Project Description:

The SPADA project strengthens district government capacities
to promote the longer-
term development of the province.
It links the participatory sub-district planning process of KDP to district government decision-making, and provides block grants to improve public services and the recovery of economic infrastructure.


District government capacities to provide adequate public services are low. It is important to strengthen their capacities ensuring that they will be able to provide sustainable, long-term development. This project provides block grants to all districts in Aceh and Nias to fund larger, technically demanding projects that emerge from sub-district planning within the KDP mechanism.

Projects are selected by district development committees with thirty percent of grants reserved for health
and education. The project will also promote the improvement of the economic environment through infrastructure investments. To strengthen the capacities of local governments, a combination of training, practical exercises, and technical support will be off ered throughout the project.

Project Name :
Support for Poor and Disadvantaged Areas Project
Grant Amount :

US$ 39.6 million (Including $14.6 million BRR
co-financing)

Start/ End : February 2007 - June 2010
Geographic Area : Selected sub-districts in Nias
Partner Agency : World Bank
Executing Agency : BRR
Funding Recipient
:
Ministry of Disadvantaged Areas

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Achievement to date:

December 2007

The project has taken up its activities in all 19 districts of Aceh. Special education and health consultants have been recruited and trained and are working on their initial task of conducting a health/ education district needs survey. Procurement and fi nancial training for local government offi cials has started.

The project has also provided planning grants to all districts. These grants will support the district governments identifying prioritized needs in participatory process which includes multiple stakeholders from Government agencies, civil society, universities, and sub-district representatives. Once district planning activities are complete, the project will disburse block grants in the fi rst quarter of 2008 to build physical, health and educational infrastructures.