STATE AGENCY OF WATER RESOURCES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK Climate Change and Disaster-Resilient Water Resources Sector Project Project №: 51081-002 ADB Loan and Grant №: L3746 KGZ(COL) и G0632 KGZ(SF) Project Implementation Progress Report for III Quarter 2020 Nabiev N.B. PIU Director Bishkek 2020 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, EXPECTED DELIVERABLES. ....... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES FOR REPORTING PERIOD ............................................................................ 6 3.1. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION BY COMPONENTS .................. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.2. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION BY COMPONENTS ................. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.2.1. OUTPUT 1: IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTED AND MODERNIZED. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.2.1.1. PLANNED SAFEGUARD ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................... 17 3.2.2. OUTPUT 2: IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND AGRICULTURAL LAND MANAGEMENT IMPROVED. ............. 18 3.3.1.1. PLANNED ACTIVITIES. ............................................................ Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.2.3. OUTPUT 3: NATIONAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CAPACITY IMPROVED. ............................... 20 3.2.3.1. PROCUREMENT OF HEAVY MACHINERY FOR THE MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC............................................................................................................................. 20 3.2.3.2. CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROLOGICAL POSTS AND PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT FOR HYDROLOGICAL POSTS ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.2.3.3. PLANNED ACTIVITIES. ....................................................................................................................... 21 4. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION ..................................................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 4.1. PROCUREMENT PLAN ....................................................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 4.2. CURRENT BIDDING ............................................................................................................. 21 4.3. CHALLENGES AND ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED. .................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 4.4. PLAN FOR THE NEXT QUARTER ............................................................................................ 22 5. PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEM ACHIEVEMENTS, PROJECT ACTIVITY DELIVERABLES AND INDICATORS ................................................................................. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 6. PROJECT FINANCIAL STATUS ......................................................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 7. LAST ADB MISSION’S ACTION PLAN ................................................................................................ 25 8. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION RELATED ISSUES .................................................................................. 26 1. APPENDIX. Table of the project implementation monitoring of the main activities ... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 2. APPENDIX. Architectural and planning conditions of the subproject Pavaya Vetka .. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3. APPENDIX. Environmental expertise conclusion .............................................................................. 33 4. APPENDIX. Appeal to the Ministry of Finance of the Kyrgyz Republic ................................................ 40 5. APPENDIX. Project implementatuionplan by output 2 for 2020 ........................................................ 43 6. APPENDIX. Work in focus groups ..................................................................................................... 47 2 7. APPENDIX. Map indicating subprojects and hydrological posts ......................................................... 50 8. APPENDIX. Socail and gender analysis ............................................................................................ 51 1. Background .......................................................................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 1.1. Methodology: ............................................................................................................................... 53 1.2. Project area description .................................................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 2. Main socio-economic indicators of the project area . Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3. Poverty and gender ............................................................ Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.1. Agricultural development.................................................. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.1.1. Targeted Water Users Associations ............................... Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 3.1.2. Land ownership and use ........................................................................................................... 62 3.1.3. Crops .............................................................................................................................................. 62 3.1.4. Gender division of labour ................................................. Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 9. APPENDIX. Project design and moitoring framework Ошибка! Закладка не определена. 10. APPENDIX. Results of the field survey of hydroposts ........................................................................ 69 11. APPENDIX. Project procurement plan .............................................................................................. 73 12. APPENDIX. Project gender action plan ............................................................................................. 74 3 List of abbreviations WUA Water users’ associations SAWR State Agency for Water Resources under the GKR HWIF Head water intake facilities RFQ Request for quotations IWS Information Water System PIC Project Implementation Consultant MoES Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic OSU Oblast support unit of WUAs PIU Project Implementation Unit PP Procurement plan ISF Irrigation service fee AMP Assets management plan CCD- Climate Change and Disaster-Resilient Water Resources RWRSP Sector Project ITB Invitation to bidders PAM Project Administration Manual RSU Rayon support unit of WUAs RDWR Rayon directorate for water resources ToR Terms of Reference FM Financial management ERC Emergency response centers of MoES O&M Operation and maintenance 4 State Agency of Water Resources under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic Climate Change and Disaster-Resilient Water Resources Sector Project Project Implementation Progress Report for the period completing on 30 September 2020 1. INTRODUCTION This report was prepared with purpose to summarize progress results achieved during 3rd quarter of 2020. The progress achieved is estimated at 16%. The implementation monitoring table of the main project activities is given in Appendix 1. 2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, EXPECTED DELIVERABLES. The Climate Change and Disaster-Resilient Water Resources Sector Project is identified as priority project of adaptation to climate change in the Strategic Program of the Kyrgyz Republic on adaptation to climate change as of 2017. The goal of the project is to improve infrastructure’s resilience to climate changes and disasters as well as water security. By 2026: Average gross margin of agricultural production increased to $2,350 per ha across target areas of about 20,000 ha (2017 baseline: about $1,900 per ha). Average productivity of water withdrawn increased to 0.85 kg/m3 for wheat and 0.95 kg/m3 for corn across target areas of about 20,000 ha (2017 baseline: 0.6 kg/m3 for wheat and 0.6 kg/m3 for corn). Annual number of households and area of agricultural land protected and rehabilitated from disaster impacts by the Northern and Southern ERC works increased to 50,000 households and 24,000 ha (2015–2017 annual average baseline: 20,700 households and 10,700 ha). The project consists of 3 outputs: 1. Output 1. Irrigation infrastructure modernized. The project will protect and modernize irrigation systems to improve productivity and disaster resilience of about 20 000 hectares of irrigated land. It will upgrade and construct main canals (primary and secondary); lower-level canals (off-farm and on-farm); and associated infrastructure such as protective mudflow crossing structures, cross-regulators and offtakes. Infrastructure design specifications will incorporate disaster risk mitigation measures for future climate conditions. The project will mobilize a participatory planning and design process involving the SAWR, WUAs, WUA subgroups, and other key stakeholders to ensure equitable and sustainable outcomes. 2. Output 2. Irrigation system and agricultural land management enhanced. The project will strengthen management and O&M of target irrigation systems, including practical drought and climate risk management, to ensure the sustainability of the investment benefits. In conjunction with output 1, under the participatory planning process, the project will (i) reorganize and strengthen the institutional capacity of WUAs and WUA subgroups for more effective organization; and (ii) build the capacity of the SAWR representatives, WUA and WUA subgroup representatives,