"Pasture and Livestock Management Improvement Project" IDA Credit No. 5521-KG, IDA Grant No. H976-KG Project financial statements for the year ended De.cember 31, 2018 and independent auditors' report "PASTURE AND LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT" IDA CREDIT NO. 5521-KG, IDA GRANT NO. H976-KG TABLE OF CONTENTS Page STATEMENT OF MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PREPARATION AND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 2 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT 3-4 PROJECT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FORT.HE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018: . Summary of funds received and expenditures paid 5-6 Summary of expenditures paid by project components 7 Notes to the project financial statements 8-18 A rmex to the project financial statements 19-20 STATEMENT OF MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PREPARATION AND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 The following statement, which should be read in conjunction with the independent auditors' responsibilities is made with a view to distinguish the respective responsibilities of management and those of the independent auditors in relation to the project financial statements of the "Pasture and Livestock Management Improvement Project" , IDA Credit No. 5521-KG , IDA Grant No. H976-KG (the "Project"). Management is responsib le for the preparation of the project financial statements that present fairly, in all material respects , the summary of funds received and expenditures paid and and the summary of expenditures paid by project components of the Project for the year ended December 31 , 2018 in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standard "Financial Reporting Under the Cash Basis of Accounting" (the "IPSAS") issued by the International Public Accounting Standards Board of the International Federation of Accountants and the World Bank's Financial Management Sector Board's "Guidelines: Annual Financial Reporting and Auditing for World Bank Financed Activities" (the "WB Guidelines"). In preparing the project financial statements, n:ianagement is responsible for: • . selecting suitable accounting policies and applying them consistently; • making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; • stating whether IPSAS and WB Guidelines have been followed , subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the project financial statements; and • preparing the project financial statements on a going concern basis , unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Project will continue its activity for the foreseeable future. Management is also responsib le for: r·~~ • designing, implementing and maintaining effective and sound system of internal control and for revealing risks in system of internal control ; • maintaining proper accounting records that disclose, with reasonable accuracy at any time, the financial position of the Project, and which enable them to ensure that the project financial statements of the Project comply with IPSAS and WB Guidelines; • compliance with laws and regulations of the Kyrgyz Republic, accounting system of the Project and the requirements of the World Bank ; • taking such steps as are reasonably available to them to safeguard the assets of the Project; and • detecting and preventing fraud and other irregularities. The project financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 were approved and authorized for issue by the management of the Project on July 4, 2019 . Acting financial manager July 4, 2019 July 4, 2019 Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic 2