Ethiopia Protection of Basic Services Program Phase II Project

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The objective of the Second Phase of the Protection of Basic Services Program Project (PBSII) is to contribute to expanding access and improving the quality of basic services in education, health, agriculture, water supply and sanitation, and rural roads delivered by subnational governments in Ethiopia, while continuing to deepen transparency and local accountability in service delivery. Four subprograms are the components of this project. Subprogram A on Support to Delivery of Basic Services will support the decentralized delivery of basic services by sub-national governments in five sectors (education, health, agriculture and natural resources, water supply and sanitation, and rural roads). Subprogram B on Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Support Facility will finance Ethiopia’s health sector strategy by providing flexible funding for priority activities procurement and distribution of critical health commodities; and health system strengthening to support the accelerated attainment of health-related MDGs. Subprogram C on Transparency and Accountability includes two parts. Part C1 will finance a core group of three fiduciary strengthening activities; and finance innovations and the roll-out of Financial and Transparency and Accountability (FTA) initiatives. Part C2 will support the roll-out of successful social accountability activities and enhance and institutionalize capacity building for social accountability. Subprogram D on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) will support the strengthening of existing national and sectoral M&E systems and M&E assessments to be implemented by lead government agencies.