UNOPS will be leading the implementation of a
three-year World bank funded multi...
UNOPS will be leading the implementation of a
three-year World bank funded multimillion USD Project “Enhancing Community
Resilience and Local Governance (ECRP)' in South Sudan starting in August 2020
with the Objective is to improve access
to basic services and strengthen community institutions in South Sudan.
The ECRP is a follow on Project to the Local
Governance and Service Delivery Project (LGSDP) that was implemented in South
Sudan from 2014 and involved the transfer of block grants from the national
government directly to county government with the Objective of helping develop
an annual intergovernmental fiscal transfer system for local development.
The ECRP Project will be implemented by UNOPS
and the International Organisation for Migration, with UNOPS being the primary
grant recipient and responsible authority for the establishment and
implementation of the Project Management Unit (PMU) whose primary tasks will
include: project management, stakeholder and communication management,
fiduciary and procurement management, results management and risk
management. UNOPS will be the grant recipient
and will be directly accountable to the World Bank in all aspects related
project delivery (Project Management - Social and Environmental Safeguards,
Fiduciary Oversight and Procurement Planning, Infrastructure Quality and
Standards; Project Implementation – of community infrastructure as per agreed
scope; as well as directly liaising with the Government of South Sudan).
The ECRP comprises the following four components:-
Component 1: Community
Infrastructure and Services-this will involve the implementation of
sub-projects selected through an open menu approach where communities will be
allowed to choose freely, in a participatory manner, based on their needs.
Component 2: Local
Institution Strengthening which is split into two parts: community institution
strengthening and county government strengthening.
Component 3: Project
Management and Learning.
Component 4: Contingency
emergency response.
The ECRP will be implemented throughout the country’s 10 states and
associated target counties. The community infrastructure sub-projects are
divided by area and implemented by IOM and UNOPS separately. While the two
UN-agencies will implement their respective projects, a harmonized approach
will be managed and governed by UNOPS through the Infrastructure Compliance Guidelines and the Project Implementation
Manual. The sectors include water supply and sanitation; rural roads;
primary health facilities; primary schools; small scale irrigation schemes and
community markets. UNOPS will be responsible for quality assurance of all
sub-projects during the planning, design and construction stages, through a
monitoring plan.