The World Bank
   Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological and Climate Services (P159217)




                                                                                 REPORT NO.: RES31159

                                    DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK




                                        RESTRUCTURING PAPER
                                                 ON A
                                  PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING

                                                     OF

                  STRENGTHENING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE SERVICES
                                    APPROVED ON MARCH 8, 2017
                                                     TO

                                  DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO


URBAN, RESILIENCE AND LAND

AFRICA




                          Regional Vice President:    Hafez M. H. Ghanem
                                Country Director:     Jean-Christophe Carret
                                Regional Director:    Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez
                      Practice Manager/Manager:       Meskerem Brhane
                             Task Team Leader(s):     Christian Vang Eghoff
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           Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological and Climate Services (P159217)



I. BASIC DATA

Product Information

Project ID                                                     Financing Instrument
P159217                                                        Investment Project Financing

Original EA Category                                           Current EA Category
Partial Assessment (B)                                         Partial Assessment (B)

Approval Date                                                  Current Closing Date
08-Mar-2017                                                    30-Jun-2022




Organizations

Borrower                                                       Responsible Agency
                                                               National Agency of Meteorology and Teledetection by
Democratic Republic of Congo
                                                               Satellite (Mettelsat)



Project Development Objective (PDO)
Original PDO
The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the quality of the Government of the DRC’s targeted
hydro-meteorological and climate services.
Summary Status of Financing


                                                                                        Net
Ln/Cr/Tf                 Approval         Signing Effectiveness          Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed

TF-A4389               07-Feb-2017   19-Apr-2017    22-Feb-2018 31-Dec-2019              2.70      1.73              .97
TF-A4390               07-Feb-2017   19-Apr-2017    22-Feb-2018      30-Jun-2022         5.33        .35         4.98


Policy Waiver(s)

Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)?
No


I. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES
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           Strengthening Hydro-Meteorological and Climate Services (P159217)




 Project implementation is accelerating after a lengthy process to get the project to effectiveness and slow start.
 Rehabilitation works are ongoing on MettelSat buildings, and are to be paid on GFDRR funds (TF0A4389). The closing
 date is currently December 31, 2019, but the donor has agreed to extend the REFT by 5 months to allow completion of
 ongoing activites. This extension will prevent a funding gap for the remainder of the project (GEF funding, TF0A4390,
 RETF, closing June 30, 2022) which would otherwise fund the remaining contract (about US$600,000).

 The Project Implementation Unit’s performance is overall moderately satisfactory. They have hired internal and
 external auditors, and there are no overdue audit reports for this Project.


II. DETAILED CHANGES


LOAN CLOSING DATE(S)


                                        Original                Revised              Proposed      Proposed Deadline
Ln/Cr/Tf         Status                 Closing               Closing(s)               Closing        for Withdrawal
                                                                                                         Applications
TF-A4389         Effective          31-Dec-2019                                   31-May-2020             30-Sep-2020
TF-A4390         Effective          30-Jun-2022                                    30-Jun-2022            30-Oct-2022