Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project

The development objective of the Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project for Solomon Islands is to improve basic infrastructure and services for vulnerable urban populations in targeted urban centers of the recipient. The project comprises of four components. The first component, urban works and services, includes activities of engagement of community groups and contractors through community grants and contracts to build basic transport infrastructure and provide waste management and cleaning services. It consists of following sub-components: (i) community access infrastructure; and (ii) community‐based waste management services. The second component, road maintenance and repair supports transport development priorities identified in the national transport plan (NTP) across the feeder and lower tier road network in Honiara and selected urban areas of Guadalcanal province. It consists of following sub-components: (i) community‐based road maintenance; and (ii) community‐based road improvement and rehabilitation. The third component, infrastructure and service delivery training (ISDT) will provide skills training for 5,300 individuals from targeted urban communities and contractors to strengthen their knowledge of basic life and job‐readiness skills; and increase their capacity to access benefits linked to labor‐based activities funded by the project. The fourth component, project management will finance project management support, including safeguards oversight, monitoring and evaluation (M and E), audits, communications, and media support (for the project overall, and specifically around the waste management services to increase awareness), short‐term technical help, training, financial management, procurement, and provision of goods and operating costs.