The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Fiji | Social Protection & Jobs Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 3 | ARCHIVED on 29-Jun-2022 | ISR51630 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Economy, Republic of Fiji Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 09-Feb-2021 Effectiveness Date: 19-Feb-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 28-Feb-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Jul-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Jul-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the income of the unemployed and underemployed, and to increase efficiency and adaptability of the social protection system. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the income of the unemployed and underemployed, and to increase efficiency and adaptability of the social protection system of the Recipient. Components Table Name Component 1: Cash transfers to the unemployed and underemployed affected by COVID-19:(Cost $45.00 M) Component 2: Institutional Strengthening:(Cost $6.00 M) Component 3: Unemployment Assistance:(Cost $39.12 M) Component 4: Jobs for Nature 2.0:(Cost $8.78 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The parent project has been effective since February 19, 2021 and the Additional Financing (AF) to the project became effective on June 6, 2022. The Project has four components: Component 1 supported cash transfers in the form of government top-ups to the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) members who have lost their jobs or face reduced hours or reduced wages as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Component 2 focuses on strengthening the Fijian social protection systems and the relevant policy setting and also supports project management and monitoring and 6/29/2022 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) evaluation. the AF introduced two new components: Component 3 (Unemployment Assistance) and Component 4 (Jobs for Nature 2.0), as well as new technical assistance activities under Component 2. Cash assistance financed by Components 1 and 3 have substantially contributed to the efforts of the Government of Fiji (GoF) in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the income of the unemployed and underemployed in both the formal and informal sectors. Technical assistance activities under Component 2 have been making progress, although several activities remain to be procured by the government. Component 4 (Jobs for Nature 2.0), a green and inclusive cash-for-works program was launched in June: the program will provide temporary employment opportunities to 10,000 beneficiaries through community-led projects in three years. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other Substantial Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the income of the unemployed and underemployed IN01147097 ►Number of unemployed and underemployed who received cash transfers with the government top-ups from FNPF (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 75,226.00 75,226.00 60,000.00 Date 27-Mar-2020 31-Aug-2021 31-Aug-2021 31-Jul-2021 IN01147100 Number of female unemployed and underemployed who received cash transfers from FNPF (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/29/2022 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) Value 0.00 31,908.00 31,908.00 24,000.00 Date 27-Mar-2020 31-Aug-2021 31-Aug-2021 31-Jul-2021 IN01147101 Percentage of beneficiaries in the area affected by TC Harold (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 95.00 95.00 90.00 Date 27-Mar-2020 21-May-2021 21-May-2021 31-Jul-2021 IN01147102 Gap in General Account balances between female and male beneficiaries (Text, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value (FJD 32) FJD 0 FJD 0 FJD 0 IN01147103 ►Number of unemployed in formal and informal sectors because of COVID-19 crisis who received cash transfers directly paid by the Government of Fiji under the AF (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 340,671.00 340,671.00 340,671.00 Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2022 IN01147104 Share of female beneficiaries in formal and informal sectors (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 IN01147105 Number of beneficiaries in formal sector (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 188,630.00 188,630.00 188,630.00 IN01147106 Share of female beneficiaries in formal sector (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 44.00 44.00 44.00 IN01147107 Number of beneficiaries in informal sector (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 152,041.00 152,041.00 152,041.00 IN01147108 Share of female beneficiaries in informal sector (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/29/2022 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) Value 0.00 59.00 59.00 59.00 IN01147109 ►Number of beneficiaries who received employment opportunities under the Jobs for Nature 2.0 (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 IN01147110 Share of female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 To strengthen the social protection delivery system to be efficient and adaptive IN01147098 ►Adaptive Social Protection Strategy and action plans developed and adopted (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Oct-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147099 ►Interoperability among social protection databases or information systems have been established (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Oct-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Cash transfers to the unemployed and underemployed affected by COVID-19 IN01147111 ►Share of unemployed and underemployed whose application were processed and approved in five business days (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.50 83.00 90.00 Date 26-Mar-2020 21-May-2021 31-Jul-2021 31-Jul-2021 Institutional Stengthening 6/29/2022 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) IN01147112 ►A feasibility study and an implementation roadmap for the unemployment benefits scheme developed (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147114 ►Specific operational manual for the Stronger Together Program adopted by the Ministry of Economy (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147116 ►Number of new and existing SP programs linked to disaster and economic vulnerability data (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147118 ►Management information system (MIS) to support improved delivery of employment support programs developed at NEC and piloted in selective centers (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Information system with MIS has been minimum functions which developed and in Value could not provide needed same as baseline same as baseline operation with defined employment services to functionalities in the jobseekers. selected localities Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147120 ►Share of registered jobseekers reporting satisfaction with the employment services received from NEC (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 Under the procurement plan, this work will be combined with the survey for the GBV awareness. Once the Comments: two TORs are combined, the procurement will begin. IN01147121 ►Approval of the design of a GRM for gender-based violence (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes 6/29/2022 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147122 ►Increased share of awareness of GBV services available (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline to be Baseline to be Baseline to be Value Baseline+20% established established established Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 TOR is being finalized. Comments: IN01147123 Male (Text, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target baseline to be baseline to be baseline to be Value Baseline+20% established established established Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2024 IN01147124 Female (Text, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Baseline to be baseline to be baseline to be Value Baseline+20% established established established Date 30-Nov-2020 27-May-2021 17-Jun-2022 30-Nov-2020 IN01147125 ►Number of stakeholders who received training throughout the cycle of Jobs for Nature 2.0 (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,440.00 Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 IN01147126 Share of female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 IN01147127 ►Adoption of the standard operating procedure (SOP) developed for an economic inclusion framework (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 Component 4 Jobs for Nature 2.0 6/29/2022 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) IN01147113 ►Share of beneficiaries who received employment opportunities under the Jobs for Nature 2.0 are social welfare beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 IN01147115 Share of female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.50 IN01147117 ►Number of degraded sites restored and rehabilitated using nature-based solutions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 150.00 Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 IN01147119 ►Grievances registered related to wage payment to the beneficiaries of Jobs for Nature 2.0 resolved in a timely manner (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 01-Aug-2021 31-Dec-2021 17-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P175206 IDA-68280 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 44.76 4.51 91% P175206 IDA-71060 Effective USD 48.90 48.90 0.00 37.48 9.78 79% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P175206 IDA-68280 Effective 09-Feb-2021 15-Feb-2021 19-Feb-2021 31-Jul-2024 31-Jul-2025 P175206 IDA-71060 Effective 20-May-2022 31-May-2022 06-Jun-2022 31-Jul-2025 31-Jul-2025 6/29/2022 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project (P175206) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P177674-Fiji Social Protection COVID-19 Response and System Development Project - Additional Financing 6/29/2022 Page 8 of 8