largely been met): (ii) the project is in compliance with legal covenants; (iii) the OPCS policies on extension of closing dates allow for an extension of high priority contracts; and, (iv) an acceptable work program for the extended period has been prepared in order to complete all the high priority contracts by December 30, 2011; we recommend that you approve: a nine month extension for the high priority contracts set out in this restructuring paper from July 1 to December 30 at a total cost of US$7.64 million plus the expenses already incurred up to June 30 US$3.4 – million for a total of US$11.4million; and a cancellation of the remaining amount of – US$7 million. Annex 1 Implementation Action Plan – The Majority of the Actions to be completed during the extension phase of the project relate to ongoing operating costs and technical assistance (in general salary payments), or the completion of packages already under procurement. In order to ensure that all payments are made on time and that all relevant procurement procedures and necessary clearances are completed diligently, the Project Support Unit (PSU) will report to the Bank on progress made in relation to each of the activities and specific tasks/milestones under the project on a monthly basis. This will allow for any unforeseen issues to be remedied swiftly. Activity Task/Milestone Deadline Activity is being executed Monthly monitoring of adequately. The SC and payments Operating costs and AGO with the PSU will Bimonthly monitoring technical assistance (TA) continue to monitor of reform progress for the Reform ongoing payment of Implementation and salaries and purchase of Management Units in the minor items (e.g. AGO and SC stationery) and contribution to the HRM reforms This is training for 45 3 x training of 15 ( judges in MOJ Training total 45 out of 90) Institute of Egypt. Training judges in Egypt: will be carried out in 3 15 June to July 31 groups according to the 1 August to 15 Training of Judges (SC) agreed schedule. 3 September groups have already being 15 October to 30 trained. November Evaluation report An evaluation report will to 20 December be prepared after the completion of the activity
largely been met): (ii) the project is in compliance with legal covenants; (iii) the OPCS policies on extension of closing dates allow for an extension of high priority contracts; and, (iv) an acceptable work program for the extended period has been prepared in order to complete all the high priority contracts by December 30, 2011; we recommend that you approve: a nine month extension for the high priority contracts set out in this restructuring paper from July 1 to December 30 at a total cost of US$7.64 million plus the expenses already incurred up to June 30 – US$3.4 million – for a total of US$11.4million; and a cancellation of the remaining amount of US$7 million. Annex 1 – Implementation Action Plan The Majority of the Actions to be completed during the extension phase of the project relate to ongoing operating costs and technical assistance (in general salary payments), or the completion of packages already under procurement. In order to ensure that all payments are made on time and that all relevant procurement procedures and necessary clearances are completed diligently, the Project Support Unit (PSU) will report to the Bank on progress made in relation to each of the activities and specific tasks/milestones under the project on a monthly basis. This will allow for any unforeseen issues to be remedied swiftly. Activity Task/Milestone Deadline Operating costs and technical assistance (TA) for the Reform Implementation and Management Units in the AGO and SC Activity is being executed adequately. The SC and AGO with the PSU will continue to monitor ongoing payment of salaries and purchase of minor items (e.g. stationery) and contribution to the HRM reforms Monthly monitoring of payments Bimonthly monitoring of reform progress Training of Judges (SC) This is training for 45 judges in MOJ Training Institute of Egypt. Training will be carried out in 3 groups according to the agreed schedule. 3 groups have already being trained. An evaluation report will be prepared after the completion of the activity 3 x training of 15 ( total 45 out of 90) judges in Egypt: 15 June to July 31 1 August to 15 September 15 October to 30 November Evaluation report to 20 December
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