| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
The Project the Rural Electrification on Micro-Hydropower in Remote Province of Mondul Kiri |
| Duration |
Exchange of Note Date: June 2006, Project Completion Date: December 2008 |
| Donor |
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| Implementiong Organization |
Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Infrastructure |
| Region |
Sen Monorom City, the capital of Mondul Kiri Province |
| Financing |
Grant Limit: 1,066 million yen, Actural Grant Amount: 1,059 million yen |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
Japan International Cooperation Agengy (JICA), Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, Konoike Construction Co., Ltd., J-POWER Co., Ltd., Nippon Koei Co., Ltd., Earth and Human Corporation, Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC), Electricite du Cambodia (EDC) |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
After starting operation of the facility, in the dry season, which is the tourist season, the operation of hydropower facilities is limited during 9:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon, in order to keep the way to discharge water to the waterfall so as not to interfere with the scenery. So, no negative impact has been given to the ecological system in the downstream area and neighbor residents.
No residents have been relocated, and there has been no opposition to the contruction. With respect to the acquisition of sites, most of the construction sites have comprised forest land owned by the government, so there were so problems in implementing the project. |
| Gender |
No gender related materials are mentioned in completion report. |
| Impact Analysis |
The project is relevant to the Energy Sector Development Policy (2004-2020), which calls for the electrification of rural areas as a foremost issue to eliminate disparities between urban areas and rural areas, improve living condition and reduce poverty. Moreover, at the point when the ex-post evaluation was done, the National Strategic Development Plan (2006-2010) formulated in order to embody the Rectangular Strategy also emphasized the promotion of power supplies, and numerical targets for electrification rates were set with the aim of increasing the electrification rate to 25% by 2010 and 70% by 2030. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
No information regarding ownership and partnership |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
No information regarding policy coherence and harmonization |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
The evaluation study was conducted by Machi KANEKO from Earth and Human Corporation. And the duration of the evaluation study was from October 2011 to August 2012, and the field study was conducted from March 26 to April 14 of 2012, and May 26 to June 9 of 2012.
In the result of the beneficiary survey conducted among residents, 85% of households responded that the economy was better than prior to the Project, and the primray reason cited for the turnaround were electrification within city limits, and refurbishment of roads. The survey indicated that residents feel that implementation of the Project has had a positive impact on the development of the regional economy by means of the electrification of Sen Monorom City. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
The project was planned to span a period of 22 months, but the actual implementation period was longer than planned by 132%, running 29 months, from June 2006 through November 2008. The reaseon for the overrun was that bidding conducted in October 2006 failed, and new bidding was conducted in April 2007 after some changes were made to the design. The lowest bid price at the first bidding significantly exceeded the planned price of 967 million yen. Because of this, it was decided to eliminate one of the hydropower plants, and to increase the power output at the remaining two locations in order to ensure the level of output specified in the planning.
The ex-post evaluation report considered the sustainability of the project high, because no major problems have been observed in the structural, technical or financial aspects of the maintanance of the Project. With respect to maintanance of the facility, the Project provided for the foundation of an operating and maintanance system, which was fortified through the technical cooperation project afterwards. |
| Rating |
4/5 |
| Other Remarks |
Related Project is technical cooperation project "The Project for Operation and Maintanance of the Rural Electrification on Micro-hydropower in Mondul Kiri, Cambodia" (December 2008 - March 2011). |
