Post-Accession Rural Support Project

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The Post Accession Rural Support Project for Poland will: (i) increase social inclusion in rural underdeveloped gminas by enhancing the capacity of local governments to identify, plan, and execute social protection strategies through a Social Inclusion Program (SIP); and, (ii) will support agricultural insurance fund (KRUS) reform by enhancing the efficiency of the KRUS Agency, through strengthening its administrative and analytic capacity and improving its management and decision making process. The project has the following components: (1) This component will provide support to refine KRUS policies that will allow to increase the sustainability of the system and improve efficiency. (2) The enabling policy framework for the Social Inclusion component comprises the new Social Assistance Act, which went into effect in January 2004, the National Social Inclusion Strategy, and the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion (2004). (3) This component is focused on increasing public awareness of the importance of social inclusion and capacity building for improved delivery of social inclusion activities at regional and local levels as well as public awareness campaigns for KRUS reform.

FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Social Protection

World Bank Group

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Raw Materials, Commercial, Government