as well as the development of training programs.
(ii) Audits if the three former state banks will be financed to dacilitate a realistic assessment of the financial position of each bank.
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3. Energy sector reform (US $ 0.86 million)
(i) Assistance in creating the capacity to monitor and manage payment performance, and in reviewing structural and tariff issues.
(ii) Assistance in reviewing the scope of the regulatory authority and its tariff policy functions.
4. Social Protection (US $ 0.56 million)
(i) Assistance in the design of a program of social assistance which meets the needs of poor families that do not qualify under any existing program;
(ii) Facilitating the establishment of private pension schemes.
5. Resource mobilization and public information
(US $ 1.43 million)
(i) A program aimed at improving the revenue collection performance of the Customs Department through training, revision of procedures and controls, and anti-fraud measures;
(ii) A public information/education program on economic reforms, including mass media campaigns, round-tables/seminars on key issues, and the design of an education program focusing on skills in high demand in market economics
Implementing Agency Zaal Japaridze, Head of PIU, 12 Kazbegi Ave.
Phone: (99532) 950865
Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations
42, Kazbegi Ave.
Phone: (99532) 225186/(99532) 389652
TRANSPORT REHABILITATION
Project Objective 1. To support policy reform in the transport sectoral and restructure its institutions to operate in a market economy.
2. To repair and maintain some of the most critical elements of the transport system.
Project Description (1) Institution Building Component (US $ 4.9 million):
(i) advice and support to teams preparing sector reforms;
(ii) technical assistance for the formulation of technical and legal framework necessary to the restructuring,
commercialization and privatization of sector entities;
(iii) managerial assistance for public and private transport enterprises;
(iv) a training program to update transport technical staff of the private and public sectors;
(v) project management.
(2) Investment Component (US $ 13.2million)
(i) road maintenance program, including selected equipment and spares for road maintenance as well as emergency repairs and the necessary imported road building materials;
(ii) a railway sub-component, including bridge repairs and the required structural steel, track materi...
