Plan and coordinate preliminary activities well to minimize delays. The executing agency needs to pursue a set of well-planned and concerted actions to ensure timely completion of all critical activities for identification and appraisal of subprojects; government approval of the initial environmental examination, environmental management plan, and resettlement plan as appropriate; recruitment of consultants; streamlining the procurement of civil works contracts; and continuous cooperation among the executing agency and LGIs (local government institutions). The delay in project implementation is attributed mainly to protracted recruitment and fielding of the consultants and the consequent delays in preparing the SARs (subproject appraisal report).
Second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project