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1 AFRICA Sudan Social Protection & Labor Global Practice Recipient Executed Activities Investment Project Financing FY 2016 Seq No: 4 ARCHIVED on 09-Jul-2018 ISR33326 Implementing Agencies: Ahmed Hashem - Project Coordination Unit, Ministry of Welfare and Social Development, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:12-Feb-2016 Original Closing Date:19-Jun-2019 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:21-Jun-2016 Revised Closing Date:19-Jun-2019 Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (MoWSS) to transparently and effectively implement the CT Program, and to pilot a PSN approach for poor households. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Name Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Implementation Status and Key Decisions Component 1: (Strengthening Implementation of the Cash Transfer Program). Following the successful completion of the three cash transfer pilots in Khartoum, White Nile and North Kordofan using the Proxy Means Test (PMT) and Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing software (CAPI), the Ministry of Security and Social Development (MoSSD) has approved the PMT as the main targeting mechanism for the cash transfer recertification process. The re-certification process will take place in White Nile, River Nile, Red Sea and Blue Nile State. Communications. Activities to disseminate information on the re-certification process have been launched in North Kordofan and River 7/9/2018 Page 1 of 7

2 Nile states. Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM). The project launched discussions with key Federal level agencies on December 17-18, 2017 inviting participants from Poverty Reduction and Coordination center (PRCC), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Zakat Chamber, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), Social Savings and Development Bank (SSDB) and Sudapost. The objective of the workshop was to provide all participants with a sound understanding of a GRM system and its application. The workshop members have clarity on the design and implementation of the GRM system to pilot it in select states, with a specific focus on the National cash transfer program. The draft GRM manual that was developed for the project was used during the training workshop as the primary tool. Management Information System. The project is moving forward with setting up the MIS infrastructure with the goal of linking the MIS to the e-government initiative, digitizing data collection, processing and analysis using computer assisted personal interviewing (CAPI). Component 2, (Productive Safety Net) includes a pilot in North Kordofan currently under implementation which supports resilience building at the community level and provide access to livelihood-enhancing opportunities for beneficiaries. A follow up pilot is being designed to implement in River Nile to introduce the safety net model in a different geographic setting within the framework of the Government's national Shamil program. Risks Overall Risk Rating Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators (a) Percentage of recertified households included in the CT beneficiary registry (Percentage, Custom) Value (b) Targeting efficiency measured as reduced % of inclusion and exclusion errors. (Percentage, Custom) Value /9/2018 Page 2 of 7

3 This figure will be adjusted once the PMT and CAPI data analysis has been completed. (c) Number of complaints resolved using the newly established Case Management System module. (Percentage, Custom) Value Following the GRM training for Federal and State-level staff from the Ministry of Security and Social Development (MoSSD), Zakat, Sudatel, and Sudapost conducted in December 2017, and translation of the full manual into Arabic, the MoSSD reviewed and endorsed the GRM manual and systems. The team has incorporated the GRM into the communications campaigns during awareness building and is in the process of organizing the full GRM pilot for the Cash Transfer program at State level, which will be carried out in early FY19. In the interim, case management has been managed by the project and community leaders and members during the PMT data collection and processing, community validation and reconciliation, and identification of new beneficiaries with reference to guidelines in the manual. A wider GRM dissemination process is planned end of Q1/early Q2. (d) FM system provided (timely) regular monitoring of cash transfers at the national and states level. (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y This activity is under preparation and linked to the ongoing MIS updates/modules. (e) PSN Pilot launched (with beneficiaries receiving transfers) in at least one state. (Yes/No, Custom) 7/9/2018 Page 3 of 7

4 Value N Y Y Y Overall Intermediate Results Indicators Percentage of beneficiaries receiving payments on a regular basis (on percentage of payments reconciled by the MoWSS). (Percentage, Custom) Value The team is working on developing the payment systems modules that will be linked to the finalized beneficiary lists of 58,500 HH generated through the PMT, and to additional HH as the recertification is scaled up. The payment calendar is under development, which will be endorsed by the MoSSD. Staff will also be trained on the payment modules. Payment were made to beneficiaries during the month of Ramadan, however, due to the current economic crisis in Sudan, the Government is facing a shortage of cash, and the payments have not been made regularly. In addition, this indicator will be re-visited during the restructuring process. Percentage of staff trained at the state and national levels working on cash transfers (Percentage, Custom) Value /9/2018 Page 4 of 7

5 MoWSS communications campaign launched (Yes/No, Custom) Value N Y Y Y Number of direct beneficiaries of the PSN (of which % are female) (Number, Custom) Value , Date 12-Feb Dec Jun Feb-2019 Number of days of employment generated by the PSN. (Number, Custom) Value , , , Percentage of Cash Transfer beneficiaries received training in N. Kordofan (Percentage, Custom) Value /9/2018 Page 5 of 7

6 Increase in income of 1000 targeted households. (Percentage, Custom) Value Data for this indicator will be updated once the data for the 1000 HH participating in the PSN has been collected and analyzed which will follow anticipated government transfers. Overall Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P TF-A0362 Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P TF-A0362 Effective 10-Feb Feb Jun Jun Jun-2019 Cumulative Disbursements 7/9/2018 Page 6 of 7

7 Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 7/9/2018 Page 7 of 7