The world bank monthly operational summary

Water Resources Development: The objective is to support the de-

velopment of an infrastructure platform and water management frame-

work that improves water allocation efficiencies, increases the reliability

of water available for productive purposes and strengthens community

resilience to climatic variability. Preparation is underway. Environ-

mental Assessment Category A. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser-

vices to be determined. Ministry of Energy and Water Development,

Zambia, Tel: [phone], Contact: Adam Hussen, Director

Zimbabwe

Energy and Mining

(R) Power Rehabilitation: The objective is to Rehabilite the exist-

ing power system and new investments in generation, transmission and

distribution. This project is no longer in the lending program. Further

reporting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category B.

US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser vices and implementing

agency(ies) to be determined.

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East Asia and Pacific

Cambodia

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Community Based Agricultural Productivity: The objective is

to improve the productivity of diversified smallholder rice based pro-

duction systems: agriculture, livestock and fisheries, increase volume

and quality of export surpluses. Decision Meeting scheduled for 4

November 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y B. Project:

P117642. US$ 15.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/IFAD). Consultants will be re-

quired. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, No. 40 norodom

Blvd, Cambodia, Tel: [phone], Contact: Thaveak Mr. Amida Prak,

Deputy Secretary General

Education

Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement: The ob-

jective is to produce more highly skilled university graduates by im-

proving the access, quality, market relevance and systematic capacity

of higher education sub-sector in Cambodia. Bank Approval scheduled

for 5 August 2010. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project:

P106605. US$ 23.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry

of Education, Youth, and Sports, Cambodia, Tel: [phone], Fax:

(855-23) 212-512, Contact: Mr. Mag Ngoy, Deputy Director, Higher Ed-

ucation

Energy and Mining

(R) Rural Electrification and Transmission Additional Financ-

ing: The objectives are to: (a) expand access to electricity in rural ar-

eas through extension of EDC’s medium-voltage and low-voltage

distribution network; and (b) provide technical assistance to enhance

EDC’s financial performance. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled

for 17 August 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0

(IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Electricite du Cambodge

(EDC), Street 19 Wat Phnom, Daun Penh District, Phnom Penh, Cam-

bodia, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: rot-

[e-mail], Contact: H.E. Keo Rottanank, Cambodia Delegate

Royal Government in-charge of Managing EDC

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor in Siem

Reap: The objective is to increase incomes and improve livelihoods

of the rural poor in select communes in Siem Reap province by (a) cre-

ating and strengthening self-sustaining institutions of the poor, (b)

providing them access to finance, and (c) linking them to markets

and key value chains. Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 August 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P097082. US$ 15.0 (IDA

Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Interior, 275 Norodom

Blvd Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], cngy@in-

terior.gov.kh, Contact: H.E. Ngy Chanphal, Secretary of State

Industry and Trade

(R) Agribusiness SME Access to Finance: The objective is to:

(a) increase the flow of sustainable credit to agribusiness SMEs; and

(b) increase the numbers of active labor force employed in the

agribusiness sector. Decision Meeting scheduled for 12 August

2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y C. Project: P121809.

US$ 3.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministr y of

Economy and Finance, Street 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun

Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: [phone], Fax: (855-23)

724-664, E-mail: [e-mail]

Second Poverty Reduction and Growth Operation: The objective

is to implement reform actions taken from Joint Monitoring Indicators

(JMIs) and sectoral action plans. Decision Meeting scheduled for 30

December 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y U. Project:

P075267. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry

of Economy and Finance, Street 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun

Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]-

664, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Phalla Phan, Deputy

Director

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(R) Public Financial Management and Accountability Additional

Financing: The objective is to scale up of the existing PFMAP to ac-

commodate support for enhanced capacity building and systems im-

plementation for Accounting, Financial Management and Procurement

reform including the provision of funding for the Independent Pro-

curement Agent. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 29

September 2010. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 11.0

(IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy and

Finance, St 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh,

Cambodia, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Dr. Sok Saravuth, Budget Director

Second Public Financial Management: The objective is to strengthen

the Public Financial Management/Public Administration including

Budget Formulation, Budget Execution, Accounting and Financial Re-

porting, External Audit and Oversight as well as complementary Ca-

pacity Building and Human Resource Development. Project Concept

Review Meeting scheduled for 31 January 2012. Environmental As-

sessment Category C. US$ 13.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re-

quired. Ministry of Economy and Finance, 92, Phnom Penh, Cambodia,

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: rcs.mef@on-

line.com.kh, Contact: Dr. Saravuth Sok, Manager of Steering Committee

Secretariat

Second Rural Investment and Local Governance: The objective

is to broaden from the commune-level rural investment and local gov-

ernance support initiated under the predecessor project to the district

level using the new institutional framework established under the re-

cently promulgated Organic Law on Decentralization and Deconcen-

tration. Decision Meeting scheduled for 21 January 2011. Environmental

Assessment Category B. Project: P096505. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit).

Consultants will be required. NCDD Secretariat, Ministry of Interior,

275 Norodom Boulevard, Khan Chamkarm, Phnom Penh, Cambodia,

Tel: [phone], 362-175, Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail]; [e-mail], Contact: H.E. Chhieng

Yanara, Director, NCDD Program Support Team

Transportation

(R) Typhoon Ketsana Emergency Recovery: The objective is to re-

store the level of services in a sustainable manner in selected community

infrastructure in the Typhoon Ketsana affected areas as part of post

disaster reconstruction and rehabilitation for the Government of Cam-

bodia. Appraisal scheduled for 30 July 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Category B. Project: P121075. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting

services to be determined. Ministry of Rural Development, Corner Russ-

ian Blvd. Street 169, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel: [phone],

Fax: [phone] or 844-160, E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Mr. Sao Chivoan, Secretary of State

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

Second Provincial and Peri-Urban Water Supply: The objective

is to expand the water supply and sanitation infrastructure services in

peri-urban and rural areas in fulfilling the Millennium Development

Goals (MDG) by 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$

15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies)

to be determined.

China

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Henan Yellow River Ecological Livestock (Ln. 79090-

CN):  The objective is to address animal waste management on

medium sized beef and dair y farms in Hunan. Signing scheduled for

30 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y B. Project:

P100455. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Government

of Henan, Henan Provincial Bureau of Animal Husbandry, Zhengzhou,

Henan, China, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-

mail: [e-mail], Contact: Mr. Yuntao Zhang, Direc-

tor of PMO

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(R) Integrated Forestr y Development (Ln. 79390-CN): The ob-

jective is to demonstrate sustainable management and operation mod-

els for multifunction forest plantations with significant public goods

benefits. Bank Approval completed on 6 July 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P105872. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). No con-

sultants are required. State Forestry Administration, 18 East Street,

Hepingli, China, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

pmcsfa@forestr y.gov.cn, Contact: Mr. An Fengjie, Director of WB

Loan Project Management Center

(R) Ningxia Desertification Control and Ecological Protection:

The objective is to improve the demonstration and extension of inno-

vative models, the ecological environment on the Eastern Bank of the

Yellow River in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Project

Concept Note completed on 24 June 2010. Preparation scheduled for 2

August 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 80.0 (IBRD).

Consultants will be required. Ministry of Finance, PRC, China

(R) Second Water Conser vation: The objectives are: (a) to increase

farmer income (b) to promote sustainable use of water resources with

reduced water consumption for irrigation, and (c) to mitigate and

adapt the impact of global climate change on irrigated agricultural

production with added adaptive technologies and measures. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 16 August 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category B. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined.

Ministry of Water Resources, Ningzia, Shanxi and Hebei Provinces,

Beijing, China, Tel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Mr. Bin Liu, Director of PMO

(R) Shandong Ecological Af forestation (Ln. 78820-CN): The

objective is to improve the environmental conditions of Shandong’s

most fragile land areas through afforestation by: (a) stabilizing the

fragile conditions of the alluvial land areas; (b) reducing soil and water

erosion of some degraded mountainous areas; and (c) stabilizing sandy

soils. The loan was signed on 17 June 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Categor y B. Project: P112759. US$ 60.0 (IBRD). Consultants

will be required. Shandong Provincial Forestr y Department, Mr.

Jia Gang, Director PMO, No. 42 Wenhua East Road, China, Tel: (86-

531) 8855-7700, Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Sun Yugang, Director of Project Man-

agement Office

(R) Shanghai Agricultural and Non-point Pollution Reduction:

The objective is to demonstrate effective and innovative pollution re-

duction activities in Shanghai’s rural areas in order to reduce the

rural/agricultural pollution load (especially of plant nutrients) in the

surface water flows to the East China Sea. Signing scheduled for 27 July

2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P090376. US$

4.8 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Shanghai Municipal Gov-

ernment, No. 1 Lane 1114, Liyang Rd Shanghai 200082, China, Tel: (86-

21) 5666-8104, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Mr. Qiu Wenjin, Director, Project Office

(R) Sichuan Wudu Irrigated Agriculture Development: The ob-

jectives are to: (a) increase farmers’ irrigated agricultural incomes by

increasing the land under irrigation and by providing a more reliable

water supply for drought protection; and (b) provide a complementary

package of integrated agricultural inputs, support services, adaptive

research, training and technical assistance. Project Concept Review

Meeting scheduled for 19 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory A. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing

agency(ies) to be determined.

(R) Sustainable Development in Poor Rural Areas (Ln. 79100-

CN): The objectives are to: (a) provide the poorest villages and house-

holds with the poverty reduction measures and assistance that they

believe are most needed, (b) improve the well-being of rural migrants

living in urban areas, and (c) help rural communities to identify and

analyze climate change adaptation risks. Signing scheduled for 30 July

2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P099751. US$

100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Foreign Capital Project Man-

agement Center, 25 Floor, Tower A, Disan Zhiye (Dongyu), Shuguang

Xili,Jia 1, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, Tel: [phone],

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

Gengsheng, Deputy Director

(R) Sustainable Development in Poor Rural Communities-GEF:

The objective (an integral component of Sustainable Development in

Poor Rural Areas project) is to demonstrate improved sustainable land

management through innovative community pilots addressing vul-

nerability to climate change in poor rural areas for introduction and

mainstreaming into the main project’s CDD approach. Signing sched-

uled for 30 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P101844. US$ 4.3 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of

Agriculture, 25 Floor, Tower A, Disan Zhiye Building, Shuguang Xili,

Jia 1 Chaoyang District, Beijing, China Tel/Fax: [phone], E-

mail: [e-mail], Contact: Xia Gengsheng, Deputy Di-

rector

(R) Sustainable Management and Biodiversity Conser vation of

the Lake Aibi Basin: The objectives are to provide management strate-

gies and mechanisms to: (a) restore the Basin’s productive and pro-

tective functions; (b) conserve its wetland ecosystems; and (c) restore

its ecological functions and measureable reductions of land degrada-

tion. Decision Meeting scheduled for 4 October 2010. Environmental

Assessment Category B. Project: P110661. US$ 3.6 (GEFU). Consul-

tants will be required. PRC-GEF Partnership for Land Degradation in

Dryland Ecosystems, (GEF-OP12), No. 12 Heilongjiang Road, Urumqi,

China, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Xiaoshou Yan, National

Project Director. Xinjiang Project Executive Office, No. 12 Heilongjiang

Road, Urumqi, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail]

(R) Xinjiang Turfan Water Conser vation (Ln. 79340-CN): The

objective is to improve water allocation in consumptive use terms to

increase overall water productivity and promote sustainable use of

water resources in the arid Turpan Basin of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous

Region. Bank Approval completed on 17 June 2010. Signing scheduled

for 20 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y A. Project:

P111163. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Govern-

ment of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, Tel: [phone]-

5579, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Cao

Peiwu, Director of PMO

Education

(R) Liaoning and Shandong TVET (Ln. 79180-CN): The objec-

tive is to support demand-driven design investments in Technical and

Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Liaoning and Shandong

Provinces. Signing scheduled for 19 July 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category C. Project: P117107. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consul-

tants will be required. Ministry of Finance, San Li He Lu, China, Tel:

(86-10) 6855-1124, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Ms. Han Su, Deputy Director

Energy and Mining

(R) Energy Efficiency Promotion in Industr y: The objective is to

improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emis-

sions in key industrial sectors in China by addressing both the man-

agement and technical aspects of rational use of energy. Preparation

is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 4.0 (GEFU).

Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Industry and In-

formation Technology, 13 West Chang An Ave Beijing, China, Tel:

(86-10) 6601-7131, Fax: [phone], Contact: Yang Tiesheng,

Deputy Director General

(R) Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Clean Power De-

velopment: The objective is to support China’s strategy to develop com-

mercial-scale integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) clean coal

power plants and demonstrate the feasibility of carbon capture and se-

questration (CCS). This project is no longer in the lending program. Fur-

ther reporting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category

A. US$ 200.0/10.0 (IBRD/GFCO). Consulting services to be deter-

mined. China Power Investment Corporation, Building 3, No. 28, Fi-

nancial Street, Xincheng District, Beijing, China, Tel: [phone],

Fax: [phone], Contact: Xiaolu Zhang, Vice President

(R) Provincial Energy Efficiency Scale-up Program: The objec-

tive is to achieve energy savings through strengthening suitable provin-

cial level policies, institutional and financial mechanisms in Shandong,

Shanxi and Jiangxi Provinces. Decision Meeting completed on 7 July 2010.

Appraisal scheduled for 30 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

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egory C. Project: P114182. US$ 13.4 (GEFU). Consulting services to

be determined. Shandong Provincial Energy Saving Office, No. 1 of

Shengfu Qianjie, Lixia District, Jinan City, China, Tel: [phone]-

0176, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Zhao Xudong, Director. Shanxi Project Management Office, Shanxi

Provincial Finance Bureau, No. 345 of Yingze Street, Taiyuan City,

China, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Wang Yanming, Director. Jiang Xi Project

Management Office, No. 1 of North 1 Rd, Provincial Gov Cpd, Jiangxi

Provincial Energy-Conservation, Nanchang, China, Tel: [phone]-

7040 Ext:8003, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Wan Shengqing, Director

(R) Second Energy Efficiency Financing (Ln. 79350-CN): The

objective is to scale up commercial debt financing for energy effi-

ciency (EE) investment across China through an EE financing debt

facility (the Facility) to be created and managed by Minsheng Bank.

Signing scheduled for 15 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Cate-

gory F. Project: P113766. US$ 100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re-

quired. China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd No 2, Fuxingmennei Ave

Xicheng Distric, Beijing, China, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]-

1198, Contact: Mr. Minghui Huang, General Manager, Trade Finance

Department

(R) Shandong Energy Efficiency: The objective is to achieve energy

savings by: (a) investment in selected projects in Shandong Province

and (b) strengthen suitable provincial level policies, institutional and

financial mechanisms in Shandong, Shanxi and Jianxi Provinces. De-

cision Meeting completed on 7 July 2010. Appraisal scheduled for 30 July

2010. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P114069. US$

150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services and implementing agency(ies) to

be determined.

(R) Shanxi Energy Efficiency: The objective is to support good en-

ergy efficiency practice in the key energy transformation process and

industrial energy consumption processes, and developing the needed

institutional capacity and policy framework to sustain energy saving

over the long term in Shanxi province. Identification scheduled for 20

July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 300.0 (IBRD).

Consulting services to be determined. Shanxi Hepo Generation, 659

South Street, Yangquan City, China, Tel: [phone], Contact:

Yin Baohong, Vice General Manager

Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City GEF: The objective is to assist Sino-

Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Administrative Committee to introduce in-

tegrated planning and management approach in development and

implementation. The retroactive financing scheme would be applied

to a part of the green building pilot investment up to the maximum ceil-

ing of US$1.2 million. Bank Approval scheduled for 22 July 2010. En-

vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P098915. US$ 6.2 (GEFU).

Consultants will be required. Tianjin Finance Bureau, Tianjin Munic-

ipality, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, No.4, Qufudao Rd Heping

District, Tianjin, China, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Con-

tact: Mr. Zhang Jiliang, Director