Mongolia : Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas
The Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas project aims to demonstrate interventions that improve the accessibility, safety, security, and quality of transport services along the
Project Details
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Project Officer
Stapleton, Rebecca
East Asia Department
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- Transport
| Project Name | Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas | ||||||||
| Project Number | 52374-001 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Mongolia |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Grant Technical Assistance |
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| Operational Priorities | OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP4: Making cities more livable OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity |
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| Sector / Subsector | Transport / Urban public transport |
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| Gender | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||||||
| Description | The Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas project aims to demonstrate interventions that improve the accessibility, safety, security, and quality of transport services along the Chingeltei street corridor in the ger areas of Ulaanbaatar city through three outputs: (i) public transport access, facilities and service in Chingeltei corridor improved; (ii) pedestrian safety facilities and residents' safety awareness along Chingeltei street enhanced; and (iii) community-led behavior change and community engagement enhanced. The project has strong pro-poor, socially inclusive, and gender-sensitive features. The project will directly benefit 12,104 females and 11,540 males, of which 7,336 are children, and 454 are persons with disabilities (PWDs) in two Khoroos (districts) in the ger areas. The project will have wider impacts through the demonstration of solutions to improve safety, accessibility and quality of public transport services, and improving road safety, which can be replicated in other transport corridors in Ulaanbaatar. The pilot has been designed to be replicable in other precincts by the government. A human-centered design (HCD) approach involving active participation of users has been adopted for project concept design and will continue throughout detailed design and implementation. |
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| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Mongolia has experienced rapid urbanization since its transition to a market-based economy in 1991. Ulaanbaatar's population has grown from 794,730 in 2000 to 1.24 million in 2010, reaching about 1.46 million in 2018. Growth has largely been a result of in-country-migration from the countryside to informal settlements on the city periphery, creating vast, unplanned, periurban areas known as the ger areas, which extend around Ulaanbaatar. These ger districts are home to an estimated 850,000 people as of 2018, representing about 60% of Ulaanbaatar city's population. Poverty in Ulaanbaatar is highest in the ger areas. A citywide survey of Ulaanbaatar carried out by the World Bank in 2014 found that the average household income in fringe and middle ger areas was about half that of the households living outside the ger areas. The ger areas are characterized by low-density, low- and medium-income households. Many plots cannot be reached by municipal services; most roads are unpaved, and infrastructure is poor or nonexistent. Even where there are paved roads in the ger districts, road safety elements such as signs, signals, speed bumps, pedestrian crossings, and footpaths are rarely provided, resulting in unsafe or difficult journeys for residents. This severely limits access to transportation and the mobility of residents in the ger areas, exacerbating poverty and inequality. To illustrate measures to improve transport services in ger areas, a demonstration corridor has been selected in Chingeltei district. The selected corridor is 5.1 kilometers (km) along Chingeltei street and passes through Khoroo 17 and 18. 4 This corridor was selected in coordination with the Public Transport Service Department (PTSD) and the Governor's Office of Capital City (GOCC) in line with the Ulaanbaatar City Masterplan, due to the prevalence of PWDs using public transport in the area, complex terrain, road safety issues particularly for children, high public transport ridership, and its vicinity to the Chingeltei subcenter development under the Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas Development Investment Program (GADIP). Improving transport services in the vicinity of this subcenter, which includes a business incubator and a kindergarten, will improve access to essential services for residents. |
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| Impact | Access to safe and comfortable transport services that meet customers' demand improved |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Improved quality and safety of and access to public transport services for residents in ger areas demonstrated |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Public transport access, facilities and services in Chingeltei corridor improved Pedestrian safety facilities and residents'' safety awareness along Chingeltei street enhanced Community-led behavior change and community engagement enhanced |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | Initial meetings with stakeholders have been conducted. Detailed design for the construction of bus stops will be approved by Construction Development Center Construction by November 2022. Construction along Chingeltei corridor commenced on 13 September 2022 with laying of asphalt together with the construction of pedestrian facilities. Preliminary training of police for road safety has been conducted. Advertisement for the installation of fiber optic cables has started on 16 September 2022. |
| Geographical Location | Chingeltei |
| Safeguard Categories | |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | The proposed grant project was categorized 'B for environment. Due to the nature and scale of the project, it is not expected to cause significant environmental impact. The potential environmental impacts are mainly during construction and are reversible in nature. An initial environmental examination including an environmental management plan was prepared and will become an integral part of works and goods contracts. Meaningful public consultations have been conducted and a joint social and environment grievance redress mechanism will be established. A climate risk assessment study has been conducted, and the findings will be integrated in the project design. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | Due diligence has confirmed that the project will not require any land acquisition or involuntary resettlement since civil works are restricted to existing bus bays and footpaths. No legacy issues were identified with respect to land acquisition and resettlement. The engineering design deliberately avoids any land acquisition and resettlement impact. ADB social safeguard requirements were discussed with the executing and implementing agencies, who confirmed their commitment to avoid any impacts. A resettlement framework has been prepared in case unforeseen impacts arise during project implementation. Due diligence has also confirmed the absence of any vulnerable ethnic minorities in the project area. |
| Indigenous Peoples | Indigenous peoples (category C). A resettlement framework has been prepared in case unforeseen impacts arise during project implementation. Due diligence has also confirmed the absence of any vulnerable ethnic minorities in the project area. |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | To support the project outputs, a comprehensive participation and communication strategy was developed. The strategy (i) identifies the key stakeholders and audiences for the project and describes their key behavioral profiles; (ii) describes their inputs in strengthening the project's design and how their engagement can be sustained throughout the project; (iii) describes communication objectives, target audiences, and specific communication approaches per audience; (iv) describes the innovation features that combine the use of ICT, HCD, and stakeholder participation; and (v) describes the implementing arrangements to roll out the strategy. The strategy also includes a knowledge management framework to document and disseminate processes and interventions introduced by the project. |
| During Project Implementation | The project will be monitored by the project officers assigned within East Asia Sustainable Infrastructure Division and Mongolia Resident Mission. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Procurement, including consulting services, to be financed by the grant will follow the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time). Grant proceeds will be disbursed in line with ADB's Loan Disbursement Handbook (2017, as amended from time to time). |
| Procurement | Procurement, including consulting services, to be financed by the grant will follow the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time). Grant proceeds will be disbursed in line with ADB's Loan Disbursement Handbook (2017, as amended from time to time). |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Stapleton, Rebecca |
| Responsible ADB Department | East Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | EASI |
| Executing Agencies |
Ulaanbaatar Municipal Government |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 11 Apr 2019 |
| Fact Finding | 27 Jun 2019 to 05 Jul 2019 |
| MRM | 02 Sep 2019 |
| Approval | 10 Dec 2019 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 22 Sep 2022 |
Grant 9204-MON
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 10 Dec 2019 | 19 May 2020 | 12 Aug 2020 | 30 Jun 2024 | - | - |
| Financing Plan | Grant Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 2.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 0.00 | 19 Apr 2023 | 0.00 | 1.53 | 77% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 2.00 | 19 Apr 2023 | 0.00 | 1.51 | 76% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
TA 9906-MON
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 10 Dec 2019 | 09 Jan 2020 | 09 Jan 2020 | 31 Dec 2023 | - | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 19 Apr 2023 | 103,866.03 |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas: Environmental Monitoring Report (January-June 2022) | Environmental Monitoring Reports | Apr 2023 |
| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas: Environmental Monitoring Report (January-June 2021) | Environmental Monitoring Reports | Nov 2022 |
| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas: Initial Environmental Examination | Initial Environmental Examination | Sep 2019 |
| Гэр хорооллын тээврийн үйлчилгээг сайжруулах нь: Нүүлгэн шилжүүлэлтийн хүрээ | Resettlement Frameworks | Aug 2019 |
| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas: Environmental Management Plan | Environmental Management Plans | Aug 2019 |
| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas: Due Diligence and Resettlement Framework | Resettlement Frameworks | Aug 2019 |
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Making Transport Accessible for All in Ulaanbaatar
We listen first-hand to the stories of road users in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as they navigate the challenges of their daily commute – from using roads and tricky walkways to taking buses.ADB, Mongolia Sign Grant to Improve Transport Services in Ger Areas
ADB and the Government of Mongolia signed a $2 million grant to improve the accessibility, safety, security, and quality of transport services along the Chingeltei street corridor in the ger areas of Ulaanbaatar city.
Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Public Transport Database | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Public Transport Service Improvement - Driver and Technical Handbooks | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas - Project Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Social and Behavior Change Communication Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Behavior Change Communication Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Detailed engineering design | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Road and pedestrian safety | Firm - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Address | Executing Agency | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| Capacity Development Technical Assistance | Technical Assistance 9906 | 24 Jun 2022 | Infocon Co., Ltd. (MONGOLIA) | Baga Toiruu 49, National Information Technology Park #308 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar Municipal Government | 159,900.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Improving Transport Services in Ger Areas: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Feb 2023 |