Second Urban Institutional & Infrastructure Development Program

dropped

The UIIDP 2 is an hybrid (PforR and IPF) operation of US$500 million that will have three windows,Window 1 - PforR of US$370 million will go to Program ULGs for provision of urban services and capacity building as per agreed investment menu. Urban services menu will include (i) Road Network, Road Furniture and Road Structure; (ii) Integrated multiple infrastructure and land services (residential, micro and small enterprises, industrial zones, tourism sites), (iii) Sanitation, (iv) Solid waste Management services, (v) Urban disaster risk management and initiatives to enhance resilience (Urban drainage and Flood Control systems), (vi) Built facilities (Local Economic Infrastructure), and (vii) Urban green infrastructure.Window 2 - PforR of US$ 10 million will go to conduct timely mandatory audits (financial, environmental, and social, Value for money (VfM), etc) and provide timely technical support to ULGs in their respective jurisdictions for Program implementation; Window 3 - PforR of US$10 million will go to MUI for incentivizing policy reforms to support sustainable climate smart urban development and services. Window 4 - Host and Refugee window (HRW) US$100 million. This window will support refugee host ULGs (about 13 ULGs, comprising an estimated urban population of 836,000 and 806,000 refugees in 29 refugee settlements). out of the US$100 million HRW, PforR of US$85 million will directly go to the Refugee host ULGs for investments in urban infrastructure and services to benefit both host communities and refugees. The remaining US$7m and US$8m will go as IPF to federal and regional level respectively to support the implementation of the Government’s agenda for inclusive urbanization, upgrading of refugee camps into urban settlements, and land use planning, among others.Window 5 - IPF window (US$17 million) to MUI. The IPF window will support the achievements of the DLIs under the four PforR windows discussed above. The window will finance Technical Assistance, procurement of imported equipment, and Program Management. It will insulate the MUI from forex risk and allow it to import necessary institutional strengthening equipment as well as procure international consultants for advancing urban policy frontiers and addressing new areas of focus, such as climate and disaster resilience. It will also be used to support capacity building for non-participating ULGs under UIIDP 2 and prepare them to join the Program in the future. It will support and enhance operational capacity primarily at the federal level for Program management including Annual Performance Assessment (APA), Mid Term review (MTR), Program Audit, Program communication activities, etc. This sub-component will help bring together and coordinate the respective bureaus and ministries who will be engaged in the implementation of UIIDP 2 as members of the Program Steering Committee (PSC) and Program Technical Committee responsible for policy and technical issues respectively that may affect Program implementation.