The World Bank OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness (P152117)

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1 Public Disclosure Authorized LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN OECS Countries Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2017 Seq No: 2 ARCHIVED on 28-Jan-2018 ISR31251 Public Disclosure Authorized Implementing Agencies: Government of Grenada - Ministry of Finance, Governent of St. Lucia - Department of Economic Development, Transport, and Civil Aviation, Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Government of Grenada - Ministry of Economic Development, Planning, Trade & Cooperatives, Government of Saint Lucia - Department of Finance, Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:06-Apr-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date:31-Dec-2020 Original Closing Date:01-Sep-2023 Effectiveness Date:31-Aug-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Revised Closing Date:01-Sep-2023 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objectives are to (i) facilitate the movement of tourists within the participating countries using ferries;(ii) improve selected touristic sites; and (iii) strengthen implementation capacity for regional tourism market development. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name Component 1: Facilitation of the Movement of People:(Cost $2.52 M) Component 2: Pilot Tourism Investments:(Cost $18.54 M) Component 3: Market Development and Promotion Capacity-Building:(Cost $2.79 M) Component 4: Project Implementation Support:(Cost $2.15 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory 1/28/2018 Page 1 of 7

2 Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The OECS Regional Tourism Competitiveness Project became effective on August 31, Since then, Project Coordinating Units have initiated project activities in each country, including through consultations with project beneficiaries. National project launch events were held in Nov 2017 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in Jan 2018 in Saint Lucia, and a launch event is being scheduled for Grenada. Priority technical activities have included planning for investments in tourism assets (downtown Castries redevelopment in Saint Lucia, Fort George in Grenada, and Fort Charlotte in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) in Component 2 and planning for the regional ferry pilot for regional movement of people in Component 1. Given recent project effectiveness, it is still too early a stage to report on specific progress towards the development objectives. The project has an associated OECS Tourism Market Intelligence grant activity financed by a trust fund attached to the lending project. This grant activity seeks to strengthen tourism data and analysis capacity in the region, and has already successfully established a web-based regional data tool. Two major hurricanes in the OECS in 2017 caused implementation delays, and resulted in a requested extension of the closing date from December 2017 to May 2018 to allow completion of training activities and conducting a hackathon event to strengthen usage of the data tool. This extension was granted and resulted in a Level 2 restructuring of the entire lending project. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Substantial Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Substantial Substantial Substantial Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators Number of tourists who take the ferries to visit other islands (Number, Custom) 1/28/2018 Page 2 of 7

3 Value , Date 09-May Jul Jan Aug-2023 Tourism spending increase at and around pilot sites (%) (Amount(USD), Custom) Value 5,419, ,419, ,419, ,351, Date 09-May Jul Jan Aug-2023 Regional tourism market development plan implemented (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Date 09-May Jul Jan Jun-2022 Firms benefiting from private sector initiatives (Number, Custom) Value , Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) 1/28/2018 Page 3 of 7

4 Value Overall Comments Steps have been taken to begin implementation of project activities that will contribute to these PDO indicators. Intermediate Results Indicators Number of reforms implemented (Number, Custom) Value Number of sites rehabilitated (Number, Custom) Number of ferry passenger terminals with immigration/customs facilities equipped for processing international tourists (Number, Custom) 1/28/2018 Page 4 of 7

5 Centralized ferry system operational (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Number of pilot sites that have incorporated a beneficiary feedback system (Number, Custom) Regional IT platform implemented (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Number of country-specific tourism IT platforms upgraded (Number, Custom) 1/28/2018 Page 5 of 7

6 Number of international tourism trade fairs in which the clients participated as one region (Number, Custom) Value Date 09-May Jul Jan Jun-2023 Overall Comments Initial project activities are being initiated that will begin to contribute to these intermediate results indicators. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P IBRD Effective USD % P IDA Effective USD % P IDA Effective USD % P TF-A0988 Effective USD % Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P IBRD Effective 06-Apr Apr Aug Sep Sep-2023 P IDA Effective 06-Apr Apr Aug Sep Sep-2023 P IDA Effective 06-Apr May Aug Sep Sep-2023 P TF-A0988 Effective 17-Dec Dec Dec Dec May-2018 Cumulative Disbursements 1/28/2018 Page 6 of 7

7 Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 01-Dec-2017 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 1/28/2018 Page 7 of 7