NDP 4 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Support Program Phase II

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Phase 2 of the NDP4 project was pre-approved as part of the first phase. At the time of the commitments in 2007 and 2009, the project was intended as sector budget financing in the transport sector (Phases II and III) to support a sector-wide approach (SWAp) that was to be promoted jointly with other donors. However, the framework conditions have changed since then. Today, the project continues to aim to use partner systems as part of supporting a locally supported development program, but a SWAp approach agreed and coordinated between the government and donors no longer exists, as Germany is the only remaining bilateral donor in Namibia. Instead, the investment program aims to support the Namibian government in financing priority investment measures for road rehabilitation. To this end, specific measures are selected on the basis of selection criteria defined jointly by the partner and the FC and implemented using the existing partner systems. This is intended to contribute to the objectives formulated for the transport sector in the National Development Plan 4 (NDP 4, 2012-2017). The achievement of objectives at the level of the FC module will be measured on the basis of indicators defined in the national Sector Execution Plan (SEP) as part of the implementation of the project. Phases I and II each consist of a low-interest loan of EUR 30 million (total of EUR 60 million), which is disbursed in local currency (ZAR). The borrower is the Roads Fund Administration (RFA), supported by a state guarantee. The project sponsor and thus responsible for implementing the measures is the Roads Authority (RA). The loans are supplemented by an accompanying measure of EUR 1 million, which is intended to strengthen the RFA and the RA institutionally.