UNDG/WB JOINT NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION

Working Timeline – 6 August 2003

DATE

/ SECTOR / ACTIVITY / PARTICIPANTS
4-17 July /

Agriculture

/ Mission to Baghdad / FAO and World Bank, led by Yusuf Choudhry
6-12 July / Agriculture / Field mission / Kanthan Shankar, World Bank
8-22 July / Investment Climate/SOEs / Field mission / Christian Schmidt, World Bank
Igor Artemiev, World Bank
Cory Gonzales, intern. Expert
Michael Krause, cons.
Bassel Hamwi, IFC
Yogesh K. Tyagi,IFC
9-16 July / Banking and finance / Field mission / Samir El-Daher, World Bank
10-20 July / Water / Field mission / Amir Al-Khafaji, World Bank
12 July / ---- / In Baghdad / Joseph Saba, Country Director, World Bank
12-18 July / Economic management / Field Mission on Trade / Saumya Mitra, World Bank
11 July -onward / Electricity / Field Mission / Tjaarda Storm van Leeuwen & Tony Sparkes of WB
Darryl O’Reilly, UNDP
15 July / ---- / In Baghdad / Nick Krafft, Program Coordinator, World Bank
15-28 July / Housing / In Baghdad and
Field Mission / Raj Bhandari, UN-HABITAT (Task Manager in Baghdad); Saumya Mitra, World Bank; Dr. Suheil Madanat; UN-HABITAT, National Technical Experts
17 July / Water / Desk Review (including Watching Brief) / UNICEF
23-31 July / Transportation & Telecommunications / Transport Field Mission / Mohammed Feghoul plus 2 others from World Bank
23 July – 04 August /

Health

/ Field Mission / Richard Garfield, WHO
Manuel Caraballo, UNFPA
Wilma Dodens, UNFPA
Carel de Rooy, UNICEF
24 July / ---- / Meeting 10 AM / UNDG Technical Work Group
25 July / ---- / Meeting 10 AM / Liaison Group
25-31 July / Water / Field Mission / UNIDO
30 July / ---- /

Meeting 9 AM

/ UNDG Technical Work Group
30 July / Livelihood and Employment / ILO mission to Baghdad / Mike Stone, ILO
Walid Hamdan, ILO
Yousef Qauryouti, ILO
31 July / Water / Filling knowledge gap (with consultants) / Strategic Planning Unit Ministry of Public Works
1 August / ---- / In Baghdad / Faris Hadad-Zervos, Senior Country Officer, World Bank
1-10 August / Education / Mission to collect additional information and validate costing analysis / Regina Bendokat, World Bank
Geeta Verma, World Bank
1-20 August / Transportation & Telecommunications / Coordination on field with WB designated experts and possibly ITU and WB Analysis of data on field, by ITU & WB experts for the telecommunication sector. / ITU/WB
2-16 August /

Education

/ Field Mission / World Bank: Peter Buckland (South African), Mohammed Allak (Iraqi), Tayseer Al-Nahar (Jordanian) and Fabienne Bessonne of the EC on the ground
3 August / Macroeconomics / Workshop / IMF
3-17 August / Institutional Strengthening and the Rule of Law / Field Mission / Oscar Fernandez Taranco, David Marshall; Amin Medani, Nada Nashif, Limya Al-Hussein
4-24 August / Education / Mission to access school meal programs / WFP
07 August / Mine Action / Stakeholder briefing Basrah / AMACT Team Leader
07 August / Mine Action / Workshop with CPA and NMAA / Martin Donoghue
07 August / Mine Action / Donor Briefing / Martin Donoghue
8 August / Livelihoods and Employment Generation / Field Mission / Nada Nashif, UNDP
Maria Keating, UN HABITAT
Rami Baroudi, UNDP
8-16 August / Cross Cutting Theme-Environment / Field Mission / Pekka Haavisto, David Meadows, Hassan Partow
09 August / Mine Action / Meeting with Military / Martin Donoghue
10 August / Water / Preliminary team (sub-sector) papers / Each Agency
10 August / Electricity / Field Mission / World Bank
11 August / Mine Action / Initial Report provided to Stakeholders / Martin Donoghue
11-20 August / Health / In Baghdad / David Nabarro, WHO
11-21 August / Investment Climate/SOEs / Field Mission / Christian Schmidt, World Bank
Cory Gonzales, intern. Expert
John Speakman, World Bank
Uri Dadush, World Bank
Ndiame Diop, World Bank
TBD, World Bank or UNIDO
13 August / ---- / Meeting 9:30 AM, Canal Hotel / Needs Assessment Contact Points in Baghdad
14 August / Water / Consolidated draft / UNICEF
14 Augu /

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Meeting 9 AM

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UNDG Technical Work Group

18 August (tentative) /

Health

/ Health Sector Roundtable in Baghdad / Health Sector team and Stakeholders
19-31 August / Macroeconomics / Field Mission / IMF
20 August / Water / Workshop / UNICEF
Mid August / Economic management / Field Missions on Prices and Safety Net / Saumya Mitra, World Bank
Mid August / Housing / Stakeholder consultations and validation of preliminary draft Assessment / Chris Williams and Raj Bhandari , UN-HABITAT Task Managers; Samir El-Daher, World Bank among others.
Mid August / Mine Action / Liaison with UNEP Assessment / AMACT Team Leader
20-28 August / Transportation & Telecommunications / Consolidation of the Telecom Sector report with budget implications in Geneva / ITU/WB
24 August / Agriculture / Workshop in Baghdad / World Bank and FAO
31 August / ALL SECTORS / Assessment Report Deadline
1-15 September (proposed) / ----- / Synthesizing reports and drafting / WB/UNDG
5 September / ---- /

Meeting 10 AM

/ Liaison Group
11 or 12 September (proposed) / ----- / Working level meeting of the interested member states
30 September / ----- / Synthesis report finalized, duplicated, distributed / WB/UNDG
7-8 October
(Brussels) / OECD-DAC “CPDC Network” meeting in Brussels / HQ Coordination Group
Late October / ---- / Donor's Conference

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