Guinea-Bissau Public Sector Strengthening Project II

The development objective of the Second Public Sector Strengthening Project for Guinea‐Bissau is to improve oversight of fiscal and human resources as well as enhance the skills of public sector officials in Guinea‐Bissau. The project comprises of three components. The first component, strengthening oversight and management of fiscal resources supports the development of a treasury single account (TSA), including the necessary legal and operational prerequisites, information technology (IT) investments, capacity building, and change management. It consists of following sub-components: (i) implementing the treasury single account; and (ii) acquisition and implementation of a core treasury banking system. The second component, strengthening human resource management systems and practices will improve systems and processes for human resources management (HRM), wage bill, and pension management through technical assistance, capacity building, and change management to ensure the soundness and integrity of the selected HR processes and procedures and to subsequently integrate them into the design of an integrated HR Management Information System (HRMIS). It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening HR and pension management practices; (ii) acquisition and deployment of an HRMIS; and (iii) HR management in the education sector. The third component, strengthening capacities for core government functions will strengthen the capacity of civil servants in selected core government functions so they can better facilitate the implementation of public policies and service delivery. It consists of following sub-components: (i) capacity building for core government functions; (ii) establishing a project implementation unit; (iii) contingent emergency response.