The World Bank Report No: ISR4904 Implementation Status & Results Romania Complementing EU Support for Agricultural Restructuring Project (CESAR) (P100638) Public Disclosure Copy Operation Name: Complementing EU Support for Agricultural Restructuring Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 9 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: Project (CESAR) (P100638) Country: Romania Approval FY: 2008 Product Line: IBRD/IDA Region: EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development, National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration Key Dates Board Approval Date 27-Nov-2007 Original Closing Date 30-Jun-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date 01-Oct-2011 Last Archived ISR Date 11-May-2011 Effectiveness Date 09-Mar-2009 Revised Closing Date 30-Jun-2013 Actual Mid Term Review Date 10-Oct-2011 Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of this Project is to facilitate market-based farm restructuring through enhancing the ability of farmers, farm family members, and farm workers to manage their assets and income. Under this overarching objective, the Project will assist the Government of Romania (GOR) in (i) completing the property title registration of land assets in rural areas and (ii) improving the delivery of socio-economic guidance services to the agricultural population. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Land Adminstration 42.30 Socio-Economic Guidance Services to Agricultural Population 11.76 Policy, Strategy and Management 4.74 Public Disclosure Copy Overall Ratings Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Implementation Status Overview Overall, the Project is making good progress towards meeting most of its expected intermediate outcomes. Under Component 1 - Land Administration, the pilot systematic registration in 19 administrative territorial units (UAT) is progressing well. This is a completely new activity in Romania and the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Publicity (ANCPI) is dealing on a high priority basis with all the related issues and problems in the pilot UATs. A roll-out to 72 UATs in 16 counties is planned to begin early next year and to Page 1 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4904 bring the benefits of systematic registration to more of the country. Component 2 - Socio Economic Guidance Services to the Agricultural Population displayed good and sustained progress over the course of the past year. Activities aimed at building the capacity of the providers of the socio-economic guidance services are well underway, while contracting of guidance service providers has been recently completed. Some delay was encountered in starting implementation of activities aimed at upgrading the administrative capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), under Component 3 - Policy, Strategy and Management, and an action plan to avoid further delays was agreed. Public Disclosure Copy Locations No Location data has been entered Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Percentage increase in land transactions in Text Value 0 0 15 project areas Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments There has been an overall decrease in transactions across Romania due to the financial crisis. In addition the work in the project counties is just beginning. Percentage of agricultural land registered in the Text Value 52 56 70 National Farm Registry in project area Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Percentage of agricultural population in project Text Value 0 0 70 areas evaluating the SEGP services as being useful Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Too early to assess as the provision of socio-economic guidance services has just Public Disclosure Copy started. Intermediate Results Indicators Page 2 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4904 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Hectares of rural land in the project areas Text Value 0.0 million 0.15 million hectares under 0.7 million registered in Land Book (cadastre services) way Public Disclosure Copy Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Although systematic registration works are ongoing, they have not yet reached the stage of registration in the land book (last step of the process) Land books digitized as % of number of Text Value 0 46 100 communes in project counties Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Law on cadastre and registration amended Text Value No Yes Yes Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Further amendments are still needed to consider the new Civil Code and initial experiences with the systematic registration. Handbook of Socio-Economic Guide based on Text Value No Yes (3 volumes) Yes EU best practice developed Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Number of trained and graduated (certified) Text Value 0 0 300 advisers Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Selection of training provider is underway. Public Disclosure Copy Average time (days) needed to complete Number Value 21.00 21.00 15.00 registration of transaction/transfer in project areas. Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments Annually reported. The value will be updated at the end of 2011. Percentage of land owners satisfied with the Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 75.00 process of systematic registration as being fair Date 01-Jan-2007 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Page 3 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4904 Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Comments To be measured by survey early 2012 Public Disclosure Copy Percentage increase of land owners Text Value not known NoT KNOWN 20% participating in formal lease Date 30-Sep-2011 30-Jun-2013 Comments To be measured via survey at beginning of 2012 Data on Financial Performance (as of 13-Oct-2011) Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Loan No. Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Closing Date P100638 IBRD-48750 Effective 27-Nov-2007 28-Dec-2007 09-Mar-2009 30-Jun-2013 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Loan No. Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P100638 IBRD-48750 Effective USD 65.00 59.09 5.91 1.73 57.97 3.00 Disbursement Graph Public Disclosure Copy Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Page 4 of 5 The World Bank Report No: ISR4904 The government needs to finalize the list of UATs to be included in the first batch of contracts for the roll-out of the systematic registration. Restructuring History Public Disclosure Copy Level two Approved on 09-Mar-2011 Related Projects There are no related projects. Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 5