Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) AFRICA | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Specific Investment Loan | FY 2014 | Seq No: 14 | ARCHIVED on 27-Jan-2017 | ISR26664 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:12-Dec-2013 Effectiveness Date:30-Jun-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date:20-Feb-2012 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:20-Feb-2012 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2018 Project Development Objectives DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To enhance the capacity of the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN) for management of targeted protected areas. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No DRC GEF Financing to PREPAN Project (P127437) Global Environmental Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed Global Environmental Objective of the Project is improved financial sustainability and management effectiveness of DRC’s protected area system. Has the Global Environmental Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Name Support to Institutional Rehabilitation:(Cost $3.59 M) Support to National Parks:(Cost $8.65 M) 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 1 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) Technical Studies and Consultations:(Cost $0.50 M) Okapi Fund Establishment and Capitalization:(Cost $8.90 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Unsatisfactory  Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions Additional financing of the project was approved by the World Bank's Board in November 2013, adding US$3.0 million as an IDA grant and US$11.64 million as an additional GEF grant. The project's closing date was extended to December 31, 2018. The new resources will help finance the creation and capitalization of a national conservation trust fund, the "Okapi Fund". In addition to supporting the Fund itself, the additional financing will provide shorter-term financing to critical parks, including Garamba National Park and Kahuzi-Biega National Park and will provide further support to the Congolese Institute for Nature Conservation (ICCN), the project Recipient. For the second half of 2016, project disbursements remain well below what was expected. Many activities are underway in Kahuzi Biega National Park and in Virunga National Park as are those related to institutional strengthening but other project activities are proceeding slowly. Of particular concern is the slow progress being made on the creation of the Okapi Fund for the Conservation of Nature (FOCON), a key project deliverable. The next step is a decree at the level of the Prime Minister, but this has now been pending for almost a year. Despite some positive movement in terms of implementing project activities, overall the Bank considers Implementation Progress to remain at Moderately Unsatisfactory due to low disbursements and poor quality of monitoring data collected by the project and provided in reports. 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 2 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Low  Low Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Moderate  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Substantial  Substantial Fiduciary  --  Substantial  Substantial Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,500.00 2,500.00 2,000.00 Date 15-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Core Supplement) 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 3 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 Overall Comments For beneficiaries, the progress report does not provide data that are justified or explained and are therefore not reported here. ICCN has been asked to better explain these data and provide better quality information. Global Environmental Objective Indicators PHINDGEOTBL  Publication of internal audits (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 15-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2015 10-Jan-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDGEOTBL  Stable bio-indicator species populations in Garamba and Mikeno (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- -- -- -- Date 12-Mar-2009 17-Nov-2014 17-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2018 PHINDGEOTBL  Stable Rhino populations in Garamba National Park (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y N N Y Date 12-Mar-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 4 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) PHINDGEOTBL  Stable Elephant populations in Garamba National Park (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y N N Y Date 03-Dec-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDGEOTBL  Stable Giraffe populations in Garamba National Park (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y N N Y Date 03-Dec-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDGEOTBL  Stable Hippo populations in Garamba National Park (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y Y Y Y Date 03-Dec-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDGEOTBL  Stable Elephant population in Virunga National Park (Mikeno Sector) (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value Y -- -- Y Date 03-Dec-2009 17-Nov-2014 17-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2018 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) PHINDGEOTBL  Stable Gorilla populations in Virunga National Park (Mikeno Sector) (Yes/No, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value -- Y Y Y Date 03-Dec-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDGEOTBL  ODA funding directed to Okapi Fund (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 15-Nov-2013 17-Nov-2014 17-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2018 Overall CommentsPHGEOCMTS For the indicator on audits, ICCN has indicated compliance but as no supporting information provided, it is noted here as continuing as non- compliant. For the bio-indicator species, considerable data was provided in the client's last progress report but because of confusion between targets and measured data and a lack of information on when inventories were carried out, it is considered prudent to not enter any information here. ICCN has promised to better explain this data in the next progress report. For the indicator on ODA funding, the client has not provided well- explained data for this indicator and their numbers are not worth citing. Further guidance has been provided to them as to how collect data for this indicator. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  ICCN staff evaluated on basis of job descriptions (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 44.00 87.00 100.00 Date 15-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2015 10-Jan-2017 31-Dec-2018 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 6 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) PHINDIRITBL  Publication of ICCN management agreements (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 15-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2015 10-Jan-2017 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Increasing METT scores for project PAs (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- -- 0.00 Date 12-Mar-2009 -- -- 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  METT Score for Virunga National Park (Mikeno Sector) (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 58.00 58.00 68.00 Date 12-Mar-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Mett Score for Garamba National Park (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 61.00 61.00 75.00 Date 12-Mar-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 7 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) PHINDIRITBL  Areas brought under enhanced biodiversity protection (ha) (Hectare(Ha), Core) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- -- 0.00 Date 12-Mar-2009 17-Nov-2014 17-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Area under enhanced protection (Virunga-Mikeno Sector) (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 12-Mar-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Area under enhanced protection (Garamba National Park) (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 12-Mar-2009 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Botanical gardens producing satisfactory annual report and business plan (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 15-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2015 10-Jan-2017 31-Dec-2018 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 8 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) PHINDIRITBL  Reports/investments for 2 new PAs (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N Y Y Y Date 15-Nov-2013 30-Jun-2015 30-Jun-2015 31-Dec-2018 PHINDIRITBL  Percentage of planned Okapi Fund disbursements made (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 Date 15-Nov-2013 17-Nov-2014 17-Nov-2014 31-Dec-2018 Overall Comments The values and dates for baseline and targets for those indicators which are broken down into sub-indicators cannot in fact be entered because this does not make sense; there is no single value or date possible. Placeholder information has been put in to allow the ISR to be submitted, pending correction of this glitch in ISR programming. The percentage of staff being evaluated (87%) is reported for first half of 2016 in the client's progress report. That value is tentatively reported here but is of doubtful quality as it is unclear how the percentage was calculated. For publication of ICCN contracts, although the progress reports lists many contracts, to our knowledge none have been made publicly available, so the result here is given as "No". No new METT data are presented now because, as agreed with the Bank, it is only in 2017 that new METT measures will be made. The same comment applies to the indicator for the number of ha newly brought under effective protection (as this is based on METT measures). Fro the botanical garden reports, no acceptable report has been received by the Bank so this remains ""No". For the indicator on reports for new protected areas, the information provided in the progress report was not clear and does not allow a conclusion to be reached. Finally the indicator on use of FOCON funds is N/A because the fund has not yet been created. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P083813 IDA-H8980 Effective USD 3.00 3.00 0.00 1.44 1.33 48% P127437 TF-15910 Effective USD 11.64 11.64 0.00 1.39 10.24 12% P127437 TF-54463 Closed USD 0.28 0.24 0.04 0.24 0.00 100% 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 9 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report DRC National Parks Rehabilitation Project (P083813) P127437 TF-94033 Effective USD 7.00 7.00 0.00 7.00 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P083813 IDA-H8980 Effective 12-Dec-2013 01-Feb-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 P127437 TF-15910 Effective 01-Feb-2014 01-Feb-2014 30-Jun-2014 31-Dec-2018 31-Dec-2018 P127437 TF-54463 Closed 13-Jan-2005 13-Jan-2005 13-Jan-2005 30-Jun-2006 31-Mar-2008 P127437 TF-94033 Effective 30-May-2009 30-May-2009 25-Sep-2009 31-Jan-2014 31-Dec-2018 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 26-Dec-2013 Related Project(s) P127437-DRC GEF Financing to PREPAN Project 1/27/2017 Public Disclosure Copy Page 10 of 10