Colombia - Cundinamarca Education Quality Improvement Project

Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY ReportNo: 25933-CO PROJECTAPPRAISAL DOCUMENT ONA PROPOSEDLOAN INTHEAMOUNT OFUS$15.0MILLION TO THE DEPARTAMENTODE CUNDINAMARCA WITH THE GUARANTEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA FOR A CUNDINAMARCA EDUCATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT July 10, 2003 Colombia andMexico CountryManagementUnit HumanDevelopmentManagementUnit LatinAmerica and CaribbeanRegion This document has a restricted distribution andmay be usedby recipients only inthe performanceoftheir official duties. Its contentsmay not otherwise be disclosedwithout World Bank authorization.  CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange RateEffective May 21,2003) CurrencyUnit = Peso 1 = US$2,817.32 ColombianPesos) US$l,OOO = 0,00035494 Colombianpesos FISCAL YEAR January 1 -- December31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS CAFAM Family Compensation Fund(Caja NCB National Competitive Bidding de Compensacih Familiar) CAS Country Assistance Strategy NDP NationalDevelopment Plan (Hacia unEstado Comunitario) CDP Cundinamarca Development Plan NEP National Education Plan (Revolucih Educativa) CQ Consultants' Qualification or. NGOs, Non- governmental Organization DANE Instituteo fNational Statistics OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development D O Development Objectives O M Project Operational Manual EA Environmental Assessment 0