PUBLIC WORK & EMPLOY

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The main objectives of the Public Works and Employment Project are: (a) to create new employment in urban areas; (b) to improve the individual skills of the workers; (c) to demonstrate the feasibility of labor intensive public projects; and (d) to produce results that are economically and socially useful. The components of the project are: (a) a program of public facility and infrastructure rehabilitation and maintenance in urban areas to be carried out using labor intensive methods by local contractors; (b) a package of services related to work organization, management and labor force training to be offered to local contractors under component (a); and (c) a supervision and monitoring component in order to monitor closely the progress of the project and to prepare the transition toward locally supported employment of the target group.