Project Preparation Technical Assitance Facility Project

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The objective of the Project Preparation Technical Assistance (TA) Facility Project for Vietnam is to increase the capacity of Government entities to plan and prepare public investments efficiently and to international quality standards. There are three components to the project, the first component being project preparation facility. The project will finance the preparation of a large number of sub-projects over a five-year implementation period. These range from large-scale infrastructure investments, requiring preparation budgets of up to US$20 million, to smaller scale social sector operations, requiring individual consultant inputs costing around US$0.5 million or less. The scope of this component will include all tasks required to complete the preparation of the selected subprojects so that their implementation can commence as soon as investment financing is available. The second component is the project preparation facility support and capacity building. This component provides support to Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), the project's executing agency to assist it with project implementation, and also for capacity building targeting Implementing Agencies (IAs), and broader policy dialogue and studies to improve the government's overall development program and project performance. Finally, the third component is the incremental operating costs and project management expenses.