Social Investment Fund
BOLIVIA
SECTOR: Social
PROJECT NAME: Social Investment Fund
(950/SF-BO)
TOTAL COST: $66.7 million
FINANCING:
IDB $60.0 million
LOCAL $ 6.7 million
DATE OF APPROVAL: June 28, 1995
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The main objective of this program is to raise the
standard of living of the lowest-income populations by
increasing the coverage and quality of basic services.
Investments will be financed in the areas of health
care, basic sanitation, and education.
The program will: (a) provide training for the implem-
entation of the Civic Participation Act, which will
transfer responsibility for the maintenance and opera-
tion of all public infrastructure to the municipali-
ties and other entities; (b) provide municipalities
with the forum and authority to establish their own
priorities within the public investment programming
framework; (c) finance the construction and rehabil-
itation of physical infrastructure; (d) provide the
necessary equipment to implement the projects; and
(e) support institutional strengthening for both the
municipalities and the Fondo de Inversi¢n Social
(FIS).
CONSULTANTS: Consultants will be hired to design projects and to
supervise works. They will be contracted to design a
project monitoring system. International consultants
(15 staff/months) and national consultants (30 staff/
months) will be hired to design, develop, and super-
vise methodologies of institutional training through
workshops and practical courses to teach community
relations, project monitoring and follow-up, promote
gender and ethnic equality and participative planning,
as well as provide basic educational and training
materials and services for preinvestment and technical
assistance to representatives of eligible municipali-
ties and nongovernmental organizations. An auditing
firm will also be hired.
GOODS AND EQUIPMENT: Procurement will be carried out through international
public bidding above the threshold of $150,000 for
goods, including computers, machinery, equipment,
spare parts, tools, supplies, and furnishings.
CIVIL WORKS: The program will fund: (a) construction, rehabilita-
tion, expansion, and equipment of schools and teaching
centers; (b) construction, rehabilitation, expansion,
and equipment of health centers; and (c) construction,
expansion, and rehabilitation of residential water
distribution systems, including residential connect-
ions and micro metering, and systems based on public
taps, as well as sanitary sewers (residential connect-
ions, effluent treatment, and final disposal). ICB
will be required for works exceeding $1.5 million.
EXECUTING AGENCY: Fondo de Inversión Social (FIS)
Edif. del Banco Central de Bolivia
Calle Mercado esq. Ayacucho
La Paz, Bolivia
Telephone: (591-2) 374-282
Fax: (591-2) 362 668
