Chongqing Urban-Rural Integration Project

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The development objective of the Chongqing Urban Rural Integration Project for China is to assist Chongqing municipality in increasing access of residents in selected counties and districts to improved public services, including roads, water supply, employment training, and primary health care. There are five components to the project. The first component of the project is roads and water supply. Building and developing transportation and water supply networks in the following jurisdictions to increase or provide access to other geographical areas and safe drinking water: a) construction of roads and related transport infrastructure in Banan district, Tongliang county, Xiushan county and Yongchuan district; and b) construction of water supply infrastructure in Fengjie county, Shizhu county, and Xiushan county. The second component of the project is township and village infrastructure. Building and improving basic public service infrastructure in Qijiang county, Wanzhou district and Chengkou county including, inter alia, in such infrastructure construction of roads, service centers, water and waste water facilities, distribution pipes, and garbage collection stations and points, all with a view to improve or increase access to public services. The third component of the project is migrant workers' training for transfer and employment. Expanding access and improving quality of training for rural migrants to enhance their employability by, inter alia, carrying out the following in selected education institutions: a) workshops and consulting services to strengthen school-industry linkage; b) providing equipment and upgrading buildings and workshops to facilitate delivery of training programs; c) updating curricula and training materials to increase the quality and relevance of training; and d) providing teacher training to improve the quality of instruction. The fourth component of the project is community health care services. Improving access to, and enhancing quality of health care services in, rural and peri-urban areas of Chongqing as follows: a) equipping of village clinics and urban community health care centers by providing medical and other equipment and training required for the delivery of health care services; and b) expanding the Yubei district hospital by constructing the additional hospital facilities on a new site, and providing medical, and other equipment for such facilities and training required for health care services. The fifth component of the project is institutional support and technical assistance. Facilitating project implementation through the provision of consulting services to: a) enhance the design, review, and certification of works carried out under the project; b) strengthen the capacity of the project implementation entity (Chongqing) and county level in the areas of project management, procurement and contract management, accounting and financial management, and compliance with safeguard policies; and c) conduct policy study on operation and maintenance (O&M) mechanism for public utilities in rural areas.