According to bank's website, the proposed project aims to improve access to climate resilient sanitation services in the selected secondary cities of Cambodia. Cambodia's urban population is projected to reach one-third of its total population by 2030. While the capital city of Phnom Penh remains the country's primary urban center, secondary cities face growing demand for wastewater management, sanitation, and drainage services. Municipal investment has not kept pace with this shift, leaving many cities with limited wastewater collection, treatment capacity and drainage systems that require expansion to meet current and future needs. This is particularly critical given Cambodia's exposure to intense seasonal flooding, which is compounded by rapid urbanization, inadequate drainage capacity, and the increasing impacts of climate change. The Project will address these challenges through investments in climate-resilient wastewater collection and treatment systems, drainage infrastructure, and flood management measures in four secondary cities: Kampong Chhnang, Kampong Cham, Doun Kaev and Prey Veng. The Project has the following components:

Component 1: Drainage and Wastewater Management in Kampong Chhnang, Doun Kaev, and Prey Veng. This component will support the development of wastewater and urban drainage infrastructure in Kampong Chhnang, Doun Kaev and Prey Veng, through investments in sewerage networks and household and business connections, wastewater treatment facilities, priority stormwater drainage systems, and flood control roads.

Component 2: Drainage and Wastewater Management in Kampong Cham. This component will support the expansion of the wastewater management and urban drainage services in Kampong Cham through the construction of a wastewater treatment facility, sewerage and priority stormwater drainage networks, and flood control roads in Kampong Cham. The component is proposed to be co-financed by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD).

Component 3: Project Management. This component will support project management during the implementation, including training and capacity-building activities for national, provincial, and local government entities to strengthen their capacity to support project implementation. 

AIIB: USD230 million

ADFD: USD20 million

Government of Cambodia: USD30 million 

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Project Team Leader: Ankur Agrawal 

Title: Senior Investment Officer 

Email: ankur.agrawal@aiib.org 

ADFD

Project Team Leader: Zainab Al Dhanhani 

Title: Senior Engineer 

Email: aalderei@adfd.ae 

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

You can submit an information request for project information at: https://www.aiib.org/en/contact/information-request/index.html

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF AIIB

The AIIB has established the Accountability Mechanism for Project-Affected People (PPM). The PPM provides Òan opportunity for an independent and impartial review of submissions from Project-affected people who believe they have been or are likely to be adversely affected by AIIBÕs failure to implement the ESP in situations when their concerns cannot be addressed satisfactorily through Project level GRMs or AIIB Management processes.Ó Two or more project-affected people can file a complaint. Under the current AIIB policy, when the bank co-finances a project with another development bank, it may apply the other bank's standards. You can refer to the Project Summary Information document to find out which standards apply. You can learn more about the PPM and how to file a complaint at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/how-we-assist-you/index.html

The complaint submission form can be accessed in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali, Chinese, English, Tagalog, Hindi, Nepali, Russian, Turkish, or Urdu. The submission form can be found at: https://www.aiib.org/en/about-aiib/who-we-are/project-affected-peoples-mechanism/submission/index.html