DOCUMENTS), The World Bank 1R1Hstreet N. (202) 473-1000 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Washington, D.C. 20433 Cable Address: INTBAFRAD INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION U.S.A. Cable Address: INDEVAS 2014 H. E. Jonas A. Gbian Minister of Economy and Finance Ministry of Economy and Finance B.P. 302 Cotonou, Republic of Benin Mr. Idrissa L. Daouda Directeur Gnjral Agence de Gestion des Nouvelles Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication AGeNTIC Lot No 491 Parcelle B, Zone Commerciale GANHI 08 BP0939 Cotonou, Republic of Benin RE: e-Benin Project (Grant No. H553-BJ) Amendment to the Financing Agreement and Project Agreement Dear Sirs: We refer to the Financing Agreement dated April 27, 2010 ("Financing Agreement"), between the Republic of Benin ("Recipient") and the International Development Association ("Association") and the Project Agreement ("Project Agreement") of even date, between the Association and AGENCE DE GESTION DES NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMATION ET DE LA COMMUNICATION (AGeNTIC) ("Project Implementing Entity"). We also refer to your letter dated February 24, 2014, requesting the Association for specific amendments to the Financing Agreement. Please note that capitalized terms used in this letter ("Amendment Letter") and not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to them in the Financing Agreement. We are pleased to inform you that the Association accedes to your request and proposes, through this Amendment Letter, to amend the Financing Agreement as well as the Project Agreement as follows: 1. Section II.A.1 of Schedule 2 to the Financing Agreement is deleted in its entirety and amended to read as follows: "1. The Recipient shall ensure that the progress of the Project is monitored and evaluated and that Project Reports are prepared in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.08 of the General Conditions and on the basis of indicators acceptable to the Association, as set forth in the Project Implementation Manual. Each Project Report shall cover the period of one calendar semester, and shall be furnished to the Association not later than one month after the end of the period covered by such report." RCA 248423. LJ WUI 64145 LJ FAX (202) 477-6391 2 2. Section II.A. I of Schedule 2 to the Project Agreement is deleted in its entirety and amended to read as follows: "1. The Project Implementing Entity shall monitor and evaluate the progress of its Respective Part of the Project and prepare Project Reports for its Respective Part of the Project in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.08 of the General Conditions and on the basis of the indicators acceptable to the Association, as set forth in the Project Implementation Manual. Each such Project Report shall cover the period of one calendar semester, and shall be furnished to the Recipient not later than two weeks after the end of the period covered by such report for incorporation and forwarding by the Recipient to the Association of the overall Project Report." 3. The table set forth under Section IV.A.2 of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the table as shown in the Attachment to this Amendment Letter. Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing amendments by signing and dating this Amendment Letter in the spaces provided below. Henceforward, all other provisions of the Financing Agreement and the Project Agreement, except as amended through this Amendment Letter shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment Letter shall be executed in three counterparts each of which shall be an original. Upon confirmation, please return one fully executed original to us. The provisions set forth in this Amendment Letter shall become effective as of the date of countersignature upon receipt by the Association of the countersigned original of this Amendment Letter. Sincerely, Ousmane Diagana Country Director f eni Africa R ion C ND AGREE : o 1 REPUBLIC OF BW N AGENCE DE GESTION DES NOUVELLES TECHNOLOGIES DE L'INFORMA TION ET DE LA COMMUNICA TION (AGeNTIC) Dat: By: _ _ Name: ITn1 sName:_ _ _ _ _ _ Title: Mijnisfre de J'Economle ef de3 FiacsTitle: X\&(NL 3- Date: 4 JUL 2014 Date: 2 3 Attachment REVISED TABLE Category Amount of the Financing Percentage of Allocated (expressed in Expenditures to be SDR) Financed (inclusive of Taxes) (1) Goods, consultants' services, 8,350,000 100% Training and Operating Costs for Parts A, B.1, and C of the Project (2) Goods, consultants' services, 1,050,000 100% Training and Operating Costs for Part B.2(A) of the Project (3) Goods and consultants' 100% services financed by Matching 300,000 of amount of Matching Grants under Part B.2(B) of the Grants disbursed for Project such items (4) Refund of preparation advance 0 (5) Unallocated 0 TOTAL AMOUNT 9,700,000