The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) AFRICA | Congo, Republic of | Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2012 | Seq No: 14 | ARCHIVED on 21-May-2019 | ISR36779 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Forest Economy Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 24-May-2012 Effectiveness Date: 27-Mar-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Aug-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 24-Jun-2015 Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2017 Revised Closing Date: 26-Jul-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to increase the capacity of the Republic of Congo to: (i) promote better implementation ofitsforestry legislation; and (ii) enhance the policy environment for participation of local communities and the private sector insustainable forest management and reforestation. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) To increase the capacity of the forest administration, local communities, and indigenous peoples to co-manage forests. Components Table Name Capacity building of the forest administration:(Cost $18.11 M) Involvement of local communities and indigenous people in forest resource management.:(Cost $13.82 M) Prospective work and communications:(Cost $3.00 M) Habitat and biodiversity protection:(Cost $3.85 M) Project management:(Cost $0.33 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions 5/21/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Scaled-up activities under Global Environment Facility (GEF) additional financing will focus on further involving local communities and indigenous peoples in forest resource management and habitat and biodiversity conservation in Ntokou-Pikounda and Nouabale-Ndoki National Parks. Environmental and social safeguards screening at the project sites are about to start prior to commencement of activities. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- Moderate Substantial Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increase the capacity of the forest administration, local communities, indigenous peoples to co-mana IN00694313 ►Increase in field missions for control and sensitization purposes by the departmental forestry directorates, including by brigades (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 300.00 4,256.00 4,256.00 3,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 This indicator has been achieved and is closed. Comments: IN00694314 ►Forest area with simplified management plans under implementation (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 117,196.00 117,196.00 15,000.00 5/21/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Date 27-Mar-2013 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 This indicator has been achieved and is closed. Comments: IN00694315 ►Percentage of agents of the decentralized forest administration with access to up-to-date information and data (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 91.00 91.00 75.00 Date 27-Mar-2013 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 This indicator has been achieved and is closed. Comments: IN00694305 ►Area brought under enhanced biodiversity protection (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 427,000.00 Date 23-Jun-2017 07-Sep-2018 07-May-2019 21-Jul-2021 Enhanced biodiversity protection defined when Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) score is at least 35. Activities are just about to start following late effectiveness. The METT score will be assigned Comments: at mid-term and end of project. IN00694311 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 15,281.00 15,281.00 17,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 07-Sep-2018 07-May-2019 26-Jul-2021 Project beneficiaries include ministerial staff at the policy decision-making level, technical staff, technical scientists, civil society groups and communities in forest concession areas where social contracts are Comments: applied and in savannah areas. Beneficiaries in local communities will be close to 50% female. The benefits come in many forms: training, priority income-generating investments, and so on. IN00694312 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 30.00 30.00 40.00 Overall Comments PDO All indicators have been achieved except the indicator on "area brought under enhanced biodiversity protection". This activity is about to start implementation following the environmental and social screening mission (taking place mid-May) and having proper safeguards instruments in place. The indicator is based on the METT score reaching at least 35, which will be evaluated at mid-term and at project closure. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 5/21/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Capacity building of the forest administration IN00694316 ►Percentage of MEF staff and managers trained (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 79.00 79.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694317 ►Share of MEFDD activities in the annual work plan that are planned in the monitoring and evaluation system (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694323 ►Share of referrals in new forestry law for which application texts have been drafted (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694329 ►Share of application texts in new forestry law for which application texts have been drafted (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694327 ►Ministry operations which the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation System has been applied to (percentage of total Ministry operations) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: 5/21/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Involvement of local communities and indigenous people in forest resource management. IN00694318 ►Households that benefited from micro-projects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,195.00 1,315.00 1,200.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 07-Sep-2018 07-May-2019 26-Jul-2021 IN00694324 ►Functioning local governance structures established (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 23.00 48.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 07-Sep-2018 07-May-2019 26-Jul-2021 Targets achieved for this indicator. Indicator closed. Comments: IN00694326 ►Functioning local governance structures established to oversee simplified management plans (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 24.00 24.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 48 governance structures (CGDCs) received support, but only 24 have been evaluated as being functional following the shortfall in counterpart funds, which reduced the project's ability to provide continuous Comments: capacity building. Indicator is closed. Prospective work and communications IN00694319 ►Validated prospective studies including recommendations (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 13.00 13.00 12.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2017 06-Mar-2017 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694322 ►People sensitized during information campaigns (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 100.00 163,307.00 163,307.00 200,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694328 5/21/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) ►Visits to MEF website (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 298,505.00 298,505.00 60,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: IN00694320 ►Visits to MEFDD website (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 298,505.00 298,505.00 60,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2011 06-Mar-2018 06-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Results under this indicator have been achieved and this indicator is closed. Comments: Habitat and biodiversity protection IN00694321 ►Tools deployed to combat wildlife crime (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 03-Oct-2016 07-Sep-2018 07-May-2019 26-Jul-2021 Project activities have not yet commenced due to delayed effectiveness, which delayed the start of Comments: procurement. Procurement in progress. IN00694325 ►Wildlife/wildlife product seizures at program sites (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 03-Oct-2016 07-Sep-2018 07-May-2019 26-Jul-2021 Project activities have not yet commenced due to delayed effectiveness. Comments: Overall Comments IR TORs for Tools to combat wildlife crime (Crime Reporting Management System and Sniffer Dogs) have been prepared and no-objections provided by task team. Wildlife/wildlife product seizures will be measured once Sniffer Dogs are operational. 5/21/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P124085 IDA-51210 Closed USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 9.23 0.00 100% P124085 TF-A4666 Effective USD 6.51 6.51 0.00 1.33 5.18 20% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P124085 IDA-51210 Closed 24-May-2012 13-Jun-2012 27-Mar-2013 30-Nov-2017 31-Mar-2018 P124085 TF-A4666 Effective 05-May-2017 23-Jun-2017 23-Jun-2017 26-Jul-2021 26-Jul-2021 Cumulative Disbursements 5/21/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Congo: Forest and Econ. Diversification Project (P124085) Restructuring History Level 1 Approved on 02-Oct-2015 ,Level 2 Approved on 17-Nov-2017 Related Project(s) P158604-Congo: Additional Financing for Forest and Econ. Diversification Proj. 5/21/2019 Page 8 of 8