Document of The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: ICR00003374 IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION AND RESULTS REPORT (TF-13973 TF-14063) ON A TRUST FUND GRANT Public Disclosure Authorized IN THE AMOUNT OF EUROS 9.00 MILLION (US$ 11.21 MILLION EQUIVALENT) TO INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN) AND WORLDWIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) FOR THE Public Disclosure Authorized EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARTNERSHIP INSTRUMENT EAST COUNTRIES FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNANCE II PROGRAM June 28, 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice Europe and Central Asia Region CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective Date 06/28/2017) Currency Unit = Euro Euro 1.00 = US$ 1.136 US$ 1.00 = Euro 0.880 FISCAL YEAR July 1 – June 30 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ADA Austrian Development Agency BETF Bank executed trust fund CWP Country Work Plan EC European Commission ECA Europe and Central Asia EIRR Economic Internal Rate of Return ENPI European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument ENPI-FLEG (I European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument Forest Law and II) Enforcement and Governance (Phase I and II) EU European Union EUTR European Union Timber Regulation FLEG I, II Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (phase I and II) FLEGT Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade GDP Gross Domestic Product FLERMONECA Forest and Biodiversity Governance Including Environmental Monitoring FLR Forest Landscape Restoration ICR Implementation completion and results report ICT Information and Communication Technology IO Implementing Organization IUCN International Union for the Conservation of Nature ISR Implementation Status and Results (report) IUFR Interim Unaudited Financial Report INC Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee INGO International non-governmental organization M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MOU Memorandum of Understanding MTR Mid-term Review NPAC National Program Advisory Committee OC Operational Committee ORAF Operational Risk Assessment Framework PAD Project Appraisal Document PCT Program Coordination Team (participating country level) PMT Program Management Team (regional or Program level) PDO Project Development Objective POM Program Operational Manual RETF Recipient executed trust fund i RWP Regional Work Plan SC Steering Committee SFM Sustainable Forest Management SESAF Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment Framework SPD St. Petersburg Declaration TA(L) Technical Assistance (loan) VPA Voluntary Partnership Agreement WWF Worldwide Fund for Nature Senior Global Practice Director: Karin Kemper Practice Manager: Valerie Hickey Project Team Leader: Tuukka Castrén ICR Team Leader: Tuukka Castrén ICR Primary Author: Nils Junge ii COUNTRY Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine Project Name ENPI EAST COUNTRIES FLEG II PROGRAM CONTENTS Data Sheet A. Basic Information B. Key Dates C. Ratings Summary D. Sector and Theme Codes E. World Bank Staff F. Results Framework Analysis G. Ratings of Project Performance in ISRs H. Restructuring I. Disbursement Graph 1. Project Context, Development Objectives and Design ........................................................... 1 2. Key Factors Affecting Implementation and Outcomes ........................................................... 6 3. Assessment of Outcomes ...................................................................................................... 15 4. Assessment of Risk to Development Outcome ..................................................................... 25 5. Assessment of World Bank and Borrower Performance ...................................................... 27 6. Lessons Learned .................................................................................................................... 30 7. Comments on Issues Raised by Borrower/Implementing Agencies/Partners ....................... 31 Annex 1. Project Costs and Financing ...................................................................................... 32 Annex 2. Outputs by Component .............................................................................................. 33 Annex 3. Economic and Financial Analysis ............................................................................. 86 Annex 4. Grant Preparation and Implementation Support/Supervision Processes ................... 87 Annex 5. Beneficiary Survey Results ....................................................................................... 89 Annex 6. Stakeholder Workshop Report and Results ............................................................... 95 Annex 7. Summary of Granteer's ICR and/or Comments on Draft ICR ................................. 100 Annex 8. Comments of Cofinanciers and Other Partners/Stakeholders ................................. 104 Annex 9. List of Supporting Documents................................................................................. 104 Annex 10. Best Practice Models ............................................................................................. 105 iii A. Basic Information Europe and Central ENPI East Countries Country: Project Name: Asia FLEG II Program Project ID: P131138 L/C/TF Number(s): TF-13973,TF-14063 ICR Date: 06/28/2017 ICR Type: Core ICR Lending Instrument: TAL Grantee: IUCN & WWF Original Total USD 11.21M Disbursed Amount: USD 10.9M Commitment: Revised Amount: USD 11.21M Environmental Category: B: Partial assessment Implementing Agencies: Worldwide Fund for Nature International (WWF) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Cofinanciers and Other External Partners: B. Key Dates Revised / Actual Process Date Process Original Date Date(s) Concept Review: 06/21/2012 Effectiveness: 06/28/2013 07/01/2013 Appraisal: 08/13/2012 Restructuring(s): 8/25/2014 Approval: 01/10/2013 Mid-term Review: 07/15/2015 Closing: 12/31/2016 12/31/2016 C. Ratings Summary C.1 Performance Rating by ICR Outcomes: Moderately Satisfactory Risk to Development Outcome: Substantial World Bank Performance: Moderately Satisfactory Grantee Performance: Moderately Satisfactory C.2 Detailed Ratings of World Bank and Borrower Performance (by ICR) Bank Ratings Borrower Ratings Quality at Entry: Moderately Satisfactory Government: Satisfactory Implementing Quality of Supervision: Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Agency/Agencies: Overall World Bank Overall Borrower Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Performance: Performance: iv C.3 Quality at Entry and Implementation Performance Indicators Implementation QAG Assessments Indicators Rating Performance (if any) Potential Problem Project Quality at Entry No None at any time (Yes/No): (QEA): Problem Project at any Quality of No None time (Yes/No): Supervision (QSA): DO rating before Moderately Closing/Inactive status: Satisfactory D. Sector and Theme Codes Original Actual Major Sector/Sector Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry Forestry 52 52 Public Administration Public administration - Agriculture, fishing and 40 40 forestry Information and Communications Technologies Telecommunications 8 8 Major Theme/Theme/Sub Theme Environment and Natural Resource Management Climate change 21 21 Mitigation 21 21 Environmental policies and institutions 21 21 Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management 21 21 Biodiversity 21 21 Finance Finance for Development 11 11 Agriculture Finance 11 11 Human Development and Gender Gender 16 16 Urban and Rural Development Rural Development 11 11 Rural Markets 11 11 v E. World Bank Staff Positions At ICR At Approval Vice President: Cyril Muller Philippe H. Le Houerou Mariam J. Sherman (strategy and Gerard A. Byam (operational Country Director: operations) services and quality) Practice Manager Valerie Hickey Kulsum Ahmed Project Team Leader: Tuukka Castrén Andrew Mitchell ICR Team Leader: Tuukka Castrén ICR Primary Author: Nils Junge F. Results Framework Analysis Project Development Objectives (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to support the seven Participating Countries to strengthen forest governance through improving implementation of relevant international processes; enhancing their forest policy, legislation and institutional arrangements; and developing, testing and evaluating sustainable forest management models at the local level on a pilot basis for future replication. This is the PDO from the Grant Agreement. The PDO in the PAD is worded slightly different: “The Program will support the participating countries [to] strengthen forest governance through improving implementation of relevant international processes, enhancing their forest policy, legislation and institutional arrangements, and developing, testing and evaluating sustainable forest management models at the local level on a pilot basis for future replication” Revised Project Development Objectives (as approved by original approving authority) The Project Development Objectives were not revised. F. Results Framework Analysis (a) PDO Indicator(s) Original Target Formally Actual Value Values (from Revised Achieved at Indicator Baseline Value approval Target Completion or documents) Values Target Years Best practice models on sustainable forest management and improved Indicator 1: forest governance developed and demonstrated 0 29 34 Date achieved March 26, 2013 Dec 31, 2016 Dec 31, 2016 Target achieved (117%). Comments (incl. % This indicator relates to the dimension of testing forest management models achievement) in the PDO and was added during the August 2014 restructuring, replacing