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| Project Name |
Air Transport Connectivity Enhancement |
| Project Number |
44239-012 |
| Country |
Bhutan |
| Project Status |
Closed |
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance |
Technical Assistance
|
| Source of Funding / Amount |
| TA 7633-BHU: Air Transport Connectivity Enhancement Project (formerly Preparing Domestic Airport Improvement) |
|---|
| Technical Assistance Special Fund |
US$ 600,000.00 |
|
| Strategic Agendas |
Inclusive economic growth
|
| Drivers of Change |
Governance and capacity development
|
| Sector / Subsector |
Transport
- Air transport |
| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming |
No gender elements |
| Description |
The PPTA will identify, formulate, and prepare the proposed Project through a feasibility study which will include preliminary designs; engineering; cost estimates; technical, financial, economic, and socioeconomic analyses; social impact assessment; initial benchmark indicators; and a project administration manual. |
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
The Project will enhance the country's air transport connectivity - improving access to regional and global markets throughout the country and supporting potential tourism development in the less developed regions. |
| Impact |
Prepare the proposed Project on Air Transport Connectivity Enhancement. |
Project Outcome
| Description of Outcome |
tbd |
| Progress Toward Outcome |
|
| Implementation Progress |
|---|
| Description of Project Outputs |
Mainly a feasibility study, which will include preliminary designs and engineering, cost esstimates, technical, financial, economic, and socioeconomic analyses, social impact assessment, study for inital benchmark indicators, and a project administration manual. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) |
|
| Geographical Location |
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Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
| Environmental Aspects |
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| Involuntary Resettlement |
|
| Indigenous Peoples |
|
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation |
|---|
| During Project Design |
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| During Project Implementation |
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Business Opportunities
| Consulting Services |
(1) 14.5 person-months of international inputs with expertise on airport planning, airport engineering, airport operations, ATS and CNS/ATM, transport economics, financial analysis, and civil aviation management; (2) 21 person-months of national inputs with expertise on airport engineering, air transport traffic engineering, ATS and CNS/ATM engineering, cost engineering, social resettlement, and environment. |
Responsible Staff
| Responsible ADB Officer |
Dong Kyu Lee |
| Responsible ADB Department |
South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division |
Transport and Communications Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Information and Communications
Government of Bhutan,
Thimphu, Bhutan
|
Timetable
| Concept Clearance |
05 Nov 2010 |
| Fact Finding |
-
|
| MRM |
-
|
| Approval |
05 Nov 2010 |
| Last Review Mission |
-
|
| PDS Creation Date |
11 Aug 2010 |
| Last PDS Update |
08 Jul 2011 |
TA 7633-BHU
| Milestones |
|---|
| Approval |
Signing Date |
Effectivity Date |
Closing |
| Original |
Revised |
Actual |
| 05 Nov 2010 |
09 Dec 2010 |
09 Dec 2010 |
30 Mar 2012 |
30 Jun 2013 |
-
|
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization |
Cumulative Disbursements |
| ADB |
Cofinancing |
Counterpart |
Total |
Date |
Amount |
| Gov |
Beneficiaries |
Project Sponsor |
Others |
| 600,000.00 |
0.00 |
50,000.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
650,000.00 |
05 Nov 2010 |
573,789.85 |
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Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
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