| Project Name | Updating the National Water Policy and Strategy | ||||||||||
| Project Number | 40193-012 | ||||||||||
| Country / Economy | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
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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 Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Water-based natural resources management |
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| Gender | No gender elements | ||||||||||
| Description | The TA will address two key activities that are urgently required to enable Lao PDR adopt integrated water resources management (IWRM) namely: (i) the development of a National Water Resource Policy and Strategy; and (ii) the first phase of the preparation of a national water resources information inventory and assessment. In addition, the TA will assist the Government develop the design and framework document for a Lao IWRM Support Program including financing requirements. The primary outcomes of the TA are (i) WREA will be strengthened and its staff capacities for IWRM will be strengthened; (ii) WREA will be able to guide future development and investment planning in the sector consistent with the national water resources policy and strategy; and (iii) development partners will commit to a program of support for WREA with the objective of moving towards a sector wide assistance program. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The ADB and the World Bank have collaborated since 2004 on the preparation of the Mekong water resources assistance strategy (MWRAS). MWRAS was developed through analytical work and strategic workshops carried out in 2004 and early 2005 with the national governments of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The MWRAS preparation work confirmed that there is a need for extensive capacity-building in all aspects of IWRM in the region to support the further investments required in water management. | ||||||||||
| Impact | Integrated water resources management supports development and sustained economic growth in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. | ||||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Water Resources and Environment Administration provides effective leadership in the implementation of National water resources policy and strategy. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | IWRM support program design has received broad support from Government and development partners and will form the basis for future support to water resources capacity development. Broad policy directions are being established through consultations and studies. |
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| Description of Project Outputs | Review of water data, information and analytical tools, including strategic needs assessment completed National Water Resources Policy and Strategy is developed and adopted by the Government. WREA support program is designed and adopted by development partner group. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | The draft National Water Resources Policy and National Water Resource Strategy and Action Plan have been prepared. Further refinements of these documents in Lao and English, based on comments received during a series of workshops with key stakeholders across the country. The Policy and Strategy was scheduled for submission to the National Assembly in November 2010. The TA designed a draft national IWRM Support Program in August 2008. Development partners are processing assistance projects to make the support program operational. A major change in TA scope was approved on 14 July 2009 to assist WREA in improving internal processess and staff capacities and ensure that it is fully prepared for implementation of the IWRM Support Program. |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| During Project Implementation | During implementation, consultation workshops will ensure that key stakeholders participate in achieving the expected outcomes of the TA. Workshops will be organized to debate key findings and to facilitate dissemination of policies and strategy documents. In addition, design of the Lao PDR IWRM support program will be done in consultation with major stakeholders. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | A total of 31 person months (pm) of international and 53 pm of national specialists will be engaged by ADB in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. Consulting services for component 1 will be engaged as independent consultants, including international IWRM specialist (1.5 pm); international program development specialist (1.5 pm) and national IWRM specialist (3.0 pm). Consultants for components 2 & 3 will be engaged through a firm (QCBS 90:10) and will include international consultants with expertise in IWRM/institutional specialist/team leader (18 pm), short term consultants with expertise in various aspects of IWRM (10 pm), and national consultants with skills in IWRM (50 pm). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Makin, Ian WIlliam |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Water Resources &Environment Administration (WREA) Phonechaleun Nonthaxay [email protected] Water Resources and Environment Administration, Vientiane Water Resources &Environment Administration (WREA) Office of the Prime Minister Vientianee Laos PDR |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 11 Oct 2006 |
| Fact Finding | 08 Oct 2007 to 22 Oct 2007 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 12 Dec 2007 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| PDS Creation Date | 11 Jan 2008 |
| Last PDS Update | 24 Feb 2011 |
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 12 Dec 2007 | 10 Jan 2008 | 10 Jan 2008 | 31 Jan 2010 | 31 Dec 2010 | 16 Jun 2011 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 800,000.00 | 500,000.00 | 60,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,360,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 1,206,969.98 |
| Project Page | https://www.adb.org//projects/40193-012/main |
| Request for Information | http://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form?subject=40193-012 |
| Date Generated | 05 June 2023 |