Projects List

Regional Power Rehabilitation

Individual consultants will be recruited to prepare the Regional Power Rehabilitation Project in Tajikistan for Asian Development Bank financing.

Transmission and Distribution Metering Project

The technical assistance will prepare the Transmission and Distribution Metering Project which will install accurate, tamper-proof wholesale meters, and auxiliary substation equipment at key interfaces between the generation company and licensees, transmission company, distribution companies and licensees, import/export nodes, and large consumers.

CAREC Transport Corridor I (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program, Tranche 2

The second project will reconstruct 79 kilometers of the highway in Zhambyl Oblast. This will be part of the CAREC Transport Corridor 1, running from Khorgos city through Almaty and Shymkent to the Russian Federation's western border.

Inner Mongolia Road Development Project

The main objective of the technical assistance is to support the Inner Mongolia Road Development Project by assisting the executing agency to ensure that the project would be suitable for Asian Development Bank financing.

Hairatan to Mazar-e-Sharif Railway Development Program

The project will increase economic growth and trade between Afghanistan and the region due to a more efficient, safe, and sustainable railway transport network. Increased transport volumes will also reduce transport costs.

CAREC: Working with the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation

The technical assistance will support the design, implementation, and monitoring of key trade facilitation and private sector development activities under the CAREC Program.

CASAREM-Talimarjan Power Generation and Transmission Project

The original aim of the technical assistance (TA) was to prepare the Talimarjan Power Project for Asian Development Bank financing. The TA scope was expanded to include assistance to the EA in procuring the main power plant contract. The TA scope was expanded to include assistance to the executing agency in procuring the main power plant contract.

Dushanbe–Kyrgyz Border Road Rehabilitation Project, Phase II (Supplementary)

The supplementary grant will reinforce the original project’s impact and outcome, contributing to integrated and efficient regional road transport and trade links, and creating improved access to market and social services.

Regional Economic Integration in Central Asia: Stocktaking and Experience Sharing

The technical assistance was designed as a stocktaking exercise of regional cooperation and integration (RCI) institutions, with a special focus on Central Asia, with the goal of enhancing RCI activities in the subregion.

CAREC Transport Corridor I (Bishkek–Torugart Road), Tranche 2

The second rehabilitation project on the Bishkek–Torugart Road will upgrade 75 kilometers of a two-lane road, build a border control facility, and provide training and skills development for road engineering graduates of local universities.

Xinjiang Urban Transport and Environmental Improvement Project

The project will improve urban road infrastructure, traffic management, and environmental sanitation in the cities of Altay, Changji, Hami, Kuytun, and Turpan.

Road Database Development Using Geographic Information System

The technical assistance will upgrade the existing road database by applying a geographic information system (GIS).

Kabul Distribution Network Rehabilitation

The technical assistance will prepare the Kabul Distribution Network Rehabilitation Project.

Railway Development Study

The technical assistance will carry out technical, social, environmental, financial, and economic assessments for two major routes: (i) from Hairatan at the border with Uzbekistan to Herat in the west via Mazar-e-Sharif, and (ii) from Shirkhan Bendar at the border with Tajikistan via Kunduz to Naibabad joining Mazar-e-Sharif to Herat.

Power Distribution Development Investment Program

The technical assistance aims to set out a financing framework agreement and an investment program that is economically, financially, and technically feasible, and socially and environmentally acceptable.

Growing Inclusive Markets in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

The project will foster partnerships with a wide range of stakeholders to facilitate development of inclusive markets – markets that involve poor as producers, suppliers and wage employees (on supply side) and as customers and users of affordable goods and services (on demand side).

CAREC Transport Corridor I (Zhambyl Oblast Section) Investment Program, Project 1

The first project will reconstruct 125 kilometers of the highway between Taraz and Korday in Zhambyl Oblast. This will be part of the CAREC Transport Corridor I, running from Khorgos city through Almaty and Shymkent to the Russian Federation's western border.

Energy Sector Development Investment Program, Tranche 1

The project will rehabilitate gas fields in Sheberghan, build a 220-kilovolt transmission line from Kunduz to Taloqan, and develop distribution systems in Kunduz and Baghlan.

Road Network Development Investment Program, Tranche 1

The investment program will increase Afghanistan's road network connectivity and quality by promoting, and providing financing for the road improvement and institutions development component of the Afghanistan National Development Strategy.

Nurek 500 kV Switchyard Reconstruction Project

The project will replace outdated equipment and build a new 500 kilovolt Nurek switchyard within the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant complex.