BOLIVIA - VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT

PROJS TO BE UNDERTAKEN INCLUDE THE CONSTRCTN OF 362 PRIMARY SCHOOLS,169 HLTH POSTS,160 POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS & LATRINES,57 ROADS,45 BRIDGES,171 IRRIG & RIVER DEFENSE SYSTEMS,& 80 OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVITIES.PROJS WILL ALL BE SMALL-SCALE.NCDS ZONAL OFFICE ENGINEERS & TECHS WILL PLAN ALL CONSTRCTN & LAND PREP; PROJ COMMITTEES ELECTED BY COMMUNITIES WILL SUPERVISE LOCAL FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO PROJS AND PROCURE CONSTRCTN MATLS (FUNDED BY LOAN);AND THE COMMUNITIES WILL PROVIDE REQUIRED LABOR.IN ORDER TO ORGANIZE THE COMMUNITIES SO THAT THE SLF-HLP DEVEL PROCESS WILL CONTINUE AND THE COMPLETED PROJS BE MAINTAINED,NCDS CAMPESINO PARA-TECH STAFF WILL TRAIN COMM LEADERS IN BOOKKEEPING FOR RECORDING COMM CASH,LABOR & MATLS CONTRIBUTIONS;TAKING INVENTORY OF BLDG MATLS & EQPMNT;AND SIMPLE PROJ PLNNG,BUDGET & EVAL TECHNIQUES. NCDS PROMOTER STAFF WILL BE INCREASED TO PUBLICIZE PROJS & ENCOURAGE COMM COMMITMENT; LOAN FUNDS THE TRNG OF THESE PROMOTERS,PROMOTION SUPERVISORS & ZONAL OFFICE CHIEFS.EACH ZONAL OFF WILL RECEIVE $50000 TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-PURPOSE NCDS ADMIN FACILITY. GRANT WILL BE USED TO FUND AN ADMIN ADVISOR,APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY SPEC & SHRT-TRM CONSULTANTS.ADMIN ADV WILL ASSIST ZONAL OFFICES WITH BUDGET MATTERS & RECORD KEEPING,ASSIST WITH DESIGN OF PROJ MONITORING RECORDS KEPT BY COMMS,SUPERVISE LOGISTIC SUPPORT OF ZONAL OFFICESBY NCDS CNTRL OR REGNL OFFICE,ASSIST IN TRAINING NCDS ADMIN DEPT STAFF IN BUSINESS MGMT,AND MONITOR THE NCDS ADMIN SYS. TECH SPEC WILL INVENTORY APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE IN BOLIVIA AND THOSE ELSEWHERE WHICH COULD BE OF USE IN BOLIVIA.CONSULTANTS WILL ASSIST IN: PROMOTER TRNG,PROJ MONITRNG.A/V USE FOR FRMR TRNG, AND PARA-TECH HLTH/SANIT MAINT PROCS. Amendment of 9/03/82 reactivates the project given GOB progress in addressing problems responsible for an 8/80 suspension. The project is extended by 16 months to 12/31/84; $2 million in loan funds are deobligated; and several major changes in strategy are defined: (1) SP"s will be concentrated in 7 development zones in 29 (not 51) provinces, primarily in the La Paz-Cochabamba-Santa Cruz corridor and in Chapare (up to $25,000 will be available for each SP underway in other areas); (2) SP"s will be implemented among groups of villages comprising regional growth poles, rather than in isolated communities; and (3) economic infrastructure activities will be actively promoted. (PD-KAC-509)