Regional : Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management

Sovereign Project | 52014-001

The technical assistance aims to strengthen the design and implementation of Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) solutions, enhancing knowledge and application of IFRM strategies in DMCs. The TA will provide targeted technical support for program and project preparation and promote more holistic IFRM solutions, including basin-scale and nature-based solutions.

It is composed of 3 outputs: (1) knowledge to implement IFRM projects enhanced; (2) evaluations of DMC flood risk management and investment strategies conducted; and (3) IFRM concepts integrated into ADB investments.

Project Details

  • Project Officer
    Wilson, Geoffrey
    Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
    Request for information
  • Country/Economy
    Regional
  • Sector
    • Water and other urban infrastructure and services
Project Name Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management
Project Number 52014-001
Country / Economy Regional
Bangladesh
India
Indonesia
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Viet Nam
Project Status Closed
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 9634-REG: Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management
Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility US$ 3.00 million
TA 9634-REG: Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management
High Level Technology Fund US$ 60,000.00
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 75,000.00
Strategic Agendas Environmentally sustainable growth
Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Sector / Subsector

Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Land-based natural resources management - Rural flood protection - Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development - Water-based natural resources management

Water and other urban infrastructure and services / Urban flood protection - Urban policy, institutional and capacity development

Gender Some gender elements
Description

The technical assistance aims to strengthen the design and implementation of Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) solutions, enhancing knowledge and application of IFRM strategies in DMCs. The TA will provide targeted technical support for program and project preparation and promote more holistic IFRM solutions, including basin-scale and nature-based solutions.

It is composed of 3 outputs: (1) knowledge to implement IFRM projects enhanced; (2) evaluations of DMC flood risk management and investment strategies conducted; and (3) IFRM concepts integrated into ADB investments.

Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy

The Asia Pacific region faces increasing risks from water-related disasters such as floods, droughts and storms. In 2016 alone, Asia reported losses worth $87 billion from disasters of which many are flood-related. Increasingly frequent and severe floods have caused significant loss of life and damage due to rapid economic growth and urbanization along rivers and coastal areas.

Flood mitigation civil works have been the primary focus of flood risk management with an emphasis on evacuating flood water as quickly as possible or storing it temporarily. However, it is increasingly recognized that piecemeal approaches are not the best flood risk management solutions since they can create inequalities, contribute to ecological degradation, and may be inflexible.

A more comprehensive and integrated approach, taking a basin-wide or catchment perspective that may include nature-based and other soft approaches to maximize net benefits from the use of flood plains is rapidly gaining acceptance among flood management professionals. Such approach incorporates social, economic, financial, environmental, legal and institutional aspects, as well as engineering and emergency response requirements.

Impact

Flood Risks and Impacts in selected DMCs Reduced

Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

Use of innovative integrated flood risk management (IFRM) solutions increased

Progress Toward Outcome
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Knowledge to implement IFRM projects enhanced

Evaluations of DMC flood risk management and and investment strategies conducted

IFRM concepts integrated into ADB investments

Knowledge to mainstream climate change and climate resilience enhanced

Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues)

Output 1: Knowledge to implement integrated flood risk management projects enhanced. Eight technical notes have been drafted and the first Practical Guide to IFRM is being finalized. In-country engagement activities and the first IFRM workshop were conducted, attended by 108 participants of whom 43% are women. Of those surveyed, 100% of participants indicated willingness to adopt innovative IFRM in their respective agencies.

Output 2: Evaluations of developing member country flood risk management and investment strategies conducted. Preliminary sector analysis work has been completed for all eight DMCs. One detailed sector assessment (Nepal) has been produced and analytical work has begun in six DMCs. Preliminary considerations of interventions have been concluded for all eight DMCs while detailed work has begun in India, Indonesia, and Nepal.

Output 3: Integrated flood risk management concepts integrated into Asian Development Bank investments. Five projects have been assisted as follows (i) Loan 3394-India: Climate Adaptation in Vennar Subbasin in Cauvery Delta Project; (ii) Loan, Grant and TA 52195-001-Nepal: Priority River Basins Flood Risk Management Project; (iii) Loan 54097-001-Pakistan: Proposed Sindh Coastal Resilience Project; (iv) Loan 53275-001-Viet Nam: Climate Adaptive Integrated Flood Risk Management Project and (v) Loan and TA 51294-Philippines: Integrated Flood Risk Management Sector Project.

Output 4: Knowledge to mainstream climate change and climate resilience enhanced. Steps have been taken to initiate the development of the knowledge product.

Geographical Location Bangladesh - Nation-wide; India - Nation-wide; Indonesia - Nation-wide; Myanmar - Nation-wide; Nepal - Nation-wide; Pakistan - Nation-wide; Philippines - Nation-wide; Viet Nam - Nation-wide
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 A multidisciplinary team of international and local consultants will be recruited. The consultants will be recruited through a firm using a full technical proposal 90-10 quality-cost based selection. ADB will engage the consultants and manage procurement following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated Project Administration and Technical Staff Instructions. Selected individual consultants will be engaged separately
Responsible ADB Officer Wilson, Geoffrey
Responsible ADB Department Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Responsible ADB Division Water Sector Group
Executing Agencies
Asian Development Bank
Timetable
Concept Clearance 22 May 2018
Fact Finding -
MRM -
Approval 05 Nov 2018
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 03 Dec 2020

TA 9634-REG

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
05 Nov 2018 - 05 Nov 2018 31 Mar 2021 01 Jul 2022 22 Aug 2022
Financing Plan/TA Utilization Cumulative Disbursements
ADB Cofinancing Counterpart Total Date Amount
Gov Beneficiaries Project Sponsor Others
75,000.00 3,060,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,135,000.00 06 Sep 2022 2,995,125.98

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Title Document Type Document Date
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Technical Assistance Completion Report TA Completion Reports Mar 2023
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Integrated Flood Risk Management - Practitioner’s Guide Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Dec 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Technical Note on Safeguard Considerations in ADB Flood Risk Management Projects Consultant’s Report Consultants' Reports Jun 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: A Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management Economics Consultant’s Report Consultants' Reports Jun 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: A Practical Guide to Integrated Flood Risk Management Consultant’s Report Consultants' Reports Jun 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Technical Note on Gender and Social Inclusion Dimensions of Vulnerability Consultants' Reports Jun 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Guide to Insurance Consultant’s Report Consultants' Reports May 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Indonesia Sector Assessment - Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Pakistan Sector Assessment - Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Integrated Flood Risk Management Sector Assessments Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Viet Nam Sector Assessment - Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Philippines Sector Assessment - Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Bangladesh Sector Assessment - Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Nepal Sector Assessment - Consultant's Report Consultants' Reports Apr 2022
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Technical Note on Economic Analysis of Flood Forecasting and Early Warning Systems Consultant’s Report Consultants' Reports Sep 2021
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Managing Uncertainty in Integrated Flood Risk Management Using Dynamic Adaptive Pathways Planning Consultants' Reports Jun 2021
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Nepal Flood Risk Sector Assessment Documents Produced Under Grant/Loans/TA Nov 2019
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management: Technical Assistance Report Technical Assistance Reports Nov 2018

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Tenders

Tender Title Type Status Posting Date Deadline
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety(Water Resources Economist) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety(Institutional/legal water resources) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety (Dam Safety) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety (Water Related DRM) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety (WRM Asst 1) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety (WRM Asst 2) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety (Water Resources) Individual - Consulting Closed
Development of Viet Nam National Scheme on Water Security and Dam Safety (Team Leader) Individual - Consulting Closed
Sindh Coastal Resilience Project Individual - Consulting Closed
Water Resilience and Climate Change Individual - Consulting Closed
Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management - International Firm Firm - Consulting Closed

Contracts Awarded

Contract Title Approval Number Contract Date Contractor | Address Executing Agency Total Contract Amount (US$) Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$)
Capacity Development Technical Assistance 9634 01 Feb 2019 LANDELL MILLS LIMITED (UNITED KINGDOM) in association with Jeremy Benn Associates Limited (UNITED KINGDOM) | BRYER ASH BUSINESS PARK BRADFORD ROAD, TROWBRIDGE WILTSHIRE BA14 8HE, UNITED KINGDOM Asian Development Bank 2,499,995.00

Procurement Plan

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