ADDIS ABABA: The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance have signed a third-party implementation agreement for the restoration of infrastructure projects in the northern Tigray area of the East African nation.
According to a news release from the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, the deal is a component of the World Bank-funded Response-Rehabilitation-Resilience for Conflict-Affected Communities in Ethiopia Project, a nationwide recovery programme for the Ethiopian government.
As per their agreement with UNOPS, the agency will carry out the projects listed under "rebuilding and strengthening access to essential services and climate-resilient community infrastructure." As per ministry of finance, UNOPS will carry out actions related to delivering quick response services to communities in Tigray in consultation with communities as part of the agreement, as per reports.
Along with supporting community-level social institutions in Tigray, the UNOPS will also rebuild the basic service-providing infrastructures that have been damaged by the violence in conjunction with the local populations. A USD 715 million financial assistance agreement was inked earlier in June by the World Bank and the MoF to aid Ethiopian communities impacted by violence and drought.
The rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian government have reached an agreement on a conditional pause of hostilities and the unrestricted entry of humanitarian aid into the Tigray region. A 20-month struggle between the TPLF and the Ethiopian National Defense Force, supported by allies, has reportedly resulted in thousands of fatalities and millions of people in dire need of humanitarian aid.
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