The World Bank Report No: ISR8480 Implementation Status & Results Philippines Improving Livelihood Opportunities for Vulnerable Urban Communities (P122565) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Improving Livelihood Opportunities for Vulnerable Urban Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 1 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 07-Apr-2013 Communities (P122565) Country: Philippines Approval FY: 2011 Product Line: Recipient Executed Activities Region: EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Key Dates Board Approval Date 25-May-2011 Original Closing Date 31-Dec-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date 28-Aug-2012 Last Archived ISR Date Effectiveness Date 14-Jan-2011 Revised Closing Date 31-Dec-2013 Actual Mid Term Review Date 28-Oct-2012 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve employment and livelihood opportunities for approximately 3,750 households in targeted poor urban communities affected by the financial crisis. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Community Grants 2.17 Community capacity building and enterprise development 0.58 Monitoring and evaluation 0.27 Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Public Disclosure Copy Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview The LVUC Grant supports DSWD to develop its approach of working with urban poor communities with a specific focus on livelihoods. The innovative nature of grant activities required a lengthy preparation and consultation process involving both civil society organizations and Local Government Units (LGUs) in targeted areas. In addition, the DSWD and Bank teams agreed on the importance of using the first year of Grant implementation to pilot the approach in six of the 75 targeted communities. Low disbursement levels during the project first year were therefore expected. However, key preparatory steps for the Grant’s scale up were expected to be completed by July 2012 to ensure that the roll-out of activities could proceed as planned from September 2012 onwards. Significant delays with both the completion of pilot activities in the six targeted communities and in the preparation of the Page 1 of 4 The World Bank Report No: ISR8480 roll-out were noted and discussed during the mission. This is reflected by a disbursement rate of 13% (against the project 30%). The mission noted the range of other activities DSWD and the KALAHI-CIDSS (KC) teams are currently engaged in (including but not limited to the scale-up of KC and the preparation of the National Community Driven Development Program). This has had an impact on the ability of the DSWD team to focus its attention on LVUC. The teams further noted the strategic importance of LVUC activities for DSWD’s work in urban areas and agreed on the importance of ensuring greater management attention to accelerating the pace of implementation and to supervising LVUC roll- Public Disclosure Copy out. The mission further noted the solid systems in place in terms of safeguards, financial management and procurement for Grant implementation as well as the very good progress with the Grant Process Evaluation. The mission commended DSWD on the thorough documentation of lessons-learned. A request for a 1 year extension of the Grant closing date was received from DoF on the 19th of October 2012 and a detailed activity plan to accelerate implementation was prepared and submitted by DSWD and is currently being reviewed and processed. Locations No Location data has been entered Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Increased income Number Value 0.00 0.00 3750.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Business Development Services Number Value 0.00 6.00 50.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2012 Comments Community Response Plans Percentage Value 0.00 8.00 100.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Impact Evaluation Yes/No Value No No Yes Public Disclosure Copy Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Currently on-going (data collection) Process Evaluation Yes/No Value No Yes Yes Date 01-Feb-2012 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2013 Comments Phases I and II completed. Phase III and IV to be Phase II ongoing completed Regular reporting Yes/No Value Yes Yes Yes Page 2 of 4 The World Bank Report No: ISR8480 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Community Based M&E Yes/No Value No Yes Yes Public Disclosure Copy Sub Type Supplemental Training for Community Based M&E Number Value 0.00 0.00 40.00 Sub Type Supplemental Cash for Work Number Value 0.00 6.00 75.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Community Entreprise Plans Number Value 0.00 6.00 75.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Community mobilization Number Value 0.00 6.00 75.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Entreprise training Number Value 0.00 120.00 200.00 Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments Audits Yes/No Value No Yes Yes Date 01-Feb-2011 26-Oct-2012 30-Jun-2014 Comments N/A 2011 and 2012 audit reports submitted Data on Financial Performance (as of 28-Jan-2013) Public Disclosure Copy Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P122565 TF-97254 Effective 13-Dec-2010 14-Jan-2011 14-Jan-2011 31-Dec-2013 31-Dec-2013 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P122565 TF-97254 Effective USD 3.00 3.00 0.00 0.61 2.39 20.00 Disbursement Graph Page 3 of 4 The World Bank Report No: ISR8480 Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Agreed follow-up actions: The DSWD and World Bank teams agreed on a set of key steps to address the slow pace of implementation: • Reinforcing the LVUC management team and ensuring that sufficient time can be dedicated by staff to supervision of activities. This will be particularly critical and discussions during the mission also highlighted the importance of closely supervising new staff that may be less familiar with the KALAHI-CIDSS approach upon which LVUC builds • Finalizing consultations with 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. • 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). The DSWD team expects to complete this process as soon as possible to ensure that activities in the additional 69 sites are on-going by January 2013. • 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. • Requesting a one year extension of the Grant closing period until 31st of December 2014. Public Disclosure Copy Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects There are no related projects. Page 4 of 4