The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | South Sudan | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2022 | Seq No: 4 | Archived on 09-May-2024 | ISR00326 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Decision package on 24-May-2022) The project development objective is to increase girls and women’s access to livelihood, entrepreneurial and GBV services and to strengthen the government's capacity to provide these services Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Component 1: Community Empowerment Support to Women and Girls:(Cost 29,000,000.00) Component 2: Women's Entrepreneurial Opportunity Facility:(Cost 10,000,000.00) Component 3: Services for Survivors of GBV:(Cost 8,000,000.00) Component 4: Institutional Strengthening and Project Management:(Cost 23,000,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS May 09, 2024 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project became effective on 19th September 2022. Since that time steady progress has been made in support of the commencement of project activities. The Project staff are fully onboard. Land for the construction of the Women Economic Empowerment Centers, the safehouse and the ministry built has been identified and assessed as fit for purpose by the government. The project has concluded various assessments such as the assessment of satellite spaces to offer services as well as the assessment of the Village Savings and Loans Associations across the Country. 70% of partners have been recruited to offer services to the different states. Stakeholder consultations are still ongoing and on ground activities are expected to kickstart at the beginning of next financial year. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 03 - 03 Nov Proposed Rating 24 May 2022 2023 Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic High High High Sector Strategies and Policies High High High Technical Design of Project or Program High High High Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High High High Sustainability Fiduciary High High High Environment and Social High High High Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall High High High May 09, 2024 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Increase girls and women's access to livelihood, entrepreneurial and GBV services Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of direct project 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 48,000.00 Jun/2026 beneficiaries (disaggregated Comments on This indicator measures the cumulative number of people that benefit from all components. by women, adolescent girls, achieving targets People benefiting from more than one intervention will be counted only once. men/boys, community leaders) (Number) Number of women owned 0.00 Aug/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 1,000.00 Jun/2026 small and growing businesses Comments on Number of women operating new business from WECC and growth of businesses under that have increased achieving targets support from component 2 income/sales/have been formalized as a result of project activities (Number) GBV survivors receiving 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 2,060.00 Mar/2026 hotline support services and Comments on GBV survivors receiving hotline support services a GBV survivors able to access achieving targets the GBV safe house (Number) Budget allocated for Project 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 1.00 Jun/2026 activities sustained through Comments on Budget of MGCSW increased to cover project activities government systems by achieving targets project close (Number) May 09, 2024 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Community Empowerment Support to Women and Girls Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Number of WECCs 0.00 Aug/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 5.00 Jun/2026 constructed or rehabilitated Comments on This indicator measures the number of WECCs constructed under the project. Construction to climate and disaster achieving targets monitoring will be done by a specialist planning, design and supervision firm. resilient standards under the project that are operating at the close of the project. (Number) Number of women & 0.00 Aug/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 36,000.00 Jun/2026 adolescent girls receiving Comments on Number of women and girls accessing social and livelihood services social and livelihood services achieving targets (Number) Number of men and male 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 12,000.00 Jun/2026 youth reached through Comments on Number of males in the community receiving training sensitization and community achieving targets outreach (Number) New women-owned 0.00 Aug/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 50.00 Jul/2026 businesses as a result of Comments on Number of new women owned businesses operating out of WECCs support services provided at achieving targets WECCs or mobile outreach (Number) Component 2: Women's Entrepreneurial Opportunity Facility Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Women owned SGBs 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 1,000.00 Jun/2026 May 09, 2024 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) receiving technical assistance Comments on women owned businesses receiving training and coaching services (Number) achieving targets 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 200.00 Jun/2026 Women owned SGBs Comments on Number of women owned business receiving financial support receiving grants (Number) achieving targets Women SGBs graduate to 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 5.00 Jun/2026 next level through access to market-based financing (Number) Component 3: Services for Survivors of GBV Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Safe house construction 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 1.00 Jun/2026 completed to climate and Comments on Completion of new safe house construction disaster resilient standards achieving targets (Number) 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 60.00 Jun/2026 Women receiving safe house Comments on No of Women receiving safe house support services support services (Number) achieving targets GBV survivors satisfied with 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 75.00 Jun/2026 the services offered through the safe house (Percentage) Cases reported to the 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 2,000.00 Jun/2026 helpline (Number) GBV survivors satisfied with 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 75.00 Jun/2026 the services offered through Comments on Percent of GBV survivors satisfied with the services offered through the hotline the hotline (Percentage) achieving targets Component 4: Institutional Strengthening and Project Management May 09, 2024 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year New headquarters for the 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 1.00 Jun/2026 MGCSW constructed to Comments on This indicator measures completion of a project commitment. Construction monitoring will be climate and disaster resilient achieving targets done by a specialist planning, design and supervision firm standards and operating at project close (Number) Number of staff of the 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 450.00 Jun/2026 MGCSW at the central and Comments on This indicator measures the project support intended to increase the capacity of the MGCSW state level who have achieving targets completed training offered under the project (Number) Appropriate facilities - water, 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 1.00 Jun/2026 electricity, IT telecommunications, meeting rooms and offices are in place (Number) Number of social workers 0.00 May/2022 0.00 31-Aug-2022 400.00 Jun/2026 trained and accredited Comments on Number of social workers under the MGCSW receiving training and accreditation (Number) achieving targets May 09, 2024 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed IDA-E0350 Effective 70.00 70.00 0.00 10.18 56.80 14.54% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing IDA-E0350 Effective 24-May-2022 21-Jun-2022 19-Sep-2022 31-Dec-2026 31-Dec-2026 8. KEY DATES May 09, 2024 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report South Sudan Women's Social and Economic Empowerment Project (P176900) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 24-May-2022 24-May-2022 Effectiveness 19-Sep-2022 19-Sep-2022 Mid-Term Review No. 03 04-Nov-2024 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Dec-2026 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations May 09, 2024 Page 8 of 8