Local Government Project (SLGP)

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The objective of the Local Government Project is to assist the Kingdom of Swaziland to develop institutionally strengthened rural local governments (Tinkhundla) and urban local governments. This project has three components. Component one involves Tinkhundla infrastructure and capacity building support. Component one consists of two sub-components: Component 1(a) provides performance-based funding for small-scale infrastructure within selected Tinkhundla local governments; Component 1(b) provides capacity-building support to Tinkhundla government structures. Component 2 is urban infrastructure grants and capacity building support. This component consists of two sub-components: Component 2(a): a performance-based infrastructure grant to finance capital investments in local roads, and Component 2(b): capacity building support to urban local governments to provide and sustain local services. Component three comprises of project management and technical assistance. This component will support the establishment and operation of the Project support team, strengthening the capacity of urban local governments and Tinkhundla in overall local government management and systems, strengthening the financial capacity of urban local governments through the delivery of advisory services, the carrying out of performance assessments and related reviews, and strengthening the local government monitoring systems of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Tinkhundla Administration and Development.