Municipal Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project

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The three major short-term objectives of the Municipal Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project include: a) arresting further deterioration of, and thereby stabilizing, critical municipal infrastructure services evaluated as vital to public welfare in selected Georgian cities; b) improving overall management and delivery of municipal services in a sustainable, environmentally beneficial manner; and c) reinforcing credibility of local governments through visible interventions in key services in order to help reinstate public confidence and ensure social stability. The project will have two main components: a) The infrastructure rehabilitation investment component will aim at protecting essential existing infrastructure from further decay and renovating some additional urgently needed economic and social services. This component includes five types of operations: 1) heating and energy-saving measures for schools and hospitals; 2) urban transport; 3) water supply; 4) waste water; and 5) solid waste collection and disposal. The institutional development component will aim at: 1) implementing the project effectively; 2) initiating a process to develop, over time, local capabilities in such critical areas as project and financial management, procurement, investment analysis, and environmental assessment and management; 3) developing coherent strategies and action programs, mainly at the local levels, to deliver key municipal services and control or alleviate serious pollution problems along Georgia's Black Sea coast.