Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Management Program 2

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The objective of the Second Phase of the Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Management Program Project for Indonesia is to assist the Borrower to improve its capacity for basin water resource and irrigation management and increase irrigated agriculture productivity in the project area. There are four components to the project, the first component being basin water resources management improvement. This component includes: improvement of operational effectiveness of basin management institutions and community-based catchment management at: (i) central level in selected national and provincial river basins; and (ii) province level in selected provincial river basins in participating provinces. The second component is the participatory irrigation management improvement. This component includes: improvement of participatory irrigation management institutions in: (a) participating provinces; and (b) participating Kabupaten, including establishment and enhancement of local participatory irrigation management regulatory frameworks and capacity building of local institutions such as government irrigation and agriculture agencies, irrigation commissions, and water users associations federations. The third component is the Jatiluhur irrigation management improvement. This component includes: establishment and strengthening of participatory irrigation management institutions at various levels; and development of effective inter-agency management arrangements. Finally, the fourth component is the project management and implementation support.