Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project (CEDP)

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The development objective of the Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project for Uganda is to improve the competitiveness of enterprises by providing support for: (i) the implementation of business environment reforms, including land administration reform; and (ii) the development of priority productive and service sectors. The project has five components. The first component is land administration reform. This component will fund the continuation and scale-up of the land reform process carried out under the Second Private Sector Competitiveness Project (PSCP II). This component has following four sub-components: (i) improving land administration; (ii) undertaking systematic registration of communal and individually owned land; (iii) implementing a program of actions for strengthening institutions and mechanisms for land dispute resolution; and (iv) implementing a program of actions for strengthening land administration and management institutions. The second component is business registration and business licensing reforms. This component aims to reduce the burden for businesses in dealing with registration and licenses procedures by creating an online one-stop-shop for business registration and an e-registry for business licensing, and by implementing measures aimed to simplify and streamline business registration and business licensing procedures. The third component is tourism competitiveness development. The goal of this component is to provide support to the tourism sector through strengthening public and private sector stakeholders and their collaboration to develop a competitive tourism offering. The fourth component is matching grant facility. This component entails provision of matching grants to matching grant beneficiaries for implementing Business Development Services (BDS), including technology improvement, management training, record keeping, quality certification and marketing, in priority sub-sectors namely: tourism; coffee; grains and pulses; horticulture; edible oils; fisheries and information technology or business process outsourcing. The fifth component is project implementation. This component will support the following activities: (a) strengthening the capacity of the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) for overall coordination and management of activities including procurement, financial management, environmental and social safeguards, monitoring and evaluation, supervision and reporting aspects; (b) strengthening transparency and governance arrangements for the project; and (c) developing and implementing an information, education and communications strategy for the project.

FY17 - Financial Sector,FY17 - Industry, Trade and Services,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

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Raw Materials, Hotel, Consumer Products, Government, Education, Commercial