Name of the Project: Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming in Bangladesh
Project Location: Barguna, Bhola and Satkhira District, Bangladesh
Number of Beneficiary: 10,534,350 persons
Type of Project: Infrastructure and Built Environment
Land Acquisition: Not Applicable
ESF Risk Category: B (GCF)
Project Period: 6.0 years
Financier: Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Executing Agency: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Government of Bangladesh
Receiver: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
Sponsor: Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance (MOF), Government of Bangladesh
Important Dates
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Proposal Submission: 3 August 2015
First Revision: 31 August 2015
Second Revision: 10 September 2015
Third Revision: 25 September 2015
Final Submission: 15 October 2015
Project Approval: November 2015 (Decision Number: B.11/11)
Project Starting: 1 April 2016 (Revised: 16 March 2018)
Project Completion: 31 March 2022 (Revised: 15 March 2024)
Budget
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Knowledge Management: USD 6.0 Million; Guidelines, Standards & Procedures: 3.0 Million; Communication, Consultation and Training: 3.0 Million; Initiate Development of a Permanent Institutional Structure: USD 1.0 Million; Priority Multipurpose Cyclone Shelter: USD 26.5 Million; Critical Rural Road Connectivity: USD 10.5 Million; Climate Resilient Urban Infrastructure in Satkhira: USD 18.0 Million; Project Management at LGED: USD 4.5 Million; Institutional Development, Design, Management & Supervision (C1 & C2): USD 5.5 Million; Design, Management & Supervision (C3): 2.0 Million: Total 80.0 Million
Financing
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Size of the Project: Medium (USD 50 - 250 Million)
Total Budget: USD 80.0 Million
GCF Investment (Grant): USD 40.0 Million
BMZ/KfW Investment (Grant): USD 15.0 Million
GOB Investment (Contribution): USD 25.0 Million
Sector of Investment: Climate Change Adaptation
Short Description
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Providing cyclone shelters and safeguarding critical road access to protect lives in a rural coastal region of Bangladesh. Developing urban infrastructure and safeguarding vulnerable city-dwellers from climate risk. Establishing a national centre of excellence for climate resilience infrastructure, to inform and guide future infrastructure development throughout the country.
Bangladesh is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate risk, notably to cyclones and floods. Coastal districts are particularly at risk from extreme weather, a risk which will be exacerbated by climate change impacts such as increased seasonal variation, higher precipitation levels, and rising sea levels. Three of the country’s most vulnerable and poor coastal districts are targeted by the project: Bhola, Barguna, and Satkhira.
The project establishes a national center of excellence to gather, develop, and share climate resilience infrastructure knowledge. Rural infrastructure development will be supported by constructing 45 new cyclone shelters and renovating 20 existing shelters. The shelters built under this project will be used as primary schools in normal times, providing 45 additional schools and helping educate 18,590 children. The improvement of 80 km of critical access roads to the rural shelters will also be undertaken, to safeguard access during extreme weather and enhance the adaptive capacities of local communities.
Pilot climate-resilient urban infrastructure projects will also be undertaken in the city of Satkhira. Urban projects may include improvements to drainage, flood protection, sanitation, water supply, and transport, with priority given to the most vulnerable such as the inhabitants of city slums.
Basic Documents
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- GCF: Funding Proposal: Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming in Bangladesh (FP004)
- GCF: Gender Assessment: Climate Resilient Infrastructure Mainstreaming in Bangladesh (FP004)
Contact Persons
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Johannes Scholl
Project Manager, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
Address: Palmengartenstr. 5-9, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany
Phone: +49 69 7431 8935; Email: Johannes.scholl@kfw.de
Matthias Börner
Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)
matthias.boerner@kfw.de
Dr. Martina Jung
martina.jung@kfw.de
Kazi Shofiqul Azam
Secretary, Economic Relations Division
Phone: +88 02 9113 743, +88 02 9133 489
Email: secretary@erd.gov.bd
Related NGOs
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Abdul Momen Khan Memorial Foundation (Khan Foundation), Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (Coast Trust), Development Wheel (DEW), Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK), Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Jago Nari, Maleya Foundation, Trinamul Unnayan Sangstha (TUS)
Acronyms
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BMZ: Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)
GOB: Government of Bangladesh
KfW: Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Reconstruction Credit Institute)
