This activity provides livelihood opportunities and responds to urgent service delivery needs in urban areas. Implementation of activities is managed by UNOPS as the Implementing Partner (IP) and delivered through private sector contractors. This promotes local capacity for civil works implementation. The second additional financing will extend the project to 300 urban neighborhoods in 8 cities, including 4 new cities

 (i) have witnessed a high influx of internally displaced persons (IDPs);

 (ii) are hubs of economic and private sector activity. 

Subprojects are selected based on local priorities identified through Community Representative Groups (CRGs), Gozar Assemblies (GAs) or community consultative groups (CGs) in the target cities. Interventions are prioritized in:

 (i) sectors in which access to urban services are lacking; 

(ii) neighborhoods in which work opportunities are scarce;and

 (iii) intervention types that maximize the use of unskilled and semi-skilled labor. 

The selection of subprojects is also guided by a positive list of eligible investments, and a negative list, outlining projects which are prohibited due to substantial social and/or environmental impacts.