WORLD BANK BRAZIL Project Title: Projeto de Assistência Técnica e Metodológica (PAT) AVSI 2006 – 2010 WORLD BANK Place of Performance: Salvador de Bahia Award Amount: $ 7.280.716 Brief Description of Program: Aim of the project is to support (strategically, technically, operationally) the functioning of the program of urban poverty reduction implemented by the local Government “Projeto de Desenvolvimento Integrado em Áreas Urbanas Carentes no Estado da Bahia – 7344-BR/BIRD” . Budget: 83 ML dollars, 50% of which financed by the World Bank. Benefiacries: 120.000 families. Award Term: 2006-2010 BRAZIL Project Title: Projeto de Apoio Técnico e Social ao Programa Ribeira Azul (PATS) AVSI 2001- 2006 WORLD BANK Place of Performance: Salvador de Bahia Award Amount: $ 4.580.859 Award Term: 2001- 2006 SIERRA LEON AVSI 2007-2010 WORLD BANK Place of Performance: Sierra Leon Award Amount: $ 445.000 Award Term: 2007- 2010 Brief Description of Program: Aim of the project was to give technical support to the local Government in implementing the program “Ribeira Azul” to scale up a previous pilot project “Novos Alagados”, an urban upgrading project in the slum of Novos Alagados. 130.000 people benefited from activities realized under this program. The program included activities of urban upgrading, social and economic development and capacity building of local institutions. Project Title: Skills Training and Career Development Disadvanged and Disabled Youths for Brief Description of Program: Aim of the project is to improve the technical skills of disadvantaged youth through the expansion of the Youth Training Center; To strength the productivity and management capacity of three youth cooperatives in Fishing; To improve the professional skills of youth with disabilities to enhance their engagement in productive activities.