UNDP Iraq, FFES Phase 3

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At the request of the Iraqi government, UNDP has expanded the existing Funding Facility for Stabilization (FFS) to include the Funding Facility for Expanded Stabilization (FFES). While the Funding Facility for Immediate Stabilization (FFIS) aims at rapid and immediate effects (primarily cash for work measures), the FFES is aimed at the more financially and time-consuming reconstruction of larger public infrastructure in heavily devastated Iraq. It finances projects worth more than USD 2 million and with an implementation period of 2 - 3 years. FFIS and FFES are combined under the umbrella of the UNDP FFS in Iraq and are managed by the same steering committee. The aim of FFES is to contribute to strengthening the Iraqi government's ability to act and perform in the field of stabilization and reconstruction. To achieve this, the public infrastructure is to be repaired or rebuilt to such an extent that basic supplies for the local population are guaranteed and the permanent return of internally displaced persons to their home regions can continue to be possible. The target group is the population living at the project sites as well as returnees. With this contribution to the FFES (EUR 30 million), the Fallujah Teaching Hospital will be equipped with medical equipment and laboratory equipment, the rainwater and sewage network in the Jubail district in Fallujah and the hospital in the small town of Baaj in western Nineveh will be rehabilitated by autumn 2020. In addition, rehabilitation measures on the agricultural infrastructure, including a central irrigation canal, will be supported in the province of Kirkuk.