Kyrgyz Water Resilience Framework

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Overview

The provision of sovereign loans for an aggregate amount of up to €40 million to be co-financed with capital expenditure grants from international or bilateral donors for water and wastewater investments mainly in small municipalities in the Kyrgyz Republic ("KR"). The proposed Kyrgyz Water Resilience Framework ("KWSF") will continue the Bank's work under the Kyrgyz Republic Water and Wastewater Framework and its extensions, approved in 2011 and 2015.

Project ID 50642

Status Approved

Location

Kyrgyz Republic

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Sub-projects

Project timeline

Exploratory
Passed Concept Review
Passed Structure Review
Passed Final Review
Board Approved
Signed
Implementing
Completed

Project ID 50642

Status Approved

Location

Kyrgyz Republic

Business Sector

Municipal Infrastructure

Notice Type

State

Environmental Category

Approval Date

23 Jul 2020

Disclosure date

12 May 2020

As permitted by paragraph 2.6 of Section III of the Access to Information Policy, disclosure of this PSD was deferred in accordance with paragraph 1.4.4 of the Directive on Access to Information.

Project description

Project objectives

The KWRF will address medium term impacts of the COPID-19 crisis by focussing on a more secure water supply service, mainly through increasing system resilience to provide more continuous water services and to better cope with increases/changes in demand for drinking and healthcare purposes; and increasing direct access to higher quality water which could improve hygiene and decrease the chance of infection.

The KWRF will streamline the Bank's institutional reform and implementation support through the State Agency of Water Resources. Commercialisation of respective utility companies will continue to be supported through tailored Corporate Development Programmes ("CDP"s).

Transition impact

ETI Score:70

score 70

The KWRF will continue to contribute to the Well-governed quality by introducing a standardised Public Service Contract ("PSC") in line with international best practice, long-term tariff policy, recommendations for strengthening of the institutional base and the revision of policies, together with implementation action plans. Sub-projects will also introduce PSCs and Stakeholder Participation Programmes ("SPPs").

The KWRF will also contribute to the Competitive quality by introducing Corporate Development Programme ("CDPs"), tariff increases, enhanced metering and improved collection rates in each Participating City, and by supporting the resilience of the network by strengthening capacity of water supply network and storage, increase access to higher quality of water.

EBRD Finance Summary

EUR 40,000,000.00

Total project cost

EUR 40,000,000.00

€87.5 million

The sub-projects are expected to be co-financed by capital grants from international donors or the EBRD Shareholder Special Fund.

Additionality

The Bank is additional because of its:

- Financing structure

- Policy, sector, Institutional or regulatory change

- Standard-setting: helping projects and clients achieve higher standards

- Knowledge, innovation and capacity building

Environmental & Social Summary

The KWRF is not categorised under the EBRD ESP 2019. However, each sub-project under the KWRF will be categorised at CRM stage and will undergo separate Environmental and Social Due Diligence ("ESDD"). Due to limited financial resources and affordability constraints, it is anticipated that it will not be possible to structure several sub-projects to ensure full compliance with EU environmental standards regarding drinking water quality, wastewater treatment or solid waste operations. Therefore, "blanket" derogation from PR3 will be sought from the Board of Directors for the sub-projects under the New Framework. All sub-projects categorised "A" will be submitted to Board for approval, regardless of the loan's size. Adequate resources for E&S due diligence and post-signing project implementation will be required.

Technical Cooperation and Grant Financing

A comprehensive TC package is envisaged to be deployed in support of the Framework and sub-projects. Each sub-project will have individually designed pre- and post-signing TC assignments taking into account the specific needs of each client. The following TC assignments are envisaged:

Sub-project level:

- Feasibility Study;

- Audit of financial accounts;

- Corporate Development Programme.

Framework level:

- Project Implementation Support;

- Development of Tariff Reform Recommendations;

- Institutional Development Programme for the Water Sector.

PSD last updated

04 Jun 2020

Understanding transition

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Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM)

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Environmental and Social Documentation is not available for this project.

Selected procurement notices related to this project may be shown below. Further procurement opportunities related to this and other projects, if available, maybe be viewed in the EBRD Procurement Portal.

The EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP), Access to Information policy (AIP) and Project Accountability Policy (PAP) enable sound and sustainable development in its projects. The Independent Project Accountability Mechanism (IPAM) deals with complaints about environmental, social and disclosure matters related to the Bank’s investments.

No complaints about this project have been made so far.

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