Public Disclosure Authorized AFRICA Congo, Democratic Republic of Transport & ICT Global Practice IBRD/IDA Sector Investment and Maintenance Loan FY 2008 Seq No: 17 ARCHIVED on 11-Aug-2017 ISR29138 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable development, Cellule Infrastructures, Cellule Infrastructures - Ministry of Public Works, Office des Routes, Ministere des Finances Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:18-Mar-2008 Planned Mid Term Review Date:14-Nov-2011 Original Closing Date:30-Sep-2013 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:07-Oct-2008 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:19-Mar-2012 Revised Closing Date:28-Feb-2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed project#s development objective is to re-establish lasting access between provincial capitals and districts andterritories in three provinces in a way that is sustainable for people and the natural environment in the area of influence of theoperation. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? Yes Board Approved Revised Project Development Objective (If project is formally restructured)phrpdodel The objective of the project is to re-establish lasting road access between provincial capitals, districts and territories, in the Project impact area in a manner that is sustainable for the natural environment Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name Road Reopening and Maintenance:(Cost $233.60 M) Institutional Building:(Cost $51.80 M) Environmental and Social Program:(Cost $44.80 M) Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $1.80 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory 8/11/2017 Page 1 of 18
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions Road Reopening and Maintenance Works: Since the AF1 period, the project implementation has remained satisfactory. What follows is a short updated on project implementation status. Road works: So far, about 2,395 km of the project roads are already reopened, representing about 89.6 percent of the project IF and AF1 and AF2 objectives (2,673 km), and about 3,037 km are under maintenance contracts, representing about 90.8 percent of the maintenance program objectives (3,345 km). All reopening / rehabilitation works on the updated network related to IF and AF1 have been completed and their contracts regularly closed. This network concerned the following road sections, Kasomeno - Pweto - Kalemie - Uvira (619 km), Kisangani - Buta - Bunduki (525 km) and Kisangani - Niania - Luna (672 km) and is under routine maintenance contracts with a satisfactory condition. As for sections Komanda - Bunia - Goli (259 km), Bukavu - Goma (146 km), Akula - Gemena - Zongo (385 km), Dulia - Bondo (130 km) and Beni - Kasindi (78 km), considered under the financing of AF2, rehabilitation works are under way with different level of evolution. An action plan has been discussed with the Cellule Infrastructures to ensure that adequate measures will be put in place to allow completion of works before February 2018, the project closing date. The action plan will be closely monitored and its update shared with the Bank bimonthly. However, due to important delay in the execution of Dulia-Bondo contract, it appears very difficult to get the rehabilitation works completed as planned. Accordingly, the Cellule has been requested to revise the size of the works focusing only on what could be achieved in the timeframe of the project closing date, trying to liaise Dulia to Bondo even if it will require, for this specific case, to lower the project technical standard. The update of the project cost shows a possibility of a balance of about US $ 14.7 million from the project resources. Discussions during the mission led to propose that this balance be used to finance complementary strengthening works and replacement of panel bridges on the already reopened project roads. The Cellule, together with the Road Agency, will establish proposal that could be implemented in the remaining timeframe of the project for the concerned works and submit it to IDA no objection. Institutional Strengthening: The study related to the sustainability of the support to the promotion and development of SMEs in road maintenance works has been launched and a workshop, attended by Donors and partner from the public sector, was held during the mission to share the draft of the study conclusions and recommendations. Fruitful discussions led to recognize the necessity to enlarge the program to other donors and also to pursue discussions with the National Institute for Professional Preparation (Institut National de Préparation Professionnelle INPP) as an institute that could be in charge of implementation of such program subjected to some amendment to its institutional organization framework. In the meantime, and till the closing of the AF2, the Cellule will continue implementing the ongoing program. The Cellule would also find ways to ensure that trainings of SMEs on the field are complemented by in-room technical trainings till the project closing date. On the institutional reform side, the debriefing session of the mission with the Minister of Infrastructure allowed the team to share the main challenges related to the efficiency in the road sector management and the sustainability of the road maintenance system. These issues are supposed to be addressed with the planned reform for which IDA is still awaiting the decision from the government related to its options for that reform. It is expected that response from Government would help the project to provide the Government with some support in detailing the content and actions plan for the reform before the AF2 closing date. Social and environmental safeguards: The Delegated Management Contractor (DLC) services for the management of the environmental and social program s activities are satisfactory. However, it appears that all the planned activities would not be completed before the project losing date. Accordingly, the Cellule was requested, together with the DLC to update the activities program focusing on the priorities that could allow to perform all the necessary actions related to the direct impacts assuring that needed mitigation measures are executed for adequate completion of the road rehabilitation works. As the renewal of the member of the Environmental and Social Advisory Panel (ESAP) is now completed, the Cellule was requested to organize the due two missions of the Panel before February 2018. At that end, it is proposed that the first mission be organized at the end of July 2017 and its recommendations be shared between all the stakeholders, as required. Furthermore, and for the road works that will be completed by February 2018, receptions of environmental and social activities must be prior to any technical reception of road works as required, too. 8/11/2017 Page 2 of 18
The functioning of the checkpoints for traded timber and bush meat movements along the roads sections that are already reopened under the project is performing well. However, the workshop to assess the result and impact of the experimentation of the penalization system has been delayed and is now planned to be held by end of July 2017. In addition, the sustainability of these checkpoints remain a challenge that has been discussed with the Cabinet of the MEDD at the end of the mission. These discussions have also concern the inclusion of the checkpoints staff in the regular staff of MEDD to ensure permanent operations at these points after February 2018. The action plan for resettlement for the population alongside the project is implemented satisfactorily, so far. In addition, the implementation of the IPP is also rated satisfactory, same as the sensitization on HIV / AIDS and road security activities. The GRM of the project is functioning well and the complaints from the implementation of RAP or IPP are addressed adequately and recorded. The contract of the space-borne monitoring services and the memorandum of Understanding with the Directorate of Forest Inventory and Facility (Direction des Inventaires et Aménagements Forestiers DIAF) of MEDD for ground verification of results from the satellite imagery are performing satisfactorily. However, the use of the results of these services to inform or to help update the environmental and social impact mitigation measures by the BEGES is not effective. The Cellule, together with the BEGES and the Environment Agency, should work, when need be, to find the way to ensure the required consistency at that level. As regard to the preparation of the new project The mission has shared the recommendations from the PCN review meeting with the government counterpart. The project named DRC Second High-Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project Pro Routes 2, will be a follow up operation for the ongoing project and its PDO formulation will tentatively be as follow re-establish lasting earth and paved road access between provincial capitals, districts and territories, in the project impact area and to improve the road sector institutional organization. It will reopen / rehabilitate about 2,300 km of earth roads and maintain them thereafter during the project life time. The concerned network comprises the following road sections: (i) Bunduki Bumba Lisala Bursinga Gemena (648 km) and Mobanza Mobaye (187 km); (ii) Bukavu Walikale (200 km); (iii) Niania Isiro (235 km), and; (iv) Bukavu Kasongo Mbuji-Mayi (1,020 km). It is supposed that this project be submitted to Board approval by June 2018. Accordingly, the mission has also discussed the planning of the technical studies and the safeguard documents preparation.. There are no key decisions for disclosure. There are no key decisions for disclosure. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies -- Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program -- Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- High High Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- High High 8/11/2017 Page 3 of 18
Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- Substantial Substantial Overall -- High High Results Project Development Objective Indicators Deforestation rate within a bandwith of 10 kilometers centered on the project's road sections. (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments The difference in the value for Dulia - Bondo, event if no reopening works have started, could derive from the fact that the targeted value was calculated for all the road section Kisangani - Banalia - Buta - Dula - Bondo, while the current value concerns only the section Dulia - Bondo. As regard to the AF2 new roads, the baseline were simply considered as no works have started. Dulia-Bondo (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 5.00 5.00 3.47 5.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Akula-Gemena-Zongo (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 8.00 8.00 3.61 8.00 8/11/2017 Page 4 of 18
Beni-Kasindi (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Komanda-Bunia-Goli (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Bukavu-Goma (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 Percentage of annual national road maintenance budget disbursed (Percentage, Custom) Value 67.00 67.00 66.70 75.00 Days per year with roads not passable by 4x2 vehicles on reopened sections (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8/11/2017 Page 5 of 18
Date 25-Feb-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments The value of the indicator on the roads depends mainly from the level of evolution of the road reopening / rehabilitation works. The 05 days of non-passability on Kisangani-Beni covered the number of days of an overflow of water on the road at PK 399, while the 10 days on Kisangani - Bunduki came from the duration of the repair works on the Kole, Rubi and Tele bridges. For the Komanda - Bunia - Goli, Bukavu - Goma and Beni - Kasindi, roads, the works are at their start, so passability is getting worst than before. Kisangani-Beni (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 30.00 0.00 5.00 20.00 Date 28-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Akula-Gemena-Libenge-Zongo (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 40.00 20.00 20.00 15.00 Date 28-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Uvira - Kasaomeno (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 365.00 0.00 0.00 35.00 Date 25-Feb-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Kisangani - Bunduki (Number, Custom Breakdown) 8/11/2017 Page 6 of 18
Value 365.00 0.00 10.00 30.00 Date 25-Feb-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Komanda-Bunia-Goli (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 30.00 30.00 30.00 15.00 Share of rural population with access to an all-season road (Percentage, Custom) Value 1.40 12.00 13.50 14.10 Date 30-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments The increase in the share of the population with access to an all-season road, since the last update of the results Framework by June 30, 2016, came from the increase in the population living alongside the newly reopened road sections. Number of rural people with access to an all-season road (Number, Custom Supplement) Value 125,000.00 3,493,182.00 3,991,050.00 4,300,000.00 Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) 8/11/2017 Page 7 of 18
Value 600.00 4,071,280.00 4,640,735.00 4,900,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments Here again, the increase in the direct beneficiaries comes from the population alongside the new road sections reopened by the project. Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Value 51.00 51.02 51.02 51.30 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Percentage of project beneficiaries consulted during the project implementation period (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 8/11/2017 Page 8 of 18
Percentage of protected species in the monthly count of bush meat checked at selected control points along: (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments For the AF2 roads sections, the current values remain the baseline, as checkpoints are not yet put in place on the concerned roads. Akula-Gemena-Zongo (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 30.00 75.46 90.40 70.00 Date 31-May-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Komanda-Bunia-Goli (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Kisangani-Dulia-Bondo (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 30.00 96.00 95.02 85.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 8/11/2017 Page 9 of 18
Kasomeno-Uvira (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 20.00 75.00 70.55 65.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Kisangani-Beni (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 30.00 94.00 90.89 85.00 Date 31-May-2010 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Beni-Kasindi (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Bukavu-Goma (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 8/11/2017 Page 10 of 18
Number of MECNT and ICCN staff trained and active in implementing laws and accompanying local initiatives (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 431.00 470.00 500.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments 39 judicial police officers were trained for the experimentation of the repressive phase at the checkpoints. Kilometers of project roads maintained each year (Kilometers, Custom) Value 0.00 2,200.00 2,527.00 3,344.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Percentage of illegal timbers in the monthly volume of handicraft timber checked at selected control points along: (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Comments Checkpoints are not yet installed on the AF2 new roads. Accordingly the current value of the indicator for those roads are same as the baseline. 8/11/2017 Page 11 of 18
Kisangani-Bunduki (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 76.00 44.31 70.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Kisangani-Beni (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 35.70 36.70 85.00 Date 31-May-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Kalemie-Uvira (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 90.00 71.49 80.00 Date 30-Sep-2009 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Akula-Gemena-Zongo (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 4.90 6.61 85.00 Date 31-May-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 8/11/2017 Page 12 of 18
Komanda-Bunia-Goli (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Date 30-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Benin-Kasindi (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Bukavu-Goma (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 100.00 100.00 100.00 95.00 Action plan to develop the road construction industry implemented (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 82.00 82.00 100.00 Date 30-Jun-2011 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 8/11/2017 Page 13 of 18
Roads rehabilitated, Non-rural (Kilometers, Custom) Value 0.00 1,695.00 1,875.00 2,672.00 Date 10-Sep-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Roads in good and fair condition as a share of total classified roads (Percentage, Custom) Value 16.00 59.00 59.00 55.00 Date 10-Sep-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Size of the total classified network (Kilometers, Custom Supplement) Value 15,800.00 15,800.00 15,800.00 15,800.00 Reopened project roads in good to fair condition (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 91.84 96.27 90.00 Date 25-Feb-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 8/11/2017 Page 14 of 18
Sound road transport strategy and road investment plan completed (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y Date 25-Feb-2008 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Sexually active people reporting use of condom during their last intercourse in selected communities (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Date 30-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Nord Kivu Province (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 21.00 21.00 21.00 22.00 Province Katanga (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 28.00 38.84 44.33 22.00 Date 30-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 8/11/2017 Page 15 of 18
Province Orientale (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 7.00 39.16 44.07 56.00 Date 30-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Province Equateur (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Value 41.80 16.32 46.70 46.00 Date 31-Dec-2013 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Condoms distributed (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 2,452,180.00 2,496,034.00 2,100,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2010 30-Jun-2016 30-Dec-2016 31-Dec-2017 Overall Comments Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P101745 IDA-57630 Effective USD 125.00 125.00 0.00 43.71 82.41 35% P101745 IDA-H3590 Effective USD 50.00 50.00 0.00 48.17 0.44 96% 8/11/2017 Page 16 of 18
P101745 IDA-H7050 Effective USD 63.30 63.30 0.00 57.72 0.31 91% P101745 TF-92300 Closed USD 73.00 70.74 2.26 70.74 0.00 100% P101745 TF-99492 Closed USD 46.00 22.94 23.06 22.94 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P101745 IDA-57630 Effective 18-Feb-2016 18-Mar-2016 06-Dec-2016 28-Feb-2018 28-Feb-2018 P101745 IDA-H3590 Effective 18-Mar-2008 08-Jul-2008 07-Oct-2008 30-Sep-2013 28-Feb-2018 P101745 IDA-H7050 Effective 28-Jun-2011 12-Aug-2011 08-Nov-2011 30-Jun-2016 28-Feb-2018 P101745 TF-92300 Closed 08-Jul-2008 08-Jul-2008 07-Oct-2008 30-Sep-2013 30-Jun-2016 P101745 TF-99492 Closed 12-Aug-2011 12-Aug-2011 08-Nov-2011 30-Jun-2016 30-Jun-2016 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 27-Sep-2013,Level 2 Approved on 08-Apr-2015,Level 2 Approved on 29-Jun-2016 8/11/2017 Page 17 of 18
Related Project(s) P120709-CONGO DRC - Pro-Routes Project (Additional Financing),P153836-DRC High Prirority Roads Reopening and Maintenance - 2nd Additional Fin 8/11/2017 Page 18 of 18