Ulaanbaatar Heating Sector Improvement Project

The development objective of Ulaanbaatar Heating Sector Improvement Project for Mongolia is to expand capacity and improve efficiency of the district heating network in selected project areas. This project has two components. 1) The first component, Rehabilitation and expansion of District Heating (DH) network, has the following sub-components: (i) Rehabilitation and upgrading of the DH network in selected existing service areas; (ii) Expansion of the DH network into selected new/ger areas; and (iii) Modernization of the DH pumping stations. 2) The second component, Capacity strengthening and project implementation support, has the following sub-components: (i) Strengthening of operational and fiduciary function of the Ulaanbaatar District Heating Company (UBDHC) and technical assistance to the key stakeholders on sector planning and regulation and institutional arrangement; and (ii) Project implementation and management, including environmental and social preparatory and implementation work, procurement, financial management (FM), monitoring and evaluation (M and E), and incremental operating expenses of the Project Management Office (PMO).