Regional : Second Greater Mekong Subregion Corridor Towns Development Project

Sovereign Project | 46443-001

The proposed project preparatory technical assistance (TA) is required to establish the basis for the proposed investments and capacity building activities for the proposed project. Many corridor towns in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are finding that their existing infrastructure and public services cannot already cope with the increasing demands of the growing local population and development needs of emerging economic activities. As a result, these towns face severe environmental problems due to capacity constraints in providing adequate potable water supply, sanitation, drainage and flood control, and solid waste management services. This is further aggravated with the absence of land use planning and management regulatory frameworks causing haphazard development.

Project Details

  • Project Officer
    Kamal, Sameer A.
    Southeast Asia Department
    Request for information
  • Country/Economy
    Regional
  • Modality
  • Sector
    • Water and other urban infrastructure and services

Related Projects

Project Name Second Greater Mekong Subregion Corridor Towns Development Project
Project Number 46443-001
Country / Economy Regional
Project Status Closed
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 8425-REG: Second Greater Mekong Subregion Corridor Towns Development Project
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 1.50 million
People's Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund US$ 500,000.00
Integrated Disaster Risk Management Fund US$ 385,000.00
Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth
Inclusive economic growth
Regional integration
Drivers of Change Governance and capacity development
Sector / Subsector

Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Other urban services - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development - Urban solid waste management
Gender
Description

The proposed project preparatory technical assistance (TA) is required to establish the basis for the proposed investments and capacity building activities for the proposed project. Many corridor towns in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are finding that their existing infrastructure and public services cannot already cope with the increasing demands of the growing local population and development needs of emerging economic activities. As a result, these towns face severe environmental problems due to capacity constraints in providing adequate potable water supply, sanitation, drainage and flood control, and solid waste management services. This is further aggravated with the absence of land use planning and management regulatory frameworks causing haphazard development. As traffic and trade movement increases along the GMS corridors with the improved infrastructure linkages, there is therefore an urgent need to develop and/or upgrade public services in the small and medium towns along the corridors, and strengthen the capacities of these towns to manage future development in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy The proposed Second Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Corridor Towns Development Project (the Project) represents a new phase of the ongoing GMS corridor towns development initiative. This Project will be implemented in six to seven towns in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam during 2016 to 2020, including activities for institutional capacity building on the management of public investments, livelihood support, and developing climate resilience for small and medium towns. The participating GMS countries have requested expanded support for additional strategic towns (i.e. border towns, towns with special growth prospects like export processing zones and tourism) to strengthen regional integration. The focus on corridor town development is a development approach that will maximize the economic benefits of increased trade and traffic flows along the major transport corridors in the GMS with the expected positive impacts resulting from accelerated investments in strategically located towns and cities, and added value on economic growth through development oriented on green growth and climate resilience. The objective is to strengthen competitiveness of the GMS economic corridors through (i) environmental infrastructure (for instance water supply; waste water treatment; waste management; flood control; or urban roads); (ii) more efficient trade facilities (markets); and (iii) supply chain logistics services (for instance dry ports) in strategically located towns.
Impact
Project Outcome
Description of Outcome
Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)
Geographical Location Regional
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design
During Project Implementation
Business Opportunities
Consulting Services To be determined.
Responsible ADB Officer Kamal, Sameer A.
Responsible ADB Department Southeast Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division Urban Development and Water Division, SERD
Executing Agencies
Bac Giang Provincial People's Committee
Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Timetable
Concept Clearance -
Fact Finding -
MRM -
Approval 13 Aug 2013
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 27 Mar 2013

TA 8425-REG

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
13 Aug 2013 16 Jan 2014 16 Jan 2014 30 Jun 2016 30 Jun 2017 02 Nov 2017
Financing Plan/TA Utilization Cumulative Disbursements
ADB Cofinancing Counterpart Total Date Amount
Gov Beneficiaries Project Sponsor Others
1,500,000.00 885,000.00 300,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,685,000.00 17 Jun 2022 2,291,390.24

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Title Document Type Document Date
Cambodia - Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project, Kampot Subproject: Resettlement Plan Resettlement Plans Aug 2015
Viet Nam - Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project, Bac Giang, Mong Cai, and Sa Pa Towns: Combined Initial Environmental Examination (August 2015) and Environmental Management Plans (June 2015) Initial Environmental Examination Aug 2015
Lao PDR - Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project, Houayxay and Luang Namtha Towns: Combined Initial Environmental Examination (August 2015) and Environmental Management Plans (June 2015) Initial Environmental Examination Aug 2015
Cambodia - Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project, Kampot and Sihanoukville Towns: Combined Initial Environmental Examination (August 2015) and Environmental Management Plans (June 2015) Initial Environmental Examination Aug 2015
Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project: Houayxay Subproject Resettlement Plan Resettlement Plans Jun 2015
Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project: Luang Namtha Subproject Resettlement Plan Resettlement Plans Jun 2015

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Tenders

Tender Title Type Status Posting Date Deadline
National Social Safeguards Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed
1. International Resettlement and Compensation Specialist Individual - Consulting Closed

Contracts Awarded

Contract Title Approval Number Contract Date Contractor | Address Executing Agency Total Contract Amount (US$) Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$)
Project Preparatory Technical Assistance 8425 07 Jun 2016 International Centre for Environmental Management (Australia) in association with ICEM Asia Limited (Hong Kong, China) | 70 Blackstone Street Indooroopilly, Brisbane Queensland 4068 Australia Ministry of Public Works and Transport 379,476.00 —

Procurement Plan

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