Shandong Jiaxiang Smart Water Sector Development Project

Client: Asian Development Bank

Duration: 2020-2021

Location: Jiaxiang County, Jining City, ShandongProvince, PRC

Contract Value: USD 360,000

Loan Project Value: USD 200 million

Project Description

This project aims to improve urban–rural integration and strengthened rural infrastructure services, which are key priorities in the PRC’s national strategies. This project is also a demonstration of support for study on how a poor county can leverage international best practices and an innovative mix of financing to achieve urbanization and rural vitalization objectives, effectively implement national policies or formulate actions to address basin-wide and cross-sector water resource management issues, improvement for unreliable water sources problem and poorwater service deliveries due to significant infrastructure deficits andinadequate financing, as well as water sector reform and enhance infrastructuredevelopment. The project has tree outputs: (i) Strengthening of water sector strategies andoperations; (ii) Improvement of smart water supply services; and (iii) Improvement of sustainable wastewater management services.

Services Provided by NAREE

NAREE provided the transaction technical assistance(TRTA) to prepare the loan project, undertaking due diligence in technical,safeguards, economic and financial, and poverty and socials. Detailed tasksconducted by NAREE during the TRTA includes the followings:

• Baseline study and sector assessment

• Prepare the integrated smart water management planfor water sector policy reform matric

• Economic and financial due diligence and riskassessments of the EA/IA

• Safeguards due diligence, including survey and fieldstudy, environmental, social and resettlement assessment, relevant action planand review framework development

• Risk management planning

• Investment plan and procurement plan preparation

• Institutional capacity building

• Loan project documents preparation and loan negotiation facilitating