The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | St Maarten | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2020 | Seq No: 9 | Archived on 31-Mar-2025 | ISR03440 Implementing Agencies: VNG International 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 26-Jun-2020) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the capacity of civil society organizations and support implementation of reconstruction and resilience sub-projects at the community level. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Small Grants to CSOs for Reconstruction and Resilience:(Cost 4,660,000.00) Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for CSOs:(Cost 1,080,000.00) Project Management and Coordination:(Cost 1,460,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Low 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS Apr 01, 2025 Page 1 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions Implementation of the Sint Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) is concluding with Satisfactory progress toward attainment of the project development objectives and goals. A restructuring which was approved in June 2024 resulting in an extension of the project closing date from June 28, 2024, to March 31, 2025, facilitated completion of all project activities. Activities to improve the capacity of civil society organizations and support implementation of reconstruction and resilience subprojects at the community level have all been completed with strong results on the ground. By March 31, 2025, the project had fully implemented all the seven rounds of grants and surpassed the capacity development sessions that were envisaged at the start of the project. As at the closing date, 58 local CSOs have benefitted from grants and 91 community subprojects were approved, fully implemented and are functional to beneficiaries with an implementation completion rate of 97.80 percent. Over 91.38 percent of CSOs participating in the project report improved capacity for grant management and implementation. The number of direct beneficiaries of the project has reached 20,365 people with a 100 percent of those surveyed using beneficiary assessments expressing satisfaction that the sub-projects reflected their needs. The project has been effective in implementing communication and awareness sessions both before each round of grants was awarded, after award in preparation for disbursement and as part of implementation through coaching and mentoring of local CSOs. The highly effective performance in grievances resolution is attributable to these interventions. At the end of the project a total of 135 grievances had been registered 84.14 percent of them were resolved within the time acceptable to the project standards and guidelines. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 08 - 14 Sep Proposed Rating 26 Jun 2020 2024 Political and Governance Substantial Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Low Technical Design of Project or Program Low Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High Low Low Sustainability Apr 01, 2025 Page 2 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) Fiduciary Substantial Moderate Low Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Substantial Moderate Low Overall Substantial Moderate Low Apr 01, 2025 Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes Improve capacity of CSOs & support implement. of resil. & reconst. sub projects at community level Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 May/2020 85.12 30-Jun-2024 97.80 31-Mar-2025 75.00 Mar/2025 Percentage of subprojects Comments on The indicator is derived as a percentage of the total number of subprojects that have been approved which are fully achieving targets approved and funded; and the number of subprojects that have been fully implemented implemented and functional which are functional to users. Full implementation implies that CSOs have successfully to users (disaggregated by achieved technical and fiduciary requirements of their grants following the guidelines reconstruction and resilience provided by the PIU. sub projects) (Percentage) End of target indicator is exceeded as of reporting period. Percentage of CSOs 0.00 May/2020 91.38 30-Jun-2024 91.38 31-Mar-2025 70.00 Mar/2025 participating in the project Comments on The indicator will provide information on CSOs performance in selected technical areas such with improved capacity for achieving targets as timeliness of implementation of sub-projects; timeliness of reporting; quality and grant management and completeness of reporting during their participation in the project. implementation (Percentage) End of project target is exceeded as of the reporting period. 0.00 May/2020 100.00 30-Jun-2024 100.00 31-Mar-2025 75.00 Mar/2025 Percentage of beneficiaries Comments on The indicator will measure project performance in terms of responsiveness to the expressing satisfaction that achieving targets community needs. It will provide information at he start, midterm and at the end of sub-projects reflected their perception of beneficiaries about the subprojects and whether the latter reflect their needs needs (Percentage) as expressed at the prioritization stage. End of project target is exceeded as of the reporting period. Apr 01, 2025 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) 0.00 Mar/2020 13,173.00 30-Jun-2024 20,365.00 31-Mar-2025 10,000.00 Mar/2025 Comments on The indicator is a cumulative number of people who are direct beneficiaries of services achieving targets provided by investments which were supported through sub projects that are implemented Number of beneficiaries of by the CSOs. The cumulative number spans the project economic life but would be checked sub-projects (Number) for possible double counting given the size of the island to ensure credibility of the final result. End of project target has been exceeded as of the reporting period. Number of people 0.00 Mar/2020 7,245.00 30-Jun-2024 11,200.00 31-Mar-2025 5,500.00 Mar/2025 being served by Comments on Cumulative number of women/girls who are direct beneficiaries form CSOs subprojects subprojects of which achieving targets female (Number) End of project target has been exceeded. Number of people 0.00 Jun/2020 5,928.00 30-Jun-2024 9,164.00 31-Mar-2025 4,500.00 Mar/2025 being served by Comments on Cumulative number of men/boys who are direct beneficiaries form CSOs subprojects subprojects of which achieving targets male (Number) End of project target has been exceeded. 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Small Grants to CSOs for Reconstruction and Resilience Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Apr/2020 100.00 30-Jun-2024 95.00 31-Mar-2025 70.00 Mar/2025 Percentage of beneficiaries Comments on Indicator measures percentage of beneficiaries based on a sample who express satisfaction expressing satisfaction with achieving targets with the outputs from the sub-projects implemented in their areas with funding from the sub-projects' outputs (Percentage) project. Apr 01, 2025 Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) 0.00 May/2020 58.00 30-Jun-2024 58.00 31-Mar-2025 50.00 Mar/2025 Cumulative number of CSOs Comments on Indicator is a cumulative measure of CSOs which are able to formulate sub-projects proposals benefiting from the project achieving targets for consideration by the PIU and subsequent endorsement for funding. grant scheme (Number) 0.00 May/2020 91.00 30-Jun-2024 91.00 31-Mar-2025 80.00 Mar/2025 Cumulative number of sub- Comments on Indicator is a measure of cumulative number of sup-projects that are funded for projects funded (Number) achieving targets implementation Capacity Building and Technical Assistance for CSOs Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Percentage of CSOs with 0.00 Apr/2020 77.58 30-Jun-2024 87.93 31-Mar-2025 67.00 Mar/2025 increased capacity for Comments on Performance under this indicator improved from 61.9 percent in April 2024 to 77.58 percent fiduciary management of achieving targets in June 2024. The end of project target is already exceeded and may improve further by the grants (Percentage) closing date. 0.00 Apr/2020 60.00 30-Jun-2024 67.00 31-Mar-2025 16.00 Mar/2025 Number of training sessions provided by the PIU Comments on Indicator provides information on quantity and quality of training provided as well as types (disaggregated by type of achieving targets of technical capacities addressed for CSOs by the management agency. training) (Number) End of project target exceeded. Project Management and Coordination Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Percentage of CSOs receiving 0.00 Apr/2020 82.60 30-Jun-2024 82.60 31-Mar-2025 95.00 Mar/2025 grants within one month Comments on End of project target is not yet achieved. after the PIU has received achieving targets their funding request (Percentage) Apr 01, 2025 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) Percentage of grievances that 0.00 Apr/2020 83.64 30-Jun-2024 84.14 31-Mar-2025 80.00 Mar/2025 are resolved within three Comments on Indicator measures efficiency of grievances (complaints and appeals) management system months after they were achieving targets for the project formally registered (Percentage) End of project target is exceeded. Apr 01, 2025 Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed TF-B3014 Closed 7.20 7.20 0.00 6.96 0.24 96.61% 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing TF-B3014 Closed 26-Jun-2020 10-Jul-2020 28-Jul-2020 28-Jun-2024 31-Mar-2025 8. KEY DATES Apr 01, 2025 Page 8 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report St Maarten Civil Society Partnership Facility for Resilience Project (CSPFRP) (P172339) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 26-Jun-2020 26-Jun-2020 Effectiveness 28-Jul-2020 28-Jul-2020 Mid-Term Review No. 01 25-Jul-2022 18-Jul-2022 Operation Closing/Cancellation 31-Mar-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY Restructuring Level 2 Approved on 05-Jun-2024 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Apr 01, 2025 Page 9 of 9