51090 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY09 SOPE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION COUNTRY: GUATEMALA Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 02, 2009 Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY09 provides information on all IBRD/IDA projects that were active as of June 30, 2009. The World Bank has issued a SOPE Report every year as an internal communication to the Board of Executive Directors. In accordance with the Bank's revised disclosure policy, since FY02, the SOPE Report is available to the public. The report is intended to bridge the gap in information available to the public between the Project Appraisal Document or Program Document, disclosed after the Bank approves a project, and the Implementation Completion Report, disclosed after the project closes. In addition to the project progress description, the FY09 SOPE report1 contains project level comparisons of disbursement estimates and actual disbursements, and a table showing the loan/credit/grant amount and disbursements to date. 1 Notes: Amounts and Graphs for loans/credits/grants in currencies other than U.S. dollars may not match exactly due to exchange rate fluctuations over the life of the project. Disbursement graphs are not included for Development Policy Operations, which provide quick-disbursing financing to support policy and institutional reforms. For these operations, funds are disbursed in one or more stages (tranches), released when the borrower complies with agreed prior actions. Projects which are not yet effective may not have a planned disbursement schedule and thus will not include a graph. Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION Guatemala Project Name(ID): GT INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MNGT III -TA (P066175) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 14-Mar-2002 Mid-Term Review Date: 08-Nov-2005 Closing Date: 30-Jun-2011 Central government administration (70%); Sub-national Sector: government administration (30%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during no FY09: The objective is to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and Project development objective(s): transparency of public sector financial planning, management, and control systems. The Government has continued the expansion of SIAF and GUATECOMPRAS systems across public sector institutions. Solid steps were also taken to start absorption of Progress toward achieving responsibilities over the operation of these systems by the development objective(s): Ministry of Finance through its restructuring and the creation of specialized units to perform needed normative and administrative functions to make SIAF and GUATECOMPRAS sustainable over time. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-71040 Effective USD 29.75 29.75 0.00 0.00 IBRD-75220 Effective USD 20.00 2.60 17.40 0.00 TF-25968 Closed USD 0.70 0.53 0.00 0.17 TF-55407 Closed USD 0.35 0.30 0.00 0.06 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name(ID): GT CAT DDO (P112544) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 14-Apr-2009 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Aug-2012 General water, sanitation and flood protection sector (88%); Sector: Flood protection (12%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during no FY09: The development objective of the proposed operation is to Project development objective(s): enhance the Governments capacity to implement its disaster risk management program for adverse natural events. Progress toward achieving The project was not effective before the close of the reporting development objective(s): period. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-76830 Not Effective USD 85.00 0.00 85.00 0.00 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name(ID): GT-Support Rural Econ.Dev. Program (P094321) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 29-Mar-2006 Mid-Term Review Date: 11-Jan-2008 Closing Date: 31-Jan-2013 Telecommunications (25%); Agricultural marketing and trade Sector: (22%); Roads and highways (22%); Information technology (22%); General public administration sector (9%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during no FY09: The objective is to improve the competitiveness of rural Project development objective(s): productive supply chains with strong indigenous participation. The project suffered from a long effectiveness lag and a slow start up due to changes in administration and in the key counterpart agencies. The project is rated moderately Progress toward achieving satisfactory as a result. The government has however recently development objective(s): taken measures to give new impetus to the project with capable staff now appointed in all the implementing agencies. As a key sign of progress, the first productive supply chain investments under the project were approved in July. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-73740 Effective USD 30.00 0.47 29.53 0.00 TF-55405 Closed USD 0.39 0.35 0.00 0.04 TF-57250 Effective USD 1.50 0.77 0.73 0.00 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name(ID): GT (CRL1) Education Quality and Sec. Edu (P089898) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 06-Mar-2007 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 31-Dec-2013 Secondary education (74%); General public administration Sector: sector (12%); Primary education (11%); Other social services (3%) The project was restructured to include the financing of The project was restructured, or Telesecondary facilitators. A further amendment is under received Additional Financing during preparation to re-focus the investments towards accelerated FY09: primary, telesecondary, INEBs in rural municipios (pilot), and school improvement plans. The objective is to improve primary education completion rates for over age students, and increase access to a quality Project development objective(s): lower secondary education, especially for indigenous and low income non-indigenous students. As from school year 2009, the project is supporting the implementation of 250 accelerated primary education centers in rural areas, with two sections each, which provide an opportunity for overage students to complete 5 years of primary education in 2 calendar years. In 2009, the program Progress toward achieving has been implemented only in Spanish, though the Ministry is development objective(s): working towards the adaptation of materials in 6 indigenous languages for implementation from school year 2010 onwards. In addition, the project is supporting the implementation of 710 new sections of lower secondary through the Telesecondary modality, where it finances facilitators, materials, training and equipment. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-74300 Effective USD 80.00 7.20 72.80 0.00 TF-55125 Closed USD 0.47 0.46 0.00 0.01 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name(ID): GT (APL2)LAND ADMINISTRATION (P087106) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 14-Dec-2006 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 01-Dec-2013 Central government administration (66%); Sub-national Sector: government administration (34%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during no FY09: The objective is to foster the process of achieving land tenure security in seven new departments (Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chiquimula, Escuintla, Izabal, Sacatepequez, and Project development objective(s): Zacapa) and the municipality of Palachum in the Department of Quiche, through the provision of efficient and accessible cadastral and land administration services. Implementation progress has been slower than expected due to institutional capacity constraints, changes in the overall cadastral surveying strategy and difficulty faced by the implementing agency in accessing Project funds. These Progress toward achieving issues have been addressed, and progress has been made in development objective(s): hiring key Project staff, initiating field activities in two municipalities and finalizing the Regulation for Communal Lands, which was a key disbursement condition for the cadastral surveying component. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-74170 Effective USD 62.30 1.66 60.64 0.00 TF-55126 Closed USD 0.49 0.41 0.00 0.08 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name(ID): GT SECOND RURAL AND MAIN ROADS PROJ. (P055085) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 06-May-2003 Mid-Term Review Date: 27-Apr-2007 Closing Date: 30-Jun-2011 Roads and highways (90%); Sub-national government Sector: administration (10%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during no FY09: The objectives are to: (a) improve rural access on a sustainable basis; (b) develop institutional capacity at the local Project development objective(s): and central levels; and (c) generate employment in rural areas. The closing date of the loan was extended to June 30, 2011 at the end of FY09. This increases the probability that the project development objectives could be substantially realized. However it is unlikely that the full extent of the planned road Progress toward achieving improvements and associated access improvements will be development objective(s): completed because of past implementation delays and cost increases. Action is now in hand in the areas of municipal road management and maintenance by micro-enterprises necessary for the institutional development and employment generation objectives to be realized. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-71690 Effective USD 46.70 16.09 30.61 0.00 TF-26766 Closed USD 0.27 0.16 0.00 0.11 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name(ID): GT-Maternal & Infant Health & Nutrition (P077756) Country: Guatemala Board Approval Date: 19-Jan-2006 Mid-Term Review Date: Closing Date: 30-Jun-2011 Health (65%); Other social services (30%); Central Sector: government administration (5%) The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during no FY09: The objectives are to: (a) improve maternal and infant health in the project's 40 areas of intervention; and (b) reduce Project development objective(s): chronic malnutrition among children less than two years of age in the rural areas of the 70 municipalities targeted by the project. Progress toward development objectives are the following: (i) Maternal and Child Health: 29 out of the 41 infrastructure projects have the pre-investment projects completed. 9 contracts were awarded and 7 are in the award process. Human resources for CAPs and CAIMIs have been contracted and the process for purchase of medical equipment and ambulances is already in progress; (ii) Nutrition: it has reached a coverage of 3,300 communities in 158 jurisdictions, providing services to a population of approximately 1,700,000 Progress toward achieving inhabitants, surpassing the original goal for the entire Project; development objective(s): and (iii) Communication, Monitoring, Evaluation and Continuous Auditing Systems: although with less progress than the other ones, this component is already supporting the monitoring system which has an agreed framework of indicators and the Municipal Information System for risk of food insecurity and nutrition. The last one can be accessed online. In addition, the component developed a joint communication strategy that identifies the key messages, based on the objectives of the components. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (amounts in millions, as of Aug 17, 2009) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Currency Amount Disbursed UnDisbursed Cancellation IBRD-73570 Effective USD 49.00 8.73 40.27 0.00 TF-51359 Closed USD 1.04 0.86 0.00 0.19 Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION The link ed image cannot be display ed. The Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (in millions USD) file may hav e been mov ed, renamed, or deleted. Verify that the link points to the co Status of Projects in Execution - FY09 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION