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

zambique Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy in collaboration 

with other development partners. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 

September 2010. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: 

P107350. US$ 51.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. 

Direccao Nacional de Aguas/Ministerio das Obras Publicas e Habitacao, 

Av. 25 de Setembro, 942, 3o Andar, Maputo, Mozambique, Tel: (258-

21) 312-568/570, Fax: [phone], E-mail: jalferes@ 

dnaguas.gov.mz; [e-mail]; Juliao Alferes, National 

Director  

Namibia  

Education  

(R) Second Support of ETSIP 1 DPL (Ln. 75960-NA): The objectives 

are to: (a) develop operational tools to facilitate equitable improve- 

ment of quality general education; (b) strengthen policy framework in 

specific areas such as textbooks; and (c) develop operational plans  

to improve system internal efficiency. Signing scheduled for mid-July 

2010.  Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P109333. 

 

US$ 7.5/9.4/  0.0/3.7/1.9/2.5/1.9/4.8/10.3/2.8/0.8 (IBRD/ECEU/GFIN/ 

GGER/GLUX/GNET/GSPN/GUSA/MSC1/UNDP/ZBIL). Consultants 

will be required. Ministry of Education, Government Office Park, 

Luther Street, Private Bag 13186, Windhoek, Namibia, Tel: (264-61) 

 

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270-6300, Fax: [phone], Contact: Sandra van Zyl, Chief Higher

Education Office

Niger

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Second Multsectoral HIV/AIDS Support: The objective is to

improve the utilization of HIV/AIDS related services principally by high-

risk and vulnerable groups. Decision Meeting scheduled for 5 Octo-

ber 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P116167.

US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Coordination In-

tersectorielle de Lutte contre les IST/VIH/SIDA, Presidence de la Re-

publique, BP 1077, Niger, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Kadri Mounkaila, Coordinator

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

Fourth Development Policy Loan: The objective is to support the

policy reforms to enhance growth and reduce poverty with a focus on

private sector development, rural development, and public financial man-

agement. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 15 Decem-

ber 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y U. US$ 50.0 (IDA

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

and Finance, Niamey, Niamey, Niger, Tel: [phone]

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

(R) Second Water Sector: The objective is to increase access to sus-

tainable WSS services in selected urban areas, thus contributing to the

achievement of MDGs. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for

16 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA

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

termined.

Nigeria

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Scaling Up Sustainable Land Management Practice, Knowl-

edge, and Coordination: The objective is to prevent and reduce the

impact of land degradation on ecosystem services in priority Fadama

landscapes in Borno, Cross-River, and Osun states. Bank Approval

completed on 8 July 2010. Signing scheduled for 30 July 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P109737. US$ 6.8 (GEFU).

Consultants will be required. Contact: Ms. Tamara Babayan, Director

Education

(R) Conditional Cash Transfer Assistance Program: The objec-

tive is to strengthen the institutions, management and functionality of

the cash transfer to core poor and vulnerable groups, for human de-

velopment investment in Nigeria. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-

July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0 (IDA

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

determined.

Energy and Mining

(R) Electricity and Gas Improvement (Cr. 46200-NG): The ob-

jectives are to: (a) increase availability and reliability of power supply;

and (b) reduce Green House Gas emissions through reduced gas flar-

ing and enhanced share of cleaner generation. Bank Approval completed

on 16 June 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P106172. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Power

Holding Company of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zambezi Crescent, Maitama,

Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Pham Le Thanh, President and CEO

(R) Management of PCBS/POPS: The objective is to improve pub-

lic health and environmental quality by avoiding the environmental re-

lease of PCBs from on-line and off-line electrical equipment and

ensuring sound management and safe disposal of PCB and PCB-con-

taining equipment. Appraisal completed on 22 June 2010. Negotiations

scheduled for 19 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro-

ject: P113173. US$ 6.3 (GEFU). No consultants are required. Federal

Ministr y of Environment, 7th Floor, Federal Secretariat, Phase 1,

Garki, Nigeria Tel/Fax: [phone], Contact: Pham Le Thanh, Pres-

ident and CEO

(R) PRG for IPP at Obite—OML 58: The objective is to guaran-

tee payment for electricity generated and delivered to the national

grid (public sector entity) by the Independent Power Plant (private sec-

tor) at Obite-OML 58. Bank Approval scheduled for 16 December 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 400.0 (GUID). Consul-

tants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.

(R) Rural Access and Renewable Energy Development: The ob-

jective is to enhance access to electricity supplies, primarily to rural

population (but also to selected peri-urban clusters with rural charac-

teristics), through stand-alone off-grid solutions. Preparation is un-

derway. Environmental Assessment Categor y A. US$ 200.0 (IDA

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

termined.

Electricity and Gas Improvement: The objectives are to: (i) improve

the availability and reliability of gas supply to increase power genera-

tion in existing public sector power plants; and (ii) improve the power

network’s capacity and efficiency to transmit and distribute quality

electricity to the consumer. Bank Approval completed on 16 June 2009.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114277. US$ 400.0

(GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Power Holding Com-

pany of Nigeria, Plot 441 Zambezi Crescent, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria,

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

Petroleum Sector Technical Assistance and Capacity Building:

The objective is to support implementation of the petroleum sector re-

form and to build capacity in government oversight institutions with

a view to improving transparency and good governance in the sector.

Preparation is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$

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

to be determined.

Finance

(R) Financial Authorities Strengthening Technical Assistance: The

objective is to enhance financial sector stability and deepen the Niger-

ian financial markets while increasing access to finance for all Nigeri-

ans. Decision Meeting scheduled for 9 August 2010. Environmental

Assessment Category C. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services

to be determined. Federal Ministry of Finance, Ahmadu Bello Way,

Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

Public and Private Partnership Initiative: The objective is to in-

crease infrastructure service levels and quality through a six year in-

stitutional development and PPPI financing program. The project will

also contribute to strengthened institutional governance over key fac-

tor markets, improving risk and cost determinants. Bank Approval

scheduled for 30 September 2010. Environmental Assessment Cate-

gory A. Project: P115386. US$ 115.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser-

vices to be determined. Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Business

Area, Abuja, Nigeria

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Second HIV/AIDS Program Development (Cr. 45960-NG):

The objective is to build on the accomplishments of the on-going

HIV/AIDS Programme Development project to help the government

address HIV/AIDS across multiple sectors. Bank Approval completed

on 16 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P102119. US$ 225.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. National

Action Committee on HIV/AIDS, Contact: Frederic Mvondo, Directeur

General Adjoint (Coordinator)

Malaria Control Booster Additional Financing: The objective is

to scale up the original project, successful malaria control interventions

by: broaden the scope and reach from core health systems, demand

side, and communications issues. Bank Approval completed on 16

June 2009. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P115036.

US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. National Malaria

Control Program, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria, Tel: (234-9)

882-1051, Fax: [phone], E-mail: Central Business Area, FCT

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States Program Investment: The objectives are to improve the de-

livery of high impact maternal, child, and reproductive health inter-

ventions. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for 19 July 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Con-

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sulting services to be determined. Federal Ministry of Finance, Cen-

tral Business Area, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: [phone], Fax:

(234-09) 2343609

Youth Empowerment and Employment: The objective is to sus-

tainably increase access of unemployed youths to entrepreneurial

skills development and employment opportunities for self reliance

and income security. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled for

9 November 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0

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

determined.

Information and Communications

(R) Growth Employment and Markets in States (GEMS): The

objective is to support: (a) infrastructure financing, (b) value chain de-

velopment, and (c) State government fiscal management reform. Ap-

praisal completed on 30 April 2010. Negotiations scheduled for 9

August 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P103499.

US$ 160.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Participating State

Governments, Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industr, Old Fed-

eral Secretariat, Nigeria, Contact: Frederic Mvondo, Directeur General

Adjoint (Coordinator)

(R) Statistics Development Program: The objective is to support

the preparation of the SRF project that will finance the implementation

gap of the Nigeria Statistical Development Program. Appraisal com-

pleted on 12 April 2010. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P119872. US$ 21.0

(SRTF). Consulting services to be determined. National Bureau of Sta-

tistics, Plot 762 Independence Avenue, Central Business District, Abuja,

Nigeria, Tel: [phone], E-mail: VOakinyosoye@Nigerian-

stat.gov.ng

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(R) Lagos State Development: The objective is to support the La-

gos State Government in reducing poverty and inequality by boosting

non-oil growth and employment through policy and institutional reforms

aimed at maintaining fiscal sustainability, improving the quality of

spending, and strengthening the investment climate. Negotiations com-

pleted on 21 June 2010. Bank Approval scheduled for 30 September

2010. Environmental Assessment Category U. Project: P117237. US$

200.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Lagos State Gov-

ernment (LMDGP PCU), 347 B. Odusami St. off Wempco Rd Ogba,

Nigeria, Tel: [phone], Contact: Frederic Mvondo, Directeur

General Adjoint (Coordinator)

(R) Second State Governance and Capacity Building (Cr. 46670-

NG): The objective is to enhance efficiency and accountability in the

management of financial and human resources in participating states.

Bank Approval completed on 29 June 2010. Environmental Assess-

ment Category B. Project: P097026. US$ 120.0 (IDA Credit). Consul-

tants will be required. Federal Ministry of Finance, Central Business

Area, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria, Tel: [phone], Fax: (234-09)

2343609, Contact: Steve Aborishade, DirectorAssistant

(R) State Expenditure Effectiveness for Opportunities and Re-

sults: The objective is to improve effectiveness in key public expen-

diture management systems and create opportunities for improved

service delivery in the participating states. Decision Meeting sched-

uled for 30 August 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro-

ject: P121455. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser vices to be

determined. Federal Ministry of Finance, Nigeria

Transportation

(R) Lagos Urban Transport-Phase 2 (Cr. 47670-NG): The ob-

jective is to assist the states of Lagos and Kano to better manage ur-

ban transport and roads. Bank Approval completed on 29 June 2010.

Environmental Assessment Categor y B. Project: P112956. US$

190.0/100.0 (IDA Credit/FRDE). Consultants will be required. Lagos

Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Block C, 2nd

Floor, Motorway Center 1, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, Lagos, Nigeria,

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail: dmobereola@lamata-

ng.com, Contact: Dayo Mobereola, Managing Director

(R) Second Rural Access and Mobility: The objective is to support

the improvement of rural access and mobility in the participating

States by: (a) providing improved all-weather access road networks in

selected and prioritized rural development areas; and (b) supporting

the institutional reform in the transport sector in the states to improve

management of the state-wide road network. Decision Meeting sched-

uled for 14 June 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P095003. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter-

mined. Federal Ministr y of Agriculture and Water Development,

Michael Okpara Way, Wuse Zone 5, Nigeria, Tel: [phone]

(R) Urban Transport: The objectives are to improve the capacity to

manage the transport sector in the Lagos Metropolitan area and en-

hance efficiency and effectiveness of the public transport network. Bank

Approval completed on 29 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory A. Project: P114762. US$ 4.5 (GEFU). Consultants will be re-

quired. Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA),

Block C, 2nd Floor, Motorway Center 1, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State, La-

gos, Nigeria, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Elvin Rustamov, PIU Director

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

(R) First Urban Water Sector Additional Financing: The objec-

tives are to: (a) improved reliability and financial viability of selected

urban water Utilities in Kaduna, Ogun and Enugu States; and (b) in-

creased access to piped water network in selected urban cities (Kaduna,

Kafanchan, Zankwo, Saminaka, Zaria, Enugu, Nsukka, Abeokuta, Ijebu-

Ode, Sagamu, Ogere, Ifo Akinshinde and Apoje). Bank Approval com-

pleted on 29 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$

80.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Contact: Elvin Rusta-

mov, PIU Director

(R) Second National Urban Water Sector Reform Additional Fi-

nancing: The objective is to continue the Cross River implementation

of water supplies for three towns: Ikom, Obudu and Ogoja. Bank Ap-

proval scheduled for 5 August 2010. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Contact:

Frederic Mvondo, Directeur General Adjoint (Coordinator)

Regional

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(N) West Africa Fisheries Second Phase-GEF: The objective is to

support the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program with a focus on

Ghana and Guinea-Bissau. Project Concept Review Meeting scheduled

for 30 July 2010. Environmental Assessment Categor y B. US$ 5.5

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

termined.

(R) Fourth Comprehensive Agricultural Development: The ob-

jective is to support the creation of a regional institution for Southern

Africa with the mandate to support and coordinate regional programs

in agricultural research, agricultural extension, and agricultural train-

ing and education. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-July 2010. En-

vironmental Assessment Categor y B. Project: P113629. US$ 50.0

(CDP4). Consulting ser vices to be determined. FARA Secretariat,

PMB CT 173, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, Tel: [phone],

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

Monty P. Jones, Executive Secretariat. Southern Africa Development

Community, Private Bag 0095, SADC House, Khama Crescent,

Gaborone, Botswana, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Dr. Patrick Tawonezvi, Coordinator

(R) Lake Malawi, Nyasa, and Niassa Development: The objec-

tive is to improve the livelihood of people living around the Lake and

the natural resource management in and around the Lake by devel-

oping a common approach to the management of the Lake resources

and supporting measures to reduce the sediment and nutrient inflow

into the Lake. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 April 2011. Environ-

mental Assessment Category B. Project: P115914. US$ 5.0 (GEFU).

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

(R) Nyika Transfrontier Conservation Area: The objective is to sup-

plement current efforts and financing from the Peace Park Founda-

tions and both Governments of Zambia and Malawi to improve the

management of the Nyika Plateau NP and Mwaza Reser ve which over-

lap their respective countries. Decision Meeting scheduled for mid-July

2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P108879. US$

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4.8/4.1/3.0 (GEFU/NORM/ZFOU). Consulting services and imple-

menting agency(ies) to be determined.

(R) Second West Africa Agricultural Productivity Adaptable Pro-

gram Loan: The objective is to generate and disseminate improved

technologies in the participating countries top priority areas that are

aligned with the region’s top priorities. Bank Approval scheduled for

9 September 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project:

P117148. US$ 90.0/19.0 (IDA Credit/GFCR). Consultants will be re-

quired. CORAF, 7, Avenue Bourguiba, BP 48, Dakar, Senegal, Tel:

(221-33) 869-9622, Fax: [phone], E-mail: paco.sereme@

coraf.org, Contact: Paco Sereme, Executive Director

(R) West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research

(WECARD) and Development: The objective is to support the im-

plementation of the Central Africa Counsel for Agricultural Research

(CORAF)/WECARD Operational Plan which would contribute to sus-

tainable improvements in the productivity, competitiveness, and mar-

kets of the agricultural systems in West and Central Africa. Grant

Funding Request Approval scheduled for 13 August 2010. Environmental

Assessment Category B. Project: P112623. US$ 34.6 (CDP4). Con-

sultants will be required. West and Central African Council for Agri-

cultural Research and. Development (CORAF/WECARD), 7 Avenue

Bourguiba, B.P. 48, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: [phone], Fax: (221-

33) 869-9631, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Pacome Sereme,

Executive Director

Enhancing Institutional Capacities Congo Basin: The objectives

are to: (a) strengthen the capacities for Sustainable Forest Manage-

ment in the Congo Basin Countries on REDD issues; (b) help take ad-

vantage of a future, large-scale system of positive carbon-based initiatives

for sustainable forest management for Cameroon, CAR, Democratic

Rep. of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Rep. of Congo. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 16 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. Project: P113167. US$ 1.9/13.0/0.8/2.8/4.7 (AFD/GEFU/

WOWL/ZBIL/ZMUL). Consulting services to be determined. Central

African Forest Commission (COMIFAC), PO Box 20218, Yaounde,

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

tact: Raymond Mbitikon, Executive Secretary