Afghani., Is Rep. of AOTA: (N) AFG 37264-01
Project Name
Capacity Strengthening of Civil Aviation Sector (formerly Institutional Strengthening of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism)

Executing Agency
Ministry of Transport
Contact : Mr. Raz Muhammad Alami
Tel. No. : 0093-0-2021 01032
Address : Kabul Airport Road
beside Radio Afghanistan
Kabul

TA Amount (US$ '000)
1,000.00

Sector/Subsector
Transport & Communications /Civil Aviation

Date of First Listing
11 April 2005

Objectives and Scope
The objective of the Technical Assistance (TA) is to upgrade the air safety oversight and improve financial governance of airport operations in Afghanistan. The TA will strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to undertake the air safety oversight, particularly for airworthiness control, flight operations inspection, personnel licensing, air operator certification, and accident and incident investigation, and to maintain its financial management system that will be developed to enhance financial governance of airport operations.

Consulting Services
Two separate teams of international consultants in association with domestic consultants will be engaged for air safety regulatory framework and financial management system respectively using the simplified technical proposal procedures based on the quality- and cost-based selection method and in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. The air safety regulatory framework will require 35 person-months of consulting services, 15 international and 20 domestic to carry out the TA . The international consultants will have expertise in (i) civil aviation regulation, and (ii) air safety oversight. The domestic consultants will have expertise in (i) civil aviation legislation, and (ii) air safety oversight. The financial management system will require 28 person-months of consulting services, 14 international and 14 domestic. The international and domestic consultants will have expertise in financial management system analysis and design.

Project Processing Stage
Fact-Finding Mission Completed : 2 April 2005

Recruitment of Consultants
Expected to take place July - August 2005.

Project Officer
Dong-Soo Pyo (632-6817)
South Asia Transport and Communications Division
dspyo@adb.org