Road Asset Management Project

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The objective of the Road Asset Management Project is to ensure continued effective use of the rehabilitated national and provincial road network in support of the economic development in Cambodia. It will do so by improving the institutional and technical capacity of the ministry of public works and transport for road maintenance planning, budgeting and operations, and by expanding and strengthening maintenance activities. There are three components to the project. The first component is the road asset management. This component will support the preservation of Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MPWT's) road network through Annual Work Plans (AWPs) for periodic maintenance works and provide the necessary implementation support. The periodic maintenance works to be undertaken in the first year of the project have been defined, and in subsequent years are to be defined using the Road Management Decision Support System (RMDS) system. It will also support, increasing routine and periodic maintenance through increasing Government contributions. This will be carried out using force account, and to an increasing extent using an output or performance-based contract approach successfully piloted under Provincial and Rural Infrastructure Project (PRIP). The second component is the capacity development. This component, which comprises seven subcomponents, will support the capacity development at the institutional, organizational and individual level for MPWT to perform its road asset management functions effectively and efficiently. International Development Association (IDA) financing will support four activities: (i) institutional (administrative); (ii) technical capacity development for road asset management within the General Department of Public Works (GDPW); (iii) private sector development; and (iv) HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns. Finally, the third component is the Merit Based Performance Incentive (MBPI). This component will provide funding for initiating the MBPI program in selected departments of the GDPW and the General Department of Administration and Planning (GDAP) of MPWT.