The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Moldova | Water Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2022 | Seq No: 2 | ARCHIVED on 23-Sep-2022 | ISR52653 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development, National Office of Regional and Local Development Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 31-Jan-2022 Effectiveness Date: 05-Aug-2022 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Jul-2024 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Jan-2027 Revised Closing Date: 31-Jan-2027 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The PDO is i) to increase access to safely managed water supply and sanitation services in selected rural areas and towns, and to strengthen national and local institutional capacity for water supply and sanitation service delivery; and (ii) in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, respond promptly and effectively to it. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Increasing access to safely managed WSS services in selected rural areas and towns:(Cost $46.50 M) Strengthening institutional capacity at national and local levels for WSS service delivery:(Cost $3.90 M) Project management and coordination:(Cost $2.40 M) Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The effectiveness conditions for the Financing Agreement and the Grant Agreement have been met and the project is effective on August 5, 2022. The Project Implementation Unit has been established. Efforts are now focused on ensuring timely achievement of the institutional and implementation activities, including furthering the technical design of schemes and the readiness for implementation. 9/23/2022 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Increasing access to safely managed water supply services in selected rural areas and towns IN01177881 ►People provided with access to safely managed water supply services in selected rural areas and towns (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 The indicator for SDG 6.1, safely managed drinking water services is defined as use of an improved Comments: drinking water source which is accessible on premises, available when needed and free from contamination (i.e. 24 hr service with compliant drinking water quality as per national norms) IN01177884 Out of which female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 IN01177885 ►People provided with access to safely managed sanitation services in selected rural areas and towns (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 9/23/2022 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,500.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 The indicator for SDG 6.2, safely managed sanitation services, is defined as households that use an Comments: improved, not shared sanitation facility where excreta are disposed in situ or transported and treated offsite as per national effluent norms. IN01177886 Out of which female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Strengthening institutional capacity at national and local levels for improved WSS service delivery IN01177882 ►National Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Development Plan (NWSSDP) with prioritized investment program and financing strategy developed and under implementation (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target NWSSDP with prioritized investment program and financing No NWSSDP exists strategy prepared, Value No NWSSDP exists No NWSSDP exists implementation started and national funding mechanism aligned. Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Dec-2026 The National Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Development Plan includes a prioritized investment Comments: program and financing strategy, measures and actions to operationalize the national WSS strategy and implement the reform. IN01177883 ►Number of participating operators demonstrating core institutional capacities for improved water supply and sanitation service delivery (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 Utilities should meet the following five core institutional capacities (1) Have reported on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in a timely and transparent manner to shareholders and through citizen engagement channels; (2) Have consulted with customers on the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and included Comments: feedback; (3) Have implemented or are in the process of implementing all measures in the PIP; (4) Are licensed and have delegation contracts in place with all relevant Local Public Administrations where services are provided; (5) Have approved and updated tariffs in place or have submitted a tariff application to the National Regulator (ANRE) compliant with the regulatory framework. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Subcomponent 1.1: Expanding access and quality of WSS services IN01177887 9/23/2022 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) ►Number of households with a functional connection to a safely managed water supply service (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,720.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 Households that are gaining and sustaining access to safely managed drinking water supply services through service connection in two categories: i) new connections to premises for households that were Comments: previously not connected to a centralized drinking water supply network and ii) existing connections that have seen an increase in service level from "improved" to "safely managed" due to improvements in water quality delivered and/or reliability of supply. IN01177894 Number of households with increased resilience to droughts resulting from a functional connection to a safely managed water supply service (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,270.00 IN01177895 ►Number of households with a functional sewer connection to a safely managed sanitation service (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 12,720.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These are households that use an improved, not shared, sanitation facility connected to a functional sewer network and with treatment of the wastewater as per national standards. These include: i) Comments: households who move from septic tanks or other individual solution to sewerage, and ii) households already with a sewer connection that gained access to adequate wastewater treatment IN01177900 Number of households contributing to reduction in GHG emissions resulting from a functional sewer connection to a safely managed sanitation service (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,600.00 IN01177903 ►Wastewater and septage treated in selected towns as per national discharge standards (Cubic meters/year, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,940.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 This is the volume of wastewater treated at the newly constructed treatment plants up to the national Comments: effluent standards. It may also include septage from septic tanks that is treated within the plant. IN01177905 ►Number of households gaining access to safely managed sanitation through the on-site household sanitation pilot (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 545.00 9/23/2022 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These include households that participated in the pilot and as a result have gained access to an improved, not shared flush-toilet facility using on-site sanitation technology compliant with national standards (that Comments: can be emptied safely in the future); the pilot will include the development of a service chain for regular emptying although first time emptying will likely not occur duration of the project for these new facilities. IN01177907 ►Number of poor and vulnerable households gaining access to safely managed sanitation services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,070.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These include poor and vulnerable households that have received pro-poor support under the project for Comments: sewer connections or for installation of on-site sanitation facilities; the eligibility criteria for poor and vulnerable households are defined in the POM Subcomponent 1.2: Improving WASH facilities in public institutions IN01177888 ►Number of schools with functional safely managed drinking water supply, and basic sanitation and hygiene facilities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These are the number of schools with facilities that include safely managed drinking water supply (available, on premises, free of contamination), at least a basic sanitation service (improved, single-sex Comments: and usable) and basic hygiene (water and soap available). Functional refers to facilities with O&M maintenance plans being followed. Facilities should be accessible for people with disability and respond to needs of women and girls (privacy, lockable door, menstrual hygiene facility) IN01177891 ►Number of health care facilities with functional safely managed drinking water supply, basic sanitation and hygiene facilities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These are the number of health care centers with safely managed drinking water supply (available, on premises, free of contamination), at least basic sanitation (improved, single-sex and usable) and basic Comments: hygiene at the point of patient treatment (water and soap available). Functional refers to facilities with O&M maintenance plans being followed. Facilities should be accessible for people with disability and respond to needs of women and girls (privacy, menstrual hygiene facilities) IN01177896 ►Number of people in schools participating in hygiene education and communication programs (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 9/23/2022 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) This includes the number school staff that have been trained in hygiene education and behavior change communication tools and the number of students in all participating schools that were reached with Comments: hygiene education and communication messages on WASH behaviors (including hand hygiene, menstrual hygiene for girls). IN01177901 Out of which female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Subcomponent 2.1.: Building national institutional capacity for WSS IN01177889 ►Number of legislative and/or normative documents developed in support of sector modernization (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These refer to i) updates to sanitation norms for populations >2.000 p.e. and < 10,000 p.e. in coordination Comments: with MIRD and MoEnv ii) amendments to Law 303; iii) amendments and revised tariff policies and/or other regulatory norms issued by ANRE IN01177892 ►National Management Information System (MIS) for WSS service providers developed and operational (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target No national system No national system No national system Nation-wide usage of Value exists; KPIs are not yet exists; KPIs are not yet exists; KPIs are not yet MIS for annual agreed agreed agreed benchmarking Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 10-Aug-2022 31-Jan-2027 A MIS benchmarking system to support ANRE's regulatory oversight of licensed operators; the system will Comments: allow for comparison and analysis (benchmarking) and will be hosted online serving multiple users (ANRE, MIRD, MoEnv, Operators, public) through various interfaces IN01177897 ►Number of participants that have successfully completed accredited professional development program and that advance or gain employment in technical positions in WSS utility sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 165.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 The professional development program includes i) two cohorts of continuous education for 100 people (existing/newly recruited staff) for accredited operator at technical college level ii) one cohort of 50 people Comments: (existing/newly recruited staff) for accredited WSS operator at BSc level, and iii) one cohort of 15 students receiving a BSc with WSS operator support for internships. IN01177899 ►Number of female participants successfully completing the accredited professional development program and that advance or gain employment in technical positions within the WSS utility sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.00 9/23/2022 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Date 30-Jun-2021 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jul-2026 Gender indicator. These are the female participants that complete the program and advance and/or gain their employment in technical positions. Existing female representation in technical positions is 20 percent Comments: and female participation in BSc programs in engineering fields is 10 percent. The professional development program aims to reach at least 30 percent share of participants to be women. IN01177904 ►Number of people benefitting from training and workshops related to regulatory framework, policy implementation and the use sector MIS (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 200.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 These include representatives from WSS operators, from LPAs, from ANRE, RDAs, MIRD, MoEnv, design institutes and other sector institutions that have benefited from training and workshops to increase Comments: understanding, knowledge and capacities to implement existing (or new) tariff regulations, policies and use sector instruments, including the WSS MIS IN01177906 out of which female (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 40.00 Subcomponent 2.2: Improving performance of WSS service providers IN01177890 ►Average relative reduction of Non Revenue Water (expressed in m3/km network per year) for participating utilities compared to baseline value (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 NRW expressed in m3/km network/year calculated annually and compared to value in baseline to Comments: establish relative change in percentage; baseline values will be established in Y1; the indicator uses an arithmetic mean for the participating utilities. IN01177893 ►Average relative increase of Total Cost Coverage ratio for participating utilities over the baseline value (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-Apr-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 Total Cost Coverage is expressed as ratio between the total revenues and the total costs for water and wastewater services (%); this includes the costs for depreciation and the royalty for the development fund Comments: as per ANRE methodology; the ratio is calculated annually and compared with the baseline value to estabslish the relative change; baseline values will be established in year 1; the indicator uses the arithmetic mean for the participating utilities IN01177898 ►Share of beneficiaries who report that the project has established effective engagement processes (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 9/23/2022 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Date 31-Jan-2022 26-May-2022 22-Jul-2022 31-Jan-2027 Citizen engagement indicator that looks into three core elements: i) satisfaction with access to information, ii) with opportunities/channels for feedback and dialogue, and iii) satisfaction with responses received to Comments: feedback. Engagement mechanisms include community consultations, online survey complemented by local snapshots, public hearings, roundtables, accessibility of the GRM, and outreach through Citizen Water and Sanitation Committees. IN01177902 Share of female beneficiaries who report that the project has established effective engagement processes (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.00 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P173076 IDA-70270 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 0.00 44.68 0% P173076 TF-B7739 Effective USD 1.57 1.57 0.00 0.00 1.57 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P173076 IDA-70270 Effective 31-Jan-2022 21-Apr-2022 05-Aug-2022 31-Jan-2027 31-Jan-2027 P173076 TF-B7739 Effective 19-Apr-2022 21-Apr-2022 05-Aug-2022 31-Jan-2027 31-Jan-2027 Cumulative Disbursements 9/23/2022 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Moldova Water Security and Sanitation Project (P173076) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/23/2022 Page 9 of 9