Climate Resilient Water Services Project

The development objective of Climate Resilient Water Services Project for Kyrgyz Republic is to (i) increase access to climate-resilient water services in selected river basins, and (ii) strengthen institutional capacities for climate-resilient water management at the local and national levels. This project has four components. 1) The first component, Infrastructure Investments and Service Improvements, has the following sub-components: (i) Water Supply and Sanitation infrastructure; and (ii) Irrigation and Drainage Services Improvement. 2) The second component, Institutional Strengthening for Climate Resilient Service Delivery, Water Resources Management and Dam Management, has the following sub-components: (i) Institutional Strengthening for WSS Service Delivery; (ii) Institutional strengthening for irrigation water services delivery; (iii) Water and soil quality monitoring system; and (iv) Dam management. 3) The third component, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and Professional Development, will finance the required staff, consultant services, professional development and operating costs that will allow the Project Implementation Units to carry out their responsibilities for implementation. 4) The fourth component, Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC), allows the government to request the World Bank to recategorize and reallocate uncommitted financing from other project components to cover emergency response and recovery costs.