Health System Strengthening (Hss) Programme (€18m, 2013-2019)
The Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) Programme aims to enhance the availability and rational use of good quality medicines in Zambia, with the overall objective to improve the health status of the Zambian population.
The HSS Programme has four components: (1) Strengthening the regulatory and quality control functions of the Zambian Medicines Regulatory Authority – ZAMRA; (2) Support to Medical Stores Limited – MSL to improve the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the pharmaceutical procurement and supply management system; (3) Progress towards rational drug use, and; (4) Technical support to the Ministry of Health for strategic policy developments and implementation.
This support includes inter alia the construction of the new ZAMRA offices and national quality control laboratory for medicines as well as enhancing the central storage capacity of MSL in Lusaka.
The HSS Support includes inter alia the construction of the new ZAMRA offices and National Quality Control Laboratory for Medicines.
Rehabilitation Of The Great East Road (2012-2018, €45.5m From The Eu Out Of A Total Of €150m)
This major road project is co-financed by the EU under the 10th EDF together with European Investment Bank (EIB) and the French Development Agency (AFD). The project aims to improve regional connectivity through the improvement of about 360 km of single carriageway highway on the Great East Road connecting central Zambia to its eastern province, as well as to the Nacala Corridor, a regional transport corridor linking Malawi and Zambia to the deep water port of Nacala in Mozambique.
Results: Works started in late 2013 and are now nearing the completion stage with two lots expected to be completed by the end of 2018 and the third in 2019, including 1-year maintenance periods.
Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project-Plunge Pool Reshaping (€64m, 2015-2020)
The European Union is financing the works required to reshape the plunge pool and to stabilise the foundations of the dam (“Plunge Pool Reshaping Works”). The works started in late 2017 and will continue for three years if no spilling episode is needed. As a result, the long-term operation of the dam will be assured and the production of electricity will be maintained (2400 MW in total, of which 1080 MW on the Zambian side of the Zambezi river).
The overall rehabilitation project is co-financed with the African Development Bank, the Swedish International Development Agency, the World Bank and the Zambezi River Authority, who contribute financially to the rehabilitation of spill gates which constitutes a parallel component of this complex project to start in early 2019.
The Kariba Dam was constructed across the Zambezi River between 1956 and 1959 and has been central to regional energy security and economic development ever since.
After more than 50 years of providing power for the Southern African Region, the Kariba Dam is now in urgent need of rehabilitation to ensure its continued safe operation. A programme of civil works has been prepared, which will take place over the next ten years. This programme takes account of the need to continue operating the dam safely with little or no interruption to the power generation expected. The Dam is owned by the two Governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe and managed by the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA). A total of US$ 296M has been made available by four Cooperating Partners to rehabilitate the dam. This international financing includes grants and loans from the African Development Bank, the European Union, the Government of Sweden, and the World Bank. The European Union contribution is a grant of €64 million.
Specifically, the rehabilitation works for the reshaping of the plunge pool will include the construction of a cofferdam, the consequent reshaping of the dam’s plunge pool in the dry through excavation operations using the drill and blast method, the removal of spoil to designated dumpsites, the installation of required monitoring instrumentation, construction of a concrete fault protection slab and related works, construction of a new permanent access road behind the north bank powerhouse outlets and associated studies, designs and monitoring activities.
Total Cost (EUR): 56 669 101,62
EU contracted amount (EUR): 56 669 101,62
Duration: May 2017 – April 2021
Implementing organisation: RAZEL SAS
Funding Instrument: European Development Fund (EDF)
Benefitting zone: Zambia, Zimbabwe