PUBLIC WORKS AND EMPLOYMENT CREATION PROJECT

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The Public Works and Employment Creation Project will contribute to the peace process, and reconstruction of Burundi, through generation of productive, labor-intensive employment. The components will: 1) finance subprojects for the rehabilitation, and construction of basic infrastructure at municipalities' request, namely, roads, markets, drainage, health centers, anti-erosion structures, schools, and water supply, including social infrastructure. The financial, and operational capabilities of the Agence d'Execution des Travaux d'Interet Public (AGETIP) will be strengthened, by financing equipment, and operating costs, technical assistance (TA) and training provision; 2) establish a Technical Secretariat (TS) at the Ministry of Public Works, responsible of providing TA, advisory services, and training to municipalities in subproject identification, programming, operation and maintenance. The TS will also be responsible for disseminating information through communication campaigns on subproject eligibility criteria; 3) support the prevention of HIV/AIDS epidemic, to include a community information and education program, based on existing frameworks, implemented under the responsibility of the TS, in partnership with UNAIDS, Red Cross, and non-governmental organizations, and a study on a multi-sectoral HIV/AIDS program; and, 4) include project monitoring, supporting studies, consultants/auditors.

FY17 - Education,FY17 - Health,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management,Transportation

World Bank Group

Project

Road, Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Government, Education