United Nations

Agencies, Funds and Programmes

Support to KRG 2008-2010

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UN Assistance to Kurdistan Regional Government 2008 / 2010

AGRICULTURE & FOOD SECURITY

FAO

Strengthening the capacity of the Iraqi veterinary services for control of zoonotic and transponder annual diseases

(nationwide) (Completed) $5,748,000

Rehabilitation and maintenance of traditional irrigation schemes in resettled

areas (Erbil) (Completed) $3,612,000

WFP

Food assistance to IDPs in Iraq (nationwide)

$179,113,004

UNESCO

Rehabilitation and conservation of Kahrez system in the Northern governorates $1,470, 000

UNIDO/FAO

Community livelihoods and micro-industry support in rural and urban areas of

north Iraq (Completed) $5,800,116

ECONOMIC REFORM & DIVERSIFICATION

UNDP

Budget execution support to KRG

$1,400,000

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UNIDO

Enterprise development and investment promotion in the SME sector in KRG

(completed) $679,452

Enterprise Development through information and communication technology $ 1,000,000

Investment project in Iraq

$ 1,000,000 Small hydro-power stations for productive and social use

$ 12,000,000

UNIFEM

Area based development programme – local area development plans (LADP) (nationwide)

$4,157,115

UN-Habitat

Area based development programme – local area development plans (LADP) (nationwide)

$3,980,000

IOM

Support of sheep and goat farming for IDPs in Dashetmir camp/ Dahuk (completed)

$58,615

Establishing small income generating projects in Dahuk (Pilot project) $102,805

UNDP Local area development in Sulaymaniyah

$2,100,00

EDUCATION

UNICEF

School rehabilitation and capacity building for school maintenance (nationwide)

$2,610,156 Essential materials for improved learning for all primary

level students in KRG $6,057,050

The recovery of Iraq’s vital social sector $5,000,000

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Humanitarian assistance to acutely vulnerable communities (IMPACT: education component) (Phase I completed) (Nationwide)

$1,558,234

UN-Habitat & UNICEF

School rehabilitation and capacity development for enhanced access and retention in primary education (nationwide)

$3,067,655

ILO & UNOPS

Skills development to support employment generation in KRG $ 400,000

ILO

Technical and Vocational Education and Training Programme $ 140,000

IOM

Training courses of Kurdish language for IDPs (completed)

$22,275 Rehabilitation of three schools in Erbil (Bahirka School), Sulaymaniya (Al-Jawahiri

School) and Dahuk (Lazaga School) (completed) $182,243

ESCWA

Information and Information Technologies (ICT) in Education for KRG

$800,121 Iraq Networking Academies Project Phase II (KRG)

$945,000

WHO

Strengthening school health services at primary school level through Implementation of the health promoting schools (nationwide)

$1,757,280

UNESCO

ICT in education for Iraq project (nationwide) $1, 960, 000

UNESCO, UN-HABITAT, UNICEF, UNIFEM & WHO

Developing the capacity of the Iraqi education sector through enhancing the

learning environment in vulnerable areas in Iraq for meeting the EFA goals (nationwide)

$12,460,000

UNHCR

Transportation fees for IDP, refugee and returnee students in KRG $769,875

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GOVERNANCE SUPPORT

UNDP

Rule of law and Justice (nationwide) $21,105,904

Development assistance database in KRG $2,600,000

Media-establishment and consolidation of an independent news agency (nationwide)

$6,100,000

Capacity development in national aid management (nationwide) $2,500,000

Capacity development of government counterparts (nationwide)

$1,200,000 Electricity sector reconstruction project in Kurdistan region

$6,500,000 Rehabilitation and upgrading of civil aviation (nationwide)

$3,300,000

ILO and UNOPS

Area based development programme – local area development plans (LADP) $ 1,385,705

ILO and UNOPS

Private Sector Development programme (PSDP) $ 1,300,000

UNESCO

Good governance through support for independent, pluralistic, professional

and sustainable media (completed) (nationwide) 1,047,000

HEALTH & NUTRITION

WHO

Strengthening primary health care system in Iraq (nationwide) $37,363,516

Strengthening medical equipment management and maintenance system (nationwide)

$1,718,281

Avian and pandemic influenza project (nationwide) $4,365,921

Rebuilding food safety and food processing industry capacity in Iraq (nationwide)

$376,890

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Emergency public health assistance to Iraq: strengthening non-communicable diseases and mental health prevention in KRG

$1,833,333 Communicable diseases prevention and control programme

(nationwide) $5,233,263

Disease eradication, elimination and introducing new vaccines

(nationwide) $6,201,841

Cholera outbreak - early detection & morbidity reduction (nationwide)

$3,469,718

Strengthening of the primary health care system in Iraq - Phase 2 (nationwide)

$5,930,368

WFP

Enhancing the Iraqi institutions’ capacity in analyzing and reporting food security and vulnerability in Iraq (nationwide)

$1,151,317

IOM

Rehabilitation of two health centers in Dahuk (Kora) and Sulaymaniyah (Kostacha) (completed)

$92,938

UNHCR

Medical supply and medical referrals in KRG and medical examination cost for refugees in KRG, Mosul and Kirkuk

$209,000

Health assistance for IDPs, refugees and returnees in KRG (completed) $251,551

Supply to medical center in Makhmur refugees camp

$120,000

UNDP/WHO

Preparatory assistance GFATM programme in KRG (nationwide) $14,553,900

Response to cholera outbreak in northern Iraq (completed) $100,000

UNDP

Construction of Halabja Maternity and Child Hospital

$9,500,000

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UNICEF

Renovation, extension and construction of primary health centers

(nationwide) $1,188,015

Humanitarian assistance to acutely vulnerable communities (IMPACT: health & nutrition component) (completed) (nationwide)

$2,732,050

Cholera outbreak, early detection and mortality reduction (nationwide)

$4,433,172 Disease eradication; elimination and introducing new vaccines (nationwide)

$5,798,159 Strengthening of the primary health care system in Iraq - Phase 2 (nationwide)

$5,798,632 Cholera outbreak, early detection and mortality reduction - 08

(completed) (nationwide) $4,433,172

UNOPS

Regional health emergency response project in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah and Dahuk

$8,700,000

UNFPA & UNOPS

Emergency obstetric care in KRG $2,875,593

HOUSING & SHELTER

UN-Habitat

Improving access for IDPs and returnees to acceptable shelter solutions

(completed) (nationwide) $5,150,000

Local government association and urban development capacity building

1,985,00

UN-Habitat & UNDP

Improving the housing delivery system (nationwide) $2,987,115

IOM

Emergency stock warehouse in Erbil $475,727

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UNESCO

Revitalization of the Erbil citadel

$1,475,000

UNHCR

Shelter project for 111 returnee families from Iran in KRG $888,000

Shelter support projects for IDP, refugees and returnees in KRG (completed)

$1,827,203

PROTECTION

UNHCR

Legal assistance/protection project for IDPs, refugees and returnees in KRG $2,171,307

Household support for refugees in KRG

$244,570 Community services provision for IDPs, refugees and returnees in KRG

$319,740 Management of UNHCR warehouses in Erbil for distributions to IDPs in KRG in 2008 (completed)

$10,800 Household support and domestic needs for IDP, refugees in KRG, Mosul and Kirkuk (completed)

$809,957 Community services projects for IDPs, refugees and returnees in KRG

(completed) $420,540

Re-registration of all refuges and asylum seekers in KRG

$52,433

IOM

IOM IDP monitoring in the KRG, 2008 (completed) $93,231

IOM IDP and returnee monitoring in the North, 2009 $179,681

IOM displacement monitoring direct implementation training in KRG $35,595

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UNFPA

Providing support and rehabilitation services for victims of gender-based violence in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah

$120,000 UNFPA, UNIFEM, UNHCR, WHO, UNAMI/HRO

Combating Violence against Women in Iraq (nationwide).

$4,500,000

UNDP

UNDP/WHO conflict victims’ assistance-North $4,300,000

Pilot national injury surveillance $60,000

Gender Based Violence

$600,000

UNOPS

Support to the Iraq-Kurdistan mine action center (completed) $2,921,852

WATSAN

UNICEF

Humanitarian assistance to acutely vulnerable communities

(IMPACT: WESH component) $3,278,460

FAO/OCHA

Mitigating the effects of drought through the deepening and maintenance of shallow wells for water availability (KRG)

$400,000

UNICEF & WHO

Upgrading Sarchinar water project and associated works in Sulaymaniyah $4,719,558

UNOPS

Rehabilitation of water distribution systems in Sidakan and Rawanduz in KRG

(completed) $2,496,475

Rehabilitation of water network Takia in KRG (completed)

$2,006,340

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IOM

Digging four deep wells in northern governorates

(completed) $ 221,162

Improvement of water situation in the KRG (completed)

$229,132

Water-trucking for cholera-affected areas and drought affected areas in

Sulaymaniyah, Erbil and Dahuk (completed) $746,845

Water-trucking in drought-affected areas in Erbil (completed)

$195,453 Digging two deep wells in Erbil (completed)

$141,909

UNDP

Drought impact assessment and recovery and mitigation framework in KRG $200,000

Community awareness campaign for water conservation in KRG

$100,000

UNHABITAT

Capacity building for water and sanitation technical staff in KRG $12,000

UNHCR

Water supply for returnees from Iran in KRG $275,000

Garbage collection, fumigation in refugee camps/settlements in KRG

$113,000 Tankering of water to Muquble/Erbil camp and potable water delivery systems maintenance (completed)

$143,000 Improvement of water projects in Fayda, Shawas and Chamchamal

(completed) $242,851

Garbage fumigation campaign in Barika, Makhmour camp and Kawa in KRG

(completed) $63,000