Donor Coordination. MCC worked closely with the World Bank on issues of targeting and impact evaluation strategy over the course of project development in 2009. As of January 2010, the World Bank intends to provide an additional loan to expand KC1. The World Bank and MCC plan to continue close collaboration during and beyond the scope of this additional funding and share lessons learned with each other and with DSWD as KALAHI-CIDSS continues to mature and develop towards a potential national expansion that could involve many other donors. MCC will also be joining DSWD’s donor forum related to KALAHI-CIDSS.
Donor Coordination. The Secondary National Road Development Project is anchored on preliminary work undertaken with the assistance of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (now known as the Japan International Cooperation Agency), which was instrumental in identifying viable priority road segments eligible for MCC investments. MCC has coordinated closely with the World Bank on the ongoing efforts in: (i) road sector reform; (ii) improving the adequacy of the “Special Road Support Fund” (as described below);
Donor Coordination. The due diligence for the tax administration aspects of the Revenue Administration Reform Project was undertaken in close cooperation with the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Division as well as with the World Bank’s National Program Supporting Tax Administration Reform program to support tax reform efforts in the Philippines. The outlines of the eTIS sub-Activity and its emphasis on process redesign and training are based on long-standing recommendations that have been made by the IMF and World Bank to the BIR. It is anticipated that the tax administration advisors provided to the BIR under the Compact will be sourced through the IMF and coordinated by a resident IMF advisor in Manila, the Philippines. The Automated Audit Tools sub-Activity builds on the previous efforts of the Swedish International Development Agency and the World Bank. Both donors have sponsored pilot programs in the utilization of automated audit tools.
Donor Coordination. There are two primary donors working on maintenance related work on the SRN: the Asian Development Bank and DFID. MCC will coordinate its technical assistance efforts under the Compact, to the extent possible, to reinforce these technical assistance efforts.
Donor Coordination. Throughout the multi-year development of the Compact, MCC and the Government have engaged in an inclusive process that included consultations with the United States Government, Nepali communities and key private sector actors, non-government actors, and other donors as well as multilateral organizations. In particular, MCC worked closely with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank in reviewing and agreeing on various power sector reforms required in Nepal for future programming by the two banks. MCC also consulted frequently with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (“DFID”) during its preparation of a political economy analysis of power sector reform.
Donor Coordination. While DFC shall appraise, oversee and monitor ACFD Project activities, MCC and the Government expect to work closely with DFC during all phases of the ACFD Project from identifying activities to developing, designing and implementing such activities.
Donor Coordination. The majority of donors in Vanuatu have focused more consistently on the social sectors. Donors such as Australia and New Zealand have recently committed to enlarging their assistance to the agriculture and tourism sectors in response to the priorities for growth and poverty reduction outlined in the Government’s PAA. MCC’s focus on transport infrastructure presents a number of mutually beneficial coordination opportunities with ongoing and planned donor programs, namely: the European Union (the “EU”) and France’s Agricultural Producers Organization Project; the EU and the Asian Development Bank’s (“ADB”) Tourism Training and Education project; ADB’s Rural Credit Strengthening and Secured Transaction Framework projects; New Zealand Agency for International Development’s Customary Land Tenure initiatives; the Australian Agency for International Development’s “AusAID”) Business Climate Reform program; and the EU’s Institutional Strengthening for Infrastructure Maintenance program. Moreover, AusAid is providing funding for key household data surveys (such as the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (“HIES”), which will be used in monitoring Program impacts. The United States Agency for International Development does not maintain a mission in Vanuatu and is not currently providing any development assistance programs to Vanuatu.
Donor Coordination. Donors working on policy and institutional reform of Benin’s electricity sector include, among others, the European Union (“EU”), the Agence Française de Développement (“AFD”), World Bank, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (“GIZ”), the Global Environment Fund, and the United Nations Development Program. The principal donors have organized an energy sector donor roundtable, which meets on a bi-annual basis, to ensure coordination of infrastructure investments and agendas for sector policy reform (“Energy Sector Donor Roundtable”). The Policy Reform and Institutional Strengthening Project was developed in close coordination with the donors cited above and is consistent with the recommendations issued by the Energy Sector Donor Roundtable. Before finalizing the Program, the Government and MCC consulted with the principal donors in the sector to ensure an appropriate division of labor on policy and institutional reform and to ensure that close consultation would continue throughout the implementation of this Compact.
Donor Coordination. The Electricity Generation Project has and will continue to benefit from coordination among the Parties and other donors. Donors who are currently working on electricity generation include, among others: (1) the World Bank and the EU, which are funding updates to existing feasibility studies for hydroelectric plants along the Oueme River; and (2) the Islamic Development Bank, which is considering funding a thermal generation plant at the Xxxxx Xxxxx site in Cotonou. A Communauté Electrique du Bénin (“CEB”) hydropower plant currently is under development at Adjarala on the Benin-Togo border, to be funded through the China Export-Import Bank. This plant is anticipated to provide power to CEB, which in turn will supply it to SBEE and to the Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo.
Donor Coordination. The Electricity Distribution Project has and will continue to benefit from coordination among the Parties and other donors. Major donor-funded work on SBEE’s distribution network includes the Abomey-Calavi Project, jointly funded by the EU and AFD. Such work focuses on the rehabilitation and reinforcement of the existing network in urban, peri-urban, and rural areas on the west side of Cotonou. In developing the technical standards for the Electricity Distribution Project, the Government and MCC coordinated closely with the consulting team working on the Abomey-Calavi Project. The World Bank has also funded improvements to both transmission and distribution infrastructure (as well as prepayment meters) and GIZ has funded work on expansion of the existing SBEE network into rural areas. In addition, during implementation of the Electricity Distribution Project, MCA-Benin II will coordinate with the Global Environment Fund with respect to the Hazardous Waste Management Plan and any required Ramsar Convention documentation.
