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UPLANDS IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SECTOR PROJECT, CAMBODIA (ADB LOAN 3289‐ CAM): PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT 9TH QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT April 2018 UPLANDS IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SECTOR PROJECT (UIWRMSP), CAMBODIA (ADB LOAN 3289-CAM): PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANTS 9th QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT April 2018 IN ASSOCIATION WITH PACIFIC RIM INNOVATION AND MANAGEMENT EXPONENTS, INC., PHILIPPINES REVISION HISTORY Authorization Revision No. Date Comments Originated by Checked by Approved by UIWRMSP-01 11/04/2018 Editing/ Ung Kotaro formatting UIWRMSP-02 11/04/2018 Reformatting Jo Ann Ativo Leo Pura UIWRMSP-02 14/04/2018 Final review Abdul Hakeem Khan Elvira Ablaza Elvira Ablaza TABLE OF CONTENTS Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page List of Appendices ................................................................................................................... i List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................... ii I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ............................... 1 II. PROJECT PURPOSE ................................................................................................ 2 III. UTILIZATION OF FUNDS ......................................................................................... 3 IV. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ............................................................................. 8 A. Output 1: Enhanced Efficiency and Climate Resilience of Irrigation Systems ........................................................................................... 8 B. Output 2: Improved Water Resource Management ...................................... 10 C. Project Management .................................................................................... 10 V. ISSUES AND ACTIONS TAKEN ............................................................................. 11 A. Actions Taken on Issues Reported in QPR8, 2017 ...................................... 11 B. Current Issues and Actions Taken ............................................................... 12 VI. ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT QUARTER ................................................................... 12 LIST OF APPENDICES Number Title 1 Project Location Map 2 Design and Monitoring Framework (DMF) 3 List of Awarded Contracts 4 Summary of Disbursements 5 Summary of Expenditures 6 Project Implementation Progress 7 Monitoring/Reporting Form for the Status of Compliance with Loan Covenants 8 Monitoring/Reporting Form for Progress in GAP Implementation 9 Contract Administration Monitor, Taing Krasaing Scheme (CW04) 10 Contract Administration Monitor, Prek Chik Distribution System (CW07 and CW08) 11 Progress of FWUC Formation and Development 12 Quarterly Environmental Progress Report 13 Summary of Consultants’ Mobilization UPLANDS IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SECTOR PROJECT, CAMBODIA (ADB LOAN 3289-CAM): PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ADB Asian Development Bank ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler AH affected household AHS automatic hydromet station AWS automatic weather station BER bid evaluation report CADTIS Cambodians’ Action for Development Consultant Co. Ltd. ch. Chainage DD detailed design DFWUC Department of Farmer Water User Communities EA executing agency EIC environmental impact categorization EMP Environmental Management Plan EMR environmental monitoring report EOI expression of interest F&P framework and procedure FS feasibility study FWUC farmer water user community GAP gender action plan ha hectare IEE initial environmental examination IPC Interim Payment Certificate IR involuntary resettlement JOROP joint reservoir operation JV joint venture km kilometer m meter MAFF Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries mc main canal MOWRAM Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology NGO nongovernmental organization O&M operation and maintenance OCG Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. OKN O Kra Nhak PAM Project Administration Manual PC Prek Chik PDWRAM Provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology PMIC project management and implementation consultant PMU project management unit PPMS project performance management system PRC Procurement Review Committee PRIMEX Pacific Rim Innovation and Management Exponents, Inc. QPR7 Seventh Quarterly Progress Report QPR8 Eighth Quarterly Progress Report RGC Royal Government of Cambodia SC secondary canal SDR Special Drawing Rights TC tertiary canal TK Taing Krasaing TNA training needs assessment TOT training of trainers UIWRMSP Uplands Irrigation and Water Resources Management Sector Project VO variation order UPLANDS IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SECTOR PROJECT, CAMBODIA (ADB LOAN 3289-CAM): PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT MAIN TEXT NINTH QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT Page 1 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS 1. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), through the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM) as the executing agency (EA), has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the implementation of the Uplands Irrigation and Water Resources Management Sector Project (UIWRMSP) (ADB Loan 3289-CAM). The project will enhance agriculture and rural economic productivity through increased efficiency and climate resiliency of irrigation systems and improved management of water resources in the upland areas of Kampong Thom and Battambang provinces. The total project cost is about US$ 66.12 million financed through an ADB loan of US$60 million1 equivalent from Special Drawing Rights (SDR) 43,121,0002 and government counterpart of about US$6.12 million. The location of the project area and targeted irrigation systems is in Appendix 1. 2. To provide the required project management and implementation consultants (PMICs) services to MOWRAM, project management unit (PMU), and the Provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology (PDWRAMs) of Kampong Thom and Battambang, MOWRAM engaged the services of Pacific Rim Innovation and Management Exponents, Inc. (PRIMEX), Philippines in Joint Venture (JV) with Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd (OCG), Japan and in association with Cambodians’ Action for Development Consultant Co. Ltd. (CADTIS), Cambodia through a contract signed on 29 January 2016. The team of consultants was mobilized on 15 February 2016. 3. As of 31 March 2018, the contracts awarded amounted to US$46.167 million (or 76.94% of the loan amount), while a cumulative expenditure of US$30.356 million (about 98.12% of total disbursement) was incurred. (The advance payment to the contractor is not considered as expenditure.) Six out of seven contracts have been awarded (CW02 was officially dropped), and the physical progress of works stands at about 69.58%, while the time elapsed from the effective date is 38.91%. Most of the project works are ahead of their scheduled targets. 4. The contract for Taing Krasaing (TK) (CW01) and Chroab (CW03) are fully completed and the Korkoah distribution system (CW04) is 87.70% done, including VO1, without time extension. Prek Chik (PC) main canal (CW-06) was completed in August 2017, and the defects liability period will last until August 2018. PC Package 1 (CW07) is 60.24% complete, and PC Package 2 (CW08) is about 75% complete. The results of the evaluation of bids for the Okra Nhak scheme (CW05) are being reviewed by the Procurement Review Committee (PRC). A new non-core subproject (NCSP) in PC Package 3, viz., Improvement of O Tra Cheak Chit Reservoir (MOWRAM/ICB-CW09) in Battambang (BTB) Province, was officially approved through an updated and revised Procurement Plan.3 The topographic survey proposal for the detailed design (DD) of the new subproject has been submitted to ADB for review and approval. The Model Interim Report of the Study on the Joint Reservoir Operation (JOROP) of TK and Stung Chinit (SC) has been prepared and submitted to PMU, to be followed by field testing and training in the following quarter. 5. The work plan for farmer water user community (FWUC) formation has been revised, with target completion in May 2018. The Project Management Implementation Consultant (PMIC) and the MOWRAM Farmer Water User Community (FWUC) Department teams have met farmers and local authorities, who benefit from irrigation systems, to discuss the following: (i) election of the Sub-Group of FWUCs (FWUSGs) and Group of FWUCs (FWUGs); (ii) FWUC 1 ADB. 2015. Project Administration Manual (PAM). Kingdom of Cambodia: Upland Irrigation and Water Resources Management Sector Project. September 2015. 2 Loan Agreement between ADB and the Royal Government of Cambodia, Upland Irrigation and Water Resources Management Sector Project, 10 November 2015. 3 The NOL from ADB was issued on 21 November 2017. UPLANDS IRRIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SECTOR PROJECT, CAMBODIA (ADB LOAN 3289-CAM): PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT NINTH QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT Page 2 statute; and (iii) training of FWUCs on their responsibilities and how to develop a five-year work plan and record the land areas of target farmers. The Draft Tripartite Agreement for the TK irrigation system has been submitted to PMU and ADB for review and approval. 6. New goods contracts packages have been approved via the approved Updated Procurement Plan. These are: (i) Goods Contract No. PMU-ESM-01 (Equipment for Stream Flow Measurement for the Development of Rating Curve);