Provincial and Rural Infrastructure Project

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The development objective of the Provincial and Rural Infrastructure Project (PRIP) is to assist the Kingdom of Cambodia to enhance the livelihood of the peoples residing in the provinces of Kampong Thom, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap by providing sustainable access to markets and essential services through (i) a program of road rehabilitation and maintenance; (ii) a program of capacity building and training; and (iii) development of improved public policies and strategies. Component 1. Maintenance management. The project will support (a) the installation and operation of road maintenance management systems at the national level in Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and Ministry of Rural Development (MRD), and in their respective provincial departments of Kampong Thom, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap; and (b) the carrying out of annual programs of routine maintenance on all roads in good and fair condition. Component 2. Rehabilitation and periodic maintenance of secondary-national, provincial and tertiary roads. The project will support the carrying out, in the provinces of Kampong Thom, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap, of a program of rehabilitation and periodic maintenance of (a) approximately 300 km of strategic secondary-national and provincial roads under the Ministry of Public Works and Transport; and (b) approximately 300 km of tertiary roads under the Ministry of Rural Development. Component 3. Capacity building program. The project will support the carrying out of a program of institutional capacity strengthening for MPWT and MRD at the national level and its departments in the provinces of Kampong Thom, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap. The project will thus support the on-going deconcentration efforts in MRD, and seek to replicate these efforts in MPWT, where applicable. Component 4. Policy and strategy development. The project will support carrying out of a program to improve MPWT and MRD policy and strategy development in the areas of (a) integrated planning and budgeting of roads; (b) least cost life-cycle standards; (c) use of appropriate technology; (d) mainstreaming of road maintenance; and (e) institutional reform. Component 5. Community awareness programs. The project will support the carrying out through MPWT and MRD of a community awareness program aimed at increased awareness by transport agencies and residents of related risks in road safety; HIV/AIDS; people's participation in road planning, and access to public information; and mine and Unexploded Ordnance risks and clearance programs.