, and its special relationships with governments. continued reform of the non private enterprise sector; and (c) build- The risk-sharing may be for specific risks (the partial risk guarantee) ing a stable and more efficient financial sector. The IBRD PBG in or for part of the financing (the partial credit guarantee). Euro in the amount equivalent of US$400 million (up to EU€ 300 A partial risk guarantee covers risks arising from nonperformance of million) will support the borrowing of the Republic of Serbia from sovereign contractual obligations or from force majeure aspects in a a commercial bank. 7Ke VLJQLQJ ZDs completed on 1 February project. A partial credit guarantee and a policy-based guarantee typi- 2011. AUGUST 2012 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 75 LIST OF ACRONYMS AUSAID Australian Agency for International IDB Inter-American Development Bank Development IFAD International Fund for Agricultural ADB Asian Development Bank Development ADF African Development Fund IsDB Islamic Development Bank AfDB African Development Bank JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation APL Adaptable Program Loan ITF Interim Trust Fund BADEA Banque Arabe de Développement KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Économique en Afrique (Germany) BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine LIL Learning and Innovation Loan de Développement NCB National Competitive Bidding CDB Caribbean Development Bank NGO Nongovernmental Organization CFD Caisse Française de Développement NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development CIDA Canadian International Development Cooperation Agency OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund DANIDA Danish International Development Agency (Japan) DFID Department for International OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Development (UK) Countries EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction PAD Project Appraisal Document and Development PCD Project Concept Document EDF European Development Fund PCF Prototype Carbon Fund EIB European Investment Bank PCN Project Concept Note EU European Union PHRD Policy and Human Resources FAC Fonds d’Aide et de Coopération (France) Development (Japan) FAO Food and Agricultural Organization PID Project Identification (Number) of the United Nations PPF Project Preparation Facility FAO/CP FAO Cooperative Program (with the World Bank) QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection FINNIDA Finland International Development SDC Swiss Agency for Development Agency Cooperation GEF Global Environment Facility SIDA Swedish International Development Authority GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit UNDP United Nations Development Programme IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Service Office UNFPA United Nations Population Fund IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund and Development USAID United States Agency for International ICB International Competitive Bidding Development IDA International Development Association WHO World Health Organization