PAD - LGED

Issues / Risk Mitigating Actions to be taken Agency
Responsible
to RTIP-II
Need to improve
financial
management
system
Application and monitoring of Procurement Risk
Mitigation Framework (PPMR or PROMIS-RTIP-II)
Clarify responsibilities of supervision consultant
engineer to work in close coordination with the
Executive Engineers in the districts to supervise
implementation of RTIP-II civil works contracts
instead of being adviser as in RTIP-I
Review contract management as part of the Integrated
Performance Audit
Make Unified Financial Management System (UFMS)
fully functional or replace with new system and roll
out to all LGED projects including RTIP-II
Weak Accountability
Need to increase Enhance a Suggestions and Complaints Mechanism to
citizen oversight cover all aspects of project implementation and involve
all project stakeholders
Mainstream citizen oversight under RTIP-II through
community monitoring and Suggestions and
Complaints Mechanism at local level
Adopt disclosure policy for RTIP-II and disclose
project information on project website
Enhance a project monitoring database with
information on the financial progress (in addition to
information on physical progress)
Timeline
Early Warning
Indicators
Ready by first week of
January, 2013
Lack of progress reports on Procurement Risk Mitigation
Framework
LGED In supervision contracts Arrangements not in contracts of supervision consultants
and civil works
LGED Twice a year
LGED
LGED
UFMS within 1 st year
or new system within
3 rd year
1 st year of project
implementation
1 st year of project
implementation
By start of the project
2 nd year of project
implementation
Discrepancies between disbursements and project
progress
High number of audit objections in annual financial
audits
Inordinate delays in submitting FMRs
No suggestions and comments from project stakeholders
Absence of community monitoring
Project information not updated
No data on financial progress of projects disclosed on the
website
Need to strengthen
internal
Set up board signs with contract information and SCM
contact information at each project road site for the
beneficiaries to monitor progress of works
Select RTIP-II roads based on agreed methodology and
measurable and objective selection criteria
LGED
At time of approval of
annual programs
No board signs at project roads
Delays in or absence of submission of list of roads in
annual programs to the Bank
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