Bhutan : Improved Urban Environmental Infrastructure Project
The PPTA will formulate prefeasibility proposals for all physical and non-physical investments in 8 towns. For Batch 1 towns (3 numbers), it will also (a) screen all viable technical options, (b) complete basic engineering designs for selected infrastructure subprojects, and (c) incorporate climate-proofing and water sensitive urban development elements.
In addition, the PPTA will cover:
(i) Governance assessment of the EA and proposed IAs covering financial management, anticorruption, policy and legal, capacity and other institutional issues and mechanisms.
(ii) Poverty reduction and social Impacts assessment, including identification of gender benefits and developing a Gender Action Plan (GAP) for the project.
(iii) Safeguards assessment and development of frameworks and plans for environmental, involuntary resettlement and indigenous people (if applicable).
Project Details
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Project Officer
Mehta, Shinjini
South Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Bhutan -
Modality
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Sector
- Water and other urban infrastructure and services
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| Project Name | Improved Urban Environmental Infrastructure Project | ||||||||
| Project Number | 42229-013 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Bhutan |
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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 |
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| Sector / Subsector | Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services - Urban water supply |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||
| Description | The PPTA will formulate prefeasibility proposals for all physical and non-physical investments in 8 towns. For Batch 1 towns (3 numbers), it will also (a) screen all viable technical options, (b) complete basic engineering designs for selected infrastructure subprojects, and (c) incorporate climate-proofing and water sensitive urban development elements. In addition, the PPTA will cover: (i) Governance assessment of the EA and proposed IAs covering financial management, anticorruption, policy and legal, capacity and other institutional issues and mechanisms. (ii) Poverty reduction and social Impacts assessment, including identification of gender benefits and developing a Gender Action Plan (GAP) for the project. (iii) Safeguards assessment and development of frameworks and plans for environmental, involuntary resettlement and indigenous people (if applicable). |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The project promotes regional balanced growth and those that by supporting investments in secondary towns, which have been excluded in current development activities (especially in the east and central west and southern areas of Bhutan) will directly benefit. The citizens of these towns will directly benefit from better access to affordable basic services through improved safety, reliability and quality of water supply, sanitation, urban roads and stormwater infrastructure (to manage floods). | ||||||||
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Stakeholders include the residents of the proposed towns, relevant central government agencies, local government agencies, community leaders/ representatives and organizations, nongovernmental organizations and donors. Workshops, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were conducted with stakeholders with separate sessions undertaken with the poor and vulnerable groups. Information about the project was provided and discussed in detail during these sessions. Stakeholders priorities for basic infrastructure development were considered and have informed project design. |
| During Project Implementation | Project scoping workshops have been conducted to finalize the towns that will be covered by the project and the scope of the project. The Project Team has agreed with the Government that the following will be taken into consideration in preparing the ensuing loan which is proposed to be approved in 2018: 1. Water and sanitation critical services and priority of the government, especially addressing water security 2. Institutional strengthening and reform at the Ministry, Thromde and Dzongkhag levels to build capacity for future planning, design, implementation and monitoring of projects in the country. 3. Grievance redress mechanisms, promotion of gender equality results and structure of project steering committee for ensuing loan have been discussed and finalized in consultation with the stakeholders. |
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| Consulting Services | A firm has been engaged to undertake the necessary studies for this TA. The firm is composed of 6 international experts and 4 national expert (10 consultants). The consulting firm has been engaged following the quality- and cost- based selection method, with a quality-cost ratio of 90:10 (due to the high complexity of the assignment and the impact of the expected outputs), using full technical proposal procedures. One additional international Project Management Specialist supported the PPTA in finalizing the towns and sub-projects. An international economist has also been engaged to ensure robustness of economic analysis and provide recommendations for ensuring sustainability of the infrastructure to be funded under the ensuing loan. Procurement of all consultancy services used under the PPTA has been carried out in accordance with ADBs Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Mehta, Shinjini |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Urban Development and Water Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Works and Human Settlement (MoWHS) Post Box #278 Thimphu Bhutan |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 12 Dec 2013 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 28 Mar 2018 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 12 Dec 2013 | 09 Jan 2014 | 09 Jan 2014 | 30 Apr 2015 | 31 Dec 2017 | 01 Jun 2018 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 970,128.40 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Improved Urban Environmental Infrastructure Project : Project Data Sheet (Dzongkha Translation) | Translated PDS | Apr 2015 |
| Improved Urban Environmental Infrastructure Project | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Dec 2013 |
| Improved Urban Environmental Infrastructure Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2013 |
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