| Project Name | Greater Mekong Subregion: Capacity Development for Economic Zones in Border Areas | ||||||
| Project Number | 48122-001 | ||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Cambodia Lao People's Democratic Republic Myanmar China, People's Republic of Thailand Viet Nam |
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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 Regional integration |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development |
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| Gender | Some gender elements | ||||||
| Description | Economic and infrastructural integration at the border is critical to development of regional corridors; hence, CBEZs (or border economic zones) may be one vehicle for attracting investments and enhancing cooperation in the border areas. The proposed TA will aim to improve the capacities of GMS border towns and cities in the development and management of cross-border economic zones (CBEZs). It will strengthen the capacity of border institutions to prepare and implement the next generation corridor towns development project in 2018, while contributing to parallel GMS sector initiatives in environment, human resource development and transport, trade and facilitation. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | |||||||
| Impact | Enhanced economic and infrastructural integration of urban centers in border towns or areas for regional corridor development and cooperation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS Urban Development Strategic Framework 2015- 2022). | ||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Strengthened capacity of selected priority border area institutions in preparation for the fourth corridor towns development project. |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | 1. Scoping study of potential border economic zone development in the GMS is completed. 2. Comprehensive institutional development and capacity development program is developed and implemented. 3. Flagship program for the fourth GMS corridor towns development project is defined and applied. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Cambodia - Nation-wide; China - Nation-wide; Lao People's Democratic Republic - Nation-wide; Myanmar - Nation-wide; Thailand - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Stakeholder participation and consultation has been completed in preparing the proposed TA. |
| During Project Implementation | Stakeholder participation and consultation will continue during implementation. Stakeholders include national and local governments, communities, businesses, urban institutions at the border areas, development partners, civil society groups and private sector. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | ADB will engage TA consultants through a firm in accordance with the Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time), following quality- and cost-based selection (full technical proposal, 90:10). The firm will include seven international specialists (22 person-months) and GMS national research coordinators or associates during implementation |
| Procurement | Goods will be procured using shopping procedure, as packages will be less than $100,000 equivalent. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Honda, Eri |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 22 Aug 2014 |
| Fact Finding | 26 May 2014 to 12 Jun 2014 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 12 Nov 2015 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 02 Apr 2018 |
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 12 Nov 2015 | - | 12 Nov 2015 | 08 Nov 2018 | 31 Dec 2018 | 04 Apr 2019 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 500,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 900,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 641,820.50 |
| Project Page | https://www.adb.org//projects/48122-001/main |
| Request for Information | http://www.adb.org/forms/request-information-form?subject=48122-001 |
| Date Generated | 05 June 2023 |