Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Egypt, Arab Republic of | Water Global Practice | Global Environment Project | Adaptable Program Loan | FY 2013 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 02-Jan-2015 | ISR17754 | Implementing Agencies: Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:17-Jul-2012 Effectiveness Date:28-Aug-2012 Planned Mid Term Review Date:30-Apr-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:30-Nov-2016 Revised Closing Date:30-Nov-2016 Global Environmental Objectives Global Environmental Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The development objective of the Second Phase of the Multi-country Regional Coordination on Improved Water Resources Management andCapacity Building Program (APL 2) Project for Egypt is to improve water resources and agricultural management and planning within and across beneficiary countries based on quantitative and spatial-based decision making tools. Has the Global Environmental Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Name Improved Local Water Resources and Agricultural Management:(Cost $675000.00 M) Capacity Building and Project Management:(Cost $365000.00 M) Regional Integration and Cooperation:(Cost $10000.00 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of GEO  Moderately Satisfactory  Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP)  Moderately Satisfactory  Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating  --  Substantial 1/2/2015 Public Disclosure Copy Page 1 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) Implementation Status and Key Decisions Description: The proposed project was prepared as a second phase of the Regional Coordination on Improved Water Resources Management and Capacity BuildingProgram (APL2), and was effective on August 28, 2012. The proposed APL2 is consistent with the national priorities of Egypt to improve the sustainability of water resources management. The project development objective is to improve water resources and agricultural management and planning in Egypt, based on quantitative and spatial-based decision making tools. It has the same development objective, beneficiaries and PDO level results indicators as the overal regional project program. However they specifically pertain to Egypt, as opposed to the development objectives of APL1 which pertain specifically to Lebanon, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia,and the AWC. The direct beneficiaries of the program are the local and regional remote sensing institutions and the ministries of water and irrigation, agriculture and planning, regional water stakeholders, local farmers and the citizens of Egypt, which will benefit from improved access to real-time drought and flood monitoring outputs, improved crop yield and local and regional groundwater estimates among others. The APL2 consists of three components which are currently being implemented in Egypt as follows: Component 1: Improved Local Water Resources and Agricultural Management, including (a) the purchase, installation and validation of various WISP tools and other ancillary equipment; and (b) Support to NARSS and selected stakeholder ministries, agencies or institutions on the application of WISP Tools to selected research issues on topics such as local and regional water resources, agricultural and environmental management. Ancillary equipment includes computers, printers, scanners, applicable software, weather stations, other pertinent in situ measurements of the water balance and short time intensive field data collection programs and equipment required for the full functioning of the WISP tools; Component 2: Capacity Building and Project Management, including (a) Capacity building to the Recipient, NARSS and selected stakeholder ministries, agencies or institutions on implementation of the WISP Tools; (b) carrying out of training activities and workshops for knowledge sharing with stakeholders; (c) Financing of NARSS’ and other selected stakeholders’ participation in international conferences and study tours on environmental remote sensing; (d) Support for the establishment of a national online portal for sharing and dissemination of data arising from the use of the WISP Tools; (e) Project management support to NARSS, including Incremental Operating Costs; and (f) Financing of Fellowship Grants. APL2 will cover the activities mainly under Components 1 and 2 for Egypt; and Component 3: Regional Integration and Cooperation, including (a) Financing of workshops organized by AWC for knowledge sharing with regional stakeholders; (b) Development by AWC of an online portal to share local and regional results arising from the use of the WISP Tools; and (c) Support to AWC for the preparation of regional reports on applications of regional significance including the use of data provided by Beneficiary Countries or Local Implementing Entities under the Project. The Egypt PMU will participate in all regional activities organized by AWC as planned. But APL2 will cover the activities mainly under Component 1 and 2 for Egypt. Project implementation progress has been further delayed. The Project is considered to be slow disbursing (14% disbursed in 1.5 years), with only $150,000 disbursed, although caused mainly by external factors. At the recent Bank Implementation Support mission to Cairo in October, the Project team met with partners, country PMU and related end-users to review the overall project implementation progress of APL II, discuss the challenges/issues faced by PMU, and identify and agree on the follow-up actions, in order to speed up the implementation progress. The Egypt PMU participated in the mission, discussed the current implementation status and constraints/issues, reached an agreement with the USAID/NASA team and the Bank team on an alternative plan and worked on a time bound action plan to start the Project implementation as soon as possible. In addition, the mission received the full commitment from the Government implementation agency, and also witnessed strong motivation from all project related end-users (line ministries) for the final achievement of the Project implementation results and PDO by the Project closing date. The Project is expected to improve the physical and financial implementation progress and achieve the expected outputs and outcomes with the agreed action plan. 1/2/2015 Public Disclosure Copy Page 2 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance  --  --  Substantial Macroeconomic  --  --  Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies  --  --  Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program  --  --  Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability  --  --  Substantial Fiduciary  --  --  Substantial Environment and Social  --  --  Low Stakeholders  --  --  Moderate Other  --  --  Low 1/2/2015 Public Disclosure Copy Page 3 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) Overall  --  --  Substantial Results Global Environmental Objective Indicators PHINDGEOTBL  WISP system in operation in implementing agency(Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Nov-2016 PHINDGEOTBL  Number of major water resources decisions made on improved agricultural and land use management taking into consideration outputs of WISP tools.(Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Nov-2016 PHINDGEOTBL  Regional project data portal developed and operational in all countries (according to IW:LEARN guidelines(Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Nov-2016 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 1/2/2015 Public Disclosure Copy Page 4 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) PHINDIRITBL  WISP Hardware Purchased and Installed in implementing agency (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Nov-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Number of remote sensing and stakeholder staff trained on use of WISP tools in each beneficiary country (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 4.00 15.00 Date 30-Nov-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Nov-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Local stakeholder workshops held in each beneficiary country (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Nov-2016 PHINDIRITBL  Scholarships for advanced study in environmental science, remote sensing techniques and/or other related subjects selected in each beneficiary country. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Dec-2012 30-Apr-2013 30-Oct-2014 30-Jun-2016 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) 1/2/2015 Public Disclosure Copy Page 5 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Regional Coordination for Improved Water (P130801) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P130801 TF-12960 Effective USD 1.05 1.05 0.00 0.15 0.90 14% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P130801 TF-12960 Effective 14-Aug-2012 14-Aug-2012 28-Aug-2012 30-Nov-2016 30-Nov-2016 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/2/2015 Public Disclosure Copy Page 6 of 6