Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the HoA - P152822

Updated on June 30th, 2016:

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for communities hosting refugees in the target areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda. The proposed regional project will embed the essential features of ensuring citizen participation and engagement in identifying and prioritizing developmental needs, including socio-economic infrastructure and livelihood opportunities to improve self-reliance of refugee hosting communities; improvingsocial cohesion between refugees and refugee hosting communities; increasing citizen voice and role in development decision making; and eliciting greater demand for social accountability. The operational approach will be Community Driven Development (CDD) and will involve: (i) building and capacitating grassroots institutions; (ii) ensuring the voice of all communities is heard in decision making; (iii) strengthening decentralized government administrative functions; and (iv) investing in public service delivery and social mobilization to enhance social cohesion among beneficiary communities. Approval completed on 31 May 2016. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152822. US$ 170.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. IGAD Tel: +253 31 27 17, E-mail: mahboub.maalim@igad.int, Contact: Mahboub Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary; Agence Djiboutienne de Développement Social Tel: 25377804249, E-mail: mahdi.mohamed.djama@gmail.com, Contact: Mahdi Mohamed Djama, Director General; Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Tel: 251911530077, E-mail: nigatu_bogale@yahoo.com, Contact: Nigatu Bogale, Director, Emerging Regions Coordination Directorate; Office of the Prime Minister Tel: 256-41434-2231259-498, E-mail: ps@opm.go.ug, Contact: Christine Guwatudde Kintu, Permanent Secretary.

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Updated on May 4th, 2016:

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for communities hosting refugees in the target areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda. The proposed regional project will embed the essential features of ensuring citizen participation and engagement in identifying and prioritizing developmental needs, including socio-economic infrastructure and livelihood opportunities to improve self-reliance of refugee hosting communities; improving social cohesion between refugees and refugee hosting communities; increasing citizen voice and role in development decision making; and eliciting greater demand for social accountability. The operational approach will be Community Driven Development (CDD) and will involve: (i) building and capacitating grassroots institutions; (ii) ensuring the voice of all communities is heard in decision making; (iii) strengthening decentralized government administrative functions; and (iv) investing in public service delivery and social mobilization to enhance social cohesion among beneficiary communities. Negotiations authorized on 16 April 2016. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152822. US$ 170.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. IGAD Tel: +253 31 27 17, E-mail: mahboub.maalim@igad.int, Contact: Mahboub Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary; Agence Djiboutienne de Développement Social Tel: 25377804249, E-mail: mahdi.mohamed.djama@gmail.com, Contact: Mahdi Mohamed Djama, Director General; Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Tel: 251911530077, E-mail: nigatu_bogale@yahoo.com, Contact: Nigatu Bogale, Director, Emerging Regions Coordination Directorate; Office of the Prime Minister Tel: 256-41434-2231259-498, E-mail: ps@opm.go.ug, Contact: Christine Guwatudde Kintu, Permanent Secretary.

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Updated on April 19th, 2016:

The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for communities hosting refugees in the target areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda. The proposed regional project will embed the essential features of ensuring citizen participation and engagement in identifying and prioritizing developmental needs, including socio-economic infrastructure and livelihood opportunities to improve self-reliance of refugee hosting communities; improving social cohesion between refugees and refugee hosting communities; increasing citizen voice and role in development decision making; and eliciting greater demand for social accountability. The operational approach will be Community Driven Development (CDD) and will involve: (i) building and capacitating grass- roots institutions; (ii) ensuring the voice of all communities is heard in decision making; (iii) strengthening decentralized government administrative functions; and (iv) investing in public service delivery and social mobilization to enhance social cohesion among beneficiary communities. Appraisal completed on 13 March 2016. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152822. US$ 170.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. The Republic of Uganda Tel: 123, E-mail: keith.muhakanizi@finance.go.ug, Contact: Keith Muhakanizi, Permanent Secretary/Secretary to Treasury; Federal Republic of Ethiopia Tel: 123, E-mail: ifdid@ethionet.et, Contact: Fisseha Aberra, Director, International Financial Institutions Cooperation; Office of the Prime Minister Tel: 123, E-mail: ps@opm.go.ug, Contact: Christine Guwatudde Kintu, Permanent Secretary; IGAD Tel: +253 31 27 17, E-mail: mahboub.maalim@igad.int, Contact: Mahboub Mahboub Maalim, Executive Secretary; Agence Djiboutienne de Développemen Social Tel: 123, E-mail: cabinet@mefip.gouv.dj, Contact: Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Minister of Economy and Finances; Ministry of Agriculture Tel: 123, E-mail: tbc@tbc.com, Contact: TBC, TBC; The Republic of Djuibouti Tel: 25321356501, E-mail: cabinet@mefip.gouv.dj, Contact: Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, Minister of Economy and Finances.
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The Proposed Development Objective is to improve access to social services, expand economic opportunities and enhance environmental sustainability for host and forcibly displaced households in the targeted areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda. 34. The proposed regional project will embed essential features of ensuring citizen participation in prioritizing developmental needs including socio-economic infrastructure and livelihoods opportunities to improve self-reliance of refugees and host communities; improving social cohesion between refugees and host communities; and increased citizen voice and role in budget decision making; and greater demand for social accountability. The operational approach will be Community Driven Development (CDD) oriented and will involve: (i) building grassroots institutions, (ii) ensuring voice of all communities including refugees in decision making, (iii) strengthening decentralized government administrative functions, as well as (iv) investing in public service delivery and social mobilization to enhance the social cohesion among the beneficiary communities. 35. Primary project beneficiaries will be the host communities in the refugee and/or IDP hosting areas who have experienced displacement impacts and the secondary project beneficiaries will be the displaced persons (refugees, IDPs, returnees). The project will support communities to prioritize investments with specific focus on women, female-headed households and youth, who are disproportionately affected by displacement. The project’s institutional beneficiaries include local governments, implementing agency staff and the agencies responsible for refugees in each of the proposed project countries. It is envisaged that a careful integration of community priorities in the local government planning process will ensure ownership and sustainability of the investments at the community and local government levels. Project beneficiary communities will therefore benefit from: (a) investments in basic  infrastructure financed under the project and consequently the improvement in access to social services; (b) increased opportunities for augmenting incomes from traditional and non-traditional livelihoods; (c) improvements in local governance and accountability; and d) improved access to holistic response and prevention services for those vulnerable to varying protection challenges, including gender-based violence. Concept completed on 21 December 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152822. US$ 165.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.