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5.3.7 Ermera Municipality 17 projects
The Municipality of Ermera is scheduled to receive 8.7 million in grant funding. A vast majority of the funding will be coming from the ADB executed and EU funded “District Roads
Rehabilitation and maintenance project in Timor-Leste.” This project aims to rehabilitate the roads in Ermera and Liquica. The second largest scheduled disbursement will originate from
USAID’s “Avansa Agrikultura” project that will disburse roughly 1 million towards the Municipality.
Development Partners working in Municipality: ADB, FAO, Government of Japan, USAID, New Zealand Aid Programme, UNICEF, WB, WFP, and JICA.
5.3.8 Lautem Municipality 7 projects
Similar to last year, Lautem is scheduled to receive the least amount of support out of all of Timor-Leste’s Municipalities, totalling a mere 538 thousand, of which 317 thousand will be
the estimated costs of Australia’s “Australian Volunteers for International Development” program. In addition, none of the remaining six projects specifically focus on Lautem.
Development Partners working in Municipality: Government of Australia, New Zealand Aid Programme, UNICEF, and World Bank.
5.3.9 Liquica Municipality 15 projects
Liquica is set to receive USD9.6 million in 2017 through the support of 15 projects. There will be two projects in Liquica exceeding 1 million. The highest scheduled disbursement will
originate from the ADB executed and EU funded “District Roads Rehabilitation and maintenance project in Timor-Leste” in the amount of 5.8 million, and the second project is
KOICA’s “The Project for Establishment of Fisheries Training Center in Liquica District.”
Development Partners working in Municipality: ADB, EU, Government of Australia, JICA, New Zealand Aid Programme, UNICEF, World Bank, and KOICA.
5.3.10 Manatuto Municipality 11 projects
Manatuto Municipality is scheduled to receive 5.3 million in 2017. 3.3 million will be coming from a single project, the ADB’s “District Capital Water Supply Project.” The second largest
scheduled disbursement will be coming from JICA’s “The Project for Increasing Farmers Households Income through Strengthening Domestic Rice Production in Timor-Leste” 0.9
million.
Development Partners working in Municipality: FAO, USAID, JICA, ADB, New Zealand Aid Programme, UNICEF, and World Bank.