Improving Equitable Access To High Standard, Sustainable Public Services At Central And Sub-National Level

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48. The objective of this IPF component is to provide targeted capacity development programs and on-demand technical support to build capacity in SNG and central government for core government operations, with a focus on competencies identified as critical for delivery of public services and their re-engineering (RA1), and the new procurement system (RA2). Capacity building will be provided to central and sub-national governments and will be designed in such a way as to help achieve the DLRs and undertake relevant assessments, that are fundamental to the achievement of the DLRs. This provides the necessary TA and capacity building to achieve the Program RAs to central and local government. The IPF component consists of the following activities to assist with implementation of the Program: (i) Provision of technical support on selected Program Results Areas, including, inter alia, expert inputs to the design of technical specifications ; (ii) Capacity building and training to enable both the implementation and the uptake of the Program reforms; (iii) Design and implementation of a change management strategy, including carrying out activities to support and incentivize and the roll out and take up of the program reforms and instruments ; and (iv) Implementation support and monitoring and evaluation, including Training and Operating Costs to the Coordination Unit (CU) for the Operation management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including the costs for the Independent Verification Agents.