As of October 31 2006, the following projects have been approved
by LPAC:
Project briefs for most of the approved projects are available
in the specific IF country webpages, or click
here to view all available project briefs in one document.
The IFSC recognizes the difficulty for many donors to quickly allocate
and disburse funds, and the extended period of time that may lapse
between the completion of the DTIS and the next CG/RT meetings.
Hence, the use of Window II to provide some bridging funding for
priority projects has been approved as a number of LDCs approach
or enter the Implementation phase of their IF process. Window II
is, as a part of the IF Trust Fund, managed by UNDP on the behalf
of the 16 IF donors.
Links to the Window II Terms of Reference (TOR) and a document presenting
steps to ensure quick implementation of the Window II projects are
provided above. The Window II TOR was developed by the IFWG in May
2003 to facilitate quick access to the Window II funding and the
steps to be taken to accede the Window II got further clarified
by the IFWG support document titled ‘Steps to ensure quick
implementation of Window II projects’ in May 2005. For a more
comprehensive presentation of the procedures to accede the Window
II, please, click the above link “Procedures for accessing
Window II”.
Resources under Window II aim at assisting LDCs successfully integrate
trade priorities into the PRSP and the national development plan.
Window II projects should have a bridging function between the completion
of the DTIS and accessing funding by through the Consultative Groups,
Round Tables or programme support.
Guiding principles for funding under Window II
- The funding ceiling for Window II projects is
set at a maximum of one million US dollars per country. This is
not an automatic entitlement.
- Proposals for financing should be part of the
approved DTIS and Action Matrix and identified by the country
as priorities.
- The proposals’ ultimate goal is the mainstreaming
of trade within development strategies and PRSPs.
- Proposals have to be approved by the Local Project
Appraisal Committee.
- Applications for funding under Window II should
be made within one year of the formal approval of the DTIS by
the government and projects should be completed within three years.
- Physical infrastructure projects in the DTIS
matrices are excluded from funding under Window II. These projects
will have to be presented for funding through Consultative Groups,
Round Tables and programme support.
Local Project Appraisal Committee (LPAC)
UNDP will arrange a formal meeting of LPAC to appraise the proposed
Window II projects at the country level. Links to the LPAC TOR and
a checklist to facilitate the LPAC’s work are provided above.
The two documents were developed by the IFWG in May 2005 to further
clarify the requirements in terms of the composition and role of
the LPAC and to guide the LPAC’s task of appraising the Window
II projects proposed by the country in question.
The Ministry of Trade will chair the LPAC meeting on all projects
for which it will not be the direct beneficiary. For those projects
which will benefit the Ministry of Trade directly, an alternate
Chair will be appointed. Membership of the LPAC will vary from country
to country but will include as a minimum a quorum comprised of the
following members: the Ministry of Finance or Planning, the Ministry
of Commerce, UNDP Resident Representative or delegate (trustee of
the IF Trust fund and sponsor), the Lead Donor Facilitator (donor
representative), the World Bank Resident Representative or delegate
(DTIS interface) and the private sector.
Project management
Three types of management arrangements are available for users
to decide which one is the most suitable for a given project. UNDP
arranges for its support to projects to be provided in one of three
ways:
- National execution (NEX). This refers to management
by a governmental entity;
- Execution by an IF agency, other inter-governmental
organization, multilateral/regional development partner or bilateral
donor;
- Execution by an NGO or private sector;
The management arrangements are determined after consultation
among the parties during the formulation of the project.
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February 6, 2007
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