MCC Technical Assistance and Capacity Building

$10.25M USD

Funder	Millennium Challenge Corporation
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Millennium Challenge Corporation
Country	Burkina Faso
Start Date	Mar 09, 2009
End Date	Jul 10, 2011
Duration	853 days
Number of Grantees	30
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`67606-40`

Grant Description

Burkina Faso - Roads Project - Technical Assistance and Capacity Building activity: The Activity will provide capacity building and technical assistance to existing government agencies and private sector institutions involved with road maintenance activities to improve the planning and implementation of road maintenance.

Specifically, MCC Funding will support: (i) assistance in developing a five-year road maintenance plan; (ii) training on procurement processes, contract management, and financial accounting systems; (iii) support for development of administrative framework of the Incentive Matching Fund for Periodic Road Maintenance Project Activity (IMFP); (iv) support for public outreach programs for improving safety and protection of road infrastructure; and (v) any other related activities as may be approved by MCC.

MCC Funding will also be used for environmental and social capacity building of the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Infrastructure.