Second Urban Poverty Reduction Project (PREPUD II)

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The objective of the Second Urban Poverty Reduction Project is to increase access to basic urban services in Quartier 7 (Q7) in Djibouti City. There are three components to the project, the first component being infrastructure upgrading in Q7. This component will finance key urban infrastructure in Q7 while at the same time responding to the urgent need to address the chronic challenge of employment in the neighborhood, particularly among women and young people. The second component is the building institutional capacity and citizen engagement. The activities are aimed at strengthening two key levels of urban governance and supporting the implementation of the Djibouti City urban master plan prepared by Secretary of State for Housing (SSH) in 2012 under the DUPREP. Through these pilot activities and other capacity building efforts, the SSH and Housing and Urbanism Department (DHU) are expected to develop adequate tools to better manage Djibouti City's urban development. Finally, the third component is the support to implementation, monitoring and evaluation. This component will finance: (i) operating costs, short term technical assistance to Djiboutian Agency for Social Development, or ADDS, and additional equipment, as well as targeted capacity building for the ADDS staff and other stakeholders in charge of project implementation (US$645,000); and (ii) technical and financial audits (US$55,000).