Support to the MSSRP to assess, monitor and increase the labour-intensity of its capital investments

The Municipal Services and Resilience Project (MSSRP 2018-2020, P161465) funded under a World Bank Trust Fund intends to scale up activities which started under the Emergency Services and Social Resilience Project (ESSRP 2013-2018) and which target improvement of infrastructure and service delivery based on the needs of communities hosting Syrian refugees and their municipalities, while providing job opportunities for Syrians and Jordanians. The objective of MSSRP is to help Jordanian municipalities address service delivery impacts of the Syrian refugee influx and support investments that generate jobs and improve social and economic conditions in host communities. MSSRP therefore also aims to focus on job creation through public investment. As employment-intensive investment strategies are relatively new in Jordan the ILO has been approached to provide technical assistance to MSSRP to assess, monitor and increase the employment generation. The proposed project will allow ILO to mobilize a small team of local experts and consultants to support and build capacity in MSSRP to assess and increase the labour-intensity of its capital investment budget. Activities will include the production of technical guidelines, technical assistance and mentorship, training and capacity building of project counterparts and employment impact studies and employment monitoring and reporting.

Project symbol

JOR/17/02/IBR

Admin unit

RO-Arab States/DWT-Beirut

Start date

25/03/2018

End date

30/06/2024

Total allocation

1010968

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

996567

Development Partners

World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Country/Countries

Jordan

Outcomes

Outcome 3: Full and productive employment for just transitions