RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ
NEEDS ASSESSMENT
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Reconstruction in Iraq
Following the launch of the revised
Humanitarian Appeal for Iraq on 23
June 2003, the focus of the UN
efforts has shifted towards
promoting an effective transition
towards recovery and
reconstruction.
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Needs Assessments
Carried out through a partnership between the
World Bank and UN Development Group.
Under the overall coordination of SRSG Sergio
Vieira de Mello and Humanitarian
Coordinator, Ramiro Lopes da Silva.
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Focus of Needs Assessments:
2004 priority needs and funding
requirements.
Capacity building and livelihood
generation.
Beyond 2004 preliminary outline of
the reconstruction, rehabilitation and
investment needs.
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Guiding Principles
The Assessments will focus on quantifying the budgetary
needs within each sector for 2004 while giving priority to:
Iraqi participation and ownership
the establishment of the necessary policy and regulatory
framework;
institutional needs;
the reconstruction or expansion of
essential social
infrastructure and services;
the protection of the vulnerable during the transition phase;
and the immediate creation of employment opportunities;
humanitarian assistance requirements that may exist
beyond the duration of the revised humanitarian appeal, 31
December 2003.
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Priority Sectors
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Health
Education
Agriculture, Water
Resources & Food Security
Mine Action
Water Supply & Sanitation
Macroeconomics
Economic management
Investment Climate & State
Owned Enterprises
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Banking & Finance
Transport &
Telecommunications
Electricity
Livelihoods & Employment
Generation
Housing
Institutional Capacity Building
& Rule of Law
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Health
Participants: WHO, World Bank, UNICEF, UNEP,
UNFPA, FAO
Key Issues:
Subsectors: Primary Health Care & Reproductive Health
Focus on content: curriculum and methods of teaching, protocols
for health care, and clinical or nursing practice
Focus on structures: rehabilitation of damaged buildings and
ensuring that they are connected to basic services
Focus on recurrent financial needs for services to operate
Focus on human resources: development of skills and linkage to
the outside world
Focus on support systems: getting essential supplies to where
they are needed and ensuring adequate voice and email
communication
Task Manager: David Nabarro, WHO
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Education
Participants: World Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO
Key Issues:
Infrastructure: For all levels of education
School equipment and materials.
Administration and teacher’s salaries and training.
Data Management
Task Manager: Jeffrey Waite, World Bank
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Agriculture, Water Resources
& Food Security
Participants: FAO, World Bank, WFP, UNEP
Key Issues:
Agriculture development, and increasing rural incomes and
employment, especially of the poor
Irrigation and Water Resources Development
Trade and price policies
Institutional development and efficient provision of public
services
Food Security and safety nets
Task Manager: Daud Khan, FAO
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Mine Action
Participants: UNMAS, UNDP, UNICEF,
UNOPS
Key Issues:
Mine Clearance/EOD
Victim Assistance and Education
Vulnerable Groups
Task Manager: Archie Law, UNMAS
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Water Supply & Sanitation
Participants: UNICEF, UNOPS, UNDP,
UNEP, World Bank, UNIDO, HABITAT
Key Issues:
Urban Water production/distribution/quality
Urban Waste water collection/treatment/disposal-use
Rural Water and Sanitation
Solid waste management
Institutional aspects and community participation
Financing/Tariffs
Task Manager: Carel de Rooy, UNICEF
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Macroeconomics
Participants: IMF, World Bank, UNDP
Key Issues:
Macroeconomic framework for 2004
Sectoral projections on expected developments in: balance
of payments, monetary, fiscal and real sectors
Discussion of the policy framework supporting the
macroeconomic projections described above
Identification of the technical assistance needs in the fiscal,
monetary, and statistical areas, to implement the
macroeconomic framework.
Task Manager: Lorenzo Perez, IMF
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Economic Management
Participant:
World Bank, IMF
Key Issues:
Focus on Trade
Focus on Pricing
Focus on Safety Net
Task Manager: Saumya Mitra, World Bank
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Investment Climate
& State Owned Enterprises (SOE)
Participants: World Bank, IFC, UNIDO
Key Issues:
Update knowledge base on SOEs
Size (VA, contribution to GDP, employment, assets/liabilities)
Review status of SOEs
Evaluation of options: Liquidation, direct privatization,
restructuring for future privatisation, remain in public hands
Evaluation of employment/unemployment issues related to
SOEs
Task Manager: Zoubida Alloua, World Bank
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Banking & Finance
Participants: World Bank, IFC
Key Issues:
Banking
Stock Market (currently closed)
Insurance (property, casualty, etc.)
Pension Systems
Housing Finance
Municipal Financing
Microfinance /SMEs
Task Manager: Samir El-Daher, World Bank
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Transport &
Telecommunications
Participants: World Bank, UNDP, ITU
Key Issues:
Projected Capital and recurrent
expenditures/revenues in the 2 sectors
Institutional and policy issues on infrastructure
Contribution of the 2 sectors to the rest of the
economy
Task Manager: Mohammed Feghoul, World Bank
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Electricity
Participants: UNDP, World Bank, UNEP
Key Issues:
Number of employees / staff currently in the power sector
Additional information on fuel consumption and quality of
available fuel
Extent of damage caused to Iraq substation system
State of the Transmission lines especially in areas where
incidents of looting continue to cause disruption
Task Manager: Michel Gautier, UNDP
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Livelihoods &
Employment Generation
Participants: UNDP, UNEP, ILO, UNICEF,
UNOPS, HABITAT, UNHCR
Key Issues:
Employment: Special attention to vulnerable groups
Social protection for vulnerable groups
Short term priority needs: Immediate employment; reintegration
and income generation projects for the return of IDPs and
refugees; Mobilizing and reintegrating demobilized soldiers and
dismissed civil servants; Reconciliation, Truth Commissions;
Emergency rehabilitation of public buildings; Employment for
housing opportunities; Mapping of land mines to eliminate that
obstacle to returning to work; Public works program.
Task Manager: Francis Dubois, UNDP
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Housing
Participants: HABITAT, World Bank,
UNEP
Key Issues:
Urban Management
Housing Policy
Land Titles, Evictions and Property Restitution
Housing Finance
Task Manager: Chris Williams, HABITAT
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Institutional Capacity Building
& Rule of Law
Participants: UNDP, OHCHR, HABITAT, IOM,
UNIFEM, UNOPS, UNICEF, ILO, UNEP
Key Issues:
Local Governance
Rule of Law
Civil Society & Media
Task Manager: Oscar Fernandez Taranco, UNDP
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Cross-Cutting Themes
Gender (UNIFEM)
Environment (UNEP)
Human rights (OHCHR)
Capacity Analysis of Government Institutions & Civil
Society Organizations
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Methodology
The assessments will be done using a variety of methods,
including:
Limited external missions to Iraq
Desk studies and review and analysis of available data and
information
Use of local UN staff, and local consultants
Close collaboration with government technical staff and the
CPA
Interaction with civil society and NGOs working in Iraq
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Member State Participation
Up to 20 external experts nominated by interested member states
will be joining the Needs Assessment Missions.
Focal point for Members States will be Mr. Nick Krafft, in the World
Bank, and Ms. Sally Fegan-Wyles, with the UNDGO, and the Office
of the HCI in Baghdad.
Member states that have a presence in Baghdad will be invited to
the stakeholders’ workshops.
Member States will have additional access to information through:
periodic briefings, through the Liaison Group, on the progress
made.
access to the UNDG webpage that will provide information on the
needs assessments and act as the forum for information
exchange.
briefings as requested during any meetings and consultations that
may take place before October.
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Stakeholder Participation
UNDG Website: http://iraq.undg.org
Liaison Group
Stakeholder conferences
Existing humanitarian information
channels
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Time Line
Needs Assessments
Stakeholders Meetings
Donor Conference
Sector Reports
July
August
September
October
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