Vinh Long City Urban Development and Enhanced Climate Resilience Project Additional Financing

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Proposed ChangesRelationship between the Parent Project and the AF. The AF will add US$2.0 million of financing from the KWPF Trust Fund, allocated as a recipient-executed trust fund. The PDO of the AF will be the same as the PDO of the Parent Project. The AF would close on the Parent Project’s closing date, which will not be changed. The AF will define additional monitoring indicators (presented in Annex 1) to measure the AF activities. While the Parent Project finances equipment and hardware, the AF will leverage international expertise and best practices, to enhance Vinh Long City’s technical and urban management systems that will be financed with Parent Project counterpart funds.Summary. The AF activities will support a series of non-physical investments (consultant services, workshops and trainings, invested disruptive technology on integrated flood risk management and urban management) to enhance the sustainability, quality and effectiveness of physical infrastructure investments under the Parent Project. No extension will be made to the project closing date and no change will be made to the Parent Project objectives.B. AF activitiesAll four Parent Project components and their would remain the same. The proposed AF would enable augmented technical support from global experts and good practices to support the design and deployment of tools and systems financed by counterpart funds under Component 4 of the Parent Project. Project Component 4 aims to improve urban management in a climate and risk informed manner and to set the stage for the development of Vinh Long City as a smart city through leveraging disruptive technologies. Three components are proposed under AF that are directly linked to Component 4 of the Parent Project, including: (i) technical guidance to the design and deployment of an integrated flood risk management information system, (ii) augmented IEC support and technical guidance on O&M for wastewater management and (iii) design and deployment of a geospatial data sharing platform. These three AF components are expected to improve the quality and sustainability of the Parent Project investments in flood mitigation, drainage and wastewater collection and treatment (Parent Project Component 1) and better inform decision making by the City on integrated urban management.The direct beneficiaries of the AF will be Vinh Long PPC and CPC and their relevant technical staff who will benefit from improved capacity to manage and sustain quality flood mitigation and wastewater management investments in the City. The indirect beneficiaries are Vinh Long City’s residents (over 140,000 residents) who will benefit from improved access to infrastructure and connectivity and reduced flood risk in the urban core area of Vinh Long City. The proposed AF components are consistent with the World Bank CPF for Vietnam 2018–2022, specifically on Objective 10 of the CPF to “increase climate resilience and strengthen disaster risk management” under the third focus area to “enhance environmental sustainability and resilience.”The four AF components and sub-components are presented below (a detailed description of the AF is presented in Annex 1):Component 1: Development of an integrated Flood risk Management Information System (FMIS) (AF of US$0.8 Million).The AF would improve the ability of technical experts and decision makers to better predict flood events and respond to flooding with an integrated set of actions. Specifically, the financing would enhance the sustainability and the quality of the service provided by the flood control infrastructure financed under Parent Project Component 4. The proposed AF sub-component include:• Sub-component 1.1 Investigation and FMIS conceptual Design. Under this sub-component, the AF would be used to assess the existing flood risk management situation in Vinh Long City. Based on the outcome of this assessment, the FMIS design concept would be developed followed by detailed designs for the FMIS.• Sub-component 1.2 Developing FMIS. Based on the detailed FMIS design, the three principal components of the FMIS (1. database, 2. data processing, 3. flood information outcome and dissemination) would be developed. Development of the FMIS database will ensure close interoperability with the geospatial data sharing platform under Parent Project Component 4 as well as with Component 3 under the AF. The FMIS will enable real time flood and flood early warning functionality and provide real time data from monitoring systems. Based on flood risk analysis, a Water Control Plan (WCP) will be developed for flood mitigation, water quality improvement and water way navigation. A flood information outcome and dissemination component will be built which presents the outputs from the data processing component, to improve flood management. In addition, a web-based ITC platform will be developed for the dissemination of flood information to end users.• Sub-component 1.3 FMIS establishment. The Parent Project (Component 4) funds the installation of FMIS hardware, software and accessories. Under this subcomponent, AF support will be provided for the preparation of technical specifications and supervision of equipment/ instrument supply, installation and testing. This sub-component will also provide expert support for supporting institutional arrangements and establishment of an O&M team for the FMIS.• Sub-component 1.4 Training for FMIS Operation and Maintenance. sub-component 1.4 will provide training to enable: The O&M team to perform their roles effectively; the responsible city/ provincial departments/ agencies to use the FMIS effectively for their assigned responsibilities; and Vinh Long City residents to access flood related information.Component 2: Strengthening IEC and O&M for Wastewater Management (AF of US$0.200 Million).The AF would be used to strengthen the quality of implementation and the sustainability of the Parent Project Component 1 and Component 4: Strengthening IEC and O&M on wastewater management. The proposed AF sub-component include:• Sub-component 2.1 Strengthening IEC for wastewater management. The successful engagement of the public to increase public awareness and support for the project outcomes through the Parent Project is critical to the achievement of the Parent Project PDO. Specifically, the AF would finance the following IEC related activities: (i) Rapid baseline IEC survey; (ii) detailed IEC plan; (iii) development of the communication materials; (iv) delivery of the training courses on IEC delivery; and (v) provision of implementation support for: upgrading the Urban Management Division’s website and information on project activities; and coordinating with Local Government to implement communication activities. The AF would incorporate emerging and future IEC needs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.• Sub-component 2.2 Strengthening O&M for wastewater management. Ensuring the quality of arrangements for O&M of wastewater management is vital to sustaining long term gains under the Parent Project. The AF would be used to develop the capacity of the Urban Management Division of Vinh Long City to strengthen O&M through making improvements to current practices in the areas of: regulation; asset management and operational planning; financial strategy and cost recovery; and contract management. The institutional strengthening on O&M will include technical support for wastewater service providers to prepare contingency plans, to ensure the continuity of wastewater services during the current COVID-19 pandemic and future potential pandemics.Component 3: Developing a Geospatial Data Sharing Platform (GDSP) (AF of US$0.750 Million)The lack of adequate spatial data infrastructure, digitized spatial data and spatial data management capacity, is a significant barrier to efficient infrastructure planning and management in Vinh Long City. This activity will enhance the quality and sustainable operation of equipment and h