CH-Second Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project

The development objective of the Second Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project for China is to conserve cultural and natural heritage, enhance tourism services and improve community services in selected project sites in Gansu Province. The three project components described below blend investments in sites and communities with capacity building. First component, heritage conservation and tourism services improvement will support carrying out site conservation and protection activities, construction, upgrading and/or rehabilitation of basic infrastructure and services facilities. Second component, community basic services delivery will support construction, upgrading and/or rehabilitation of basic infrastructure, and provision of basic services to the communities in the Project Sites, consisting of, inter alia: (i) improvement of pavement for village access roads; (ii) provision of water supply, wastewater collection and disposal; (iii) solid waste collection and sanitation improvements; (iv) street lighting; (v) construction of a wastewater collection network in Kongtong Scenic Area, a wastewater treatment plant along with a wastewater collection network in Hua’er Songmingyan Scenic Area; and (vi) construction of village classrooms for teaching and practicing local intangible cultural heritage such as local folk songs and performing art. Third component, capacity building, institutional strengthening, and project management support component consists of: i.)Provision of training to selected Project-related staff, scenic area administrators and operators, and residents of local communities in the Project Sites, as appropriate, on inter alia, cultural and natural heritage protection and scenic area management. ii.) Provision of (a) training to residents of local communities in the Project Sites on topics of start-up or expansion of locally-owned and tourism-related small business, business skills for participation in tourism,...