CL Integrated Water Resources Management & Infrastructure Development

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The development objective of the Integrated Water Resources Management and Infrastructure Development Project for Chile is to strengthen the capacity of the borrower for water resources management and public infrastructure planning and concession. The project comprises of four components. The first component, water resources management, will provide support for the strengthening of the borrower's capacity for a more integrated and participatory basin-scale water resources management. It has four sub-components: (i) modernization of the borrower's institutional framework for water resources management; (ii) strengthening of the borrower's national water information system; (iii) improvement of the borrower's instruments for water resources management; and (iv) improvement of water resources management in two selected river basins. The second component, the infrastructure services planning, will provide support for the consolidation of the planning directorate's tools and capacities, to allow for improved coordination with other ministries and public institutions involved in infrastructure, the private sector and the borrower's regional governments. Second component has three sub-components: (i) support for the development of the national infrastructure and water master plan; (ii) development of territorial infrastructure inequality indices; and (iii) strengthening of the planning directorate's capacity for planning and knowledge management. The third component is the institutional strengthening for infrastructure concessions. It consist of three sub-components: (i) strengthening the regulatory framework and strategic management for concessions; (ii) improvement of Concession Coordination Unit for Public Works (CCOP's) operational model; and (iii) capacity building and information system. Finally, the fourth component, the project implementation, will provide support for the coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the project, including the financing of external audits.