Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No: ICR00005228 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT TF-A5386 ON A SMALL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF USD 0.53 MILLION TO THE Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresoures (ANSAB) FOR FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for Southern Civil Society Organizations and Local Communities in East Asia and Pacific Region Project (P153588) December 14, 2020 Social Sustainabilty and Incusion Global Practice East Asia and the Pacific Region and South Asia Region This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. Regional Vice President: Victoria Kwawka Country Director: Samia Msadek Regional Director: Benoit Bosquet Practice Manager: Susan S. Shen Task Team Leader: Juliette Wilson ICR Main Contributor: Juliette Wilson FISCAL YEAR July 1 – June 30 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ACMA Adaptive Collaborative Management Approach AFR Sub-Saharan Africa AMC ANSAB’s Management Committee ANSAB Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources CBP Capacity Building Program CEN Country Engagement Note CPF Country Partnership Framework CSO Civil Society Organization EA Environmental Assessment EAP East Asia and Pacific ER Emissions Reduction ER-PD Emission Reduction Program FCPF Forest Carbon Partnership Facility FCIM Forest Conversion Independent Monitoring FM Financial Management FMT Facility Management Team FY Fiscal Year GFR Grant Fund Request GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism GTM Grace Trifam Ministry IPs Indigenous Peoples IPOs Indigenous Peoples Organizations ISR Implementation Status and Results Report LAC Latin America and the Caribbean LC Local Communities M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NGO Non-Governmental Organization OFD Other Forest Dwellers PanNature Center for People and Nature Reconciliation PDO Project Development Objective PFGM Participatory Forest Governance monitoring PIU Project Implementing Unit POM Project Operation Manual PNG Papua New Guinea RAC Regional Advisory Committee REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation RETF Recipient Executed Trust Fund SDG Sustainable Development Goal SRD Center for Sustainable Rural Development TF Trust Fund TOC Theory of Change TABLE OF CONTENTS DATA SHEET ....................................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ....................................................... 4 II. OUTCOME ...................................................................................................................... 9 III. KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECTED IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOME .................................. 17 IV. BANK PERFORMANCE, COMPLIANCE ISSUES, AND RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME .... 18 V. LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................. 21 ANNEX 1. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND KEY OUTPUTS ........................................................... 23 ANNEX 2. PROJECT COST BY COMPONENT ........................................................................... 28 ANNEX 3. RECIPIENT, CO-FINANCIER AND OTHER PARTNER/STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS ...... 29 ANNEX 4. TASK TEAM MEMBERS ......................................................................................... 30 ANNEX 5. DETAILED RESULTS INDICATORS ........................................................................... 31 ANNEX 6. LIST OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS ...................................................................... 35 ANNEX 7. PICTURES ............................................................................................................. 36 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) DATA SHEET BASIC INFORMATION Product Information Project ID Project Name FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local P153588 Communities in EAP Project Country Financing Instrument World Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Revised EA Category Not Required (C) Not Required (C) Organizations Borrower Implementing Agency Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresoures (ANSAB) Bioresoures (ANSAB) Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The proposed objective of the project is to strengthen: (i) the knowledge of targeted southern civil society organizations and local communities of REDD+ Readiness at the national level; and (ii) knowledge exchange at the regional level. Page 1 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) FINANCING FINANCE_TBL Original Amount (US$) Revised Amount (US$) Actual Disbursed (US$) Donor Financing TF-A5386 530,111 530,111 530,089 Total 530,111 530,111 530,089 Total Project Cost 530,111 530,111 530,089 KEY DATES Approval Effectiveness Original Closing Actual Closing 20-Jul-2017 31-Jul-2017 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 RESTRUCTURING AND/OR ADDITIONAL FINANCING Date(s) Amount Disbursed (US$M) Key Revisions 20-Dec-2019 0.45 Change in Loan Closing Date(s) Change in Implementation Schedule KEY RATINGS Outcome Bank Performance M&E Quality Satisfactory Satisfactory Substantial RATINGS OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE IN ISRs Actual No. Date ISR Archived DO Rating IP Rating Disbursements (US$M) 01 09-Nov-2017 Satisfactory Satisfactory 0.09 02 30-Jul-2019 Satisfactory Satisfactory 0.40 Page 2 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ADM STAFF Role At Approval At ICR Regional Vice President: Victoria Kwakwa Victoria Kwakwa Country Director: Xiaoqing Yu Samia Msadek Director: Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Benoit Bosquet Practice Manager: Susan S. Shen Susan S. Shen Task Team Leader(s): Haddy Jatou Sey Juliette E. Wilson ICR Contributing Author: Juliette E. Wilson Page 3 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) I. PROJECT CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES A. CONTEXT AT APPRAISAL Context 1. The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society, and indigenous people's organizations (IPOs) focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest carbon stock conservation, the sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries, activities commonly referred to as REDD+. Launched in 2007, the partnership comprises 47 partner developing countries (11 in the Asia-Pacific Region, 18 in Africa and 18 in Latin America and the Caribbean) and 17 financial contributors from both the public and private sectors. The partnership resulted from a demand by industrialized and developing country governments for a mechanism to help forested countries reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and conduct demonstration activities to show how REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) could be implemented. Its focus has been on supporting governments in laying the foundation for future REDD+ activities, and piloting performance-based payment systems. The REDD+ process has three points of entry, beginning with ‘Readiness’ which involves the development of national strategies or action plans, REDD+ mitigation actions, and capacity building. This is followed by the implementation of these strategic results-based demonstration activities, enacting REDD+ actions and national strategies or plans that could involve further capacity building, technology development and transfer, and results-based demonstration activities. The third point of entry is results-based actions that must be fully measured, reported, and verified. 2. A key component of the FCPF work has been to ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples (IPs) 1, civil society organizations (CSOs) and local communities (LCs) in REDD+ activities. This included providing capacity building support, institutional support and technical assistance to governments entering the Carbon Fund.2 REDD+ Readiness activities in particular involved a high degree of consultation amongst various stakeholders, including civil society, IPs, LCs and private sector, among others, and the national REDD+ strategy which must itself be rooted in a broad-based consultative process. Some countries have increasingly granted opportunities to various stakeholders to participate in national level REDD+ related decision-making structures, compared to others. However, in most cases, even where participation is granted by the government, IPs/CSOs/LCs lack access to enabling resources and capacity which discounts the gains. Generally, to coordinate avenues for engagement in the national REDD+ processes, IPs/CSOs/LCs in some countries have already organized themselves into some form of structure or platform (e.g., working groups and national steering committees). Yet, some countries still require support to make such progress. 3. The FCPF has had two complementary funding mechanisms to achieve its strategic objectives: the Readiness Fund, which assists tropical and sub-tropical developing countries in preparing to participate in a future, large-scale system of positive incentives for REDD+; and the Carbon Fund for testing a program of performance-based incentive 1 The concept of Indigenous Peoples is used variably in different countries. 2 The Carbon Fund is set up to pilot incentive payments for REDD+ efforts in developing countries. Carbon Funds payments are designed to help countries and their stakeholders achieve long-term sustainability in financing forest conservation. They are intended to help reduce climate change impacts from forest loss and degradation by making forests more valuable standing than cut down. The Carbon Fund remunerates participant countries in accordance with negotiated contracts for verifiable emission reductions (ERs). Page 4 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) payments in pilot countries. The World Bank has been the Facility’s Trustee as well as one of its Delivery Partners and the FCPF Facility Management Team (FMT) has been responsible for the operation of the Facility. Dialogues between the Word Bank and forest-dependent IPs, southern civil society and LC representatives in 2008, resulted in a request to support IPs, southern CSOs and LCs in building their capacity to strengthen their engagement in REDD+ activities at the national and regional levels. They felt this would enable them to play a more meaningful role in the REDD+ Readiness process in their respective countries. While capacity needs varied between countries and communities, a number of common priority areas emerged; these included (i) research and publication of knowledge products on REDD+; (ii) awareness raising on REDD+ policies, concepts and processes; (iii) coordination, communication and information sharing systems within and across countries; (iv) collaboration between CSOs, IPs and national REDD+ frameworks; (v) recognition and respect for local knowledge that is critical in climate change adaptation and mitigation; and (vi) understanding of the threats to land tenure and local livelihoods in the context of REDD+. 4. In Asia and the Pacific (Asia-Pacific), a series of dialogues raised a number of concerns with respect to REDD+ in general and the FCPF in particular, including the need for full and effective participation in REDD+ design at the national level; and the need to address the issues of customary land ownership, carbon rights, benefit sharing and forest governance. The capacity and participation need of women and youth had been recognized as requiring affirmative action across the board. The dialogues also acknowledged that efforts to enhance IPs, southern civil society and LC’s understanding of REDD+ required strategic and systematic plan of actions and funding. These dialogues resulted in the development of a roadmap for the engagement of IPs in the FCPF, and the FCPF Global Capacity Building Program (CBP) was established in 2008 to provide information, knowledge and awareness on REDD+. The program was conceived to be a demand-driven one, in which IPs and CSOs were to make proposals to the FCPF based on their needs. It complemented FCPF Readiness Grants by targeting specific capacity building needs, in particular those related to raising the awareness on the technical aspects of REDD+. 5. Following a first phase of the CBP3, which took place in 2008-2015 and was implemented through contracts between the World Bank and 29 CSO/IPs organizations, Phase II was designed to be demand driven and managed by recipient organizations themselves. In moving forward with the Capacity Building Program, and in line with the Bank’s Operational Policy/Bank Procedure (OP/BP) 10.00, Investment Project Financing, projects under Phase II of the CBP was implemented in accordance to the World Bank’s Procedure for Small Recipient-Executed Trust Fund Grants. Six small grants were provided to selected recipient organizations in Africa, Asia and Latic America as small Recipient Executed Trust Funds (RETFs), with each organization responsible for selecting and supporting small capacity building projects within its region and targeted communities. At the Program level, objectives continued to be focused on awareness raising and capacity building of people at the grassroots levels; engaging IPs, CSOs and LCs in all phases of REDD+; and building a knowledge base of IPs, CSOs and LCs on climate change and REDD+, thus empowering them to translate global knowledge into actionable plans at the national level. 3 Phase I of the CBP (2008-2015) funded 29 projects in Asia, Latin America and Africa (including two global projects), with a total allocation of over US$1.7 million, supporting awareness-raising workshops, publication of training manuals and capacity building activities. Proposals for capacity building activities have been processed through the World Bank’s general corporate procurement system where IP organizations and CSOs were selected and contracted as consultants to carry out specific capacity building activities. During this phase, CSOs in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia were engaged in national REDD+ planning and formulation and played an active role in partnering with governments to implement consultation activities. Strengthened consultation and participation also helped to publicize and increase the understanding of civil society and LC views and potential contributions to the REDD+ system design and implementation. In addition, during this period, CSOs have played an important role in the decision-making process of the FCPF through self-selected observers in the FCPF Participants Assembly and Participants Committee meetings, as well as members of the Ad Hoc Technical Advisory Panel. Page 5 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) 6. In Asia-Pacific, two CBP small grants were allocated: one to the Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education (Tebtebba) based in the Philippines for IPs, and one to the Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources (ANSAB) based in Nepal for CSOs and LCs. This Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR) focuses on the project that was implemented by ANSAB: the FCPF Capacity Building on REDD+ for Southern Civil Society Organizations and Local Communities in East Asia and the Pacific region project (P153588), hereinafter referred to as ‘the project’. 7. The beneficiaries of country-level activities of this project were CSOs and LCs selected from four eligible countries in Asia-Pacific, namely Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Vietnam4. These countries were considered eligible by the FCPF since their respective governments had i) signed Partnership Agreements with the FCPF Readiness Fund and had remained active in meetings and activities of the Fund; ii) had not been beneficiaries of the Global Grant Mechanism; and iii) had not been beneficiaries of the FCPF CBP Phase 1. The beneficiaries of the project through regional activities are CSOs and LCs in 11 FCPF countries, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Higher Level Objectives to which the Project Contributed 8. The project contributed to two key strategic objectives of the FCPF: i) assisting eligible REDD+ Countries in their efforts to achieve Emission Reductions (ER) from deforestation and/or forest degradation by providing them with financial and technical assistance in building their capacity to benefit from possible future systems of positive incentives for REDD+ and ii) ensuring the active participation of IPs, CSOs and LC in REDD+ design and implementation. The project was consistent with the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity and sustainability through addressing climate change and ensuring ecosystem integrity; and it focused on the broader WBG civil society and stakeholder relations strategy, which at its core, empowers and engages CSOs as partners in the shared development agenda. Additionally, it aligned with relevant internal strategies at the time which focused on creating an inclusive society not only in terms of economic welfare but specifically in terms of voice and empowerment of all groups, including traditionally marginalized groups in the decision-making process. The specific strategies included the WBG Environment Strategy 2012 – 2022 (2012) on low-emission development strategies and innovative finance, calling for cross-region and cross-sector work to find innovative carbon finance and climate finance solutions to help countries adopt low-mission paths to development and improve resource efficiency; the World Bank Group Forest Action Plan FY16-20 (2016) and the Climate Change Action Plan (2016) under the cross-cutting theme of Climate Change and Resilience by working on innovative solutions and forest-based mitigation to climate change. 9. In Asia-Pacific, the project was also aligned with the East Asia and Pacific region’s (EAP) strategic focus on inclusion and empowerment and on climate change and disaster risk management as articulated in the region’s strategy. Also, there was alignment with regards to the participating countries’ partnership strategies (Country Partnership Framework [CPF]/Country Engagement Note [CEN]) with the WBG. This included for the eligible countries: i) Fiji’ Country Engagement Note FY15-17 (Report No. 93708) Theme 2 on protecting vulnerable populations by 4Upon advisement from SAR VPU, SAR-eligible FCPF eligible countries from the project were removed from country-oriented activities, as the proposed activities did not align with the WB’s engagement in the respective countries. Page 6 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) supporting an analysis of the drivers of deforestation, forest governance and REDD+ strategy options, a potential grievance redress mechanism, and benefit monitoring; ii) PNG’s Country Partnership Strategy FY13-18 (Report No. 71440) Pillar 2 on gender-equitable improvements in lives and livelihoods: supporting expanded yields and profitability of smallholders growing cash crops, productivity gains for rural households growing food crops, improved sustainability and resilience to price and weather volatility; iii) Vanuatu Pacific Regional Partnership Program FY17-21 (Report No. R2017- 0028) on strengthening resilience to natural disasters and climate change by helping communities increase their resilience; and iv) Vietnam’s Country Partnership Framework FY18-22, which at the time of writing was expected to reflect priorities expressed in the WBG 2016 Systematic Country Diagnostic (Report No. 108348), among them are the strategic priority of sustainable management of natural assets and environment. Theory of Change (TOC) 10. The TOC below was retroactively constructed for the ICR based on information from the Phase II Project Paper (Report No. 153520-GLB) because a diagrammatic TOC was not required at the time. The project sought to raise awareness and increase knowledge for CSOs and LCs on REDD+ in order to enhance their understanding of REDD+, and to enable them to engage more meaningfully in the implementation of REDD+ Readiness activities. Furthermore, national and regional exchange activities were to provide opportunities for CSOs and LCs to engage and build networks with other CSOs and LCs, thereby strengthening their knowledge and providing an opportunity to learn from others. By funding activities that enhanced CSOs, LCs, and their representative institutions’ capacity, knowledge and networking capabilities around the REDD+ Readiness process nationally and strengthening collaboration regionally, the project PDO was to be achieved. The TOC assumed that i) CSOs would be willing to participate in capacity building sub-projects; ii) sub-projects would be sufficient catalysts to enhance CSOs’ engagement in REDD+ processes; and iii) selected sub-project implementing CSOs would be the most suited to deliver capacity building activities due to their strong familiarity with their constituents and their needs, and their knowledge of the local languages. See figure 1 for diagrammatic version of the Theory of Change. Figure 1: Theory of Change Page 7 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Project Development Objectives (PDOs) 11. The Project Development Objective (PDO), as articulated in the financing agreement (TF A5386), was to strengthen: i) the knowledge of targeted southern civil society organizations and local communities of REDD+ Readiness at the national level and (ii) knowledge exchange at the regional level. 12. This PDO was a derivative of the FCPF CBP’s objective: to provide forest-dependent IPs on one hand, and southern CSOs and Other Forest Dwellers (OFD) on the other, with information, knowledge and awareness on REDD+ in order to enhance their understanding of REDD+, and to engage more meaningfully in the implementation of REDD+ Readiness activities. Key Expected Outcomes and Outcome Indicators 13. The key expected outcomes as stated by the PDO and their respective indicators were a) Strengthened knowledge of targeted southern CSOs and LC of REDD+ Readiness at the national level. The indicators that measured this outcome were: i) Indicator 1: Share of target beneficiaries with knowledge score of 3 or more on REDD+ and related issues (Target: 80%); ii) Indicator 2: National knowledge exchange products disseminated in appropriate languages (Target: 4); and iii) Indicator 4: Meetings held between civil society and LC representatives and national REDD+ decision making entities (Target: 4); And; b) Strengthened knowledge exchange among CSOs on REDD+ Readiness at the regional level. The indicators that measured this outcome was: iv) Outcome 3: Regional knowledge exchange products disseminated (Target: 5). Outcome 5: Direct project beneficiaries, of which female (Core Indicator) (Target: 800, 40%) applied to both expected outcomes. Components 14. Component 1: National Capacity Building and Awareness Raising (Original Allocation: US$ 350,000; Revised Allocation: US$ 318,399; Actual Cost: US$ 310,896): This component supported capacity building and awareness raising activities for civil society and LC organizations in the four participating countries with specific focus on women and youth. The design and choice of activities were informed by i) seeking a gender balance among beneficiaries; ii) understanding infrastructural constraints within beneficiaries’ territories, in particular those related to means and forms of communication; and iii) current and past REDD+ capacity building programs in the region, including capacity building tools such as manuals and training material. 15. Component 2: Regional Exchange and Sharing of Lessons Learned (Original Allocation: US$ 110,000; Revised Allocation: US$ 114,047; Actual Cost: US$ 102,640): This component focused on building a regional platform to share knowledge products, publications, REDD+ manuals, lessons learned and good practices, that result were produced under component one. In addition, south-south regional learning events and knowledge exchange workshops were to bring together regional civil society to build capacity of the CSOs and LCs in wider in FCPF countries (in Asia and the Pacific and elsewhere). 16. Component 3: Management, M&E and Reporting (Original Allocation: US$70,111; Revised Allocation: US$ 97,665; Actual Cost: US$ 116,553): This component financed the incremental overhead costs incurred by ANSAB during the implementation of the project, which included procurement, financial management, environmental and social safeguard compliance assurance, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and reporting, and preparation of annual work plans, Page 8 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) budgets and also a Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM). This component also financed annual external auditing of the project account. Changes during Implementation 17. A Level 2, six-month extension, RVP Decision was approved in December 2019 to extend the project to June 30, 2019. The restructuring responded to a request by IPs and civil society representatives in the three regions for additional capacity building activities on REDD+ to reach additional communities and allow IPs and CSOs to pilot key elements of national Emission Reduction Programs (ERPs). In Asia-Pacific, the request was made during the Regional Dialogue for IPs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) carried out by the World Bank in September 2019 in Bangkok. The extension also sought to keep the project active while the Parent FCPF TF was extended with additional resources, at which point an Additional Financing of US$670,000 and a Closing Date extension of additional 24 months (until June 2022) would be submitted for RVP approval. The additional FCPF Trust Fund resources were expected to be confirmed by the FCPF Participants Committee in November 2019. II. OUTCOME Relevance of PDO Rating: Substantial 18. The PDO’s relevance is substantial as participation of CSOs and LCs in REDD+ and climate change dialogues continues to be a constraint to progress on social inclusion and full representation. The PDO remained consistent with the World Bank Group’s twin goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity and sustainability through addressing climate change challenges and securing ecosystem integrity; and it focuses on the World Bank’s broader engagement with CSOs and LCs which seeks to empower CSOs as partners in the shared development agenda through the WBG civil society and stakeholder relations strategy. It remained relevant to the WBG country strategies and partnership frameworks for all four eligible/participating countries and it continues to align with the WBG Environment Strategy 2012 – 2022 (2012); the World Bank Group Forest Action Plan FY16-20 (2016) and the Climate Change Action Plan (2016). In Asia-Pacific, it aligns with East Asia and Pacific region (EAP) strategic focus on inclusion and empowerment and on climate change and disaster risk management as presented in the 2018 EAP regional update to the Board, especially the Pacific, which remains the most vulnerable to natural disasters and climate change. Globally, the PDO relates to the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG5 on providing women and girls equal access to education and representation in political and economic decision-making, SDG13 of taking urgent action to combat climate change and impacts; SDG15 on protecting, restoring and promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, and sustainably managing forests and SDG16 of promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. 19. The project remains consistent with the relevant CPFs/CENs at closing, as outlined at appraisal. In Fiji, the draft CPF FY21-24) (Report No. 149434-FJ) identifies under Focus Area 2 of Building Resilience, that natural disasters and climate change represent a potentially catastrophic fiscal risk, and its objective is to increase climate resilience and strengthen disaster risk management by continuing to implement comprehensive climate change measures and the use of ecosystem Page 9 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) measures. The draft CPF reflects the importance of working through the Fiji Carbon Fund ER-P to “support the enhancement of forest carbon stocks at the national level and measured, reported, and verified reductions in emissions from reduced deforestation and forest degradation, leading to a net reduction in emissions of 2.5 million tons of CO 2 equivalent. The robust systems that are being developed under the Emissions Reduction Plan will enable Fiji to trade carbon with others in the long term and ensure that the key stakeholders and communities in Fiji will benefit from the climate change endeavor in an inclusive, fair and transparent manner.� In PNG, the CPF FY19-23, indicates the importance of supporting improvements to fiscal resilience against climate change and natural disasters, including through a disaster risk financing strategy as part of Pillar 1. For Vanuatu, the Vanuatu Pacific Regional Partnership Program FY17-21 (Report No. R2017-0028) on strengthening resilience to natural disasters and climate change by helping communities increase their resilience remains relevant. The implementation of the CSOs project at decentralized levels throughout the five islands in Vanuatu has contributed to the inclusive agenda of the national REDD+ readiness program. The national REDD+ unit was able to provide added resources for the CSOs to deliver the awareness raising activities to the REDD+ unit. Finally, Vietnam’s Country Partnership Framework FY18-22, reflects the priorities expressed in the WBG 2016 Systematic Country Diagnostic (Report No. 108348), among them the strategic priority of sustainable management of natural assets and environment. 20. The project also played a major role in enhancing the active participation of CSOs in national REDD processes. Opportunity was provided for building the capacity of CSOs both at national and decentralized structures, while implementing their respective subprojects. CSOs had the opportunity to collaborate with government agencies implementing REDD+ in furthering their outreach and awareness programs. Furthermore, through capacity enhancement, CSOs were able to provide inputs into various national level analytical pieces such as the strategic environmental and social assessments, REDD+ strategy development, benefit sharing mechanism, and land tenure assessments while partnering with respective governments to engage in the consultations for this analytical works. Achievement of PDO (Efficacy) 21. The PDO is unpacked to the two outcome statements which will form the basis of the evaluation of efficacy: a) Improved knowledge of targeted southern civil society organizations and local communities of REDD+ Readiness at the national level; and b) Improved knowledge at the regional level. The achievement of each outcome is assessed on the basis of the relevant indicators. Outcome 1: Strengthened knowledge of targeted southern civil society organizations and local communities of REDD+ Readiness at the national level 22. The achievement of this outcome was measured by Indicator 1: Beneficiary feedback: Share of target beneficiaries with knowledge score of 3 or more on REDD+ and related issues (Target: 80%); ii) Indicator 2: National knowledge exchange products disseminated in appropriate languages (Target: 4); iii) Indicator 4: Meetings held between civil society and LC representatives and national REDD+ decision making entities; and vi) Indicator 5: Direct project beneficiaries (Target: 800). The project achieved all these targets at closing (see table below). Page 10 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Table 1: Key Project Indicators Indicators Target Achievement Share of target beneficiaries with knowledge score of 3 or 80% 92% more on REDD+ and related issues National knowledge exchange products disseminated in 4 11 appropriate languages Regional knowledge exchange products disseminated in 5 5 appropriate languages and accessible formats Meetings held between civil society and LC representatives 4 4 and national REDD+ decision making entities Direct project beneficiaries 800 2,197 Percentage of female 40% 58.44% 23. The above results were generated by three project-financed sub-projects as shown in the table below. National level capacity building and awareness raising activities were carried out in Vietnam and Fiji by three CSOs, namely Center for Sustainable Rural Development (SRD) - Vietnam, Center for People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) – Vietnam, and Grace Trifam Ministry (GTM) – Fiji. No eligible proposals were received from Vanuatu and PNG (see Performance section for additional details). Table 2: List of Sub-Projects Country Name of Organization Sub-project Title Amount (US$) Vietnam Center for Sustainable Empowering CSOs and LCs to effectively 114,963 Rural Development (SRD) participate in the implementation of Vietnam’s Emission Reduction Programme (ER-P) Vietnam Center for People and Promoting Adaptive Collaborative Management 109,756 Nature Reconciliation Approach (ACMA) through strengthening capacity (PanNature) and participation of Vietnamese CSOs and local communities in REDD+ process in Vietnam Fiji Grace Trifam Ministry Building Capacity for Fiji’s CSOs and LCs to actively 75,000 (GTM) participate in the Fiji national REDD+ readiness programme 24. 2,197 beneficiaries (local communities and CSO members) increased their knowledge and awareness of REDD+ issues through sub-projects’ capacity building activities – exceeding the 800 beneficiaries target. Of this, 58.4 percent were women – again exceeding the 40 percent target. This indicator aimed to measure impact and gather beneficiary feedback by consolidating beneficiary feedback forms after capacity building activities were delivered. Beneficiaries received a pre-defined short questionnaire prior to participation in knowledge event, which recorded their perceptions of their level of knowledge on a defined list of subjects. After the activity their level of knowledge was measured again on scale of 1 to 5 (with five the highest). Activities focused on trainings, south-south learning and practical activities such as community involvement in early forest monitoring systems. The share of target beneficiaries with knowledge score of 3 or more on REDD+ and related issues was 92% above the 80% targeted. Page 11 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) 25. Capacity building and awareness raising activities facilitated CSOs’ and LCs’ engagement in national REDD+ readiness and ERPD strategic issues/consultations and empowered them to provide recommendations to national REDD+ strategies. For example, in Fiji, the sub project engaged local communities, and especially the women within them, in 10 provinces to increase their understanding of REDD+, sustainable forest management, and effective participation in the national REDD+ program. This resulted in the organization of three divisional and one national level REDD+ and environmental stewardship dialogues fora for faith leaders; meeting with national REDD+ focal point and 15 district representatives; training sessions for grassroot people in 18 communities and the development of a discussion paper on existing ERPD strategic issues combined with recommendations from CSOs and fora. Throughout this process GTM engaged with the national level REDD+ focal point and district representatives fostering collaboration and building the networks to contribute further at the national level. Additionally, the sub-project was well aligned with the government’s own REDD+ capacity building programs. The CSOs engaged in this project were able to partner with the national REDD+ unit to deliver a series of capacity building, consultation and participation initiatives in the ER program areas, thus contributed to meeting the governments overarching objective of social inclusion within REDD+ initiatives. Similarly, in Vietnam, PanNature conducted field level activities to increase capacity of LCs at the provincial and national levels; these activities with the government and CSOs led to the creation of an enabling environment for further consultations, once the ERPD is under implementation. As a result, there was increased participation of local communities in forest governance through the adoption of Adaptive Collaborative Management Approach (ACMA) and the collaboration with national level CSOs to promote participatory forest governance monitoring (PFGM) system linking local practices in provincial parts of Vietnam to the national REDD+ agenda. Throughout, there was close collaboration with Vietnam REDD+ Office, National/Provincial ERPD Project Management Boards and CSOs members of Vietnam's National REDD+ network and PanNature ensured that the work was aligned with the national priorities. 26. CSOs and Local Communities were further empowered to participate effectively in pre-ERPD design deliberations (implementation of Vietnam ER-P was scheduled for 2019-2024), as they were able to utilize their newly acquired skills and tools in assisting the government in forest change monitoring and control. Led by SRD, local communities set up a new Forest Conversion Independent Monitoring (FCIM) framework and established an independent monitoring network to deliver on forest conversion priorities for ERPD. This framework was developed in both English and Vietnamese and was utilized in the 6 provinces in the North Central Coast Region of the country using Terra-I technology, which tracks satellite images every 16 days to identify changes in the forest. 27. Sub-projects generated and disseminated over 11 knowledge products and some of which had visibility via the media at the national level. Activities were also covered on local newspapers, the YouTube channel of a national level scientific journal; and broadcasted on local television. In Vietnam, SRD disseminated 2,700 leaflets about FCIM and Terra- I, 500 copies of Terra-I manual, and created a documentary on community-based forest management. PanNature developed and disseminated a policy recommendation on ACMA, participatory forest governance mechanism (PFGM) guidance and a video documentary on Sustainable Forest Governance in Huong Nguyen. In Fiji, GTM produced videos on REDD+ and environment stewardship awareness sessions; in addition, three divisional and one national dialogue that brought together faith-based representatives and leaders of the national REDD+ program, received national-level newspapers coverage. 28. To measure impact of this outcome, the project demonstrated examples of participation by direct project beneficiaries in national REDD+ processes and structures. Resulting from the sub-projects, CSO representatives and LCs convened meetings among themselves and with national REDD+ representatives and decision-making entities and were able to actively participate and contribute to relevant discussions based on their increased understanding of REDD+ and Page 12 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) forest management issues. In total, four meetings were held between the CSOs and the REDD+ focal points (1 each for SRD and GTM, and 2 for PanNature) at the national level. In addition, SRD held 8 meetings at provincial level and GTM held 15 meetings at district-tikina level. Of note, based on the relationships cultivated in Fiji, the Government of Fiji funded a south-south learning mission (participants included GTM and government and REDD+ practitioners) to Dolakha, Nepal where participants were able to hear directly about CSOs participation in the REDD+ agenda. 29. The sub-projects were a key contributor to increased participation of project beneficiaries in early forest monitoring systems. With introduction of technology, SRD was able to train local communities on using FCIM and Terra- I, which led to beneficiaries monitoring forest changes, reporting on forest changes and updating data on the forest management information system at the local level. The piloting at the community level using the community’s mobile phones and computers, resulting in 2 site validations and 2 commune maps produced on forest resource monitoring, that was acknowledged by the Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province. Similarly, PanNature utilized technology at the local level for their 23 village forest protection teams and forest management unit, as mobile phones were used to do community-based forest monitoring. The data collected was used as the official data and evidence of the Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) in the Huong Nguyen commune. 30. Good partnerships and relationships between various stakeholders were developed and this resulted in increased knowledge sharing and use of information both at the national and local level. For example, PanNature collaborated with the Voice for Mekong Forest project, and worked closely with them to set up indicators and tools for forest change independent monitoring. This was tested by the provincial agencies and has remained a useful building block for connecting to the participatory forest governance monitoring (PFGM) system at national level in the future. Additionally, in Fiji, GTM, which is a faith-based CSO, used established faith-based forums to convey the REDD+ messages to the targeted communities, and also explored the potential of the faith-based organizations to contribute to Fiji’s REDD+ program. To solidify faith-based partnerships, three divisional dialogues occurred between interfaith leaders, representatives of the Ministry of the Forestry, and national leaders on the REDD+ program. Furthermore, realizing the need and importance of making aware the interfaith based organizational leaders on national REDD+ program, the Ministry of Forest partnered with GTM to organize national level faith-based leaders dialogue on REDD+ and environment stewardship that involved participation of the permanent secretary, interfaith based organization leaders and REDD+ officials. The dialogues gained national media coverage, and outlined an action-plan to strengthen future collaborations between the government and faith-based organizations to take the message of Climate Change, REDD+ and Environmental Stewardship to the ERPD islands and other maritime islands targeted by the government for REDD+ implementation activities. 31. Outreach activities created climate and REDD+ awareness and promoted know-how among a broad audience in communities, in addition to practical opportunities reduce emissions. Activities were carried out with due recognition and respect of traditional knowledge while making sure to engage women. In Fiji, activities involved the use of traditional/indigenous approaches such as “talanoa� sessions5 and the “Queen Esther� approach6. They also attempted to develop and use traditional/indigenous terminology such as “Vakabulavanua�, equating with REDD+. As practical demonstration, GTM provided 70 rocket stoves to selected poor and marginalized community women members of the 5 The Talanoa Dialogue is based on the Pacific concept of “talanoa� - storytelling that leads to consensus-building and decision- making. The process is designed to allow for participants to share their stories in an open and inclusive environment, devoid of blame, in the hopes that others can learn and benefit from their ideas and experiences leading to wise decisions for the collective good. 6 This approach promotes participation of women in training and capacity building activities at community level, as the male members of the household serve them in the household chores in order to provide the female members more time to participate in public event. Page 13 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Yasawa, Nakorotubu and Lakeba districts. These rocket stoves use less wood, thus reducing pressure on forests and women’s workload (drudgery), as well as offering health benefits through reduction of indoor air pollution. Outcome 2: Strengthened knowledge exchange at the regional level 32. Result indicator 3 (Regional knowledge exchange products disseminated in appropriate languages and accessible formats) captured the activities conducted to achieve this outcome. The five regional knowledge products produced included: i) a May 2018 regional workshop which focused on strengthening project management capacities of sub-project teams; ii) an August 2019 regional workshop which provided an opportunity for sub-project teams to share progress updates, results, challenges and gaps with each other, draw lessons, and frame a way forward; iii) a central website hosted by ANSAB (http://redd.ansab.org.np/) which served as a repository for all project level information, and REDD+ publications and initiatives; iv) a study on lessons learned from the sub-projects; and v) a 20-minute video documentary (with a 5-minute abridged version) highlighting sub-project lessons. 33. The workshops and dialogues provided CSOs and LCs with the opportunity to network with, learn from and access the knowledge of other stakeholders implementing similar work. This was essential to increasing the capacities of sub-project teams and building confidence in their achievements and future capabilities. This face-to-face opportunity facilitated the exchange of ideas, project challenges, and strategies for engaging with the REDD+ agenda and process. CSOs and LCs were able to contribute beyond their small communities and partake in a wider network of practitioners, thereby thinking beyond and also becoming a part of global community of practitioners. Regional learning events fostered a wider community of practitioners who were empowered to share sub-project successes, and who were inspired to look at potential opportunities going forward, based on the lessons shared by other practitioners. 34. The regional events brought together sub-project CSO and LC representatives from Fiji and Vietnam, FCPF participating countries, as well as Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) members and WB-FCPF representatives, which enhanced regional integration and cooperation; and served as a mechanism to disseminate knowledge products, good practices, and lessons learned from national-level activities on REDD+. One product that was disseminated was the Lessons Learned report, produced by ANSAB, which highlighted the continued need for involvement of local communities in forest monitoring and emphasized the need to link sub-project activities with national REDD+ design. Overall, regional sharing between CSOs in REDD+ was an effective approach to make consistent and common regional views on REDD+ initiatives, which was useful to global REDD+ policy process. Justification of overall Efficacy rating Rating: Substantial 35. The efficacy rating of the project is substantial. The project over-achieved on the indicators as CSOs and LCs have increased participation in national REDD+ activities consultations. This rating is justified by the continued demand from CSOs and LCs for additional capacity building activities and governments increase acknowledgement of CSOs and LCs contribution to the REDD+ dialogue. In addition, the regional learning demonstrated a proud ownership of sub-project activities and results and served as a proof of concept where sub-grantees were able to show increased knowledge capabilities. Page 14 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Efficiency Rating: High 36. The project’s overall efficiency is rated high due to its cost-effective approach. Sub-grantees were allocated an average of US$99,906 to deliver activities to a diverse audience at a local level, build partnerships and alliances with various CSOs and LCs, and national and regional level REDD+ stakeholders. Overall, 81% of the TF was spend on technical activities while only 19% was spent on overheads, which is relatively low in nominal terms. The project leveraged the capacity of the grant implementing agency, which had the systems in place to manage the grants, reporting, financial management (FM), and procurement. Regional activities were centralized in the region, to lower associated costs and maximize project activities. Furthermore, the sub-projects were able to reach close to three times more than the initially targeted beneficiaries (Target: 800; Achievement: 2,197), which shows the impact that a limited budget envelope can have in this focus area. The implementing agency was an NGO, so part of its staff costs were covered by existing structures and this ensured that most of the funds of the project were directed to project activities, which may not be the case of projects where consultants are hired to support a government PIU. The sub-projects focused on increasing capacity at the local and national level, however the content produced was shared regionally and globally. Overall Outcome Rating Justification of Overall Outcome Rating Rating: Satisfactory 37. The overall project outcome is rated Satisfactory based on the substantial rating for relevance of the PDO and efficacy and high rating for efficiency. On relevance, there remains a sustained high alignment with the relevant World Bank strategies, country priorities, international climate change priorities, and strategies related with FCPF/REDD+. Considering the level of achievement of the PDO indicators and associated information and the continued strong demand by CSOs and IPs for additional capacity building support efficacy was attained. The efficacy rating is justified by (a) the number of CSOs and IPs beneficiaries that participated in capacity building activities at the local and national level; (b) the amount of knowledge products produced and the disseminated; (c) national and regional knowledge events that generated and strengthened collaboration, networking and partnerships among multiple stakeholders; (d) a particularly strong ownership of the project activities as demonstrated during implementation by sub-grantees and their continued interest expressed during the regional workshops; and (e) closer collaboration/ partnership between CSOs and national REDD +units, which has resulted in greater inclusion of CSOs in readiness processes and ERPD design. Furthermore, there is continued demand from CSOs and LCs for additional capacity building activities and regional events demonstrated proud ownership of sub-grantee activities and results of the project. On efficiency, the projects utilized limited resources to reach diverse stakeholders, had low project management costs, and collaborated for regional activities to over-deliver on original targets. Other Outcomes and Impacts 38. Gender: Gender disaggregated indicators show that approximately 58% of the beneficiary participants were women. Efforts were made to ensure that there was equal participation of women at the national and local level, where possible in all project activities. GTM utilized the “Queen Esther� approach which promoted women participation in Page 15 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) training and capacity activities at the community level, as men did chores and housework, in order to provide female members more time to participate. Best practices already in places in the region included involvement of women and LCs in forest monitoring, integration of project-specific REDD+ into national REDD+ initiatives and involvement of CSOs and women in REDD+ networking and committees. In Fiji, GTM provided 70 rocket stoves to selected marginalized community women members in Yasawa, Nakakorotubu and Lakeba districts as discussed. In Vietnam, for both sub- projects women participated in capacity building sessions and also in forest monitoring activities. Although the sub- projects met the gender targets for participation, the lessons learnt report highlighted that CSOs and LCs that social factors are responsible for limited participation by women in CSOs. There was a greater need to promote inclusion of women in REDD+-related activities and provide opportunities to engage women in program design. The challenges related to increasing women participation was subject of two-day discussion during a regional dialogue in Bangkok funded by the World Bank in September 2019.7 39. Institutional Strengthening: CSOs’ and LCs’ capacity for project management, financial management, M&E and procurement improved throughout the implementation period, a direct result of the support provided by ANSAB. Training and capacity building resources were provided at the launch of the project and continuously throughout implementation by ANSAB to the selected CSOs in order to ensure that sub-project resources are utilized effectively and in accordance with World Bank procurement and Financial Management guidelines. In Vietnam, for the documentation and dissemination of knowledge, experiences and lessons learnt, SRD prepared and disseminated 2,700 leaflets about FCIM and Terra-I, 500 copies of Terra-I manual, and a documentary on community-based forest management. Furthermore, the regional activities provided a key opportunity for LCs and CSOs to learn from practitioners outside the CBP and forge partnerships directly. For example, PanNature collaborated with the Voice for Mekong Forest Project and GTM was able to apply for and source government funds for a south-south knowledge exchange to Nepal. Additionally, both sub-projects in Vietnam, utilized technology (computers and mobile devices) to directly monitor and report on forest changes and update information systems. In SRD, the forest change monitoring system was strengthened at the organizational level also through provision of 15 GPSs and orientation training to the users on its operation. With SRD, the Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Nghe An province expressed that Terra- I was easily feasible to adopt because it could easily be used in computers and smartphones by the community members, and the successful piloting of the software in a district could provide useful lesson for the province to institutionalize its application for forest resource monitoring. PanNature provided phones to community groups to monitor and collect forest related data; and further linked the data collected with the Hue Forest Protection Development Fund database. 7 Participants identified some of the barriers to equal participation of women in REDD+-related decision making which included: (i) deep-seated cultural barriers, including traditional gender roles, (ii) confinement to non-economic activities inside women’s homes, (iii) limited mobilization, access to social services, education and literacy rates, (iv) undervalued and undercompensated labor-intensive forestry-related tasks, (v) limited knowledge of women of their rights, laws and policies related to REDD+, (vi) lack of skills and confidence to effectively participate in community activities, (vii) insufficient internalization of existing policies by institutions working on forestry and REDD+ in planning and policy making, (viii) insufficient safeguards, and (ix) elite capture by powerful women leaders. Following the regional event, participants advocated for greater emphasis on promoting and increasing gender participation in the REDD+ activities. Page 16 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) III. KEY FACTORS THAT AFFECTED IMPLEMENTATION AND OUTCOME Key Factors During Preparation 40. Project design reflected lessons learned from and results achieved by the Phase I of the FCPF Capacity Building Program, which emphasized the importance of engaging civil society and LC in the REDD+ Readiness process, and the recognition that engagement is more effective when targeted communities are well-informed and have the capacity to participate. The objectives were clear, and the components were operational within a capacity building context. It also reflected FCPF’s decision to transition the execution of the Global CBP to small RETF grants to regional CSOs, allowing a stronger sense of ownership for beneficiaries, and a more efficient system for the administration of capacity building grants in comparison to CBP Phase I. 41. The project design made all efforts to ensure that the project was compatible with local cultures and managed expectations about its benefits. This was done by working closely with locally trusted organizations and maintaining stakeholder participation throughout project implementation. In addition, the project made all efforts to develop local relevant knowledge on REDD+ and climate change, translating knowledge products to local languages when possible. 42. The project also correctly identified potential risks and put in place mitigation measures. To mitigate the risk of lack of some political and government support for capacity building of CSOs, the project garnered letters of consent at the national REDD+ level and also ensured alignment of capacity building activities with the WB wider engagement on climate change, REDD+ and forestry. Given that REDD+ activities were at different stages in each country, the project emphasized that capacity building activities under component 1 in particular would be strategically selected based on the stage of the countries REDD+ Readiness implementation to better add value. To support any potential institutional capacity challenges of the grant implementing agency, a robust list of criteria, with clear engagement guidelines and procedures was put in place. In addition, the review process was set to benefit from the expertise of an independent Asia-Pacific Regional Advisory Group (RAC), created especially for the project, to minimize any grievances and make sure the most technically sound proposals were selected – a mechanism which proved useful during implementation. At the time of the launch mission, the POM was ready and the Project Management team with ANSAB, was in place with sufficient FM, Procurement, safeguards and M&E structures to implement the project. Key Factors During Implementation 43. The process for selection of sub-grantees was effective. The CSOs selected to deliver the sub-projects achieved their targets within the time period given and outputs were delivered within budget. Sub-projects were selected following a call for proposals posted on ANSAB’s website and listserv of East Asia and Pacific CSOs and advertised through communicating to regional organizations, national civil society networks and platforms in the participating countries. ANSAB reviewed proposals for eligibility and forwarded them to the RAC for technical evaluation. The World Bank provided no-objection on the three final proposals. 44. ANSAB implementation support was solid throughout project lifetime. ANSAB was instrumental to the effective delivery of this project and its results. It demonstrated this throughout the duration of the project, with adequate staffing and resources assigned, timely delivery of required progress reports and submissions. Page 17 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Furthermore, ANSAB worked collaboratively with TEBTEBBA to deliver regional events that brought together stakeholders from across the Asia-Pacific region to share knowledge and raise awareness of this critical agenda. ANSAB generated clear work plans and annual budgets; and followed them closely. ANSAB also conducted a field visit to Fiji, to see firsthand project implementation and also provided hands-on support and advice to the sub- project. A field visit to Vietnam was planned for the latter part of the project, but was not possible with the global travel restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ANSAB carried out distanced monitoring and project implementation support to the two subprojects for their smooth execution. Overall, ANSAB’s support and responsiveness to the CSOs helped them achieve strong results. It should be noted that ANSAB made all efforts through continuous outreach to seek proposals from all four eligible countries. However, two proposals submitted by Vanuatu were not selected as one was submitted by a non-certified CSO and the second was not finalized by the CSO despite help from ANSAB. No proposals were received from PNG. Resulting from this, a series of meetings occurred between the WB and ANSAB that discussed the use of funds allocated for country level activities. A consensus decision was made to expand the activities of the two sub-projects in Vietnam, which was communicated to both SRD and PanNature. Both prepared proposals for accordingly, submitted and approved for additional funding. This, however, did not affect the achievement of outcomes because the grant balance was used to increase the scope of the two Vietnam sub-projects and generate stronger results. 45. Additional time for sub-project implementation. The closing dates for two projects by GTM and PanNature were extended by a month to allow for the completion of additional activities and ensure enough time to capture and documents the results, best practices and lessons learned. ANSAB’s flexible approach with these sub-grantees resulted from the constant communication and updates provided by the CSOs. 46. Covid-19 related restrictions. Due to the global pandemic as identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, significant travel restrictions and the need for the application of social distancing was enforced globally. This resulted in some adjustments in sub-project activities in Vietnam and distance monitoring was made in Vietnam using various communication means, due to the travel restriction. IV. BANK PERFORMANCE, COMPLIANCE ISSUES, AND RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME QUALITY OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION (M&E) Rating: Substantial 47. M&E Design: M&E was led by the implementing agency and entailed collecting input from sub-project implementing CSOs and LCs and through self-generated data by ANSAB. ANSAB developed uniform progress reports for the use of the selected sub-project recipients, to ensure data directly contributed to the tracking of PDO achievement as measured by the results framework. It also developed a beneficiary feedback form to help gather feedback from communities in a uniform and consistent manner. This in conjunction with the levels of sub- grant disbursement were the primary mechanism to monitor and evaluate performance. Three of the five results indicators were focused on outputs achieved, one focused on beneficiaries reached and one on beneficiaries’ feedback on knowledge gained after participating in a sub-project-financed activity. No further assessments were planned to evaluate capacity gains of LCs and CSOs relative to the overall outcomes envisioned. As a result, it was hard to measure the impact of “increased capacity� on beneficiaries in varying countries and contexts learning different though relevant REDD+ information. The results therefore demonstrated the volume of content produced and activities completed rather than the change that occurred for beneficiaries. The PDO was simplified Page 18 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) and focused primarily on increasing capacity for CSOs and LCs on the REDD+ agenda. The PDO indicators though appropriate and relevant, were not robust in providing a balance of quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the results from the activities. The rationale behind this may align with the capacity at the community level to complete some tasks and also the small nature of the grants which sought to introduce new concepts and processes in traditionally underserved communities. A theory of change was not required at appraisal design which may have added a bit more strength to the M&E indicators developed. 48. M&E Implementation: M&E data was regularly collected, analyzed and aggregated by ANSAB in a timely manner. Semi-annual reports showed progress toward achievement of the PDO and highlighted any implementation challenges. At the sub-project level, there was no end assessment, economic analysis or impact evaluation of the activity’s achievements, due to the limited project scope and resources (the project was a small RETF totaling US$0.53 million). ANSAB accomplished a study on lessons learnt with the implementation of the project by hiring an independent consultant from the University of Southern Queensland, which analyzed key results of the sub-projects based on results framework and key lessons, including examples of best practices and success stories at sub-project level. The FCPF Secretariat, however, conducted a Learning Review of the entire CBP program in all regions (EAP, LAC, AFR) to assess accomplishments, challenges, lessons learned and key recommendations going forward. This independent assessment by Conservation International validated the intermediary organizations to implement the sub-projects for efficiency and effectiveness. 49. M&E Utilization: M&E was integrated into the project’s decision-making process. The semi-annual progress reports prepared by ANSAB were useful to the WB team in preparing for missions, making decisions and identifying topics to discussing at regional events. They also brought to light the need to increase female participation in some sub-projects and helped shape work plans and budgets to make sure targets are achieved. Collected data, pictures and reports were presented on ANSAB’s website to ensure wide exposure to experience and knowledge, and increase the visibility of ANSAB, participating CSOs, and the project. Justification of Overall Rating of Quality of M&E 50. M&E quality is rated substantial, given the minor shortcomings in the M&E design related the focus on capturing activities/participation and not a more robust look at change in capacity. However, the project’s M&E implementation and utilization observed no major challenges, as it was able to capture the results. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND FIDUCIARY COMPLIANCE 51. All safeguards policies were complied with for the project. The project did not trigger any of the World Bank safeguards policies. The project had an Environmental Assessment (EA) rating of Category C (no EA needed) since no expected adverse environmental impacts of the project were expected. The eligibility criteria for selection of sub-projects and implementing CSOs incorporated appropriate environmental and social actions that promoted transparency, stakeholder participation and public information disclosure. In addition, the Operations Manual incorporated mechanisms to ensure community support of submitted capacity building proposals, active participation of key stakeholders, and access to a grievance redress mechanism managed within ANSAB, and such mechanisms have been utilized successfully. The project put in place a strong Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) to address any complaints and manage conflicts that arose. The GRM included contact information on ANSAB’s webpage and it emphasized to sub-project recipients the importance of or communicating feedback from Page 19 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) sub-project beneficiaries and communities. ANSAB regularly communicated with the sub-project teams and ensured that there were no negative environmental and social impacts with the implementation of the project. No grievance was registered during the duration of project implementation. 52. The project complied with all financial management requirements. At preparation, ANSAB had a well- established financial and administration manual and personnel policy. Audit reports were submitted timely and had received unqualified opinion. As a result, ANSAB maintained a good accounting and recording system throughout the project lifetime. There were no outstanding issues or financial reports including audit reports. Two external audit reports submitted prior to project closing have been approved. 53. The project complied with procurement requirements. At preparation, the project did not envision substantial procurement, as there were no physical projects to be implemented. Procurement was primarily consulting services and some goods, which was done through the WBG STEP system. Similar to FM, there were no major issues with procurement throughout implementation. 54. The project complied with its legal covenants. No issues were highlighted in any of the progress reports or aide memoires. The project complied with all three legal covenants as per the Financing agreement: i) maintenance of a Management Committee; ii) Maintenance of a Regional Advisory Committee; and iii) Maintenance of a Secretariat. BANK PERFORMANCE Bank Performance Rating: Satisfactory 55. Quality at Entry: The project as prepared reflected and incorporated the lessons learned from Phase I of the CBP. It outlined thoroughly any potential risks and developed mitigation measures to address them. The selection of ANSAB as the implementing agency ensured smooth and timely implementation. Given the project’s size and the limited resources available, the project focused primarily on the transfer of knowledge rather than the measuring more clearly project outcome/impact. The team had the right mix of specialists in the right areas for project preparation. Furthermore, prior to project implementation the Bank team delivered a two-day training to ANSAB on the Bank’s procurement, FM and safeguards requirement. 56. Quality of Supervision: The project core team did not change throughout implementation, ensuring consistency and avoiding valuable handover time. The project was staffed by a TTL with social development expertise who had been engaged in the dialogue with CSOs and IPs for several years and understood well the regional context, an operations analyst, and FM and procurement specialists – both based in the World Bank country office in Kathmandu. During implementation the Bank Team continued to support and train ANSAB on use of client connection and addressed any residual Bank related issues in order to ensure smooth implementation. Two supervision missions per year took place, as per the small RETF procedures with quality aide memoires and Implementation Status and Results Reports (ISRs) submitted identifying key issues and bringing any challenges to management’s attention. The team was proactive during launch and the mid-term review mission; and the team demonstrated agility conducting the closing mission virtually due to travel restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The team was in regular communication with ANSAB and remained responsive to Page 20 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) all queries during the project’s lifetime and in-between missions. 57. The WB organized a regional dialogue for forest-dependent indigenous peoples (IPs), other forest dwellers and southern civil society organizations (CSOs) in Asia-Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand in September 2019, which brought together representatives from FCPF eligible countries in EAP and SAR, that included sub-grantee organizations, women’s organizations, representatives from the RSC, TEBTEBBA, ANSAB, UNDP and WBG. At this workshop, CSOs and LCs representatives shared experiences and good practices from implementation, identified challenges and factors to project implementation; united on ways to address hindering issues and concerns and discussed additional capacity building needs of IPs and other forest dwellers. The regional dialogue facilitated a joint reflection and learning by the various stakeholders on social inclusion efforts for FCPF/REDD+ and the discussion extended beyond REDD+ toward larger and more sustained issues of land tenure, increasing women participation, governance and poverty reduction. RISK TO DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME 58. Overall, the capacity of the CSOs and LSs were strengthened and increased as a result of this project. The project established an enabling environment for social inclusion and empowerment for CSOs and LCs and provided them with opportunities to engage with local and national stakeholders on the REDD+ agenda. CSOs and LCs play an integral role in promoting the implementation of REDD+ process at the national and local level. The project empowered communities with practical knowledge on the opportunities that reside with sustainable forest management. In addition, the capacity of ANSAB and sub-grantees were enhanced through access to training on project management, fiduciary management and safeguards; and the exposure to governments and donors, which placed them in a better place to leverage additional resources and empowered them to participate more meaningfully on this important agenda. ANSAB in particular, an already established NGO will utilize its experience and knowledge to do more in additional communities regardless of project support. To ensure sustainability of these outcomes, a follow-up project (Phase III) can further increase the capacity of these critical stakeholders in the REDD+ dialogue. The WB has started working with ANSAB on how to continue to raise awareness and increase capacity of CSOs and LCs, who serve as an important bridge to governments in implementing REDD+. V. LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS The following lessons and recommendation can be drawn from project implementation: . 59. Utilizing an implementing agency based in the region, with grant management structures in place was vital to the success of this project. ANSAB was responsible for seeking expressions of interest, reviewing grant submissions in collaboration with the WBG and RAC, and supervising the implementation of sub-projects once awarded. This structure allowed for more direct hands-on support to sub-grantees, limited safeguards and compliance risks (as the necessary compliance entities were a part of ANSAB’s structure), an ability to leverage its network and knowledge of the region when issuing call for proposals and ability to respond to issues directly with the sub-grantees. Additionally, ANSAB’s knowledge of the climate change agenda, with prior experience working on different aspects of ecosystem services was quite useful throughout preparation and implementation. Page 21 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) 60. Small IPF projects should develop more robust Theories of Change and dedicate funds for evaluation. Although small in scale and scope, the project could benefit from a more robust results framework anchored in a well-defined TOC that balanced qualitative and quantitative feedback, in addition to the output designed approach. In capacity building projects, the results should be designed with careful consideration of the outcome expected and be relevant and measurable in low capacity environments. Where surveys are difficult to carry out and expensive, extra thought needs to be given to what information is absolutely essential to keep track of project progress and measure its impact right from the start. Extra time and support may be needed to help sub-grantees develop a more robust proposal evaluation system that goes beyond counting activities and allows for the capturing of project outcomes. 61. Greater focus on increasing women’s participation in capacity building activities on REDD+. Based on the targets this project achieved the targets set out on women participation in sub-project activities. Various efforts were applied at all levels to ensure greater female participation in the project. Efforts can be made to engage women-led NGOs, to advocate more for women in leadership roles, to do studies on issues that affect women in these communities and how to increase participation at the national level for marginalized women. The experience from Fiji highlights that woman-led sub-grantee utilizing faith-based and traditional approaches can provide an entry point on increasing women participation. Page 22 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ANNEX 1. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND KEY OUTPUTS A. RESULTS INDICATORS A.1 PDO Indicators Objective/Outcome: Strengthened knowledge of targeted southern CSOs and LC of REDD+ Readiness at the national level. Unit of Formally Revised Actual Achieved at Indicator Name Baseline Original Target Measure Target Completion Beneficiary €Žfeedback: Share Percentage 0 80 80 92 of €Žtarget beneficiaries €Žwith knowledge €Žscore of 3 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 or more €Žon REDD+ and €related issues Comments (achievements against targets): Achieved (136%): The indicator purpose was twofold: i) to measure impact and ii) to gather beneficiary feedback. Beneficiary feedback was received from recipient organizations/institutions and workshop/training participants received a pre-defined short questionnaire (half-page) to record their perceptions of their level of knowledge on a defined list of subjects The forms were fill out by beneficiaries after a training workshop/program. The project demonstrates that on average, between the three sub-grantees, at least 92 percent of the beneficiaries that participated felt that their knowledge increased due to the capacity building events. This information was sourced from ANSABs 7th Progress Review. Unit of Formally Revised Actual Achieved at Indicator Name Baseline Original Target Measure Target Completion Page 23 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) National knowledge€ Number 0 4 4 11 Žexchange products €Ždisseminated in Žappropriate 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 €Žlanguages Comments (achievements against targets): Achieved (275%). This indicator measured knowledge exchange products and capacity building activities and/or awareness raising activities (all knowledge products were produced in English and translated to local languages as needed). 11 knowledge products were produced overall, including multi-media products. This information was sourced from ANSABs 7th Progress Review. Unit of Formally Revised Actual Achieved at Indicator Name Baseline Original Target Measure Target Completion Meetings held €Žbetween civil Number 0 0 4 4 €Žsociety and LC €Žrepresentatives and 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 €Žnational REDD+ €Ždecision making €Žentities€Ž Comments (achievements against targets): Achieved (100%). This indicator captured the meetings held within the four countries between recipient and civil society organizations and national REDD+ decision makers. Additional meetings were held at the provincial and district level. Issues discussed were wide-ranging and cross cutting and focused on the REDD+ agenda. This information was sourced from ANSABs 7th Progress Review. Unit of Formally Revised Actual Achieved at Indicator Name Baseline Original Target Measure Target Completion Direct project beneficiaries Number 0 0 800 2,197 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 Page 24 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Female beneficiaries Percentage 0 0 40 58 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 Comments (achievements against targets): Achieved (274%). This indicator captures direct project beneficiaries who were civil society and LC members participating in capacity building and awareness raising activities under Component 1; members of organizations which participate in meetings and workshops under Component 1 and 2; and recipients of national and regional knowledge products. This information was sourced from ANSABs 7th Progress Review. Objective/Outcome: Strengthened knowledge exchange among CSOs on REDD+ Readiness at the regional level. Unit of Formally Revised Actual Achieved at Indicator Name Baseline Original Target Measure Target Completion Regional €Žknowledge Number 0 0 5 5 €Žexchange products €Ždisseminated €Ž 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 Comments (achievements against targets): Achieved (100%). This indicator captured the knowledge exchange products including regional workshops, a REDD+ webpage and a lessons learned and/or best practices report. This indicator demonstrates the access that CSOs and LCs had to reginal networking opportunities and south-south learning platforms within the region. This information was sourced from ANSABs 7th Progress Review. A.2 Intermediate Results Indicators Unit of Formally Revised Actual Achieved at Indicator Name Baseline Original Target Measure Target Completion Page 25 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Direct project beneficaries Number 0 0 800 2,197 01-Aug-2017 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2019 30-Jun-2020 Comments (achievements against targets): Page 26 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) B. ORGANIZATION OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PDO Objective/Outcome 1: Strengthened knowledge of targeted southern CSOs and LC of REDD+ Readiness at the national level. 1. Direct project beneficiaries that have increased their knowledge on Outcome Indicators REDD+8 1. Share of target beneficiaries with knowledge score of 3 or more on REDD+ and related issues 2. National knowledge exchange products disseminated in Intermediate Results Indicators appropriate languages 3. Meetings held between civil society and LC representatives and national REDD+ decision making entities 1. 2197 Beneficiaries trained and sensitized Key Outputs by Component 2. 11 studies, knowledge products (linked to the achievement of the Objective/Outcome 1) 3. 4 meetings between organizations and REDD+ focal points Objective/Outcome 2: Strengthened knowledge exchange among CSOs on REDD+ Readiness at the regional level. Intermediate Results Indicators 1. Regional knowledge exchange products disseminated 1. 1 REDD+ webpage containing existing REDD+ educational and Key Outputs by Component knowledge products (linked to the achievement of the Objective/Outcome 2) 2. 2 Regional Workshops; 1 Report on Lessons Learnt and 1 Video documentary (5 minutes and 20 minutes) 8 This outcome is the same for both Objectives 1 and 2 Page 27 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) . ANNEX 2. PROJECT COST BY COMPONENT Amount at Approval Actual at Project Closing Percentage of Approval Components (US$M) (US$M) (%) Component 1: National Capacity Building and .35 .31 88 Awareness Raising Component 2: Regional Exchange and Sharing of .11 .10 90 Lessons ‎Learned Component 3: Management, M&E and .07 .12 171 Reporting Total 0.53 0.53 100.00 Page 28 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ANNEX 3. RECIPIENT, CO-FINANCIER AND OTHER PARTNER/STAKEHOLDER COMMENTS The ICR was shared with and comments were provided in track changes from ANSAB. All the counterpart comments have been incorporated. Page 29 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ANNEX 4. TASK TEAM MEMBERS Name Role Preparation Haddy Jatou Sey Team Leader Kennan W. Rapp Window Manager Jonathan David Pavluk Legal Counsel Ellysar Baroudy Team Member Brenda Morata Legal Counsel Shambhu Prasad Uprety Procurement Specialist Andre Rodrigues de Aquino Peer Reviewer Abdelaziz Lagnaoui Lead Environment Specialist Anchula Sanjeeth Thomas Team Member Anders Jensen Team Member Kseniya Lvovsky Team Member Maged Mahmoud Hamed Team Member Mirtha Liliana Escobar Saenz Team Member Ms. Anisi Peer Reviewer Ranjith Sooryanarayana Menon Team Member Ayala Peled Ben Ari Team Member Salma Omar Peer Reviewer Supervision/ICR Haddy Jatou Sey Task Team Leader (until October 2020) Chandra Kishor Mishra Procurement Specialist Yogesh Bom Malla Financial Management Specialist Drona Raj Ghimire Environmental Safeguards Specialist Kennan W. Rapp Social Safeguards Specialist Ayala Peled Ben Ari Team Member Juliette E. Wilson ICR TTL and Author Junko Funahashi Team Member Kadija A. Jama Team Member Neena Shrestha Team Member Peter Leonard Team Member Rupa Shrestha Team Member Siet Meijer Team Member Simon J. Whitehouse Team Member Srivathsan Sridharan Finance Analyst Vidya Narasimhan Team Member Page 30 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ANNEX 5. Detailed Results Indicators Results Framework with the indicators and the progress on indicators Cumulativ Unit of Results Indicators Baseline e Target Achievement Details on results Measure Values 1. Beneficiary feedback: Share of target beneficiaries SRD 89; with knowledge % 0 80 92 PanNature 90; score of 3 or more GTM 96 on REDD+ and related issues SRD: • Desk review report on forest change monitoring mechanisms • FCIM Framework/tools (In English and Vietnamese languages) • Operational guidebook on using Terra-I to monitor forest change (In English and Vietnamese languages) • Video documentary - Quang Tri: When people are involved in forest 2. National protection (In Vietnamese language knowledge with sub-title in English) exchange products No. 0 4 11 PanNature: disseminated in • Community poster on REDD+ appropriate • Policy recommendations on ACMA languages • PFGM Guideline • Training Manual • Video documentary – Sustainable Forest Governance in Huong Nguyen (In Vietnamese language with sub-title in English) GTM: • 2 videos – REDD+ and environment stewardship awareness sessions - testimonials 3. Regional • 2 Regional workshops knowledge No. • REDD+ webpage 0 5 5 exchange products • Documentation of lessons learnt disseminated • Video Documentary (5 min and 20 Page 31 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) Cumulativ Unit of Results Indicators Baseline e Target Achievement Details on results Measure Values minutes) 4. Meetings held 4 meetings between the organizations between civil and the REDD+ focal points (1 each for society and LC SRD and GTM, and 2 for PanNature) representatives and No. 0 4 4 (In addition, SRD held 8 meetings at national REDD+ provinicial level and GTM held 15 decision making meetings at districta-tikina level) entities • Regional Workshop I: 17 total, 6 2,197 females 5. Direct project No. 0 800 • Regional Workshop II: 46 total, 15 beneficiaries females 58.44% • SRD: 485 total, 192 females Of which female % 0 40 (1,284) • PanNature: 552 total, 239 females • GTM: 1,097 total, 832 females Relevant links and media coverage Journal article: Mapping national REDD+ initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region Tek Narayan Maraseni, Bishnu Hari Poudyal, Eak Rana, Sudarshan Chandra Khanal, Puspa Lal Ghimire, Bhishma P. Subedi; Mapping national REDD+ initiatives in the Asia-Pacific region, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 269, 2020, 110763, ISSN 0301-4797, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110763. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479720306952) Sub-project 1: Empowering CSOs and LCs to effectively participate in the implementation of Vietnam’s Emission Reduction Programme (ER-P) Links: • Training on using forest change monitoring system (in English): http://www.srd.org.vn/index.php/events/1062-training-on-using-forest-change-monitoring- system • Workshop on “Using monitoring vegetation cover system Terra-I for social organizations and local communities� (in English) http://www.srd.org.vn/index.php/events/1058-workshop-using-monitoring-vegetation-cover- system-terra-i-for-social-organizations-and-local-communities • Building the forest change maps of Tam Quang and Tam Dinh communities on Terra-I (in English) Page 32 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) http://www.srd.org.vn/index.php/events/1044-building-the-forest-change-maps-of-tam-quang- and-tam-dinh-communities-on-terra-i • Workshop on “Enhancing CSOs to effectively participate in the implementation of emission reduction programme (ER-P) in North Central of Vietnam� (in English, in Vietnamese) Media coverage: • Training workshop about Terra-I in Nghe An (in Vietnamese) http://laodongnghean.vn/thu-nghiem-ap-dung-terra-i-giam-sat-thay-doi-rung-29497.html • Training on Vietnam’s emission reduction program for local communities (in Vietnamese) https://baoquangbinh.vn/khoa-hoc-cong-nghe/201904/tap-huan-chuong-trinh-giam-phat-thai- cua-viet-nam-cho-cong-dong-dia-phuong- 2165607/?fbclid=IwAR16aHXKpr1gupoEV311SzwDpytzSv_hM06RsGDOCz2o2fwxwi54i2Vhc_U • Training on Terra-I: An international forest protection and monitoring software (in Vietnamese) https://truyenhinhnghean.vn/kinh-te/201905/tap-huan-su-dung-phan-mem-giam-sat-bao-ve- rung-quoc-te-33b0233/ • An introductory seminar on Terra-I (in Vietnamese) http://laodongnghean.vn/cho-thong-tin-chi-tiet-thay-doi-rung-den-tung-lo-khoanh-29209.html • Enhancing participation and monitoring of social and local organizations on forest change (in Vietnamese) https://baovemoitruong.org.vn/tang-cuong-su-tham-gia-va-giam-sat-cua-cac-to-chuc-xa-hoi-va- dia-phuong-ve-thay-doi-rung/ • Coverage of National Dialogue in YouTube channel of Journal of Forest and Environment Protection (in Vietnamese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=7AaPPl-3IEc Sub-project 2: Promoting Adaptive Collaborative Management Approach (ACMA) through strengthening capacity and participation of Vietnamese CSOs and local communities in REDD+ process in Vietnam Links: • National workshop on REDD+ implementation on Vietnam: 10 years lesson learnt and orientation (in Vietnamese) https://nature.org.vn/vn/2019/08/redd-viet-nam-dang-o-dau/ • Asia Pacific regional workshop on REDD+ (in Vietnamese) https://nature.org.vn/vn/2019/08/thuc-day-su-tham-gia-vao-tien-trinh-redd/ • Dialogue on forest management, protection and development in A Luoi district (in Vietnamese) https://nature.org.vn/vn/2019/05/doi-thoai-ve-quan-ly-va-bao-ve-rung-tai-huyen-a-luoi/ Page 33 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) • Technical consultation meeting on Benefit-sharing mechanism and Ensuring environmental and social safety for cooperation in resource management (in Vietnamese) https://nature.org.vn/vn/2018/10/co-che-chia-se-loi-ich-va-dam-bao-an-toan-mt-xh-cho-hop- tac-qlbvr-hieu-qua-trong-redd-bac-trung-bo/ • Workshop on promoting social organizations to effectively participate in the implementation of REDD + program (in Vietnamese) https://nature.org.vn/vn/2018/08/hoi-thao-thuc-day-cac-to-chuc-xa-hoi-tham-gia-hieu-qua- thuc-hien-chuong-trinh-redd+/ Sub-project 3: Building Capacity for Fiji’s CSOs and LCs to actively participate in the Fiji national REDD+ readiness programme Media coverage: • Western divisional REDD+ and environmental stewardship dialogue forum for faith leaders: Faith leaders called to unite and fight against climate change https://fijisun.com.fj/2019/06/19/faith-leaders-called-to-unite-and-fight-against-climate- change/ • Northern divisional REDD+ and environmental stewardship dialogue forum for faith leaders: Conserving our forests https://www.pressreader.com/fiji/the-fiji-times/20190731/281831465341387 • Northern divisional REDD+ and environmental stewardship dialogue forum for faith leaders: More than 400,000 trees planted under REDD+ initiative scheme throughout Fiji https://fijivillage.com/news/More-than-400000-trees-planted-under-REDD-Initiative-Scheme- throughout-Fiji- 5krs92/?fbclid=IwAR04bojHbDs3N87PRkpUUmEIxhF4qzjnNCzW6LMPGesFr0TOfc0QSISyD4M Page 34 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ANNEX 6. List of Supporting Documents World Bank Documents: All disclosed documents related to the project can be found at the World Bank external website at https://projects.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/document-detail/P153588 and all internal documents in the World Bank Operations Portal. Approval Documents • Project Appraisal Document • Disbursement Letter • Grant Agreement dated July 10, 2017 (signed) • Restructuring Paper • Extension Notice (signed) • ANSAB No Cost Extension Request • Decision Note • GFR • Matrix of Peer Reviewers and Comments • Operations Manual Missions • Aide Memoire for Launch Mission (August 2017), May 2018 mission and June 2019 Mission • ISRs Nov 2017, July 2019 Progress Reports • First Progress Report August 2017 – January 2018 • Second Progress Report February 2018 – July 2018 • Third Progress Report August 2018 – January 2019 • Fourth Progress Report February 2019 – August 2019 • Fifth Progress Report June 30, 2020 ANSAB documents • Lessons Learned Report • Project Preparatory Workshop Report • Second Regional Workshop Report • Third Regional Workshop Report Additional Documents • Assessment of WB CBP by Conservation International Page 35 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) ANNEX 7. Pictures SRD Training workshop for CSOs, Vietnam Meeting with the decision makers, Vietnam Monitoring of forest change during Terra-I training Monitoring of forest change during Terra-I and field visit, Vietnam training and field visit, Vietnam Page 36 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) PanNature Capacity building of the CSOs and LCs in REDD+ readiness, Vietnam Awareness raising material on causes of forest degradation and deforestation, forest management and forest restoration resulting improved livelihood Page 37 of 38 The World Bank FCPF-Capacity Building on REDD+ for CSOs and Local Communities in EAP Project (P153588) GTM Training the local communities, Fiji Meeting with the government officials, Fiji Regional Workshops Group work during the workshop Participants of the workshop Meeting between ANSAB delegates and the ANSAB’s Monitoring visit, Fiji Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Forestry, Fiji Page 38 of 38