| Project Name | Water Supply and Sanitation Service Improvement Project | ||||
| Project Number | 51132-001 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Georgia |
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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 | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Knowledge solutions Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban sewerage - Urban water supply |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The project aims to minimize the operational inefficiencies and maximize asset utilization of the United Water Supply Company of Georgia (UWSCG) in the selected areas of Georgia. The project will assist UWSCG modernize its equipment and management information systems, restructure the organization, develop capacity and improve commercial orientation. Complementary institutional reforms will be supported to ensure greater accountability for quality service delivery including developing a water sector policy.
The envisaged project outputs are (i) facilitated high-level technology solutions, and (ii) strengthened organization and institutions. These solutions will result in the following outcome: efficient, reliable and sustainable water supply and sanitation service delivered in selected UWSCG service areas where the government has invested significant infrastructure. The project will be aligned with the following impact: health of residents of selected areas of Georgia improved. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The proposed project is aligned with the government strategies and the priorities of the Asian Development Bank Country Partnership Strategy 2014-2018 for Georgia. The project and the transaction technical assistance are listed in the Country Operations Business Plan 2019-2021, and consistent with the Water Operational Plan 2011-2020. It also complements ADB's ongoing operations in Georgia. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Responsible ADB Officer | Hong, Heeyoung |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia 12 Khazbegi Str. 0160 Tbilisi Georgia |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 01 Oct 2018 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 19 Oct 2018 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 01 Oct 2018 | 31 Oct 2018 | 31 Oct 2018 | 31 Dec 2019 | 31 Dec 2020 | 22 Dec 2020 |
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 750,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 750,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 689,377.74 |