Investment Budget Execution Support for Rural Infrastructure Development and Empl. Generation (TIM Works)

Executive Summary The 2006 Timor-Leste and Development Partners Meeting displayed the commitment of the Government to promote accelerated economic growth under its Combating Poverty as a National Cause Plan, and progress towards the objectives defined by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), particularly in areas related with the Eradication of Extreme Poverty, and the Development and Implementation of Strategies for Decent and Productive Work. The TIM-Works Project will provide short-term employment opportunities to 36,000 beneficiaries, creating a total of 540,000 workdays in all 13 districts of Timor-Leste, decreasing the demographic pressure on Dili and easing the burden placed on rural households still hosting IDPs. The Project will promote a Labour Based approach, making intensive use of workforce and limiting investments in equipments and materials. Activities will be identified through a community-driven process, involving local authorities at the district, sub-district, village, and sub-village levels. Considering the Project strategy to use rural infrastructure related works as an opportunity to create employment, the core range of activities will focus on rural roads repair/rehabilitation, irrigation canals cleaning and restoration, grass cutting and drainage cleaning of national and district roads, and rehabilitation of sport sites. As mentioned above, other activities will be identified and selected based on concrete proposals from the communities. Youth will be a priority target of the TIM-Works Project, but other vulnerable groups like women, members of displaced households, dismissed military personnel, veterans, and etc, will also benefit. A specific computerized Management Information System will be developed, in order to enable appropriate Project management, monitoring, and evaluation, and to provide permanently updated information for reporting to donors and stakeholders. Target for AUSAid funding – 75 kms of infrastructure

Project symbol

TIM/10/50/AUS

Admin unit

CO-Jakarta

Start date

07/06/2010

End date

29/02/2012

Total allocation

3162450

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

3162450

Development Partners

Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Country/Countries

Timor-Leste

Outcomes

Employment Promotion