Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No. T7549 TECHNICAL ANNEX TO THE Public Disclosure Authorized MEMORANDUM OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA FOR AN URBAN NATURAL HAZARD Public Disclosure Authorized VULNERABILITY REDUCTION PROJECT July 18, 2002 Finance, Private Sector and Infrastructure Middle East and North Africa Region Public Disclosure Authorized 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION ............................................................. S5 2 PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND COMPONENTS .............................................................. 5 2.1 STUDIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ............................................. 7 2.2 TRAINING .............................................................. 7 2.3 EQUIPMENT .............................................................. 8 3 COMPONENT 2: EMERGENCY PHYSICAL WORKS .................................................... 11 3.1 HYDRAULIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION IN THE BASIN SIDE OF OUED KORICHE ............. 11 3.2 REMEDIAL RAINFLOW MEASURES FOR THE OUEDS OF THE MASSIF OF BOUZAREAH ............................................................. 11 3.3 TREE PLANTING IN THE OUED KORICHE BASIN AND ITS CHANNELS ........................ 11 3.4 HOUSING ............................................................. 12 4 COMPONENT 3: PROJECT MANAGEMENT ............................................................. 16 4.1 STUDIES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ............................................................. 16 5 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS: PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ....................... 19 RESPONSIBILITIES .. 19 5.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES .19 5.2 . THE DIFFERENT PARTIES INVOLVED AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ROLES .19 5.3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COORDINATION AND MONITORING .20 6 PROCUREMENT AND DISBURSEMENT PROCEDURES ........................................... 23 6.1 PROCUREMENT ................................. 23 6.2 MODALITIES FOR PROCUREMENT REVIEWS ................................. 23 6.3 PROCUREMENT METHODS (SEE TABLE A) ................................. 24 6.4 INTERNATIONAL SHOPPING ................................. 24 6.5 NATIONAL SHOPPING ................................. 24 6.6 WORKS ................................. 25 6.7 PROCUREMENT OF SMALL WORKS ................................. 25 6.8 CONSULTANT SERVICES ................................. 25 7 DISBURSEMENT ...................................... 33 7.1 SPECIAL ACCOUNT (SA): ...................................... 33 7.2 USE OF STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE (SOES): ...................................... 33 7.3 RETROACTI-VE FINANCING ...................................... 33 7.4 INFORMATION FLOW ...................................... 34 8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ...................................... 36 8.1 GENERAL VIEW ................................. 36 8.2 FINANCIA MIAGEMENTL (FM) ASSESSMENT ................................. 36 8.3 ACCOUNTING6,Y5STEM ................................. 37 8.4 PROCEDURES OF INTERNAL CONTROL ................................. 37 8.5 FLOW OF FUNDS ................................. 37 8.6 FINANCIAL MONITORING REPORTS ................................. 38 8.7 AUDIT ................................. 38 3 8.8 RISKS ......................................................... 38 ATTACHMENT 1: THE SOCIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE AFFECTED POPULATION ......................................................... 40 ATTACHMENT 2: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ......................................................... 50 ATTACHMENT 3: REINFORCING THE COUNTRY CAPACITIES TO FACE NATURAL DISASTERS 52 ATTACHMENT 4: INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................... 54 ATTACHMENT 5: HOUSING ......................................................... 58 kTTACHMENT 6: PROJECT COST, DISBURSEMENT AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT .............. 62 4 SECTION 1 ]NTRODUC71ON AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA URBAN NATURAL HAZARD VULNERABILITY REDUCTION PROJECT 1 INTRODUCTION On November 10 and 11, 2001, Algeria was hit by flooding of unprecedented proportions particularly the region of Algiers. Most devastated were a dozen municipalities located largely in Bab El Oued. More than 800 people were killed in the region of Algiers alone; property damage is estimated at $US400 million (minimum). The Wilaya of Algiers took immediate emergency measures, with support from various administrations, public agencies, and the population that brought temporary relief to the affected population and somewhat mitigated the immediate impact of the flooding. However, the flooding highlighted the vulnerability of urban areas to natural disasters, and the need to reduce this vulnerability by introducing medium and long-term disaster mitigation measures, both at the national level and at the local level, particularly in Algiers. 2 PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND COMPONENTS This project will have two main objectives: a) To improve the ability of Algerian institutions at the national level to cope with natural disasters by developing their monitoring capacity, the early warning system, their understanding of the meteorological phenomena that led to the November 10, 2001 floods, by improving the means of intervention by social protection organization, and by developing detailed plans to reduce the vulnerability of urban zones in the Wilaya of Algiers; and b) To address specifically the vulnerability of the urban zones most seriously affected by the flooding of November 10, 2001. The objective of this project is particularly to reduce the risks incurred by the population of these zones, some 30,000 people, and to provide indirect protection to more than 250,000 people living in downstream districts, sites of ancient urbanization. The measures to be developed will contribute to resolving the currently serious problems of pollution and erosion. This accords with one of the objectives of the Algerian Government, to improve in a sustainable manner the conditions of life of the population affected by the disaster and of those located downstream that could face similar risks. As a result, the project will have two key components, each of them directly linked to the above-mentioned objectives. 6 SECTION 2 COMPONENT 1: DISASTER MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING 7 2. COMPONENT 1: capacity Building AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL The objectives of this component are two-fold: (a) to reinforce national capacity to face unavoidable natural disasters, and minimize their consequences; and (b) to improve the ability to anticipate disasters by setting up a monitoring and early warning system. The lessons learned from the accumulated experience in disaster management in Algeria (i.e. Mascara and Ain- Temouchent) and the ongoing activities under the Bank-financed Ain-Temouchent Project were taken into account in designing this component which includes the following studies and activities for institutional strengthening: 2.1 STUDIIES AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS a) Preparatory study, design and implementation of an integrated monitoring and early warning system for meteorological risks in the Wilaya of Algiers, with a view to expanding it nationwide. The terms of reference of the survey have been defined. The terms of reference target institutional, organizational and technical measures for the National Meteorological Office (ONM) to improve monitoring, warning and information. b) Scientific study to understand the natural phenomenon causing the November 2001 floods toward increasing forecasting capacity. This study aims at informing the authorities and the scientific community on the real reasons behind the disaster to improve disaster-forecasting capacities; c) Study of vulnerable sites in the Wilaya of Algiers (excluding the Bouzareah massif). The purpose of this study is to identify, appraise and outline solutions to risks threatening zones in Algiers. (Bouzareah, another vulnerable area, is the subject of a specific study). Risks to be addressed in the study relate to flooding, crumbling, landslides, seismic tremors and pollution. The study will outline solutions to reduce these risks, to limit their impacts, and to facilitate the rescue of victims of natural disasters. The zones that would be covered by this survey tentatively include the following: Hamiz Oued located in East Algiers; Oued El Harrach; Ouchaiah Oued; Kniss Oued and the Telemly landslide-prone zone located in downtown Algiers. These zones are known to be high-risk, however the preliminary phase of the study will determine the priority zones with the highest level of risk. d) Global integrated study to reduce vulnerability and address the catchments basins in the Bouzareah massif. The objective of this study is to identify and evaluate possible mitigation measures for risk reduction in Algiers outside the Bouzareah Massif watershed (the subject area of the scientific study above). This project sub-component will be carried out in two stages ending with a detailed action plan to render the concerned zone less vulnerable. 2.2 TRAINING Training activities target the National Directorate of the Civil Protection (DGPC), the National Agency of Water Resources (ANRH) and the National Meteorology Office (ONM). The Algerian authorities are seeking sources of financing (grants or confessional loans) that could eventually complete, or even to partly replace the World Bank financing if the need arises. They 8 have therefore asked the Bank to help identify other sources of financing for this training. The following institutions will benefit from