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West Bank and Gaza
>> Regional Overview >>West Bank and Gaza Overview Program Data Sheet
294-008USAID MISSION: West Bank & Gaza
PROGRAM TITLE: Improved Community Services (Pillar: Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Improved Community Services, 294-008
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $0
PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $71,385,459 ESF (Wye Supplemental Funds)
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $750,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1999 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2005Summary: USAID's Community Services Program includes-
- improvement in physical and economic infrastructure;
- enhancement of local government services;
- strengthening of local-level institutional capacity for increased participatory governance;
- training to improve service provision, job skills, and computer-based information technology; and
- emergency employment generation.
Beneficiaries of this strategic objective are residents of the West Bank and Gaza. The project has provided new agricultural roads, better schools, water catchment systems, and other improved local and small infrastructure for over 1,200,000 Palestinians.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: In FY 2002, USAID will expand several ongoing Community Service Program activities to increase the level of services, infrastructure development, capacity building, and training. For example, funds will be used for water supply and conservation reservoirs; improved sewage and waste management; village and agricultural access roads; and upgrading and expansion of school buildings. USAID also will introduce new activities that will focus on urgent needs such as emergency employment generation. Finally, USAID will also fund a number of new initiatives, mainly in the areas of school construction and rehabilitation, urban rehabilitation, and support for local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the provision of services to disadvantaged and needy groups.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources for staffing, evaluations, and assessments for ongoing community services activities, including improved educational activities, agricultural access roads, increased access to water and sanitation, road construction, improved health facilities, and increased capacity of local councils. No funds are currently planned for additional community services programs, although if the situation on the ground deteriorates further, USAID may consider additional support, especially to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for emergency youth programs, employment generation, and shelter-rehabilitation activities.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: In FY 2000 and FY 2001, USAID's Community Services activities benefited more than 1,200,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Over 3,800,000 square meters of youth facilities were constructed or renovated; 45,000 students benefited from new or improved educational facilities; about 100 kilometers of agricultural roads have been
built, mostly over rough terrain; water systems accommodating an additional supply of over 1,000,000 cubic meters of water were built or rehabilitated; clinics and other health facilities benefiting nearly 200,000 people were built or rehabilitated; over 50,000 Palestinians have been trained in quality management, service delivery, and basic job skills; 10 vocational centers were built or rehabilitated; and 31 local councils were assisted. USAID believes that the kind of services reflected in these accomplishments will bring good jobs, better government services, and improved lives to the Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Gaza, thus enhancing prospects for regional stability.
Since FY 2000, USAID's Community Services Program has worked in over 240 villages and helped over 1,200,000 people improve their quality of life. Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Eight U.S. private voluntary organizations and two public international organizations are direct grantees under this SO: CARE, International Youth Foundation, Catholic Relief Services, the YMCA, Cooperative Housing Foundation, Save the Children, American Near East Refugee Aid, World Vision, the United Nations Development Program, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Each of these organizations is working in partnership with one or more Palestinian NGOs.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
294-008 Improved community services ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 48,506 Expenditures 3,790 Unliquidated 44,716 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 52,324 Expenditures 2,641 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 100,830 Expenditures 6,431 Unliquidated 94,399 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 71,385 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 71,385 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 750 Future Obligations 750 Est. Total Cost 173,715
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