PROGRESS REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized 1ST JULY 2017 - 31ST DECEMBER 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized CONTACT INFORMATION Email: [email protected] Web: www.somaliampf.org Twitter: @mpfsomalia BELLA BIRD Country Director [email protected] HUGH RIDDELL Country Representative [email protected] PUTERI WATSON Senior Operations Officer, MPF Manager [email protected] ACRONYMS ACU Aid Coordination Unit AfDB African Development Bank AFREC Africa Regional External Communications & Partnerships AML Anti-Money Laundering AWD Acute Watery Diarrhoea BE Bank Executed BDSP Business Development Service Provider CBS Central Bank of Somalia CBSL Central Bank of Somaliland CEM Country Economic Memorandum CFT Counter Financing of Terrorism CIP Public Sector Capacity Injection Project CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy CISP International Committee for the Development of People CMU Country Management Unit CPPR Country Portfolio Performance Review CSI Civil Service Institution CSO Civil Society Organizations DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DFID Department for International Development DRM Domestic Resource Mobilization EOI Expressions of Interest ERP Enterprise Resource Planning ESCOM Economic Steering Committee EU European Union FDI Foreign Direct Investment FGC Federal Governance Committee FGF Financial Governance Forum FGS Federal Government of Somalia FMS Federal Member States FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GA Federal State of Galmudug Administration GBV Gender-Based Violence GDP Gross Domestic Product GoSL Government of Somaliland HS HirShabelle ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ICT Information and Communication Technology SDRF Somalia Development and Reconstruction Facility IDP Internally Displace Person SEDRP Somalia Emergency Drought Response and Recovery IFC International Finance Corporation Project IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development SEU Somali Economic Update ILO International Labour Organization SFF-LD Special Financing Facility for Local Development IMF International Monetary Fund SFMIS Security Forces Management Information System INTOSA International Organization of Supreme Audit SICRP Somalia Investment Climate Reform Program Institutions SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation IPSAS International Public Sector Accounting Standards SJPER Security and Justice Public Expenditure Review ITC International Training Centre SL Somaliland JL Federal State of Jubaland SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprises M&E Monitoring and Evaluation SMEF Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Service Facility MFM Macro-Economic and Fiscal Management SNIPS Somaliland National Investment Policy Statement MOCI Ministry of Commerce and Industry SRFS Supporting Remittance Flows to Somalia MOF Ministry of Finance SSF Somali Stability Fund MOPIC Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation SMP Staff Monitored Program MOPW Ministry of Public Works SORT Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool MPF Multi Partner Fund SPF State and Peacebuilding Fund MPTT Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Technology SUIPP Somali Urban Investment Planning Project MTB Money Transfer Business SURP Somalia Urban Resilience Program MTO Money Transfer Organisations SURR Somali Urban Resilience and Recovery NDP National Development Plan SWA South West Administration NGO Non-Governmental Organization TA Trusted Agent OAG Office of the Auditor-General TMP Talent Management Program ODA Overseas Development Assistance TTL Task Team Leader PFM Public Financial Management Reform Project TVET Technical Vocational Education and Training PIU Project Implementation Unit UAP User Acceptance Testing PL Federal State of Puntland UCS Use of Country Systems PPD Public Private Dialogue UN United Nations PREMIS Preservation Metadata Maintenance Activity UNDP United Nations Development Programme PSG Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Goals UNFPA United Nations Population Fund RCRF Recurrent Cost & Reform Financing Program UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund RE Recipient Executed UNIG United Nations Information Group SBCF Somalia Business Catalytic Fund UNOCHA United Nations Office of the Coordination of SCD Systematic Country Diagnostic Humanitarian Assistance SCORE Somali Core Economic Institutions and Opportunities USAID United States Agency for International Development Program WBG World Bank Group SDC Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation WFP World Food Program In 2014, three funding windows were established to finance the development objectives, one of which was the World Bank-managed Multi Partner Fund, (MPF). 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Operating Environment ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 3. Portfolio Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 4. MPF Operations ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5. MPF Monitoring Framework ................................................................................................................................................................... 22 6. Financial Update ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 7. World Bank-United Nations Collaboration ..................................................................................................................................... 41 8. Communications ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 45 9. Looking Ahead .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 49 10. Project Briefs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Increasing Annual Disbursement .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 2: MPF Disbursement by Type & Month ........................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 3: Pledged vs. Paid in Contributions to the MPF (in millions, USD) ................................................................................ 37 LIST OF TABLES S Table 1: Overview of SDRF Funds ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Table 2: Effective And Accountable Government ................................................................................................................................... 3 Table 3: Country-Level Indicators ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Table 4: MPF Results ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Table 5: Financials as of December 31, 2017 ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Table 6: Project-Level Financing Status .......................................................................................................................................................... 37 CONTENT LIST OF BOXES Box 1: Surge Support ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Box 2: CPF Civil Society and Public Consultations .............................................................................................................................. 7 Box 3: Public Administration Forum ............................................................................................................................................................. 10 Box 4: Job Creation ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Box 5: ICT Legislation ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 Box 6: Strengthening Somalia’s