Common use of Donor Coordination Clause in Contracts

Donor Coordination. The Project design draws extensively on the work of other donors. MCC consulted with the EU on the IWRM, and with the World Bank and AfDB on irrigation and agriculture. Lessons learned, particularly with regard to including supporting technical assistance for farmers, have been incorporated to improve the design of this project and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ its sustainability. A number of other donors have been active in the target rural areas of the Project, including the World Bank, AfDB, USAID, the Fonds Européen De Développement (“FED”) as well as Swiss and Belgian bilateral aid agencies. In several cases, the actions to be taken under the Project complement other initiatives. For example, the market information system will continue work begun under a USAID project, and the improvements to district markets will draw on the experience of the Swiss Development Agency. In addition, the Access to Rural Finance Project Activity has been designed in consultation with other donor funded micro, small and medium sized rural enterprise (“MSME”) activities in Burkina Faso. In particular, synergies will be gained in implementation through close coordination with the International Finance Corporation’s MSME credit program, the World Bank’s Projet d’Appui aux Filières Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral Project (“PAFASP”), and the World Bank and EU-funded Maison de l’Enterprise which provides business support services. MCC anticipates that consultations will continue with these donors and with others who may develop interventions within the Project zones.