Component 3. Management of the IEP process to ensure timely documentation, compliance with regulations, and best practices. Management of the delivery system to ensure that inclusion programs are more effectively utilized and special education and therapy programs are well integrated into all educational services. Ensure that all appropriate funding is accessed from the Medicaid program with full compliance with all regulations and procedures. Make available all personnel and technical resources needed to design and support alternative programs to meet students’ needs. Maximize efficiency of administrative tasks such as management, reporting, and recruiting. The design of a data-driven delivery system with performance and financial benchmarks. Ensure uniform entry and exit criteria for related services, paraprofessional supports and special education placements. Review, analyze, and report on referral, evaluation and discharge patterns. FUTURES IMPACT ON STUDENT GROWTH (YEAR ONE) Additionally, Futures Education’s work (for year 1) of the contract will impact student growth by:
Component 3. Enabling Rural Finance Environment and Project Coordination, consisting of two sub-components. The aim of Sub-component 3.1. (Enabling Rural Finance Environment) is to promote policies and institutional arrangements that support the development of a more conducive operational environment for the R- CGS and the GFF, therefore, fostering their capacity to improve rural financial intermediation. Sub-component 3.2 (Project Coordination) covers the project implementation and coordination arrangements.
Component 3. Flood Protection of the Upper Vistula Component 3 intends to protect the Cracow and Nowa Huta conurbation and industrial area, the Sandomierz- Tarnobrzeg industrial and agricultural area, and selected towns on tributaries in the sub-basins of the San and Raba rivers. The works comprise (i) the reconstruction and extension of dikes and embankments along the Vistula to replace old unreliable dikes; (ii) the bank stabilization and strengthening with rip-rap, revetments, and so on; (iii) the construction of dry polders and overflow areas to increase upstream water retention; (iv) interventions for river training; and (v) the adjustment of existing weirs and barrages to pass larger flood waves. Through Component 4 additional support will be provided for the preparation of main parts of the RBMP and the investment prioritization plan for the Upper Vistula, applying the methodologies for IWRM to complex investments with large footprint. Within Upper Vistula River, where Component 3 will be implemented, the projects will be implemented within watercourses of various flow parameters and topography in the entire river valley. In the upper part of Vistula River Basin watercourses are of mountain and sub-mountain character, they flow through narrow valleys, with high speed of the flow and have stone or gravel river bed. In the vicinity of Kraków (capital of the region) the river enters a wider valley and is classified as a lowland river with sand-and-loam river bed. Below Kraków, in the vicinity of Sandomierz, where implementation of further tasks is planned, Vistula River is classified as large lowland river. The Valley of the river is wide, the riverbed is accompanied by additional structures, such as side arms of the river, oxbows, and other structures of high biodiversity. In the regions where works will be implemented, watercourses maintained their high natural qualities (many conservation areas with different protective measures were designated). Planned tasks will cover the following Subcomponents, which at the same time constitute detailed aims of Component 3 of the Project:
Component 3. Project management, policy and institutional development. This component shall aim at (i) supporting the strengthening of institutions responsible for small-scale aquaculture to fulfil their roles, as described under section II- A below, in project implementation and beyond, and (ii) warranting the provision of support to the development of sector policies and regulatory frameworks and more specifically to strengthen the institutional and technical capacity of sector institutions such as the National Institute for the Development of Fisheries and Aquaculture (IDEPA).
Component 3. The drinking water network The existing drinking water network needs an important rehabilitation given the very important ex-filtration occurring in some of the water pipes. This part of the measure will try to tackle the most urgent needs and will prepare, with technical assistance an in depth survey of the water system in order to have a second ISPA project proposed by the Bulgarian authorities in the near future. Indicatively, the main subcomponents in the rehabilitation of the drinking water network will be:
Component 3. Urban Water Supply: This component has three sub components, namely: Water Supply and Sanitation Improvements in Dar es Salaam; Water Supply and Sanitation Improvements in 23 Regional Water Supply and Sanitation Authorities ; and National Projects, District Headquarters and Small Towns. There are two intervention areas under each sub component: (i) management support that entails capacity strengthening and (ii) priority investments that aim at improving water supply and sanitation services in urban areas. The interventions at MoW mainly relate to capacity strengthening, internal technical auditing and technical support. As a matter of priority, the basket will have to increase its allocation for District Head quarters and Small Towns, since the current under financing situation resulted in very low investments, affecting water supply services. Where clustering will help resolve capacity challenges, the funds will now need to be channelled directly to Small Towns special accounts. The MoW will need to collaborate with PMO-RALG to ensure that qualified engineers without dual responsibility run Small Towns and that they focus specifically on improving services in that town.
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