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(R) Senegal River Basin Integrated Multimodal Transport: The

objective is to restore the river transport vocation of the Senegal River

and to enhance the latter by connecting it to a system that integrates

all other types of ground transportation. Project Concept Review Meet-

ing scheduled for mid-July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category

A. US$ 430.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Or-

ganisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal (OMVS), 46, rue

Carnot, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug

Merzoug, Haut Commissaire

Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation: The objective

is to enhance economic growth in Southern Africa by facilitating the

movement of goods and people as well as fostering regional integra-

tion among Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Prepa-

ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 130.0

(IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be

determined.

Eastern Africa Regional Aviation: The objective is to improve avi-

ation safety, security and regional integration amongst all five East

Africa Community states. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled

for 31 January 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$

123.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Kenya Civil Aviation

Authority, PO Box 30163, PO Box 52692-00200, Nairobi, Kenya, Tel:

(254-20) 827-470/475, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: N. Bodo, Acting Director General. Rwanda Civil Aviation Au-

thority, Kigali International Airport, PO Box 1122, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel:

(250) 582-809, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Dr. Richard

Masozera, General Manager. Uganda Civil Aviation Authority, PO Box

5336, Kampala, Uganda, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Dr. Rama Makuza, Director Gen-

eral. Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, PO Box 2819, Dar es Salaam,

Tanzania, Tel: [phone], Contact: Margaret Munyange, Director

General. Regie Des Services Aeronautiques, B.P. 694, Bujumbura, Bu-

rundi, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Joseph Bangurambona, Manager

Eastern Africa Transport Links Improvement: The objective is to

improve transport services along key trade corridors in Eastern Africa

for Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. Prepa-

ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0

(IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be

determined.

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

Burundi and Rwanda-Lake Victoria Environmental Manage-

ment: The objective is to prepare a second Adaptable Program Loan

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(APL2) of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project II 

(LVEMP II) that includes five basin countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, 

Tanzania, and Uganda. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 October 2010. 

Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P118316. US$ 30.0 (IDA 

Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Natural 

Resources, PO Box 3502, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: [phone], Fax: 

(250¬25) 258-2629. Ministry of Urban and Rural Planning and 

Environment, Bujumbura, Burundi, Tel: [phone]  

Gambia River Basin: The objective is to strengthen the management of 

the basin’s water resources, biodiversity and environment by: (a) 

developing a framework for basin-wide water resources and environ-

mental management; and (b) capacity building for OMVG related to 

water resources and environmental management. Project Concept Re-

view Meeting scheduled for 2 December 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Category B. US$ 8.0 (GEFU). Consulting services and imple-

menting agency(ies) to be determined.  

Rwanda  

Education  

Skills Development: The objective is to support the Government to 

improve the skills base of the labor force in line with the Economic 

Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy growth objectives. 

Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro-

ject: P118101. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple-

menting agency(ies) to be determined.  

Energy and Mining  

Electricity Access Scale-up and Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) 

Development: The objective is to improve access to reliable and cost-

effective electricity services for households and priority public 

institutions. Bank Approval completed on 15 October 2009. Environ-

mental Assessment Category B. Project: P111567. US$ 70.0/10.0 (IDA 

Credit/OPEC). Consultants will be required. Rwanda Electricity 

Corporation (RECO), B.P. 537, Rwanda, Tel: [phone], Fax: (250) 

572-976, Contact: Rafique Cassamo, Project Coordinator  

Health and Other Social Services  

(N) Rwanda Third Community Living Standards: The objective is to 

support the Government of Rwanda’s social protection and health policy 

reforms designed to reduce extreme poverty, initially in 30 pilot sectors, 

and to expand access to high-impact health, nutrition and population 

interventions at community level. Project Concept Review Meeting 

scheduled for 30 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category 

U. US$ 6.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Fi-

nance and Economic Planning, PO Box 158, Rwanda, Tel: [phone], 

Fax: [phone]; Ministry of Local Government, PO Box 3445, Kigali, 

Rwanda, Tel: [phone]; Ministry of Health, PO Box 84, Kigali, 

Rwanda, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]  

Second Community Living Standards: The objective is to support the 

Government’s  social protection and health policy reforms designed to 

reduce extreme poverty, initially in 30 pilot  sectors, and to expand 

access to high-impact health, nutrition and population interventions at 

the community level. Bank Approval completed on 16 March 2010. En-

vironmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117758. US$ 6.0 (IDA 

Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Local Government, PO 

Box 3445, Kigali, Rwanda, Tel: [phone], Contact: Majida Al-

Masri, Minister  

Public Administration, Law, and Justice  

Sustainable Energy Development: The objective is to strengthen and 

consolidate the Rwandan Renewable Energy market. Bank Approval 

completed on 15 October 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. 

Project: P097818. US$ 3.8/4.5 (ESMP/GEFU). No consultants are 

required. Rwanda Electricity Corporation (RECO), B.P. 537, Rwanda, 

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Contact: Majida Al-Masri, 

Minister  

Transportation  

Transport Sector Support: The objective is to support Rwanda’s 

economic and social development by improving communication and 

reducing transport costs. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 

26 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IDA 

Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be 

determined.  

Sao Tome and Principe  

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry  

Adaptation to Climate Change: The objective is to enable the 

Government to implement priority climate change adaptation measures. 

Decision Meeting scheduled for 16 September 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P111669. US$ 1.4/3.3/0.0/0.7/1.0 (ECEU 

/GEFU/GPOR/GSPNUNDP). Consulting services and implementing 

agency(ies) to be determined.  

Health and Other Social Services  

(R) Social Sector Support Additional Financing: The objective is to 

scale up critical activities in the social and health sectors to better 

respond to people’s social needs in both the access and the quality of 

service delivery. The grant was signed on 22 June 2010. Environmental 

Assessment Category B. Project: P113113. US$ 2.1 (IDA Grant). 

Consultants will be required. Agencia Fiduciaria e Administrativa do 

Projecto, Largo das Alfandegas, Edificio da Planificacao Economica, 

1E, Sao Tome and Principe Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: 

[e-mail], Contact: Alberto Leal, Project Coordinator  

Public Administration, Law, and Justice  

(R) Capacity Building: The objective is to strengthen the economic, 

financial and budgetary management and to  build  up institutional and 

legal infrastructure in key sectors such as human and natural resources, 

environment, and finance. Negotiations scheduled for 21 July 2010. 

Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 0.8 (IDA Grant). No 

consultants are required. Governance Capacity Building, Technical 

Assistance PIU, Largo das Alfandegas, Caxa Postal 168, Sao Tome, Sao 

Tome and Principe, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: 

[e-mail], Contact: Jorge Menezes, Project 

Coordinator  

Senegal  

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry  

(R) Food Security Additional Financing: The objective is to alleviate 

the food crisis in rice production and productivity. The credit was signed 

on 21 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: 

P116301. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. 

PDMAS, B.P. 22 579, Ponty, Senegal, Tel: [phone], Fax: 

(221-33) 869-6264, E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail], 

Contact: El Hadji Amadou WONE, Director  

Public Administration, Law, and Justice  

(R) Economic Governance (Cr. 47030-SN):  The objective is to help 

improve economic governance through an enhanced investment climate, 

and improved performance of the judicial system. Signing scheduled for 

20 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P113801. 

US$ 8.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Cellule d’Execution 

Administrative et Financiere du Programme Sectoriel Justice (CEDAF), 

Rue 55x70, Fann Hock, Senegal Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: 

[e-mail], Contact: Ahmadou Tall, Coordonnateur  

(R) Fourth Poverty Reduction Support Credit (Cr. 47380-SN):  The 

objective is to strengthen  the Government’s policy making and 

institutional capabilities by supporting selective reforms to: (a) accelerate 

broad-based growth, (b) improve access to social services, (c) mitigate 

vulnerabilities and (d) foster good governance. The credit was signed on 

16 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117273. 

US$ 43.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Economy 

and Finance, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]-

1630, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Alioune Ndong, Adviser  

(R) Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Phase 2 

(Cr. 47590-SN): The objective is to increase the availability of diversi- 

fied household fuels in a sustainable and gender equitable way, and to 

increase the income of participating communities while pre- 

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serving the forest ecosystems. Bank Approval completed on 24 June

2010. Signing scheduled for 22 July 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category B. Project: P120629. US$ 15.0/4.4 (IDA Credit/NDF). Con-

sultants will be required. Direction des Eaux et For, Parc Forestier de

Hann, B.P. 1831, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: [phone], Fax: (221-33)

832-2789, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Baba Sarr, Director

Transportation

Transport and Urban Mobility (Cr. 47370-SN): The objectives

are to: (i) improve effective road management, maintenance and safety,

both at national level and in urban areas; and (ii) help improve safety,

efficiency and environmental quality of public transport in the Greater

Dakar Area. Bank Approval completed on 1 June 2010. Environmen-

tal Assessment Category B. Project: P101415. US$ 55.0 (IDA Credit).

Consultants will be required. Conseil Executif des Transports Urbains

de Dakar (CETUD), Route du Front de Terre, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221)

859-4722, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Soudou

Diagne, Directeur General. Agence Autonome des Travaux Routiers

(AATR), Rue David Diop-Dakar Fann, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221) 869-

0751, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Ibrahima

Ndiaye, Directeur General

Seychelles

Finance

Development Policy Loan: The objective is achievement of eco-

nomic stabilization and initiation of structural reforms in public sec-

tor, social sector reforms covering health and education, and

improvement of social protection system. Bank Approval completed

on 5 November 2009. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project:

P114822. US$ 9.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Fi-

nance, Seychelles

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(R) Second Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support

Seychelles economic reforms on public administration and private

sector development. Project Concept Review Meeting completed on 21

June 2010. Decision Meeting scheduled for 17 August 2010. Environmental

Assessment Category U. Project: P120947. US$ 9.0 (IBRD). Consul-

tants will be required for private sector development policy dialogue

needed during preparation. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter-

mined.

Sierra Leone

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Fourth Sierra Leone Wetlands Conser vation-GEF: The ob-

jective is to improve management of priority wetland ecosystems as

part of the national framework on conservation in Sierra Leone. Pro-

ject Concept Review Meeting completed on 11 May 2010. Decision Meet-

ing scheduled for 12 October 2010. Environmental Assessment Category

B. Project: P115836. US$ 1.8/1.9 (GEFU/ZBIL). Consulting services

to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Food Secu-

rity, Sierra Leone, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Kate

Garnett, Chief of the Conservation Unit

Energy and Mining

(R) Energy Access: The objective is to improve energy access through

generation and transmission and distribution investments. Project

Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 October 2010. Environ-

mental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting

services and implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

Finance

(R) Financial Sector Support Technical Assistance: The objec-

tive is to provide guidance and support to the government of Sierra

Leone to develop its financial sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10

January 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 2.0 (IDA

Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to be de-

termined.

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Reproductive and Child Health-Phase II: The objective is to

contribute to the ten year goal of reducing maternal and child mortality

by increasing utilization of a basic package of essential health services

(BPEHS) by pregnant women and children under the age of five and

strengthening the health system. Grant Funding Request was approved

on 7 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y B. Project:

P110535. US$ 20.0 (ACGF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of

Health and Sanitation, 5th Floor, East Wing, Youyi Building, Brookfields

Bank of Sierra LeoneBuilding, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: (232-22)

242-119/240-068, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]/

[e-mail], Contact: Dr. Magnus Gborie Mr.

Michael Dauda, Coordinators

(R) Youth Opportunities Program (Cr. 47900-SL, Cr. H6050-

SL): The objective is to increase short term employment opportuni-

ties and to improve employability of targeted youth. Bank Approval

completed on 30 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B.

Project: P121052. US$ 11.0/9.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). No consul-

tants are required. Ministry of Finance and Economic Development,

Government of Sierra Leone, Geroge Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone,

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: minfin@sierra-

tel.sl, Contact: Pham Le Thanh, President and CEO

Decentralized Service Delivery Program II: The objective is to help

central government protect and increase transfers to local govern-

ments, finance gaps for priority activities under the mandate of local

councils in education, health, water and sanitation and solid waste

management as well as capacity development and improvements be-

tween local councils, citizens and civil society. Project Concept Review

Meeting scheduled for 15 February 2011. Environmental Assessment

Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and imple-

menting agency(ies) to be determined.

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(R) Fourth Governance Reform and Growth—Budget Support

Development Policy Lending: The objective is to support sustain-

able development in the context of Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction

Strategy, following the Second and Third Governance Reform and

Growth Grant. Decision Meeting scheduled for 19 October 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Category U. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting

services to be determined. Ministry of Finance and Economic Devel-

opment, Government of Sierra Leone, Geroge Street, Freetown, Sierra

Leone, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: minfin@sier-

ratel.sl

(R) Governance Reform and Growth Credit 3 Supplemental: The

objective is to use Crisis Response Window Resources to mitigate the

effects of the global economic downturn on Sierra Leone and safeguard

growth and poverty alleviation. The credit was signed on 18 June 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P121056. US$ 7.0

(IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance and

Economic Development, Government of Sierra Leone, Geroge Street,

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Frederic Mvondo, Directeur Gen-

eral Adjoint (Coordinator)

South Africa

Energy and Mining

(N) Eskom Renewables Support: The objective is to enable Eskom

Holdings to enhance power supply and energy security in an efficient

and sustainable manner to support the long-term carbon mitigation strat-

egy of South Africa. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 August 2010.

Environmental Assessment Categor y A. US$ 250.0/390.0/100.0

(CCTF/ZBIL/ZMUL). No consultants are required. Eskom, Megawatt

Park, Maxwell Drive, Sunninghil, Sandton, South Africa, Tel: (27-11)

800-2901, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

Eskom Power Investment Support: The objective is to enable Es-

kom South Africa to enhance its power supply and energy security in

an efficient and sustainable manner so as to support both economic

growth objectives and South Africa’s professed long term carbon mit-

igation strategy. Bank Approval completed on 8 April 2010. Environ-

mental Assessment Category A. Project: P116410. US$ 3750.0/2000.0

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(IBRD/ZMUL). Consultants will be required. Eskom, Megawatt Park,

South Africa, Tel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Ms. Tamara Babayan, Director

Swaziland

Health and Other Social Services

HIV/AIDS and TB: The objective is to assist the Government of Swazi-

land in fighting HIV/AIDS by addressing the major gaps in imple-

menting its HIV/AIDS national strategic plan, particularly in health

system strengthening and HIV/AIDS related social protection. Ne-

gotiations scheduled for 19 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. Project: P110156. US$ 20.0/18.0 (IBRD/ECEU). Consultants

will be required. Ministry of Finance, Finance Building, Usuthu Road,

PO Box 443, Mbabane, Swaziland, Tel: [phone], Fax: (268) 404-

3187, Contact: Dumisani Masilela, Permanent Secretary. Ministry of

Health and Social Welfare, PO Box 5, Swaziland, Tel: [phone],

Fax: [phone], Contact: Dr. Steven Shongwe, Principal Secretary.

National Emergency Response Council on HIV/AIDS, PO Box 1937,

Swaziland, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Contact: Derek von

Wissel, Director

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

Local Government: The objective is to strengthen the capacity and

resource mobilization functions of the local governance system to de-

liver and sustain basic services, in particular to benefit the poorer sec-

tions of the population. Negotiations scheduled for 26 July 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P095232. US$ 16.1

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Housing and Urban

Development, Mhlabanyasi Rd PO Box 1832, Mbabane, Swaziland, Tel:

[phone]/43, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Con-

tact: Paul Nkambule, Acting Permanent Secretary

Tanzania

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry