STAKEHOLDERS AND IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK. The Borrower is the Republic of Serbia, represented by its Ministry of Finance (MoF). The MCTI will be the project owner for all the program’s components, through a Project Management Unit (PMU) technically supported by dedicated units stemming from each state-owned railway company. This PMU will manage program monitoring and reporting to the World Bank and AFD. The overall governance of the program including its policy aspects will be ensured by a high-level steering committee chaired by the MCTI. Fiduciary management will be carried out by the pre-existing Central Fiduciary Unit (CFU) embedded with the MoF. AFD will delegate appraisal and supervision tasks to the World Bank, with pari passu drawdowns, according to the AFD-World Bank co-financing framework agreement.
