Document of The World Bank Report No: 69524 RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF SOUTHERN SUDAN RAPID IMPACT EMERGENCY PROJECT (TF055976) GRANT November 24, 2005 TO THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN June 20, 2011 SOUTHERN SUDAN RAPID IMPACT EMERGENCY PROJECT (TF055976) P099226 CONTENTS Page DATA SHEET .............................................................................................................................. iv A. SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................... 1 B. PROJECT STATUS ............................................................................................................. 1 C. PROPOSED CHANGES ...................................................................................................... 2 ANNEX 1: RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND MONITORING................................................. 3 ANNEX 3: EXTENSION OF CLOSING DATE ......................................................................... 7 ii ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS GoSS Government of Southern Sudan ISDS Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet MDTF-SS Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Southern Sudan PDO Project Development Objective RIEP Rapid Impact Emergency Project SS Southern Sudan SSAC Southern Sudan Audit Chamber SSACC Southern Sudan Anti - Corruption Commission Regional Vice President: Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili Country Director: Ian Bannon Sector Manager / Director: Laura Kullenberg Task Team Leader: Hellen Mbao Chilupe iii SOUTHERN SUDAN RAPID IMPACT EMERGENCY PROJECT DATA SHEET Restructuring Restructuring Type: Level 1 1. Basic Information Project ID & Name P 099226: Southern Sudan Rapid Impact Emergency (FY11) Country Southern Sudan Task Team Leader Hellen Mbao Chilupe Sector Manager/Country Manager Laura Kullenberg Country Director Ian Bannon Original Board Approval Date 11/23/2005 Original Closing Date 03/31/2008 Current Closing Date 06/30/2011 Proposed Closing Date [if applicable] 06/30/2012 EA Category B-Partial Assessment (Component F only) Revised EA Category B-Partial Assessment (Component F only) EA Completion Date 11/15/2005 Revised EA Completion Date 03/19/2010 2. Revised Financing Plan (US$m) Source Original Revised GoSS Contribution 7.1 7.1 MDTF-SS 28.76 27.50* Total 35.86 34.6 3. Borrower Organization Department Location Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Government n/a Juba, Sudan of Southern Sudan 4. Implementing Agency Organization Department Location Ministry of Education, Ministry of Juba, Sudan Health, Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Gender *Note – does not include the US$8.76 million that was implemented by UNDP on public works and closed on March 31, 2009. iv 5. Disbursement Estimates (US$m) Actual amount disbursed as of 05/31/2011 23.373 Fiscal Year Annual Cumulative 2010 3.00 23.00 2011 0.373 23.37 2012 4.12 27.50 Total 27.50 6. Policy Exceptions and Safeguard Policies Does the restructured project require any exceptions to Bank policies? N Does the restructured project trigger any new safeguard policies? If yes, please select from N the checklist below and update ISDS accordingly before submitting the package. 7a. Project Development Objectives/Outcomes Original/Current Project Development Objective To restore livelihoods resulting from the long term civil unrest; restore basic services to the affected population; jump start the recovery process in Southern Sudan through the emergency provision of goods and services to improve government functionality. 7b. Revised Project Development Objective To put in place critical government infrastructure at national and state level; and provide basic pharmaceutical stocks and learning materials to bridge the emergency situation v SOUTHERN SUDAN RAPID IMPACT EMERGENCY PROJECT (TF055976) RESTRUCTURING PAPER A. SUMMARY 1. This is a level 1 restructuring which includes the revision of the project development objective (PDO), and the results framework; and extension of the closing date from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012. The cumulative extension for this project would be 51 months from the original closing date of March 31, 2008. B. PROJECT STATUS 2. The project was prepared in an emergency situation and the original grant agreement for RIEP was signed in November, 2005 for $20 million. It was funded through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Southern Sudan (MDTF-SS). In order to respond to the dynamic and growing needs of the GoSS, the grant agreement has been amended six times as follows: (i) November 17, 2006; (ii) April 4, 2007; (iii) August 11, 2007; (iv) June 12, 2008; (v) September 15, 2009; and (vi) March 31, 2010. 3. The performance of the original project (P099226) is rated satisfactory; and six of the seven components closed on December 31, 2009. As of May 31, 2011, 100 percent of the original US$ 20.0 million grant amount was fully disbursed. In 2009, an additional financing of US$7.5m was approved to strengthen one of its components. The additional financing supported the construction of office space for newly created commissions of GoSS; namely, the Southern Sudan Audit Chamber (SSAC), and the Southern Sudan Anti - Corruption Commission (SSACC). 4. Lack of evidence of title to the land where the offices were to be constructed caused delays in construction work and the project was extended from March 30, 2010 to June 30, 2011 in order to facilitate completion of the construction of the commissions. Furthermore, the recruitment of a firm to design, tender and supervise construction work only became effective in October 2010. Currently, GoSS is in the process of engaging a consultant to construct the buildings and the bids for the constructions of these building were opened May 5, 2011. It is anticipated that award of the contracts would be made in late June, 2011 and construction is planned to commence in July, 2011 and is expected to take about ten months. 5. The inclusion of construction work as part of restructuring in November 2009 triggered a modification of the Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (ISDS). Therefore, the ISDS was updated in March 2010; and the environmental rating of the component stated as B- partial assessment. This rating remains valid. 1 6. There are no outstanding audit reports and financial rating is satisfactory. C. PROPOSED CHANGES 7. The proposed changes are: (i) revision of the PDO, (ii) revision of the results framework; and (iii) the extension of the closing date from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012. The original PDO is being streamlined as the project was prepared in an emergency situation with a broad PDO aimed at addressing several evolving emergency needs. In addition, activities were expected to be delivered quickly. 8. The Original project development objective is: to restore livelihoods resulting from the long term civil unrest; restore basic services to the affected population; jump start the recovery process in Southern Sudan through the emergency provision of goods and services to improve government functionality. The revised PDO is: to put in place critical government infrastructure at national and state level; and provide basic pharmaceutical stocks and learning materials to bridge the emergency situation. 9. The Results Framework has been revised in line with a revised PDO to allow better measurement of the performance of the project. The revised Results Framework is attached in annex 1. 10. In order to facilitate completion of the construction, an extension from June 30, 2011 to June 30, 2012 is being requested. This will be the third extension of the project and the cumulative extension for this project will be 51 months. 2 ANNEX I: Results Framework and Monitoring SOUTHERN SUDAN: Rapid Impact Emergency Project The original project paper did not include a Results Framework; the list of current indicators was taken from the main text in the original project paper. Revisions to the Results Framework Comments/ Rationale for Change PDO Current (FPP) Proposed To restore livelihoods resulting from the long term civil unrest; restore basic 1. Put in place critical government The original PDO was too broad in services to the affected infrastructure at national and state its formulation and is being population; jump start the level adjusted to the activities and recovery process in Southern 2. Provide basic pharmaceutical results delivered by the project. Sudan through the emergency stocks and learning materials to provision of goods and bridge the emergency situation services to improve government functionality PDO indicators Current (FPP) Proposed change* Improved student-textbook Students that benefited from improved This indicator is easier to measure ratios learning materials (numbers) and closer to the projects intervention % of health facilities with Pharmaceuticals supplies available in This indicator is easier to measure stock-out of sentinel drugs South Sudan health service institutions and closer to the projects (antibiotics, antimalarials, (months) intervention vaccines) in the previous 30 days. Functioning state offices No change equipped and linked to the ministries (number) Ministries rehabilitated and/or No change equipped (including presidency and vice- presidency) (number) Number of Direct Project Beneficiaries (of Beneficiaries are those persons which female %) benefiting from the pharmaceutical supplies and/or the students benefiting from the learning materials Intermediate Results indicators Current (PAD) Proposed change* 10 months supply of pharmaceuticals, Health service institutions with available vaccines, and medical pharmaceuticals supplies(number) consumables for the 15 hospitals, 117 health centers, and 280 health posts in Southern Sudan Cold room for the Juba Central 3 Revisions to the Results Framework Comments/ Rationale for Change Pharmaceutical Warehouse Schools that benefited from improved learning materials (number) 155,000 sets of Arabic No change Language textbooks distributed 8,000 teacher’s manuals No change distributed 15,000 student kits distributed No change 29,000 teacher’s kits No change distributed Staff/computer connectivity Dropped The connectivity is already been ratio covered by another indicator in the Results Framework GoSS agencies with constructed offices To include the construction of the offices of the GoSS agencies under component F of the project * Indicate if the indicator is Dropped, Continued, New, Revised, or if there is a change in the end of project target value 4 REVISED PROJECT M&E ARRANGEMENTS Project Development Objective (PDO): 1. Put in place critical government infrastructure at national and state level 2. Provide basic pharmaceutical stocks and learning materials to bridge the emergency situation Baseline Target Values Unit of Original Progress Responsibility 2012 Data Source/ PDO Level Results Indicators Measur Project To Date Frequency for Data Comments Core ement Start (2009) Methodology Collection (200x) 1. Students that benefited from Administrativ Ministry of Completed, November improved learning materials Number 0 850000 Annual e Reports Education 26, 2009 (numbers) 2. Pharmaceuticals supplies Administrativ available in South Sudan health e Reports Ministry of Completed, November Months 0 24 Annual service institutions (months) Health 26, 2009 3. Functioning state offices Administrativ Ministry of e Reports Finance and equipped and linked to the Number 0 10 Annual Economic Completed in 2008 ministries (number) Planning 4. Ministries rehabilitated and/or Administrativ Ministry of Number e Reports Finance and Completed, November equipped (including presidency 0 18 Annual Economic 26, 2009 and vice-presidency) Planning Beneficiaries Number Beneficiaries are those persons benefiting from Direct Project Beneficiaries, % Administrativ the pharmaceutical 0 1000000 Of which female1 e Reports supplies and/or the students benefiting from the learning materials 1 Number of beneficiaries who are female not yet determined. An exercise will be done to obtain information before project closing 5 Intermediate Results and Indicators Baseline Target Values Unit of Original Progress Responsibility 2012 201X 201X 201X Data Source/ Intermediate Results Indicators Measur Project To Date Frequency for Data Comments Core Methodology ement Start (2009) Collection (2009) Intermediate Result 1: 1. Health service institutions with Administrativ e Reports Ministry of available pharmaceuticals Number 0 1000 Annual Health Completed in 2009. supplies(number) Administrativ 2. Cold room for the Juba Central Ministry of Number 0 1 Annual e Reports Pharmaceutical Warehouse Health Intermediate Result 2: Administrativ 3. 155,000 sets of Arabic Ministry of Number 0 155000 Annual e Reports Completed in 2009 Language textbooks distributed Education Administrativ 4. 8,000 teacher’s manuals Ministry of Number 0 8000 Annual e Reports Completed in 2009 distributed Education Intermediate Result 3: Administrativ Ministry of 5. 15,000 student kits distributed Number 0 15000 Annual e Reports Education Completed in 2009 Administrativ Ministry of 6. 29,000 teacher’s kits distributed Number 0 29000 Annual e Reports Education Completed in 2009 Intermediate Result 4: Schools that benefited from Administrativ Ministry of improved learning materials Number 0 tbd Annual e Reports Education Completed in 2009 (number) 6 Intermediate Result 5: 5. GoSS agencies with constructed Ministry of Administrativ Gender, offices Number 0 0 2 Annual e Reports Ministry of Housing 7 ANNEX 2: Extension of Closing Date SOUTHERN SUDAN RAPID IMPACT EMERGENCY PROJECT P099226 (TF055976) 1. The closing date for Southern Sudan, Rapid Impact Emergency Project (TF055976), P099226 will be extended from June 30, 2011 until June 30, 2012. 2. The project extension is to facilitate completion of one component of the project (component F) at a cost of US$7.5 million. This component focuses on construction of permanent offices of the Southern Sudan Audit Chamber (SSAC), and the Southern Sudan Anti- Corruption Commission (SSACC). 3. The proposed extension is necessary to make up for the initial loss of time while waiting to obtain proof from SSACC of documentation for its allocated land. Further, recruitment of a firm for design, tendering and construction supervising was delayed. The Government has prepared a procurement plan to complete the remaining component of this project and is in the process of engaging a consultant to construct the buildings. The bids for the constructions of these building were opened on May 5, 2011. It is anticipated that award of the contracts would be made in late June 2011. The construction is planned to commence in July 2011 and is expected to take ten months. Therefore, the sole activity of the remaining component will be completed within the requested extension period. 4. This will be the third extension of the project, and the cumulative extension for this project will be 51 months. 8