Regional: Project Readiness Support for the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Sector in Central and West Asia
The regional knowledge and support TA will help improve readiness of projects during the processing and initial implementation stages for projects under the agriculture, natural resources and rural development (ANR) sector in developing member countries (DMCs) of the Central and West Asia Department (CWRD). The TA will support Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan which have significant pipeline and ongoing projects of the sector. The TA will also cover Azerbaijan and Georgia which are either new to or have not been active in the ANR sector projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Project Details
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Project Officer
Totsuka, Natsuko
Central and West Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Regional -
Sector
- Agriculture, natural resources and rural development
| Project Name | Project Readiness Support for the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Sector in Central and West Asia | ||||||||
| Project Number | 54417-001 | ||||||||
| Country / Economy | Regional Afghanistan Azerbaijan Georgia Kyrgyz Republic Pakistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Environmentally sustainable growth Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Agriculture, natural resources and rural development / Agricultural production - Irrigation - Rural water policy, institutional and capacity development |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | No gender elements | ||||||||
| Description | The regional knowledge and support TA will help improve readiness of projects during the processing and initial implementation stages for projects under the agriculture, natural resources and rural development (ANR) sector in developing member countries (DMCs) of the Central and West Asia Department (CWRD). The TA will support Afghanistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan which have significant pipeline and ongoing projects of the sector. The TA will also cover Azerbaijan and Georgia which are either new to or have not been active in the ANR sector projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). | ||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | High readiness is key to satisfactory project implementation performance. The readiness includes the preparedness in procurement, project management consultant recruitment, executing agency's human resources at project implementation units (PIUs) and safeguard actions. These are also closely interrelated to each other. | ||||||||
| Impact | Executing Agencies' project readiness and implementation capacity improved | ||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Procurement and resettlement delays of the ANR sector project in CWRD countries reduced |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Procurement readiness of the CWRD ANR sector projects improved Safeguards preparedness of the CWRD ANR sector projects improved Project management system established before the project effectiveness |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Afghanistan - Nation-wide; Azerbaijan - Nation-wide; Georgia - Nation-wide; Kyrgyz Republic - Nation-wide; Pakistan - Nation-wide; Tajikistan - Nation-wide; Uzbekistan - Nation-wide |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | |
| Involuntary Resettlement | |
| Indigenous Peoples | |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| During Project Implementation | |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Seven international and national individual consultant positions with total 21 person-months will be recruited and will provide intermittent services. The individual consultant selection will allow flexible intermittent short inputs by responding to DMCs' needs according to the actual progress of project processing and implementation. ADB will engage the consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff instructions. |
| Procurement | not applicable |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Totsuka, Natsuko |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | 01 Dec 2020 to 08 Dec 2020 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 16 Dec 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 22 Dec 2020 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 16 Dec 2020 | - | 16 Dec 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 | |||||
| 450,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 450,000.00 | 01 Apr 2022 | 43,730.67 |
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