Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project : Cambodia

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Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project : Cambodia

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Loan Name

Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project

Country

Cambodia

Project Number

41435- 01

Fund Source/Amount[Proposed]

Asian Development Fund

US$3.40 million

Thematic Classification

Social Development
Capacity Development

Project Rationale

To accelerate the pace of development and to deepen the impacts of the past investment and technical assistance projects, the Project will support strengthening community-driven development, and enhance household production and income, and access to technology, market and improve essential access to rural credit.

Impact

The impact of the Project will be to improve the livelihoods of approximately 630,000 households in four provinces (Banteay Meanchey, Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, and Siem Reap) in the Tonle Sap basin by 2020.

Outcome

The outcome of the Project will be increased agricultural productivity and improved access to markets in 196 communes in 28 districts of four provinces in the Tonle Sap basin. This will be the result of better rural infrastructure, improved agricultural support and rural financial services, greater diversification of household economic activities, and the creation of on- and off-farm livelihood opportunities. The Project communes, identified in accordance with the selection criteria (Supplementary Appendix C), are less developed, but have potential for growth and diversification

Outputs

The Project will assist the Government in (i) developing rural infrastructure to support agricultural productivity, market access, and improvements in the quality of life in rural communities; (ii) strengthening rural financial services for resource poor smallholder farmers; (iii) improving agricultural support services, including research, extension, and information delivery services to support higher agricultural productivity by smallholder farmers; (iv) developing appropriate policies and regulations to support smallholder farming communities; and (v) implementing effective project management that enables project completion on time and within the agreed budget. The first three outputs make up the commune development component.

Geographical Location

Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham

Safeguard Categories

Environment

Resettlement

B/C

Indigenous People

Stakeholder Participation and Consultation

During Project Design

Sixty participatory consultations/workshops were held during project preparation process at central, provincial, district and commune level. Stakeholder participation and consultation during implementation will continue through seminar, workshop and consultation meetings at the grassroots. Furthermore, stakeholders will be involved in participatory evaluation of the project

Procurement

Consulting Services

The Project will require a total of 718 person-months (pm) of consulting services, including 44 pm of international consultants, and 656 pm of national consultants for project management and expert services. For Component 2, to improve the policy and regulatory environment, the consulting services are required for (i) implementation of the Land Law and strengthening of the cadastral commission; (ii) drafting New Laws for Animal Health and Production; (iii) drafting Laws and Prakas for fishery development, conservation and quality control; (iv) implementation of Forestry Law; and (v) implementation of the Water Law. Additional support will be provided for Capacity Develoopment with consulting services required for (i) establishing quarantine, quality control, food safety, standards and regulations; and (ii) establishing framework for integrated rural development. For Component 3 - Project Implementation, the following consultants are required: Team Leader, Microfinance Specialist, ICT Specialist, Agronomist, Social Development Specialist, Procurement and Financial Management Specialist, and a D&D Specialist. The consultants will be recruited through a variety of methods, including through a firm following the quality-and cost-based selection (QCBS) process, with a 90:10 quality-cost ratio due to the specialized nature of the Project and in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. Individual consultants may be recruited for special studies if required by the Project. A total of 3 pm international and 18 pm of national consulting are envisaged as individual specialists.

Civil Works/Goods

Goods and works financed partly or wholly by ADB will be procured in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines. Equipment to be procured under the Project will consist primarily of office and training equipment, bicycles, motorbikes, utility vehicles, and minor construction equipment and tools. No contract package is expected to exceed $500,000 and international competitive bidding is not envisaged under the Project. Each contract costing between $100,000 and $500,000 will be awarded through national competitive bidding. Minor equipment and materials costing less than $100,000 will be procured through shopping.

Individual works contracts under Component 1.3 using the CDF will not exceed $20,000 and may be awarded to contractors selected through shopping or direct contracting. Work contracts under the CDF may also be awarded to community groups following procedures for community participation in procurement in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines.

Civil works for Component 1, such as small water schemes, roads, markets, storage, fish pond, water supply and sanitation, and small village works, that cost less than $500,000 will be procured through local competitive bidding procedures acceptable to ADB. Individual works contracts not exceeding $20,000 may be awarded to contractors selected through local shopping or direct contracting. Work contracts may also be awarded to community groups following procedures for community participation in procurement in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines.

Responsible ADB Officer

Ian William Makin

Responsible ADB Department

Southeast Asia Department

Responsible ADB Division

Agriculture, Environment & Natural Resources Division, SERD

Concept Clearance

06 Feb 2009

Fact-finding

18 May 2009 to 27 May 2009

Appraisal

31 Aug 2009 to 11 Sep 2009