Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Morocco Strengthening micro-entrepreneurship for disadvantaged youth (P144134) Operation Name: Strengthening micro-entrepreneurship for disadvantaged Project Stage: Implementation Seq.No: 1 Status: ARCHIVED Archive Date: 21-Dec-2013 youth (P144134) Country: Morocco Approval FY: 2014 Product Line: Recipient Executed Activities Region: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Lending Instrument: Technical Assistance Loan Implementing Agency(ies): Ministry of Youth and Sports Key Dates Board Approval Date 11-Jul-2013 Original Closing Date 31-Mar-2018 Planned Mid Term Review Date 30-Sep-2015 Last Archived ISR Date Effectiveness Date 27-Aug-2013 Revised Closing Date 31-Mar-2018 Actual Mid Term Review Date Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The objective of the Project is to provide Beneficiaries in the Project Areas with access to micro-entrepreneurship development services. "Beneficiary" means a disadvantaged man or woman between the ages of 18 and 29 who is aspiring to be or is an entrepreneur with secondary education or less, as selected pursuant to the provisions of the POM. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project? Yes No losure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Component(s) Component Name Component Cost Component 1 : Integrated Micro-entrepreneurship Support for Disadvantaged Youth in the Project 2956400.00 Areas Component 2 : Institutional Capacity Building 813300.00 Component 3 : Project Management and Monitoring 1100000.00 Contingencies 130300.00 Overall Ratings Progress towards achievement of PDO Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Overall Risk Rating Previous Rating Current Rating Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Moderate Implementation Status Overview This project directly contributes to address one of the key measures of the Integrated National Youth Strategy, i.e. youth inclusion through self-employment. The project was Page 1 of 5
successfully negotiated on June 11-12, 2013, the first Transition Fund grant to be negotiated with Moroccan counterparts. A Project Operations Manual received the World Bank s no objection prior to negotiations. The grant agreement was signed on July 25th, 2013 and the condition for effectiveness, i.e. the establishment of a fully staffed Project Management Unit (PMU), was promptly met. The Project became effective on August 27th, 2013 and PMU started working as of September 1st, 2013. The first World Bank supervision took place between September 22 and October 4, 2013 to ensure early identification and resolution of implementation bottlenecks. The first Withdrawal Application by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) was submitted to the World Bank on October 31, 2013 for a total amount of MAD 4,500,000, following the creation of a Special Account by the Trésorerie Générale du Royaume. The PMU and the MEF are currently discussing how to resolve the administrative constraints to disburse the payment for project expenses. The PMU is hosted in a temporary venue of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MYS) in the Agdal neighborhood of Rabat and will be moved to a permanent venue by early December. In addition to the PMU consultants, the MYS has seconded two of its permanent staff to the PMU, including the person responsible for the Ministry s Fonds d Insertion des Jeunes and an expert of the Budget Directorate. The PMU has already benefited from several sessions of hands-on training on Financial Management and Procurement with World Bank specialized staff during and after the supervision mission. It will also receive two full-day procurement training in December. The World Bank has provided the No Objection for the Request for Proposals related to the communication strategy, as well as for the of Terms of Reference for Component 1 and Component 2 contracts. The selection process of the firm responsible for the communication strategy will be completed by November. The publication of the expression of interest for the largest contracts, i.e. for components 1 and 2, is underway and, given the required procurement processing time, it will take several weeks for the consulting groups to be selected. All the above-indicated good progress is the result of the strong ownership of the project by the MYS and its staff with the full support by MEF. Locations Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Morocco Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer Region de Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer Morocco Meknes-Tafilalet Region de Meknes-Tafilalet Morocco Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz Morocco Fes-Boulemane Region de Fes-Boulemane Morocco Grand Casablanca Region du Grand Casablanca Morocco Chaouia-Ouardigha Chaouia-Ouardigha Morocco Doukkala-Abda Doukkala-Abda Morocco Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen Morocco Oriental Region Oriental Region Morocco Souss-Massa-Draa Region de Souss-Massa-Draa Morocco Tadla-Azilal Tadla-Azilal Morocco Tanger-Tetouan Region de Tanger-Tetouan Page 2 of 5
Country First Administrative Division Location Planned Actual Morocco Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate Results Project Development Objective Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Direct project beneficiaries Number Value 0.00 0.00 5000.00 Female beneficiaries Percentage Date 01-Aug-2013 25-Nov-2013 Direct project beneficiaries who successfully Number Value 0.00 0.00 4500.00 complete entrepreneurship training 25-Nov-2013 Female Benefiaries Percentage Youth micro-entrepreneurs who receive postcreation Number Value 0.00 0.00 1800.00 follow-up support for at least 12 25-Nov-2013 months Intermediate Results Indicators Indicator Name Core Unit of Measure Baseline Current End Target Component 1: Direct project beneficiaries Number Value 0.00 0.00 6000.00 participating in pre-identification 25-Nov-2013 Page 3 of 5
Component 1: Direct project beneficiaries who Number Value 0.00 0.00 4500.00 complete a business plan Component 1: Participants who rate the quality Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 80.00 of the training package as useful or very useful Component 1: Beneficiaries who evaluate the Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 80.00 post-creation follow-up support as useful or very useful Component 2: Trained Youth Professionals at Number Value 0.00 0.00 200.00 implementing NGOs/CBOs providing training and support to youth Value 0.00 0.00 50.00 Component 2: Public officials at the central and Number Value 0.00 0.00 250.00 local level trained by the program Component 2: Trained officials who rate the Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 80.00 quality of the training as useful and very useful 25-Nov-2013 Component 2: Trained youth professionals who Percentage Value 0.00 0.00 80.00 rate the quality of the M&E Training as useful and very useful Component 3: Timely submission of monitoring Number Value 0.00 0.00 12.00 reports 25-Nov-2013 Component 3: Impact Evaluation carried out Text Value n/a Impact Evaluation carried out Date 01-Aug-2013 Data on Financial Performance (as of 21-Nov-2013) Page 4 of 5
Financial Agreement(s) Key Dates Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Original Closing Date Revised Closing Date P144134 TF-15089 Effective 25-Jul-2013 25-Jul-2013 27-Aug-2013 31-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2018 Disbursements (in Millions) Project Ln/Cr/Tf Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P144134 TF-15089 Effective USD 5.00 5.00 0.00 0.54 4.46 11.00 Disbursement Graph Key Decisions Regarding Implementation Given that the project expenses were not budgeted in the Financial Law of 2013, the PMU will be able to proceed with consultants' payment only in early 2014, when the project budget requirements are already accounted for. Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Projects There are no related projects. Page 5 of 5