The World Bank Report No: ISR14719 Implementation Status & Results Dominican Republic Institutionalization of Robust Fiscal and Financial Management Capacities in the Public Administration (P125876) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Institutionalization of Robust Fiscal and Financial Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 2 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 25-Jun-2014 Management Capacities in the Public Administration (P125876) Country: Dominican Republic Approval FY: 2012 Product Line: Institutional Development Fund Region: LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Lending Instrument: Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 02-Aug-2011 Original Closing Date 23-Sep-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date 11-Nov-2013 Last Archived ISR Date 14-Nov-2012 Effectiveness Date 23-Sep-2011 Revised Closing Date 23-Sep-2014 Actual Mid Term Review Date 15-May-2014 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from IDF Proposal) The objective of this proposal is to support the Ministry of Finance of the Dominican Republic to strengthen its capacity to carry out strong fiscal analysis, increase financial management abilities of public officials, and improve the quality of training in fiscal policy and management as a tool to augment the quality and efficiency of public expenditure. The specific units of the Ministry to be supported are the General Direction of Public Credit (Dirección de Crédito Público), and the Center for Training in Policy and Fiscal Management (Centro de Capacitación en Política y Gestión Fiscal-CAPGEFI). The project will contribute to strengthening the fiscal analysis capacity through supporting the systematic production and dissemination of fiscal reports to assess and forecast economic and social effects of revenues and expenditure options, and will fortify the financial management abilities through trainingpublic officials. The grant will contribute to developing skills and competencies of the governmental officials to enhance efficiency in the allocation of budget and public expenditure, as well as articulate the institutions that offer training in public finance. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Public Disclosure Copy Component Name Component Cost Institutional strengthening of the Analysis and Fiscal Policy Unit 320000.00 Strengthening the institutional capacity of CAPGEFI 150000.00 Audits 15000.00 Overall Ratings Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Page 1 of 4 The World Bank Report No: ISR14719 Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Public Disclosure Copy Implementation Status Overview Activities included under the operation are supporting some of the key priorities declared by the new administration in the area of public sector management. Under Component 1, the Fiscal Policy and Analysis Unit (Unidad de Análisis y Política Fiscal) has become the direct counterpart institution that the project is supporting. Institutional changes in this Unit since the inception of the project have led to a reformulation of the vision for the Unit, which has seen a shift away from analyzing the national budget and its execution towards the establishment of medium-term fiscal analysis capacity. This reformulation of the vision has therefore led to a readjustment of the priorities set forth under the project, which has caused delays in the implementation of the activities that were originally foreseen in the project document. The Unit has redefined recently its priorities, largely in line with the original objectives of the project, and is in the process of contracting technical assistance to enable its staff to pursue these priorities. Under Component 2, a number of key activities are under implementation in accordance with the objectives of the project, including the implementation of a quality of management system, and the design of the new national training system and fiscal certification program. CAPGEFI expects to finalize all project activities under Component 2 by September 2014. Locations No Location data has been entered Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Number of Professional Reports Number Value 3.00 3.00 15.00 Date 18-Apr-2011 28-May-2014 01-Aug-2014 Comments No more than 3 studies are The project has not been able At least 15 professional know to have been developed to enable the Unit to produce reports on fiscal, monetary, during 2010 as inputs to these reports due to the external sectors of the prepare the annual budget institutional changes economy, MTFF, and explained above. efficiency effectiveness and equity of public expenditure Public Disclosure Copy Number of training programs standardized in Number Value 0.00 0.00 4.00 the National Training System and Fiscal Date 18-Apr-2011 28-May-2014 01-Aug-2014 Certification Comments No institution in the public Activities for achieving this Training programs sector currently has objective are under execution. standardized in 4 public standardized programs institutions Indicators developed and used by CAPGEFI Number Value 0.00 0.00 5.00 quality management system Date 18-Apr-2011 28-May-2014 01-Aug-2014 Page 2 of 4 The World Bank Report No: ISR14719 Comments CAPGEFI quality The consultancy for the At least five key performance management system (QMS) design and implementation of indicators for the QMS has currently no indicators the quality management developed and used by system is under execution. management Public Disclosure Copy Data on Financial Performance (as of 23-Dec-2013) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P125876 TF-10462 Effective 23-Sep-2011 23-Sep-2011 23-Sep-2011 23-Sep-2014 23-Sep-2014 Disbursements Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P125876 TF-10462 Effective USD 0.49 0.49 0.00 0.08 0.40 17.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation An action plan for executing activities under Component 1 is in place. Under Component 2, CAPGEFI expects to finalize all project activities by September 2014. There have been delays in the preparation of the external audit of the grant; however, this issue is now being resolved following the Bank’s no objection to the audit’s TOR and the contracting of the activity currently underway. Page 3 of 4 The World Bank Report No: ISR14719 Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Public Disclosure Copy Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 4 of 4