The EU Representative in Palestine Ralph Tarraf and the Palestinian Minister of Local Government Hussein Al Araj inaugurated yesterday the first batch of EU-funded social infrastructure projects in Area C in the West Bank. These projects will address the needs of more than three hundred Palestinian families living in three villages in Qalqiliya Governorate in the north of the West Bank. The projects were implemented by the Municipal Development and Lending Fund (MDLF) under the EU-funded Area C development programme.