No. JICA Pilot Study for Project Formation for Prioritized Public Project for Urban Development and Poverty Reduction in Thailand Final Report October 2008 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. 4R J R 08-04 JICA Pilot Study for Project Formation for Prioritized Public Project for Urban Development and Poverty Reduction in Thailand Final Report Table of Contents PART 1: SHORT LIST PROJECTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Study Background ............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Study Objectives................................................................................................................................ 2 1.3 Terms of Reference ........................................................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2 OUTLOOK OF PROJECTS IN THAILAND....................................................................... 5 2.1 Mega-projects.................................................................................................................................... 5 2.2 New Projects ..................................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Project List .......................................................................................................................................11 2.4 Project Profile...................................................................................................................................12 2.5 Analysis on Necessary Fund ............................................................................................................12 CHAPTER 3 SCREENING OF THE PROJECTS..................................................................................15 3.1 Overall Process................................................................................................................................15 st 3.2 1 Screening ....................................................................................................................................16 nd 3.3 2 Screening ...................................................................................................................................22 CHAPTER 4 SELECTION OF POTENTIAL COLLABORATION PROJECTS.......................................27 4.1 Overall .............................................................................................................................................27 4.2 Selection Criteria..............................................................................................................................27 4.3 Results of Selection..........................................................................................................................28 4.4 Additional Project for Human Resources Development .....................................................................29 CHAPTER 5 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT.................................................................................31 5.1 Policies on Global Warming Issue in Thailand...................................................................................31 5.2 FIO Forests ......................................................................................................................................36 5.3 Project Concept................................................................................................................................39 5.4 Project Implementation Scheme .......................................................................................................47 5.5 Project Cost......................................................................................................................................49 5.6 Environmental Considerations ..........................................................................................................52 5.7 Anticipated CO2 Reduction ...............................................................................................................56 5.8 Economic and Financial Appraisal ....................................................................................................57 5.9 Project Implementation Structure......................................................................................................60 CHAPTER 6 PUBLIC TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT........................................................65 6.1 Current Urban Transport...................................................................................................................65 i 6.2 Urban Transport Development Policies.............................................................................................71 6.3 Project..............................................................................................................................................79 6.4 Design Review .................................................................................................................................93 6.5 Environmental Considerations ..........................................................................................................97 6.6 Anticipated CO2 Reduction .............................................................................................................101 6.7 Project Implementation Plan...........................................................................................................104 6.8 Further Actions ...............................................................................................................................107 CHAPTER 7 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT .......................................................117 7.1 Current Status of Education Sector in Thailand ...............................................................................117 7.2 Issues on the Higher Education ......................................................................................................131 7.3 Current Issues in the Higher Education Sector and Candidates of Future Collaboration Project ......132 7.4 Comments from Commission of Higher Education (CHE), Ministry of Education..............................139 7.5 Chulalongkorn University (CU): The Second Thailand-Japan Technology Transfer Project (TJTTP-II) .. ......................................................................................................................................................140 7.6 Chiangmai University (CMU): Medical Network Development Project at Chiangmai University ........150 7.7 Rajamangala University of Technology Capacity Building Project....................................................154 7.8 Implementation Organization ..........................................................................................................165 CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ...................................................................167 8.1 Renewable Energy Project .............................................................................................................167 8.2 Public Transport Improvement Project ............................................................................................169 8.3 Human Resource Development Project ..........................................................................................171 Overseas Economic Cooperation Operations (OECOs), a part of JBIC providing Japanese ODA loans and the grant aid dispersed by the Foreign Ministry has been merged with the cooperation agency into one organization, ‘New JICA’ in 1st October 2008. In this report, operations and documents until 30th September 2008 are described as “former JBIC,” and those from 1st October are described as JICA. ii List of Tables Table 2.1 Current Status of Mega-Projects by Sector......................................................................... 6 Table 2.2 Current Status of Mega-Projects (1/2) ................................................................................ 7 Table 2.3 Current Status of Mega-Projects (2/2) ................................................................................ 8 Table 2.4 Current Status of New Projects .......................................................................................... 9 Table 2.5 New Projects (1/2) ............................................................................................................10 Table 2.6 New Projects (2/2) ............................................................................................................11 Table 2.7 Number of Projects...........................................................................................................11 Table 2.8 Anticipated Project Cost....................................................................................................13 Table 2.9 Annual Public Investment Budget......................................................................................13 Table 3.1 Criteria ad Scoring System in the 1st Screening.................................................................19 Table 3.2 Project Long List (results of the 1st Screening) (1/2) ..........................................................20 Table 3.3 Project Long List (results of the 1st Screening) (2/2) ..........................................................21 Table 3.4 Criteria ad Scoring System