The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Water Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2012 | Seq No: 19 | ARCHIVED on 31-May-2021 | ISR45848 | Implementing Agencies: Mekong River Commission, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mekong River Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 08-Mar-2012 Effectiveness Date: 05-Mar-2009 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 10-Jan-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 29-Jan-2016 Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2018 Revised Closing Date: 28-Feb-2022 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To establish key examples of integrated water resources management practices in the lower Mekong Basin at the regional, nationalandsubnational levels, thus contributing to more sustainable river basin management in the lower Mekong. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured) The Project Development Objective is to improve water resource and fisheries management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin. Components Table Name Regional Water Resources Management:(Cost $8.00 M) National Water Resources Management:(Cost $17.38 M) Improved Floodplain and Aquatic Resources Management:(Cost $25.62 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The Project consists of two parts: a regional work program (Component 1) and a national Lao PDR program (Components 2 and 3). 1. Regional Component (implemented through MRC Secretariat): This component closed as planned in December 2019 following the successful completions of all activities. Key achievements and lessons learned from the transboundary projects supported under the component were showcased in the 7th Regional Stakeholders Forum on Transboundary Water Resources Management held in Bangkok in May of 2019 and the project closing workshop in Luang Prabang, Laos PDR in November 2019. All the Results Indicators have been achieved. 5/31/2021 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) 2. National components are implemented through MONRE and MAF. Good progress has been made across all sub-components, namely on the River Basin Planning activities with eight draft River Basin Management Plans to be completed and submitted to the Government for approval by mid-2021. Planned activities under the irrigation sub-component have also been completed as planned. For the fisheries management sub- component, nine Fisheries Management Committees (FMCs) have been established, and have been reported as fully functional. The project closure has now been extended to February 28, 2022. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- Substantial Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Substantial Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve water resource management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin IN00982477 ►Number of water resource management instruments applied by MONRE in priority basins located in the Lao PDR. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 8.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 Some progress on this PDO has been made, as one draft groundwater management plan for Savannakhet province is be completed in June and shared with the Bank for comments, in addition to four Water Resource Assessment (WRA) reports produced for four river basins (Xebangfai, Xebanghieng, Comments: Xedone and Xekong) and sever River Basin Management Plans. 5/31/2021 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) IN00982479 ►Number of new or upgraded DMH hydromet stations that produce information that is applied for water resources management. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 While progress on this indicator has been made, this activity has been impacted by COVID-19 and the team is now exploring the possibility for the DRM project to provide support on the procurement items Comments: under the 60 new hydromet stations. IN00982480 ►Area provided with irrigation and drainage services (ha) (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 7,815.00 7,815.00 7,815.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982484 ►Area provided with improved flood protection (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 17,097.00 14,500.00 Date 01-May-2012 -- 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 (Regional Component) to increase dialogue and cooperation on IWRM principles among the LMB countries IN00982471 ►Joint Action Plan for addressing a priority transboundary integrated water resources management issues in the Mekong Basin (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 3.00 3.00 Date 01-May-2012 -- 31-Dec-2019 28-Feb-2022 To improve fisheries management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin IN00982435 ►Number of functional Fishery Management Committees (FMC) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 3.00 10.00 Date 01-May-2012 -- 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 Overall Comments PDO 5/31/2021 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) To make it clearer, the PDO indicators have been regrouped into three different objectives: 1) (for the regional component) to increase dialogue and cooperation on IWRM principles among the LMB countries; 2) (for the national components) to improve water resource management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin; 3) (for the national components) to improve fisheries management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin. PDO indicator 1: Joint Action Plan for addressing a priority transboundary integrated water resources management issues in the Mekong Basin. This indicator was moved to under objective 1). It remains unchanged. PDO indicator 5: Number of functional Fisheries Management Committees (FMC). This indicator was moved to under objective 3). It remains unchanged. PDO Indicator 2: Number of water resource management instruments applied by MONRE in the Lao PDR. This indicator remains unchanged, however the definition clarifies that the management instruments (particularly the River Basin Plans) will be considered applied when it is approved by the Minister for MONRE). PDO Indicator 6: Area provided with improved flood protection. This was upgraded from an intermediate indicator to reflect the contribution of the irrigation core activities to the PDO as part of the improvement of floodplain management. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Regional Water Resources Management IN00982473 ►Number of Joint Issues Paper prepared and endorsed for identified priority transboundary IWRM issues in the Mekong Basin. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 08-Nov-2019 28-Feb-2022 IN00982476 ►Number of communication products produced and disseminated by the MRCS related to IWRM. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 08-Nov-2019 28-Feb-2022 National Water Resources Management IN00982472 ►Submission of the revised Water Law to the National Assembly. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 08-Nov-2019 28-Feb-2022 IN00982475 5/31/2021 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) ►Number of sites in priority river basins where NREI conducts water quality monitoring and information is applied for river basin management. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 11.00 11.00 15.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982478 ►Number of priority river basins where MONRE has applied water resource model packages. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982482 ►Number of regulations piloted at the basin level (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 Improved Floodplain and Aquatic Resources Management IN00982474 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 63,518.00 63,518.00 126,500.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982487 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 31,759.00 31,759.00 63,000.00 IN00982481 ►Number of functioning Irrigation Water User Associations (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 59.00 59.00 59.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982483 ►Number of people engaged in the formulation of Fisheries Management Plans (Citizen Engagement) (Number, Custom) 5/31/2021 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 165.00 165.00 165.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982485 ►Number of villages receiving livelihood support under the Fisheries component. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 117.00 117.00 100.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 IN00982486 ►Number of new or rehabilitated, functioning fishery hatcheries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 Date 01-May-2012 08-Nov-2019 23-Apr-2021 28-Feb-2022 Overall Comments IR Intermediate Indicator 4: Number of sites in priority river basins where NREI conducts water quality monitoring and information is applied for river basin management. This indicator remains unchanged. But slight revision was made to the definition of the indicator. It is clarified that biological parameters will only be carried out at sites that are appropriate for biological monitoring. The description has changed from "ISO accreditation" to "ISO accredited for 12 water quality parameters" for the NRERI laboratory. Intermediate Indicator 5: Number of priority river basins where MONRE has applied water resource model packages. This indicator remains unchanged, but slight revision was made to the indicator definition. The description for "model considered applied" was updated to "model will be considered applied when it is used to support water resources assessment and/or basin planning activities by using the modelling packages to estimate current water resources in different sectors and to evaluate the impact of possible scenarios." Intermediate Indicator 6: Number of functioning River Basin Coordinating Committees (RBCC). This indicator has been deleted due to the changes arisen with the project implementation. Intermedia indicator 7: Area provided with improved flood protection” moved up as a PDO Indicator. This indicator has been moved up as a PDO indicator. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed 5/31/2021 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) P104806 IDA-61180 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 16.77 9.05 65% P104806 IDA-H6750 Closed USD 18.00 18.00 0.00 16.89 0.00 100% P104806 IDA-H7620 Closed USD 8.00 7.96 0.04 7.47 0.00 100% P104806 TF-93258 Closed USD 0.92 0.87 0.05 0.87 0.00 100% P104806 TF-94553 Closed USD 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.00 100% P104806 TF-98965 Closed USD 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P104806 IDA-61180 Effective 06-Jul-2017 26-Jul-2017 11-Oct-2017 31-Mar-2021 28-Feb-2022 P104806 IDA-H6750 Closed 08-Mar-2012 19-Apr-2012 17-Aug-2012 31-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 P104806 IDA-H7620 Closed 08-Mar-2012 04-Apr-2012 17-Aug-2012 31-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2019 P104806 TF-93258 Closed 09-Feb-2009 05-Mar-2009 05-Mar-2009 11-Dec-2011 11-Jun-2013 P104806 TF-94553 Closed 03-Aug-2009 02-Sep-2009 02-Sep-2009 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2011 P104806 TF-98965 Closed 17-Feb-2011 21-Apr-2011 21-Apr-2011 31-Mar-2012 31-Mar-2012 Cumulative Disbursements 5/31/2021 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 18-Mar-2014 ,Level 2 Approved on 14-Jan-2018 ,Level 2 Approved on 18-Mar-2021 Related Project(s) P159447-Additional Financing for Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (Lao PDR) 5/31/2021 Page 8 of 8