NIA Administrator Florencio F. Padernal, Mr. Chang Yong Cheong, Project Director/PE (Seoyeong Engineering) Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) Environmental and Social Monitoring Team (ESMT), and Mr. Yongkeun Oh, Chief Representative, EDCF Manila Representative Office, Export-Import (KEXIM) Bank of Korea signed the Minutes of Discussion (MoD) for the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP) at the Administrator's Conference Room on September 4, 2015.
Minutes of Discussion contains the activities, findings, recommendations, agreements and compliance of NIA on Environmental and Social (E&S) measures prior to the commencement of construction of the project. Signing of MoD ensures compliance of the roles and responsibilities of both parties based on the E&S standards to JRMP II. MoD stated that JRMP is the first case to apply the joint implementation and accountability mechanism of the Project in the frame work of the National (Inter-Agency) Convergence Initiatives of the Government of the Philippines.
JRMP II is one of the big-ticket projects of the National Irrigation Administration funded under the EDCF Korea. The loan was approved on August 9, 2012 and took effect on November 28, 2012. The project will provide year-round irrigation to 31,840 hectares in the Province of Iloilo. Other project benefits are hydropower electric and bulk water supply, mitigation of flood and promotion of eco-tourism.
Present in MoD signing are Deputy Administrator Estrella E. Icasiano, JRMP group led by RIM and concurrent Project Manager Gerardo Corsiga, Atty. Gene M. Dionio, Atty. Levi Ordonez representing Senate President Franklin Drilon, and representatives from EDCF ESMT and Exim Bank of Korea.
