Justice Sector Support Project (P104749)

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Croatia Governance Global Practice IBRD/IDA Specific Investment Loan FY 2010 Seq No: 9 ARCHIVED on 10-Nov-2015 ISR21126 Implementing Agencies: Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:06-Apr-2010 Planned Mid Term Review Date:-- Original Closing Date:30-Jun-2015 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:12-Jul-2010 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Revised Closing Date:30-Jun-2016 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the project is to improve the efficiency of Croatia's justice system. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name A. Improving the Efficiency of the Court System:(Cost $5.51 M) Public Disclosure Authorized B. Improving the Efficiency of the State Attorney's Office (SAO):(Cost $12.39 M) C. Strengthening Management Functions of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ):(Cost $4.40 M) D. Support for Project Management and Implementation:(Cost $1.10 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 -- Moderate 11/10/2015 Page 1 of 11

2 Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project supports Croatia's courts, State Attorney Offices (SAO) and the Ministry of Justice. It finances activities key to sustaining selected gains from Croatia's justice-related EU accession benchmarks pertaining to Chapter 23 (Justice and Fundamental Rights). Ongoing and planned activities are on track, and over 90 percent of project funds contracted. Project activities focusing on the transformation and automation of business processes are having the highest impact in terms of improving efficiency and quality in courts and SAOs. During this reporting period, the new court rationalization reforms came into effect, and the number of courts and SAOs was reduced from 208 down to 116 in an effort to consolidate processes and balance workloads and resources. To complement these reforms, the project supported the rollout of a new ICT environment, including upgraded equipment and software that is helping to embed new work practices across the consolidated network. Support to personal bankruptcy reforms is gaining pace. The personal bankruptcy law has now been enacted, and the project can start supporting the rollout of the reforms. This is the first Bank-financed project that directly supports the improvement of prosecutorial efficiency. Notably, project impact has been significant in respect of activities supporting the State Attorney s Office (SAO) due to the State Attorney General's strong ownership from the outset. Key positive results from the project include: (a) the prosecution Case Tracking System (CTS) has been rapidly implemented due to strong SAO technical capacity and ownership; (b) teething problems due to changes in criminal and civil codes/procedures (which needed to be reflected at short notice in the CTS) have been addressed; and (c) the CTS is already being used and staff training is intensifying. Progress has also been maintained on civil works support for the SAO. Both civil works contracts under implementation (Zagreb and Pula) have progressed due to close monitoring by the SAO. A new Annex to the SAO Headquarters is complete in Zagreb houses the USKOK (special agency to combat corruption and organized crime) and highlights the strong complementarity between capacity-building programs of the SAO, the MOJ, the EU (which provided technical support to establish and train the USKOK) and the Bank (which provides support on ICT, capacity-building and physical facilities). In Pula, where an existing building was renovated and strengthened to house the both the SAOs and municipal courts, works have been largely completed and some minor adjustments are being made in order to secure an Operating Permit. Most recently the Ministry of Justice requested additional support and technical assistance for the introduction of a personal bankruptcy framework. The legal framework has now been enacted, and consultants identified to support the delivery of an intensive training program to judges, mediators and bankruptcy trustees. 11/10/2015 Page 2 of 11

3 Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating 11/10/2015 Page 3 of 11

4 Political and Governance Substantial Macroeconomic Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Fiduciary Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Other Overall Moderate Results Project Development Objective Indicators Increased court and SAO efficiency through reduced case backlogs and improved case disposal ratios in project-finanaced courts and SAO offices-case turnover ratio (Text, Custom) Value /- 10% overall Date 31-Dec Mar Sep Jun-2015 Fields are empty because sub-indicators below provide the detailed data, with different values for different sub-indicators. Clerance rate for courts (Text, Custom Supplement) % Value % % overall Clearance rate for SAO and USKOK (Text, Custom Supplement) 11/10/2015 Page 4 of 11

5 Value 98.90% % % overall Disposition time for courts (Text, Custom Supplement) Value % overall Aggregate case backlogs for Courts (Text, Custom Supplement) Value ,721-10% overall Aggregate case backlogs for SAO and USKOK (Text, Custom Supplement) Value ,186-20% overall Reduced case processing times in pilot courts financed by the project (Text, Custom) Value 838 days 765 days 768 days -10% overall Date 31-Dec Mar Sep Jun /10/2015 Page 5 of 11

6 Improved user ratings for efficency for project-financed courts and SAO offices (Text, Custom) Value 3.55 n/a n/a +10% overall Date 31-Dec Mar Oct Jun-2015 During this reporting period, the MOJ contracted the survey firm that conducted the baseline survey in 2010 to conduct a follow-up survey in The results should be available by March/April Overall Intermediate Results Indicators Court Presidents and Court Secretaries in at least thirty priority municipal and country courts develop resource management plans (Yes/No, Custom) Value N Y Y Y Date 31-Dec Mar Sep Jun-2015 Data on ICMS usage in courts (Text, Custom) Value % overall Date 31-Dec Mar Sep Jun-2015 Fields are empty because detailed data is provided by sub-indicator below. 11/10/2015 Page 6 of 11

7 Number of users of ICMS (Text, Custom Supplement) Value , % overall Number of cases registered in ICMS (Text, Custom Supplement) Value % cases registered - currently cases 100 % cases registered - currently 5,613,430 cases. 100% of all cases Number of transaction made in the ICMS daily (Text, Custom Supplement) Value ,300 20% p.a. Consolidated and modernized facilities for a functioning (a) SAO HQ and USKOK in Zagreb and (b) SAO in Pula (Text, Custom) Value No Ongoing, approching completion Ongoing, approching completion Consolidated and modernized facilities for (a) SAO HQ and USKOK in Zagreb and (b) SAO in Pula Date Mar Oct Jun-2015 Facilities at SAO HQ and UKOK Zagreb have been upgraded and users express satisfaction with their new working environment. Pula complex has been completed but Operating Permit for the building has yet to be issued and minor safety defects are being rectified. 11/10/2015 Page 7 of 11

8 Upgraded and Updated Operational Information Systems Improve SAO efficiency (Text, Custom) Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 31-Dec Mar Oct Jun-2015 Number of users - Operational Information Systems - SAO (Text, Custom Supplement) Value , % p.a. Number of cases - Operational Information Systems - SAO (Text, Custom Supplement) Value More than 30% - currently cases More than 30% - currently 236,385 cases +30% p.a 11/10/2015 Page 8 of 11

9 Number of transactions on cases per month - Operational Information Systems - SAO (Text, Custom Supplement) Value NO More than 10% increase- currently transactions per month More than 10% increase- currently 51,124 transactions per month +10%p.a. A medium term expenditure framework for the justice sector is developed by MOJ on the basis of justice sector expenditure and institutional review (Text, Custom) Value No. NO NO MTEF developed by MoJ Date Mar Oct Jun-2015 See discussion of compliance with loan covenant. Proposals for court rationalization are based on technical criteria (Text, Custom) Value NO NO Yes Proposals for court rationalization are based on technical criteria, providing evidence that data informs policymaking and enables more efficient justice sector resource use and management on a mediumterm basis. Date Sep Oct Jun /10/2015 Page 9 of 11

10 Conduct of periodic user surveys and publication/dissemination of the results of such surveys (Text, Custom) Value NO YES YES Survey to be conducted by the end of the project Date Mar Oct Jun-2015 As per above, the MOJ has contracted with the same survey firm that conducted the baseline survey in 2010 to conduct a follow-up survey in The results should be available by March/April Timely project implementation including adherence to procurement schedules (Yes/No, Custom) Value N Y Y Y Date Mar Oct Jun-2015 Overall Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P IBRD Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IBRD Effective 06-Apr Apr Jul Jun Jun-2016 Cumulative Disbursements 11/10/2015 Page 10 of 11

11 Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 22-Dec-2013,Level 2 Approved on 28-May-2015 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 11/10/2015 Page 11 of 11