Client: MOWRAM
Duration: March 2016 – August 2021
Country: Cambodia
Project Description
PRIMEX, as lead firm, provided project management and technical assistance to MOWRAM and the Provincial Departments of Water Resources and Meteorology (PDWRAMs) of Kampong Thom and Battambang in project implementation. The Consultant Team was comprised of three teams: (i) Project Management Team, based in the PMU in Phnom Penh; (ii) Feasibility and Design Team, based also in the Project Management Unit (PMU); and (iii) Construction Supervision Team, based at the PDWRAMs in Kampong Thom and Battambang. PRIMEX provided technical support to MOWRAM and the PDWRAMs in selected areas during project implementation, provided incremental human resources to facilitate implementation, ensured that the Government’s and ADB’s social and environmental safeguards were complied with, assisted PMU in ensuring adherence to established ADB procedures and guidelines, and assisted the government in achieving the overall outcome of the sector project. PRIMEX fielded three specialists: Team Leader/Water Resources Specialist, Procurement and Contracts Specialist, and Institutional/Training Specialist for FWUCs. In addition, PRIMEX provided technical and administrative backstopping support to the entire Consultant Team through the review and preparation of all required reports (inception, quarterly progress reports (QPRs), annual reports (ARs), six-monthly project performance management system (PPMS) reports, and quarterly and semi-annual environmental and social monitoring reports. PRIMEX also managed the Provisional Sums, which covered the conduct of various training activities, workshops, and special studies. PRIMEX also produced 500 copies of a publication, “Review of Irrigation Operation and Maintenance (O&M) in Cambodia,” which was written by the Team Leader and edited by the PRIMEX Project Director, with the layout prepared by a professional layout artist engaged by PRIMEX.