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Project Background - ETESP

The Earthquake and Tsunami Emergency Support Project (ETESP) is providing rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance to mitigate damage caused by the devastating December 2004 earthquake and tsunami.

It is helping restore essential public services, rebuild infrastructure, and revive economic activity through livelihood support. The ETESP is based on the findings of the joint damage and loss assessment, and the emerging disaster management, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (DMRR) strategy for Aceh and North Sumatra, jointly prepared by the Government of Indonesia and the donor community, with active participation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

In view of the scale, complexity, and nature of the disaster, the ETESP adopted a two-phase approach, focusing first on providing development support to less-affected regions, along with launching assessments in the most-affected regions. Phase two involves subproject implementation after the spatial planning and safeguard issues are resolved. Complementary assistance is provided by ADB through 10 loans which were reprogrammed following the tsunami and a grant-financed component of the Community Water Services and Health Project.

The overall goal of the ADB assistance is to help rebuild the affected regions in Aceh and Nias and support their economic revival.