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The project Leaders Organization is now in the pipeline.

2013-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

The project Leaders Organization is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Voice of Al Rashaida is now in the pipeline.

2013-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

The project Voice of Al Rashaida is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project WBG - PRDP Support V is now in the pipeline.

2013-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

The project WBG - PRDP Support V is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Fifth Palestinian Reform and Development Plan Project (DPG V) is a standalone operation aimed at supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA) in implementing some of the reform priorities under its National Development Plan (NDP) as well as some recently emerged reform priorities. DPG V will support the reforms designed under the NDP in two broad areas: (a) strengthening the PA's fiscal position; and (b) laying the institutional foundations for improved governance and transparency in the public sector. The operation supports efforts seen as crucial by the PA to overcoming the urgent fiscal issues, reducing the PA's reliance on foreign assistance for recurrent expenditures while increasing the efficiency of government expenditure programs. In addition, the operation supports improving governance and transparency in the areas that are important for better management of public finances. DPG V, as envisaged in the 2012-2014 interim strategy note, remains a key instrument aimed at supporting the PA's strategic priorities, advancing the policy dialogue, and also providing essential financing for the PA's budget.

The project Youth and Volunteers is now in the pipeline.

2013-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

The project Youth and Volunteers is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project West Bank and Gaza Tertiary Education Project has changed to Closed

2013-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

The project West Bank and Gaza Tertiary Education Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project WBG: Tertiary Education Project has changed to Closed

2013-01-04T05:00:00.000Z

The project WBG: Tertiary Education Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objectives of the Tertiary Education Project are to improve the regulatory environment for tertiary education management, governance and quality assurance; to increase internal and external efficiency of the tertiary education system, as a first step towards achieving sustainability; and, create incentives and provide the basis for improvements in efficiency, quality and relevance of tertiary education institutions in order to meet the socioeconomic needs of the Palestinian population. The Project has the following four components: 1) Strengthening the regulatory role of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE). This component will strengthen the capacity of the MOEHE and the Council on Higher Education to formulate, plan and monitor the tertiary education policy framework for the West Bank and Gaza. The Project will support the ongoing reform that will enable tertiary institutions to provide the education programs that meet the needs related to the economic and social development of Palestine. 2) The Capacity Building Program will increase the internal and external efficiency of tertiary education institutions, thus improve the efficiency of the universities, and community colleges, and provide support to institutional planning and management, while supporting quality, and institutional self-evaluation. 3) Support to quality improvement of higher education institutions shall create appropriate incentives for institutions to improve the quality and relevance of the programs offered. On a competitive basis, support will be provided to institutions and programs to meet international standards; improve the relevance of the course offerings, vis-a-vis the job market and economic development of Palestine; and, increase capacities to develop income generating programs. 4) Capacity building to improve and expand the demand-side subsidies program. The Student Revolving Loan Fund (SRLF) is a critical tool to help students pay their tuition fees, especially in the current economic situation. This Component aims to improve the management, structure, operation and performance of the SRLF, and implement repayment mechanisms, with a focus on building a student aid program for the future.

The project GZ-Gaza Water Supply & Sewage System Improvement has changed to Active

2012-11-28T05:00:00.000Z

The project GZ-Gaza Water Supply & Sewage System Improvement has changed to Active. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Water Supply and Sewage Systems Improvement Project is to improve the quality and efficiency of water supply and wastewater service provision in Gaza. There are three components to the project, the first component being improving water supply and wastewater facilities. This component includes four subcomponents: water supply network rehabilitation and reconfiguration, rehabilitation of water wells, service water meter replacement and installation of district meters, and upgrading and maintenance of wastewater pumping stations. The second component is the Coastal Municipality Water Utility (CMWU) capacity building and operational support. This component includes three subcomponents: construction of utility central facilities, technical Assistance for CMWU, and operational assistance for the CMWU; and finally, the third component is the project management, monitoring, and evaluation. This component will support the Project Management Unit (PMU's) project management by financing: (i) an external monitoring and evaluation expert, (ii) an external audit, and (iii) the PMU's incremental operating costs.

The project GZ-Second Municipal Development Project is now in the pipeline.

2012-08-21T04:00:00.000Z

The project GZ-Second Municipal Development Project is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Second Municipal Development Project for West Bank and Gaza is to improve the Recipient's municipal management practices for better municipal transparency and service delivery. There are four components to the project, the first component being municipal grants for capital investment. This component will allocate performance-based grants for capital investment service provision, per mandate of municipalities defined in the local council's law no. 1 of 1997, for sectors described as eligible in the Operations Manual (OM) as well as for operating expenditures for municipalities in Gaza, and will be implemented in two cycles of approximately 18 months each. The second component is the support to municipal innovations and efficiency. This component pilots learning and innovation for municipal development, including implementation of Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) policy decisions. The third component is the capacity building for municipalities and Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF). Finally, the fourth component is the project implementation support and management costs. This component will finance goods and consultants services for monitoring and evaluation, outreach and communication and local technical consultants for the engineering supervision of component one and the MDLF management fee.

The project ESSP III Additional Financing has changed to Closed

2012-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

The project ESSP III Additional Financing has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project Emergency Service Support Project III Additional Financing II has changed to Closed

2012-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

The project Emergency Service Support Project III Additional Financing II has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the Second Additional Financing (AF-2) for Third Emergency Service Support Project (ESSP 3) for West Bank and Gaza is to help mitigate the deterioration in the provision of essential public services in education, health, and social services. The AF-2 grant will help finance the provision of key essential social services, including remuneration for selected university non-civil servant teaching staff. The ESSP 3 has financed a wide array of non-salary recurrent expenditures to the social sector ministries, including remuneration for selected university teaching staff who is not civil servants. The situation in Gaza remains precarious and key social service delivery is highly dependent on external aid. Schools are becoming increasingly overcrowded, health facilities are under pressure to treat and rehabilitate the increased number of patients, and social care centers are facing constraints as they are asked to absorb the high numbers of social cases, including the handicapped, youth, poor female heads of households, etc. Over the past decade, the ESSP has been an effective instrument that time and time again has facilitated the delivery of key social services.

The project Third Emergency Services Support Project (ESSP III) has changed to Closed

2012-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

The project Third Emergency Services Support Project (ESSP III) has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

This Emergency Project Paper seeks the approval of the Executive Directors to provide a grant to the West Bank and Gaza for a proposed Third Emergency Social Service Support Project (ESSP 3). The will help finance the continued provision of essential social services during the on-going protracted crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. The main project outcomes are to: (a) maintain essential public education, health and social care facilities operational; (b) promote greater synergies among donor-funded emergency projects in the social sectors; (c) leverage additional donor resources to be channeled through the next phase of the ESSP multi-donor trust fund; and (d) underpin discussions on sector development by maintaining a policy dialogue in the social sectors.

The project FOOD PRICE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM - Additional Financing to Social Safety Net Reform Project has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project FOOD PRICE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM - Additional Financing to Social Safety Net Reform Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Food Price Crisis Response Program additional financing (FPCR-AF) Grant to Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP) gives the Palestinian Authority (PA) the opportunity to scale up its existing safety net instruments to demonstrate its commitment to the poorest and most vulnerable population groups in the West Bank and Gaza. The grant will finance approximately 25,000 poorest households that have seen adversely affected by the recent increase in food prices. These households will be selected using the SSNRP poverty targeting database through "proxy means test" (PMT) to determine household eligibility. The proceeds of this additional financing grant will finance only cash benefits to poor households under component one of the on-going SSNRP.

The project GZ-Social Safety Net Reform Project - Supplemental has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project GZ-Social Safety Net Reform Project - Supplemental has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

This Additional Financing (AF) Project paper seeks to provide a Grant to the West Bank and Gaza for the Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP). The additional financing grant gives the Palestinian Authority (PA) the opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to the poorest and most vulnerable population groups in the West Bank and Gaza. It will help finance costs associated with the scaling up of the PA administered cash benefit program using the SSNRP; the scaling up will capitalize on the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA's) poverty targeting database. The Grant will also leverage additional funds and technical assistance from donors such as the European Union, who are keen to see the PA take the lead in administering cash benefit programs. The AF for the SSNRP is an integral part of the PA's emergency program in the social sectors. The need for additional financing also is reflected in the increased poverty focus of the 2008-2010 Palestinian Reform and Development Plan (PRDP). In it, the PA emphasizes its commitment to the social sectors, in particular the need to support poor households. The plan also raises the problems inherent in having multiple cash benefit schemes with different targeting methods and substantial leakage of benefits to non-poor households. While the additional financing will maintain the development objective and components as set out in the June 2007 restructured project, it will permit the scaling up of the level of activities, the cash benefit component will benefit an additional 2,000 households. Over time, it is expected that the cash benefit component will expand further, as other cash transfer programs are consolidated and as donor participation picks up. By the end of the project, up to 50,000 households could be receiving benefits under the project, as a result of consolidation of programs and improved mobilization of resources from donors.

The project Global Food Price Crisis Response Trust Fund - Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP) # Additional Food Crisis Financing has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Global Food Price Crisis Response Trust Fund - Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP) # Additional Food Crisis Financing has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objectives of the Additional Financing (AF) for the Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP) for West Bank and Gaza (WBG) were to: (i) protect and enhance the human capital of children from the poorest households in the WBG; and (ii) strengthen the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) needed to assist in efficiently and effectively carrying out the Special Hardship Case Program (SHC), its main social assistance program. The Bank support will be through an AF grant for the SSNRP. The funding will be from the Food Price Crisis Response Trust Fund (FPCR TF) administered by the Bank. The support will consist of providing a one-time cash payment of US$135 to approximately 25,000 of the poorest households negatively affected by the recent food and fuel crisis. The beneficiary households will be those that received a cash payment of US$200 in 2009 under the previous AF grant from the FPCR TF, as these are the households in the SSNRP database with the lowest poverty levels. These households were identified using a proxy means test (PMT) formula and their eligibility was confirmed by two reviews carried out in 2009. The European Union (EU) will continue to provide parallel financing for undertaking reforms of the social safety net and will continue to work in partnership with the World Bank to ensure complementarity between programs.

The project Local Government Capacity Building Project has changed to Closed

2012-07-02T04:00:00.000Z

The project Local Government Capacity Building Project has changed to Closed. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The project GZ-Municipal Development Program AF is now in the pipeline.

2012-03-08T05:00:00.000Z

The project GZ-Municipal Development Program AF is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The objective of the additional financing for the Municipal Development Project for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for West Bank and Gaza is to improve municipal management practices for better transparency. The Project development objective, project design, implementation and fiduciary arrangements will remain unchanged from the original project. Project has 4 components. (1) Provide grant allocations to municipalities for capital investments and service provision; (2) Support municipal innovations and efficiency; (3) Provide capacity building for municipalities and the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF); and (4) Support project management including monitoring and evaluation, audits and technical assistance to municipalities in implementing sub-projects.

The project Second Land Administration Project (LAP-2) is now in the pipeline.

2012-02-28T05:00:00.000Z

The project Second Land Administration Project (LAP-2) is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Second Land Administration Project is to improve the design and implementation of the land registration system in the project area. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is systematic land registration in the project area. This component will provide resources to the Palestinian Land Authority (PLA) to complete Systematic Land Registration (SLR) of at least 180,000 dunums of land in the West Bank to be implemented in two phases, and to develop their capacity to further implement SLR in the rest of the West Bank. The second component of the project is institutional strengthening of the PLA. This component will assist the PLA in implementing its mandate and, in particular, managing systematic land registration through institutional strengthening including provision of enabling technology and office modernization. The third component of the project is project management, monitoring and evaluation. This component supports the consultants for the Project Management Unit (PMU); incremental operating costs for the PMU; and project monitoring and evaluation.

The project GZ-Gaza Electricity Network Rehabilitation Project is now in the pipeline.

2011-12-30T05:00:00.000Z

The project GZ-Gaza Electricity Network Rehabilitation Project is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Gaza Electricity Network Rehabilitation Project for West Bank and Gaza is to rehabilitate and expand the electricity networks in Gaza in order to improve their reliability and performance. There are two components to the project: network rehabilitation and expansion. This component includes three sub components. 1) rehabilitation of medium and low voltage networks: this subcomponent includes the rehabilitation of medium and low voltage networks; 2) network supply improvement: this subcomponent includes the construction of new network facilities to improve the performance of the electricity supply in Gaza, i.e. new 22 kV underground feeders from the Gaza Power Plant, reconfiguration and expansion of medium and low voltage networks, and new 22 kV underground feeders from the proposed 161 kV north substation; and 3) collection improvement. This subcomponent includes the purchase of mobile billing PCs and installation of prepaid meters and supporting equipment to improve electricity tariffs collection. The second component is Gaza Electricity Distribution Company (GEDCO) capacity building and technical assistance to Palestine Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PEA). This component includes two sub components.1) supply of vehicles and Information Technology (IT) system to GEDCO: this will include the procurement of vehicles, IT systems including hardware and software and tools, Geographic Information System (GIS) and load flow hardware and software; and 2) technical assistance to PEA. The recruitment of a consulting firm to assist PEA in preparing a master plan for the electricity sector in Gaza, and an auditing firm for project costs.

The project West Bank and Gaza: Education-to-Work Transition is now in the pipeline.

2011-12-16T05:00:00.000Z

The project West Bank and Gaza: Education-to-Work Transition is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The Education to Work Transition Project for West Bank and Gaza seeks to improve education to work transition of young Palestinians attending participating tertiary education institutions (TEIs) through: (i) fostering partnerships between TEIs and employers in order to make TEIs' study programs more relevant to the needs of the labor market; and (ii) enhancing the capacity of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) and TEIs to collect, analyze and disseminate data collected through the TEIs' graduate tracking system to monitor the outcomes of TEIs' study programs, and to inform education policy formulation and implementation. There are three components to the project, the first component being education to work transition innovation grant facility. The project builds on the successful experience of the Quality Improvement Fund (QIF) competitive grant system mechanism. It will promote long-lasting partnerships between TEIs and employers aimed at developing and implementing work-integrated learning schemes that strengthen the connection between classroom learning and the requirements of the workplace, and contribute to the development of attitudes and capabilities that make graduates, including women graduates, more employable. The second component is the higher education graduate tracking system. The project will support the MOEHE to institutionalize a graduate tracking system that provides regular feedback on graduates' education to work transition. Prior to the start up of the project, the World Bank is providing technical assistance to the MOEHE to scope out the current activities of TEIs on tracking graduates and to pilot a tracking system, including data collection instrument and tools with a select number of institutions. Finally, the third component is the project management and coordination.

The project GZ:Government Services for Business Development is now in the pipeline.

2011-11-04T04:00:00.000Z

The project GZ:Government Services for Business Development is now in the pipeline. To see more information, see the project information in the World Bank project database

The development objective of the Government Services for Business Development (GSBD) Project for West Bank and Gaza is to improve the ability of the Ministry of National Economy (MoNE) to deliver timely, efficient, and quality business development information, data and services to target beneficiaries, including to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women business owners and other marginalized groups, to promote business development. This restructuring paper states second level restructuring of the project. The changes are related to revisions in the results framework, agreed upon between the MoNE and the World Bank. The revisions include: (a) strengthening of the project outcome indicators; (b) including a core indicator; (c) reducing the number of intermediate indicators under first component; (d) clarifying intermediate outcome indicators and their use for first, second, and third component; and (e) clarifying the status of the baseline as well as a few cumulative target values. These changes are necessary to (i) better reflect and capture the project development objective; (ii) identify achievable and measurable indicators; and (iii) set realistic targets for the project. The restructuring does not entail any changes to the project development objectives. The revisions in the monitoring indicators will help in effectively measuring and evaluating the project's performance. They were reflected in the supplemental letter to the grant agreement.