Supporting Transparency, Inclusiveness and the Green Economy

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The development objectives of the Supporting Transparency, Inclusiveness and the Green Economy Development Policy Grant in The West Bank and Gaza supports the Palestinian Authority (PA) in achieving selected strategic priorities envisaged in the National Development Plan 2021- 2023. The operation includes two pillars, namely to: (i) improve public resource management and support inclusiveness; and (ii) strengthen governance in the water sector and accelerate the greening of the economy. Under the first pillar, the operation supports reforms to institute electronic government procurement by automating all steps of the procurement process to increase the efficiency and transparency of the overall system. In addition, the first pillar supports efforts that the PA has adopted to enhance inclusiveness through simplifying the requirements for financial inclusion accounts for the unbanked population and requesting line ministries to prepare gender responsive budgets. The second pillar focuses on the green economy through amendments to the environment protection law to include articles related to climate change. Pillar two also supports reforms to enhance governance and service provision in the water sector by creating Regional Water Utilities.