North Macedonia: Local Roads Connectivity Project

The development objectives of the Local Roads Connectivity Project for North Macedonia are to improve government capacity to manage local roads and improve access to markets and services. The project comprises of four components. The first component, capacity enhancement will finance technical assistance and capacity-building activities that will build local and central government capacity to manage local roads by introducing a sound planning and governance framework and improved contracting approaches. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening municipalities’ planning and implementation capacity; and (ii) capacity support to Ministry of Transport and Communication (MoTC). The second component, rehabilitation of local roads and community facilities will finance infrastructure investments in municipal roads and streets and related consultative and preparatory processes. It consists of following sub-components: (i) road rehabilitation and improvement; and (ii) community-driven infrastructure pilot. The third component, project implementation support will support project costs of the project implementation unit (PIU) under the MoTC. The fourth component, contingent emergency response component (CERC) will finance emergency response and reconstruction by drawing from the uncommitted loan resources of the other project components.