The RIFF project is an Investment  Financing Project with funding from the World Bankto the  Common  Market  for  Eastern  and  Southern  Africa  (COMESA)  and  the  Trade  and Development Bank (TDB) . The TDB component will focus on provision of long-term credit to infrastructure projects in the region while the COMESA component is a grant component which  will support the enabling environment for private infrastructure finance  with  a  focus  on  building  a  regional  off-grid  energy  market.  It  will  allow  the  COMESA Secretariat to support: (i) the harmonization of policies and regulations for cross-border infrastructure trade and investment; (ii) regional integration activities on the off-grid energy sector and (iii) market development activities in the off-grid energy sector in Fragile, Conflict and Violence (FCV) countries. The  activities  in  support  of  the  enabling  environment  for  infrastructure  finance  are  expected to include: (i) issuance of guidance notes and model documents for PPP in infrastructure   sectors   other   than   energy,   such   as   transport   and   water;   (ii)   customization  and  dissemination  of  PPP  screening  tools  to  help  countries  improve  their screening of projects that may be suited to be structured as PPP; (iii) policies, guidance  and  platforms  to  facilitate  digital  infrastructure  and  digital  trading  in  the  COMESA region.To   implement   the   project,   the   COMESA   secretariat   will   set   up a   Project   Implementation Unit to be based in the Infrastructure and Logistics Division.