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PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A. Project Development Objective
PDO Statement
33. The PDO isto improve the connectivity, safety and climate resilience of transport infrastructure on Selected Outer
Islands, and in the event of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, to provide an immediate response to the Eligible Crisis or
Emergency.
PDO indicators
34. Progress will be measured against the following PDO-level results indicators:
a. Boat crews that have up-to-date maps and understand aids to navigations (percentage);
b. Villages served by causeways rehabilitated with climate resilience measures (number);
c. Population served with improved access to social and economic services (number).
B. Project Components
35. KOITIIP consists of the following four components18 that incorporate the four pillars of the PCRTP SOP (see Annex
6).
36. Component 1: Safe Inter-Island Navigation (approximately US$7.5 million equivalent). This component will carry
out activities to improve the safety of inter-island navigation. This will include conducting hydrographic surveys (by
Airborne Laser Bathymetry [ALB] and vessel-based Multi-Beam Echo Sounder [MBES] surveys) and preparing and
publishing maritime charts focusing on the four target islands to significantly improve the safety of navigation.
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addition to hydrographic surveying services, the component will finance contractor management services, as well as
provide and install seabed-mounted tide gauges and current meters in certain locations on each target outer island. The
component is especially important as it is a precursor to, and will directly inform, the design of the maritime works in
Sub-Components 2.1 and 2.2.
37. In addition to digital chart production and accessible bathymetric data that can be used across Government, the
component will improve the hydrographic institutional capacity. To increase transfer of knowledge, the activities will
also aim at exposing MICTTD staff to experiences during the delivery of all outputs that will increase hydrographic
capacity and long-term self-sufficiency. The enhanced hydrographic capacity for navigation is essential for ensuring
operational safety of vessels in the context of changing climate variables such as prevailing harbor winds, precipitation
and fog, and approaching waves. It will also lead to more climate resilient spatial planning by having a detailed baseline
from which to monitor the impacts of climate change on lagoon marine resources, reefs and coastlines.
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38. Component 2: Resilient Outer Island Access Infrastructure (approximately US$22.5 million equivalent).
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Activities to be financed under this component include: (a) technical engineering studies, including climate resilience
measures, and preparation of bidding documents for project related activities; (b) preparation of environmental and
social safeguards instruments; (c) execution of civil works; (d) supervision of civil works; (e) maintenance of project
assets; (f) third-party technical audits; and (g) third-party environmental, social, and security audits of the civil works.
Activities will include on-the-job training of unskilled labor living in the project area in charge of carrying out project
rehabilitation works and GoK routine maintenance, will promote the participation of women, and will include project
related gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and mitigation measures (see section IV D (ii) for details).
a. Sub-Component 2.1 Improvement of Ship Safety Navigation (approximately US$2 million equivalent). This
sub-component will provide assistance to design22
, to replace existing defective AtoNs, to fabricate and install
new AtoNs, as well as technical assistance to establish a system of maintaining these assets, and preparation
of environmental and social safeguards instruments. The upgrading of AtoNs is paramount for enhancing the
resilience of vessel operations with changes of climatic variables such as precipitation frequency and intensity,
fog, wind speeds etc., which often leads to navigation challenges. Activities will involve as much local
participation as possible, with a specific goal of transferring skills needed to sustain the Marine Division’s
AtoNs fabrication and asset management function into the future. The locations of the new AtoNs will be
informed by the hydrographic and charting outputs (Component 1).
b. Sub-Component 2.2 Rehabilitation of Island Access Infrastructure23 (approximately US$12.5 million
equivalent). Following completion of the hydrographic surveys, this sub-component will finance engineering
studies, civil works, and preparation of environmental and social safeguards instruments, for a variety of
maritime infrastructure improvements (including associated infrastructure), tailored to the needs of each
island, and including climate resilient features, as follows: (a) construction of jetty, passenger terminal and
concrete ramp on Abaiang; and small-scale dredging (at Tebikerike in Beru), passenger terminal, and seawall
upgrade works on Beru; (b) construction of small multipurpose maritime facilities on Nonouti and Tabiteuea
South, including concrete boat ramp, shelter, and AtoN workshop and small equipment; and (c) accompanying
consulting services to support delivery of the design, construction and maintenance activities of SubComponent 2.2.(b), including engineering studies, capacity development of MISE staff, and quality assurance
audits, as well as preparation of environmental and social safeguards instruments. All infrastructure and
facilities built by the project will respond to the needs of women, children, the elderly and disabled.
c. Sub-Component 2.3 Rehabilitation of Lagoon Crossings (approximately US$8 million equivalent).
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causeways on the outer islands vary from generally good condition requiring only localized maintenance, to
poor condition requiring extensive rehabilitation or reconstruction over a significant portion of the causeway.
Sub-Component 2.3 will finance: (a) rehabilitation works and upgrading for existing causeways25, including
enabling works and related investments, to ensure accessibility on prioritized outer islands. To account for
impacts of climate change, such as coastal flooding and erosion from tidal surges, the rehabilitation works will
include climate resilient features such as the provision of durable wearing course (i.e. interlocking block or
concrete geocell), proper drainage, and erosion control. Similarly, the maintenance of the causeways will be
secured during the project period, by providing technical assistance and training for developing and
implementing causeways maintenance programs, and by promoting the participation of women on the
maintenance teams (by piloting an all-female routine maintenance team for causeway/maritime facilities);
and (b) accompanying consulting services26 to support detailed design and delivery of this sub-component,
including technical assistance to support site investigations, engineering studies, design, construction, and
maintenance of the causeways, supervision of works, quality assurance audits, capacity development of MISE
staff, and preparation of environmental and social safeguards instruments.
39. Component 3: Strengthening the Enabling Environment (approximately US$12.0 million equivalent). This
component will strengthen MICTTD and MISE’s institutional and regulatory functions for transport sector asset
management, systematically increasing the sustainability of the climate resilient transport sector investments. The
component will also provide project management and operational support to KOITIIP and KFSU, as well as promote the
participation of women and will include project related gender-based violence mitigation measures (see section IV D (ii)
for details).
a. Sub-Component 3.1 Institutional Strengthening (approximately US$2.0 million equivalent). This
subcomponent will provide technical assistance to support the capacity development for the two
implementing agencies MICTTD and MISE, as follows: (a) technical assistance activitiesfor the Marine Division
of the MICTTD that will include training on the development and management of marine spatial database
development to enable climate-informed maritime operations, as well as assessments and studies; (b)
institutional strengthening for MISE throughout KOITIIP to have long-lasting positive impacts on the overall
infrastructure management. Mentored by experienced international professionals, over the course of the project MISE staff will take on increasing responsibility. Proposed technical assistance activities will include a
MISE capacity investment plan, associated training, program licenses and software. |
