Bhutan : Urban Infrastructure Project
The proposed Project follows the ongoing Urban Infrastructure Development Project (UIDP). The Government requested the urgent preparation of the proposed Project to ensure sustainable urban development in its two largest cities (Phuentsholing and Thimphu) and two large towns (Samdrup Jongkhar and Nanglam). The main basis for urban infrastructure investment are the Government's Structure Plan and Local Area Plan (LAP). These LAPs prioritize urban infrastructure requirements and provide tentative costs. The priority urban infrastructure identified by the LAPs require further technical, economic, financial, governance, poverty and social, and safeguards due diligence. Urban infrastructure should also integrate consultation, participation and awareness among beneficiaries; required capacity building for operations and maintenance; and further integrated urban planning. These warrant the project preparation technical assistance (PPTA).
Project Details
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Project Officer
Barba, Ricardo Carlos
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 | Urban Infrastructure Project | ||||
| Project Number | 44240-012 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Bhutan |
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector |
Transport / Urban roads and traffic management Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban flood protection - Urban sanitation - Urban sewerage - Urban water supply |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | |||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The proposed Project follows the ongoing Urban Infrastructure Development Project (UIDP). The Government requested the urgent preparation of the proposed Project to ensure sustainable urban development in its two largest cities (Phuentsholing and Thimphu) and two large towns (Samdrup Jongkhar and Nanglam). The main basis for urban infrastructure investment are the Government's Structure Plan and Local Area Plan (LAP). These LAPs prioritize urban infrastructure requirements and provide tentative costs. The priority urban infrastructure identified by the LAPs require further technical, economic, financial, governance, poverty and social, and safeguards due diligence. Urban infrastructure should also integrate consultation, participation and awareness among beneficiaries; required capacity building for operations and maintenance; and further integrated urban planning. These warrant the project preparation technical assistance (PPTA). | ||||
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| Description of Project Outputs | tbd |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| During Project Implementation | International Institutional Development/Sector Specialist moblized in January 2011. The contract with a team of international and national consultants through a firm was signed on 27 May 2011, and experts were mobilized in June 2011. TA inception mission fielded in July 2011. |
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| Consulting Services | The Ministry of Works and Human Settlements (MOWHS) will be the executing agency for the PPTA, and will appoint a technical assistance director. The consultants will work closely with MOWHS including the existing project management unit under MOWHS' Department of Urban Development and Engineering Services and the two existing project implementation units in the Phuentsholing City Corporation and Thimphu City Corporation. The Project Steering Committee (PSC) for UIDP will serve as the proposed Project's PSC. The Government will provide (i) all relevant documents, data, statistics, information, and maps that are available at the disposal of the Government; (ii) appropriate and qualified counterpart staff, including their field per diem and field transportation; (iii) vehicles for PPTA consultants fieldwork outside Thimphu; (iv) TA director from the executing agency, to be assigned before consultants' mobilization; (v) office accommodations and equipment, including desks and chairs, and local communications; (vi) logistical assistance for workshops and seminars, including the venue, and identifying and inviting participants; and (vii) utility costs. The Government will ensure that counterpart staff, particularly designated engineers from the executing and implementing agencies work with consultants full-time in the selection and design of subprojects (pre-feasibility stage). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Barba, Ricardo Carlos |
| 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 |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | 14 Sep 2010 to 16 Sep 2010 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 29 Oct 2010 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 01 Aug 2011 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 29 Oct 2010 | 10 Dec 2010 | 10 Dec 2010 | 30 Oct 2011 | - | 30 Jun 2012 |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 100,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 700,000.00 | 17 Jun 2022 | 552,869.64 |
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| Urban Infrastructure Project | Project/Program Completion Reports | Jul 2003 |
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