Common use of Project Management Unit Clause in Contracts

Project Management Unit. (a) The Recipient shall establish and thereafter maintain a Project management unit (“Project Management Unit” or “PMU”), throughout the implementation of the Project, with staff, functions and resources satisfactory to the Association. (b) Without limitation to the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the PMU shall be responsible for, inter alia, (i) acting as technical secretariat for the Steering Committee (e.g., analyze the Project activity reports and summarize recommendations coming from financing institutions) and (ii) overall Project implementation coordination by: (1) monitoring and evaluating the work performed by the Delegated Contract Managers; (2) preparing consolidated technical and financial Project reports; and (3) ensuring that the lessons and skills derived from Project implementation are disseminated to the MoU and MoE. (c) Without limitation to the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the PMU shall be headed by a Project coordinator, who shall be assisted by a team comprised of, inter alia, (i) a civil works specialist; (ii) a monitoring and evaluation specialist; and (iii) a studies specialist; and the Recipient shall, no later than three (3) months after the Effective Date, recruit for the PMU (x) an environment and social safeguards specialist and (y) a flood and disaster risk management specialist, each in accordance with the provisions of Section III of this Schedule 2 to this Agreement.