The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (ISDS) Concept Stage | Date Prepared/Updated: 26-Jun-2018 | Report No: PIDISDSC23735 May 31, 2018 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Program Data OPS TABLE Country Project ID Additional Project ID (if any) Project Name Cote d'Ivoire P164302 Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services Region Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date Task Team Leader AFRICA 04-Feb-2019 28-Feb-2019 Keith W. McLean, Maimouna Mbow Fam, Maria Eileen Pagura Financing Instrument Managing Unit Program-for-Results GGOAW Financing Proposed Program Development Objective(s) The PforR development objective is to improve the effectiveness of government PFM systems and the delivery of selected services in targeted sectors. COST & FINANCING FIN_SUMM_PUB_TBL1 SUMMARY (USD MILLIONS) Government program Cost 160.00 Total Operation Cost 85.00 Total Program Cost 75.00 IPF Component 10.00 Total Financing 85.00 Financing Gap 0.00 FINANCING (USD MILLIONS) Total World Bank Group Financing 85.00 May 31, 2018 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) World Bank Lending 85.00 Environmental Assessment Category (IPF Component) Concept Review Decision C - Not Required Track II-The review did authorize the preparation to continue B. Program Development Objective(s) Program Development Objective(s) The project development objective is to improve core government functions for service delivery in priority sectors. C. Program Description 1. The project development objective is to improve core government functions for service delivery in priority sectors. This IPF will provide technical assistance (TA) support for selected parts of the Economic Governance for Service Delivery Program (EGSDP) of the government which is also being supported by a PforR. On the one hand, it will include three of the EGSDP horizontal reforms: Performance Budgeting; Public Procurement; and Information for Decision Making (statistics). On the other hand, it will cover three of the four EGSDP sectors: General (Primary and Secondary) Education, Transport Infrastructure, and Financial Sector. The logic of the operation is to combine the horizontal reform across the government with addressing bottlenecks related to the specific reform areas in the targeted sectors. 2. The five axes of the EGSDP are: • Axis 1: Strengthened performance based, budgeting, procurement and information for decision making. • Axis 2: Improved Management of General Education Resources • Axis 3: Strengthened Financing and Delivery of Essential Health Services • Axis 4: Improved Management and Maintenance of the Road Network • Axis 5: Increased Access to Financial Services 3. The proposed IPF will provide TA support related to four of the five axes: (i) Strengthening performance-based budgeting and procurement; (ii) improved Management of General Education Resources; (iii) Improved Management of the Road Network; and (iv) Increased Access to Financial Services. Axis One: Strengthened performance-based budgeting, procurement and information for decision making 4. This axis supports horizontal reforms across the government: (i) Performance based budgeting: Improving strategic allocation of resource and budget execution through establishing program and multi-annual budgeting; setting up of performance indicators; and devolution of commitment authority to line ministries; (ii) Procurement: Leveraging E- procurement and contract management for value for money; and (iii) Information: Enhancing the Quality of Core Economic and Welfare Statistics for Decision-making and improve data dissemination and use. This project TA will support two of these areas, performance budgeting and procurement as summarized below. May 31, 2018 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) 5. The proposed project will provide TA to support government implementation of Performance-Based Budgeting. Supporting EGSDP objectives, the operation will focus on (i) developing a methodological framework to support key line ministries in shifting from inputs to outcomes and putting in place a new performance evaluation system.(ii) implementing program budgets, (iii) setting up a comprehensive performance monitoring framework to properly assess the results of the public policies and program budgets that will be financing (objectives, key performance indicators, annual projects of performances, annual reports on performances) and (iv) strengthening the implementation of a Result Monitoring Framework with available M&E information and results/causal chains underlying the Government’s program. 6. The project will also support the government to implement a whole of government e-procurement system. The system will be expanded over time to all 40 ministries and relevant contracting authorities of government and will facilitate the online review of procurement packages from application through the award to contracts. This will enable procurement packages to be review electronically and is expected to reduce the approval delays and improve the transparency and responsiveness of the review system. The TA support include the beta testing of the ongoing of the readiness of the overall system that has been designed by the relevant public procurement bodies, to expedite an effective roll out of the system to all 40 ministries. Axis Two: Improved Management of funds allocated for primary and secondary schools 7. This axis addresses key bottlenecks in an equitable and timely allocation and deployment of funds budgeted for primary and secondary to schools. It will focus on two important results: (i) Improving the availability of textbooks; and (ii) Enhanced monitoring of utilization of private school finance. 8. The proposed TA would support the Ministry of National Education, Technical Education, and Vocational Training (MENET-FP) to undertake an audit of the entire textbook supply chain from planning and procurement, to production to final delivery to understand the key bottlenecks and dysfunctions in the system, and support the implementation of remedial activities and systems with a view to ensuring that at by the end of the project, at least 80% of students have necessary textbooks by the beginning of the school year. Axis Four: Improved Management and Maintenance of the Road Network 9. This axis aims to strengthen the management of the implementation for roads infrastructure across road network. This will be achieved by putting in place a transparent and monitorable performance monitoring tool for the implementation of works contracts. This should ultimately help to reduce transportation costs for citizens as a well maintained and can facilitate easy access for citizens. 10. The project will support the government to will put in place a mechanism to evaluate performance to improve the planning and contract management of works and maintenance contracts at all stages of contract management during implementation road infrastructure. The proposed performance management tool will be available online and will monitorable and searchable. It will also include the classifications of works contracts based on their past performance. Axis Five: Increased Access to Financial Services 11. This axis focusses on three areas of intervention, specifically to: (i) Strengthen financial infrastructure to promote financial inclusion and SMEs; (ii) Expand digitization of payments to service providers and tax payers; and (iii) Facilitate consumer knowledge of and access to financial services. The proposed TA would support to first and third of these interventions. May 31, 2018 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) 12. This TA will support the strengthening of Côte d’Ivoire’s financial infrastructure (e.g., credit information reporting, secured transactions and insolvency) as are these are important for enabling access to credit and accelerating economic development. The project will support: (i) the development and equipment of a national credit collateral registry; (ii) the digitalization and integration of the RCCM records with the Tribunal de Commerce (TCA) to facilitate insolvency resolution; and (iii) the creation of a platform to make credit data available for loan decisions. 13. The TA will also support the operationalization of the Financial Services Observatory (l’Observatoire de la Qualité des Services Financiers) which has been established by the government. This will include ensuring it has adequate capacity to: i) promote the transparency and comparability of financial services and products; ii) manage consumers’ complaints and provide a mediation mechanism; and iii) promote financial education. Its jurisdiction will extend over banks, microfinance institutions, e-money issuers, and insurance companies. It will manage a comparator of key selected retail financial services and products to promote transparency and comparability. It will function also as financial ombudsman to solve disputes between financial services providers and consumers. Amount EGSDP Axis TA Provided under the IPF US$ million Beta testing of the whole of government e-procurement system and 0.50 Program Budgeting South-south exchange on e-procurement reforms and implementation and Procurement 0.1 Study on budgetary decision-making system 0.1 General Education Resources and Implementation of a technical audit of the textbook production and delivery chain Services 0.8 Conduct of a roads benchmarking study to provide comparator baseline data on cost, Road Network quality, duration, and performance on occupational safety and other relevant aspects Management and design a performance monitoring tool. 1.0 Equipment and implementation of technical systems for the Observatory 1.5 Access to Financial Consumer Education, Information and Financial Awareness Services 0.5 Equipment and technical texting of the RCCM IT platform 1.3 Secretariat support for the Strategic Steering Committee & Technical committees 3.0 Program Program Launch, Communication and Dissemination of Results Coordination and 0.3 Management Recruitment of the independent Verification Agent(s) 0.7 Annual financial audit of the Program (PforR and IPF) 0.2 Contingencies 0.0 Total 10 May 31, 2018 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) The project will be nationwide. E. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies n/a . F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team Abdoul Wahabi Seini, Social Specialist Abdoulaye Gadiere, Environmental Specialist II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY SAFEGUARDS Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Projects on International Waterways The project is not expected to affect international No OP/BP 7.50 waterways. Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60 No The project will not be located in a Disputed Area. There are no civil works that might impact Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01 No environment components Performance Standards for Private Sector No There are no relevant private sector activities planned. Activities OP/BP 4.03 Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No The project does not involve natural habitats. Forests OP/BP 4.36 No The project does not involve forests. Pest Management OP 4.09 No The project does not involve pest management. No investments that might lead to excavations are Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11 No expected as there are no physical investments There are no indigenous people as defined by the Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No policy in the project area. The project will not induce land acquisition or lead to Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 No restriction of access to resources or economic loss. Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No The project will not finance dams nor rely on dams. . May 31, 2018 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Enhancing Government Effectiveness for Improved Public Services (P164302) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone: (202) 473-1000 Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects APPROVAL Signed and Submitted by Task Team Leader(s): Keith W. McLean, Maimouna Mbow Fam, Maria Eileen Pagura Approved By APPROVALTBL Safeguards Advisor: Practice Manager/Manager: Country Director: May 31, 2018 Page 7 of 7