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Description |
The proposed TA will provide resources for ADB administered third party monitoring to independently validate as well as complement Fata Water Resources Development Project ongoing support under loan financing. The TA is aligned with ADB's Country Partnership Strategy 2015-2019 for Pakistan, included in the ADB's Country Operations Business Plan 2017-2019 and discussed with the EA. |
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Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
FATA has low development capacity environment, difficult access, challenging security context, difficult topography, disperse and remote areas. Security situation is one of the major challenges and unpredictable and could disrupt project activities. The United Nations Department of Safety and Security rates travel modalities in three agencies as _very high_. Mobility constraints and capacity issues impedes development. The EA is providing security to project personnel and contractors as one of the project risk mitigation measures. It is not conducive for ADB's staff to visit project areas. For better monitoring and proxy for project review missions accessibility to sites, many development partners have engaged third party monitoring. Natural resources in FATA are shared by both ownership and utilization based on the blood-line, clan, lineage and family. Water rights in the project area follow customary practices. A criterion for financing of subprojects is that the communities agree to voluntarily provide land for both constructions as their contribution to the project, willing to take ownership for operation and maintenance of facilities from their own resources, and sites are free of conflict with regard to land and water rights. Ensuring this will be a challenge. Key lessons learnt in ADB's previous project in FATA were consistent monitoring and supervision by borrower and executing agency with ADB's active participation, flexibility in addressing actual conditions in the project area and providing essential support to the EA in a timely manner. The EA appreciated this approach and requested ADB to use the proposed TA resources for project external monitoring as well as implementation. |
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Impact |
ADB strategy for increasing farm incomes in the project areas (Bajaur, Khyber, and Mohmand agencies) |
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