The World Bank Report No: ISR13844 Implementation Status & Results Burkina Faso Local Government Support Project (P120517) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Local Government Support Project (P120517) Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 5 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 22-Mar-2014 Country: Burkina Faso Approval FY: 2012 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: AFRICA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): MATDS Key Dates Board Approval Date 01-Nov-2011 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date 10-Nov-2014 Last Archived ISR Date 03-Aug-2013 Effectiveness Date 06-Jun-2012 Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2016 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed project seeks to harness emerging government commitment to local government reforms by supporting the implementation of critical aspects of fiscal and administrative decentralization in six of the 13 regions of Burkina Faso. The primary objective of the project is to strengthen the central government#s capacity for administrative and fiscal decentralization and the institutional capacities of communes in six regions, and to improve accountability linkages between local policy makers and citizens in the six regions. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Component 1 - Establishing the foundations of robust administrative and fiscal intergovernmental 9.80 institutions Component 2 - Strengthening capacity of municipalities to manage local development 37.98 Component 3 - Improving accountability linkages between local level policy makers and citizens 5.94 Public Disclosure Copy Component 4: Project management and evaluation 10.00 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status Overview The project was approved by the Board on November 1, 2011 and the financing agreement was signed on December 8, 2011.The effectiveness date was June 6, 2012. Page 1 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR13844 The project has the following components: Component 1 - Establishing the foundations of robust administrative and fiscal intergovernmental institutions ($9.8 million). This component will support the central government Public Disclosure Copy agencies to further develop a transparent and rule-based intergovernmental fiscal framework and robust intergovernmental administrative systems. It will support the government in making a gradual shift from existing ex ante controls to ex post monitoring, as the capacity of communes increases to exercise their discretion. It will provide support to a high level policy making process (Vision Prospective de la Decentralisation-VPD) and assist the Ministries of Economy and Finance and Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security to develop their coordination and managerial capacity. Component 2 - Strengthening capacity of municipalities to manage local development ($37.98 million). To address capacity constraints at the local government level, the project will provide support to local communes to address their core institutional development requirements for socio-economic development through institutional development grants. Annual grant allocations to each commune will, in part, be based upon the commune’s performance in establishing their institutions. Component 3 - Improving accountability linkages between local level policy makers and citizens ($5.94 million). This component aims to empower local councils and populations by strengthening their capacity to participate in local decision making processes related to their socio-economic development and monitor local authority performance. At the same time, it aims to support local councilors in their oversight and representative function and to strengthen the capacity of local communes to communicate with local populations and account for their performance. The component will also reward communes in all 13 regions that demonstrate excellence in engaging communities in local development decision-making processes, through the provision of small grants on a competitive basis, and will ensure that the practices are disseminated as a motivation to other communes. Component 4 - Project management and evaluation ($9.65 million). This component will provide project management support to the Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Security (MATDS) in project implementation and support regular project evaluations as well as procurement and safeguards reviews, and financial reporting and auditing. An implementation team for the project visited Burkina Faso over the period of January 18-31, 2014. The objectives of the mission were to discuss the implementation of the 2013 annual work plan (see attached 2013 Work Plan Realization report) and to attend the steering committee meeting. Overall the implementation of the project is progressing satisfactorily. The implementation of the first component activities is on track. The component supports the central government agencies to establish a transparent and rule-based intergovernmental fiscal framework and robust intergovernmental administrative systems. It engages with the government to make intergovernmental transfers more transparent and formula based. The component has ensured that the grant amounts available to communes are communicated to the communes in a timely fashion in order to give them an opportunity to make proper budget planning. In 2014, the Government has substantially increased the level of budgetary allocations to local communes to 5 percent of budgetary resources. There has been a change in the institutional context of the project in 2013. After the separation of MATDS into MATD (Ministere de l'Amenagement du Territoire et de la Decentralization) and MATS (Ministere de l'Administration Territoriale et de la Securite) earlier in 2013, the project coordination unit has been moved from MATDS to MATD. The PCU will be headed by the Secretary General of the MATD as the National Coordinator and the existing Associate Coordinator will continue working under him. The component supports a high level policy making process (Vision Prospective de la Décentralisation--VPD) and assists the MEF, MATS and MATD in developing their capacity. The second component provides institutional development support to communes. The second component of the project has been officially launched in June 2013. It finances the Public Disclosure Copy implementation of the institutional development plan of communes. The third component promotes accountability. It strives to achieve better accountability of communes towards citizens. Working through local and regional NGOs, the component strengthens accountability linkages between citizens and communes. Under this component six NGOs (one per region) have been hired to work with local governance stakeholders in their respective regions. The component has facilitates the organization of a national competition for excellence in local governance (COPEGOL). The competition awards communes for innovative practices in good governance and participation. As of February 2014, the disbursement rate of the project stands at 33%. Locations Page 2 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR13844 Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Burkina-Faso Cascades Region Cascades Region ✔ Public Disclosure Copy Burkina-Faso Centre-Est Centre-Est ✔ Burkina-Faso Centre-Nord Centre-Nord ✔ Burkina-Faso Centre-Sud Centre-Sud ✔ Burkina-Faso Plateau-Central Plateau-Central ✔ Burkina-Faso Sahel Sahel ✔ Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Direct project beneficiaries Number Value 0.00 4000.00 4000.00 Date 02-Jan-2012 02-Jan-2012 31-Dec-2016 Comments 4000 (of which 50% female) Female beneficiaries Percentage Value 0.00 2000.00 2000.00 Sub Type Supplemental Increase in the execution rate of annual Percentage Value 83.13 0.00 5.00 commune procurement plan Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Comments Taux d'execution du plan de The targeted increase is Cumulative target passation des marches de la annual, this column will be commune updated after the mission in december. Increase in local taxes collected for the Percentage Value 41.62 0.00 15.00 Public Disclosure Copy commune governments Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Comments Taux d'accoissement des Cumulative target value recettes propes de la commune Deviation of commune level budget Percentage Value 40.00 40.00 4.00 implementation from initially approved annual Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 communal budget Comments Measures local government’s institutional capacity. Based Page 3 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR13844 on the difference between the ‘budget primitif’and the ‘compte administratif’ records. Actual availability of funds to communes Text Value April 30, 2011 February 1, 2014 No later than February 28, Public Disclosure Copy committed by the central government earlier in 2016 the budget cycle Date 01-Nov-2011 03-Feb-2014 31-Dec-2016 Comments Measures the actual Funds are allocated to availability of all funds by the communes central government to local governments. Notification of indicative allocation of transfer Text Value No Yes Yes amounts by central government to each Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2016 commune government by November of Comments Information will be taken from The communes are notified preceding fiscal year the “projet arretés”. Notification to include indicative allocations for all general dotations and sectoral transfers (according to the sectoral competencies actually delegated to each commune). Increase in percentage of citizens rating Percentage Value 47.30 0.00 70.00 commune government’s performance Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2016 satisfactory Comments Pourcentage de citoyens N/A evaluant la performance du conseil municipal comme etant satisfaisante Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Intergovernmental fiscal framework policy Text Value No Yes Public Disclosure Copy statement issued by the government Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Comments The government is working on teh text. Sectoral decentralization reviews/service Text Value 0 8 delivery guidelines completed Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Comments The work is ongoing. Cumulative number Page 4 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR13844 Number of government officials who Number Value 0.00 15.00 70.00 participated in decentralization training courses Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2012 31-Dec-2016 and study tours Comments Cumulative target Public Disclosure Copy Communes that established local budget Percentage Value 39.30 0.00 100.00 committees Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2011 Comments Communes qui ont mis en The work is ongoing. Cumulative target place des comites de suivi budgetaire et de tresorerie Commune officials find MEF ordinateur Percentage Value 20.00 0.00 70.00 function for revenue collection carried out Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 effectively at a regional level Comments The updated figure will be Cumulative target available after a survey of local government officials. Communes that comply to 70 percent with Percentage Value 5.00 0.00 30.00 organigramme for territorial collectivities in Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 terms of responsibilities and functions Comments The figure will be available Cumulative target implemented on regional and commune level after the annual survey. Number of communes with council-validated Percentage Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 Institutional Development Plans (IDP) Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2016 Comments Cumulative target Communes that were awarded the consecutive Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 70.00 budget allocations Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2016 Comments 2013 was the first year of Cumulative target implementation. The updated figure will be available in January 2015. Increase in the number of people who state Percentage Value 38.00 0.00 80.00 that they have received announcements of the Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2016 “cadre de concertation” meetings and who can Public Disclosure Copy Comments The work has started, the Cumulative target recall through which channel figure will be available in November 2014. Communes submitting their candidacy Percentage Value 10.00 100.00 60.00 documents to the annual regional competition Date 01-Nov-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2016 Comments Cumulative target Data on Financial Performance (as of 07-Jan-2014) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Page 5 of 6 The World Bank Report No: ISR13844 Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P120517 IDA-H7360 Effective 01-Nov-2011 08-Dec-2011 06-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2016 Disbursements (in Millions) Public Disclosure Copy Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P120517 IDA-H7360 Effective XDR 37.30 37.30 0.00 12.49 24.81 33.00 Disbursement Graph Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Disclosure of the PAD after board approval. Public Disclosure Copy Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. 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