Burunga Wastewater Management Project

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The development objective of the Burunga Wastewater Management Project for Panama are to: (a) improve access to sewerage services in selected areas of the Borrower’s province of Panama Oeste; and (b) strengthen wastewater pollution management capacity in key sector institutions of the Borrower. The project will have three components. The first component, construction of a new sewerage system in Burunga. This Component will finance the construction of a sewerage system throughout the township of Burunga in the district of Arraijan, including carrying out of detailed construction designs and a sewerage network for wastewater. The second component, institutional strengthening for sustainable wastewater management. This Component seeks to strengthen thetechnical capacity of the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) in implementing the PSP and helping manage water pollution in thePanama Bay. The third component, project management and administration will finance: (i) the costs associated with the supervision, quality control, monitoring, inspection and procurement support for the works under Component 1; and (ii) the PCU’s Project management and administration activities. The PCU’s Project administration activities will be financed by IBRD, including fiduciary management (including financial audits), procurement, reporting, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and implementation of the Project’s safeguard instruments.