Expertise: Engineering; Water Sector Specialist
Expertise Group: Engineering
Consultant Source: International
TOR Keywords: Water Sector Specialist
Objective and Purpose of the Assignment
- The technical assistance (TA) Strengthening the Water Supply and Sanitation Governance and
Institutions seeks to increase transparency, accountability, and quality of services in institutions
that oversee and deliver water supply and sanitation (WSS) services in Tajikistan. The TA will provide
policy, capacity, and knowledge support to help (i) the Antimonopoly Service (AMS) effectively regulate
the sector; and (ii) the state unitary enterprise (SUE) Dushanbevodokanal (DVK) and the State Executive
Authority of Dushanbe City (Dushanbe Municipality) achieve good corporate governance and financial
prudence for improved WSS services. - The TA is aligned with the following impact: living conditions and public health in Tajikistan
improved. The TA will have the following outcome: governance and institutional capacity for sustainable
and resilient WSS improved. This will be achieved through the following outputs: (i) sector regulatory
capacity developed, (ii) DVK management effectiveness improved, and (iii) DVK’s climate adaptive
capacity increased. - There are three outputs under the TA: (i) sector regulatory capacity developed; (ii)
Dushanbevodokanal management effectiveness improved; and (iii) Dushanbevodokanal’s climate adaptive
capacity increased. A multidisciplinary team of international and national experts will be recruited to
develop and implement TA activities under Output 3. Output 1 is sector regulatory capacity developed,
and Output 2 is Dushanbevodokanal management effectiveness improved. - Output 3: Dushanbevodokanal’s climate adaptive capacity increased. The output’s objective is to build
resilience at DVK and ensure that WSS investments adequately address climate change and disaster risks.
The TA will undertake a systems-level resilience analysis of DVK, develop risk-based investment planning
and processes, and embed climate actions into corporate and operational documents. The TA team, in close
coordination with DVK, will collect data, hold consultations, develop climate models, assess climate
change impact and vulnerability, identify risk mitigation measures, prepare reports and presentations,
and organize training workshops to increase awareness of climate change risks and disaster risk
management. Based on these assessments, the TA will support the feasibility and preliminary design of a
Type 2B adaptation project. - International and national consultants will conduct systems-level climate resilience analysis,
stakeholder consultations, identification of priority projects, and carry out the feasibility study
covering concept design, in addition to required ADB due diligence with respect to economic, financial,
environment safeguards, social safeguards, gender, social development, climate change and procurement.
The consultants will also prepare draft documents for ADB’s RRP including related sector assessment,
problem tree, cost estimates, and timeline. The team leader will be responsible for overall coordination
of the team of consultants, overall quality of documentation prepared, and liaison with the client and
other consultants. In collaboration with the DVK engineering team, the consultants will prepare
strategic procurement planning, draft procurement plan, preliminary design incorporating climate
proofing measures with bill of quantities, cost estimates and proposed packaging of all civil works,
goods and consultancy services completed in all respect and accepted by the DVK and ADB. The
deliverables will be a joint responsibility of the implementing agency, and international and national
consultants. - The consultants will be responsible for completing feasibility study and ensuring compliance with ADB
and government requirements. The feasibility study will involve conceptual and preliminary design for a
priority project based on the climate change risk assessment. It is essential that the work complements
the outputs of climate change experts, with the aim of enhancing DVK’s resilience at the system level. - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will engage consultants following the ADB Procurement Policy (2017,
as amended from time to time) and its associated project administration instructions and/or staff
instructions. ADB will lead the identification, evaluation, and selection of the technical assistance
(TA) consultants. This Terms of Reference (TOR) refers to the consulting service under Output 3, using
individual consultants’ recruitment. - ADB will supervise and monitor the consultants’ output to be delivered. The output will be reviewed
by both the executing agency and ADB, and the consultants will incorporate comments and suggestions
before finalizing the deliverables
Scope of Work
The specialist will conduct necessary reviews, assessment, consultations, and capacity building to
identify and recommend a climate-oriented business model. The specialist’s tasks are expected to
include, but not be limited to:
i. Guide and oversee the overall process of integrating climate change adaptation considerations into
the project’s rationale, scope, outputs, and activities;
ii. Lead the overall TA activities, including all the assessments, stakeholder consultations, workshops,
data collection, document review and report preparation; coordinate with DVK and other ADB-funded
loan/TA (consultant) teams to ensure alignment of activities and outputs.
iii. assess the extent of integration of climate adaptation, resilience, and energy efficiency into
local policies, programs, plans, design, and construction standards for essential infrastructure in
water sector of Dushanbe City; based on the gaps identified prepare terms of reference for city-wide
water climate resilience plan, including water source management plan.
iv. in consultation with DVK and concerned stakeholders; in a participatory manner, identify a robust
and coherent pipeline of climate change adaptation investment pipeline.
v. identify needs, barriers and opportunities for capacity building and reform to strengthen DVK’s
climate resilience; streamline climate change mitigation and adaption options in the planning, project
development, and operations; develop a road map and refine climate actions to be incorporated in DVK’s
business plan; which will be included in the CRA/CCA.
vi. identify suitable digital solutions for climate change adaptation of DVK;
vii. define the investment priorities and institutional strengthening activities, with proper readiness,
to be included under the ensuing Dushanbe Urban Water Resilience Project; the project scope needs to be
coordinate with other development partners interventions in urban water resilience of Dushanbe City.
Prepare the indicative terms of reference for the proposed institutional strengthening and capacity
building actives.
viii. prepare final reports incorporating comments from ADB and other stakeholders; and
ix. coordinate with DVK and other ADB-funded loan/TA (consultant) teams to ensure alignment of
activities and outputs.
Detailed Tasks and/or Expected Output
Detailed tasks are provided above (Scope of Work).
Expected Output: The consultant will coordinate with other consultants to prepared and shared with the
Dushanbe Municipality, DVK, and ADB the following.
(i) Inception report. (4 weeks after commencement)
• Proposed general approaches and methodologies
• Stakeholder analysis
• Proposed table of contents (or headers) of each potential deliverable. Workplan and timeline.
• Social and gender: (i) the methodology and key questionnaires to be used for the poverty, social, and
gender assessment (PSA) data collection, (ii) stakeholder analysis, (iii) the list of reference
documents to pull out poverty, social, and gender-related data, (iv) potential list of organizations and
individuals to be interviewed for key informant interviews, and (v) table of contents for the PSA report
• Issues and challenges for TA implementation and ensuing project preparation.
(ii) Interim report (3 months after commencement). Based on the agreed items at the inception mission,
prepare the first draft of the contents required in the draft final report.
• Detailed problem analysis
• Identification of subprojects and components for assessments
• Proposed detailed sector/technical assessment report
• Draft Climate change assessment
• Draft Climate risk vulnerability assessment
• Draft water balance analysis
(iii) Draft final report. (6 months after commencement).
• Draft report and recommendation of the President, including design and monitoring framework
• List of covenants to include in loan and project agreements
• Full sector assessment reports, and 5-page summary
• Project administration manual, including
o Detailed cost table in excel
o Draft Procurement plan
o Indicative terms of reference for project management and detailed engineering design consultancy
• Financial management assessment report
• Financial analysis report with excel table, and 5-page summary
• Full economic analysis report with excel table, and 5-page summary
• Poverty, social, and gender assessment report
• Summary poverty reduction and social strategy
• Gender analysis and action plan (GAAP)
- Strategic Procurement Plan in compliance with the SPP Template available on ADB website at the
following link:
https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/business-guide/430146/strategic-procurement-planning-template.
docx
(iv) Final report. (9 months after commencement). Final sets of document addressing the comments from
ADB, Municipality and DVK.
Minimum Qualification Requirements
The specialist will have an advanced degree (preferably master’s degree) in environmental policy,
economics, engineering, or related field. The specialist will have a strong grasp of climate policy
frameworks, nationally determined contributions (NDCs), and related institutions in Tajikistan or
similar countries in water sector. The specialist will have strong communication skills. The specialist
must have a graduate degree in civil engineering, urban planning, economics, geography, or related
field, with minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience in water project design of resilient
urban infrastructure and services, climate change adaptation, and investment planning at the
international level. Country and regional experience is preferred.
Minimum General Experience: 10 Years
Minimum Specific Experience (relevant to assignment): 10 Years
