Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Lebanon | Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 05-May-2017 | ISR27340 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:19-Jun-2014 Effectiveness Date:25-Feb-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date:-- Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:30-Dec-2017 Revised Closing Date:30-Dec-2017 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to address urgent community priorities in selected municipal services, targeting areas most affected by the influx of Syrian refugees. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Emergency Response:(Cost $3.50 M) Rehabilitation of Critical Infrastructure:(Cost $5.50 M) Project Implementation Support:(Cost $1.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO  Satisfactory  Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating  Substantial  Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions 5/5/2017 Page 1 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) The project targets 11 Union of Municipalities in Lebanon, namely: Al Buhaira, Al Sahel, Kalaat el Estiklal, Jabal El Sheikh, Central Bekaa, Zahle Caza, Baalbeck and Surrounding Communities, Tyre, Aarqoub, Central and Coastal Qayta’a, and Al Shafat. The project was designed to collect demands from Municipalities and Union of Municipalities in terms of basic service delivery (works and equipment, subcomponent 1a and component 2) and social cohesion (subcomponent 1b), and deliver these activities through the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR), benefitting Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees. During appraisal, the task team evaluated CDR’s mandate and concluded that its experience has revolved around development and post-conflict reconstruction in Lebanon, which along with its long track record of successfully implementing Bank-financed projects, made it the most suited implementing agency for the project. CDR has at the core of its business the design and implementation of large infrastructural projects financed by the donor community. The project was approved on September 12, 2014 and became effective on February 25, 2015. Project closing is on December 30, 2017. De facto, this is a project implemented within a timeframe of only 2.7 years. Although impacted by late effectiveness, a less-than-favorable political economy in the country, implementation is proceeding, thanks to engagement of the implementing entity, more intense implementation support missions, regular videoconferences, and a daily dialogue with the client. The project is exceeding targets in many areas, including, number of project beneficiaries, community consultations, etc. The sub-component 1a is nearing completion and both sub-component 1b and component 2 are under implementation. Concerning component 2, the task team recognizes the challenge of completing three contracts in the remaining time, but also acknowledges the commitment of the implementing entity in confirming forecasted completion by project closure. The project received media coverage, funded additional activities (made possible with use of savings) and helped leverage $100m in financing from other donors. The project is receiving wide appreciation from communities and local authorities and is also recognized by awards. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  Substantial  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  Substantial  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  Substantial  Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program  --  Substantial  Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  Moderate  Moderate Fiduciary  --  Low  Low Environment and Social  --  Moderate  Moderate Stakeholders  --  Substantial  Substantial Other  --  --  -- Overall  --  Substantial  Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL  Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/5/2017 Page 2 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) Value 0.00 202,304.00 317,508.00 300,000.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments The PAD defines this indicators as “Direct beneficiaries include the Lebanese host population who will benefit irrespective of the number of Syrian refugees living in the participating municipalities.” This indicators is collected from local governments and elaborated by implementing entity, gender breakdown is an estimate based on sampling done by the implementing entity in selected municipalities. Only the actual Lebanese beneficiaries of the activities financed by the project have been considered, also avoiding double counting (e.g., a water pump, measuring how many people can benefit directly from the additional water supply; for equipment, measuring the number of residents can actually be directly served by that given equipment). In addition to a quite structured approach based on a similar methodology to that of Post Disaster Needs Assessments, to further avoid the risk of double counting, beneficiaries of subcomponent 1b have not been included at all. PHINDPDOTBL  Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 53.00 53.00 50.00 PHINDPDOTBL  Conflict affected people receiving benefits in 1st year of project effectiveness (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 300,712.00 300,712.00 80,000.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments The PAD defines this indicators as “Conflicted affected people include both the Lebanese host population and the Syrian refugees living in participating unions of municipalities.” This indicator is higher than the previous one because while the previous includes only Lebanese host communities, this also includes Syrian refugees, consistently with the PAD. The indicator applies to subcomponent 1a, for which savings allowed funds to be reinvested and reach a higher number of beneficiaries compared to initial estimates. The indicator went beyond target even at the very end of the first year of project effectiveness. Afterwards, activities done with savings went beyond the first year of project effectiveness and the indicator has been tracked one more time to document progress. The first year of project effectiveness ended on February 26, 2016. The indicator was collected the last time on October 31, 2016, 1,5 year after project effectiveness, with a final count of 300,712 people. The breakdown that follows in the subindicator has been done by the implementing entity, based on the data provided by UNHCR, and the 5/5/2017 Page 3 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) ratio between Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees. PHINDPDOTBL  Conflict affected ppl receiving benefits in 1st yr of proj. effectiveness–female (Number, Corporate Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 150,356.00 159,377.00 40,000.00 Date 19-Jul-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Conflict affected ppl receiving benefits in 1st yr of proj. effectiveness – host population (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 204,408.00 204,408.00 60,000.00 Date 24-Jul-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Conflict affected ppl receiving benefits in 1st yr of proj. effectiveness – refugees (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 96,304.00 96,304.00 20,000.00 Date 19-Jul-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2017 PHINDPDOTBL  Share of implemented subprojects that correspond to the priorities identified by unions of municipalities (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80.00 100.00 80.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 5/5/2017 Page 4 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) Comments For this indicator, the PAD describes that the remaining 20 percent of activities was supposed to be selected based on national level planning strategies. During implementation, in reality, all activities have been selected based on the consultations done by the implementing entity. PHINDPDOTBL  Beneficiaries reporting improved level of sanitary and/or mobility conditions, of which women (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments The PAD states that this indicator will be collected “one time” and it would be limited to component 1. To be comprehensive and fully capture the perception of beneficiaries on the project, the implementing entity will collect this indicator in December 2017, together with the other perception-based indicator, extending it to the whole project. PHINDPDOTBL  Beneficiaries of mid-size rehabilitated/constructed infrastructure, of which women (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 600,000.00 Date 19-Jul-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments The PAD states that this indicator will be collected “one time” when the activities in component 2 will be completed. The PAD also indicates the target as "TBD" and the task team defined it with the implementing entity on March 31, 2017 as 600,000 beneficiaries based on the actual activities identified for component 2. This target includes host communities and Syrian refugees, in line with the PDO and the spirit of the project. PHINDPDOTBL  Indirect project beneficiaries (Amount(USD), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 5/5/2017 Page 5 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) Value 0.00 1,199,964.00 1,199,964.00 1,350,000.00 Date 19-Jul-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments This indicator, i.e. Indirect beneficiaries, has been added after consulting OPCS, to capture project results comprehensively and show the difference with direct beneficiaries. Indirect beneficiaries is an indicator capturing the total population of the Municipalities and Union of Municipalities where at least one activity has been implemented, avoiding double counting, but considering the whole population of the administrative unit. The indicator includes both host communities and Syrian refugees. This indicator is added to document that the first PDO level indicator actually measures direct beneficiaries only. The unit of measure of such indicator is Number, not USD as shown in the system. Overall Comments N/A Intermediate Results Indicators PHINDIRITBL  Consultations held on prioritization of subprojects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 55.00 55.00 18.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments The decision-making platform of the project has been the first result delivered to Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees. Activities to be financed under the various phases of the project have been identified through a comprehensive Citizen Engagement exercise and consultations at the level of Municipalities and Union of Municipalities, to provide inclusive benefits addressing some of the most immediate service gaps in areas most affected by the crisis. The implementing entity organized about 60 formal consultations all over the country to select priorities and follow their implementation (rather than 18 as forecasted). This is an interesting achievement to engage citizens, their elected officials and the civil society in a country that historically has had the tendency to be heavily centralized. Additionally, the mechanism has been used to select investments also for projects the implementing entity received funding for from other donors. The indicator has been tracked until October 31, 2016, when this consultation phase was completed. These consultations were structured consistently in each of the 11 participating Unions of Municipalities and in 5 cycles: (1) elected officials, head of unions and mayors for the emergency interventions in subcomponent 1a only, also to define funding allocations and priority interventions; (2) elected officials, head of unions and mayors for the whole project; (3) elected officials, head of unions, mayors, NGOs, and civil society for the whole project; (4) NGOs and civil society to discuss approaches on and select social activities in subcomponent 1b only; and (5) NGOs and civil society on management an implementation of social activities in subcomponent 1b. 5/5/2017 Page 6 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) PHINDIRITBL  Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs - total (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments The PAD states that this indicator will be collected “one time.”. The implementing entity is committed to collecting this indicator with a questionnaire in December 2017, analyzing perception of beneficiaries for the whole project. PHINDIRITBL  Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs - women (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 PHINDIRITBL  Emergency service delivery subprojects completed or under implementation in the first six months after project effectiveness (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 22.00 22.00 20.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Oct-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments The indicator has been tracked during the first year of project effectiveness and then once more on October 31, 2016. It should be stated that this indicator tracked the number of contracts, with each contract being on multiple locations, for a total of 79 locations. 5/5/2017 Page 7 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) PHINDIRITBL  Service delivery / community subprojects implemented in participating unions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 118.00 118.00 40.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments This indicator refers to the whole project. Each location is considered as a subproject. PHINDIRITBL  Unions implementing at least one social activity under component 1b (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 74.00 100.00 80.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments Social activities under subcomponent 1b are implemented in all participating 11 Union of Municipalities. PHINDIRITBL  Average completion rate of infrastructure projects under component 2 (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 10.00 100.00 Date 19-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2016 31-Mar-2017 31-Dec-2017 Comments The level of readiness of these 3 investments in component 2 was fairly low in 2015 and, as of March 2017, has made substantial progress, with designs, technical specifications, bill of quantities and bidding documents all prepared well. All 3 activities are being tendered. These 3 activities focus on purchasing and installing goods, with very limited works involved, thereby reducing their implementation complexity. Overall Comments N/A 5/5/2017 Page 8 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P149724 TF-17510 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 4.05 5.95 41% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P149724 TF-17510 Effective 12-Sep-2014 12-Sep-2014 25-Feb-2015 30-Dec-2017 30-Dec-2017 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. 5/5/2017 Page 9 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lebanon Municipal Services Emergency Project (P149724) Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 5/5/2017 Page 10 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy