UNOPS is providing technical support to LGED to develop an Asset Management System (AMS) aligned with ISO 55000. The AMS will include the foundation documents namely, an Asset Management Policy, a Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP), Asset Management Plans (AMPs) for roads and bridges, and an Asset Information Strategy (AIS). This has made the LGED leadership aware of the time, effort, and resources required to bring about a positive institutional change. This was done through the “Co-creation Approach” adopted by UNOPS which it does not prepare AMS for LGED but does so along with LGED.
However, the mission in establishing an Asset Management System (AMS) in LGED was not free from challenges. Building an overall understanding of the Asset Management System at LGED required a complete overhaul of their preconceived notions about it being software or a database limited to maintenance management. Also, the fact that AMS would not produce anything physically tangible brought about a shift in LGED’s idea of AMS. Nevertheless, the top management at LGED played a key role in quickly realizing the importance of AMS within their institution.
This Co-creation approach has been included as a case study in the UNDESA-UNCDF Handbook on ‘Managing Infrastructure Asset for Sustainable Development, published in January 2021.
