Flood Management in Selected River Basins Sector Project (RRP INO 35182)

DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION

A. Major Development Partners: Strategic Foci and Key Activities

1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been one of ’s main development partners in its water-based natural resources management sector development, including irrigation and river basin development, and flood management. ADB conducted close coordination with key development partners involved in water-based natural resources management to ensure that the Flood Management in Selected River Basins Sector Project will capitalize on activities sponsored by other development partners. Activities complementing project activities, such as the preparation of a country water assessment and a strategy for capacity development for water resources management, have been closely coordinated with development partners to support the Government of Indonesia in its efforts to reform the sector. 1 The project design has also benefited from the North Flood Control Sector Project and the South Java Flood Control Sector Project, which introduced the flood risk management concept. 2

2. The World Bank’s support for flood protection since 2012 has focused on , while Japan International Cooperation Agency flood control efforts have mainly benefited several river basins in , the upper basin and the basin in Island. Through its joint cooperation program, the Government of the Netherlands is supporting the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in standardizing processes and systems for hydrological and hydraulic data management and analysis.3 A software suite including a hydrological database, flood modeling, and an early warning system is being adopted as the national standard by the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. The project will benefit from this ongoing cooperation (through the provision of technical support), and will also strengthen the government by promoting the adoption of standardized systems. International nongovernment organizations such as Plan International, Mercy Corps, and Oxfam are very active in supporting community preparedness and emergency response in Indonesia.

Major Development Partners Amount Development Partner Project Name Duration ($ million) Agriculture and Natural Resources ADB Integrated Citarum Water Management Investment Program 2009 –2016 50.0 Participatory Irrigation System Program 2004–2012 88.0 South Java Flood Control Sector Project 1997–2005 103.0 North Java Flood Control Sector Project 1996–2003 90.0 Northern Sumatra Irrigated Agriculture Sector Project 1998–2006 65.4

1 ADB. 2013. Technical Assistance to Indonesia for Improving Water Planning, Management and Development. Manila (TA 8432-INO); and ADB. 2011. Technical Assistance to Indonesia for Water Resources and River Basin Management. Manila (TA 7849-INO). 2 ADB. 1995. Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors: Proposed Loans for North Java Flood Control Sector Project. Manila (Loans 1425-INO and 1426-INO); and ADB. 1996. Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors: Proposed Loans for South Java Flood Control Sector Project. Manila (Loan 1479-INO). 3 The second phase of the joint cooperation program (2014–2016) is a collaboration between the Indonesian Meteorological Climatological and Geophysical Agency, the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, the Indonesian Research Center for Water Resources, Deltares (a Netherlands-based independent institute for applied research in the field of water and subsurface), the Indonesian Geospatial Information Agency, the Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development.

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Amount Development Partner Project Name Duration ($ million) World Bank Water Resource and Irrigation System Management Program 2 2013–2016 150.0 Water Resource and Irrigation System Management Program 1 2005–2013 70.0 Jakarta Urgent Flood Mitigation Project 2012–2017 139.6 Dam Operational Improvement Safety Project 2009–2013 50.0 JICA Medan Flood Control 1998–2009 78.8 Water Resources Existing Facilities Rehabilitation and Capacity 2003–2011 140.0 Improvement Project Lower Improvement Project 2005–2015 89.0 Urgent Disaster Reduction Project for and Progo 2005–2017 156.5 River Basin and Mt. Bawakaraeng Integrated Water Resources and Flood Management Project for 2006–2015 111.5 Semarang City Participatory Irrigation Rehabilitation and Improvement 2008–2013 117.2 Management Project Decentralization Irrigation System Improvement Management 2008–2013 85.4 Project in East Region II Urban Flood Control System Improvement in Selected Cities 2009–2014 71.3 Countermeasure for Sediment in Wonogiri Multipurpose Dam 2009–2014 57.7 for Reservoir Rehabilitation of Nine Citarum Tributaries 2011–2013 44.0 KOICA Flood Warning Early System Development in the Upper 2015 1.0 Citarum River Basin Export-Import Bank of Construction of Jatigede Dam 2007–2013 215.6 China ADB = Asian Development Bank, JICA = Japan International Cooperation Agency, KOICA = Korea International Cooperation Agency. Source: Asian Development Bank.

B. Institutional Arrangements and Processes for Development Coordination

3. Consultations with development partners are conducted regularly to exchange views on key policy issues, review best practices, share lessons, and coordinate ongoing and future programs. Coordination has contributed to exploring synergies and avoiding duplication for more effective external assistance. ADB agreed with key development partners Korea International Cooperation Agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Government of the Netherlands, and the World Bank to discuss with the government the reactivation of the water resources development partners coordination group.

C. Achievements and Issues

4. During project processing, ADB missions met regularly with Korea International Cooperation Agency, Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Government of the Netherlands, and the World Bank to coordinate ongoing and planned activities in Indonesia, and to discuss possible cofinancing for the project. The coordination has resulted in a common understanding of a national flood management standard and has helped the sharing of knowledge and lessons learned between ADB and these development partners. The project team agreed to strengthen the capacities of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in adopting the software suite including a hydrological database, flood modeling, and an early warning system as the national standard.

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D. Summary and Recommendation

5. ADB will continue working with key development partners in the agriculture and natural resources sector through regular meetings, policy dialogue, and participation in project and program stakeholder workshops. It is recommended that (i) the project will continue to coordinate with the Government of the Netherlands supported initiative on hydrology and hydraulic analytical tools, and (ii) where relevant, the project will support coordination with international nongovernment organizations involved in community preparedness and emergency response.