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Energy and Mining

Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support the government in re-

ducing the energy intensity of the economy by 40%, by the year 2020.

Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 October 2010. En-

vironmental Assessment Category F. US$ 300.0 (IBRD). Consulting

services to be determined. Gazprom Bank and Ministry of Energy, Russ-

ian Energy Agency

Finance

(N) Microfinance: The objective is to assist the Government to de-

velop a sustainable, safe and sound national financial cooperative and

microfinance system that will enhance access to a financial services

by the poorer and underserved segments of the population, especially

in the rural areas. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 17

November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 25.0

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

termined.

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Financial Education and Financial Literacy: The objective are

to: (a) improve the financial literacy (especially, among the school-age

and college students, and active and potential low- and middle-income

users of financial services); and (b) strengthen foundations for improving

consumer protection in financial services. Negotiations completed on

4 October 2010. Bank Approval scheduled for 2 December 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P120338. US$ 25.0 (IBRD).

Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, 9 Ilyinka Street,

Moscow 109097, Russian Federation, Tel: [phone], Fax: (7-495)

648-1096, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Andrei Bokarev, Deputy

Director of Dept for International Financial Affairs

(R) North Caucasus Federal Okrug Local Initiatives Support:

The objective is to increase citizen and community involvement in deci-

sion making, oversight and monitoring of service delivery in target ar-

eas, for improved provision of social and communal services. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 7 December 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory C. Project: P120434. US$ 20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re-

quired. Ministry of Regional Development, Sadovaya-Samotechnaya

Street, Bld. 10/23, Moscow, Russian Federation, Tel: [phone],

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

tact: Madiarov Ruslan Valeevich, Head

Industry and Trade

Second Cultural Heritage: The objective is to support the conser-

vation, safekeeping and promotion of cultural heritage sites and insti-

tutions in four oblasts. Bank Approval scheduled for 2 December 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120219. US$ 100.0

(IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Culture, Maliy Gnezd-

nikovsky proezd, bld. 7/6, Stroenie 1,2, Moscow, Russian Federation,

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Contact: Mr Andrey E. Busy-

gin, Deputy Minister

Transportation

(R) PCG to Russia Development Bank for Infrastructure Finance:

The objective is to support a possible transaction between the Gov-

ernment of Russia (represented by the State Corporation "VneshE-

conomBank", VEB) and an international financial institution with

sufficient liquidity available. Appraisal scheduled for 19 January 2011.

Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P115680. US$ 500.0

(GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Vnesheconombank

(Russian Development Bank), 9 Akademik Sakharov Avenue, Moscow,

Russian Federation, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Con-

tact: Alexander Pavlov, Deputy Director

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

Past Environmental Liabilities Program: The objective is to address

past environmental damages to environment by developing a national

program to focus on establishing institutional responsibilities and ca-

pacities. Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category

B. Project: P121373. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de-

termined. Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology, Moscow, Russ-

ian Federation

Serbia

Finance

(R) Third Programmatic Private and Financial Development

Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) enhance business enabling en-

vironment; (b) strengthen financial discipline and support continued

reform of SOEs and public utilities; and (c) build a more efficient and

stable financial sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 November 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P101618. US$ 100.0

(IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance,

20 Kneza Milosa Street, Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: [phone]/4007,

Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Diana

Dragutinovic, Minister

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(R) Second Public Expenditure Development Policy Loan: The

objective is to help increase the productivity of public spending in Ser-

bia. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30 November 2010. Environ-

mental Assessment Category U. Project: P120399. US$ 100.0 (IBRD).

No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Kneza Milosa 20,

Belgrade, Serbia, Tel: [phone], Contact: Vuk Djokovic, State

Secretary

Tajikistan

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management Additional

Financing: The objective is to continue to assist the Government of

Tajikistan to address the deficiencies affecting irrigation and drainage

in the Eastern part of the Soghd Oblast. The credit was signed on 5 Au-

gust 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P118430.

US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Irri-

gation and Water, 5/1 Shamsi Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-

37) 235-3597/3566, Contact: Mr. Khasanov Khomidjon Usmonovich,

Deputy Prime Minister

(R) Second Upland Agricultural Livelihood and Environmental

Management: The objective is to enable rural people in selected up-

lands to build their productive assets in ways which sustainably increase

rural productivity and curtail natural resource degradation. Prepara-

tion completed on 13 September 2010. Decision Meeting scheduled for

25 April 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122685.

US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting ser vices and implementing

agency(ies) to be determined.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Elimination, Mitigation and

Site Management: The objective is to reduce the environmental and

public health hazards associated with stockpiles of POPs in priority ar-

eas and reduce farmer reliance on POPs pesticides. Decision Meet-

ing scheduled for 31 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category

A. Project: P116013. US$ 4.0/0.8 (GEFU/ZMUL). Consulting services

to be determined. Committee for Environmental Protection and

Forestry, Shamsi Street 5/1, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: [phone]-

1353, Contact: Zikirov Hursandkul, Chairperson of Nature Protection

Committee

Public Employment for Sustainable Agriculture and Water Man-

agement: The objective is to generate temporary employment and re-

habilitate irrigation and drainage infrastructure in selected districts in

Khatlon as a means to increase household food security. Bank Approval

completed on 29 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B.

Project: P119690. US$ 10.0 (GFCR). No consultants are required. Re-

gional Administration of Khatlon Oblast and MIRWR, 5/1 Shams

Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: a.ahro-

[e-mail], Contact: Ahrorov Ahad, Manager

Second Upland Agricultural Livelihood and Environmental Man-

agement-GEF: The objective is to enable rural people in selected up-

lands to build their productive assets in ways which sustainably increase

rural productivity and curtail natural resource degradation. Project

preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro-

ject: P122694. US$ 5.9 (GEFU). Consulting services and implement-

ing agency(ies) to be determined.

Education

(R) Fifth Programmatic Development Policy: The objectives are

to protect basic services and to improve the environment for private

sector development. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for

11 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 10.0

(IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance,

Ag Street 3, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: [phone], Fax: (992-

372) 221-3329, E-mail: [e-mail]

Energy and Mining

Energy Emergency Additional Financing: The objectives are to meet

the energy shortages during the winters of 2009/10 and 2010/11 and

mitigate negative social consequences and humanitarian catastrophe

due to Tajikistan network cut-off from the Central Asia Power System

(CAPS). Bank Approval completed on 6 May 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P120834. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Con-

sultants will be required. OSHPC Barki Tajik, I Somoni Street 64,

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Mr. Mahmadamin Aminov, Di-

rector of Project Implementation Group

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Building Capacity to Manage Targeted Social Assistance: The

objective is to build the Government's capacity to launch a nation-

wide reform of the social assistance system. The reform will target ben-

efits to the poorest households and improve the management system.

Identification scheduled for 25 October 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Category B. US$ 2.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required

during preparation with expertise in electronic registry and control of

information on social assistance. Implementing agency(ies) to be de-

termined.

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

(R) Dushanbe Water Supply and Sewerage: The objectives are to:

(a) build capacity; (b) overhaul Dushanbe vodokanal systems; (c)

replace the most deteriorated sections of the distribution system; (d)

invest in water treatment and disinfection; and (e) provide external

project management and auditing services to help build capacity and

ensure good governance during implementation. Preparation sched-

uled for 8 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B.

US$ 12.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined.

Dushanbe Vodokanal, 14 Ayl Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Tel: (992-

372) 214-562, Fax: [phone], Contact: Mr. Nasrullo

Khayrulloev, Director

Turkey

Education

(R) Istanbul Seismic Risk Mitigation and Emergency Pre-

paredness Additional Financing: The objective is to scale-up the ac-

tivities to improve the city of Istanbul's preparedness for a potential

earthquake through strengthening critical public buildings for earth-

quake resistance and enhancing the institutional and technical ca-

pacity for disaster management and emergency response. Pre-appraisal

scheduled for 14 December 2010. Environmental Assessment Category

B. US$ 150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Istanbul

Special Provincial Administration, Yerebatan Caddesi No: 10 Sul-

tanahmet, Eminonu-Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, Tel: [phone],

Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Mr. Sabri

Kaya, Secretary General

Energy and Mining

(R) Sixth Energy Community of South East Europe Adaptable

Program Loan (Ln. 79570-TR): The objectives are to help increase

the reliability, efficiency and capacity of the bulk power transmission

system in Turkey and to improve market access for consumers and

suppliers of electricity. The loan was signed on 4 October 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Categor y B. Project: P110841. US$ 220.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Turiye Elektrik Iletim As (TEIAS),

Basin Yayim Ve Halkla Iliskiler Mudurlug, Inonu Bulvari No: 27, Kat:

18 Oda No: 1, Turkey, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Mr. Metin Gunyol, Project Co-

ordinator

SSmall and Medium Enterprise (SME) Energy Efficiency: The

objective is to support the government's policy of promoting energy

efficiency in SME Programs and small businesses. Project Concept Re-

view Meeting scheduled for 15 December 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Categor y F. US$ 410.0/50.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consulting

services to be determined. Halk Bank; Vakif Bank, Sogutozu Mah. 2

Cadde No 63 06520, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: [phone],

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Fax: [phone], Contact: Mr. Yunus Esmer, Deputy

General Manager

Finance

(R) Second Access to Finance for Small and Medium Enterprises

(Ln. 79020-TR Ln. 79030-TR Ln. 79040-TR): The objective is

to help increase the access of small and medium enterprises to medium-

and long-term finance. The loan was signed on 6 July 2010. Environ-

mental Assessment Category F. Project: P118308. US$ 500.0 (IBRD).

No consultants are required. Turkiye Kalkinma Bankasi (TKB), Necat-

ibey Caddesi No 98, Turkey, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]-

2394, Contact: Serdar Kabukcuoglu, Manager. Ziraat Bank, Ataturk

Bulvari No. 8, Ulus, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: [phone], Fax: (90-

312) 584-4053, Contact: Burcu Kurgun, Manager. Vakif Bank, Ataturk

Bulvari No 207, Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey, Tel: [phone],

Fax: [phone], Contact: Mustafa Turan, Manager

Industry and Trade

(R) Fifth Export Finance Intermediation: The objective is to pro-

vide medium and long-term financing for exporters while the economy

is recovering from the global crisis. Project Concept Review Meeting sched-

uled for mid-October 2010. Environmental Assessment Category F.

US$ 350.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies)

to be determined.

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

(N) National Disaster Risk Mitigation: The objective is to assist the

Government of Turkey to strengthen its national disaster response and

risk mitigation efforts by: (a) scaling-up investments in seismic strength-

ening of public buildings such as schools and hospitals; and (b) ex-

panding the national network of disaster response to several high risk

municipalities. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 De-

cember 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y B. US$ 500.0

(IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Disaster and Emergency

Management Presidency

Third Environmental Sustainability and Energy Sector Devel-

opment Policy Loan: The objectives are to: (a) enhance energy se-

curity by promoting private sector low-emission investments and

operations; (b) integrate principles of environmental sustainability, in-

cluding climate change considerations, in key sectoral policies and pro-

grams; and (c) improve the effectiveness and efficiency of environmental

management processes. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled

for 23 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$

700.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Undersecretariat

of the Treasury, Inonu Bulvari 36, Emek, Turkey, Tel: [phone],

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

Ozgur Pehlivan, Deputy Director General

Turkmenistan

Transportation

(N) Turkmenbashi Sustainable Port Development: The objective

is to enhance Turkmenbashi's port capacity to: (a) handle non oil

products, improve its safety of operations; (b) comply with international

environmental standards; and (c) improve the legal framework, orga-

nizational structure and planning capabilities of the port administra-

tion. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 30 November

2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 62.0 (IBRD). Con-

sulting services to be determined. Maritime and Rivers Administration

Ukraine

Energy and Mining

Energy Efficiency: The objectives are to: (a) provide resources to ad-

dress some of the issues in the industrial sector through an existing

commercial bank; and (b) develop new energy efficiency markets by

addressing the risks associated with these new investments. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 19 November 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Category F. Project: P096586. US$ 250.0/50.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Con-

sulting services to be determined. Ukreximbank, 127 Gorkogo Street,

Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Mr. Sergiy Khudiyash, Head IFI

Programs

Gas Network Modernisation: The objective is to assist the Gov-

ernment to finance a part of the overall modernisation program of

Ukraine's gas transmission network. Project Concept Review Meeting

scheduled for 26 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category

B. Consulting services to be determined. NAFTOGAZ, Khmelnytsky

Street 6, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

Contact: Mr. Evgen Bakulin, Chairman of the Board

Second Power Transmission: The objective is to support invest-

ments in upgrading capabilities of transmission system operator,

UkrEnergo, so that it can implement policy decisions to assure secu-

rity and reliability of power supply in the domestic and international

energy markets. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 2

November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. National Power Company

UkrEnergo, 25, Kominternu Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: [phone]-

3070, Fax: [phone], Contact: Mr. K. Ushapovskiy, Acting

Director of UkrEnergo

Finance

(R) Second Programmatic Financial Rehabilitation Develop-

ment Policy Loan: The objectives are to support the Government's

program in: (a) banking sector recapitalization and restructure; (b) res-

olution and consolidation of the banking system; (c) strengthen deposit

insurance payout functions; and (d) enhance the legal and regulatory

framework. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 12 No-

vember 2010. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 350.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be

determined.

Second Export Development Additional Financing: The objec-

tive is to scale-up the impact and development effectiveness of the

ongoing Second Export Development project. Project preparation is

under way. Environmental Assessment Categor y F. US$ 150.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ukreximbank, 127 Gorkogo

Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Khudiyash Sergiy,

Head

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

Fourth Structural and Fiscal Reform Development Policy Loan:

The objective is to support the government in implementing the anti-

crises and recovery measures for the economy on two pillars: (a) re-

structuring the budget to create fiscal space for needed investments

and efficacy in public finances; and (b) facilitating business entry and

improve energy security to create employment and encourage in-

vestments. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 De-

cember 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y U. US$ 500.0

(IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Government of Ukraine,

Ukraine

Transportation

Railway Modernization: The objective is to restructure the railway

and infrastructure upgrade component that would include track re-

habilitation/double tracking, signaling upgrading and electrification in

the North-South freight corridor between Russia and the Black Sea.

Negotiations scheduled for 22 Februar y 2011. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P110200. US$ 500.0 (IBRD). Consultants

will be required. Urkzaliznytsya, 5, Tverska Street, Kyiv 150, 03680,

Ukraine, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Contact: Artem

Laznia, Deputy General Director

Uzbekistan

Energy and Mining

(R) Talimarjan Transmission: The objective is to improve the reli-

ability of the electricity supply in South-Western Uzbekistan and to en-

hance the region's competitiveness and growth potential for industrial

and commercial development. Pre-appraisal scheduled for 9 Novem-

ber 2010. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P119939.

US$ 140.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser vices to be determined. SJSC

Uzbekenergo, Khorezm Street 6, 100000 Tashket City, Uzbekistan, Tel:

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(998-71) 233-9821/9889, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Mr. Batirjan Teshabaev, Chairman

Advanced Electricity Distribution Metering: The objective is to im-

plement new accurate electricity meters and metering systems to re-

duce large scale technical and commercial losses from the distribution

system that will improve the economic and technical performance. Pro-

ject Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29 October 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Categor y B. US$ 90.0 (IBRD). Consulting

ser vices to be determined. Uzbekenergo, 100000, Tashket City,

Khorezm Street 6, Uzbekistan, Tel: [phone]/9889, Fax: (998-

71) 236-2700, E-mail: [e-mail]