98519 THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY Contents User’s Guide ................................................................................................................................... 3 The Global Environment Facility (GEF)......................................................................................... 4 New Projects Added In This Issue ................................................................................................. 5 Africa ................................................................................................................................................7 East Asia And Pacific .................................................................................................................... 47 Europe And Central Asia .............................................................................................................. 66 Latin America And Caribbean ..................................................................................................... 87 Middle East And North Africa .................................................................................................... 101 South Asia .................................................................................................................................. 108 Guarantee Operations .................................................................................................................. 125 Sector Categorizations Agriculture, Fishing, and Forestry Education Energy and Mining Finance Health and Other Social Services Industry and Trade Information and Communications Public Administration, Law, and Justice Transportation Water, Sanitation, and Flood Protection April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 2 LIST OF ACRONYMS AUSAID Australian Agency for International iiIIDB Inter-American Development Bank Development IFAD International Fund for Agricultural ADB Asian Development Bank Development ADF African Development Fund IsDB Islamic Development Bank AfDB African Development Bank JBIC Japan Bank for International Cooperation APL Adaptable Program Loan ITF Interim Trust Fund BADEA Banque Arabe de Développement KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau Économique en Afrique (Germany) BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine LIL Learning and Innovation Loan de Développement NCB National Competitive Bidding CDB Caribbean Development Bank NGO Nongovernmental Organization CFD Caisse Française de Développement NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development CIDA Canadian International Development Cooperation Agency OECF Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund DANIDA Danish International Development Agency (Japan) DFID Department for International OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Development (UK) Countries EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction PAD Project Appraisal Document and Development PCD Project Concept Document EDF European Development Fund PCF Prototype Carbon Fund EIB European Investment Bank PCN Project Concept Note EU European Union PHRD Policy and Human Resources FAC Fonds d’Aide et de Coopération (France) Development (Japan) FAO Food and Agricultural Organization PID Project Identification (Number) of the United Nations PPF Project Preparation Facility FAO/CP FAO Cooperative Program QCBS Quality and Cost-Based Selection (with the World Bank) FINNIDA Finland International Development SDC Swiss Agency for Development Agency Cooperation GEF Global Environment Facility SIDA Swedish International Development GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Authority Zusammenarbeit UNDP United Nations Development Program IAPSO Inter-Agency Procurement Service Office UNFPA United Nations Population Fund IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund and Development USAID United States Agency for International ICB International Competitive Bidding Development IDA International Development Association WHO World Health Organization PAGE 3 Monthly Operational Summary April 2015 GUIDE TO THE WORLD BANK MONTHLY OPERATIONAL SUMMARY The World Bank Monthly Operational Summary During NEGOTIATIONS, discussions are held with (MOS) reports on the status of projects in the World the client government, and the agreements reached are Bank’s pipeline from the time the operation is identi- written into the loan documents. Upon completion of fied to the signing of the Loan, Credit, or Grant Agree- negotiations, the project is presented to the Bank’s ment. It is a detailed accountings of the projects in- Board of Executive Directors for approval. After ap- cluded in the country lending programs that are ac- proval, the financing agreement is signed. tively being prepared for implementation. The lending programs reflect the Bank’s strategy for each member Project IMPLEMENTATION normally starts within country as set out in the Country Partnership Frame- a few months after the project financing agreement is work (CPF) presented to the Board of Executive Direc- signed. Countries, through their implementing agen- tors of the World Bank. On average, it takes about 13 cies, have full responsibility for executing of World months for the Bank to process a project from concept Bank-financed projects, including procuring goods and to approval. After a financing agreement is signed or a works and hiring consultants. Contractors and suppli- project is dropped from the program, the project entry ers, therefore, should contact appropriate officials of is deleted from this summary. Each issue of the sum- the implementing agency to express their interest in mary contains a list of projects reported for the first specific projects and obtain information on what goods time and the list of projects deleted from the current and services will be needed and when and how to sub- issue. Program, Familiarity with the Bank’s project cy- mit bids and proposals. cle, summarized in the following paragraphs, can help potential bidders identify business opportunities with Consultants are often used during project implementa- Bank borrowers. Each entry in the MOS indicates at tion to provide technical assistance and other project what point the operation is in the project cycle. implementation support. Consultants in particular should contact the responsible implementing agency Project Cycle early in the project preparation period to express their interest. During IDENTIFICATION, the client government Contracts for consulting services, as well as some for and the Bank identify a specific operation as being goods and works, may also be procured prior to likely to support the country’s development strategy loan/credit/grant approval. This is known as advance and the Bank’s CPF. contracting. During PREPARATION, the client government iden- The information contained in (MOS) is intended to en- tifies and discusses the technical and institutional al- able companies to assess their interest in supplying ternatives for achieving the objectives of a project. Bank-financed projects. Further information should be Preparation usually requires feasibility studies fol- requested from the country’s project implementing lowed by more detailed studies of the alternatives that agency. The likelihood of a timely response is greater if promise to yield the most satisfactory results. An envi- the queries are brief and to the point. When possible, ronmental assessment is usually carried out during this travel to the country; direct contact with relevant phase. (See below for more information on environ- agency officials is recommended. mental assessment.) In the preparation stage of the project cycle, clients often supplement their own efforts Firms should contact the World Bank only if they are by hiring consultants to carry out a major part of the unable to obtain a response to their queries from the work. Contractors and suppliers of equipment and implementing agency. General information about busi- goods need to start making contacts with country offi- ness opportunities under Bank loans, credits, and cials during this stage. grants may be obtained from the World Bank’s Pro- curement Policy and Services Group’s website at During APPRAISAL, the Bank conducts a compre- http://www.worldbank.org/procure (click on “Bid- hensive review of all aspects of the project (technical, ding/Consulting Opportunities” on the left navigation institutional, economic, and financial), laying the foun- bar). Business opportunities under World Bank-fi- dation for implementing the project and evaluating it nanced appear twice a month in UN Development Busi- when completed. Project appraisal is conducted by ness and are available via the internet at Bank staff and may be supplemented by individual ex- . The website also includes perts. The preparation of the Project Appraisal Docu- invitations to bid and submit proposals, notices of con- ment concludes this stage. tract awards, and General Procurement Notices. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 4 Environmental Categories Category FI: Involves investment of Bank funds through a financial intermediary, in subprojects that The type, timing, and scope of environmental analysis have adverse environmental impacts. An environmen- to be performed by Bank clients are confirmed when a tal framework may be required. given project is identified. Projects are assigned one of the following categories, depending on the nature, Category U: No category given. magnitude, and sensitivity of environmental issues: The World Bank has three basic lending instruments: Category A: The project may have adverse and signif- (ii) Investment Project Finance which provides finan- icant environmental impacts. Full environmental as- cial support for goods, works and services for a pre-de- sessment is normally required. fined specific project; (ii) Development Policy Finance (DPF) which supports countries’ policy and institu- Category B: The project may have specific environ- tional reforms in a sector or the economy as a whole mental issues. Partial environmental assessment is and provides quick-disbursing budget support; and (iii) normally required. Program-for-Results (PforR) which finances a small part of a large government program, with disburse- Category C: Likely to have minimal or no adverse en- ments linked to results or performance indicators. DPF vironmental impacts. Beyond screening, no further EA and PforR operations are not included in the (MOS) be- action is required. cause these instruments are not designed to provide procurement opportunities since the funds are dis- bursed directly to government accounts. A typical summary entry looks like this: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) In addition to projects financed by the World Bank, the benefits in the focal areas of climate change, biodiver- World Bank Monthly Operational Summary reports sity, international waters, land degradation chemicals, on projects financed by the Global Environment Facil- sustainable forest management (SFM)/REDD+ , and ity (GEF). under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund—adaptation to cli- The GEF was established in 1991 by a Resolution of the mate change. The GEF consists of an Assembly of 183 World Bank Executive Directors as a pilot program to participating countries, a Council, a Secretariat a Scien- assist in the protection of the global environment and tific and Technical Advisory Panel, and 14 Implement- to promote environmentally sound and sustainable ing Agencies – ADB, AfDB, CI, DBSA, EBRD, FAO, economic development. The GEF operates as a mecha- IADB, IFAD, IUCN, UNDP, UNIDO, World Bank, and nism for providing new and additional grant and con- WWF. cessional funding to meet the agreed incremental costs of measures to achieve agreed global environmental As one of the Implementing Agencies of the GEF, the World Bank assists its member countries conserve and PAGE 5 Monthly Operational Summary April 2015 sustainably use their biological diversity, reduce their For additional information on the GEF, contact the emissions of greenhouse gases and adapt to climate GEF secretariat or visit its website: www.thegef.org/gef change, manage shared water bodies and reduce their The GEF Secretariat emissions of ozone-depleting substances by accessing 1818 H St. NW GEF resources to cover the incremental costs of addi- Washington DC 20433, USA tional actions on these global issues. Tel: (1-202) 473-0508 Fax: (1-202) 522-3240, 522-3245 To be eligible for GEF co-financing, projects must be E-mail: Secretariat@TheGEF.org consistent with at least one of the GEF's 'Operational Programs' and meet the GEF project eligibility criteria. New Projects Added In This Issue Africa Region Timor-Leste Africa Transportation: Tibar Bay Port Project Industry and trade: Great Lakes Trade Facilitation - SOP2 Transportation: Timor Leste Branch Roads Project Angola Tonga Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Angola Fiscal Manage- ment Development Policy Financing Information and communications: TONGA E-Government Sup- port Project Burkina Faso Vanuatu Health and other social services: Reproductive Health Project - Additional Financing Water, sanitation and flood protection: Pacific Resilience Pro- gram Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Economic Governance and Citizen Engagement Project Vietnam Public Administration, Law, and Justice: PROJECT FOR IM- Eastern Africa PROVEMENT OF LAND GOVERNANCE AND RESOURCES INFORMATION Health and other social services: Africa Medicine Regulatory Harmonization Project Europe and Central Asia Region Integration Industry and trade: EAC Accelerated Regional Kyrgyz Republic Marshall Islands Agriculture, fishing, and forestry: Investment Support to the Water, sanitation and flood protection: Pacific Resilience Pro- Dairy Sector Development Program gram Serbia Pacific Islands Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Public Sector Employ- Water, sanitation and flood protection: Pacific Resilience Pro- ment and Performance gram April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 6 Tajikistan St. Lucia Health and other social services: Targeted Social Assistance Transportation: SLU Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project Rollout Project (AF) (Additional Finance) Ukraine Middle East and North Africa Region Water, sanitation and flood protection: Second Urban Infra- Public Administration, Law, and Justice: Ghana structure Project Additional Financing: SIDA Grant Iraq Latin America and Caribbean Region Health and other social services: Expanding the Engagement of Youth Inclusion and Peace Building Ghana Haiti Tunisia Education: Haiti Education Transformation Project Water, sanitation and flood protection: Tunisia - Northern Tu- nis Wastewater Project Additional Finance Water, sanitation and flood protection: Urban Resilience Pro- ject West Bank and Gaza Public Administration, Law, and Justice: GZ-Second Municipal Mexico Development Project AF Water, sanitation and flood protection: MX Water Supply Ser- vice Improvement Project South Asia Region Macroeconomic Stability for Competitiveness & Growth Nicaragua Bangladesh Energy and mining: NI Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project Energy and mining: Siddhirganj Power Project Additional Fi- nancing Information and communications: Caribbean Regional Commu- nications Program (CARCIP)-Nicaragua Finance: Modernizing Financial Sector Institutions Project Panama India Water, sanitation and flood protection: PA Metro Water and Energy and mining: Solar Rooftop PV Project Sanitation Improvement Project II Energy and mining: 24x7 - Power for all in Andhra Pradesh Projects Deleted from This Issue The deleted projects are not included in this document PAGE 7 Africa Region April 2015 The third area of support relates to policies. There is a need to Africa invest in an improved policy making process that will create an enabling environment for a more competitive agricultural sector that provides jobs and food security. Support can be aimed at the Angola development of a sector investment plan, with input from the Af- rican Union’s Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Program (CAADP) and sector stakeholders in Angola. The policy making process can also be supported by strengthening the ana- Angola Agriculture and Agribusiness Development Pro- lytical capacity, as well as the policy dialogue process to ensure gram: The project development objective is to increase farmer that policy and investment decisions are based on empirical evi- incomes, agricultural productivity, and value addition. dence, and represent the sector’s needs. In the short term, a num- ber of joint studies will be conducted to inform the joint program Background: design. Identification completed on 7 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services While Angola has achieved middle income status, its Human De- to be determined. Implementing agency (ies) to be determined. velopment Index is extremely low and 50% of the population lives below the poverty line. With the economy’s reliance on oil, Public Administration, Law, and Justice a strong Kwanza puts limits on international competitiveness in key sectors, namely manufacturing and agriculture. However, with strategic public investments, agriculture sector develop- (N) Angola Fiscal Management Development Policy Fi- ment has the potential to contribute to economic diversification, nancing: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed and to the reduction of poverty that persists mainly in rural areas. on 26 March 2015. US$ 200.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be National and sector policies and programs have identified agri- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. culture as a priority sector: The National Development Plan 2013-17 (NDP) has identified agriculture as an engine for food Water, sanitation and flood protection security, poverty and inequality reduction, and calls for increas- ing the sector’s competitiveness. The medium term agriculture (R) Water Sector Institutional Development Project II: sector development plan (PDMPSA) promotes the transfor- A. Proposed Development Objective(s): mation from subsistence to commercial and market oriented ag- riculture. (i) Increase water service coverage in key cities; and Proposed approach: (ii) Strengthen institutional capacity and regulatory frame- works for water supply services in the Provincial Water and San- The first area of support is related to rural infrastructure, service itation Utilities (PWSUs) serving the key cities. Identification delivery, and private sector participation necessary to unleash completed on 12 August 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- the potential of smallholder farmers. Public investments are re- gory B. US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. quired to expand rural infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, roads, Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. bridges, storage facilities) for small and large farmers, and sup- port the provision of services to smallholders (e.g. extension, in- Benin puts, linkages with the market). In addition, public-private part- nerships can be identified to provide commercial opportunities Industry and trade for agribusiness firms and smallholders, creating market oppor- tunities for the smallholder sector, including the development of Bj-Ng Cross-Border Invest Opportunities: The objective of rural finance mechanisms. the project is to spur cross-border investments between Benin and Nigeria in dedicated value chains or industries where Benin The second area of support relates to capacity building. There is detain a clear competitive advantage. The ambition would be to a need to invest to strengthen agricultural statistics to improve allow business companies to serve not only the domestic market the quality and availability of data and information, and create a but more importantly the Nigerian market. Identification com- basis for evidence-based decision making. In addition, human pleted on 5 December 2013. Environmental Assessment Category capacity building is required at all levels, for example through the C. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. strengthening of agricultural education, both at higher and voca- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tional levels, while the delivery of entrepreneurship development training would contribute to an enhanced management capacity Public Administration, Law, and Justice among small and medium size enterprises. Public and private in- vestments are required to accelerate the development and adop- Benin Decentralized Community Driven Services Pro- tion of agricultural technologies, for example seed and fertilizer, ject - Addl Financing: To improve access to decentralized through strengthening research and extension capacity. basic social services and to mainstream the CDD approach for April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 8 such services. Approval completed on 27 February 2014. Envi- 3. Improving delivery of basic services in mining communities, ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Con- and sultants will be required. Secretariat for Decentralized Commu- nity Driven Services Tel: (229) 9003-3601, E-mail: sepsdcc@ya- 4. Encouraging construction of regional, shared infrastructure. hoo.fr, Contact: Mr. Germain Ouin Ouro Identification completed on 17 October 2013. Environmental As- sessment Category B. US$ 113.2 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Public Investment Management and Governance Sup- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- port Project: The project development objective is to mined. strengthen public investment management effectiveness and en- hance public sector accountability in Benin. Concept completed Public Administration, Law, and Justice on 9 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P147014. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to (N) Economic Governance and Citizen Engagement Pro- be determined. Unite de Gestion des Reformes Tel: 229-21-31- ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 3 09-00, E-mail: zodajo@yahoo.fr, Contact: Joel Zodjihoue, Coor- April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 donnateur. (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ing agency(ies) to be determined. Botswana Transportation Health and other social services BF Infrastructure, Urban Development and Mobility Social Protection Modernization Project: Objective to be Project: The Project Development Objective is to contribute in Determined. Identification completed on 27 June 2014. Environ- removing infrastructure, connectivity and mobility constraints mental Assessment Category C. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- for urban and rural communities and promote regional capitals vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- and their rural hinterlands economic functions development. mined. The project will finance infrastructure, urban development and mobility activities to support the implementation of the transport Burkina Faso sector strategy of Burkina Faso for the period 2011-2015 and the national policy of housing and urban development as well as the (N) Reproductive Health Project - Additional Financ- priority actions of the “Schémas Directeurs d’Aménagement et ing: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 15 d’Urbanisme (SDAU)” of the 13 regional capitals. Identification April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 completed on 31 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- A. US$ 100.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Imple- ing agency(ies) to be determined. menting agency(ies) to be determined. Industry and trade Water, sanitation and flood protection Burkina Faso Sahel Growth Pole: Per the country’s poverty Urban Water Sector Project - Additional Financing: The reduction strategy, Burkina Faso seeks to maximize social and overall objective of the project is to increase access to sustainable economic benefits derived from the sector. In September 2012, water and sanitation services in selected urban areas. This will the Minister of Economy and Finances of Burkina Faso contacted contribute to achievement of the water and sanitation MDGs. The the World Bank to help develop a mining growth pole in the project will achieve the objective through: (a) facilitating access North/Sahel region as a way to improve significantly the quality to services through programs for constructing social water ser- of life in mining communities. This activity responds to the fun- vice connections, public standpipes, and on-site sanitation facil- damental problem reflected in the government’s inquiry: eco- ities; and (b) consolidating the achievements of the urban water nomic benefits from the mining sector are not sufficiently accru- supply sub-sector reforms and strengthening capacities to deliver ing to North/Sahel mining communities. and manage services. The project will help to provide clean water to 527,000 additional people and to provide improved sanitation This project will develop and enhance local economic activities services to 246,000 additional people." Approval completed on in Burkina Faso's North/Sahel mining communities. It will be 12 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- composed of the following four elements: ject: P149556. US$ 80.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- quired. Office National de l'Eau et de l'Assainissement (ONEA) 1. Helping potential suppliers so they can increasingly sell to Tel: (226) 5043-1900, Contact: mines, 2. Building local industries by enhancing other income-generat- ing activities, PAGE 9 Africa Region April 2015 Burundi Road Agency (OdR) Tel: 25722253695, E-mail: nibayu- bahev@gmail.com, Contact: Vincent NIBAYUBAHE, Directeur Agriculture, fishing, and forestry General. (R) Burundi Coffee Sector Competitiveness Project: The project development objective (PDO) is to increase coffee Cabo Verde productivity and improve its quality among small-scale coffee growers in Burundi. Negotiations authorized on 30 March 2015. Industry and trade Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151869. US$ 55.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. INTER- Competitiveness for Tourism Development: The develop- CAFE Tel: 25779923317, E-mail: nkurunzizafra@yahoo.fr, Con- ment objective of the proposed project is to increase investment tact: Mr. Francois Nkurunziza, Intercafe Executive Committee and improve the competitiveness of Cabo Verde. This will be President. achieved by (i) strengthening the institutional capacity and regu- latory framework to increase investment, (ii) supporting the es- Health and other social services tablishment of a National Tourism Destination to diversify the tourism product, and (iii) strengthening the capacity of entrepre- BI-Social Safety Nets: Objective to be Determined. Identifica- neurs to implement business ideas and generate employment. tion completed on 30 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Identification completed on 17 December 2013. Environmental Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- mined. Industry and trade Public Administration, Law, and Justice City Competitiveness for Job Creation: The proposed PDO is to enhance competitiveness and increase job creation in the ag- CV Public Sector Governance Project: The efficient provi- ribusiness, tourism and related sectors in Bujumbura. Identifica- sion of infrastructure and other public goods in small economies tion completed on 11 March 2015. Environmental Assessment is challenging given their large fixed costs, indivisibilities in pro- Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- duction and limited economies of scale. In this context, attracting termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. private partners can be difficult. In Cape Verde this has resulted in the purely public provision of key infrastructure, with im- Public Administration, Law, and Justice portant implications both for the government’s fiscal accounts and the efficiency of service delivery, which significantly affects Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Government the country’s competitiveness. Cape Verde’s five major SOEs, Effectiveness Project: The Project Development Objective have long been a source of contingent liabilities for the govern- (PDO) is: to strengthen government institutional capacity to im- ment and the quality of the service delivery that they provide is prove fiscal management. poor due to their generally weak commercial and financial per- formance. This objective will be achieved by supporting government efforts to mobilize domestic revenue, improve public expenditure man- The reform of SOEs is at the core of the government’s reform agement and controls, produce timely statistics for policy mak- agenda. Monitoring both the financial performance of SOEs and ing, and improve mining sector regulatory capacity and practices. the quality of their service delivery is imperative to ensure con- Negotiations authorized on 19 February 2015. Environmental As- tinued fiscal sustainability and create the infrastructure condi- sessment Category C. Project: P149176. US$ 22.0/5.2 (IDA tions necessary to achieve the country’s development objectives. Grant/GBEL). Consulting services to be determined. MINISTRY In pursuit of the first objective, fiscal sustainability, over the last OF FINANCE Tel: 25779988725, E-mail: mushdes@yahoo.fr, three years the government has been working to strengthen SOE Contact: Desire Musharitze, Coordinator of the cellule. management and oversight. However, the effectiveness of state oversight and ownership is hampered by institutional settings Transportation and capacities. State ownership and oversight of SOEs is ensured by the Ministry of Finance and Planning (MFP), legally responsi- ble for this function, through the Directorate of State Participa- (R) Burundi- Infrastructure Resilience Emergency Pro- tions (DSPE - Direção de Serviço de Participações do Estado) at ject: The Project’s objective is to enhance the climate resilience the General Directorate of Treasury. The effectiveness of this in- of key transport and drainage infrastructure in Greater Bujum- stitutional framework is limited by the capacity of the SOE Unit bura while strengthening the country’s capacity to manage and and its institutional authority. prevent natural disasters. Approval completed on 31 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150929. This project will provide technical support the Ministry of Fi- US$ 25.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. nance and Planning and the DSPE to strengthen the institutional April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 10 design governing the relations between the SOEs and their con- Transportation troller, and improve the supervisory and ownership functions of the DSPE. Identification completed on 1 August 2013. Environ- Cameroon Transport Sector Support Project: Objective to mental Assessment Category U. US$ 4.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- be Determined. Identification completed on 6 October 2014. En- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be vironmental Assessment Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consult- determined. ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Cameroon Central African Republic Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Energy and mining Community Development Program Support Project- Phase III: 12. The development objective of phase III (PND- CAR Rehabilitation and Reinforcement of the Electric- PIII) is to enhance the capacity of communes for the implemen- ity Sector: Objective to be Determined. Identification com- tation of the communal development plans, and extend the on- pleted on 18 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category going process in support to decentralization in new district com- B. US$ 17.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. munes. The main beneficiaries will be the 329 communes that Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. have been supported during phase I and phase II and that already have communal development plans, plus 31 additional district Health and other social services communes. At the end of this phase, the program will achieve na- tional geographic coverage. Indeed, all the 360 district com- CF - LONDO ('Stand-Up') Project: The proposed PDO is to munes of Cameroon will be covered by the program (100% na- provide temporary employment to vulnerable people for local re- tional coverage). Concept completed on 11 December 2014. Envi- construction purposes throughout the entire territory of the ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P144637. US$ 70.0 country. (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. PNDP Tel: 23767934904, E-mail: pndp@pndp.org. The higher-level objective is to promote social cohesion while improving local governance and supporting economic recovery, Energy and mining through the provision of wage jobs, community engagement and rehabilitation of infrastructure. CM-Electricity Transmission and Reform P: The proposed Cameroon - Electricity Transmission and Reform project will The proposed project also provides an innovative alternative to support electricity transmission network investments which are traditional disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration unlikely to be financed under private financing. The project will (DDR) programs, which have a poor track-record in the Central also support the ongoing electricity sector reform which aims at African Republic. Identification completed on 3 September 2014. creating a state owned Transmission Company. Identification Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). completed on 9 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) gory A. US$400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Health System Support Project Additional Financ- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ing: The revised project development objectives are to: (a) in- crease utilization and improve the quality of maternal and child PFM Reform Project: The proposed project will finance the health services in targeted rural areas the Recipient’s territory; following technical assistance to: (i) consolidate the existing ef- and (b) provide emergency health services to the general popula- forts in the implementation of performance management tools in tion. Negotiations authorized on 2 April 2015. Environmental support of program budgeting approach, (ii) reinforce capacity of Assessment Category B. Project: P153030. US$ 12.0 (IDA the national players of the public procurement in order to imple- Credit). No consultants are required. Implementing agency(ies) ment the new procurement strategy and (iii) prepare the various to be determined. feasibility studies for the deployment of an integrated financial management system. Identification completed on 6 October Public Administration, Law, and Justice 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing (R) Emergency Public Services Response Project: The agency(ies) to be determined. project development objective is to re-establish an operational government payroll and related financial management systems. Negotiations authorized on 3 April 2015. Environmental Assess- ment Category C. Project: P154304. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Con- sultants will be required. Ministry of Finance / CS REF Tel: (236) PAGE 11 Africa Region April 2015 746-105, E-mail: gm_doungoupou@yahoo.fr, Contact: Remy Ya- was endorsed by partners, including the World Bank. 5 The strat- koro, Minister of Finance. egy has the following core objectives: (i) stabilize the economy and lay the groundwork for strong and equitable growth; (ii) strengthen key sectors by focusing on institution-building and Chad ensuring a broader role for the private sector; (iii) strengthen governance and social cohesion; (iv) improve the health status of TD-Public Financial Mgmt CB AF: The additional financing the general public; (iv) promote education and vocational train- will scale up some existing activities (technical assistance to the ing with the aim of developing human capital; and (v) promote computerization of the public financial management system) environmental sustainability and civilian security. 3. In support while supporting new ones (implementation of the organic fi- of its PRSP, the government has finalized a comprehensive Public nance law, debt management). Approval completed on 12 May Financial Management strategy for the coming decade (2010-19) 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 10.2 (IDA and adopted a detailed Action Plan for 2010-12. The proposed Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Economy and strategy is organized around four pillars 6: (i) modernizing the Finance Tel: (235-22) 520-452, E-mail: pamfip@intnet.td, Con- legislative and regulatory framework and strengthening institu- tact: Chandanie Wijayawardene, Director General. tional capacity; (ii) rationalizing budget preparation; (iii) strengthening budget execution; and (iv) increasing transpar- ency through improved internal and external controls. The action plan (the first in a series of rolling triennial plans) provides a de- Comoros tailed, sequenced and budgeted list of actions mapped to specific lead institutions within the administration. Its implementation Health and other social services relies on two committees that include Union and island repre- sentatives: The CREF (which acts as a secretariat of the Comité (R) Comoros Social Safety Net Project: The Project Devel- Budgétaire) that is responsible for the implementation as well as opment Objective is to increase poor communities’ access to monitoring and evaluation of the national PFM reform strategy, safety net and nutrition services. Approval completed on 19 and the HASC that is in charge of leading the civil service reform, March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: including management of personnel rosters, new recruitments P150754. US$ 6.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. into the civil service and implementation of the organic frame- FADC Tel: 2697732882, E-mail: fadc@comorestelecom.km, works. 4. Notwithstanding this new dynamism for PFM reforms, Contact: Mme Doulfat Dhilkamal, Executive Director. important challenges remain. The 2007 Public Expenditure and Financial Assessment (PEFA) review rated Comoros at the lowest Public Administration, Law, and Justice possible score, on 22 out of 28 key indicators. This evaluation emphasized weaknesses at all levels of public financial manage- Economic Governance Technical Assistance - AF: 1. ment (from formal institutions and procedures to actual imple- Comoros' three islands form one of the smallest African coun- mentation and processes), and puts Comoros squarely in the tries. With an estimated 760,000 inhabitants, spread among 'lower performance league' of African countries. 5. Major weak- three islands, the country remains mired in poverty. Gross Do- nesses contribute to reduce the Government's efficiency in terms mestic Product (GDP) per capita is estimated at US$785 and, of budget preparation, execution, and reporting. Despite recent based on 2004 estimates, about 45 percent of the population improvements and efforts to enhance cooperation via the Comité lived below the poverty line, an incidence that has probably in- Budgétaire, budget preparation remains no participatory with creased since then . Poverty incidence varies considerably across consultations between Union and Islands fragmentary and un- regions and is typically higher in rural areas and on the island of structured. As a result, the budget is established mainly on the Anjouan. The primary sector of the economy (mainly subsistence basis of economic and financial constraints, and is largely discon- agriculture, a few cash crops, and fisheries) and retail services nected from policy priorities. With revenues barely covering dominate the economy, representing about one-half and one- wages and recurrent expenditures, there is limited scope for us- fifth of the country's GDP, respectively. Cash crops comprise ing the budget as a tool for resource allocations. In addition, the mainly three high-value export crops-vanilla, cloves and ylang- budgetary nomenclature is still based on administrative classifi- ylang -and constitute most of the export earnings in goods, equiv- cations and does not permit establishing a direct link between the alent to a mere 4 percent of GDP. The third largest sector is gov- budget (preparation and monitoring) and the government's pol- ernment services, representing about 10 percent of GDP. Despite icy priorities or tracking priority expenditures through the the potential in tourism, the country has failed so far to tap into budget cycle. With respect to execution, the legal and procedural the growing role of this sector in the region. With longstanding framework is outdated and moreover poorly understood even by outmigration, the country benefits from large and growing remit- those in charge of the administrative phase of execution (credit tances-at close to 20 percent of GDP-from the Comorian dias- managers). As a result normal procedures are often circum- pora, mainly in France. The diaspora also represents the main vented through a proliferation of exceptional procedures and sig- source of visitors from abroad. 2. Confirming a new commit- nificant gaps appear between budgeted and actual amounts. Thus ment to reform, the Union of the Comoros adopted a Poverty Re- the informational and authorization functions of the budget are duction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for the period 2010-2014, which severely undermined. At the Treasury level, serious structural weaknesses were again compounded during the reconciliation April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 12 period, which saw a breakdown in communication and systems conduct economic management studies to inform budget prepa- across levels of Government. As a result key public accounts doc- ration processes and sectoral analysis. 12. The purpose of the uments are simply never produced. 6. PFM information systems additional financing is to support the implementation of those and financial control mechanisms are generally rudimentary and activities. More specifically, the additional activities are follow- obsolete, and lack an integrated financial management infor- ing: (i) Acquire and roll out a system covering budget prepara- mation system. Except for the recently implemented tion, budget execution, and accounting and reporting; (ii) design ASYCUDA++ for customs operations, the only systems in place and build the required network (LAN and WAN) so that the mod- are software applications for wage bill calculation and external ule could be used by the Treasury services throughout the terri- debt management. 7. Comoros' civil service absorbs an inordi- tory (iii) support the implementation of the HR assessments and nate share of the Government's resources, while delivering poor reviews (physical census of the civil servants, wages paid by quality services to the population. During the period of decentral- checks, organic frameworks) (iv) economic management studies ization, most central administrative structures were simply du- to inform budget preparation processes and sectoral analysis. 13. plicated in each autonomous island (without regard for adminis- Moreover, the original date closing date is set for December 31, trative efficiency or financial sustainability). Correspondingly the 2013. According to the IT master plan, the acquisition and roll civil service roster increased from less than 6,000 in 1999 to out of the budget and accounting system would take up to 18 some 12,000 in 2008, with a concomitant rise of wage and sala- months. Therefore an extension of the closing date of the parent ries expenditures from 6.2 to 9 percent of Gross Domestic Prod- project is proposed until December 31, 2015. 14. No other uct (GDP), a loss of institutional memory and a dilution of al- changes are proposed to the project's development objectives as ready scare human resources. Moreover, the often discretionary the additional activities fit within the originally conceived objec- nature of these appointments has weakened the significance of tives. Approval completed on 12 November 2013. Environmental positions and job descriptions within each public institution. 8. Assessment Category C. US$ 3.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants will The government has taken steps to improve the effectiveness of be required. Economic and Governance Project (ABGE) Tel: public administration and gradually reduce the wage bill, but (263) 773-9900, E-mail: moinacharani@yahoo.fr, Contact: much remains to be done. The HASC has supervised the estab- Moinafatima Charani, Coordinator, ABGE. lishment of a unified computerized civil service roster (for the Union and Islands) and contracted the development of an inte- grated civil service and wage management software. It has also Congo, Democratic Republic of carried out a vast review of the existing organizational structures of each administration (cadres organiques) an updated version of Agriculture, fishing, and forestry which has been adopted by Parliament in 2010 and will be grad- ually implemented. Nevertheless, there are numerous remaining Forest Dependent Communities Support Project: The challenges. For example, the civil service roster will only become objective of the project is to empower targeted Indigenous Peo- a useful management tool once a physical census of all civil serv- ples and Local Communities (IPLC) to benefit from and engage ants has been completed to clean up and validate the data. Also, in REDD+ policies and FIP activities. Concept completed on 14 much work is needed to develop feasible strategies for imple- February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: menting the new organizational structures over time and with P149049. US$ 6.0 (CSCF). No consultants are required. National due consideration for social consequences. 9. In January 31 Steering Committee Tel: 243-0998668497, E-mail: 2011, the Bank approved a grant in the amount of SDR 1.2 million cpndgmrdc@gmail.com, Contact: Kapupu Diwa Mutimanwa, (USD 1.8 million equivalent) to support the country's PFM and Président du CNP. civil service reform programs. The original project development objectives are (i) to increase the efficiency, accountability and Education transparency of public financial management and (ii) to improve the management of civil service human resources and wages. The Quality and Relevance of Secondary and Tertiary Edu- disbursement percentage as of December 18, 2012 is about 67%. cation Project: The proposed PDO is to improve the quality 10. A midterm performance review was conducted in March and relevance of Junior Secondary Education, formal TVET and 2012 and followed by s supervision mission in October 2012. corresponding areas of Tertiary Education. Project interventions Overall, progress towards achieving the PDOs and implementa- in Junior Secondary and Tertiary Education will prioritize STEM tion progress of the activities were found satisfactory. However, education, while in formal TVET are limited to selected priority the team noted a financing gap of about $1.5 million to imple- sectors and targeted geographic areas. Concept completed on 25 ment the remaining activities of the project, including the PFM August 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: information system and the implementation of the recommenda- P149233. US$ 130.0/70.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting tions of the HR assessments and reviews (physical census of the services to be determined. Ministry of Primary, Secondary and civil servants, wages paid by checks, organic frameworks). In ad- Vocational Education Tel: 243811762786, E-mail: mak- dition, the policy dialogue with the Ministry of Finance high- eryvet@hotmail.com, Contact: Maker Mwangu Famba, Minister. lighted the weak macroeconomic management capacities which undermine the country's ability to formulate expenditure policy decisions based on sound assumptions and data. To address this challenge, the authorities have requested the Bank's support to PAGE 13 Africa Region April 2015 Public Administration, Law, and Justice improve access to infrastructure and basic services for people liv- ing in selected unplanned settlements in Brazzaville and Pointe Governance II: This is additional financing for the ongoing Noire, and (2) strengthen government and municipalities' capac- GCEP operation P104041, as per the recommendation of the ity for urban upgrading. Appraisal completed on 5 April 2015. MTR, conducted in November 2010, and as per the detailed re- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P146933. quest from the Minister of Finance, received in January 2011. Ad- US$80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Implementing ditional financing will fund activities in a 4th provinces (Kasai agency(ies) to be determined. Occidental) additional activity on supporting procurement re- form additional activity on public service identification process additional cost for IT investments due to price increases and ex- Cote d'Ivoire pansion of the initially planned activities Approval completed on 9 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: Agriculture, fishing, and forestry P126115. US$ 67.0 (IDA Grant). No consultants are required. Ministry of Interior Tel: (243-99) 290-5743, E-mail: Obsolete Pesticides Management Project: The project’s prcgrdc@gmail.com, Contact: Popaul Kizungu Chihiza, Project Project Development Objective (PDO) is the same as the Global Coordinator. Environmental Objective as required for a GEF project. The PDO is to reduce adverse health and environmental impacts in Côte DRC-Statistics Development Project: 1. the development d’Ivoire of POPs pesticides by reducing or eliminating their on- objectives of this project are threefold: 1) to improve the quality going use and managing existing stockpiles. The PDO will be and the timeliness of statistical information; 2) to make data ac- achieved by strengthening capacity and the regulatory frame- cessible to users; and 3) to promote the demand for statistics. 2. work for the management of pesticides, reducing farmers' de- The project will ensure sustainability of reliable and timely sta- pendence on the most problematic pesticides, safeguarding con- tistics service delivery through: human resources capacity devel- taminated sites, and managing stockpiles consistent with the opment; the improvement of the capacity of the National Statis- country’s obligation under the Stockholm Convention. Although tical System to attract and retain qualified and motivated staff; the project primarily focuses on POPs pesticides, many activities the improvement of the institutional organization; and the devel- will have a wider applicability for other classes of pesticides. Con- opment of adequate infrastructures including ICT solutions for cept completed on 12 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Cat- statistical information production and dissemination. Identifica- egory A. Project: P131778. US$ 7.0 (GEFU). Consulting services tion completed on 10 April 2014. Environmental Assessment to be determined. The World Bank. Category B. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Education Transportation (R) Youth Employment and Skills Development - Addi- tional Financing: The proposed Project Development Objec- DRC - Goma Airport Safety Improvement Project: The tive (PDO) is to improve access to temporary employment and Project Development Objective is to improve the safety, security, skills development opportunities for young men and women in and operations of Goma International Airport. Approval com- Cote d'Ivoire' s territory. Approval completed on 26 March 2015. pleted on 13 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151844. US$ Project: P153085. US$ 52.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- quired. Ministry of Transport Tel: 243-813-331-291, E-mail: menting agency(ies) to be determined. ptmrdct@yahoo.com, Contact: Lazare Dakahudyno Wakale Minada, Coordonnateur du Projet; Régie des Voies Aériennes Energy and mining (RVA) Tel: 243-811-681-123, E-mail: rva.dg@rva.cd and re- giedesvoiesaeriennes@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdala Bilenge, Di- Gazelle Gas Field Development Project: This PRG will recteur General a.i.. cover the obligations of the ivorian power sector to pay for gas fproduced from the Gazelle field by a private operator, Vioco. DRC High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance - Identification completed on 12 September 2014. Environmental 2nd Additional Fin: Objective to be Determined. Identifica- Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (GUID). Consulting services to tion completed on 3 February 2015. Environmental Assessment be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Category A. US$ 120.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be de- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and other social services (R) CI- Productive Social Safety Net: The project develop- Congo, Republic of ment objective (PDO) is to provide cash transfers to poor house- holds in selected regions and develop the foundations of a social (R) Urban Development and Poor Neighborhood Up- safety net system. Negotiations authorized on 2 April 2015. En- grading Project: The project development objective is to: (1) vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P143332. US$ 50.0 April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 14 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs and Vocational Training (ME- Ethiopia MEASFP) Tel: 22507806444, E-mail: kkipeya@yahoo.fr, Con- tact: Mr. Koné Kipéya Brahima, Director, Cabinet. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Industry and trade (R) Second Agricultural Growth Project: The Project De- velopment Objective is to increase agricultural productivity and CI-Integrated Growth & Competitiveness: The proposed commercialization of small holder farmers targeted by the pro- Cote d'Ivoire Integrated Growth and Competitiveness operation ject. Approval completed on 31 March 2015. Environmental As- supports structural transformation around priority value chains, sessment Category B. Project: P148591. US$ 350.0 (IDA Credit). through a complement of spatially targeted instruments facilitat- Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture Tel: ing PME/PMI access to infrastructure and logistics, financial and 251116461971, E-mail: minagr3@ethionet.et, Contact: Keberu non financial support, and business environment reform. Identi- Belayneh, AGP Coordinator. fication completed on 25 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- Finance termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Ethiopia: SME Finance Project: The objective of the Small Public Administration, Law, and Justice and Medium Enterprise Finance Project (SMEFP) is to provide working capital, investment finance and lease finance to SMEs in Cote d'Ivoire Local Governance and Local Develop- Ethiopia on a commercial basis. The project will also aim at im- ment: The development objective of the Project is to contribute proving the overall enabling environment for facilitating SME Fi- to rural/urban development and poverty reduction through sup- nance in Ethiopia. Identification completed on 29 January 2015. porting provision of priority public goods and services at the Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). commune level, as well as to promote good local governance Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) through support of decentralized and deconcentrated participa- to be determined. tory local governance systems at the commune and provin- cial/district levels. Identification completed on 21 December Public Administration, Law, and Justice 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Ethiopia PFM Project: This project is the PFM project for agency(ies) to be determined. Ethiopia. The two main components of this project are currently planned to be (i) the roll out of the Oracle IFMIS and (ii) support CI Governance and Institute Dev Addit Fin: The project for ERCA and the regional revenue authorities. In addition, sup- development objective (PDO) is to achieve enhanced transpar- port will be provided for smaller activities relating to debt man- ency and efficiency in the management of public finances and im- agement, procurement, auditing and accounting and improving proved governance and efficiency in the cocoa sector. Approval expenditure management in Line Ministries. Identification com- completed on 9 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category pleted on 30 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. C. Project: P147016. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. required. Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Tel: (967-1) 250-118, E-mail: ashater@mpic.gov.ye, Contact: Ab- dullah Al Shatter, Deputy Minister for Projects Programming. Urban Productive Safety Net Project (UPSNP): The PDO of the proposed project is to support the GoE in providing access Water, sanitation and flood protection to safety nets and livelihood services to the poor in selected urban areas. Concept completed on 6 February 2015. Environmental Infrastructure Renewal Project: The overall objective of the Assessment Category B. Project: P151712. US$ 300.0 (IDA proposed project is to support the GoCI’s efforts to increase ac- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Urban cess to sustainable water and sanitation services in Abidjan. Development Housing and Construction Tel: -, E-mail: -, Con- tact: -, -. This objective will be achieved through: (i) expanding water transmission, storage and distribution capacities, and facilitating Transportation access to services through programs for constructing social water connections and public stand posts; (ii) Supporting rehabilita- Ethiopia- Expressway Development Support Project: tion and expansion of sewerage networks and (iii) supporting fur- The objective of the Project is to enhance efficiency and safety in ther institutional reforms and capacity building in the sector. the movement of goods and people along the Zeway-Arsi Negele Identification completed on 22 January 2013. Environmental section of the Modjo-Hawassa development corridor, whilst Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- strengthening the Recipient’s institutional capacity to develop vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- and manage high capacity highways and expressways. Appraisal mined. PAGE 15 Africa Region April 2015 completed on 23 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Cat- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Petro- egory A. Project: P148850. US$ 370.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting leum, Energy and Water Resources Tel: 24107127515, E-mail: services to be determined. Ethiopian Roads Authority Tel: 251- dguedond@yahoo.fr, Contact: Désiré Guedon, Minister Energy 1151-56603, E-mail: zgebriel@yahoo.com, Contact: Zaid Wolde and Water Resources. Gebriel, Director General. Information and communications Ethiopia - Addis Ababa Urban Land Use and Transport Support Project: The proposed project development objective GA - E-Government Applications: eGabon Project's objec- (PDO) is to improve safe, reliable and efficient urban accessibility tive is to contribute to the development of a local ICT industry in select project areas in Addis Ababa. capable of creating digital content, applications and services in- cluding through the rolling out a National health Information The proposed project will help develop the capacity of the Addis System and fostering the development of eHealth applications in Ababa Road and Transport Bureau to evaluate, plan, develop, the territory of the Gabonese Republic. Identification completed and manage both supply and demand aspects of the urban on 8 October 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. transport system by bringing an accessibility approach to select US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- project areas through 4 sub-components: transport systems menting agency(ies) to be determined. management; public transport improvements; integrated urban planning and transport, and long-term planning and institution building. Identification completed on 11 July 2014. Environmen- tal Assessment Category A. US$ 180.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Gambia, The services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Energy and mining mined. Gambia Electricity Sector Support Project: The Project Water, sanitation and flood protection Development Objective is to increase the availability and reliabil- ity of electricity supply. Concept completed on 9 February 2015. Tana & Beles Integrated Water Resources Development Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152659. US$ Additional Finance: Develop enabling institutions and invest- 18.5 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. National ments for integrated planning, management and development in Water and Electric Company Ltd (NAWEC), Contact: Ebrahima the Tana and Beles Sub-basins. Identification completed on 9 Sagna, MD. February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.1 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- Health and other social services ing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) GM Maternal and Child Nutrition and Health Re- sults Project: A. Proposed Development Objective Gabon The development objective of the project is to increase the utili- Education zation of community nutrition and primary maternal and child health services in selected regions in the Recipient’s territory. Ap- Gabon Skills Development Project: The Ministry of Educa- praisal completed on 4 March 2015. Environmental Assessment tion of Gabon is seeking the World Bank's expertise for designing Category B. Project: P154007. US$ 5.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants a skills development project. Gabon is a middle-income country, will be required. National Nutrition Agency (NaNA) Tel: and qualifies for IBRD lending. The task involves designing an 2204498851, E-mail: modoucheyassinphall@yahoo.com, Con- appropriate skills development operation and the related imple- tact: Modou C. Phall, Executive director. mentation details for a FY14 QIII envisaged Board date. Identifi- cation completed on 21 August 2013. Environmental Assessment Public Administration, Law, and Justice Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. GM-Integrated Financial Management and Information System Project-Additional Financing: Objective to be De- Energy and mining termined. Approval completed on 20 September 2013. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (IDA Grant). Consult- Access to Basic Services in Rural Areas and Capacity ants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Building Project: The project development objectives (PDO) Tel: (220) 422-5713, Contact: Juan Bosco Marti Ascencio, Titu- are to expand access to water and energy services in target rural lar de la Unidad de Asuntos Internacionales. areas and to establish mechanisms to improve sustainability of service provision Appraisal completed on 22 October 2014. En- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P144135. US$60.0 April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 16 Ghana Component 1: Strengthen the Fiscal Framework - improving co- ordination between following units: budget, public investment, Agriculture, fishing, and forestry revenue, and debt management. Requires human capacity and in systems processing, with the objective of ensuring transpar- ency and accountability. The main objective is improving the Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Local Communities: MTEF and extending it to a fiscal framework that includes reve- Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 12 June nue forecasting and debt management. 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.5 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) Component 2: Strengthening Debt Management - improving to be determined. governance framework, ensuring control and internal audit sys- tems and procedures are adhered to, having regular and random Energy and mining security systems checks and back-ups among others; Implemen- tation of the Debt management Reform Plan. Ghana Sankofa Gas Project: Objective to be Determined. Concept completed on 12 January 2015. Environmental Assess- Component 3: Regulation of state owned enterprises by MoF or ment Category B. Project: P152670. US$ 700.0 (GUID). Consult- SEC requires well trained staff on industrial economics, microe- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be conomics, and accounting. determined. Component 4: Public Investment Management - Ensure the ef- Finance fective management of procurement and disbursement processes on the one hand and productive use of personnel on the other Ghana Climate Innovation Center: Building on infoDev's hand. SME development and incubation success, the Climate Technol- ogy Program (CTP) was launched. The CTP supports developing Component 5- Development of domestic capital market, re- countries to profitably develop and scale climate technology busi- quires capacity building in the areas of monetary and financial nesses that target national priorities in green growth, climate re- economics, regulation and supervision of financial intermediar- siliency and job creation. The main vehicle for this is the Climate ies, on risk management. Identification completed on 25 Sep- Innovation Center (CIC), locally run specialized business incuba- tember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 15.0 tors which provide climate technology entrepreneurs with a com- (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- prehensive suite of financing and services. infoDev will under- ing agency(ies) to be determined. take a feasibility study to consider developing a CIC in Ghana. InfoDev believes that Ghana has high potential to benefit from Health and other social services the establishment of a CIC to meet its climate change challenges, particularly in renewable energy, sustainable agribusiness, water AF Ghana Social Opportunities Project: The Project Devel- and resource management, buildings and transport. If approved opment Objectives (PDO) of this Additional Financing is to im- following the 6-8 month feasibility assessment, establishment of prove targeting of social protection programs and provide in- a CIC would require a 5-year implementation and scale-up come support to poor households through LEAP grants and phase. Average budget is USD 15-20m. Identification completed LIPW infrastructure in targeted districts. Approval completed on on 8 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 17.2 27 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (INFO). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing P146923. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. agency(ies) to be determined. Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Contact: Ab- dullah Al Shatter, Deputy Minister for Projects Programming; Economic Management Strengthening: The purpose of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Tel: (233- "Economic Management Strengthening (EMS)" is to build capac- 302) 818-1782, E-mail: kofibedu@yahoo.com, Contact: Robert ity and strengthen the policymaking framework that will help the Austin, National Coordinator. government make better informed and more technical decisions to manage volatility emanting from external and domestic Ghana Productive Jobs for Youth: The proposed project shocks. This would involve mainly the areas of expenditure and would support the Government's effort to support productive revenue forecasting in the short and medium term, debt manage- jobs for youth through a combination of supply and demand side ment, development of domestic capital markets, project evalua- interventions. Identification completed on 13 March 2015. Envi- tion and monitoring, State Owned Enterprise regulation and ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Con- benchmarking. sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. The objective of EMS is to strengthen processes and systems nec- essary for effective fiscal management, and coordination between Public Administration, Law, and Justice budget formulating, cash flow projecting, and debt management. The project will have five main components, namely: (R) Ghana: Public Financial Management Reform Pro- ject: The project development objective (PDO) is to improve the PAGE 17 Africa Region April 2015 budget management, financial control and reporting of the Gov- Health and other social services ernment of Ghana. Negotiations authorized on 9 April 2015. En- vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P151447. US$ 45.0 Additional Financing to Rural Community-Driven De- (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of velopment Project: The objectives of the Project are to lay the Finance Tel: 233302665132, E-mail: chiefdirector@mo- foundation of a social safety net strategy in Guinea Bissau by: (i) fep.gov.gh, Contact: Major M. S. Tara (Rtd), Chief Director. increasing access to basic priority social and economic infrastruc- tures and services in participating communities, (ii) providing in- (N) Ghana Macroeconomic Stability for Competitive- come support to vulnerable groups, and (iii) testing the building ness & Growth Credit: Objective to be Determined. Identifi- blocks for a larger system. Identification completed on 18 June cation completed on 15 April 2015. US$ 400.0 (GUAR). Consult- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing determined. agency(ies) to be determined. Transportation Public Administration, Law, and Justice Ghana Transport Sector Project - Additional Fin: Objec- (R) Public Sector Strengthening Project: The Project De- tive to be Determined. Approval completed on 4 November 2014. velopment Objective (PDO) is to assist the Government to re-es- Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P149444. US$ tablish basic systems for public financial management. Approval 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of completed on 24 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- Roads and Highways and Ministry of Transport Tel: (233-302) gory C. Project: P150827. US$ 2.8/2.3 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). 661-575, E-mail: duaquaye@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. D. D. Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance Tel: Darku 2456673366, E-mail: cavapinto@yahoo.com, Contact: M. Carlos Pinto, Reform Coordinator. Guinea-Bissau Kenya Education Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Rural Community-Driven Development Project Add Fin: Objective to be Determined. Approval completed on 7 Feb- National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Pro- ruary 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: ject: The proposed development objective is to reduce vulnera- P146746. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. bilities and promote inclusive agricultural and other livelihoods Project Coordination Unit Tel: (245) 320-7407, E-mail: han- of the small-scale and marginal farmers in the targeted commu- dem_jr@hotmail.com, Contact: João S. Handem Jr., Project Co- nities. Concept completed on 4 March 2015. Environmental As- ordinator. sessment Category B. Project: P153349. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Devolution and Energy and mining Planning Tel: 254-2252-299, E-mail: psplanning@devolution- planning.go.ke., Contact: Eng. Peter P. Mangiti, Principle Secre- Emergency Electricity and Water Rehabilitation Project tary. - Additional Financing: This Additional Financing of $2.1m will aim to (i) cover any cost over-run on the 5 MW of thermal Education power plus fuel oil reservoir planned under the EEWRP with a budget of $6m, and/or (ii) cover any needed scale up of TA for Kenya GPE Primary Education Development Project: reform/transformation of utility EAGB into a well-managed The project development objectives are to improve early grade commercial entity, which has a budget of $1.5m under EEWRP. mathematics competency and to strengthen management sys- Both of these components were constrained due to limited IDA tems at school and national levels. Negotiations authorized on 6 CRW funds under emergency operation. Bids for 5 MW thermal March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: power are expected in February 2011, by which time it will be- P146797. US$ 88.4 (EFAS). Consulting services to be deter- come clear to what extent there is a shortage of funds for this mined. Ministry of Education Tel: (254-20) 240-089, E-mail: component. Approval completed on 17 May 2011. Environmental ps@education.go.ke, Contact: Dr. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secre- Assessment Category B. Project: P125374. US$ 2.2 (IDA Grant). tary. Consultants will be required. Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Integration Tel: (245) 320-7286, E-mail: hem- Energy and mining balo@hotmail.com, Contact: Luis Alberto Gomes, Coordinator. (R) KE Electricity Modernization Project: The proposed project development objectives (PDOs) are: (a) to increase access to electricity; (b) to improve reliability of electricity service; and April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 18 (c) to strengthen KPLC’s financial situation. Approval completed for extremely poor OVC households and to build the capacity of on 31 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- the government to more effectively deliver the National Safety ject: P120014. US$ 250.0/7.5/300.0 (IDA Credit/CIF/ZPCO). Net Program. Approval completed on 31 October 2013. Environ- Consultants will be required. Rural Electrification Authority Tel: mental Assessment Category C. Project: P146161. US$ 10.0/56.4 254-20-4953000, E-mail: nmunyu@rea.co.ke, Contact: Eng. (IDA Credit/DFID). Consultants will be required. Ministry of La- Ng'ang'a Munyu, Acting Chief Executive Officer; Kenya Power bour, Social Security and Services Tel: NA, E-mail: mwasi- and Lighting Company (KPLC) Tel: 254-20-320-1000, E-mail: ajiwf@yahoo.com, Contact: Winnie Mwasiaji, Social Protection md@kplc.co.ke, Contact: Dr. Ben Chumo, Managing Director Secretariat Coordinator. and Chief Executive Officer; Ministry of Energy and Petroleum Tel: 254-20-2250680, E-mail: ps@energymin.go.ke, Contact: (R) Kenya Youth Opportunities: Objective to be Deter- Eng. Joseph Njoroge, Principal Secretary. mined. Identification completed on 22 August 2014. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Con- KE-Menengai Geothermal: The Project will help develop ge- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to othermal resources in the Menengai field and make them availa- be determined. ble for electricity generation; and support transmission lines to connect Menengai to the national grid. Identification completed (N) Kenya Health Sector Support Project for Results: on 8 December 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. The objectives are to: (i) increase the delivery and the use of qual- US$ 115.0/170.0/120.0/40.0/36.0 (IDA ity maternal and newborn health services in targeted counties Credit/AFD/AFDB/CIF/EUIB). Consulting services to be deter- with high burden of maternal and new born mortality; and (ii) mined. Geothermal Development Company (GDC) Tel: (254-20) improve Universal Health Coverage with focus on equity and 242-7516, E-mail: md@gdc.co.ke, Contact: Dr. Silas M. Simiyu country health systems development. Identification completed on 16 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. (R) KE Electricity Modernization Project: The purpose of US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. the Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) is to serve as a credit en- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. hancement tool to improve the risk profile of KPLC for commer- cial lenders and support KPLC obtain commercial loans for Information and communications longer tenors at competitive interest rates. The PCG is currently envisioned to take the form of debt service payment support, first Kenya Transparency and Infrastructure Project Addi- loss guarantee and/or principal repayment guarantee for the ex- tional Financing 2: The RCIP Program, the CIP 1,2,3 Projects tended period of the tenor. Approval completed on 31 March and following CIP Projects have two overarching development 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 objectives (i) to contribute to lower prices for international ca- (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing pacity and extend the geographic reach of broadband networks agency(ies) to be determined. (the "connectivity development objective") and (ii) contribute to improved Government efficiency and transparency through Additional Financing: Kenya Electricity Expansion Pro- egovernment applications (the "transparency development ob- ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 3 jective"). Approval completed on 26 March 2014. Environmental December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Assessment Category B. Project: P149019. US$ 30.0 (IDA 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. ICT Authority Tel: menting agency(ies) to be determined. (254-20) 208-9061, E-mail: vkyalo@ict.go.ke, Contact: Mr. Vic- tor Kyalo, vkyalo@ict.go.ke. Finance Transportation Financial Sector Support Project: The project's develop- ment objective is to strengthen the legal, regulatory and institu- Kenya Secondary Roads and Agriculture Development tional environment for improved financial stability, access to and Project: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed provision of affordable and long term financing. Negotiations au- on 30 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. thorized on 4 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. C. Project: P151816. US$ 37.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. to be determined. Department of Economic Affairs, National Treasury Tel: 254202210237, E-mail: cmusau@piu.go.ke, Con- Water, sanitation and flood protection tact: Charles Musau, Project Manager & Financial Sector Special- ist. Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Projects - Additional financing: The proposed new PDO is to improve Health and other social services living conditions and strengthen security of tenure in informal settlements in selected urban centers in selected counties in Additional Financing for Cash Transfers for Orphans Kenya. Identification completed on 9 January 2015. and Vulnerable Children: To increase social safety net access PAGE 19 Africa Region April 2015 Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8.3 (SPTF). Con- framework for the MDWSP, (ii) increasing the quantity of safe, sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to bulk water supplied to Teyateyaneng, (iii) strengthening institu- be determined. tions and related instruments in the water sector; and (iv) ad- vancing strategic infrastructure investments. Approval com- Coastal Region Water Security and Climate Resilience pleted on 20 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: The development objective of this project (KWSCRP-2) US$ 9.1/6.4 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be re- is to sustainably increase bulk water supply to Mombasa County quired. Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Tel: (266-22) and Kwale County, and increase access to water and sanitation in 311-281, E-mail: lhwp@lhda.org.ls, Contact: Kwale County. Approval completed on 16 December 2014. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P145559. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environ- Liberia ment, Water and Natural Resources Tel: 254-20- 271-6103, E- mail: rkgaita@gmail.com, Contact: Robinson Gaita, Director. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry (R) Addl Financing - Kenya Water Security and Climate Liberia Forest Sector Project: The proposed sector invest- Resilience Project: The project development objectives of ment operation is part of the Forest Investment Program result- KWSCRP-1 are to: (i) increase availability and productivity of ir- ing from the partnership between the Government of Liberia and rigation water for project beneficiaries; and (ii) enhance the in- the Government of Norway. Supported by a letter of intent signed stitutional framework and strengthen capacity for water security on September 23, 2014, the Government of Norway will provide and climate resilience in certain areas of the country. US$150 million to support Liberia's REDD Strategy. This finan- cial support has been divided in three distinct yet-inter-related Within the PDO, “capacity for water security and climate resili- projects: (i) Forest sector Budget support; (ii) Forest Sector in- ence” primarily includes improved water services, flood protec- vestments and technical assistance; and, (iii) results-based pay- tion, and analytical capacity to understand and manage hydro- ment operation for verified emission reductions which will be logical variability. Appraisal completed on 9 April 2015. Envi- conducted in a later phase. This AIS refers to the second project, ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P151660. US$ Forest Sector Investments and technical assistance, which will be 54.0/3.5/8.0 (IDA Credit/F7BK/ZBIL). Consultants will be re- implemented under the leadership of FDA, in coordination with quired. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the Ministry of Agriculture, EPA, the Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy. The project will support activities to create an enabling environment for the implementa- Lesotho tion of the REDD+ Strategy as well as investments for early im- plementation in selected sites of strategic land use options iden- Public Administration, Law, and Justice tified in the country's REDD+ Strategy. The project will support several components such as: (i) development of institutional ca- (R) Social Protection Project: 11.The objective of the pro- pacities, which will strengthen the enabling environment for ef- posed project is to support the Government of Lesotho in estab- fective decentralized implementation of forest sector manage- lishing an efficient and effective national social protection system ment, and particularly the REDD+ Strategy, with engagement of to reach the poorest and help them improve their livelihoods. local communities. This will also include communications, Concept completed on 26 March 2015. Environmental Assess- awareness raising, consultation and gender-responsive partici- ment Category C. Project: P151442. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Con- pation activities related to the project's results; (ii) design, sultants will be required. Ministry of Social Development Tel: roadmap, capacity building, institutionalization and methodo- (266-2) 222-6080, E-mail: ramoear@health.gov.ls, Contact: Mr. logical framework for the implementation of a Measurement, Re- Rapelang J. Ramoea porting and Verification (MRV) system that will allow for credi- ble measurement, reporting and verification of REDD+ activi- Transportation ties; (iii) development and implementation of a Safeguards Infor- mation System (SIS) covering all measures proposed in the (N) Lesotho Transport Infrastructure and Connectivity REDD+ Strategy and relevant activities, in accordance with the Project (LTIC): Objective to be Determined. Identification Warsaw Framework on REDD+ and international best practice; completed on 31 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- (iv) land use planning and analysis of the country's land cover gory B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- including all biophysical forest and degraded lands. The project mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. will support the establishment of integrated spatial planning and decision-making processes, integrating goals of conservation, Water, sanitation and flood protection restoration, production and productivity; (v) enlargement and strengthening of Liberia's protected area network through a con- Lesotho WSIP2 AF LHWP Ph2 Hydropower: To support sultative process and contributing to the goal of allocating 30% the Kingdom of Lesotho in: (i) developing and sustaining an en- or more of Liberia's forest estate under protected area status; vironmentally sound, socially responsible, and financiallyviable April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 20 (vi) analysis, design and implementation of alternative models of administration through the provision of training, equipment and agriculture investment including an identification of land areas infrastructure required for an efficient land administration sys- that are suitable for deforestation-free supply chain investments tem. The proposed key result areas include: (i) basic land policies with specific crops such as palm oil, cocoa, paper, pulp and cli- and laws adopted, (ii) land records safeguarded, (iii) new land mate smart rice; (vii) cost-effective analysis, design and initial agency established and operational, (iv) key land administration implmentation of a mechanism/scheme for payments for ecosys- functions revived, and (v) alternative land dispute resolution ser- tem services (PES). The payments will only be disbursed to the vices mainstreamed. communities once there is satisfactory monitoring and verifica- tion that the services have been provided. Identification com- The project will contribute to the country's long term program pleted on 25 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- to secure access to land for all Liberians while improving the per- gory B. US$ 60.0 (BIOA). Consulting services to be determined. formance of land administration and management institutions Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and systems. Improved land governance is important to support shared and sustained growth, peace, stability and sustainable Energy and mining management of natural resources. Liberia Renewable Energy Project: The project will support The project will support three main components: (i) support to off-grid electricity solutions-through mini-grids and stand-alone policy and legal reforms and institutional building, (ii) enhance- renewable energy services-that will supplement the expansion of ment of land administration functions, and (iii) reforming and centralized generation and transmission facilities Identification piloting the land title registration system. Identification com- completed on 11 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- pleted on 10 January 2014. Environmental Assessment Category egory B. US$ 25.0 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Liberia: LACEEP Additional Financing: The proposed IDA Transportation Additional Financing focus on expanding access to electricity ser- vices in the areas of the Greater Monrovia and of the Bomi corri- South Eastern Corridor Road Asset Management Pro- dor through the expansion of the network and connections to fi- ject: 16.The Project Development Objectives (PDOs) are to sup- nal users, as well as on strengthening the operational capacities port the Recipient’s effort to reduce transport costs along the and performance of LEC. Identification completed on 10 Decem- South Eastern Ganta-Zwedru corridor and to improve institu- ber 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA tional arrangements and capacity in the road sector. Concept Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing completed on 22 December 2014. Environmental Assessment agency(ies) to be determined. Category B. Project: P149279. US$ 100.0/40.0 (IDA Credit/LRTF). Consulting services to be determined. Infrastruc- Health and other social services ture Implementation Unit (IIU). Youth Opportunities Project: The Project Development Ob- jectives are to improve access to income generation opportunities Madagascar for targeted youth and strengthen the government's capacity to implement its cash transfer program. Negotiations authorized on Agriculture, fishing, and forestry 11 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P146827. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Madagascar Agriculture Rural Growth and Land Man- Ministry of Finance and Development Planning Tel: agement Project: The proposed project development objective 231888234715, E-mail: akonneh@mfdp.gov.lr, Contact: MR. is to increase farmer incomes, agricultural productivity, and Amara Konneh, Minister of Finance. value addition through the facilitation of linkages between the private sector and rural communities and through improved land (N) Liberia Social Safety Nets Project: Objective to be De- tenure security. termined. Identification completed on 15 April 2015. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- Background: ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. The structure of the economy of Madagascar has changed rela- tively little since Independence, with the agricultural sector (in- Public Administration, Law, and Justice cluding the agriculture, livestock, forestry, and fisheries sub-sec- tors) accounting consistently for 25-30 percent of overall GDP Liberia Land Administration Project: The objective of this and 80% of the population living in rural areas. Following an ef- project is to consolidate and strengthen land administration sys- fective electoral process in 2013-14, the Government will focus on tem in Liberia by (i) providing continued support towards the accelerating economic growth and employment, and improving policy and legal reforms; (ii) supporting capacity building in land PAGE 21 Africa Region April 2015 rural livelihoods. In doing so, government policies and invest- beneficiaries would include businesses that have the potential to ments will need to guide and direct the expected increase in local include farming communities in their business model and/or and international investment towards a socially inclusive growth have the potential to provide significant employment. These in- model, avoiding large scale land deals which contributed to po- clude existing and new investments by IFC. litical unrest in 2008 and 2009. Land administration: Project support would be provided to local In setting out to stimulate rapid and sustained agricultural land administration offices to complete the new land certification growth, the new government of Madagascar will have to over- system that had been developed before the latest political crisis come a number of challenges in the sector: (i) vulnerability to started. The system has been tested, is highly effective, and pro- food insecurity arising from locust infestations and drought, (ii) ject support would provide land tenure security to millions of low agricultural productivity, (iii) underperforming agricultural smallholder farmers, providing them with an incentive to invest markets, and (iv) land tenure insecurity among smallholder in their land and enhance their productivity and incomes. farmers, and v) weak institutions, inconsistent policies, and poor governance. Investment promotion and oversight: There is a need to improve the institutional capacity of agriculture investment promotion Modernizing and commercializing the agriculture sector is im- and oversight at the national and at the local levels. In addition perative for Madagascar to be able to feed a growing population. to implementing an enabling environment for investors, invest- The manner in which food supply will continue to be able to meet ment oversight mechanisms are needed to ensure that investors demand will depend on the development of key value chains, in- and communities follow the Principles for Responsible Invest- volving production, trade, processing, and retailing. Value ment in Agriculture and to ensure that agricultural investments chains develop through private investment, supported by public offer benefits to farming communities. services and regulation. At the production level, to ensure that the agriculture sector development process takes place in a so- Risk management: With MIGA, WB Treasury, IFC and the pri- cially inclusive manner, there will be a special emphasis on con- vate sector, a suite of risk management instruments would be de- tinued support to the rural land administration system. signed for use by government and private entities to cover na- tional/regional disaster risk, localized weather risk, and com- The proposed project responds to the new Government’s agri- modity risk. In addition, risk management and financial services cultural development priorities and fits within the existing pro- would be developed, such as warehouse receipt-based credit. grammatic approach, the Programme Sectoriel Agricole (PSA). Identification completed on 9 July 2014. Environmental Assess- The revival of the agriculture sector is also the goal of the agricul- ment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to tural policy (PSAEP) that was adopted under the CAADP plan- be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ning process. The policy aims to achieve 5% annual sector growth, reduce poverty, and promote smallholder farmer link- Energy and mining ages to markets. The proposed operation is therefore in line with the policy and the draft CAADP Compact which would be signed MG-Electricity Sec Operations & Governance Improve- in the near future now that political stability has returned to the ment Project(ESOGIP): The proposed Project Development country. Objective is to improve performance, management, and govern- ance of the power sector of Madagascar by simultaneously ad- Project approach: dressing three key areas for sustainable development: (i) plan- ning (including access) and implementation of outcomes; (ii) op- The proposed project would support the development and scal- erations for electric service provision; (iii) financial viability. ing up of out-grower and contract farming schemes, and facilita- Concept completed on 4 September 2014. Environmental As- tion of other business models by which farmers and agribusiness sessment Category B. Project: P151785. US$ 65.0 (IDA Credit). companies are linked. Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Energy - JI- RAMA. Agricultural production and value chain development: Project support would be aimed at farmers, traders, processors and other Health and other social services value chain actors and could take the form of TA, business devel- opment services, market facilitation services, promotion of new AF-Emergency Support Critical Education Health and technologies, provision of critical public infrastructure, and facil- Nutrition Services: The Project Development Objective (PDO) itation of PPP arrangements to attract public-private invest- is to preserve critical education, health and nutrition service de- ments, e.g. in irrigation and storage infrastructure. The develop- livery in targeted vulnerable areas in the recipient’s territory. Ap- ment of value addition based industry has significant job creation proval completed on 27 February 2014. Environmental Assess- and economic growth potential and would be an important target ment Category B. Project: P148749. US$ 9.8/0.2 (IDA group. Possible implementation mechanisms could include Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. PNNC, Contact: matching grants through a catalytic fund. Beneficiaries would in- clude farming communities that stand to benefit from new or ex- panded private agribusiness investments, while intermediate April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 22 Social Safety Net Project: The Development Objective of the Negotiations authorized on 7 April 2015. Environmental Assess- proposed Project is to improve access to income support and pri- ment Category B. Project: P154803. US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). Con- mary education for selected extreme poor and vulnerable groups, sultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- and lay the foundation for a social safety net system. Concept mined. completed on 6 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149323. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Education services to be determined. FID Tel: 0320700779, E-mail: "FID - Rasendra RATSIMA" ,, Contact: Rasendra Malawi Education Sector Improvement Project Ratsima, Directeur General; Ministry of Population, Social Pro- (MESIP): To improve equity, efficiency and learning outcomes tection and Gender Tel: 0340750503, E-mail: for basic education in Malawi. Identification completed on 24 onyramaht@gmail.com, Contact: Ony Ramah, DIRECTION DU February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 44.9 PARTENARIAT ET DE LA PROMOTION. (EFAF). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Health and other social services Public Sector Performance Loan: The proposed project is a SIL which aims at strengthening public sector performance in (R) Additional Financing Strengthening Safety Nets Madagascar in selected high impact areas through strengthen- Systems Proj. (MASAFIV): The Project Development Objec- inging technical, organizational and institutional capacity for im- tive of the proposed project is to strengthen Malawi’s social safety proved fiscal management and service-delivery. Specific areas of net delivery systems and coordination across programs. Ap- support are still to be determined on the basis of dialogue with proval completed on 26 March 2015. Environmental Assess- government. The preliminary analysis on the basis of the first ment Category B. Project: P148617. US$ 6.8/68.2 (IDA mission in April 2014 has highlighted PFM, performance M&E, Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Local tax administration/customs as potential project components, Development Fund - Technical Support Team (LDF-TST) Tel: which will be confirmed in the next mission in June 2014. Iden- 26501775666, E-mail: Charles Mandala tification completed on 12 May 2014. Environmental Assessment . Category C. US$ 35.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be de- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Industry and trade Malawi Business Enabling Environment Project: BUSINESS EN- ABLING ENVIRONMENT PROJECT Identification completed Agriculture, fishing, and forestry on 23 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.2 (AFRF). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Shire Valley Irrigation Project: To sustainably increase ag- agency(ies) to be determined. ricultural productivity and incomes for targeted households in the districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje in the Shire Valley by es- Water, sanitation and flood protection tablishing market-linked smallholder farming ventures and pro- fessionally operated irrigation services. Concept completed on 9 MW-Lilongwe Water Project: The Project will improve wa- October 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: ter supply to Lilongwe through construction of a bulk water sup- P125473. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- ply system, including the Diamphwe Dam, water treatment plant termined. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MOAFS) and transmission main. The project will also provide TA to Li- Tel: (265-1) 789-033, E-mail: xtluhanga@yahoo.com, Contact: longwe Water Board to improve performance and assess future Mr. Sandram Maweru, Principal Secretary. sanitation needs. The project may have a component of PPPs. Identification completed on 20 February 2015. Environmental Agricultural Commercialization and Rural Growth Pro- Assessment Category A. US$ 71.0/100.0/30.0 (IDA ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 4 Credit/EUIB/ZPCO). Consulting services to be determined. Im- December 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ plementing agency(ies) to be determined. 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agri- culture and Food Security Tel: (265-1) 788-817, E-mail: xtluhanga@yahoo.com, Contact: Jeffrey Luhanga, Principal Sec- Mali retary. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry (R) Malawi Flood Emergency Recovery: The Project Devel- opment Objective is to “sustainably restore agricultural liveli- (R) Mali Obsolete Pesticides Disposal and Prevention hoods, reconstruct critical public infrastructure to improved Project: The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is standards in the flood-affected districts, and improve the Gov- to reduce risks from existing publicly-held obsolete pesticide ernment of Malawi’s disaster response and recovery capacities”. stocks and associated waste; and strengthen the institutional PAGE 23 Africa Region April 2015 framework for risk mitigation of obsolete pesticides. Appraisal affordable to low income households in rural, isolated areas. Pro- completed on 18 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- moting OBA approaches in the rural electrification program is gory A. Project: P146247. US$ 1.0/3.2 (DANI/GEFU). Consulting important for unlocking additional US$1.6 million of private services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- sources of funding for rural energy development, maximizing the mined. benefits of renewable energy generation (hybridization of mini- grids with solar energy under IDA project) through increased ac- Education cess, enhancing the performance of private operators while mak- ing off-grid connections affordable to the poor. The grant will be Higher Education Support Project: The development ob- managed by AMADER and implemented by selected private op- jective of the proposed Mali Higher Education Support Project erators. Approval completed on 11 December 2013. Environmen- (HESP) is to improve the relevance of selected higher education tal Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (GPBA). Consulting services programs and the stewardship of the higher education system in to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Mali. Negotiations authorized on 12 February 2015. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P151318. US$ 14.0/19.0 Kenie Hydropower Project: PRG operation in support of the (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. development of the Kenie Hydropower Project in Mali Identifi- Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research Tel: cation completed on 21 October 2013. US$ 30.0/70.0 22320792492, E-mail: s.boukadary@gmail.com, Contact: Sekou (GUID/ZPCO). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- B. Traore, Secretaire General. menting agency(ies) to be determined. Social Service Delivery Project: The project will support Industry and trade higher accountability, effectiveness and utilization of education and health services through a results-based approach. It will Mali: Competitiveness and Growth Poles: The proposed build on the results of the Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) Sur- operation will support the design and implementation of a veys in education and health. The project is included in the Mali growth pole pilot under an innovative public private partnership FY14-15 ISN. Identification completed on 25 June 2014. Envi- model. The project will foster competitiveness and job creation ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Con- in sectors including agropoles, mining. Identification completed sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to on 30 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ be determined. 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined. Energy and mining Transportation Banda Gas to Power Guarantee: The Gas to Power Project will use natural gas discovered offshore of Mauritania for a power (R) Mali - Economic & Environmental Rehabilitation of station to be built near Nouakchott. The power will be sold to the Niger River: 21.The main objective of this operation is to SOMELEC in Mauritania, SENELEC in Senegal and EDM in Mali improve economic and environmental services of the Niger River using the existing OMVS regional grid. A PRG is required to guar- in Mali to the benefit of the population and ecosystems in the In- antee gas payments to the producer Tullow Oil estimated at land River Delta. This objective will be achieved through reduc- $104m. Government of Mali needs to provide a counter-guaran- ing key constraints to Inland Water Transportation (IWT), im- tee to cover the proportion of the energy that will be exported to plementing measures aimed at decreasing sedimentation and EDM estimated at $17m (equivalent to IDA allocation of $4.25m bank erosion in critical spots and creating opportunities for im- given 1:4 leverage for IDA PRGs). Approval completed on 29 May proved livelihood of the local population. Concept completed on 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P145664. 18 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: US$ 32.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- P151909. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- menting agency(ies) to be determined. mined. Agence de Bassin du Fleuve Niger - Mali. Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System Project - GPOBA: The Mali Rural Electrification Hybrid System Project Mauritania (US$25 million – IDA; US$ 15.5 million - Climate Investment Funds) prepared under the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Pro- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry gram in Low Income Countries (SREP) aims i) to increase the share of renewable energy generation in rural electricity supply Mauritania Sustainable Landscape Management Pro- and ii) to contribute to increased access to modern energy ser- ject under SAWAP: Project Objective: The project aims at pro- vices in rural areas. The proposed GPOBA component (US$ 5 moting sustainable land and water management and ecosystems million) will support the objectives of the Program by partially services production. The proposed project will support the Gov- subsidizing the investment cost of mini-grids’ densification/ex- ernment's effort in operationalizing its biodiversity strategy and tension, SHSs and internal wiring to make access to clean energy the Great Green Wall Initiative in Mauritania. It will also support April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 24 the Government's priority investments defined in the recently de- Energy and mining veloped Integrated Rural Development Program, IRDP, 2015- 2020. Project Description: The GEF resources will contribute to MR-Banda Gas to Power Guarantee: The gas to power pro- addressing the key institutional, policy and technological barriers ject will use natural gas discovered offshore for a power station to SLWM identified by the country. Enabling environments for to be built near Nouackchott. The power will be sold to SOME- SLWM practices with biodiversity considerations will ensure the LEC in Mauritania, Senelec in Senegal and EDM in Mali using sustainability of the agricultural practices and alternative liveli- the existing OMVS regional grid Approval completed on 29 May hood options promoted in the baseline projects as well as con- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P107940. sistency and coordination in natural resources management. Ad- US$ 130.0 (GUID). Consultants will be required. Ministry of En- ditionally, the project will support investments for the implemen- ergy Tel: (222-46) 431-537, E-mail: kane@acces.mr, kane@hy- tation of watershed management plans as well as for agrofor- draulique.gov.mr, Contact: Mamadou Amadou Kane, Directeur estry, natural forest regeneration and other sustainable commu- General de l'Electricite. nity and small holder forestry management practices, green belt and dune stabilization and wind break in the Senegal valley to Health and other social services protect the agricultural perimeters, among others. LDCF re- sources will also be deployed to cover some of the additional costs (R) Mauritania Social Safety Net System: The objectives of to improve the climate resilience of the Government and commu- the proposed Project are to support the establishment of key nity livelihood investments. The resources will be focused at re- building blocks of the national social safety net system and to inforcing adaptive capacities to reduce sea level rise, flooding and provide targeted cash transfers to extreme poor households. Ne- sand dune encroachment threats. This will be achieved by devel- gotiations authorized on 24 March 2015. Environmental Assess- oping tools for improving planning, policy and practice for mon- ment Category C. Project: P150430. US$ 15.0/4.0 (IDA itoring and mitigating the effects of sea level rise and dune en- Grant/AFRH). Consulting services to be determined. AGENCE croachment on targeted areas. Project Components The follow- TADAMOUN Tel: 22236301926, E-mail: arram2001@yahoo.fr, ing components are proposed: (i) Governance and Knowledge Contact: mohamedou ould ahmedou, Coordinateur Programme. management; (ii) community based sustainable land and water management practices; (iii) Conservation and valorization of bi- Public Administration, Law, and Justice odiversity and ecosystems; and (iv) project management and monitoring. As the project will be blended with the "Mauritania Mauritania Public Sector Governance Project: Objective Agriculture Sector Support Project" (PASAM), activities related to be Determined. Identification completed on 16 September to the community based sustainable land and water management 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 10.9 (IDA practices component will be developed in conjunction with the Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Productive Investments and Services component of PASAM. Key agency(ies) to be determined. result indicators proposed: (i) increase in land area with SLWM practices in targeted areas, compared to baseline (hectares, re- ported by crop, range, wetlands, forest, protected areas); (ii) changes in vegetation cover in targeted areas, compared to base- Mozambique line (unit and methodology pending); and (iii) targeted institu- tions with increased adaptive capacity to reduce risks and re- Education spond to climate variability, compared to baseline. Complemen- tarity with other baseline projects: The proposed project will be MZ- AF to Education Sector Support Project: The objec- fully blended and complement the development objective of the tive is to assist the Government to: (a) pilot various types of com- USD10 million IDA funded operation "Mauritania Agriculture munity-based ECD interventions; (b) include provision of nutri- Sector Support Project (P143759) which aims to increase output tion services for pregnant mothers and young children; and (c) and productivity of selected agricultural products in the project create an ECD unit within the Ministry of Education. Approval area, through irrigation development. The Project is also ex- completed on 1 May 2012. Environmental Assessment Category pected to complement the Mauritania's leg of the regional Sene- B. Project: P124729. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services gal River Basin Multipurpose Water Resources Development to be determined. Government of Mozambique Tel: (258-21) Project 2, namely improving livelihoods of selected community 480-700, Contact: HE Said Baragoita, Minister. groups through development and sustainable management of the basin water resources. This regional project is currently under (R) Additional Financing for Mozambique Higher Edu- preparation for Burkina-Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Sen- cation Science and Technology Project: The objectives of egal ($12M for Mauritania). Identification completed on 18 June the Project are to: (a) increase the number and raise the quality 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 4.8 (GEFU). of graduates at the undergraduate and graduate levels; (b) Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) strengthen the national research capacities to produce research to be determined. outputs of relevance to the Recipient’s strategic economic sec- tors; and (c) strengthen the institutional framework for TVET. Negotiations authorized on 19 March 2015. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P146602. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). PAGE 25 Africa Region April 2015 Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- led agriculture and value addition to increase incomes, enhance termined. food security among larger numbers of households, and create jobs in responding to emerging demand for processed foods; and Mozambique Additional Financing to Education Sector (2) intensification to achieve productivity gains that are needed Support Project: Objective to be Determined. Identification to increase competitiveness and build resiliency in the sector to completed on 9 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category mitigate any real exchange rate appreciation or other adverse ef- B. US$ 70.0/57.9 (IDA Grant/EFAF). Consulting services to be fects of structural changes in Mozambique's economy. determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. The agriculture sector is made up of four broad types of enter- Industry and trade prises: (1) small-scale subsistence farmers; (2) small- and larger- scale farmers connected to markets; (3) vertically integrated ag- Mozambique Agriculture and Natural Resource Man- ribusiness firms (operating out-grower schemes); and (4) agri- agement Project: The project development objective is to in- business service providers (input suppliers, aggregators). Devel- crease farmer incomes, agricultural productivity, and value addi- oping the agriculture sector will require integrating more of the tion through the facilitation of linkages between the private sec- first group into value chains that are driven by demand and pro- tor and rural communities. pelled by agribusiness firms (the third and fourth groups) of which more need to be attracted to invest. These different actors Background: face different constraints and require different types of support. Agriculture is the largest sector in the Mozambican economy, The agriculture sector investment plan (PNISA) aims to trans- contributing a quarter of GDP and employing about 80 percent form the sector, based on public investment to attract private in- of the workforce. Thus, agriculture offers considerable scope to vestment, and by gradually introducing commercial models. The narrow persistent income disparities between rural and urban ar- proposed project fits within the PNISA and responds to a demand eas and reduce poverty in regions that have benefited little from for a market and investment-led program by the Government of the economic gains of recent years. Agricultural sector growth, Mozambique. which has averaged about 7 percent per year since 2003, has been an important contributor to overall economic growth. Agricul- Project approach: ture has grown mainly through an increase in labor and area ex- pansion following resettlement of refugees in rural areas after the The proposed project would support the development and scal- civil war ended in 1992. While the sector's growth rate may ap- ing up of out-grower and contract farming schemes, and facilita- pear robust, it is well below its potential. tion of other business models by which farmers and agribusiness companies are linked. Mozambique remains a net food importer, mainly rice to supply urban centers. Total maize production grew by only 3.5 percent Value chain development: per year from 2005/06 to 2010/11, and cassava by only 2.5 per- Project support would be aimed at farmers, traders, processors cent-barely sufficient to keep pace with Mozambique's 2.7 per- and other value chain actors and could take the form of TA, busi- cent annual population growth. Growth in productivity of food ness development services, market facilitation services, promo- staples has been extremely low, and yields of rice, maize, cassava, tion of new technologies, provision of critical public infrastruc- and sweet potato are among the lowest in the region. Agricultural ture, and facilitation of PPP arrangements to attract public-pri- export trade is growing steadily, encouraged by a liberalized vate investments, e.g. in irrigation and storage infrastructure. trade regime. Although cash crops including sugarcane, tobacco, The development of value addition based industry has significant cotton and cashew account for a small proportion of total area job creation and economic growth potential and would be an im- cultivated, they represent the vast majority of agricultural ex- portant target group. Possible implementation mechanisms ports. Ongoing private sector investment and technical assis- could include matching grants through a catalytic fund. tance from development partners have fueled the emergence of new, export-oriented value chains, particularly for crops such as Beneficiaries would include farming communities that stand to bananas, mangos, sesame, baby corn, and green beans. Contract benefit from new or expanded private agribusiness investments, farming and out-grower schemes, linking smallholders with pro- while intermediate beneficiaries would include businesses that cessing entities or large commercial farms, are increasingly have the potential to include farming communities in their busi- providing commercial opportunities for smallholders to join ness model and/or have the potential to provide significant em- emerging value chains. ployment. These include investments by IFC, such as the Portucel pulpwood project where complementary non-forestry agricul- Demand for food, especially higher-valued products such as hor- ture production and value addition can be facilitated and sup- ticulture and livestock products, will increase as incomes rise. ported. The ongoing IFC investment in the Nacala Corridor rail- Urbanization and wealth-associated shifts in consumer prefer- way line may offer opportunities for agribusiness investment that ences will increase overall demand for food, as well as demand could be supported by the proposed project. Other agricultural for processed foods. Hence, the development of the agricultural sector should focus on (1) expansion and scaling-up of market- April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 26 development corridors include the Beira Corridor, the Zambezi Estradas) Tel: 258-21-305589, E-mail: cgrachane@fe.gov.mz, Valley and the Limpopo Valley Corridors. Contact: Cecilio Granchane, Chairman; National Road Admin- istration (ANE), Contact: Atanasio Mugunhe, Director General. Risk management: Water, sanitation and flood protection With MIGA, WB Treasury, IFC and the private sector, a suite of risk management instruments would be designed for use by gov- Cities and Climate Change PPCR AF: The proposed Addi- ernment and private entities to cover, including national/re- tional Financing (AF) is one of the pilot investments expected to gional disaster risk, localized weather risk, and commodity risk. be financed by the Pilot Project for Climate Resilience (PPCR). In addition, risk management and financial services would be de- These pilots aim at to reduce current and future weather induced veloped, such as warehouse receipt-based credit. impacts on poor population and on Mozambique's fragile econ- omy. This specific pilot will support green infrastructure invest- Investment promotion: ments in the City of Beira aiming at protecting existing natural drainages courses to increase the city resilience to floods. Ap- The importance of agricultural investment promotion and facil- proval completed on 23 October 2014. Environmental Assess- itation was recognized by the creation of CEPAGRI, the agricul- ment Category B. Project: P146059. US$ 6.5/9.3 (CSCC/CSCF). ture investment promotion agency. Between the Investment Pro- Consulting services to be determined. Administration for Water motion Center (CPI) and CEPAGRI, there is scope to improve the Supply and Sanitation Infrastructure (AIAS). institutional capacity of agriculture investment promotion, which would be supported by the project. In addition to invest- Water Service & Institutional Support II: (i) Increase ment promotion, oversight capacity is required to ensure that in- water service coverage in key cities; and vestors and communities follow the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture, and that the provisions and proce- (ii) Strengthen institutional capacity and regulatory frameworks dures developed by the Ministry of Agriculture for the transfer of for water supply services in the Regional water utilities in the land use rights are followed, ensuring that agricultural invest- North and Central Regions of Mozambique. Concept completed ments offer benefits to farming communities. Identification com- on 26 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- pleted on 24 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. ject: P149377. US$ 186.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be US$ 80.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/NDF). Consulting services to be de- determined. Water Supply Investment Fund (FIPAG) Tel: (258- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 21) 491-529; Water Regulatory Council (CRA) Tel: (258-21) 312- 825. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Mozambique GEF Conservation Areas for Biodiversity and Development Project: To increase the effective manage- Niger ment of the Conservation Areas and enhance the living condi- tions of communities in and around these Conservation Areas Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Approval completed on 18 November 2014. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P132597. US$ 6.3 (GEFU). Con- Agriculture Climate Smart Support Project: The proposed sulting services to be determined. .., Contact: development objective is to increase food production and en- hance resilience through adoption of climate smart agriculture Transportation practices in the targeted communities and households in Niger Identification completed on 18 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 116.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Mozambique Roads & Bridges Mgmt Maintenance Pro- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- gram Phase 3: THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE REHA- mined. BILITATION OF RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BRIDGES. Identification completed on 1 March 2010. Environmental As- sessment Category B. US$ 200.0/16.0/5.0 (IDA Energy and mining Credit/CIF/NDF). Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Niger - Electricity Access Expansion Project (NE- LACEP): 16. The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to in- (R) MZ-Additional Financing for Roads and Bridges crease access to electricity Concept completed on 3 February Management and Maintenance Program - Ph-2 (AF3): 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P153743. The project development objective of this phase of the APL is to US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. improve access of the population to all-season roads through Ministry of Energy and Petrol Tel: 22790645556, E-mail: maintenance, rehabilitation and upgrading of the classified road as.toune@live.fr, Contact: Alio Touné, Chief of Staff; Nigelec Tel: network. Approval completed on 31 March 2015. Environmental 22720722461, E-mail: arzikam@yahoo.fr, Contact: Mahamadou Assessment Category B. Project: P150956. US$ 73.6 (IDA Arzika, Secrétaire Général. Credit). No consultants are required. ROAD FUND (Fundo de PAGE 27 Africa Region April 2015 Finance jects. The on-site gas will be supplied to the IPP to generate elec- tricity. 2. Construction work on OML58 gas upgrade project has Niger Investment Climate Support: To assist the imple- already been started. 3. Environmental Impact Assessment mentation of the Niger Government action plan, a number of de- (EIA) for the IPP project has been approved by the Federal Min- velopment partners, including the Danish Cooperation have de- istry of Environment.. 4. Commercial tendering for the Engi- cided to increase their support for investment climate improve- neering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract is under- ment. DANIDA has, therefore, committed DNK 21 million (about way. 5. High Voltage (HV) transmission line project has been CFAF1.842 billion or US$3.874 million) in support of investment handed over to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in climate reform activities. Strong synergy is being sought with February 2009 (as per directives of the Government). 6. Agree- other development partners providing similar support, notably ment with PHCN on changes to the original development agree- with the World Bank through its IDA-financed Competitiveness ment are awaited. 7. Nigerian National Petroleum Corp & Total & Growth Support Project (PRACC). This will involve delegating Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. Joint Venture (NNPC/TEPNL JV) is the management of Investment climate improvement activities awaiting PHCN to start work on the HV Line project (with infor- to the World Bank (through PRACC) in the form of a trust fund. mation on investment decision; completion dates; etc) to enable Identification completed on 15 November 2013. Environmental it to reach financial close on the IPP. Development of IPP - next Assessment Category C. US$ 20.4 (AFRF). Consulting services to steps to the Final Investment Decision: 1. The development be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. phase of the IPP is targeting Final Investment Decision (FID) date of Feb 2010. 2. EPC commercial offers have are being re- ceived in early September 2009. 3. Confirmation of the fiscal regime is needed from Federal Ministry of Finance 4. Power Nigeria Purchase Agreement (PPA) tariff negotiations with NNPC and PHCN will start end of September 2009. NERC's approval of the Education tariff will be sought once the tariff has been negotiated. 5. Con- firmation from PHCN of the FID and completion dates of the HV (R) Nigeria Partnership for Education Project: The PDO line are needed to set the respective dates for FID and completion is to improve access and quality of basic education in selected date of the IPP. 6. IPP Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) is expected States, with particular attention to girls’ participation. Negotia- to be secured by February 2010. 7. External financing is ex- tions authorized on 24 March 2015. Environmental Assessment pected to be confirmed by February 2010. 8. Final investment Category B. Project: P143842. US$ 100.0 (EFAS). Consultants decision (FID) by NNPC/TEPNG JV is expected by February will be required. Federal Ministry of Education Tel: (234-803) 2010 - investment decision for the HV line must occur at the 385-4351, E-mail: stepbfme@yahoo.com; Universal Basic Edu- same time. Securitization Agreement: 1. A Partial Risk Guaran- cation Commission Tel: (234-806) 565-9090, E-mail: kagara- tee (PRG) is proposed to secure the PPA payments from PHCN - bello@yahoo.com. to ensure IPP project bankability. 2. MIGA Guarantee to be con- sidered to compensate in the event of early termination. Timeline NG Post - Basic Education and Skills Development Pro- for IPP: 1. Pre-Development phase: Interim Letter Agreement ject: The Project Development Objectives is to produce more and was signed on 26th January, 2007. 2. Development phase: A better qualified technical and vocational graduates, and higher number of activities were conducted till July 2009, as follows: a. quality and relevance for job requirement. Identification com- EPC request for offers. b. EPC Prices. c. EPC Award. d. HV pleted on 12 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Line transfer. e. PPA Tariff Negotiations. f. Discussions on Se- US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. curization. g. Discussions with Banks. 3. FID Date of February Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2010: Following milestones are expected to be achieved, subject to the achievement of financial close on the HV transmission line Energy and mining by PHCN: a. Signature PPA. b. Securization. c. Financing. 4. Construction phase: Construction activities are expected from Nigeria Power Sector Guarantees Project: Nigerian Na- March 2010 to December 2011. 5. Commissioning phase: Fol- tional Petroleum Corp. & Total Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. Joint lowing timeline is expected, subject to the availability of HV line: Venture - Independent Power Project at Obite - OML 58 Overall a.First Gas Turbine Synchronization by December 2011. b. Sec- Project: 1. Capacity: 340 - 440 MW Combined Cycle Gas Tur- ond Gas Turbine Synchronization by February 2012. c. Com- bines (CCGT). 2. Location: OML 58 (operated by the NNPC and mercial Operation Date (COD) by October 2012. 6. Signed PPA TEPNG JV). 3. Fuel: Direct Gas supply from OML 58. 4. Grid to be in force for 20 years beyond COD. Approval completed on 1 export: 330 KV HV transmission line to Onitsha - to be built by May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: PHCN. 5. Power Sale: 20 years PPA with PHCN. 6. Fiscal: AGFA P120207. US$ 150.0/395.0 (GUAM/GUAR). Consultants will be Regime 7. Financing: NNPC/TEPNG/Banks 8. Securitization: required. Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company Ltd Tel: Under discussion with the World Bank for a possible PRG to (234-803) 685-6383, E-mail: ruundaka.wonodi@nbet.com.ng, cover the payment risk of PHCN. Status of the IPP (as of July Contact: Rumundaka Wonodi, Managing Director / CEO. 2009): 1. Land has been acquired and secured at OML58 for the Independent Power Plant (IPP) and domestic gas upgrade pro- April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 28 Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project Addi- Industry and trade tional Financing: Additional financing to the Nigeria Electric- ity and gas improvement project to cover additional PRGs for Gas Staple Crop Processing Zones Support Project: The Pro- supply to government owned power plants, in particular the Sa- ject development objective (PDO) is to increase market linkages pele, Olorunsogo and Alaoji plants held by the NIGER DELTA for farmers and strengthen the institutional framework for inclu- POWER HOLDING COMPANY. The NDPHC is scheduled to sive public and private investment in selected agribusiness clus- commission power generation units in three of the NIPP plants ters. at Sapele, Olorunsogo and Alaoji. The units to be commissioned will have a combined initial generation capacity of 575 MW. The The Project will contribute to the broader objectives of the FGN’s 3 plants will have a final generation capacity of 1,974 MW upon SCPZ Program consisting of ‘increasing food production and re- completion. These plants urgently require executed Gas Sales ducing the demand for imports, adding value through pro- Supply Agreements (GSAs) with prospective gas suppliers and cessing, reducing cost of doing business for processors, and at- IOCs who have emphasized the need for a payment guarantees to tracting new investment to create jobs, especially in rural areas, enter into long term supply agreements for the fuel deliveries. In and to drive the economy’. The expansion of the agribusiness- accordance with World Bank PRG guidelines, the Federal Minis- farmer linkage models under the SCPZ program through the try of Finance on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria is right mix of public and private investments will ultimately, im- required to nominate parties with whom the World Bank Gan en- prove agricultural productivity, generate shared growth and sub- ter into negotiations on PRGs. Therefore, I am writing to request stantially reduce poverty in rural areas. Concept completed on 14 that the World Bank extends the coverage of NEGIP to include July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: NDPHC's NIPP plants and to nominate the NDPHC as a party P148616. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- with whom the World Bank can enter into formal negotiations on termined. Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develop- the potential provision of PRGs for the individual projects. Ap- ment Tel: 23408075005555, E-mail: todunlami@yahoo.com, proval completed on 19 June 2012. Environmental Assessment Contact: Dr. Niyi Odunlami, Sr. Advisor/HMA. Category B. Project: P126190. US$ 200.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Power Holding Company of Nigeria Public Administration, Law, and Justice Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, E-mail: maganiyu@nepapmu.org, Con- tact: Mansuru A. Ganiyu, Project Manager. State Employment and Expenditure for Results Project: The project has two major tasks: Youth employment and access NG-Electricity Transmission Project: The project develop- to socio-economic services will support small public works and ment objective is to improve the capacity and efficiency of the institutional strengthening to generate youth employment (2) transmission network and increase electricity services. Concept carrying out of technical, vocational and agricultural training (3) completed on 16 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category carrying out community development subprojects through A. Project: P146330. US$350.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be grants. The second task will support reforms of the public finan- determined. Transmission Company of Nigeria Tel: cial management systems, processes and institutions in the par- 2348093666208, E-mail: mkast@mts.net, Contact: Mr. Mack ticipating states. Approval completed on 31 July 2014. Environ- Kast, Managing Director/CEO. mental Assessment Category B. Project: P133071. US$ 100.0 (ECD). No consultants are required. Federal Ministry of Finance (N) Second Nigeria Power Sector Guarantees Project: Tel: (234-9) 8336-6661, E-mail: turakibatta@hotmail.com; Na- Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 23 tional Planning Commission. March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0/305.0 (CIF/GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Nigeria Public Financial Management Reform and Per- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. formance Project: The proposed IPF seeks to support the Gov- ernment of the Federal Republic of Nigera to reform its public Health and other social services financial management systems, processes, and practices, and thus improve PFM outcomes in support of strengthened service Social Protection Project: The proposed project development delivery across key sectors of the economy. The project will build objective (PDO) is: to establish the building blocks of a national on the foundation established under the Economic Reform and social safety net system for effectively targeting and delivering Governance Project (which closed in June 2013) and will include cash transfers to extreme poor and vulnerable households. Con- not only cross-cutting PFM related reforms but also reforms spe- cept completed on 13 March 2015. Environmental Assessment cific to key priority sectors as may be identified by the Govern- Category C. Project: P151488. US$ 500.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- ment. The task is part of the Bank's work program under the Ni- ants will be required. Federal Ministry of Finance Tel: 234-803- geria CPS 2014-17. Identification completed on 20 July 2014. 726-4126, E-mail: kelechiohiri@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Kelechi Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Ohiri, Social Protection Advisor. Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 29 Africa Region April 2015 Water, sanitation and flood protection Senegal Enhancing Resilience to Disasters & Climate Change: The objective of the project is is to strengthen the ability of fed- Energy and mining eral and state governments to respond to current climate related disasters, and to build resilience to future climate change Identi- Senegal Taiba Ndiaye Independent Power Producer fication completed on 27 August 2013. Environmental Assess- Project: The project development objective is to increase elec- ment Category A. US$ 400.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to tricity generation at a lower marginal cost through Independent be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Power Producer investments in Senegal. The immediate Project beneficiaries are current and prospective commercial and house- hold electricity consumers --including the poor, women and girls, Rwanda who face unreliable service due to supply limitations, high cost, and access constraints. Additional power generated by the pro- Energy and mining ject will help increase productivity and spur economic growth among these beneficiaries. The GoS is also a key beneficiary since Rwanda Electricity Sector Strengthening Project: The the proposed IPP will save Senegal tens of millions of dollars in overall objective of the project is increased access to electricity annual fuel costs alone by displacing the emergency diesel pro- services. The proposed operation will focus on two areas of inter- jects. The proposed IPPs would also reduce the need for more vention: (a) increased access to electricity services and (b) the public resources for investment in power generation, enabling power sector performance and management. Identification com- more funds to be deployed for poverty alleviation and other social pleted on 30 April 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. needs. Approval completed on 19 December 2013. Environmen- US$ 80.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. tal Assessment Category A. Project: P143605. US$ Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 40.0/92.0/28.0 (GUID/ZMUL/ZPCI). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Senegal Banda Gas to Power Guarantee: This PRG is RW-Urban Development Project: Objective to be Deter- linked to the Mauritania Gas to Power PRG, which is under prep- mined. Identification completed on 11 August 2014. Environ- aration. The overall value of the PRG is estimated at $104m for mental Assessment Category B. US$ 85.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- Mauritania, Senegal and Mali, of which the Senegal part would ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be be approximately $51m, to cover the share of gas payments to determined. Tullow Oil corresponding to energy exports to Senelec. Approval completed on 29 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory A. Project: P145657. US$ 99.0 (GUID). Consulting services Sao Tome and Principe to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Education (N) SN -Solar Energy Development thru IPPs: In the spirit of 'Scaling up Solar' initiative developed by IFC, the Project will STP Quality Education for All - AF: The Development Ob- support Solar Energy Development in Senegal through IPPs se- jective of the proposed operation is to improve the system of in- lected competitively and transparently on the basis of the lowest service teacher training and to strengthen the management of price per kWh. In order to attract interest from major interna- human resources in the education sector in São Tomé and Prín- tional developers, minimize transaction costs and uncertainties cipe. Approval completed on 27 June 2014. Environmental As- with regard to contract negotiations and finance mobilization, sessment Category C. Project: P150828. US$ 3.5 (IDA Grant). the bidding package will include draft legal agreements (PPAs, Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education Tel: and concession agreements) as well as a financing package (term 2392223366, E-mail: bjesus.jorge@gmail.com, Contact: Jorge sheet of loans, risk mitigation instruments including proposed Bom Jesus, Minister. Bank guarantee…). Identification completed on 8 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 Industry and trade (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. STP Competitiveness and Growth Project: The project aims to increase productivity and improve competitiveness of the Industry and trade private sector through improved access to finance and business development services. Identification completed on 30 January Senegal Growth and Export Development: The Project De- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 1.0 (IDA velopment Objective (PDO) is to develop exports and improve Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Senegal's investment climate. Concept completed on 10 Novem- agency(ies) to be determined. ber 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 30 P146469. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- on 29 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- mined. Ministry of Commerce, Informal Sector, Consumption ject: P152150. US$ 35.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be and Promotion of Local Products Tel: 221777408330, E-mail: determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Makhtar.lakh@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Makhtar Lakh, General Secretary. Sierra Leone Public Administration, Law, and Justice Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Public Financial Management Strengthening Technical Assistance Project: To enhance budget credibility, transpar- Smallholder Commercialization and Agribusiness De- ency and accountability mechanisms in the use and management velopment Project: The PDO is to increase productivity and of central Government financial resources. improve commercialization of smallholder production systems through better integration in agriculture value chains. The pro- The project aims to support the modernization of the Public Fi- ject will be implemented through a commodity-based approach nancial Management system and the implementation of a Public and it is expected that increased incomes will accrue to farmers Sector performance based system in Senegal. who will be producing and supplying to selected agricultural commodity supply-chains through well-defined productive busi- It includes five components: (1) Strengthening Fiscal Policies and ness relationships with selected agribusiness companies. The Planning; (2) Improving Budget Execution and Reporting Pro- project will help the farming community to quickly recover from cesses; (3) Strengthening the Capacity of External Audit and Leg- the effects of the Ebola epidemic through increased productivity, islative Oversight; (4) Project Management; and (5) Supporting agricultural commodity sales and income. the Implementation of a Public Sector Performance-Based Man- agement and Results Monitoring System. Approval completed on The key indicators for the PDO level results include: (i) In- 31 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: creased productivity (yield/ha) and volume of sales (% compared P146859. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. to baseline); (ii) Number of farmers participating in business re- PFM Reform Secretary Tel: (221) 821-4587, E-mail: ctdiop- lationships with agribusiness companies; and (iii) Number of di- mef@yahoo.fr, Contact: Cheikh Tidiane Diop, Coordinator. rect beneficiaries (of which % female). Identification completed Transportation on 18 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Im- Dakar - Bamako Railway Improvement Project: Objective plementing agency(ies) to be determined. to be Determined. Identification completed on 27 January 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). SL Agribusiness Development Support Project: The pro- Consultants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- ject development objective is to raise productivity and commod- termined. ity sales of smallholder farmers and/or farmer-based organiza- tions through better integration in agriculture value chains. The Transport & Urban Mobility Additional Financing: Ob- project will be implemented through a commodity-based value- jective to be Determined. Identification completed on 27 October chain approach and it is expected that increased incomes will ac- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA crue to farmers who will be producing and supplying to selected Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agricultural commodity supply-chains through well-defined pro- agency(ies) to be determined. ductive business relationships with selected small and medium scale agribusiness enterprises. The increased agricultural Water, sanitation and flood protection productivity and volumes of sales as well as better terms of trade achieved through secure markets provided by the agribusiness Senegal Urban Water and Sanitation Project: The pro- enterprises is likely to increase food security, income and em- posed project development objective is to improve access to reli- ployment among farmers. The expected results include: (i) 20% able water and sanitation services in selected urban areas in a fi- increase in farmers’ yield in selected commodities supported un- nancially sustainable manner. Concept completed on 22 Decem- der the project; (ii) 50% increase in volume of commodity sales ber 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: leading to increased incomes; (iii) at least 100 agribusiness firms, P150351. US$ 70.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- including at least 20 agri-input suppliers supported to engage in mined. PEPAM Tel: (221-33) 859-0499, E-mail: projeau@or- productive supply contracts with local FBOs and Cooperatives; ange.sn. and (iv) at least 50,000 smallholder farm households to directly benefit from project activities. (R) Additional Financing - Stormwater Management and Climate Change Adaptation Project: To improve flood Due to the ebola epidemic, food production is likely to be re- prevention management in peri-urban areas of Dakar and to pro- duced due to labour-related production constraints during the mote city sustainability management practices, including climate current cropping season, caused by the mortality and/or morbid- resilience, in two selected urban areas Negotiations authorized ity as well as the restricted movement of agricultural workers, PAGE 31 Africa Region April 2015 particularly in hard hit areas (Kenema and Kailahun, and more Industry and trade recently, Port Loko, Moyamba and Bombali districts) where quarantines have been enforced. The two initial Ebola epicenter SL-Growth Poles Project (FY15): Using a spatial growth ap- districts (Kailahun and Kenema) are considered the bread-basket proach developed during the Sierra Leone growth poles diagnos- for the country producing over 20% of the national food supply. tic and adopted by the Government, the proposed Project aims at The two districts also contribute significantly towards the pro- (i) strengthening the capacity of the Government to plan, coordi- duction of key cash crops such as cocoa. As such, the sector de- nate and implement the growth poles program to leverage addi- velopment program for the next decade will have to start with ad- tional resources for private and public investment; (ii) financing dressing the immediate challenges to food security and the re- a feasibility study for a deep sea port and supporting infrastruc- duced cash crop production brought about by the Ebola epi- ture that will facilitate export of mining resources within growth demic. The proposed project will support the agricultural sector’s poles; and (iii) providing business development training and fa- recovery by providing matching grants to agribusiness enter- cilitating access to finance for local enterprises supply goods and prises and Farmer-Based Organizations (FBOs) in order to raise services to large companies within the project area. Identification agricultural productivity and incomes which in turn will contrib- completed on 3 April 2014. Environmental Assessment Category ute towards the resuscitation of the rural economy. Identification C. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. completed on 15 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Cat- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. egory B. Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Transportation Education Resilient Cities Project: The development objective of the proposed project is to increase access to and improve the quality Tertiary Education Support Project: Buidling on analytical and sustainability of urban infrastructure and services (Urban work carried out in 2013, this project will support the strength- planning, transport, water, and sanitation) for residents of Free- ening of Sierra Leone's higher education system, focusing on im- town. The proposed project will aim to address immediate needs proved service delivery, quality, governance, and access. Identi- to improve the quality of urban services and improve livability of fication completed on 28 October 2014. Environmental Assess- Freetown while strengthening the medium-term planning and ment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to coordination process for the metropolitan area. The project will be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. therefore identify short-term needs that represent a bottleneck for transport, water and sanitation services within the context of Energy and mining a city-wide structure plan and FCC-led coordination process. These key pieces of infrastructure will address general service SL: Western Area Power Generation Project: In May 2014 gaps while paying specific attention to 'last-mile' service delivery the Government of Sierra Leone requested IDA for a guarantee in the poorest areas of Freetown. Identification completed on 11 for the proposed Western Area Power Generation Project September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (WAPGP) to be developed as an independent power producer 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- selling to electricity the Electricity Distribution and Supply Au- menting agency(ies) to be determined. thority (EDSA). WAPGP is part of the Government’s plan for private sector par- Somalia ticipation in the generation subsector to meet electricity demand. The Project is proposed as a 128 MW Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) fired Agriculture, fishing, and forestry power plant to be located on an existing industrial site about 4 km outside Freetown. The Project is to be constructed in phases Strengthening Pastoral and Agropastoral Resilience in over three to four years, of which the first phase is 50MW. Iden- Somalia: The project will aim at enhancing resilience of pastoral tification completed on 12 December 2014. Environmental As- and agro-pastoral communities in drought prone areas of Soma- sessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (GUID). Consulting services to lia. It will also facilitate the regional integration of the country by be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. linking Somalia to the Inter-Governmental Authority on Devel- opment (IGAD)-coordinated initiative for ending drought emer- Health and other social services gency in the Horn of Africa. Identification completed on 27 No- vember 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: SL-Third Decentralized Service Delivery: Objective to be P148943. US$ 30.0 (MSC1). Consultants will be required. Imple- Determined. Identification completed on 14 July 2014. Environ- menting agency(ies) to be determined. mental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be Industry and trade determined. Somalia Core Economic Institutions SCORE: To enable access to markets and create jobs Identification completed on 22 April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 32 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category U. US$ platform for learning about and adapting the carbon dioxide cap- 30.0 (SOMP). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ture technology to specific conditions in South Africa, and subse- ing agency(ies) to be determined. quently contributing to reducing the cost of the technology de- ployment. Both components are described separately through- Information and communications out the Concept Note. While interlinked, in terms of covering the entire CCS technology chain, each component can be completed (R) ICT Sector Support in Somalia Phase II: The overarch- separately and independently. ing Project Development Objective (PDO) for this series of pro- jects is “to support the ICT Sector in Somalia by contributing to THE SOUTH AFRICAN PILOT CO2 STORAGE PROJECT establishing an enabling environment and by encouraging effi- (PCSP) ciency and equity in access to connectivity”. Negotiations au- thorized on 9 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category The Pilot CO2 Storage Project (PCSP) constitutes the next criti- C. Project: P152358. US$ 14.0 (SOMP). Consulting services to be cal phase of CCS development in South Africa (Phase III in the determined. Ministry of Posts and Telecoms Tel: 254-712- Roadmap). The PCSP will be the proof of concept for CCS in 977415, E-mail: projectictsom1@gmail.com, Contact: Mohamed South Africa and an essential step for the prospective full-scale Ware, Project Manager. integrated CCS demonstration scheduled under the Roadmap. The PCSP involves the injection, storage and monitoring of 10,000 - 50,000 tons of CO2 under South African conditions. Public Administration, Law, and Justice The selection of a suitable geological site for the PCSP will be a Somalia Capacity Injection: The objective is to fill key stra- critical decision in the CCS Roadmap. The choice will be deter- tegic and critical positions in the civil service and strengthen ca- mined by the requisite capacity, injectivity and containment as pacity of selected line ministries and central agencies to perform determined by internationally acceptable methods and stand- core state functions. Approval completed on 14 November 2014. ards. Other factors that will weigh heavily in the selection include Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 40.0 (SOMP). Con- cost, environmental impacts and public support/acceptance. sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. The cost factor determines that the PCSP be preferably under- taken on-shore and in a conventional CCS storage formation (R) Public Financial Management Capacity Strengthen- (such as a depleted oil/gas field or a deep saline formation]. Ac- ing Project II: The Project Development Objective is to estab- cordingly, two on-shore basins present themselves as potential lish and strengthen institutional capacity for the management of sites, namely the Zululand Basin and the Algoa Basin. public funds in Central Finance Agencies and targeted sectors. Negotiations authorized on 7 April 2015. Environmental Assess- In respect of the above considerations, the PCSP has the follow- ment Category C. Project: P151492. US$ 20.0 (SOMP). Consult- ing primary objectives: ants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- mined. 1.Demonstrate the safe and secure CO2 handling, injection, stor- age and monitoring in South African conditions, in particular Transportation South African geology; Somalia Urban Development Project: The PDO for the pro- 2.Increase the South African human and technical capacity for ject will be: “Improved urban infrastructure and urban financing the development and operation of CO2 handling, injection, stor- systems in South-Central Somalia, Puntland and Somaliland”. age and monitoring; Concept completed on 16 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149306. US$ 71.5 (SOMP). Consulting ser- 3.Raise awareness of the potential importance of CCS to the vices to be determined. Ministry of Finance and Planning. South African public; 4.Work with government to ensure that the development and operation of the PCSP can occur within the South African legal South Africa and regulatory environment. Energy and mining 5.Obtain an indicative measure of CCS costs in South Africa. Identification completed on 31 March 2014. Environmental As- Technical Assistance Project for Development Carbon sessment Category B. US$ 23.4 (CARB). Consulting services to Capture and Storage in SA: The focus of the proposed project be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. is the Pilot CO2 Storage Project (PCSP). This component com- prises an estimated 90 percent of the activities and funding of the entire project. A separate and stand-alone second component is the CO2 Capture Pilot Plant (CCPP) project, which will not be a source of CO2 emissions for the storage project, but will create a PAGE 33 Africa Region April 2015 Finance evaluation capacities of the Ministry of Health. The additional fi- nancing will provide support to the two original components: i) Land Bank Financial Intermediation Loan: The project’s Component 1 will support Delivery of high impact Primary development objective is to scale up Land Bank’s wholesale fi- Health Care services; ii) Component 2 will strengthen capacity of nancing, specifically to emerging farmers, and to strengthen its MOH at the national level. The project will also support perfor- institutional capacity. Concept completed on 27 June 2014. En- mance based contracting, exact details of the amounts to be fi- vironmental Assessment Category F. Project: P150008. nanced from the HRITF (possibly for amounts upto US$15 mil- US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Land lion) are still being discussed. Approval completed on 13 March Bank Tel: 27-86211-4745, E-mail: lserithi@landbank.co.za, Con- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P146413. tact: Lebogang Serithi, Chief Financial Officer. US$ 10.0/25.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). No consultants are re- quired. .., Contact: Urban Youth Livelihood: Objective to be Determined. Iden- South Sudan tification completed on 27 June 2014. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to Agriculture, fishing, and forestry be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. South Sudan Agriculture Development and Food Secu- Public Administration, Law, and Justice rity Project: he project seeks to revitalize the agriculture sector in South Sudan through capacity building, institutional strength- Institutional Development and Capacity Building Pro- ening and technology dissemination. Tentatively, its PDO is to ject: To improve selected government systems and capabilities enhance the production of major staple crops and increase with respect to human resource management and public finan- farmer's income Identification completed on 20 December 2011. cial management in target ministries and agencies. Negotiations Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0/15.0 (IDA authorized on 22 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- Grant/IFAD). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- egory C. Project: P143975. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants ing agency (ies) to be determined. will be required. Ministry of Labor, Public Service and HRD Tel: 211956324250, E-mail: angethdedut@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: Ms. Education Angeth Acol de Dut, Undersecretary, Public Service. South Sudan Higher Education Project: The project will Transportation contribute to the development of the higher education system in South Sudan. Identification completed on 11 July 2014. Environ- South Sudan Rural Road Project - First Additional Fi- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- nance: To enhance all season road connectivity to agricultural ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be services for rural communities in high agricultural potential ar- determined. eas. Identification completed on 16 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Energy and mining vices to be determined. Ministry of Transport, Roads and Bridges Tel: (249-957) 102-093, E-mail: alamjj2@yahoo.co.uk, Contact: South Sudan Energy Sector Technical Assistance Pro- James Alam, Chief Engineer Roads. ject: The project development objective (PDO) is to strengthen the capacity of the Recipient for improved energy sector planning and management supporting access enhancement. Negotiations authorized on 17 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Sudan Category B. Project: P145581. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Electricity, Dams, Irrigation and Health and other social services Water Resources Tel: (211-95) 720-0111, E-mail: knunu_2000@yahoo.com, Contact: H.E Jemma Nunu Kumba, Sudan Social Safety Net Project: The project will provide in- Minister. come support to selected poor and vulnerable families through Cash for Work and/or Cash Transfers to cushion the devastating Health and other social services effects of conflict, food price increases and natural disasters on the household economy. It will also lay the foundations for better South Sudan Health Rapid Results AF: The additional fi- social protection targeting, coordination and transparency. Iden- nancing to Rapid Results Health Project will ensure continuity of tification completed on 8 November 2013. Environmental As- high impact primary health care services in Upper Nile and sessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (MDNS). Consulting services to be Jonglei States of South Sudan. The project development objec- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tives (PDOs) are: (i) to improve the delivery of high impact pri- mary health care services in Recipient's states of Jonglei and Up- per Nile; and (ii) to strengthen coordination and monitoring and April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 34 Swaziland 27 December 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.2 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Regional Admin- Industry and trade istration and Local Government (PMO-RALG) Tel: (255-22) 724- 951, E-mail: ps@pmo.go.tz, Contact: Chandanie Wijayawardene, Director General. SZ: Private Sector Competitiveness: The development ob- jectives of the proposed project are: to increase private invest- Tanzania: Resilient Natural Resource Management for ments and exports; and to increase jobs in the agribusiness and Growth: The Government of Tanzania has requested support to tourism sectors. Concept completed on 8 March 2015. Environ- address challenges in multi-sectorial water resources develop- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P151433. US$25.0 ment to accelerate and sustain growth and alleviate poverty. The (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Eco- Bank is exploring support through a long-term programmatic ap- nomic Planning and Development Tel: 26876024434, E-mail: proach that begins by supporting the development of a more vusie@mepd-acms.org, Contact: Vusie Dlamini, Head of ACMS. multi-sectorial approach to what has traditionally been a "siloed" approach to water resources management. The context is that Public Administration, Law, and Justice there is a need to effectively manage existing and evolving water- related problems cannot be done with a business-as-usual ap- SW-PUBLIC SECTOR MODERNIZATION PROJECT: Ob- proach (e.g. poverty & growth needs, climate risks). The focus on jective to be Determined. Identification completed on 18 Sep- "Big Results Now" in Tanzania are not possible in a timely, effec- tember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$25.0 tive, and sustainable manner without water-related agencies (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing working closer together (e.g. for agricultural investments, man- agency(ies) to be determined. aging inter-sectorial conflicts). There is also a need for substan- tial institutional modernization of water-related offices given level of challenges, state-of-the-art globally, and upcoming loss Tanzania of significant skills due to retirement of ageing skilled staff in wa- ter-related institutions. The proposed activities will focus on ma- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry jor areas: A. Support for Information & Institutional Moderniza- tion - Inter-sectorial Team for Analytical services - Water-related Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania In- Office Modernization (incl. computerization, Operational Cen- vestment Project: The objective is to support increased access ters, Internships) - Integrated Water Resources Monitoring Sys- to finance for SMEs in the SACGOT area and explore innovative tem & Enhanced Access (meteorology, hydrology, water quality, financing instruments to finance SMEs in agribusiness, which groundwater, earth observation integration, information integra- could include venture capital support, collateralization through tion, analysis, and outreach/public access) B. Support for Tar- warehouse receipts, and charter banks. Concept completed on 4 geted Investment Planning and Implementation - Targeted Ba- May 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: sins (e.g. Great Ruaha, Usangu Plains) to improve on-the-ground P125728. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- water management - Targeted Instruments (e.g. PES) and Issues mined. Ministry of Finance Tel: (255-22) 211-1174, Contact: (e.g. Forecasting) - Targeted Investment Preparation Identifica- Ramadhani M. Khijjah, Permanent Secretary. tion completed on 12 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- (R) Tanzania: Second Agricultural Sector Development mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Project-BRN Support: Objective to be Determined. Identifi- cation completed on 7 November 2011. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$ 220.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be Education required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) TZ-Zanzibar Improving Student Prospects Project: (R) Tanzania: Expanding Rice Production: To increase the Improve quality of basic education and facilitate market-relevant productivity and production of rice among smallholders in tar- skills development Identification completed on 23 October 2014. geted areas of Morogoro and Zanzibar Approval completed on 12 Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) P144497. US$ 22.9 (GAFS). Consulting services to be deter- to be determined. mined. Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives Tel: 255 (22) 2862064, E-mail: psk@kilimo.go.tz, Contact: Ms. Energy and mining Sophia Kaduma, Permanent Secretary; Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Zanzibar Tel: 255777-420186, E-mail: Tanzania Singida Wind Power Project: The Government of j_alsaady@yahoo.com, Contact: Juma A. Juma, Principal Secre- Tanzania (GOT) intends to develop the 100MW Singida Wind tary. Project in Northern Tanzania in form of a Public Private Partner- ship. The current lead investor of this Project is a consortium of Private Sector Competitiveness Project Additional Fi- private local firms and Aldwych International PLC, of the UK nancing: Objective to be Determined. Approval completed on PAGE 35 Africa Region April 2015 ("Wind EA"). Wind EA intends to conclude a 25 year Power Pur- improving the service quality in key growths areas. The Project is chase Agreement with the state owned utility TANESCO. The also fully in line with the current Country Assistance Strategy Project encompasses the construction and operation of a 100MW (CAS) and supports the achievement of the Bank's twin goals, re- Windpark east of the town of Singida. Financing of this power ducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. generation project is expected to be through private sponsors' eq- uity contributions (about 20% of Project costs) and commer- The PDO remains unchanged and are as follows: i) to improve cial/multilateral debt facilities. GOT has requested the World the quality and efficiency of the electricity service provision in the Ban (IDA) to support the financing of the project with a Partial main growth centers in Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Kilimanjaro; Risk Guarantee (PRG) that would cover commercial lenders to and (ii) to establish a sustainable basis for energy access expan- the project. The IDA has offered already the financing of a Trans- sion and renewable energy development in Tanzania. The pro- action Adviser to TANESCO under an existing IDA project and it ject's global environmental objective is to abate greenhouse gas is expected that TANESCO will select and contract an adviser in emissions through the use of renewable energy in rural areas to the coming months, before TANESCO and the GOT start negoti- provide electricity. Identification completed on 25 November ating major Project Agreements for this project. This project is 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 25.0 (IDA currently expected to be structured and prepared in 2011/2012 Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing and could reach financial close in Bank FY 2013. If built, this pro- agency(ies) to be determined. ject would be the first major Wind generation facility in Tanzania and one of the largest facilities in East Africa. Concept completed TZ-Rural Electrification Expansion Proj: The proposed on 7 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: project will assist the Government of Tanzania in expanding rural P126432. US$ 100.0/200.0 (GUID/ZPCI). Consultants will be electrification through provision of on-grid and off-grid connec- required. Wind EA, Contact: Mark Gammons tions. The proposed Project Development Objectives are (i) to in- crease significantly the number of rural electricity connections to TZ Guarantees for Power Sector Gas Supply Expansion: households, businesses and other facilities, and (ii) to scale-up The proposed operation consists of providing credit enhance- renewable energies in the generation of electricity. ment mechanisms to address the low credit worthiness of the natural gas production and supply, and power sectors in Tanza- Increasing access to and reliability of power supply is at the cen- nia. The proposed operation will enabling the development and ter of industry competitiveness and job creation, one of two core expansion of natural gas fields by private developers in several clusters of the CAS. Providing access to electricity removes the locations, and independent power generation activities. The pro- key infrastructure gap for many rural businesses and enhances posed instrument will be a series of Partial Risks Guarantees their productivity, especially in the agricultural sector, Tanza- (PRGs) back-stopping liquidity payments under Gas Supply nia’s rural population largely depends on. Identification com- Agreements (GSA) and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) en- pleted on 26 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- tered between private sector developers and the Tanzania Petro- gory B. US$ 150.0/25.0 (IDA Credit/CIF). Consulting services to leum Development Corporation (TPDC) and/or Tanzania Elec- be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO). Identification com- pleted on 25 October 2013. Environmental Assessment Category Finance B. US$ 200.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Finance Tel: (255-22) 211-9190, E-mail: sblikwel- Housing Finance Project: The revised PDO is as follows: To ile@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Servacius B. Likwelile, Executive facilitate the development of the housing finance market through Director. the provision of medium and long-term liquidity to lenders. Ap- proval completed on 24 February 2015. Environmental Assess- (R) TZ Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources: ment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- To strengthen the Governments capacity to manage the mineral quired. BANK OF TANZANIA, E-mail: avmkenda@bot.go.tz, sector to improve the socioeconomic impacts of large and small- Contact: Albert Mkenda, Program Manager (PIU). scale mining for Tanzania and Tanzanians and enhance private local and foreign investment. Negotiations authorized on 28 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151124. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- Health and other social services mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. TZ-PSSN Additional Financing: Objective to be Determined. Add. Financing for Tanzania Energy Development & Ac- Identification completed on 27 June 2014. Environmental As- cess Expansion Proj: Additional Financing for Tanzania En- sessment Category B. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- ergy Development & Access Expansion Project (TEDAP) to cover vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- cost overruns in Components A and C (Transmission and Distri- mined. bution). The Project contributes to Tanzania's Poverty Reduction Strategy MUKUTAII, especially Goals 2 ("Reducing income pov- erty through promoting inclusive, sustainable, and employment- enhancing growth") by extending access to energy services and April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 36 Industry and trade The Program Objective. The program objective of the Dar es Sa- laam Maritime Gateway Program (DESMGP) is to improve the TZ Growth Poles Project: The project aims at supporting the effectiveness and efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam and the development of private sector enterprises in Tanzania, building access and egress of port traffic, for the benefit of all public and on the results of the current Private Sector Development project. private stakeholders. The design of the projects and its components will be informed This Program Objective will be realized through a sequential im- by the findings of the Country Economic Memorandum, to which provement in spatial and operating efficiency, institutional ca- the team is currently contributing. Identification completed on pacity and reform, and infrastructure enhancements both in the 21 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ port of Dar es Salaam, and its immediate hinterland. The pro- 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing posed program will double the capacity of the port to 28 million agency(ies) to be determined. ton by 2020 in the first phase and triple it to 34 million tons by 2025 in the second phase. The total cost of the proposed program Competitiveness and Enterprise Development Project: (Phase 1 and 2) is envisaged to be US$750 million, excluding the Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 27 Oc- complementary private investment in the port. tober 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- The Program Level Indicators. Progress towards the attainment ing agency(ies) to be determined. of the program objective will be assessed through the following program indicators: Transportation (i). Enhanced spatial and operational efficiency; Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Development Project: The (ii). Increased capacity in the port; objective of the Project is to improve urban services and institu- tional capacity in the Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Area and to fa- (iii). Greater private sector participation in service provision; cilitate potential emergency response. Approval completed on 2 and March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P123134. US$ 300.0/5.0 (IDA Credit/NDF). Consulting services (iv). Increased capacity in key access infrastructure. to be determined. Regional Administration and Local Govern- ment (PMO-RALG) Tel: 255-754770592, E-mail: sdavisben@ya- The partners in the program. The proposed program is a partner- hoo.com, Contact: Davis B. Shemangale, Project Coordinator. ship between the Government of Tanzania, the Tanzania Ports Authority, other public and private stakeholders, and a coalition Tanzania Strategic Cities Project AF: The Government of of development partners including the Trademark East Africa the Tanzania (GoT) has asked for Additional Financing (AF) un- (TMEA), the United Kingdom Department for International De- der OP/BP 10.00 in the amount of US$80 million to the Tanzania velopment (DFID) and the World Bank (WB). Strategic Cities Project. The requested additional support is needed to scale up the project's investments. The original project (b)The Project Development Objective (PDO) has been under satisfactory implementation since 2011. The Project Development Objective for Phase 1 of the Dar es Sa- The additional financing is sought to finance the following three laam Maritime Gateway Program (DESMGP) is to improve the board types of investments: (i) Enhancements to the functional- effectiveness and efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam through ity and sustainability of the works completed and ongoing under defined interventions to reduce the wait time for vessels access- the current project, such as drainage/pedestrian amenities and ing the port, facilitate the berthing of larger capacity vessels, sup- additional land-fill cells and solid waste equipment. (ii) Invest- port greater private sector participation, and improve the man- ments -mainly urban roads and some storm drains- from the agement of the port, for the benefit of all public and private stake- ‘long-list’ that were originally prepared and screened during orig- holders. inal project appraisal in FY2010/11, but not included in the pro- ject due to limited IDA availability. (iii) Newly identified sub-pro- In the first phase, this PDO will realized by the following three jects which are also mostly urban roads and two new land-fills. components, which directly reflect the identified priorities for the Approval completed on 29 May 2014. Environmental Assess- port sector in the BRN: (i) Component 1: Improving the Physical ment Category B. Project: P148974. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Infrastructure (Estimated cost US$ 400 million). Component 2: sultants will be required. Prime Minister's Office - Regional Ad- Improving the Operational and Spatial Efficiency (Estimated ministration and Local Government Tel: (255-26) 232- cost US$35 million). Component 3: Institutional Strengthening 1908/2848, E-mail: NA, Contact: Chandanie Wijayawardene, and Implementation Assistance (Estimated cost US$30 million). Director General. Concept completed on 18 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P150496. US$350.0/100.0 (IBRD/DFID). TZ-Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Proj: (a)The Pro- Consultants will be required. Tanzania Ports Authority Tel: (255- gram Objective and Indicators 22) 211-0401, E-mail: mkipande@tanzaniaports.com. PAGE 37 Africa Region April 2015 Dar es Salaam Urban Transport Improvement Project: strengthen access and equity in primary schools particularly in Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 14 May deprived prefectures. Approval completed on 6 February 2015. 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 100.0 (IDA Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 27.8 (EFAF). Con- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Primary and Sec- agency(ies) to be determined. ondary Education Tel: 22890046218, E-mail: akudjoh@ya- hoo.fr, Contact: Ayayi Kudjoh, Secrétaire General MEPS. Water, sanitation and flood protection Energy and mining Tanzania Water Sector Support Project - Additional Fi- nancing: The Additional finance will contribute to the country's Togo: Mining Governance and Development Project water sector development program (WSDP) achieve its first Preparation - Phase I: To streamline the institutional ar- phase target of providing access to the originally planned benefi- rangements of key organizations in the EI sector to increase their ciaries of 10 villages per local Government Administration efficiency and accountability for effective management of the sec- (LGAs). This target was down sized during restructuring of the tor. Appraisal completed on 10 February 2015. Environmental project due to shortage of funding. Given the increased attention Assessment Category B. Project: P149277. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). given to the rural water supply in governments recent initiative Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Mines and En- of Big Result Now (BRN), the AF will be a timely response to as- ergy Tel: 22282220, E-mail: minesenergie@yahoo.fr, Contact: sist government achieve its objective. It will also be uninter- Dammipi Noupokou, Minister of Mines. rupted continuation of the Bank support during the transition from phase I to Phase II of the program. The AF will finance RWS Health and other social services schemes and completion works in urban component while at the same time provide program management assistance to Govern- Community Development and Safety Nets Project Addi- ment's effort to streamline the new BRN initiative with the WSDP tional Financing: The proposed Project Development Objec- arrangement. It is expected that development partners such as tive is to provide poor communities with greater access to basic the DFID will join the initiative. It is also envisaged that prepara- socio-economic infrastructures and social safety nets. Approval tion of the follow on project to support the second phase of gov- completed on 7 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- ernment's WSDP will be initiated in parallel to implementation gory B. Project: P146598. US$ 12.1 (IDA Credit). Consultants will of the Additional financing. Approval completed on 16 June be required. Technical Secretariat of the Community Develop- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P146700. ment and Safety Nets Project Tel: (228) 220-7597, E-mail: pdc- US$ 44.9/13.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/DFID/KFW). Consultants will togo@yahoo.fr, Contact: Yawavi Agboka-Abalo, Coordonatrice be required. Ministry of Water Tel: (255-22) 245-1530, E-mail: du Secretariat Technique. b.psmw@mowi.go.tz, Contact: EgR. Bashir J. Mrindoko, Perma- nent Secretary. Water, sanitation and flood protection Second Water Sector Support Project: The overall WSDP Emergency Infrastructure Rehabilitation & Energy Pro- II program Development Objective is "Improving integrated wa- ject - Additional Financing: The objectives are to: (a) in- ter resources management by strengthening water sector institu- crease access to infrastructure and urban services in Lome; and tions and increasing access to water supply and sanitation ser- (b) support the Government's efforts to demonstrate concrete vices". improvements in the lives of its citizens, a critical step for sus- taining social and political stability in the country. Approval com- The Project Development Objective is to strengthen integrated pleted on 4 June 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. water resources management in Tanzania to support productive US$ 14.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Agence sectors; and improve water supply service delivery in urban areas deExecution des Travaux Urbains (AGETUR) Tel: (229) 313-645, of Tanzania. Concept completed on 17 February 2015. Environ- E-mail: agetur@intnet.bj, Contact: Yuba Raj Pandey, Vice Chair- mental Assessment Category A. Project: P150361. US$ 225.0 man. (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Water Tel: 255767361574, E-mail: mfutakamba27@yahoo.com, Contact: Eng. Mbogo Futakamba, Permanent Secretary. Uganda Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Togo (R) Agriculture Cluster Development Project: The devel- Education opment objective is to raise on-farm productivity, production, and marketable volumes of selected agricultural commodities in Education and Institutional Strengthening Project 2: specified geographic clusters. Approval completed on 9 April The Development Objective is to: (i) improve the quality of teach- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P145037. ing and learning in early grades of primary schools; and (ii) US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 38 Ministry of Agriculture Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Tel: Consultants will be required. Ministry of Energy and Mineral De- 256772589642, E-mail: dcr@agriculture.go.ug, Contact: Mr. velopment Tel: (256-41) 434-9342, E-mail: info@energy.go.ug, Opolot Okaasai, Director Crop Resources. Contact: Hon. Irene Muloni, Minister. Uganda Multisectoral Food Security and Nutrition Pro- (R) Uganda Energy for Rural Transformation III: The ject: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase Project Development is to increase access to electricity in rural production and consumption of micronutrient-rich foods and areas of Uganda. Appraisal completed on 15 April 2015. Environ- utilization of community-based nutrition services in smallholder mental Assessment Category B. Project: P133312. US$ 135.0 households in project areas. Approval completed on 15 January (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 27.6 (GAFS). Energy and Mineral Development Tel: 256-41-233331, E-mail: Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, gturyahikayo@rea.or.ug, Contact: Mr. Godfrey Turyahikayo, Ex- Animal Industry & Fisheries Tel: 256414320004, E-mail: ps@ag- ecutive Director. riculture.go.ug, Contact: Mr. Vincent Rubarema, Permanent Secretary. IDA Guarantee for Renewable Energy Development Program: The project will provide for amongst others counter- Education part risk guarantee to cover the payment risk from Uganda Elec- tricity Transmission Company Approval completed on 18 March Skills Development Project: The project development objec- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P133318. tive is to enhance the capacity of institutions to deliver high qual- US$ 160.0 (GUID). Consultants will be required. Ministry of En- ity, demand-driven training programs in target sectors. Negotia- ergy and Mineral Development Tel: (256-41) 434-9342, E-mail: tions authorized on 3 March 2015. Environmental Assessment info@energy.go.ug, Contact: Hon. Irene Muloni, Minister. Category B. Project: P145309. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- ants will be required. Ministry of Education and Sports Tel: 256- UG GEF Energy for Rural Transformation III: The project 41-425-7038, E-mail: nassalilukwago@education.go.ug/per- is the third and final GEF contribution to an APL program and masec@education.go.ug, Contact: Rose Nassali Lukwago, Per- will build on the implementation experience of the ERT-2 and be manent Secretary; Ministry for Agriculture, Animal Husbandry based on the reform measures that are being developed under the and Fisheries Tel: 256-41-432-0004, E-mail: psmaaif@info- Uganda Accelerated Rural Electrification Project (UAREP). Iden- com.co.ug, Contact: Vincent Rubarema, Permanent Secretary. tification completed on 5 August 2013. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$ 8.2 (GEFU). Consulting services to be de- Uganda Post Primary Education and Training Program termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 2: This is a follow on operation to the first Uganda Post-Primary Education and Training (UPPET) APL approved in 2009 and due Health and other social services to close at the end of June 2014. The development objectives of UPPET 1 were to: (a) improve access to post-primary education, Uganda Reproductive Health Voucher Project: 13.The (b) improve the quality of post-primary education and training; project development objective is to increase access to skilled care and (c) improve efficiency in the delivery of post- primary educa- among poor women living in rural and disadvantaged areas dur- tion. ing pregnancy and delivery. Approval completed on 6 November 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P144102. The second phase will build and expand on the successes of the US$ 13.3 (GPBA). Consultants will be required. Ministry of first phase and focus on (i) strengthening public private partner- Health Tel: +256 414 340872, E-mail: ps@health.go.ug, Contact: ships to improve access to and quality in Universal Secondary Dr. Asuman Lukwago, Permanent Secretary. Education (USE) provision; (ii) enhancing teacher effectiveness including improving teacher competencies, improved accounta- (R) Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF bility and motivation at the post-primary level; and (iii) strength- 3): The Project Development Objective (PDO) is “to provide in- ening math and science education at the post primary level. Iden- come support to and build the resilience of poor and vulnerable tification completed on 8 November 2013. Environmental As- households in Northern Uganda.” Appraisal completed on 13 sessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- P149965. US$ 130.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- mined. termined. Office of the Prime Minister. Energy and mining (N) Improving Capacity to Deliver Maternal Services of Front Line Facilities in Uganda: Objective to be Deter- Uganda Grid Expansion and Reinforcement Project mined. Identification completed on 19 March 2015. Environ- (GERP): The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to in- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 110.0 (IDA Credit). Con- crease transmission capacity of Uganda interconnected system. sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to Concept completed on 11 December 2014. Environmental Assess- be determined. ment Category B. Project: P133305. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). PAGE 39 Africa Region April 2015 Public Administration, Law, and Justice support the Government of Zambia to increase access to liveli- hood support for women and access to secondary education for (R) UG Governance and accountability: Lending TA to disadvantaged adolescent girls in extremely poor households in support continuing modernization of PFM, PIM and Procure- selected districts. Negotiations authorized on 1 April 2015. Envi- ment systems as well as Public Sector Management system. Iden- ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P151451. US$ 65.0 tification completed on 23 June 2014. Environmental Assess- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Commu- ment Category A. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to nity Development Mother and Child Health (MCDMCH) Tel: be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. 260211235341, E-mail: echomba@zamnet.zm, Contact: Prof. E. Chomba, Permanent Secretary; Ministry of Gender and Child De- Transportation velopment (MGCD) Tel: 260211230031, E-mail: daisy.ngambi@gmail.com, Contact: Victor Mbumwae, Director, Uganda: Albertine Region Sustainable Development Planning; Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training, Project: To improve regional and local access to infrastructure, and Early Education Tel: 260977798024, E-mail: ngonyam- markets, and skills development in the Albertine Region. Ap- waanga@yahoo.com, Contact: Ms. Ngonya H. Miyoba, Ag. Chief proval completed on 26 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Education Officer. Category B. Project: P145101. US$ 145.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- ants will be required. Uganda National Roads Authority Tel: 256- Water, sanitation and flood protection 414318000, E-mail: executive@unra.go.ug, Contact: Eng. Ber- nardo Ssebbugga-Kimeze, Acting Executive Director; Ministry of (R) Lusaka Sanitation Project: The Project Development Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD) Tel: 256- Objective it to increase access to sanitation services in selected 414342931, E-mail: ps@mlhud.go.ug, Contact: David Gabin- areas of Lusaka and strengthen LWSC’s capacity to manage san- dadde-Musoke, Permanent Secretary; Ministry of Education Tel: itation services. Negotiations authorized on 7 April 2015. Envi- 256-414234451, E-mail: permasec@education.go.ug, Contact: ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149091. US$ 65.0 Dr. Rose Nassali, Permanent Secretary. (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Lusaka Wa- ter and Sewerage Company Tel: 260211251712, E-mail: gndongwe@lwsc.com.zm, Contact: Mr. George Ndongwe, Man- aging Director. Zambia Energy and mining Zimbabwe Zambia Environmental Remediation and Improvement Finance Project: Improve the capacity of the Government of Zambia to: i) address environmental health risks to affected local popula- ZW-Public Financial Mgt Enhancement Proj: This project tion, and liabilities associated with the mining sector operations, will focus on budgeting, IFMIS, payroll management, cash man- particularly in Kabwe area; and ii) improve environmental gov- agement, Internal and external auditing, public procurement at ernance in the mining sector through improved monitoring and the central as well are sub-national levels including state enter- public disclosure of environmental health information. prises and to improve the demand side of accountability and oversight of parliament, media and civil society of public funds These objectives will be achieved through: Identification completed on 30 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (ZIMR). Consulting services to i) Establishing a mechanism to identify, finance, implement and be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. monitor feasible environmental and social measures for priori- tized contaminated areas; and ii) Strengthening the regulatory and institutional capacity of ZEMA to improve environmental Regional management in the mining sector. iii) Improving job opportunity for affected people, particularly Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Women through collaborative partnership with private sector mining companies and neighboring communities. Identification (R) West Africa - Mauritania Fish. APL: The Global Envi- completed on 24 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Cat- ronmental objective of the WARFP SOP-C1 (formerly APL-C1) is egory A. Consulting services to be determined. Implementing the same as the PDO: to strengthen governance and management agency(ies) to be determined. of targeted fisheries and improve handling of landed catch at se- lected sites. Approval completed on 16 March 2015. Environ- Health and other social services mental Assessment Category B. Project: P131327. US$ 7.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fish- eries and Maritime Economy Tel: 22233470916, E-mail: (R) Girls Education and Women’s Empowerment and Livelihood Project: The project development objective is to April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 40 Praobm@yahoo.com, Contact: Samboly Ba, Advisor to the Min- mission (EC); and United States Agency for International Devel- ister; Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Tel: 22464298782, opment (USAID), and managed by the Agriculture, Rural Devel- E-mail: akaba@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdourahmane Kaba, Secre- opment and Irrigation unit (AFTAI). ASARECA, a sub-regional tary General. not-for-profit association has been operating based on a 10 year Strategic Plan (2008-2018) developed to support the sustainable South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and competitiveness of Eastern and Central Africa agricultural re- Shared Growth Project 1: The Global Environment Objective search systems through support to prioritized areas of research is to improve the management effectiveness of selected priority for development. The strategy was designed to be implemented fisheries at regional, national and community level. Approval in 2 five year phases with corresponding Medium Term Opera- completed on 27 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Cat- tional Plans (MTOPs) which detail implementation of the strat- egory B. US$ 15.5 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. egy. The ASARECA MDTF was established at the World Bank in DGRH, Contact: Youssouf Mohamed Ali, Deputy Director; Min- 2008 to support the first phase of the strategic plan, OPI (2008- istry of Livestock and Fisheries, Zanzibar, Contact: Mr. Mussa 2013). It has been under implementation for the past 4 and a half Jumbe, Director of Fisheries; Indian Ocean Commission, E-mail: years and implementation has been satisfactory. It is scheduled harijhons.razaka@coi-ioc.org, Contact: Mr. Leon Martial Ra- to close on December 31, 2013. Donor support has been very zaka, Officer in Charge; Ministry of Fisheries Tel: (258-82) 316- strong for the OPI. Original donor pledges totaled $55 million. 0078, E-mail: adengo@mozpesca.gov.mz, Contact: Mrs. Angel- This target was not only met, but exceeded following an addi- ica Dengo, Head of International Cooperation Department; Deep tional contribution of $5.6 million in the second half of 2012. To- Sea Fishing Authority, Contact: Mr. Zahor El Kharousy, Director tal contributions to date have passed $60 million. A number of General. the MDTF participating donors are in favor of and have recom- mended a 5 year extension of the MDTF to support a smooth First South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance transition to ASARECA' second MTOP (OPII) (2014-2018). The and Shared Growth Project: The Project Development Ob- associated proposed Additional Financing would support imple- jective is to improve the management effectiveness of selected mentation of OPII. Initial confirmed funding to launch imple- priority fisheries at regional, national and community level. Ap- mentation has already been secured from two donors. Identifica- proval completed on 27 February 2015. Environmental Assess- tion completed on 23 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Cat- ment Category B. Project: P132123. US$ 42.7/32.8/15.5 (IDA egory B. US$ 30.0 (CDP4). Consulting services to be determined. Credit/IDA Grant/GFCO). Consultants will be required. DGRH Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Tel: 3366911, E-mail: yousmed69@yahoo.fr, Contact: Mr. Yous- souf Mohamed Ali, Deputy Director; Ministry of Fisheries Tel: Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa MDTF - Ad- 00, E-mail: adengo@mozpesca.gov.mz, Contact: Mrs. Angelica ditional Financing: This is a request for an extension of and Dengo, Head of International Cooperation Department; Ministry additional financing for the ongoing Forum for Agricultural Re- of Livestock and Fisheries Development, Mainland Tel: search in Africa (FARA) Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) 255754035314, E-mail: yobudeba@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Yo- (P1126840/TF071192). It is currently financed by the Canadian hana L. Budeba, Permanent Secretary; Ministry of Livestock and International Development Agency (CIDA), UK's Department for Fisheries, Zanzibar Tel: 255777428575, E-mail: kassim- International Development (DfID); the European Commission juma52@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Kassim G. Juma, Principal (EC); and The Netherlands, and managed by the Agriculture, Ru- Secretary; Deep Sea Fishing Authority Tel: 255777011011, E- ral Development and Irrigation unit (AFTA2). FARA has been mail: zahor1m@hotmail.com, Contact: Mr. Zahor El Kharousy, operating on a 10-year Strategic Plan (2007-2016) developed to Director General. add value to the support provided by the sub-regional organiza- tions (SROs) to strengthen African National Agricultural Re- Regional Great Lakes Integrated Agriculture Develop- search Systems (NARS). The strategy was designed to be imple- ment Program: The objective is to support the recovery and mented in 2 five year phases with corresponding Medium Term reintegration of communities and reestablishment of sustainable Operational Plans (MTOPs) which detail implementation of the livelihoods in the conflict affected areas. Identification com- strategy. Due to delays in obtaining donor funding under the pleted on 21 December 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- original MDTF, the Strategic Plan period was adjusted to cover gory B. US$ 225.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- the period 2009-2018. The FARA MDTF was established at the mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. World Bank in 2009 to support the first phase of the strategic plan, MTOP I (2009-2013). It has been under implementation Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in for the past three and a half years and implementation has been East and Central Africa Multi Donor Trust Fund: This is satisfactory. It is scheduled to close on December 31, 2013. Sev- a request for an extension of and additional financing for the on- eral of the MDTF participating donors are in favor of and have going Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in recommended a 5-year extension of the MDTF (in line with the Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) Multi-Donor Trust Fund Bank's revised guidelines on extension of closing dates, April (MDTF) (P112600/TF071104). It is currently financed by the Ca- 2013) to support a smooth transition to FARA's second MTOP nadian International Development Agency (CIDA), UK's Depart- (2014-2018). The associated proposed Additional Financing ment for International Development (DfID); the European Com- would support implementation of MTOP II. Initial confirmed funding to launch implementation has already been secured from PAGE 41 Africa Region April 2015 one donor. Identification completed on 11 September 2013. En- completed on 29 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 20.0 (CDP4). Consult- egory B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- ing services to be determined. Forum for Agricultural Research mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. in Africa (FARA) Tel: (233-302) 772-823, E-mail: yakin- bamijo@fara-africa.org, Contact: Dr. Yemi Akinbamijo, Execu- Second South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance tive Director. and Shared Growth Project: To improve the management ef- fectiveness of selected priority fisheries at regional, national and (R) Volta River Basin Strategic Action Programme Im- community level. Identification completed on 13 November plementation: The proposed global objective is to improve the 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 67.0/20.0 capacity of the VBA for transboundary water resources manage- (IDA Credit/GFCO). Consulting services to be determined. Im- ment. Appraisal completed on 9 April 2015. Environmental As- plementing agency(ies) to be determined. sessment Category B. Project: P149969. US$ 3.5/7.2 (CIWA/GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Volta Ba- (N) West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program sin Authority (VBA) Tel: 22650376067, E-mail: (WAAPP - 1D): Objective to be Determined. Identification cbiney@gmail.com. completed on 31 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience: The Project De- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. velopment Objective (PDO) is to enhance livelihood resilience of pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in cross-border drought West Africa Survey Harmonization Project: To strengthen prone areas of selected countries and to improve the capacity of the ability of national statistical organization of WAEMU mem- the selected countries' governments to respond promptly and ef- ber countries to regularly produce and publicly disseminate high fectively to an eligible crisis or emergency. This second phase pre- quality, comparable household data and inter nationally compa- pared through an Additional Financing aims at including Ethio- rable analyses on living conditions. Identification completed on pia in the project, as it has participated in most of the preparation 21 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ process, together with Kenya, Uganda and IGAD. The RPLRP of- 40.5 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- fers an innovative, comprehensive, and flexible response to pas- menting agency(ies) to be determined. toralists' vulnerability to drought by delivering key regional pub- lic goods to enhance their livelihoods. Building on a high-level Education agreement, the RPLRP embodies the first attempt in the HoA to deliver country-specific outputs directly linked to region-driven Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project: goals. RPLRP innovation also applies to the use of the Infor- To sustain their rapid economic growth for further reducing ex- mation and Communication Technology (ICT). Whenever possi- treme poverty and increasing share of prosperity, African coun- ble, the RPLRP will be implemented through a sustainable land- tries need to carry out necessary economic transformation. This scape approach along cross-border livestock routes and corri- requires an increase in science and technology capacity, skilled dors. These routes and corridors will be central in targeting geo- workforce, and applied research to accelerate technology absorp- graphical cross-border clusters of sub-counties in Kenya and tion, raise productivity and generate new competitive sectors. woredas in Ethiopia to deliver investments and services using However, Africa is at the bottom of knowledge economy indica- this cross-border cluster approach. Selected clusters will receive tors in these areas. To support the pursuit of necessary change a comprehensive package of investments and services. Approval and improvement in this critical area by African countries, the completed on 21 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- Bank launched a regional initiative of Africa Higher Education egory B. Project: P150006. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants Centers of Excellence (ACE) in 2013. The ACE initiative was suc- will be required. Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Tel: cessfully launched in nine western African countries with a total (251-9) 2771-8854, E-mail: faberra@mofed.gov.et, Contact: Fis- of US$150 million investment approved by IDA in 2014 (ACE seha Aberra, Director of International Financial Institutions. Phase 1). With the demand indicated by some eastern African countries, building on the lessons learned from ACE Phase 1, the Regional Pastoral Livelihoods Resilience Project - proposed investment project (ACE Phase 2) aims to launch a re- South-Sudan: The proposed additional credit would help fi- gional ACE initiative in east/south Africa. The initial targeted nance the costs associated with scaling up and expanding the pro- eight eastern and southern African IDA countries are Ethiopia, ject’s scope to enhance its impact by including pastoralists and Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and agro-pastoralists residing in South-Sudan as its project benefi- Zambia, but IBRD countries in the region are welcome to partic- ciaries. ipate if their interest arises.# # The proposed ACE Phase 2 (ACE II) is intended to support the promotion of regional collaboration The Project Development Objective (PDO) and project compo- and specialization among participating universities in areas that nents under the AF will remain the same as in the two first phase address economic growth priorities both national and regional, of the RPLRP. The proposed AF will expand target intervention as well as to strengthen the capacities of these universities to de- areas to include well-defined geographic areas within the Arid liver quality training and applied research needed by the society. and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) of South-Sudan. Identification More specifically, ACE II will cover two main aspects. One is the April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 42 regional harmonization. In coordination with the African Union, WAPP (Phase 3) Adjarala Hydroelectric Project: WAPP ACE II will focus on regional harmonization of training highly- APL : The goal of West Africa Power Pool (WAPP) is to establish skilled personnel, particularly at the graduate level, which in- a well-functioning, cooperative, power pooling mechanism for cludes regional quality assurance framework, standards for West Africa, as a means to increase access of the citizens of the higher education, diploma /certification recognition, etc., in or- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to sta- der to promote mobility of both faculty and students within the ble and reliable electricity at affordable costs. [APL1 refers to the region. The other aspect is to provide support through ACE to countries involved in this horizontal and vertical APL structure, those states, either small or fragile, which lack of capacity or and covers WAPP projects undertaken in the WAPP Zone A. readiness to implement projects or train high-skilled personnel Phase 3 indicates that this is the third project in this APL series.] for meeting their growth or reconstruction needs (e.g., Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi, Comoros, and Seychelles). Specific activ- The development objective of the WAPP Adjarala Hydropower ities under both aspects will be discussed and reviewed with rel- Project (APL 1, Phase 3) is to increase power supply and reduce evant regional committees, government ministries, national the cost of supply. Concept completed on 29 May 2013. Environ- agencies, universities and other key stakeholders as well as mental Assessment Category A. Project: P115063. US$ within the Bank during the project preparation. The selection of 120.0/100.0/78.0/40.0/52.0 (IDA participating universities will be done through a transparent Credit/AFDB/FRDE/WADB/WAEM). Consultants will be re- competitive mechanism agreed with the participating coun- quired. Communaute Electrique du Benin (CEB) Tel: (228) tries.# # ACE II preparation will employ a broad consultation ap- 2216132, E-mail: dg@cebnet.org, Contact: Mr. Djibril Latifou, proach. On the client side, two-level of consultation is envisaged: Directeur Général. (1) at the regional level, among/with the relevant regional bodies and potential participating countries; and (2) at the country level, Regional Transmission Interconnection between among/with relevant ministries, national agencies and universi- Mozambique and Malawi: Regional transmission intercon- ties. Within the Bank, consultations will be carried out with the nection between Mozambique and Malawi to integrate Malawi AFR management, country TTLs and involved Global Practices. into the Southern African Power Pool. Identification completed These consultations will help to set up and build consensus on on 5 February 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ priority areas which should be financed under the project. As 120.0/4.5 (IDA Credit/AFRS). Consultants will be required. part of the preparation, a regional steering committee will be Electricidade de Mozambique (EdM) Tel: (258-21) 353-632; ES- formed to guide, facilitate and coordinate the process. A focal COM Tel: (265-1) 822-000, 824-274. point in each participating country will be designated to coordi- nate needed preparation work in the country. Identification com- 3A Tanzania-Zambia Interconnector: The objective of the pleted on 17 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- project is to connect Tanzania's electrical grid with Kenya’s and gory B. US$ 140.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- later Zambia, create power- sharing between the two countries, mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. reduce energy costs, promote sustainable and renewable power generation, better protect the region’s environment, and pave the Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence Project way for more dynamic regional cooperation between the coun- Add. Fin.: The project seeks to support the Recipients to pro- tries of East Africa. The project marks the second phase of a re- mote regional specialization among participating higher educa- gional East Africa power integration program, which started with tion institutions in Cote d'Ivoire in areas that address regional the financing of the Ethiopia-Kenya Electricity Highway project, challenges and fill skill needs, contributing to the economic approved by the WB Board in July 2012. The project also builds growth of the region but which were not covered in previous on the currently on-going Tanzania Backbone Transmission pro- ACEs, by strengthening the capacities of these universities to de- ject. Identification completed on 12 July 2013. Environmental liver quality training and applied research. Identification com- Assessment Category A. Consulting services to be determined. pleted on 5 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. gory B. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. OMVG Interconnection Project: The project developmental objective is to enable electricity trade between Senegal, Guinea, Energy and mining Guinea-Bissau and The Gambia. Negotiations authorized on 2 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Regional Transmission Development APL: The objective P146830. US$ 200.0/134.0/106.0/51.8/93.7/23.9/32.0/53.6 is to support the development of the transmission backbone link- (IDA Credit/AFDB/EUIB/GFRC/ISDB/KFAE/KFW/WADB). ing Tete Province with the south of Mozambique. Concept com- Consultants will be required. OMVG Tel: 221338895100, E-mail: pleted on 11 September 2008. Environmental Assessment Cate- jvanska@omvg.sn, Contact: Justino Vieira, Executive Secretary. gory A. Project: P108934. US$ 150.0/50.0 (IDA Credit/GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Electricidade de Mozam- Niger River Basin Management Project: The objective of bique (Electricity of Mozambique) Tel: (258-21) 304-407, E- the project is to strengthen the institutional framework for re- mail: cyum@edmdipla.co.mz, Contact: Mr. Carlos Yum, Director gional cooperation in water resources in the Niger River Basin. and Project Coordinator. Approval completed on 17 November 2014. Environmental PAGE 43 Africa Region April 2015 Assessment Category B. Project: P149714. US$ 7.5 (CIWA). Con- eoconferencing capacity; and (vi) provision of funds to partici- sulting services to be determined. Niger Basin Authority (NBA) pating hospitals to allow for improvements in laboratory quality Tel: 22798701110, E-mail: sec-executif@abn.ne, Contact: Major systems, supporting lower-level facilities, conducting community General Collins R.U. Ihekire, Executive Secretary. outreach and surveillance activities, performing contact tracing during outbreaks, and strengthening communications and social Health and other social services mobilization. The Disease Surveillance and Preparedness sub- component (1b) will support countries to comply with their com- (R) Sahel Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases: The mitments under the International Health Regulations by: (i) project development objective is to: Increase delivery and use of strengthening skills through expansion in IDSR training and a harmonized community-level services for the prevention and move towards a One Health concept; (ii) improving etiological treatment of malaria and selected neglected tropical diseases in confirmation of pathogens; (iii) reinforcing laboratory network- targeted cross-borders districts in the Sahel region. Appraisal ing and district capacity in cross border areas to report, investi- completed on 8 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category gate, and adequately respond to disease outbreaks through the B. Project: P149526. US$ 121.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services establishment of cross-border committees, tabletop and field to be determined. African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control simulation exercises, and application of the EAC framework for (APOC) Tel: (226-50) 342-959; WHO/AFRO. cross-border surveillance and response during outbreaks; (iv) supporting governments to elaborate disease preparedness plans 3A EA PH Laboratory Networking Project Additional for potential public health threats, including setting up Emer- Financing: The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa has un- gency Operations Centers and systems; and (v) strengthening derscored the importance of redoubling disease preparedness, communications and data sharing through the roll out of the mo- prevention and control efforts in East Africa. The five EAC mem- bile phone reporting system under design. Component #2-The ber states (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi) Joint Training and Capacity Building Component will expand have prepared Ebola contingency plans with some activities ini- training and capacity building for laboratory, medical and public tiated under the parent project. To date, three of the countries health personnel, in order to increase the pool of experts in the (Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda) have requested additional fi- sub-region and improve the effectiveness of public health labor- nancial support from the Bank to address critical unmet needs in atories and the efficiency of handling disease outbreaks. Train- disease preparedness, prevention, and control. Following the ing will be cascaded the regional to the national and local levels visit of President Kim to the Horn of Africa, Ethiopia has now in a systematic fashion. Regionally recognized training programs sent a formal request to be included in this regional project. This would be scaled up nationwide to maximize the impact of pro- additional financing aims to respond in an efficient and timely posed activities. Examples of the main training programs to be manner to these requests. The parent project represents a good prioritized for scale up include: Field Epidemiology and Labora- vehicle for providing support as proposed activities are fully in tory Training Program (FELTP), infection control, IDSR, line with both the Project Development Objective and three pro- SLMTA, lab management, and emergency preparedness. The ject components. The project development objective remains to project would also support the roll out of the e-learning modules establish a network of efficient, high quality, accessible public (i.e. infection control, information systems, lab management) de- health laboratories for the diagnosis and surveillance of TB and veloped under the parent project. Component #3-- Joint Opera- other communicable diseases. The three mutually reinforcing tional Research and Knowledge Sharing/Regional Coordination components will assist the participating countries to diagnose will finance relevant operational research and knowledge sharing communicable diseases of public health importance and to share activities, which aim to evaluate the impact of disease prevention information about those diseases to mount an effective regional and control efforts, and identify models for promoting greater response. The region has an elevated risk of public health threats collaboration between animal and human health specialists. The from diseases which are: (i) outbreak prone (Ebola and other East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community and the hemorrhagic fevers, cholera, meningitis); (ii) endemic (multi- East African Community would continue playing critical roles in drug resistant tuberculosis; and (iii) pandemic potential (influ- convening countries, harmonizing medical laboratory training enza). Component #1-Regional Diagnostic and Surveillance Ca- curriculum and disease outbreak guidelines and protocols, facil- pacity will provide support to render functional the laboratory itating harmonization between animal and human health disci- network. The Diagnostic Services sub-component (1a) will fund: plines, and assisting countries to agree on a division of labor (i) construction or upgrading of public health laboratories at ex- whereby some public health laboratories would play a regional isting hospitals to boost biosafety capacity to deal with outbreaks role as part of the laboratory network (i.e. Uganda virology labor- of infectious diseases; (ii) support for establishing basic isolation atory in Entebbe and KEMRI laboratory in Kenya). Identification units at a select number of facilities; (iii) provision of laboratory completed on 17 November 2014. Environmental Assessment and medical equipment and materials, including waste manage- Category B. US$ 99.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- ment equipment, basic hygiene and infection control equipment, termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and personal protective equipment; (iv) specimen referral sup- port for transporting pathogens during outbreaks; (v) acquisition Disease Surveillance and Response in West Africa: of computer equipment, laboratory information systems and vid- Strengthen regional capacities to control and/or eliminate prior- ity communicable and /or zoonotic diseases in West Africa by: April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 44 •(sub-objective 1) strengthening regional institutions for cross- with the PDO of the RCIP Program as a whole, namely to support border and inter-country collaboration; and the Recipient’s efforts to: •(sub-objective 2) developing regional capacity for integrated (i) lower prices for international capacity and extend the geo- multi-disease surveillance. Identification completed on 9 March graphic reach of broadband networks (the connectivity develop- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 300.0 (IDA ment objective); and Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (ii) improve the Government’s efficiency and transparency through e-Government applications (the transparency develop- (N) Africa Medicine Regulatory Harmonization Project: ment objective). Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 31 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 9.7 Project would be financed by $30 million IDA, complemented by (PHGF). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing anticipated funding of US$12 million in co-financing from the Af- agency(ies) to be determined. rican Development Bank and a US$12m parallel investment from the private sector, which may also require the help of an IDA Par- Industry and trade tial Risk Guarantee. The financing package is US$54 million in total. (N) EAC Accelerated Regional Integration: Objective to be The proposed project is composed of three components, as de- Determined. Identification completed on 23 March 2015. Envi- scribed below: ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to Component 1: Enabling Environment (US$10m, of which be determined. US$2m from AfDB and US$8m from WBG) (N) Great Lakes Trade Facilitation - SOP2: Objective to be 1A.)Strengthening the National Communications Authority Determined. Identification completed on 31 March 2015. Envi- (US$8m from WBG) ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 61.0 (IDA Credit). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to The 2012 Communications Act provides for the establishment of be determined. an independent regulator. The World Bank is already providing some initial regulatory training but a more ambitious program of Information and communications work is required, covering the development of an enabling legal and regulatory framework, including a license framework that (R) Regional Communications Infrastructure Program promotes competition and is technologically neutral; an effective Phase 5 - Uganda: To support the Recipient's efforts to: interconnection and access pricing framework; a governance framework and a Universal Access framework. Capacity-building (i) Lower prices for international capacity and extend the geo- will also be required especially for managing scarce resources, graphic reach of broadband networks (the connectivity develop- such as spectrum and the numbering plan. This component will ment objective); and also include establishing an ICT data collection and analysis unit within the future regulator. (ii) Improve the Government’s efficiency and transparency through e-Government applications (the transparency develop- 1B.)Applications development and piloting, including Mobile ment objective). Negotiations authorized on 12 April 2015. En- Money and eGovernment (US$2m from AfDB) vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P130871. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. National IT Agency There is considerable appetite for the development of locally rel- Tel: 256-417-801038, E-mail: info@nita.go.ug, Contact: James evant applications, particularly delivered over mobile platforms. Saaka, Executive Director. The sector vision for South Sudan is to become ‘An inclusive, em- powered, dynamic and prosperous ICT-anchored nation that is West Africa Regional Communications Infrastructure an active participant in the Global Information Society”. Mobile Project - APL 3: The objectives are to: (a) increase the geo- money is a leading candidate for applications development and a graphical reach of broadband networks; and (b) reduce costs of workshop on mobile money, jointly organized by the Bank, IFC, communications services in the territories of Guinea Bissau and the Bank of South Sudan and the Ministry of Telecommunica- Niger. Concept completed on 12 December 2012. Environmental tions and Postal Services was held on 30 April 2013. There is in- Assessment Category B. Project: P132845. US$ 33.0 (IDA terest from DFID in using mobile money to make conditional Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing cash transfers as an incentive to keep girls in education. A pilot agency(ies) to be determined. program involving up to 60,000 students is planned for Lainya County, starting in Sep/Oct 2013. Technical assistance to this pi- Horn of Africa Connectivity Program Phase 1: The devel- lot program could be provided during the PPA phase. The mobile opment objectives of the proposed RCIP 6 project are consistent money platform, once developed, would be available for many such uses. PAGE 45 Africa Region April 2015 Component 2: Connectivity (US$42m, of which US$20m from •The second link would join Juba to Gulu in Uganda, passing via the WBG; US$10m from AfDB, and US$12m in parallel financing the border crossing of Nimule. Again, this has the advantage of from the private sector) following the course of a road, one of the few paved roads in the country, over a relatively short distance (300km). 2AGovernment backbone network and data centers (US$10m from AfDB) •A third link would go from Kapoeta, on the newly-created fiber to the Kenyan border and branch off to pass through Ethiopia to An earlier Multi-Donor Trust Fund grant, via Operations Policy Djibouti, which is served by eight international cables. and Country Services (OPCS), has provided for a satellite-based government network with VSATs (very small aperture terminals) The cost of installing a national fiber optic network with onward in each of the ten states, linked to a hub in Juba. This is now being connectivity to multiple international submarine landing sta- tested and will soon be available for use, to provide secure gov- tions, in Mombasa or Djibouti, is not economically viable for any ernment email. An investment grant would provide some initial single operator. Given the routing steps and multiple backhaul funding for the satellite segment and would mean the next phase arrangements required, the South Sudan government and oper- could be extended and upgraded to terrestrial links (e.g., micro- ators have indicated a preference for an end-to-end solution for wave, fiber). The Satellite based government network could op- obtaining international connectivity. This will be structured as a erate in stand-by mode in case there is a cut in the optical fiber Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with a consortium consisting of cable. the South Sudan government and operators contracting a com- pany to provide the needed connectivity on an open access basis. As is the case for other programs under RCIP, demand stimula- There is interest from the private sector in exploring the possibil- tion and the development of sectoral applications is considered ities for Partial Risk Guarantees (PRG) to offset their commercial an important part of the program. Some of the funding that is set and regulatory risk. A consultant is being hired under SS- aside for the government backbone network could be used for ad- EARTTDF to structure the PPP. It is considered possible that the vance purchase of capacity on behalf of government depart- private sector might contribute up to US$12m (leveraging ments, using competitive tendering allowing competition among US$3m in IDA PRG credits for cost sharing on infrastructure the private sector members of the PPP. This would provide an in- roll-out). centive for the private sector to invest in additional backbone ca- pacity, which is currently almost completely lacking in South Su- Component 3: Project Implementation Unit (US$2m WBG) dan. The final component for the investment grant in South Sudan 2BAccelerating the roll-out of a fiber backbone network, under a would be funding for a project implementation unit (PIU). A PIU Public Private Partnership (US$20m in WBG funding and credit has already been established jointly with MTRB for the ICT com- guarantees plus around US$12m in parallel private sector invest- ponent of the SS-EARTTDF program. However, given the tech- ment) nical nature of this activity and the larger scale, RCIP-6 will need its own PIU with its own technical staff and will need to maintain There is a desperate need for a fiber link between landlocked liaison with the future regulator and the private sector. Identifi- South Sudan and at least one of the fiber backbones in neighbor- cation completed on 18 December 2014. Environmental Assess- ing countries in order to reduce costs, and improve the perfor- ment Category B. US$ 15.0/12.0 (IDA Credit/AFDB). Consulting mance and reliability of Internet access. However, the private services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- sector is currently unable to provide funding and also lacks a mined. fixed-line operating license to negotiate rights of way, across state borders. The World Bank can provide assistance to create Public Administration, Law, and Justice an open and transparent framework, and play the role of an hon- est broker. (R) West Africa Regional Fisheries Program SOP-C1 – Mauritania & Guinea: The development objective of this first It is proposed that international connectivity be introduced in up phase of West Africa Regional Fisheries Program SOP-C (for- to three phases: merly APL-C) is to strengthen governance and management of targeted fisheries and improve handling of landed catch at se- •The first link would join Juba to Lokichoggio in Kenya, passing lected sites. Approval completed on 16 March 2015. Environ- through the Eastern Equatorial capital of Torit, with fiber being mental Assessment Category B. Project: P126773. US$ 22.0 (IDA laid alongside a new road that is being financed by a consortium Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fisher- including the World Bank, AfDB and EXIM Bank (South Sudan ies and Maritime Economy Tel: 22233470916, E-mail: – East Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facil- Praobm@yahoo.com, Contact: Samboly Ba, Advisor to the Min- itation Program, P131426, which includes an ICT component of ister; Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Tel: 22464298782, US$15m). This is a relatively short distance (350km) to the near- E-mail: akaba@yahoo.fr, Contact: Abdourahmane Kaba, Secre- est fiber and has the added of advantage of only needing to transit tary General. through one country to reach the four undersea cables off the coast of East Africa. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 46 Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa Multi-Donor Trust Fund: This is Olwiyo – Nebbi – Goli road Road Project: As part of the a request for Additional Financing to support the existing AS- development of the Gulu- Kisangani road corridor the objective ARECA MDTF (P112600, TF071104). A Multi-Donor Trust Fund of the project to rehabilitate the 114 km paved road from Olwiyo (MDTF) was established at the World Bank in 2008 to support a to Nebbi, and to upgrade the 15 km gravel road, from Nebbi to program of integrated agricultural research for development, as Goli, to bitumen pavement. Identification completed on 9 March described in ASARECA's 5-year OP (2008/09-2013/14). The 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA MDTF is intended to facilitate donor interaction, coordination Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing and harmonization (including harmonization of procedures and agency(ies) to be determined. formats to be applied by ASARECA), which is essential to effec- tively and efficiently assist the further institutional development Lake Victoria Transport Project: Objective to be Deter- of ASARECA. The project has been under implementation for the mined. Identification completed on 24 June 2014. Environmen- past 3.5 years and implementation progress has been satisfac- tal Assessment Category A. Consulting services to be determined. tory. Original donor pledges were expected to reach $55 million Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and this target has been met. New contributions totaling $4 mil- lion will be used to scale up the results of existing sub-projects Water, sanitation and flood protection within the remaining timeframe of the grant (19 months). No new activities are planned. Identification completed on 21 May 2012. NEL TRANSBOUNDARY RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.6 (CDP4). Con- AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: The project activities will sulting services to be determined. Association for Strengthening strengthen (i) regional cooperation and integration, (ii) water re- Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), sources management, (iii) water resources development, and (iv) Contact: Seyfu Ketema, Executive Director. stakeholder engagement and coordination. They will improve river basin planning, advance investment projects to pipeline sta- Transportation tus through feasibility type studies and packaging of prepared in- vestments, and strengthen stakeholder participation in invest- Southern Africa Trade and Transport Facilitation Pro- ment planning as well as strategic communication. The NEL re- gram - SOP2: The objective of the Southern Africa Trade and gion will be broadly covered, in addition to targeted activities in Transport Facilitation Program - Phase 2 is to facilitate the move- the Mara, Kagera and Sio-Malaba-Malakisi sub-basins. Identifi- ment of goods and people along the North-South Corridor and at cation completed on 13 June 2013. Environmental Assessment the key border crossings in Malawi, whilst supporting improve- Category B. US$ 13.0 (CIWA). Consulting services to be deter- ments in road safety and health services along the corridor. Ne- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. gotiations authorized on 9 March 2015. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. Project: P145566. US$ 69.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Sahel Disaster Resilience Project: The proposed project is a sulting services to be determined. Roads Authority Tel: regional investment project aiming to help the countries in the 2651753699, E-mail: trevorhiwa@ra.org.mw, Contact: Trevor Sahel to build regionally coherent hydro-meteorological systems Hiwa, CEO. and to facilitate collaboration on disaster risk management at na- tional and regional level. The PDO is to increase resilience to ex- (R) EA Regional Transport , Trade and Development Fa- treme weather and climate events in the Sahel region through cilitation Project (Second Phase of Program): Program fostered regional and national collaboration for disaster risk Objective: The objective of the Eastern Africa Regional management as well as improved delivery of national hydrologi- Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Program is to en- cal and meteorological information and services. The project hance connectivity of South Sudan with its Eastern Africa neigh- would be implemented in several phases: Capacity building and boring countries, and its access to sea ports. This objective will technical assistance targeted to the regional organizations would be realized through a sequential improvement in the physical and benefit all Sahelian countries, while two countries will initially institutional infrastructure in participating countries, namely: benefit from specific investments in disaster risk management, South Sudan and Kenya and promoting trade and development hydrological and meteorological services. Country level invest- facilitation intervention on the Juba – Nadapal – Eldoret devel- ments are tailored to the needs of the specific country, but would opment corridor. follow a similar framework, which can be rolled out in further countries. The project would consist of following components; (i) Project Objective: The objective of the Eastern Africa Regional preparing regional emergency response and recovery financing, Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Project, Second (ii) strengthening regional technical organizations for water re- Phase of Program (SOP2) is to improve the movement of goods sources and disaster risk management; and (iii) modernizing na- and people along the Lesseru – Nadapal corridor in the north tional disaster risk management and hydro-meteorological sys- western part of Kenya, in particular and to enhance connectivity tems. The project aims to strengthen and build upon existing between Kenya and South Sudan, in general. Negotiations au- structures at national and regional level, such as the well-estab- thorized on 15 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category lished food security early warning system, and where necessary A. US$ 500.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. support the formulation of new structures and services. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 47 Africa Region April 2015 Identification completed on 11 November 2013. Environmental IDA project P131323 and it will support activities that are com- Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- plementary in nature to this project. Identification completed on vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- 16 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ mined. 15.1 (AFW1). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) LVEMP APL-1 Additional Financing: The objectives of the Project are to contribute to: (i) the improvement of the col- laborative management of the trans-boundary natural resources of the LVB among the Partner States; and (ii) the improvement of environmental management of targeted pollution hotspots East Asia And Pacific and selected degraded sub-catchments for the benefit of commu- nities who depend on the natural resources of LVB. Negotiations Cambodia authorized on 31 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory A. Project: P153466. US$ 20.0/2.0/0.5 (IDA Credit/IDA Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Grant/CIWA). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ing agency(ies) to be determined. KH-Land Allocation for Social and Economic Develop- ment Project II: The proposed project development objective (R) Senegal River Basin Integrated Water Resources Management Project: This Trust Fund will be linked to the (PDO) is to help improve agriculture-based livelihoods for project beneficiaries. Concept completed on 27 August 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150631. US$ 24.8 (IDA The development objective of the proposed project is to help im- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Land prove livelihoods of targeted poor households in selected prov- Management, Urban Planning and Construction Tel: 855- inces and communities. The PDO is expected to be achieved by 12854261, E-mail: lased@ezecom.com.kh, Contact: H.E. Dr. providing targeted poor beneficiaries with (a) access to finance Sareth Boramy, LASED II, Project Director; Ministry of Interior and linking them to markets and key value chains for their liveli- Tel: 855-92351666, E-mail: pcheam@ncdd.gov.kh, Contact: H.E. hood activities; (b) support for creating and strengthening self- Cheam Pe A, LASED II, Project Coordinator; Ministry of Agricul- sustaining livelihood-related community-level institutions, such ture, Forestry and Fishery (MAFF) Tel: 855-12833777, E-mail: as agriculture marketing cooperatives; and (c) improving deliv- kunso@camnet.com.kh, Contact: HE. Dr. So Khan Rithykun, Di- ery of key services, such as capacity building to develop and rector General, GDA/MAFF. strengthen technical and managerial business skills of targeted poor beneficiaries; KH - Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor (LEAP): Despite the impressive economic progress in the Key performance indicators will include (i) the percentage of last decade, Cambodia is still one of the poorest countries in beneficiary HH that take up new / additional livelihood strategies Southeast Asia, ranking as a low income country. In spite of the or diversify and improve income sources compared to the base- significant reduction in poverty, the hard won gains remain frag- line; (ii) the (increased) value of family-owned assets among pro- ile. The vast majority of the families who were lifted out of pov- ject beneficiaries; and (iii) the self-perception by the poor of their erty did so by only a small margin, implying that those families strengthened ability for collective action. moved from being poor to being just near-poor are at high risk of falling back into poverty. For example, the loss of just 1,200 riel The Project is envisaged to have the following four principal per person per day in income (about US$0.30) would throw an components: (i) an investment fund, (ii) Identification and scal- estimated three million people back into poverty, doubling the ing-up of pro-poor livelihood initiatives, (iii) capacity building country poverty level to 40 percent from 20.5 percent. Poverty for community associations, and (iv) project implementa- in Cambodia remains predominantly a rural phenomenon. How- tion/management support. Identification completed on 26 Jan- ever, migration to urban areas has also increased urban poverty uary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 and vulnerability, in particular in peri-urban areas of Phnom (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- Penh. ing agency(ies) to be determined. The project (design and implementation) will build on positive experiences gained during an extended piloting phase in the province of Siem Reap along with an intensive impact evaluation Health and other social services that provides guidance for the design of the targeted poverty re- duction activities. This pilot phase has implemented successful Second Health Sector Support Program Additional Fi- income generating activities by community members, along with nancing: The proposed additional IDA in the amount of US$15 strengthening of social capital, thereby contributing to poverty million, grant amount of AUD 30 million, and RGC counterpart reduction for both rural and urban poor at local levels. financing of US$10 million would finance the existing project ac- tivities for another 18 months, pending approval of an extension April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 48 along with the AF. The PDO would remain the same, namely: to (b)budget execution processes through the implementation of support the implementation of the Government's Health Strate- the Financial Management Information System (FMIS). Progress gic Plan 2008-2015 to improve health outcomes through against the principal objective will be measured by the contribu- strengthened capacity and mechanisms by which the Govern- tion made to the PFMRP’s Key Performance Indicators and Tar- ment and development partners can achieve more effective and gets set forth under the Stage Two of the PFMRP. Negotiations efficient sector performance. authorized on 12 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory C. Project: P151984. US$ 7.5 (KHFM). No consultants are The expected outcomes of extending this project include: required. Ministry of Economy and Finance, Royal Government of Cambodia Tel: 855-23-722-964, E-mail: mef.cabi- Extension of coverage of Health Equity Funds to cover the costs net@gmail.com, Contact: H.E. Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Minister. of health services for all of the poor in Cambodia, equal to ap- proximately 400,000 additional beneficiaries.Improvement in Transportation the quality of health care services by: training more health pro- fessionals, purchasing additional essential medical equipment, KH - Road Asset Management Project II: Background and upgrading additional health facilities to ensure they have water linkage with CPS: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has and electricity, and refinement of existing performance based in- requested this project as one of the priorities as part of the World centives. Bank Group's new Interim Strategy Note for Cambodia, which will be closely aligned with the 2013 NSDP. The follow on Road Further increases in utilization of key essential public health ser- Asset Management Project (RAMP-II) will form a major part of vices such as vaccines, contraceptives, and supervised delivery government's efforts to achieve the objectives of "increasing com- which are proxies of the maternal and child health MDGs Identi- petitiveness and connectivity" as well as "fostering growth of ru- fication completed on 12 December 2013. Environmental Assess- ral economy and poverty reduction". The RAMP-II would seek to ment Category B. US$ 15.0/20.0 (IDA Credit/KHFS). Consult- scale up the activities and impacts of the current project in road ants will be required. Ministry of Health Tel: (855-23) 722-873, network management and maintenance program to support E-mail: admin.hssp@online.com.kh, enghuot@online.com.kh, "competitiveness and connectivity" by supporting analysis of the Contact: H.E.Prof. Eng Huot, Program Director. MPWT's overall road program, influencing investments in the sector in accordance with economically justified, prioritized Public Administration, Law, and Justice plans and programs; and demonstrating that outsourced com- petitive bidding is an efficient approach to road maintenance. It Local Governance and Development Program: The objec- would: (i) adjust project design to the financial and institutional tive is to assist the Royal Government of Cambodia in its imple- capacity of the Borrower, (ii) integrate project activities into the mentation of the National Program for Sub National Democratic MPWT functions, and (iii) follow a gradual approach for the im- Development in both local governance and local development ob- plementation of policy and institutional reforms. Project Devel- jectives. Concept completed on 6 July 2010. Environmental As- opment Objective: The objective of the project is to support road sessment Category B. Project: P096505. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). preservation works on priority national roads selected to maxim- Consulting services to be determined. NCDD Secretariat, Minis- ize economic benefits, and to strengthen MPWT road mainte- try of Interior Tel: (855-23) 362-175, 720-038, E-mail: nance planning, contracting and management. Project Compo- info@ncdd.gov.kh; Ngan.chamroeun@ncdd.gov.kh, Contact: nent: RAMP-II will include following two components: (a) Road HE Ngan Chamroeun, Project Manager and Deputy Director Asset management; and (b) Capacity development. Under com- General. ponent A - Road asset management: The RAMP-II will support the preservation of MPWT's road network and provide the nec- Voice and Action: Social Accountability for Improved essary implementation support. The periodic maintenance Service Delivery: The PDO is to help support the improvement works to be undertaken in the project have been defined using of service delivery in schools, health centers and communes, for the RMDS/HDM4 system upgraded by the current RAMP. It rural households in selected districts. This will be achieved by will also support, increasing routine and periodic maintenance local government and service providers engaging with communi- through increasing Government contributions. This will be car- ties in the ISAF process (access to information, open budgets, cit- ried out using force account, and using an output/performance- izen monitoring) to improve performance and responsiveness. based contract approach successfully piloted under PRIP and Concept completed on 7 February 2015. Environmental Assess- current RAMP. The implementation support includes: (i) the ment Category C. Project: P146160. US$ 5.0 (JSDF). Consulting preparation of designs and bidding documents for the civil services to be determined. Save the Children, Cambodia Tel: works; (ii) advice to MPWT on technical designs, cost estimates, 85523223403, E-mail: henkvanbeers@savethechildren.org, bidding documents, contract management, and safeguard activi- Contact: Henk Van Beers, Director, Program Development and ties for works; (iii) support for the operation of the Road Data Quality. Collection and Management Unit (RDCMU) and for effective im- plementation and operation of RDMS; (iv) construction supervi- Cambodia PFMMP-Additional Financing P151984: The sion of civil works throughout the project; and (v) Supporting project development objective is to enhance public financial Performance based contracts. Under Component B - Capacity management by strengthening: (a) revenue mobilization and Development Component, the RAMP-II will support the capacity PAGE 49 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 development at the institutional, organizational and individual area of regional importance, and (b) establish a mechanism to level for MPWT to perform its road asset management functions develop a water resources management plan in Cambodian part effectively and efficiently. It includes (i) institutional (adminis- of the Sesan-Srepok Basin and 4P Basin in northern Cambodia trative) and (ii) technical capacity development for road asset incorporating the viewpoints of multi-sectors, local stakeholders, management within the General Department Public Works; (iii) and Vietnam (, which is the upper riparian country). Monitoring HIV/AIDs awareness and human trafficking campaigns; (iv) and Evaluation: key indicators include: (a) number of the com- community based road safety campaign, and (v) training on safe- munities fisheries in the project target provinces (Steng Treng guards, monitoring and evaluation, financial audits and technical and Kratie) which designate protected areas, enforce fisheries audits, and (iv) administrative and operations costs for the management, and provide supplementary livelihood activities to RAMP team. The expected outcomes: Four major outcomes of the concerned villagers, (b) establishment of river basin manage- the project are: (i) expanding maintenance of the national road ment organizations in the target sub-basins of the Mekong which infrastructure nationwide and facilitating interventions in prior- develop a basin management plan incorporating the viewpoints ity areas, (ii) allocating adequate maintenance funding during of the concerned stakeholders, and (c) establishment of a mech- the budgeting process; (iii) knowledge building in MPWT on road anism for sharing and joint analysis on hydrological data with network management, maintenance technology and contract MRC as well as Vietnam. An annual survey will be conducted management; and (iv) private sector involvement in competitive jointly by the Government of Cambodia (Fisheries Administra- bidding and performance quality. Monitoring and Evaluation: tion and Cambodia National Mekong Committee) and the MRC The PDO level indicators are (i) Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural to monitor the project outcome. Linkage with the current CPS. and (ii) Travel time reduced, and (iii) Roads in good and fair con- The current CPS stipulates improving natural resources manage- dition as a share of total classified roads (percentage). Twice a ment as one of the pillars. The outcomes stipulated under this year the implementation support will be carried out by the Bank project will directly contribute to this pillar through greater shar- with full participation of MPWT and its provincial departments ing of the responsibilities and benefits associated with natural re- to monitor the project outcomes. Identification completed on 6 source management with local stakeholders and improve man- May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 agement of water resources in the Mekong watershed which is (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Consultants will be noted to be critical for security and poverty reduction in Cambo- required for project preparation related consultants. Ministry of dia. Identification completed on 25 November 2013. Environ- Public Works and Transport Tel: (855-23) 427-845, E-mail: mental Assessment Category B. US$ 15.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- mpwt@online.com.kh, Contact: Sovicheano Pheng, Under Secre- ants will be required. Cambodia National Mekong Committee tary of State. (CNMC) Tel: (855-23) 216-514, E-mail: wattbot- kosal@gmail.com, Contact: Botkosal Watt, Deputy Secretary Water, sanitation and flood protection General. Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Pro- ject- Phase III: This is a part of the regional operation to sup- China port the implementation of the integrated water resources man- agement in the Lower Mekong Basin, following Phase I (Lao PDR Agriculture, fishing, and forestry and the Mekong River Commission) approved in 2012 and Phase II (Vietnam) (Board presentation scheduled in November 2013). Landscape Approach to Wildlife Conservation in North- The Royal Government of Cambodia has requested this project east China: 10.The project development objective is to help cre- as one of the priorities under IDA 16, and the proposed project ate the ecological conditions for recovery of threatened biodiver- will be part of the new ISN which is in the early stages of devel- sity in priority ecological landscapes in the far northeast of China, opment. Project Development Objectives: The overall objective using the Amur Tiger as an indicator species. of the regional Mekong Integrated Water Resources Manage- ment Project is to: support implementation of the integrated wa- 11.The project would do this through: (a) enhancing the exten- ter resources management in the Lower Mekong Basin at the re- sion and effectiveness of protected area/network management, gional, national and sub-national level. The specific objective for (b) increasing wildlife carrying capacity through restoration, ex- the third phase project (M-IWRM 3) is to support the improve- pansion and connectivity of critical habitats, including the expan- ment of the fisheries management in the northern Cambodia and sion of biodiversity-friendly landscapes adjacent to protected ar- establish river basin management in northern Cambodia, which eas; (c) promoting more effective law enforcement and monitor- are shared with Lao PDR and Vietnam. Project Components: M- ing in both protected areas and the greater landscape to reduce IWRM 3 will include the following two components: (a) Fisheries mortality of flagship species; and (e) reducing human/wildlife and Aquatic Resources Management in Northern Cambodia, and conflict by increasing benefits to and buy-in from local commu- (b) River Basin Management in northern Cambodia. Expected nities for wildlife conservation. Concept completed on 4 June Outcome: the two major outcomes of the project are: (a) estab- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P122383. lish community-based fisheries co-management for sustainable US$ 3.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. State fisheries and aquatic resources management in a partnership be- Forestry Administration Tel: 861084238577, E-mail: tween the concerned communities and the Government in the April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 50 Wsw_sfa@sina.com, Contact: Mr. Wang Weisheng, Deputy Di- development of the distribution system of Jiangxi's special local rector General, SFA. agricultural products. Identification completed on 2 August 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$150.0 (IBRD). Poverty Alleviation and Agriculture Development Consulting services to be determined. Finance Department of Demonstration in Poor Areas Project: The Project Devel- Jiangxi Province Tel: (86-791) 8728-7699, E-mail: opment Objective (PDO) is to develop and demonstrate rural cxm8286@sina.com. value chain models that promote equitable organizational ar- rangements, participation, and the sustainable increase of in- Climate Smart Grassland Ecological Construction Pro- come of target households in the Project Provinces. Negotiations ject: This project aims to support the Ministry of Agriculture to authorized on 25 December 2014. Environmental Assessment demonstrate climate smart grassland management approaches Category B. Project: P133326. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- and livestock production techniques to reduce GHG emission vices to be determined. Leading Group Of Poverty Reduction and from and increase carbon sequestration in its Northwest grass- Development, Int. Poverty Reduction Center in China Tel: 86-10- land areas. Identification completed on 19 June 2014. Environ- 84419638, E-mail: zuo@iprcc.org.cn, Contact: Dr. Zuo mental Assessment Category B. US$ 7.1 (GEFU). Consultants will Chengsheng, Director General. be required. Ministry of Agriculture Tel: (86-10) 5919-6365, E- mail: huangbo1114@126.com. GEF Mainstreaming Integrated Water and Environ- ment Management: The PDO is to increase water productivity Hunan Environmental Cleanup of Contaminated Agri- and reduce pollution discharges in selected counties to minimize cultural Soil: This project aims to support the Department of the negative impacts on the ecosystem of Bohai Sea. Agriculture of Hunan Province to improve agricultural produc- tion base safety and quality through better manage crop produc- The above objective will be achieved through the following spe- tion environment (soil, water, and other agricultural inputs) , cific activities: technology demonstration, and institutional and rural commu- nity capacity building. Identification completed on 18 November •To prepare and implement SAPs at the river basin level and 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). IWEMPs at the county level in broader areas, integrating the use Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) of target ET and target EC to guide and control water extraction, to be determined. utilization and pollution emissions; Guangxi Rural Poverty Alleviation Demonstration Pro- •To carry out research on the application of policies, innovative ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 15 technologies, encouraging a shift towards more efficient modes December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. of production; US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined. •To apply innovative technologies and policy interventions in the pilots to improve water productivity, reduce water pollution and Energy and mining strengthen environmental protection; •To strengthen the capacity of the central and local governments (R) Developing Market-based Energy Efficiency Pro- for integrated water and environmental management; and gram in China: The objective of the project is to support devel- opment and implementation of China’s priority energy efficiency •To construct civil works or infrastructure (to be fully financed by programs, with a focus on improving energy savings measure- government counterpart funds during the second or third year of ment and verification system and developing market-based project implementation) to increase water productivity and re- mechanisms. duce pollution discharges during the second or third year of pro- ject implementation in line with SAPs and IWEMPs prepared The achievement of the Project Development Objective would be during the early stage of project implementation. Concept com- measured through the following high-level outcome indicators: pleted on 6 November 2013. Environmental Assessment Cate- (a) energy savings measurement and verification system im- gory B. Project: P145897. US$ 17.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be proved; and (b) market-based mechanisms for energy savings de- required. Ministry of Water Resources Tel: 86-10-63202708, E- signed. mail: ndwu@mwr.gov.cn, Contact: Ms. WU Nongdi, Director of The project-level intermediate output indicators are: International Division. (a)Innovative EE fiscal incentives designed Jiangxi Farm Produce Distribution System Develop- ment: To promote the upgrading and standardizing of Jiangxi's (b)Implementation capacity improved in selected pilot cities farm produce wholesale markets, uplift market service, expand the distribution channel, regulate the distribution and lower the (c)Energy savings M&V methodologies and guidelines developed logistic cost of farm produce, the proposed project intends to solve the problem of "difficult to sell" farm produce through the (d)Capacity of stakeholders built for MRV system PAGE 51 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 (e)Priority EE policies and programs supporting 13th FYP de- billion (USD13.87 billion) in direct economic losses, or 40 times signed the GDP of Lushan in 2012. The Government of China has re- quested World Bank assistance to support reconstruction and (f)Market-based mechanism designed earthquake risk reduction investments to be concentrated in six townships in Qionglai County, Chengdu Municipality; and, (g)Capacity of stakeholders built for market-based mechanisms Lushan, Baoshing, Tianquan, Yinjin Counties and Linshan and Yucheng Districts in Ya'an Municipality. The proposed project is (h)Energy savings achieved intended to finance activities to restore public facilities such as schools, hospitals and shelters; low-income housing, and critical (i)Avoided CO2 emissions Appraisal completed on 8 April 2015. infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water supply, etc. and re- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P132748. US$ duce the vulnerability of these infrastructure and facilities to nat- 17.8 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Economic Construc- ural hazards, and earthquake in particular, in the selected coun- tion Department, Ministry of Finance Tel: 8610-68552502, E- ties. Identification completed on 7 November 2014. Environ- mail: mv_pmo@163.com, Contact: Mr. Dihai Xiang, Director; mental Assessment Category A. US$250.0 (IBRD). Consulting Economic Construction Department, Ministry of Finance Tel: services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- 8610-68552502, E-mail: mv_pmo@163.com, Contact: Mr. Dihai mined. Xiang, Director. Anhui Aged Care Project: The project development objective Hebei Rural Renewable Energy Development Project: is to build a system of aged care services in Anhui province that The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to demon- provides a mix of quality services at home, in community settings strate sustainable biogas production and utilization to reduce en- and in facilities. These services would be affordable for users and vironmental pollution and supply clean energy in rural areas of financially sustainable, and would draw on the resources of the Hebei Province. Approval completed on 13 March 2015. Envi- government, the private sector (commercial and NGO) and com- ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P132873. US$71.5 munities. Identification completed on 14 March 2015. Environ- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Hebei Provincial Agricul- mental Assessment Category B. US$136.5 (IBRD). Consulting ture Department Tel: 86-311-67661793, E-mail: wb-he- services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- bei2012@163.com, Contact: Wang Xiangxue, PMO Director. mined. Hebei Clean Heating Project: 9.The proposed project devel- Industry and trade opment objective (PDO) is to improve the efficiency and environ- mental performance of heating services in project areas of se- China Contaminated Site Management Project: The pro- lected municipalities of Hebei Province. Concept completed on 8 ject development objective is to improve the country's capacity January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: for managing site contamination, and demonstrate environmen- P148599. US$91.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. tally sound identification and cleanup of sites contaminated with Foreign Debt Management Center, Hebei Provincial Department POPs and other hazardous chemicals. Negotiations authorized of Finance Tel: 0311-66651593, E-mail: hehui@vip.163.com, on 25 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Contact: Hui He, Director. Project: P145533. US$ 15.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be de- termined. Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of Ministry of China: Clean Cooking and Heating: The proposed project Environmental Protection Tel: 86108226-8810, E-mail: aims to help scale up access to clean and efficient cooking and ding.qiong@mepfeco.org.cn, Contact: Ms. Qiong Ding, Division heating solutions in China through capacity building, policy de- Chief. velopment and supporting pilot programs. Identification com- pleted on 18 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Reduction and Phase-out of PFOS in Priority Sectors: US$ 10.0 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Minis- The project objective is to assist China to fulfill its obligations un- try of Agriculture Tel: (861-05) 919-3208, E-mail: wan- der the Stockholm Convention to minimize releases of PFOS into gyl1234@sohu.com, Contact: Wang Yanliang, DDG, Science, the environment by: (i) eliminating PFOS for exempted pur- Tech & Education Department. poses; and (ii) applying BAT/BEP for acceptable purposes. Iden- tification completed on 26 November 2014. Environmental As- Health and other social services sessment Category A. US$ 24.3 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Lushan Earthquake Reconstruction and Risk Reduction Project: The Lushan Earthquake on April 20, 2013 significantly affected Lushan County, Ya'an Municipality (Yucheng, Mingshan District; Hanyuan, Yingjing, Shimian, Tianquan, Lushan and Public Administration, Law, and Justice Baoxing County). The key impacts include: 2.84 million people affected, 196 dead, 21 missing, more than 14,000 injured, and CH-Second Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Pro- 72,400 collapsed houses, 295,600 severely damaged houses, and tection and Development Project: The project is a follow on 1,173,300 damaged houses. The earthquake caused RMB85.171 April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 52 project from the current Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage gsshxx@163.com ; zhangjian0935@sina.com, Contact: Mr. Protection and Development Project which will be closed by De- Zhang Jian, Director of International Division, Gansu Finance cember 31, 2014. The project will support the investment for the Dept.. protection and development of prioritized sites with cultural and natural heritage significance in Gansu province. The proposed (R) Sichuan Chongqing Cooperation: Guang'an Demon- project will cover about a dozen project sites located on center stration Area Infrastructure Development Project: The and eastern part of Gansu province with $100 million IBRD loan proposed Project Development Objective is to improve Linshui finance by the Bank. Identification completed on 22 January County and Qianfeng District infrastructure and investment sup- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$100.0 (IBRD). port services. Approval completed on 16 March 2015. Environ- Consultants will be required. Project Management Office Tel: mental Assessment Category A. Project: P133456. US$100.0 (86-931) 883-9676, E-mail: gansupmo@126.com, Contact: Mr. (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Guangan Municipality Tel: Ning Xiaoki, Deputy Director of the PMO. 86-82-62321503, E-mail: fuchunlin999@163.com, Contact: Xiong Xiangjian, PMO Director. Development of Mercury National Implementation Plan: This project aims to support the Ministry of Environmen- Wuhan Integrated Transport Development: 21.The Pro- tal Protection to develop a National Implementation Plan on posed PDO is: to improve the integration of transport services, Mercury under the newly established Miamata Convention on improve reliability of the transport system, improve road safety, Mercury. Identification completed on 19 June 2014. Environ- reduce travel times by public transport, and decrease operational mental Assessment Category C. US$ 6.0 (GEFU). Consulting ser- costs of the transport system in Wuhan and Anlu. Concept com- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- pleted on 23 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. mined. Project: P148294. US$120.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Anlu City World-Bank Loan Project Management Transportation Office Tel: 86136-3581-7581, E-mail: alshbgs@163.com, Contact: Wen Jiawei, Deputy Director General; Wuhan Urban Construc- YinXi Railway: The proposed development objective is to im- tion Utilization of Foreign Investment Project Management Of- prove direct rail connectivity for passengers and businesses lo- fice Tel: 86-27-85874312, E-mail: Whcjwzxmb@163.com, Con- cated along the corridor between Yinchuan in Ningxia Hui Au- tact: Dai Ke Jun, Director. tonomous Region and Xi’an in Shaanxi Province, through Gansu Province. Concept completed on 11 October 2013. Environmen- Henan Xinxiang New Urbanized Community Develop- tal Assessment Category A. Project: P127869. US$200.0 (IBRD). ment: The Henan Xinxiang New Urbanized Community Devel- Consultants will be required. China Railway Corporation Tel: opment Project is located in Xinxiang City of Henan Provincee, 861051841825, E-mail: xufengcn@163.com, Contact: Mr. Xu involving 9 counties or districts. The project development objec- Feng, Director. tive is to upgrade the living quality of farmers through demon- stration of urbanized community development and to provide an CN-Hubei Xiaogan Logistic Infrastructure: 20.The PDO is applicable urbanization model for the middle part of China. The to promote more efficient logistics in Xiaogan while mitigating objective will be achieved through carrying out application stud- environmental and social externalities from increased freight ac- ies and pilots on policy and approach, construction of community tivities. Concept completed on 9 June 2014. Environmental As- infrastructure, and development of community facilitates and sessment Category A. Project: P132562. US$100.0 (IBRD). Con- services. The total projet cost is estimated as USD 200 million, of sulting services to be determined. Xiaogan Municipal Urban which the Bank financing is USD 100 million. The project would Construction Investment Company Tel: 8613907293625, E-mail: consist of the following proposed components: (a) application 873595148@qq.com, Contact: Xiong Jianping, Director. studies and pilots on policies and approach; (b) community in- frastructure construction; (c) community facilities and services (R) Yunnan Highway Asset Management Project: Im- development; and (d) project management and capacity build- prove the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of highway asset man- ing. Identification completed on 23 October 2013. Environmen- agement in Yunnan. Approval completed on 31 March 2015. En- tal Assessment Category A. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P132621. US$150.0 vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Yunnan Highway mined. Bureau Tel: 86-871-6351-6130, E-mail: yngljshb@163.com, Con- tact: Mr. Gui Kun, Director. CN-Hubei Jingzhou Historic Town Conservation Pro- ject: Project Objectives: Jingzhou City is one of the 24 first-batch (R) China: Gansu Rural-Urban Integration Project: The historically and culturally renowned cities announced by the project development objective is to provide residents in Wuwei State Council. The project is to promote the cultural carry-on and Municipality and Linxia Prefecture with improved connectivity sustainable development of Jingzhou Ancient Town through pro- between rural and urban areas. Approval completed on 31 tecting and rehabilitating the ancient town and its structures and March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: improving/cleaning up the town's environment. Identification P132775. US$150.0 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Gansu- completed on 28 October 2013. Environmental Assessment Provincial Project Team Tel: 13993165516, E-mail: PAGE 53 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 Category A. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- making capacity on road maintenance, promote application of in- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. novative maintenance technologies, establish road emergency re- sponse and safeguard system, and upgrade road asset manage- Urumqi Urban Transport Project II: The proposed project ment capacity. The proposed project will explore and carry out is aimed at improving traffic congestion in Urumqi, and reducing road maintenance system reform and innovation through com- energy consumption and emissions from transport sector prehensive integration and upgrade of road asset management through improvement in public transport services, providing bet- system, establishment of regional emergency management sys- ter public transport-supporting infrastructure, and introducing tem, road maintenance marketization pilot and promotion of intelligent transportation system and traffic management. new type maintenance technologies, and introduction of ad- vanced international maintenance management concepts and The proposed project components include (to be confirmed): (i) management modes. Especially, pilot of road maintenance mar- construction of bus rapid transit and bus priority lanes, and as- ketization will be the first in China. The World Bank will provide sociated infrastructure; (ii) implementation of comprehensive assistance and guidance on road maintenance marketization, transportation information system, intelligent urban traffic con- promotion of new maintenance technologies, and establishment trol system, intelligent public transport system, urban transpor- of maintenance decision-making system. Implementation of the tation planning decision making support system, urban transport proposed project will serve as an innovation and demonstration emergency response system and development of comprehensive model of road maintenance in Anhui Province and China. Iden- urban ITS center; (iii) construction of public transit hubs, bus tification completed on 20 October 2014. Environmental Assess- terminals, bus parking and maintenance facilities, bus stations ment Category B. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- and procurement of clean energy buses and public transport op- quired. ANHUI PMO Tel: 86-551-63656197, E-mail: eration support vehicles; and (iv) capacity building and thematic apcdpeo@vip.163.com. studies to support bus ownership restructuring and regulatory reform. Identification completed on 5 November 2013. Environ- Three Gorges Modern Logistics Center Infrastructure mental Assessment Category B. US$140.0 (IBRD). Consulting Project: The proposed project aims to support the development services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- of a modern logistics center at the downstream of the Three mined. Gorges Dam in the Yichang Municipality of China's Hubei Prov- ince. Located at a transitional zone between West Hubei and the Hainan Fishing Ports Project: The proposed project will up- Jianghan Plain, and between the upper and middle streams of the grade ports to provide safe shelter for fishing boats and to pro- Yangtze River, Yichang plays a pivotal role in linking the eastern mote sustainable economic development in Danzhou City and and western regions of China through multimodal transport. Lingao County. Danzhou and Lingao lie in the northwestern part Over recent years, faced with rapidly growing inland waterway of Hainan Island and are home to about 200,000 fishermen and shipping volumes on the Yangtze River, the locks of the Three 10,000 fishing boats, accounting for over 36% of total fishery Gorges and Gezhou dams have become bottlenecks to regional population and number of fishing boats in Hainan Province. The and national freight transport itineraries. The proposed project annual ocean catch in the project area amounts to about 650,000 aims to alleviate these bottlenecks by providing transport and lo- ton, accounting for over 60% of total catch of Hainan Province. gistics infrastructure and services to support effective cargo han- The construction of infrastructure for seven ports is proposed, dling (e.g., loading/unloading, consolidation/deconsolidation) including breakwaters, wharfs, dykes, embankments, dredging of and multimodal connectivity in and around the Baiyang Area of navigation channels, and land reclamation. The infrastructure the Yichang Yunchi Logistics Park and the Yichang Main City improvements will be accompanied with institutional develop- Port Area in Yichang. Identification completed on 20 November ment and capacity building. Identification completed on 16 De- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$200.0 (IBRD). cember 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$140.0 Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Hainan Provincial to be determined. Finance Bureau, E-mail: wanggg9168@163.com, Contact: Guangqun Wang Shaanxi Poor Rural Areas Community Development Project: To improve access to infrastructure services and liveli- (R) Ningbo Sustainable Urbanization Demonstration hoods in selected communities in the poor rural areas of Shaanxi Project: The objective of the project is to demonstrate more sus- Province. Identification completed on 19 December 2014. Envi- tainable urbanization approaches for small towns by improving ronmental Assessment Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consult- transport connectivity and resilience to floods. Concept com- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be pleted on 14 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. determined. Project: P149485. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ningbo Project Management Office Tel: (86-574) Water, sanitation and flood protection 8728-0430, E-mail: yuhaifeng78@sina.com, Contact: Dongjun Liang, PMO Director. Huainan Mining Area Rehabilitation Project: The project development objective is to remediate and create a public space Anhui Road Maintenance Innovation and Demonstra- at the JiuDa mining site in Huainan city. Negotiations authorized tion Project: The project will enhance the scientific decision- April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 54 on 25 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Fiji Project: P133000. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- quired. Huainan Project Management Office Tel: 0086-554- Transportation 6667251, E-mail: huainanpmo@163.om, Contact: Mr. Chen Yongduo, PMO Director. Transport Infrastructure Investment Project: The devel- opment objective is to improve the resilience and safety of land Guilin Integrated Environment Management: The pro- and maritime transport infrastructure for users of project roads, posed project objective is to improve the water and sanitation bridges and rural jetties and wharves. Approval completed on 11 services in Guilin Approval completed on 2 February 2015. En- March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P133017. P150028. US$50.0/100.7 (IBRD/ASDB). Consulting services to US$100.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Guilin PMO Tel: be determined. Fiji Roads Authority Tel: (679) 310-0114, E-mail: 86-773-2825859, E-mail: glsxmb@163.com, Contact: Ms. Wang neil.cook@fijiroads.org, Contact: Neil Cook, Chief Executive Of- Chunhui, Deputy Director. ficer. Shanxi Internet of Things for Environmental Protec- tion: the project aims to implement "Total Life Cycle Environ- ment Management" of major pollution sources, build a new and Indonesia integrated environment protection management system, and en- able more scientific, timely and accurate decision making regard- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry ing environment management. The Project will play an im- portant role in improving the environment protection manage- Forest Investment Program: Forest Management Unit ment in China's central and western areas, promoting the indus- Development: The Project aims to help Indonesia reduce insti- trial structure transformation in resource based regions, promot- tutional barriers to sustainable forest management and REDD+ ing a conservation culture, preventing the environmental risk, implementation at the national and sub-national levels. pushing forward the innovation in environment management and accelerating the development of the environment protection The sub-objectives of the Project are: sector. Identification completed on 9 August 2013. Environmen- tal Assessment Category B. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- a.At the national level, to strengthen institutional, financial, and vices to be determined. Department of Environmental Protection technical capacity and support FMU policy dialogue within the of Shanxi Province Tel: (86-351) 637-1083, E-mail: national Government duanzw8341@163.com. b.At the sub-national level, to generate knowledge by investing in participatory forest land-use planning Poyang Lake Basin Water Environment Management Project: The project development objective is to reduce pollu- c.At the site level, to assist a small number of pilot FMUs to be- tants inflow to Poyang Lake. The project includes the following come operational and to engage with local communities and components: Component 1: Wastewater Collection. Main activi- other stakeholders to improve livelihood and economic activities ties include construction of 475km of wastewater collection pipes from sustainable forest management Concept completed on 10 and canals. Component 2: Wastewater treatment and solid waste May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: treatment. Main activities include construction of 9 wastewater P144269. US$ 17.0 (CSCF). Consulting services to be deter- (83,000Ton/day) and sludge (500T/day) treatment plants. mined. Ministry of Forestry Tel: /Fax: (62-21) 572-0227, Con- Number of solid waste treatment plants/stations (1650T/day). tact: Office of the Secretary-General Component 3: Ecological water body treatment. Main activities include construction of ecological ponds (gullies), wetlands etc. Energy and mining for water sanitation of 600 villages. Component 4: Ecological re- covery of mining area. Main activities include establishment of ID-Renewable Energy for Electrification Project: 12 ecological restoration engineers. Component 5: Public Partic- The development objective of the proposed project is to improve ipation and training. Identification completed on 18 November electricity access in Indonesia’s islands using cost-effective re- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$150.0 (IBRD). newable energy generation sources. Concept completed on 4 Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) April 2012. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: to be determined. P128568. US$ 150.0 (KFW). Consultants will be required. PT PLN Tel: 62-21-7251234, E-mail: murtaqi@pln.co.id, Contact: Murtaqi Syamsuddin, Mr.. Indonesia: Geothermal Energy Upstream Development Project: Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), a subsidiary of the national oil company, and a leading state-owned geothermal developer has requested the World Bank to assist with upstream PAGE 55 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 development of five or six geothermal fields located in Sumatra, Component 2: Community Development Component Java and Sulawesi. The project will specifically support drilling activities in connection with estimation of geothermal resources A livelihood restoration or community development component, at prospective fields, which is the riskiest part of the geothermal incorporating, at a minimum, the execution of the resettlement development process. The proposed project will support PGE’s and livelihood restoration programs for all project affected per- plan to scale-up geothermal development of up to 1000 MW ad- sons, will be financed under the project. The component would ditional electricity generating capacity by 2018, which is 25% of also finance a broader community development program. Iden- the GoI development target for geothermal energy. tification completed on 26 November 2012. Environmental As- sessment Category A. US$500.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- A concessional financial element of roughly $75 million is fore- quired. PLN (Persero) Tel: (62-21) 722-1332, E-mail: mur- seen as the primary tool to mitigate the drilling risk. This will take taqi@pln.co.id, Contact: Murtaqi Syamsuddin, Mr.. the form as a grant or soft loan from bilateral donors or from funds under the CIF framework. Large Enterprises Energy Efficiency Proj: The develop- ment objective of this activity is to strengthen the enabling envi- The development objective of the proposed project is to increase ronment for the development of energy efficiency investments in the utilization of clean geothermal-based electricity in order to large industrial enterprises in Indonesia. reduce pollution and improve the environment. This will be achieved through support to resource estimation of prospective The strengthening of the enabling environment, supported by the geothermal fields under the control of Pertamina Geothermal GEF grant, is expected to incentivize local banks to undertake EE Energy (PGE)and subsequent development of the steam re- financing in the large enterprises sector resulting in significant sources in the most promising fields. Identification completed on energy savings. Concept completed on 23 June 2014. Environ- 8 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. mental Assessment Category B. Project: P148620. US$ 5.5 US$200.0/75.0 (IBRD/ZBIL). Consulting services to be deter- (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of In- mined. Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) Tel: (62-21) 3983- dustry Tel: (62-21) 525-5509 Ext. 4063, E-mail: harjantom@ke- 3222, E-mail: info@pgeindonesia.com, Contact: Narendra menperin.go.id, Contact: International Industrial Coop for Re- Widjajanto, Finance Director CFO. gional I and Multilaral. Indonesia: Matenggeng Pumped Storage Hydro-Electri- Indonesia: Poko Hydropower Project: The development cal Project: The development objective is to increase the peak- objective of the proposed project is to supply electricity from re- ing capacity of the power generation system in Java-Bali in an newable energy resources for economic development and rural environmentally and socially sustainable way and strengthen the electrification expansion in South and West Sulawesi in a least- institutional capacity of the project implementing entity (PLN) in cost and environmentally and socially sustainable way. Identifi- hydropower planning, development and operation. cation completed on 13 December 2013. Environmental Assess- ment Category A. US$360.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be The proposed project will provide support for PLN's develop- determined. PLN (Persero) Tel: (62-21) 722-1332, E-mail: mur- ment of a pumped storage power development project in Maten- taqi@pln.co.id. geng, central Java, aiming to improve the long term overall effi- ciency of the power industry in the country. The total project cost Finance (excluding price contingency) is estimated at US$ 600 million and it is proposed by PLN that around US$ 500 million will be Regional Infrastructure Development Fund: The objec- financed by the Bank. tive of the proposed operation is to increase investments in infra- structure at the subnational level. Identification completed on 6 The basic design of the Matenggeng project as well as related en- March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category F. US$500.0 vironmental and social studies are being financed under the on- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing going Upper Cisokan Pumped Storage Project. agency(ies) to be determined. Component 1: Matenggeng Pumped Storage Power Project The development consists of (i) a lower reservoir with around 10 Health and other social services million cubic meters of volume and impounded by a dam with a maximum height of 90 meter, (ii) an upper reservoir with around 10 million cubic meters of volume and impounded by a dam with Indonesia National Urban Slum Upgrading Program: in- a maximum height of 100 meters; (iii) two inclined shafts con- creasing access to basic services for the urban poor in target com- necting the lower and upper reservoirs; (iv) an underground munities Identification completed on 25 February 2015. Envi- powerhouse with an installed capacity of 880 MW; (v) associated ronmental Assessment Category B. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consult- 500 kV transmission lines to connect the power station to the ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be Java-Bali power system. determined. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 56 Industry and trade Transport, & Tourism Development Tel: 686-26-004, E-mail: tmwemwenikeaki@gmail.com, Contact: Terieta Mwemweni- National Affordable Housing Program: The objective of keaki, Secretary. the program is to improve access to affordable housing for lower- income households. Identification completed on 14 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$500.0 (IBRD). Con- Lao People's Democratic Republic sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Transportation Second Lao Environment and Social Project (Additional Financing to the Protected Area and Wildlife Project): Indonesia Infrastructure Finance Facility - Additional The revised PDO and the revised Global Environment Objective Financing: The objective of the Project is to strengthen Indone- (GEO) are to help strengthen selected environmental protection sia Infrastructure Finance (IIF) to increase provision of private management systems, specifically for protected areas conserva- sector financed infrastructure in accordance with the national tion, enforcement of wildlife laws and environmental assessment strategic plan. Identification completed on 13 February 2015. management. Negotiations authorized on 19 February 2015. En- Environmental Assessment Category F. US$250.0 (IBRD). Con- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152066. US$ 15.0 sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Environment be determined. Protection Fund Tel: 85621252739, E-mail: soukata@la- oepf.org.la, Contact: Mr. Soukata Vichit, Executive Director. Water, sanitation and flood protection Education The National Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Pro- ject (PAMSIMAS AF): To increase the number of under- Second Global Partnership for Education: The objective of served and low income rural and peri-urban populations access- the project is to support the Government of Lao PDR in improv- ing improved and sustained water and sanitation services and ing pre-primary and primary education quality. practicing improved hygiene behaviors as part of the Borrower's efforts to achieve WSS-Universal Access, through programmatic This will be done by: (i) providing additional funding at school, mainstreaming and scaling-up of a nationwide community- district and provincial levels, as well as strengthening overall ca- driven approach Identification completed on 17 February 2015. pacity to manage these resources to achieve minimum education Environmental Assessment Category B. US$300.0 (IBRD). Con- quality standards and (ii) enhancing the teaching and learning sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to environment in schools through improved teaching practices, in- be determined. structional resources and analytical products to support early grade literacy. Appraisal completed on 28 August 2014. Environ- Kiribati mental Assessment Category B. Project: P149130. US$ 16.8 (EFAF). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education and Public Administration, Law, and Justice Sports Tel: 856-020-55515647, E-mail: lbouapao@gmail.com, Contact: H.E. Lytou Bouapao, Vice Minister. (R) Kiribati Road Rehabilitation Project Additional Fi- nancing: The project will improve the condition of South Tara- Energy and mining wa's main road network and help strengthen road financing and maintenance capacity. Approval completed on 31 March 2015. (R) Power Grid Improvement Project: The project devel- Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P154012. US$ opment objective is to help improve efficiency and reliability of 6.0/7.0 (IDA Grant/PRIF). Consulting services to be determined. power distribution in the selected load areas served by EDL. Ap- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. praisal completed on 7 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149599. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting Transportation services to be determined. ELECTRICITE DU LAOS Tel: 856-21- 316-133, E-mail: khamphiou2@hotmail.com, Contact: Mrs. Kiribati Aviation Investment Project Additional Financ- Khamphiou Phounsavath, Deputy Director Business Dept. ing: This is additional financing for the Kiribati project under the Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP), a regional APL Health and other social services (horizontal) to undertake investments in aviation sector infra- structure. It will add funding to the Kiribati Aviation Investment (R) Lao PDR Health Governance and Nutrition Develop- Project (KAIP) - P128938 to cover a financing gap on that project. ment Project: The objective of the proposed operation is to Identification completed on 27 October 2014. Environmental help increase coverage of reproductive, maternal and child and Assessment Category B. US$ 4.0/5.0 (IDA Grant/PRIF). Con- nutrition services in target areas. Concept completed on 24 sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Communication, March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: PAGE 57 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 P151425. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- component would be at the regional level via GEF and IDA funds, mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and would include all of the eligible countries participating (via implementation by a regional organization). Component 2 Public Administration, Law, and Justice Coastal Fisheries Management: Implementation of this compo- nent would be undertaken at the national level with regional co- (R) LA-Poverty Reduction Fund II - AF: Help improve the ordination (and learning exchange), largely via parallel financing access to and utilization of basic infrastructure and services for from partners. Component 3 Environmental Regulation and the Project's targeted poor communities. The PDO would be Supporting Markets: Implementation of this component 3 would achieved through inclusive community and local development be developed largely at the regional level, via parallel financing processes with emphasis on ensuring sustainability. Appraisal from partners. While component 1 would be implemented almost completed on 15 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- entirely at the regional level, all three components have high gory B. Project: P153401. US$ 11.6 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- spillover effects given the shared nature of the countries' trans- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- boundary living ocean resources. This investment framework mined. would provide a comm on platform for support by a wide range of partners participating in the Global Partnership for Oceans (via parallel financing), linked to equity investments where feasi- ble by the IFC. Approval completed on 22 December 2014. Envi- Marshall Islands ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151760. US$ 6.8 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Marshall Islands Ma- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry rine Resource Authority Tel: 6926258262, E-mail: gjo- seph@mimra.com, Contact: Mr. Glen Joseph, Director. Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program - Repub- lic of the Marshall Islands: The objective of the Pacific Island Water, sanitation and flood protection Regional Ocean Program is to sustainably increase the economic benefits captured by Pacific Island Countries from the ecosystem (N) Pacific Resilience Program: Objective to be Determined. services provided by the Western Pacific Ocean. This abundant Identification completed on 27 March 2015. Environmental As- oceanscape, and the ecosystem services it provides, is a shared sessment Category B. US$ 1.5 (IDA Credit). Consulting services natural capital asset for the entire region. It provides valuable to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. services such as the provision of fish for food products, and key biodiversity and habitats that support tourism, as well as carbon storage. The project's objective will be achieved by financing the Micronesia, Federated States of countries to collaborate to improve the governance of the use of this shared natural capital asset, establishing an enabling institu- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry tional framework for sustainable private investment in industries dependent on ocean ecosystem services, notably tourism. Three Pacific Islands regional Oceanscpe Program - Federated broad investment components are proposed: i) Development of States of Micronesia: The Development Objective of the economic opportunities in tuna fisheries through improvements PROP to strengthen the management of selected Pacific Island in governance and through investment in value addition (where oceanic and coastal fisheries, and the critical habitats upon which explicit economic benefits are identified);ii) Development of col- they depend. This will provide the basis for sustainable and in- lective management systems to improve coastal and reef fisheries creased economic benefits to the region from this resource. More management; iii) Development of regulatory frameworks and specifically, the program will strengthen: (i) the national and re- market systems to manage human impacts and promote invest- gional institutions responsible for the management of the oceanic ment in wider ecosystem services. A horizontal Adaptable Pro- fisheries; (ii) the local and national institutions responsible for gram Loan (APL)will be pursued, whereby the overall investment the management of the coastal fisheries; and (iii) the institutions program is prepared and agreed, with the first group of several responsible for the conservation of the natural habitats that sup- countries ready to launch as APL 1, and then additional countries port them. As such, the program will provide a direct contribu- join when ready in subsequent phases of the APL, until all eligible tion to the Bank’s twin goals to reduce poverty and boost shared countries have joined. With the approval of the overall program prosperity in the region, as: (i) strengthened and more sustaina- and first APL, the Executive Board of Directors would delegate ble management of the tuna fisheries will increase the size of this the authority for approval of subsequent phases of the APL to the resource and the value of access to it for foreign investment, Regional Vice President, to enhance efficiency. In order to imple- which PICs can capture in the form of public revenues re-in- ment the shared objective and approach of the proposed pro- vested for poverty reduction and/or foreign direct investment in gram, each phase of the APL would finance activities that would local value addition to expand job opportunities, depending on be implemented at the regional level (through an established re- the local context; (ii) stakeholder-managed coastal fisheries will gional organization), as well as activities that would be imple- be better managed and more productive, enhancing rural liveli- mented nationally in each participating country. More specifi- hoods and food security throughout the region and particularly cally: Component 1 Economic Development of Pacific Island tuna for the bottom 40 percent of income distribution; and (iii) both fisheries: The majority of financing and implementation of this April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 58 of these outcomes will depend on healthy ocean habitats to sup- (iii) to secure affordable funding for capital investments in ur- port fisheries. Approval completed on 22 December 2014. Envi- gently need power generation. In the medium to longer term, the ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151754. US$ 5.5 main challenge facing the energy sector is to secure reliable, af- (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. National Oceanic Re- fordable and environmentally and socially sustainable energy source Management Authority (NORMA) Tel: 6913202700, E- supply. These challenges are detailed in the Outline of Energy mail: info@norma.fm, Contact: Eugene Pangelian, Deputy Direc- Development Policy, prepared by the Bank and broadly agreed tor. with Myanmar's National Energy Management Committee in 2013. Demand for electricity in Myanmar has grown significantly in recent years. The annual peak load demand reached 1,850 Mongolia mega-Watts (MW) in 2013, growing on average 7.7 percent per annum in the past five years. During this same time, the electric Energy and mining energy supplied to the national grid grew on average almost 12 percent per annum. Electricity shortages and supply disruptions remain prevalent in the country. The World Bank Group (WBG) Mongolia: Second Energy Sector Project: The project is to is responding to the near-term challenges in multiple ways. The follow-up on the achievements of the recently completed Energy Myanmar Electric Power Project was approved in September Sector Project (LN 3503-MN and LN 4673-MN). Its focus will be 2013 and will be financing 110 MW of new generation capacity to on rehabilitation and expansion of electricity distribution facili- be added to the national grid. The project provides technical as- ties in aiming utilities in order to improve service, accommodate sistance on designing the National Electrification Plan and pre- new connections and reduce losses. Identification completed on paring a project to implement electrification program, power sec- 16 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. tor financial viability, and electricity tariffs and subsidies review. US$45.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- The IFC is advising the Ministry of Electric Power to develop a menting agency(ies) to be determined. business model for private participation in power generation. The IFC is also reviewing investment prospects in the distribu- Health and other social services tion sector through the Yangon Electricity Supply Board, and in grid and off-grid private power generation projects. To continue E-Health Project: To improve integration and utilization of WBG supports to the Myanmar power sector, this proposed pro- health information and e-health solutions for better health ser- ject aims to facilitate the development of new power generation vice delivery in selected pilot sites. Approval completed on 6 capacity by the private sector by offering an IDA guarantee to June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: mitigate selected risks facing private sector lenders and investors P131290. US$ 19.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. to Myanmar, and help reduce the cost of electricity supplied by Ministry of Health Tel: 976-11-51260474, E-mail: tsolmon- independent power producers (IPP). With advisory support from gerel@moh.mn, Contact: Tsolmongerel Tsilaajav, Director, Stra- IFC, the Myanmar's Ministry of Electric Power has launched a tegic Policy and Planning. competitive tender for the development of the Myingyan Inde- pendent Power Producer Project (Myingyan IPP) by the private Public Administration, Law, and Justice sector with scheduled commercial operations planned for late 2015. The project cost is expected to be between US$ 250 and MN: SMART Government: The development objective of the 300 million and will be financed mostly by international lenders project is to use information and communication technologies to and investors. To support project development, the Government improve accessibility, transparency, and efficiency of public ser- is in preliminary discussions with the Bank Group on risk miti- vice in Mongolia. Approval completed on 6 June 2014. Environ- gation solutions for the project, such as IDA Partial Risk Guaran- mental Assessment Category C. Project: P130891. US$ 19.4 (IDA tee (PRG) and MIGA guarantees. The availability of WBG risk Credit). Consultants will be required. Office of the Cabinet Secre- mitigation solutions is expected to broaden the appeal of the pro- tariat Tel: 976-51-260809, E-mail: davaa@cabinet.gov.mn, Con- ject to a wider group of private lenders and investors, enhance tact: Mr. Ch. Davaajamts, Chief Technology Oficer. competition in project development, which may result in a lower overall project cost. Specifically the IDAPRG will facilitate the participation of international commercial lenders and provide Myanmar additional financing alternatives for project developers, in addi- tion to bilateral and multilateral development financial institu- Energy and mining tions operating in Myanmar. The expected PDO is to increase the available electricity generation capacity by the private sector in Myingyan Power Generation Project: AIS - Myingyan In- Myanmar. The expected results will be a successful development dependent Power Producer Project. The main challenges facing of a new gas-fired power generation plant by the private sector the Myanmar electricity sector can be divided in two-time hori- within specification, schedule and budget. The IDA Guarantee zons. In the near-term (2013-2015), the main challenges are: (i) will help mobilize international commercial debt financing for to maximize efficiency of power generation, reduce losses in the first internationally tendered private power project in Myan- transmission and distribution networks, and reduce electricity mar. The project indirectly helps contribute to the achievement shortages; (ii) to improve financial viability of sector enterprises; of the WBG twin goals as electricity supplied to the national PAGE 59 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 power grid from the project will also increase quantity and qual- (iv) Building capacity of the Central Bank of Myanmar and the ity of electricity supply, including to low income population, as Ministry of Finance and Revenue to monitor and mitigate risks Myanmar continues to expand access to electricity. While this in the financial system. project does not include connecting new households, it will help produce additional electricity needed for the electrification in During the Concept Note stage, the team will formulate a results Myanmar. The competitive cost of gas-fired CCGT power gener- framework to monitor and evaluate progress and quality of finan- ation will also reduce pressure of tariff increases for household cial inclusion in Myanmar. Identification completed on 17 Janu- consumers—or reduce cost for some consumers—which is more ary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 200.0 proportionally beneficial to low income population. The PDO in- (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- dicators may include: (i) New installed capacity (MW) (ii) Elec- ing agency(ies) to be determined. tric energy generation (kWh); and (iii) Amount of private fund- ing mobilized (million US$). The intermediate result indicators Transportation may include: (i) Financial close date (ii) Commercial operations dates (for open cycle and combined cycle). The Myingyan IPP (R) National Community Driven Development Project: Project is expected to include the following components: a. Power The development objective is to enable poor rural communities plant: About 250 MW of combined-cycle gas turbine power sta- to benefit from improved access to and use of basic infrastructure tion. b. Fuel supply: A gas receiving and liquid fuel storage facility and services through a people-centered approach and to enhance to be located within or near the power plant site. c. Electricity the government’s capacity to respond promptly and effectively to connection: A power evacuation facility to be connected to an ex- an eligible crisis or emergency. Appraisal completed on 6 April isting 230 kV substation. d. Water supply: Water pipeline and as- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P153113. sociated facilities for water pumping from the Irrawaddy River US$ 380.0/22.4/11.0 (IDA Credit/ITAL/JSDF). Consulting ser- Concept completed on 20 August 2014. Environmental Assess- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- ment Category A. Project: P151366. US$ 100.0 (GUID). Consult- mined. ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Water, sanitation and flood protection National Electrification Project: 19.The project develop- Ayeyarwady Integrated River Basin Management Pro- ment objective is to help increase access to electricity in Myan- ject: The program development objective for the Series of Pro- mar. Concept completed on 29 December 2014. Environmental jects (of which the AIRBM will be the first) is to strengthen inte- Assessment Category B. Project: P152936. US$ 300.0/200.0 grated, climate resilient management and development of the (IDA Credit/ZPCO). Consulting services to be determined. Min- Ayeyarwady River Basin and national water resources. istry of Electric Power Tel: 95-67-410-206, E-mail: moepdmin@mepe.gov.mm, Contact: Aung Than Oo, Deputy The project development objective of the AIRBM is to contribute Minister; Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Develop- to the development of integrated river basin management on the ment Tel: 9567408054, E-mail: skko.dda@gmail.com, Contact: Ayeyarwady river. Approval completed on 9 December 2014. En- U Tin Ngwe, Deputy Minister. vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P146482. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Directorate of Finance Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems, Ministry of Transport Tel: (95-6) 741-1030, E-mail: dgdwir@mpt- Myanmar Financial Inclusion: Financial inclusion is a key mail.com.mm, Contact: Htun Lwin Oo, Director General. priority in Myanmar's development agenda. The Government of Myanmar has recently formulated a Financial Inclusion Roadmap that aims at increasing the percentage of adults with Papua New Guinea access to basic financial services from 30% to 70% by 2020. Health and other social services The development objective of this IDA operation is to help in- crease access to financial services by the poor in Myanmar. To PNG Urban Youth Employment Project Additional Fi- achieve this objective, the IDA operation will finance selected nancing: The project is made up of three components: government actions, instruments, and activities, including: i.The Youth Job Corps (YJC) consists of a community awareness, (i) Expanding mobile banking, digital finance, and innovative in- mobilization and screening campaign followed by basic life skills struments to reach out the poor training and 40 days of labor-intensive employment for eligible youth; (ii) Strengthening commercial banks and microfinance institu- tions ii.The Skills Development and Employment Scheme consists of additional Pre-Employment Training (PET) for about 20 days, (iii) Modernizing payment system infrastructure; and and a further 5 months of on-the-job training for eligible youth; April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 60 iii.The Project Management component provides implementa- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tion and technical support to NCDC and covers the incremental operating costs of the Project Management Unit. BANGSAMORO FINANCING FACILITY: Generate invest- ment in agriculture and agri-business related activities to create The proposed Additional Financing will support the scaling up sustainable jobs and income generation opportunities in Bang- of certain successful components of the project, and help reach samoro. Identification completed on 25 November 2014. Envi- greater number of youths in Port Moresby. It will generate addi- ronmental Assessment Category F. US$136.0/136.0 tional short-term employment and training opportunities for (IBRD/JICA). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- vulnerable youth, in line with the project’s main objective. ing agency(ies) to be determined. NCDC is seeking additional financing to recruit an extra 4,700 Energy and mining youth into UYEP and to implement a few key recommendations of the MTR. The proposed additional financing will cover the Access to Sustainable Energy Project: The proposed grant costs of (i) expanding successful short-term employment and finances a 20-million euro subsidy fund supporting clean energy training activities, particularly under the Youth Job Corps Com- solutions and access. It also provides grant support of 9-million ponent, (ii) make possible the implementation of a number of im- euro for institutional strengthening of electricity sector agencies provements suggested during the MTR, to deepen the impact of in the Philippines. The institutional strengthening component the project on the youth, and (iii) cover implementation/project will be Bank executed. Identification completed on 23 October management costs for running the project an extra year. Identi- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category F. US$ 36.7 (PHFS). fication completed on 26 January 2015. Environmental Assess- Consulting services to be determined. Department of Energy Tel: ment Category B. US$ 8.0 (FSCO). Consulting services to be de- (63-2) 840-2134, E-mail: iexconde@doe.gov.ph, Contact: Irma termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Exconde, Assistant Director; LGU Guarantee Corporation Tel: (63-2) 751-8764, E-mail: dengorial@lgugc.com, Contact: Lydia Water, sanitation and flood protection Orial, President and CEO. Water Supply and Sanitation Development Project: The Health and other social services development objective is to contribute to halting and reversing the deteriorating access to sustainable improved water and sani- Multi Donor Facility - PH Mindanao Reconstruction & tation in rural and urban areas in Papua New Guinea. This would Development: To improve social and economic recovery in tar- be achieved by: (a) support the establishment, operationalization geted conflict-affected communities of Mindanao through activi- and strengthening of the new institutional and financing frame- ties which promote confidence-building, peace and demand- works as required by (i) the National WASH Policy, and (ii) the driven governance. Approval completed on 26 June 2014. Envi- Community Service Obligation (CSO) policy together with the ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P147008. US$ 6.6 anticipated new Water and Sewerage Act, and (b) utilize these in- (PHMF). Consultants will be required. Mindanao Land Founda- stitutional and financing frameworks to channel infrastructure tion, Inc. Tel: (63-64) 278-3077, E-mail: minland-cmo@min- investment to (i) rural and peri-urban areas, and (ii) urban areas, land.ph, Contact: Damaso Vertido, Executive Director; Interna- respectively. Identification completed on 14 March 2015. Envi- tional Labour Organization Tel: (63-2) 580-9900, E-mail: john- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Con- sonl@ilo.org, Contact: Mr. Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director; sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to Community and Family Services International Tel: (63-91) 7812- be determined. 8523, E-mail: vhernandez@cfsi.ph, Contact: Vladimir Hernan- dez, Director, Philippine Programs. Philippines Philippines Cross-Sectoral Public Health Enhancement Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Project: The project is envisaged as budget support operation to help the Government of the Philippines to scale up national and Inclusive Partnerships for Agricultural Competitive- sub-national level cross-sectoral activities for more effective ness: The higher level objective of the project would be to con- health promotion and disease prevention. The key health issues tribute to poverty reduction, employment generation, and in- that the project intends to address through cross-sectoral actions creased households’ incomes in the targeted clusters. While the include: child malnutrition, maternal malnutrition and safe PDO would be subject to further refinement over the course of motherhood, childhood immunization, access to safe water and project preparation, the proposed PDO at this stage is to improve sanitation facilities, dietary risk factors of non-communicable access to markets and enhance the competitiveness of small- diseases, school health, disaster resilience of health care services. holder farmers in the targeted ARC clusters. This will be achieved The project will catalyze adoption/implementation of national by strengthening farmer organizations, investing in productive level cross-sectoral policies and actions for health promotion and partnerships, and upgrading support services delivery. Identifi- disease prevention. It will also support development and execu- cation completed on 25 November 2014. Environmental Assess- tion of locally-planned health enhancement action plans at the ment Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be PAGE 61 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 sub-national level. The project will use performance based fi- concept has a solid legal base through the Clean Water Act, and a nancing at both levels. The flow of funds from the World Bank to host of other well formulated environmental laws including the the Government will be linked to a set of high level indicators Supreme Court Directives in 2008 and 2011. Incomplete imple- (disbursement linked indicators). The flow of funds from the mentation of those laws and regulations is, however, an issue the Central Government to the Local Governments will be also be re- project would need to address. The project would have five main lated to performance on a number of results targets agreed be- components: 1) Establishment of the Institutional Framework tween the Local and Central Governments. The Project will be and Mechanisms for integrated and comprehensive management managed by the Department of Budget and Management, but of the Manila Bay, Pasig River and Laguna Lake system; 2) Im- other departments will also be involved: Department of Health, plementation of priority environmental infrastructure and LGU- Department of Finance, Department of Education, Departments implemented subprojects for water quality and sedimentation of Social Welfare, Department of Interior and Local Governance. mitigation; 3) Monitoring of key pollution and sedimentation pa- Identification completed on 17 November 2014. Environmental rameters; 4) Regulatory strengthening and Third-Party Monitor- Assessment Category B. US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services ing and Reporting on Compliance with Environmental Laws and to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Regulations; and 5) Community and Civil Society Volunteer Sup- port and Education. Identification completed on 17 November (R) Philippines National Program Support for Social 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 7.4 (GEFU). Protection Project: To support DSWD in the effective delivery Consultants will be required. Department of Environment and of the national conditional cash transfer (CCT) and livelihood Natural Resources Tel: (63-2) 929-6626/27/28/29, E-mail: programs to: a) incentivize the use of health and education ser- tehanna08@gmail.com, tehanna17@yahoo.com, Contact: Ana- vices by poor children; and b) increase employability prospects liza Teh, Undersecretary. of CCT beneficiaries. Concept completed on 17 March 2015. En- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P153744. Studies for Sustainable Flood Mgmt.: The proposed devel- US$450.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- opment objective is to prepare priority projects that aim to im- menting agency(ies) to be determined. prove flood management and resilience in the Greater Metro Ma- nila Area. Negotiations authorized on 31 July 2014. Environmen- Transportation tal Assessment Category A. Project: P145391. US$ 7.0 (PHFS). Consultants will be required. Consultants will be required for Manila BRT Line 1 Project: To improve the over-all perfor- technical studies (dam and land raising), social and environmen- mance of the urban passenger transport system along a few cor- tal assessments, including detailed social surveys. Department of ridors in Metro Manila in terms of quality and level of service, Public Works and Highways Tel: 304-3000, E-mail: singson.ro- affordability, safety, and environmental efficiency. Identification gelio@dpwh.gov.ph, Contact: Mr. Rogelio Singson, Secretary. completed on 16 July 2012. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$53.0/25.0 (IBRD/CIF). Consulting services to be deter- (R) Metro Manila Flood Management-Phase 1: The pro- mined. Department of Transportation and Communications Tel: posed project development objective (PDO) is to reduce flood (63-2) 723-1507, 727-7960, E-mail: reneklimcaoco@yahoo.com, risks to people and property in flood-prone areas of greater met- Contact: Rene Limcaoco, Under Secretary. ropolitan Manila that are served by targeted pumping stations. The PDO will be achieved through an integrated set of interven- Water, sanitation and flood protection tions to modernize existing pumping stations and make improve- ments to appurtenant infrastructure; switch pumps from diesel Manila Bay Integrated Water Quality Management Pro- to electric power where needed; construct new pumping stations ject: The project would initiate comprehensive institutional, to accommodate urban expansion; increase short-term water re- technical and community approaches to restoring the water qual- tention capacity in the drainage areas; reduce the volume of in- ity and enhancing the economic benefits of the large Manila Bay, discriminately dumped solid waste into waterways by means of Pasig River and Laguna Lake system. The project is undoubtedly community-based programs where feasible; and support com- ambitious, and "full" achievement of the goals will take a period munity-driven resettlement of informal settler families en- of perhaps 20 years of sustained Government and civil society croaching in easements for drains and waterways linked to the commitment and effort. Accordingly, the project concept pro- project pumping stations to safer in-city locations. Concept com- poses a pragmatic approach, with the sequencing of activities in pleted on 6 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. a way that supports the establishment and operationalization of Project: P153814. US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be the necessary institutions, a process that may take some time, determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. while also providing for interim mechanisms that will enable planning and investments to proceed for the "clean-up" and en- forcement of environmental laws. Project financing would re- Samoa quire a blend of loan and grant funds, and the nature of the task suggests an Adjustable Program Loan (APL) would be appropri- Information and communications ate, with the first phase being relatively modest, in keeping with the substantive governance issues to be addressed. The project WS: Pacific Regional Connectivity Program: Phase 3 - April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 62 Samoa: The development objective of the Project is to reduce Agreement (PPA) with the state-owned SIEA, which will be guar- the cost and increase the availability of ICT services to support anteed by the SIG. Concept completed on 17 December 2014. En- social and economic development in Samoa. Concept completed vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P152779. US$ on 8 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. 2.0/2.0/20.0/100.0 (IDA Credit/GAUL/GUID/ZPCO). Consult- Project: P128904. US$ 16.0/18.5/1.5 (IDA Grant/ASDB/PRIF). ants will be required. Consultants will be required for various Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Communica- preparatory studies (environmental and social impact assess- tions and Information Technology Tel: 6857771133, E-mail: a.ah- ment, market and pricing, geological, feasibility) and for dam sam@mcit.gov.ws, Contact: Tu'aimalo Ahsamu, CEO. safety advisory and environmental and social panel of experts. Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Tel: (677) 28- Water, sanitation and flood protection 609/25-937, E-mail: ps@mines.gov.sb, Contact: Rene Sore, Per- manent Secretary. Pacific Resilience Program: The objective of the Program is to strengthen early warning, resilient investment planning and Health and other social services financial protection capacity of participating countries. Identifi- cation completed on 14 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Solomon Islands Rapid Employment Project Additional Category B. US$ 13.8 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be de- Financing: The proposed new PDO is: to assist targeted vulner- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. able urban populations in the Recipient’s territory to (i) increase their incomes through the provision of short term employment; (ii) improve their knowledge, experience and basic employment Solomon Islands skills that are valued in the workplace and society; and (iii) im- prove their access to services and markets through repaired, Energy and mining more climate resilient roads and access infrastructure. Appraisal completed on 19 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152709. Consulting services to be deter- ELECTRICITY ACCESS EXPANSION PROJECT: The OBA mined. Honiara City Council Tel: (677) 21-133/4, E-mail: subsidy will buy down the investment cost for grid and micro- cityclerk@solomon.com.sb, Contact: Charles Kelley, City Clerk; grid pre-paid metered connections and basic wiring. The project Ministry of Infrastructure Development Tel: (677) 25-783, E- will be managed by the national power utility company, Solomon mail: msv24247@gmail.com, Contact: Moses Virivolomo, Per- Islands Electricity Authority (SIEA). It will be implemented by manent Secretary. SIEA for grid densification and Rural Energy Service Companies (RESCOs) and local communities for micro-grid densifica- tion/extension. The project will use self-selection targeting in peri-urban areas and geographic targeting in rural areas, Timor-Leste whereby all rural beneficiaries will be eligible for subsidies under the project. Identification completed on 30 June 2014. Environ- Transportation mental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.4/4.7/3.0 (CIF/GPBA/ZPCO). Consulting services to be determined. Im- (N) Tibar Bay Port Project: Objective to be Determined. plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Identification completed on 19 March 2015. Environmental As- sessment Category A. US$40.0/10.0/50.0/50.0/100.0 Tina River Hydropower Development Project: The pro- (IBRD/IDA Credit/ASDB/EUIB/ZPCO). Consulting services to posed project would consist of a 15 MW hydropower plant located be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. on the Tina River, east of Honiara comprising: (3) a 50m-high roller-compacted-concrete (RCC) dam located in a narrow gorge (N) Timor Leste Branch Roads Project: Objective to be De- on the Tina river; (ii) a 3.3km headrace tunnel, 3 m in diameter, termined. Identification completed on 1 April 2015. Environ- to convey water from the dam to the power station; (iii) a power- mental Assessment Category B. US$41.3/8.3/25.5 (IBRD/IDA house about 3-4 km downstream from the dam site that will Credit/EUIB). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- house 3x5 MW Francis turbine machines; (iv) 2 parallel (on sep- ing agency(ies) to be determined. arate towers) 33kV single circuit transmission lines connecting the power station to the existing Lungga diesel power station; and (v) access roads; and other ancillary facilities. Financing require- Tonga ments are currently estimated at around US$120 million. The feasibility studies were substantially completed in March 2014 Information and communications and include confirmation of a viable site, preparation of prelimi- nary designs for the project and a full safeguards scoping assess- (N) TONGA E-Government Support Project: Objective to ment. The project, except the access roads will be implemented be Determined. Identification completed on 10 April 2015. En- by a company to be set up by a private developer to be selected, vironmental Assessment Category C. US$ 1.0 (IDA Grant). Con- on a build-own-operate-transfer basis under a Power Purchase sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 63 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 Water, sanitation and flood protection Transportation (N) Pacific Resilience Program: Objective to be Determined. Tonga Transport Sector Consolidation Project - Addi- Identification completed on 27 March 2015. Environmental As- tional Financing: Objective to be Determined. Identification sessment Category B. US$ 1.5 (IDA Credit). Consulting services completed on 30 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. gory B. US$ 2.5/2.5 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Infrastructure Tel: (67-6) 23-100, E-mail: rfaoliu@infrastructure.gov.to, Contact: Ringo Fa'oliu, CEO. Vietnam Water, sanitation and flood protection Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Pacific Resilience Program: The objective of the Program is Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project: The to strengthen early warning, resilient investment planning and project development objective is to improve farming practices financial protection capacity of participating countries. Identifi- and value chains in the targeted project areas, and promote insti- cation completed on 14 March 2015. Environmental Assessment tutional strengthening of relevant public agencies in effective Category B. US$ 2.3/8.3/1.5/4.6 (IDA Credit/IDA support to implementation of the Agricultural Restructuring Grant/GFDR/SCCF). Consulting services to be determined. Im- Plan. Negotiations authorized on 13 March 2015. Environmental plementing agency(ies) to be determined. Assessment Category B. Project: P145055. US$ 275.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agri- culture and Rural Development, E-mail: hongvkh@gmail.com, Tuvalu Contact: Mme. Nguyen Thi Hong, Director General, Planning Department; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Contact: Mr. Tran Kim Long, Director General, International Co- operation Department; Agriculture Project Management Board. Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program - Tuvalu: The development objective of this Program is to strengthen the NMPRP-2 Additional Financing: The AF focuses on institu- management of selected Pacific Island oceanic and coastal fish- tionalizing and mainstreaming the socio-economic development eries, and the critical habitats upon which they depend. This will planning approach in the broader planning and budget allocation provide the basis for sustainable and increased economic benefits processes in the project area. The PDO will, therefore, be revised to the region from this resource. More specifically, the Program to capture this important element of the AF. will strengthen: (i) the national and regional institutions respon- sible for the management of the oceanic fisheries; (ii) the local Project Development Objective for the AF is revised to read: The and national institutions responsible for the management of the Project Development Objective (PDO) is to enhance the living coastal fisheries; and (iii) the institutions responsible for the con- standards of the Project Beneficiaries by improving: (i) their ac- servation of the natural habitats that support them. Approval cess to productive infrastructure; (ii) the productive and institu- completed on 22 December 2014. Environmental Assessment tional capacity of local governments and communities; (iii) com- Category B. Project: P151780. US$ 7.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants mune integrated investment planning and (iv) market linkages will be required. Ministry of Finance Tel: 68820202, E-mail: and business innovations. Approval completed on 27 February secfin@tuvalu.tv, Contact: Hon. Maatia Toafa, Minister of Fi- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P148733. nance. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Vanuatu Transportation Additional Financing to Livestock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project: The project development objectives (R) Vanuatu Aviation Investment Project: The project de- (PDOs) are to increase the production efficiency of household- velopment objective is to improve operational safety and over- based livestock producers, to reduce the environmental impact of sight of international air transport and associated infrastructure livestock production, processing and marketing, and to improve in Vanuatu. Negotiations authorized on 30 March 2015. Envi- food safety in livestock product supply chains (mainly meat) in ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P154149. US$ selected provinces. Appraisal completed on 2 February 2015. En- 59.5/0.3 (IDA Credit/PRIF). Consulting services to be deter- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151946. US$ 45.0 mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agricul- ture and Rural Development Tel: (84-4) 3792-1099, E-mail: lifsap@fpt.vn, Contact: Mr. Ton That Son Phong, Director, Live- stock Competitiveness and Food Safety Project. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 64 be determined. Ministry of Education and Training Tel: (84-4) Vietnam Dam Rehabilitation and Safety Improvement 3868-4667, E-mail: hdminh@moet.edu.vn, Contact: Mr. Hoang Project: 17.The Project Development Objective is to support the Duc Minh, Director General. implementation of the Government dam safety program by im- proving the safety of prioritized dams and reservoirs as well as to Energy and mining protect people and assets of the downstream communities. Con- cept completed on 12 December 2014. Environmental Assess- Vietnam Industry Energy Efficiency Financing (VIEEF): ment Category A. Project: P152309. US$ 420.0 (IDA Credit). The Project Development Objective is to improve energy effi- Consulting services to be determined. State Bank of Vietnam Tel: ciency in the industrial sector, and contributing to achieving the 8439343361, E-mail: wbdivision@sbv.gov.vn, Contact: Govern- government’s energy efficiency objectives. There is no constraint ment of Viet Nam on the type and size of industrial sectors to be included in the project. The eligibility will be determined by assessing the energy Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sus- savings requirements and financial viability of the enterprise. tainable Livelihoods Project: The Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program is de- The Project Development Objective will be achieved through (a) signed to support the Government of Vietnam (GoV) in strength- an IBRD Loan to support energy conservation investment lend- ening integrated climate resilient management and development ing to selected participating financial institutions (PFIs); and (b) of the Mekong Delta, across different sectors and institutional a grant from donors to provide technical assistance and capacity levels. The Program is envisioned to be a long-term World Bank building for improving energy efficiency to PFIs, IEs and ESCOS. engagement in the Mekong Delta, with the first phase spanning Identification completed on 5 September 2014. Environmental the period of 6 years. Assessment Category F. US$200.0/5.0 (IBRD/ZBIL). Consult- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be In this first phase, the Mekong Delta Integrated Climate Resili- determined. ence and Sustainable Livelihoods Project will support the GoV in identifying "low risk" investments and helping build regional and Industry and trade provincial-level planning capacity for sustainable Delta-wide de- velopment. In parallel, the Project will help to enhance the infor- Vietnam Regional Industry Competitiveness: The Project mation systems, and strengthen the institutional arrangements aims to improve competitiveness of the Thanh Hoa Province for adaptive management of the Mekong Delta, and scope out which is one of the poorest provinces in Vietnam. It aims to do so longer term development options to be financed under future through promotion of competitive SMEs, including women- projects. The Project would comprise of a combination of struc- owned firms, along the value chain of the planned large invest- tural and non-structural investments, and will be informed by the ments in the Nghi Son Special Economic Zone located in the World Bank financed Building Resilience in the Mekong Delta TA province, including a refinery in which the IFC is also investing. (P149017). Identification completed on 18 November 2014. En- The project would facilitate the development and emergence of vironmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). an SME sector in upstream and supporting activities to the refin- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) ery and other large investments by identifying and addressing to be determined. bottlenecks such as access to finance, inadequate technical ca- pacity, market access, etc. It would also support and facilitate the Education development of downstream industries using inputs from refin- ery and other large projects. As such, the project would foster and (R) Renovation of General Education Project: The Project support local enterprise and productive job creation. The instru- Development Objective is to raise student learning outcomes by: ments and approaches to be developed under this project (e.g., (i) revising and implementing the curriculum following a compe- financing instruments, etc.) would be applicable to other regions tency-based approach; and (ii) improving the effectiveness of in- and the country as a whole for SME and industry development. struction by creating and disseminating textbooks aligned with Identification completed on 29 April 2013. Environmental As- the revised curriculum. Negotiations authorized on 31 March sessment Category F. US$ 96.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150058. required. Government of Vietnam Tel: (84-4) 2221-8345, E-mail: US$ 77.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of LuyenNV@moit.gov.vn, Contact: Nguyen Van Luyen, Division Education and Training Tel: 01184985853386, E-mail: Head, Local Industry and Trade Department. dvninh@moet.edu.vn, Contact: Doan Van Ninh, Chair of Stand- ing Unit. Vietnam HCFC Phaseout Project Phase II: The Project De- velopment Objective is to reduce HCFC consumption in order to Vietnam Enhancing Teacher Effectiveness: This task is a contribute to the Government of Vietnam's efforts to comply with lending operation whose goals is to improve the pre-service and its Montreal Protocol phaseout obligations for HCFCs to be met in-service training of teachers and ancillary activities that con- by January 1, 2020. The HCFC phaseout will be done in a manner tribute to more effective classroom practices by teachers. Identi- that maximizes the climate co-benefits through the introduction fication completed on 25 February 2014. Environmental Assess- of no to very low global warming potential (GWP) alternatives. ment Category B. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to PAGE 65 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 Identification completed on 13 August 2014. Environmental As- Approval completed on 23 December 2014. Environmental As- sessment Category B. US$ 8.0 (MPIN). Consulting services to be sessment Category A. Project: P127978. US$250.0/200.0 determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Implementing Management Agency Tel: 84839142903, E-mail: ima- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ces@vnn.vn, Contact: Mr. Phan Chau Thuan, Director. Service Delivery Reform: The proposed operation would HCMC Flood Risk Management: The proposed Project De- support the rebalancing of the health service delivery system velopment Objective is to reduce flood risk and improve drainage through a comprehensive approach towards strengthening of the in selected areas in Ho Chi Minh City. Concept completed on 25 primary health care system, including targeted reforms in the February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: hospital sector that change their current incentives for service P149696. US$422.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- provision. An important component towards rebalancing of the mined. HCMC Steering Center for the Flood Control Program service delivery system will be to focus on quality improvement Tel: 84983157177, E-mail: nhadung.ttcn@tphcm.gov.vn, Con- particularly at the primary health care level. Identification com- tact: Mr. Nguyen Hoang Anh Dung, Deputy Director. pleted on 9 September 2010. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory C. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Vinh Phuc Flood Risk and Water Management Project: Ministry of Health Tel: (84-4) 3846-4914, E-mail: phamtu- 19. The development objective of the project (PDO) is to andr2003@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Pham Le Tuan, Director. strengthen flood management and wastewater management in the central catchment of Vinh Phuc Province. (N) PROJECT FOR IMPROVEMENT OF LAND GOV- ERNANCE AND RESOURCES INFORMATION: Objective 20. The PDO will be achieved through (i) supporting structural to be Determined. Identification completed on 26 January 2015. measures for flooding control and river rehabilitation; (ii) im- Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). proving wastewater collection and treatment in districts, small Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) towns and rural villages; (iii) establishing water resource and wa- to be determined. ter quality monitoring and flooding and emergency response sys- tems; and (iv) institutional development and training for the gov- Transportation ernment departments and water sector practitioners aiming at managing the river basin and water related sectors in an inte- grated manner. Concept completed on 13 February 2015. Envi- Ho Chi Minh City Green Transport Development: The ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P152460. US$150.0 project development objective is to improve the performance and efficiency of public transport along a high priority corridor in (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Vinh Phuc Planing and Investment Department Tel: 84-2113842743, E-mail: HCMC. Negotiations authorized on 14 March 2015. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P126507. US$ 124.0 banqlodavp@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Nguyen Duc Tai, Deputy Director. (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ho Chi Minh City Peoples Committee Tel: (84-8) 822-3651, E-mail: luong- minhphuc@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Direc- tor, UCCI. Regional Dau Giay-Phan Thiet Expressway Pilot PPP Project: Agriculture, fishing, and forestry 10.The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support the GoV attract private sector expertise and capital for the construc- Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program: To tion and operation of the Dau Giay-Phan Thiet Expressway. This strengthen the shared management of selected Pacific Island oce- would be the first transaction under the GoV Public-Private Part- anic and coastal fisheries, and the critical habitats upon which nership (PPP) Pilot Program for infrastructure investments. Con- they depend. This will provide the basis for sustainable and in- cept completed on 14 August 2014. Environmental Assessment creased economic benefits to the region from this resource. More Category A. Project: P149484. US$348.0/277.0/152.0 specifically, the Program will strengthen: (i) the national and re- (IBRD/IDA Credit/ZPCO). Consultants will be required. Minis- gional institutions responsible for the management of the oce- try of Transport Tel: 84438628987, E-mail: ppp@pmu1.vn, Con- anic fisheries; (ii) the local and national institutions responsible tact: Mr. Hoang Dinh Phuc, PMU1 Director General. for the management of the coastal fisheries; and (iii) the institu- tions responsible for the conservation of the natural habitats that Water, sanitation and flood protection support them. Approval completed on 22 December 2014. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P131655. US$ 4.0 Second Ho Chi Minh City Environmental Sanitation (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Natural Project: The Project Development Objective is to improve Resources Tel: (688)20-827, Contact: Mr. Solomua Ionatana, wastewater services in a sustainable manner in selected areas of Principal Fisheries Officer; Forum Fisheries Agency Tel: (677) Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) and increase awareness on sanitation. 21-124, E-mail: timothy.adams@ffa.int, Contact: Mr. Timothy April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 66 Adams, Director of Fisheries Management; National Oceanic Re- and Myanmar as well as a technical assistance project on regional source Management Authority Tel: (691) 320-2700, E-mail: level to promote coordination and system harmonization in the info@norma.fm, Contact: Mr. Eugene Pangelinan, Deputy Direc- area of disaster risk management. Identification completed on 21 tor; Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority Tel: (692) 625- November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 8262, Contact: Mr. Sam Lanwi, Jr., Deputy Director. 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined. Pacific Regional Program: Practical Climate Resilient Approaches and Tools for Food and Water Security and (N) Pacific Resilience Program: Objective to be Determined. Coastal Zone Management: Over the coming decades, cli- Identification completed on 10 April 2015. Environmental As- mate change will significantly impact the ability of Pacific island sessment Category B. US$ 1.3/0.9 (IDA Grant/SCCF). Consult- countries to maintain adequate food and water supplies and will ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be put at risk vital infrastructure that underpins their economies. determined. Identifying and implementing appropriate adaptation responses is a priority need. By concentrating on the priority areas of food security and infrastructure activities under the "Pacific Regional Program Component 2: Identifying and Implementing practical Europe And Central Asia CCA and Related DRR Knowledge and Experience" will demon- strate how practical knowledge and experience can strengthen Albania capacity at the regional, national and local levels in support of national climate change adaptation and disaster risk manage- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry ment responses. Identification completed on 21 June 2012. En- vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.1 (CSCF). Consult- Environmental Services Project: The Project Development ants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Objective (PDO) is to support sustainable land management mined. practices and increase communities’ monetary and non-mone- tary benefits in targeted Project areas which are mainly in erosion Pacific Islands Regional Ocenscape Program Forum prone rural upland areas. Fisheries Agency: Objective to be Determined. Approval com- pleted on 22 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- This PDO is to be achieved through the support of alternative gory B. Project: P153429. US$ 2.2 (GEFU). Consulting services livelihoods and provision of environmental services and through to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. sustainable utilization of wood and pasture products in the long term. The Project will particularly focus on enhancing the finan- Transportation cial, economic, and institutional sustainability of land use and natural resources management, and will help build capacities of Pacific Island Regional Road Safety Project: The project Albania farmers, community organizations and government in- development objective is to improve regional capacity for road stitutions to efficiently use EU funding. Approval completed on 6 safety management, and to strengthen the multi-sectoral coordi- May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: nation and integration of road traffic and crash data in the Pacific P150450. US$ 10.6 (FSCO). Consulting services to be deter- Island Countries and Territories. Concept completed on 19 Feb- mined. Ministry of Environment Tel: 35542259900, E-mail: ar- ruary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: diana.sokoli@moe.gov.al, Contact: Ardiana Sokoli, Director. P151159. US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consultants will be required. Secretariat of the Pacific Community Tel: 6793370733, E-mail: Information and communications carolinet@spc.int, Contact: Caroline Tupoulahi-Fusimalohi, Planning Advisor. Integrated Land Management Project: The objectives in- clude: (a) completing property registration and enhancing data Water, sanitation and flood protection quality; (b) engaging the government in National Land Policy di- alogue; and (c) integrating existing IT system with the govern- South East Asia Disaster Risk Management Project: The ment’s wider e-Governance agenda and formulating a national project development objective is to reduce the vulnerability of spatial data infrastructure (NSDI) strategy. Identification com- people and assets to natural hazards in targeted disaster-prone pleted on 4 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- areas of Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar. The proposed pro- gory B. US$45.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- gram will focus on disaster risk management investments that of- menting agency(ies) to be determined. fer immediate opportunities for mutually beneficial regional co- operation. The main activities to be financed under the project Public Administration, Law, and Justice are national and regional financial protection mechanisms, haz- ard-specific risk mitigation investments, and improved forecast- (R) Albania Public Finance PBG: Objective to be Deter- ing and early warning. The program will include three national mined. Approval completed on 27 March 2015. US$ 226.7 investment packages for the countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, PAGE 67 East Asia and Pacific April 2015 (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fi- nance Tel: (355) 69 207-4196, E-mail: eluci@minfin.gov.al. Citizen-centered public services: The Government of Alba nia is undertaking a comprehensive reform to improve the effi- 58-80-11, E-mail: director@r2e2.am, Contact: Ms. Tamara Ba- ciency of public sector services through modernization and inno- bayan, Director. vation. The Government has established a Delivery Unit in the Prime Minister's office responsible for monitoring progress in Health and other social services multiple reform areas. One of these reform areas is “Digital Al- bania.” Within this framework, the Government has requested (R) Armenia Social Investment and Local Development World Bank support in financing a project that would offer a sim- Project: Improve the quality and use of and access to commu- plified model for delivering public services, including potentially nity and intercommunity infrastructure. Approval completed on a creation of a citizen service center as a one-stop shop for provi- 13 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: sion of public services. Identification completed on 22 August P148836. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$32.0 (IBRD). mined. Armenia Social Investment Fund Tel: (374-10) 247-123, Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) E-mail: asif@armeniasif.am, Contact: Ashot Kirakosyan, Execu- to be determined. tive Director. Transportation Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Results-based Road Maintenance and Safety Pro- Public Sector Modernization Project III: PSMP III will re- ject: The Project Development Objectives are to: (a) maintain inforce and expand Government of Armenia's public sector re- the condition and improve the safety of Borrower's Primary Road form agenda which was started in the two previous operations and Primary-Secondary Road networks, and (b) strengthen sus- (PSMP I and PSMP II). The new project will include more com- tainable and efficient road asset management and safety prac- prehensive reforms which includes, among others, (a) deepening tices, for the benefit of road-users. Approval completed on 27 policy based budgeting, strengthening public investment systems March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: (PIMP in Armenia to assist the MoF and other relevant authori- P132982. US$80.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- ties to design and implement enhanced budget preparation pro- mined. Albanian Road Authority Tel: 0035542259898, E-mail: cedures including capital budgeting; (b) further reforms in e-pro- vladimir.bisha@arrsh.gov.al, Contact: Vladimir Bisha, Deputy curement which was supported by PSMP II, (c) modernize gov- Director. ernment financial management information system (GFMIS); and (d) expand reforms in e-service in other agencies and regions (similar to e-police, ehealth) started in the two previous projects. Armenia Identification completed on 14 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$21.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to Energy and mining be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Electricity Transmission Network Improvement Transportation Project: The proposed project development objectives (PDO) are to improve the reliability of the power transmission network (R) Local Economy and Infrastructure Development and system management, and support the Borrower's efforts in Project: The Project Development Objective is to improve infra- ensuring adequate electricity supply Approval completed on 30 structure services and institutional capacity for increased tour- March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: ism contribution to local economy in selected regions of Armenia. P146199. US$52.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. High Concept completed on 26 March 2015. Environmental Assess- Voltage Electric Networks Tel: 37410-720-010, E-mail: ment Category B. Project: P150327. US$55.0 (IBRD). Consult- hvenbec@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Aram Ananyan, General Di- ants will be required. Consultants will be required for cultural rector; Yerevan Thermal Power Plant Tel: 37410-472-760, E- heritage; architectural design of tourism facilities and urban re- mail: mailbox@yccpp.com, Contact: Mr. Hovakim Hovhannis- generation; detailed design, feasibility studies; and environmen- yan, General Director. tal and social assessments. Foreign Financing Projects Manage- ment Center (FFPMC) at the Ministry of Finance Tel: /Fax: (374- (R) Geothermal Exploratory Drilling Project: The pro- 10) 523-471, E-mail: info@ffpmc.am. posed project development objective is to confirm whether the geothermal resource at Karkar site is suitable for power genera- Lifeline Road Network Improvement AF: This is an Addi- tion and, if confirmed, to involve the private sector in develop- tional Financing to the Lifeline Road Network Improvement Pro- ment of a geothermal power plant. Appraisal completed on 14 ject (LRNIP) which would have the same PDO, to improve access April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: of rural communities to markets and services through upgrading P152039. US$ 8.6 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. of selected lifeline roads, and to strengthen the capacity of the Renewable Resources and Energy Efficiency Fund Tel: +37410- Ministry of Transport and Communication to manage the lifeline April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 68 road network. It would consist of a Lifeline Road Improvement ethical and non-bureaucratic manner. It has been allocated AZN and a Project Management and Institutional Strengthening com- 2 million from the President’s Reserve Fund for 2012 and is es- ponent. Identification completed on 14 April 2014. Environmen- tablishing its first 3 pilot service facilities (‘ASAN xidmet’ cen- tal Assessment Category B. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consulting services ters) in rented premises in Baku; the first will be functional by to be determined. Ministry of Transportation and Communica- December 31, 2012 and the other 2 by June 30, 2013. Asan has tion Tel: (374-10) 563-391, E-mail: minister@mts.am. ambitious expansion and development plans on an accelerated timetable and through this project the Bank will provide assis- tance to: Azerbaijan (i) agency capacity-building, especially human resource develop- ment (HRD) functions, ethical behavior training, software appli- Education cations (e.g. workflow automation and Document Management System); Higher Education Project: The proposed Project Develop- ment Objective (PDO) is to strengthen the higher education sys- (ii) establishing information & communications technology tem and increase the capacity of higher education institutions to (ICT) which includes call centers. The Agency is urgently seeking provide quality and relevant education to their students. Ap- to develop standards, protocols and implementation arrange- praisal completed on 28 November 2014. Environmental Assess- ments for such a service; ment Category B. Project: P148539. US$33.0 (IBRD). Consult- ants will be required. Ministry of Education Tel: 994-12-488- (iii) developing and optimizing electronic services (e.g. SMS no- 6646, E-mail: rustamov@edu.gov.az, Contact: Elvin Rustamov, tifications from and to users) and upgrading and modernizing in- Project Director. frastructure to facilitate e-service delivery; Health and other social services (iv) development and implementation of the legal, regulatory and institutional framework for e-services (including their gov- Health Sector Reform II Project: The Project Development ernance and infrastructure) Objective (PDO) would be to improve quality and availability of health-care services and strengthen the capacity of the Health au- (v) establish mobile service delivery units and developing and thorities to manage the health system (stewardship). The pro- implementing service facility design standards; and (vi) support posed Project will have 4 components: (a) Building MoH capacity policies and procedure to promote service delivery mechanisms for stewardship; (b) Improving delivery of health care services; leading to more gender-equal outcomes. Identification com- (c) Developing human resources; (d) Project management, mon- pleted on 19 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- itoring and evaluation. The proposed Project would closely follow gory C. US$25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. the Health Sector Reform Project-HSRP, which is due to close Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. July 1, 2013. Identification completed on 22 March 2013. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting SOCIAL PROTECTION MODERNIZATION PROJECT: To services to be determined. Ministry of Health Tel: (994-12) 493- improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Social Protection 2977, E-mail: sabdullayev65@yahoo.com. system Identification completed on 26 February 2015. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting Additional Financing to IDP Living Standards and Live- services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- lihoods Project: The objective of the Project is to improve liv- mined. ing conditions and increase the economic self-reliance of tar- geted internally displaced persons. Identification completed on Transportation 12 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing REGIONAL ROADS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: TThe agency(ies) to be determined. proposed Project development objectives are (i) to improve ac- cess to markets and services through the reconstruction and re- Public Administration, Law, and Justice habilitation of project roads and (ii) to progress towards mainte- nance sustainability of the Borrower’s road network. Appraisal State Agency on Service to Citizens and Social Innova- completed on 29 September 2014. Environmental Assessment tion: The Azerbaijan State Agency on Service to Citizens and So- Category B. Project: P122200. US$250.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- cial Innovation (ASAN) under the President of Azerbaijan was vices to be determined. AzerRoadService (ARS) Tel: (994- established in July 2012 and began functioning from September 12)493-0045, E-mail: info@piu-ahp.az, Contact: Adil Gojayev, 6, 2012. The President of Azerbaijan asked the World Bank to Director, Project Implementation Unit. meet with the Agency and explore cooperation and piloting inno- vative approaches to delivery and financing of public services. Water, sanitation and flood protection The Agency is designed as a high-profile umbrella entity to facil- itate delivery of key public services in a transparent, efficient, National Water Supply & Sanitation Project - Additional PAGE 69 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 Financing: The Development Objective (DO) of the AF is to 29 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- scale up improvement of the quality and reliability of water sup- ject: P127788. US$2.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Eu- ply and expand water supply and sanitation services in selected ropa RE Tel: 41-44380-5090, E-mail: heinz.vollenweider@eu- regional (rayon) centers in Azerbaijan. This objective will be ropa-re.com, Contact: Heinz Vollenweider, Chairman of Board. achieved through rehabilitation and reconstruction of water sup- ply and sanitation infrastructure in rayons outside the Greater Health and other social services Baku Area. Identification completed on 23 December 2014. En- vironmental Assessment Category A. US$130.0 (IBRD). Consult- Bosnia and Herzegovina Health Project: The Project will ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be contribute to improvement of quality and efficiency of secondary determined. and tertiary care. Identification completed on 26 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$22.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to Belarus be determined. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) Forestry Development Project: The Project Develop- (R) Bosnia and Herzegovina: Management of Fiscal Re- ment Objective is to enhance silvicultural management and re- sources for Growth: The operation's objective is to strengthen forestation and afforestation, increase the use of felling residues the efficiency and transparency of the management of fiscal re- and improve the public good contribution from forests in tar- sources for boosting growth in BiH. This DPL utilizes a window geted forest areas. Approval completed on 27 March 2015. En- of opportunity to advance the reform agenda on public finances, vironmental Assessment Category B. US$ 2.7 (GEFU). Consult- where the Government has demonstrated clear commitment ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be among which are the areas of fiscal resources and debt manage- determined. ment, public procurement, transparency. The effective and trans- parent management of fiscal resources will help improve not only Industry and trade fiscal stability and transparency in the economic governance of the economy, but also contribute to growth by opening opportu- Belarus Competitiveness Enhancement Project: The pro- nities for private sector development and job. The reforms sup- posed project will enhance business environment, promote FDI ported by this operation are politically difficult, but bring notable as well as support innovation and entrepreneurship. It will also benefits for strengthening the efficiency and transparency of increase SME export competitiveness by facilitating trade public finances at the state and at the entities level. Identification through improving product standards by harmonization to EU completed on 4 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- norms. Identification completed on 25 September 2014. Envi- egory U. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ronmental Assessment Category C. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consult- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Bosnia and Herzegovina Employment Support Pro- gram: The project will support active labor market interventions Public Administration, Law, and Justice to expand their coverage and scope and support public employ- ment services and centers for social work to improve their func- tions to facilitate entry to the labor market. Identification com- PFM Modernization Project: Objective to be Determined. pleted on 20 August 2014. Environmental Assessment Category Identification completed on 19 August 2013. Environmental As- B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Im- sessment Category C. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to plementing agency(ies) to be determined. be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Water, sanitation and flood protection Second Solid Waste Management Project Additional Fi- Bosnia and Herzegovina nancing - EC IPA: The objective is to improve the availability, quality, environmental soundness, and financial viability of solid Finance waste management services in participating utilities/regions. Ap- proval completed on 29 October 2014. Environmental Assess- SEEC Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility APL2: The ment Category B. US$ 6.0 (F7U4). Consulting services to be de- Project Development Objective (PDO) is to help increase the ac- termined. FBiH Ministry of Environment and Tourism Tel: (387- cess of homeowners, farmers, the enterprise sector and govern- 33) 726-374, E-mail: sswmp@fmoit.gov.ba, Contact: Mr. Anto ment agencies to financial protection from losses caused by cli- Covic, Team Leader; RS Ministry of Spatial Planning Tel: (387- mate change and geological hazards. Negotiations authorized on 51) 339-504, E-mail: s.cvijic@mgr.vladars.net, swmp2@mgr.vla- dars.net, Contact: Mr. Sveto Cvijic, Team Leader. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 70 Georgia Bulgaria (R) Georgia National Innovation Ecosystem (GENIE) Finance Project: The project development objective is to enhance the na- tional innovation ecosystem in Georgia to stimulate the growth Deposit Insurance Strengthening Project: The proposed of innovative activities and expand rural Internet connectivity. project will support the authorities' efforts to restore the stability Concept completed on 7 April 2015. Environmental Assessment of financial sector in the light of the recent bank failures. In par- Category C. Project: P152441. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consultants will ticular, the project will help improve the financial and institu- be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tional capacity of Bulgaria's Deposit Insurance Fund, in order to maintain the confidence of depositors and make the strengthen Transportation the financial safety net. Identification completed on 9 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$230.0 (IBRD). East-West Highway Corridor Improvement: The pro- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) posed project is to improve a section of the East-West highway to be determined. transport corridor. As a back bone of the transport infrastructure in Georgia, the main East-West Highway corridor which is an im- portant focal point of Government interventions, traverses areas Croatia with difficult topographic and geological conditions and as such a new proposed Project requires state of the art solutions to ad- Croatia Export Financing Guarantee Operation: The dress the technical challenges. The WBG will draw from its main project development objective is to support HBOR's move global experience and provide support for the bridge and tunnel towards market-based funding, through a Partial Credit Guaran- engineering design. The World Bank will also coordinate with the tee (PCG). Secondary objective include supporting investment Government and other development partners (ADB, EIB, JICA, projects in Croatia by providing medium and long-term funding. EU, etc.) the strategic prioritization of investments in the East- The design of the instrument underlying the proposed IBRD West Highway to ensure maximum mobilization of resources and guarantee is driven by the HBOR's debt management objectives to consolidate the institutional capacity that has been built to and the expected on-lending operations that will be catalyzed. date. Identification completed on 19 February 2014. Environ- The structure should allow the borrower to secure the much- mental Assessment Category A. US$140.0 (IBRD). Consulting needed financing at reasonable costs, while also minimizing services to be determined. Roads Department Tel: (995-32) 381- transaction risk in a climate of volatility. In addition, the volume 633, E-mail: roaddepdalakishvili@yahoo.com. targeted should be matched against HBOR's ability to deliver on- lending quickly and efficiently, in order to minimize any potential Secondary Road Asset Management Project: The pro- negative carry costs, associated with disbursing the funding early posed project will support sustainable urban development and and earning marginal returns while eligible project lending is or- improved connectivity in an area around the Chorokhi River out- ganized. Approval completed on 27 June 2013. Environmental flow into the Black Sea, linking the south of Batumi and Gonio. Assessment Category F. Project: P133471. US$ 256.4 (GUAR). The Project will support environmental rehabilitation and con- Consulting services to be determined. Croatian Bank for Recon- servation measures in the area as well as the construction of a struction and Development Tel: (385-1) 459-1586, E-mail: bridge, pathways. Identification completed on 2 May 2014. En- bberkovic@hbor.hr, Contact: B. Berkovic vironmental Assessment Category B. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consult- ing services to be determined. Roads Department Tel: (995-32) Industry and trade 381-633, E-mail: roaddepdalakishvili@yahoo.com. Third Regional Development Project: The Project Develop- Croatia Innovation & Entrepreneurship VC: 24.The pro- ment Objective is to improve infrastructure services and institu- ject development objective is to strengthen risk capital financing tional capacity to support increased contribution of tourism in for innovative SMEs and startups. Concept completed on 9 De- the local economy of the Samtskhe-Javakheti and Mtskheta-Mti- cember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: aneti regions. Negotiations authorized on 22 February 2015. En- P152130. US$20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150696. US$60.0 HAMAG – BICRO Tel: 38514881041, E-mail: (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Georgia Municipal Devel- Monika.Sucur@hamagbicro.hr, Contact: Ms. Monika Sucur, Ad- opment Fund Tel: (995-32) 243-7001, E-mail: visor to the Management Board. gamashukeli@mdf.org.ge, Contact: Mr. Giorgi Amashukeli, Ex- ecutive Director. PAGE 71 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 Kazakhstan Energy and mining Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Kazakhstan Energy Efficiency Project: The Development Objectives of the proposed project are to improve: (a) energy ef- Forestry Development Project: The Kazakhstan Forestry ficiency in public and social facilities; and (b) the enabling envi- Development Project will further develop sustainable forest man- ronment for sustainable energy financing. Approval completed agement in the following potential areas: establishment of plan- on 22 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: tations for fuelwood and /or wood processing;increasing the P130013. US$ 21.8 (F7VP). Consulting services to be determined. productivity from the existing forest estate; continuing the sup- KazakhEnergoExpertiza Tel: 0077172968609, E-mail: port for forest fire management in fire prone areas; establish- 1050@kazee.kz, Contact: Serik Turchekenov, Vice President. ment of shelterbelts to support agriculture and local communi- ties, to ameliorate degraded lands and protect roads. Identifica- Finance tion completed on 23 December 2014. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Kazakhstan: Southeast Europe and Central Asia Catas- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. trophe Risk Insurance Facility: 11.The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to assist Kazakhstan with developing modern Kazakhstan Third Irrigation and Drainage Improve- catastrophe insurance market infrastructure that will support the ment Project: The objective of the Project is to improve irriga- launch of innovative catastrophe insurance products covering the tion and drainage service delivery to support farmers in the Pro- risks of extreme weather variability. ject areas. Identification completed on 10 February 2015. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$350.0 (IBRD). Consult- 12.By facilitating and increasing access to financial protection, ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be the Global Environmental Objective (GEO) will have been determined. achieved, namely the reduction of economic vulnerability for homeowners, the enterprise sector, and government agencies to Education the adverse impact of natural disasters and climate change. The proposed project activities support GEF’s focus on climate Kazakhstan - Youth Corps program: The proposed Project change and more specifically, GEF’s objectives on climate change Development Objective is to promote young people’s community adaptation. By increasing access to sound catastrophe and engagement and life skills through a community-based service weather risk insurance products, SEECA CRIF is also in line with learning program, especially for vulnerable youth. Approval com- the GEF strategy on adaptation. By supporting proper catastro- pleted on 26 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Category phe risk management and risk transfer, SEECA CRIF reduces C. Project: P127966. US$ 21.8 (TF). Consulting services to be de- economic losses at both local and national level from extreme termined. Ministry of Education and Science of RK Tel: (7-7172) weather related events, thereby reducing economic vulnerability 742-335, E-mail: m_kozhakhmet@edu.gov.kz, Contact: Madiyar and creating a more climate resilient country. Kozhakhmet, Director of the Youth Policy Department. 13.SEECA CRIF activities are also cross-cutting and collabora- tive, ensuring the engagement of major stakeholders in Kazakh- (R) KZ SKILLS AND JOBS PROJECT: The proposed Project stan, including several ministries, the National Bank, insurance Development Objectives (PDO) are to improve employment out- sector and agriculture. Moreover, because much of the technical comes and skills of target beneficiaries and to improve the rele- work will be focused on establishing complex catastrophe insur- vance of technical and vocational education and training and ance infrastructure and systems, stakeholders will gain the req- higher education programs. Approval completed on 30 March uisite skills and knowledge to better understand catastrophe risk 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150183. and effectively adapt to such risks and climate change. Further- US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Minis- more, public awareness of climate change and the benefits of ca- try of Healthcare and Social Development Tel: 77172-74-37-23, tastrophe and weather risk insurance will be raised through in- E-mail: mintrud@enbek.kz, Contact: Tamara Duyssenova, Min- formation campaigns and the new law on compulsory Disaster ister. Insurance and supporting its regulations, resulting in increased demand for catastrophe and weather risk insurance products. Education Modernization Project: The objective of the pro- ject is to improve the quality of teaching and learning in primary 14.Although the project has been designed specifically for Ka- and secondary schools. Identification completed on 4 November zakhstan, it can be easily replicated in other countries adversely 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$80.0 (IBRD). affected by climate change through the extension of existing mar- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) ket infrastructure and insurance services to be developed for Ka- to be determined. zakhstan to other country markets. Concept completed on 25 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- ject: P152230. US$ 5.5 (GEFU). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Europa Re. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 72 SME Line of Credit: The objective of the LoC was to serve as a Transportation demonstration effect that international best practices for finan- cial intermediation based on market-based principles could be Center West Regional Development Corridor: The Center applied to the Kazakhstan context. Identification completed on 3 West Corridor is a road corridor improvement project expected March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category F. US$200.0 to generally follow existing road alignments starting in Astana to (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Aktobe linking the port of Aktau in the Caspian Sea, connecting agency(ies) to be determined. two identified “urban agglomerations” as well as two “second- tier” towns, i.e. Kostanay and Aktau. The Central-West corridor Health and other social services constitutes a key gateway from the Center of the country to the west through Caspian Sea and beyond through the Caucasus to Support to Social Modernization:Health Insurance: The Europe, and to the east, to the port of Lianyungang on the Pacific proposed Project Development Objectives is to contribute to im- Ocean. High volumes of bulk cargo are currently being trans- prove access, quality, and efficiency of health service delivery,and ported by rail so this corridor will tap higher value commodities reduce the financial risk of the population due to health shocks. and expanded trade, improve connectivity between regional ag- Concept completed on 10 December 2014. Environmental As- glomerations and promote regional development. Identification sessment Category B. Project: P152625. US$90.0 (IBRD). Con- completed on 12 November 2014. Environmental Assessment sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health and Social Category A. Project: P153497. US$1000.0 (IBRD). Consulting Development, E-mail: tokezhanov@mail.ru, Contact: Bolat services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Tokezhanov, Project Coordinator. mined. Industry and trade (R) Center South Road Corridor Project: To improve the transport and freight connectivity and productivity between the Kazakhstan: Fostering Productive Innovation Project: growth poles of Almaty and Astana through the second-tier city The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to promote high- of Karaganda, and improve road operations and road asset man- quality, nationally relevant research and commercialization of agement. Concept completed on 26 March 2015. Environmental technologies. Approval completed on 22 December 2014. Envi- Assessment Category A. Project: P153501. US$2183.0 (IBRD). ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150402. US$88.0 Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Education and to be determined. Science Tel: 77172741580, E-mail: t.balykbaev@edu.gov.kz, Con- tact: Mr. Takhir Balykbaev, Vice Minister. Water, sanitation and flood protection Public Administration, Law, and Justice Hazardous and Persistent Organic Pollutants Waste Management Project: The proposed Development Objective Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Program for Central is to create a hazardous and POPs waste treatment facility with Asia (CAMP4CA) - Additional Financing: The Climate Ad- appropriate environmental controls and to remediate selected aptation and Mitigation Program for Central Asia (CAMP4CA) PCB contaminated sites, reduce public and environmental expo- aims to support the integrated development of climate-smart in- sure to these now contaminated lands formation, institutions, and investment capacities throughout the countries of Central Asia. This is expected to be achieved The Project will achieve its objective through: (i) creation of a fa- through strengthened coordination mechanisms; improved in- cility to treat hazardous and POPs waste with appropriate envi- formation gathering, sharing and analysis for decision support; ronmental controls; (ii) remediation of selected historic PCBs and demonstration, as well as scaling up, of innovative climate- contaminated waste disposal sites; and (iii) disposing the PCBs smart actions. Financing for CAMP4CA, a regional program, is waste, PCBsequipment and PCBs contaminated soil with hazard- being processed in phases given different internal processing re- ous waste classification from these sites, remediated under the quirements among Central Asia countries. For Kyrgyz Republic, Project, in the constructed facility in line with the Stockholm Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, $47million in IDA resources are to be Convention. Concept completed on 28 January 2015. Environ- presented to the Board in March 2015. The present Additional mental Assessment Category A. Project: P114830. US$34.0 Financing covers Kazakhstan's participation, through IBRD for (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Energy delivery in FY16. GEF is being explored for Turkmenistan (to be Tel: 77172740257, E-mail: b.shakhanov@energo.gov.kz, Contact: also processed as additional financing). Identification completed Beibut Shakhanov, Director, Waste Management Department. on 25 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$10.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- Syr Darya Control and Northern Aral Sea Project, Phase menting agency(ies) to be determined. 2: The project development objectives (PDOs) are to improve flood management capacity and improve water provision for de- veloping aquaculture and other socioeconomic activities in the project areas along the lower Syr Darya. Appraisal completed on PAGE 73 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 30 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- 17.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry ject: P152001. US$107.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- of Environment and Spatial Planning Tel: (381-38) 2003-2307, mined. Ministry of Agriculture, Committee for Water Resources E-mail: arben.citaku@ks-gov.net, Contact: Mr. Arben Citaku Tel: 7172-742696, E-mail: loan8277idip2@gmail.com, Contact: Islam Abishev, Chairman. Education Kazakhstan Solid Waste Management Project: Kazakh- Education System Improvement Project: The Project De- stan is facing a serious problem to effectively manage its solid velopment Objective is to strengthen the capacity and accounta- waste. According to the country's environmental authorities, Ka- bility mechanisms of institutions responsible for pre-university zakhstan has accumulated 23 billion tons of solid waste and the education. Concept completed on 1 April 2014. Environmental amount is increasing at an alarming rate of 700 million tons each Assessment Category C. Project: P149005. US$ 10.0 (IDA year. Currently, municipal waste is placed in landfills without Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Edu- pre-sorting or neutralization. Most landfills do not meet sanita- cation, Science and Technology Tel: 381(0) 38 244 974, E-mail: tion requirements and need remediation. Little effort is put in xhavit.dakaj@rks-gov.net, Contact: Xhavit Dakaj, General Secre- separating municipal waste at source. The country recycles only tary. 3-5% of all garbage. About half million tons of paper and card- board, 300,000 tons of glass, 200,000 tons of metal and Energy and mining 500,000 tons of plastic are disposed of as trash each year. The Kazakh Government has recently approved a long-term waste Kosovo Power Project: IDA partial risk guarantee in support management program for the modernization of solid waste man- of a private sector independent power producer and lignite min- agement for 2014-2050. The government is committed to im- ing company, to be selected under the Lignite Power TA Project proving municipal SWM services with a range of activities from (P097635). Concept completed on 4 August 2011. Environmen- improving waste collection and disposal facilities, to increasing tal Assessment Category A. Project: P118287. US$ waste recycling and reduction efforts, to legal and institutional 40.0/725.0/725.0 (GUID/ZBIL/ZEXP). No consultants are re- strengthening and public awareness and participation. Solid quired. Ministry of Economic Development Tel: (381-38) 2002- waste management is an area highlighted the Partnership Frame- 1505, E-mail: agron.dida@ks-gov.net, Contact: Mr. Besim Beqaj, work Arrangements between the Kazakh Government and inter- Minister. national development and financing institutions including the World Bank. A SWM project is included in the pipeline of PFA for Kosovo Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Pro- the World Bank. The proposed project aims to assist the govern- ject: The project development objectives are to: (i) reduce energy ment to modernize and improve SWM systems in selected mu- consumption and fossil fuel use in public buildings through en- nicipalities in Kazakhstan namely Almaty and Astana as sug- ergy efficiency and renewable energy investments; and (ii) en- gested in the PFA. The investment activities, subject to further hance the policy and regulatory environment for renewable en- discussion with the government, may cover waste collection, dis- ergy and energy efficiency. Approval completed on 18 June 2014. posal, separation and recycling, as well as technical support to Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P143055. US$ institutional and implementation capacity strengthening and 31.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Kosovo Energy public-private participation. Identification completed on 18 No- Efficiency Agency Tel: 3813820021550, E-mail: Bedri.Dra- vember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$50.0 gusha@rks-gov.net, Contact: Bedri Dragusha, Chief Executive (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Officer. agency(ies) to be determined. Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Mining Pro- ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 27 Kosovo June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry ing agency(ies) to be determined. Kosovo Water Security and Canal Protection Project: The development objective of the project is to improve the Iber- Kyrgyz Republic Lepenc Canal efficiency and strengthen the Iber Basin protection and management. This will be achieved through investing in en- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry suring the canal structural safety, improving the canal convey- ance and operational efficiencies, protecting the canal water from AGRICULTURE PRODUCTIVITY AND NUTRITION IM- the major pollution effluents, and developing the technical ca- PROVEMENT PROJECT: The proposed project development pacity of the service provider, the Iber Company, as well as of the objective is to increase agricultural productivity and food security water-resource regulator, the Ministry of Environment and Spa- of rural households in selected areas nationwide. This is to be tial Planning (TBC). Concept completed on 23 December 2013. achieved through an improvement in irrigation service delivery Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P133829. US$ April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 74 through rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage (I&D) infra- services. Concept completed on 22 March 2015. Environmental structure at on-farm level; improved water management by Wa- Assessment Category B. Project: P151416. US$ 6.6/5.4 (IDA ter Users Associations (WUAs) and farmers; provision of agricul- Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- tural advisory services and training; and scaling-up of key nutri- menting agency(ies) to be determined. tion interventions. Concept completed on 8 May 2013. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P132754. US$ 38.0 Water, sanitation and flood protection (GAFS). Consulting services to be determined. Department of Water Resources Tel: 996312549110, E-mail: onfarmir@elcat.kg, Third Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project: The Contact: Barataly Koshmatov, PIU Director. project will be designed building upon the experience gained and the lessons learned from two predecessor projects - the Rural Integrated Forest Ecosystem Management: The Project Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P036977), 2002-2008, Development Objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity and its repeater, the Second Rural Water Supply and Sanitation for sustainable forest ecosystem management. The Global Envi- Project (P110267), 2009-2014. ronmental Objective is the same as the PDO. Concept completed on 30 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. The objectives of the Project are proposed to remain in line with Project: P151102. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- those of RWSSP2. RWSSP3 will provide continued assistance to quired. State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry the Borrower in: (i) improving access to potable water services of the Kyrgyz Republic Tel: Tel: +996 312 610-016, E-mail: min- for the participating communities, (ii) improving hygiene, sani- eco@elcat.kg, min-eco@elcat.kg, envforest@elca, Contact: Ata- tation and water-related practices in these communities, and (iii) janov Sabir Sadykjanovich, Director of the SAEPF. advancing sector reforms and institutional capacity strengthen- ing in line with the overall sector modernization objectives. Iden- Integrated Forest Ecosystem Management: Prepare a pro- tification completed on 16 February 2015. Environmental As- ject to improve governance, livelihoods and ecological outcomes sessment Category B. US$ 13.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services in Kyrgyz Republic forest areas. Identification completed on 25 to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 4.1 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of agency(ies) to be determined. Energy and mining (N) Investment Support to the Dairy Sector Develop- ment Program: Objective to be Determined. Identification Lukovo Pole Water Regulation and Renewable Energy completed on 6 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- Project: The objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in gory B. Consulting services to be determined. Implementing the national and regional power systems. Concept completed on agency(ies) to be determined. 14 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P112730. US$70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice ELEM Macedonian Power Plants Tel: (389-23) 149-166, E-mail: nevenka.jakimova.filipovska@elem.com.mk, Contact: Nevenka (R) Third Village Investment Project: The Project Develop- Jakimova Filipovska, Head of Development Division. ment Objectives are (a) to build local capacity for participatory development and (b) improve access to quality community infra- Macedonia Energy Efficiency Fund for Public Buildings: structure services in targeted project areas. Approval completed The project would develop and capitalize a revolving fund to fi- on 27 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- nance energy efficiency improvements in public buildings. The ject: P146970. US$ 6.6/5.4 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting fund would directly support the Government's National Program services to be determined. Community Development and Invest- for Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings and meet its energy sav- ment Agency (ARIS) Tel: (996-312) 301-805, E-mail: of- ings targets for the building sector as committed under the En- fice@aris.kg, Contact: Kubanychbek Iskakovich, Executive Di- ergy Community Treaty. Identification completed on 19 March rector. 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$20.0/10.0 (IBRD/ECSE). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of (R) Urban Development Project: The PDO of the proposed Economy Tel: (389-2) 309-3489, E-mail: ne- project is to improve (i) access and quality of municipal services riman.dzeladini@economy.gov.mk. and (ii) the energy efficiency of urban infrastructure in partici- pating municipalities. This will be achieved through mobilizing Information and communications financial resources (i) to improve access and quality of municipal services such as water supply, sanitation, solid waste manage- Digital Macedonia: The development objective of this project ment, and municipal roads, (ii) to improve the energy efficiency is twofold: (1) to support GoM in its transformation of public ser- of existing urban infrastructure such as municipal social infra- vice delivery through a shared public sector infrastructure plat- structure buildings (i.e. schools, etc.), street lights and municipal form and innovative applications with particular focus on poor mechanical equipment, and (iii) to strengthen the capacity of communities in targeted areas; and (2) to increase Macedonia’s participating municipalities and utilities to plan and deliver local PAGE 75 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 competitiveness and support income generation and poverty re- Minister; CHP-2 Tel: 37322476061, E-mail: cet2@mdl.net, Con- duction for under- and unemployed by extending broadband In- tact: Mr. Anatolie Lichii, Director General; Moldova Energy Pro- ternet connectivity to vulnerable groups, and building on this jects Implementation Unit (MEPIU) Tel: 37322496796, E-mail: connectivity by leveraging and catalyzing the growth of ICT-ena- mepiu@mepiu.md, Contact: Ms. Ludmila Burlui, Executive Di- bled jobs. Identification completed on 14 May 2014. Environ- rector; CHP-1 Tel: 37322475253, E-mail: anticamera@cet-1.md, mental Assessment Category B. US$12.5 (IBRD). Consulting ser- Contact: Mr. Tudor Moiseev, Director General; Termocom Tel: vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- 37322495097, E-mail: eniv@mail.md, Contact: Mr. Veaceslav mined. Eni, Liquidator. Transportation Moldova District Heating Efficiency Improvement Par- tial Credit Guarantee: The objective of the proposed project Road Upgrading and Development Project: The objective is to improve the operational efficiency and commercial viability is to improve transport efficiency and traffic safety on a sections of the district heating (DH) services in Chisinau. This component of Corridor VIII, and improve road management and road safety is Component 2: Debt restructuring and financing of debt repay- in the country. Identification completed on 22 May 2014. Envi- ment (IDA Partial Credit Guarantee: US $ 40 million, IDA allo- ronmental Assessment Category A. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consult- cation: US$ 10 million). This component will support the Gov- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be ernment in preparing a debt restructuring plan and provide a determined. guarantee for credit enhancement on Moldova Sovereign or new integrated company borrowing. Such credit enhancement would be essential to raising commercial financing on terms that would allow repayment of the debt stock on a sustainable, long-term ba- Moldova sis to limit the financial burden of the restructuring on Chisinau residents and Moldova. For a new entity such as the integrated Agriculture, fishing, and forestry company, a structured Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) from the Bank would also help it start establishing credit on the loan and Forest and Sustainable Land Management: Under the CPS capital markets. Using an IDA PCG is expected to leverage Mol- Pillar 3, 'Promoting a Green and Resilient Moldova' the Forestry dova's IDA capital envelope. The partial nature of the PCG pro- and Sustainable Land Management Project will contribute to the vides for risk sharing with the market while offering comprehen- improvement of forest management in state and local public au- sive risk cover for a specified component of the financing. De- thority owned forest, and establish and manage shelterbelts to pending on market conditions, a PCG cover of 30-50% of debt reduce land degradation and improve agricultural productivity. service cash flows (principal + interest) may be sufficient to con- This activity will help address issues of rural poverty and climate siderably improve the available financing terms. This means that change through improved management of natural resources and a $10 million tranche of IDA country allocation used as a $40m afforestation. Identification completed on 9 June 2014. Environ- Bank PCG could help raise $80-120 million of financing from mental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consult- commercial sources. Currently, Partial Credit Guarantees (PCGs) ing services to be determined. Ministry of Environment. are only available for IBRD countries. OPCS, in consultation with CFP/SDN and other corporate and regional units is developing a Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project Addi- revised policy package which will introduce the PCGs in IDA tional Financing: The Project Development Objective is to en- countries. Such proposals have been discussed at CODE and have hance the competitiveness of the agro-food sector by supporting received positive response from all stakeholders. It is expected the modernization of the food safety management system, facili- that the revised Guarantee policy paper and associated OP/BPs tating market access for farmers, and mainstreaming agro-envi- for the use of IBRD and IDA Guarantees would be presented to ronmental and sustainable land management practices. Negotia- CODE in December 2012, and to the Board in Q3FY13. It should tions authorized on 12 March 2015. Environmental Assessment be noted that only 25% of guarantee exposure would be counted Category B. Project: P154238. US$ 12.0 (IDA Credit). No consult- against the country exposure limit - such leverage for IDA guar- ants are required. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. antees was approved in 2004. Therefore, for the proposed IDA PCG operation of $40 million, only $10 million would be counted Energy and mining against the country limit. Concept completed on 1 February 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P143870. District Heating Efficiency Improvement Project: The US$ 80.0/138.0 (GUAR/ZPCO). Consulting services to be deter- objective of the proposed project is to contribute to improved op- mined. Ministry of Economy Tel: (373-22) 250-554, E-mail: va- erational efficiency and financial viability of the District Heating dim.ceban@mec.gov.md. company and to improve quality and reliability of heating ser- vices delivered to the population of Chisinau. Approval com- Public Administration, Law, and Justice pleted on 21 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. Project: P132443. US$40.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be Tax Administration Modernization Project: The develop- required. Ministry of Economy Tel: 37322250554, E-mail: va- ment objective of the Tax Administration Modernization Project leriu.triboii@mec.gov.md, Contact: Mr. Valeriu Triboi, Deputy April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 76 (TAMP) is to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the tax Montenegro system through strengthened voluntary compliance, reduced compliance costs, enhanced professionalism and integrity of STI Health and other social services staff and the use of modern technology. Health System Efficiency and Quality Improvement The long-term vision is a tax administration with streamlined Project: The Project is aimed to further support the govern- business processes supported by risk-based compliance manage- ment’s reforms of health system through improved governance, ment, effective use of electronic communication with taxpayers, enhanced financial incentives and organization of health care. skilled and professional staff, contributing to an efficient, client- oriented tax administration characterized by fairness, honesty The Project will build up on Montenegro’s Health Care Develop- and transparency. The modernized tax administration will im- ment Strategy and on the accomplishments and lessons learnt prove the business environment and thereby increase country's from the First Montenegro Health Improvement Project. competitiveness. The Project will (i) strengthen capacity in policy making, plan- This project supports the Government of Moldova’s Tax Admin- ning and regulation including improving health care manage- istration Reform Strategy for 2011-15. The strategy focuses on in- ment capacity, support for monitoring and evaluation of health creasing voluntary compliance and improved service delivery to outcomes, health performance review and support to further im- taxpayers through modernization of institutional procedures and proving pharmaceutical policy, health technology assessment use of modern information technology. The MoF leadership and and accreditation, (ii) continue reforms towards long term finan- STI top management requested the World Bank support for tax cial sustainability through further development of financing administration reform. There continues to be a high level of de- models in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care, mand for and commitment to tax administration reform from the (iii) support for improved access to services through continuation MoF, top management of the STI as well as buy-in from staff at of service delivery reorganization towards greater utilization of the STI. Concept completed on 29 May 2014. Environmental As- primary care and out-patient care with a focus on addressing non sessment Category C. Project: P127734. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). communicable diseases at primary health care level in an inte- Consulting services to be determined. Main State Tax Inspec- grated manner and (iv) strengthen health management infor- torate Tel: 0037322823353, E-mail: mail@fisc.md, Contact: Ir- mation system to allow timely access to patient information by ina Lupascu, Chief of Section for Strategic Development & Imple- health care professionals, effective management of resources by mentation. health care providers, and allow the Health Insurance fund to hold service providers accountable. Identification completed on Strengthening Public Sector Management in the Repub- 11 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. lic of Moldova: The project will build on the results of the US$12.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- MDTF Support for Public Administration Reform (P105602), menting agency(ies) to be determined. supporting implementation of the Government Strategy for Strengthening Public Sector Management with the focus on Industry and trade strengthening capacity for policy coordination and enhancing public sector performance. Identification completed on 14 No- Montenegro Competitiveness and Job Creation: Invest- vember 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Consulting ment Lending Operation to support Competitiveness and Job services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Creation in Montenegro Identification completed on 29 Septem- mined. ber 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Transportation mined. (R) Local Roads Improvement Project: 19. The Project De- Public Administration, Law, and Justice velopment Objective (PDO) is to improve accessibility to educa- tion, health and market facilities by provision of a safe and sus- Revenue Administration Reform: The development objec- tainable local roads network in selected areas of Moldova. Con- tives are to improve the efficiency of collecting tax and social con- cept completed on 10 April 2015. Environmental Assessment tribution revenues, to increase compliance, and to reduce the Category B. Project: P150357. US$30.0/25.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). burden on taxpayers to comply. Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. The long-term vision is a tax administration that operates with streamlined risk-based business processes that contribute to the efficient collection of taxes and social contributions that are owed from all sources of economic activity. Increased compliance will generate a more robust revenue stream to provide essential ser- vices to citizens and the modernized tax administration will PAGE 77 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 improve the business environment by reducing the burden on integrated service delivery models, and regulatory changes to en- compliance on taxpayers, increase the country’s competitiveness, hance the quality of health services and their outcomes, improve and attract foreign investment. Currently, Montenegro ranks incentives and accountability for results. Identification com- 86th in the ease of paying taxes in the 2014 Doing Business rank- pleted on 4 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category ings, down one ranking from last year. Modernization will also B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Im- support the country’s goal for EU accession and economic inte- plementing agency(ies) to be determined. gration with EU member states. Concept completed on 24 Sep- tember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P149743. US$20.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- Romania mined. Montenegro Tax Administration Tel: +382 206 58 063, E-mail: poreska.uprava@tax.gov.me, Contact: Milan Lakicevic, Education Director. (R) Romania Secondary Education Project: The proposed Fiscal and Debt Managament: The Project Development Ob- Project Development Objectives are to improve the transition jective of this proposed operation is to strengthen the institu- from upper secondary into tertiary education and increase the re- tional capacity of the government of Montenegro in order to en- tention in the first year of tertiary education in project-supported hance the efficiency of using fiscal resources and to improve the education institutions Approval completed on 16 March 2015. management of public debt. The project will strengthen the over- Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P148585. all efficiency and transparency in which public resources are US$243.1 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Minis- managed. The results which this proposed operation seek to try of Education and Scientific Research Tel: 40214056223, E- achieve are as follows: 1) Reduction of the deviation of the mail: sorin.cimpeanu@gov.edu.ro, Contact: Mr. Sorin Cim- budget outturn from the plan, which would be a result of im- peanu, Minister of Education and Scientific Research. proved macroeconomic planning and forecasting for the achieve- ment of the fiscal targets. This would bring realism in the plan- Health and other social services ning process toward the achievement of fiscal targets. 2) Signif- icant reduction in arrears, which will improve the efficiency and Integrated Social Services Project: Objective to be Deter- transparency of budget execution 3) Extended maturity of pub- mined. Identification completed on 4 February 2014. Environ- lic debt, which would increase the quality of the public debt port- mental Assessment Category B. US$126.7 (IBRD). Consulting folio and reduce the risks associated with conducting new bor- services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- rowing, refinancing, rollover, swaps. The PDO level results indi- mined. cators will be designed to correspond to a series of disbursement linked indicators (DLIs) that will be used to measure the achieved results of this operation. Identification completed on 28 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$34.5 (IBRD). Russian Federation Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Education Montenegro Additional Financing EU/IPA Ag & RD In- Innovative Dev-t of Preschool Educ. of Rep. of Sakha stitution Build. Proj: The objective of the additional financing (Yakutia) Project: The Project Development Objective is to is to increase coverage and scope of the EU/IPA Agriculture and improve the quality of preschool education and increase access Rural Development Institution Building Project (P144994). to kindergartens in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Negotiations Identification completed on 23 December 2014. Environmental authorized on 28 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- Assessment Category B. US$ 6.0 (F7SD). Consulting services to gory B. Project: P127405. US$117.7 (IBRD). Consultants will be be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. required. Consultants will be required for an architect's assis- tant, permafrost engineer, ECD specialists' assistant with back- ground in Russia and CIS. Ministry of Education of Sakha (Yaku- Poland tia) Tel: (7-4112) 422-921, E-mail: nsitni@yandex.ru, Contact: Natalia Sitnikova, Head of General Education Department. Health and other social services Enhancing Workforce Skills for Regional Development: The project development objectives (PDO) are to increase the rel- Poland health service delivery project: The Project will evance of the skills of technical and vocational education and support the Government of Poland in initiating the transfor- training graduates to the needs of the labor market in selected mation of service delivery to respond more effectively to the new pilot regions and to expand best practices to other selected dis- demographic and epidemiological profile of the population. The semination regions in the Russian Federation. This will be reform program will support the downsizing and restructuring of achieved through developing, pilot testing and disseminating hospitals in better organized networks, the introduction of more modern models of efficient training of skilled workers and tech- nicians in the regional vocational education systems to support April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 78 the social and economic development of the regions of the Rus- Energy, Russian Energy Agency Tel: (7-495) 789-9292, E-mail: sian Federation. Negotiations authorized on 27 June 2014. En- Ivanov@rosenergo.gov.ru, Contact: Ms. Tatiana Yurlova, First vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P144167. Vice President. US$330.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Ed- ucation and Science Tel: (7-495) 629-2425, E-mail: klimov- Finance aa@mon.gov.ru, Contact: Alexander Klimov, Deputy Minister. Microfinance Development Project: The objectives of the Energy and mining project are to: (i) develop a proper legal, regulatory, and supervi- sory framework to enable safe and sound growth of the micro- Russia Energy Efficiency Financing Project: The Project finance and credit cooperative sectors; and (ii) develop the indus- Development Objective is to improve the efficiency of energy use try's capacity to meet sectoral regulations and institutional in Russia by scaling-up commercial lending by banks for EE in- standards. Approval completed on 31 January 2013. Environ- vestments in the industrial and public sectors. The global envi- mental Assessment Category C. Project: P095554. US$20.0 ronmental objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Finance Tel: (7- (GHGs) by scaling-up EE investments. The PDO will be achieved 495) 648-3541, E-mail: p0530_ka@minfin.ru, Contact: Alexey through combined financial and technical assistance (TA), sup- Savatyugin, Deputy Minister. ported by a US$500 million IBRD loan and a US$9.71 million GEF grant to GPB, and a US$13.02 million GEF grant to REA. Health and other social services The Project will provide assistance to three key groups of stake- Social Inclusion of Vulnerable Groups through Physical holders. International experience shows that the success in ena- Training: The Project Development Objective is to enhance so- bling investments in EE depends on participation of and interac- cial inclusion for selected disadvantaged groups in pilot munici- tions among three groups; banks, project owners, and service and palities, through increased access to, and use of, sports and rec- equipment providers. The Project will directly target selected reation activities and services. Negotiations authorized on 4 Oc- representatives from all three groups. Several Russian banks will tober 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: receive training and some technical assistance to develop their P126283. US$70.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Minis- EE lending business, so that they could enter the market to fi- try of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy Tel: (7-495) 601-9440, nance EE projects. The GPB, the third largest bank in Russia, will E-mail: varaksin@minstm.gov.ru, Contact: Mr. Pavel Varaksin, receive an IBRD loan that will co-finance its EE credit line. A vis- Lead Expert. ible presence of GPB in the market of EE financing, demonstra- tion of a viable EE lending business, and dissemination of expe- Regional Health System Modernization: The Project de- riences will encourage EE lending uptake by other banks. velopment objective is to improve the efficiency and quality of health services of Tyumen Oblast. The proposed project is linked The Project will help several regions improve their EE plans and to Strategic Theme 2 - Expanding Human Potential - of the CPS develop bankable EE subprojects. In five regions; Kaluga, Novo- for the Russian Federation for the Period 2012-2016. Specifically sibirsk, Samara, Yaroslavl and Yekaterinburg, GEF will support the proposed Project belongs to area of engagement 2.1 - Educa- REA TA efforts to regional and municipal authorities in improv- tion, Health and social protection - and will contribute to out- ing their EE programs and to several project owners in the re- come 9: Increased quality and improved access, targeting, cover- gions in preparing bankable projects. This should boost the de- age and efficiency of social services for human development. The mand for EE services and equipment providers, while demon- proposed project is expected to contribute to the WBG goals of strating viable procurement, contracting and financing models. ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity National dissemination of results and lessons learned will spur through the provision of quality cancer health services to the cit- on other regions, municipalities, and energy consumers to follow izens of Tyumen Oblast. Identification completed on 8 August the example, which could help address a critical issue facing com- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$250.0 (IBRD). mercial financing of EE projects. The shortage of EE investment Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) projects that are acceptable to commercial banks. Appraisal com- to be determined. pleted on 27 September 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory F. Project: P122492. US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services Industry and trade to be determined. Gazprombank and Ministry of Energy, Russian Energy Agency Tel: (7-495) 789-9292, E-mail: Ivanov@rosen- Additional Financing for St. Petersburg Economic De- ergo.gov.ru, Contact: Ms. Tatiana Yurlova, First Vice President. velopment Project: To support St. Petersburg in (i) promoting conducive policy and the regulatory environment for the expan- RUSSIA ENERGY EFFICIENCY (GEF): The objective is to sion of private sector enterprises; (ii) facilitating a larger and support the institutional, regulatory and market barriers facing more efficient private market for land and real estate; (iii) commercial financing of Energy Efficiency projects across Rus- strengthening City fiscal management capacity; and (iv) preserv- sia. Concept completed on 27 January 2011. Environmental As- ing and enhancing cultural assets in St. Petersburg. The higher sessment Category B. Project: P123692. US$ 22.7 (GEFU). Con- sulting services to be determined. Gazprombank and Ministry of PAGE 79 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 level objective is to enhance St Petersburg’s prospects for eco- operational and technological improvements, and (ii) to nomic diversification and growth. The AF will contribute to these strengthen the institutional and technical capacity in several objectives by leveraging the city’s cultural assets to sustain tour- Russian cities in planning and managing urban transport sys- ism, generate jobs and create opportunities for local businesses. tems. Concept completed on 15 November 2012. Environmental Negotiations authorized on 26 June 2014. Environmental As- Assessment Category B. Project: P145582. US$ 9.1 (GEFU). Con- sessment Category B. Project: P146463. US$200.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Transport Tel: 7- sultants will be required. Ministry of Culture of the Russian Fed- 495-626-10-88, E-mail: asaulna@mintrans.ru, Contact: Mr. Ni- eration Tel: 7-495-6238444, E-mail: novikov@mkrf.ru, Contact: kolay A. Asaul, Deputy Minister. Mr. Artem Novikov, Deputy Director of Estate and Investment Policy Department. Russian Development Bank Infrastructure Financing Project: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed Russia Special Economic Zones Enhancement Project: on 19 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Category F. The project development objective is to attract investors to, and US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. increase investment in, select pilot zones in the Russian SEZ pro- Vnesheconombank (Russian Development Bank) Tel: (7- gram. Concept completed on 16 May 2014. Environmental As- 903)798-0107, E-mail: Pavlov_AV@veb.ru, Contact: Mr. Alex- sessment Category B. Project: P147011. US$132.0 (IBRD). Con- ander Pavlov, Deputy Director. sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Economic Devel- opment Tel: (7-495) 694-0353, E-mail: mineconom@econ- Water, sanitation and flood protection omy.gov.ru, Contact: Dimitriy V Skripichnikov Ministry of Eco- nomic Development Tel: 7 (495) 694-0353, Contact: Evgeny Elin, ARCTIC PROGRAM: This project is to improve Russia's envi- Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development of the Ru. ronmental management systems to deal with growing environ- mental risks and pollutions in the Arctic Zone caused by climate Public Administration, Law, and Justice change and increasing human activities. Identification com- pleted on 29 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category F. Integrated Environmental Monitoring Project: The Pro- US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Eco- ject Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the national and nomic Development Tel: (7-495) 694-0353, E-mail: mineco- selected regions’ capacity to generate environmental monitoring nom@economy.gov.ru. data and provide accessible, quality and reliable environmental monitoring information to various users from the public and pri- Arctic Environment: Objective to be Determined. Identifica- vate sectors. tion completed on 1 April 2013. Environmental Assessment Cat- egory B. US$ 5.5 (GEFU). Consulting services to be determined. Specifically, the Project will facilitate improved efficiency of state Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. environmental monitoring through introducing international standards of environmental monitoring, developing the existing subsystems of state environmental monitoring and integrating Serbia them into a unified information and analytical system. Negotia- tions authorized on 29 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Industry and trade Category C. Project: P143159. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Tel: Serbia Competitiveness and Jobs: The proposed PDO is to 749-9254-1560, E-mail: vatletsov@mnr.gov.ru, Contact: Gleb A. improve the investment climate, foster innovation, and enhance Vatletsov, Director of the Department. the job opportunities of registered unemployed. Concept com- pleted on 2 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category Transportation B. Project: P152104. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Deputy Prime Minister's Office Tel: 381113620149, Improvement of Urban Transport Systems Project: The E-mail: mpopovic@gov.rs, Contact: Milos Popovic, Advisor to project aims to improve urban mobility, accessibility, safety and the Deputy Prime Minister. environmental sustainability of transport systems in selected cit- ies of the Russian Federation. Negotiations authorized on 27 Public Administration, Law, and Justice June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P133201. US$117.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Minis- (R) Serbia - Real Estate Management Project: To improve try of Transport Tel: 7-495-626-10-88, E-mail: asaulna@min- the efficiency, transparency, accessibility and reliability of Ser- trans.ru, Contact: Mr. Nikolay A. Asaul, Deputy Minister. bia’s real property management systems. Approval completed on 16 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Improvement of Urban Transport Sys (GEF): The pro- P147050. US$44.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- posed project aims (i) to improve the quality and condition of ur- mined. Republic Geodetic Authority Tel: 381112650886, E-mail: ban transport while reducing adverse environmental impacts of zpopovic@rgz.gov.rs, Contact: Zoran Popovic, Acting Director transport in three pilot cities, through physical investments and General; Ministry of Construction Transport and Infrastructure April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 80 Tel: 381113616273, E-mail: dejan.trifunovic@mgsi.gov.rs, Con- Agriculture and Water Resources Management Project. The im- tact: Dejan Trifunovic, State Secretary. plementation of the ongoing project has exceeded expectations and benefitted the most food-insecure population in the southern (N) Public Sector Employment and Performance: Objec- Khatlon oblast of Tajikistan. The disbursement rate for the first tive to be Determined. Identification completed on 7 April 2015. year of the project implementation has also exceeded the planned Environmental Assessment Category C. US$75.0 (IBRD). Con- targets with the project assessed well on track in achieving its de- sulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to velopment objectives. The additional financing is proposed to ex- be determined. tend support to the Government of Tajikistan in addressing the challenges of macro-economic instability expected in the country as a result of economic slowdown in the Russian Federation. Tajikistan Measures to increase short and medium-term employment op- portunities are needed in response to these external events. The Agriculture, fishing, and forestry proposed AF will be used to finance the rehabilitation of irriga- tion and drainage infrastructure and to support Water User As- sociations in four districts in Khatlon and one district in the Re- FVWRMP - Phase II: The Tajikistan Fergana Valley Water Re- gions of Republican Subordination. In the short-term additional sources Management Project - Phase II will build on the achieve- financing will increase rural opportunities through public works. ments and lessons learned from the first phase. The project aims In the medium-term it will raise farm incomes and improve the to improve the quality of irrigation service delivery in the project incentives for young people to remain in rural areas, by improv- area by (i) rehabilitating irrigation and drainage infrastructure, ing access to irrigation and increasing the returns to crop and (ii) strengthening the institutional framework for irrigation and livestock production. Identification completed on 22 January drainage management (including the newly established Irriga- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 12.0 (IDA tion Agency and WUAs), and (iii) supporting water sector re- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing forms to improve the financial viability of irrigation. The project agency(ies) to be determined. will, on a demand-driven basis, pursue farm restructuring and will help farmers take full advantage of the restructuring by switching to production of higher value crops. Identification Education completed on 18 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- (R) Higher Education Project: The overarching objective of termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the project is to strengthen the capacity of the higher education system and its education institutions to provide high quality and Environmental Land Management and Rural Liveli- relevant education to its graduates. Specifically, the proposed hoods - Additional Financing: The project development ob- Development Objective is: jective is to enable rural people to increase their productive assets in ways that improve natural resource management and resili- To strengthen the higher education system through policy, pro- ence to climate change in selected climate vulnerable sites. The gram, and governance reforms that (i) provide more equitable ac- proposed Additional Financing, to be supported with IDA re- cess and retention, (ii) enhance internal and external quality as- sources, will enable the scaling up of the project's rural produc- surance capacity, and (iii) enhance relevance of academic pro- tion and land resource management investments. Additional grams to better reflect labor market demand. Concept completed lowland, middle hill and upland districts will be supported in on 5 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. adopting innovative rural production and land management Project: P148291. US$ 8.3/6.8 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consult- measures at the village level, as well as in introducing sustainable ants will be required. Ministry of Education and Science Tel: community-managed pasture/fodder-based livestock produc- 992372214605, E-mail: moert.k@maorif.tj, Contact: Mr. Nurid- tion systems and sustainable on-farm water management prac- din Saidov, Minister of Education and Science. tices in irrigated cropland. Additional support will be provided for capacity building and institutional support comprising facili- Energy and mining tation assistance and technical advice; support for local level ser- vice organizations; training, dissemination and knowledge man- Tajikistan Winter Energy Project: The project objective is agement services; and analysis, research, and monitoring. Iden- to mitigate the impact of winter energy shortages on inhabitants tification completed on 18 November 2014. Environmental As- of select urban and rural settlements of Tajikistan by supporting sessment Category B. US$ 1.8/2.0 (IDA Grant/CSCF). Consult- development and implementation of heat supply options for and ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be energy efficiency demand side measures in housing stock and determined. public buildings. Identification completed on 9 June 2014. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Con- Additional Financing for Tajikistan PAMP II: The pro- sulting services to be determined. Project Implementation Unit. posal would scale up and broaden geographical coverage of the ongoing Tajikistan Second Public Employment for Sustainable PAGE 81 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and other social services (R) Additional Financing to TJ Health Services Im- Water, sanitation and flood protection provement Project: The revised Project Development Objec- tive (PDO) is to contribute to the improvement of the coverage Tajikistan Second Dushanbe Water Supply Project - Ad- and quality of basic primary health care (PHC) services in se- ditional Financing: The AIS is being created to provide addi- lected districts. Negotiations authorized on 9 April 2015. Envi- tional financing for the ongoing Second Dushanbe Water Supply ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P153975. US$ Project (P118196). The additional financing is being considered 5.5/4.5 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). No consultants are required. to: i) address the worsened situation of insufficient funding un- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. der the project, due to continued unfavorable trends in SDR to USD exchange rates (as of Dec 2014, DWSP2’s residual undis- Tajikistan: Migrant crisis support: To mitigate the impact bursed funding in USD is insufficient to cover committed con- of the reduced formal migration opportunities to Russia for Tajik tracts. Commitments in fact now exceed funding by about citizens by enhancing the employment prospects for Tajik work- $522k); and ii) meet the additional financing request issued by ers. Identification completed on 16 March 2015. Environmental GoRT/Municipality of Dushanbe/DVK, which coincide with the Assessment Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- recent project supervision and MTR findings. Both aspects would vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- need to be met, so as to contribute to successful progress towards mined. project's original PDO, which is to "improve water utility perfor- mance and water supply services in selected areas of Dushanbe." (N) Targeted Social Assistance Rollout Project (AF): Ob- Identification completed on 19 February 2015. Environmental jective to be Determined. Identification completed on 6 April Assessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$5.0 (IBRD). vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) mined. to be determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Turkey (R) Communal Services Development Fund: The project Agriculture, fishing, and forestry development objective (PDO) is to improve basic communal and municipal services in participating cities and towns. Approval Integrated River Basin Management Project: The pro- completed on 17 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- posed investment project is the culmination of a three-year policy gory B. Project: P133449. US$ 13.5 (IDA Grant). Consulting ser- dialogue and effort by the Bank, supported by technical assis- vices to be determined. Khochagii Manziliu Komunali Tel: 992 tance which brought together a number of key natural resource 372 21 77 98, E-mail: khmk@tojikiston.com, Contact: Mr. Ali- management agencies in an institutional setting characterized by murod Tagoimurodov, DG. fragmentation and weak coordination mechanisms. Over the pe- riod FY10-12, the Technical Assistance was focused on enhancing Public Finance Management Modernization Project 2: the capacity of relevant agencies to agree on and undertake the The development objective of the project is to improve effective- preparation of a National Basin Management Strategy (NBMS), ness, control and accountability of public expenditure of the Re- to guide future government and policy and investment decision public of Tajikistan. Negotiations authorized on 27 February in watershed rehabilitation and water resources management. 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P150381. This was done through: (i) setting up an inter-sectoral coordina- US$ 10.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. tion process (National Steering Committee) and supporting its Ministry of Finance Tel: 992372213290, E-mail: min_fin@tojik- work on the preparation of the NBMS through workshops and iston.com; alik_tj@mail.ru, Contact: Shuhrat Maqsudzoda, broad consultations;(ii) contributing several analytical pieces, in- Head of Department. cluding a Sector Note, a Policy Options Paper, and an Advisory Note and implementation guidelines on cumulative environmen- TJ: CASA-1000 Community Support Program: The pro- tal impact assessment for hydropower development; and posed project will finance investments (infrastructure, technol- (iii)strengthening the policy dialogue on natural resource and ogy) in the energy and water sectors in recognition of the links water management. Within this setting, the proposed investment between these services and human development outcomes. Ben- operation will support the implemetation of the NBMS and the efits will accrue at the community level. The project will adopt a new water sector reforms. In particular, the focus will be on community-based approach to allow for participatory and inclu- strengthening the new basin management institutions in light of sive decision-making on community priorities. Identification the ongoing reforms in the water sector. In addition, the project completed on 19 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Cat- would support piloting the establishment of a river basin agency egory B. US$ 10.0 (CASA). Consulting services to be determined. (including governance, operations management and analytical April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 82 tools, staff training, computer and monitoring equipment, deci- Bank Tel: (90-312) 289-1780, E-mail: recep.gulec@halk- sion support systems, office space etc.), and would finance stra- bank.com.tr. tegically selected investments in watershed rehabilitation and water management (e.g., erosion control and afforestation, flood Health and other social services protection, bulk water supply infrastructure) Identification com- pleted on 13 November 2012. Environmental Assessment Cate- Health Sector Reform Support Project: The proposed pro- gory B. US$90.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ject would continue to support the MOH Health Transformation Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs Tel: (90-312) 207-5696, Program’s expansion of preventive medicine, improvement of E-mail: havci@cob.gov.tr, Contact: Mr. Hanifi Avci hospital management, and enhanced stewardship role of the Ministry of Health. In line with these goals, the project develop- Energy and mining ment objective is to contribute to improving primary and second- ary prevention of NCDs, increasing the efficiency of health facil- Gas Sector Development Additional Financing: Objective ity management, and enhancing the stewardship role of MOH. to be Determined. Approval completed on 2 July 2014. Environ- Concept completed on 25 January 2015. Environmental Assess- mental Assessment Category A. Project: P133565. US$400.0 ment Category C. Project: P152799. US$135.7 (IBRD). Consult- (IBRD). Consultants will be required. BOTAS Turkish Pipeline ing services to be determined. Ministry of Health Tel: 90-312- Company Tel: (90-312) 297-2018, E-mail: mgazi.dulger@bo- 3241032, E-mail: trhealth@saglik.gov.tr, Contact: A. Celalettin tas.gov.tr, Contact: Mr. Mehmet Gazi Dulger, Project Director. Tarhan, Project Director. Turkey Geothermal Development Project: The Project De- Public Administration, Law, and Justice velopment Objective is to scale up private sector investment in geothermal energy development in Turkey. This will be achieved Land Registration and Cadastre Modernization Project by reducing the risks taken on by the private sector in the explor- - Second Phase: The Additional Financing is intended to help atory phases, and by providing access to long-term financing for scale up activities under the ongoing Land Registration and Ca- resource development phases. Concept completed on 20 Janu- dastre Modernization Project to further contribute to the Gov- ary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: ernment's agenda of improving the quality and effectiveness of P151739. US$250.0/40.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consulting services to public services through the expansion of effective e-government be determined. Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources Tel: applications and modernization of land administration and prop- 90-312-295-5010, E-mail: yyazar@yegm.gov.tr, Contact: Yusuf erty valuation systems. Yazar, Director General, General Directorate of Renewable En- ergy. This would be done through (i) expansion of the successful Phase I property valuation pilots to a rollout phase with the aim of de- (R) EU/IPA Energy Sector Technical Assistance Pro- veloping market-based values for property tax administration gram - Phase 2 Project: Project Development Objective is to and other purposes; (ii) expansion of the modernization of cadas- develop the administrative and technical capacity of relevant in- tral records through improved accuracy of survey techniques us- stitutions to achieve an increasing alignment with the EU Acquis ing digital technology; and (iii) improved and integrated man- and the Europe 2020 targets in the areas of (1) energy efficiency, agement information systems to improve inter-agency and end- (2) internal energy market, and(3) long-term energy planning user access to and use of land property data. Identification com- and modelling. Approval completed on 10 March 2015. Environ- pleted on 22 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category mental Assessment Category B. Project: P151934. US$ 15.8 B. US$80.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Im- (F7U6). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Energy plementing agency(ies) to be determined. and Natural Resources Tel: 90-312-295-5010, E-mail: yyazar@yegm.gov.tr, Contact: Yusuf Yazar, Director General, Water, sanitation and flood protection General Directorate of Renewable Energy. SUSTAINABLE CITIES: The proposed investment project Finance builds upon the foundation of Turkey's Municipal Services Pro- ject. Providing financing to Turkish municipalities through Iller Long Term Finance Guarantee: The Project Development Bank (a municipal financial intermediary) would be one im- Objective (PDO) is to improve access to longer term finance for portant feature that would carry forward. However, the Sustain- micro, small and medium enterprises and export oriented enter- able Cities Project aims to go beyond financing "one-off" invest- prises. ments to improve environmental services. It's focus is on shifting municipal planning visions several years into the future for cities A Guarantee to Halkbank to raise market financing to directly that are striving to be sustainable. It encourages cities to avoid lend to MSMEs and EOEs. Appraisal completed on 4 December the "lock-in" effect of unplanned development and investments 2014. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P148858. that will have high energy and greenhouse gas emission costs US$ 400.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Halk over time. Built around a Sustainable Cities Index, each city will PAGE 83 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 embark on developing a Sustainable Cities Action Plan with col- Poltava to Kharkiv. The road will be built to a four lane standard, lected baseline data and sustainability targets spanning a 20 year will include bypasses and bridges where necessary. or more span of time. Every fifth year would be a milestone year and would also mark the end of the investment project being pre- The institutional component of the project will take forward the pared with the expectation that incremental improvements are road safety agenda started in the first two projects and also sup- made toward a longer term plan. port Ukravtador with their on-going reform and institutional strengthening agenda particularly related to asset management The SC Index would provide a policy instrument or vehicle in and securing sufficient financial resources to undertake this task. which national policies and strategies on sustainable urban de- Identification completed on 6 January 2014. Environmental As- velopment, green growth, and energy efficiency, among others sessment Category B. US$800.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to could be addressed through the investment plan and capacity be determined. UKRAVTODOR Tel: (380-44) 287-2449, E-mail: building program. forec@ukravtodor.goc.ua. The SC Project is expected to span 5 years with financing of up Water, sanitation and flood protection to $300 million. Policy coordination at the national level would be facilitated by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, (N) Second Urban Infrastructure Project Additional Fi- which is the Project champion and primary national level stake- nancing: SIDA Grant: Objective to be Determined. Identifica- holder. Identification completed on 21 December 2012. Environ- tion completed on 6 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cat- mental Assessment Category F. US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting egory B. US$ 7.0 (F7VP). Consulting services to be determined. services to be determined. Iller Bank Tel: (90-312) 384-6126, E- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. mail: h.atasoy@ilbank.gov.tr. Ukraine Uzbekistan Health and other social services Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Community Social Support Project: The proposed Project Ferghana Valley Water Resources Management - Phase Development Objective (PDO) is to improve living conditions II: The objective of the Fergana Valley WRM - Phase II project is and services in targeted communities and to enhance capacity of to improve water management and agricultural production in the local governments to manage local development needs in a par- Fergana Valley. The objective will be achieved by investing in the ticipatory and accountable manner. Concept completed on 20 rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure, promoting diversifica- February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: tion and intensification, and farm mechanization, as well as im- P151701. Consulting services to be determined. Ukrainian Social provement in the management of water resources. Identification Investment Fund Tel: 380442302673, E-mail: VMirosh- completed on 4 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- nychenko@usif.org.ua, Contact: Viktor Miroshnychenko, Direc- egory B. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. tor. Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources Tel: (998-711) 412- 92. Industry and trade Livestock Sector Development Project: Livestock Sector Improving Competitiveness for Growth and Jobs: Objec- Development Project. The Project Development Objective is pro- tive to be Determined. Identification completed on 25 Septem- visionally to improve the provision of infrastructure, services and ber 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$300.0 finance to the livestock sector in the project area. The Project will (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing include four components: Component 1 Livestock and Veterinary agency(ies) to be determined. Services Improvement; Component 2 Access to Finance; and Component 3 Pasture Management Improvement; and Compo- Public Administration, Law, and Justice nent 4 Project Management. Component 1 will finance the devel- opment of:(i) state and private veterinary services and imple- DEVSTAT 2: Objective to be Determined. Identification com- mentation of disease control strategies; (ii) livestock breed im- pleted on 12 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- provement and (iii) improvement of extension services and inte- gory C. US$60.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. gration of smallholder livestock production into the livestock Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. supply chain. Component 2 will finance a credit line to the com- mercial banks for the livestock sector. Component 3 will finance Transportation the improvement of pasture infrastructure and management and strengthening of pasture related institutions. Component 4 will Road Sector Development Project: This project will be a finance project management and operating costs. Identification continuation of the previous two road safety and improvement completed on 18 November 2014. Environmental Assessment projects and will extend the upgrade of of the M-03 road from April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 84 Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- and the Ministries of Economy and Finance. Identification com- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. pleted on 14 November 2011. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory C. US$ 40.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- Education mined. Ministry of Public Education Tel: (998-71) 239-1310, E- mail: info@uzedu.uz. Modernizing Higher Education Project: In developing countries with young and growing populations like Uzbekistan, the need for inclusive growth through expanding employment and productivity is self-evident. The development of job- relevant Energy and mining skills is an essential element of any strategy to generate economic growth. Unfortunately, too many workers across the world are Electricity Distribution Modernization Project: The pro- simply unprepared to meet the needs of the labor market in an ject will rehabilitate electricity distribution substation systems in evolving world economic environment. In many countries, edu- selected areas of Uzbekistan to improve their efficiency and re- cation systems are not providing young people with the basic duce losses. Identification completed on 19 November 2012. En- skills -cognitive and behavioral- that make them trainable. In vironmental Assessment Category B. US$155.0 (IBRD). Consult- other cases the labor force is highly educated, but the jobs they’ve ing services to be determined. UzbekEnergo Tel: (998-71) 233- been trained for simply do not exist. 9821/9889, E-mail: sjsc@uzpak.uz, Contact: Iskander Basidov, Chairman of the Board. In Uzbekistan, a 2008 survey of firms in the country concluded that between 30 percent and 40 percent of them considered District Heating Energy Efficiency Project: The District worker skills a major or very severe constraint to their growth. Is Heating (DH)Rehabilitation and Energy Efficiency project would it possible that students are not graduating with the right skills reconstruct DH systems in Andijan and Chirchik. The project for the modern Uzbek job market? This problem is even more would include specifically: (i) the reconstruction of heat produc- acute because the Uzbek Higher Education System is character- tion facilities, networks and in-house heating systems; (ii) under- ized by relatively low enrolment rates. Tertiary enrolment rate taking the significant change in system design from open sys- has declined from around 17 percent in 1991 to around 10 per- tems to closed systems; (iii) installing building level individual cent now. This rate is low by regional and international stand- heat substations (IHS) equipped with heat meters; and (iv) ards. For example, Kazakistan has an enrolment rate of 40 per- changing from DH to local heating in regions where local heating cent and lower middle income countries have an enrolment rate is the least-cost solution. Identification completed on 18 June of around 16 percent . Also, the share of tertiary education in ed- 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 188.0 (IDA ucation budget has declined from around 10 percent in 1991, to Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Econ- around 6 percent now. omy. Clearly, there is a need to examine this issue in greater detail. Health and other social services Some questions that need to answered are-How to build skills, including for those already in the workforce, so that they match Additional Financing to Health System Improvement the needs of the economy as it develops? How can higher educa- Project: The main project plans to equip with modern medical tion system ensure quality and relevance of university programs? equipment 100 Rayon Medical Unions out of 157 current ones as What implications does the international competition for jobs well as 76 urban policlinics from 155 ones, that are established on have for the Uzbek university system in an increasingly global the basis of the existing outpatient establishments. Allocation of marketplace? additional IDA funds in the amount of up to US$63.0 mln will equip the remaining primary health care units which are not cov- This piece describe preliminary concept for project on Higher ered by the Health-III Project. Approval completed on 7 March Education in Uzbekistan with a total estimated Bank Budget of 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P133187. USD 250,000 for preparation (FY 12: USD 25 K, FY 13: USD 125 US$ 93.0 (IDA Credit). No consultants are required. Ministry of K, FY 14: USD 100 K) Health Tel: (998-71) 239-4808, E-mail: office@jpib.uz, Contact: Djamshed Djabriyev, Executive Director. The Project will aim : (i)to increase access higher education ser- vices,; (ii) to enhance the quality and relevance of higher educa- Industry and trade tion; and (iii) to strengthen the institutional capacity of Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education Horticulture Development Project: The project develop- Counterparts: ment objective is to enhance the productivity and profitability of horticulture sector in the project area. Approval completed on 12 Our main counterpart for the Project is Ministry of Higher and June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Secondary Special Education P133703. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Rural Restructuring Agency Tel: 998-71-237-1657, E-mail: resp@sks.uz, Contact: Nasriddin Najimov, General Director. PAGE 85 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 C. Relationship to CPS Information and communications The proposed project would support CPS FY12 – FY15 by en- Modernization of Real Property Registration and Ca- hancing the economy’s competitiveness through increase in the dastre: A. Country Context efficiency of real property and mortgage markets; by improving access to, and outcomes of social services through the provision The Government of Uzbekistan is seeking to upgrade its real of gender aggregated data on real properties; and improving gov- property registration and cadastre system. It aims to develop an ernance (CPS’s cross cutting theme) of real properties through integrated (i.e., textual and spatial data), electronic real property improved transparency of property transactions and access to registration and cadastre system for deployment throughout the real property register data. entire country under an improved legal and operational frame- work and capacities. This relates to larger objectives of Govern- ment’s Master Plan for electronic government and to improve in- vestment climate in Uzbekistan. The real property register and D. Tentative PDO and activities cadastre is recognized as one among the 6 key e-registers of the The proposed project’s development objective would be to estab- country. lish a computerized and unified real property registration and ca- B. Sectoral and Institutional Context dastre system in Uzbekistan as part of the national e-government structure and services. This project would support the develop- Real property register and cadastre reform in Uzbekistan dates ment of a functioning real property market and more broadly back to 1997 and the new Civil Code that prompted the creation provide the spatial base for a modern market economy in the of National Real Property Cadastral and Rights Registration Sys- country. The project would improve the governance real property tem. This was initially to serve taxation, but the Law on State Ca- assets and make a positive fiscal impact by enhancing property dastre of 2000 shifted the focus to the registration of real prop- taxation. The unified real property registration and cadastre sys- erty rights for the benefit of the developing real property market. tem would also serve as the base for of the national spatial data In 2005, a sectorial reorganization brought together Goskomzem infrastructure and be one among the 6 key registers of the e-gov- (State Land Committee), Uzgeodescadastre (Land Registry and ernment platform of Uzbekistan. Cadastre) and Cadastral Bureau of Technical Inventory (Building Register) forming Goscomzemgeodescadastre (GKZGDK) as the The project would achieve this in the real property registration agency responsible for the state cadaster (land, buildings, and sector by (i) raising awareness on the importance of secure real apartments) and the geoinformation databases (National Unified property rights, (ii) increasing capacities in authorities involved, Cadastre System and National Geographical Information Sys- (iii) improving business processes and customer orientation in tem). However, the institutional consolidation, has not been ac- the real property register and cadastre, (iv) enhancing the use of companied by a full consolidation of records and services. In e-technologies in GKZGDK, (v) increasing the coverage of formal 2007, GKZGDK with technical assistance from the European Un- state guaranteed register of real property rights i.e. in the real ion introduced a computerized real estate registration system, property register and cadastre, (vi) building private and public named “Uzbek Land Register 2.2” (UZLR) to Samarkand, Tash- sector capacities, (vii) improving the regulatory and operational kent and Khorezm regions. Conversion from manual to comput- environment of the real property register and cadastre, (viii) in- erized records started also in other regions in 2009, but the pro- vesting in technical infrastructure of GKZGDK and the real prop- gress has been slow. UZLR has generally improved the registra- erty register and cadastre, (ix) facilitating spatial data access, ex- tion system, but the application is outdating, its coverage has not changing and sharing, and (x) improving transparency of real expanded and it is not properly maintained. In 2012-2013, the property ownership and transactions in Uzbekistan. Uzbek President and government established an e-government E. Tentative Project Components and IDA budget system initiative including and improved electronic real property registration and cadaster system. Presidential resolution (No.PP- The proposed project would focus on establishing an electronic 1989, 27 June 2013) established the Integrated Information Sys- and unified real property register and cadastre in GKZGDK and tem for Real Property Registration and Cadastre and National enhance its operations through improved regulatory and opera- Geographical Information System (NGIS) as two of the six basic tional framework and capacities, and expanding spatial data ex- components of the e-government platform in Uzbekistan and change and dissemination. The proposed project cost is 50 mil- vested them to GKZGDK to establish and manage. In a parallel lion USD IDA and the project would have four main components: legal initiative, a new law on “State registration of rights to im- movable property” to reflect the transfer to fully computerized •Component A – Real Property Registration and Cadastre Sys- real property registration and services has been drafted and is be- tem Development; ing considered by the Cabinet of Ministers. •Component B – Real Property Registration and Cadastre Data Development; April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 86 •Component C – Use of Real Property Register and Cadastre treatment plant; (ii) sewage pumping stations; (iii) replacement Data; and / rehabilitation of about 22 kilometers (km) of sewers of various diameters in the sewer collection system and house connections. •Component D – Regulatory Development, Institutional Devel- (ii) Samarkand wastewater facilities: estimated cost US$45 mil- opment, Capacity Building, Technical Assistance and Project lion, and would include construction of: (i) phase II wastewater Management. Identification completed on 14 July 2014. Envi- treatment plant; and the reconstruction of Farhood wastewater ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Con- treatment plant (ii) sewage pumping stations; (iii) replacement / sulting services to be determined. State Committee on Land Re- rehabilitation of about 60 kilometers (km) of sewers of various sources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre, E-mail: diameters in the sewer collection system and house connections. info@ygk.uz. (iii) Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: estimated cost US$6 .0 million. It includes the following activities a. Consult- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ing services for construction supervision of the above works (es- timated cost US$ 3.5 million) b. Capacity building & training Strengthening Administration of Labor and Social Pro- (estimated cost US$0.8 million). c. Other consulting services tection Services: Improve administration of national labor and including a possible fiduciary, monitoring and audits (estimated social programs through strengthening information manage- cost US$ 1.8 million). Project Cost And Financing. the Uzkom ment systems and integrating service provision at the district of- expressed the Government keen interest using cofinancing ar- fices. Identification completed on 26 February 2015. Environ- rangements in order to expand the scope of work of the Addi- mental Assessment Category B. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting tional Financing to Phase III of the Gov program and build ca- services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- pacity to design and implement large capital projects to rigorous mined. international standards. The total cost of the project is estimated at about US$ 91.0 million, of which US$ 70 million available Transportation from IDA credit. Identification completed on 24 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 105.0 (IDA Grant). Regional Roads and Development Project: 14. The pro- Consulting services to be determined. Uzkommunkhizmat Tel: posed Project Development Objectives (PDOs) are to reduce road (998-712) 354-497, E-mail: waterproject@unitech.uz. user costs, improve road safety on the project roads and to de- velop a framework program for regional road asset management. Concept completed on 15 December 2014. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P146334. US$ 200.0 (IDA Credit). Regional Consulting services to be determined. Republican Road Fund Tel: 998712394626, E-mail: rrproject14@gmail.com, Contact: Energy and mining Jamol Shukurov, Director of Road Fund. Kaniv Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant: The project Water, sanitation and flood protection will include construction of a new pumped storage hydropower plant in Kaniv. The project will be financed jointly by the Bank, Additional Financing for Bukhara and Samarkand Sew- EIB, EBRD and KfW. Identification completed on 30 December erage Project: The Government of Uzbekistan estimated that a 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. total of about US$ 200 million will be needed in Bukhara and US$500.0/100.0/500.0/100.0 (IBRD/EBRD/EUIB/KFW). Samarkand to rehabilitate and improve the overall wastewater Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) services. The BSSP financed only Phase I of Government's invest- to be determined. ment plans. The proposed Additional Financing will finance im- plementation of further priority rehabilitation works included in Public Administration, Law, and Justice Phase II and Phase III of the Government's program. The Addi- tional Financing objectives will remain the same as per the orig- Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Program for Central inal project i.e. to mitigate the environmental impact from Asia (CAMP4CA): 8. The objective of the Climate Adaptation wastewater pollution and improve the efficiency and sustainabil- and Mitigation Program for Central Asia (CAMP4CA) is to sup- ity of wastewater management in Bukhara and Samarkand. port the integrated development of climate-smart information, Other objectives of the AF are to lay the foundation for a sustain- institutions, and investment capacities throughout the countries able policy framework for the water sector and continue the pro- of Central Asia. This is expected to be achieved through grams of capacity building. The scope of the proposed AF would strengthened coordination mechanisms; improved information include implementation of wastewater treatment plants facilities gathering, sharing, and analysis for decision support; and incu- in Bukhara and Samarkand cities and replacement/ rehabilita- bation of innovative climate-smart action for potential scale up. tion of sewers and pumping stations that were not included in the Concept completed on 19 August 2014. Environmental Assess- original project. The proposed activities are as follows: (i) Bu- ment Category B. Project: P151363. US$ 47.0 (IDA Credit). Con- khara Wastewater facilities: estimated cost US$40.0 million and sulting services to be determined. Federation Administration for would include construction of: (i) phase II Bukhara wastewater PAGE 87 Europe and Central Asia April 2015 Geodetic and Real Property Affairs of the FBH, E-mail: zeljko.ob- planning and management in the Central Asia Region. The pro- radovic@fgu.com.ba. posed Project Development Objective of the Phase-I CA-WARM project is that targeted institutions in Central Asia adopt an im- Transportation proved water resources monitoring and management platform. Identification completed on 30 September 2014. Environmental Central Asia Road Links - Tajikistan: The Central Asia Road Assessment Category B. US$15.0/50.0/10.0/10.0 (IBRD/IDA Links (CARs) program has the overall development objective to Credit/IDA Grant/GFCO). Consulting services to be determined. increase transport connectivity between neighboring countries in Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Central Asia along priority cross-border road links and to support improvements in road operations and asset management prac- Danube Water Program Additional Financing: Objective tices. The program is the result of a collaborative effort initiated to be Determined. Identification completed on 22 October 2014. by respective governments in the Central Asia region which has Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 6.4 (F7VP). Con- been developed as a regional, multi-phase program considered as sultants will be required. International Association of Water Sup- a regional project under IDA16 and IDA 17 with substantial trans- ply Companies in the Danube River Catchment Area (IAWD) Tel: formational impact. 431-59959-31002, E-mail: kling@iawd.at, Contact: Walter Kling, Secretary General. The project development objective (PDO) of the Second Phase of the Central Asia Road Links Program (CARs-2) is to increase transport connectivity between the Republic of Tajikistan and neighboring countries along priority cross-border road links in Latin America and Caribbean Sugd Oblast and to support improvements in road operations and asset management practices. The road sections to be fi- Argentina nanced under CARs-2 prioritize connectivity between Sugd Ob- last in Tajikistan with Batken and Osh Oblasts in the Kyrgyz Re- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry public and Ferghana Oblast in Uzbekistan. Approval completed on 25 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. AR Socio-Economic Inclusion In Rural Areas: To increase Project: P145634. US$ 38.3/6.8 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Con- the socio-economic inclusion of rural poor (small producers, in- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Transport Tel: 992- digenous people, and rural workers) by: (a) strengthening their 372211267, E-mail: info@mintrans.tj mtrt-invest.dep@mail.ru, organizational, planning and management capacity to achieve Contact: Sherali Ganjalzoda, First Deputy Minister. poverty-reduction goals; (b) improving their access to commu- nity infrastructure and services and (c) piloting a new model for Water, sanitation and flood protection developing sustainable access to markets. Appraisal completed on 31 March 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- West Balkans Drina River Basin Management: 30.The ject: P106685. US$52.5 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. objective of the Project is to assist the countries of Bosnia-Herze- Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Pesca (MAGyP formerly govina, Serbia and Montenegro to achieve improved planning SAGPyA) Tel: (54-11) 4349-1300, E-mail: prosap-co- and implementation for integrated, cooperative management of munica@prosap.gov.ar, Contact: Lic. Jorge Neme, Coordinador the trans-boundary Drina River basin. Concept completed on 18 Ejecutivo, Ing Sandro Sassatelli, Coordinador Tecnico. September 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- ject: P145048. US$ 5.0/5.0 (GEFU/SCCF). Consulting services (R) Rural Corridors and Biodiversity: The proposed pro- to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water ject would aim to increase the protection of vulnerable natural Management, E-mail: dmitarzakula@yahoo.com, Contact: Dmi- areas and the conservation of biological diversity in both the Ar- tar Zakula, Manager, International cooperation; FBiH Ministry gentine Patagonian Steppe and the Argentine Chaco. It would of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Tel: 387-33- achieve this goal by (i) engaging with a wide range of stakehold- 726550, E-mail: ana.basic@fmpvs.gov.ba, Contact: Jerko ers in planning and management of sustainable-use corridors Ivanković-Lijanović, Minister; RS Ministry of Agriculture, Water within the two ecosystems. (ii) increasing the number of national Management and Forestry Tel: 387-51-338415, E-mail: m.steva- protected areas managed by APN in target ecosystems within the novic@mps.vladars.net, Contact: Stevo Mirjanic, Minister; Min- corridors, and (iii) strengthening conservation efforts and capac- istry of Agriculture and Rural Development Tel: 38220482109, ities in Provincial Protected Areas. The project would be partially E-mail: kabinet@mpr.gov.me, Contact: Mr. Predrag Ivanovic, blended with the recently approved IBRD Sustainable Natural Minister. Resource Management Project, which has a project formulation activity to support the preparation of the envisioned work. The Central Asia Water Resources Management (CA- main project beneficiaries will be (i) the rural poor whose liveli- WARM) Phase-I Project: The proposed objective of the over- hoods depend on the natural resource base, particularly in the all CA-WARM program would be to improve the information, in- Argentine Steppe and Chaco; (ii) the total supply-chain involved stitutional, and infrastructure foundation for water resources in Argentina's nature-based tourism; and (iii) and civil society as beneficiaries of the project . In addition, the project would aim to April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 88 bolster the technical capacity and outreach of federal and provin- long-term improvement in productivity and market access, over- cial organizations working in natural resource issues to provide all contributing to an increased competitiveness and sustainabil- technical, policy and regulatory leadership within the field of nat- ity of agricultural production systems in the regional economies. ural resource management and fostering inter-institutional coor- dination and collaboration between many of the agencies in- Target group. The project primary target group will comprise volved in environmental and natural resources management. Ap- about 80,000 small and medium-sized producers who have clear proval completed on 7 April 2015. Environmental Assessment potential to participate in a modern and competitive agribusiness Category B. Project: P114294. US$ 6.3/2.3 (GEFU/MSC1). Con- system, but need to improve their productivity and profitability sulting services to be determined. Administacion de Parques in order to be competitive and reduce their vulnerability. Nacionales Tel: (54-11) 4774-5357, E-mail: NA, Contact: Dra. Pa- tricia Gandini, President. Target areas. While the project is national in scope, the regional economies are the target area for investment subprojects, which AR PROSAP3 - Third Provincial Agricultural Develop- constitute the most sizable part of the operation. Eligibility crite- ment Project: The project development objective for PROSAP3 ria for target areas would include number of small and medium- will be to increase productivity and sales for small and medium- size producers, number of direct and indirect beneficiaries be- scale producers supported by project activities. longing to the target group. Selection criteria. To ensure the bal- anced and equitable allocation of public funding, subproject To reach its objective, the project will support capacity-building preparation will include specific selection criteria to be applied and investments geared toward a more efficient use of natural re- sources and energy, increased adaptation to climate change, early on in the selection and approval process, which could Energy and mining include: (i) counterpart support proportional to the in- come level of beneficiaries; (ii) investment caps by type of Argentina Renewable Energy for Rural Areas Pro- investment and by number and type of beneficiary (direct ject: The project's development objective is to provide and indirect); (iii) level of financial leverage (private or and enhance access to modern energy services in selected public-private) in the investment; (iv) level of climate rural areas of Argentina. Negotiations authorized on 15 change mitigation and adaptation measures considered in January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. the project design. Concept completed on 1 August 2013. Project: P133288. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P132416. required. Secretaría de Energía Tel: 541150719690, E- US$500.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry mail: vrusso@minplan.gob.ar, Contact: Víctor Santiago of Economy and Production Tel: (5411-4) 349-6200. Russo, Coordinador General del Proyecto. (R) Forests and Community: The Project Develop- Health and other social services ment Objective is to improve forest management; and in- crease access to markets and basic services by small forest (R) Protecting Vulnerable People Against Non- producers including indigenous and campesinos in se- communicable Diseases Project: To contribute to: (i) lected Northern Provinces of Argentina. Approval com- improving the readiness of public health facilities to de- pleted on 7 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- liver higher quality NCD-services for vulnerable popula- gory B. Project: P132846. US$58.8 (IBRD). Consultants tion groups and expanding the scope of selected services; will be required. SAyDS Tel: 54-9-1533-542705, E-mail: and (ii) protecting vulnerable population groups against Jorgetrevinforest@gmail.com, Contact: Jorge Trevin, prevalent NCD risk factors. Negotiations authorized on 23 SAyDS. March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- ject: P133193. US$350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- Education quired. International Financing Unit Tel: 5411-4379- 9339, E-mail: jpriegue@ufisalud.gov.ar, Contact: Jose Argentina Second Rural Education Improvement Priegue, Coordinator General. Project - PROMER-II: The proposed Project Develop- ment Objective is to support the national Government to AF for AR Provincial Public Health Insurance De- reduce repetition rates in Primary Education and increase velopment Project: This is to provide Additional Fi- enrollment in, and completion rates of, Secondary Educa- nancing for the Provincial Public Health Insurance Devel- tion, all in Argentina's rural areas. Approval completed on opment Project (P106735). Identification completed on 29 2 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. B. Project: P133195. US$250.5 (IBRD). No consultants are US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. required. National Ministry of Education Tel: 49592320, Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. E-mail: apenillas@me.gov.ar, Contact: Lic. Alejandro Fer- nandez Penillas, Director General Unidad de Finan- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ciamiento Internacional. PAGE 89 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 Argentina Youth Employment Support Project: (KBAs) of Belize. Approval completed on 29 September The development objective of the proposed Project is to 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: improve access of vulnerable youth population to labor P130474. US$ 6.1 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. markets, increasing their employability by supporting the Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries, and Sustainable Develop- expansion and strengthening of Government employment ment Tel: 501-822-0810, E-mail: ceo@ffsd.gov.bz, Con- programs. Approval completed on 15 January 2015. Envi- tact: Adele Catzim-Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer; Pro- ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P133129. tected Areas Conservation Trust Tel: 501-822-3637, E- US$425.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry mail: nrosado@pactbelize.org, Contact: Natalie Rosado, of Labor, Employment and Social Security Tel: (54-11) Associate Director. 4310-5618, E-mail: mbarroetavena@trabajo.gob.ar, Con- tact: Matias Barroetavena, Secretary of Employment. BZ Marine Conservation and Climate Adaptation: The objective of the proposed Project is to implement pri- Delivering Progressive Tax Policies: The Develop- ority ecosystem-based marine conservation and climate ment Objective is to contribute to the strengthening of tax adaptation measures to strengthen the climate resilience equity in Province of Buenos Aires by supporting the es- of the Belize Barrier Reef System. Approval completed on tablishment of progressive tax policies and the increase of 3 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. tax collection, which will contribute to generate more fis- Project: P131408. US$ 5.5 (ADPT). Consultants will be re- cal resources to expand and enhance social expenditure. quired. BZ PROTECTED AREAS -PACT Tel: 5018223637, In order to achieve these objectives, the Project will fi- E-mail: Dennisia@pactbelize.org, Contact: Dennisia nance the implementation of activities of institutional Francisco, Executive Director; Ministry of Forestry, Fish- modernization that will underpin the efficiency and effec- eries and Sustainable Development Tel: 501-822-1401, E- tiveness of a ARBA's interventions. Activities financed mail: ceo@ffsd.gov.bz, Contact: Adele Catzim-Sanchez, through the Project will be aimed to strengthen the (i) Chief Executive Officer. strategic management, (ii) operating areas, (iii) human re- sources management, (iv) information technologies, (v) Energy and mining auditing procedures, (vi) cadaster management and (vii) services to citizens. Identification completed on 6 Novem- Energy Resilience for Climate Adaptation: 15.The ber 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. development objective of the proposed Energy Resilience US$53.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministerio for Climate Adaptation Project is to enhance resilience of de Economia de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Tel: (54-221) the energy system to adverse weather and climate change 429-4576, E-mail: agustinapereira@yahoo.com, Contact: impacts. Maria Agustina Pereira, Directora Provincial de Organis- mos Multilaterales. 16.The proposed will be designed to complement the Cli- mate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CRIP) that is being Water, sanitation and flood protection financed in parallel by the World Bank, and help reinforce the inclusion of energy resilience as a key adaptation focus Flood Risk Management Support Project for the in the comprehensive National Climate Resilient Invest- City of Buenos Aires: Proposed Development Objec- ment Plan (NCRIP). Concept completed on 24 January tive: The PDO is to increase the resilience of the City of 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Buenos Aires to flooding, particularly in the Maldonado P149522. US$ 8.0 (SCCF). Consulting services to be deter- Vega and Cildáñez watersheds. Concept completed on 29 mined. Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology, and January 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Public Utilities Tel: 510-822-2526, E-mail: Project: P145686. US$138.0 (IBRD). Consulting services ceo@estpu.gov.bz, Contact: Colin Young, Chief Executive to be determined. Ministry of Finance, City of Buenos Officer. Aires Tel: 4342-0711, E-mail: ngrindetti@buenosai- res.gov.ar, Contact: Nestor Grindetti, Minister. Bolivia Belize Transportation Agriculture, fishing, and forestry BO Road Sector Capacity Development: In October 2014 management decided to convert the PforR in prepa- Management and Protection of Key Biodiversity ration to a results-based IPF The Project aims at strength- Areas in Belize: The Project Development Objective ening the institutional capacity of ABC and to support its (PDO) is to strengthen natural resource management and efforts in periodic maintenance of the paved road network biodiversity conservation in Key Biodiversity Areas April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 90 under its responsibility (so-called Puesta a Punto pro- Coordinator. gram). Identification completed on 8 April 2013. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. US$225.0 (IBRD). Con- BR DGM for Indigenous People: (i) to strengthen the sulting services to be determined. Administradora Bolivi- engagement of Cerrado Biome's indigenous peoples and ana de Carreteras (ABC) Tel: (591-2) 235-7220, E-mail: traditional communities in FIP, REDD+ and similar cli- nvillegas@abc.gob.bo, Contact: Noemi Villegas, Presi- mate change oriented programs at the local, national and dente. global level, and (ii) to contribute toward improving live- lihoods, land use and sustainable forest management in Santa Cruz Road Corridor Connector Project: The their territories. Approval completed on 3 March 2015. projects Development Objectives (PDO) are to support the Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P143492. Recipient in reducing transport costs, travel time and road US$ 6.5 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. fatalities between San Ignacio de Velasco and San Jose de Centro de Agricultura Alternativa do Norte de Minas Tel: Chiquitos. Concept completed on 2 March 2015. Environ- 53832212150, E-mail: secretaria@caa.org.br, Contact: mental Assessment Category B. Project: P152281. Braulino Caetano dos Santos, Director General. US$130.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras (ABC) Tel: (591- Paraiba Sustainable Rural Development: The pro- 2) 235-7220, E-mail: nvillegas@abc.gob.bo, Contact: No- posed development objective is to reduce household vul- emi Villegas, Presidente. nerability and improve smallholder access to markets in Paraiba’s rural areas. Concept completed on 24 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Brazil P147158. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- termined. SEPL (Secretaria de Planejamento e Coor- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry dena��o Geral ) Tel: 83-3246-7858, E-mail: rob- ertocvital@gmail.com, Contact: Roberto Vital, Gestor. Development of systems to prevent forest fires and monitor vegetation cover in the Brazilian Cer- Education rado: The development objectives of the project are to (i) generate and disseminate geospatial and on-time infor- Alagoas Poverty Reduction and Economic Inclu- mation about deforestation, forest degradation and land sion Project (PREPI): The objective of the proposed use in the Cerrado, Caatinga and Pantanal biomes; and (ii) Project is to promote social and productive inclusion of develop an early-warning system to prevent forest fires at poor families in support of the State Government’s strat- national scale. Although the BIP focuses on the Cerrado, egy through (i) expanding the coverage of the Unified Reg- the proposed project will be a joint exercise in the three istry of Beneficiaries (Cadastro Único) among extremely biomes owing to the structural similarities and common poor families and promoting its use for the implementa- major transition areas. Concept completed on 29 July tion of other social programs; (ii) expanding the coverage 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: of early childhood development services as well as creating P143185. US$ 9.3 (CSCF). No consultants are required. conditions more conducive to learning in basic education; Fundacao de Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa (FUNDEP) (iii) expanding health services to high risk pregnant Tel: 3134094200, E-mail: fabi- women in the municipalities of the second macro-region; anosiqueira@fundep.ufmg.br, Contact: Fabiano Siqueira, (iv) improving the productivity and market orientation of Gerente de Projetos. small farmers and strengthening labor services; and (v) modernizing the management of the State, facilitating the FIP: Environmental regularization of rural lands implementation of coordinated and well-planned public in the Cerrado of Brazil: The Project Development Ob- policies. Negotiations authorized on 26 March 2013. En- jectives are to: (i) enhance the capacity of the Ministry of vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P126620. Environment (Ministério do Meio Ambiente, MMA) and US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Sec- nine State Environmental Agencies to receive, analyze and retariat of Planning and Economic Development (SE- approve rural environmental cadastre entries and link PLANDE) Tel: (55-82) 3315-1511, E-mail: secretario@se- them to the national system (Sistema de Cadastro Ambi- plande.al.gov.br, Contact: Luis Otavio Gomes, State Sec- ental Rural, SICAR); and (ii) support, in selected munici- retary of Planning and Economic Development. palities, landholding registration in the CAR system. Ne- gotiations authorized on 5 November 2014. Environmen- Piaiu Service Delivery and Public Sector Manage- tal Assessment Category B. Project: P143334. US$ 32.5 ment Project: This is a follow up of the P126449 Piaui (CSCC). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Environ- Green Growth and Inclusion DPL. ment Tel: (55-61) 2028-1413, E-mail: al- lan.milhomens@mma.gov.br, Contact: Allan Milhomens, The Objective is to support the Government of Piauí in the implementation of its policies and programs to achieve PAGE 91 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 green inclusive growth. In particular, it supports the gov- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ernment's strategy to: Bahia State Entrepreneurship and Economic Au- (i) promote statewide green growth by: (a) improving tonomy among Women and Afrodescendants: To land tenure administration, (b) promoting sustainable design an innovative model for addressing a more com- production practices, and (c) ensuring environmental sus- prehensive approach to gender and social inclusion that tainability; builds on recent research (particularly ESW related to pol- icies for the implementation of legislation to address gen- (ii) improve education and promotion of other policies der-based violence) that focuses on the WDR 2012 frame- for youth work for gender equality by exploring issues of endow- ments, economic opportunities and agency. Identification (iii) strengthen the institutional framework for efficient completed on 28 March 2013. Environmental Assessment public service delivery through the creation and imple- Category C. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be mentation of a results-based management tool within the determined. Secretaria de Estado de Planejamento - BA public sector. Identification completed on 26 October Tel: (55-71) 3115-3550, E-mail: Sergio.gabrielli@se- 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$120.0 plan.ba.gov.br, Contact: Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State of Piaui Secre- Secretario de Estado. tariat of Planning Tel: (55-86) 3221-3145/4575, E-mail: secretario@seplan.pi.gov.br. Water, sanitation and flood protection Additional Finance to Acre Social and Economic BR Espirito Santo Integrated Sustainable Water Inclusion and Sustainable Development Project: Management Project: The objectives of the Project are The objective of the project is to contribute to the Borrow- to: (a) improve sustainable water resources management, ers efforts to promote social and economic inclusion of its and (b) increase access to sanitation in the Borrower’s ter- rural and urban poor, including its poorest and most dis- ritory. Approval completed on 28 March 2014. Environ- advantaged population living in isolated areas of the Bor- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P130682. rowers territory. Approval completed on 29 September US$225.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Sec- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$150.0 retariat of Special Projects and Metropolitan Management (IBRD). Consultants will be required. State Secretary of (SEPAM) Tel: 55-27-3636-1221, E-mail: gabi- Planning, Government of the State of Acre Tel: (55-68) nete@seg.es.gov.br, Contact: Tyago Ribeiro Hoffmann, 3224-0481, E-mail: marcio.verissimo@ac.gov.br, Con- Secretário de Estado de Governo. tact: Marcio Verissimo, Secretary of Planning. (Being Dropped) AF - Alto Solimões Basic Services AF PE SWAP Pernambuco Educ Results& Ac- and Sus. Dev. Proj.: The Additional Financing for the count. (AF-PERA): This operation is an additional fi- Brazil Alto Solimões Basic Services and Sustainable Devel- nancing for a state-based, multi-sector project, making opment Projet in support of the Zona Franca Verde Pro- use of the Sector Wide Approach (SWAp) modality to sup- gram (PRODERAM, P083977) will address the financing port critical programs of the state of Pernambuco in edu- gap faced by the original project (APL1) and ensure that cation and gender. Identification completed on 1 Novem- the project development objective can be met. Identifica- ber 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. tion completed on 28 March 2013. Environmental Assess- US$170.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ment Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- mined. Brazil -Salvador Social Project: The main objective of the proposed multi-sector operation would be the eco- BR AF Teresina Enhancing Municipal Governance nomic inclusion and the improvement in health and edu- and Quality of Life Proj: This project is an additional cation services and living conditions of families living in financing to the Teresina Enhancing Municipal Govern- informal areas of the Salvador City. Emerging areas for ment and Quality of Life Project to cover cost overruns. possible support under the Loan are: (i) Area 1: Education, Project objectives will continue to be to (i) modernize and Health and Social Assistance; (ii) Area 2: Housing and improve the management capacity of the Teresina Munic- basic infrastructure; and (iii) Economic inclusion and em- ipal Government in the financial, urban, environmental, ployability. Identification completed on 17 January 2014. service-delivery and economic development fields; and (ii) Environmental Assessment Category B. US$400.0 improve the quality of life of the low-income population of (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- the Lagoas do Norte Region of the city. Interventions menting agency(ies) to be determined. planned under this additional financing will allow for the completion of the majority of the activities planned under April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 92 the original loan. Preliminary analysis of cost overruns environmental services (biodiversity, land, carbon, and point to a US$9 million loss due to exchange rate differ- water), and raise the productivity in participating farms” ences, a 75% inflation on the construction index since the Negotiations authorized on 14 May 2014. Environmental project was appraised, and to a higher degree of sophisti- Assessment Category B. Project: P145732. US$ 20.7 cation and quality of interventions that was brought to the (SPTF). Consulting services to be determined. Colombian project during implementation supervision, rendering Cattle Ranching Organization-FEDEGAN Tel: 571- some of the original estimates on the low side. This higher 5782020, E-mail: cosorio@fedegan.org.co, Contact: Car- sophistication was a result of the full appropriation by the los Osorio, Subgerente Tecnico. municipality and the local population of the project. Iden- tification completed on 5 February 2014. Environmental Public Administration, Law, and Justice Assessment Category A. US$88.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be Improved Fiscal Management Systems Project: determined. The Project's higher level objective is to enhance public sector management and the use of high-quality perfor- Fortaleza Sustainable Urban Development Pro- mance information on public programs, aiming to enable ject: The objective of the project is to support Fortaleza's the improvement of service delivery to citizens. Specifi- Urban and Environmental Development Program “Forta- cally, the Project Development Objective would be to im- leza Cidade Sustentavel". The project includes three main prove public sector processes and systems in order to gen- components: (i) restoring urban environment, involving erate quality performance information. Concept com- activities focused on the recovery of degraded urban areas, pleted on 26 November 2014. Environmental Assessment the provision of basic service infrastructure in poor neigh- Category C. Project: P150468. US$65.0 (IBRD). Consult- borhoods, and the redevelopment of selected city center ants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Public areas; (ii) strengthening municipal management capacity Credit Tel: 5713811700, E-mail: jcaldero@minhaci- in areas related to urban planning and financing, DRM, enda.gov.co, Contact: Ingrid Pamela Calderon, Direccion and environmental management; and (iii) project man- General de Politica Macroeconomica. agement. Identification completed on 3 October 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$73.3 (IBRD). Water, sanitation and flood protection Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. National Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project Phase 2: 13.The objective is to further strengthen Co- lombia's disaster risk management framework through: Chile (a) the application of disaster risk analysis and manage- ment in policy making at the sectoral and territorial levels, CL Integrated Water Resources Management & and (b) strengthening of risk reduction at subnational lev- Infrastructure Development: The Project Develop- els. Concept completed on 8 August 2012. Environmental ment Objective (PDO) is to strengthen the capacity of the Assessment Category B. Project: P130456. US$100.0 Ministry of Public Works for water resources management (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Hous- and public infrastructure development at national level ing, Cities, and Territory Tel: (571) 288-6020, E-mail: NA. and in selected river basins. Concept completed on 29 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P152319. US$45.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to Costa Rica be determined. Ministry of Public Works Tel: 56224493002, E-mail: jose.torres.v@mop.gov.cl, Con- CR Caribbean Coastal Sewerage and Flood Con- tact: Jose Miguel Torres, Jefe de Asesores MOPW. trol: The Project objective is sustainable improvement of sewerage and drainage services in Limon to cover about two thirds of the city. The project will also support a sew- Colombia erage connections program (for new and unconnected population with existing service, a water network rehabil- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry itation program, the establishment of a drainage related risk management and the strengthening of the capacity to AF - CO Mainstreaming Sust. Cattle Ranching operate the drainage system. Identification completed on Project: The Project Development Objective would re- 10 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category main unchanged, i.e. “to promote the adoption of environ- B. US$70.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ment-friendly Silvopastoral Production Systems (SPS) for Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. cattle ranching in Colombia´s Project areas, to improve natural resource management, enhance the provision of PAGE 93 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Dominican Republic ject: P151963. US$80.0/20.0 (IBRD/GSPN). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture, Live- Education stock, Aquaculture and Fisheries Tel: 59323960100, E- mail: dgarciav@magap.gob.ec, Contact: Dennis Garcia, Sub-secretary of Irrigation and Drainage. Support to the National Education Pact Project: The proposed Project Development Objective is to im- prove the management of the education system, particu- Education larly in the areas of teacher management, evaluation, qual- ity assurance of ECD centers, and school management. Supporting Education Reform in Targeted Dis- Appraisal completed on 8 July 2014. Environmental As- tricts: The proposed Project Development Objective sessment Category C. Project: P146831. US$50.0 (IBRD). (PDO) is to improve enrollment in early education (Indi- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Educa- cial II) and reduce dropout rate in lower and upper sec- tion Tel: 8092841674, E-mail: Vic- ondary education in the targeted districts. Concept com- tor.Sanchez@minerd.gob.do, Contact: Víctor R. Sánchez pleted on 6 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Jáquez, Vice Minister of Education. Category B. Project: P152096. US$167.0 (IBRD). Consult- ants will be required. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Tel: Health and other social services 0994097242, E-mail: marcelo.torres@educacion.gob.ec, Contact: Marcelo Torres, Planning Coordinator. DO Flexible Employment System Project (FESP): The development objective of this project is to improve the Industry and trade income and employment rates of poor unemployed per- sons and poor idle youth by supporting the implementa- EC Economic Diversification & Industrial Ser- tion of a temporary employment Program and a youth vices: The objective of this loan is to promote the diversi- training program. Appraisal completed on 7 November fication of the Ecuadorian economy contributing to the 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: transformation of the productive matrix, by improving in- P131109. US$20.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. dustrial competitiveness and value chains through indus- Ministry of Labor Tel: 18095354404, E-mail: maritza.her- trial services. nandez@mt.gob.do, Contact: Maritza Hernandez Liriano, Minister of Labor. The preparatory work will focus on i) analytical work for understanding the diversification needs and impacts and DO-Health Sector Reform APL3: The Project's Devel- the role of industrial services in it, ii) the analysis of the opment Objectives are to: (i) strengthen the capacity of existing service providers both national and international Regional Health Services (RHS) to deliver, in a timely and iii) the design of a fund managing the loan and its gov- fashion, quality services via an integrated public network ernance. Identification completed on 2 March 2015. En- of service providers with an emphasis on improving the vironmental Assessment Category C. US$100.0 (IBRD). health of mothers and children; and (ii) enhance the insti- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing tutional capacity of public sector health organizations to agency(ies) to be determined. conduct strategic purchasing of health care services and goods, and strengthen sector stewardship and knowledge Water, sanitation and flood protection management. Identification completed on 22 September 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$50.0 EC Guayaquil Wastewater Management Project: (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase menting agency(ies) to be determined. access to improved sanitation services and to reduce wastewater pollution in selected areas of the City of Guayaquil. Negotiations authorized on 6 March 2015. En- vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P151439. Ecuador US$102.5/102.5 (IBRD/EUIB). Consulting services to be determined. EMAPAG-EP Tel: 593-42681315230, E-mail: Agriculture, fishing, and forestry jsantos@emapag-ep.gob.ec, Contact: Jose Luis Santos, Gerente General EMAPAG-EP. (R) Ecuador - Sustainable Family Farming Mod- ernization Project: The project development objective EC Support to Subnationals for Improved WSS: is to enhance incomes of small and medium sized farm The PDO is to increase access to improved water and san- households by supporting more productive and climate- itation services in selected areas in Ecuador. Identification smart use for land and water. Appraisal completed on 20 completed on 2 March 2015. Environmental Assessment April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 94 Category B. US$121.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be that expect improvements in revenue collection. And fi- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. nally, the private sector, including importers and export- ers, expects improved service provision to tax payers and the commerce community. Grenada The development objective of the proposed operation is threefold:(i) to increase tax compliance while reducing its Agriculture, fishing, and forestry cost for taxpayers through fair and transparent applica- tion of the tax law; (ii) to improve efficiency of revenue ad- Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Pro- ministration; and (iii) to facilitate cross-border commerce. ject (Additional Finance): The Program aims at meas- Concept completed on 26 February 2015. Environmental urably reducing vulnerability to natural hazards and cli- Assessment Category C. Project: P153366. US$40.0 mate change impacts in the Eastern Caribbean Sub-re- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Superin- gion. The objective of the Project in Grenada is to meas- tendencia de Administracion Tributaria Tel: 502-2362- urably reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and climate 7111. change impacts in Grenada and in the Eastern Caribbean Sub-region. The objective of the Project in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is to measurably reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change impacts in Saint Haiti Vincent and the Grenadines and in the Eastern Caribbean Sub-region. The achievement of the Program Develop- Education ment Objectives of the Regional Disaster Vulnerability Re- duction Program (RDVRP) would be measured using the (N) Haiti Education Transformation Project: Ob- following key indicators: (a) Reduced risk of OECS popu- jective to be Determined. Identification completed on 17 lation to failure of public buildings and infrastructure due March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. to natural hazards or climate change impacts; and (b) In- US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. creased capacity of OECS Governments to identify and Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. monitor climate risk and impacts. Negotiations authorized on 27 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- Energy and mining gory B. Project: P149259. US$ 3.8/5.0 (CSCC/CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Haiti Modern Energy Services For All: The Project agency(ies) to be determined. Development Objective is to create an enabling environ- ment supporting the is to contribute to the scale-up of ac- cess to renewable energy-based off-grid electricity services Guatemala for rural households, enterprises and institutions. Identi- fication completed on 4 February 2015. Environmental Public Administration, Law, and Justice Assessment Category B. US$ 12.0 (CCTF). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be GT Urban Infrastructure: The Project’s Development determined. Objective (PDO) is to increase access to basic urban infra- structure and services and to reduce risk factors of crime Transportation and violence in selected communities. Negotiations au- thorized on 19 June 2014. Environmental Assessment HT DRM and Reconstruction - PPCR Additional Category B. Project: P143495. US$40.0 (IBRD). Consult- Financing: The PPCR funds technical assistance and in- ing services to be determined. Mancomunidad Gran Ciu- vestments to support countries’ efforts to integrate climate dad del Sur Tel: 50255179845, E-mail: thomashl1@hot- risk and resilience into core development planning and mail.com, Contact: Thomas Henry, PIU Manager. implementation. It provides incentives for scaled-up ac- tion and initiates transformational change by catalyzing a Revenue Administration Modernization Project: shift from “business as usual” to broad-based strategies The principal project stakeholder is the Superintendencia for achieving climate resilience at the country level. de Administración Tibutaria (SAT). SAT stands to benefit from (i) strengthening its organizational, managerial and Through the development of its Strategic Program for Cli- technical capability, and (ii) upgrading and integrating its mate Resilience (SPCR), Haiti identified the concept for information management systems that support SAT busi- the proposed project (one of the four operations to be fi- ness needs. Other important stakeholders are the Ministry nanced by the PPCR). of Public Finances (MPF) and the Government as a whole PAGE 95 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 In previous years, risk management in Haiti has focused the project is to acquire basic geospatial data (land eleva- on disaster preparedness and response. Climate change tion model) and to revise flood maps in the targeted area. increases the vulnerabilities of coastal cities and the Gov- These tools will enable urban planners to revise ease- ernment of Haiti wants to increase its ability to do accu- ments, local zoning regulations, and land-use maps, and rate hazard assessment and implement activities to reduce to develop evacuation plans that take into account climate vulnerabilities at the source. The coastal area stretching change variability. Data generated under this investment from Léogâne to Saint-Marc is the most populated in Haiti project will be transferred to the Caribbean Regional and is extremely vulnerable to flooding. Several cities ex- Track (“Improving Geospatial Data and Management for tend along this narrow strip of coastline bordered by the Adaptation Planning, Sea-level Rise and Storm Surge Im- Massif de la Selle mountain range to the south and the pact Analysis”). Identification completed on 3 February Chaîne des Matheux mountain range to the north. Be- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 7.5 tween these two mountain ranges lies the Cul-de-Sac (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- Plain, a low-lying delta plain threatened by flooding from menting agency(ies) to be determined. watersheds (in particular from the Grise river) and from storm surges. The vulnerability of this area has increased Water, sanitation and flood protection with stronger storms and shorter storm-return periods. HT Sustainable Rural and Small Towns Water and This selected coastal sector includes areas that stand out Sanitation Project: The proposed Project Development for their demographic and land-use challenges. The south- Objective (PDO) is to increase sustainable access to water ern slope from Carrefour to Léogâne comprises evolving supply and sanitation in rural areas and small towns in residential and commercial development combined with zones affected by cholera. Concept completed on 17 July agricultural plots. Since the 2010 earthquake, unplanned 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: residential settlements have spread over the hills and de- P148970. US$ 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be stabilized fragile slopes. The town of Léogâne was badly determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. affected both by the earthquake and subsequent floods (notably in 2012). The northern hills over Plaine du Cul de (N) Urban Resilience Project: Objective to be Deter- sac (Corail-Cesselesse) are the site of the largest land grab mined. Identification completed on 24 March 2015. Envi- in the metropolitan region, with over 20,000 families ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 35.0 (IDA staking a claim for housing. The northern slope of the Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- Chaine des Matheuxis less urbanized, with the exception ing agency(ies) to be determined. of the towns of Cabaret and Arcahaie. The land use pattern tends toward residential and tourism. New settlements in the Cul-de-Sac Plain and on its surrounding hills contrib- ute to urban sprawl; furthermore, they lack proper infra- Honduras structure (roads, water, and sanitation) and social ser- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry vices. In addition, these settlements contribute to slope erosion on the hills. When located in the plain they are in flood-prone areas, in particular next to the sea. Corredor Seco Food Security Project: The objective of the Project is to enhance food and nutritional security The proposed project aims to improve climate resilience of vulnerable households in Selected Areas of the Cor- by focusing on activities to reduce climate risk at the redorSeco. Appraisal completed on 24 July 2014. Envi- source and by paying attention to coastal management. ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P148737. US$ The following proactive adaptation measures are pro- 30.0 (GAFS). Consulting services to be determined. Hon- posed: duras Strategic Investment Office Tel: 504-9870-7730, E- mail: mbogran@mcahonduras.hn, Contact: Marco Risk Reduction at the Source: The degradation of water- Bogran, Executive Director. sheds reduces their capacity to retain water in cases of heavy rainfall; this is one of the main causes of severe Energy and mining flooding on the coastal strip. The construction of small dams on gullies enables better control of the flood risk. Sustainable rural energy services: The development objective for the proposed project is to enhance the ena- Coastal Management: The vulnerability of the coastal bling framework and business models to increase access area is aggravated by urban developments that are poorly to clean energy services in rural and peri-urban areas. This adapted to flooding risks. An integrated management ap- will be achieved through the promotion of public and pri- proach is proposed to encourage better-adapted land-use vate investments in renewable energy for off-grid electri- planning. Currently, geospatial data are only available for fication and efficient cooking solutions. Concept limited sections of the metropolitan area. The first stage of April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 96 completed on 22 May 2013. Environmental Assessment of Jamaica (PIOJ) Tel: (876) 935-5059, E-mail: Bar- Category B. Project: P131602. US$ 10.0 (CSCF). Consult- bara_Scott@pioj.gov.jm, Contact: Hopeton Peterson, ants will be required. Secretaria de Finanzas - Unidad de Manager. Cambio Climatico Tel: 504-9450-1509, E-mail: lmatute@sefin.gob.hn, Contact: Leonardo Matute, Coor- Water, sanitation and flood protection dinador SREP. Jamaica Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Pro- Health and other social services ject: 11.The proposed Development Objective is to en- hance the country’s resilience to natural hazards, includ- HN Social Protection and Labor: This project will ing its response capacity to adverse natural events. This support the implementation and reform of the national would be achieved through investments in resilient infra- conditional cash transfer program, as well as the broad so- structure, improved hazard data collection and monitor- cial protection strategy in the country. It will also support ing systems to better inform future investment decisions, the capacity to design and evaluate employment pro- and institutional strengthening for disaster risk manage- grams. Identification completed on 28 July 2014. Envi- ment. Concept completed on 19 March 2014. Environ- ronmental Assessment Category C. US$ 30.0 (IDA mental Assessment Category B. Project: P146965. Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- US$42.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ing agency(ies) to be determined. Jamaica Social Investment Fund Tel: (876) 929-1620, E- mail: scarlette.gillings@jsif.org, Contact: Scarlette (R) HN AF Social Protection: The proposed revised Gillings, Managing Director. PDO is to: (a) improve the institutional capacity of Recip- ient’s institutions to manage the CCT Program, by strengthening transparent mechanisms and instruments Mexico for targeting CCT Program beneficiaries, monitoring com- pliance with the CCT Program co-responsibilities, and Agriculture, fishing, and forestry making payments to the CCT Program beneficiaries; (b) provide income support to eligible beneficiaries;(c) in- Dedicated Grant Mechanism for IP and LC: The crease the use of preventive health services and school at- DGM will provide direct financing to Indigenous Peoples tendance in grades 1 to 9 among CCT Program beneficiar- and Local Communities in Mexico through a small grants ies in rural areas; and (d) improve the Recipient’s capacity facility that will address deforestation and forest degrada- to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible emer- tion and support the objectives of the Forest Investment gency Approval completed on 31 March 2015. Environ- Program. Activities to be financed will include support for mental Assessment Category C. Project: P152266. US$ indigenous and local community participation in policy 25.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. and development planning processes at the district, state Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. and national levels. The DGM will be governed by a Na- tional Steering Committee composed of indigenous peo- ples and local community representatives. Identification Jamaica completed on 25 August 2014. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. US$ 6.0 (CSCF). Consulting services to Finance be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- mined. JM Access to Finance: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 1 September 2014. Environ- Education mental Assessment Category C. US$20.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing Mexico School Based Management Project: The ob- agency(ies) to be determined. jective of the Project is to improve schools' managerial ca- pacity and parental participation to reduce dropout, repe- Public Administration, Law, and Justice tition and failure rates among PEC Schools and PETC Schools. Approval completed on 24 October 2014. Envi- (R) Improving Climate Data and Information ronmental Assessment Category C. Project: P147185. Management: The project development objective is to US$350.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Secre- improve the quality of climate related information for ef- taria de Educacion Publica (SEP) Tel: (52-5) 3601-1000, fective planning and action at local and national levels. E-mail: NA, Contact: Pedro Velasco Sodi, General Direc- Appraisal completed on 14 November 2014. Environmen- tor for DGDGIE. tal Assessment Category B. Project: P129633. US$ 6.8 (CSCF). No consultants are required. Planning Institute PAGE 97 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 Mexico Reducing Inequality of Educational Op- and verification schemes; ESCOs development, and regu- portunity Project: The objectives of the Project are: (a) latory and policy strengthening; amongst others. to improve parental competencies in early childhood de- velopment in targeted rural communities; and (b) increase (3) Provision of energy efficiency services: Upon request, the transition rate from the primary to the secondary edu- the component would seek to finance and implement cost- cation level in CONAFE-administered schools in targeted saving interventions in some of the six sectors analyzed, municipalities. Approval completed on 24 October 2014. focusing on: public lighting, efficient pumping for water Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P149858. and sanitation systems, and municipal buildings. This US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. CONAFE component would be operated by FIDE and include the Tel: (52-5) 5241-7443, E-mail: anavarretez@co- preparation of feasibility studies. Identification completed nafe.gob.mx, Contact: .. on 31 March 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be deter- Energy and mining mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) MEXICO Sustainable Energy Technologies Finance Development for Climate Change: The objectives of the Project are to improve the institutional capacity of MX: Expanding Finance for Productive Purposes: ACE technology institutions (both public and private) in The project will support the development of financial ser- the territory of the recipient and to foster the commercial- vices in rural areas. Credit for productive purposes is un- ization of ACE technologies by providing financial incen- derdeveloped in Mexico as identified by the 2013 Finan- tives to the private sector, which together are expected to cial Sector Assessment and numerous national surveys, lead to GHG emissions reduction in the future. Approval and the Government has made it a priority to improve ac- completed on 6 March 2015. Environmental Assessment cess to credit for that purpose. Financiera Nacional de De- Category B. Project: P145618. US$ 16.9 (GEFU). Consult- sarollo (FND), an agency of the Mexican finance ministry, ing services to be determined. SENER Tel: (52-5) 5000- has requested support from the World Bank. Their vision 6047, E-mail: crortiz@energia.gob.mx, Contact: Carlos is to use better access to credit as a tool to raise productiv- Ortiz, Director General of Information and Energy Stud- ity in the rural sector. The project will consider both a ies. credit line and a technical assistance component. Tech- nical assistance is being considered for FND to enable the Mexico Municipal Energy Efficiency Project: The sound expansion of their activities and possibly also to objective of the proposed Project is to support the GoM to strengthen the capacity of financial intermediaries partic- develop an urban energy efficiency program by (i) ipating in the project. Identification completed on 17 No- strengthening the capacity of the municipalities and the vember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category F. Ministry of Energy (SENER) to design and implement en- US$250.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ergy efficiency measures (including: carrying out EE use Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. diagnostics, improving the normative framework, design- ing and implementing M&E frameworks, etc.) and (ii) im- Water, sanitation and flood protection plementing energy efficiency measures in municipalities. MX - National Integrated Solid Waste Manage- The Project would consist of 3 main components: ment: The project will contribute to the following higher- level objectives: (i) improvement of public health and (1) Urban energy use diagnostics: Using energy diagnostic quality of life through reducing exposure to pollutants and tools such as TRACE, municipalities would assess energy disease vectors from solid waste; (ii) improvement of in- use in the following sectors: public lighting, water and san- stitutional capacity at the three levels of government itation, municipal buildings, transport, solid waste man- through establishing cutting-edge technical, administra- agement, and power and heating. The diagnostics would tive and financial models for integrated solid waste man- highlight priority areas and those interventions with the agement (SWM); (iii) enhancement of the SWM legal and greatest energy efficiency savings potential. SENER has regulatory framework in order to promote policy reforms; already started these with funding from an active Bank op- (iv) support the development of recycling and waste re- eration (Efficient lighting and appliances project – duction programs nationwide; (v) improve local govern- P106424). ance through enhancing cooperation among sub-national governments; and (v) address social inclusion through (2) Policy development and institutional strengthening: supporting social integration of informal waste pickers The Project would support capacity building activities in with training and formalization of waste separation pro- topics such as: energy consumption diagnostics; energy ef- grams. Identification completed on 11 March 2015. Envi- ficiency audits; project evaluations; monitoring, reporting ronmental Assessment Category A. US$100.0 (IBRD). April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 98 Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Task Team. Ministerio de Hacienda y Credito Publico, agency(ies) to be determined. Contact: Sr. Uriel Perez, Director General of Public Credit. (N) MX Water Supply Service Improvement Pro- ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification com- Panama pleted on 9 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. US$150.0/175.0 (IBRD/ZPCO). Consulting ser- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Sustainable Production Systems and Conserva- tion of Biodiversity: The proposed global environmen- tal objective is to conserve globally significant biodiversity Nicaragua through improved management effectiveness of the pro- ject protected areas and biodiversity mainstreaming in the Energy and mining buffer zones. Approval completed on 9 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P145621. (N) NI Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Pro- US$ 9.6/8.5 (GEFU/ZPCI). Consultants will be required. ject: Objective to be Determined. Identification com- Please check with the task team. Autoridad Nacional del pleted on 25 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Ambiente Tel: (507) 232-9600, E-mail: Category B. US$ 30.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to zpinzon@anam.gob.pa, Contact: Zuleiika Pinzon, Direc- be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- tora de Areas Protegidas y Vida Silvestre. mined. Health and other social services Health and other social services (R) Strengthening Social Protection and Inclusion (R) Nicaragua Strengthening the Public Health System: 15.The Project Development Objective is to sup- Care System: The Project Development Objectives port the Government in increasing the efficiency of the so- (PDO) are to: (a) strengthen quality and access to health cial protection system and in promoting the inclusion of services offered at the Ministry of Health (MOH) public the poor and vulnerable population. The proposed Project health care network; (b) contribute to adapting the public would support the increase in the efficiency of the social health system to the country’s changing epidemiological protection system by strengthening the functioning of in- profile; and (c) secure financial support in case of Public dividual social assistance programs including the im- Health Alert or Public Health Emergency. Appraisal com- proved targeting and coverage of programs and their har- pleted on 9 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- monization in operational processes. The harmonized sys- gory B. Project: P152136. US$ 60.0 (IDA Grant). Consult- tem of social programs is the necessary basis for facilitat- ing services to be determined. Ministry of Health Tel: 505- ing the participation of the poor and vulnerable in other 2289-4700, E-mail: castros@minsa.gob.ni, Contact: programs that address their employability and productive Sonia Castro, Minister of Health. capacities. Concept completed on 6 April 2015. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P155097. Information and communications US$80.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined. (N) Caribbean Regional Communications Pro- gram (CARCIP)-Nicaragua: Objective to be Deter- Water, sanitation and flood protection mined. Identification completed on 15 April 2015. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. Consulting services to PA Improving Sanitary Conditions for Panama be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- City's Urban Poor: The Project Development Objective mined. is to improve the sanitary conditions in low-income neigh- borhoods located in the District of San Miguelito. To reach Public Administration, Law, and Justice this objective, the Project will support the expansion of sewerage systems, the enhancement of storm water drain- Additional Financing for the NI PFM Moderniza- age systems, road access improvements, and the develop- tion Project: The objective is to enhance the efficiency, ment of sustainable and equitable wastewater manage- performance orientation, and transparency of the Recipi- ment practices. ent s public expenditures management. Approval com- pleted on 8 December 2014. Environmental Assessment The proposed project calls for the construction of sewer- Category C. Project: P150743. US$ 25.0 (IDA Credit). age networks, pump stations, household sanitation con- Consulting services to be determined. Please check with nections, storm water drainage systems and road access PAGE 99 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 improvements. In addition, the proposed Project would support institutional strengthening and capacity building Industry and trade activities to promote the sustainable management and op- eration of the sewerage collection systems. Regional Development Project: This task aims to: (i) improve solid waste management, disaster risk manage- The USD50 million Bank-financed Project would support ment, and transportation infrastructure; (ii) protect and a USD120 million-dollar program to improve sanitary enhance key historic sites; and (iii) create new capacity conditions in San Miguelito and Panama Norte. The pro- and instruments for tourism development planning. Pos- gram is part of the overall Panama City and Bay Sanitation sible project performance indicators are: (i) entry into op- Program and is a flagship project under the President’s eration of a new solid waste management system, with a Basic Sanitation Plan "Plan de Sanidad Basica, 100/cero). sustainable operation and maintenance framework in Identification completed on 5 January 2015. Environ- place; (ii) completion of road infrastructure to preserve mental Assessment Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Con- historic centers; and (iii) adoption of a new planning sulting services to be determined. Implementing framework for tourism development in the region, en- agency(ies) to be determined. hancing the Regional Government's capacity to collect and analyze relevant information and move towards evidence- (N) PA Metro Water and Sanitation Improvement based policymaking and planning in the tourism sector. Project II: Objective to be Determined. Identification Identification completed on 22 July 2014. Environmental completed on 10 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Assessment Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- Category B. US$144.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. determined. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Peru Dedicated Grant Mechanism in Peru: The Project Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Development Objective for the Global Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communi- Sustainable Forest Management in Atalaya, Uca- ties (Global DGM) is to, “strengthen the role of Indigenous yali.: The High Level Objective of Peru’s Forest Invest- Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) in the FIP and ment Plan (PIP), which is expected to generate a trans- other REDD+ programs at local, national and global levels formative impact within the next 10-15 years, is to reduce by supporting capacity building and demand-driven initi- greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by deforesta- atives of IPLCs.” tion and forest degradation, and enhance carbon reserves in sustainable forest landscapes, thereby helping to reach The Project Development Objective for the Peru DGM is the national target of “Declining net emissions to equiva- to increase land tenure security and improve local capacity lent to zero in the category of Land Use, Land-Use Change and governance to manage forest related resources in and Forestry by . 2021”. To achieve this objective the PIP eight key areas in the Amazon region. Concept completed is expected to generate two types of co-benefits: (i) reduce on 6 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. poverty of indigenous communities and other local popu- Project: P148499. US$ 5.5 (CSCF). Consulting services to lations, under a gender equality approach, by increasing be determined. Confederacion de Nacionalidades Ama- income form management of sustainable forest land- zonicas del Peru. scapes and productive agroforestry mosaics; and (ii) re- duce the loss of biodiversity and maintenance of forest Transportation ecosystem services. Subnational Transport Support Program: 13. The The Project Development Objective is to improve the ca- development objective is to facilitate access of rural popu- pacity of forest communities and government agencies to lations within the Program area to public services, logis- manage forest resources sustainably, strengthen forest tics corridors and employment opportunities through the tenure rights and enhance forest governance leading to re- improvement of rural road infrastructure and strengthen- duce GHG emissions from deforestation and forest degra- ing of the decentralized road management. Concept com- dation in the Atalaya Province. Concept completed on 26 pleted on 10 November 2014. Environmental Assessment November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Category B. Project: P132515. US$50.0/50.0 Project: P148932. US$ 12.6 (CSCF). Consulting services to (IBRD/IADB). Consultants will be required. PROVIAS be determined. Ministry of Environment Tel: 516116000, Descentralizado Tel: /Fax: (51-1) 614-5300, E-mail: jro- E-mail: gquijandria@minam.gob.pe, Contact: Gabriel driguez@proviasdes.gob.pe, Contact: Jose Rodriguez, Ex- Quijandria, Viceministrer. ecutive Director. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 100 gion. The objective of the Project in Grenada is to meas- (R) Peru Lima Metro Line 2 Project: The PDO is to urably reduce vulnerability to natural hazards and climate improve the accessibility to jobs and services in the area of change impacts in Grenada and in the Eastern Caribbean influence of Metro Line 2 and the Gambetta branch of Line Sub-region. The objective of the Project in Saint Vincent 4 and enhance the integration of the mass transit system and the Grenadines is to measurably reduce vulnerability of the Lima-Callao Metropolitan Region. Negotiations au- to natural hazards and climate change impacts in Saint thorized on 10 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Vincent and the Grenadines and in the Eastern Caribbean Category A. Project: P145610. Sub-region. The achievement of the Program Develop- US$300.0/150.0/300.0/2801.0 ment Objectives of the Regional Disaster Vulnerability Re- (IBRD/ANDC/IADB/ZPCO). Consulting services to be de- duction Program (RDVRP) would be measured using the termined. AATE Tel: 51-1-2242444, E-mail: jzar- following key indicators: (a) Reduced risk of OECS popu- ate@aate.gob.pe, Contact: José Zárate Garay, Executive lation to failure of public buildings and infrastructure due Director; OSITRAN Tel: 51-1-4405115, E-mail: pbena- to natural hazards or climate change impacts; and (b) In- vente@ositran.gob.pe, Contact: Patricia Benavente creased capacity of OECS Governments to identify and Donayre, Executive President. monitor climate risk and impacts. Approval completed on 9 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Water, sanitation and flood protection ject: P146768. US$ 35.6/5.0 (IDA Credit/CSCF). Consult- ants will be required. Ministry of Finance and Economic PE AF-Second Optimization of Lima Water & Sew- Planning Tel: (784) 457-1746, E-mail: cen- erage: Objective to be Determined. Approval completed plan@svgcpd.com, Contact:, Public Sector Investment on 15 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category Program Management Unit. B. US$55.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. SEDAPAL Tel: (51-1) 317-3095, E-mail: ysanchez@sedapal.com.pe, Contact: Marco Vargas Me- dina, General Manager (a.i.). Regional PE Integrated Water Resources Management for Finance Peru: Objective to be Determined. Identification com- pleted on 25 August 2014. Environmental Assessment Central America & Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Insurance Project: The Project Development Objective termined. ANA -National Water Authority Tel: (511) 713- (PDO) is to improve affordability of high quality sovereign 0019, E-mail: calva@ana.gob.pe, Contact: Cromwell Alva, catastrophe risk transfer associated with earthquakes and Executive Director. climate-related events for CCRIF SPC Participating Coun- tries. Appraisal completed on 26 March 2014. Environ- mental Assessment Category C. Project: P149670. US$ St. Lucia 14.6 (FSSP). Consulting services to be determined. Carib- bean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Tel: Transportation 7582856397, E-mail: ccrif.ceo@gmail.com, Contact: Isaac Anthony, Chief Executive Officer. (N) SLU Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project (Additional Finance): Objective to be Determined. (R) OECS Fin Sec Strengthening: The project devel- Identification completed on 30 March 2015. Environ- opment objective is to strengthen the financial sector by mental Assessment Category B. US$ 1.6/10.0 (IDA facilitating the resolution of Non-Performing Loans, Credit/ECEU). Consulting services to be determined. Im- strengthening the banking sector and establishing a finan- plementing agency(ies) to be determined. cial sector safety net. Concept completed on 3 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P151940. US$ 26.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- St. Vincent and the Grenadines mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Water, sanitation and flood protection Health and other social services Regional Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Pro- OECS Social Resilience and Human Development ject (Additional Finance): The Program aims at meas- Project: The project will aim at improving resilience and urably reducing vulnerability to natural hazards and cli- enhancing human capital in the OECS countries through mate change impacts in the Eastern Caribbean Sub-re- enhanced implementation capacity in the health sector (NCDs), better quality of education and skills for jobs, and PAGE 101 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 greater effectiveness of the social protection systems. Identification completed on 11 February 2015. Environ- Middle East and North Africa mental Assessment Category C. US$10.0/12.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ing agency(ies) to be determined. Djibouti Health and other social services Industry and trade DJ Social Safety Net Project Additional Financing: OECS Competitiveness Project: 15.The program’s ob- The project development objectives are to: (a) support the jective is to lay the foundation to improve the competitive- provision of short-term employment opportunities in ness of the tourism sector in the OECS region. This will be community-based labor-intensive works for the poor and achieved through (a) increasing tourism spending at se- vulnerable; and (b) support the improvement of nutrition lected pilot program locations in each of the participating practices among participating households focusing on countries; (b) establishing a strategic approach to tourism pre-school children and pregnant/lactating women. Ap- development; (c) facilitating the movement of people proval completed on 28 October 2014. Environmental As- among participating islands, using existing ferry systems; sessment Category B. Project: P149621. US$ 5.0 (IDA and (d) supporting better quality of services in the tourism Credit). Consultants will be required. Agence Djibou- sector. Concept completed on 24 February 2015. Environ- tienne de Développement Social (ADDS) Tel: (253-21) mental Assessment Category B. Project: P152117. 358-655, E-mail: mahdi.mohamed.djama@gmail.com, US$15.0/10.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services to Contact: Mahdi Mohamed Djama, Directeur Général. be determined. Ministry of Finance, Planning, Economic Development, Trade, Energy & Cooperatives Tel: 473- DJ HRITF Health AF: The HRITF additional financing 440-6843, E-mail: timothy.antoine@gov.gd, Contact: Mr. will support the ongoing Health Improvement Project, Timothy Antoine, Permanent Secretary; Ministry of Fi- which is an RBF operation. Identification completed on 9 nance, Economic Affairs and Social Security Tel: 758-468- October 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. 5501, E-mail: reginald.darius@govt.lc, Contact: Reginald US$ 7.0 (HRBF). Consulting services to be determined. Darius, Permanent Secretary. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Water, sanitation and flood protection Information and communications Andes Adaptation to the Impact of Climate (R) Djibouti - ICT Sector Reform: The PDO is to pro- Change in Water Resources: The project has been de- vide support to the Government in opening up the ICT sec- signed to tackle the challenge of adaptation to climate tor to competition and setting up the institutional and reg- change on selected sectors from a technology transfer, ulatory foundations of a sustainable open and competitive knowledge exchange and regional collaboration angle. market in Djibouti. Negotiations authorized on 20 March Based on previous experience in the region, the project 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: will select those technologies and approaches that have P146219. US$ 2.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- been proved valid elsewhere and try to adapt and replicate quired. Ministry of Communication, in charge of Posts them in the other countries, according to the special needs and Telecommunications Tel: 253356501, E-mail: and gaps of each one of them. mccpt@intnet.dj, Contact: Ali Hassan Bahdon, Ministre. Specifically, the proposed objective of this project is to generate tools and knowledge to enable governments to promote resilient management of their water resources Egypt, Arab Republic of through the inclusion of climate change impacts into pol- icy, planning and on the ground investments on selected Energy and mining sectors, and to promote south-south learning, collabora- tion and technology transfer. Concept completed on 19 Egypt Energy Systems Improvement Project: The April 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- objective of the project is to help increase power system ject: P145345. US$ 9.7 (GEFU). Consulting services to be efficiency in Egypt. The project proposes to Convert an ex- determined. Secretaria General de la Comunidad Andina isting 600 MW simple cycle power plant into a CCGT plant Tel: (51-1) 710-6400, E-mail: tursula@comunidadan- by adding 300 MW generation capacity. It will also install dina.org, Contact: Tomas Ursula, Coordinator. smart meters for 700,000 customers in the industrial, commercial and residential segments. Identification com- pleted on 30 July 2014. Environmental Assessment April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 102 Category B. US$400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be (iii) technical support to Cairo Governorate towards im- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. proving the efficiency of public transport services and im- proving traffic control. Funding from the project loan Health and other social services could also be used to support CTA reform actions which may be decided and adopted by Cairo Governorate during (R) Strengthening Social Safety Net Project: The project execution. Concept completed on 23 September project development objective (PDO) is to support the 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: Borrower to establish an efficient and effective Takaful P149704. US$200.0/50.0 (IBRD/CCTF). Consulting ser- and Karama Cash Transfer Program. vices to be determined. Cairo Governorate Tel: 02-2390- 7754, E-mail: abdrabu1000@yahoo.com, Contact: Mr. “Efficient” is defined and measured by good targeting of Galal Mostafa Said, Governor. the poor. “Effective” is defined and measured by coverage of the Water, sanitation and flood protection poor and having basic administrative building blocks of the Program. Approval completed on 10 April 2015. En- Cairo Municipal Solid Waste Management Pro- vironmental Assessment Category C. Project: P145699. ject: The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) US$400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. is to support Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Ministry of Social Solidarity Tel: 37607498, E-mail: targeted areas in Cairo Governorate. Concept completed Ghada.waly@mss.gov.eg, Contact: Ms. Ghada Waly, Min- on 5 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category ister. A. Project: P152961. US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Consultants services will be required to pre- Public Administration, Law, and Justice pare the project economic feasibility study, preliminary design, preparation of bidding documents for a Design- (R) Equal Access and Simplified Environment for Build-Operate scheme for the new sanitary waste manage- Investment (EASE) in Egypt: To improve the regula- ment facilities; and the preparation of the environmental tory environment for investors through simplified licens- and social impact assessment. Cairo Governorate Tel: 02- ing and transparent industrial land allocation processes. 2390-7754, E-mail: abdrabu1000@yahoo.com, Contact: Appraisal completed on 1 April 2015. Environmental As- Mr. Galal Mostafa Said, Governor. sessment Category C. Project: P153487. US$ 5.0 (MNIS). Consultants will be required. General Authority for In- vestment Tel: 202-240-55414, E-mail: asalman@invest- Iraq ment.gov.eg, Contact: Mona Zobaa, Undersecretary; In- dustrial Development Authority Tel: 202-261-34990, E- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry mail: Gaber_2008@windowslive.com, Contact: Ms. Hala A. Alshawarby, Director of Projects and Head of Projects Irrigation and Drainage Improvement Project: Council. The proposed project development objective (PDO) is to “increase access to irrigation and drainage services in tar- Transportation geted areas” . This increase will be accomplished by reha- bilitating and improving the irrigation and drainage (R) EG-Urban Transport Infrastructure Develop- schemes. Concept completed on 10 September 2014. En- ment: 21.The Development Objective of the project is im- vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P149803. proved speed and lower emissions of public bus traffic on US$140.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. selected corridors. The main project beneficiaries would Ministry of Water Resources Tel: 964-1772-0240, E-mail: be the users of urban bus transport services, about 70% of legalcontracts@mowr.gov.iq, Contact: Jamal Mohsin Ali, which are estimated to be in the lower 40% income group DG of Legal and Contracts. . Energy and mining 22.The PDO would be achieved through the following main project inputs: (i) civil works to build segregated Electricity Distribution Reform and Investment lanes for buses along some corridors and make further im- Project (EDRIP): Iraq continues to suffer significant provements to the newly created pilot bus corridor in Nasr short-falls in electricity supply, amidst unchecked growth City, with the objective to improve the average speed of in demand. Inadequate supply of electricity is estimated buses along those corridors, and demonstrate the impact to represent an annual economic cost of around $43B of segregated bus lanes on service quality; (ii) procure- (66% of GDP in 2009), and has continued to dampen ment and deployment of clean technology investments, Iraq's ability to affect poverty alleviation even whilst GDP mainly new buses and modern bus workshop facilities and PAGE 103 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 continues to grow. Whilst significant investments are be- Transportation ing made in additional power generation and transmission to increase supply, there must also be concomitant invest- IQ - Railway Safety Improvement Project: To im- ments in the electricity distribution system to ensure that prove the safety, capacity and reliability for passengers additional power supply reaches consumers efficiently. and freight on the railway line between Um Qasr seaport Presently, up to 40% of electricity generated is lost in the and Baghdad. Concept completed on 4 August 2014. En- distribution system - either as system losses (around 13- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150441. 17%) or through theft or un-metered supply (around 23%). US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. A tariff that is set well below cost recovery (at around Iraqi Republic Railways Company Tel: 1c/kWhr), poor metering and lack of efficient billing and 009647901743236, E-mail: salamjsalom@yahoo.com, collection means that there is little effective price control Contact: Mr. Salam J. Salom, Head of Iraqi Republic Rail- on demand, which continues to grow at around 8% per way (IRR). year. Electricity distribution and retail sectors are man- aged with limited management systems and limited access Iraq Cross Border Project: Objective to be Deter- to system performance data, making efficient distribution mined. Identification completed on 8 September 2014. of electricity virtually impossible. The Deputy Prime Min- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$200.0 ister and Minister of Electricity have stated an intention to (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- privatize the electricity distribution sector in order to in- menting agency(ies) to be determined. crease efficiency and quality of electricity supply. How- ever, very significant efforts and investments will need to IQ-Aviation Development Project: Objective to be be made to improve the performance of the distribution Determined. Identification completed on 10 September system across of a range of key performance indicators 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$450.0 (predominantly related to reducing system losses and in- (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- creasing system efficiency), before privatization can be menting agency(ies) to be determined. considered. This project provides financing to support re- form and investment in Iraq's electricity distribution sec- Water, sanitation and flood protection tor. The principal objective of the Project is to improve the performance of the electricity distribution system, reduce (R) Baghdad Water and Sewerage Improvement system losses and enable more effective management of Project: The Project Development Objective (PDO) of the sector. A series of reforms and investments will be de- BWSIP is to improve the quality of water and sewerage signed in accordance with technical assistance that is cur- services in Baghdad. The Project will support improve- rently ongoing to develop a roadmap for reform and in- ments in high-priority and high-impact areas. Concept vestment in Iraq's electricity distribution sector. Identifi- completed on 14 April 2015. Environmental Assessment cation completed on 27 May 2014. Environmental Assess- Category B. Project: P150409. US$210.0 (IBRD). Consult- ment Category B. US$750.0 (IBRD). Consulting services ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Ministry of Electricity Tel: (964-790) to be determined. 192-1982, E-mail: nafaaabdelsada@yahoo.com, Contact: Nafae Abdelsada, Director, Distribution. Health and other social services Jordan Finance (N) Expanding the Engagement of Youth Inclu- sion and Peace Building: Objective to be Determined. (R) JO-MSME Development for Inclusive Growth: Identification completed on 7 April 2015. Environmental The objective of the Project is to contribute to the improve- Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 (MNCC). Consulting ser- ment of access to finance for micro, small and medium en- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be terprises in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Approval determined. completed on 10 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P153987. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consult- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ants will be required. Central Bank of Jordan Tel: 962-6- 463-0301, E-mail: maher.hasan@cbj.gov, Contact: Dr. PFM Institutional Development and Capacity Maher SHeikh Hasan, Deputy Governor. Building: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 18 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Transportation Category C. US$30.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. R15 Corridor Upgrade Project: Objective to be Deter- mined. Identification completed on 18 September 2014. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 104 Environmental Assessment Category B. US$100.0 Health and other social services (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined. Social Promotion And Protection Project: The de- velopment objective of SPPP is to increase access to social Water, sanitation and flood protection development services at the community level, improve the coverage and targeting of the National Poverty Targeting Red Sea-Dead Sea Phase 1: - Identification completed Program (NPTP), and build the capacity of the Ministry of on 6 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- Social Affairs (MOSA) at the central and the Social Devel- gory A. US$ 100.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be de- opment Center (SDC) levels. Approval completed on 17 termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. May 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- ject: P124761. US$30.0 (IBRD). No consultants are re- quired. Ministry of Social Affairs Tel: 961-1-611242, E- Lebanon mail: bashiros7@yahoo.fr, Contact: Bashir Osmat, Advi- sor to the Minister. Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Emergency Primary Healthcare Restoration Pro- ject: The objective of the project is to restore access to es- Sustainable Agric. Livelihoods in Marginal Areas sential healthcare services for poor Lebanese affected by (SALMA): The proposed Project Development Ob- the influx of Syrian refugees. Approval completed on 6 jective (PDO) is to expand access of small farmers to sup- January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. plementary irrigation and increase protection of agricul- Project: P152646. US$ 15.0 (LSCT). Consulting services to tural lands from soil erosion in targeted remote hilly areas. be determined. Ministry of Health Tel: 961-1-615-728, E- Concept completed on 5 December 2012. This project is mail: mphealth@cyberia.net.lb, Contact: Dr. Walid Am- no longer in the lending program. Further reporting will mar, Director General, Ministry of Health. be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P131431. US$24.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be re- quired. Ministry of Agriculture Tel: (961-1) 821-900, E- Industry and trade mail: mkhansa@agriculture.gov.lb, Contact: Mohammad Khansa, Advisor to H.E. the Minister of Agriculture. LB-Environmental Pollution Abatement Project: The development objectives of the project are to assist the Energy and mining Borrower in: (a) reducing industrial pollution in targeted Industrial Enterprises; and (b) strengthening the moni- toring and enforcement capabilities of the MOE. Approval LB: PCB Management in the Power Sector Project: completed on 1 August 2014. Environmental Assessment The objective of the Project is to dispose of high risk PCBs Category F. Project: P143594. US$15.0 (IBRD). Consult- and improve the inventory management of transformers ants will be required. Ministry of Environment Tel: (961- in the power sector in an environmentally sound manner. 1) 981-854, E-mail: manal.moussallem@undp-lebpro- Approval completed on 21 November 2014. Environmen- jects.org, Contact: Manal Moussallem, Advisor to the Min- tal Assessment Category A. Project: P122540. US$ 2.5 ister; Central Bank Tel: (961) 1743-469, E-mail: wael- (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Envi- hamdan@bdl.gov.lb, Contact: Wael Hamdan, Senior Di- ronmenta Tel: 9611981854, E-mail: manal.mous- rector. Head of Financing Unit. salem@undp-lebprojects.org, Contact: Manal Mous- salem, Advisor. Information and communications Partial Risk Guarantee: Floating Storage & Regas- ification Unit Project: The proposed operation consists LB: Mobile Internet Ecosystem Project (MIEP): of providing a credit enhancement mechanism to address The project development objective is to strengthen inno- the low credit worthiness of the power sector, to support vation and entrepreneurship in the Lebanese Mobile In- the development of a floating regasification and storage ternet Ecosystem. Approval completed on 31 July 2013. unit (FRSU) to enable the import of LNG into Lebanon. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P131202. The proposed instrument will be a Partial Risks Guarantee US$6.4 (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of (PRG) back-stopping liquidity payments under a Terminal Telecommunications Tel: (961-71) 611-611, E-mail: Use Agreement (TUA) entered between GoL and the FSRU rami.majzoub@gmail.com, Contact: Rami Majzoub, Advi- project developer/owner/operator. Identification com- sor to the Minister. pleted on 8 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory A. US$ 60.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. PAGE 105 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 Public Administration, Law, and Justice Energy and mining Lebanon Fiscal Management Reform 2: The devel- (R) Clean and Efficient Energy Project: To improve opment objective of FMR 2 is to build fiscal policy analysis the capacity of ONEE to supply and dispatch clean elec- capacity, strengthen debt management, improve the tricity and to meet the demand of targeted customers more budgetary allocation of public resources, enhance the effi- efficiently in the project area. Negotiations authorized on ciency of the government financial management systems, 13 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. and tighten the control environment for more effective use Project: P143689. US$125.0/24.0 (IBRD/CCTF). No con- of public resources. Approval completed on 14 April 2014. sultants are required. Office National de l'Electricité et de Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P133226. l'Eau potable (ONEE) Tel: 212-52-220-5698, E-mail: US$5.2 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Ministry of fait@onee.ma, Contact: Mr. Ali Fassi Fihri, Director Gen- Finance Tel: (961-1) 642-722, E-mail: alainb@fi- eral. nance.gov.lb, Contact: Alain Bifani, Director General. Finance Transportation Seed and Early Stage Equity Financing in Mo- (R) Greater Beirut Urban Transport: 14.The Project rocco: Through the establishment of a financing facility Development Objective is to improve transport connectiv- that can attract the appropriate risk capital from the pri- ity and mobility on Beirut’s northern entrance between vate sector to invest in start-ups and high growth SMEs, Tabarja and Beirut. this project will support the Government of Morocco ad- dress a market failure in financing for new and growth ori- 15. This objective will be achieved through (i) the con- ented SMEs who contribute substantially to job creation. struction of a new BRT system between Tabarja and Bei- Identification completed on 21 May 2014. Environmental rut, (ii)the establishment of feeder bus services to the Assessment Category C. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- trunk BRT line and within Beirut, and (iii) establishing ap- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be propriate institutional arrangements for the management, determined. operation and maintenance of the new mass transit sys- tem. Concept completed on 13 February 2015. Environ- Health and other social services mental Assessment Category A. Project: P146691. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Investing in Opportunities for Youth in Morocco: Council for Development and Reconstruction Tel: 961-1- The objective of the lending operation is to support the 980-0096, E-mail: njisr@cdr.gov.lb, Contact: Mr. Nabil implementation of priority measures of the Morocco Inte- El-Jisr, President; Ministry of Transport Tel: 961-1- grated National Youth Strategy, covering 5 key areas : (i) 371644, E-mail: ministry@transportation.gov.lb, Contact: increasing youth access to economic opportunities and Mr. Abdel Hafiz Kaysi, Director General. employability ; (ii) increasing youth access to quality ser- vices, including lagging regions and disadvantaged com- Beirut Bypass Corridor: Objective to be Determined. munities ; (iii) promoting active youth participation in de- Identification completed on 8 September 2014. Environ- cision-making at local and national levels ; (iv) promoting mental Assessment Category A. Consulting services to be the respect of Human Rights and (v) strengthening insti- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tutional capacity for implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Morocco The lending operation will support cross-sectoral measures for young people aged 15 to 29, including disad- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry vantaged and inactive youth, ranging from skills acquisi- tion and job intermediation, to entrepreneurship, inte- (R) MA-Large Scale Irrigation Modernization grated youth services at community level with youth par- Project: The project development objectives (PDO) are: ticipation in management and service delivery, and youth (i) for targeted ORMVAs, to provide an improved water volunteering initiatives. service to farmers, and (ii) for targeted farmers in the pro- ject area, to have better access to improved irrigation tech- The project will be implemented by various entities such nologies. Appraisal completed on 26 March 2015. Envi- as the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Em- ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150930. ployment and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Small En- US$150.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- terprises and Informal Sector through Public, Private and menting agency(ies) to be determined. NGO partnerships. Identification completed on 17 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$150.0 April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 106 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. menting agency(ies) to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Water, sanitation and flood protection Transportation (R) Morocco Integrated Urban Water Manage- TN-Road Transport Corridors: 9. The proposed De- ment: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to en- velopment Objectives is to enhance access to lagging re- sure water security for urban communities in targeted, gions to more developed areas through improved and water-scarce areas in the Project provinces and to intro- safer road transport corridors. Concept completed on 28 duce an integrated management approach based on an February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. economic optimum. Concept completed on 10 February Project: P146502. US$200.0/0.9 (IBRD/MSC1). Consult- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: ing services to be determined. Ministere de l'Equipement P151128. US$100.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- Tel: 21671252514, E-mail: dgpc@mehat.gov.tn, Contact: termined. Office National de l'Electricité et de l'Eau Pota- Slah Zouari, Directeur General des Ponts et Chaussees. ble (ONEE) Tel: 212537759600, E-mail: sbadri@onee.ma, Contact: Samira Badri, Direction Financière. Water, sanitation and flood protection (N) Tunisia - Northern Tunis Wastewater Project Tunisia Additional Finance: Project Development Objectives of the Project are to: (a) provide an environmentally safe dis- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry posal system for the treated wastewater which will not be reused in agriculture in the North of Tunis; and (b) in- Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project: Fol- crease the quantity and quality of treated wastewater lowing discussions between the SM and the CMU, it was made available to farmers to encourage its reuse in agri- decided to create the P code / AIS for this project, while culture in the Borj Touil area. Identification completed on dropping the Tunisia - Wastewater reuse project (P125176, 23 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category PCN on October 5, 2011). This reflects the change in pri- A. US$25.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. ority of the Government of Tunisia concerning water use Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. in agriculture. Identification completed on 23 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$50.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing West Bank and Gaza agency(ies) to be determined. Education Energy and mining Additional Financing for Teacher Education Im- Tunisia - Italy Transmission Corridor: This opera- provement Project: Objective to be Determined. Iden- tion is towards the realization of a transmission intercon- tification completed on 8 November 2014. Environmental nection corridor between Tunisia and Italy. The benefits Assessment Category C. US$ 3.0 (SPF). Consulting ser- of this corridor is to improve security of supply and stabil- vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be ity of networks on both sides of the Mediterranean. The determined. project will also contribute to sustainable development. Identification completed on 18 December 2014. Environ- Energy and mining mental Assessment Category A. US$200.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing (R) GZ: Electricity Sector Performance Improve- agency(ies) to be determined. ment Project: Objective to be Determined. Identifica- tion completed on 5 December 2013. Environmental As- Information and communications sessment Category B. US$ 10.0 (SPF). Consulting services to be determined. Palestine Energy and Natural Resources Accelerating High-Speed Internet Access in Tuni- Authority. sia: The proposed project development objective (PDO) is to contribute to expanding and developing Tunisia’s Solar Energy Supply for Gaza Sewage Treatment broadband services by accelerating ultra-fast broadband Plant (NGEST): Objective to be Determined. Identifica- (UFB) deployment in appropriate geographical locations tion completed on 26 November 2014. Environmental As- with the involvement of the private sector and by further- sessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (SPF). Consulting services ing competition in the sector. Identification completed on to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- 31 July 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. mined. PAGE 107 Middle East And North Africa April 2015 12.0/3.0 (PWUD/SPF). Consultants will be required. Mu- Gaza Emergency Response for Electricity Net- nicipal Development and Lending Fund Tel: 022971878, work Rehabilitation (AF): The Project objective is to E-mail: abednofal@mdlf.org.ps, Contact: Mr. Abdel restore and improve basic electricity services in Gaza. Ap- Mughni Nofal, MDLF Director General. proval completed on 30 October 2014. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P152411. US$ 15.0 (SPF). (N) GZ-Second Municipal Development Project- Consultants will be required. Palestinian Energy and Nat- AF: To improve the Recipient's municipal management ural Resources Authority (PENRA) Tel: 97097222986192, practices for better transparency and service delivery, and E-mail: chairman@menr.org, Contact: Fred Fakari'i, Sec- to restore priority municipal services following the conflict retary of Finance. in Gaza. Identification completed on 12 March 2015. This project is no longer in the lending program. Further re- Industry and trade porting will be discontinued. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 6.9/5.0 (PWUD/SPF). Consulting ser- West Bank and Gaza: Finance for Jobs: Objective to vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be be Determined. Identification completed on 16 June determined. 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 5.0 (SPF). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- (N) GZ-Second Municipal Development Project ing agency(ies) to be determined. AF: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 30 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category Public Administration, Law, and Justice B. US$ 6.9 (PWUD). Consulting services to be deter- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. GZ-Integrated Housing and Urban Development Project: Unlocking the economic growth potential of Pal- Water, sanitation and flood protection estinian cities requires an integrated urban development approach. Despite the existing activities, private sector-led Hebron Regional Wastewater Management Pro- investments, including in the housing sector, have re- ject - Phase 1: The objective is to reduce the environmen- mained limited to date. Additional support would be re- tal pollution from wastewater produced in the Hebron quired to build critical local government capacity to lead, Municipality. Negotiations authorized on 6 October 2014. manage and demonstrate the feasibility of new housing Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: P117449. and urban development. Following a request from the Pal- US$ 4.8/18.7/13.9/4.5 (AID/ECEU/GFRC/SPF). Con- estinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance and Ministry sultants will be required. Hebron Municipality Tel: 970-2- of Public Works and Housing, the proposed project would 222-7992, E-mail: zatarid@hebron-city.ps, Contact: Prof. aim addressing the multi-sectoral issues of housing and Dr. Daoud I. Zatari, Mayor; Palestinian Water Authority urban development and integrated approach, building on Tel: 970-2-2987665, E-mail: mghunaim@pwa.ps, Con- the Bank’s ongoing strong engagement in the sector. The tact: Eng. Mazen Ghunaim, Minister, Head of PWA. proposed objective would be to support the PA and se- lected local authorities in designing, financing and imple- North Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment Project menting integrated housing and urban development pilot - Third Additional Financing: The objective is to com- projects in partnership with the private sector. The pro- plete construction of the North Gaza wastewater treat- posed pilot initiative would focus on few selected munici- ment plant, complete the first phase of the effluent recov- palities which have reached higher levels of capacity, i.e., ery and reuse scheme, and ensure the sustainability of the those ranking high in the Municipal Development Pro- waste water services by financing capacity building and gram performance category; and support targeted multi- operation and maintenance costs on a declining basis over sector interventions to leverage private sector financing three years. Approval completed on 14 April 2014. Envi- for housing development. Identification completed on 10 ronmental Assessment Category A. US$ 2.6/5.0/3.0 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ (BELG/PWUD/SPF). Consulting services to be deter- 5.0 (SPF). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- mined. Palestine Water Authority Tel: (970-8) 283-3609, menting agency(ies) to be determined. E-mail: sali@pwa-gpmu.org, Contact: Chandanie Wijaya- wardene, Director General. GZ Emergency Response Second Municipal Devel- opment Project AF: The revised PDO will be “to im- prove the Recipient’s municipal management practices for Yemen, Republic of better municipal transparency and service delivery, and to restore priority municipal services following the conflict in Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Gaza”. Approval completed on 30 October 2014. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P152523. US$ Climate Resilience of Rural Communities Project April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 108 (CRRC): The proposed development objective is to in- Project: P148747. US$ 36.0 (GAFS). Consulting services crease the resilience of the rural population to the impact to be determined. Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of climate change through improved natural resource (MAI) Tel: 9671235873, E-mail: GAFSP@yemen.net.ye, management. Concept completed on 6 February 2014. Contact: Mr. Hamood Al-Rubaidi, Acting Project Director. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P144764. US$ 18.6 (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Finance Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation Tel: 967-1-449669. RY-Financial Inclusion for Yemen: The objective of RY-Climate Resilience of Coastal Communities the proposed operation is expand access to finance for mi- (CRCC): 12. The project objective is to improve the ca- cro and small enterprises in Yemen, aiming to create jobs. pacity of targeted coastal communities to plan for and re- The main target group is women and youth, with a partic- spond to the potential impact of climate change and vari- ular focus on rural areas. The project is expected to be cen- ability. Concept completed on 9 July 2013. Environmental tered around a line of credit channeled through the Social Assessment Category B. Project: P144813. US$ 20.0 Fund for Development to financial intermediaries who on- (CSCF). Consulting services to be determined. Environ- lend to beneficiaries. Identification completed on 2 De- ment Protection Authority (EPA) Tel: (967-1) 207-817, E- cember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ mail: khalshaibani@yahoo.com. 20.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. (R) Yemen Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement Project (SAPEP): The project develop- Public Administration, Law, and Justice ment objective is to increase the use of productivity and nutrition-enhancing crop and livestock practices by small- Local Development and Service Delivery Support holders in targeted project areas. Appraisal completed on Program (LDSDSP): The proposed DLSDSP will sup 4 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. port the Yemeni Government establish the legal and insti- (a) increasing enrollment in higher education, especially tutional framework for decentralization, and impart re- of young women; (b) improving the quality of higher edu- sources and capacities to strengthen regional and local cation, with particular emphasis on orienting the higher governments. education sector towards the future economic needs of Af- ghanistan; and (c) building systems for greater academic The project development objective is to strengthen tar- and procedural autonomy of universities, with suitable in- geted regional and local governments in Yemen become stitutional and accountability mechanisms. Identification more accountable and responsive, and improve their ca- completed on 5 August 2013. Environmental Assessment pacity to deliver services. Identification completed on 18 Category B. US$ 100.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be August 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ determined. Ministry of Higher Education. 50.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Energy and mining DABS Planning And Capacity Support: The pro- South Asia posed project development objective (PDO) is to improve sustainably the capabilities of DABS to plan investments in, and maintenance of, the electricity distribution system. Afghanistan Concept completed on 15 May 2013. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P131228. US$ 7.5 (ARTF). Education Consulting services to be determined. DABS. Higher Education Development Project: The Gov- Naghlu Hydropower Rehabilitation Project: ernment of Afghanistan (GoA) has a national development 10.The Project Development Objective is to increase rap- strategy in which higher education is a key policy priority idly the supply of domestically-generated electricity to the for future development. The Ministry of Higher Education Afghan power system in a safe and environmentally and (MoHE) has a higher education development strategy socially sustainable way. Concept completed on 15 May which is being updated for the period 2014-2020. A higher 2013. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: education program for the implementation of this strategy P132944. US$ 85.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be de- will be developed by the MHE during the course of termined. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat Tel: (93-7) 2013/2014. The proposed Project will assist the MHE to 0029-4722, E-mail: shekeeb.nessar@dabs.af, Contact: implement the national higher education strategy. The key Eng. Shekeeb Nessar, Chief Operations Officer; Ministry policy initiatives which the project will support include: of Energy and Water Tel: (93-7) 5200-4998, E-mail: PAGE 109 South Asia April 2015 gfaruq11@yahoo.com, Contact: Eng. Ghulam Faruq Qaz- and capacity building of ARAZI through the development izada, Deputy Minister. of an administrative system of land registration, policy and land access. The aim is to build the capacity of the Af- Afghanistan Power System Development Project ghanistan Independent Land Authority (ARAZI) to pursue Additional Financing: The objective of this operation a pro-poor land policy and deliver transparent land ad- is to provide sufficient additional financing to cover the ministration and management services additional cost of completing three contracts under the Af- ghanistan Power Sector Development Project (P111943) as The project aims to support: well as the cost of retaining the Project Management Firm to allow it to supervise the project to completion. The esti- a.the establishment of an affordable and accessible land mated amount of Additional Financing required is $13.5 registration system. million and will be financed by the Afghanistan Recon- struction Trust Fund (ARTF). To complete these works b.raising public awareness, knowledge and understand- and for the project objectives to be met, the Closing Date ing about laws and regulations governing the land sector. would be extended by 1 year (i.e. until January 31, 2016.) c.developing processes and service standards for ARAZI’s Identification completed on 10 October 2014. Environ- core functions. mental Assessment Category B. US$ 16.0 (ARTF). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing d.improving the implementation capacity of ARAZI to de- agency(ies) to be determined. liver its services. Health and other social services e.the effective and efficient use of state land for equitable socio-economic development Identification completed on SEHAT Additional Financing: The proposed AF to the 2 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. SEHAT project (P129663) will finance the delivery of the US$ 18.5 (ARTF). Consulting services to be determined. Basic Package of H ealth Services (BPHS) and Essential Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Package of Hospital Services (EPHS) in the 13 provinces currently supported by USAID. As outlined in its 2/2/14 Transportation letter, USAID intends to provide an estimated total pro- gram contribution to ARTF in the amount of US$ 227.6 Baghlan (Dushi) Bamyan: To improve and sustain the million for the 5 year SEHAT program. In addition to sup- network connectivity of 3 cross Hindukush provinces, porting BPHS and EPHS (SEHAT component 1), the namely Baghlan, Bamiyan and Parwan Identification USAID contribution will support the provision of technical completed on 5 August 2013. Environmental Assessment assistance to strengthen the stewardship capacity of Category A. US$ 250.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting services MOPH and program management activities, (SEHAT to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- components 2 and 3, respectively). Identification com- mined. pleted on 12 August 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 248.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be Additional finance for Afghanistan Rural Access determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Project: The project development objective is to enable rural communities to benefit from all-season road access Public Administration, Law, and Justice to basic services and facilities. Identification completed on 11 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Municipal Development Project: Objective to be De- US$ 120.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be determined. termined. Identification completed on 28 March 2013. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 60.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- Water, sanitation and flood protection ing agency(ies) to be determined. URBAN POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT: The Second Public Financial Management Reform: Ad- project will support the Ministry of Urban Development dition financing for the PFMRII project Identification strengthen it's analytic and advocacy skills to be the prem- completed on 23 April 2014. Environmental Assessment ier strategic thinker on urban issues on Afghanistan. It will Category C. US$ 129.0 (ARTF). Consulting services to be support the Ministry develop an urban observatory, hous- determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ing policy, advocacy notes on property taxation and re- ports on the state of urban areas on Afghanistan (Urbani- Technical Assistance for the Afghanistan Land zation trends and future prospects; places and economic Authority - Arazi: The proposed project will consist of clusters that deserve priority; and recommended four components focused on institutional strengthening April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 110 interventions). Identification completed on 26 August Additional Financing: Skills and Training En- 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 5.0 hancement Project: The Additional Financing will (IDA Grant). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- support the original four components of the Skills and menting agency(ies) to be determined. Training Enhancement Project to further contribute to- wards scaling up ongoing institutional grants to additional public and private institutions to meet the ongoing de- Bangladesh mand and to fill in the funding gap in the stipend activi- ties. Following are the components under the Additional Agriculture, fishing, and forestry Financing: Component 1: Improve the Quality and Rele- vance of Training This component will be implemented through two (2) windows. Window I will support selected National Agricultural Technology Project - Addi- additional private institutions offering diploma level pro- tional Financing: The United States Agency for Inter- grams. These institutions will be chosen on the basis of national Development (USAID) has proposed to provide a well-defined eligibility and selection criteria. Window II grant to improve agricultural productivity and farm in- will support selected additional institutions providing comes in the country through research into appropriate short-term vocational and technical training. These insti- technology, increased adoption of low risk-high reward tutions will be chosen based on similar eligibility and se- technologies in marginalized areas, and fostering farmers’ lection criteria employed under Window I. Component 2 - links to markets. Pilots in Technical and Vocational Education and Training The project will build on the lessons learned and good Developing pilot activities aimed at strengthening the practices developed in the World Bank financed Bangla- overall technical and vocational educational training sys- desh National Agricultural Technology Project and the tem: Supporting Industry Skills Councils (ISC) and the Bangladesh Integrated Agricultural Productivity Project. National Skills Development Council (NSDC) by providing Approval completed on 4 March 2014. Environmental As- a grant financing and operational cost support to finance sessment Category B. Project: P133251. US$ 23.7 (FSCO). establishment of specific offices to about two to four ISCs Consultants will be required. Ministry of Agriculture and NSDC who will guide the overall regulatory and legis- (MOA) Tel: 880-2-9540100, E-mail: lative framework for Vocational Education and Training dmazmulislam@gmail.com, Contact: S.M. Nazmul Islam, and skills development. Component 3 - Institutional Ca- Secretary in charge. pacity Development Strengthening the capacity of the Re- cipient in managing the TVET sector as a whole by way of (R) Bangladesh NATP-2: National Agricultural institutional capacity development of the Directorate of Technology Program - Phase II Project: To increase Technical Education (DTE), the Bangladesh Technical Ed- the agricultural productivity of smallholder farms and im- ucation Board (BTEB) under the Ministry of Education prove smallholder farmers' access to markets in selected (MoE), and the Bureau of Manpower Employment and districts. Negotiations authorized on 24 March 2015. En- Training (BMET) under the Ministry of Expatriate Wel- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149553. fare and Overseas Employment (MOEWOE). (ning (RPL) US$ 176.1/7.4/23.9 (IDA Credit/AID/IFAD). Consulting program. Component 4 - Project Management, Communi- services to be determined. Ministry of Fisheries and Live- cations, Monitoring and Evaluation Support for project stock (MOFL) Tel: (880-2) 716 1258, E-mail: fish- management, monitoring and evaluation of Project pro- livsec@pace-moe.gov.bd; Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) gress and outcomes. Approval completed on 26 Septem- Tel: 880-2-9540100, E-mail: mazmulislam@gmail.com, ber 2013. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ Contact: S.M. Nazmul Islam, Secretary in charge. 16.7 (FSSA). Consulting services to be determined. Minis- try of Education Tel: (88-02) 911-0664, E-mail: (R) Nuton Jibon Livelihood Improvement Pro- techedu09@gmail.com, Contact: Directorate of Technical ject: The proposed Project Development Objective is to Education, Director General. improve livelihoods of the poor and extreme poor in the project areas. Approval completed on 18 March 2015. En- BD Higher Education Quality Enhancement Pro- vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149605. ject - AF: The Higher Education Quality Enhancement US$ 197.0/3.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant). Consulting ser- Project (HEQEP) was approved in March 2009 and the vices to be determined. Social Development Foundation main objective of the project is to improve the quality and Tel: +880-2-8100505, E-mail: md@sdfbd.org, Contact: relevance of the teaching and research environment in Mr. A.Z.M. Sakhawat Hossain, Managing Director. higher education institution through encouraging both in- novation and accountability within universities and by en- Education hancing the technical and institutional capacity of the higher education sector. Additional Financing has been proposed to fill the funding gap to effectively complete the PAGE 111 South Asia April 2015 agreed project activities; expansion of project interven- medical imaging etc. Sub-component 3.3: Capacity build- tions in order to scale up project impact and development ing (technical and financial management): Additional effectiveness is warranted based on the likelihood of staffing and technical training of IT personnel at network achieving project objective and strong project perfor- and campus level - Local training programs for university mance. The following components/activities have been IT staff on campus networking in association with inter- proposed with additional financing of US$60.0 million: (i) national providers to create a national capacity to provide Component 1: Promoting Academic Innovation; (ii) Com- such training. A system of scholarships/fellowship or in- ponent 2: Building Institutional Capacity of Tertiary Edu- ternational placements would be provided for specialist cation Sector; (iii) Component 3: Raising the Connectivity training of IT personnel in campus networking with the Capacity in the Higher Education Sector (BdREN & Digital aim of building a training team for the country. Sub-com- Library); (iv) Component 4: Establishment of Quality As- ponent 3.4: Application development to maximize the uti- surance Mechanism; and (v) Component 5: Project Man- lization of BdREN: Additional support would be necessary agement and Monitoring and Evaluation. Component 1: for ensuring (a) enhancement of digital library access, (b) Promoting Academic Innovation Sub-Component 1.1 - Fi- partnership with regional and continental RENs, and (c) nancing to cover the shortage of funds for the 1st and 2nd utilization "pump-priming" activities in (1) education, (2) rounds AIF . The additional financing will provide funds research collaboration, and (c) campus safety. Component for the first and second rounds AIF sub-projects which are 4: Establishment of Quality Assurance Mechanism To under implementation. The shortage was created when build on the momentum generated under the first two the Project needed to temporarily reallocate the funds to rounds of AIF and the recent efforts made in developing a the BdREN activities under Component 3 during the re- national quality assurance mechanism, the Project would structuring. Sub-Component1.2 - Third round of AIF The support the following activities with the proposed addi- AIF will allocate its resources through three competitive tional financing: (i) establishment of Quality Assurance windows: (i) improvement of teaching and learning; (ii) and Accreditation Council of Bangladesh (QAAC); and (ii) enhancement of research capabilities; and (iii) university- establishment of Institutional Quality Assurance Cells wide innovations which include campus network In order (IQAC). Sub-component 4.1: Establishment Quality As- to place additional emphasis on innovation for teaching surance and Accreditation Council of Bangladesh The ob- and learning (Window 1) and research (Window 2), selec- jective of this sub-component is to provide funds for the tion criteria will be modified. Established proposal evalu- establishment of Quality Assurance and Accreditation ation process will be followed with minor modifications Council of Bangladesh and the development of Regula- based on the lessons learned from the first and second tions, Qualification Framework, and Quality Assurance rounds AIF which will be reflected in a revised AIF Oper- Manual. Additional funds will be also provided for aware- ations Manual. Component 2: Building Institutional Ca- ness campaigns and necessary capacity building activities. pacity of Tertiary Education Sector This component aims Sub-component 4.2: Establishment of Institutional Qual- to further strengthen the capacity of UGC, MOE and ity Assurance Cells The Fund will finance the establish- Higher Education Institutions for the future development ment and operation of (i) Institutional Quality Assurance of the sector. To this end, the project will support the pol- Cells (IQACs); (ii) establishment of institutional data col- icy formation based on the studied carried out under the lection and analysis mechanism for systematic collecting, original project. Component 3: Raising the Connectivity processing and dissemination of reliable data concerning Capacity of the Higher Education Sector Sub-component higher education quality assurance as well as graduates' 3.1: Strengthening BdREN connectivity: Basic connectiv- performance in the labor market, (iii) preparation of self- ity through overhead dark fibre would be established by assessment, process facilitation and necessary training, December 2013. To use the full potential of the connectiv- external peer reviewers' visits, and preparation and imple- ity campus network would be established for the remain- mentation of Institutional Improvement Plan. Details of ing 20 public universities. In addition, VC facilities using the implementation mechanism for this Fund will be laid the BdREN connectivity could be established in the Min- out in the Operations Manual. Component 5: Project Man- istry of Education, ERD, and Planning Commission. Pro- agement and Monitoring and Evaluation The objective of visions would be made available for add-on software in- this component is to ensure proper implementation, man- cluding cloud-computing and equipment for performance agement, and monitoring and evaluation of scaled up ac- enhancement. Sub-component 3.2: Awareness building tivities under the project. It would comprise two sub-com- and knowledge exchange: Awareness raising and ponents, aiming to reach this objective namely: (i) project knowledge exchanges on best practice for the ownership, management; and (ii) monitoring and evaluation. Ap- governance and exploitation of an NREN for the stake- proval completed on 3 December 2013. Environmental holders of BdREN. The exchange programs could include: Assessment Category B. Project: P145749. US$ 125.0 (IDA (a) Policy level knowledge exchange among the "South" Credit). Consultants will be required. University Grants and "North" countries; (b) academic and technical level Commission of Bangladesh Tel: (88-02) 818-1631, E-mail: knowledge exchange with the neighboring countries in chairmanugc@yahoo.com, Contact: University Grants Asia Pacific mainly on grid computing, climate modeling, Commission, Chairman. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 112 also tackling emerging concerns related to the quality of Secondary Education Quality and Access En- learning (such as low teacher-student contact hours of in- hancement Project - AF: The Project Development Ob- struction in schools). The original project is well perform- jective in the proposed AF operation will remain un- ing, and the recent Mid-Term Review (MTR) rates the pro- changed and will continue to be "to improve the quality of gress towards development objectives and implementa- secondary education, systematically monitor learning out- tion satisfactory. Approval completed on 16 December comes, and to increase access and equity in project upazi- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: las". The four project components will be the same as in P150669. US$ 400.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be re- the original project. The proposed AF would: (i) support quired. Directorate of Primary Education, Contact: .. the implementation of the expanded project activities (across more schools and students within SEQAEP upazi- Energy and mining las) to deepen the impact of a well-performing project; (ii) allow adequate time for MOE to evaluate and institution- Bangladesh Ghorashal Unit 4 Repowering Pro- alize successful interventions from the ongoing project un- ject: The proposed development objective of the Project is der a more harmonized secondary education sector pro- to increase generation supply and efficiency; Concept gram that GOB is planning to initiate by early 2017; and completed on 22 July 2014. Environmental Assessment (iii) initiate replication of successful activities beyond 125 Category A. Project: P128012. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). SEQAEP upazilas in a phased manner for a smoother in- Consulting services to be determined. Bangladesh Power stitutionalization of SEQAEP interventions. The AF would Development Board Tel: 880-2-9556832, E-mail: chair- also extend the Closing Date of the current SEQAEP pro- man@bpdb.gov.bd;, Contact: Md. Abduhu Ruhullah, ject from June 30, 2014 to December 31, 2016 in order to Chairman. carry out the proposed activities. Approval completed on 3 December 2013. Environmental Assessment Category RERED II Additional Financing: The proposed addi- B. US$ 265.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. tional financing is to further scale up the solar home sys- Ministry of Education, E-mail: seqaep@bdcom.net, Con- tems and other renewable energy-based options for in- tact: Ministry of Education, Project Director, SEQAEP creasing access to electricity in rural areas of Bangladesh. Project. Approval completed on 19 June 2014. Environmental As- sessment Category B. Project: P150001. US$ AF Bangladesh - Primary Education Development 48.4/30.0/15.0 (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/GPBA). Consult- Program III: Additional Financing (AF) in the amount ants will be required. Power Cell Tel: (880-2) 955-6040, of US$400 million to scale up the Bangladesh Third Pri- E-mail: dg@powercell.gov.bd, Contact: Mr. Mohammad mary Education Development Program (PEDP3: Hossain, Director General; Infrastructure Development P150669). In addition, Level 2 Restructuring comprising: Company Limited Tel: (880-2) 910-2171, E-mail: mma- (i) modification of the project scope of work; (ii) revision lik@idcol.org, Contact: Mr. Mahmood Malik, Executive of the results framework to measure the outcomes associ- Director and CEO. ated with the revised scope of work; and (iii) extension of the project closing date from December 31, 2015 to De- (N) Siddhirganj Power Project Additional Financ- cember 31, 2017. The Project Development Objective in ing: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed the proposed AF operation will remain unchanged and on 27 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category will continue to be to: “(i) increase participation and re- A. US$ 165.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be de- duce social disparities in primary education, (ii) increase termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. the number of children completing primary and improve the quality of the learning environment and measurement Finance of student learning, and (iii) improve effectiveness of re- source use for primary education.” The proposed Addi- (R) Financial Sector Support Project: The project tional Financing would help to finance the cost of the development objective is to improve financial market in- scale-up activities and subsequent restructuring of the frastructure, regulatory and oversight capacity of Bangla- project to respond effectively to changes in the Bangladesh desh Bank and access to long term financing for private primary education sector due to ongoing nationalization firms in Bangladesh. Negotiations authorized on 14 April of the previous "Registered Non-Government Primary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: Schools" (RNGPS), scale-up and expansion of interven- P150938. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to tions of the original PEDP3 project in order to implement be determined. Bangladesh Bank Tel: (880-2) 712-6101, a further set of reforms by 2017; and join government’s ef- E-mail: ahsan.ullah@bb.org.bd; forts towards achieving universal primary education spe- mezbaul.haque@bb.org.bd. cifically by improving scaled up efforts targeting the re- maining, hardest-to-reach population groups to overcome the barriers to education for those still out of school, while PAGE 113 South Asia April 2015 (N) Modernizing Financial Sector Institutions P149493. US$ 173.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to Project: Objective to be Determined. Identification com- be determined. Project Coordinating Monitoring Unit, pleted on 6 April 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- Programming Division, Planning Commission, Ministry of gory C. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be Planning Tel: 88-02-9531352, E-mail: DG@pcmu.gov.bd, determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Contact: Dr. Md. Jahirul Islam, Director General. Health and other social services Transportation Emergency 2007 Cyclone Recovery and Restora- Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit Project: The project devel- tion Project-- AF II: The primary rationale for the pro- opment objective of the proposed project is to improve the posed Additional Financing is for IDA to continue its sup- urban passenger transport system in Dhaka, especially in port to the Government of Bangladesh for improving and terms of quality of service, affordability, safety, and envi- strengthening critical disaster prevention infrastructure ronmental impact. in the coastal areas of Bangladesh. At the time of Cyclone Sidr, damages were estimated at US$1.2 billion, with sig- nificant needs in the further strengthening of coastal em- bankments as well as the rehabilitation and construction The proposed project will develop the southern section of of improved multi-purpose cyclone shelters. The addi- the BRT Line 3, which connects the Mass Rapid Transit tional financing would be primarily used to: (a) meet the (MRT) Line 6 (supported by JICA) and the northern sec- financing gap of about of about US$4.2 million that exist tion of BRT Line 3 (supported by ADB), respectively, at the since the inception of the project and also a gap created downtown Dhaka and at the airport. All there transit lines due to exchange rate between SDRs to USD (about USD are key elements of a mass public transport network being 6.2 Million are lost at this stage); and (b) to scale up the developed in Dhaka. construction and rehabilitation of critical infrastructure in particular the disaster shelters in the coastal areas. In ad- The project will mainly include two components: (1) con- dition, part of the proposed credit would be used to carry struction of the BRT line, including all necessary infra- out necessary repairs/improvement to about ten polders. structure and facilities; (2) institutional development and Approval completed on 30 December 2013. Environmen- capacity building for relevant government agencies, BRT tal Assessment Category B. Project: P146500. US$ 140.0 operators and other key stakeholders. The project will also (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Ministry of include the implementation of social and environmental Disaster and Relief Tel: (880-18) 1911-7754, E-mail: management programs, if required to ensure achievement cms@dmb.gov.bd, Contact: Syed Ashraful Islam, Commu- of the project development objectives. nication Media Specialist. The estimated total cost of the project is $250 million, which the GoB expects to be financed by the World Bank Public Administration, Law, and Justice through a credit. The estimated budget for Bank's task team in FY14 is USD100, 000. Identification completed on Pro-Poor Slums Integration Project: The proposed 6 February 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project Development Objective to pilot a community US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- based approach to improve living conditions in informal mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. settlements in selected municipalities in Bangladesh. This will be achieved by enhancing security of tenure, improv- Water, sanitation and flood protection ing infrastructure, and facilitating access to credit. Con- cept completed on 22 February 2013. Environmental As- BD River Management Improvement Program - sessment Category B. Project: P130710. US$ 80.0 (IDA Phase I: The objective of this program is to reduce the Credit). Consultants will be required. National Housing adverse impacts of flooding and erosion along the Brah- Authority Tel: (880-02) 951-1029, E-mail: maputra right embankment, enhance its sustainable man- jsm@mohpw.gov.bd, Contact: Kamal Uddin Talukder, agement and improve accessibility along the BRE corri- Project Director. dor. (R) Bangladesh Urban Resilience Project: The pro- The project specific PDO is to improve flood and erosion ject development objective is to strengthen the capacity of management capacity, and increase protection against Government of Bangladesh agencies to respond to emer- river flooding and erosion along selected sections of the gency events and to strengthen systems to reduce the vul- Brahmaputra River. Concept completed on 23 November nerability of future building construction to disasters in 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: Dhaka and Sylhet. Approval completed on 24 March P149734. US$ 600.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: be determined. Bangladesh Water Development Board April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 114 (BWDB) Tel: -, E-mail: decrrp.bwdb@gmail.com, Con- tact: Sarder Sirazul Hoque, Additional Chief Engineer. UP SODIC LANDS RECLAMATION III PROJECT - ADDITIONAL FINANCING: The main objective of the additional financing is to sustainably reclaim additional India ravine lands within the umbrella on the on-going Sodic Lands Reclamation III project. The Department of Eco- Agriculture, fishing, and forestry nomic Affairs, Government of India (GOI) has endorsed the proposal of the Government of Uttar Pradesh (GOB) for this additional financing. The proposed Additional Fi- Neeranchal National Watershed Project: The Pro- nancing (AF) will enable the sustainable reclamation of ra- ject Development Objective (PDO) is to support IWMP vine lands leading to an increase in agricultural productiv- through technical assistance to improve incremental con- ity, a majority of whom are likely to be small and marginal servation outcomes and agricultural yields for communi- farmers. Identification completed on 19 July 2013. Envi- ties in selected sites, and adoption of more effective pro- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$ 84.0 (IDA cesses and technologies into the broader IWMP in partic- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ipating states. Approval completed on 17 July 2014. Envi- ing agency(ies) to be determined. ronmental Assessment Category B. Project: P132739. US$ 178.5 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Depart- Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Development ment of Land Resources Tel: 91-11-23062454, E-mail: Project: The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to sandeep.dave@nic.in, Contact: Dr. Sandeep Dave, Joint “increase the productivity, profitability and market access Secretary and Project Director. of selected horticulture commodities in Himachal Pra- desh”. India Ecosystems Service Improvement Project: To strengthen the institutional capacity of the Department The primary target beneficiaries of the project will be of Forestry and community organizations to enhance for- small and marginal horticulture producers in selected pro- est ecosystem services and improve the livelihoods of for- duction clusters across the state. Concept completed on 31 est dependent communities in Central Indian Highlands. December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Appraisal completed on 28 January 2015. Environmental Project: P151744. US$ 135.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Assessment Category B. Project: P133803. US$ 24.6 vices to be determined. Department of Horticulture, Hi- (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Envi- machal Pradesh Tel: 91-177-2623835, E-mail: jag- ronment, Forests and Climate Change Tel: 011-24695242, dish91@gmail.com, Contact: Jagdish Sharma, MD- E-mail: asmefsusheel@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Susheel HPMC. Kumar, Additional Secretary and Project Director. India: Andhra Pradesh Rural Inclusive Growth Telangana Rural Inclusive Growth Project: The Project: The PDO would be to enable selected poor PDO would be to enable selected poor households to en- households to enhance agricultural incomes and secure hance agricultural incomes and secure increased access to increased access to human development services and so- human development services and social entitlements. cial entitlements. The “selected poor households” will include households The “selected poor households” will include households that are geographically & socially excluded and have low that are geographically & socially excluded and have low income levels. The incomes for these households will be income levels. The incomes for these households will be enhanced by ensuring increased incomes from agriculture enhanced by ensuring increased incomes from agriculture and allied sectors through increased productivity and en- and allied sectors through increased productivity and en- hanced market access. The “human development services” hanced market access. The “human development services” include services related to health, nutrition and sanitation. include services related to health, nutrition and sanitation. The “social entitlements” mainly include social safety nets The “social entitlements” mainly include social safety nets like the wages from National Rural Employment Guaran- like the wages from National Rural Employment Guaran- tee Scheme, pensions and insurance benefits that are pro- tee Scheme, pensions and insurance benefits that are pro- vided by the government. Approval completed on 19 De- vided by the government. Approval completed on 19 De- cember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. cember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P143608. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will Project: P152210. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. .. Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty be required. Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty Tel: (SERP) Tel: 91-40-23298469, E-mail: murali- (91-04) 2329-8469, E-mail: brajsekhar@gmail.com, Con- aku@gmail.com, Contact: A. Murali, Mr.. tact: B. Rajsekhar, CEO. PAGE 115 South Asia April 2015 Education (ESCOs). Approval completed on 29 April 2014. Environ- mental Assessment Category F. Project: P132620. US$ MP Higher Education Quality Improvement Pro- 25.0 (CCTF). Consulting services to be determined. Small ject: The proposed Project Development Objective is to Industries Development Bank of India Tel: (91-522) 228- improve quality of and equity in education outcomes for 8546, E-mail: akkapur@sidbi.in, students in higher education, and to increase the effective- nverma@worldbank.org, Contact: Mr AK Kapur, Chief ness of the higher education system in Madhya Pradesh. General Manager; EESL Energy Efficiency Services Lim- Concept completed on 20 February 2015. Environmental ited Tel: 011-26179699, E-mail: skumar@eesl.co.in, Con- Assessment Category B. Project: P150394. US$ 300.0 tact: Mr. Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director. (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. De- partment of Higher Education Madhya Pradesh Tel: 91 Prepare: Program to Establish Pilots for Access 755 2441056, E-mail: pshighedu@mp.gov.in, Contact: K. through Renewable Energy: To demonstrate renewa- K. Singh, Principal Secretary. ble energy based decentralized models of improving en- ergy access in target states of UP & Bihar. Concept com- Energy and mining pleted on 20 May 2013. Environmental Assessment Cate- gory B. Project: P144678. US$ 14.0/14.0 (GEFU/ZPCO). North Eastern Region Power System Improve- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of New and ment Project: The proposed project development Renewable Energy Tel: 011-24360359, E-mail: Tarun.ka- objectives would be: poor@nic.in, Contact: Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary; UP- NEDA Tel: 9415609002, E-mail: dirupneda@gmail.com, To improve the availability and reliability of electricity Contact: Anamika Singh, Director; BREDA Tel: 0612- supply through expansion and reinforcement of power 2507734, E-mail: breda@breda.in, Contact: Dayanidhi systems in the participating states in the North Eastern Pradhan, Director. Region. Solar Parks Project: A solar park is a concentrated zone Concept completed on 13 August 2012. Environmental of development for solar power generation projects. It Assessment Category A. Project: P127974. US$470.0 provides a turnkey facility to developers, for a fee, in terms (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. Meghalaya of fenced land, clearances and permits, and on-site trans- Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL) Tel: (91-364) 259- mission facilities. The solar park approach therefore is ex- 0289, E-mail: cdsaio@rediffmail.com, Contact: C D Saio, pected to avoid the delays and cost increases resulting Director (Distribution); Electricity Department, Manipur from developers needing to find land, pursuing permits Tel: (91-385) 245-0050, E-mail: n.dwijen@gmail.com, and clearances and paying to connect to the grid, all of Contact: N Dwijen Singh, Superintending Engineer; As- which must be recovered in their tariff. After the western sam State Electricity Board Tel: (91-361) 273-9520, E- hub of solar parks (in Gujarat and Rajasthan), the next mail: pmu_aseb@rediffmail.com, Contact: Bikash Paul frontrunner is the proposed Southern hub (Andhra Pra- Tripura State Electricity Corporation Limited (TSECL) desh, Telengana and Karnataka have been mentioned) Tel: (91-381) 231-8001, E-mail: cmd.tsecl@re- where solar resources are high and power shortages are diffmail.com, Contact: K. Chakrabarti, Director (Tech- severe. The project aims to address the implementation nical); Power and Electricity Department, Mizoram Tel: barriers and cost reduction of renewable energy in India. (91-389) 231-1025, E-mail: el_pachuau@yahoo.co.uk, Identification completed on 5 January 2015. Environ- Contact: L. Pachuau, Chief Engineer (Distribution). mental Assessment Category B. US$500.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Implementing Partial Risk Sharing Facility in Energy Efficiency: agency(ies) to be determined. The project development objective is to assist India in achieving energy savings with mobilization of commercial (R) Andhra Pradesh Disaster Recovery Project: To finance and participation of Energy Service Companies restore and improve rural connectivity, public services, (ESCOs). Approval completed on 25 February 2015. En- and livelihood opportunities in targeted communities of vironmental Assessment Category B. Project: P128921. Andhra Pradesh, and increase the capacity of the State en- US$ 18.0 (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Bureau of tities to respond promptly and effectively to an eligible cri- Energy Efficiency Tel: 91112617-9699, E-mail: Dg- sis or emergency. Identification completed on 9 March bee@nic.in, Contact: Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General. 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Im- Partial Risk Sharing Facility in Energy Efficiency: plementing agency(ies) to be determined. The project development objective is to assist India in achieving energy savings with mobilization of commercial (N) Solar Rooftop PV Project: Objective to be Deter- finance and participation of Energy Service Companies mined. Identification completed on 24 March 2015. Envi- ronmental Assessment Category B. US$400.0 (IBRD). April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 116 Consulting services to be determined. Implementing Industry and trade agency(ies) to be determined. Madhya Pradesh Rural Enterprise and Economic (N) 24x7 - Power for all in Andhra Pradesh: Objec- Empowerment Project: The overall development ob- tive to be Determined. Identification completed on 24 jectives of the project are to ‘Increase the productivity, March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. profitability and market excess of the rural poor producers US$400.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. by consolidating the gains and capitalize on the current Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. achievements Health and other social services Project Outcomes: Uttarakhand Health Systems Development Pro- • Diversified and enhanced source of income of targeted ject: The PDO is to improve access to quality health ser- households in selected project locations; vices, particularly in the hilly districts of the state, and to expand health financial risk protection for the residents of • Upgraded and enriched skills and capabilities for secur- Uttarakhand. Negotiations authorized on 16 January ing jobs; 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: • Improved localized employment opportunities in se- P148531. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to lected project locations; Identification completed on 2 De- be determined. Department of Medical Health and Family cember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Welfare, Government of Uttarakhand Tel: 91- US$ 108.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- 8979002222, E-mail: neeraj.kharwal@gmail.com, Con- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. tact: Dr. Neeraj Kharwal, Mission Director- NHM, DoMHFW. Information and communications Nagaland Health Project: To improve health services and increase their utilization by communities in targeted IN Hydrology III Project: The proposed PDO is to “to locations in Nagaland. Negotiations authorized on 22 strengthen water resources planning and management in January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. selected institutions across India through improved mon- Project: P149340. US$ 48.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will itoring and enhanced accessibility and use of water re- be required. Department of Health and Family Welfare, sources data and information” Concept completed on 1 Government of Nagaland Tel: 91-370-2270565, E-mail: January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. nmhp.wb@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Imchen Sentiyanger, Project: P152698. US$ 370.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- Commissioner, Nagaland. vices to be determined. Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Tel: Enhancing Socioeconomic Empowerment of Ado- 23710305, E-mail: secy-mowr@nic.in, Contact: Mr. Anuj lescent Girls: Objective of the project is to improve edu- Kumar Bishnoi, Secretary. cation, empowerment and employment of targeted ado- lescent girls and young women (age 11-24 years) in Jhar- Public Administration, Law, and Justice khand, and to test models for promoting their socio – eco- nomic empowerment. Components include: (i) Enhanc- Uttar Pradesh Pro-poor Tourism Development ing socioeconomic empowerment of AG and young Project: The project development objective is to improve women through development of a State Strategy and Ac- living standards and increase income opportunities for the tion Plan for AG and creation of AG safe centers, clubs and poor population living in/and close to the primary tourism associations; (ii) Supporting innovations in last mile ser- attractions of the Buddhist Circuit and the Braj-Agra Cor- vice delivery for Adolescent Girls and Young Women by ridor. designing and implementing pilot models aimed at their socioeconomic empowerment; and (iii) Institutional The project will also assist the Government of Uttar Pra- strengthening and implementation support, including desh to restructure its tourism sector in a pro-poor man- evaluating pilot models and implementing an MIS to track ner by (i) providing public services to poor communities program performance and status of AG and young women living in some of the state’s heritage rich, but lagging ar- in Jharkhand, linked with other functions of the Depart- eas, (ii) enhancing the management of the state’s natural ment. Identification completed on 7 April 2014. Environ- and cultural assets as endogenous sources of inclusive de- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 62.0 (IDA Credit). velopment, and (iii) enabling private sector investments Consulting services to be determined. Implementing and associated job creation(e.g. for youth and women). agency(ies) to be determined. The project is expected to inform policymakers in other states while responding to the Indian Ministry of Tour- ism’s request for a demonstration project on pro-poor PAGE 117 South Asia April 2015 tourism policies and investments. Concept completed on cities. Approval completed on 9 December 2014. Environ- 4 November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category mental Assessment Category B. Project: P132418. US$ 9.2 A. Project: P146936. US$210.0 (IBRD). Consulting ser- (GEFU). Consultants will be required. Ministry of Urban vices to be determined. Department of Tourism Tel: 91- Development Tel: 011-23061558, E-mail: ck.khai- 9453444888, E-mail: amritabhijat@gmail.com, Contact: tan@nic.in, Contact: C.K. Khaitan, Joint Secretary (Urban Mr. Amrit Abhijat, Secretary. Transport). IN: CITIZEN ACCESS TO RESPONSIVE SER- Second Tamil Nadu Road Sector Project: The pro- VICES – “SERV SEWA” PROJECT: The development ject development objective is to increase road capacity, en- objective of the project is to improve access to PSGA ser- hance quality of maintenance, improve safety and support vices by citizens of Madhya Pradesh, and in particular by institutional development of Tamil Nadu's core road net- historically excluded groups. Negotiations authorized on work (CRN). Negotiations authorized on 31 December 15 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: C. Project: P149182. US$35.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be P143751. US$300.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be de- required. MP Public Service Management Department. termined. Government of Tamil Nadu Tel: (91-44) 2495- 4360, E-mail: tnrsp1@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Anil Me- IN: Karnataka Panchayat Strengthening II: The de- shram, Project Director, Second Tamil Nadu Road Sector velopment objective of the project is to improve the effec- Project. tiveness, responsiveness and accountability of the rural lo- cal governments, in particular, Gram Panchayats in deliv- (R) National Waterways Development Project: ering public services prioritized by rural people. During The PDO for the project is to enhance the transport capac- project preparation a more operational PDO will be devel- ity and reliability of National waterway 1 and augment in- oped that is amenable to measurement. It is important to stitutional capacity for the development and management note that this development objective is institutional in na- of India's inland waterway transport system. Concept ture as it focuses on the strengthening of local self-govern- completed on 8 April 2015. Environmental Assessment ment to deliver relevant services better. This is an im- Category A. Project: P148775. US$200.0 (IBRD). Consult- portant change of emphasis from Phase I where the PDO ants will be required. Implementing agency(ies) to be de- was focused on "improving the effectiveness of service de- termined. livery by Karnataka's Gram panchayats…" Concept com- pleted on 30 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor-3: The objec- gory B. Project: P150288. US$220.0 (IBRD). Consulting tives of the project are to provide additional rail transport services to be determined. Rural Development & Pancha- capacity, improved service quality and higher freight yati Raj Department, Government of Karnataka Tel: 080- throughput on sections of the Eastern Rail Corridor and 22353925, E-mail: chief-gsp-kabn@kar.nic.in, Contact: develop further institutional capacity of DFCCIL to build Yalakki Gowda K, Director, Panchayat Raj. and maintain the DFC infrastructure network. Identifica- tion completed on 6 March 2014. Environmental Assess- IN: Citizen-Centric Service Delivery Reform: Con- ment Category A. US$650.0 (IBRD). Consulting services tribute to improving Efficiency, Accountability, and Ac- to be determined. DFCCIL Tel: 23370602, E-mail: ajayku- cess for Targeted Services in Underserved Areas. Concept mar@dfcc.co.in, Contact: RK Gupta, Managing Director. completed on 15 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P150308. US$ 48.8 (IDA Credit). Jhelum and Tawi Flood Recovery Project: To re- Consulting services to be determined. Government of As- store and improve connectivity, public services, critical ur- sam Tel: 91-0361-2260629, E-mail: rajivbora@ya- ban infrastructure and livelihood opportunities in tar- hoo.com, Contact: Mr. Rajiv Bora, Principal Secretary, geted communities of Jammu and Kashmir, and increase Government of Assam; Government of Mizoram Tel: 91- the capacity of the state entities to respond promptly and 3892318305, E-mail: hmachhuana@gmail.com, Contact: effectively to an eligible crisis or emergency. Identification Mr. Lalhmachhuana, Secretary, ICT, Government of Mi- completed on 11 March 2015. Environmental Assessment zoram. Category B. US$ 250.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Transportation mined. Efficient & Sustainable City Bus Services: The pro- Water, sanitation and flood protection ject's Global Environment Objective (GEO) is to improve the efficiency and attractiveness of city bus transport and IN: BIHAR KOSI BASIN DEVELOPMENT PRO- reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the demonstration JECT: The project development objective is to unlock the economic potential in selected areas of Bihar through an April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 118 integrated approach that includes the rehabilitation of flood mitigation and irrigation infrastructure, as well as (R) Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development improved access to markets and agriculture services. Con- Program: To improve urban services delivery in partici- cept completed on 9 February 2012. Environmental As- pating ULBs in a financially sustainable manner and to pi- sessment Category A. Project: P127725. US$ 250.0 (IDA lot improved urban management practices in selected cit- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Govern- ies. Approval completed on 31 March 2015. Environmen- ment of Bihar Tel: (91-612) 221-7016, E-mail: am- tal Assessment Category A. Project: P150395. US$400.0 arjeetsinha@hotmail.com, Contact: Dr. Amarjeet Sinha (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. TNUDF Tel: 914428153114, E-mail: cmd@tnuifsl.com, Contact: (R) IN Karnataka Urban Water Supply Moderni- Mrs. Anita Praveen, Chairperson and Managing Director. zation Project: The Project Development Objective is to provide city-wide access to a continuous piped water sup- (R) IN Punjab Rural Water and Sanitation Sector ply in the project cities of Belagavi, Kalaburagi and Hub- Improvement Project: To improve water and sanita- balli-Dharwad in the state of Karnataka, and to strengthen tion service levels, reduce open defecation, and strengthen service delivery arrangements at the city level. Appraisal service delivery arrangements in targeted villages in Pun- completed on 30 March 2015. Environmental Assessment jab Approval completed on 24 March 2015. Environmen- Category B. Project: P130544. US$199.8 (IBRD). Consult- tal Assessment Category B. Project: P150520. US$248.0 ing services to be determined. Karnataka Urban Infra- (IBRD). No consultants are required. Ministry of Drinking structure Development Corporation (KUIDFC) Tel: Water and Sanitation Tel: 911722741524, E-mail: suresh- 918022232023, E-mail: darpanjain@kuidfc.com, Con- kumar@punjabmail.gov.in, Contact: Suresh Kumar, Ad- tact: Mr. Darpan Jain, Managing Director. ditional Chief Secretary to Government. National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project-II: The Uttar Pradesh Urban Solid Waste Management Project Development Objective is to reduce vulnerability Project: The objective of the project is to improve the to cyclone and other hydro-meteorological hazards of management of municipal solid waste in 177 core cities in coastal communities in project States, and increase the ca- Uttar Pradesh through innovative technologies and insti- pacity of the State entities to effectively plan for and re- tutional approaches that will comply with the Municipal spond to disasters. Negotiations authorized on 22 October Solid Waste Management and Handling Rules 2000 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: (MSWM 2000 Rules) and build capacity for ULBs in P144726. US$ 320.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to achieving sustainable MSWM systems. The project would be determined. Maharashtra: Department of Relief and involve a partnership among the state, ULBs, and private Rehabilitation Tel: 022-22025274, E-mail: Sec.rnr@ma- sector. As described above, the private sector outsource harashtra.gov.in, Contact: Mr. K H Govindraj, Secretary; arrangements will be flexible, depending on the size and West Bengal: Department of Disaster Management Tel: capacity of the core ULB, opportunities to cluster multiple 033-22143674, E-mail: secrelief@wb.gov.in, Contact: Mr. ULBs for economies-of-scale around the core ULB, and its S Suresh Kumar, Principal Secretary; Gujarat: Gujarat proximity to markets that would purchase MSW recycling State Disaster Management Authority Tel: 079-23259502, and processing by-products. Identification completed on E-mail: ceo@gsdma.org, Contact: Ms. Anju Sharma, Chief 5 April 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Executive Officer; Kerala: Department of Revenue and US$280.0 (IBRD). Consultants will be required. Imple- Disaster Management Tel: 0471-2518549, E-mail: menting agency(ies) to be determined. prlsecy.rev@kerala.gov.in, Contact: Mr. E.K. Majhi, Prin- cipal Secretary; Karnataka: Department of Revenue and (N) Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Project: Disaster Management Tel: 080-22251958, E-mail: Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 6 Secy.dm@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Singh, April 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Secretary; Goa: Water Resources Department Tel: 0832- US$116.0 (IBRD). Consulting services to be determined. 2419439, E-mail: rk-srivastava@nic.in, Contact: Mr. R K Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Srivastava, Principal Secretary. India: National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project Maldives (I) Additional Financing: The objective is to reduce the vulnerability of coastal communities to cyclone and other Agriculture, fishing, and forestry hydro meteorological hazards. Approval completed on 8 April 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- Climate Change Adaptation Project: The PDO is to ject: P148870. US$ 104.0 (IDA Grant). Consulting ser- demonstrate climate adaptive planning and management vices to be determined. Odisha State Disaster Manage- through the adoption of a multi-sectoral approach in Addu ment Authority (OSDMA) Tel: (91-0674) 239-5398, E- and Gnaviyani Atolls. mail: mdosdma@osdma.org, Contact: Rajiv Bhawan PAGE 119 South Asia April 2015 The project will be implemented in the Addu and Gnavi- is to build human and technical capacity for environmen- yani atolls of the Maldives. Key project beneficiaries are tal management so that the environmental dimension is the local communities, Island Councils, Atoll Councils, integrated in the planning process using information and and private resorts. The Ministry of Environment and En- expertise developed in the Project. Negotiations author- ergy (MEE) including the Environmental Protection ized on 16 March 2015. Environmental Assessment Cate- Agency (EPA), Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture gory A. Project: P153958. US$ 3.3 (IDA Grant). No con- (MoFA) including the Marine Research Centre (MRC), Lo- sultants are required. Ministry of Environment and En- cal Government Authority (LGA) and Ministry of Tourism ergy Tel: 9603004323, E-mail: memp@environ- (MoT) will benefit from enhanced capacity to deliver cli- ment.gov.mv, Contact: Project Manager, PMU. mate change adaptation interventions. The PDO-level results indicators included the following: a)Establishment of a Protected Wetland Area manage- Nepal ment system for Hithadhoo and Fuvahmulah to provide ecosystem-linked benefits to the community. Education b)Strengthened coral reef monitoring framework for im- Higher Education Reforms Project: To support re- proved management and decision making. forms in selected institutions for improving quality, rele- vance, and efficiency of higher education; and to assist un- c)Improved capacity of Atoll/Island Councils of der-privileged students for equitable access. Approval Hithadhoo and Fuvahmulah on atoll/island level SWM. completed on 19 February 2015. Environmental Assess- ment Category B. Project: P147010. US$ 65.0 (IDA d)Increased awareness on mainstreaming climate change Credit). Consulting services to be determined. University adaptation in island development planning in Atoll/Island Grants Commission Tel: 977 1 6638434, E-mail: Councils. ugc@ugcnepal.edu.np, Contact: UGC, Sanothimi, Bhakta- pur, Member Secretary. The project has been designed along five main compo- nents that together are expected to contribute to deliver- School Sector Reform Program Additional Fi- ing climate resilient island development in the project ar- nancing: The School Sector Reform Program (SSRP) eas. The project design builds on the lessons and experi- (2009/10-2015/16)program is the flagship school educa- ences from the projects implemented under the first phase tion sector program of the Government of Nepal (GoN), of the CCTF. The components are (i) wetlands conserva- financed jointly by GoN and fourteen Development Part- tion (ii) coral reef monitoring (iii) development of an is- ners (DPs), including the World Bank, through a sector land level integrated SWM system (iv) mainstreaming cli- wise approach (SWAp). The three main components of the mate change into island development planning and (v) program focus on Basic Education, Secondary Education project management Identification completed on 4 No- and Strengthening Institutional Capacity. The program fi- vember 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. nances both recurrent and development expenditures for US$ 5.0 (MACC). Consulting services to be determined. school education, focusing on the three pillars of enhanc- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ing access, promoting inclusion, and improving quality. SSRP is facing a funding gap of around US$100 million for Water, sanitation and flood protection the last year of the program. The proposed Additional Fi- nancing, which will be part of the SWAp, will help to meet Maldives Environmental Management Project this funding gap. The source of this financing will be the Additional Financing: The main aim of the Project is to Global Partnership for Education (GPE-formally known as provide the Republic of Maldives with the capacity to ef- EFA-Fast Track Initiative), which has provided an indica- fectively manage environmental risks and threats to frag- tive allocation to Nepal of US$59.3 million. As per GPE ile coral reefs as well as marine habitats resulting from requirements, 70% of the AF (referred to as the fixed com- tourism development, increased solid waste disposal, fish- ponent) will be used to finance the regular ongoing activi- eries and global climate change. Accordingly, this Project ties of SSRP, while the remaining 30% (referred to as the has two development objectives. The first Project Devel- variable component of the grant), will be linked to the opment Objective is that a solid waste management sys- achievement of agreed upon specific results in the areas of tem is established and that inhabitants on targeted islands efficiency, equity and learning outcomes. Identification use solid waste management facilities, reducing the risks completed on 10 September 2014. Environmental Assess- of contamination associated with accumulated wastes and ment Category B. US$ 59.3 (EFAF). Consulting services to sea dumping. The second Project Development Objective be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- mined. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 120 would remain same that of original project that is, "to im- Energy and mining prove expenditure control and enhance government ac- countability and transparency by strengthening the treas- Business Models for Private Sector-Led Off-Grid ury system, improving financial reporting and building Energy Access Project: The objective of this Project is PFM capacity". Identification completed on 25 February to support the development of a local market for private- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. US$ 3.5 sector led off-grid energy provision using the innovative (NPPF). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- and renewable energy (RE) based 'Anchor-Business- menting agency(ies) to be determined. Community (A-B-C)' business model. Identification com- pleted on 8 January 2014. Environmental Assessment Transportation Category B. US$ 8.0 (CSCF). Consulting services to be de- termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. ROAD SAFETY SUPPORT PROJECT: To reduce the risk of roadway departure crashes on selected sections of (R) Nepal: Power Sector Reform and Sustainable the roads targeted under the RSDP and to strengthen the Hydropower Development (PSRSHD): The Project Government of Nepal’s capacity for improving road safety. Development Objectives are to: (a) strengthen the capac- Negotiations authorized on 13 January 2015. Environ- ity of the power sector agencies to plan and prepare hydro- mental Assessment Category B. Project: P149606. US$ 7.5 power and transmission line projects following interna- (GRSP). Consulting services to be determined. Depart- tional standards and best practices; and (b) improve the ment of Roads Tel: (977-1) 421-6317, E-mail: san- readiness of the power sector agencies for regulatory and jayashrestha@dor.gov.np, Contact: Mr. Sanjaya Kumar institutional reforms. Negotiations authorized on 31 Shrestha, Deputy Director General. March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Pro- ject: P150066. US$ 20.0/2.5 (IDA Credit/SAWI). Con- Strategic Roads Development Project: This opera- sulting services to be determined. Implementing tion includes: (i) road maintenance; (ii) road rehabilita- agency(ies) to be determined. tion; (iii) bridge maintenance; and (iv) bridge rehabilita- tion; and (v) technical assistance to road sector institu- UT1 - Upper Trishuli Hydro Project: The project will tions for capacity development and strategic project prep- develop a partial risk guarantee product to support private aration activities. The project will include a focus on a sec- sector investment in a 216 MW greenfield run-of-river hy- tion of Nepal’s East-West highway between Pathlaiya and dro project for domestic power consumption in Nepal. Dhalkebar where there is an acute need to rehabilitate Identification completed on 22 December 2014. Environ- bridges and road sections that have reached the end of mental Assessment Category A. US$ 80.0 (GUID). Con- their maintainable life. Identification completed on 3 Feb- sulting services to be determined. Implementing ruary 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ agency(ies) to be determined. 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Health and other social services (R) Nepal Health Sector Support: Towards UHC: Pakistan The PDO is to enhance the availability of quality health services and financial protection to the poorest 40% of the Agriculture, fishing, and forestry population. This will be achieved by supporting Govern- ment of Nepal in moving towards Universal Health Cover- PK Additional Financing for Sindh Water Sector age and improving efficiency of key health functions at the Improvement Phase 1: To improve Ghotki and Fulili Ministry of Health and Population. Identification com- canals. Approval completed on 16 December 2014. Envi- pleted on 19 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- ronmental Assessment Category A. Project: P131325. US$ gory B. US$ 100.0/80.0/340.0 (IDA Credit/DFID/ZBIL). 138.0 (IDA Credit). Consultants will be required. Sindh Ir- Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Health rigation and Drainage Authority (SIDA) Tel: (92-301) 837- and Population Tel: (977-1) 426-2862. 8787, E-mail: zahidjunejo@hotmail.com, Contact: Junejo Zahid Hussain Public Administration, Law, and Justice (R) PK Sindh Irrigated Agriculture Productivity Nepal Strengthening PFM Additional Financing: Enhancement Project: The objective of the Project is to 38. The Project Development Objective (PDO) of AF improve irrigation water management at tertiary and field level in Sindh. Approval completed on 20 March 2015. PAGE 121 South Asia April 2015 Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 187.0 (IDA commercial loan for the civil works contracts. This PCG Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Agriculture would cover Component A (US$1,479.7 million) and Com- Department Tel: (92-22) 9200045, E-mail: ponent B (US$1,397.8 million). Conditions and covenants dg@aewm.org,, Contact: Agha Zafarullah Durrani, Direc- for IDA Partial Credit Guarantee for commercial financing tor General AE&WM. would be agreed with WAPDA when the guarantee related agreements are finalized with financiers. Approval com- Pakistan: Potohar Irrigated Agriculture Project: pleted on 10 June 2014. Environmental Assessment Cat- The project aims to improve climate smart irrigated agri- egory A. US$ 460.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be de- culture in Potohar Region of Punjab province of Pakistan. termined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Identification completed on 28 January 2015. Environ- mental Assessment Category B. US$ 300.0 (IDA Credit). Pakistan Electric Power Transmission Reinforce- Consulting services to be determined. Implementing ment Project: The development objective of the project agency(ies) to be determined. is to improve the capacity, efficiency and reliability of elec- tricity transmission services in selected parts of Pakistan's Education transmission system. The project will achieve its objective by financing selected transmission sub-projects at the Punjab Skills Development: The Project Development 400kV and 220kV voltage levels including both transmis- Objective (PDO) is to improve the quality, labor market sion lines and substations. Identification completed on 9 relevance of, and access to skills training programs in pri- March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. ority sectors in the Punjab. Negotiations authorized on 4 US$200.0/225.0 (IBRD/IDA Credit). Consulting services March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Pro- to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- ject: P130193. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services mined. to be determined. Industries, Commerce & Investment Dep., Govt. of Punjab Tel: 924299210534-5, E-mail: Health and other social services secyindustries@punjab.gov.pk, Contact: Arif Anwar Ba- luch, Secretary. Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Feder- ally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Emer- Energy and mining gency Recovery Project: The objective is to assist the Government of Pakistan/KP/FATA restore social protec- IDA Partial Credit Guarantee for Dasu Hydro- tion through income transfers and cash for work opportu- power Phase-I Project: The proposed Project would nities to the most affected households and vulnerable support the Government of Pakistan's efforts to (a) facili- groups in the areas affected by military operation against tate the expansion of electricity supply of hydro-power in militants and floods. Approval completed on 20 January Pakistan; (b) improve access to socio-economic services 2011. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: for local communities in the project area; and (c) build P121394. US$ 250.0/35.0 (IDA Credit/PKNF). Consulting Water and Power Development Authority's (WAPDA) ca- services to be determined. Provincial Relief Rehabilitation pacity to develop Pakistan's vast hydropower potential. and Settlement Authority (PaRRSA) Tel: (92-91) 921- The project would support: (a) construction of a main 3855, E-mail: shakeelqadir@pdma.gov.pk, Contact: structure on the Indus River; (b) construction of two Shakee Qadir Khan, Director General. power tunnels, a power house and installation of turbines and generators of 2,160 MW installed capacity to generate National Immunization Support Project: The pro- over 12,000 GWh of annual clean energy; (c) preparatory ject development objective is to increase the equitable cov- work such as access roads, offices etc. ; (d) construction of erage of services for immunization against vaccine pre- a transmission line for evacuation of power; (e) implemen- ventable diseases (VPD), including poliomyelitis, for chil- tation of social and environmental management plans, dren between 0 and 23 months in Pakistan. Appraisal monitoring of the river, floods, and sediment; (f) construc- completed on 12 February 2015. Environmental Assess- tion supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the Pro- ment Category B. Project: P132308. US$ 50.0/80.0/20.0 ject; and (g) project management support and capacity (IDA Credit/NISP/RBF). Consultants will be required. Ex- building of WAPDA. Based on the financing strategy for panded Prog on Immunization, Min. of National Health Dasu HPP, a first IDA credit of US$576.6 million (SDRs Services, Regulation and Coordination Tel: 92-51- 371.9 million equivalent) is proposed for project start up 9245811, E-mail: secretarynrsd@yahoo.com, Contact: Mr. and an IDA partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) of US$460 Muhammad Ayub Shaikh, Secretary. million from IDA16. In addition to the IDA Credit of US$576.6 million, an IDA Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) FATA TDPs Emergency Recovery Project: To sup- of US$460 million, approval of which is being sought from port the Government of Pakistan, and specifically the the Board, would be used for extending the maturity of April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 122 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), in its early Transportation recovery efforts for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) through (a) providing safety net support grants to poor MDTF KP Emergency Roads Recovery Project: and vulnerable households affected by the militancy crises This Project aims to rehabilitate priority corridors or seg- in the targeted areas; (b) providing conditional cash trans- ments of the main roads in the Swat District of the Prov- fers (CCTs) for human development to poor and vulnera- ince of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with a view to improve ac- ble households in the targeted areas; and (c) strengthen- cess and mobility. Approval completed on 18 April 2014. ing necessary capacities and systems for post-disaster Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P149311. safety nets. US$ 9.0 (PKNF). Consulting services to be determined. Pakhtunkhwa Highways Authority (PkHA) Tel: (92-91) The Project is envisioned to have three components; 921-3927, E-mail: pdmdtf@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Aslam Khan, Project Director. Component 1 Safety Net Recovery Cash Grants to the poor and vulnerable households: This component will provide Water, sanitation and flood protection targeted safety net support grants to the poorest and most vulnerable families returning to their homes, to be identi- PK-Sindh Barrages Improvement Project: The de- fied by applying an objective targeting criteria. velopment objective is to safeguard the reliable supply of water to about 1 million hectares through the rehabilita- Component 2 Co-responsibility cash transfers for educa- tion of the Guddu barrage and the improvement of O&M tion and/or health outcomes: In addition, where supply capacity of the Irrigation and Power Department. Concept capacity is favorable, the basic cash grants will be supple- completed on 6 February 2014. Environmental Assess- mented by CCTs for human development to those eligible ment Category A. Project: P131324. US$ 191.0 (IDA families that are complying with pre-established co-re- Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Govern- sponsibilities linked to; a) sending their children to pri- ment of Punjab Tel: (92-42) 910-003. mary school and/or; b) child immunization. Component 3: Systems development, operational, and Disaster and Climate Resilience Improvement M&E Support: This component will make investments in Program: The project seeks to build resilience in Punjab the development of necessary systems as well as finance to natural disasters, as well as support the Government in capacity building and implementation support to the pro- responding to the floods of 2014. This would include mit- ject implementation agencies. Identification completed on igation investments with the purpose to create physical 27 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. and fiscal resilience as well as increase capacities of insti- US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- tutions mandated to manage disasters. The Project will be mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. implemented over a period of 5 years, and will contain the following components: Component 1: Institutional Capac- Industry and trade ity Building and Policy Activities include strengthening the capacity of PDMA Punjab to prepare for and respond to natural disasters; capacity building of relevant stake- PK: Punjab Inclusive Value Chain and Agribusi- holders for improved flood management; Development of ness Project: To Improve agriculture productivity , value provincial and district-level DRM plans. Component 2: addition and marketing. Identification completed on 13 Resilient Recovery and Mitigation This component would November 2012. Environmental Assessment Category C. support recovery efforts as well as increase resilience to US$ 155.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- floods through structural and non-structural mitigation mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. investments. Component 3: Fiscal Resilience The inter- ventions to be funded through this component would seek Public Administration, Law, and Justice to scale up fiscal risk assessment of Punjab, operationali- zation of the provincial disaster management fund, and PK Sindh Public Sector Management Reform Pro- development of risk transfer tools. Component 4: Project ject: The development objective of the Project is to Implementation The component would support project strengthen public sector performance in the Province of implementation through the creation of a Project Manage- Sindh through improved revenue generation and expendi- ment Unit (PMU). It would also fund expenditures related ture management. Approval completed on 28 January to travel, trainings, workshops, dissemination and M&E 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: activities. Component 5: Contingent Emergency Response P145617. US$ 50.0/12.0 (IDA Credit/ECEU). Consultants Component An additional federal level component may be will be required. Finance Department, Government of included at a later stage based on the dialogue. Activities Sindh Tel: (92-21) 9922-2102, E-mail: rajputsohail@ya- under components 1 and 3 would build upon the prior ac- hoo.com, Contact: Sohail Rajput tions being formulated under the Punjab DPC. Overall PAGE 123 South Asia April 2015 credit amount is estimated around USD 125 million and a amount is US$ 0.50 Million); (c) Component C: Building preparation cost of around USD 350,000 is envisaged. Capacities (original amount is US$ 11.50 Million and re- Parallel financing of up to USD 145 million is expected to vised amount is US$ 12.60 Million); (d) Component D: As- be provided by the ADB while the Government of Punjab sessment & Evaluation (original amount is US$ 0.25 Mil- is expected to disburse around USD 180 million through lion and the revised amount is US$ 0.50 Million); and (e) ongoing and planned interventions. Identification com- Component: Project Management (original amount is pleted on 16 December 2014. Environmental Assessment US$ 1.00 Million and the revised amount is US$ 1.00 Mil- Category B. US$ 150.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services lion). Identification completed on 10 September 2014. to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 (IDA mined. Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implement- ing agency(ies) to be determined. PK Balochistan Integer River Basin Management: To improve management of scarce water resources in var- Transportation ious river basins of Balochistan in a socially and environ- mentally sustainable manner. Identification completed on Transport Connectivity and Asset Management 27 January 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: The investment project will aim to provide lower US$ 0.2 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be deter- cost of transport through reduction in congestion and im- mined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. provements in road condition as well as better connectiv- ity in the provision of inter urban transport. It supports PK: Additional Financing & Restructuring for the overall strategy of developing public transport and FATA RLCIP: To improve livelihoods and access to basic managing motorization. service infrastructure in selected Agencies in FATA Iden- tification completed on 26 February 2015. Environmental The projects support the Government strategy outlined in Assessment Category B. US$ 8.6 (PKNF). Consulting ser- Mahinda Chinthana. The Government has been strongly vices to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be committed to the widening and rehabilitation of national determined. roads where approx. 2%-3% of GDP per annum has been invested in the road sector alone. Whilst the Government has already initiated a Master plan for urban transport Sri Lanka with the aim of developing public transport, it is keen to reduce congestion on the road network through minimum Education widening to compliment the proposed routes for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). Furthermore, the Bank is well placed (R) Early Childhood Development Project: The to assist the Government move away from BOQ type con- proposed Project Development Objective is to enhance ac- tracts and pilot Output and performance based road con- cess to and improve the quality of ECD services for 3-5 tracts (OPRC) for the upgrading and maintenance of these year old children in Sri Lanka. Concept completed on 24 roads in its transition to a middle income country. March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Pro- Given the fiscal constraints faced by the Government that ject: P151916. US$ 50.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services is greatly in need of the development of the identified in- to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- frastructure to achieve the growth targets, it is extremely mined. keen to develop the Colombo-Kurunegala-Kandy express- way through the participation of the private sector. Assis- tance of this nature would help the quick preparation, Public Administration, Law, and Justice leading to an investment project and also catalyze the de- velopment of other infrastructure projects with the assis- North East Local Services Improvement Project - tance of the private sector providing the much needed pri- Addditional Financing: Revised Project Development vate investment. Objective is to support local authorities in the Northern and Eastern Provinces and Adjoining Provinces to deliver The project components are therefore proposed as fol- services and local infrastructure in a responsive and ac- lows: countable manner. The components of the projects are (a) Component A: In- frastructure Service Delivery (original amount is US$ I. Widening, upgrading and maintenance of about 300 37.00 Million and the revised amount is US$ 54.40 Mil- km of National Roads(US$ 300 mn). This would pilot lion); (b) Component B: Institutionalizing Accountabili- OPRC contracts. ties (original amount is US$ 0.25 Million and the revised April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 124 II. Preparation of the Colombo-Kurunegala-Kandy ex- Regional pressway as a public private partnership( US$ 25 Mn). Identification completed on 15 August 2012. Environ- Energy andmining mental Assessment Category B. US$125.0 (IBRD). Con- sulting services to be determined. Ministry of Irrigation & Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission Water Resources Management Tel: (94-11) 268 4710, E- and Trade Project (CASA-1000): The objective of the mail: pddswrpp@sltnet.lk. project is to create the conditions for sustainable electric- ity trade between the Central Asian countries of Tajikistan Water, sanitation and flood protection and Kyrgyz Republic and the South Asian countries of Af- ghanistan and Pakistan. Approval completed on 27 March LK: AF Dam Safety WRP - Addl Fin.: The Govern- 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A.Pro- ment of Sri Lanka has requested Additional Financing ject:P145054.US$ 158.3/368.3/40.0/15.0/250.0/31.0 (AF) to: (i) cover cost overruns to complete the original (IDA Credit/IDA Grant/ARTF/GUSA/ISDB/ZBIL). Con- project scope as described in the PAD for P093132; and sultants will be required. National Transmission and Des- (ii) scale-up successful project activities and rehabilitate patch Company (NTDC) Tel: (92-42) 9920-2229, Contact: and modernize additional dams, including some dams in Mr. Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman, Managing Director; the East and North-east of the country that could not be Barki Tajik Tel: (992-372) 358-766, E-mail: part of the project area under the original project. The elrpbt@gmail.com, Contact: Mr. Ali Nazarov, Chairman; main component under the AF will be the original compo- National Electric Grid of Kyrgyzstan Tel: (996-31) 266- nent 1 - Dam Safety and Operational Efficiency Improve- 1001, E-mail: nesk@elcat.kg, Contact: Mr. Medetbek ment, that may include some rehabilitation works on Aitkulov, nesk@elcat.kg; Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat linked irrigation conveyance systems. Limited activities Tel: (93-700) 294-722, E-mail: shekeeb.nessar@dabs.af, will be included under the original component 2 - Hydro- Contact: Eng. Shekeeb Nessar, Chief Operations Officer. meteorological Information System Improvement and Component 3 - Multi-sectoral Water Resources Planning. Public Administration, Law, and Justice Component 4 - Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation will continue under the AF. The AF complies Governance Support Project for KP FATA and Bal- with the relevant provisions of OP/13.20 which stipulates ochistan: To strengthen the capacity of government de- that the Bank provides AF when it is satisfied that: (i) im- partments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), FATA and Balo- plementation of the project, including substantial compli- chistan to help support efficient delivery of the PCNA pro- ance with legal covenants, is satisfactory; and (ii) the ad- gram in KP and FATA and related development programs ditional financing is economically justified. Approval com- in Balochistan. Negotiations authorized on 28 January pleted on 5 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- 2015. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: gory B. Project: P148595. US$ 83.0 (IDA Credit). No con- P152586. US$ 4.0 (TF). Consulting services to be deter- sultants are required. Ministry of Irrigation and Water Re- mined. PCNA Coordinator, E-mail: sources Management Tel: (94-11) 267-5315, E-mail: omer.zkhan@gmail.com, Contact: Omer Khan, PCNA Co- pddswrpp@sltnet.lk, Contact: Chandanie Wijayawardene, ordinator KP; PCNA Coordinator, FATA, E-mail: pirza- Director General. hoor@yahoo.com, Contact: Zahoor, PCNA Coordinator FATA. Water, sanitation and flood protection Bangladesh Regional Weather and Climate Ser- vices Project: The main objective of the proposed pro- ject is to strengthen the capacity of the Government of Bangladesh to deliver weather and climate information in priority sectors and to prepare for climate variability and hydro-meteorological disasters. Concept completed on 18 February 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P150220. US$ 75.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting ser- vices to be determined. Bangladesh Meteorology Depart- ment Tel: 88-02-9135742, E-mail: shamsbmd@ya- hoo.com, Contact: Shamsuddin Ahmed, Deputy Director. PAGE 125 Guarantee Operations April 2015 Guarantee Operations Africa Mali Energy and mining Banda Gas to Power Guarantee: The Gas To Power Project Angola will use natural gas dicovered offshore of Maritania for a power Public Administration, Law, and Justice station to be built near Nouakchott. The power will be sold to (N) Angola Fiscal Management Development Policy Fi- SOMELEC in Mauritania, SENELEC in Senegal and EDM in Mali nancing Objective to be Determined. Identification completed using the existing OMVS regional grid. A PRG is required to guar- on 26 March 2015.Project US$ 200.0 antee gas payments to the producer Tullow Oil estimated at $104m. Government of Mali needs to provide a counter-guaran- (NigeGUARr).i Consulting services to be determined.a tee to cover the proportion of the energy that will be exported to EDM estimated at $17m (equivalent to IDA allocation of $4.25m Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. given 1:4 leverage for IDA PRGs).f Approval completed on 29 May 2014.sh Environmental Assessment Category A.i Project: Cote d'Ivoire P145664.n US$g, a 32.0n (d foGUIDr).e Consulting services to Energy and mining be determined.st Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Gazelle Gas Field Development Project: This PRG will Energy and mining cover the obligations of the Ivorian power sector to pay for gas Kenie Hydropower Project:a PRG operation in support of produced from the Gazelle field by a private operator, Vioco.S the development of the Kenie Hydropower Project in Malil Iden- Identification completed one 12 September 2014.ct Environ- tification completed on 21 October 2013.Prod US$ucti mental Assessment Category B.or US$ Gua 60.0r (anteGUIDe).s 30.0/70.0v (ity GUID/ZPCOP).r Consulting services to be deter- Consulting services to be determined. P Implementing mined.og Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. agency(ies) to be determined. Mauritania Ghana Energy and mining Energy and mining MR-Banda Gas to Power Guarantee:a The gas to power Ghana Sankofa Gas Project:m Objective to be Determined.i project will use natural gas discovered offshore for a power sta- Concept completed on 12 January 2015.in Environmental As- tion to be built near Nouackchott. The power will be sold to sessment Category B.g Project: P152670.: US$ SN 700.0- SOMELEC in Mauritania, Senelec in Senegal and EDM in Mali (SolaGUIDr). Consulting services to be determined.En Imple- using the existing OMVS regional gridc Approval completed oni menting agency(ies) to be determined. 29 May 2014.fi Environmental Assessment Category A.c Project: Public Administration, Law, and Justice P107940. US$Regi 130.0o (nGUID). Consultants will be re- (N) Ghana Macroeconomic Stability for Competitive- quired. Ministry of Energy Tel: (222-46) 431-537, E-mail: ness & Growth Credit:m Objective to be Determined.p Iden- kane@acces.mr, kane@hydraulique.gov.mr, Contact: Mamadou tification completed on 15 April 2015.ovin US$g Ca 400.0p (acit- Amadou Kane, Directeur General de l'Electricite. GUARy). Consulting services to be determined.to Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Nigeria Energy and mining Kenya Nigeria Power Sector Guarantees Project: Nigerian Na- Energy and mining tional Petroleum Corp. & Total Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. Joint (R) KE Electricity Modernization Project:F The purpose of Venture - Independent Power Project at Obite - OML 58 Overall the Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) is to serve as a credit en- Project: 1. Capacity: 340 - 440 MW Combined Cycle Gas Tur- hancement tool to improve the risk profile of KPLC for commer- bines (CCGT). 2. Location: OML 58 (operated by the NNPC and cial lenders and support KPLC obtain commercial loans for TEPNG JV). 3. Fuel: Direct Gas supply from OML 58. 4. Grid longer tenors at competitive interest rates. The PCG is currently export: 330 KV HV transmission line to Onitsha - to be built by envisioned to take the form of debt service payment support, first PHCN. 5. Power Sale: 20 years PPA with PHCN. 6. Fiscal: AGFA loss guarantee and/or principal repayment guarantee for the ex- Regime 7. Financing: NNPC/TEPNG/Banks 8. Securitization: tended period of the tenor.a Approval completed on 31 March Under discussion with the World Bank for a possible PRG to 2015.ci Environmental Assessment Category B.li US$ties 200.0 cover the payment risk of PHCN. Status of the IPP (as of July (in UGUIDg).a Consulting services to be determined.nd Imple- 2009): 1. Land has been acquired and secured at OML58 for the menting agency(ies) to be determined. April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 126 Independent Power Plant (IPP) and domestic gas upgrade pro- Energy and mining jects. The on-site gas will be supplied to the IPP to generate elec- Nigeria Electricity and Gas Improvement Project Addi- tricity. 2. Construction work on OML58 gas upgrade project has tional Financing: Additional financing to the Nigeria Electric- already been started. 3. Environmental Impact Assessment ituy and gas improvement project to cover additional PRGs for (EIA) for the IPP project has been approved by the Federal Min- Gas supply to government owned power plants, in particular the istry of Environment.. 4. Commercial tendering for the Engi- Sapele, Olorunsogo and Alaoji plants held by the NIGER DELTA neering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract is under- POWER HOLDING COMPANY. The NDPHC is scheduled to way. 5. High Voltage (HV) transmission line project has been commission power generation units in three of the NIPP plants handed over to Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) in at Sapele, Olorunsogo and Alaoji. The units to be commissioned February 2009 (as per directives of the Government). 6. Agree- will have a combined initial generation capacity of 575 MW. The ment with PHCN on changes to the original development agree- 3 plants will have a final generation capacity of 1,974 MW upon ment are awaited. 7. Nigerian National Petroleum Corp & Total completion. These plants urgently require executed Gas Sales Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. Joint Venture (NNPC/TEPNL JV) is Supply Agreements (GSAs) with prospective gas suppliers and awaiting PHCN to start work on the HV Line project (with infor- IOCs who have emphasized the need for a payment guarantees to mation on investment decision; completion dates; etc) to enable enter into long term supply agreements for the fuel deliveries. In it to reach financial close on the IPP. Development of IPP - next accordance with World Bank PRG guidelines, the Federal Minis- steps to the Final Investment Decision: 1. The development try of Finance on behalf of the Federal Government of Nigeria is phase of the IPP is targeting Final Investment Decision (FID) required to nominate parties with whom the World Bank Gan en- date of Feb 2010. 2. EPC commercial offers have are being re- ter into negotiations on PRGs. Therefore, I am writing to request ceived in early September 2009. 3. Confirmation of the fiscal that the World Bank extends the coverage of NEGIP to include regime is needed from Federal Ministry of Finance 4. Power NDPHC's NIPP plants and to nominate the NDPHC as a party Purchase Agreement (PPA) tariff negotiations with NNPC and with whom the World Bank can enter into formal negotiations on PHCN will start end of September 2009. NERC's approval of the the potential provision of PRGs for the individual projects. Ap- tariff will be sought once the tariff has been negotiated. 5. Con- proval completed on 19 June 2012. Environmental Assessment firmation from PHCN of the FID and completion dates of the HV Category B. Project: P126190. US$ 200.0 (GUID). Consulting line are needed to set the respective dates for FID and completion services to be determined. Power Holding Company of Nigeria date of the IPP. 6. IPP Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) is expected Tel: (234-9) 413-6684, E-mail: maganiyu@nepapmu.org, Con- to be secured by February 2010. 7. External financing is ex- tact: Mansuru A. Ganiyu, Project Manager. pected to be confirmed by February 2010. 8. Final investment Energy and mining decision (FID) by NNPC/TEPNG JV is expected by February (N) Second Nigeria Power Sector Guarantees Project: 2010 - investment decision for the HV line must occur at the Objective to be Determined. Identification completed on 23 same time. Securitization Agreement: 1. A Partial Risk Guaran- March 2015. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ tee (PRG) is proposed to secure the PPA payments from PHCN - 100.0/305.0 (CIF/GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. to ensure IPP project bankability. 2. MIGA Guarantee to be con- Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. sidered to compensate in the event of early termination. Timeline for IPP: 1. Pre-Development phase: Interim Letter Agreement Senegal was signed on 26th January, 2007. 2. Development phase: A Energy and mining number of activities were conducted till July 2009, as follows: a. Senegal Taiba Ndiaye Independent Power Producer EPC request for offers. b. EPC Prices. c. EPC Award. d. HV Project: The project development objective is to increase elec- Line transfer. e. PPA Tariff Negotiations. f. Discussions on Se- tricity generation at a lower marginal cost through Independent curization. g. Discussions with Banks. 3. FID Date of February Power Producer investments in Senegal. The immediate Project 2010: Following milestones are expected to be achieved, subject beneficiaries are current and prospective commercial and house- to the achievement of financial close on the HV transmission line hold electricity consumers --including the poor, women and girls, by PHCN: a. Signature PPA. b. Securization. c. Financing. 4. who face unreliable service due to supply limitations, high cost, Construction phase: Construction activities are expected from and access constraints. Additional power generated by the pro- March 2010 to December 2011. 5. Commissioning phase: Fol- ject will help increase productivity and spur economic growth lowing timeline is expected, subject to the availability of HV line: among these beneficiaries. The GoS is also a key beneficiary since a.First Gas Turbine Synchronization by December 2011. b. Sec- the proposed IPP will save Senegal tens of millions of dollars in ond Gas Turbine Synchronization by February 2012. c. Com- annual fuel costs alone by displacing the emergency diesel pro- mercial Operation Date (COD) by October 2012. 6. Signed PPA jects. The proposed IPPs would also reduce the need for more to be in force for 20 years beyond COD. Approval completed on 1 public resources for investment in power generation, enabling May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. Project: more funds to be deployed for poverty alleviation and other social P120207. US$ 150.0/395.0 (GUAM/GUAR). Consultants will be needs. Approval completed on 19 December 2013. Environmen- required. Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Company Ltd Tel: tal Assessment Category A. Project: P143605. US$ (234-803) 685-6383, E-mail: ru- 40.0/92.0/28.0 (GUID/ZMUL/ZPCI). Consulting services to be mundaka.wonodi@nbet.com.ng, Contact: Rumundaka Wonodi, determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Managing Director / CEO. PAGE 127 South Asia April 2015 Energy and mining Tullow Oil corresponding to energy exports to Senelec. Approval Senegal Banda Gas to Power Guarantee: This PRG is completed on 29 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Cate- linked to the Mauritania Gas to Power PRG, which is under prep- gory A. Project: P145657. US$ 99.0 (GUID). Consulting services aration. The overall value of the PRG is estimated at $104m for to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Mauritania, Senegal and Mali, of which the Senegal part would Energy and mining be approximately $51m, to cover the share of gas payments to (N) SN -Solar Energy Development thru IPPs: In the spirit of 'Scaling up Solar' initiative developed by IFC, the Project will is expected that TANESCO will select and contract an adviser in support Solar Energy Development in Senegal through IPPs se- the coming months, before TANESCO and the GOT start negoti- lected competitively and transparently on the basis of the lowest ating major Project Agreements for this project. This project is price per kWh. In order to attract interest from major interna- currently expected to be structured and prepared in 2011/2012 tional developers, minimize transaction costs and uncertainties and could reach financial close in Bank FY 2013. If built, this pro- with regard to contract negotiations and finance mobilization, ject would be the first major Wind generation facility in Tanzania the bidding package will include draft legal agreements (PPAs, and one of the largest facilities in East Africa. Concept completed and concession agreements) as well as a financing package (term on 7 July 2011. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: sheet of loans, risk mitigation instruments including proposed P126432. US$ 100.0/200.0 (GUID/ZPCI). Consultants will be Bank guarantee…). Identification completed on 8 December required. Wind EA, Contact: Mark Gammons 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 20.0 Energy and mining (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing TZ Guarantees for Power Sector Gas Supply Expansion: agency(ies) to be determined. The proposed operation consists of providing credit enhance- ment mechanisms to address the low credit worthiness of the Sierra Leone natural gas production and supply, and power sectors in Tanza- Energy and mining nia. The proposed operation will enabling the development and SL: Western Area Power Generation Project: In May expansion of natural gas fields by private developers in several 2014 the Government of Sierra Leone requested IDA for a guar- locations, and independent power generation activities. The pro- antee for the proposed Western Area Power Generation Project posed instrument will be a series of Partial Risks Guarantees (WAPGP) to be developed as an independent power producer (PRGs) back-stopping liquidity payments under Gas Supply selling to electricity the Electricity Distribution and Supply Au- Agreements (GSA) and Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) en- thority (EDSA). tered between private sector developers and the Tanzania Petro- leum Development Corporation (TPDC) and/or Tanzania Elec- WAPGP is part of the Government’s plan for private sector par- tric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO). Identification com- ticipation in the generation subsector to meet electricity demand. pleted on 25 October 2013. Environmental Assessment Category The Project is proposed as a 128 MW Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) fired B. US$ 200.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. power plant to be located on an existing industrial site about 4 Ministry of Finance Tel: (255-22) 211-9190, E-mail: sblikwel- km outside Freetown. The Project is to be constructed in phases ile@yahoo.com, Contact: Dr. Servacius B. Likwelile, Executive over three to four years, of which the first phase is 50MW. Iden- Director. tification completed on 12 December 2014. Environmental As- sessment Category B. US$ 40.0 (GUID). Consulting services to Uganda be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined. Energy and mining IDA Guarantee for Renewable Energy Development Tanzania Program: The project will provide for amongst others counter- Energy and mining part risk guarantee to cover the payment risk from Uganda Elec- Tanzania Singida Wind Power Project: The Government tricity Transmission Company Approval completed on 18 March of Tanzania (GOT) intends to develop the 100MW Singida Wind 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P133318. Project in Northern Tanzania in form of a Public Private Partner- US$ 160.0 (GUID). Consultants will be required. Ministry of En- ship. The current lead investor of this Project is a consortium of ergy and Mineral Development Tel: (256-41) 434-9342, E-mail: private local firms and Aldwych International PLC, of the UK info@energy.go.ug, Contact: Hon. Irene Muloni, Minister. ("Wind EA"). Wind EA intends to conclude a 25 year Power Pur- chase Agreement with the state owned utility TANESCO. The Project encompasses the construction and operation of a 100MW East Asia And Pacific Windpark east of the town of Singida. Financing of this power generation project is expected to be through private sponsors' eq- uity contributions (about 20% of Project costs) and commer- Myanmar cial/multilateral debt facilities. GOT has requested the World Energy and mining Ban (IDA) to support the financing of the project with a Partial Myingyan Power Generation Project: AIS - Myingyan In- Risk Guarantee (PRG) that would cover commercial lenders to dependent Power Producer Project# # The main challenges fac- the project. The IDA has offered already the financing of a Trans- ing the Myanmar electricity sector can be divided in two-time ho- action Adviser to TANESCO under an existing IDA project and it rizons. In the near-term (2013-2015), the main challenges are: April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 128 (i) to maximize efficiency of power generation, reduce Guarantee will help mobilize international commercial debt fi- losses in transmission and distribution networks, and reduce nancing for the first internationally tendered private power pro- electricity shortages; (ii) to improve financial viability of sector ject in Myanmar. The project indirectly helps contribute to the enterprises; (iii) to secure affordable funding for capital invest- achievement of the WBG twin goals as electricity supplied to the ments in urgently need power generation. In the medium to national power grid from the project will also increase quantity longer term, the main challenge facing the energy sector is to se- and quality of electricity supply, including to low income popula- cure reliable, affordable and environmentally and socially sus- tion, as Myanmar continues to expand access to electricity. While tainable energy supply. These challenges are detailed in the Out- this project does not include connecting new households, it will line of Energy Development Policy, prepared by the Bank and help produce additional electricity needed for the electrification broadly agreed with Myanmar's National Energy Management in Myanmar. The competitive cost of gas-fired CCGT power gen- Committee in 2013. Demand for electricity in Myanmar has eration will also reduce pressure of tariff increases for household grown significantly in recent years. The annual peak load de- consumers—or reduce cost for some consumers—which is more mand reached 1,850 mega-Watts (MW) in 2013, growing on av- proportionally beneficial to low income population. The PDO in- erage 7.7 percent per annum in the past five years. During this dicators may include: (i) New installed capacity (MW) (ii) Elec- same time, the electric energy supplied to the national grid grew tric energy generation (kWh); and (iii) Amount of private fund- on average almost 12 percent per annum. Electricity shortages ing mobilized (million US$). The intermediate result indicators and supply disruptions remain prevalent in the country. The may include: (i) Financial close date (ii) Commercial operations World Bank Group (WBG) is responding to the near-term chal- dates (for open cycle and combined cycle). The Myingyan IPP lenges in multiple ways. The Myanmar Electric Power Project Project is expected to include the following components: a. Power was approved in September 2013 and will be financing 110 MW plant: About 250 MW of combined-cycle gas turbine power sta- of new generation capacity to be added to the national grid. The tion. b. Fuel supply: A gas receiving and liquid fuel storage facility project provides technical assistance on designing the National to be located within or near the power plant site. c. Electricity Electrification Plan and preparing a project to implement electri- connection: A power evacuation facility to be connected to an ex- fication program, power sector financial viability, and electricity isting 230 kV substation. d. Water supply: Water pipeline and as- tariffs and subsidies review. The IFC is advising the Ministry of sociated facilities for water pumping from the Irrawaddy River Electric Power to develop a business model for private participa- Concept completed on 20 August 2014. Environmental Assess- tion in power generation. The IFC is also reviewing investment ment Category A. Project: P151366. US$ 100.0 (GUID). Consult- prospects in the distribution sector through the Yangon Electric- ing services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be ity Supply Board, and in grid and off-grid private power genera- determined. tion projects. To continue WBG supports to the Myanmar power sector, this proposed project aims to facilitate the development Solomon Islands of new power generation capacity by the private sector by offering Energy and mining an IDA guarantee to mitigate selected risks facing private sector Tina River Hydropower Development Project: The pro- lenders and investors to Myanmar, and help reduce the cost of posed project would consist of a 15 MW hydropower plant located electricity supplied by independent power producers (IPP). With on the Tina River, east of Honiara comprising: (i) a 50m-high advisory support from IFC, the Myanmar's Ministry of Electric roller-compacted-concrete (RCC) dam located in a narrow gorge Power has launched a competitive tender for the development of on the Tina river; (ii) a 3.3km headrace tunnel, 3 m in diameter, the Myingyan Independent Power Producer Project (Myingyan to convey water from the dam to the power station; (iii) a power- IPP) by the private sector with scheduled commercial operations house about 3-4 km downstream from the dam site that will planned for late 2015. The project cost is expected to be between house 3x5 MW Francis turbine machines; (iv) 2 parallel (on sep- US$ 250 and 300 million and will be financed mostly by interna- arate towers) 33kV single circuit transmission lines connecting tional lenders and investors. To support project development, the the power station to the existing Lungga diesel power station; and Government is in preliminary discussions with the Bank Group (v) access roads; and other ancillary facilities. Financing require- on risk mitigation solutions for the project, such as IDA Partial ments are currently estimated at around US$120 million. The Risk Guarantee (PRG) and MIGA guarantees. The availability of feasibility studies were substantially completed in March 2014 WBG risk mitigation solutions is expected to broaden the appeal and include confirmation of a viable site, preparation of prelimi- of the project to a wider group of private lenders and investors, nary designs for the project and a full safeguards scoping assess- enhance competition in project development, which may result ment. The project, except the access roads will be implemented in a lower overall project cost. Specifically the IDAPRG will facil- by a company to be set up by a private developer to be selected, itate the participation of international commercial lenders and on a build-own-operate-transfer basis under a Power Purchase provide additional financing alternatives for project developers, Agreement (PPA) with the state-owned SIEA, which will be guar- in addition to bilateral and multilateral development financial in- anteed by the SIG. Concept completed on 17 December 2014. En- stitutions operating in Myanmar. The expected PDO is to in- vironmental Assessment Category A. Project: P152779. US$ crease the available electricity generation capacity by the private 2.0/2.0/20.0/100.0 (IDA Credit/GAUL/GUID/ZPCO). Consult- sector in Myanmar. The expected results will be a successful de- ants will be required. Consultants will be required for various velopment of a new gas-fired power generation plant by the pri- preparatory studies (environmental and social impact assess- vate sector within specification, schedule and budget. The IDA ment, market and pricing, geological, feasibility) and for dam PAGE 129 Guarantee Operations April 2015 safety advisory and environmental and social panel of experts. is Component 2: Debt restructuring and financing of debt repay- Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Electrification Tel: (677) ment (IDA Partial Credit Guarantee: US $ 40 million, IDA allo- (ii) 28-609/25-937, E-mail: ps@mines.gov.sb, Con- cation: US$ 10 million). This component will support the Gov- tact: Rene Sore, Permanent Secretary. ernment in preparing a debt restructuring plan and provide a guarantee for credit enhancement on Moldova Sovereign or new integrated company borrowing. Such credit enhancement would Europe And Central Asia be essential to raising commercial financing on terms that would allow repayment of the debt stock on a sustainable, long-term ba- sis to limit the financial burden of the restructuring on Chisinau Albania residents and Moldova. For a new entity such as the integrated Public Administration, Law, and Justice company, a structured Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) from the (R) Albania Public Finance PBG: Objective to be Deter- Bank would also help it start establishing credit on the loan and mined. Approval completed on 27 March 2015. US$ 226.7 capital markets. Using an IDA PCG is expected to leverage Mol- (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Ministry of Fi- dova's IDA capital envelope. The partial nature of the PCG pro- nance Tel: (355) 69 207-4196, E-mail: eluci@minfin.gov.al. vides for risk sharing with the market while offering comprehen- sive risk cover for a specified component of the financing. De- Croatia pending on market conditions, a PCG cover of 30-50% of debt Finance service cash flows (principal + interest) may be sufficient to con- Croatia Export Financing Guarantee Operation: The siderably improve the available financing terms. This means that main project development objective is to support HBOR's move a $10 million tranche of IDA country allocation used as a $40m towards market-based funding, through a Partial Credit Guaran- Bank PCG could help raise $80-120 million of financing from tee (PCG). Secondary objective include supporting investment commercial sources. Currently, Partial Credit Guarantees (PCGs) projects in Croatia by providing medium and long-term funding. are only available for IBRD countries. OPCS, in consultation with The design of the instrument underlying the proposed IBRD CFP/SDN and other corporate and regional units is developing a guarantee is driven by the HBOR's debt management objectives revised policy package which will introduce the PCGs in IDA and the expected on-lending operations that will be catalyzed. countries. Such proposals have been discussed at CODE and have The structure should allow the borrower to secure the much- received positive response from all stakeholders. It is expected needed financing at reasonable costs, while also minimizing that the revised Guarantee policy paper and associated OP/BPs transaction risk in a climate of volatility. In addition, the volume for the use of IBRD and IDA Guarantees would be presented to targeted should be matched against HBOR's ability to deliver on- CODE in December 2012, and to the Board in Q3FY13. It should lending quickly and efficiently, in order to minimize any potential be noted that only 25% of guarantee exposure would be counted negative carry costs, associated with disbursing the funding early against the country exposure limit - such leverage for IDA guar- and earning marginal returns while eligible project lending is or- antees was approved in 2004. Therefore, for the proposed IDA ganized. Approval completed on 27 June 2013. Environmental PCG operation of $40 million, only $10 million would be counted Assessment Category F. Project: P133471. US$ 256.4 (GUAR). against the country limit. Concept completed on 1 February Consulting services to be determined. Croatian Bank for Recon- 2013. Environmental Assessment Category C. Project: P143870. struction and Development Tel: (385-1) 459-1586, E-mail: US$ 80.0/138.0 (GUAR/ZPCO). Consulting services to be deter- bberkovic@hbor.hr, Contact: B. Berkovic mined. Ministry of Economy Tel: (373-22) 250-554, E-mail: va- dim.ceban@mec.gov.md. Kosovo Energy and mining Turkey Kosovo Power Project: IDA partial risk guarantee in support Finance of a private sector independent power producer and lignite min- Long Term Finance Guarantee: The Project Development ing company, to be selected under the Lignite Power TA Project Objective (PDO) is to improve access to longer term finance for (P097635). Concept completed on 4 August 2011. Environmen- micro, small and medium enterprises and export oriented enter- tal Assessment Category A. Project: P118287. US$ prises. 40.0/725.0/725.0 (GUID/ZBIL/ZEXP). No consultants are re- quired. Ministry of Economic Development Tel: (381-38) 2002- 1505, E-mail: agron.dida@ks-gov.net, Contact: Mr. Besim Beqaj, Minister. A Guarantee to Halkbank to raise market financing to directly lend to MSMEs and EOEs. Appraisal completed on 4 December Moldova 2014. Environmental Assessment Category F. Project: P148858. Energy and mining US$ 400.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Halk Moldova District Heating Efficiency Improvement Par- Bank Tel: (90-312) 289-1780, E-mail: recep.gulec@halk- tial Credit Guarantee: The objective of the proposed project bank.com.tr. is to improve the operational efficiency and commercial viability of the district heating (DH) services in Chisinau. This component April 2015 Monthly Operational Summary PAGE 130 Middle East And North Africa Pakistan Energy and mining Jordan IDA Partial Credit Guarantee for Dasu Hydropower Water, sanitation and flood protection Phase-I Project: The proposed Project would support the Gov- Red Sea-Dead Sea Phase 1: - Identification completed on 6 ernment of Pakistan's efforts to (a) facilitate the expansion of November 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. US$ electricity supply of hydro-power in Pakistan; (b) improve access 100.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- to socio-economic services for local communities in the project menting agency(ies) to be determined. area; and (c) build Water and Power Development Authority's (WAPDA) capacity to develop Pakistan's vast hydropower poten- Lebanon tial. The project would support: (a) construction of a main struc- Energy and mining ture on the Indus River; (b) construction of two power tunnels, a Partial Risk Guarantee: Floating Storage & Regasifica- power house and installation of turbines and generators of 2,160 tion Unit Project: The proposed operation consists of provid- MW installed capacity to generate over 12,000 GWh of annual ing a credit enhancement mechanism to address the low credit clean energy; (c) preparatory work such as access roads, offices worthiness of the power sector, to support the development of a etc. ; (d) construction of a transmission line for evacuation of floating regasification and storage unit (FRSU) to enable the im- power; (e) implementation of social and environmental manage- port of LNG into Lebanon. The proposed instrument will be a ment plans, monitoring of the river, floods, and sediment; (f) Partial Risks Guarantee (PRG) back-stopping liquidity payments construction supervision, monitoring and evaluation of the Pro- under a Terminal Use Agreement (TUA) entered between GoL ject; and (g) project management support and capacity building and the FSRU project developer/owner/operator. Identification of WAPDA. Based on the financing strategy for Dasu HPP, a first completed on 8 July 2013. Environmental Assessment Category IDA credit of US$576.6 million (SDRs 371.9 million equivalent) A. US$ 60.0 (GUAR). Consulting services to be determined. Im- is proposed for project start up and an IDA partial Credit Guar- plementing agency(ies) to be determined. antee (PCG) of US$460 million from IDA16. In addition to the IDA Credit of US$576.6 million, an IDA Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) of US$460 million, approval of which is being sought from South Asia the Board, would be used for extending the maturity of commer- cial loan for the civil works contracts. This PCG would cover Component A (US$1,479.7 million) and Component B Nepal (US$1,397.8 million). Conditions and covenants for IDA Partial Energy and mining Credit Guarantee for commercial financing would be agreed with UT1 - Upper Trishuli Hydro Project: The project will de- WAPDA when the guarantee related agreements are finalized velop a partial risk guarantee product to support private sector with financiers. Approval completed on 10 June 2014. Environ- investment in a 216 MW greenfield run-of-river hydro project for mental Assessment Category A. US$ 460.0 (GUID). Consulting domestic power consumption in Nepal. Identification completed services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be deter- on 22 December 2014. Environmental Assessment Category A. mined. US$ 80.0 (GUID). Consulting services to be determined. Imple- menting agency(ies) to be determined.