Ireland and Austria join Africa Climate Change Fund as donors with an initial €3 million contribution

Ireland and Austria have joined the African Development Bank’s Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) with contributions of €2 million and €1 million, respectively, to support the Fund’s work.
The ACCF is a multi-donor trust fund that backs the African Development Bank Group’s target of tripling its climate financing and...

India: Delhi Water Supply Improvement Investment Program

The project preparatory technical assistance (TA) aimed to support the preparation of the proposed multitranche financing facility (MFF) for the Delhi Water Supply Improvement Investment Program (DWSIIP) to improve the existing water supply system in the North of Delhi and enhance the institutional and financial management capacity of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The TA was designed to (i) undertake sector preparatory work, define the scope of the ensuing project, and undertake technical feasibility assessment, safeguards due diligence, and financial and economic viability assessment of the investment; (ii) assist the DJB on advance contracting actions for tranche 1 project of the proposed MFF; and (iii) assist DJB in establishing service-level benchmarks (SLBs) for tranche 2 project.

This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.

IED overall assessment is successful.

People’s Republic of China: Accelerating the Reform of Application-Oriented Undergraduate Programs at Local Universities in Yunnan Province

This knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) aimed to support the efforts of the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education (Yunnan PDE) to implement wider reforms of application-oriented undergraduate programs at local universities in the Yunnan Province. The TA was to deliver the following outputs: (i) assessment of the status of the reform by organizing workshops with various stakeholders; (ii) documentation and dissemination of the good practices and lessons on the reform in the form of case studies and thematic reports; and (iii) development of policy recommendations to accelerate the reform in line with local industry transformation and upgrading plans.

This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.

IED overall assessment is successful.