Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (P150220) Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (P150220) SOUTH ASIA | Bangladesh | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 23-May-2017 | ISR27956 | Implementing Agencies: Bangladesh Meteorology Department (BMD), Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Government of Bangladesh Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:03-Jun-2016 Effectiveness Date:04-May-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date:04-May-2020 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2022 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2022 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective of this project is “to strengthen Government of Bangladesh’s capacity to deliver reliable weather, water and climate information services and improve access to such services by priority sectors and communities.” This will be done by strengthening hydro- meteorological monitoring and forecasting, and service delivery related to water, agriculture and multi-hazard disaster risk management early warning systems at the national level while laying the foundation for strengthening resilience at the regional level. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Component A- Strengthening Meteorological Information Services:(Cost $42.62 M) Component B- Strengthening Hydrological Information Services and Early Warning Systems:(Cost $35.92 M) Component C- Agro-Meteorological Information Systems Development:(Cost $10.72 M) Component D- Contingent Emergency Response Component Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Satisfactory  Satisfactory 5/23/2017 Page 1 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (P150220) Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective in May 2017. All relevant Ministries have been advised to urgently appoint Project Directors (PD) and complete PIU staffing. PD and Deputy PD for BMD is on board. The two other agencies are awaiting government orders from the Commission before they can nominate PDs. Recruitment of procurement, financial management and monitoring and evaluation specialists needs to be done on a priority basis. The Procurement Specialist will be a key member of the bid evaluation committee. As such hiring of the Procurement consultant is important in advancing the processing of large packages. BMD also needs to urgently recruit international technical and international procurement consultant to support bid evaluation. The Project Coordination Unit (PCU) headed by Chief Planning, BWDB is expected to initiate meetings between the three agencies for overall project coordination. For all agencies, in addition to completing PIU staffing, the priority is to advance the procurement for priority bid documents. BMD needs to complete and issue terms of reference for the Meteorological Systems Integrator Consultancy. BWDB needs to complete and issue the Water Resources Integrator Consultancy and DAE needs to recruit international agrometeorologist and advance procurement of the Bangladesh Agricultural Management Information Systems (BAMIS) consultancy. The Project Preparation Advance taken by GOB closes in June 30, 2017. Old designated accounts (DA) have to be closed and new DAs linked with the new credit have to be opened for all agencies. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Fiduciary  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Environment and Social  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  Moderate  Moderate  Moderate Other  --  --  -- Overall  Substantial  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  PDO1: Improved capacity for weather forecasting: Improvement in Forecast Skill (of 24 hour public weather forecasts for mean temperature and precipitation) (Percentage, Custom) 5/23/2017 Page 2 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (P150220) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 30-Jun-2018 29-Sep-2016 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 PHINDPDOTBL  PDO2: Improved service delivery to targeted agriculture sector beneficiaries: Percentage of targeted farmer groups (15,000) receiving agromet information services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 70.00 Date 04-Jul-2016 -- 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 PHINDPDOTBL  PDO 3: Systematic measurement of user satisfaction in place to measure improvements in weather information service delivery: Establishment of an user satisfaction measurement system (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value N N N Y Date 30-Jun-2017 29-Sep-2016 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 Overall Comments The project has become effective in May 2017. The monitoring of results indicators will be done as part of the upcoming ISR mission. Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  IR1: Upgraded and modernized hydromet related network established: Percentage of Network upgraded (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 04-Jul-2016 29-Sep-2016 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 5/23/2017 Page 3 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (P150220) PHINDIRITBL  IR2: Strengthened capacity for delivery and use of weather and climate services: Percentage of planned training completed (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2017 29-Sep-2016 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 PHINDIRITBL IR 3: Improved financial sustainability to maintain hydromet networks: Percentage of Target O&M Budget for delivery of weather and climate Services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2018 -- -- 30-Jun-2021 PHINDIRITBL  IR 4: Greater regional cooperation on weather services: Improved sub-regional Information exchange (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Joint partnerships for regional Value - -- - product development strengthened Date 30-Jun-2017 29-Sep-2016 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 PHINDIRITBL IR 5: Increase in development of weather and climate products developed: Targeted weather and climate products are developed and tested (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target ustomized Agro advisories; Improved PWS; QPF; QPE; Value - -- - Nowcasting; Impact Forecasting for selected areas Date 30-Jun-2017 -- 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 5/23/2017 Page 4 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Bangladesh Weather and Climate Services Regional Project (P150220) PHINDIRITBL  IR 6: Improved access to agromet Information at the upazila level: Percentage of Upazilas with Agromet kiosks installed and receiving BAMIS information (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 04-Jul-2016 29-Sep-2016 29-Sep-2016 30-Jun-2021 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P150220 IDA-58370 Effective XDR 79.80 79.80 0.00 0.00 79.80 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P150220 IDA-58370 Effective 03-Jun-2016 05-Apr-2017 04-May-2017 31-Dec-2022 31-Dec-2022 Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 5/23/2017 Page 5 of 5 Public Disclosure Copy