Municipal Services Improvement Project

The objective of the Municipal Services Improvement Project for Turkey is to improve host and refugee communities access to safely managed water supply, sanitation and solid waste services in selected municipalities affected by the influx of Syrians Under Temporary Protection in Turkey. The Project has two components. 1. Environmental Infrastructure Investments component will finance environmental infrastructure investments through the provision of subloans and/or grants to selected municipalities. It will focus on: (a) Water Supply Investments; (b) Sanitation investments; (c) Solid waste Investments. 2. Technical Assistance for Project Management and Supervision, Capacity Building, Communication and Citizen Engagement component will finance goods and consultancy services for the following activities: a) Project Management; b) Consultancy services for design review and supervision of environmental infrastructure; c) Institutional Capacity Building activities targeting the participating municipalities, utilities and ILBANK (Iller Bankasi Anonim Sirketi); d) Citizen/Community engagement activities and trainings; e) Public Communication and Visibility activities. The project has significant potential to enhance the resilience of environmental infrastructure and services, and of the targeted communities, to climate change-exacerbated risks, and to increase climate change mitigation from improved efficiency of Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) service delivery and Solid Waste Management (SWM).