Regional Implementing Agencies

The ICP is organized on a regional basis. The five regions are Africa, Asia and the Pacific, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Western Asia. Regional implementing agencies execute the program in each region, and provide the mechanism to coordinate activities and to liaise with participating countries.

Role of Regional Offices

The ICP Regional Offices carry out the work required to implement the ICP at the regional level. Their responsibilities are similar, but not identical, to the ICP Global Office. In particular, each Regional Office, under the direction of the Regional Coordinator and in consultation with the Regional Committee, has these responsibilities:

• Design and implement regional programs, database management standards, guidelines and procedures as agreed with the ICP Global Office
• Coordinate the efforts of participating countries in the region
• Provide technical guidance and effective leadership to participating countries
• Monitor implementation of the Program in order to signal, if necessary, possible delays, budgetary overshoots or major technical flaws, and subsequently to take preventive or remedial action if required
• Submit quarterly progress reports and comprehensive annual reports – in consultation with the Regional Committee – to the Executive Board through the Global Office

Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) between the Global Office within the World Bank and each regional implementing agency set out the agreed roles and responsibilities of each party. 

Regional Committees

Regional implementing agencies are expected to set up committees to involve participating countries in the ICP, to promote flows of information, to disseminate the PPP results and to promote their use. The exact membership of each committee and its functions will be determined by the implementing agencies, but it is expected that the committees will carry out these tasks: 

• Provide a forum for participating countries to be involved in the regional project
• Provide a mechanism for the two-way flow of information from the region to implementing countries, and vice versa
• Provide a forum for the training of national personnel and for sharing information and expertise.

Meetings

 

Regions