The world bank monthly operational summary

(R) Higher Education Quality Improvement (Cr. H5580-RY):

The objective is to improve the quality and relevance of selected pro-

grams in Yemen’s universities and to maintain the momentum on

longer-term reform of university finance and governance. Bank Approval

completed on 29 April 2010. Signing scheduled for 15 June 2010.

Sign-

ing date is tentative. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project:

P110733. US$ 13.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry

of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Hayel Street, Sana’a, Re-

public of YemenRepublic of Yemen Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Mohammed Muttahar, Vice Min-

ister

Energy and Mining

(R) Al-Mocha Wind Park: The objective is to demonstrate the op-

erational feasibility of wind power (60 MW) at Al-Mocha to be connected

to the national grid. To accomplish this, the proposed Project will fi-

nance: (a) Al-Mocha Wind Park; and (b) Technical Assistance to de-

velop local capacity in the development and implementation of wind

projects. Decision Meeting scheduled for 1 September 2010. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P106069. US$ 20.0/15.0

(IDA Grant/IDB). Consulting services to be determined. Public Elec-

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tricity Corporation, Sana’a, Republic of YemenRepublic of Yemen, Tel:

(967-1) 328-164, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Eng. Abdul Mumin Mutahar, Director General

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Health and Population: The objective is to improve the quality

and utilization of an integrated package of preventive, clinical, and

public health services by 2015 in selected regions. Preappraisal com-

pleted on 12 May 2010.

Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 Septem-

ber 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P094755.

US$ 28.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Pub-

lic Health and Population, PO Box 1330, Sana’a, Republic of Yemen-

Republic of Yemen, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Dr. Abdel Hakim Al-Kohlani, Director General

(R) Social Welfare Fund Institutional Support: The objective is to

strengthen Social Welfare Fund delivery capacity through program de-

sign, management approaches, and tools necessary to play an in-

creasingly effective role as an essential Social Safety Net provider.

Negotiations completed on 26 April 2010. Bank Approval scheduled for

8 June 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P117608.

US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Social Welfare Fund,

Nogum, Sana’a, Republic of YemenRepublic of Yemen, Tel: (967-1)

544-012, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Man-

sour Al-Fayadhi, Executive Director

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

Integrated Urban Development: The objectives are to: (i) improve

access to basic services in select informal settlements in urban areas

in Taiz; and (ii) strengthen dialogue on national framework for urban

upgrading. Bank Approval scheduled for 25 May 2010. Environmen-

tal Assessment Category B. Project: P107050. US$ 22.0 (IDA Grant).

Consultants will be required. Taiz Municipal Development and Flood

Protection Project (TMDFPP), Algeria Street, Sana’a, Republic of

YemenRepublic of Yemen, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone]-

665, E-mail: [e-mail] and [e-mail], Con-

tact: Ibrahim Othman, Project Director, TMDFPP

(R) Second Port Cities Development: The objective is to improve

access to, and the efficiency of, select public infrastructure in the three

port cities of Aden, Hodeidah and Mukalla. Negotiations completed on

6 April 2010. Bank Approval scheduled for 25 May 2010.

Environ-

mental Assessment Category B. Project: P088435. US$ 35.0 (IDA

Grant). Consultants will be required. Port Cities Development Program

National Coordination Unit, Khormaksar, Aden, Republic of Yemen-

Republic of Yemen, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail]/[e-mail], Contact: Mohamed

Zemam, PCDP National Coordinator

Public Finance Modernization: The objective is to achieve a sound

Public Finance Modernization system: (a) aggregate fiscal discipline;

(b) strategic allocation of resources; (c) efficient service delivery. De-

cision Meeting scheduled for 28 June 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category C. Project: P117363. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will

be required. Ministry of Finance, Sana’a, Republic of YemenRepublic

of Yemen, Tel: [phone]

Latin America 

and Caribbean

Argentina

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Rural Corridors and Biodiversity: The objective is to increase

the protection of vulnerable natural areas and the conservation of bi-

ological diversity in both the Argentine Patagonian Steppe and the Ar-

gentine Chaco. In addition the project would aim to bolster the technical

capacity and outreach of federal and provincial organizations working

in natural resource issues. Decision Meeting scheduled for 6 September

2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P114294. US$

7.0/2.3 (GEFU/MSC1). Consultants will be required. Administacion

de Parques Nacionales, Av. Santa Fe 690, C1059ABN, Buenos Aires,

Argentina, Tel: [phone], Contact: Dra. Patricia Gandini, Pres-

ident

(R) Third National Communication UNFCCC: The objective is to

assist the government to strengthen its capacity in designing sectoral

policies and measures for mitigation and adaptation to climate change

and to evaluate the environmental, social and economic impact of their

implementation while fulfilling obligations to the UNFCCC. Decision

Meeting completed on 12 May 2010. Appraisal scheduled for 17 May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P116974. US$ 2.4

(GEFU). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Ambiente y De-

sarrollo Sustentable, Dereccion de Cambio Climatico, Reconquista

555 (entrepiso), Argentina, Tel: [phone], E-mail: ncastillo@am-

biente.gov.ar, Contact: Nazareno Castillo Marin, Director

Health and Other Social Services

(R) Prevention and Management of Influenza Type Illness (Ln.

78430-AR): The objectivve is to assist the Government of Argentina

in strengthening the health system to prevent and monitor the trans-

mission of the influenza virus and to control epidemic waves of the dis-

ease. The loan was signed on 30 March 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category B. Project: P117377. US$ 229.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be

required. National Ministry of Health, Ave. 9 de Julio 1925 Piso 2,

Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel/Fax: [phone], Contact: Maximo

Diosque, Secretario de Promocion y Programas Sanitarios

San Juan SWAp (Ln. 78530-AR): The objective is to support eco-

nomic and social development. Signing scheduled for 16 June 2010.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P113896. US$ 50.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agencia Calidad San Juan, Mi-

nisterio de la Produccion, Ministerio de la Produccion, Prov. de San

Juan, Argentina, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact:

Puerta Marisu, Responsable de Proyectos

Second Essential Public Health Functions and Programs: The

objective is to support training and increase the capacities of the nurses

workforce (the weakest area of the current Argentina’s human re-

sources workforce). Identification is underway. Environmental As-

sessment Category C. US$ 450.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required.

Ministerio de Salud de la Nacion, Av. 9 de Julio 1925, 2o Piso, Buenos

Aires, Argentina Tel/Fax: [phone], Contact: Maximo Diosque,

Secretario de Promocion y Programas Sanitarios

Communities Integrating Social Services: The objective is to sup-

port CIC’s project which intends to create a space that strengthens cit-

izen-government dialogue, social policy coordination, and a citizen

based (rather than beneficiary based) approach to social policy. Prepa-

ration is underway. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 100.0

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

determined.

Rural Poverty: The objective is to raise incomes and improve liveli-

hoods among the rural poor of Argentina. The project would con-

tribute to the Government of Argentina’s overall strategy for approach

to helping this traditionally “invisible” population to participate more

fully in the national economy and the wealth that it generates. Deci-

sion Meeting scheduled for 1 September 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P106685. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants

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

Strengthening Health System Performance and Provincial Health

Insurance: The objectives are to: (a) increase access to quality ser-

vices of eligible uninsured vulnerable groups; (b) strengthen incentive

framework for efficiency and focus on results between national level

and provinces, and provinces and service providers; (c) promote im-

plementation of result based financing schemes in Hospital networks

for scaling up. Identification is underway. Environmental Assessment

Category C. US$ 400.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required for Sec-

retario de Promocion de Programas Sanitarios. Ministerio de Salud y

Ambiente, Av. 9 de Julio 1925 Piso 12 (1332), Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

Maximo Andres Diosque, Secretario de Promocion de Programas

Sanitarios

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Industry and Trade

(R) Sustainable Industrial Development: The objective is to help

small and medium enterprises in Argentina with inadequate access to

credit to improve their compliance with environmental regulations, while

simultaneously boosting their industrial competitiveness. Decision

meeting scheduled for late-May 2010.

Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory B. Project: P110612. US$ 40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re-

quired. Ministerio de Economia y Produccion, Secretaria de Industria

y Pyme, Av. Julio A. Roca 651, Piso 2o, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel:

(54-11) 4349-3726/3728, Contact: Alfredo Junco, Coordinador Ejecu-

tivo UEPRO-PRESAO

Public Administration, Law, and Justice

(R) Sustainable Transport and Air Quality: The objective is to re-

duce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through the promotion of long

term modal shift to less energy intensive transport modes in cities in

Argentina. Signing scheduled for 20 May 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P114008. US$ 4.0 (GEFU). Consultants

will be required. Secretariat of Transport, Ministry of Federal Planning,

Infrastructure and, Av. Julio A. Roca, 636, 9th Floor, Buenos Aires, Ar-

gentina, Tel: [phone], Contact: Jorge de Belautegui, General

Coordinator, PIU

Chaco SWAp: The objective is to assist the province in its public

management and fiscal capacity to improve service-delivery and en-

hance the provincial investment climate. Project Concept Review Meet-

ing scheduled for 17 June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category

C. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretary of Plan-

ning - Province of Chaco, Gobierno del Pueblo de la Prov del Chaco,

9no Piso, Edificio A, Chaco, Argentina, Tel: [phone], 456-456,

E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Raul Oscar Co-

dutti, Secretary of Planning and Results Evaluation

Improving Tax Administration in Buenos Aires Province: The

objective is to strengthen the tax administration in the Buenos Aires

province. Identification is underway. Environmental Assessment Cat-

egory C. US$ 25.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agencia de

Recaudacion Provincia de Buenos Aires (ARBA), Calle 45 e/7 y 8, CP

1900, Buenos Aires, Argentina Tel/Fax: [phone], E-mail: lu-

[e-mail], Contact: Luciano Digresia, Director

Transportation

Provincial Road Infrastructure Additional Financing: The ob-

jective is to improve the reliability of essential road assets that facili-

tate access of provincial production to markets while enhancing the

efficiency of asset management as a means to support the country’s

productive sector, competitiveness and economic growth. Signing ten-

tatively scheduled for July 2010, pending Presidential Decree. Envi-

ronmental Assessment Categor y B. Project: P114018. US$ 175.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Unidad de Coordinacion de Pro-

gramas y Proyectos con Financiamiento Externo, Hipolito Yrigoyen

250, Piso 11, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: [phone], Contact:

Gustavo Barcos, General Coordinator

Cordoba Road Infrastructure Additional Financing: The objec-

tive is to allow the completion of civil works included in the original

loan; at building institutional capacity to encourage efficient planning

policies and adequate resource allocation for the rehabilitation and

maintenance of the core provincial road network. Project preparation

is under way. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Agencia Cordoba de Inversion

y Financiamiento, Rivera Indarte 33, Cordoba Capital 5000, Argentina,

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Contact: Eduardo Parizzia,

Presidente

Norte Grande Transport Infrastructure Development: The objective

of Argentina’s Northern Region Road Infrastructure is to cover nine

provinces: Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman, Santiago del Estero,

Catamarca, Misiones and Corrientes. Civil works will include paving,

rehabilitation and upgrading of provincial roads, construction of bridges,

and access roads. Decision Meeting scheduled for 14 June 2010. En-

vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P120198. US$ 250.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Unidad de Coordinacion de Pro-

gramas y Proyectos con Financiamiento Externo, Hipolito Yrigoyen

250, Piso 11, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: [phone], Contact:

Alonso Victor Hugo, Project Coordinator

Road Safety: The objective is to contribute to the attainment of a de-

fined improvement in the reduction of road traffic crashes, through

strengthening the institutional framework and management of road

safety interventions, together with targeted investments on defined pi-

lot corridors, in Argentina. Bank Approval completed on 6 April 2010.

Awaiting presidential decree. Environmental Assessment Category

B. Project: P116989. US$ 30.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required.

National Road Safety Agency, Agencia Nacional de Seguridad Vial,

Av. Huergo 1481, Piso 8, Argentina, Tel: [phone], E-mail:

[e-mail], Contact: Felipe Rodriguez Laguens, Execu-

tive Director of the National Road Safety Agency

Rosario Metropolitan Area Infrastructure: The objective is to re-

duce capacity constraints of road and rail access infrastructure to

Rosario and Rosario port installations and help orient development of

the Metropolitan Area of Rosario. Decision Meeting scheduled for 15

June 2010. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P101421.

US$ 480.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio de Plani-

ficacion Federal, Inversion Publica y Servicios, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250,

C1086AAB, Argentina, Tel: [phone], E-mail: vhalon@mecon.

gov.ar, Contact: Pablo Abal Medina, Coordinador General UCP y PFE.

Ministerio de Planificacion Federal, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, Piso 12, Of.

1201, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tel: [phone], Fax: (54-11)

5439-75993, E-mail: NA, Contact: Juan Alberto, Director Nacional de

Transporte Ferroviario

Urban Transport in Metropolitan Areas: The objective is to improve

the quality and sustainability of urban transport in selected cities, with

emphasis on the needs of low-income people. Bank Approval com-

pleted on 20 October 2009. Awaiting Presidential decree for signing.

Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P095485. US$ 150.0

(IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secretaria de Transporte de la

Nacion, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, 2do Piso CP1310, Buenos Aires, Ar-

gentina, Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone], Contact: Jorge

de Belaustegui, General Coordinator

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

(R) Buenos Aires Province Infrastructure Sustainable Devel-

opment Additional Financing: The objective is to finance (a) works

proposed in Component 1: Water and Sewerage, and Component 3:

Drainage; and (b) a scale up of Component 2: Provincial Roads. Ne-

gotiations scheduled for 15 June 2010. Environmental Assessment

Category B. Project: P114081. US$ 50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be

required. Unidad de Coordinacion con Organismos Multilaterales de

Credito (UCO), Calle 45, Oficina No.310, La Plata, Argentina, Tel: (54-

21) 429-4576, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Ing. Ethel

Teselman, Director Ejecutivo

(R) Norte Grande Hydraulic Infrastructure Development: The

objective is to fund water supply, sewerage and wastewater, irrigation

and flood protection infrastructure in nine of the poorer provinces of

the country in the historically northern area of Argentina as well as

have TA to strengthen provincial capacity in the provision of the ser-

vices. Decision Meeting scheduled for 10 June 2010. Environmental

Assessment Category A. Project: P120211. US$ 250.0 (IBRD). Con-

sultants will be required. Ministerio de Planificacion Federal, Inversion

Publica y Servicios, Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, C1086AAB, Argentina, Tel:

(54-11) 4349-5000, E-mail: [e-mail], Contact: Victor Alonso,

Coordinator

Barbados

Finance

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

able growth and alleviation of poverty by: (a) strengthening the fi-

nancial system to prevent disruptive and costly financial crisis; and (b)

consolidating the insurance market to address the needs of the private

sector. Concept review meeting tentatively scheduled for late-August

2010.

Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ 80.0 (IBRD). No

consultants are required. Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecom-

munications and Energy, Bay Street, St. Michael, Barbados, Tel: (246)

436-6435, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]/economicaf-

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[e-mail], Contact: Grantley Smith, Director of Finance and Eco-

nomic Affairs

Belize

Water, Sanitation and Flood Protection

Municipal Development: The objective is to improve access to ba-

sic municipal infrastructure and to enhance the service delivery and

municipal management in selected towns of Belize. Decision Meeting

scheduled for 27 May 2010. Environmental Assessment Category B.

Project: P111928. US$ 15.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Be-

lize Social Investment Fund, Constitution Drive, Belize, Tel: [phone]-

239/0508, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Ian M. McMillan, Executive Director/Project Manager

Bolivia

Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry

(R) Community Investment Project in Rural Areas: The objec-

tive is to improve access to basic socio-economic infrastructure and

services and income generating opportunities for residents of selected

disadvantage communities, through a participatory process in which

strengthened community-based organizations identify, prioritize,

and implement community subprojects or investment. Decision

Meeting scheduled for 31 January 2011. Environmental Assess-

ment Category B. Project: P107137. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consul-

tants will be required.

Consulting services for preparation will include

social and environmental studies, monitoring and evaluation sys-

tem, financial and administrative system, definition of operational pro-

cedures MDRT-Ministry of Rural Development and Land, Av. Cama-

cho 1471, entre calles Bueno y Loayza, La Paz, Bolivia, Tel: (591-2)

211-1103, Fax: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail],

Contact: Jhonny Delgadillo, Coordinator

(R) Innovation and Agricultural Services: The objective is to en-

hance public services for sustainable and equitable agricultural growth,

by strengthening Bolivia’s Agricultural Innovation System and by fa-

cilitating the development of private sector based weather insurance.

Decision Meeting scheduled for 15 December 2010. Environmental As-

sessment Category B. Project: P106700. US$ 23.5 (IDA Credit). Con-

sultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development

and Environment, Casimiro Irusta No. 2164, Sopocachi, La Paz, Bo-

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

tact: Elva Tercernos, Director General; Alfredo Zarate, Advisor

Energy and Mining

(R) Second Decentralized Infrastructure for Rural Transforma-