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The First Power Project for Guinea will be part of the Government's 1980-84 Reinforcement, Rehabilitation, and Expansion Program for the power facilities serving the capital, Conakry, and the surrounding areas. The objectives of the project will be: (i) to rehabilitate, reinforce and expand power distribution in Conakry; (ii) to strengthen the Societe Nationale d'Electricite (SNE), the power sector entity. The First Power Project will include: (a) the rehabilitation of part of the Conakry distribution network; (b) a training program implemented through constructing, equipping and operating a new training center and through scholarships abroad; (c) technical assistance to improve the management, organization and finance of SNE; (d) constructing and equipping a repair shop and a laboratory for SNE and houses for key personnel; (e) consulting services for the feasibility study of the rehabilitation works, for a sector organization study and for preparation of a follow-up project to include identification of hydro-sites and feasibility studies for those sites that could be developed to meet an increase in demand; and (f) the carrying out of an action program designed to improve SNE's management and operations.