India : Project Management Capacity Building for Water Resources Sector Executing Agencies
The small-scale technical assistance (TA) aims to contribute to timely initiation and implementation of the new and ongoing loans in water resources sector in India. The TA will in particular facilitate multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) projects and their tranches which are under processing or to be processed in 2011 and 2012, including those in irrigation and integrated water resources management (IWRM: Orissa and/or Karnataka), flood risk management (Assam), coastal protection (Karnataka and/or Maharashtra). Expected outcome is that the concerned executing agencies (EAs) have improved capacity and responsive decision making processes in project management including participatory and multidisciplinary functions. They would also have achieved the implementation milestones including contract awards, disbursements, and other physical and institutional progress indicators for 2011 and 2012.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Siddiqi, Yasmin S.
South Asia Department
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Country/Economy
India -
Modality
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Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
Project Name | Project Management Capacity Building for Water Resources Sector Executing Agencies | ||||||||
Project Number | 44503-001 | ||||||||
Country / Economy | India |
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Project Status | Closed | ||||||||
Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development - Water-based natural resources management |
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Gender | No gender elements | ||||||||
Description | The small-scale technical assistance (TA) aims to contribute to timely initiation and implementation of the new and ongoing loans in water resources sector in India. The TA will in particular facilitate multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) projects and their tranches which are under processing or to be processed in 2011 and 2012, including those in irrigation and integrated water resources management (IWRM: Orissa and/or Karnataka), flood risk management (Assam), coastal protection (Karnataka and/or Maharashtra). Expected outcome is that the concerned executing agencies (EAs) have improved capacity and responsive decision making processes in project management including participatory and multidisciplinary functions. They would also have achieved the implementation milestones including contract awards, disbursements, and other physical and institutional progress indicators for 2011 and 2012. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The TA is needed to provide support to the critical startup and ongoing implementation delays with the provision of essential advisory support and training for the EA staff. The TA will support establishing the requisite project management systems for the new EAs while facilitating the advancement of procurement, consultant engagement, and safeguards processes. Support is also provided to the EAs of ongoing projects for improving quality and clarity of procurement documents and contractor awareness, and timeliness in procurement evaluation, along with the institutionalization of participatory processes in implementation. Finally, the TA will also accumulate the know-how and supporting tools for smooth startup and timely implementation that will be replicated in future water sector projects of ADB. | ||||||||
Impact | Timely initiation and implementation of the loans in water resources sector |
Project Outcome | |
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Description of Outcome | Improved capacity and decision making process of the State EAs including project management units and subproject implementation offices |
Progress Toward Outcome | The TA has contracted 6 consultants comprising 4 international specialists on resettlement, irrigation design, construction engineering, and coastal engineering, and 2 national specialists on construction management and procurement. These consultants are supporting the EAs of MFF projects/subprojects in Orissa, Assam, Karnataka, and Maharashtra states. |
Implementation Progress | |
Description of Project Outputs | Multidisciplinary PMU and SIOs established with due management systems Enhanced project processing and administration Improved procurement and management systems of civil works with bidder awareness Training tools and materials |
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | The TA has contributed to visible improvements in construction implementation, project start-up support, and general capacity building of EAs for more efficient implementation of the water sector MFF projects. |
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Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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Environmental Aspects | |
Involuntary Resettlement | |
Indigenous Peoples | |
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
During Project Design | Active consultations with DEA and the concerned state EAs including conduct of focus group discussions, workshops, and training. |
During Project Implementation | Active consultations with DEA and the concerned state EAs including conduct of focus group discussions, workshops, and training. |
Business Opportunities | |
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Consulting Services | TA implementation was initially planned until March 2012 with 1.5 person-months (pm) inputs of international (irrigation design, procurement and construction engineering) and 20 pm inputs of national consultants (project management; design, procurement and construction management and contract administration; community participation; environment and safeguards). The TA was extended until 31 March 2013 following a change in scope to provide about 21.5 pm additional support for modifying the reef designs under the Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program in Karnataka and Maharashtra, and for improving the EA's design capacity under the Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Investment Program. |
Procurement | No major procurement is envisaged under the TA. |
Responsible ADB Officer | Siddiqi, Yasmin S. |
Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD |
Executing Agencies |
Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance |
Timetable | |
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Concept Clearance | 16 Dec 2010 |
Fact Finding | 17 Nov 2010 to 17 Nov 2010 |
MRM | - |
Approval | 16 Dec 2010 |
Last Review Mission | - |
Last PDS Update | 28 Sep 2012 |
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Milestones | |||||
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Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
Original | Revised | Actual | |||
16 Dec 2010 | - | 16 Dec 2010 | 31 Mar 2012 | 30 Sep 2013 | 15 Oct 2013 |
Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
225,000.00 | 200,000.00 | 65,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 490,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 313,311.33 |
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Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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Project Management Capacity Building for Water Resources Sector Executing Agencies | TA Completion Reports | Oct 2013 |
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