The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) REPORT NO.: RES33543 Public Disclosure Authorized RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF SPECIAL FINANCING FACILITY FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT APPROVED ON JANUARY 11, 2016 TO Public Disclosure Authorized FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SOMALIA SOCIAL, URBAN, RURAL AND RESILIENCE GLOBAL PRACTICE AFRICA Public Disclosure Authorized Regional Vice President: Hafez Ghanem Country Director: Bella Bird Senior Global Practice Director: Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Practice Manager/Manager: Bernice K. Van Bronkhorst Task Team Leader: Zishan Faiza Karim, Bernard Harborne Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P156257 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Approval Date Current Closing Date 11-Jan-2016 31-Aug-2018 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Ministry of Finance Ministry of Finance Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO To support the construction and reconstruction of infrastructure and the development of public service delivery capacity in targeted areas of Somalia and support the Federal Government and Interim Administration capacity to respond to an eligible crisis or emergency. OPS_TABLE_PDO_CURRENTPDO Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed TF-A4904 12-Apr-2017 25-Jul-2017 25-Jul-2017 31-Aug-2018 2.80 .10 2.70 TF-A1715 11-Jan-2016 25-Jan-2016 25-Jan-2016 31-Aug-2018 6.00 3.71 2.29 The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING A. Background 1. The Special Financing Facility for Local Development (SFF-LD) has been effective since January 25, 2016 and has a current closing date of August 31, 2018. The project is financed by USD 6 million from the Somalia Multi-Partner Fund (MPF) as well as USD 2.8 million from the State and Peace Building Trust Fund (SPF). The project main objective is to support the construction and reconstruction of infrastructure in the regions. The SPF funding activated the project’s Contingent Emergency Response Component and finances an emergency drought/flood response through the ongoing project. To date, the project has reached over 590,000 beneficiaries across 5 regions of Somalia. 2. There has been three restructurings of the project to date – (i) in September 2016 to increase the Grant amount from USD 4 million to USD 6 million; (ii) in July 2017 to include the USD 2.8 million from the SPF Grant and (iii) in November 2017 to extend the project closing date from December 31, 2017 to August 31, 2018. This would be the fourth restructuring of the project. B. Project Status 3. The project has been making steady implementation progress. The Phase I civil works in two urban areas (Baidoa, Jowhar) have been completed and handed over to communities. These were both road rehabilitation subprojects. In Phase 2, of the five subprojects in two urban areas (Garbaharey, Burtinle), two solar streetlight subprojects have been completed and one construction of the Governor’s office is near completion. The two remaining subprojects – one school construction in Xudur and one District Administration Office is expected to be completed by December 2018. Table 1 below provides an overview of subproject implementation progress to date. Table 1: Subproject Implementation Progress Region Subproject Overall Budget Status Jowhar, Middle Rehabilitation of 5km $616,919.00, Project completed and Shabelle Region Jowhar Gravel Road handed over to the Hirshabelle state Hirshabelle Administration on February 24, 2018 The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) Baidoa, Bay Region, Rehabilitation of $ 617,994.85 Project completed and South West State handed over to the 3.5 km Baidoa Asphalt South West State Road Administration on May 8, 2018. Garbaharey, Gedo Installation of 42 solar $112,702.6 Project completed and Region, Jubbaland street lights along handover is expected in State Garbaharey Main Road August 2018 Garbaharey, Gedo Rehabilitation and $462,213 98% completed. Project Region, Jubbaland construction of handover is expected in State Garbaharey Governor's August 2018 compound Burtinle, Nugal Installation of 58 solar $154,120.3 Project completed and Region, Puntland street lights along handover is expected State Burtinle Main Road August 2018 Burtinle, Nugal District Administration $ 276,745.86 Contract awarded in Region, Puntland building rehabilitation July 2018. Project State completion is expected in February 2019. Xudur, Bakool Secondary school $ 524,367 Contract awarded in Region, South West rehabilitation June 2018. Project State completion is expected in 30th of November 2018. 4. Under the Contingency Emergency Component, five districts have been selected for implementation1 and an NGO consortium – Building Resilient Communities in Somalia (BRCiS) has been directly contracted to deliver these activities. This is the first time in Somalia that NGOs have been contracted to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) for a government-led emergency response and is a model that can be replicated in the event of future emergencies. The BRCiS and the PIU have jointly carried out assessments of the five districts and activities are underway. Activities include the provision of clean water through water trucking; provision of non-essential food items such as hygiene kits, shelter, food and medical supplies; rehabilitation of boreholes; chlorination of water sources; and training of water user committees. This component has reached over 45,000 beneficiaries. 5. To date, USD 3.4 million has been disbursed from the MFP Grant (TFA1715) representing a 57% disbursement rate and an additional USD 0.1 million has been disbursed from the SPF Grant (TF0A4904) representing at 0.3% disbursement rate. The SPF Grant disbursements are expected to increase by end of July 2018 with payments against invoices to BRCiS. 6. The PIU performance is satisfactory and there are no overdue audit reports for this project. While there has been good implementation progress in the last year across all components, the project is behind schedule based on which the overall rating for the project is Moderately Satisfactory. C. Rationale for Restructuring 1 Xudur district in Bakool; Baardheere and Belet Hawal district in Gedo; Adado district in Galguduud; Iskhushuban district in Bari, and Mataaban district in Hiraan. The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) 7. There are two ongoing subprojects in Xudur (school rehabilitation) and Burtinle (District Administration Office Rehabilitation). These two subprojects were delayed due to procurement issues faced including complaints from bidders. These procurement issues have however been resolved and the contract for Xudur was awarded in May 2018 and the contract for Burtinle was awarded in early July 2018. A project closing date extension until March 31, 2019 would allow the (i) civil works for both of these subprojects to be completed; (ii) verification of completed works by the PIU and payments to made to contractors; and (iii) formal handover of the subprojects to the respective local governments. The balance of USD 2.4 million from the MPF is expected to be fully disbursed by March 31, 2019. Attached is the workplan for the remaining duration as well as a cashflow forecast until March 2019. 8. The drought response activities are expected to be completed by August 31, 2018 when the SPF Trust Fund closes and there will be no extension of this Grant. The balance of USD 2.7 million for drought response activities is expected to be fully disbursed by the end disbursement date of the TF which is October 31, 2018. II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES 6. The key change being brought to the project is an extension of the project closing date from August 31, 2018 to March 31, 2019. A 7-month no cost project extension will provide sufficient time to complete all remaining activities. The Government request letter indicates a 4 month extension until end December 31, 2018 but an extension of 7 months was deemed more appropriate. The target dates in the Results Framework has also been revised to March 30, 2019, with no changes to the indicators or targets. III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES Changed Not Changed Change in Results Framework ✔ Change in Loan Closing Date(s) ✔ Change in Implementation Schedule ✔ Change in Implementing Agency ✔ Change in DDO Status ✔ Change in Project's Development Objectives ✔ The World Bank Special Financing Facility for Local Development (P156257) Change in Components and Cost ✔ Cancellations Proposed ✔ Reallocation between Disbursement Categories ✔ Change in Disbursements Arrangements ✔ Change in Disbursement Estimates ✔ Change in Overall Risk Rating ✔ Change in Safeguard Policies Triggered ✔ Change of EA category ✔ Change in Legal Covenants ✔ Change in Institutional Arrangements ✔ Change in Financial Management ✔ Change in Procurement ✔ Other Change(s) ✔ Change in Economic and Financial Analysis ✔ Change in Technical Analysis ✔ Change in Social Analysis ✔ Change in Environmental Analysis ✔ IV. DETAILED CHANGE(S) OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_RESULTS_TABLE RESULTS