Sao Tome and Principe Transport Sector Development and Coastal Protection Project

The development objective of the Transport Sector Development and Coastal Protection Project for Sao Tome and Principe is to improve connectivity, sustainability, safety, and climate resilience of selected roads. The project comprises of four components. The first component, road sector institutional strengthening will consolidate the road sector institutional set up and improve road asset management practices with a focus on climate resilience and road safety. It consists of following sub-components: (i) technical and management capacity strengthening of Roads Maintenance Intervention Groups (GIME) and local communities; (ii) strengthening the institutional capacity of the national road fund (FRN) and national institute of roads (INAE); (iii) preparation of the climate vulnerability assessment of the national road network; (iv) implementation of innovative road maintenance and coastal road protection interventions; (v) preparation of a road safety strategy and action plan; (vi) small scale road safety interventions; and (vii) preparation of the detailed engineering design, the bidding documents and the safeguards instrument. The second component, civil works and project supervision consists of following sub-components: (i) rehabilitation and upgrade of the existing national road 1 (EN1) from Sao Tome to Guadalupe; and (ii) construction supervision and quality assurance services. The third component, project management and implementation support consist of following sub-components: (i) support to operation and incremental costs for the project implementation entities - fiduciary agency for project administration (AFAP); and (ii) project management support consultants to fill AFAP and INAE technical and management capacity gaps. The fourth component, contingency emergency response will support preparedness and rapid response to an eligible crisis or emergency, if needed.