Component D: Project management, communication, and M&E (US$2 million)

25. This component will support monitoring and reporting of implementation progress leveraging the M&E and Project Management Information System (PMIS) developed by FANSEP. In addition, this component will support: (a) compliance with the World Bank’s fiduciary and safeguard requirements; (b)interagency coordination; (c) experience sharing among beneficiary groups; (d) grievance management;(e) knowledge management and learning among project stakeholders; and (f) day-to-day operations of the Project Management Unit (PMU) and Project Cluster Units (PCUs). The manuals, strategies, and guidelines produced by the ongoing project for selection and award of matching and small grant schemes,implementation of FFSs, FBSs, and NFSs, livestock promotion programs (goat, dairy, and poultry), selection and award of mechanization support, and selection and construction of infrastructural activities such as collection centers, irrigation schemes, markets, and processing centers will be used by the project, with amendments, as needed.