📋 Tender Overview
On January 12 the Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA signed a Record of Discussions with the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia for the Project for Formulation of the Development Plan for Urban Water Supply a technical cooperation project for development planning.Access to safe water in regional cities in Cambodia remains low. Apart from the two public water supply authorities and 10 public waterworks that exist in major cities water services in Cambodia are provided by private operators. In order to achieve a safe water supply for people throughout the country an efficient demarcation between public and private water-supply operators is needed.Building on the achievements of Japans past cooperation toward improving the Cambodian water supply which resulted in the Phnom Penh Miracle this project will support the formulation of the Urban Water Supply Development Guide to provide safe sustainable and resilient water services extending the benefits of JICAs previous cooperation to provinces. By supporting capacity building so that the Cambodian government can formulate and implement provincial urban water supply development plans and public waterworks master plans on their own based on the Urban Water Supply Development Guide this project will contribute to improved access to safe water especially in provinces in Cambodia as well as to SDGs Sustainable Development Goals Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation.Basic project informationCountryThe Kingdom of CambodiaProject titleThe Project for Formulation of the Development Plan for Urban Water SupplyPlanned implementation period36 monthsExecuting agencyGeneral Department of Water Ministry of Industry Science Technology Innovation Provincial Department of Water Ministry of Industry Science Technology Innovation public waterworks water supply authoritiesTarget regionWhole of Cambodia model activities Kampot and Prey VengSpecific project details provisionalAssessment of the current status of public and private water supplies and development of the concept of their ideal form development of the Urban Water Supply Development Guide development of model provincial urban water supply development plans and public waterworks master plans capacity building of the Department of Industry Science Technology Innovation in various regions
