Common use of Overall Project Implementation and Coordination Clause in Contracts

Overall Project Implementation and Coordination. 1. The Borrower shall vest responsibility for the implementation of the Project in MLA which shall carry out the Project through an autonomous Project Management Unit located within MLA. The initial phase of the Project shall focus on the Governorates of Ibb, Abyan and Hajja (the Initial Phase of the Project). PMU shall be supported by three (3) Project Implementation Units located within each of the Governorates of Ibb, Abyan and Hajja, respectively. Experience gained during the Initial Phase of the Project shall be relied upon to implement the remainder of the Project which shall focus on the Governorates of Hudeidah, Marib, Lahaj, Al-Mahwit, Amran, Shabwa and Sana’a. 2. For purposes of ensuring proper coordination and execution of the Project, the Borrower shall maintain PMU within MLA with professional staff in adequate numbers whose qualifications, experience and terms of reference shall be acceptable to the Association. PMU shall operate independently under the auspices of the Oversight Committee and shall be administratively accountable to MLA. PMU shall seek approval of the Oversight Committee in relation to decisions pertaining to: (i) the finalization of annual work programs for the Project; (ii) the finalization of annual budgets for the Project; (iii) employment of senior PMU staff; and (iv) the procurement of goods, works and services under contracts whose value exceeds the equivalent of $200,000. The functions of PMU shall include, inter alia, responsibility for: (i) the procurement and disbursement processes under the Project; (ii) monitoring Project performance and implementation progress in accordance with the targets and indicators agreed upon between the Borrower and the Association; (iii) training of SMTs’ staff; (iv) preparation, for submission to the Association, of annual work programs and updated procurement plans; and (v) preparation, for submission to the Association, of the reports referred to under paragraph C (b) (i) of this Schedule. Key staff of PMU shall consist of a manager, a social scientist, a procurement specialist, a financial management specialist and an administrative officer. 3. The responsibilities of the PIUs shall include: (i) the physical planning, implementation and supervision of the Project, and of the procurement and disbursement processes thereunder; and (ii) the supervision of the SMTs’ activities. 4. The main functions of SMTs, as intermediaries between the PIUs and the Beneficiaries, shall be to: (i) raise awareness in the Project Area about the benefits to be realized under Part B of the Project; (ii) help Beneficiaries choose and design suitable sanitation systems that conform to their needs; (iii) provide hygiene education, and technical and administrative training to Beneficiaries; (iv) assist the Beneficiaries in the creation of WUAs; and (v) put Beneficiaries in contact with private entrepreneurs to ensure the provision of spare parts and the operation and maintenance services.

Overall Project Implementation and Coordination. 1. The Borrower shall vest responsibility for the implementation of the Project in MLA which shall carry out MAI, in accordance with the Project through an autonomous Project Management Unit located within MLAImplementation Plan (PIP). The initial phase Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Borrower shall not amend or waive any provision of the PIP if, in the opinion of the Association, such amendment or waiver may materially and adversely affect the carrying out of the Project shall focus on or the Governorates of Ibb, Abyan and Hajja (the Initial Phase achievement of the Project). PMU shall be supported by three (3) Project Implementation Units located within each of the Governorates of Ibb, Abyan and Hajja, respectively. Experience gained during the Initial Phase of the Project shall be relied upon to implement the remainder of the Project which shall focus on the Governorates of Hudeidah, Marib, Lahaj, Al-Mahwit, Amran, Shabwa and Sana’aobjectives thereof. 2. The Borrower shall establish by no later than July 1st, 2004 and thereafter maintain a Steering Committee, with membership acceptable to the Association as set forth in the PIP. The Steering Committee shall have overall responsibility for Project oversight and coordination. 3. For purposes of ensuring assisting MAI in the implementation of the Project and in order to ensure proper coordination and of the execution of the Project, the Borrower shall maintain PMU the PCU, within MLA MAI, with professional staff in adequate numbers whose qualifications, experience and terms of reference shall be acceptable to the Association. PMU The PCU shall operate independently under the auspices of the Oversight Committee and shall be administratively accountable to MLA. PMU shall seek approval of the Oversight Committee in relation to decisions pertaining to: (i) the finalization of annual work programs for the Project; (ii) the finalization of annual budgets for the Project; (iii) employment of senior PMU staff; and (iv) the procurement of goods, works and services under contracts whose value exceeds the equivalent of $200,000Steering Committee. The functions of PMU the PCU shall include, inter alia, responsibility for: (ia) overall day to day management and coordination of the Project; (b) the procurement and disbursement processes under the ProjectProject and the supervision of the work of the field units; (iic) monitoring Project performance and implementation progress in accordance with the targets and indicators agreed upon between the Borrower and with the Association; (iiid) training management of SMTs’ staffthe technical assistance components of the Project; (ive) preparation, for submission to the Association, of annual work programs plans and updated procurement plans; (f) entering into tripartite agreements for saving water with the beneficiaries and water users groups or other irrigation management bodies; and (vg) preparation, for submission to the Association, of the reports referred to under paragraph C (b) (i) B of this Schedule. Key staff of PMU the PCU shall consist of a manager, a social scientistdirector, a procurement specialist, and a financial management specialist and an administrative officerspecialist. 3. The responsibilities of the PIUs shall include: (i) the physical planning, implementation and supervision of the Project, and of the procurement and disbursement processes thereunder; and (ii) the supervision of the SMTs’ activities. 4. The main functions of SMTs, as intermediaries between the PIUs and the Beneficiaries, shall be to: (i) raise awareness in the Project Area about the benefits to be realized under Part B of the Project; (ii) help Beneficiaries choose and design suitable sanitation systems that conform to their needs; (iii) provide hygiene education, and technical and administrative training to Beneficiaries; (iv) assist the Beneficiaries in the creation of WUAs; and (v) put Beneficiaries in contact with private entrepreneurs to ensure the provision of spare parts and the operation and maintenance services.