89896 Concessional Finance and Global Partnerships JSDF Grants under Implementation Summary Report CFPTO 12 Overview and Summary  At the end of June 30, 2012, 106 grants were under implementation for a total amount of over $245 million, of which $98 million have been disbursed representing 40 percent of the total portfolio amount.  LAC Region has the highest number of grants (29) representing $54 million, followed by Africa Region with 25 grants valued at $53 million, EAP with 19 grants for a total amount of $38 million; MNA with 14 grants totaling $37 million; SAR with 10 grants valued at $38 million; and ECA with 9 grants valued at $17 million. It is worth noting the size of the SAR portfolio given the smaller number of active grants. This is explained by the fact that Afghanistan represents 67 percent of the total grants. Total Number of Grants and their values by Region SAR, 10, MNA, 14, U$38m US$37m AFR, 25, US$53m LCR, 29, US$54m EAP, 19, US$38m ECA, 9, US$17m  Out of the 106 active grants, 27 grants were at an early implementation stage and were not rated. The performance of 79 grants was rated, out of which 68 were rated Moderately Satisfactory or Better and 11 Moderately Unsatisfactory or Unsatisfactory.  24 grants are closing in the next 12 months (FY13) with an average disbursement of 41 percent and 75 percent of these grants are rated Moderately Satisfactory or better with only 3 grants rated Unsatisfactory.  11 grants (including the 3 grants that are closing in FY13) are at risk of not meeting their intended development objectives. These grants are rated Moderately Unsatisfactory or higher and mostly located in MNA (5); AFR (2); ECA (2); EAP (1); and ECA (1).  15 grants were financed under the TICAD Program for an overall amount of $34.15 million. As of June 30, 2012, 13 grants were under implementation; one grant was legally closed; and another one failed to meet the effectiveness deadline and was subsequently dropped by the Country Management Unit (CMU). The disbursement level is low, only 28% of the total grant amounts have been disbursed. This can be explained by the fact more than half of the grants were in their first year of implementation. Table 1: Grant Implementation Performance by Region Moderately Moderately Satisfactory Total Rated Satisfactory Less than or Better Grants or Better Satisfactory AFR 15 17 88% 12% EAP 13 14 93% 7% ECA 5 7 71% 29% LCR 22 23 96% 4% MNA 4 9 44% 56% SAR 9 9 100% 0% TOTAL 68 79 86% 14% Figure 1: Ratings of Grant Implementation Performance (as of % of Region total) 120% 100% 100% 93% 96% 88% 80% 71% 60% 56% 44% 40% 29% 20% 12% 7% 4% 0% 0% AFR EAP ECA LCR MNA SAR Moderately Satisfactory or Better Less than Satisfactory Portfolio Performance and Compliance Portfolio Performance Performance of the JSDF Trust Fund Portfolio depends on both internal and external factors, as well as risks. Many of the internal factors affecting performance of trust funds are the same as for other Bank products and regions. They include appropriate design and implementation issues; awareness of guidelines and procedural requirements by teams and managers, skills of TTLs; monitoring tools and control mechanisms with help managers’ oversight; and the resources (skills and budget), to enable follow-through on supervision and monitoring. Some of the key external risks affecting trust fund performance include Bank’s internal processes, implementing agency capacity and familiarity with Bank Financial Management and Procurement Guidelines and Procedures, country situation, and country ownership. Other risks are related to (i) TTLs over delegating operational decisions and oversight to unaccredited or unqualified staff. Mitigating measures to address these risks include new TF guidelines and procedures; training; and oversight missions. Enhancing TF Portfolio Performance The JSDF Secretariat is paying particular attention to risks and risk management not only on portfolio performance, but also during the early stages of project development. As part of streamlining and harmonizing business processes for managing Trust Funds, the Bank rolled out, back in March 2012, the new procedures for the processing of Small Grants below US$ 5 million financed by recipient-executed Trust Funds. The new Guidance covers the identification, concept review, appraisal, and approval and implementation stages of grant-funded activities. This will put the onus on the Sector Manager and Country Director to ensure the quality at entry of the project as well as strategic alignment with IDA. Project and implementation risks and mitigation measures are carefully reviewed by the JSDF Secretariat as part of the CN and proposal review. Task Teams are required to clearly articulate the risks, related mitigation measures, and ratings associated with implementation of trust funded activities. In FY12, JSDF launched a pilot requiring TTLs to use the ISR reporting tool for project under implementation. These reports require review from the and endorsement by the Country Director. A new and improved TF Learning and Accreditation Program was launched back in December 2012 to ensure that the staff managing TFs are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively and efficiently manage funds provided by Development Partners. This new program went further in requiring that all managers who approve TF transactions be accredited. In addition to this learning program, JSDF Secretariat is providing additional briefing sessions and training to requesting regions and countries about the JSDF Program and its specific requirements. Project oversight missions are also an important part of enhancing the performance of the portfolio as it allows an independent assessment of what is really happening on the ground and thus, help address and correct implementation bottlenecks. Compliance At the corporate level, the Annual Audits carried out by independent auditors, and the Letter of Representation (LoR) exercise are two major institutional tools used in assessing and evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls in the management and compliance of the JSDF TF Portfolio. Any misuse of funds is thoroughly investigated and proper mitigation measures taken to remedy the situation. In addition, Grant Agreements and Project Operations manuals are reviewed by the JSDF Secretariat to ensure compliance with the proposals approved expenditure categories. The same due diligence is exercised when reviewing restructuring requests. In summary, the number of exceptions has gone significantly down and do not have any financial impacts. Challenges and Suggested Actions Internal factors affecting project implementation  TF Design There is still need for improvement in clarity and realism of Project Development Objectives, and scope for improvement in the design of the results framework. It is extremely important to ensure that we deliver what we promise, and therefore, project development objectives and outcome indicators need to be specific and achievable.  Project Effectiveness delays The average time between project submission and approval is 6 months and the average time between approval and project effectiveness ranges from 24 to 38 months due to additional project requirements (i.e. Project Operations Manual; Environmental Assessment; Hiring of a Project Manager Etc.) All of these issues have had negative effects on the initial design of the project and prompted a change of priorities from the recipients. These effectiveness delays will shorten the lifespan of the projects and often time require restructuring to extend the closing dates, reduce project scope, or reallocate grant proceeds among the expenditure categories.  Frequent change of Project Task Team Leaders (TTL) JSDF Grants implementation suffers also from frequent changes of Task Team Leaders. The consequences are lack of motivation and buy-in from the new TTL; change in the design of the initial activities; unfamiliarity with the social issues; and lack of proper supervision and clout to efficiently work with the recipient and stir the project in the right direction. Unfortunately, these changes sometimes happen without consultation with and input from the JSDF Secretariat. To remedy this situation, the JSDF Secretariat will work with the TF Coordinators to ensure that any future TTL change will be vetted by JSDF. In addition, CFPTO requires that TTLs be at levels GF and above to manage JSDF grants. External Factors affecting Implementation  Lack of Capacity of the Implementing Agency Aside from the internal factors affecting project implementation, one of the main reasons cited by project teams as affecting early implementation is the Implementing Agency (IA) unfamiliarity with World Bank procurement and financial management guidelines and procedures. Another reason related to this one is the weak capacity of the IA in understanding the social and cultural environment in which project activities are taking place. The Integrated Assessment Framework (IAF) which provides detailed information on the potential IA human and fiduciary capacity is now part of the Project Concept Note (PNC) package and would help better assess the implementation arrangements and propose appropriate remedies. One of these remedies would be that the Bank provides training or advice on fiduciary matters to the recipients before grant signing.  Frequent Government Turnover or change in Development priorities Change in Government personnel can adversely affect the implementation progress of a particular project. New activities can be introduced by the new team thus completely changing the indicators and the stated development objectives; a reduction or increase in the project scope could take place; and/or cancelation altogether of the project because the initial approved activities are no longer a priority in the development agenda of the country.  Social Unrest – The case of the MNA region The Arab Spring has had tremendous negative effect on IDA and JSDF financed projects in the MNA region. Project activities and disbursements were suspended and no supervision missions allowed for almost two years. Even though the Bank has resumed its engagements with the MNA countries, project activities are slowly getting underway and some cases a restructuring is necessary because the initial project design is no longer adapted to the development priorities of the country. The MNA projects are therefore unlikely to meet their intended development objectives. Going forward, it would better to complete a thorough assessment of the future MNA JSDF grant recipients to ensure that project activities would be implemented in a safe environment with qualified personnel. Conclusion The important role that JSDF Grants play in the different regions of the World Bank is widely recognized. The Program provides resources which allow sector work programs to take on new areas and innovative activities, respond to sudden issues which impact the countries and the work program (global financial crisis, food shortages, fragile and conflict affected states) to deepen dialogue and invite more involvement and training of country counterpart. As a result, the JSDF portfolio continues to increase, and thus continued attention is needed to fine-tune the processes which identify and mitigate risks, and underpin portfolio performance. Considerable progress has been made in aligning trust funds with the Bank strategic agenda, and towards greater TF integration into country strategies. However, several challenges remain, as evidenced by issues of non-compliance and systemic weaknesses. Some of these will need to be discussed and addressed at the Regional level, and others will continue to need JSDF’s attention through constant portfolio monitoring. In addition to the periodic reviews of the portfolio and the oversight missions to assess implementation progress and recipient ownership and commitment to the project, The JSDF Secretariat will work with relevant Bank Units to ensure improvements in managing trust funds. AFRICA REGION 1. Kenya: Capacity building of rural traditional herbalists Name: Capacity building of rural Grant Number: TF090490 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building traditional herbalists Region: AFR Sector: Health and other social Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Kenya services. Bank TTL: Mr Gandham N.V. Ramana Theme: Health, Nutrition and Implementing Agency: National Coordinating Population Agency for Population and Development(NCAPD) Grant Amount: 1,218,875 Activation Date: 5/18/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 2/12/2009 Original Closing Date:2/11/2013 Revised Closing Date:2/11/2013 End Disbursement Date:8/11/2013 Disbursement: 754,242.55 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 62 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to support capacity-building activities specifically designed for Kenya's rural traditional herbal medicine practitioners (THMP) at the grassroots and district levels. Component Description: Component A: Medicinal plant field management training and implementation: This component will strengthen the capacity of THMPs and local government representatives in the 30 districts by providing field-based technical skills on key aspects of medicinal plant conservation, management and sustainable use, initiating community managed pilot projects, and designing and testing protocols for management implementation Component B: Medical record keeping: This component will introduce the concept of permanent medical record keeping, a brand new concept to most THMPs. Component C: Analysis of medical record data: This component will provide the necessary training for 300 THMPs (10 from each of 30 Districts) to collate, code (to protect patients), analyze and synthesize such THMP patient data as derived under Component A. Component D: Training of executive committees: This component will help provide training to 300 emergent THMP leaders in 30 District associations. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: During the accelerated implementation period agreed (March-may 2011), the implementing entities have made significant progress in capacity building of THMPs in components A (conservation and field management of medicinal plants) and B (medicinal record keeping). The objective will be achieved, though with a delay.  623 out of 1500 targeted THMPs (42%) have trained. The KWG (Kenya Working Group) MAPS prepared a detailed action plan for accelerated implementation of Components A & B. These plans were approved by the Technical Committee for the project and endorsed by the NCAPD. The KWG MAPS implemented the first phase of the capacity building activities. This involved training of trainers (15 from each County) at the regional level and the proposed second round will focus on grass-root level THMPs at the County level using services of some of the trained THMPs as translators.  Terms of Reference for Consultants to implement the remaining two components on analysis and synthesis of medical records and capacity building of THMP county association executive committees were shared by the implementing agency and approved by the Bank. The KWGMAPS has prepared a procurement plan covering services and goods including the generator and laser printer which are proposed based on the implementation experiences of the first round of training. The project accountants participated in the capacity building program offered jointly by the External Resources Department of the Treasury and the Bank Financial management Team. 2. Kenya: Support to Community Based Farm Forestry Enterprises in Semi-Arid Areas in Kenya Name: Support to Community Based Grant Number: TF093520 Grant Type: Regular/Project Farm Forestry Enterprises in Semi- Arid Areas in Kenya Region: AFR Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Kenya Development. Bank TTL: Mr Christian Albert Peter Theme: Water resource Implementing Agency: Kenya Forest Service management ,Rural Development (KFS) Grant Amount: 1,936,375 Activation Date: 9/29/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 8/27/2009 Original Closing Date:9/7/2013 Revised Closing Date:9/7/2013 End Disbursement Date:3/7/2014 Disbursement: 593,570.91 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 47 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to provide support to poor farmers in semi-arid areas of Kenya in achieving sustainable improved livelihoods through farm forestry enterprises and supporting activities, as well as strengthening socio-economic Farmer Field Schools (FFS) networks. Component Description: The project consists of three components that are to be carried out in three semi-arid districts of Tharaka, Mbeere and Kitui. Component A: Field Level Innovation Development: This component provides the basis for the overall project through (i) strengthening FFS networks, (ii) supporting new FFS group formation, (iii) providing Field-level Development Sub grants, (iv) promoting private sector linkages. Component B: Community Driven Enterprise Investment Support: The component comprises the largest element of the project through facilitating community driven investments in sustainable farm forestry enterprises and related measures such as operations training and outreach activities. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The first year of implementation has made up for the delayed project start. Prospects to achieve grant objectives are improved. Due to delays in processing and countersigning of the subsidiary grant agreement (between Ministry of Finance and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) (as the Implementing Agency (IA)), the grant became effective on February 25, 2010. With organizational implementation structure set up and 3-month technical assistance support provided by Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the grant implementation has advanced according to the work plan in which most of envisaged activities were completed as scheduled. The Community Driven Enterprise Investment Facility, main device of the grant, has not yet been rolled out due to the initial implementation delay. A mid-term review is planned to 2012 to review implementation progress and adjust the project accordingly.  13 FFS networks formed (12 divisional FFS networks plus one umbrella network for Mbeere forest zone), 20 new FFS groups established. Technology assessment and market chain analysis underway.  Financial service provider identified, loan arrangements agreed in general. MOU to be signed. Project staff and 90 farmers trained in rural investment and proposal preparation.  Project Implementation Manual and baseline survey report finalized. Result framework developed. Various workshops and trainings conducted. 3. Mozambique: Community based coastal resource management and sustainable livelihoods Name: Community based coastal Grant Number: TF093663 Grant Type: Regular/Project resource management and sustainable livelihoods Region: AFR Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Mozambique Development. Theme: Environmental policies and Bank TTL: Mr Xavier F. P. Vincent institutions, Biodiversity Implementing Agency: Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento da Pesca de Pequena Escala (IDPPE) Grant Amount: 1,853,000 Activation Date: 7/13/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 4/30/2009 Original Closing Date:4/30/2013 Revised Closing Date:4/30/2013 End Disbursement Date:10/31/2013 Disbursement: 543,249.25 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 29% Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to alleviate poverty in the recipient country within the context of resource conservation through improved income generation by the poor within the mid and southern coastal provinces (area of Inhambane-Gaza- Maputo). Component Description: Component A: Raising Awareness and Capacity Building for Coastal Communities: Best practices demonstrated and profitable activities for improving livelihood identified; pilot coast-watch network developed; Local residents trained in alternative and sustainable resource use. Component B: Collaborative Coastal Resources Management Plans (CRMP): This component will support establishment of a village co-management approach of the coastal and near-shore marine areas that addresses artisanal fisheries, access rights to the near shore resources, and facilitate and manage mariculture operations in village jurisdiction. Component C: Promoting Sustainable Use of Natural Resources: This component proposes an innovative approach for improving the business environment for the poor by leveraging improved availability and affordability of finance, and linking local fisheries and mariculture products to potential private sector investors in Mozambique. Component D: Village Resource Use and Adaptation to Climate Change: The grant will support an assessment of the impact and recommendations for possible adaptation to climate change by the coastal villages supported by the Grant. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Grant implementation capacity continues to improve with better understanding and implementation of Bank procurement and financial procedures, commitment of the parent Ministry and creation of delivery mechanisms on the field. It translated into creation of Fisheries Co-Management Committees and Fisheries Community Councils, self-help financing groups, knowledge exchange and training of community members, as well as implementation of first micro-projects.  Improved delivery mechanisms on the field and better understanding of procedures translated in substantial increase in disbursement. However progress are slow and delays were again observed for the production of the annual workplan, budget and procurement plan by the implementing agency, the National Institute for Small-Scale Fisheries Development (IDPPE), as well as for procurement itself and, in particular, contracting the auditor.  Two Fisheries Co-management Committees (CCG), six Fisheries Community Councils (CCP) and seven financial self-help groups (PCR) have been promoted;  68 members of the CCP were trained, 11 benefited from knowledge exchange with CCP members from neighboring province;  Net-makers (18) and shipbuilders (13) were trained;  Main benthic resources (bivalves, oysters, gastropods, crabs) were identified and groups interested by their sustainable exploitation and in alternative livelihoods (aviculture, horticulture ...) identified;  Microfinance Institutions that could bridge over the financial self-help groups for large investments have been identified; as private companies interested by creating joint-ventures with the local community. 4. Gambia, The: Community-Based Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Name: Community-Based Early Grant Number: TF093722 Grant Type: Regular/Project Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Region: AFR Sector: Education. Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Gambia Theme: Education for All Bank TTL: Ms Nathalie Lahire Implementing Agency: Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, The Gambia. Grant Amount: 1,389,567 Activation Date: 8/31/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 4/6/2009 Original Closing Date:4/6/2013 Revised Closing Date:12/31/2013 End Disbursement Date:30/6/2014 Disbursement: 744,671.64 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 54 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of community based early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening capacity to develop and implement community based ECCD programs : ECCD curriculum developed/revised, ECCD program scaling-up plan developed, 90% of targeted ECCD program managers and educators trained based on new curriculum. Component B: Pilot testing of community based ECCD programs: 80 % of targeted children (4500) and their families enrolled in the community based ECCD programs Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Due to the complexity of the design, the implementation was delayed. Regular meetings between the MOBSE and Bank have been instrumental in clarifying, adjusting the scope and the interventions. An M&E specialist/field coordinator has been recruited and is supporting the team in the Ministry. He is also providing regular implementation reports. The project closing date has been extended for 8 months to allow the project to implement the remaining activities and thus achieve its intended objectives. Below is a summary of the key achievements:  Contract for Child fund and MOU for NaNA were signed in July 2012. Contract for Child fund and MOU for NaNA as service providers for the implementation of the age 3-6 and age 0-3 components respectively were signed by MoBSE , NaNA (5th July, 2012) and Child fund (9th July 2012). NaNA signed with MoBSE an MOU for the implementation of the 0-3 component and Child fund signed with MoBSE a contract for the implementation of the 3-6 components. This activity is 100% completed.  Second training of facilitators for the Age 3-6 component (Community-based facilitators) and Age 0-3 component (Baby- Friendly Community Initiative - BFCI+ Facilitators). 77 facilitators the age 3-6 component (Child fund is in charge) and 47 facilitators the age 0-3 component (National Nutrition Agency - NaNA is in charge) received training on the content and pedagogy of the developed syllabus and parenting manual. All the trained facilitators are au-fait with the GOALS syllabus for the 3-6 years olds and parenting manual for the implementation of the 0-3 component. The approach, and content and pedagogy of the documents were mastered. This activity is 94% completed  Facilitators training on the administration of de-worming on children.. To enhance the health status of the children, 74 facilitators under the age 3-6 component and 46 facilitators under the age 0-3 component received training on how to administer de-worming on children. This activity is 90% completed.  Setting up of management committees in the 50 BFCI+ Communities in regions 2 and 6. This activity is 100% completed. 4 member committees set up in 50 communities (26 in region 2 and 24 in region 6). The purpose of setting of the management committees is for proper management of resources and also for monitoring and supervision at community level. This will also strengthen the communities’ involvement in the project, since is a community based approach.  Baseline Data collection. The long overdue baseline data entry was submitted by GBoS on November 28, 2012. 5. Ethiopia: Piloting Community-Based Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition Name: Piloting Community-Based Grant Number: TF093946 Grant Type: Regular / Project Management of Severe Acute Malnutrition Region: AFR Sector: Health, Nutrition and Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Ethiopia Population. Theme: Nutrition and food security, Bank TTL: Mr Ziauddin Hyder Child health, Health system Implementing Agency: Concern Worldwide performance Grant Amount: 1,810,434 Activation Date: 1/18/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 8/14/2009 Original Closing Date:8/14/2013 Revised Closing Date:8/14/2013 End Disbursement Date:2/14/2014 Disbursement: 715,851.95 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 40 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to reduce morbidity and mortality due to severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Ethiopia's under-5 population. It will achieve this by expanding access to community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM), an innovation evolved by Ethiopia's NGOs in the context of humanitarian emergencies, but which has yet to be widely implemented using routine systems in a development context. Component Description: Component A: Enlisting communities in the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) : A pilot project is conducted to try a new approach to treat SAM at village level and an assessment is done on the viability and comparative strengths of the new approach. Component B: Ensuring the quality of community management of SAM: Out-patient-treatment training materials and methods are prepared, and an assessment is done to examine the efficacy and time costs of HEWs of different community mobilization procedures Component C: Integrating outpatient care for sustainability: A guideline is prepared for the integration of Community- based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) into existing district and village -level routines. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The following activities are expected to be implemented and/or complete in 2013: (i) Completion of three operational research studies by end of December 2012 (Cost effectiveness study, Adherence to SAM treatment and Health capacity assessment); (ii) Organization of one workshops during the first quarter of 2013 to disseminate findings of two operational research studies (Cost effectiveness and Adherence to SAM treatment studies); (iii) Publication of operational research findings in international journals by March/ April 2013; (iv) Completion of end-line survey to assess impact of capacity building training to HEWs by the end of March 2013; (v) Review of learning CMAM materials for HEWs (Internal and external) by the end of January 2013. Below is a summary of key achievements at the end of June 2012.  Targeted Health Extension Workers (HEWs) have been trained on Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) related Outreach Therapeutic Program (OTP) and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) training.  CAMAM related IEC/ BCC material production and been completed which is under review by the Regional Health Bureau (RHB).  Data collection of 2 Operational Research (capacity of HEWs and adherence to SAM treatment) has been completed. Final reports are expected by the end of November 2012.  85% of the Metal Cabinets to store RUTF has been supplied. The supply will be completed by the end of November, 2012.  Annual CMAM learning review conducted at the region level.  CMAM Knowledge level of HWs and HEWs has been pre-tested and the post-test will be conducted by the end of 2012 6. Swaziland: Delivering Maternal Child Health Care to Vulnerable Populations Name: Delivering Maternal Child Grant Number: TF094080 Grant Type: Regular/Project Health Care to Vulnerable Populations Region: AFR Sector: Health, Nutrition and Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Swaziland Population Bank TTL: Carolyn Shelton Theme: Tuberculosis, Population Implementing Agency: Ministry of Health,(MOH) and reproductive health, Social Swaziland (The Family Life Association of safety nets, HIV/AIDS Swaziland) Grant Amount: 2,570,291 Activation Date: 11/30/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 8/5/2009 Original Closing Date:8/5/2013 Revised Closing Date:8/5/2013 End Disbursement Date:2/5/2014 Disbursement: 471,031.86 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 18 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project are to (1) test innovative approaches to bring essential maternal and child health (MCH) care to vulnerable populations, including orphans and vulnerable children (OVC); and (2) improve accessibility, affordability and quality of maternal, neonatal and child care at the community level. Component Description: Component A: Increase capacity and productivity of Community Health Workers (CHWs) Support to; (i) enhance technical capacity and productivity of the community health workers to improve availability and quality of maternal and child health (MCH) care information and related services in the communities; (ii) provide performance-based incentives through Small Grants to the selected communities to increase demand for MCH care; (iii) provide transport vouchers to pregnant women, mothers and caregivers to increase access to MCH care. Plan: 1075 CHWs to be trained in Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health (MNCH), Family Planning (FP) counseling, GBV and referral; (2) 30 senior CHWs and 22 nurses trained in supportive supervision Component B: Mobilize Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Services for Young Women Carrying out; (i) delivery of Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) information and clinical services to young women through a mobile clinic; (ii) workshops on gender roles and leadership to increase their knowledge on matters related to SRH and to increase access and demand for clinical services; (iii) monthly health/recreational/life skills sessions for girls; and (iv) community awareness raising and mobilization. Plan: 2500 clients to be provided with SRH services through the mobile clinic Component C: Improved Health Care Waste Management at the community and district level. Provision of on-site training at the community and district level to mitigate the environmental risk caused by the contaminated health care waste, through; (i) carrying out capacity building activities on health care waste management; (ii) providing essential consumable and building secured health care waste management disposal pits at the community clinics and at homestead Plan: 260 health facility staff to be trained in health care waste management (HCWM) Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The project became effective on January 4, 2010. This is the first Bank project, which the MOH is implementing; the project has faced various challenges. The delay was largely due to the fact that the MOH was unfamiliar with the Bank's procurement procedures. Consequently, the Bank has been providing additional implementation support. The Bank's operations consultant resident in Swaziland has taken a more active role in advising the Project Coordinator and MOH. A Monitoring and Evaluation Manual has been developed to provide detailed instructions on M&E processes for each component.  Baseline study have been completed (access to MNCH services, knowledge, attitude and MNCH practices among women)  The development of a draft strategic plan for i) community grants, ii) training of community health workers, and iii) transport vouchers for pregnant women has been finalized;  The recruitment of a monitoring and evaluation specialist to develop the monitoring and evaluation system for the project, the community grants sub-component and the transport vouchers sub-component has been finalized.  The community focal persons for the training of reproductive health for youth leaders have been identified  The bidding process for the vehicle for the mobile clinic, and the recruitment of the nurse for the mobile clinic has been completed.  The MOHSW completed a rapid needs assessment of waste management throughout the nation in March. 7. Burkina Faso: Strengthening Community Participation in the fight against Female Genital Cutting (FGM/C) Name: Strengthening Community Grant Number: TF094889 Grant Type: Regular/Project Participation in the fight against Female Genital Cutting (FGM/C) Region: AFR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Theme: Population & Reproductive Bank TTL: Haidara Ousmane Diadie Country: Burkina Faso Health Implementing Agency: Joint Implementation Grant Amount: 2,773,300 Activation Date: 11/27/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 11/4/2009 Original Closing Date: 11/4/2013 Revised Closing Date: n/a End Disbursement Date: 5/4/2014 Disbursement: 1,051,344 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 38 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are: (i) to support Burkina Faso's commitment to ending female genital mutilation/cutting by providing poorest and most vulnerable members of communities and front line health workers with the necessary tools to efficiently prevent new cuttings and to effectively deal with old ones; and (ii) to demonstrate the benefits and sustainability of integrating education, health, and social protection into one basic social services delivery program that will contribute to the improvement of poor and vulnerable women's health in rural communities. Component Description: Component A: Public awareness campaigns (Information, Education and Communication): The component will focus on providing information (in the form of culturally appropriate messages) in local language on the harmful effects of female genital mutilation/cutting. It will also help advocate the revision of school curricula to include modules about the harmful effects of FGM/C. Component B: Capacity enhancement of village women and front line health workers: This component will build the capacity of health workers to discourage FGM/C. Training will be provided to health personnel on treating women who had been cut as children during pre and post natal visits (dealing with old cutting while continuing to encourage women not to cut their new daughters). Component C: Grassroots Management Training (GMT): This component will provide Grassroots Management Training and provision of micro-grants to village women for income generating activities. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The previous ISR reported some progress in the implementation of activities of the JSDF. The current mission, however, conducted a thorough review of activities and found that only component 1 made considerable progress whilst the other 3 components only had limited progress. This is true in particular for component 3: Grassroots Management Training. Overall, implementing entities (NGOs in particular) some activities were not always in line with the objective of the component. The mission was able to rectify misunderstandings and all parties now have reviewed together the project document, details of activities to be conducted to achieve each component's objectives. Role of each and tasks to be conducted in the next 6 months have been clearly defined.  Sensitization campaigns took place in the first phase of implementation of the grant; a consultant has been recruited to review public awareness materials for the development of a comprehensive IEC strategy.  Number of circumcisers who have abandoned the practice and remain out of the business as a result of the Grant has increased from 0 to 12 (The target is 80)  The number of women coming to the health centers as a result of the training on prevention against FGM/C has increased from 12 to 22% (The target was 20).  The number of health center personnel and communities receiving training in prevention tools against FGM/C has increased from 25 to 75% (The target was 66). 8. Burkina Faso: Community Monitoring For Better Health and Education Service Delivery Name: Community Monitoring For Grant Number: TF096703 Grant Type: Regular/Project Better Health and Education Service Delivery Region: AFR Sector: Sub-national Government Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Administration Bank TTL: Serdar Yilmaz Country: Burkina Faso Theme: Decentralization Implementing Agency: Grant Amount: 1,408,805 Activation Date: 9/28/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 7/10/2010 Original Closing Date: 7/10/2014 Revised Closing Date: 7/10/2014 End Disbursement Date: 1/10/2014 Disbursement: 383,902 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 27 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support the poorest rural municipalities in planning and implementing local development activities in a participatory and sustainable manner. Component Description: Component A: Public Awareness and Coalition Building on Community Monitoring: The goal of this component is to: (1) raise public awareness on the community monitoring strategy, and (2) build strong multi-stakeholder coalitions from the local to the national level for carrying out and implementing the monitoring activities at the national, municipal, and facility levels. Component B: Training and Capacity Building: This component will support the capacity development of long-lasting monitoring skills (technical and process skills) in health and education sectors for governmental actors, NGOs and citizens (service users). Component C: Conducting Pilot Community Monitoring Exercise: This component will support the implementation of community monitoring activities in 9 poorest rural municipalities, selected in 3 regions (Cascades, Plateau central and Sahel) and the processing of the collected information from local to national level, via the regions. Component D: Public Dissemination of Results and Integration of Feedback into Health and Education Programs: This component will support the disclosure of community monitoring reports to populations and national program coordinators . Component E: Impact Evaluation: The objective of this component would be to provide feedback to help improve the design of community monitoring intervention, as the team will attempt to further funds from the CDD project in Burkina Faso (PNGT2) and other sources to expand the pilot activities on a national scale. Component F: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The Project has experienced some procurement delays which have been resolved, and the implementation of project activities is underway. All of the procurement processes will be completed by mid-April and the contracts will be signed on April 16, 2013.  Activities under Component 1 and 5 activities have been completed.  Public awareness and coalition building activities have been conducted at the national, municipal and facility level.  At the village level 36 information sessions (4 villages per commune) were organized to inform the stakeholders about the participatory service delivery monitoring techniques.  Activities under Component 2 have not yet been started because of Procurement issues, which have been now resolved.  Activities under Component 3 and 4 have not yet been started because of delays in conducting the training and capacity building activities under Component 2.  Baseline survey has been conducted and an impact evaluation strategy has been developed. The baseline survey and subsequent activities have paved the way for using the dataset for more rigorous analytical purposes. The project team held a conference to discuss the preliminary findings. The baseline survey collected household data including educational attainment levels of households, income level and anthropometric measures. 8. Comoros: Emergency Food-security and Unemployment Support through Cash-For-Work Name: Emergency Food-security and Grant Number: TF097191 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Unemployment Support through Cash-For-Work Region: AFR Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Satisfactory Theme: Social Safety Nets Bank TTL: Philippe Auffret Country: Comoros Implementing Agency: Fonds d'Appui au Développement Communautaire (FADC) Grant Amount: 2,366,000 Activation Date: 9/13/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 7/13/2010 Original Closing Date: 7/13/2014 Revised Closing Date: n/a End Disbursement Date:1/13/2015 Disbursement: 1,863,980 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 79 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to increase access to short-term employment in food insecure areas in the Comoros. Component Description: Component A: Social Safety Net (cash-for-work): This component will finance a cash-for-work program to increase access to short-term employment in food-insecure areas. This is the first cash-for-work program in the Comoros and will be the only program that directly and effectively addresses the dual challenges faced by the food price crisis as well as the global economic crisis. The grant will target the most vulnerable groups (of which at least fifty percent will be women) affected by high food prices and the global economic, about 7,000 beneficiaries in addition to the 3,500 beneficiaries targeted under the GFRP. Component B: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  117 cash-for-work micro-projects have been completed (the end-of-project target is to complete 150 cash-for-work sub- projects) creating close to 150,000 person-days of employment, which have provided direct benefits to over 6,000 individuals (of whom 60% are women).  This Project has been extremely useful to actively respond to the impacts of catastrophic floods which devastated the country in early 2012.  The Government has expressed a desire for additional financing for the project, which, given strong implementation and needs, is a positive development 10. Sierra Leone: Rapid Response Growth Poles: Community-based Livelihood and Food Support Program Name: Rapid Response Growth Grant Number: TF097914 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Poles: Community-based Livelihood and Food Support Program Sector: General Energy Sector Overall Rating: Satisfactory Region: AFR Theme: Participation & Civic Bank TTL: Angela N. Khaminwa Country: Sierra Leone Engagement Implementing Agency: PMU, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources Grant Amount: 2,813,318 Activation Date: 3/14/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 12/1/2010 Original Closing Date: 12/1/2014 Revised Closing Date: End Disbursement Date: 6/1/2015 Disbursement: 917,034 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 33 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to: (i) reduce hunger and deprivation in two of the poorest Districts of the Recipient s territory in the Seli River area, directly affected by the global economic crisis and recent drought and flooding, by distributing food packages to targeted groups; and (ii) restore livelihoods, sustain services, and enhance local capacities through Rapid Response Growth Poles (RRGP) activities. Component Description: Component A: Rapid response growth pole (RRGP) income, food and livelihood security sub-projects: Under this component, the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) will provide emergency assistance through food-for-work (FfW) and cash-for-work (CfW); agricultural and fishing livelihood restoration; immediate access for remote villages; and expanded delivery of education and health services targeting about 1,200 at-risk households and broadly benefitting over 23,000 poor households affected by extreme events of flooding and severe drought. Component B: Establishment of community-based social accountability and participatory monitoring mechanisms: This component will help strengthen capacity to ensure emergency support is carried out in a fair and flexible manner. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  District level access to transportation and social services has been improved. The clearing of foot trails target has been exceeded; all (4) target boats have been constructed; and construction of the landing points (4) is underway. In addition, target sites have been identified for the installation of renewable energy to schools and health centers.  Community based responses to food and hunger crises were addressed through opportunities offered under the FfW and CfW for clearing of foot trails, construction of facilities, and operating and maintaining the facilities. Six communication centers to facilitate risk management have been built and furnished (with desktop computer, television, charging station, generator, benches, desks, etc.).  Of the 100 groups targeted to receive grants, all of have received either all or part of their grants. In addition, the Agricultural Business Units (ABU) and fishing cooperatives have received training in financial management and record keeping and developed business plans. The vulnerable groups have received training in financial management and record keeping, opened bank accounts, and some groups have even started to deposit profits.  The project organized “training of trainers” for social accountability. Community leadership training has tak en place and 320 leaders who were initially identified based on the number of at-risk communities covered by the project were trained. 11. Somalia: Tsumani Livelihoods Recovery Project Name: Tsumani Livelihoods Grant Number: TF098367 Grant Type: Special Program/Tsunami Recovery Project Region: AFR Sector: General Agriculture, Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Finishing, Forestry Bank TTL: Abderrahim Fraiji Country: Somalia Theme: Rural Services and Implementing Agency: Food and Agriculture Infrastructure Organization (FAO) Grant Amount: 1,579,646 Activation Date: 12/29/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 12/20/2010 Original Closing Date: 6/30/2012 Revised Closing Date: 9/30/2013 End Disbursement Date: 11/30/2013 Disbursement: 1,579,636 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 100 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to recover and strengthen the fishing based livelihoods of approximately 1000 families who were adversely affected by the December 2004 tsunami, in three communities (Tohin, Hurdiya and Eyl, security and piracy situation permitting) in Puntland, Somalia in a sustainable and environment friendly manner. Component Description: Component A: Capacity Building for Fishermen Associations and Ministry of fisheries: This component will strengthen the local capacities for small scale fisheries planning, coordination and implementation of livelihoods rehabilitation activities.. Component B: Improved fish receiving and marketing facilities: This component will help finance the design and construction of facilities and provision of equipment required to operationalize three fish handling and receiving facilities in three fishing communities (Tohin, Hurdiya and Eyl) to facilitate improved fish handling and marketing at village level. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Technical support was provided for the design and implementation of a small-scale fishing vessel licensing system and safety at sea scheme in the target areas.  Technical support was provided for the review of the current fisheries legislation to strengthen the regulation of fisheries associations including providing for regular audit and supervisory procedures for the associations.  Technical support was provided for the development of a suitable legal framework to regulate the design and implementation of PPP agreements including audit and supervisory procedures.  Training of representatives of fisheries associations in organization and management of fisheries associations was carried out.  Training of staff of the Ministry of Fisheries in organization and management of fishery extension services was carried out; fisheries data collection and analysis as well as small fishing vessel registration and safety at sea was organized and managed.  Technical support to the Ministry of Fisheries provided for (a) designing pilot consumer education schemes to promote increased fish consumption in both rural and urban areas, including the design and preparation of adequate fish consumption promotion materials (radio programmes and printed materials); and (b) designing an integrated small-scale fisheries training scheme to develop suitable skills and income generating activities was provided.  Field assessment and on-site consultations in the target areas to identify suitable sites and technical and economic parameters for the construction and installation of the fish receiving and marketing facilities was carried out.  Support was provided for the design and construction of fish receiving and marketing facilities including low-cost fish silage and fish drying facilities as well as water supply and sanitary fish processing facilities.  Provision of equipment required for fish handling and receiving facilities including ice production and storage equipment; containerized chilled rooms; diesel electric generators; HDPE fish boxes; insulated fish boxes; stainless steel fish washing and display tables; and on-line water chlorinators.  Training and capacity building of fishermen associations and Ministry of Fisheries in (i) Improved fish handling and management of fish receiving and marketing facilities for ensuring sustainability of the interventions; (ii) Improved supervision and financial management of fish receiving and marketing facilities; (iii) Improved fish waste utilization and production of biological fish silage was carried out. 12. Senegal: Fighting Child Begging in Senegal Name: Fighting Child Begging in Grant Number: TF091830 Grant Type: Regular/Project Senegal Region: AFR Sector: Health & Social Services Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Theme: Other Social Services Bank TTL: Atou Seck Country: Senegal Implementing Agency: PARRER Grant Amount: 1,707,830 Activation Date: 11/3/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 6/5/2008 Original Closing Date: 6/4/2012 Revised Closing Date: 9/30/2012 End Disbursement Date:11/30/2012 Disbursement: 1,660,846.37 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 97 Grant Objective: The Development objective of this Project is to fight child begging, through: (a) preventive interventions with parents of at-risk children, (b) improved Quranic schooling (c) dissemination of the recent law against human trafficking, and (d) capacity building for civil society organization fighting child begging. Component Description: Component A: Community-Based Prevention of Child Begging: This component aims at preventing parents from entrusting their children to itinerant Quranic teachers who will subsequently exploit the children by making them beg on the streets of urban centers. Component B: Improvement of Quran Schools: The improvement and regulation of Quranic schooling will complement the activities supported through Component A by curbing the demand for child beggars (whereas Component A focuses on diminishing the offer). Component C: Dissemination of the Law against Trafficking: This component will support an information campaign about the plight of begging children and the provisions of the law via a varied mix of low-cost media channels, such as community radios and local newspapers. Component D: Coordination and Capacity Building: This component will help support PARRER in setting up mechanisms to gather and disseminate information from/to its members, evaluating the most pressing training needs of its members and planning a capacity building program, and setting up a computerized management information system. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The project empowered 1250 mothers with children at risk and financed 50 micro projects that will help them resist to the temptation of sending children begging in the streets.  4 NGOs were recruited and they implemented this component in Ziguinchor, Kolda, Kaolack & Thies.  Curriculum was developed and tested in 20 Quranic schools in Dakar, Thies, and Mbour.  Media campaign was done in Thies, St-Louis and Kaolack involving local authorities and social and religious leaders  Coordination worked reasonably. Capacity building workshop for the recruited NGOs organized with support of local training firm. 13. Nigeria: Fadama Information and Knowledge Services Name: Fadama Information and Grant Number: TF099005 Grant Type: Regular/Project Knowledge Services (FIKS) Region: AFR Sector: Agriculture - Crops Overall Rating: Satisfactory Theme: Rural Services and Bank TTL: Abimbola Adubi Country: Nigeria Infrastructure Implementing Agency: Grant Amount: 2,743,100 Activation Date: 7/15/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 5/11/2011 Original Closing Date: 5/11/2015 Revised Closing Date: 5/11/2015 End Disbursement Date: 11/11/2015 Disbursement: 583,373.47 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 21 Grant Objective: The objective of the proposed JSDF project is to establish sustainable, Fadama information, knowledge and business advisory services centers (FIKS) to increase farm productivity and rural household incomes in the poorest sections of the Fadama community in Cross River, Lagos, Sokoto and Yobe states over a four year period using a variety of information and communication technologies. Component Description: Component A: Development of virtual agriculture and veterinary advisory services: The objective of this component is to develop virtual advisory services in agriculture and veterinary services by linking the Fadama farmers to local, national and international specialists in the university, national and international agricultural research institutes, private sector, NGO's, Farmer associations, etc., to provide near and/or real time advisory services to solve problems faced by the farmers focusing on their main agricultural crops and livestock products. Component B: Establishment of Fadama information and knowledge services centers: The main objective of this component is to provide transaction based IT enabled locally relevant information and knowledge services to improve rural productivity and incomes of the poorest sections of the Fadama farm community in Cross River, Lagos, Sokoto and Yobe states. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: • TORs for content development of FIKS and Telecom service providers have been developed and finalized. • Developed agronomic production content information for 15 crops including vegetables and 4 livestock namely: Rice, Maize, Yam, Tomatoes, Soybean, Sorghum, Cowpea, Banana/Plantain, Oil palm, Cottom, Casava, Cabbage, Carrot, Okra, Onion and watermelon. • Translated all developed content information for 15 crops and animal husbandry into four languages namely: Hausa, Efik, Yoruba and Pigin English. • SMS modules have been developed and being used to schedule SMS information to farmers about crops or livestock. • Four FIKS centers have been built in Yobe, Sokoto, Cross-River and Lagos states. • The Consulting Service Cellulant has provided training for 16 facilitators in Lagos State, 12 in Cross-Rivers State, 22 in Sokoto State, and 19 in Yobe State to manage the operations of the FIKS centers. • Developed and implement agronomic production information and practice for key crops • Developed and implemented product price and useful contact of agribusiness, buyers, input suppliers and transporters with markets specification.  Broadcasting pre-season and in-season messages on various crops and livestock to farmers in 3 states; Lagos, Cross-Rivers and Calabar. 14. Benin: Community Nutrition Name: Community Nutrition Grant Number: TF097920 Grant Type: Regular/Project Region: AFR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Not Rated Theme: Nutrition and Food Security Bank TTL: Menno Mulder-Sibanda Country: Benin Implementing Agency: PLAN Benin Grant Amount: 2,797,781 Activation Date: 11/28/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 6/30/2011 Original Closing Date: 6/30/2015 Revised Closing Date: 6/30/2015 End Disbursement Date: 12/31/2015 Disbursement: 708,632 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 25 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the nutrition of an estimated 16,800 young children in poor rural areas with high malnutrition rates through innovate delivery mechanisms of nutrition services at community level by reaching out to some 72,000 mothers and 24,000 grandmothers. Component Description: Component A: Social mobilization of mothers and grandmothers in poor communities through community-based mechanisms: This component will mobilize communities in a targeted number of Communes (districts) with high malnutrition rates to promote key messages on safe pregnancies and feeding practices. This component will finance technical advisory services (including consultants, training and workshops) as well as goods for community-based health and nutrition services and service providers, including printed materials and basic equipment for community nutrition activities (e.g., scales, little gifts). Component B: Testing the effectiveness of community-based risk pooling mechanisms for the recuperation of severely malnourished children: This component will address the needs of severely malnourished young children through testing a village-based risk pooling mechanism that will provide finances in the form of vouchers for mothers to take their malnourished child to a recuperation center for treatment. This component will finance technical advisory services (including consultants, training and workshops) as well as goods including therapeutic foods, basic equipment and printed materials. Component C: Introduction of the ANCB as a new stakeholder in human development and child nutrition in particular: This component will test the capacity of the National Association of Communes in Benin to take the lead towards the integration of nutrition objectives and activities in the Commune Development Plans by the Local Government authorities. This component will finance technical advisory services (including consultants, training and workshops), printed materials and basic equipment. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The ISR has not yet been prepared. 15. Nigeria: Community Health Systems Strengthening for Malaria Control in Anambra and Akwa Ibom Name: Community Health Systems Grant Number: TF098446 Grant Type: Regular/Project Strengthening for Malaria Control in Anambra and Akwa Ibom Region: AFR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Not Rated Theme: Malaria Bank TTL: Dinesh M. Nair Country: Nigeria Implementing Agency: State Ministries of Health of Anambra and Akwa Ibom States Grant Amount: 1,563,756 Activation Date: 6/19/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 2/25/2011 Original Closing Date: 2/25/2014 Revised Closing Date: 2/25/2014 End Disbursement Date: 8/25/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support the National Malaria Control Program; specifically, the State Ministries of Health in Akwa Ibom and Anambra states in i) reducing malaria-related morbidity (57.5 million cases annually in Nigeria) and mortality (225 thousand deaths annually), and ii) the consequent social and economic costs (over 10% of GDP). Component Description: Component A: Improving access to and affordability of essential malaria control activities through innovative delivery channels: This component will help provide training for Community-Directed Distributors (CDDs) and Patent Medicine Vendors (PMVs) in malaria prevention and treatment; technical assistance for the development of functional and sustainable CDD and PMV service delivery models; subsidized Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for malaria to ensure drugs only go to those that really need them; and set up community-based monitoring schemes, including community meetings, community supervisors, and PMV associations. Component B: Behavior Change Communication: This component will help development of a BCC strategy; include BCC component in the training curriculum for CDDs and PMVs; and monitoring and supervision to ensure the BCC component is having the desired impact in communities. Component C: Health Systems Strengthening / Managing for results: This component will help develop a community- oriented management tool; and train in the use of the tool for community agents, health facility workers, and LGA-level managers. Component D: Operational Research: This component will finance the process and impact evaluation of the project. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting, the grant had just been activated. 16. Comoros: Coastal Resources co-management for sustainable livelihood Name: Coastal Resources co- Grant Number: TF098850 Grant Type: Regular/Project management for sustainable livelihood Region: AFR Sector: Sub-national Government Overall Rating: Not Rated Administration Bank TTL: Xavier F. P. Vincent Country: Comoros Theme: Environmental Policies and Implementing Agency: Direction Nationale des Institutions Ressources Halieutiques (DNRH) Grant Amount: 2,729,400 Activation Date: 6/8/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 5/9/2012 Original Closing Date: 5/9/2015 Revised Closing Date: n/a End Disbursement Date: 11/9/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to alleviate poverty of the fishing communities in the three islands of the Union of the Comoros, including Grande Comore (or Ngazidja), Mohéli (or Mwali), and Anjouan (or Nzwani). It will help improve about 3,000 households' lives and increase their income through capacity building, conservation knowledge training and collaborative resource management. Component Description: Component A: Awareness raising & capacity building for coastal communities: This component will support: (1) Sensitization to sustainable exploitation; (2) Extension services for sustainable artisanal fisheries and aquaculture practices; (3) Survey of coastal areas capability and identification of alternative practices; and (4) Capacity building for microenterprise management. Component B: Preparation of Integrated Resource Management Plans by Participating Communities: This component will support: (1) analysis of the sustainability of current practices; (2) preparation of collaborative fisheries & coastal areas management plans; (3) development of pilot coast-watch program including the safety at sea dimension; and (4) support to co- management institutionalization. Component C: Micro-projects for artisanal Fishing Communities: This component will support: (1) fishing community development micro-projects; (2) the promotion and the dissemination of sustainable practices; and (3) the support to establish financial self-help groups. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting, the grant had just been activated. 17. Ethiopia: Support to improve the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of artisan miners Name: Support to improve the Grant Number: TF098807 Grant Type: Regular/Project economic, social, and environmental sustainability of artisan miners Region: AFR Sector: Mining and other extractive Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Kirsten Lori Hund Country: Ethiopia Implementing Agency: Grant Amount: 2,865,050 Activation Date: 1/23/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 11/4/2011 Original Closing Date: 11/4/2015 Revised Closing Date: 11/4/2015 End Disbursement Date: 5/4/2016 Disbursement: 204,880.84 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 7 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to significantly reduce the poverty levels of sixteen artisan and small-scale mining (ASM) communities in rural Ethiopia through the provision of training and small credit facilities, promoting social, economic and environmental sustainability. Component Description: Component A: Baseline Assessment, Strategy Design and Environmental Safeguards Management: This component will provide a baseline assessment as well as an environmental safeguard management framework, and follow up with a strategy design for 30 artisan and small scale (ASM) communities (a total of 159 ASM cooperatives exist nationwide) in Ethiopia, with a focus on five different minerals, namely Gold, Gemstones, Tantalum, Construction Minerals and Salt. Component B: Capacity Building, Training and Support to Enhance the Sustainability of ASM Communities: This component will focus on capacity building of ASM miners in ASM communities, and will put an emphasis on women in case they are significantly disadvantaged in or even excluded from formal employment. Component C: Improvement of Basic Services and Access to Health Facilities to Improve the Social Sustainability of ASM Communities: This component will address the social infrastructure for reducing poverty and deprivation, specifically the lack of even basic sanitation and health facilities, which results in extremely low levels of well-being and social development of artisan miners. Access to potable water and sanitation facilities as well as to mobile community health centers will be the priority goals in this respect. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The project is taking up key preparatory activities, such as the implementation of the socio-economic baseline study, the draft of the ESMF and the Project Operations Manual. Activities have been delayed after signing of the Grant Agreement since a JSDF Task Force (JSDF - TF) was to be established first. Also, the Ministry of Mines as implementing agency suffers from low procurement capacities at the moment. The World Bank is advising the Ministry on procurement and a financial management issues. 18. Sierra Leone: Artisanal Mining Community Development and sustainable Livelihoods Name: Artisanal Mining Community Grant Number: TF099111 Grant Type: Regular/Project Development and sustainable Livelihoods Region: AFR Sector: General Agriculture, Overall Rating: Not Rated Fishing, Forestry Bank TTL: Daniele La Porta Arrobas Country: Sierra Leone Theme: Rural Services and Implementing Agency: GoBifo Project, Infrastructure Decentralization Secretariat, Ministry of Local Government Grant Amount: 2,750,090 Activation Date: 8/5/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 7/28/2011 Original Closing Date: 7/28/2015 Revised Closing Date: 7/28/2015 End Disbursement Date: 1/28/2016 Disbursement: 583,930.77 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 21 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to pilot community-driven capacity building, empowerment, and participatory decision-making in artisanal and small scale mining communities, enhance social accountability and promote closer cooperation on environmental and social challenges and increase the participation, and enhance the overall sustainable livelihoods of women and other vulnerable groups in artisanal communities. A parallel objective is to support the transition into alternative and more sustainable livelihoods, especially in the agriculture sector, for diamond ASM communities. Component Description: Component A: Capacity Building and Skills Training for Local Development: This component will support communities in enhancing their own capacity necessary to engage in participatory development planning and manage development funds. Particular attention will be paid to engaging women - who often suffer the greatest costs and fewest benefits from mining activities - and youth, who often do not have voice in decision-making and lack employment opportunities (a trend which is being exacerbated by the decline of the mining sector in Sierra Leone). Component B: Management of Community Block Grants: This component will provide communities with block grants which they can use to realise community action plans and implement value-added small-scale infrastructure projects (road improvements, schools, drying floors, etc). Communities will manage all facets of project implementation from identification of needs, to the hiring of contractors, monitoring and evaluation of projects and contribution of local materials and labor. This process will help communities develop the social capital and infrastructure necessary to more effectively benefit from the livelihoods component of the project. Component C: Livelihoods Diversification: This component will focus on livelihoods diversification, given the rapid decline in the mining sector, especially through agricultural activities. The particular blend of livelihoods diversification activities selected in each community will be based on participatory assessments and prevailing market opportunities and will likely include formation of community based livelihood structures, enhanced access to micro-finance capital, development of market linkages and market research. Component D: Strengthening Governance and Empowering Miners in the ASM Sector: This component will focus on enhancing governance of the sector and empowering miners to access information about their rights, existing regulations, and prices of diamonds; provide grants for land reclamation (for disused pits) to groups of miners in order to provide them with short-term economic alternatives and help identify options for alternative livelihoods activities, and; strengthen local CSO capacity to help ASM access justice and ability to mediate disputes between large-scale mining interests, traditional authorities and communities. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The ISR is pending for this grant. 19. Tanzania: Rural Food Fortification Project Name: Rural Food Fortification Grant Number: TF099112 Grant Type: Regular/Project Project Region: AFR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Not Rated Theme: Nutrition and Food Security Bank TTL: Janneke Hartvig Blomberg Country: Tanzania Implementing Agency: Tanzania Food and Nutrition Center Grant Amount: 2,632,355 Activation Date: 7/5/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 6/27/2011 Original Closing Date: 6/27/2015 Revised Closing Date: n/a End Disbursement Date: 12/27/2015 Disbursement: 642,150.56 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 24 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to demonstrate workable and sustainable approaches for addressing micro- nutrient deficiencies in rural Tanzania, thereby providing models for the future roll out of life-saving food fortification interventions to those areas of Tanzania not reached by the national food fortification program. Component Description: Component A: Social marketing and capacity building for quality assurance and institutional development of TFNC: This component will finance social marketing, capacity building for quality assurance and institutional development of TFNC, help ensure that fortified foods are accepted by and accessible to population, especially the poor who will benefit the most. This will include (i) social marketing, to generate wide acceptance and demand for fortified foods, (ii) capacity building and training for quality assurance, and (iii) institutional development for TFNC to help them play a more active role in rolling out the approaches developed under this grant. Component B: Demonstrating the viability and sustainability of measures to fortify food in areas not reached by the national program: This component will finance activities demonstrating the viability and sustainability of measures to fortify food in areas not reached by the national program. It will particularly target rural areas where the incidence of poverty is the highest. Interventions for the second part will include (i) Site selection, start-up and training, including selection of NGO(s) to facilitate program implementation, development of mechanisms for service delivery, and capacity building, and (ii) Ongoing operations support for both home fortification and fortification at rural maize hammer mills, including quality control, refresher training, and ongoing monitoring. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: This ISR is pending for this grant. 20. Nigeria: Access To Justice for the Poor Name: Access To Justice for the Poor Grant Number: TF099276 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Region: AFR Sector: Law and Justice Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Theme: Access to Law and Justice Bank TTL: Nicholas Menzies Country: Nigeria Implementing Agency: Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACoN) Grant Amount: 2,534,655 Activation Date: 8/25/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 12/24/2010 Original Closing Date: 12/24/2013 Revised Closing Date: End Disbursement Date: 6/24/2014 Disbursement: 847,195.31 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 33 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance access to legal aid services by the poor and vulnerable in Kaduna State to enable them to effectively enforce their socio-economic rights and resolve civil matters disputes. Component Description: Component A: Establishment of Legal Aid Centers: This component will support the establishment of various legal aid centers in Kaduna State to facilitate the expansion of services to communities (LGAs) in urban and rural areas. Component B: Capacity Building for Legal Aid Service Providers: This component will strengthen the capacity of legal aid providers to be able to provide effective services to the poor and vulnerable. The component will target formal and informal service providers. Component C: Awareness and Advocacy Programs: This component will aim at: (a) creating awareness among poor and vulnerable communities with their rights and available legal aid services; (b) establishing of mobile legal aid clinics that can be used as a combined outreach, advocacy, and legal aid service mechanism where service providers will reach communities in remote areas to address certain legal issues and/or carry awareness and advocacy programs; and (c) carrying out advocacy programs with stakeholders to promote the importance of legal aid services and to secure sustainable support and funding. Component D: Needs and Baseline Assessment; and Monitoring & Evaluation: This component will help identify the unmet needs of the poor and vulnerable with regard to legal issues by carrying out a Needs and Baseline Assessment to understand and quantify the different needs of communities and groups in Kaduna, the study will provide baseline information for future measurement of project success and impact. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Overall, implementation progress is behind schedule due to primarily to delays at startup, largely outside of the control of the LACON. Following signature of the grant agreement, the Director-General of LACON was replaced, Federal elections took place (Spring 2011) followed by some unrest in Kaduna State and delays in forming a new government (both on state and Federal level). Furthermore, delays in obtaining the authorized signatory letter from the Ministry of Finance prevented the initial draw down of funds. Once funds became available, refurbishment works and other activities commenced quickly, only to be further put in question by a deteriorating security situation in Kaduna.  Activities to create awareness among communities about their rights and available legal aid services have not yet started. 23 NGOs responded to the client's advertisement for the small grants scheme to conduct legal rights training, sensitization, advocacy, ADR/mediation training. Out of those, 10 were pre-selected by the counterpart and are waiting the Bank’s no objection.  Considerable discussions have taken place with the client about the role, scope and methodology for the needs and impact assessments.  The counterpart is in the process of collecting general information about civil cases in Kaduna state while working with its own statisticians and reaching out to the local governments in Kaduna State to obtain more information about make-up and characteristics of relevant communities.  Three legal awareness trainings in Kaduna that were well attended: April 18, 2012 - 680 participants; April 19, 2012 - 291 participants; June 7, 2012 - 298 participants. Pictures and videos of the trainings as well as PowerPoint presentations used by the presenters have been shared with the Bank team. 21. Malawi: Promoting Inclusion of Children with Disability into Basic Education for All Program Name: Promoting Inclusion of Grant Number: TF099386 Grant Type: Regular/Project Children with Disability into Basic Education for All Program Region: AFR Sector: Primary Education Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Theme: Education For All Bank TTL: Muna Salih Meky Country: Malawi Implementing Agency: Federation for Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA) Grant Amount: 1,832,880 Activation Date: 6/18/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 3/28/2012 Original Closing Date: 3/28/2016 Revised Closing Date: End Disbursement Date: 9/28/2016 Disbursement: 356,615.60 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 19 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to test innovative methods to promote the enrollment of children with disabilities currently excluded from mainstream schools and influence the development of an inclusive education policy. Component Description: Component A: Situational Analysis: This component will help finance a situational analysis that will include a stock taking exercise to determine the strengths and weakness of the current enrollment and retention system for the children with disabilities in basic education in the three select districts. Component B: Campaign to Promote Inclusive Education: This component will help finance an awareness campaigns. Component C: Schools Block Grants: The block grants will be 'one time grant' to each of the selected schools. It will aim to: (i) Increase the student teacher ratio by training teachers on inclusive education, and (ii) Improve physical access (by providing braille text books, appropriate chairs and desks for physically impaired students, better lighting, accessible latrines; water spouts or facility for drinking water). Component D: Capacity Building of Implementing Agency for Managing JSDF Grant: The component will build capacity of the Implementing Agency FEDOMA in terms of (1) information management; (2) financial management; and (3) monitoring and reporting while parallel increasing the accountability of national and local level stakeholders through peer learning. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The project implementation is in its early stages. All effectiveness conditions have been met and the project was made effective on May 28, 2012.  World Bank procurement training was conducted for FEDOMA Officers overseeing the project in March 2012 and they were also oriented in the World Bank projects financial procedures.  Project staff including a financial consultant, three District Coordinators, has been recruited for the project implementation. FEDOMA has appointed its Projects Manager to provide oversight on the project. A procurement Officer has also been appointed to collaborate with the Internal Procurement Committee to oversee all the project procurements.  FEDOMA developed the project budget and procurement plan which were approved by the Bank. A one year work plan (June 2012 – June 2013) was developed and approved by the Bank.  Hiring of consultants for three project components; Situation Analysis, Capacity Building and Management Information System, is in progress at evaluation stage. 22. Madagascar: Promoting Environmentally-sustainable Organic Cotton Name: Promoting Environmentally- Grant Number: TF093177 Grant Type: Regular/Project sustainable Organic Cotton Region: AFR Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Overall Rating: Not Rated Forestry Bank TTL: Giovanni Ruta Country: Madagascar Theme: General Agriculture Sector Implementing Agency: Wildlife Conservation Society Grant Amount: 1,875,650 Activation Date: 6/21/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 6/13/2012 Original Closing Date: 6/13/2016 Revised Closing Date: End Disbursement Date:12/13/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to pilot an innovative approach to growing environmentally-sustainable organic cotton and establish a cotton-to-garment value chain. This is expected to help alleviate poverty through direct economic and livelihood benefits for some of the poorest rural communities in Madagascar and, in parallel, to prevent further deforestation and degradation in a critically-important environmental zone. Component Description: Component A: Launch of an integrated approach to growing cotton in an environmentally sustainable way: This component aims to introduce an integrated and environmentally sustainable approach to cotton production in the south west of Madagascar, in a region that is of high environmental importance and where the population is poor Component B: Capacity building of farmers groups for producing organic cotton and other rotational crops: This component focuses on building capacity of local farmers through (i) establishing and operationalizing small training centers which will be the basis of farmer trainings in new organic cotton farming techniques and environmental management, (ii) consolidating existing farmers' associations/cooperatives and, where appropriate, establishing new associations; and (iii) supporting these farmers' associations who will ultimately take on some of the farm management, and cotton ginning and cottonseed oil processing and who can potentially provide farmer-to-farmer training. Component C: Certification (fair trade, organic) & Branding of Madagascar Conservation Cotton: The goal of this component is to produce detailed guidelines on methodology and criteria for organic cotton certification and establishing an internationally-recognized organic cotton certification process in Madagascar. Component D: Impact Assessment & Business Planning for cotton value chain and feasibility for investments in rotational crops: This component will focus on regularly assessing the impact of the production of cotton on farmers' livelihoods and on the surrounding environment, in particular the Mikea forest. A detailed analysis of the current economic situation for local farmers and various scenario modeling is also proposed. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had just been activated. 23. Gambia, The: NGO Sector Efficiency and Accountability to strengthen services Name: NGO Sector Efficiency and Grant Number: TF091829 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Accountability to strengthen services Region: AFR Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Theme: Participation and Civic Bank TTL: Badara Alieu Joof Country: Gambia, The Engagement Implementing Agency: TANGO (NGO) Grant Amount: 219,600 Activation Date: 11/19/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 7/24/2008 Original Closing Date: 7/24/2012 Revised Closing Date: 12/31/2012 End Disbursement Date: 6/30/2013 Disbursement: 56,642.24 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 26 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance the efficiency and accountability of non-Governmental organizations (NGOs) in delivering basic services to the poor in the country. Component Description: Component A: Capacity Building of TANGO as umbrella NGO organization: Under this component, a strategic assessment of TANGO will be carried out, which will lead to an update of TANGO’s five -year strategic plan and to the development of a training program for the staff of TANGO Secretariat. Training courses will be offered in the areas of awareness building, fundraising, advocacy, and communications/outreach. Component B: Capacity Development on Evaluating Performance Standards of NGOs : Under this component, the following activities will be undertaken: (i) a set of performance standards will be developed taking into account the review of membership criteria carried out under Component A, (ii) a training curriculum for evaluators will be generated, (iii) 12 evaluators will be trained using the newly created evaluation system and training curriculum, and (iv) at least 60 NGOs will be evaluated. Component C: Conduct Learning Events on NGO Performance Standards: This component will consist of a series of learning events focusing on (i) best practices on NGO performance, and (ii) measures to address NGO weaknesses. Through these learning events, TANGO will be able to facilitate capacity building and learning in the NGO network, by disseminating measures that can be taken by NGOs in order to achieve performance standards. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The ISR is pending for this grant. 24. Kenya: Accelerating Rural Women's Access to Agricultural Markets and Trade Name: Accelerating Rural Women's Grant Number: TF012019 Grant Type: Regular/Project Access to Agricultural Markets and Trade Region: AFR Sector: Agro-industry, Marketing, Overall Rating: Not Rated and Trade Bank TTL: Gibwa A. Kajubi Country: Kenya Theme: Rural Markets Implementing Agency: GROOTS Kenya Grant Amount: 2,858,500 Activation Date: 7/23/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 5/30/2012 Original Closing Date: 5/30/2016 Revised Closing Date: End Disbursement Date: 11/30/2016 Disbursement: 254,667.96 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 9 Grant Objective: The program will empower 3,400 vulnerable women farmers economically and socially, improve their livelihood and strengthen their business skills to allow them to fully maximize their participation in and benefits from agricultural markets and society in two target districts in Kenya. Component Description: Component A: Organize Women Farmers to Work Collectively to Economically Empower and Improve their Livelihoods: The objective of this component will be to involve beneficiaries in a participatory design of the project that would allow women farmers and stakeholders in development and implementation of community-led processes to select priority agribusiness sectors and individual women farmers to be engaged in the project. Component B: Enhance Women Farmers’ Lobbying and Advocacy Capacities for Essentia l Services to Improve Production: The objective of this component would be to enhance women farmers’ lobbying and advocacy capacities to access essential services that can improve their production. Based on the results from the initial participatory mapping, the validation meetings and rapid value chain survey, this component will support establishment of strong farmers groups or cooperatives organized around the priority Value Chains. Component C: Enhance Women Farmers’ Business Capacities and Facilitate M arket Linkages: The aim of this Component is to enhance women farmers’ business capacities and facilitate market linkages through production strengthening and business skills training, as well as strengthening market linkages. Component D: Empower Women Improve their Production Capabilities on Specific Commodities and Enhance their Access to Microfinance to Strengthen Enterprises: The objective of this component is to provide women with opportunities to create and strengthen their businesses, both through capacity strengthening as well as through the provision of microfinance opportunities. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 25. Central African Republic: Piloting Innovations for Conflict Sensitive Community Recovery Project Name: Piloting Innovations for Grant Number: TF010376 Grant Type: Regular/Project Conflict Sensitive Community Recovery Project Region: AFR Sector: General Agriculture, Overall Rating: Not Rated Fishing, Forestry Bank TTL: Paul G. A. Bance Country: Central African Rep. Theme: Conflict Prevention and Implementing Agency: Danish Refugee Council Post-Conflict Reconstruction (DRC) Grant Amount: 1,807,660 Activation Date: 9/28/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 7/11/2012 Original Closing Date: 7/11/2016 Revised Closing Date: n/a End Disbursement Date: 1/11/2017 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to act as a first step toward the medium-term stabilization of marginalized and conflict affected areas in northern Central African Republic, boost early recovery and facilitate the transition from emergency to development assistance by providing the tools and financial means necessary for targeted communities to undertake collaborative local development initiatives. Component Description: Component A: Material support for economic actors and rehabilitation of basic community infrastructure: Activities under this component will help increase the productivity of mixed agriculture; craft groups and others targeted groups through the provision of quality productive inputs and the rehabilitation of small scale economical infrastructures. Component B: Capacity building of economic actors and actions of mobilization and social awareness: Activities under this component will aim to reinforce the organizational, technical and conflict-resolving capacities of selected communities in a sustainable manner, by promoting monitoring and close support, as well as social mobilization and advocacy for youth. Component C: Project management and administration: Activities undertaken under this component will ensure the effective management and administration of field activities. The project will be managed in accordance with the best practices in terms of planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (Project Cycle Management). A monthly plan of activities will be drawn for each set of activities and approved by the project manager. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. EAP REGION 1. Indonesia: Improving Rural Connectivity for Sustainable Livelihoods Name: Improving Rural Connectivity Grant Number: TF090424 Grant Type: Regular/Project for Sustainable Livelihoods Region: EAP Sector: Agriculture, Fishing and Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory forestry. Bank TTL: Natasha Beschomer Country: Indonesia Theme: Rural Development Implementing Agency: Qariyah Thayyibah (SPPQT) Grant Amount: 391,350 Activation Date: 8/9/2007 Grant Agreement Date: 7/23/2007 Original Closing Date:7/24/2011 Revised Closing Date:7/24/2012 End Disbursement Date:1/24/2013 Disbursement: 360,224.94 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 92% Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to contribute to the development of sustainable models and approaches to improve rural populations'(especially women's) access to knowledge, information and means of communication that improve their livelihoods in the rural areas of Salatiga and surrounding Districts (Central Java ). Component Description: Component A: Establish Facilities for ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) development of local communities. This component will set up shared access facilities in the form of Multipurpose Community Telecentres (MCTs) to offer physical access to ICT in the rural areas of Sinjai (South Sulawesi), Malang (East Java) and Salatiga (Central Java). Component B: Capacity building and training: In this component, the implementing agency in each site will identify a few facilitators from its organization/agency who will need to be trained and who will work closely with the MCT manager. Component C: Quality Service and content development of MCT’s: This component will help develop/adapt such services and content under the coordination of the implementing agency in each of the sites to ensure sustainability of ICT services established. Component D: Awareness building through marketing materials, policy dialogue, and partnership development (Partners Network creation): This component will help raise awareness and development of community level partnerships and promote interaction at the national level. Component E: M&E (Monitoring and Evaluation) and Project Management: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite the delay in the implementation, the project has made a significant progress by establishing 13 MCT out of 20 planned MCTs.  Baseline survey (social and technical aspects) completed. MCTs have been adequately equipped and staffed.  90 MCT staff were trained on MCT management and business plan preparation. The project provides facilitation support to improve the capacity of the SPPQT and farmers in managing multi-purpose centers at the village level. It also trains farmers on digital literacy. In addition, each multicenter is located at one of farmer group members where farmers get a gathering to share information and experiences. It is expected that the activities will be continued by the farmers with support from SPPQT as the executing agency.  Training on computer literacy for 385 school students and 34 rural communities has been conducted. 2. Cambodia: Strengthening good governance in land distribution Name: Strengthening good Grant Number: TF091833 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building governance in land distribution Region: EAP Sector: Agriculture Fishing and Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Cambodia Forestry- General Agriculture sector Bank TTL: Ms Mudita Chamroeun Theme: Other rural development, Implementing Agency: Wathnakpheap Land administration and (WP) management, Participation and civic engagement Grant Amount: 469,218 Activation Date: 7/23/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 6/13/2008 Original Closing Date:6/13/2012 Revised Closing Date:6/13/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/13/2013 Disbursement: 424,412.43 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 90 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to build capacity and voice of the landless families and civil society organizations (CSOs) in gaining access to land and livelihood support for the poor working with Government's Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development (LASED) project. The focus here is on the Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) complementary role in facilitating and empowering rural community organizations and government's role as infrastructure developer as well as livelihood support. Component Description: Component A: Public Awareness and Capacity Building for social land concession (SLCs): This component will help train stakeholders at the community level in the legal framework and processes related to State-land management, as well as the practical implementation procedures required for SLCs. Component B: Piloting Community Support Groups in SLCs: This component will help pilot the role of community support groups (CSGs) as facilitators, implementers and service providers in the implementation of social land concessions in approximately 60 villages in the 20 communes expected to be supported for SLC implementation under LASED. Component C: NGOs Capacity Building, Coordination and Sharing of Lessons Learned: This component will support WP's share of the work to strengthen coordination and effective sharing of lessons learned, as well as to strengthen fiduciary capacities consistent with World Bank requirements across the three NGOs with proposed JSDF support for SLCs. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The project implemented by WP NGO enhances civic engagement and participatory approach in SLC project implementation thereby building mutual trust between Government agencies and NGOs in an environment where cooperation between government and NGOs is very limited and there exists mutual mistrust. The comparison between the planned and actual outputs showed that the actual outputs are more than the planned.  19 WP staffs, 10 NGOs, 64 sub-national officer, 86 CSGs, 1135 trained/coached, 11 training sessions on SLC implementation, gender, dispute resolution, governance, and Civic Engagement have been conducted.  38 formed CSGs have been functioned to support civic engagement. The public notice displayed (43 information board) were set up in 16 villages. 630 Target Land Recipients (TLRs) have visited SLC site in Kratie province.  3 quarterly NGOs coordination meetings have been conducted. 3. Cambodia: Strengthening Civil Society Government Partnership to Deliver Land Tenure Security Name: Strengthening Civil Society- Grant Number: TF091836 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Government Partnership to Deliver Land Tenure Security Region: EAP Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Cambodia Development Bank TTL: Ms Mudita Chamroeun Theme: Other rural development, Implementing Agency: Habitat for Land administration and Humanity International (HFHI) - Cambodia management, Participation and civic engagement Grant Amount: 415,267 Activation Date: 7/15/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 6/13/2008 Original Closing Date:6/13/2012 Revised Closing Date:6/13/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/13/2013 Disbursement: 189,869.40 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 46 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to develop and test community-based mechanisms and procedures for civil society and Government collaboration for land tenure security, shelter improvement and livelihood support to the provincial poor urban landless building upon the demonstrated willingness of local actors in Battambang Province to solve land use disputes by testing how NGOs can collaborate with the government to implement SLCs (social land concession) in peri-urban areas. Component Description: Component A. Public Awareness and capacity building for social land concessions: In collaboration with the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), Habitat for Humanity international-Cambodia (HFHI-C) will train stakeholders in the legal framework and processes related to State-land management. Component B. Piloting Urban SLC implementation: HFHI-C will support local communities to work with local authorities to implement a SLC for an urban area in Battambang and ensure provision of security of tenure to families, to provide training and sub-grants to the commune for civil works and community upgrading initiatives. Component C. NGO Capacity Building, Coordination and Sharing of Lessons Learned: This component will support strengthening coordination and effective sharing of lessons learned, as well as fiduciary capacities. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The project is making slow but steady progress towards the attainment of its development objectives  PRPF and OM (Operations Manual) were approved by the Bank. Two sign boards and 4 information boards were displayed and12 kinds of posters were produced and distributed to Target Land Recipients (TLRs) and other stakeholders, brochures, etc.  Existing 3 CBOs are functioning. The other 5 CBOs will be formed when land recipients are confirmed.  Coordination workshops and meetings with SLC partner NGOs and government officials on quarterly basis. SLC NGOs and government annual workshop to share lessons learned and experiences on SLCs. Two supervision missions conducted jointly with LASED parent project including operations, safeguards and fiduciary staff. Training on procurement and support on safeguards was conducted.  36 consultations meetings have been conducted with a total of 1,407 participants.  7 training workshops on Saving Group management, communications, and community facilitation skills were conducted for 175 participants, including TLRs, CBOs, and Commune Council members.  18 workshops and coaching sessions were conducted including 59 participants (HFHIC staff, NGO partners and Government) on Project Management, Procurement, Resettlement Action Plan, Budget Plan.  The big package for the road and drainage construction was successfully procured. The procurement for remaining packages (i.e., water supply connection and electricity connection) is also finalized. 99 boundary demarcation poles have been installed in five sub-block and 115 housing plots are demarcated.  Regular coordination meetings are convened to share experiences and lessons learned, and issues and challenges encountered during project implementation. 4. Cambodia: Community Empowerment through Access to land Name: Community Empowerment Grant Number: TF091839 Grant Type: Regular/Project through Access to Land Region: EAP Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Cambodia Development. Bank TTL: Ms Mudita Chamroeun Theme: Other rural development, Implementing Agency: Lutheran World Land administration and Federation changed to Life With Dignity management, Participation and civic engagement Grant Amount: 1,483,603 Activation Date: 7/15/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 6/13/2008 Original Closing Date:6/13/2012 Revised Closing Date:6/13/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/13/2013 Disbursement: 523,117.23 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 35 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to pilot a rights-based approach to SLC (social land concession) planning and implementation for sustainable poverty reduction of landless households through an integrated rural development approach for supporting Social Land Concessions. Component Description: Component A: Public awareness and capacity building for SLC: This component will help train stakeholders in the legal framework and processes related to State-land management, as well as the practical implementation procedures required for SLCs. Component B: Preparation of SLC plan: This component will help test the implementation of the SLC process in rural areas, using participatory, integrated, rights based empowerment approaches to local development. Component C: Approval of SLC plan: This component will help the identification and selection of the SLC sites. Component D: Land allocation to Target Land Recipients (TLR): This component will help select the target land recipients. Component E: Project Planning and Management: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Through good collaboration with different working groups, committees, community members and the Government, the progress towards achieving the grant objectives remains satisfactory. The key achievements include:  The registration of the five Social Land Concession (SLC) sites as private state lands to date covering 3,847.67 (98% of the target) hectares (ha), (Kampong Chhnang, four SLC sites 2,727.67 ha and Kampong Speu, one SLC 1,120 ha).  A total of 2,151 applications were processed wherein 1,293 land recipients (100% of the target) have been selected (Kampong Chhnang SLC- 893 Land Recipients (LRs), and Kampong Speu SLC- 400 LRs); (iii) Land Use Planning and Resettlement Policy Framework and Note on Resettlement.  As part of strengthening capacity intervention, Life With Dignity (LWD) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has provided training to 9,529 people, including LRs, local authorities, Provincial Land Use and Allocation Committee (PLUAC), District Working Groups (DWGs), Commune Councils (CCs), Village Development Committee (VDC), Village Leaders (VLs), and Community people on various topics related to SLC process and procedures and legal framework.  Information dissemination through meetings, group discussions, household visits, posters and leaflets, etc also contributed to capacity improvement.  The infrastructure investments: 43 km of access tracks have been 90% completed and construction work for the remaining part will be completed before the project closing date. Bidding Documents for another road package of 24 km of weather road are still under preparation.  Regarding school construction, land clearance and housing kit supply are in the rebidding process.  Regular coordination meetings are organized with the different stakeholders to share experiences and lessons learned as regards to achievements, and issues and challenges encountered during project implementation. 5. Vietnam: Improving Quality Basic Education for Ethnic Minority Children in Tree Disadvantaged Provinces Name: Improving Quality Basic Grant Number: TF093411 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Education for Ethnic Minority Children in Three Disadvantaged Provinces Region: EAP Sector: Education. Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Vietnam Theme: Education for all, Social Bank TTL: Ms Binh Thanh Vu risk mitigation, Rural services and Implementing Agency: Save the Children, infrastructure, Other social Vietnam development Grant Amount: 1,809,000 Activation Date: 6/5/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 6/2/2009 Original Closing Date:6/2/2013 Revised Closing Date:6/2/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/2/2013 Disbursement: 407,234.05 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 23 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective of this Project is to support children aged 5 to 14 from ethnic minority communities in three provinces of Vietnam to complete a quality primary education and continue their education in lower secondary school. Component Description: Component A: Strengthen community and children's participation to improve access to education for ethnic minority children, especially girls: This component will focus on the active participation of community members and children to improve children’s access to quality education. Component B: Improve teaching quality through the promotion of contextualized learning materials: This component will help pilot and implement a comprehensive approach to support children not only to go to school, but also stay in school and learn at their best potential. Component C: Enhance effective school management to promote positive and smooth transitions from preschool to primary and from primary to Lower Secondary school: This component will pilot a new approach to strengthen the coordination of teachers and school management to support children during the learning process from pre-school to lower secondary school. Component D: Advocacy and policy engagement: Utilizing evidence based networking and community based participatory approaches, the project will advocate improved implementation of Government policy for quality ethnic minority education. Component E: Monitoring and supervision: The project will use participatory monitoring mechanisms to ensure quality and effective implementation. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Master teachers in the project districts have been trained in setting up and operating child friendly libraries to attract children to read books. Workshops on making learning tools and educational toys were organized for teachers and parents to make educational toys for teaching and learning of children, also as a way to engage parents in the education of children. Active learning and teaching methods has been applied in teacher training in teaching Vietnamese language as a second language to ethnic minority children, in preparing smooth transition to primary school for preschool children. Advocacy activities were also taking place to promote bilingual education for ethnic minority children, and using of local teaching assistants for improving the quality of basic education in the targeted groups. As a result:  Awareness and ownership of community education leaders and parents on the quality education for children have been improved.  The planned trainings were conducted in project districts and will be cascaded to school levels with ongoing and onsite support of the project team.  Education managers and teachers were trained in culturally relevant learning materials for children, setting up and operating child-friendly school libraries.  Key government partners in charge of ethnic minority education and EM issues were informed and promised support to the project.  Baseline studies were carried out in three project districts to provide a basis for monitoring and impact evaluation later on; close project supervision and implementation support have been provided. 6. Philippines: Improving the Quality and Responsiveness of Public Spending in Poor Communities through Localization Name: Improving the Quality and Grant Number: TF093563 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Responsiveness of Public Spending in Poor Communities through Localization Region: EAP Sector: Social Development. Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Philippines Theme: Participation and civic Bank TTL: Ms Maria Loreto Padua engagement, Decentralization, Implementing Agency: Transparency and Improving labor markets, Other Accountability Network Foundation, Inc., accountability/anti-corruption Grant Amount: 962,260 Activation Date: 6/10/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 5/28/2009 Original Closing Date:5/28/2013 Revised Closing Date:5/28/2014 End Disbursement Date:11/28/2014 Disbursement: 234,740.91 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 24 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to promote the adoption of transparent and participatory procurement mechanisms for the delivery of poverty reduction programs in at least 12 disadvantaged municipalities. Component Description: Component A: Institutionalizing Participatory Public Procurement Processes in Poor Communities: This component will help Institutionalize the BLGU-community partnerships for procurement to ensure more efficient and responsive public services in poor communities. Component B: Localizing Procurement Reform at the Municipal Level: This component will provide LGUs with the critical information they need to implement the provisions of the GPRA effectively, especially those relating to enhanced transparency and accountability, while at the same time building the capacity of CSOs to participate in and monitor local procurement processes. Component C: Monitoring & Evaluation and Project Management : This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Although the Project implementation is lagging behind, the activities that have been undertaken so far are in accordance with the project design and would likely lead to the achievement of the development objective.  The Project has finalized 5 manuals: (i) local procurement manual for municipal local government units (MLGUs); (ii) manual for participation of civil society organizations (CSOs) in local procurement; (iii) community-based procurement manual; (iv) social accountability toolkit; and, (v) resource mobilization toolkit. These manuals would be rolled-out in 12 poor municipalities.  The development of these manuals was highly participatory to ensure consensus among the different partner government agencies and CSOs regarding innovative approaches to participative and transparent local procurement.  Field visits were undertaken in the 12 target municipalities to orient and firm-up agreements with the municipal executives and LGU staff as well as the prospective local academic partners.  A training design was finalized and the first Training of Trainers (TOT) was undertaken. Based on the first TOT, the manuals/modules were further enhanced.  Municipal-level trainings have been completed in 4 of the 12 target areas. 7. Indonesia: Improving Governance for Sustainable Indigenous Community Livelihoods in Forested Areas Name: Improving Governance for Grant Number: TF012020 Grant Type: Capacity Building Sustainable Indigenous Community Livelihoods in Sector: Forestry Overall Rating: Not Rated Forested Areas Theme: Indigenous People Bank TTL: Juan Martinez Activation Date: 9/28/2012 Implementing Agency: AMAN Region: EAP Country: Indonesia Grant Agreement Date: 8/30/2012 Grant Amount: 2,857,143 Original Closing Date: 2/15/2015 Revised Closing Date: 2/15/2015 End Disbursement Date: 8/15/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The development objective of this Project is to improve the livelihoods of 250 indigenous communities located in the ten main forest provinces, and to improve the capacity of indigenous communities to participate in, and benefit from, national and international forest policy developments. Component Description: Component A: Participatory Land Use Planning: This component will support production of indigenous peoples’ maps and land use plans and will promote these maps and plans for economic development and PES initiatives. Component B: Capacity Building for Community-Based Organizations: This component will focus on capacity building activities to strengthen the organizational, technical, and entrepreneurship skills of local community-based organizations engaged in forestry and agro-forestry activities. Component C: Forest Resource and Cultural-based Income Generating Activities: This component will target highly isolated communities in forested areas and will contribute to climate change mitigation initiatives, as well as to poverty alleviation. Component D: Administration, Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 8. Philippines: Social Inclusion and Alternative Livelihoods for the informal waste sector Name: Social Inclusion and Grant Number: TF012037 Grant Type: Project Alternative Livelihoods for the informal waste sector Sector: Solid Waste Management Overall Rating: Not Rated Theme: Other Urban Development Bank TTL: Maya G. Villaluz Region: EAP Activation Date:7/20/2012 Implementing Agency: SWAPP Country: Philippines Grant Amount: 2,858,134 Grant Agreement Date: 6/18/2012 Original Closing Date: 8/15/2014 Revised Closing Date:8/15/2014 End Disbursement Date: 2/15/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the livelihood and social inclusion of waste pickers and their communities through development of alternative livelihood opportunities and incorporation into the evolving formal solid waste management sector. Component Description: Component A: Participatory Strategic Planning: This component will support the participatory planning structure and strategic planning process for implementation of the innovations under the components as part of the social inclusion in the waste sector (component 2) and alternative livelihoods (component 3). Component B: Social Inclusion in Waste Management Systems: This component will provide sub-grants to fund investments, organizational capacity building and training in support of the integration of the informal sector in the waste management system with local government units using approaches to increase incomes and empowerment as outlined in the Plan. Component C: Alternative Livelihoods for Informal Waste Sector: This component will develop livelihood opportunities for informal waste sector participants in the program municipalities that are investing in the modernization of their solid waste system. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 9. Mongolia: Improving Primary Education Outcomes for the most vulnerable children in rural Mongolia Name: Improving Primary Grant Number: TF012100 Grant Type: Regular/Project Education Outcomes for the most vulnerable children in rural Sector: Primary Education Overall Rating: Not Rated Mongolia Theme: Education For All Bank TTL: Tungalag Chuluun Activation Date: 6/27/2012 Implementing Agency: Save The Children, Region: EAP Japan Country: Mongolia Grant Amount: 2,457,579 Grant Agreement Date: 6/21/2012 Original Closing Date: 6/21/2016 Revised Closing Date: 6/21/2016 End Disbursement Date: 12/21/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the education outcomes of some 7,500 most vulnerable children (aged 5-10) in four educationally underperforming and underserved rural provinces of Mongolia. The project proposes to do this by improving access to, and quality and management of school preparation, compensatory distance education, and extra-curricular after school programs that will involve the participation of the target children, parents, and local community multi-disciplinary stakeholders. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening school preparation programs for new school entrants (5-6 years of age) in the community: This component focuses on introducing and strengthening School Preparation Programs, as part of early childhood development, for those hard-to-reach nomadic children who are required to enter into school in the coming academic year, but have been left-out from the formal and/or alternative early childhood education Component B: Introducing extracurricular after-school programs in schools for vulnerable children (6-10 years of age) living away from parents/home: This component focuses on introducing a constructive, enabling, and child-friendly environment in rural schools that incorporates child participation, play and learning, stimulation, care and protection during extracurricular hours. The component interventions are designed to reduce the target children’s emotional and psycho -social challenges resulting from family separation at a young age, and to improve their school transition experiences, thereby ensuring their optimal development Component C: Pilot compensatory education programs for lower-primary out-of-school children (6-9 years of age) in rural communities: This component will contribute to universal primary education enrolment and completion by piloting compensatory education programs for the lower-primary out–of-school children (school dropouts and non-school enrollers between the ages of 6-9) in the target provinces. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 10. Philippines: Community Enterprise Development as Pathway Out of Poverty Name: Community Enterprise Grant Number: TF012886 Grant Type: Project Development as Pathway Out of Poverty Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Not Rated Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Maria Loreto Padua Region: EAP Activation Date:1/2/2013 Implementing Agency: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Country: Philippines Grant Amount: 2,929,000 Grant Agreement Date: 11/21/2012 Original Closing Date:11/21/2016 Revised Closing Date:11/21/2016 End Disbursement Date: 5/21/2017 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the livelihood and quality of life of poor households in six municipalities through increased income and access to financial services, development of community-driven enterprises linked to markets, and local economic development support. Component Description: Component A: Community enterprise and value chain development: The objective of this component is to increase the income of, at least, 20% of the poor residents in the target communities by at least 20%. Component B: Access to financial services: The objective of this component is to increase access to financial services (i.e., microcredit, savings promotion, micro-insurance, or remittance services) by the poor residents in the target communities by at least 30%. Component C: Market integration and local economic development: The objectives of this component are to develop, at least, one local product that is linked to a market in each of the six target municipalities; and, to facilitate the preparation of an annual local economic plan in each of these municipalities that clearly shows the local government support for the identified value-chain product. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the project had not yet been activated. 11. Thailand: Community-based Livelihood Support for the Urban Poor Name: Community-based Grant Number: TF014337 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Livelihood Support for the Urban Poor Sector: Social Protection Overall Rating: Not Rated Theme: Safety Nets Bank TTL: Patricia Maria Fernandes Region: EAP Activation Date:5/9/2013 Implementing Agency: Independent Public Institute Country: Thailand Grant Amount: 2,850,000 Grant Agreement Date: 4/29/2013 Original Closing Date: 4/29/2017 Revised Closing Date:4/29/2017 End Disbursement Date: 10/29/2017 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to assist the Royal Thai Government to provide around 3,000 vulnerable households in poor urban communities with bridging income support and improved living conditions. The grant objectives will be achieved through a community-based basic infrastructure rehabilitation program in four Provinces where the impacts of the economic crisis have been aggravated by the recent floods. Component Description: Component A: Community mobilization and capacity building activities: This component will fund costs associated with: (i) training community groups; (ii) implementation of a community mobilization and communication strategy; and (iii) implementation support and capacity building. Component B: Community Sub-grants: This component with provide community grants to poor urban communities for rehabilitation activities that will generate income for the most vulnerable households Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the project had not yet been activated. 12. Indonesia: Empowering Women Overseas Migrant Workers Name: Empowering Women Grant Number: TF091169 Grant Type: Regular/Project Overseas Migrant Workers Sector: Social Protection Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Region: EAP Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Sri Kuntari Activation Date:5/6/2010 Implementing Agency: TIFA Foundation Country: Indonesia Grant Agreement Date: 4/30/2010 Grant Amount: 1,563,770 Original Closing Date:4/30/2012 Revised Closing Date: 10/31/2013 End Disbursement Date: 4/30/2014 Disbursement: 502,869.76 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 32 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve infrastructure for protection, access to information, finance, and capacity building, including financial management and institutional strengthening, for women migrant workers and their families in Java region. Component Description: Component A: Institutional Strengthening for Community Based Organizations: The purpose of this component is to develop a local support system to improve migrant workers access to rights and justice, and provide migrant workers and their families with greater access to information, resources, and choices. This would be done by providing training, and sub grants to community-based organizations (CBOs) in migrant-worker sending villages, and developing networks between them and with other stakeholders. Component B: Opening access to financial services for women migrant workers and families : The objective of this component is to expand the access to affordable financial instruments to cover costs of migration and help plan and manage the use of remittances. Component C: Development of resource centers for migrant workers: Information and training kits for the grassroots audience will be developed for use by local NGO partners and CBOs in particular, as well as the public in general. Component D: Development of dialogues and public campaigns on safe migration and migrant workers reintegration among stakeholders, including CBOs, placement agencies and local governments : An information kit will be easily accessible, including from relevant websites. The information packets for migrants include safe migration procedures, rights of migrant workers, advice on sending and investment of remittances, and complaints mechanisms. Printed materials will be uploaded to relevant websites so it can be easily accessed by the public in general, and not limited to targeted villages. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: There are many positive changes towards achievement of the project goals as well as an acceleration of overall implementation progress.  86 CBOs have been established  Training of Trainers for 86 CBOs  Preparation of training materials for Migrant Workers and their family on migrant workers issues and information technology  Training for Migrant Workers and their families on migrant workers issues and information technology  Three community technology centers (CTCs) has been established and functioning. The 3 CTCs are equipped with computers and an internet system, and a MIS system is being designed. It is expected that over 600 migrant workers will actively use the CTCs.  Regular discussions at kabupaten level have been conducted. Public consultation and study visit best practices has been scheduled. Workshop on legal drafting has been conducted in east Jawa and about 30 cases have been identified and processed to resolution.  A baseline and outcome survey has been done; the results have been presented to the Government.  The initial data from the survey is being used to support the project's other components, including the identification of locations for the 47 established CBOs, preparation of the financial management modules, and development of the MIS. 13. Indonesia: Papuan Women's Empowerment Project (PAWE) Name: Papuan Women's Grant Number: TF093439 Grant Type: Project Empowerment Project (PAWE) Sector: Multi-sector Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Region: EAP Theme: Social Development Bank TTL: Susanne Holste Activation Date:5/12/2010 Implementing Agency: OXFAM GB Country: Indonesia Grant Amount: 1,728,443 Grant Agreement Date: 5/11/2009 Original Closing Date:7/31/2009 Revised Closing Date: 5/11/2013 End Disbursement Date: 11/11/2013 Disbursement: 663,869.76 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 38 Grant Objective: The objective of the Project is to empower poor women in Papua by increasing their participation in implementation and decision-making processes in the community driven development program (PNPM Rural and RESPEK) so that they are better able to benefit from the program and address their needs and priorities. Component Description: Component A: Training Needs Assessment and Development of Train-the-Trainers Program: The objective of the first component is to improve the enabling environment for women to participate in and benefit more effectively from the new community driven development project, RESPEK. Component B: Sub-grants to qualifying women's organizations and individuals/groups of women: This component will provide sub-grants to qualifying women's organizations and individual women for capacity building and other activities meeting the criteria set out in the Sub grant Operating Manual, to empower local women, and promote gender equality. Component C: Capacity building of RESPEK project staff: This component will help finance training and capacity building activities for RESPEK staff and facilitators and other stakeholders. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite implementation delays and challenges, the project’s key achievements are highlighted below:  PAWE has successfully reached over 67 women's groups (about 800 women) with messages on women's empowerment and equality.  Provided training-of-trainers to 50 women of whom 33 are still active in the project. Up to now, 46 of the 67 groups have also received micro-business development and leadership training. The project provides grants for individual women, including for cadres, to develop their capacity and confidence to enable them seek full time employment. Currently 54 women are benefiting from such grants.  One of the important areas in which PNPM-Rural/RESPEK supports women's empowerment is through savings and loan groups (Revolving Loan Fund - RLF) and PAWE cadres have identified and assessed the capacity of 45 RLF candidate groups in eleven districts. These groups are receiving training to improve their capacity in book-keeping, group management, and organizational skills so that they can more actively participate in PNPM-Rural/RESPEK activities and better benefit from RLF funding. Also, 178 PNPM Rural/RESPEK facilitators (men and women) have participated in gender equality and awareness training and similar training will be provided to PNPM-Rural/RESPEK implementers at village level, to ensure their sensitivity to promote women's needs and aspirations.  The Project is now fully staffed and has deployed seven field assistants to back-stop women cadres. The project Steering Committee is actively involved, participates in monitoring, and provides policy guidance. However, the project continues to experience implementation delays for training and dissemination activities and Oxfam management needs to provide more guidance and oversight. 14. Indonesia: Sustaining Women’s Leadership Name: Sustaining Women’s Grant Number: TF095058 Grant Type: Project Leadership Sector: Multi-sector Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Region: EAP Theme: Social Development Bank TTL: Festina Lavida Activation Date: 5/4/2010 Implementing Agency: PEKKA Country: Indonesia Grant Amount: 1,843,105 Grant Agreement Date: 4/26/2010 Original Closing Date: 4/26/2014 Revised Closing Date:4/26/2014 End Disbursement Date: 10/26/2014 Disbursement: 592,688.92 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 32 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to reduce poverty and vulnerability among female-headed households in the poorest parts of Indonesia. The proposed grant will facilitate the training of women leaders and develop the capacity of local women's organizations to set up special programs that benefit female heads of households in poor provinces. It will achieve this by: (a) linking targeted programs for female-headed households with the government's nationwide National Program for Community Empowerment (PNPM);(b) developing a pilot leadership program for grass roots women organizers; and (c) providing hands-on support for newly established programs for female-headed households involving newly trained women leaders in nine (9) provinces. Component Description: Component A: Sustaining Women's Leadership: This component will provide training for rural women leaders to develop policy dialogues that can promote improvements to national and local regulations and procedures that affect female heads of household. The government's inter-ministerial steering committee on poverty reduction will appoint the PEKKA program coordinator to a ministerial advisory board. Component B: Community Organizing for Women Headed Households: This component finances workshops and training programs for community organizers. Component C: Supporting Community Women Headed Households' Group: This component provides sub-grants for female-headed households to provide funding for sustainable micro-finance and life skills for widows and female heads of households in nine participating provinces of Indonesia. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The Project progress in general was moderately satisfactory. All the targets for the last fiscal year have been achieved except that block grants to women's group have not yet disbursed as expected in the last ISR due to the delay in conducting the baseline survey. The block grants will be delivered at least one year after the women groups have been established and have a good saving and loan activities using their own money.  Up to end of June 2012, 188 women groups were established with 2,738 members, 10 curriculum, 5modules training, 5 manuals and 5 videos for capacity building were developed and implemented in the workshops and trainings held by National Secretariat and Community.  These workshops and trainings were attended by 5,586 participants and created 203 certified women leaders and 453 cadres. The Community Micro Finance Institution is in the process of being established in all provinces. This institution will be channeling the block grants to women's groups. It is expected that the first disbursement will happen in December 2012. 15. Philippines: Improving Livelihood Opportunities for Vulnerable Urban Communities Name: Improving Livelihood Grant Number: TF097254 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Opportunities for Vulnerable Urban Communities Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Theme: Safety Nets Bank TTL: Patricia M. Fernandes Region: EAP Activation Date:1/27/2011 Implementing Agency: Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Country: Philippines Grant Amount: 3,000,0000 Grant Agreement Date: 1/14/2011 Original Closing Date:12/31/2013 Revised Closing Date: End Disbursement Date:6/30/2014 Disbursement: 364,250.76 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 12 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve employment and livelihood opportunities for approximately 3,750 households in targeted poor urban communities affected by the financial crisis . Component Description: Component A: Community Grants: This component would provide a community grant equivalent to US$28,000/community (approx. $570/beneficiary in community group of about 50 adults) to cover the costs of (i) cash-for-work schemes of DSWD and (ii) start-up community enterprise costs based on the business advisory services provided under component 2. Component B: Community capacity building and enterprise development: This component would fund the training of community groups/associations in project planning, technical feasibility of sub-projects, budgeting and supervision for small- scale public works that would be supported through DSWD's cash-for-work program under component 1, as well as capability building opportunities for the urban poor to enhance their access to business development services provided by staff of well- established NGOs and/or MFIs. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  6 Business Development Services have been set up out of the 50 planned.  6 Community Enterprise Plans have been developed out of the 75 planned.  The process evaluation has been finalized and regular reporting is done.  6 Community mobilizations have taken place out of the 75 planned.  120 Enterprise training have been provided out of the 200 planned. While progress has been made in project implementation, delays continued to be experienced. Several key activities have been delayed. The DSWD and World Bank teams agreed on a set of key steps to address the slow pace of implementation, which is reflected in a 12 % disbursement rate as of September 2012: (i) Reinforcing the Livelihood for Vulnerable Urban Communities (LVUC) management team and ensuring that additional time can be dedicated by staff to supervision of activities; (ii) Finalizing consultations with Local Government Units (LGUs) in all 69 additional sites and initiating community mobilization activities by January 2013. While the KALAHI-CIDSS National Steering Committee has approved the sites for LVUC roll-out as of September 2012, 20 sites still required discussions with LGUs to be completed so that preparatory activities could be started; (iii) Contracting an NGO partner with specialized expertise on livelihoods for the roll-out of activities as a matter of urgency. Given the LVUC’s past experience with procurement it was recommended that all procurement activities for the roll- out be completed by July 2012 (including the procurement of a specialized NGO); (iv) Accelerating the process of contracting field teams for the roll-out, in line with the revised implementation plan. This process is expected to be straightforward and to take advantage of the extensive experience of DSWD’s regional offices; (v) Requesting a one year extension of the Grant closing period until 31st of December 2014. 16. Lao PDR: Mobilizing Ethnic Communities for Improved Livelihoods & Wellbeing Name: Mobilizing Ethnic Grant Number: TF097786 Grant Type: Project Communities for Improved Livelihoods & Wellbeing Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Helene M. Carlsson Rex Region: EAP Activation Date:5/3/2011 Implementing Agency: Country: Lao PDR Grant Amount: 2,621,500 Grant Agreement Date:4/22/2011 Original Closing Date:4/22/2015 Revised Closing Date:4/22/2015 End Disbursement Date: 10/22/2015 Disbursement: 352,205.61 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 13 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to pilot an innovative livelihood focused community-driven development (CDD) program in FIVE poverty reduction priority districts within two provinces (Huaphan in the North and Savannaketh in the South) enabling 28,800 households in ethnic communities in rural areas in Lao PDR to improve their livelihoods and wellbeing through group-based activities. Component Description: Component A: Formation of Community Self-Help Groups and Capacity Building of Local Service Providers: This component will focus on forming self-help groups, with a focus on women's self-help groups (SHGs), in ethnic minority communities and building these groups' capacity to articulate their own needs and to successfully implement sustainable livelihood activities Component B: Community Asset Creation for Improved Livelihoods: This component will provide grants (average of $2,000 each) to eligible village SHGs through a competitive and participatory selection process, and support the planning and implementation and sustainability of livelihood activities. Component C: Participatory Pro-Nutrition Assessment and Activities: This component will promote the development of pro-nutrition livelihood activities and avoid any negative impacts from livelihood activities on community food security and nutrition. It will include concrete assistance, especially for women, to organize and act collectively for pro-nutrition community driven development. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Project delays: The Grant Agreement between the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance were signed on April 22, 2011. The Subsidiary Agreement, between the Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF), the grant implementing agency, and the Ministry of Finance, was signed on July 8, 2011. An initial technical preparation mission was conducted on from May 9- 20, 2011. The project experienced internal government start-up delays, in part because the Poverty Reduction Fund was extremely busy with the closing of Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) Project Phase 1, as well as preparation for the second phase of the PRF. PRF I closed on September 30, 2011, and PRF II became effective on October 12, 2011. With PRF II now effective, and the core project team recruited, it is expected that PRF will be able to speed-up implementation of the Livelihood pilot. PRF will prepare an implementation plan for the first year of implementation.  Phased approach: Rather than starting activities in all five project districts from the beginning of the project, which would be difficult to manage, PRF will take a phased approach, including initial formative research in 4-6 villages to test the approach and materials. As part of the project implementation plan, PRF should identify target koumbans for the first year.  Results framework: Because significant time has passed since the project proposal was submitted and project effectiveness, it was agreed some of the targets in the original Grant Funding Request needed to be updated. The WB task team and the client has developed and finalized the project results framework accordingly. 17. Lao PDR: Sustainable Silk Production Partnership in Rural Lao PDR Name: Sustainable Silk Production Grant Number: TF098229 Grant Type: Regular/Project Partnership in Rural Lao PDR Sector: Agro-Industry, Marketing, Overall Rating: Satisfactory Region: EAP and Trade Bank TTL: Richard Record Theme: Rural Markets Implementing Agency: National Implementation Country: Lao PDR Activation Date:5/10/2011 Unit (NIU), Ministry of Industry and Commerce Grant Amount: 1,876,200 Grant Agreement Date:4/22/2011 Original Closing Date:4/25/2015 Revised Closing Date:4/25/2015 End Disbursement Date: 10/22/2015 Disbursement: 152,914.05 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 8 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to pilot an innovative model establishing silk production partnerships that will link rural communities to markets and therefore provide diversified income-generating opportunities to an estimated 1,200 disadvantaged households. Component Description: Component A: Formation of rural silk production partnership groups: This component will focus on establishing production partnership groups by linking rural farming communities in disadvantaged areas to silk textile weaving firms in a sustainable manner Component B: Investment in rural silk production: This component will provide assets to support the establishment of silk production on farms in rural areas. The exact model and division of assets to be provided by the three parties (lead firms, farmers and the project) will be determined based on the inclusive business plan prepared by lead firms and the agreed production partnership arrangement between lead firms and rural communities Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: This is the initial ISR.  Since the signing of the Grant Agreement, the project team has been mobilized within the Department of Trade Promotion and Product Development of the Ministry of Industry (TPPD) and Commerce (MoIC) and is making good progress with the preparation of work plans, templates and criteria for the selection of lead firms. Initial work has been undertaken to identify possible lead firms with whom partnership arrangements can be formed with rural communities based on inclusive business plans.  The project has got off to a good start since the signing of the grant agreement with the assembly and mobilization of a strong and motivated team. Both the MoIC National Implementation Unit and the Department of Trade Promotion and Product Development have exercised strong ownership of the project and are providing clear leadership to implementation efforts. The core team of two long-term consultants (international and national specialists) is now on board and working effectively from TPPD offices. Significant work has also been undertaken by the NIU fiduciary team to revise existing procurement and financial management systems and procedures to account for the additional grant.  The Task Team undertook an inception mission to kick start project implementation during the week of September 5-9, 2011 by bringing together the full project team to refresh on the project rationale, proposed "making markets work for the poor" approach of working through "lead firms" and implementation arrangements set out in the initial project document/Grant Fund Request.  A draft operations manual has already been prepared by NIU and TPPD and the task team expects this to be submitted formally for the Bank's review in due course.  A single auditor for the entire Lao aid-for-trade program, JSDF included, is currently in the process of being selected. 18. Vietnam: Intergenerational Deaf Education Outreach Project Name: Intergenerational Deaf Grant Number: TF099058 Grant Type: Project Education Outreach Project Sector: General Education Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Region: EAP Theme: Education For All Bank TTL: An Thi My Tran Activation Date:8/19/2011 Implementing Agency: World Concerns Country: Vietnam Development Organization, Vietnam Grant Amount: 2,798,270 Grant Agreement Date:8/12/2011 Original Closing Date:8/12/2015 Revised Closing Date:8/12/2015 End Disbursement Date: 2/12/2016 Disbursement: 319,641.50 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 11 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of the Project is to assist young deaf children to integrate them into mainstream society, by piloting an innovative joint family- and institution-based delivery system comprising screening, family support, and preschool services. Component Description: Component A: Demonstrating joint family – institution (center/school) pre-school education for deaf children and essential knowledge base: The focus of this component is to deliver joint family institution preschool education to deaf infants and toddlers via regular engagement of trained deaf adults and to develop knowledge base for deaf education in Vietnam. Component B: Developing professional human resources for preschool deaf education: This component aims to provide training in teaching preschool deaf children via hands-on training with a joint family-institution approach, focusing on theory and methodologies in stimulating the cognitive and language development of young deaf children Component C: Building capacity and partnerships for the deaf communities and raising awareness for general public: This component focuses on communication and partnership events between families, professionals and deaf communities, empowering deaf community organizations as knowledge resources in program development and implementation, and raising awareness amongst the general public on deaf issues. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite start up delays, the project has made sizeable progress in implementation. The key project beneficiaries were identified including deaf preschool children, deaf leaders, sign language interpreters, and hearing teachers for the deaf. More than two thirds of the young deaf children were identified and enrolled for interventions at pre-selected preschools and at home. Family Support Teams were also established and being trained to work with the deaf children and their families. The following highlights some of the achievements:  Binding legal agreements with central and local government agencies in the project coordination and implementation have been signed.  Six centers and preschools for setting up the model have been selected. However, they have not been renovated to be suitable for the project's activities. Training workshops to introduce the model have been conducted.  Deaf child's language assessment tools were developed.  100 deaf children under 6 years old have been identified to receive the project interventions.  The training needs assessment was completed and training programs are under development.  Training in program design management was conducted for deaf leaders, and deaf adult participants from seven deaf clubs in the project areas, and orientation workshops in 4 project sites for parents to build capacity for families in taking care of deaf children and understanding deaf culture.  The baseline study was completed and helped creating a data base on the deaf children and the current situation of preschool deaf education, demands and supplies of the deaf people and identifying beneficiaries in 4 project sites. 19. Mongolia: Community Led Infrastructure Development for the Urban Poor of Ulaanbaatar Name: Community Led Grant Number: TF099673 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Infrastructure Development for the Urban Poor of Ulaanbaatar Sector: General Education Overall Rating: Satisfactory Theme: Education For All Bank TTL: Toyoko Kodama Region: EAP Activation Date:8/1/2011 Implementing Agency: Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB), Project Management Unit Country: Mongolia (PMU) of Urban Service Improvement Project Grant Amount: 2,770,000 Grant Agreement Date:7/5/2011 Original Closing Date:7/5/2015 Revised Closing Date:7/5/2015 End Disbursement Date: 1/5/2016 Disbursement: 749,957.47 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 27 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to assist some 10,000 households of the most vulnerable among the urban poor in Ger areas of Ulaanbaatar where the majority of low-income households live with very limited basic services, to generate additional income by scaling up community-led infrastructure development activities piloted under a JSDF grant. Component Description: Component A: Community-led infrastructure development component: This component would provide opportunities for generating employment and income for vulnerable members of communities to meet immediate needs through construction of small infrastructure identified by the communities, such as foot bridges and walk paths within the Ger areas. Component B: Health improvement: This component would provide opportunities for generating employment and income for vulnerable members of communities to meet immediate needs and improve hygiene through employment in solid waste management and sanitation (both public and on-site sanitation) works. Component C: Community safety: This component would provide opportunities for generating employment and income for vulnerable members of communities to meet immediate needs and increase security in the communities through construction of bus stop shelter and street light poles along the access roads in the Ger areas. Component D: Youth and adult: This component would provide opportunities for generating employment and income for vulnerable members of communities to meet immediate needs and contribute to well-being of young and elderly people through construction of information and recreation facilities for them. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: After a slow start, the project made steady progress in the second year.  9,216 people have received additional income through working on project-financed small works, such as walk paths, foot bridges, and playgrounds. Ninety-eight percent of them are considered among the most vulnerable people, such as female single-headed families, unemployed people, or disabled and low income households.  One works contract and 34 community contracts were completed in six districts. The completed works include construction of 2 footbridges, 4.3km of walk paths, 6 playgrounds, 1 flood protection channel. More works contracts are underway and include the construction of 0.4km of drainage, the city toilet and the youth vocation center.  Six community groups were selected to carry out the construction of the flood protection channel. The construction was started on May 25, 2012. 95 percent of the works had been completed when a severe storm hit the area on 19 June and washed away concrete slabs that were placed on the embankment of the channel. Although uncompleted and damaged, the channel did save some houses from flooding. On June 20, the MUB convened the State Emergency Committee, and it was agreed that MUB would construct a flood protection channel in the same location with the city budget. ECA REGION 1. Kazakhstan: Community based Aral Sea fisheries management and sustainable livelihoods Name: Community based Aral Sea Grant Number: TF056801 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building fisheries management and sustainable livelihoods Region: ECA Sector: Agriculture, fishing and Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Kazakhstan forestry- General Agricultural sector Bank TTL: Ahmed Shawky M. Abdel Theme: Rural development-Rural Ghany non farm income generation Implementing Agency: SYNAS Project Management Unit Grant Amount: 1,902,285 Activation Date: 4/29/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 3/27/2008 Original Closing Date:3/27/2012 Revised Closing Date:12/31/2012 End Disbursement Date:9/27/2012 Disbursement: 1,353,104.40 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 71 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to improve living conditions for vulnerable, marginalized fishing communities in the Northern Aral Sea region by developing local capacity for improved and sustainable management of the resource base, enhancing income generating opportunities, and supporting access to basic social infrastructure and services. Component Description: Component A: Capacity Development for Sustainable Livelihoods through Improved Management of the Resource Base: This component will empower several fishing communities to gain practical experience in local planning of natural resources management, adaptation to environmental change, and monitoring of the small lake privatization process. Component B: Local Investments for Improved Living Conditions and Reduced Environmental: This component will provide finance for a variety of small-scale infrastructure to improve living conditions. Component C: Small-scale Enterprises for Income Diversification and Improved Livelihoods: This component will support pilot work in both improving smoking technology (using more fuel-efficient wood burning or gas stoves) and establishing marketing associations to improve returns and the livelihoods of women traders. Component D: Support for Project Implementation, Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Services: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Most grant activities are completed with the exception of few ongoing activities (pipeline/commitment) that will be completed before the closing date. Key achievements are as follows:  Training sessions/materials and related operational plans are near completion.  Works contracts completed, including roads and repair of fishermen guest house at Aral, and the recently-added floating panthons.  16 small grants are all signed and expected to be delivered on time, with oversight by the NGO and community beneficiaries.  Goods/equipment contracts delivered.  16 small grants (total $400,000) are mostly delivered, with oversight by the NGO and community beneficiaries.  Training activities are almost completed by the NGO.  8 consultants were hired for the PMU/NGO to help expedite the grant execution.  An international M&E consultant is currently being hired on MOA/PMU to evaluate progress against two main objective indicators: (1) created local assets and (2) created local capacity (both to help fishermen and marginalized fishing communities near Aral in sustaining and improving their incomes). 2. Uzbekistan: Karakalpakstan silk development pilot project Name: Karakalpakstan silk Grant Number: TF057070 Grant Type: Regular/Project development pilot project Region: ECA Sector: Agriculture, fishing and Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Uzbekistan forestry- General Agricultural sector Bank TTL: IJsbrand Harko de Jong Theme: Rural development-Rural Implementing Agency: Project Coordination non farm income generation Unit in Nukus Grant Amount: 1,984,728 Activation Date: 8/4/2006 Grant Agreement Date: 12/11/2006 Original Closing Date:12/11/2010 Revised Closing Date:12/11/2012 End Disbursement Date:6/11/2013 Disbursement: 1,660,969.50 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 84 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the livelihood of poor rural households (marginalized farmers and women) in the Turtkul, Ellikkala, Beruni and Khujakli tumans (districts) of Karakalpakstan through increased income- generating opportunities from sericulture and silk production by establishing and sustaining community-based silk micro- enterprises while addressing the environmental degradation of the area caused by the decline of the Aral Sea. Component Description: Component A: Development of Community Groups and Training: This component would support human development through building technical and managerial capacity of the community groups. Component B: Mulberry Production: This component will introduce improved practices in mulberry production and care. The component also is designed to increase the stock of mulberry that is of a suitable quality for efficient sericulture and promote biological drainage and thus improve the environmental condition of the area. Component C: Cocoon Production and Processing: The component would improve production of cocoons and processing by improving quality and increasing yields, and processing them into good quality raw silk. Component D: Silk Weaving and Marketing: This component is to train and equip community members involved in sericulture to produce finished silk products through the development of silk-weaving micro-enterprises. Component E: Project Coordination and Management: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Implementation and disbursement have significantly accelerated during the past two years (84% of the total signed amount), and considerable progress has been made towards achieving the grant objectives, in particular when considering the difficult working conditions in Karakalpakstan and the comparative unfamiliarity of the PIU with World Bank procedures. The capacity of the PIU to manage and implement the project has visibly improved.  Almost all procurement completed. Fifth Resource Center (RC) has been established and all 5 RC are operational. In total, 24 trainers trained; 1,160 beneficiaries have been trained; 400-500 more will be trained before project closure.  Government has made available 230ha for mulberry leaf production; 900 farmers visited mulberry demonstration plots. The Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources has allocated funds to purchase mulberry seedlings.  Extension manual developed; 420 copies distributed. 420 silkworm rearing farms and 240 cocoon processing micro- enterprises established.  Community Weaving Center established in Bustan. Trainings carried out successfully.  Training of project beneficiaries has continued. JSCB Microkreditbank was selected as intermediary bank for the credit line and the main lending activities took place through branch offices.  The loan portfolio is of good quality, with a repayment rate of 100%. The NGO (Golden Heritage of Aral) continues to provide solid support to the emerging silk producers in the region.  Full withdrawal of the remaining funds available under the credit line is highly unlikely by December 2012, especially given the continuing delays with approval of the disbursement applications and transfer of funds to the Designated Account by the Central Bank of Uzbekistan. 3. Azerbaijan: Rayon community and plumbing rehabilitation program Name: Rayon community and Grant Number: TF090657 Grant Type: Regular/Project plumbing rehabilitation program Region: ECA Sector: Water and Sanitation- Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Azerbaijan General water and Sanitation sector Bank TTL: Manuel G. Marino Theme: Urban services and housing Implementing Agency: Azersu Joint Stock for poor Company Grant Amount: 1,951,706 Activation Date: 4/4/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 3/10/2008 Original Closing Date:3/10/2012 Revised Closing Date:3/10/2013 End Disbursement Date:9/10/2013 Disbursement: 365,605.10 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 19 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are : (a) to improve the quality and reliability of water supply services, and reduce water wastage and losses in apartment buildings in the 20 rayons centers outside of the capital Baku; and (b) to contribute to poverty alleviation by providing the poor communities living in apartment buildings with the ability to manage their water consumption and thus reduce their monthly water bill through individual metering. Component Description: Component A: Community engagement, program monitoring and evaluation: This component will help provide technical assistance for: (i) preparation and implementation of programs aimed at repairing and maintaining water supply installations and appliances in apartment buildings, and carrying out monitoring, evaluation and reporting activities;(ii) development and implementation of a series of water wastage awareness programs for the communities in the participating buildings; and(iii) conducting consumer survey both at the baseline and end of the project in selected rayons. Component B: Small civil works and materials to repair communal water distribution systems and meters: This component will help finance the provision of goods and works for the repair or reconfiguration of internal plumbing systems in the multi-family apartment buildings, to allow individual metering, in accordance with the operational manual. Component C: Grant Administration and Monitoring: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The grant has not made any noticeable progress towards achieving its development objectives. However upon the request of the Government the grant has been restructured and implementation responsibilities have been transferred to another implementing agency. Immediately after the grant has been restructured, the new implementing agency (Azerbaijan Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency) has actively started with implementation and launched all key procurement activities foreseen under the Grant Agreement. It is expected that implementation status will improve substantially. The importance of the activities under the Grant is fully recognized by Government. Currently all key contracts such as the plumbing works in multistory apartment houses in Shamakhi and Yevlakh rayon centers, design and supervision consultants are under procurement. About 70% of plumbing and metering works have been completed. This is a considerable progress towards meeting the grant objectives and team proposes to upgrade the relevant rating to moderately satisfactory. It is expected that all works will be completed by end of 2012 calendar year allowing sufficient time for audit of designated account and customer survey. 4. Moldova: Community participation in post-conflict regions Name: Community participation in Grant Number: TF093407 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building post-conflict regions Region: ECA Sector: Multisectoral Overall Rating: Unsatisfactory Country: Moldova Theme: Other social protection and Bank TTL: Yuliya Smolyar risk management Implementing Agency: Moldova Social Investment Fund Grant Amount: 1,950,000 Activation Date: 3/20/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 3/17/2009 Original Closing Date:3/17/2013 Revised Closing Date:9/17/2013 End Disbursement Date:3/17/2014 Disbursement: 705,206.27 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 36 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to prepare citizens in the conflict-affected regions to participate in their own recovery and development once the conflict is resolved. In meeting this objective the Project aims at: (i) involving the citizens in selecting, implementing and operating grant-funded sub- projects and (ii) preparing broad participation in the recovery process by building good will and cooperation among citizens on both banks of the Dniester through activities at vocational training, community centers and conciliation schools. Component Description: Component A: Community infrastructure: This component will help create an environment where citizens can get engaged in the decision making process in Transnistria. Component B: School and computer center-based education: This component will help prepare the conflict-affected region for recovery and development by engaging youth in education, both inside and out of school, and in special programs. Component C: School for reconciliation: This component will help organize “Conciliation Schools” that deliver communication, sports, cultural, and educational activities to children, parents, teachers, youth, and elderly people from both banks of the Dniester River. Component D: Project Administration: M&E: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Under the Grant Agreement, the Moldova Social Investment Fund (MSIF) has been investing these grant funds in community mobilization, rehabilitation of priority community infrastructure, computer centers for youth, and on meetings between communities from both sides of the Dniester. MSIF was successful in implementing sub-projects in Transdniestria for about a year: it had completed community consultations in meetings attended by a total of 25,000, had helped communities select sub- projects, completed 4 sub-projects, and was ready to start construction on more sub-projects. The Project keeps progressing at the right side of the Dniester river (under control of Moldova), though. Already completed there are 7 sub-projects. During the reporting period, the Project has taken off after the stalemate but the progress towards achieving its objectives was uneven due to continuous implementation issues in Transnistria. Persistent efforts by the World Bank and MSIF laid a foundation to start up new community sub-projects in Transnistria. Five new projects were approved by Transnistrian authorities in December 2011. Subsequently, more communities applied to re-start working with MSIF and in late February 2012 three more sub-projects were approved for implementation by the Transnistrian authorities. However, not all of these newly approved sub-projects have been completed. 5. Albania: Youth Empowerment through Community Development Name: Youth Empowerment through Grant Number: TF093709 Grant Type: Regular/Project Community Development Region: ECA Sector: Social Protection Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Albania Theme: Youth Bank TTL: Bekim Imeri Implementing Agency: National Albanian Center for Social Studies Grant Amount: 1,155,700 Activation Date: 12/17/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 11/6/2009 Original Closing Date:11/6/2013 Revised Closing Date:11/6/2013 End Disbursement Date:5/6/2014 Disbursement: 284,718.64 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 25 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance young men and women’s access to opportunities in education, employment, civic participation and community development through (i) increasing the capacity of targeted groups in a variety of skills that support transition from the secondary school level into the labor force; (ii) increasing access of targeted groups to livelihood and employment opportunities through grants that support youth entrepreneurial activities; and (iii) increasing youth inclusion of targeted groups in civic affairs through community development grants. Component Description: Component A: Capacity Building for Youth: This component will support capacity building activities for young men and women to acquire life skills and livelihood skills to meet with the broader challenges of life in general and the demands of the labor market in particular. Component B: Youth Livelihood Grants: This component will help eligible youths to receive block grants for start-up businesses. Component C: Community Development Grants: This component will build the capacity of youth in identifying community/ neighborhood development priorities and will promote youth inclusion in community decision making, leadership, and enterprise in the betterment of the quality of life of their immediate communities. Component D: Project Management, Facilitation & Monitoring and Evaluation: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  194 beneficiaries in Tirana and in 70 in Durres have been provided life skills training and vocational training.  Training for entrepreneurship skills for the first batch of 21 beneficiaries has been completed in Tirana municipality and the second batch will be completed by the end of June.  12 beneficiaries have received livelihood training  The biggest impediment to faster implementation is the limited cooperation of various actors in stimulating demand for the services offered coupled with insufficient public outreach activities. Given that the Municipality of Tirana recently established a Department of Employment Policy, which has an explicit focus on youth employment, close cooperation between the Project and this Department will be mutually beneficial and would facilitate sustainability. 6. Tajikistan: Community Development of Improved Access to Quality Seed Program Name: Community Development of Grant Number: TF095876 Grant Type: Regular/Project Improved Access to Quality Seed Program Region: ECA Sector: Agriculture, Finishing, Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Tajikistan Forestry - Crops Bank TTL: Nicolas Ahouissoussi Theme: Implementing Agency: The Center for Managing Projects on Cotton Farm Debt Resolution and Sustainable Sector Development Grant Amount: 850,000 Activation Date: 6/1/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 5/20/2010 Original Closing Date:5/20/2014 Revised Closing Date:5/20/2014 End Disbursement Date:11/20/2014 Disbursement: 592,776.95 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 70 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to provide a mechanism, skills and support to Tajik poor, rural women to improve their welfare and food security situation. To achieve the objectives, the grant supports institution building of community seed funds (CSFs) for the benefit of and to be run by poor women located in 7 pilot rayons of the Khatlon Region. The CSFs will enable the beneficiaries to procure quality seeds, maintain a seed bank (with a subsequent sustainability of yields and activity) and market their surplus seeds (creating additional sources of income). Component Description: Component A: Organization of the community level women groups: This component will help provide of basic training to implementing NGOs and subsequently program beneficiaries on establishment and operation of community based institutions with specific concentration on creation of Community Seed Funds in selected villages. Component B: Capacity building of community seed funds: This component will help finance the provision of agronomic training and technical assistance to the newly established Community Seed Funds in the selected regions. Component C: Revolving Fund Seed Supply: This component will help finance the procurement and distribution of at least 12,500 seed and fertilizer assistance packages to individual households in the selected regions. Component D: Program Management and administration: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite some initial delays in project implementation since effectiveness in May 2010, the project has made significant progress and is well on track to achieving its PDO. All project staff are now in place. Operational Manuals (one for CSF procedures and one to provide guidance to the contracted NGOs) have been drafted and local NGOs have been contracted to carry out the social mobilization of the Community Women Groups (CWGs).  All national specialists are now in place including a program coordinator. The international specialist started work in August 2011 and has helped draft Operational Manuals (one for CSF procedures and one to provide guidance to the contracted NGOs) and an activity plan for the coming year.  7 local NGOs were contracted for social mobilization and formation of CWGs and Community Seed Funds (CSFs) in 21 project jamoats and to inform and train the CWGs during the implementation. To date, 80 winter wheat CWGs and 52 potato CWGs have been established. Each CWG has 15 members (beneficiaries). The beneficiaries were selected from the lists of vulnerable women-headed households kept by each Jamoat.  Terms of Reference have been approved for farmer training using the Farmer Field School (FFS) methodology and the process of recruiting an agricultural service provider company is underway. The contractor in partnership with the 7 local NGOs will prepare the training program for Community Women Groups (CWGs) to improve their agricultural skills and pest management using the FFS approach of season-long learning by doing, with the trainer acting as facilitator rather than as an instructor.  Fertilizer (50 t of ammophos) for the winter wheat crop as well as winter wheat seed and seed potatoes are procured for the fall sowing season 2011. Around 73 t of winter wheat seed for 324 ha and 136 t of seed potatoes for 39 ha were required. Communities are aware of their responsibilities in retuning seeds to constitute the community seed funds based of the successful experience with the Food Security Project. 7. Tajikistan: Pilot Nutrition Investments in Severely Food Insecure Districts of Khation Province Name: Pilot Nutrition Investments in Grant Number: TF097132 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Severely Food Insecure Districts of Khation Province Region: ECA Sector: Health Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Tajikistan Theme: Child Health Bank TTL: Wezi Marianne Msisha Implementing Agency: Project Implementation Unit (PIU), Community and Basic Health Project, Ministry of Health Grant Amount: 2,800,000 Activation Date: 11/23/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 11/10/2010 Original Closing Date:11/10/2014 Revised Closing Date:11/10/2014 End Disbursement Date:5/10/2015 Disbursement: 2,341,768.44 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 84 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to address the shockingly high malnutrition rates among infants and young children in the districts of Khatlon Region in Tajikistan. Component Description: Component A: Community-based nutrition monitoring: This component will provide training to community health nurses (CHN) and community health volunteers (CHV) in the monitoring of the nutrition status of infants and children aged 5 and under and identifying and targeting the most vulnerable among them. Component B: Community Training on Management of Childhood Illnesses: This component would aim to promote child survival by improving the home-based management of childhood illnesses in families suffering from poor nutrition, hygiene and sanitation. Component C: Educational messages to promote behavioral change: The component would promote exclusive breast feeding for infants under 6 months old and appropriate complementary feeding for infants 6-24 months old. Component D: Distribution of micro-nutrient supplements: The component would supplement the local diet of targeted groups of pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of five with micro-nutrients, with particular attention to those showing signs of malnutrition. Component E: Program Management, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The training sessions for health workers were conducted in 2011, and 1,000 doctors and nurses were trained. From the discussions with the recipients of this training, the doctors and nurses in Yavan, it was clear the content is appropriate, well received and highly relevant. The focus of the training is on ante-natal nutrition care and supplements, exclusive breastfeeding and post-natal vitamin A as well as complementary feeding. To date, the grant has supported the training of 36 doctors and 72 nurses as Family Medicine practitioners and a third group of 16 doctors. Additionally, 4,772 mothers also participated in education sessions on home management of childhood illnesses.  In the first quarter of 2012, a total of 24,329 women participated in nutrition education sessions, which represents 40% of the target for the year.  Awareness campaigns through wide distribution of leaflets, journals and nutrition related information messages in all ten pilot districts have been launched. The PIU has developed DVDs and short promotional films which are excellent and well received and these key nutrition messages will be disseminated to the general public through TV and radio for the information to reach a wider audience, and also to document these experiences for sharing more widely with neighboring districts and other donors.  The distribution of micronutrient supplements- including prenatal vitamins, Vitamin A and micronutrient sprinkles - is progressing as planned, and is making a visible difference in pregnant women and young children, according to the beneficiaries, the volunteers and the health workers.  A system to track the nutrition and development of children under 5 years of age in the 10 pilot rayons has been established, and ongoing support is provided by local consultants to ensure timely and accurate data collection. 8. Armenia: Strengthening the Livelihoods and Voice of the Poor and Vulnerable Persons Name: Strengthening the Livelihoods Grant Number: TF013894 Grant Type: Project and Voice of the Poor and Vulnerable Persons Region: ECA Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Armenia Theme: Other Social Protection and Bank TTL: Menahem Prywes risk management Implementing Agency: Mission Armenia Grant Amount: 2,669,400 Activation Date: 3/18/2013 Grant Agreement Date: 3/1/2013 Original Closing Date:3/1/2016 Revised Closing Date:3/1/2016 End Disbursement Date:9/1/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The development objective of this Project is to pilot self-reliant livelihood and generation of employment opportunities combined with the provision of vital services for the extremely poor and vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities. Component Description: Component A: Provision of Vocational Training and Boosting Self-employment: This component will help improve the livelihood opportunities of the targeted vulnerable individuals and people with disabilities through job training and micro- business grants. Component B: Provision of Vital Social Care and Services: This component will help provide, for the extremely poor and vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, community-based /in-home care and services, including hot calorie meal, social and healthcare services. Component C: Creating Inclusive Environment for People with Disabilities and Enhancing Their Self-Advocacy: This component aims to address four priority issues for PWDs: communication and environmental accessibility issues; construction/rehabilitation norms for ensuring accessibility of old buildings for people with limited mobility; creation of inclusive setting for PWDs of all ages for information exchange, socialization and networking; and support establishment and functioning of self-advocacy/self-help groups. Component D: Monitoring and Evaluation and Project Management: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of the reporting, the grant had just been approved. 9. Kyrgyz Republic: Building Demand-side Capacity for Effective Local Governance Name: Building Demand-side Grant Number: TF010208 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Capacity for Effective Local Governance Region: ECA Sector: Law & Justice Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Kyrgyz Republic Theme: Other Public Bank TTL: Lola Ibragimova Administration Implementing Agency: Community Development and Investment Agency (ARIS) Grant Amount: 1,614,156 Activation Date: 5/14/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 3/9/2012 Original Closing Date: 3/9/2015 Revised Closing Date: 3/9/2015 End Disbursement Date:9/9/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this pilot Project is to strengthen local governance in Kyrgyz Republic by enhancing participatory decision-making and accountability with respect to local government planning and budgeting, service delivery, and investments. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening Citizens’ Knowledge of Participatory Local Governance: This component will strengthen citizen knowledge of participatory local governance through multiple information campaign activities that aim to raise awareness of their rights, roles and responsibilities. Component B: Strengthening Functional Capacities and Horizontal Interface between Local Government Bodies: This component is to strengthen the participatory ethos and core competencies of local government administrations and local councils. Component C: Implementing Participatory Local Development: The component aims to help local governments develop their participatory local development plans that integrate various existing plans prepared by other local groups, and to prioritize future investments in a strategic manner. Component D: Monitoring and Evaluation and Project Management: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of the reporting period, the grant had just been activated. LAC REGION 1. Colombia: Institutional and community strengthening for local governance and development Name: Institutional and community Grant Number: TF091174 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity building strengthening for local governance and development Region: LCR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Colombia Theme: Conflict prevention and Bank TTL: Natalia Gomez post-conflict reconstructi Implementing Agency: Agencia Presidencial para la Accion Social y la Cooperación Internacional, AS Grant Amount: 1,588,400 Activation Date: 12/19/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 6/24/2008 Original Closing Date:6/24/2012 Revised Closing Date:6/24/2012 End Disbursement Date:12/24/2012 Disbursement: 1,529,141.50 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 96 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to increase the management and technical capacities of municipal governments and local communities in the Member Country to: (i) build capacity to implement and monitor development programs in education, health and other public service programs in a selected number of municipalities; (ii) improve municipal performance through the implementation of the Methodology for the Integral Evaluation of Performance formulated by the Departamento Nacional de Planeaci6ns (DNP's); (iii) improving process of participatory local development plans; iv) strengthening of Afro- Colombian municipal associations and, (iv) support community demand-driven local and economic development initiatives. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening Local Capacities for Improved Services Delivery: This component will help improve municipal performance and their ability to implement and effectively monitor the provision of public services and support poverty reduction and sustainable development agendas through dialogue and information exchanges between municipal governments, councils in the collective territories and municipal associations. Component B: Promoting Community Participation and Local Development: This component will promote the design of Local/Community Participatory Development Plans and support a selected number of innovative local economic development projects. Special attention will be paid to support local economic activities that are environmentally sound and culturally relevant to the ethnic and social needs of the communities. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The Grant's activities started implementation on January 2011, two and a half years later than originally expected. The Grant closed on June 24 2012, with an implementation period of only one year and a half, vis-a-vis four years of implementation foreseen at design stage. This situation combined with the elections of new mayors on October 2011; the finalization of the municipal administrations on December 2010; the institutional reform (under the new Presidential administration) that transformed Accion Social (the Recipient and IA) into the Administrative Department of Social Prosperity (DPS 2011-2012) (with serious consequences in staff rotation, flow of funds and weak supervision of grant activities), affected negatively the implementation of the Grant and the achievement of all expected outcomes and results.  Despite all these bottlenecks and difficulties, the achievement of Grant objectives can be considered moderate satisfactory: (i) Diagnosis of 16 municipal public administrations has been completed; (ii) ICP applied to 3 municipal Afro-Colombian associations; ICO applied to 54 beneficiary community-based organizations in 7 participating municipalities; (iii)Management protocol developed and issued and to be followed by public administrations; (iv) 2 subprojects to strengthened Partner Organizations (POs) capacity to support development interventions in Afro-Colombian municipalities, implemented; (v) 12 demand-driven subprojects implemented by CSOs; (vi) Preparation activities for the design of ethno-development plans; (vii) Methodology for the Integral Evaluation of Performance (MEDI) applied to 16 participating municipal administrations; (viii) Grant's Operational Manual; and Grant's Impact Evaluation Report. 2. Colombia: Peaceful dispute resolution services for the poor Name: Peaceful dispute resolution Grant Number: TF091176 Grant Type: Regular/Project services for the poor Region: LCR Sector: Law and justice Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Colombia Theme: Judicial and other dispute Bank TTL: Jose Luis Silva Mendez resolution mechanisms Implementing Agency: Ministry of Justice - Direccion de Acceso a la Justicia Grant Amount: 1,900,000 Activation Date: 10/14/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 9/4/2008 Original Closing Date:8/29/2012 Revised Closing Date:12/4/2013 End Disbursement Date:6/4/2014 Disbursement: 491,067.82 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 26 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to develop and implement strategies to bring basic justice services to disadvantaged groups, including those facing discrimination (women, indigenous, Afro-Colombian, disabled) and the poor, in partnership with civil society organizations (CSOs) within an overall framework of Legal Empowerment of the Poor that comprises legal awareness of rights, legal aid and legal education. Component Description: Component A: Peaceful Dispute Resolution Services for the Poor Strategy: This component will help develop the tools for a peaceful culture of dispute resolution. Component B: Legal Education for the Poor: This component will help with the dissemination of essential, practical information on how to solve types of cases particularly relevant for the poor (such as housing, social benefits, land ownership, family violence, health, labor) in newly-established Peace Centers. Component C: Alternative Dispute Resolution Services for the Poor: This component will help with the strengthening of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) centers in new Peace Centers sponsored by local governments and CSOs, centers generally established in mid-size and small cities. Component D: Legal Aid Services for the Poor: This component will help with the provision of legal aid services to marginal communities. Component E: Indigenous and Afro-Colombians Justice: The focus of this component will be to learn from the traditional justice system, assess with indigenous authorities and leaders how the system works, identify with them potential improvements, and support the implementation of such improvements. Component F: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Project activities came to a halt until August 2011 when Project activities were revised by the new authorities. The new authorities concluded that Project activities shouldn’t be focused solely on Community Centers (Centros de Convivencia Ciudadana), but on a broader set of strategies or initiatives that facilitate the access to justice for the most vulnerable populations.  The implementation performance of the project has started to show signs of improvement during the past year since the change in administration in August 2011. The objectives of the Grant remain fully achievable within the government’s requested two-year extension. An operational plan is in place and a realistic implementation plan for grant activities to be carried out has been prepared in close coordination with the government, task team and project implementation unit. However, the task team decided to grant an initial three-month extension of the closing date until December 4, 2012. The rationale of this decision was made in order to assure that the project’s financial management issues (outstanding interim financial reports and audit report) were resolved, and to allow the Bank to evaluate the government’s two -year extension request.  The outstanding FM issues have been resolved with the Ministry delivering the required products to the Bank, and the Bank following-up with recommendations and further actions to be taken. The Vice-minister has expressed his desire to receive a further one-year and nine-month extension (two years cumulative) of the Grant in order to successfully implement the activities agreed upon with the task team. The remaining time for Project implementation will not allow for the successful execution of activities, and therefore, the full achievement of the stated grant objectives.  The executing agency (the Ministry of Justice & Law) has furnished to the Bank a credible action plan that has been reviewed and approved by the Task Team. The Task Team has reviewed the action plan for the activities to be completed within the government's requested extension period and is of the opinion that project objectives remain likely to be achieved with the granting of the full extension to allow for the completion of the pending activities and utilization of grant funds by the revised Closing Date.  Implementation of activities under component 3 proved challenging as there were limited providers that have showed interest in the conduction of activities (after a double round of publications, only five expression of interest were received). 3. Honduras: Microenterprise development for the Poor and Indigenous People Name: Microenterprise development Grant Number: TF091178 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity building for the Poor and Indigenous People Region: LCR Sector: Forestry Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Honduras Theme: Land administration and Bank TTL: Gerardo Enrique Pantoja management Implementing Agency: Secretaria del Despacho de la Presidencia, through the UAP. Grant Amount: 1,470,000 Activation Date: 9/22/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 4/30/2008 Original Closing Date:4/30/2012 Revised Closing Date:12/31/2012 End Disbursement Date:6/30/2013 Disbursement: 1,015,979 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 69 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to promote market oriented micro-enterprise development among poor rural communities in remote forested areas of the Recipient's departments of Olancho,Yoro and Francisco Morazan, giving particular attention to indigenous peoples and women groups. Component Description: Component A: Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening: This component will assist new and existing microenterprises of poor rural communities -with a special emphasis to indigenous and women groups. Component B: Technology Improvement: This component will assist microenterprises to adopt more efficient as well as environmentally friendly technologies/techniques. Component C: Micro-enterprise Matching Grants: This component will help provide financial assistance and contribute to enhance the financial sustainability of the beneficiary firms. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The project has made substantial progress to achieve the development objective.  A total of 156 subprojects to microenterprises were approved exceeding its target of 100 subprojects. These subprojects are partially disbursed.  All training activities under component A were completed by May 2012.  The project agreement with the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (SEDINAFROH) is being implemented successfully to provide legal personality to 18 indigenous microenterprises that submitted subproject proposals. SEDINAFROH has shown interest and commitment to supervise the implementation of indigenous peoples' subprojects.  The technical assistance offered through component B will be strengthened during the last three months of the project to ensure successful completion of subprojects.  The PIU will be strengthened during the last three months of the project to ensure supervision and completion of all approved subprojects with the hiring of two additional specialists that will provide technical assistance to microenterprises with the implementation and closing of the subprojects.  A restructuring of the project to reallocate funds among categories will be requested to finance the additional technical assistance.  All grant funds have been committed and are expected to be fully disbursed by the grace period deadline . 4. Colombia: Access to Opportunities for Young People in Colombia Name: Access to Opportunities for Grant Number: TF093141 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity building Young People in Colombia Region: LCR Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Colombia Theme: Conflict prevention and Bank TTL: Natalia Gomez post-conflict reconstructi Implementing Agency: Fundación Antonio Restrepo Barco Grant Amount: 1,734,625 Activation Date: 10/5/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 7/28/2010 Original Closing Date:7/28/2014 Revised Closing Date:7/28/2014 End Disbursement Date:1/28/2015 Disbursement: 595,968.13 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 34 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance the access of young men and women (14-26) to opportunities for education, work and political participation. Project activities will help beneficiaries find and use existing opportunities, get ready or learn to take advantage of such opportunities, and promote the creation of new opportunities. Component Description: Component A: Financial and technical support for subprojects of young people: The purpose of this component is to help young people to overcome existing obstacles of information and capacity between the available supply of opportunities and their demand for education, work and civic participation in public affairs. Component B: Financial and technical support to local governments and agencies specialized on youth: The purpose of this component is to encourage local governments and agencies that focus on issues of concern to young people, in the selected municipalities to develop, reinforce or adjust their policies, plans and programs for young people to increase access to existing opportunities and, to the extent possible, promote new opportunities for education, work and participation in public affairs and to increase their access to such opportunities. Component C: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: The purpose of this component is to gauge the project’s results in terms of effective access for young people in the selected regions to opportunities for education, work and participation in public affairs and to learn lessons on the most effective ways to increase access. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Project's implementation progress is satisfactory. The achievement of Grant's development objectives is very likely. Nevertheless, to work in some isolated and poor municipalities, with weak public and private institutions and with no existing opportunities for young people, is a big challenge for the project.  The Project is currently being implemented in six Departments of Colombia under the coordination and supervision of the Fundación Restrepo Barco (Grant Recipient) in partnership with Regional Partner Organizations. These Departments are: Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Sucre, Tolima and Vichada.  The goal of enhancing access to education, work and political participation for a total of 2.000 young men and women has been surpassed. The project has reached 5.583 individuals, whose access has improved mainly through information and participation. Training, aimed at developing capacity and ability to facilitate the access of young people to work opportunities, has reached 609 individuals.  The goal to support financially and technically between 15-20 sub-projects has been partially achieved, due to the difficulty to find eligible Subproject Implementation Agencies in the targeted areas. In addition, most subprojects applied for USD 40.000.00 each, from a total budget of USD 100.000.00 per Department, which meant selecting only two subprojects per Department. A total of 11 subprojects are under implementation.  The goal to support financially and technically between 12 and 15 subprojects derived from public and or private territorial entities leading policies and or programs targeting young populations, has been partially achieved, due to the difficulty to find eligible subprojects and or initiatives led by public or private sector local entities. Most of the eligible subprojects applied for USD 40.000.00 each, from a total budget of USD 80.000.00 per Department under this Component. A total of 8 subprojects are under implementation. All of the subprojects have the support of the municipal Mayors, and good results are expected in terms of enhancing the availability of opportunities for young men and women. The commitment of the Recipient Agency, Fundación Restrepo Barco, has surpassed the expectations.  To date, 11 of the 24 events organized at the municipal level with the participation of departmental and municipal authorities have taken place. It is expected that this goal will be accomplished by the end of the Project. 5. Honduras: Building Trust in Public Policies and Public Institutions Name: Building Trust in Public Grant Number: TF093440 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity building Policies and Public Institutions Region: LCR Sector: Public Sector Governance Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Honduras Theme: Other public sector Bank TTL: Carolina Rendon governance Implementing Agency: FOPRIDEH (Federación de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo de Honduras – Federation of Organizations for the Development of Honduras) Grant Amount: 829,110 Activation Date: 10/28/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 5/11/2010 Original Closing Date:5/11/2014 Revised Closing Date:5/11/2014 End Disbursement Date:11/11/2014 Disbursement: 55,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 7 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance citizen's trust in public policies and public institutions by (a) Enhancing the capacities of high poverty communities to exercise their right of access to information and to use social auditing and policy advocacy tools, (b) Increasing their participation in and oversight of the budgetary process, (c) Implementing social accountability in sectors that are crucial to poverty reduction through improved public information systems and specific locally- designed initiatives targeted at these sectors, and (d) Facilitating the overall policy dialogue and consensus-building processes aimed at improving governance and transparency in Honduras, with an emphasis on increasing the demand for good governance of high poverty and vulnerable communities. Component Description: Component A: Facilitating Access to Information by poor and vulnerable communities to exercise social monitoring activities: This component will finance activities that increase the ability of high poverty communities to demand information and the capacity of local governments to supply information. Component B: Strengthening bottom-up accountability processes by enhancing citizens' ability to influence the budget process at local level: This component will support the participation of high poverty communities in the municipal budgetary process, from its preparation to its execution phase. Component C: Strengthening bottom-up accountability processes and policy dialogue at the sector level: The objective of this component is to empower local communities with a high incidence of poverty to conduct social auditing of sector programs, projects and public services. Component D: Impact Evaluation and Knowledge Sharing: This component will measure the impact of all the activities supported by this grant, distilling lessons learned and disseminating the experience. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  FOPRIDEH has appointed a Project Administrator to handle day to day activities and to monitor implementation of the grant. FOPRIDEH has conducted several meetings with partner CSOs and with the Government to socialize scope of grant activities.  Notwithstanding, implementation of initial activities has proven challenging due to the low capacity of the organization to adhere to Banks rules and processes. Furthermore, the task team considers that the project could face additional challenges related to the political climate in the wake of the electoral process (and the conduction of primary elections in 2013).  All project documents (Procurement Plan and Operations Manual) have been revised and approved by the Bank. A second disbursement request has been presented by FOPRIDEH to Secretary of Finance (SEFIN) and to the Bank. Task team has discussed with FOPRIDEH the possibility of minor changes to the procurement plan that will be sent for Bank's comments during by the end of the month.  Activities under the grant have maintained a slow pace of implementation mainly due to the limited coordination and capacity within both FOPRIDEH and SEFIN. Likewise, unforeseen circumstances within the Bank's fiduciary team resulted in additional delays to respond to no objection requests.  Task team expects 2013 to be a year of intense implementation of the project. 6. Colombia: Empowering Young Women Affected by Violence in Colombia: An innovative approach towards sustainable socioeconomic inclusion Name: Empowering Young Women Grant Number: TF093829 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity building Affected by Violence in Colombia: An innovative approach towards sustainable socioeconomic inclusion Region: LCR Sector: Secondary education Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Colombia Theme: Education for all Bank TTL: Martha Laverde Implementing Agency: Corporación Escuela Galán para el Desarrollo de la Democracia Grant Amount: 1,483,015 Activation Date: 9/29/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 6/11/2009 Original Closing Date:6/11/2013 Revised Closing Date:6/11/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/11/2013 Disbursement: 683,337.41 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 46 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to help young women (ages 15-25) affected by violence in Colombia to re- establish a normal and productive life by introducing an innovative model that combines training with financial assistance to give young women basic tools to become socially and economically independent. Component Description: Component A: Preparatory assistance to build partnerships, adapt the Swallow model to the local socioeconomic environment, and select the participants: This component of the Swallow project aims to solidly prepare the project to ensure its relevance and sustainability. Component B: Implementation assistance to provide the training according to the Swallow model: This component aims to provide 1,560 young women affected by violence with a multidimensional training that will respond to their personal, social and economic needs. Component C: Technical and financial assistance to support the implementation of the best hundred and eight business plans: This component will provide technical and financial support to implement 108 of the best business plans. Component D: Impact Evaluation to learn from this pilot experience and identify lessons and best practices for dissemination and replication: This component aims to draw lessons from this experience that will be undertaken in twelve Colombian municipalities. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Project is moving very well and close to achieving its objectives. The level of women participation and the number of business plan that have been approved are two good indicators of good project performance. The have political and economic support at the local level.  Project implementation team was able to overcome the difficulties they had at the beginning of the project. The decision to hire local coordinators support both for training process and now the implementation of women business plan has been a key element to success in these two objectives: Key results are:  The Project was initially proposed for 12 municipalities in 5 departments, but due to a limited willingness and commitment of some local governments, two municipalities withdrew (Soledad and Barranquilla, both from department of Atlantico).  10 local partnership agreements have been signed. Model is designed and approved. 1,300 women were selected.  The monitoring and evaluation system was developed. The baseline is already available.  815 women trained, 736 women certified.  87 men trained in issues related to masculinities.  765 Trained women have formulated their life projects.  99 business plans created: The Tambo (9), Puerto Tejada (11), Popayan (15), Malambo (13), San Pedro de Urabá (17), La Ceja (5), Medellín (8), Tumaco (5), Pasto (9) and Soacha (7).  In the 10 municipalities women's have shared with governmental and non-governmental actors their business plans and life projects.  100% of the business plans were evaluated by a panel of experts; scores and rankings are available.The SENA (national training institution) joined the program to provide short training courses in skills directly related to the women#s business plans (accounting, management, bakery, food handling, garment). 7. Jamaica: Jamaica Community Crime and Violence Prevention Program Name: Jamaica Community Crime Grant Number: TF094380 Grant Type: Regular/Project and Violence Prevention Program Region: LCR Sector: Multisectoral Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Jamaica Theme: Urban services and housing Bank TTL: Angelica Nunez del Campo for the poor Implementing Agency: Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) Grant Amount: 2,650,000 Activation Date: 4/27/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 5/14/2009 Original Closing Date:6/3/2013 Revised Closing Date:6/3/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/3/2013 Disbursement: 2,104,186 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 79 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (the Recipient) to reduce the incidence of crime and violence in high-risk and vulnerable inner city communities. Component Description: Component A: Crime and Violence Information System and Targeted Violence Prevention: This component will help finance the development of an Integrated Crime and Violence Information System (ICVIS) and its mobilization in 12 inner city communities; participatory crime and violence prevention planning; and targeted community-based crime and violence prevention activities focused on vulnerable and high risks populations in these communities. Component B: Jamaica Violence Action Fund - JAVA Fund: This component will support the establishment of a Jamaica Violence Action Fund (JAVA Fund) - a funding instrument to transfer JSDF proceeds to competitively selected subprojects that finance crime and violence prevention activities in high-risk areas along the Kingston-May Pen metropolitan corridor in the southeastern region of the island. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The Project is on track to achieve its objective of supporting JSIF (and ultimately the GoJ) in reducing the incidence of crime and violence in high risk and vulnerable inner city communities. Specifically, the GoJ (via technical assistance provided by the grant) successfully developed an Integrated Crime and Violence Information System/Violence Observatory (ICVIS/JVO)- that provides accurate and reliable geo-referenced data and background information on crime and violence incidents in target communities for evidence-based policymaking. This makes Jamaica one of the few select countries in the region with such a system and therefore a potential model for the region. The observatory is an important tool that will help JSIF to better assess crime and violence patterns and target policy accordingly. The project has also developed participatory community action plans on crime and violence prevention along with interventions designed to meet the specific needs of the communities in 12 inner city communities. Lastly, the Project also successfully carried out a sub-grant facility for crime and violence prevention grants (JAVA Fund), awarding 31 sub-contracts to NGOs working in the area of crime and violence prevention. The grants support NGO's to provide capacity building to communities in conflict resolution, parenting, life-long skills. The crime and violence prevention actions plans and interventions, as well as the capacity building activities are expected to reduce the prevalence of crime through inducing behavioral change in target communities.  ICVIS has been finalized. Crime and Violence studies in Inner City Basic Services for the Poor (ICBSP) communities have also been finalized and community action plans have been finalized for 12 communities.  Crime and Violence Observatory established and operational within the Ministry of the National Security.  19,647 (3,500 was the target) persons participated in the programs or activities for community-based crime and violence in ICBSP communities.  31 sub-grant contracts signed. 10 of these have been completed (2010 summer camps). 8. Honduras: Piloting New Forms of Community-administered Education for socially vulnerable communities Name: Piloting New Forms of Grant Number: TF094670 Grant Type: Regular/Project Community-administered Education for socially vulnerable communities in Honduras Region: LCR Sector: Central govt admin Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Honduras Theme: Education for all Bank TTL: Juan Diego Alonso Implementing Agency: Ministry of Education, Departamento de Las Islas de la Bahia and Departamento Comayagua, Secretaría de Educación de Honduras Grant Amount: 1,714,300 Activation Date: 3/30/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 4/12/2010 Original Closing Date:4/12/2014 Revised Closing Date:4/12/2014 End Disbursement Date:10/12/2014 Disbursement: 428,108.77 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 25 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to pilot the expansion of the Honduran community managed school framework (K-6), known as PROHECO, to lower secondary schools (7-9) in communities where primary PROHECO schools exist and in remote communities where no PROHECO programs exist. Component Description: Component A: Making PROHECO Schools Work for Middle School-Aged Children: This component will help Pilot the application of PROHECO community managed model to lower secondary education in communities where current PROHECO programs already exist in order to improve access and educational performance. Component B: Applying PROHECO Fundamentals to non-PROHECO communities via Community Learning Centers: This component will help Pilot and test the PROHECO model via community managed "Learning Centers" in in non- PROHECO communities in order to provide quality education and outreach for school-age children and working adults in socially excluded communities by supplementing the overstressed educational services with community-specific programs. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The grant was restructured on March 2, 2011 and declared effective on March 25, 2011. The grant was amended to (a) modify one of the effectiveness conditions to replace the requirement for an Indigenous Peoples Plan, a Resettlement Framework, and a Social and Environmental Assessment with the preparation by the Recipient of the Environmental and Social Management Framework for the Project; (b) include two additional guidelines in the operations manual to ensure compliance with safeguard policies; and (c) add one withdrawal condition to include the need to complete the Environmental Management Plans.  The grant's overall progress in FY12 was satisfactory. With almost two more years until closure, and within the first year of effectiveness following the restructuring in March 2011, the Grant has achieved one of the Grant objectives -- piloting the lower secondary school grades (7-9) in PROHECO schools -- in one of the three schools targeted (Hipólito Marcía school) and the other Grant objective -- to apply PROHECO principles to non- PROHECO schools through the creation of community-based.  In order to strengthen the team managing the grant, a new dedicated focal point for the Grant was hired within the Project Management Unit. Also, as of the end of FY12, the recruitment for a dedicated Procurement Officer for the Grant had been finalized. This is expected to boost further performance on Grant implementation.  The Grant has financed a series of transfers through a Transfer Agreement signed between the beneficiary entity (parent- teacher associations or PTAs) and the Ministry of Education (as implementing unit). These Transfer Agreements helped create capacity, within the PTAs, in terms of procurement and financial management. There are specific cases, like the Hipólito Marcía schools, where PTAs have reached high levels of execution without any significant problems. 9. El Salvador: Safeguarding Human Capital of Urban Poor Children in the context of recurring food crisis Name: Safeguarding Human Capital Grant Number: TF011078 Grant Type: Emergency/Project of Urban Poor Children in the context of recurring food crisis Region: LCR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: El Salvador Theme: Nutrition and Food Security Bank TTL: Marie Chantal Messier Implementing Agency: Ministerio de Salud (MINSAL) Grant Amount: 2,749,430 Activation Date: 7/24/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 1/26/2012 Original Closing Date:10/26/2014 Revised Closing Date:10/26/2014 End Disbursement Date:4/26/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to safeguard the health, nutritional, cognitive and social outcomes of very young children living in marginalized urban poor families against shocks, and to mitigate the effects of the food price volatility on pregnant mothers and children under the age of 3 years. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening and supporting operations of integrated community resource centers addressing the needs of poor families facing shocks and emergencies: This Component will support the reinforcement and operations of integrated resource centers at the community level. These centers, managed by the Ministry of Health, will integrate a wide range of health, nutrition, early childhood development and parenting services. Component B: Enhancing maternal and child caring services for urban poor families to make them more resistant to unpredictable shocks and safeguard human capital: This component will help improve nutrition services provided to beneficiaries, set up a communication strategy for behavior change, and promote early childhood stimulation. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The progress to date of this Project is: (i) Operational Program and Procurement plan revised and Bank approved, (ii) a complete review of the training material for training and information is ongoing; (iii) a systematic review of indicators to prepare the baseline of the Project is ongoing; (iv) hiring of technical professionals to support the implementation of the fund.  The JSDF-TF experienced delays in implementations because the team could not open the designated account until the Government had completed the reimbursement of non-eligible expenditures under the previous Health Project to the Bank.  Street violence is a potential challenge for implementation in marginalized urban neighborhoods. To counteract this risk, the team is coordinating with health personal and church groups working in these areas and the project is ensuring transportation resources in and out of the sites.  The main procurement process will be to import nutritional food (Incaparina) to the country. Technical compliance with the concentration of the nutrients in the food will define this procurement. 10. Honduras: Environmentally Sustainable Cacao Production for small-scale Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendant Farmers Name: Environmentally Sustainable Grant Number: TF011699 Grant Type: Regular/Project Cacao Production for small-scale Indigenous Peoples and Afro- descendant Farmers Region: LCR Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Honduras Forestry Bank TTL: Mary Lisbeth Gonzalez Theme: Other Rural Development Implementing Agency: Central America Indigenous and Peasant Coordination Association for Community Agroforestry (ACICAFOC) Grant Amount: 2,247,050 Activation Date: 9/26/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 5/14/2012 Original Closing Date:5/14/2016 Revised Closing Date:5/14/2016 End Disbursement Date:11/14/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to contribute to the increase in productivity of small-scale cacao producers by lowering production costs through environmentally- sensitive production systems, such as agroforestry and build strategic partnerships to improve commercialization. Component Description: Component A: Building and strengthening the capacity of small-scale farmers on Sustainable Agroforestry Systems: This component will help introduce and strengthen Sustainable Agroforestry Systems to the poorer indigenous people and afro- descendants of the selected Provinces in the Atlantic Coast by providing technical assistance for farm planning, agroforestry systems, trade, and commerce techniques. Component B: Community Development Investments: This component will finance sub-projects for at least 1,000 small- scale indigenous and afro-descendant producers of both genders (head householders), averaging about a total of 4,000.00 beneficiaries. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 11. Honduras: Employment Generation in Poor Urban Neighborhoods Name: Employment Generation in Grant Number: TF097916 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Poor Urban Neighborhoods Region: LCR Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Honduras Theme: Social Safety Nets Bank TTL: Yoonhee Kim Implementing Agency: Honduran Social Investment Fund (FHIS - Fondo Hondureño de Inversión Social) Grant Amount: 2,545,000 Activation Date: 4/7/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 3/15/2011 Original Closing Date:3/15/2015 Revised Closing Date:3/15/2015 End Disbursement Date:9/15/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The development Objective of this Project is to mitigate the impact that the global economic crisis has had on families in six of the poorest and most vulnerable urban municipalities in Honduras, by providing them with emergency income support via employment generation subprojects (specific neighborhoods would be selected from the municipalities where the Bank- financed Barrio Ciudad Project is currently being implemented). Component Description: Component A: Cash For Work Program: This component would finance: (i) payments to beneficiaries in cash for work program (i.e. salaries); and (ii) operational expenses to NGOs/CBOs for cash for work program administration. Component B: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The grant became effective in April 2012, after the Bank reviewed and approved the Operational Manual (including model contracts with NGOs).  The Bank is organizing an international workshop that will take place in November 2012, where international experts will present to the NGOs and local governments models to incorporate crime and violence prevention, youth leadership and environmental design activities into the proposals.  The grant will be implemented in two rounds, and it is expected that the first set of proposals will be approved by the end of the year. 12. Colombia: Soccer Together: Rethinking How to Improve Gender Equity and Inclusion in the Education System Name: Soccer Together: Rethinking Grant Number: TF099171 Grant Type: Regular/Project How to Improve Gender Equity and Inclusion in the Education System Region: LCR Sector: General Education Sector Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Colombia Theme: Gender Bank TTL: Marta LaVerde Implementing Agency: Fundacion Futbol con Corazon Grant Amount: 1,900,000 Activation Date: 8/17/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 5/3/2011 Original Closing Date: 5/3/2015 Revised Closing Date: 5/3/2015 End Disbursement Date:11/3/2015 Disbursement: 252,097.50 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 13 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to develop and adapt a generic pedagogical model providing skills and values to help girls and boys (aged 5 to 16 years) to gain confidence, improve their quality of life, and build a peaceful future. Component Description: Component A: Adapting and writing up the model Soccer Together: This component will help adapt and write up the "Soccer Together “Model; facilitate consultation process with municipal authorities, teachers and local NGOs; improve of soccer fields and soccer kit for each children; and select Scroll and children participants. Component B: Soccer Together in Place: This component will help finance soccer for peace training; value training workshops; provide health and nutrition to each child; and technical assistance for the model (soccer together training, nutrition and health, psychological support, values, parent and local leaders participation among others). Component C: Strengthening Community and Family Participation: This component will help provide technical assistance and workshops with the community and family participation. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The Kokoro project is currently operating 3 intervention centers, in the Municipalities of Galapa, El Pueblo and Malambo (referred to as NU3); with a total of 1.800 children direct beneficiaries. Three agreements have been signed with local authorities. An agreement between NU3 and Fundacion Futbol con Corazon has been signed to implement the Health and nutrition component of the project. The main achievements and challenges are:  The project is operating with almost 1,800 beneficiaries in three municipalities of the department, assuring families permanent access to the program. The school attendance of the participants has improved, and partnerships with schools have made this project a complementary program of regular schooling.  The high commitment and active participation of public authorities (Department and Municipalities) and schools.  The strengthen alliance with NU3, in component 2 on "Provision of Health and Nutrition", through performing monitoring committees and monthly follow ups. This component shows excellent performance results, with 90% monthly average assistance to the meals and with workshops in secure nutrition, health and income generation for mothers.  The project was affected by the revaluation of the local currency (COP) against the US dollar, loosing close to 30% of the budget. The scope of the project has to be reduced from 6 to 3 municipalities.  The APC (Presidential Agency for International Cooperation of Colombia) approved a counterpart for the implementation of project activities in 2012 in the amount of COP $ 227,925,997 (approximately US $126,625.00). The procurement plan of the agreement was fully executed. This matching grant reflects the national authorities’ willingness to support the initiative as a possible public policy.  The most important challenge for the Kokoro project is the strengthening of the intervention program, to be achieved through an “Adjustment of the model” process. The proposal of the process is underway; the final proposal has to be provided by May 2013. Another challenge is to ensure that the beneficiaries of the project remain during the three years of intervention, in order to assure an impact on the development of life and socio-emotional skills, a reduction on school dropouts and improvements in the nutrition area. Therefore, a plan of personal and home monitoring has being design and implemented aiming to engage parents and direct beneficiaries in the permanence and active participation in the activities. 13. Jamaica: Community-Based Landslide Risk Reduction Name: Community-Based Landslide Grant Number: TF095055 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Risk Reduction Region: LCR Sector: Environment Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Jamaica Theme: Climate Change Bank TTL: Angelica Nunez Del Campo Implementing Agency: Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) Grant Amount: 2,375,000 Activation Date: 8/9/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 5/6/2010 Original Closing Date:5/6/2014 Revised Closing Date:5/6/2014 End Disbursement Date:11/6/2014 Disbursement: 400,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 17 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to reduce the risk to natural disasters in vulnerable communities in Jamaica and to provide an evidence-based toolkit for vulnerability reduction throughout the Caribbean. Component Description: Component A: Developing a toolkit or an operations manual of the MoSSaiC Methodology and its application: This component will finance the development of a Toolkit or Operations Manual of MoSSaiC's methodology which will complement the construction activities proposed above, and serve as a resource for the future roll-out of this approach. Component B: Training on MoSSaiC Methodologies for Community-based Landslide Risk Reduction: This component will finance 4 local and 1 national workshops on MoSSaiC methodology. The 4 local workshops will be delivered before components 2 and 3, while the national workshop will be held after completion of the Toolkit and TV program described in component 3. Component C: Identification and Implementation of Community-based Landslide Risk Reduction Measures in Four Communities: This component will follow MoSSaiC's methodology in 4 communities to analyze and discuss the communities' vulnerability to landslides and to implement the mitigation measures identified. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Since the last ISR, one supervision mission (June 2012), two MoSSaiC training missions (January and June, 2012) have been held. The implementation pace picked-up during the first half of 2012.  ODPEM developed a Training Plan in consultation with the MoSSaiC team, which includes formal training through technical presentations and informal training via on-the-ground sessions at the communities.  ODPEM is working on the eligibility criteria to select the four communities for sub-project intervention. The following communities were selected for implementation: Harbor Heights, Melbrook Heights, Bedward Gardens and Breastworks. Community engagement and institutional strengthening has started in Harbour Heights and Melbrook Heights. Preliminary schematic drainage designs and TORs for the design and supervision of drainage works in these two communities is being developed.  The Bank reviewed the Communications and Visibility Plan prepared by ODPEM (as per the recommendation of the JSDF team during their oversight mission in February 2012). It focuses on awareness raising and community engagement. During the June mission, ODPEM organized a visibility event at the community of Melbrook Heights which was attended by representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Japanese Embassy, WB officials and representatives of technical agencies and the local media. 14. Jamaica: Conditional Cash Transfer Program Name: Conditional Cash Transfer Grant Number: TF096923 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Program Region: LCR Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Jamaica Theme: Social Safety Nets Bank TTL: Francesca Lamanna Implementing Agency: Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) Grant Amount: 2,496,720 Activation Date: 11/1/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 7/9/2010 Original Closing Date: 3/31/2013 Revised Closing Date:3/31/2013 End Disbursement Date: 9/30/2013 Disbursement: 984,983 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 39 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the livelihood of about 10,000 poor and vulnerable elderly and disabled persons affected by the food, fuel and financial crises, through cash transfers and improved outreach of the PATH Programme. Component Description: Component A: Cash Transfer to Eligible Poor Elderly and Disabled Persons: This component will provide Cash transfers to elderly and disabled people who meet the eligibility criteria of the Program of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH). Component B: Improved Capacity of Government to Protect Poor Disabled and Elderly: This component will finance specialized targeting interventions to locate elderly poor and disabled persons and conduct house to house registration and on the spot verification of information to determine program eligibility as well as improved case management to link these groups to other social services. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The development objective of the grant has been successfully met. MLSS has increased the number of poor elderly and disabled beneficiaries in PATH way above set target of 10,000 additional beneficiaries on the category groups of elderly and disabled.  The overall increase in the Elderly and Disabled category of the PATH program since August 2010 shows a total increase of 13,211 and 2,416 beneficiaries, respectively, eligible for payment, bringing the total of poor elderly people eligible for the transfer to 62,385; and poor disabled to 10,562. On average, 85% of the persons added over the past two years come from the elderly group. Since the completion of the massive community-based field work in December 2011, the number of registered poor elderly and disabled people has dropped off significantly. There is still concern regarding the number of PWD registered with PATH, as they are under-represented in the total project population.  The Bank discussed with MLSS the importance to further investigate the possibility and financial implications of introducing a social pension system in Jamaica. As part of the consultancy assessing the processes and procedures for improving the inclusion of persons with disability and the elderly in social assistance programs such as PATH, the potential and fiscal sustainability of a social pension will also be looked at and results will feed into the development of the national social protection strategy.  While acknowledging the success of the program in reaching the target set for the grant, the Bank recommended that MLSS continues to focus on improving coverage for poor PWD in PATH through greater community outreach and case management in order to register more persons with disabilities. 15. Nicaragua: Alternative Indigenous and Afro-descendants Sustainable Agro-Forestry Management for the Autonomous North Atlantic Region Name: Alternative Indigenous and Grant Number: TF093115 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Afro-descendants Sustainable Agro- Forestry Management for the Autonomous North Atlantic Region Region: LCR Sector: Agro-industry, Marketing Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Nicaragua and Trade Bank TTL: Mary Lisbeth Gonzalez Theme: Rural Markets Implementing Agency: Asociación Coordinadora Indígena y Campesina de Agroforestería Comunitaria Centroamericana (ACICAFOC) Grant Amount: 1,933,500 Activation Date: 7/6/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 3/31/2009 Original Closing Date:4/13/2013 Revised Closing Date:4/13/2013 End Disbursement Date: 10/15/2013 Disbursement: 1,391,708.41 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 72 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support activities to strengthen the capacity of Indigenous and Afro- descendants organizations and enterprises to produce and market quality cocoa in a more economically and environmentally sustainable manner. Component Description: Component A: Development of integrated management systems for agro-forestry: This component will help bring development of integrated agroforestry systems into the poorest areas of Nicaragua, by targeting at least 1,000 individual farms with cocoa production within their range of subsistence and cash crop farming activities. Under the project, these farmers will receive technical support, specialist inputs, and relevant training. Component B: Marketing Strategies and direct market linkages for the products and services on and around poorest cocoa farms: This component will help establish direct links with fair trade companies and develop commercial partnerships which underpin a common interest among these poor cocoa producers, the buyers, and consumers. Component C: Strengthening the Network of Central American Cocoa Producers: This component will leverage the work of the Network of Central American Cocoa Producers in capacity building to build farmers’ ownership, governance systems, direction, communication and international marketing skills as well as evaluation and reporting. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  As of March 2012, the Project has approved 25 sub-projects representing about 65% of the total budget.  The estimated number of beneficiaries is 1,046 small farmers of which 843 benefit from the subprojects while 203 benefit from the technical assistance.  Already 862 small farmers are using the Agroforestry Systems for the production of cacao. About 80 of the beneficiaries are meztizo, 14 Mayan, and 6% miskito indigenous people. In total 20% of the beneficiaries are indigenous peoples. The Project established 43 Field Farm Schools which have trained 389 men and 300 small famer women.  In total the Project organized 799 Technical Assistance sessions across the 5 Municipalities it is working with.  There have been some delays in the acquisition of goods to install the artisanal chocolate factory in La Campesina. Delays have been resolved. The equipment is already in Nicaragua and ready to be installed. The beneficiaries are 20 women and one man associated to the Cooperative La Campesina, which is one of the producers of organic cocoa in the Municipality of Matiguas. The beneficiaries have been trained in the preparation of business plans, management and in best innocuous practices for the preparation of chocolate and gourmet tasting.  The International Certification firm BCS- OKO-guarantee is working with the beneficiaries to ensure that they are producing organic cacao according to international standards.  The Cacao Network was created in March 2012 in Costa Rica which is the only country which legal system allowed the creation of a network at regional level. 16. Peru: Participatory intervention model to improve child nutrition Name: Participatory intervention Grant Number: TF096419 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building model to improve child nutrition Region: LCR Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Peru Theme: Nutrition and Food Security Bank TTL: Alessandra Marini Implementing Agency: Fondo de las Americas (FONDAM) Grant Amount: 1,901,660 Activation Date: 12/9/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 10/22/2010 Original Closing Date:10/22/2014 Revised Closing Date:10/22/2014 End Disbursement Date:4/22/2015 Disbursement: 600,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 32 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the nutritional and development status of children under five by a participatory intervention to raise awareness, improve local management skills and promote behavioral changes of household, community and district actors in very poor districts in the highland and jungle (Selva) regions of Peru. Component Description: Component A: Participatory Education and Communication Strategy leading to a local culture of child care and nutrition: This component will help design and implement an education and communication strategy through a participatory process in districts and communities.. Component B: Participatory process monitoring and management toolkit for informed decision making: This component will help develop process monitoring tools at district, community and family level, validated by a participatory methodology. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  In October 2011, the country created a new Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS), in charge of leading the social policy agenda, including nutrition, and in charge of the Conditional Cash Transfer program Juntos. The project management held meetings with MIDIS representatives and included their appointed representative as a member of the Project Coordinating Committee. The project is also coordinating closely with the Quality direction of MIDIS for the implementation of the mobile technology pilot initially to be executed with Juntos.  In January 2012 the project started its implementation stage after completing a first stage of planning and formalization of institutional arrangements in 2011. During the first stage the implementing agency Fondo de Las Americas (FONDAM) has (i) established basic institutional procedures to ensure close coordination with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and strengthen complementarities with the Juntos Results for Nutrition project; (ii) set up a Project Coordinating Committee including representatives from MEF, Ministry of Health, the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer program, the Mesa de Concertación de Lucha contra la Pobreza (MCLP), the Presidential Cabinet, MIDIS (created in October 2011) and FONDAM itself; (iii) set up a network of mayors of the 20 districts of implementation; and (iv) carried out competitive processes to select firms and individual consultants to implement project activities.  The PCC met three times in 2011 and three times in 2012. Since the beginning of 2012, progress has been made in: (i) initial assessments on available health services and current nutrition and care practices in the 20 prioritized districts; (ii) validation of family counseling tools using an inter-cultural approach in two regions of project implementation (Huánuco and Amazonas); (iii) design tools for community-based monitoring of growth and development of children under 1 year; (iv) definition of causal chain to achieve expected project results and identification of relevant indicators and sources; (v) design of sample framework for baseline and monitoring and definition of criteria to prioritize 200 communities for community agents intervention; (vi) design of the baseline survey and definition of the National Institute of Statistics as the firm to carry out the survey; and (vii) design of social monitoring mechanism and its validation in two regions of implementation (Huánuco and Amazonas). 17. Peru: Enhancing Integrated Legal Strategies for the Poor Name: Enhancing Integrated Legal Grant Number: TF099277 Grant Type: Regular/Project Strategies for the Poor Region: LCR Sector: Law & Justice Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Peru Theme: Participatory and Civic Bank TTL: Maria Gonzalez De Assis Engagement Implementing Agency: Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Grant Amount: 1,120,040 Activation Date: 10/31/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 9/30/2011 Original Closing Date:9/30/2015 Revised Closing Date:9/30/2015 End Disbursement Date:3/31/2016 Disbursement: 150,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 13 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to strengthen the provision of free legal services for Peru’s urban poor and mos t vulnerable citizens in selected cities following the results of the gap analysis from the legal demand census. Component Description: Component A: Identifying the Demand for Legal Services: This component will help establish a multi-disciplinary team of service professionals and volunteers to design and implement a legal services census. Upon completion of the survey, the team will provide Project Coordination Unit (PCU) of the judicial sector with a gap analysis demonstrating the demand for legal services, an assessment of the availability of assistance, and recommendations on locations to offer free legal services Component B: Establishing a Legal Service Network: This component, through a public private partnership, Project PCU of the judicial sector will establish a legal service network able to develop and implement a training and certification program to create a cadre of legal service providers. Upon completion of the training and certification program, PCU of the judicial sector will identify and establish twelve legal service stations for the poorest and most vulnerable citizens of Lima, Peru. Component C: Promoting Public Awareness and Defending Legal Rights: This component will help set up a three-stage, mixed-media public awareness and information initiative will be implemented in conjunction with key project development activities. The program will inform the poor of their legal rights, offer targeted family anti-violence messages, provide information on the new legal service network, and implement a new telephone hotline and web portal for legal service providers. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The Project has established inter-institutional cooperation agreements with the Bar Associations of Loreto, Huanuco, Huancavelica and the Municipality of Carabayllo in North Lima, as well as a tripartite inter-institutional agreement with the Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN) and the Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes del Perú.  The Project has also continued its approaches and coordination with the Municipality of Villa Maria del Triunfo in South Lima, the Regional Government of Apurimac and the Technological University of the Andes (Abancay), with the main purpose of developing further inter-institutional agreements that would result in an expansion of the offer for free legal services. These agreements will allow for the physical spaces allocated by the Project's allies to be refurbished and upgraded (minor works with furniture and computer equipment).  The 7 Free Justice Services Stations (FJSS) to be established will enable poor people in the urban areas of the above- mentioned towns to access the justice system through the provision of free legal assistance and representation. The FJSS will be operated by volunteer attorneys, who with a spirit of solidarity and social responsibility, will provide hours of their valuable time to the public service objectives mentioned herein. The services to be rendered by the FJSS will be complemented by strategies of integration, operational improvement and optimization of resources that the JSDF Grant will support through the creation of the "Network of Free Legal Service Providers".  The Project has begun the design and Implementation of a virtual certificate (Diplomado)to strengthen and complement the skills development of the FJSS volunteer lawyers. These Certificate courses will be conducted by the University San Martin de Porras. 18. Guatemala: Strengthening the resilience of capacity of Maya indigenous peoples and peasants to cope with food insecurity and climate change in the Guatemala Dry-Corridor Name: Strengthening the resilience Grant Number: TF011700 Grant Type: Regular/Project capacity of Maya indigenous peoples and peasants to cope with food insecurity and climate change in the Guatemalan Dry-Corridor Region: LCR Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, & Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Guatemala Forestry Bank TTL: Mary Lisbeth Gonzalez Theme: Global Food Crisis Implementing Agency: Asociación Coordinadora Response Indígena y Campesina de Agroforestería Comunitaria Centroamericana (ACICAFOC) Grant Amount: 2,507,050 Activation Date: 9/26/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 5/7/2012 Original Closing Date:5/7/2016 Revised Closing Date:5/7/2016 End Disbursement Date:11/7/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to contribute to agricultural risk management and increase of productivity levels of peasants, indigenous peoples of both genders living in the selected areas of the Guatemala Dry-Corridor, using environmentally sensitive production systems at lower production costs to ensure food security. Component Description: Component A: Building the capacity of indigenous peoples and peasants to raise agricultural productivity : This component will help prepare an Information-Consultation and Participatory Strategy; provide technical assistance for farm planning, agroforestry and mixed agricultural systems; introduce and strengthen the capacity of indigenous peoples and peasants in rainwater harvesting and micro irrigation; and build the capacity of on-farm harvesting or storage. Component B: Community Development Investments: This component will finance sub-projects to at least 1,000 small- scale indigenous and peasant producers of both genders. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 19. Bolivia: Early Childhood Care and Development in the Poorest and most Vulnerable Urban districts of La Paz and El Alto Name: Early Childhood Care and Grant Number: TF011795 Grant Type: Regular/Project Development in the poorest and most vulnerable urban districts of La Paz and El Alto Region: LCR Sector: Pre-Primary Education Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Bolivia Theme: Improving Labor Markets Bank TTL: Patricia Alvarez Implementing Agency: Municipal Governments of La Paz and El Alto Grant Amount: 2,786,309 Activation Date: 9/25/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 7/23/2012 Original Closing Date:7/23/2016 Revised Closing Date:7/23/2016 End Disbursement Date:1/23/2017 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to reduce child-care constraints for unemployed, or precariously employed young mothers and promote the healthy development of their children in the poorest and most "at risk" districts of La Paz and El Alto, by providing sustainable and culturally-appropriate modalities of quality childcare services. Component Description: Component A: Improving the Quality of ECD Services: This component will help improve the quality and range of activities of existing modalities, moving from childcare centers that provide some recreational activities and a meal for children, to municipal early childhood education and development programs for low-income children and their families currently not available. Component B: Expanding coverage of ECD services: This component will help develop 33 new facilities to provide ECD comprehensive services for 1,320 children with all the quality guidelines and recommendations from Component 1 in urban or peri-urban areas of La Paz and El Alto. Component C: Strengthen Institutional Capacity and Community Empowerment and Participation: This component reinforces and complements the previous components by strengthening fundamental support mechanisms for ECD services including the young mothers, the communities and the Municipal Government Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 20. Belize: Promoting Sustainable Natural Resource-based Livelihoods Name: Promoting Sustainable Natural Grant Number: TF012901 Grant Type: Regular/Project Resource-based Livelihoods Region: LCR Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Belize Forestry Bank TTL: Enos Esikuri Theme: Other environmental and Implementing Agency: Belize Enterprise for natural resources management Sustainable Technology (BEST) Grant Amount: 2,800,000 Activation Date: 2/7/2013 Grant Agreement Date: 11/15/2012 Original Closing Date:11/15/2016 Revised Closing Date:11/15/2016 End Disbursement Date:5/15/2017 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project aimed at promoting viable and sustainable natural resource based livelihoods for poor communities in Belize, and thereby reducing anthropogenic pressures on the key natural resources through (1) support for social mobilization, facilitation, and community co-management for natural resources, (2) development of community-based sustainable livelihoods of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in and around the selected protected areas, (3) support for innovative models of green livelihoods of fishing communities through mari-culture development, and (4) community-led monitoring and knowledge dissemination. Component Description: Component A: Community Management Support: This component will help finance social mobilization, facilitation, and community co-management to precede the livelihood investments under Components 2 and 3 . Component B: Sustainable Use of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and Related Activities: This component is aimed at supporting the community-based sustainable use of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in and around the selected protected areas. The Grant would support the full cycle of commercialization of NTFP, i.e., planning, production, processing, packaging, branding and marketing, and distribution. Component C: Marine-based Sustainable Alternative Livelihoods: The objective of this component is to support innovative models of green livelihoods for fishing communities in Toledo, Corozal, and Stann Creek Districts through mari-culture development. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 21. El Salvador: Agricultural and Energy Risk Management: An Integral Strategy to Cope with Drought and Food Insecurity Name: Agricultural and Energy Risk Grant Number: TF013124 Grant Type: Regular/Project Management: An Integral Strategy to Cope with Drought and Food Insecurity Region: LCR Sector: General agriculture, Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: El Salvador fishing and forestry Bank TTL: Mary Lisbeth Gonzalez Theme: Global Food Crisis Implementing Agency: Central America Response Indigenous and Peasant Coordination Association for Community Agroforestry (ACICAFOC) Grant Amount: 1,833,200 Activation Date: 11/19/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 11/9/2012 Original Closing Date:11/9/2015 Revised Closing Date:11/9/2015 End Disbursement Date:5/9/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to assist about 2,000 farmers, living in the dry eastern region, to increase their productivity through the introduction of innovative agroforestry practices and improved irrigation and energy technologies which will also increase their resilience to drought, food insecurity and input price volatilities. Component Description: Component A: Participatory Assessments and Preparation of Resilience Plans for Agricultural and Energy Risk Management: This component will help finance information, consultation and participation strategy; agricultural production and water availability report; risk assessment and community-based agricultural risk management plan; energy assessment study with risk assessment; and preparation of participatory resilience plans. Component B: Community Development Investments: The project will finance sub-projects to be undertaken by small-scale rural producers of both genders. Component C: Building the Resilience Capacity of Small Farmers: The objective of this component is to build the capacity of small farmers to mitigate risks. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting period, the grant had not yet been activated. 22. Brazil: Leveling the Playing Field for Quilombola Communities in Northeastern Brazil Name: Leveling the Playing Field for Grant Number: TF093827 Grant Type: Regular/Project Quilombola Communities in Northeastern Brazil in Ceara Region: LCR Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Brazil Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Alberto Coelho Gomes Costa Implementing Agency: Ceará State Secretary of Agrarian Development/COPPE Grant Amount: 375,589 Activation Date: 8/6/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 7/30/2009 Original Closing Date:7/30/2013 Revised Closing Date:7/30/2013 End Disbursement Date:1/31/2014 Disbursement: 203,598.33 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 54 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to empower poor and remote quilombola communities in Northeastern Brazil by building social capital and facilitating their access to existing public and private resources. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening Quilombola Community Organizations: The aim of this component is to tackle a series of key obstacles that impede the formation of social capital and access to services in quilombola communities and that block them from taking more effective collective socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental actions Component B: Empowerment via Information and Communication: This component aims to tackle the frequent lack of information and communications that isolate remote quilombola communities from the outside world and specifically block access to empowering information on community development programs, technologies, and other topics. Component C: Providing Innovative Technical Assistance, Planning and Training Strategies: This component aims to address the scarcity of culturally appropriate and participatory technical assistance; the lack of community-level planning and integration of developmental and environmental initiatives of all kinds. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite somewhat of a slow start, all three States are showing outstanding results.  The JSDS has worked closely with the Quilombola Movement in the state; contributed to state-wide quilombola conferences; and the recent creation of the Instituto dos Quilombolas Rurais do Ceará (IQUIRCE).  9 associations created and 16 strengthened; 3 multi-use centers being constructed; trainings being carried out; 4 technical assistants hired and working in nearly 20 communities (participatory diagnostics and planning); and Baseline data has been concluded. 23. Brazil: Leveling the Playing Field for Quilombola Communities in Northeastern Brazil Name: Leveling the Playing Field for Grant Number: TF093831 Grant Type: Regular/Project Quilombola Communities in Northeastern Brazil in Pernambuco Region: LCR Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Brazil Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Alberto Coelho Gomes Costa Implementing Agency: PRORURAL Grant Amount: 649,729 Activation Date: 8/6/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 7/30/2009 Original Closing Date:7/30/2013 Revised Closing Date:7/30/2013 End Disbursement Date:1/31/2014 Disbursement: 155,417.91 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 24 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to empower poor and remote quilombola communities in Northeastern Brazil by building social capital and facilitating their access to existing public and private resources. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening Quilombola Community Organizations: The aim of this component is to tackle a series of key obstacles that impede the formation of social capital and access to services in quilombola communities and that block them from taking more effective collective socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental actions Component B: Empowerment via Information and Communication: This component aims to tackle the frequent lack of information and communications that isolate remote quilombola communities from the outside world and specifically block access to empowering information on community development programs, technologies, and other topics. Component C: Providing Innovative Technical Assistance, Planning and Training Strategies: This component aims to address the scarcity of culturally appropriate and participatory technical assistance; the lack of community-level planning and integration of developmental and environmental initiatives of all kinds. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite somewhat of a slow start, all three States are showing outstanding results.  The JSDF has helped set the stage for the recent announcement by the Governor of Pernambuco that the state will prepare a State Quilombola Policy, which will include a decree for regularizing quilombola lands in Pernambuco and a stronger working agreement with INCRA, the federal agency responsible for quilombo titling.  15 associations created and 35 strengthened; 2 multi-use centers sites selected; trainings being carried out; TOR for technical assistance being evaluated by the Bank; and Baseline data has been concluded. 24. Brazil: Leveling the Playing Field for Quilombola Communities in Northeastern Brazil Name: Leveling the Playing Field for Grant Number: TF093842 Grant Type: Regular/Project Quilombola Communities in Northeastern Brazil in Bahia Region: LCR Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Brazil Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Alberto Coelho Gomes Costa Implementing Agency: CAR - Companhia de Desenvolvimento e Acao Regional Grant Amount: 877,614 Activation Date: 7/31/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 7/7/2009 Original Closing Date:7/16/2013 Revised Closing Date:7/16/2013 End Disbursement Date:1/16/2014 Disbursement: 563,905.18 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 64 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to empower poor and remote quilombola communities in Northeastern Brazil by building social capital and facilitating their access to existing public and private resources. Component Description: Component A: Strengthening Quilombola Community Organizations: The aim of this component is to tackle a series of key obstacles that impede the formation of social capital and access to services in quilombola communities and that block them from taking more effective collective socio-cultural, political, economic and environmental actions Component B: Empowerment via Information and Communication: This component aims to tackle the frequent lack of information and communications that isolate remote quilombola communities from the outside world and specifically block access to empowering information on community development programs, technologies, and other topics. Component C: Providing Innovative Technical Assistance, Planning and Training Strategies: This component aims to address the scarcity of culturally appropriate and participatory technical assistance; the lack of community-level planning and integration of developmental and environmental initiatives of all kinds. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: Despite somewhat of a slow start, all three States are showing outstanding results.  The JSDF has contributed to the recent creation of three Regional Quilombola Councils and a State Quilombola Council, and the insertion of quilombola issues into state policies, programs and projects, such as Projeto Produzir and Projeto Gente de Valor.  180 quilombola associations created or consolidated; 5 multi-use centers being constructed and 2 other sites selected; 6 regional courses on organizational strengthening carried out; 3 village computing centers under construction; 11 technical assistants hired and working in nearly 50 communities (carrying out participatory diagnostics and planning); and Baseline data is in the final stages of being concluded 25. Brazil: Solid Waste Picker Social Inclusion Initiative Name: Solid Waste Picker Social Grant Number: TF097192 Grant Type: Regular/Project Inclusion Initiative Region: LCR Sector: Environment Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Brazil Theme: Pollution Management and Bank TTL: Catalina Marulanda Environmental Health Implementing Agency: Caixa Economica Federal (CAIXA) Grant Amount: 2,729,900 Activation Date: 5/25/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 1/28/2011 Original Closing Date:1/28/2014 Revised Closing Date:1/28/2014 End Disbursement Date:7/28/2014 Disbursement: 400,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 15 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support the social and economic inclusion of informal recyclers ("waste pickers") in Brazil, through a programmatic and sustainable strategy through the creation and testing a set of innovative, flexible, and replicable mechanisms to strengthen beneficiary involvement, leverage experience and lessons learned, and mainstream best practices at (and beyond) the national level; strengthening the involvement of informal recyclers, not only as beneficiaries, but also as active agents in the design and implementation of sub-projects and the providing of training, technical support, and other services; and developing a sustainable strategy for the inclusion of informal recyclers at both the local and national levels, so as to allow for the continuation of funded activities beyond the proposed initial JSDF pilot phase. Component Description: Component A: Development of Sub-project Action Plans: This component will support the preparation of three comprehensive Action Plans. Component B: Implementation of Sub-project Action Plans: This component will help deliver financial support for implementation of the Subproject Action Plans via specific Subproject Implementation Grants, to be administered by CAIXA, through its contracted Procurement Agent, and with the collaboration of and oversight from the local stakeholder council. Component C: Technical Support and Knowledge Sharing: This component will help provide technical support to sub- project implementation and promote horizontal exchanges among recyclers at the national level. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Implementation of this project has been slower than originally expected, primarily because the mechanisms for transferring funds to project beneficiaries (i.e. waste pickers and waste picker associations) had not been identified from the outset.  While one of the project main goals was to prepare and to implement action plans at three sites, neither the location of the sites, nor the way in which activities would be implemented (and funding disbursed) was known at the time of project approval. Therefore, significant efforts have been made by the Caixa team and the Task Team (TT) since the project became effective, to identify sub-project sites, partners and relevant activities for implementation.  The capacity of Caixa for executing this Grant has been limited. A critical action since effectiveness has been the hiring of two consultants: (1) the Project Coordinator, who will oversee the day to day implementation of the project; and (2) the consultant who will prepare the Operations Manual for the grant (OM is a condition for disbursement). Hiring of these two key personnel has been very slow.  As of today, the following three landfills where waste pickers operate have been identified by Caixa as project sites, and partnerships have been agreed with the respective landfill operators: (1) Jardim Gramacho in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, operated by the company Novo Gramacho; (2) Itaoca ladfill in the municipality of Sao Gonzalo, operated by the firm CTR Alcantara; and (3) Seropedica and Itaguai dumpsites, managed by the firm Ciclus Ambiental.  The objective of the partnerships between Caixa and the three operators is to set up a system that allows to work with waste picker associations in each identified site, in the development and implementation of action plans aimed at improving the livelihoods of the waste pickers. While the partnerships have been agreed to, the legal and fiduciary mechanisms through which funding will be transferred to and administered by the operators have still not been defined, and this will require additional time and effort. The TT and Caixa are working closely on the development of these partnership arrangements. 26. Grenada: Small Farmer Vulnerability Reduction Initiative Name: Small Farmer Vulnerability Grant Number: TF097967 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Reduction Initiative Region: LCR Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Grenada Development Bank TTL: Eli Weiss Theme: Global Food Crisis Implementing Agency: Grenada Cocoa Response Associacion (GCA), Grenada Cooperative Nutmeg Association (GCNA) and Marketing and National Importing Board (MNIB) Grant Amount: 1,090,000 Activation Date: 12/22/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 12/8/2010 Original Closing Date:12/8/2014 Revised Closing Date:12/8/2014 End Disbursement Date:6/8/2015 Disbursement: 268,117.64 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 27 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to provide immediate and urgent assistance to at least 1100 small farmers in Grenada to cope with the recent global financial and food crisis and weather fluctuations through the provision of incentives for purchasing improved agriculture input, water management technology, and adoption of improved livestock practices. Component Description: Component A: Incentives for the immediate adoption of improved technologies and on-farm capitalization: This component will help provide incentives for the immediate adoption of improved technologies and on-farm capitalization of cocoa, nutmeg and livestock farmers for improving agriculture incomes. Component B: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Implementation is behind schedule due in part to the six months delay in appointing the Grant Mnanager.  The Project was officially launched, in the presence of the Prime Minister on September 15, 2011. The first window of application took place in November, when 550 farmers submitted proposals.  Following the review of the proposals, 36 vouchers have been handed out on February 21, 2012 by the Ministry of Agriculture in a ceremony. The Minister, officials of the MoA, the project steering committee as well as the beneficiary farmers expressed their appreciation for the emergency funds received from Japan.  In view of this level of progress, it will, however, be necessary to accelerate the issuing of the remaining more than 1,000 vouchers to farmers affected by the crisis before the closing date. The Bank team is pressing the Ministry to accelerate the process of distribution of vouchers. 27. Ecuador: Growing with our GUAGUAS (Children) Name: Growing with our GUAGUAS Grant Number: TF098887 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building (Children) Region: LCR Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Ecuador Theme: Nutrition and Food Security Bank TTL: Nelson Gutierrez Implementing Agency: Chimborazo Provincial Council Grant Amount: 2,218,397 Activation Date: 4/27/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 3/11/2011 Original Closing Date:3/11/2015 Revised Closing Date:3/11/2015 End Disbursement Date:9/11/2015 Disbursement: 221,839.70 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 10 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to contribute to the reduction of chronic malnutrition in children under five in the ten cantons of the province of Chimborazo with a stunting rate of 53%, by, (i) raising parental understanding and expectations regarding adequate child growth; (ii) encouraging take up of primary health and nutrition-related services; and (iii) empowering parents to put pressure on health services to improve the quality and intensity of nutritional monitoring and counseling. Component Description: Component A: Community based growth promotion system: This component will help build a community level monitoring the nutritional performance of children under 5. Component B: Participatory culturally appropriate communication strategy: This component will help set up a community-based communication strategy that addresses key practices at the household level. Component C: Training plan to improve provision of health and nutrition services: This component will help set up a training strategy designed to complement the communication strategy (which will help improve practices on the demand side) and to strengthen the quality of the basic health and nutrition services. Component D: Strengthening the Provincial Health Council and Nutrition Committee: This component will help strengthen the accountability framework for holding relevant agencies responsible for service production and quality. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Despite some initial delays, project's implementation has started, and is currently progressing towards the project development objective.  A core team was hired, including a Technical Coordinator (Projector Coordinator for this TF) who will be responsible for technical advice to the Sector Manager in the Chimborazo Provincial Government. The core team will include financial management and procurement specialists. The implementation unit presented the project to the Provincial Health Council (the coordination council of the Province) which will be an important partner during implementation in the ten municipalities. An implementation plan for the next six months was prepared in collaboration with the World Bank team and is aligned to the National Strategy led by the Social Development Coordination Ministry (MCDS), and in collaboration with the Health and the Social Development Ministries (mainly with the Human Development Grant and Instituto del Niño y la Familia, INFA).  This project builds on the institutional structure of the Social Manager of the Provincial Council where an implementation unit has been created for the fiduciary aspects (financial and procurement) (Proyecto Integral de Desarrollo, PID). The institutional arrangements are supposed to build up the capacities of the sub national government; however, this has caused some delays in the process due to the lack of experience with World Bank's procedures and processes and also because of difficulties in finding technical expertise at local level.  Although, overall the project implementation is satisfactory, Financial Management is moderately satisfactory, due to delays in the disbursement request and difficulties to find the adequate person responsible to support the fiduciary team in the Chimborazo Council. To address this, the Bank has provided a data base of financial specialists and has proposed to organize a training workshop on fiduciary and procurement matters. 28. Belize: Improving Children’s Health and Nutrition in Poor Mayan Communities in Toledo Name: Improving Children's Health Grant Number: TF099168 Grant Type: Regular/Project and Nutrition in Poor Mayan Communities in Toledo Region: LCR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Belize Theme: Nutrition and Food Security Bank TTL: Carmen Carpio Implementing Agency: Toledo District Health Council Grant Amount: 2,752,894 Activation Date: 9/13/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 7/15/2011 Original Closing Date:7/15/2015 Revised Closing Date:7/15/2015 End Disbursement Date:1/15/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The development objective of this project is to improve the health and nutrition of children in poor Mayan communities in Toledo, Belize through an early childhood development approach focusing on pre-natal care, nutrition monitoring in the critical window of opportunity, and school health interventions at the primary school level. Component Description: Component A: Prevent and address malnutrition in children under 5 years of age by empowering the local community: This component will help provide the framework for defining an easily understandable nutrition monitoring tool allowing parents to readily recognize their child's growth progress and to gauge the child's advances in height and weight in relation to internationally recognized standards. Component B: Develop Healthy Lifestyles Programs for Primary School Children in their eight years of primary education: This component is made up of activities that aim to empower local primary schools to encourage "Healthy Lifestyle" practices targeting Toledo's Mayan children 5 and above. Component C: Strengthen access and quality of community-based health services in support of maternal and child health: This component is designed to give voice to the community to participate in the design and vetting process of identifying and surfacing key health service areas (technical and geographic) that require improvements in order to provide the community with the health services they require and are lacking. Component D: Promote behavior change in communities by increasing understanding of community's attitude and perception towards health: This component aims to promote behavior change in communities by increasing understanding of community's attitude and perception towards health and develop culturally adapted health promotion interventions. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  A Project Launch Mission took place in Belmopan and Toledo, Belize from October 23-28, 2011. A technical discussion meeting was held with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to review the overall Project objectives and the Ministry's role in its oversight and support of the project management and implementation. The launch workshop was held in Toledo and conducted in consultation with MOH officials; the Toledo District Health Council (TDHC); and participants representing community-based health workers, Toledo village leaders, local government, NGOs, and school officials. The second day of the workshop focused on presentations and overall discussion on fiduciary procedures (financial management, procurement, and disbursements). The MOH, TDHC, and World Bank teams concluded the workshop with a discussion on next steps and deadlines to ensure all implementation requirements are fulfilled to allow for the start of project activities, including hiring the project manager, establishing the designated account, and preparing an Operations Manual.  Progress has been made in key project implementation activities. These include the development of the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Project Coordinator. The designated account for the project has been established and signatories, users, and those entering information have been provided with the tokens (as appropriate) and access level in relation to their role in the project. In addition, draft TORs for two key consultancies (indigenous and environmental safeguards) have been developed; a draft Operations Manual, an annual operating plan and procurement plan for the first year of implementation are being finalized by the MOH and TDHC; and agreement was reached between the World Bank and the MOH to prepare TORs for a Project baseline survey, which will focus on the Toledo District as a basis to build on the current data available from Nutrition Surveys conducted in 2006 and 2011. 29. El Salvador: Addressing Youth Violence Through Cultural and Music Learning Name: Addressing Youth Violence Grant Number: TF094811 Grant Type: Regular/Project Through Cultural and Music Learning Region: LCR Sector: Sub-National Government Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: El Salvador Administration Bank TTL: Maria Gonzalez De Asis Theme: Other Public Sector Implementing Agency: Asociación Pro Arte de El Governance Salvador Grant Amount: 967,280 Activation Date: 8/9/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 7/22/2010 Original Closing Date: 7/22/2014 Revised Closing Date: 7/22/2014 End Disbursement Date: 1/22/2015 Disbursement: 180,022.40 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 19 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to develop an innovative approach for crime prevention and youth social integration by using participative cultural and musical learning and networking activities in marginal areas in El Salvador. Component Description: Component A: Creation of Cultural and Artistic Opportunities for Youth: This component will help lower violent behavior of direct beneficiaries and improve School performance of direct beneficiaries by expanding learning opportunities to targeted students. Component B: Expansion of Cultural and Artistic Activities in the Municipality of San Martin: This component will support the implementation of participatory cultural dissemination activities to build community support, ownership and social recognition to participating youth. Component C: Strengthening of institutional capacities of sponsoring organizations to implement and monitor project outcomes: This component will help with the creation of an innovative violence prevention methodology in the Municipality of San Martin. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Since approval, and as a previous step for successful implementation, the project developed a detailed mapping of the schools that will be benefited by the project. The mapping has revealed that 47 of 161 schools located in areas with high risk of violence already have some form of musical initiative (bands, chorus) and that around 2,030 students have musical skills. Since the completion of this mapping members of the project team visited schools to identify the children that were able and willing to be part of the project, and while awaiting the purchase of instruments they started the musical education of the targeted youth.  The project team has also carried out the adequacy of spaces for instrument's safeguarding and for the initial musical education of the children and it has launched the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) for the purchase of music instruments. In this regard, despite the good quality of the technical specifications, the ICB process failed due to lack of effective competition and was re launched. Only part of the instruments was obtained due to breach of contract by the bidder. In view of the circumstances, the project will carry out all pending acquisition of instruments via shopping processes, which are already under preparation.  The National Assembly donated some instruments for the initial training of the children, who are already receiving classes on the instrument of their choice (and as assessed by music teachers) on top of basic rhythm and music theory classes. This initial training has allowed the children to give their first concert for the Fundacion Kriete in June 2012.  Cultural dissemination activities have also taken place in the form of visits from international musicians (from France, The Netherlands and Guatemala) who have imparted master classes to the children and the music teachers. In addition, and to promote the appreciation for music, some of the youth involved in the project attended their first ever concert in the National Theater. MNA REGION 1. Egypt: Piloting Community Management and Accountability Systems in Rural Sanitation Service delivery Name: Piloting Community Management Grant Number: TF095516 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building and Accountability Systems in Rural Sanitation Service delivery Region: MNA Sector: Sanitation Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Egypt Theme: Rural services and Bank TTL: Yoshiharu Kobayashi infrastructure Implementing Agency: Holding Company for Water and Waste Water (HCWW) Grant Amount: 2,911,175 Activation Date: 10/21/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 08/05/2010 Original Closing Date:06/30/2014 End Disbursement Date:12/31/2014 Revised Closing Date:06/30/2014 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance the institutional capacity and accountability mechanisms between local authorities and beneficiary communities for better service delivery in the rural sanitation sector. This will be achieved through piloting innovative mechanisms for community participation in planning, implementation, management and monitoring of small scale sanitation systems in rural Egypt. This grant aims to put a much stronger emphasis on community empowerment and voice, particularly of the small and hamlet villages in the Delta, characterized with high poverty incidence and poor environmental conditions. Component Description: Component A: Support for delegated community management of decentralized sanitation system: This component will provide targeted capacity building and training to community organizations and local water and sanitation company teams for the effective piloting of delegated community management and accountability systems in rural sanitation service delivery. Component B: Capacity building for social mobilization, hygiene education: This component will provide targeted capacity building and training to relevant local institutions for the effective development and implementation of a unified strategy for social marketing, hygiene promotion and communication that will be used in all three governorates by the different stakeholders on community mobilization, hygiene promotion, communication and training. Component C: Monitoring and evaluation and public disclosure system: This component will complement the technical and institutional monitoring under ISSIP project, to provide a stronger community based monitoring of community satisfaction and results on the ground to accompany the technical aspects of monitoring on infrastructure progress, and water quality improvements. Component D: Grant management and audit: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the HCWW and three water sector companies to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Implementation progress is Moderately Unsatisfactory due to major delay in recruiting the Consulting Firm that would carry out project activities. In order to save time for and allowing a smooth start of the project, a call for expression of interest for the consultancy services for carrying out part A, B, and C was made on February 21, 2010 prior to the date of the signature of the Grant Agreement (August 3, 2010). The Bank issued a No Objection for the shortlist of the qualified consulting firms on July 27, 2010. However, due to unstable security situation in the country caused by the Arab Spring, bid prices were much higher than the original budget. As a result, the HCWW decided to cancel this bidding process.  JSDF project scope has been reduced from 120 villages to 30 villages stemming from the restructuring of the parent project The Integrated Sanitation and Sewerage Infrastructure Project, which has also reduced its coverage from 222 villages to 106 villages. Based on this new arrangement for the decentralized systems, the TORs were modified with a reduced scope of work and services. The revised Request for Proposals were sent to the shortlisted consulting firms.  After evaluating the price proposals, the tender for the consulting services under JSDF Grant was awarded to a firm. This contract represents over 50% of the allocated amount.  The Government of Egypt has requested an extension of the closing date of the grant until December 31, 2015 to allow the firm to allow for proper implementation of the activities under this contract. The Task Team will introduce a restructuring request to support the government request. 2. Tunisia: Emergency grant to support young rural Tunisians affected by multiple shocks Name: Emergency grant to support Grant Number: TF010625 Grant Type: Emergency/Project young rural Tunisians affected by multiple shocks Region: MNA Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Tunisia Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Gloria La Cava Implementing Agency: Grant Amount: 2,780,000 Activation Date: 10/10/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 4/20/2012 Original Closing Date:2/28/2014 Revised Closing Date:2/28/2014 End Disbursement Date:8/31/2014 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to provide emergency income support and short-term employment to approximately 3,000 youth to meet their basic needs through cash-for-work, training, apprenticeship and self-employment opportunities. Component Description: Component A: Cash-for-Work for Youth Employed in Rural Community Projects and Services: This component will help provide direct transfers to individuals particularly hit by the crisis and who do not have access to formal safety nets. Up to 2,000 crisis-affected unemployed youth in rural areas will be given cash-for-work opportunities in a variety of rural community and farm and off-farm improvement sub-projects and services. Component B: Conditional Cash for Youth Training and Internships: This component will help lay the foundations for a formal safety nets mechanism to cope with future shocks Component C: Conditional Grants for Youth Self-Employment: This component will help set up a rapid response system for financing for micro-enterprises in distress as a consequence of the crisis. Component D: Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of the reporting period, the grant had just been activated and implementation had not yet started. 3. Jordan: Enhancing Community-Driven Legal Aid Services to the Poor Name: Enhancing Community-Driven Grant Number: TF011326 Grant Type: Regular/Project Legal Aid Services to the Poor Region: MNA Sector: Law & Justice Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Jordan Theme: Access to Law & Justice Bank TTL: Paul Scott Prettitore Implementing Agency: Justice Center for Legal Aid (JCLA) Grant Amount: 2,606,600 Activation Date: 6/1/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 2/8/2012 Original Closing Date:8/8/2015 Revised Closing Date:8/8/2015 End Disbursement Date:2/8/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support the legal empowerment of the poor and other vulnerable persons by improving access to justice sector services based on demand-side priorities of poor communities and supported by community- driven implementation. Component Description: Component A: Capacity-Building of Legal Aid Institutions: This component will help develop work policies and standards, improved Case Management and Statistics, and quality Assurance and Institutionalizing Feedback from Local Communities. Component B: Provision of Enhanced Legal Aid Services: This component will help establishment of a Comprehensive Legal Aid System for the Most Poor and Vulnerable, enhanced Legal Awareness, and building Partnerships with Local Communities. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of the reporting period, the grant had just been activated and implementation had not yet started. 4. Tunisia: Community Works and Local Participation Name: Community Works and Local Grant Number: TF012412 Grant Type: Emergency/Capacity Building Participation Region: MNA Sector: Public Administration Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Tunisia Theme: Participation and Civic Bank TTL: Diego Angel-Urdinola Engagement Implementing Agency: Ministry of Development and International Cooperation (MDCI) Grant Amount: 2,870,000 Activation Date: 10/1/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 6/18/2012 Original Closing Date:6/18/2016 Revised Closing Date:6/18/2016 End Disbursement Date:12/18/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to provide direct income support to low-skilled and long-term unemployed citizens, through their participation in labor-intensive community works, to be selected and implemented in a highly participatory manner in three underserved governorates of the Republic of Tunisia (Jendouba, Kassérine and Tataouine). Component Description: Component A: Community Works and Local Participation: This component will provide grants to finance labor-intensive community works, to be proposed and implemented by local associations (including NGOs, CSOs, etc.) with the support from technical services of government agencies at the local level. Component B: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The Grant Agreement was signed in Tunis on June 18, 2012. Once the remaining effectiveness condition (identification of the members of the selection committee for subprojects) has been met, the team will proceed with declaring the grant effective.  Project start-up activities have begun: the candidates for all three positions (FM, safeguards, and regional coordinator) in the region have been short-listed. The final selection will be made by early September 2012. Training in FM and procurement for members of the PIU took place in June 2012 just after signing of the GA.  Implementation (starting with the first request for proposals) is expected to begin in early October, after the three positions have been filled and the candidates have received training. The team visited the Jendouba region and met with interested NGOs, all of which had identified potential projects to be financed under the grant.  Training for ministry staff in project management will be carried out starting early September 2012. In addition, training for interested NGOs in preparation of project proposals will be conducted once the first request for proposals is launched. This will be followed by training in project management for NGOs whose proposals are selected. 5. Yemen: Offering Second Chances to At-Risk and Marginalized Youth Name: Offering Second Chances to At- Grant Number: TF093567 Grant Type: Regular/Capacity Building Risk and Marginalized Youth Region: MNA Sector: Social Development Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Yemen Theme: Social Inclusion Bank TTL: Mira Hong Implementing Agency: Ministry Of Youth (MOY) Grant Amount: 1,849,400 Activation Date: 8/17/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 7/28/2009 Original Closing Date:7/28/2013 Revised Closing Date:7/28/2013 End Disbursement Date:1/28/2014 Disbursement: 553,348.97 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 30 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support developing a system of second chance opportunities for vulnerable and marginalized youth through building up institutional competencies across civil society, non-government and government organizations to develop programs and create opportunities that will meet the unique and diversified needs of the youth. Component Description: Component A: Building Institutional Competencies: This component will support building technical and managerial competencies among civil society, non-government and government organizations to enable them to develop and deliver relevant programs that would meet the unique and diverse needs of at-risk youth (both male and female). Component B: Developing and Delivering Second Chance Programs and Opportunities: This component will support rehabilitation and development of at-risk youth (both male and female) through establishing a supportive system of service providers oriented to their specific needs while paving the way to development path through building their human capital, enhancing employability and securing employment. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  A new Bank team, which took over the project in April 2012, carried out a comprehensive desk review, as the circumstances did not allow the team to travel to Yemen, to take stock of progress to date, revisit project objectives and targets to assess whether they are still relevant and achievable, and support the Government to prepare a realistic plan during the remaining implementation period.  Based on this review, implementation continues to be moderately unsatisfactory. The suspension of disbursement has caused a loss of initially built momentum that is yet to be regained. Other constraints that remain are: (a) security situation; and (b) the lack of implementing agency (Ministry of Youth [MOY]) experience with implementing projects financed by the World Bank (WB) or multi-lateral donors, specifically pertaining to youth employment.  These challenges, compounded by an initially ambitious design and underestimated costs, have necessitated scaling down the project scope which has been agreed upon between the previous TTL and the Yemeni counterparts. The number of governorates was subsequently reduced from six to two. Although training materials were developed, only 22 of the original 120 NGOs were selected, and training of the NGOs is yet to pick up; only one training workshop has been delivered to date.  The number of targeted youth was also reduced from 10,000 to 3,200 in an effort to make project costs more realistic, yet the project is still far from delivering any services to youth as Component 1 (stage one) of the project, which entails building the capacity of training providers, is still to take hold. On the other hand, two One Stop Shops are currently being established at two MoY locations that would provide venues for NGOs and youth training, as well as entrepreneurship training and employment support for youth.  At the moment, though disbursement has resumed and project activities have begun to pick up, the project, having substantially scaled down the scope, is unlikely to meet a number of its outcome indicators. As such, following consultations with Yemeni counterparts and subsequently with the management, the team would like to propose to restructure the project to: (a) revise the project outcome indicators to reflect scaled-down and reprioritized project activities in an attempt to respond to the current youth unemployment challenges in Yemen; and (b) reallocate the funds accordingly. The Project Development Objective is still relevant and achievable. 6. Yemen: Healthy Mother Project Name: Healthy Mother Project Grant Number: TF094846 Grant Type: Regular/Project Region: MNA Sector: Health Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Yemen Theme: Health System Bank TTL: Sami Ali Performance Implementing Agency: SOUL for the Development of Women and Children Grant Amount: 2,850,000 Activation Date: 7/22/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 2/7/2012 Original Closing Revised Closing Date:6/30/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/31/2013 Date:6/30/2013 Disbursement: 200,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 7 Grant Objective: The objective of the HMP is to provide access and quality maternal health care to poor women in targeted districts in rural Sanaa Governorate. Component Description: Component A: Beneficiary Enrollment & Community Outreach: This component will support: (i) a baseline study for community assessment of the targeted districts in rural Sana'a; (ii) enrolment services through community outreach activities to identify eligible beneficiaries; and (iii) education and public awareness campaigns to promote quality maternal and child health. Component B: Service Delivery: This component will support the provision of defined quality services of Mother-Baby Packages to women of reproductive age as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) through contracting service providers. Services provided to eligible women of reproductive age in rural Sana'a, Yemen will include: antenatal care, attended childbirth, postnatal care, complicated care services and family planning. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Since the project supervision mission held in January 2011, the Bank team conducted continuous virtual follow-up on project activities. The team has been unable to conduct proper in-country supervision due to the suspension of Bank missions to Yemen since January 2011.  The suspension of disbursements of the Yemen portfolio, including the HMP, was lifted on January 20, 2012. The project is currently progressing with the selection of the Service Providers since most of the preparatory work was completed. Moreover, the selection process was amended to provide more flexibility to Service Providers and to take the current country security situation into account, by allowing them to provide proposals for maternal health services in small size districts in Sanaa', rather than large areas, and to enable them to avoid submitting proposals in fragile districts. However, project implementation may still face some delays due to the remaining political and security instability in Yemen.  The Bank team may consider requesting an extension of the project closing date from June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2014 to compensate for the time lost in implementation during the suspension period and to fully achieve the project objectives, aiming to provide access and quality maternal health care to 12,000 poor women in targeted districts in rural Sanaa Governorate. 7. Egypt: Job Readiness & Job Placement among Marginalized Youth Name: Job Readiness & Job Placement among Grant Number: TF095830 Grant Type: Regular/Project Marginalized Youth Region: MNA Sector: Social Overall Rating: Moderately Unsatisfactory Country: Egypt Development Bank TTL: Iqbal Kaur Theme: Social Inclusion Implementing Agency: National Council for Childhood and Motherhood Grant Amount: 2,850,000 Activation Date: 3/6/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 2/8/2010 Original Closing Date: 2/8/2014 Revised Closing End Disbursement Date:8/8/2014 Date:2/8/2014 Disbursement: 200,000 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 7 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to minimize risks of chronic and/or unsafe unemployment among marginalized youth (i.e. child laborers missing schools and/or released from worst forms of labor, and youth with missing official documents pertaining to some form of academic / training affiliation) through facilitating their access to pertinent opportunities for job readiness and job placement as a package. Component Description: Component A: Building Capacity and Establishing Partnership: This component will support building capacity of selected NGOs and effective partnerships between NGOs, CBOs (community based organizations) and employers (private sector) in the industrial zones and businesses in the target governorates to facilitate access of marginalized youth (i.e. child laborers missing schools and/or released from worst forms of labor, and youth with missing official documents pertaining to some form of academic / training affiliation) to relevant training & employment opportunities. Component B: Job Readiness and Placement Fund for Marginalized and Vulnerable Youth: This component will support establishing a Job Readiness & Placement Fund to facilitate youth access to on-the-job training, job placement and start up loans for encouraging job creation. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Within a year of project effectiveness (April 1st 2010) and after a satisfactory implementation readiness, the project came to a complete halt in February 2011 due to the political crisis in the country. In addition, the primary implementing agency (Ministry of Family and Population, MOFP) was disbanded and the project was moved to the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) with no decision on the implementing agency.  In April 2011, MOHP announced National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) as the final implementing agency. Consequently, Grant Agreement was amended twice: first in May 2011 (to change from MOFP to MOHP) and again in December 2011 (to change from MOHP to NCCM). However, the changes at the ministerial level and delays in appointing the project team prevented the project from taking off until recently in April2012.  In April 2012, a new project team was appointed and a revised action plan was prepared; (ii) withdrawal application in the amount of $182,000 was submitted and was processed--WA mainly included staff salaries and costs associated with rapid assessment/baseline survey.  The project budget will need to be reallocated (level II restructuring) to take into consideration post revolution emerging demands. The reallocation will mainly comprise (i) reducing the amount for the credit line and increasing the amount for the job training; and (ii) increasing operational costs to cover the project management team salaries for next two years--the originally allocated amount for operational costs were consumed in retaining the project staff throughout the political crisis (between February 2011 to April 2012) in the hope of resuming the project and very little was achieved. 8. Djibouti: Crisis Response: Employment and Human Capital Social Safety Net Name: Crisis Response: Employment and Human Grant Number: Grant Type: Emergency/Project Capital Social Safety Net TF097217 Region: MNA Sector: Other Social Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Djibouti Services Bank TTL: Stefanie Brodmann Theme: Social Safety Nets Implementing Agency: Agence Djiboutienne de Développement Social (ADDS) Grant Amount: 3.640,000 Activation Date: Grant Agreement Date:12/30/2010 Original Closing Date:12/30/2014 2/17/2011 End Disbursement Date:6/30/2015 Revised Closing Date:12/30/2014 Disbursement: 749,813.13 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 21 Grant Objective: The objective of the Project is to support the piloting of an innovative integrated safety net for poor and vulnerable households that would combine a workfare program with social assistance for nutrition using community-driven and participatory approaches as well as capacity building interventions by: (i) generating short-term job opportunities for the poor and vulnerable; and (ii) improving nutrition practices by enhancing knowledge, attitude and practices on water management, hygiene, food handling and childcare among participating households' pre-school children and pregnant and lactating women. Component Description: Component A: Community-Driven labor-Intensive Public Works: This component will support workfare program intended to provide short-term employment to able-bodied members of vulnerable/poor households. Component B: Nutrition-Based Social Assistance to Support Investments in Human Capital: This component will support innovative nutrition interventions in Djibouti aiming at preventing malnutrition in pre-school children and women. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  A phased mission took place from January to end February 2012. Several activities have taken place, notably hiring of consultants to finalize the catalogue of works, training of Ministry of Health staff and NGOs who will be responsible for implementing the Nutrition component, and data collection finalization of the baseline survey, among others.  Implementation is moving forward with nutrition interventions scheduled to be launched in the summer, and public works scheduled to start in the Fall of 2012.  The consultants have been recruited and the finalization of the works catalogue for the urban areas has been completed; the mission to rural areas to finalize the rural works catalogue took place in April 2012. The preparation activities (catalog of works, consultations and prioritization of works by communities, identification of beneficiaries, and procurement of the needed materials for the first round of works) are well advanced and it is expected that the works will begin in late November 2012.  The process of identifying Community Committees is also underway. The hiring of Sr. NGOs has been completed, and the training of health personnel and NGO staff took place in February 2012. The nutrition training manuals to be used by the NGOs have also been validated and approved by the Ministry of Health.  The M&E data verification and approval process is underway and should be ready by end April. The MIS system is also well launched and should be completed by end April. 9. Egypt: Participatory Farm-level Irrigation Modernization Name: Participatory Farm-level Grant Number: Grant Type: Regular/Project Irrigation Modernization TF098199 Region: MNA Sector: Irrigation & Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Egypt Drainage Bank TTL: Maurice Saade Theme: Other Rural Implementing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Development Executive Authority for Land Improvement Projects Grant Amount: 2,750,300 Activation Date: Grant Agreement Date: 9/5/2011 Original Closing Date:9/5/2015 9/19/2011 End Disbursement Date:3/5/2016 Revised Closing Date:9/5/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to pilot more participatory approaches for modernizing farm-level irrigation and cropping practices by targeting about 5,000 small-scale farmers with an estimated irrigation area of 2,800 ha (7,000 feddan) in Egypt's Nile Delta. Component Description: Component A: Participatory Farm-level Irrigation Modernization: This component will help pilot demand-driven and participatory approaches that could ultimately lead to more rapid adoption of improved technology as well as higher quality outputs. Component B: Promotion of Improved On-farm Irrigation and Cropping Practices: This component will support broader knowledge dissemination on improved on-farm irrigation and cropping practices through publications, broadcasting, web-based systems, upgrading of training centers, and extensive farmer meetings. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Since the grant has been effective a number of TORs have been submitted to the Bank and received clearance, the counterpart has to start the recruitment process. Given the low capacity with Bank procurement procedures, to support the process it was agreed that additional procurement training would be provided.  With regard to participatory farm-level irrigation modernization, the client has expressed concerned that cost recovery mechanisms cannot be introduced under a grant according to Egyptian regulations, which could cause difficulties in adjacent areas covered by the Bank-supported Farm-level Irrigation Modernization Project. As pilot areas of intervention are defined in the Grant agreement, alternative solutions are being discussed to resolve the issue. Although a number of discussions were held with the Irrigation Improvement Service of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation and the PMU to identify eligible branch canals to implement the grants activities, little progress has been made in the selection of these canals. 10. Iraq: Youth Livelihoods Development in Southern Iraq Name: Youth Livelihoods Development in Grant Number: TF098667 Grant Type: Regular/Project Southern Iraq Region: MNA Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Iraq Theme: Other Social Bank TTL: Gloria La Cava Development Implementing Agency: Save the Children Federation, Inc Grant Amount: 2,730,000 Activation Date: 3/2/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 2/13/2012 Original Closing Date:9/30/2013 Revised Closing End Disbursement Date:3/31/2014 Date:9/30/2013 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support 3,000 unemployed young people (aged 16-24) who have dropped out of school or who are working in the informal sector in four governorates in Southern Iraq (Basra, Thi-Qar, Missan, and Muthanna) in accessing opportunities for positive engagement and sustainable livelihoods through community development approaches. Component Description: Component A: Skills Development: This component will focus on skills development for young people through a community development approach. Save the Children Federation, Inc (SC) will partner with local non-governmental organizations and other youth-focused institutions to build their capacity in delivering life skills training and other livelihoods skills. Component B: Employability and Income Generation: This component will give youth the opportunity to put their new skills to work through a menu of hands-on learning activities. Most young people learn best by doing. Component C: Communication Activities: This component will help finance a communication campaign that will be implemented at the onset and throughout the project execution in order to reach out to potential beneficiaries and to inform them of the opportunities provided by the project activities. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  After the donor approval of the grant and based on the LEG advice, an endorsement letter was sought in March 2011 from the Iraq Strategic Review Board (ISRB) within the Government of Iraq (GoI) as the Grant Recipient is a Non-Governmental Organization; however the government undertook a restructuring especially on donor coordination, and the endorsement letter was not issued until late July 2011 when a new structure, the Partnership Committee, was created. Subsequently the project design was revised to reflect the realities on the ground, and it was sent to the JSDF secretariat. All the clearances were received in late October 2011.  The Project Manager has been recruited and has been working on the preparation of implementation since June 2011, and these expenses will be financed retroactively once the grant becomes effective. As Iraq is rated as high in both procurement and FM risks, Fiduciary Management Agent (FMA) will be hired to strengthen the Bank’s supervision capacity including frequent site visits.  After the project effectiveness in March 2012, (i) a project launch event was held; (ii) all program staff for the first year have been recruited and trained; (iii) training materials were developed, adapted and printed (in Arabic); (iv) program approaches were tested in the northern and central Iraq cooperation with existing training providers; (v) locations for implementation were selected; (vi) plan for Training of Trainers was finalized; (vii) community mobilization to recruit youth was launched; (viii) ToR have been prepared for Labor Market Assessment; (ix) processes for community youth project were developed and tested; (x) processes for apprenticeships were developed and tested; (xi) processes for youth enterprise projects were developed and tested; and (xii) M&E system was launched. 11. Yemen: Piloting Coping Strategies For Rainfed Farmers Name: Piloting Coping Strategies For Rainfed Grant Number: TF098754 Grant Type: Regular/Project Farmers Region: MNA Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Yemen Forestry Bank TTL: Garry Charlier Theme: Climate Change Implementing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Grant Amount: 2,775,700 Activation Date: 6/19/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 3/5/2011 Original Closing Date:3/5/2015 Revised Closing Date: 3/5/2015 End Disbursement Date: 9/5/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are: (a) to enhance capacity and awareness at key national agencies and at local levels, to respond to climate variability and change; and (b) to better equip local communities to cope with climate change through the conservation and use of agro-biodiversity. Component Description: Component A: Community Resource Management Planning: This component will work with select pilot communities in the rainfed highlands of Yemen to guide and help them in preparing community natural resource management Plans to support conservation of natural resources as well as adaptation practices. Component B: Establishment of Small Income Generation Projects: This component will help offer communities a practical way of alleviating poverty through agro-biodiversity conservation by financing small sustainable projects run by farmers in the targeted rain-fed areas. Component C: Community Small-Scale Upgrading and Capacity Building: This component will help each of the pilot communities benefit from small-scale upgrading. This upgrading will be tied to conservation of water, soil, terraces, crops, and seeds - among others - and seek to maximize the use of local knowledge and adaptation practices. These upgrading projects will be tied to specific training in conservation and adaptation. Component D: Community Awareness Program: This component will support an education and awareness-raising program targeting the rain-fed areas, beyond the 8-10 pilot villages, by using community facilitation teams. Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Implementation progress has stalled since early 2011 because of the prolonged socio-political turmoil, the deteriorating security situation and the suspension of disbursements with no significant activities implemented yet on the ground in this incipient stage. But following the lifting of the suspension of disbursements in January 2012, detailed revised action plans, implementation and procurement plans as well as adjusted budget and disbursement forecasts have been prepared by the Government and found acceptable to IDA.  Project implementation continues to be delayed and is still at a very incipient stage. This is the result of the prolonged socio-political situation in the country in 2011 and early 2012, compounded by the need to redefine new implementation responsibilities and arrangements for the project following from the closing on June 30, 2012 of the Groundwater and Soil Conservation Project and its Project Coordination Unit which was originally responsible for implementing The Agro-biodiversity Adaptation Project (ACAP). Now that the details of the new implementation arrangements have been agreed upon to transfer this responsibility of the existing Project Support Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in charge of the Rainfed Agriculture and Livestock Project, actual implementation of ACAP activities is resuming in earnest, and acceleration in the pace of implementation is expected in the first half of 2013. 12. Tunisia: Community Health Collaborative Project Name: Community Health Collaborative Grant Number: TF099374 Grant Type: Regular/Project Project Region: MNA Sector: Health Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Tunisia Theme: Health System Bank TTL: Hebatalla Abdelhamid Elgazzar Performance Implementing Agency: Ministry of Public Health, Tunis, Tunisia Grant Amount: 878,550 Activation Date: 8/3/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 11/22/2011 Original Closing Date:11/22/2015 Revised Closing End Disbursement Date:5/26/2016 Date:11/22/2015 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the quality and responsiveness of health service delivery for reproductive health through community involvement and empowerment in planning and delivering health services in underserved areas of the Republic of Tunisia's peri-urban and rural governorates in the southeast (Tataouine), central west (Kasserine), and northwest (Jendouba). Component Description: Component A: Community Education and Mobilization: This component will help finance the establishment of 6 new Community Health Collaboratives (CHC)s in pilot regions of Tunisia, these voluntary citizen support group would be established in underserved governorates; and the creation of public educational programs regarding maternal health. Component B: Community Outreach and Master Planning for improving delivery of maternal care: This component will help finance the training of Community Health Collaborative on Master Planning methods for health services, which are resource planning models that improve the efficiency of health care delivery to meet basic health needs, and the preparation of local regional programmatic budget for local health services that incorporate Master Plans. Component C: Health Services Delivery Performance Monitoring: This component will help finance the training of on survey approaches to monitoring and evaluating health system responsiveness, delivery and quality of care; and the design, placement and analysis of a health system responsiveness and quality of care survey upon initiation and completion of the project, thereby influencing the first component's activities as well as providing a baseline for a follow-up impact evaluation of the project. Component D: Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The grant was activated after the reporting period. No activities have been undertaken. 13. Yemen: Biogas Digesters Project Name: Biogas Digesters Grant Number: TF099469 Grant Type: Regular/Project Project Region: MNA Sector: Crops Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Yemen Theme: Rural non-Farm Bank TTL: Garry Charlier Income Generation Implementing Agency: Groundwater and Soil Conservation Project (GSCP) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MAI) Grant Amount: Activation Date: 6/21/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 5/12/2012 2,481,720 Revised Closing End Disbursement Date:11/12/2016 Original Closing Date:5/12/2016 Date:5/12/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve energy access by the rural poor communities and increase their incomes, particularly women and youth in Yemen, through piloting the use of rural biogas as an integral part of sustainable development to meet the challenges of poverty, food and energy production, while contributing to the mitigation of climate change impacts. Component Description: Component A: Stakeholders consultation, awareness-raising and engagement in rural biogas digester development: This component will take a very practical, demonstrative approach to consult, raise awareness and engage villages into the project's objectives. Component B: Targeted capacity building for establishment of bio-digesters: This component will focus on building capacity at the local level in a targeted way. The selected champions and farmers (from 8-10 villages in Al-Mahweet and other select governorates) will participate in detailed discussions on the potential locating and siting of the bio-digesters, features that need to inform the design of these bio- digesters (in consultation with the engineers) including a discussion of pros and cons of various designs, how to operate and maintain bio- digesters in the longer term. Component C: Piloting biogas digesters in selected rural villages: This component will focus on the actual installation, utilization and maintenance of biogas digesters in select rural villages. Component D: Policy level and private sector engagement for scaling up of biogas digesters: This component will support the national and local governments of Yemen to scale up biogas as poverty alleviation technology, and adopt the national policy by showing the potential to use the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol to support national biogas as a multi-benefit approach for Yemeni poor. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: The grant was approved by Japan on April 5, 2011, but the signing of the grant agreement was put on hold because of the political crisis and deteriorating security situation that prevailed in Yemen throughout 2011. Now that the World Bank has resumed disbursements in Yemen, the grant agreement and disbursement letter were signed by the Bank on April 23, 2012, and countersigned by the government on May 12, 2012. Steps are underway to ensure compliance with the effectiveness conditions of the JSDF Grant in the coming weeks. This will allow for project implementation to start and be carried out in accordance with the agreed upon project plan and approved Project Implementation Manual. 14. Yemen: Strengthening the Powerless Groups through Family-Community Led Programs Name: Strengthening the Powerless Grant Number: TF095278 Grant Type: Regular/Project Groups through Family-Community Led Programs Region: MNA Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry Overall Rating: Highly Unsatisfactory Country: Yemen Theme: Bank TTL: Nina Bhatt Implementing Agency: Yemeni Women's Union (YWU) Grant Amount: 2,738,700 Activation Date: 6/11/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 3/2/2010 Original Closing Date:6/30/2013 Revised Closing Date:6/30/2013 End Disbursement Date:12/31/2013 Disbursement: % of Grant Amount Disbursed: Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to test replicable models to improve the quality of life of the poor and vulnerable groups affected by the rising costs in food prices and poverty in Yemen (especially women, youth, children), including the issue of environmental degradation, and poor health habits. Component Description: Component A: Building Capacity of Stakeholders, Awareness and Sensitization Campaigns: The purpose of this component is to build capacity at national, selected governorates and districts councils and main support organizations, design pilot demonstrations and develop and conduct information and education campaigns on the food crisis, poverty, and environmental degradation and health habits. Component B: Family-Community Strengthening Program Activities: The purpose of this component is to test and demonstrate in selected areas specific intervention and strengthening activities to address food insecurity, environmental, health and poverty challenges. Component C: Component E: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will provide grant implementation and management support to the Implementing Agency (IA) to efficiently and effectively implement the proposed activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  This project is managed by the Yemen Women's Union (YWU) which has limited knowledge of Bank financed projects and their procedures therefore their capacity to implement the project is very limited. To overcome the weak capacity, there is provision for establishment of a Project Coordination and Support Unit (PCSU) but this team is not fully up and running.  The TTL has not been able to visit the project location nor meet with the PSCU. The Task Team has met with the Head of the Yemen Women's Union in Washington DC in April 2012. This project has experienced wide ranging difficulties which have several attributions: there has been the political upheaval in the Region, more specifically, the suspension of disbursement in Yemen resulting in a project stalemate for over the past year. There is currently no Project Coordinator in place. It is also unclear whether Bank procurement procedures have been fully adhered to. In this context as well as on the Bank side, there has been considerable TTL turn over with four TTLs to data accompanied by a change in sector responsibility.  The last change in TTL ship occurred in March 2012. Some progress can be noted since this juncture. A meeting was held in Washington DC with the Head of the Yemeni Women's Union on 19th April together with the new Task Team, including its procurement specialist. At this meeting, the context of the project, some of the difficulties with procurement; possibilities of re- design/restructuring were discussed. This meeting agreed for the need to clarify the project's pending procurement issues including those related to the eligibility of some incurred expenditures. The Bank Team together, including its Sector Manager were scheduled to meet with the YWU and also the PSCU the week of June 11th 2012 but this mission was canceled for security reasons. A Bank mission to S'aana or a reverse mission to Amman/Dubai is now proposed with the YWU at the earliest juncture to enable the Bank's TTL and Procurement Officer together with the PCSU to clarify all pending procurement issues and to discuss options for clearing the operational manual as a means to more concretely move forward. In the meantime, the Bank provided (June 17) the YWU with a revised TOR for the position of Project Coordinator (the position is now vacant). A mission to meet with the counterparts will occur at the next available date. The key steps are to ensure that procurement issues in the project are sorted out satisfactorily prior to proceeding with clearance on the Operations Manual and Procurement Plan, both of which need to be revised. SAR REGION 1. Afghanistan: Support for the roll-out of the National solidarity Program 2 (NSP2) Name: Support for the roll-out of the Grant Number: TF092433 Grant Type: Afghanistan/Emergency/Project National solidarity Program 2 (NSP2) Region: SAR Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Highly Satisfactory Country: Afghanistan Development Bank TTL: Ladisy Komba Chengula Theme: Participation and civic Implementing Agency: National Solidarity engagement/Rural services and Program (NSP) - Minister of Rural infrastructure Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) Grant Amount: 4,812,500.00 Activation Date: 12/03/2008 Grant Agreement Date: 09/23/2008 Original Closing Date:10/05/2012 Revised Closing Date:4/05/2013 End Disbursement Date:10/05/2013 Disbursement: 4,812,500.00 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 100% Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to support the implementation of the Second National Solidarity Project in previously uncovered districts with the aim of strengthening community level governance and improving the access of rural communities to social and productive infrastructure and services. Component Description: The key components of this grant are the following: Component A: Grants for Community Subprojects: This component will provide block grants to enable the CDCs to plan and implement sub-projects involving reconstruction and development activities, identified through a facilitated participatory planning process at the community level. Component B: Facilitation Partner Management Costs: Community Facilitation and Subproject Preparation, Capacity Building of CDCs: This component will cover consultancy service payments based on deliverables for ongoing contracts of 29 Facilitating Partners (FPs) under NSP 2. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  NSP II is currently undergoing an impact evaluation carried out by Harvard University. The baseline survey was completed in August/September 2007, the first follow-on survey was undertaken between May and October 2009 and a second follow-on survey was completed in December 2011. Findings from the first follow-up survey show that NSP has already achieved a number of key outcomes.  The survey finds that NSP (i) creates avenues for women's participation and women’s' involvement in economic activities;(ii) increases participation by men in local governance; (iii) increases community responsiveness to women's needs; (iv) increases access to basic services (e.g. drinking water, electricity); (v) Improves communities perceptions of government;(vi) Decreases the out-migration of households within a community; and (vii) Improves the perception of the economic situation.  A second follow up impact evaluation survey was completed in December 2011. The content of the draft report was discussed at the end of April 2012. The final report will be released in June 2012. The next progress report will highlight the findings of this report.  The 160 communities covered under JSDF rollout support have completed their sub-projects and fully utilized their grants.  Overall, the NSP has established 29,397 CDCs and financed 62,105 sub-projects prepared by communities with FPs' assistance.  CDCs' capacity to plan and implement subprojects has been built through various training, including in procurement, bookkeeping and community based monitoring.  Women participation in preparation of the community development plans, identifying priority subprojects, planning and implementation has increased.  Women are increasingly being part of the community leadership and decision making process.  CDC’s empowerment has increased a sense of ownership of the subprojects and enhanced their sustainability. 2. Afghanistan: Clustering of Community Development Councils (CCDC) under the national solidarity program 2 (NSP2) Name: Clustering of Community Grant Number: TF092435 Grant Type: Afghanistan/Emergency/Project Development Councils (CCDC) under the national solidarity program 2 (NSP2) Region: SAR Sector: Agriculture and Rural Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Afghanistan Development Bank TTL: Ladisy Komba Chengula Theme: Participation and civic Implementing Agency: National Solidarity engagement/Rural services and Program (NSP). Minister of Rural infrastructure Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) Grant Amount: 9,587,480.00 Activation Date: 01/13/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 09/23/2008 Original Closing Date:12/30/2012 Revised Closing Date:12/30/2013 End Disbursement Date:06/30/2014 Disbursement: 5,348,664.36 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 56 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to: (i) promote the clustering of Community Development Councils (CDC) in selected provinces to further enhance their capacity, sustainability and solidarity; (ii) promote greater coordination between CDCs and local authorities; and (iii) link CDCs to District Development Assemblies and facilitate the preparation of more efficient and effective District Development Plans, all for the purpose of improving the quality of life in the Project communities. Component Description: Component A: Clustering of Community Development Councils to further enhance their capacity and sustainability: Under this component, block grants will be provided to CDCs which have completely utilized their NSP funding to enable them to implement prioritized projects at the cluster level. Component B: Strengthening linkages/coordination with local authorities: This component will help establish and strengthen a coordination mechanism between the different stakeholders. Component C: District Identification and Guidelines of CDC clustering: This component will develop guidelines for clustering, for cluster-based project appraisals, and for cluster-based project implementation. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination : This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Despite the delayed start the project is likely to achieve its intended objectives. The preliminary findings from monitoring of the JSDF-funded Cluster Community Development Councils (CCDCs) pilot show that their capacity in planning and implementing relatively larger projects has been enhanced. Also, there are strong linkages between the cluster CDCs and line ministries at the provincial level, particularly with the Provincial Rural Rehabilitation and the Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock. Findings also show that women are increasingly participating in cluster CDC meetings. The Project has enhanced the women’s participation in CCDC meetings by providing transport facilities. Furthermore, the elected male and female CCDC leaders are representing their clusters in the District Development Assemblies (DDAs). These achievements demonstrate that the objectives of project are slowly, but steadily being achieved.  Total of 67 Cluster Community Development Councils (CCDCs); 67 Clusters Community Development Plans have been prepared; and 69 sub-projects have been financed in Balkh, Bamyan and Nangarhar.  A total of US$3.72 million in block grants had been disbursed to CCDCs, and approximately US$3.52 utilized. The Implementation Support Mission was pleased to note that the implementation of the pilot was progressing well in.  By end of June 2012, the baseline for impact evaluation of CCDCs had been completed; and draft concept paper and ToRs for the impact evaluation had been prepared. The process of recruiting a consultant/firm to undertake an impact evaluation of the CCDCs begun in July 2012, and will be completed in mid-November 2012. The CCDCs impact evaluation report for Balkh and Nangarhar provinces is expected to be ready in April 2013. The final report, including Bamyan province would be completed by April 2014. The report would provide inputs to the mid-term review and inform the future design of NSP.  As of June 30, 2012, 56% of the grant has been disbursed and the remaining is expected to be disbursed before the closing date of the grant. 3. Nepal: Making markets work for the conflict affected Name: Making markets work for the Grant Number: TF011208 Grant Type: Regular/Project conflict affected Region: SAR Sector: Other Social Services Overall Rating: Not Rated Country: Nepal Theme: Rural Non-Farm Income Bank TTL: Vinayak Narayan Ghatate Generation Implementing Agency: Poverty Alleviation Fund Grant Amount: 2,646,777 Activation Date: 3/2/2012 Grant Agreement Date: 2/17/2012 Original Closing Date:2/17/2016 Revised Closing Date:2/17/2016 End Disbursement Date:8/17/2016 Disbursement: 0 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 0 Grant Objective: The Project Development Objective is to enhance the opportunities and share of rural artisans (especially the poorest, internally displaced people, landless and the vulnerable) in the crafts and cultural market. The project will benefit poor and disadvantaged people (including women and differently-abled), particularly in lagging and conflict affected districts that have been marked by social unrest and stress. This innovative project aims at addressing the root cause of unrest and distress migration by enabling the beneficiaries to access sustainable livelihoods by strengthening their traditional skills and make inroads into mainstream markets. Component Description: Component A: Cluster Development and Capacity Building: The component will help the artisans to setup their own artisan cluster that is fully owned, managed by the artisan communities that is fully transparent, participatory and inclusive. Component B: Community Cluster Fund: This component will help set up a Community Cluster Fund in all ten clusters to develop innovative and artisan specific financial products and implement the business plans for economic activities of the cluster. Component C: Marketing: This component will help provide a critical marketing and trade support to efficiently connect the artisan clusters with mainstream markets and establish private sector and export linkages. Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs: At the time of this reporting, the grant had not yet been activated. 4. Pakistan: Improving Living Conditions in a Changing Environment of the Thatta Coastal Farmers Name: Improving Living Conditions Grant Number: TF093387 Grant Type: Regular/Project in a Changing Environment of the Thatta Coastal Farmers Region: SAR Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Pakistan Forestry Bank TTL: Mohammad Imtiaz Akhtar Alvi Theme: Income generation Implementing Agency: Action Against Hunger (AAH) Grant Amount: 1,977,650 Activation Date: 5/12/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 3/12/2009 Original Closing Date:3/11/2012 Revised Closing Date:3/12/2013 End Disbursement Date:9/12/2013 Disbursement:1,732,772 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 88 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to improve the living conditions in coastal Thatta of approximately 6,500 small farmers (farmers with 1-10 cultivatable acres of land) and tenant (indentured farmers to landlords) households by increasing household income and decreasing household expenditure and burdens. Component Description: Component A: Increase autonomy/self-sufficiency on agricultural inputs: This component will help develop more autonomy and control of agricultural inputs, partnerships will be created between the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), AAH and Farmer Organizations to conduct soil analysis and supply certified saline- tolerant seeds. Component B: Reinforcing agricultural wholesale markets: This component will help facilitate the reinforcement of wholesale markets with the objective of creating an advantage for poor farmers. Component C: Renewed access to boreholes turned saline: This component will help facilitate access to the tubewells through the introduction of low-cost desalination units will be renewed thereby increasing access to safe drinking water and decreasing healthcare costs. Component D: Increase knowledge and analysis in the livelihood sector for Thatta district coastal areas: This component will help finance two livelihood surveys in district Thatta to increase the knowledge in the livelihood sector. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Completion of detailed livelihoods survey of the project area  Completed soil analysis and assessment of saline tolerant species suitable to project area.  Distribution of saline tolerant seeds for cash crops and vegetables amongst selected households finalized.  Water quality testing for assessment of suitability for agriculture and other human consumption conducted.  Identification and rehabilitation of saline affected water boreholes finalized.  Mobilization and training of farmer organizations on cooperation marketing approaches conducted.  Social mobilization for all project interventions conducted.  Mobilization on seed saving techniques for paddy farming communities has been finalized.  Wheat PDM conducted and Paddy Participatory Hydrologic Monitoring finalized.  Training on improved agriculture, seed saving techniques & on-farm natural resources management conducted.  Field training held on post-harvest management of vegetables & cereals conducted and monitoring of cooperatives wholesale marketing activity done for paddy.  Links established with wholesale buyers of vegetables.  Bacterial & water quality tested for 10 wells; 17 session on primary healthcare conducted; Memorandum Of signed & Meeting & field visit conducted with PCSIR technical team to share the technical idea and knowledge.  The project was restructured. The implementing agency requested for budget realignment to respond to the priority needs of the target communities and for effective implementation of project components. The Bank agreed to the request.  Due to the back to back floods in two years, the project lost valuable time and Bank agreed to extend the project closing date to March 12, 2013. 5. Nepal: Pro-Poor Targeted Secondary School Stipend (PPTS) Name: Pro-Poor Targeted Secondary Grant Number: TF093397 Grant Type: Regular/Project School Stipend (PPTS) Region: SAR Sector: Education Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Nepal Theme: Education For All Bank TTL: Leopold Remi Sarr Implementing Agency: Department of Education (DOE) Grant Amount: 1,904,636 Activation Date: 1/19/2009 Grant Agreement Date: 1/2/2009 Original Closing Date:1/2/2013 Revised Closing Date: 1/15/2014 End Disbursement Date: 7/15/2014 Disbursement: 955,468 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 50 Grant Objective: The Development Objectives of this Project are to: a) improve access and learning outcomes for the poorest and socially excluded groups (disadvantaged groups and girls) in public secondary schools -community aided and unaided schools- through the provision of financial assistance to study in grades 9 and 10; b) build local capacity and support government’s ability to effectively target the needy groups. Component Description: Component A: Selection of Grade 9 Beneficiary Students Through Proxy Means Targeting (PMT): This component will help Improve access and schooling quality for children from socially and economically disadvantaged groups, including girls and dalits, by offering them financial assistance to attend grades 9. Component B: Capacity Development for Selecting Students, Distributing and Monitoring the Stipend Program: This component will help develop the capacity of local governments as well as that of local community organizations to implement this innovative targeted stipend scheme. Component C: Financial incentives to participating lower secondary and secondary schools: This component provides schools with several financial incentives in order to a) increase their capacity to screen out non-poor applicants, b) raise their ability to operate the project, c) encourage out-of-school children to apply for stipends, and d) monitor the academic performance of the selected students. Component D: Evaluation of the Stipend Program: An independent third party will be selected by DOE to conduct a rigorous evaluation of the project. Lessons learned from this program will help the government further improve its education projects and other social development programs dealing with poverty targeting. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  The second year implementation has significantly improved. About 48860 children applied to the program as a result of a better information campaign and a better understanding by the Non-Governmental Organization of the selection process. DOE staff at the district and Resource Persons (RP) at the Village Development Community level were also very much involved in improving the overall implementation. An additional 3,000 beneficiaries were selected making the total number of PPTS beneficiaries 15,500.  A workshop was organized in Chitwan by DOE inviting district coordinators, RP, District Education Office (DEO) staff, DOE central officers and the World Bank to learn lessons from first year implementation and make necessary corrections. At VDC level, RP level PMT workshops were also reorganized across the 15 districts. A total of 1,500 people have been trained.  The first baseline survey collection was completed since October 2010 and the data has been entered. The 2nd baseline is completed and the analysis is underway. Preliminary findings about the accuracy of the PMT targeting scheme will be available early December 2012. The end-line data collection will start sometime in May 2013 and we expect to complete the impact evaluation activities by November 2013.  The last supervision mission was held in June 2012 jointly with the SHEP project. About 1,100 participating schools received the monetary incentive for helping implement the PMT selection. This year, more than 1,200 schools received their allocation for the 2nd round of student’s selection.  There has been some significant convergence among various sectors within the Bank (Education, Health, SP and PAF) to implement a unique PMT poverty targeting nationwide using the updated information from the Central Bureau of Statistics. All programs targeting the poor will now use the PMT model we have developed under the PPTS project. 6. Afghanistan: Support to Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) Project Name: Support to Basic Package of Grant Number: TF095919 Grant Type: Afghanistan/Regular/Project Health Services (BPHS) Project Region: SAR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Afghanistan Theme: Other Human Development Bank TTL: Inaam Ul Haq Implementing Agency: Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Grant Amount: 17,650,000 Activation Date: 3/24/2010 Grant Agreement Date: 3/14/2010 Original Closing Date:3/14/2013 Revised Closing Date:3/14/2014 End Disbursement Date:11/14/2014 Disbursement: 16,966,684.61 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 96 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project aims to improve the health status of the Afghan population by increasing accessibility and quality of the Project in Balkh, Samangan and Kabul provinces. Specifically, the proposed activities will help improve the health and nutritional status of the people of Afghanistan, with a greater focus on women and children and under-served areas of the country. Component Description: Component A: Sustaining and Strengthening BPHS Delivery in rural areas: This component will finance the delivery of an enhanced package of BPHS services in Balkh and Samangan. Component B: Piloting BPHS implementation in urban Kabul: This component will help finance the analytical work needed to define the content and delivery modalities for BPHS in urban areas, followed by a pilot to implement BPHS in urban Kabul. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Overall project performance at Mid-Term Review (MTR) was rated satisfactory as progress toward the Project Development Objective (PDO) is satisfactory. Most of the PDO level indicators show results well on target. At MTR project's expected outputs based on available data indicate that overall access and coverage of basic services has increased as almost 85 percent of the population now lives in districts which now have service providers being financed to deliver a basic package of health services. Health Management Information System data shows increasing coverage of deliveries attended by skilled attendants and DPT3 coverage, Tuberculosis treatment success rate has been maintained and number of current users of family planning has also increased but coverage of antenatal care has declined.  Implementation performance is rated as satisfactory. Service delivery performance of implementing partner in both provinces of Balk and Samangan had declined during the transition from the previous project in terms of quality of care and coverage of services. However, as a result of actions taken data suggests that there is now a reversal of trends with improvement in key performance indicators in both of the provinces. The improvement has been as a result of detailed review of performance by the Grants and Contracts Management Unit with implementing partners (NGOs, MOPH-SM and PHDs). The resulting province specific actions plans are being implemented with enhanced monitoring and continuing dialogue. In addition, after initial delays, implementation of Essential Package of Hospital Services in Performance Partnership Agreement and SM provinces and Urban BPHS has started to make good progress.  The 2012 Health Sector Strategic Planning Retreat was organized by the MOPH in January 2012 which has defined and laid out priorities for implementation of the Ministry's Strategic Plan (2011-2015). The team has initiated dialogue with the Ministry and European Union for the next phase of support for the health sector to be approved in 2013. 7. Sri Lanka: Local Level Nutrition Interventions for the Northern Province Name: Local Level Nutrition Grant Number: TF097171 Grant Type: Emergency/Project Interventions for the Northern Province Region: SAR Sector: Health Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: Sri Lanka Theme: Food Security/Nutrition Bank TTL: Nkosinathi Vusizihlobo Mbuya Implementing Agency: The Northern Provincial Council / Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine Grant Amount: 2,731,700 Activation Date: 2/16/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 1/31/2011 Original Closing Date:1/31/2015 Revised Closing Date:1/31/2015 End Disbursement Date:7/31/2015 Disbursement: 954,545.45 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 35 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to reduce the compounded effects of the global food and financial crises on the displaced populations in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, by reducing malnutrition rates among pregnant and lactating women and children below five years of age. Component Description: Component A: Supply of Emergency Food Rations: This component will help 7100 pregnant and lactating women and 12,600 under-five children receive their food rations according to project schedule. Component B: Capacity Building and Community Mobilization: This component will help provide 15 auxiliary health staff, 60 rural health assistants, 100 community volunteers, and 700 mothers group members adequate training in nutrition interventions. Component C: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Currently, a total of 5584 pregnant women, 4404 lactating mothers, 2445 infants 6-11 months and 4330 children 12-23 months are receiving the supplementary food. Beneficiaries will receive the supplementary food only for a limited period, that is, to demonstrate that appropriate feeding practices, using locally available and acceptable foods can indeed improve the nutritional well-being of expectant mothers, infants and young children.  Five one-day refresher training sessions for Community Health Facilitators (CHF) were conducted in April 2012 and focused on community problem analysis, community action plan formulation based on community problem analysis, effective and results-focused nutrition behavioral change and communication (and nutrition counseling) and empowering the leadership of Mothers’ Groups. CHFs also participate at the regularly held monthly conference of each Medical officer of Health office, where their work with the community is reviewed.  In total, 48 Government Staff have participated in the Training of Trainers, 315 Divisional Staff and 283 Community Health Facilitators have received training in various aspects of the project.  In terms of Community Mobilization, a total of 1041 Mothers’ Groups have been formed out of which 1019 from the 22 Medical officers of Health Divisions targeted by the project have been registered with the Northern Province Health Ministry. Approximately 15,000 women, mainly mothers have become members of these groups. Currently, a mothers’ group is functional in every single village of these 22 Divisions. In addition to community mobilization for nutrition and facilitating health and nutrition behavioral change and communication, mothers’ groups are also actively involved in ho me gardening, kitchen improvement activities as well as the distribution of Jeevaposha.  Although efforts have been made in some project areas to target fathers and community leaders with nutrition- related behavioral changes through the newly established mothers clubs, this has not been done systematically. The project has been encouraged to endeavor to involve all those who are responsible for decision making in a household as well as those who can influence them (for example leaders of opinion and other influential community members). The activities should ensure that the concerns of men and women, when it comes to household food and nutrition security, are taken into consideration, and that responsibilities for the nutritional well-being of all household members are assigned to men, women and the community as a whole. 8. Pakistan: Emergency Job Training for Vulnerable Youth Name: Emergency Job Training for Grant Number: TF097919 Grant Type: Emergency/Capacity Building Vulnerable Youth Region: SAR Sector: Vocational Training Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: Pakistan Theme: Education For All Bank TTL: Huma Ali Waheed Implementing Agency: Sindh Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority Grant Amount: 2,755,000 Activation Date: 5/3/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 2/2/2011 Original Closing Date:1/6/2013 Revised Closing Date:1/6/2013 End Disbursement Date:1/12/2013 Disbursement: 1,280,500 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 46 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project aims to mitigate the negative impact of the food, fuel, and financial crises on employment and income of vulnerable youth by equipping them with skills that are in-demand and that will facilitate their (re-)entry into the job-market. The grant objective is to provide emergency job training to up to 5,050 crisis-affected vulnerable youth living in urban areas of Sindh through an innovative short-term training program that includes job-placement support to help find employment and earn income. Component Description: Component A: Emergency Training to Vulnerable Youth: This component will help provide emergency job training to up to 5,050 crisis-affected vulnerable youth through an innovative short-term training program that includes job placement assistance. Component B: Monitoring and Evaluation and Grant Implementation: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  This project is implemented by the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme (BBSYDP) of the Government of Sindh which provides short term training to youth in the province through performance-based contracts with training providers.  BBSYDP has been able to impart training to 7,308 trainees using grants funds against a target of 5,050 trainees. Training quality and provision were verified by a third party. However, Female participation in training was below target.  A partnership arrangement with international certification bodies has not been fruitful to date. Much more concentrated effort in this respect is required by BBSYDP  Employment outcomes of the trainees are currently being assessed and will be available by December 2012. 9. India: Economic Empowerment For Women Name: Economic Empowerment For Grant Number: TF098626 Grant Type: Regular/Project Women Region: SAR Sector: Agriculture, Fishing, Overall Rating: Satisfactory Country: India Forestry Bank TTL: Vinayak Narayan Ghatate Theme: Micro, Small, Medium Implementing Agency: Self Employed Enterprise Support Women's Association (SEWA) Grant Amount: 1,820,726 Activation Date: 3/7/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 2/15/2011 Original Closing Date:2/15/2015 Revised Closing Date:2/15/2015 End Disbursement Date:8/15/2015 Disbursement: 201,213.92 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 11 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to provide IT-enabled microenterprise support services to poor and vulnerable women in rural India (specifically in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bihar and some North-Eastern states, with Gujarat as the main focus) to help improve their livelihoods and reduce their vulnerability. Component Description: Component A: Transforming Community Learning Centers into Business Development Centers in Gujarat: This component will help convert its existing Community Learning Centers and Village Resource Centers into Business Development Centers (BDCs) supported by a set of technology-enabled innovations to support microenterprises. Component B: Launching Business Development Centers in other states: This component will help expand the lessons learned in Gujarat establishing five additional BDCs in other states (possibly Rajasthan, Bihar, and the North-Eastern states). Component C: Program Administration, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  Activities started in March 2011. In Gujarat, seven Community Resource Centers to be converted into Business Resource Centers were identified through a participatory process (Mehsana-Ganeshpura, Surendranagar- Vivsavdi, Radhanpur-Kamlasadan; Anand-Pij; Kutch-Nakhatrana; Vadodara-Bodeli; Sabarkatha-Bayad). One center was identified in Rajasthan. Partnerships were initiated with organizations in Assam and Meghalaya (two centers), and more recently Bihar, to set up centers in these states.  Launch workshops and exposure visits to Pij/Bodeli were held. Business plans for the centers were developed, with support from management students from Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Orissa.  The Business Plans for the Centers identify different activities that can be launched to support local economic activities, and assess target beneficiaries, costs and potential revenues for each activity. Activities include support to farmers through training, tele-agriculture (soil testing and discussions with experts), demonstration plots (including on organic farming) tools libraries, spot and future price information distributed by mobile, procurement of commodities, and linkages to markets through SEWA's agricultural trading cooperative RUDI. Support to artisans includes skills training, market linkages, and an embroidery museum in Radhanpur to maintain and showcase the rich heritage of the area. In the last twelve months, activities have started and technology has been procured for most centers. The project supports business development, expert advice, learning and exposure visits, and the technology tools to enable linkages, distance learning, etc.  Community radios (CR), which were planned for all BDCs, have not yet been launched, because the regulatory approvals have still not been received. Several issues (including the fee charged to CRs) have been resolved and one CR license appears imminent, with three more in the works. In view of the delay in awarding licenses, the total number has been scaled down to four (three in GJ and one in MG) in the hope that licenses will be granted in time.  A consultant has been hired and a baseline survey has been conducted in Gujarat to begin tracking utilization of services and potential impacts.  There is a great deal of energy and momentum around the centers, with many ideas being explored and several implemented. 10. South Asia: Engaging the Poor for Good Governance and Fighting Corruption Name: Engaging the Poor for Good Grant Number: TF099826 Grant Type: Regular/Project Governance and Fighting Corruption in South Asia Region: SAR Sector: Public Administration Overall Rating: Moderately Satisfactory Country: South Asia Theme: Other Social Development Bank TTL: Luiza A. Nora Implementing Agency: The Partnership for Transparency Fund (PTF) Grant Amount: 1,900,000 Activation Date: 9/20/2011 Grant Agreement Date: 7/20/2011 Original Closing Date:6/30/2014 Revised Closing Date:6/30/2014 End Disbursement Date:12/31/2014 Disbursement: 108,500 % of Grant Amount Disbursed: 6 Grant Objective: The Development Objective of this Project is to enhance the development impact, sustainability and client ownership of pro poor projects in Bangladesh and Nepal financed by the World Bank, by promoting civil society (CSO) operational engagement, experience and capacity to demand better governance. CSO engagement in project design and implementation will enhance project transparency and accountability and long term citizen commitment. Component Description: Component A: Good Governance Sub Grant Facility: This component is expected to finance activities that engage citizens in improved governance and results. Component B: On-the-job-Capacity Building: This component will help build the permanent capacity of civil society organizations to interact with government in constructive ways to promote good governance. Component C: Learning and Knowledge Sharing: This component will help sponsor a series of ten workshops of about 3 days each over the three year life of the project, to exchange views among CSOs, government agencies and donor staff on their experiences. Component D: Program Management: This component will finance the costs associated with M&E, and project implementation activities, including audits. Achievement of Grant Objective and Outputs:  CARTA (Name of the Program within the Bank) has finalized the Operations Manual which is the binding document for implementation in consultation with different stakeholders.  One grant has been approved for implementation in Nepal for the Rural Access Improvement and Decentralization project and 3 grants have been approved for implementation in Bangladesh for the Local Government Support Project (2 grants) and the Rural Electrification Renewable Energy project.  In Nepal, there exists a robust pipeline of projects for inclusion in the CARTA -- full proposals are being evaluated for the Poverty Alleviation project and Concept Notes have been submitted for evaluation by CSOs for the Enhanced Vocational Education and Training project and the Emergency Peace Support Project. Furthermore, in Nepal Terms Of Reference (ToRs) for third party monitoring are being discussed with the Bank task teams and implementing agencies for the Social Safety Net project, the School Sector Reform Program, Community Action for Nutrition project and the Health SAWP.  In Bangladesh, PTF advisors are preparing ToRs for two projects, namely the Reaching Out of School Children II project and the Water Supply project, while two project proposals are pending further discussion with the Bank TTLs and/or the concerned government agency for some time. The pipeline of projects is less developed in Bangladesh compared to Nepal.  CARTA is a first time grant of its kind in Bangladesh and thus, progress in implementation of CARTA has been slower than anticipated during design as there is a lot of learning by doing. Key lessons learned for future implementation have been documented in a process review which has been completed by the PTF, which includes the need to fast track implementation by reducing the number of steps involved in preparing and finalizing sub project proposals.