Public Disclosure Authorized EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic of Urban Development Global Practice IBRD/IDA Specific Investment Loan FY 2009 Seq No: 15 ARCHIVED on 15-Jun-2015 ISR19774 Implementing Agencies: Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Board Approval date:26-mar-2009 Planned Mid Term Review Date:15-Oct-2011 Original Closing Date:30-Nov-2014 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:04-Aug-2009 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:05-Oct-2011 Revised Closing Date:31-Mar-2019 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To improve transparency, financial sustainability and delivery of targeted municipal services in the participating municipalities. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name Component A: Municipal Investments:(Cost $64.25 M) Component B: Capacity Building and Institutional Reform:(Cost $2.95 M) Component C: Performance-Based Investment Grants:(Cost $5.60 M) Component D: Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $2.20 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Low Low 6/15/2015 Page 1 of 8
Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project Implementation continues progressing well. Overall, the Project in on track to achieving its Development Objectives. A total of 58 sub-loan agreements have been signed with eligible municipalities under the MSIP component of Municipal Investments (loan component), out of which 36 sub-projects were completed and 10 are under implementation, while others are either at the tendering stage or about to start the tendering process. Furthermore, 22 sub-projects are currently under preparation by the respective municipalities with support from the Project Management Unit (PMU). In addition, 19 municipalities submitted applications to access funds under the MSIP component of Performance-based Investment Grants, with 11 performance grants agreements signed, and 7 grant activities already successfully completed. Some of the MSIP accomplishments to date include: more than 11,000 households with new water connections; about 240,000 people with access to regular solid waste collection; and all participating municipalities/utilities publish their budget information on their websites. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool 6/15/2015 Page 2 of 8
Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program -- Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Moderate Moderate Fiduciary -- Low Low Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Low Low Other -- -- -- Overall -- Low Low Results Project Development Objective Indicators Piped household water connections that are benefiting from rehabilitation works undertaken by the project (Number, Core) Value -- 11615.00 11615.00 -- Date 17-Dec-2011 03-Jun-2014 03-Jun-2014 30-Nov-2017 Number of people in urban areas provided with access to regular solid waste collection under the project (Number, Core) Value 0.00 240000.00 240000.00 240000.00 Date 14-May-2010 03-Jun-2014 03-Jun-2014 30-Nov-2017 Percentage of participating municipalities that regularly publish benchmarks & sub-project progress information on their municipal or CSE s websites, and on PMU s Project portal (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 6/15/2015 Page 3 of 8
Nb of particip.municip. implementing institutional dvpt reforms contributing to PDO, as evidenced by nb of municip. that meet 4 or more of the 7 perform. criteria (ie that qualify for perform. grants) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 17.00 19.00 10.00 Improved financial performance as reflected by the percentage of participating municipalities achieving increased revenue earnings and/or cost savings in completed sub-project. (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 66.00 68.00 60.00 Percentage of participating municipalities achieving targeted improvements in delivery of selected services in completed subprojects (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 66.00 68.00 75.00 Overall Comments The indicators have been updated based on the information currently available. They will be further updated based at the PMU Semi-Annual progress report for H1 2015 due in July 2015. Global Environmental Objective Indicators Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators 6/15/2015 Page 4 of 8
Number of municipalities that qualify for sub-loans (ie meet the eligibility criteria to participate in MSIP) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 38.00 38.00 50.00 Number of sub-loans signed (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 51.00 58.00 35.00 Number of sub-projects successfully completed (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 33.00 36.00 30.00 Number of participating CSEs and/or municipalities supported by TA activities under Component B (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 39.00 39.00 15.00 6/15/2015 Page 5 of 8
Completion of TA contracts to clients# satisfaction (Text, Custom) Value No TA available 2 completed satisfactorily. 2 completed satisfactorily. Satisfactory Continued and sustained dialogue on institutional reform as evidenced by submission of studies, such as a Strategy for Financial Intermediation for Municipal Investments (Text, Custom) Value No strategy 2 input studies completed, no strategy prepared yet 2 input studies completed, no strategy prepared yet Final report submitted to Ministry for review Number of applications to access funds (performance investment grant) under Component C (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 19.00 19.00 10.00 Number of municipalities receiving a performance investment grant (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 Overall Comments The indicators have been updated based on the information available. They will be further updated based at the PMU Semi-Annual progress report for H1 2015 due in July 2015. Data on Financial Performance 6/15/2015 Page 6 of 8
Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P096481 IBRD-76990 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 20.90 4.44 84% P096481 IBRD-81580 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 9.73 40.04 19% P150342 TF-18812 Effective USD 50.00 15.66 0.00 0.00 15.66 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P096481 IBRD-76990 Effective 26-Mar-2009 29-Jun-2009 04-Aug-2009 30-Nov-2014 31-Mar-2019 P096481 IBRD-81580 Effective 10-May-2012 07-Jun-2012 10-Jul-2012 30-Nov-2017 31-Mar-2019 P150342 TF-18812 Effective 24-Dec-2014 24-Dec-2014 19-Mar-2015 31-Mar-2019 31-Mar-2019 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level Approved on 15-Dec-2011 6/15/2015 Page 7 of 8
Related Project(s) P129996-ADD'L FINANCING - MUNICIPAL SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT,P150342-ADDITIONAL FINANCING - MSIP (EU-IPA) 6/15/2015 Page 8 of 8