Road Administration Decentralization Plan
BOLIVIA
SECTOR: Transportation
NAME OF PROJECT: Road Administration Decentralization Plan
(ATN/IF-4443-BO)
TOTAL COST: $800,000
FINANCING:
IDB $800,000 from the Italian Trust Fund of the Istituto per
la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI)
DATE OF APPROVAL: January 19, 1994
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this nonreimbursable technical cooperation
is to formulate a plan to decentralize the administration
of roads. This plan includes a national investment and
maintenance program for departmental roads that have been
or are scheduled to be transferred to departmental
jurisdiction.
The final goal of the project is to design an organized
process to decentralize the road subsector in all depart-
ments of the country, while satisfying the need for access
to rural areas and taking into account economic considera-
tions and interregional balances. The plan should:
(a) give systematic consideration to the road requirements
of the different departments; (b) ensure appropriate con-
ditions for improved access so as to facilitate the pro-
duction and delivery of basic social services; (c) develop
mechanisms to ensure the availability of the financial
resources needed to maintain the departmental road
systems; and (d) provide support and institutional
strengthening.
The following actions are included in the design of the
road administration decentralization plan, the national
investment and maintenance program for departmental roads,
and the strategy for attaining the above-mentioned objectives:
(a) situation analysis and the identification of institutional
requirements; (b) an agreement between the Transportation and
Communications Secretariat, the Nation-al Highway Administration
and the Regional Development Corporations on the division of
areas of responsibility; (c) design of a process for transferring
responsibilities and institutional administration mechanisms at the depart-
mental level; (d) formulation of an investment program for new access roads, and
road improvements, rehabilitation, and maintenance in each department;
(e) development of transfer procedures and procedures for financing and
executing the plan; and (f) formulation and execution of an ongoing follow-up
and evaluation system.
CONSULTANTS: The Italian Fund will be used to finance this technical
cooperation project, and in accordance with the guidelines
governing the fund, the consulting firm will not be con-
tracted through international competition. Under the
program, the professional services of an Italian consult-
ing firm will be hired. This firm will provide a team of
international and local experts to carry out the project.
GOODS AND EQUIPMENT: Not applicable.
CIVIL WORKS: Not applicable.
EXECUTING AGENCY: Servicio Nacional de Caminos (SNC)
ADDRESS: Casilla 1485
Av. 20 de Octubre No. 1829
La Paz, Bolivia
Telephone: (591-2) 357220/357150
Contact: Arq. Maria Carmen Ballivian de Arce
Executive Director of the SNC
