57232 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOPE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Guyana Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 03, 2010 Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY10 provides information on all IBRD, IDA, and trust funded projects that were active as of June 30, 2010. 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 FY10 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. Guyana Project Name (ID): GY (CRL) Water Sector Consolidation Proj (P088030) Country: Guyana Board Approval Date: 07/28/2005 Midterm Review Date: 02/01/2008 Closing Date: 03/31/2011 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-H1800, IDA-Q4740 Sector (s): Water supply (100%) Theme (s): Access to urban services and housing (33%), Administrative and civil service reform (33%), Rural services and infrastructure (17%), Natural disaster management (17%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to support the achievement of sustainable universal access to safe and affordable water for the population of Guyana by: (a) providing access to treated water to over 40,000 people; (b) improving the levels of service; (c) providing technical assistance to consolidate the water sector modernization and reform process; and (d) provide funding to support recovery needs after the January 2005 floods through the emergency component. The project was restructured, or received Additional Financing during FY 10 The closing date has been extended to March 2011. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The Project will soon achieve its development objectives of providing potable water and improving levels of service to approximately 48,000 people through the construction of three Water Treatment Plants (WTP) in regions 2, 3 and 5 of Guyana. The construction of the three WTPs is now finalized and the national water company, Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) is in the process of commissioning the plants. The objective of institutional strengthening of GWI has also been achieved through different activities financed by the grant. An extension for the Closing Date by one year was approved by the Bank at the Government's request to enable full completion of the Project. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IDA-H1800 Effective 11.50 11.12 0.45 0.00 IDA-Q4740 Closed 0.55 0.00 0.00 0.55 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): GY - EFA-FAST TRACK INITIATIVE (P089324) Country: Guyana Board Approval Date: 09/20/2004 Closing Date: 10/01/2012 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-53679 Sector (s): Primary education (100%) Theme (s): Education for all (100%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to attain universal primary school completion for boys and girls by 2015 with an emphasis on improving the quality of education and an increase in literacy and numeracy. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): Guyana has achieved the main development objective of reaching universal primary school completion. The Education for All Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) continues to work towards improving the quality of primary education, including improving the teaching and learning environment, fostering community participation in schools, and improving the delivery of education through support to teachers. The monitoring indicators show that 68% of the hinterland primary schools now have teacher housing in comparison to 15% at the start of the program as a result of EFA-FTI. Additionally, primary schools nationwide have been improved in the following areas: 75% now have potable water, up from 51% at the beginning of the program; 53% have electricity (up from 45%); and 80% have toilet facilities (up from 60%). In the past year, the percentage of untrained teachers at the primary school level has decreased from 40% to 36%, indicating that continued training efforts combined with incentives for retaining trained teachers are having positive results. In the hinterland the community-based school feeding program (SFP) is now serving an additional 10 schools for a total of 83 schools out of about 111 (75%). Field work and analysis for the third round of the impact evaluation of the community-based SFP took place this year and results will be disseminated in the coming FY. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation TF-53679 Effective 32.92 24.32 8.60 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION ­ FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION Project Name (ID): GY-GEF Conservancy Adaptation Project (P103539) Country: Guyana Board Approval Date: 10/11/2007 Closing Date: 06/30/2011 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-91692 Sector (s): Flood protection (97%), Central government administration (3%) Theme (s): Natural disaster management (67%), Water resource management (33%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to reduce the vulnerability of catastrophic flooding in Guyana's low-lying coastal area that is currently threatened by sea level rise resulting from global climate change. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project is a highly specialized technical assistance project built around six main contracts of which four have been awarded. The technical evaluation of the main contract, which represents 60% of the project funds, is on-going. Once awarded, this activity that will provide the Government with a detailed action and investment plan to reduce flooding, should last two years and the project will be extended to allow the completion of all activities planned under the contract and reach project outcome indicator targets. The Bank team is working with the Government to identify additional funds to finance Cunha Canals priority works as part of the project infrastructure component. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation TF-91692 Effective 3.80 0.69 3.11 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION