Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural policy, institutional and capacity development

The S-CDTA was not originally included in the Country Operations Business Plan 2013-2015. However, RGC request for the technical assistance to prepare the Flood damage Emergency Reconstruction Project - Supplementary Financing (FDERP-SF) is documented in a memorandum of understanding from the Country Programming Mission 2013. A reconnaissance mission was fielded 16-20 December 2013 to reach an agreement with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), as the executing agency (EA), and the proposed project implementing agencies (IAs) on the impact, outcome, outputs, implementation arrangements, and cost and financing arrangements for FDERP-SF.

This S-CDTA is proposed to provide assistance in the start-up phase for the FDERP-SF. Close coordination is ongoing with development partners (DPs) on damage assessment, mapping of DP activities, as well as potentials for co-financing.

This S-CDTA will provide advisory services to assist the EA and IAs (prior to mobilization of the FDERP-SF implementation consultants) through the services of experienced individual consultants contracted directly by ADB. The S-PPTA will: (i) assist in the preparation of documentation for recruitment and contracting of the EA loan implementation individual consultants and IA loan implementation consulting firms; (ii) accelerate national competitive bidding procedures and contracting arrangements, such as through competitive prequalification of groups of contractors; (iii) provide support and advise on technical/engineering design; (iv) strengthen the capacity of IAs in relevant project implementation procedures and guidelines; (v) support the preparation, of environmental and social safeguard frameworks/plans, as required, including information sharing, consultations, disclosure, governance and social and gender analysis; and (vi) establish financial management, monitoring and disbursement procedures.

Starting in the third week of September 2013, Cambodia experienced serious flooding due to flash floods from heavy rains and floods from rivers overflowing, especially in the northwestern provinces of Banteay Meancheay, Battambang, Pailin and Siem Reap, where the water is receding slower than expected. Overall, 20 of 24 provinces have been affected, and as of 8 November 2013, 188 deaths have been recorded and over 1.7 million people (over 10% of the population) affected. The damage from the 2013 flooding is expected to exceed that of the floods in 2000 and 2011, both in terms of loss of life and impacts on infrastructure and agricultural crops, largely because the period of inundation has been prolonged, preventing the initiation of meaningful remedial measures.

President Nakao received a formal request from the RGC on 21 October 2013 to provide emergency humanitarian assistance under the Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) and to dispatch an ADB team to assess the flood damaged infrastructure in Cambodia as soon as possible to enable the formulation and implementation of a flood rehabilitation project by early 2014. On 14 November 2013, President Nakao authorized $3 million in assistance from the APDRF.

Improved project readiness of the proposed Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project - Additional Financing (FDERP-AF).

Timely and quality FDERP-AF preparation.

1. Completed sub-projects ready for tender

2. Strengthened capacity of EA and IAs to carry out emergency infrastructure reconstruction

3. An effective project management system established