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ONGOING
OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES
| Capacity-Building
for the Community Rehabilitation and National Reconciliation Programme |
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Background
and objectives
Angola is emerging from twenty years
of war, physical destruction and a social, economic and financial crisis.
During Angola's first round table conference, held in Brussels in September
1995, the Government presented the Community Rehabilitation and National
Reconciliation Programme (CRNRP), for consolidating peace, encouraging
national reconciliation and resuming economic and social development.
The programme anticipations in the rehabilitation of productive capacity
and basic infrastructure. UN-Habitat developed a subprogramme
covering one of the five priority target areas, rehabilitation of Government
facilities in the provinces. UN-Habitat provides technical support
for rehabilitation of minimal government facilities in the 18 provinces,
allow the provincial governments to undertake effectively their responsibilities
and to support the Government in developing the housing and infrastructure
component of the community rehabilitation programme by preparing project
documents for specific reconstruction projects.
Activities:
The UN-Habitat Technical Support
Unit was set up in September 1996. Programme implementation has focused
on building local capacity based on a policy of support, enablement, training,
improving physical infrastructure, creation of job opportunities for the
community and promotion of partnerships between the Government, non-governmental
organizations and the private sector. Activities include rehabilitation
of public buildings, rehabilitation of physical and social infrastructure
and advisory services to the Central Technical Support Unit in the Ministry
of Planning. Rehabilitation activities have expanded to 10 provinces
in Angola. An evaluation of the programme has begun, and a documentary
video has been prepared on the programme and the UN-Habitat rehabilitation
activities in Angola.
Results:
Methodological tools, such as a physical
and social infrastructure rehabilitation manual, identification and formulation
of projects and a methodological guide and a computer programme to ensure
a transparent bidding process, have been prepared. These tools are being
tested before publication. One annual report and quarterly technical
and financial reports have been distributed. All rehabilitation activities
have been completed in 10 provinces, and the provincial authorities have
approved the quality and standard of the buildings.
An internal evaluation of the implementation
process has been completed, and a tripartite review, held in May 1999,
after phase 1, stated that UN-Habitat had completed most of
its work. It was agreed that the UN-Habitat role should be enlarged
to cover the rehabilitation of basic infrastructure and housing as one
of the four components of the programme. Within the housing component
of the programme, UN-Habitat assisted the Ministry of Public Works
and a private firm to prepare of a low-cost housing programme called Luanda
Sul. This project was awarded the Dubai Best Practices Award in 2000.
Total cost:
US$ 3,329,203
Partners:
Ministry of Planning
United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
(UN-Habitat)
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| Rehabilitation
of Health Structures in Angola in the Framework of the Community Rehabilitation
Programme (UNICEF) |
Total cost
$253,323
Partners
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Ministry of Health at the provincial level
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
A significant number of hospitals and
medical facilities have been destroyed or pillaged. Health units
in most municipalities are operating without power, drinking water or sanitation
systems. UNICEF has been providing support to the Government of Angola
to develop a number of programmes, including rehabilitation and construction,
extension and support to health units, improvement of water and sanitation
facilities and the creation of a strategic health planning capacity within
the framework of the community rehabilitation and national reconciliation
programme. Consultations were held between UNICEF and UN-Habitat
about UN-Habitat participation in the implementation of the UNICEF
project, "Rehabilitation of Health Structures in Angola". The main
objective of UN-Habitat support is to provide technical monitoring
and support, including review missions, technical assistance and analysis
of technical reports on implementation of the UNICEF project.
Activities
Technical support for the project has
been set up in the UN-Habitat technical support unit in Luanda.
Rehabilitation activities have been undertaken through small subcontractors,
non-governmental organizations and semi-skilled community members.
Quarterly technical and financial reports are being provided.
Results
At the beginning of 2000, rehabilitation
of eight health posts in Malange, Huambo and Uige provinces was completed.
Only two other health posts were still being rehabilitated in July 2000.
UNICEF will evaluate the political situation and the performance of UNCHS
(Habitat) in order to assess the feasibility of continuing the programme
in the following year. Relevant documents have been submitted to
UNICEF by the technical unit of UN-Habitat in Angola for that purpose.
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| Rehabilitation
Activities in the Provincial Population Programme |
Total cost
$641,580
Partners
Provincial government of Benguela
Provincial government of Huila
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
UNFPA is supporting the Government
of Angola in developing population programmes in the provinces. The
programmes include rehabilitation of mother-and-child health care facilities.
The provincial governments of Benguela and Huila and UN-Habitat were
consulted, and this resulted in an agreement that the provincial governments
will, using part of UNFPA funds, cooperate with UN-Habitat for implementation
of the rehabilitation activities planned in the UNFPA-funded provincial
population programmes in Benguela and Huila. The main objective of
UN-Habitat support is to provide technical monitoring, including review
missions, provision of technical guidance and analysis of technical reports
in the rehabilitation activities under the UNFPA-funded provincial population
programmes in Benguela and Huila.
Activities
The partners have agreed that the
methodology developed by UN-Habitat in the community rehabilitation
programme will be used to implement the rehabilitation process. UNCHS
(Habitat) recruited project personnel in June 1998, and implementation
has started.
Results
More than 24 structures were partially
or totally rehabilitated in Benguela and Huila under this programme in
1999 and 2000, however, despite the satisfaction expressed by the provincial
authorities and the UNFPA country representative, activities have been
terminated. This decision was taken because the political and military
situation in Angola has not improved, and UNFPA does not have financial
resources for other rehabilitation activities under this programme.
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| Rehabilitation
and New Construction Civil Works for the Northern Region Food crops Development
Project |
Total cost $1,877,300
Partners
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development
United Nations Office for Project Services
(OPS)
International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)
United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
Background and objectives
Consultations were held between the
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and UN-Habitat, through
UNDP, about the civil works component of the northern region foodcrops
development project, executed by the Government, supervised by UNOPS and
funded by the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD).
Through these consultations, agreement was reached that the Government
would, using part of the proceeds of the IFAD loan, cooperate with UNCHS
(Habitat) in rehabilitation and new construction civil works for the northern
region foodcrops development project. As a cooperating agency, UNCHS
(Habitat) was to provide technical monitoring and support, including review
missions, provision of technical guidance and analysis of technical reports
on implementation. UN-Habitat was to provide technical support
to the Government in the construction of a research centre in Malange province
and to rehabilitate 18 government facilities in the provinces of Kwanza
Norte, Malange and Uige.
Activities
Minor rehabilitation was undertaken
in the provinces of Malange and Kwanza Norte in 1999, and all architectural
and engineering drawings for the research centre as well as the tender
documents were prepared.
Results
The selection of bidders was in its
final stage when war broke out in the region at the end of 1999.
In light of the security situation, a contingency plan was adopted, and
project activities were suspended. However, in July 2000 the Government
informed UN-Habitat that conditions permitted resumption of activities.
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| In country's
contact: |
UNDP Luanda
Tel.:
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Project Support Unit
Adama Bah
Chief Technical Adviser
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