Municipal Development

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The objective of the Municipal Development Project is to improve access to basic municipal infrastructure and to enhance municipal management in selected town and city councils of Belize. There are three components to the project, the first component being municipal infrastructure investments. The component will have two rounds of subprojects. In order to provide incentives for Town and City Councils (TCCs) to improve their management capacity, TCCs will be required to meet specific eligibility criteria before subproject preparation begins. Although TCCs will prioritize the investments and will participate in procurement and supervision, Belize Social Investment Fund (BSIF) will have overall responsibility for procuring and handling financial management arrangements of the agreed investments. The second component is the technical assistance and capacity building for TCCs, Ministry of Labor, Local Government and Rural Development (MLLGRD), and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE). Finally, the third component is the project management. Strengthening of the operational capacity of BSIF for implementation and management of the project, to ensure compliance with fiduciary controls, supervision, monitoring and reporting, and compliance with social and environmental safeguards, through the provision of technical advisory services, training, operating costs, and acquisition of goods including vehicles. To implement the project, BSIF will put into place a small project implementation unit with technical, procurement and financial management experience. The component will ensure that effective fiduciary arrangements are in place during implementation.