The World Bank NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN MALI (P145799) REPORT NO.: RES31290 Public Disclosure Authorized RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN MALI APPROVED ON DECEMBER 6, 2013 TO THE Public Disclosure Authorized REPUBLIC OF MALI Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES AFRICA Regional Vice President: Makhtar Diop Country Director: Soukeyna Kane Senior Global Practice Director: Karin Erika Kemper Practice Manager/Manager: Benoit Bosquet Public Disclosure Authorized Task Team Leader: Emeran Serge M. Menang Evouna The World Bank NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN MALI (P145799) ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS AEDD Agency for Environment and Sustainable Development / Agence de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable BD2: GEF Strategic Objective 2 on Biodiversity - Reduce threats to globally significant Biodiversity DNA: National Agricultural Directorate / Direction Nationale de l’Agriculture DNACPN: National Sanitation, Pollutions and Nuisance Controls Directorate /Direction Nationale de l’Assainissement et du Contrôle des Pollutions et Nuisances DNEF: National Forests and Waters Directorate /Direction Nationale des Eaux et Forêts DNPIA: National Livestock Production and Industry Directorate / Direction Nationale des Productions et Industries Animales CC: Climate Change CFAF: Communauté Française African Franc ESMF: Environmental and Social Management Framework GEF: Global Environment Facility IDA: International Development Association LDCF: Least Developed Countries Fund LD3: GEF Strategic Objective 3- Land degradation PDO: Project Development Objective PDSEC: Socio-Economic Communal Development Plan / Plan de Développement Socio-Economique Communal PIU: Project Implementing Unit PMP: Pest Management Plan RPF: Resettlement Policy Framework SFM1: GEF Strategic Objective 1 on Sustainable Forest Management SLWM : Sustainable Land and Water Management Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. The World Bank NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN MALI (P145799) BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P145799 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Approval Date Current Closing Date 06-Dec-2013 30-Sep-2019 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Agence de l'Environnement et du Developpement Ministry of Environment, Water and Sanitation Durable - AEDD Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The Project Development Objective is to expand the adoption of sustainable land and water management practices in the target area in Mali. OPS_TABLE_PDO_CURRENTPDO Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed IDA-H8900 06-Dec-2013 23-Dec-2013 24-Mar-2014 30-Sep-2019 12.00 8.34 2.79 TF-16288 23-Dec-2013 23-Dec-2013 24-Mar-2014 30-Sep-2019 6.57 4.08 2.49 TF-16307 23-Dec-2013 23-Dec-2013 24-Mar-2014 30-Sep-2019 1.85 1.26 .59 Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No The World Bank NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN MALI (P145799) Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here. I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING The Natural Resources Management in Changing Climate Project Development Objective is to expand the adoption of sustainable land and water management practices in the target area in Mali. The total financing includes US$12 million grant from IDA, US$6.57 million grant from GEF and US$1.85 million grant from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF). The Government of Mali contribution is approximately US$ 1 million. The Midterm review was organized from February 1 to 10, 2017, and was launched with a workshop with project stakeholders, which reviewed the project objectives, results and implementation arrangements. The workshop had an invigorating effect on project support, interest and implementation. This restructuring reflects the decisions reached at the MTR (see ISR #7). During the three first years of the project, the progress to achieve the PDO was off track, the project disbursed less than 30% until the Midterm review mission (28% from IDA, 22% from GEF and 30% from LDCF). Since the Mid-term review, project implementenation has improved, including disbursement (currently 74% of IDA funds and 63% for GEF). The project is rated Moderately Satisfactory for both DO and IP. The Project overall safeguards performance rating is Moderately Satisfactory. No outstanding complaint was reported. The project is in compliance with the submission of the external audits reports. The accelerated implementation is reflected in the results achieved. Two out of the three PDO indicators are on track, with ten out of fourteen intermediate indicators of the initial indicator framework also on track. The implementation of the livelihood activities remains the most visible and effective component of the project at the local level. Most of the activities that are implemented are those proposed by local community representatives. To date, 454 sub- grants (both communities and individual) have been signed for a total of 12,744 beneficiaries of which 9,848 are women (77%). Close to 350 grants have already been completed and the beneficiaries express great satisfaction. The beneficiaries are receiving more technical support from the technical agencies hired by the PIU. The PIU is under a strong leadership and the coordination between the implementing agencies is improved. All governmental implementing agencies (DNEF, DNA, DNPIA, Meteo Mali and AEDD) are more committed to the project activities. The number and quality of activities initiated and implemented by these agencies have been increased and resulted in the global improvement of the project performance including the increasing of the disbursement rate. The project intervention area covers 14 Communes in three Circles (Nioro, Banamba and Nara) g located in two Regions (Kayes and Koulikoro). The security situation in Banamba and Nara Circles located in Koulikoro region has deteriorated and unfortunately delayed the implementation of the project activities in these two circles. The PIU decided to stop any new commitments in these two circles but will continue to support the on-going commitments. The World Bank NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING CLIMATE IN MALI (P145799) With the volatile security situation in the Center and the North of the country, field supervision continues to be limited. Rationale for restructuring During the Mid-term review in February 2017 the Bank and the Government identified the main bottlenecks that where slowing down project implementation, and agreed to proceed with a project restructuring. The restructuring scope includes: (i) revision of PDO and intermediate indicators without modifying the PDO itself; (ii) revision of some indicators target values; (iii) change in component costs (iv) reallocation between the disbursement categories; (v) increase of the livelihood activities threshold from CFAF 10 million to 15 million; and (vi) increase in the number of communes involved in project implementation. The Government sent a restructuring request on April 19, 2017 confirming the restructuring scope. The processing of this request was delayed to allow for some of the measures proposed during the Midterm review to be put in place (in particular revamping of the regional steering committees, replacing retiring staff, hiring or appointing additional support staff within the PIU, increasing operational resources for implementing agencies field staff, increasing the number of coordination meetings, etc.) and to have more physical progress achieved in the field. It was also agreed to identify new communes within Nioro Circle where insecurity is limited. The project geographical scope is not changed as the project will continue to cover the same number of regions and Circles but with an increasing number of communes in Nioro Circle. The number of communes will increase from 14 to 30. The activities to be supported in the new communes will be defined in the annual work plans taking into consideration the resources available and the relevance of the activities with respect to the PDO. The PIU will continue to implement all ongoing commitments at Banamba and Nara Circles with the support of local authorities under the premises that security is restored / maintained by the Government. In case of improvement of the security conditions, new commitments in Banamba and Nara can be accommodated if resources are available at that time. II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES The proposed changes are the following: Revision of PDO and intermediate indicators including targeted value when relevant. The table below shows the main changes in the result framework. Original PDO Change Rationale Continued The PDO remains relevant and to expand the adoption of sustainable land achievable and water management practices in the target area in Mali Original PDO indicators Change Rationale Revised – ‘Land area under The indicator has been revised for clarity Increase in land area with SLWM practices sustainable land and water and disaggregation has been dropped as in targeted areas, compared to baseline management practices in distribution to each of the categories targeted areas’ The World Bank