Assistant Programme Officer - Basra

Loan Management Unit (LMU), UNDP-Iraq is to facilitate loan funded development projects in Iraq by providing capacity building and technical support to the Government of Iraq (GoI). The support will target procurement and financial management during the project implementation. In addition, the LMU will act as the Fiduciary Monitoring Agent on behalf of GoI and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

The key project implementation activities in ODA loan, such as procurement, project management and financial management, are initiated and undertaken by concerned ministries and agencies of GoI. JICA and GoI need to ensure that the project implementation is undertaken in an accountable, transparent and efficient manner in line with JICA guidelines and procedures and that all loans are properly used for purpose of achieving each project’s objectives. As one adequate and sound monitoring mechanism to ensure accountability, transparency and efficiency in project implementation and usage of loan money, in particular for the activities related to procurement and financial management, GoI, GoJ and JICA agreed to establish a joint Monitoring Committee (M/C) to meet on a quarterly basis.

LMU is appointed by JICA with the endorsement of GoI to play the role of the Support Unit to the M/C. LMU monitors and verifies the fiduciary compliance, including procurement and financial management and physical verification of the activities and report to JICA and the M/C. Also, to accelerate project implementation, LMU identifies any bottlenecks and obstacles related to implementation of the projects and give guidance and advice to the implementing line ministries in order to resolve these issues. This process will contribute to the capacity development of the PMTs under each implementing line ministry. LMU has the dual roles of (i) supporting JICA’s monitoring capacity and the M/C’s activities to ensure that projects are implemented in a transparent and accountable manner in accordance with JICA’s rules and procedures; and (ii) supporting GoI, especially Project Management Teams established in implementing ministries of GoI (PMTs), to strengthen its capacity to implement the projects in line with international standards and to execute the loan through technical and procedural support. 

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