*Title:* **NEW ADB BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, PROPOSED ADVISORY AND
OPERATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (ADTA) PROJECTS, FEBRUARY 2006**

*Subject Country(ies)* Cambodia, China, India and Laos

*Post of Origin* Asian Development Bank (ADB)

*Series* International Market Insights (IMI)

*Date of Report (YYMMDD)* 060126

*Deletion Date (YYMMDD)* 060424

*Author* Kathleen dela Merced

*Approving Officer* Frank Foster

*Officer's Title* Senior Commercial Officer

*No. of Pages 10*

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT, U.S. & FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 2006. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED
STATES.

This report alerts U.S. firms to **US\$ 3.24 million** in new, potential
procurement of consulting services under the Asian Development Bank\'s
(ADB) technical assistance (TA) programs. Opportunities are reported for
Cambodia, China, India and Laos. From January to September 2005, U.S.
firms, including many small consulting firms, succeeded in winning
US\$35.135 million ADB-funded national technical assistance contracts
out of a total ADB-financed consulting budget of US\$302.867 million.

The ADB selects a consultant for a TA grant based on its prior
Expression of Interest (EOI). For some of these projects, the ADB may
opt to use the method of Direct Selection in the hiring of consultants.
An EOI can be transmitted on-line through the ADB website (www.adb.org);
afterward it will be acknowledged automatically. Firms may opt to send a
hardcopy follow-up EOI addressed to Mr. Robert J. Robertson, Director,
Consulting Services Division, with a copy to the ADB Project Officer.
The EOI should relate a firm\'s experience and expertise to the ADB
project. It is important for a U.S. firm to emphasize that it has
similar project experience in the country or in a similar geographic
area, rather than present a general profile of its consulting
activities. A separate EOI should be submitted for each project. The
project name indicated in the EOI should exactly match that listed in
the ADB Business Opportunities publication to avoid confusion.

To be considered for employment, consulting firms must register on the
ADB's DACON (Data on Consulting Firms) system, or for individual
consultants, on the DICON (Data on Individual Consultants) system.
Otherwise, their EOIs will not be accepted. DACON and DICON registration
can be done on-line at www.adb.org/consulting.

ADB\'s DACON (http://www.adb.org/Consulting/dacon.asp) is a database of
firms and other organizations from the ADB\'s member countries that are
qualified to provide consulting services for ADB projects. The DACON
contains information on the experience and capacity of the firms and
organizations. ADB requires firms or organizations to register on the
DACON so that the ADB can consider them for short-listing for a
technical assistance project. The term \"firm or organization\" covers
all sources of consultants, such as consulting firms, government
agencies, public sector organizations, national and international
institutions and non-government organizations.

The DICON (http://www.adb.org/Consulting/dicon.asp) system contains the
names of persons who are citizens of ADB\'s member countries; are at the
forefront of their respective fields; and may be practicing consultants
or employees, whose organizations are prepared to release them for short
periods to serve ADB; or retired persons with special experience who are
still active.

Firms may also send a notification copy of their EOIs to the U.S.
mailing address for the U.S. Commercial Service Liaison Office to the
ADB, Attention: Frank Foster, Senior Commercial Officer, PSC 500 Box 33,
FPO AP 96515-1000, or to the same office at its international mailing
address: 25th Floor Ayala Life-FGU Center, 6811 Ayala Avenue, Makati
City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1226; Phone: (63-2) 887-1345; Fax:
(63-2) 887-1164; E-mail: manila.adb.office.box \@mail.doc.gov. These
projects are likewise available on our website at
<http://www.buyusa.gov/adb>. This office works closely with the Office
of the U.S. Executive Director to the ADB to increase American awareness
of, and participation in, the ADB\'s activities.

The projects listed in this report are now being actively processed by
the ADB. For more information on these projects, the name of the ADB
project officer is indicated in the project brief. The U.S Commercial
Service Liaison Office to the ADB is ready to provide assistance to U.S.
firms upon request.

The following technical assistance projects are reprinted with
permission from the Asian Development Bank, from the ADB website at
[http://www.adb.org](http://www.adb.org/) and appeared for the first
time in January 2006. For more information on development in Asia and
the Pacific, see \<http://www.adb.org\>.

**ADVISORY AND OPERATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (ADTA) PROJECTS,
FEBRUARY 2006**

A.  **[CAMBODIA]{.underline}**

**A.1: Project Name : Enhancing the Role of Women in Inland Fisheries**

**Project No. :** CAM 38440-01

**Executing Agency :** Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture,

> Forestry and Fisheries
>
> Address:186 Preah Norodom Blvd., P.O.Box 582
>
> Phnom Penh, Cambodia
>
> Tel. No.: (855-232) 15796; Fax. No.: (855-232) 15470
>
> E-mail: <cfdo@camnet.com.kh>

**TA Amount** **:** US\$150,000.00

**Sector/Sub-sector :** Agriculture & Natural Resources /Fishery

Objectives and Scope:

The impact of the technical assistance (TA) will be pro-poor,
sustainable economic growth. Its outcome will be an elaborated strategy
to promote gender equity in inland fisheries in Cambodia. The outputs
that will enable the TA to accomplish the desired outcome are: (i) an
information base on gender issues and concerns is established; (ii) an
analysis of constraints and opportunities is conducted; and (iii)
interventions needed to promote women to fully participate in inland
fisheries are analyzed.

**Consulting Services:** The TA will require about 8 person-months of
specialized services. A team of international consultants will be
engaged individually to implement it. The international consultants will
include: (i) a fisheries policy development specialist, with experience
in inland fisheries (3 person-months); (ii) a gender specialist, with
experience in inland fisheries (3 person-months); and (iii) an
institutional economist (2 person-months). The fisheries policy
development specialist will act as team leader. The specialist will have
advanced leadership, managerial, diplomatic, and negotiating skills and
a history of managing for results. All international consultants will be
familiar with the circumstances of the Tonle Sap basin, such as its
complex poverty-environment nexus. All will be sensitive to gender
issues and concerns and able to mainstream gender considerations into
the planning and implementation of program and project design.
Short-term domestic consultants will be engaged as needed to conduct the
rapid surveys necessary to meet information needs on gender issues and
concerns. Their exact composition, as well as the scope, terms of
reference, and toolkit of the rapid surveys, will be identified during
inception of the TA.

**Project Processing Stage:** Submission for President\'s Consideration:
January 2006.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** Recruitment of consultants is expected
to take place in February 2006. The Consulting Services Recruitment
Notice (CSRN) for this project is now available in the ADB website.

**Project Officer :** Olivier Serrat

> Agriculture, Environment, & Natural Resources Division
>
> Mekong Department
>
> Tel. No.: (63-2) 632-6854
>
> Email: <oserrat@adb.org>

## In-country U.S. Embassy

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Embassy, Phnom Penh

> Don Coleman, Sr. Economic Officer
>
> Tel.: (855-23) 216 436/8 ext.128
>
> Fax: (855-23) 216-811
>
> Email: <ColemanDB2@state.gov>

**A.2: Project Name : Establishment of the Tonle Sap Basin Management**

> **Organization III**

**Project No. :** CAM 38620-01

**Executing Agency :** Cambodia National Mekong Committee

> Contact: Dr. An Pich Hatda, Deputy Director
>
> Address: Department of Planning, Cambodia National
>
> Mekong Committee, 23, Mao Tse Tong Road, Kham
>
> Chamkarmon
>
> P.O. Box 2214, Phnom Penh 3, Cambodia
>
> Tel. No.: (855-23) 218-727; Fax. No.: (855-23) 218-506

**TA Amount** **:** US\$ 300,000.00

## Sector/Subsector : Multisector 

Objectives and Scope:

The goal of the technical assistance (TA) is the sound development of
natural resources and management of the environment in the Tonle Sap
Basin (TSB) by government line agencies in partnership with the civil
society. Its purpose is the establishment of the Tonle Sap Basin
Organization (TSBO) at the national level (TSBCC) and pilot
implementation of sub-national structures in Pursat Sub-basin
(Sub-Basin, Provincial Water and Related Resources Committee and
Taskforces and supporting secretariats). The TA will complement the
suite of loan, grant, and TA projects that ADB promotes under the Tonle
Sap Initiative. The outputs of the TA will be (i) offices established
for TSBCC Secretariat and Pursat interim secretariat, (ii) interim
committees/working groups at basin, inter-provincial and provincial
levels, and task forces at district level established and functioning
(iii) the strategy for Tonle Sap basin revised and promoted, (iv)
capacity of RCG staff at national, provincial and district levels in
pilot sub-basins enhanced in conducting water resource surveys and
implementing IWRM and basin planning, (v) resource maps for 11 districts
in Pursat and Dauntri Sub-basins and Boribo catchment, (vi) assessments
of surface and ground water resources, current water use and trends for
11 districts in Pursat and Dauntri Sub-basins and Boribo catchment, and
an outline of the next phase to design and include priority water
resource studies and actions in 3 year provincial budgets

**Consulting Services:** An international consultant with expertise in
river basin management and institutions (5 person-months) will be
engaged to undertake the TA. The international consultant will be the
team leader and will take overall responsibility for delivering key
activities and accomplishing outputs. In particular, he or she will be
directly responsible for achieving the purpose of the TA. The team
leader will carry out the work in three inputs of 2.5 months, 1 month
and 1.5 months, respectively, with gaps of 4 and 3 months in between.
The team leader will have advanced leadership, managerial, diplomatic,
and negotiating skills and a history of managing for results. In
addition, about 15 person-months of short-term domestic consultants with
knowledge of water resource and communication issues will be engaged for
periods of 12 months and 4 months respectively. All consultants will be
familiar with the circumstances of the Tonle Sap basin, such as its
complex poverty-environment nexus and will be sensitive to gender issues
and able to mainstream gender considerations into both the TA work and
into the priority activities and studies to be identified. All
consultants will be engaged on an individual basis in accordance with
ADB\'s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants by the Asian Development
Bank and Its Borrowers and other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for
the engagement of domestic consultants

**Project Processing Stage:** Beginning of Fact-finding Mission: January
2006.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** Recruitment of consultants is expected
to take place in June 2006.

**Project Officer :** Olivier Serrat

> Agriculture, Environment, & Natural Resources Division
>
> Mekong Department
>
> Tel.: (63-2) 632-6854
>
> Email: <oserrat@adb.org>

## In-country U.S. Embassy

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Embassy, Phnom Penh

> Don Coleman, Sr. Economic Officer
>
> Tel.: (855-23) 216 436/8 ext.128
>
> Fax: (855-23) 216-811
>
> Email: <ColemanDB2@state.gov>

B.  **[CHINA]{.underline}**

**Project Name : Facility for Policy Reform II**

**Project Name :** PRC 36656-01

**Executing Agency :** Ministry of Finance

> Contact: Liu Fangyu
>
> Address: Sanlihe, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100820
>
> Tel. No.: (86-10) 6855-3166

**TA Amount** **:** US\$ 500,000.00

**Sector/Subsector :** Multisector

Objectives and Scope:

The technical assistance (TA) is designed to support the Government in
addressing priority issues and soon-to-be implementation reforms, with
focus on introducing international and domestic best practices. The
issues should also fall into ADB's priority areas in ADTA operation.
These include, among others, (i) policy and institutional reforms where
ADB's involvement is expected to have notable impacts; and (ii) legal
reforms and governance.

**Consulting Services:** Consulting services yet to be determined.

**Project Processing Stage:** Beginning of Fact-finding Mission:
December 2005.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** Requirements for Consulting Services to
be completed during Fact-finding Mission.

**Project Officer :** Xuechun Zhang

> PRC Resident Mission

Tel. (63-2) 632-5521

> Email: <xzhang@adb.org>

## In-country U.S. Embassy

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Commercial Service Beijing

> Craig Allen, Senior Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (86-10) 8529-6655
>
> Fax: (86-10) 8529-6558/6559
>
> E-mail: <Craig.Allen@mail.doc.gov>
>
> U.S. Commercial Service Chengdu
>
> Christina Harbaugh, Principal Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (86-28) 8558-3992
>
> Fax: (86-28) 8558-9221
>
> Email: <Christina.Harbaugh@mail.doc.gov>
>
> U.S. Commercial Service Guangzhou
>
> Robert Murphy, Principal Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (86-20) 8667-4011
>
> Fax: (86-20) 8666-6409
>
> E-mail: <Robert.Murphy@mail.doc.gov>
>
> U.S. Commercial Service Shanghai
>
> Ira Kasoff, Principal Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (86-21) 6279-7630
>
> Fax: (86-21) 6279-7639
>
> E-Mail: <Ira.Kasoff@mail.doc.gov>
>
> U.S. Commercial Service Shenyang
>
> Soching Tsai, Principal Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (86-24) 2322-1198
>
> Fax: (86-24) 2322-2206
>
> Email: <Soching.Tsai@mail.doc.gov>

**C: [INDIA]{.underline}**

**Project Name : Support for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban**

> **Renewal Mission**

**Project No. :** IND 39645-01

**Executing Agency :** Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty
Alleviation

**TA Amount** **:** US\$ 2,000,000.00

**Sector/Subsector :** Multisector

Objectives and Scope:

In recognition of the critical importance of rapid urban development,
India's Prime Minister launched the Jaaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission (JNNURM) on 3 December 2005. Cabinet approved the JNNURM
on 17 November 2005. JNNURM is a "reforms driven, fast track, planned
development of identified cities with focus on efficiency in urban
infrastructure/services delivery mechanism, community participation and
accountability of Urban Local Bodies /Parastatals towards
citizen"(JNNURM Mission Statement). The Mission duration is to be for
seven years, beginning starting 2005-2006, and includes a central outlay
of approximately \$11 billion. 63 cities are designated to be eligible
for investments through JNNURM. Each city will enter into a memorandum
of agreement (MOA) with the GOI and its parent State, committing to a
range of mandatory and optional reforms related to urban governance.
City Development Plans (CDPs) will be developed, which will consider
each city's unique needs in an integrated and participatory manner, and
prioritize investments that need to be made during the Mission period
and beyond. Based on the prioritization in the CDPs, Detailed Project
Reports (DPRs) will be prepared by the cities for the investments
seeking JNNURM funding. The proposed TA will provide technical
assistance to the Mission Directorate, MUD for effective implementation
of JNNURM and provide technical support to ULBs for accessing JNNURM
funds. The underlying goal of the TA is to leverage and mobilize the
substantial resources allocated by GOI for urban development through
JNNURM, and to help ensure maximum impact of the program in terms of
reforms at the state and local level, as well as in terms of physical
development of urban infrastructure. As such, the primary impact of the
TA will be the effective management and disbursement of JNNURM funds,
significant governance reforms at the state and ULB level, efficient
processing and implementation of JNNURM funded interventions at the ULB
level, and an overall improvement in the urban environment of India's
major cities.

**Consulting Services:** The TA will be implemented over a period of
three years beginning around March 2006. The consulting services will
total 294 person-months of inputs, all to be provided by domestic
consultants. The consulting team will comprise a management specialist
(team leader), a project monitoring and evaluation specialist, a
financial analyst, a municipal engineer, and a municipal finance
specialist for 36 person months each. An urban planner, a training and
change management specialist, a project implementation specialist, a
legal and regulatory specialist, and a transportation planner will each
provide 18 person months of consulting services, while a social
development specialist and environment specialist will provide 12 person
months each of consulting services on an intermittent basis over the
project duration. A consulting firm will be engaged using the quality
and cost-based selection method, in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on
the Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and its Borrowers and
other arrangements satisfactory to ADB for engaging consultants.

**Project Processing Stage:** Fact-finding Mission Completed: 14
December 2005.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** Recruitment of consultants to be
initiated in February 2006. The Consulting Services Recruitment Notice
(CSRN) for this project is now available in the ADB website.

**Project Officer :** Nayana Mawilmada

> Social Sectors Division
>
> South Asia Department
>
> Tel.: (63-2) 632-6229
>
> Email: <nmawilmada@adb.org>

## In-country U.S. Embassy

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Commercial Service New Delhi

> John Peters, Minister-Counselor for Commercial
>
> Affairs
>
> Tel.: (91-11) 2331-6841/48; Fax: (91-11) 2331-5172
>
> E-mail: <John.Peters@mail.doc.gov>

D.  **[LAOS]{.underline}**

**D.1: Project Name : Support Implementation of the Secured
Transactions**

> **Regime**

**Project No. :** LAO 39667-01

**Executing Agency :** Asian Development Bank

**TA Amount** **:** US\$ 150,000.00

**Sector/Subsector :** Law, Economic Management & Public Policy /

> Law & Judiciary

Objectives and Scope:

The goal of the sector-specific technical assistance (SSTA) is to
operationalize a secured transactions regime in Lao PDR and thus create
an enabling environment to increase availability, affordability and
transparency o credit access, as well as facilitate domestic and
cross-border investment. The main output will be an operational secured
transactions registry and capacity building modules to support the
implementation of the secured transactions regime. The establishment of
the secured transactions registry and capacity building modules will
also seek to involve other donors and thus facilitate the implementation
of the training modules outside the major urban areas of Vientiane,
Luang Prabang and Pakse. Accordingly, the SSTA will generate related
outputs such as: (i) training of trainers program within the Lao Bar
association and the LNCCI, and (ii) identify a sequence of activities to
be funded at a later stage, as required by donors.

**Consulting Services:** A team of three short-term international
consultants, with expertise in law, finance and investment as well as
domestic consultants, will be recruited on an individual basis to
provide a total of 8 person-months of continuous international inputs
and a total of 10 person-months of continuous domestic consultant input.

**Project Processing Stage:** For the President\'s Consideration: 21
December 2005.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** Recruitment of Consultants is expected
to take place in January 2006.

**Project Officer :** Madeleine Varkay

> Governance, Finance, and Trade Division
>
> Mekong Department
>
> Tel.: (63-2) 632-6450
>
> Email: <mvarkay@adb.org>

## In-country U.S. Embassy

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Embassy Vientiane

> Scott Rolston, Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (856-21) 212-581/2
>
> Fax: (856-21) 217-643
>
> E-mail: <RolstoSL@state.gov>

**D.2: Project Name : Revitalizing Community Demand for Immunization**

**Project No. :** LAO 40004-01

**Executing Agency :** Asian Development Bank

**TA Amount** **:** US\$ 140,000.00

**Sector/Sub-sector :** Health, Nutrition, & Social Protection /

> Other Health & Social Services

Objectives and Scope:

The objective of the technical assistance (TA) will be to improve child
immunization coverage in poor rural areas of Lao PDR. The expected
outcome is increased community demand for immunization. The TA will have
the following five components: (i) articipatory learning and action;
(ii) community-designed education messages and tools; (iii)
participatory community health education; (iv) immunization \'branding\'
for improved profile and demand; and (v) leadership advocacy.

**Consulting Services:** About 24 person months (9 person-months)
international and (15 person-months) domestic individual consultants
will be required with expertise in communication research design,
monitoring and evaluation.

**Project Processing Stage:** Submission for the President\'s
Consideration: January 2006.

**Recruitment of Consultants:** Recruitment of consultants is expected
to start in February 2006.

**Project Officer :** Vincent De Wit

> Social Sectors Division
>
> Mekong Department
>
> Tel.: (63-2) 632-5934
>
> Email: <vdewit@adb.org>

**In-country U.S. Embassy**

**Commercial Officer :** U.S. Embassy Vientiane

> Scott Rolston, Commercial Officer
>
> Tel.: (856-21) 212-581/2
>
> Fax: (856-21) 217-643
>
> E-mail: <RolstoSL@state.gov>