The AO-Local Development Project

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The objectives of the Local Development Project (LDP) are: (a) to improve access o f poor households to basic services and economic opportunities; and (b) to enhance local institutional capacities among Angola's municipalities. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is local social and economic infrastructure. This component aims at increasing access for poor households to improved social and economic infrastructures by financing the rehabilitation and construction of basic public works and the acquisition of essential goods in response to local development plans and through municipal grants. To ensure proper operation and functioning of the infrastructures, the LDP will introduce operation and maintenance user committees. The second component of the project is local economic development. This component aims at improving business development skills and participation in markets of selected producer groups by providing a combination of: (i) technical assistance to selected municipalities to prepare their municipal economic development strategy; (ii) technical assistance to 'participating provinces to conduct sector and value chain studies; (iii) technical assistance and training for FAS (Fundo de Apoio Social - Social Action Fund) to prepare and implement the matching grants manual; (iv) matching grants to selected producer groups and business development service providers; (v) technical assistance and training to producer groups and business development service providers on business skills, managements, and marketing; and (vi) organization of workshops on microfinance. The third component of the project is local institutional strengthening. This component aims at strengthening the capacities of public entities and civil society to be inducted in the participatory planning, management, and monitoring of basic public service delivery and expenditure management. Activities will combine on-the-job technical assistance (TA), training, peer-to-peer learning, field visits, and other knowledge expansion events alike.