Third Urban Poverty Project

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The Indonesia Third Urban Poverty Project aims to support: (1) establishing and supporting representative and accountable community organizations that are able to increase the voice o f the poor in public decision making; (2) making local governments more responsive to the needs o f the poor by increasing cooperation with community organizations; and (3) transparently funding community based organizations and local governments to provide basic municipal services to the urban poor. The project would also support implementing various communities' poverty plans by providing block grants to the wards. The first two UPP projects cover the islands o f Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara. UPP3 will mainly cover Sumatera, East Kalimantan, Maluku, North Maluku, Papua, Bali, and East Nusa Tenggara- 15 provinces with about 1,736 wards (kelurahan). The project will also provide additional institutional support and grants to further strengthen about 660 ward-level community organizations selected in UPP1 and UPP2 and in new development areas. The project has four components. Component 1 finances Community Development and Local Government Capacity Building; Component 2 finances Kelurahan Grants. Component 3 funds a Poverty Alleviation Partnership Grant, and Component 4 provides Implementation Support.