PAD - LGED

Annex 3: Implementation and Institutional Arrangements
Bangladesh: Second Rural Transport Improvement Project (P123828)
Project Implementation and Institutional Arrangements
1. Project Steering Committee. A high-level empowered Project Steering Committee
(PSC) will be established to provide oversight and undertake periodic review of project
implementation and addressing the issues hampering the progress. Project Steering Committee,
which shall be chaired by the Secretary, Local Government Division, Ministry of Local
Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and include as members, the Director
General, Local Government Division, the Chief Engineer and Additional Chief Engineer
(Planning) of LGED, and representatives of the Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural
Institutions Division; IMED; Finance Division, Economic Relations Division; and the Ministry
of Land. Aditionally, a Project Coordinator, having the rank of Superintending Engineer, under
the Chief Engineer, LGED, will be responsible for the oversight coordination and supervision of
Project activities.
2. The Project Management Unit (PMU) established within LGED under RTIP-I will
continue to coordinate all project preparation and implementation activities for RTIP-II. The
PMU will be responsible for overall implementation of the project, which includes planning,
budgeting, procurement, coordination, management, and monitoring of various components. The
PMU is headed by a Project Director (PD) supported by two Deputy Project Directors with the
associated adequate staff, who will be based at headquarters. Further, two additional Deputy
Project Directors will be based in the field supported by staff working on a full time basis on
project implementation, with expertise in social, environmental, procurement and financial
management. Most of this staff already has experience in implementing previous Bank’s or other
similar donor assisted projects. A Project Preparation Consultant (PPC) assisted LGED in the
identification of project components and design of the first year's civil works program. PMU will
be supported by an international management consultant and two design and supervision
consultant teams for which selection processes already have started during project preparation.
3. During implementation, LGED will receive support from an internationally experienced
Management Support Consultant (MSC) in the following areas:
i) Project management including coordination, reporting, monitoring of progress and
programs;
ii) Budgetary and financial management,
iii) Review of quality control and quality assurance,
iv) Reviewing payment certificates if required,
v) Contractual advice and settlement of disputes, claims,
vi) Implementation of the safeguard management plans (environment, resettlement etc.), and
vii) Design and management of a monitoring and evaluation survey of socio-economic aspects
of RTIP-II.
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