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4.2.13. Social Solidarity Program
This program in the IF portfolio initially comprised the Construction of the 12th of November Monument and Construction of the Garden of Heroes. Both projects have been completed and
as from 2013 Construction of the Nicolau Lobato Monument at the Dili Airport Roundabout was added. This project was physically completed in 2013 while the statue was assembled in
2014, and remaining payments are expected to be release by end of the year. Thus, there is no budget allocated in 2015.
4.2.14. Tasi Mane Program
The petroleum sector is Timor-Leste’s greatest source of State Budget revenue. This revenue is used to finance health care, education, security and defense and to build and maintain
infrastructure for the nation. Expansion of the oil and gas sector has been constrained by the lack of infrastructure in the South Coast area. The Tasi Mane program of major projects has
been established to address these deficiencies. The total budget allocated for Tasi Mane Program in 2014 was 46.3 million. Of that amount,
20.0 million has been allocated for Rehabilitation of Suai Airport; 18.0 million for Suai Supply Base; 5.0 million for Pre-Feed LNG Beasu and 3.3 million has been earmarked for
Geotechnical and Marine Survey in Betano as well as Design of a Master plan for Suai Urban Area and Study and Design of Water Supply in Dato Rua and DatoTolu.
As for the Concept Design, Construction and Supervision for the Suai Supply Base: The initial budget allocation was 18.0 million, but due to lack of progress the allocated budget was
diverted to other programs. Therefore, the budget has now been reduced to 5.9 million. Procurement for this project is progressing well and a contract is expected to be awarded by
early 2015, this will require funding to the amount of 20.4 million. A study for Environmental Impact Studies of Development in the South Coast Areas was completed and no funding is
required in 2015. Studies and analysis for the Development of Gas Pipeline Routes in the south coast region were
completed in 2013. Meanwhile, tender processes are ongoing for the Concept Design and Studies for Development of Infrastructure in the Beasu area and a contract will be awarded such
that the studies can immediately commence and be complete in 2014. Therefore no funds are required in 2015. The design for the Construction and Supervision of a Highway between Suai,
Betano and Beaco was completed in 2012. Funding of 12.5 million has been allocated to the project in 2015.
Concept Design, Detailed Design and Construction for Upgrading Suai Airport: Detailed Engineering Design for rehabilitation and upgrading of Suai Airport has been completed,
contracts awarded for the works and works supervision and the ground-breaking ceremony held. The initial budget allocated to this project in 2014 was 20.0 million and the contract value
totals 68.5 million of which 13.5 million was disbursed.
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Implementation and management of the Airport project, on the basis of agreement between the Ministry of Petroleum and Ministry of Transport and Communication, starting from 2015 the
project is transferred to the Ministry of Transport and Communication. To ensure the project implementation in 2015, a total budget of 13.0 million is required. The remaining projects were
under procurement stage and works may commence in 2015 and will require 2.0 million while 0.2 million has been allocated for the design of Water Supply in Dato Rua and DatoTolu in
2015. Of the total initial budget allocation, due to low execution of the program, CAFI approved a
reduction of 24.5 million and transferred to other IF programs in need of funds. Therefore, 0f the remaining budget of 21.8 million, 21.7 million has been disbursed by December 2014.
In summary, the Tasi Mane projects in 2015 require 35.1 million.
4.2.15. Roads Program
The road development strategy aims to support this program and provide good connectivity in terms of transport between districts and various centers of economic activities by ensuring the
existence of roads resistant to weather conditions that ensure the connection to the currently isolated areas and to improve accessibility between rural areas and major cities of the country.
Reliable roads which are in good condition are essential to economic growth, social cohesion and national security, where the high priority given by the government to road investment,
justifying the high amounts allocated to road projects in the Infrastructure Fund budget. Road transportation dominates the supply of facilities for the movement of goods and people in
Timor-Leste and recent traffic surveys indicate strong growth in traffic volumes of over 15 for motorcycles and over 10 for total motorized traffic in recent years. However, the condition of
the road network had deteriorated severely over the decade up to 2011 when the Infrastructure Fund was established leading to slow travel speeds, high transport costs and long travel times.
The impact of which has been higher prices of delivered goods and services and constraints on development, particularly in the regions.
The initial IF budget was 49.9 million for the implementation of 55 projects in 2014 and the budget was increased to 58.6 million. This excludes the additional funding of 26.0 million
available from external loans. In 2015, a budget for roads has been allocated in the amount of 54.8 million, including 29.0
million in GoTL counterpart funding for the four loans funded projects plus 70 million from external loans. However, this allocated budget was later reduced by 10.0 million during the
budget rectification in March 2015 that was taken from various projects within the road program including the government counterpart funding for projects that were still in their procurement
stages. Therefore, the final budget allocation for road program in 2015 was reset to 44.8 million.
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