PHI: Southern Leyte Landslide Disaster Assistance Project (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction)
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Implementation Completion Memorandum Project Number: 40217 Grant Number: 9102-PHI November 2009 PHI: Southern Leyte Landslide Disaster Assistance Project (Financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) 1 JAPAN FUND FOR POVERTY REDUCTION (JFPR) IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION MEMORANDUM (ICM) I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. JFPR Number and Name of Grant: JFPR 9102-PHI: Southern Leyte Landslide Disaster Assistance Project 2. Country (DMC): 3. Approved JFPR Grant Amount: Philippines $3,000,000 4. Grant Type: 5-A. Undisbursed Amount 5-B. Utilized Amount X Project /X Capacity Building $245,165.08 $2,754,834.92 6. Contributions from other sources Source of Contribution: Committed Amount Actual Remark - Notes: Contributions1: DMC Government $ 173,910 $ 176,000 Other Donors (please name) --- --- Private Sector --- --- Community/Beneficiaries $ 11,250 $ 1,240 7-A. GOJ Approval Date: 7-B. ADB Approval Date: 7-C. Date the LOA was signed 15 November 2006 15 December 2006 (Grant Effectiveness Date): 15 December 2006 8-A. Original Grant Closing Date: 8-B. Actual Grant Closing Date: 8-C. Account Closing Date: 31 July 2009 31 July 2009 8 December 2009 9. Name and Number of Counterpart ADB (Loan) Project: N/A 10. The Grant Recipient(s): Hon. Gov. Damian G. Mercado Provincial Government of Southern Leyte Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines Email: [email protected] Tel.: (053) 570-9018; Fax: (053) 570-9016 11. Executing and Implementing Agencies: Provincial Government of Southern Leyte was the Executing and Implementing Agency for the Project. Hon. Gov. Damian G. Mercado Provincial Government of Southern Leyte Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines Email: [email protected] Tel.: (053) 570-9018; Fax: (053) 570-9016 Ms. Virginia Lim-Cruz, Project Director Project Implementation Unit – Southern Leyte Landslide Disaster Assistance Project Provincial Government of Southern Leyte Maasin City, Southern Leyte, Philippines Email: [email protected] Fax: (053) 381-4546 1 Provincial Government and communities' contributions have been in Philippines Peso. ADB's 16 November 2009 exchange rate of Php46.77 per US dollar was used for conversion purposes. 2 II. GRANT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 12. Description (Background rationale): The Province of Southern Leyte (Province) is among the 10 most disaster-prone provinces in the Philippines, and is particularly prone to landslides. Almost 50 percent of the barangays in the Province, in which incidence of poverty was 29% in 2006, are exposed to the risk of landslides. In the first half of February 2006 the Province suffered from continuous strong rains, which led to a series of landslides and flash floods causing widespread damages and adversely affecting lives of some 20,731 individuals (5,702 families) in 10 of the 18 towns of Southern Leyte. The tragic culmination of this continuous rainfall occurred on 17 February 2006 when a rockslide-debris avalanche collapsed on barangay Guinsaugon in the municipality of St. Bernard killing 1,112 people, including 250 pupils at the Guinsaugon Elementary School. The immediate damages to the Pprovince's infrastructure were estimated at $3.5 million. Various international and local institutions' post-disaster assistance was largely focused on development of relocation sites and construction of houses. There was, however, an urgent need to upgrade such key provincial infrastructure as farm-to-market roads, schools, and hospitals, whose condition worsened after the heavy rainfall and subsequent landslides critically affecting their utility to the people. Strengthening local authorities' capacity in disaster risk mitigation measures was also needed. Therefore, in response to the request of the Government of Philippines and the Provincial Government of Southern Leyte, ADB, in close coordination with the Embassy of Japan in Manila, prepared the Southern Leyte Landslide Disaster Assistance Project (Project) to be grant-financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR). The Project was supposed to finance rehabilitation and reconstruction of the priority public infrastructure in the province. In parallel to Project's preparation, ADB processed reprogramming of the unutilized funds from three TAs (TA 3524-PHI: Rural Road Development; TA 3847-PHI: Strengthening the Anti-Money Laundering Regime, and TA 3966-PHI: Regional Capability Building and Governance for an Expanded Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao) to support capacity and institutional building of the Provincial Government, the municipalities and barangays of the Province in disaster risk management (DRM). In December 2006, ADB approved allocation of $3 million JFPR grant for the Project, and reprogramming of $300,000 TA resources. 13. Grant Development Objective and Scope: The Project's objective was to rehabilitate and reconstruct key infrastructure facilities in the province of Southern Leyte that were damaged by the February 2006 landslides, and to provide long-term disaster risk mitigation measures. Specifically, the Project's objective was supposed to be achieved through (i) rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads and construction of an access road; (ii) upgrading the facilities and services of the Provincial Hospital and the Anahawan District Hospital; (iii) construction of an elementary school with complete facilities in St. Bernard, and provision of additional classrooms to elementary and secondary schools; and (iv) establishment of the Provincial Disaster Management Center (PDMC). Under (i), the Project's planned outputs were the repair and rehabilitation of 27.1-kilometer existing road networks, and construction of a 1-kilometer access road: 1. Upgrade of Poblacion – Lambunao Road in Malitbog (4.4 km); 2. Upgrade of Union–Dao Road in Bontoc (3.5 km); 3. Upgrade of Poblacion – Himakilo – Libas Road in Bontoc (8.6 km); 4. Upgrade of Benit–Esperanza–Pinut-an Road in San Ricardo (6.1 km); 5. Concreting of Bolodbolod–Catmon Road in St. Bernard (4.5 km); and 6. Construction of Pamigsian Access Road (1 km). The relevant activities of (i) included sub-grade preparation; regravelling; ditching installation of cross drainage structure; widening of some sections; concreting of pavements for some road networks; construction of reinforced concrete box culvert; and construction of 2-lane 1-span slab bridge for some of the road networks; and barangays' training in operations and maintenance of the constructed roads. Under (ii), the Project's planned output was provision of diagnostic equipment (laboratory/testing) and improvement of the facilities in the Provincial Hospital and the Anahawan District Hospital. 3 The relevant activities of (ii) included construction of additional rooms; creation of separate out-patient facilities; establishment of a women’s and child care facility; setting up of a laboratory facility; and staff training for operating and maintaining the new equipment. Under (iii), the Project's planned outputs were construction of (a) a new elementary school with complete facilities including 6 classrooms, toilets, tables and chairs, etc. for in-shift classes of about 400 pupils in the relocation site of barangay Mahayag of the municipality of St. Bernard; and (ii) additional 33 classrooms in 16 elementary and secondary schools in the municipalities of Maasin, Bontoc, San Francisco, Liloan, San Ricardo and Hinunangan of the Province. The relevant activities of (iii) included development of classroom designs to enable using the classrooms as evacuation centers in case of natural disasters, consultations with barangays, testing safety of construction site for the new school in barangay Mahayag, construction of a new school building and 33 additional classrooms, and school staff and barangays' training in DRM and organization of evacuation centers. Under (iv), the Project's planned output was the establishment of PDMC to perform DRM function in the Province, including immediate response to disasters, and provision of training in and equipment for search and rescue operations. The relevant activities of (iv) included construction of a two-story PDMC building; purchase of rescue, communication, and transport equipment; conduct of training on disaster management and response to Southern Leyte Emergency and Rescue Team (SOLERT) and local government units (LGUs); and regular coordination with local and national disaster coordinating councils (DCCs). Project's design relevance: The Project's design was based on a comprehensive needs assessment conducted by the Provincial Government in areas directly affected by landslides. This assessment resulted in identification of areas and sectors that needed immediate rehabilitation. Requirements of ADB's policy on disaster and emergency assistance (in terms of the application of a systematic approach to disaster management, including measures on disaster risk prevention) have been considered at the design stage as well resulting in an inclusion of a subcomponent on PDMC establishment. The Project's primary objective was to provide "hardware" post-disaster support to the Province. The Project also aimed at capacity building of the Province's barangays in utilizing the rehabilitated/reconstructed infrastructure in a sustainable DRM-oriented manner. This "hardware"-focused objective of the Project can be considered appropriate because most of the "software" support (institutional strengthening and capacity building of the Provincial Government and municipalities in DRM) was to be provided through the reprogrammed TA. The Project had two components: Component A -