Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Recipient under the Program include the following:
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program include the following:
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Recipient under the Program include the following:
(A) The Recipient’s commitment plans (programmes d’emplois) for the year 2010 in respect of each Priority Sector Ministry have been approved, in each case, by (i) the “ordonnateur” (i.e., the relevant Priority Sector Ministry); (ii) the Recipient’s credit administrator (administrateur de crédit) within the Recipient’s Ministry of Plan, Economy and International Cooperation; and (iii) the Recipient’s Director of Financial Control (Directeur du Contrôle Financier) within the Recipient’s Ministry of Finance and Budget, and (B) procurement plans (plans prévisionnelles de passation de marchés), consistent with the associated commitment plans, have been adopted, in each case, by: (i) the relevant Priority Sector Ministry; (ii) the Recipient’s General Director of Public Procurement (Directeur Général des Marchés Publics); and (iii) the Recipient’s Ministry of Finance and Budget. The Recipient's Minister of Finance and Budget has adopted and publicly disclosed (e.g., in newspapers) the Arrears Order setting forth, inter alia, eligibility criteria for the settlement of arrears in respect of commercial suppliers under the Domestic Arrears Clearance Plan. The budget nomenclature under the Recipient's 2010 budget law (loi de finances 2010) has been harmonized with the accounting nomenclature under the Recipient's 2010 accounting plan (plan comptable 2010), which is based on current OHADA norms. The Recipient's Minister of Finance and Budget has adopted the Tax Exoneration Instruction Note which sets forth, inter alia, guidelines and procedures for the processing of tax exemptions in the Recipient's territory as well as the requirement for the Recipient's Director of Tax Administration (Directeur Général des Impôts et des Domaines) and the Recipient's Director of Customs (Directeur Général des Douanes) to each provide to the CICEFD, on a monthly basis, the list of approved tax exemptions. The CMAEA’s Secretariat has (1) prepared reports that, inter alia,: (i) identify the costs related to the creation of business and the transfer of urban commercial real property (mutation d’immeubles urbains xxxxx et non-xxxxx), (ii) identify the relevant laws and regulations relating to these costs, and (iii) propose measures to be taken to reduce these costs by amendment or repeal of these laws and regulations; and (2) submitted such reports to CEMAEA.
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program include the following:
1. The Borrower, through its Secretariat of Tourism, has adopted the development of Agenda 21 action plans in 35 tourism destinations (additional to those that were in effect in December, 2006).
2. The Borrower, through PROFEPA, has increased by at least 50% the number of tourist enterprises participating in its environmental quality certification program (Programa de Calidad Ambiental Turística)(additional to those participating in December, 2006).
3. The Borrower has approved and started implementation of its 2007 – 2012 Energy Sector Program which promotes the implementation of energy efficiency targets, promotes non-hydro renewable energy sources and regulates the reduction of emissions of sulfur compounds.
4. The Borrower has increased CONAFOR’S budgetary allocation, by at least 80% (from 2006) to support: (a) greater community access to financial services; (b) the expansion of programs supporting sustainable forestry management; and (c) compensation to eligible forest land owners for environmental services.
5. The Borrower has issued specific provisions (Article 279) for the return of wastewater discharge fees, through CONAGUA, to municipalities and industries pursuant to the 2008 Federal Rights Law (Ley Federal de Derechos).
6. The Borrower, through CONAGUA, has adopted operational rules dated December 28, 2007 (Reglas de Operación para los Programas de Infraestructura Hidroagrícola, y de Agua Potable, Alcantarillado y Saneamiento a cargo de la Comisión Nacional de Agua, aplicables a partir del 2008) promoting efficient water use in its eight ongoing programs in irrigation, drainage, water supply, wastewater and sanitation.
7. The Borrower’s SEMARNAT and SAGARPA have signed a collaboration agreement for the implementation of joint actions to: (a) reduce negative environmental impacts of agricultural practices within the Mexican Mesoamerican Biological Corridor; and (b) include environmental criteria in the Operating Rules of SAGARPA’s Sustainable Use of Natural Resources in Primary Production Program.
8. The Borrower, through CONAVI, has published new cross-sector guidelines, dated March, 2008, for incorporating environmentally sustainable practices into housing construction and is offering, through its main subsidy program, incentives to encourage their voluntary adoption.
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Recipient under the Program include the following, which have been found acceptable by the Association:
Actions Taken Under the Program. The Borrower has maintained the proposed 2010 APBN allocation for national infrastructure of at least thirty (30%) over the 2007 level. (President’s budget address to Parliament August 3, 2009) The Borrower has published on the PLN Website: (i) the breakdown of the 2008 PLN PSO by region and consumer category; and (ii) a forward three (3) year PLN PSO plan based upon assumptions and a model shared and agreed by MoEMR, MoF, MoSOE and PLN. The Borrower has defined a revised program structure, objectives and outputs for DGH. (DGH/BAPPENAS exchange of letters nos. 4705/Dt.8.2/08/2009 and PR.01.02/BP.09/1066/2009) The Borrower has approved guidelines for outcome-based fiscal incentives for local governments to expand piped water connections for poor households. (BAPPENAS/MOF/MPW Guidelines of Water Fund Management FY2010-2014, August 19, 2009) The Borrower has developed draft amendments to Perpres 67 extending its application to projects of sub-national governments and ensuring the right to terminate PPP projects where financial close and first debt drawdown are not achieved within 12 months of contract signing. (Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Circular No. S-51/M/EKON/08.2009) The Borrower has issued a Government Regulation establishing the Guarantee Fund. (Government Regulation No. 35/2009) The Borrower, through MoF, has mobilized finance for the Indonesia Infrastructure Financing Facility. (Founders Agreement, dated June 30, 2009) The Borrower has satisfactorily implemented the LWG’s Action Plan. (BPN Circular No. 396/ND/DII/VIII/2009) The Borrower has introduced into the parliamentary process legislative amendments to improve the implementation and enforceability of the XXXXX process. (Parliament Notice LG.01.03/3613/DPR RI/VI/2009) The Borrower, through the Ministry of Public Works, has established a procurement taskforce in DGH staffed, funded and mandated to provide support to procurement committees in terms of advice, capacity building, review and problem resolution. (DGH SK No. 36/KPTS/Db/2009)
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Borrower under the Program include the following:
1. The Borrower has taken the following actions to improve the SIUBEN beneficiary database for CCT Solidaridad and other social programs: JCE and the Social Cabinet, through its SIUBEN unit, have shared JCE’s and SIUBEN’s respective databases (including lists of citizens with proper identity documentation and of poor households eligible for social programs, respectively), as evidenced by a letter from JCE to SIUBEN dated March 31, 2009. The Social Cabinet has approved an action plan for the recertification of SIUBEN, including the recertification of SIUBEN registered households and the incorporation of households living in poor areas that were not interviewed in the previous data collection, as evidenced by the Memorandum of July 31, 2009 from the Social Cabinet to the Secretariat of State of Finance attaching the said action plan. The Borrower has taken the following action to implement its Universal Health Insurance Law, providing for the financing of the Borrower’s Subsidized Regime: The Borrower has included in its 2009 budget sufficient resources to finance FHI capitations for all individuals enrolled in the Subsidized Regime at the end of 2008, as evidenced by volume I of the annexes to the Borrower’s Budget Law (Ley No. 498-08 que aprueba el Presupuesto de Ingresos y Gastos Públicos para el año 2009 y su Addendum). The Borrower has taken the following actions to reduce the fiscal burden created by the losses of the electricity sector:
(a) The Electricity Superintendency has increased the average electricity tariff paid by users by 12.25 percent between May and July 2009 and simplified the tariff structure for residential customers from eight to four blocks, as evidenced by Electricity Superintendency Resolutions SIE-44-2009, dated May 29, 2009, and SIE-47-2009, dated June 29, 2009.
(b) The Electricity Superintendency has reduced the ceiling for subsidized tariffs from 700 kWh per month to a maximum of 300 kWh per month, as evidenced by Electricity Superintendency Resolutions SIE-44-2009, dated May 29, 2009, and SIE-47-2009, dated June 29, 2009.
(c) The Distribution Companies have improved their Cost Recovery Index (expressed as a 12-month moving average) from a level of 64 percent in December 2008 to a level of 66 percent in March 2009, as evidenced by letter No. CTR-1511/09-2009 from CDEEE’s Comptroller’s office dated September 29, 2009, together with the corresponding certi...
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Recipient under the Program include the following:
1. The Recipient has satisfactorily implemented the Priority Action Plan for FY 2006, in accordance with paragraph 7 of the Letter of Development Policy.
2. The Recipient has allocated adequate resources to MAP Priority Sectors in its budget for 2007, in accordance with paragraph 14 of the Letter of Development Policy.
3. All Sector Ministries have submitted budget execution reports based on an economic classification to the Ministry of Finance and Budget, within four weeks after the end of the reference period (every four months), in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Letter of Development Policy.
4. The Recipient has carried out an audit through, or under the oversight of, the Procurement Oversight Institution in at least three key ministries (education, health, transport) to assess compliance with new procurement rules and regulations, in accordance with paragraph 8 of the Letter of Development Policy.
5. The Recipient has adopted new regulations on fiscal decentralization as reflected in the FY 2007 Budget Law, in accordance with paragraph 18 of the Letter of Development Policy.
6. The Recipient has developed conflict of interest regulations, in accordance with paragraph 21 of the Letter of Development Policy.
7. The implementation by the Recipient of the National Education for All Initiative Plan is on track, in accordance with paragraph 22 of the Letter of Development Policy.
8. The Recipient has prepared and validated the Health Sector Development Program, in accordance with paragraph 23 of the Letter of Development Policy.
9. The Recipient has elaborated, validated and implemented the recommendations of a nutrition sector institutional assessment, in accordance with paragraph 24 of the Letter of Development Policy.
10. The Recipient in collaboration with its main partners (i.e. AfdB, UNICEF, JICA, Water Aid, USID and EU) has implemented the recommendations of the FY2006 joint donors / Recipient water supply sector review in the program budget 2007-2009, in accordance with paragraph 24 of the Letter of Development Policy.
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Recipient under the Program include the following:
1. The Recipient has ensured protection of social safety nets, pensions, and priority social spending programs for the poor and vulnerable by maintaining their shares in the 2010 State Budget (as compared to 2009) approved by Parliament on December 10, 2009 and by making available, via the Government Decrees # 275- N and 276-N dated March 25, 2010 and # 1238/N dated September 9, 2010, an additional 6.1 billion Armenian Drams for public spending for the poor and vulnerable.
2. The Recipient has strengthened the management and monitoring of social safety net programs to improve targeting efficiency and increase public awareness by establishing an inter-agency working group through a Government Protocol Decree #23, dated June 17, 2010 and by the Order of the Minister of Labor and Social Issues #N86-A/1 dated July 9, 2010.
3. The Recipient has issued Government Protocol Decree #38 dated September 30, 2010 adopting financing mechanisms to cover recurrent costs for the one-year school readiness program for 4.5-5.5 years old children.
4. The Recipient has issued a Government Protocol Decree #3 dated January 29, 2010 on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and launched performance-based contracting at primary health care level, including defined NCD services.
5. The Recipient has submitted to the National Assembly through Prime Minister’s letter #01/23.6/14392-10 dated November 16, 2010 revisions to competition- related legislation which aims at strengthening the autonomy and enforcement capacity of the State Committee for Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC), and harmonizing key elements of the legislation with international best practice.
6. The Recipient has conducted an assessment of the improvement in spectrum management and monitoring, has discussed it with all spectrum stakeholders, and submitted to the Bank the minutes of the Recipient’s Board of the Broad Band and IT Security meeting of October 27, 2010, which includes key next steps in this area.
7. The Recipient has submitted to the National Assembly through a Prime Minister’s letter #01/24.1/13011 dated November 10, 2010 a new Mining Code adhering to international best practice for fiscal, environmental, social, and licensing standards.
8. The Recipient has achieved satisfactory progress towards business process reengineering (BPR) by:
(a) Contracting an external firm to advise on the BPR (contract # 09/101) with KPMG dated F...
Actions Taken Under the Program. The actions taken by the Member Country under the Program include the following:
