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Anhui Intermodal Sustainable Transport Project: Project Anhui Integrated Sustainable Transport Project (RRP PRC 45021-002) Project Administration Manual Project Number: 45021-002 January 2014 People‘s Republic of China: Anhui Intermodal Sustainable Transport Project Contents ABBREVIATIONS I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3 II. IMPLEMENTATION PLANS 7 A. Project Readiness Activities 7 B. Overall Project Implementation Plan 8 III. PROJECT MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS 9 A. Project Implementation Organizations – Roles and Responsibilities 9 B. Key Persons Involved in Implementation 11 C. Project Organization Structure 12 IV. COSTS AND FINANCING 13 A. Detailed Cost Estimates by Expenditure Category 15 B. Allocation and Withdrawal of Loan Proceeds 16 C. Detailed Cost Estimates by Financier 17 D. Detailed Cost Estimates by Outputs/Components 18 E. Detailed Cost Estimates by Year 19 F. Contract and Disbursement S-curve 20 G. Fund Flow Diagram 21 V. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 22 A. Financial Management Assessment 22 B. Disbursement 22 C. Accounting 23 D. Auditing 24 VI. PROCUREMENT AND CONSULTING SERVICES 26 A. Advance Contracting and Retroactive Financing 26 B. Procurement of Goods, Works and Consulting Services 26 C. Procurement Plan 27 VII. SAFEGUARDS 28 A. Safeguards 28 B. Environment 28 C. Land Acquisition and Resettlement (LAR) 31 D. Indigenous Peoples 40 VIII. GENDER AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS 41 IX. PERFORMANCE MONITORING, EVALUATION, REPORTING AND COMMUNICATION 47 A. Project Design and Monitoring Framework 47 B. Monitoring 49 C. Evaluation 49 D. Reporting 50 E. Stakeholder Communication Strategy 50 X. ANTICORRUPTION POLICY 51 XI. ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM 52 XII. RECORD OF PAM CHANGES 53 APPENDIX Appendix 1 Procurement Plan Appendix 2 Outline Terms of Reference Appendix 3 Environmental Management Plan Project Administration Manual Purpose and Process 1. The project administration manual (PAM) describes the essential administrative and management requirements to implement the project on time, within budget, and in accordance with Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) policies and procedures. The PAM should include references to all available templates and instructions either through linkages to relevant URLs or directly incorporated in the PAM. 2. The Anhui Provincial Department of Transport (APDOT) is wholly responsible for the implementation of ADB financed projects, as agreed jointly between the borrower and ADB, and in accordance with Government and ADB‘s policies and procedures. ADB staff is responsible to support implementation including compliance by APDOT of their obligations and responsibilities for project implementation in accordance with ADB‘s policies and procedures. 3. At Loan Negotiations the borrower and ADB shall agree to the PAM and ensure consistency with the loan agreement. Such agreement shall be reflected in the minutes of the Loan Negotiations. In the event of any discrepancy or contradiction between the PAM and the Loan Agreement, the provisions of the Loan Agreement shall prevail. 4. After ADB Board approval of the project's report and recommendations of the President (RRP) changes in implementation arrangements are subject to agreement and approval pursuant to relevant Government and ADB administrative procedures (including the Project Administration Instructions) and upon such approval they will be subsequently incorporated in the PAM. 2 Abbreviations ADB = Asian Development Bank ACAPEPD = Appraisal Center of Anhui Provincial Environmental Protection Department APDOT = Anhui Provincial Department of Transport APDOF = Anhui Provincial Department of Finance APEPD = Anhui Provincial Environmental Protection Department APG = Anhui Provincial Government APHAB = Anhui Provincial Highway Administration Bureau APPNAB = Anhui Provincial Port & Navigation Administration Bureau APPSCIG = Anhui Port & Shipping Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd APSCD = Anhui Provincial Survey and Design Institute Company Ltd. APTPDRI = Anhui Provincial Transport Planning, Design and Research Institute APTSDI = Anhui Provincial Transport Survey & Design Institute APWRD = Anhui Provincial Water Resource Department dwt = deadweight ton EA = executing agency EIA = environmental impact assessment EIR = environmental impact report EMP = environmental management plan EMS = environmental monitoring station ESE = environmental supervision engineer GDP = gross national product GRM = grievance redress mechanism IA = implementing agency ICB = international competitive bidding km = Kilometer km/h = kilometer per hour LAR = land acquisition and resettlement LIBOR = London interbank offered rate LPMO = local project management office M&E = monitoring and evaluation MOF = Ministry of Finance NCB = national competitive bidding pm = person-month PPMO = provincial project management office PPTA = project preparatory technical assistance PRC = People‘s Republic of China RP = resettlement plan SDAP = social development action plan SPS = Safeguard Policy Statement SSU = Social Safeguards Unit SRWIP = Shuiyang River Waterway Improvement Project SSSRI = Shanghai Ship & Shipping Research Institute TOR = terms of reference WDZ = Wangjiang Demonstration Zone XMSA = Xuancheng Maritime Safety Administration XPSAB = Xuancheng Port and Shipping Administration Bureau 3 I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. Development in the central PRC province of Anhui has lagged behind the neighboring eastern and coastal provinces. About 56% of the province‘s 59.7 million people lived in rural areas in 2011, but population density, at 430 inhabitants per square kilometer, is much higher than the national average (138) and land availability is limited. Despite economic growth, the province‘s gross domestic product per capita remains much lower than those of the adjacent coastal provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.1 Anhui has had some success in its efforts to capitalize on the advantages of its physical proximity to these more affluent provinces owing to its large, skilled, and less costly labor force. It is gradually attracting new investments, and maintained double-digit annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth during 2011–2012. Production has grown faster than the national average, and Anhui‘s consumption per capita reached 77% of the national average in 2011, up from 70% in 2005. 2. To harness Anhui‘s geographical advantage and cost competitiveness and promote new investment in manufacturing and services, the PRC State Council approved a plan in January 2010 to create the Wanjiang Demonstration Zone (WDZ). The plan aims to attract equipment manufacturing, textile, information technology, and agricultural industries to the urbanized areas along the Wanjiang River, which is the name given to the stretch of the Yangtze River that flows through Anhui. The WDZ covers fifty nine counties and nine cities, including Hefei and Wuhu, and is expected to facilitate the expansion of existing Anhui-based companies as well as encourage companies to relocate from elsewhere in the Yangtze River Delta, including Anhui‘s neighboring provinces. 3. The city of Xuancheng is the nearest point in the WDZ to the Yangtze River Delta, and borders Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Only 283 kilometers (km) west of the city of Shanghai, it is the closest major center in the WDZ, making it a favorable destination for industries relocating from the coast. 4. Xuancheng is developing an industrial park to capitalize on Anhui‘s comparative advantages and to attract industries that are seeking to move from neighboring provinces.2 For the city and the WDZ to succeed in these efforts, however, the Xuancheng industrial park and the WDZ need to be served by a well-developed transport network. 5. Anhui‘s inadequate transport network is currently a major obstacle to rapid industrial and economic development and, as a result, to poverty reduction. The capacity and quality of the province‘s roads need significant improvement to meet growing requirements and to link Anhui to the Yangtze River corridor. Most roads have only two lanes and some should be upgraded to four or six. Of the 149,535 km of roads at the end of 2011, expressways and high-standard class I and II highways comprised only 9.5% (14,276 km), which is lower than the national average of 11.5%. The percentage of paved roads provides an indication of the general quality of the road infrastructure, and in Anhui this is lower than in the six surrounding provinces (44.2%). 6. Any expansion of the province‘s road network must be accompanied by carefully designed measures to enhance the level of road safety and prevent traffic accidents. Particularly important is the need for road designs to contribute to the safety of NMT by 1 In 2011-2012 Anhui had a GDP per capita of $4,200, much lower than the adjacent provinces of Jiangsu ($11,000) and Zhejiang ($10,200). 2 The development of Xuancheng industrial park is supported by a World Bank loan. World Bank. 2013. China - Anhui Xuanchang Infrastructure for Industry Relocation Project. Washington DC. 4 providing segregated pedestrian and cycling lanes. An estimated 210,000 crashes led to 62,000 traffic fatalities in the PRC in 2011, making road safety a national concern. Accidents and injuries have risen rapidly along with the expansion of the road network and the growth in the number of motor vehicles. During 2000–2005, more than 600,000 people were killed and around 3 million injured in road crashes—equivalent to a fatality every 5 minutes. These accidents are estimated to have affected the lives of more than 20 million people in the country, either directly or as family members of the victims
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