CF-EMERGENCY PUBLIC SERVICES RESPONSE PROJECT

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The development objective of the Emergency Public Services Response Project for Africa is to re-establish an operational government payroll and related financial management systems. The project has two components. The first component, payment of current salaries will provide support to the government to pay civil service salaries in civilian sectors (excluding the security forces and police). This component includes two sub-components: (a) update of the human resource (HR) and payroll databases; and (b) payment of the current salaries to eligible civil servants. The second component, technical assistance to core structures in the ministries of finance and civil service will provide support to the government to reestablish minimum capacity for budget execution and control of the revenue generated by the governments various ministries, departments, and agencies. It aims to equip core ministry of finance (MoF) and ministry of civil service structures with a minimum capacity for a better revenue collection and treasury management, budget execution, and transparency. It includes three sub-components: (a) technical assistance in a targeted number of MoF structures (customs, taxes, treasury and public accounts, budget and information systems, payroll, general inspectorate of finance) and civil service directorate in the ministry of civil service; (b) equipment support for strengthening the institutional capacity of the directorates of customs and taxes; and (c) support to the public financial management (PFM) reform unit.