Preparing the Irrigated Agriculture Improvement Project (TA 9349-CAM)
Country: Cambodia
PRIMEX, as lead firm, was responsible for the overall management of the TRTA, including the conduct of feasibility studies of four irrigation subprojects, the preparation of detailed engineering designs and tender documents for two of the four subprojects, the design of the NWMDC and WRIS, as well as the provision of support to ADB in the preparation of a Concept Paper for a water resources management multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) for implementation by the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology (MOWRAM). More specifically, the PRIMEX TRTA Team: (i) carried out a rapid analysis of the current irrigation and water resource management (WRM) situation in the identified provinces to identify key issues that need to be addressed by the ensuing project; (ii) prepared criteria for the selection of provinces and selection of irrigation subprojects; (iii) developed the project’s design and monitoring framework (DMF); (iv) assess the technical, financial, and economic viability and the likely social, environmental, and climate change impacts of the proposed subprojects; (v) prepared feasibility study reports for each of the identified subprojects based on the prior viability assessment and social and environmental analyses; (vii) conducted due diligence (financial management, procurement capacity assessment) and risk assessment of the entire project; (vii) prepared detailed engineering designs and bidding documents for two subprojects; (viii) drafted the project Report and Recommendations of the President to the Board of Directors (RRP) including linked documents (including the Project Administration Manual [PAM]) and supplementary documents; and (ix) assisted the ADB Team Leader in the finalization of the RRP. PRIMEX also organized several national and local-level workshops and stakeholder consultations and subcontracted the services of local firms to conduct topographic, socioeconomic, and bird habitat surveys in the subproject sites.