KEPEM

Program to support implementation of the Government of Madagascar's (GOM) Environmental Action Plan (EAP). The GOM will receive a cash grant of $33 million for use in servicing multilateral debt. Funds will be disbursed in four tranches conditioned on GOM actions to: (1) develop the institutional capacity to implement the EAP; (2) facilitate local natural resource management (NRM) initiatives; and (3) increase natural resource revenue generation and expenditures. TA in support of these activities will be provided under 6870113. The first component will develop the capacity of the National Office of the Environment (ONE), a new agency which is responsible for coordinating implementation of the EAP. ONE will develop a policy formulation, monitoring, and evaluation system which will enable it to review annual work plans for environmental projects, coordinate environmental activities, help negotiate donor agreements for financial and technical support, assess lessons learned for refinement of EAP strategy, and guide legislative changes. The second component will address local policy and institutional constraints to improved NRM. Assessments will be conducted in selected areas whe

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABC-198 (1992). The source's own text.