CAR - Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery Project

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The development objective of the Emergency Infrastructure and Connectivity Recovery Project for Central African Republic is to: (i) restore basic rural road connectivity in targeted areas; (ii) improve climate resilience and safety of the road corridor from Bangui to the Cameroon border; and (iii) provide the building blocks for improved and resilient road sector management. The project comprises of five components. The first component, emergency improvement of basic connectivity in targeted areas will focus on the improvement of roads in two selected intervention areas located in the northwest and the northeast parts of the country. It consists of following sub-components: (i) northwest road rehabilitation; (ii) northeast road rehabilitation; and (iii) enhancement of women’s participation in the works financed under component 1. The second component, emergency transport corridor improvements will support the finalization of works and activities initiated under the closed Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa Transport and Transit Facilitation Program (CEMAC-TTFP) Project along the lifeline Bangui-Garoua Boulai corridor. It consists of following sub-components: (i) finalization of the Baoro-Bouar road works; (ii) spot improvement and climate adaptation works on 140 km of roads between Bangui and Baoro; (iii) road safety measures on the Bangui - Garoua Boulai corridor; (iv) transport facilitation infrastructure. The third component, road safety, road asset management, and climate resilience will support the following sub-components: (i) road safety; (ii) development of a road asset management strategy, and a road asset management system, with a strong emphasis on the need to develop climate resilience; (iii) sustainability of maintenance funding; and (iv) capacity building for the climate resilience of road infrastructure. The fourth component, capacity building and project management will finance capacity building, project management, monitoring and evaluation (M and E), and institutional strengthening activities through the provision of goods, training, and both consulting and non-consulting services. The fifth component, contingent emergency response (CERC) allows for the possibility of rapid reallocation of project funds in the event of a natural or man-made crisis or emergency during project implementation to address eligible expenditures under conditions established in the project implementation manual (PIM).