Public Disclosure Authorized LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Argentina Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice IBRD/IDA Investment Project Financing FY 2015 Seq No: 4 ARCHIVED on 29-Jun-2017 ISR28581 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MAyDS, formerly SAyDS), Argentine Government Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:07-Apr-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date:01-May-2018 Original Closing Date:30-Nov-2020 Project Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:13-Nov-2015 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:-- Revised Closing Date:30-Nov-2020 Public Disclosure Authorized Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to improve forest management; and increase access to markets and basic services by small forest producers including indigenous and campesinos in selected Northern Provinces of Argentina Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No PHRPDODEL Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name Sustainable Livelihoods:(Cost $41.69 M) Natural Forest Management and Civil Society:(Cost $0.64 M) Skills and Technology Transfer:(Cost $7.40 M) Forest Monitoring:(Cost $6.66 M) Project Management and Impact Monitoring:(Cost $2.22 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory 6/29/2017 Page 1 of 12
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions 1.This Implementation Status & Results report reflects the observations gathered during an implementation support mission conducted during April 10-21, 2017, as well as subsequent follow up activities carried out by the Task Team (TT)assigned by the World Bank to support the Project. 2. The progress towards the Project Development Objective is still incipient, as evident in the results indicators. For that reason, a specific session was organized during the recent support mission to identify measures that could be taken in order to speed up project implementation. Those measures have been discussed and recorded in the mission's Aide Memoire. 3. The main implementation bottleneck is related to the difficulties the PIU and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MAyDS) have experienced to sign agreements with other Public Rural Development Agencies (RDAs) to support the development of Integrated Community Plans (PICs) under Component 1, which are the basis for future investments. 4. Component 1 - Sustainable Livelihoods: 57 Communities (or groups of communities) have expressed interest to participate in the project and these communities have been matched with NGOs and one RDA to support preparation of their respective PICs. Twenty two of the 57 communities (totaling 657 families and 102,435 hectares) have already started the development of their PICs under agreements signed with the Project. The PICs are progressing, but in general terms are behind schedule, as heavy rains have affected northern Argentina in recent months limiting access to the remote areas where the beneficiary communities are located. Community forests inventories and management plan preparation in particular have been delayed in part due to the limited access but also because of reductions in extension capacities within institutions originally foreseen as key partners in the field. Alternatives to expedite PIC preparation and implementation are under discussion. 5. Component 2 - Natural Forest Management and Civil Society: The PIU has prepared very well designed Project-related communication materials. 6. Component 3: Skills Development and Technology Transfer: The Project has conducted 14 training events for the members of beneficiary communities. 324 producers participated in those events, out of which 108 were indigenous and 43 were women. Additionally, 10 training events for technical service providers and extension agents were carried out, involving 235 participants, out of which 100 participants were women and 3 were indigenous. 7. Component 4: Forest Monitoring: The establishment and monitoring of a national grid of permanent sample plots has started in Chaco and Santiago del Estero Provinces, with 60 and 20 plots respectively having been installed and recorded in Open Foris Collect, a platform developed by FAO. The bidding process to establish the grid of sample plots in the Salta, Formosa, Tucumán, Jujuy, Rio Negro, Neuquen, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego Provinces has already been launched. 8. Next mission: The next implementation support mission would be conducted during September-October, 2017. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial 6/29/2017 Page 2 of 12
Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results Project Development Objective Indicators PHINDPDOTBL People in forest&adjacent community with monetary/non-monetary benefit from forest (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 PHINDPDOTBL People in forest and adjacent community with benefits from forest-female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 PHINDPDOTBL People in forest&adj. commy with benefit from forest-ethnic minority/indigenous (Number, Custom Breakdown) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 37,500.00 PHINDPDOTBL Increased share of Forest Fund resources allocated to small forest producers (Percentage, Custom) Value 4.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 6/29/2017 Page 3 of 12
PHINDPDOTBL Share of target households with improved access to basic services (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 PHINDPDOTBL Small forest producers reporting improved access to markets (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 Overall Comments Intermediate Results Indicators Forest area brought under management plans (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 310,000.00 6/29/2017 Page 4 of 12
1.2-Small forest producers trained in sustainable forest management, value addition and marketing (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 392.00 2,000.00 1.3-Forest area brought under strengthened tenure (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 248,000.00 1.4-Small forest producers with improved access to water for consumption and production (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,400.00 1.5-Small forest producers issued Group Certification Certificates (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 6/29/2017 Page 5 of 12
1.6-Household wood consumption reduced by 25% with adoption of improved/clean wood stoves (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 1.7-Improved kilns increase wood to charcoal conversion by 15% (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 1.8-Small forest producers adopt climate resilient practices for agriculture and livestock production (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 300.00 1.9-Households with access to electricity from clean energy sources including co-generation plants (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 580.00 6/29/2017 Page 6 of 12
2.1-Journalists, public opinion leaders and social communicators trained (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 200.00 2.2-Forest and society dissemination activities completed (Text, Custom) Value 0.00 Graphic material (8); Media products (5) Graphic material (10); Media products (9) Graphic material (4); Media products (15) 2.3-Community members trained to operate Community Radios (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 400.00 2.4-Community broadcasting stations equipped and operating (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 6/29/2017 Page 7 of 12
3.1-Community members trained in sustainable forest management, climate resilient agriculture/ livestock practices (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 177.00 324.00 4,750.00 3.2-Service providers trained in climate resilient agriculture and livestock practices (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 99.00 235.00 200.00 4.1-Deforestation Early Warning System operational (Yes/No, Custom) Value N N N Y 4.2-Permanent sample plots installed (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 100.00 3,000.00 6/29/2017 Page 8 of 12
4.3 Share of volume of timber transported in participating provinces tracked by SACVEFOR (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 276.00 0.00 105,000.00 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 74.00 74.00 52,500.00 Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs (percentage) (Percentage, Custom) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 6/29/2017 Page 9 of 12
Beneficiaries that feel project inv. reflected their needs - female (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,750.00 Total beneficiaries - female (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 74.00 74.00 52,500.00 Total beneficiaries - male (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 202.00 202.00 52,500.00 Beneficiaries that feel project inv. reflected their needs - male (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,750.00 Overall Comments 6/29/2017 Page 10 of 12
Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P132846 IBRD-84930 Effective USD 58.76 58.76 0.00 5.60 53.16 10% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P132846 IBRD-84930 Effective 07-Apr-2015 21-Sep-2015 13-Nov-2015 30-Nov-2020 30-Nov-2020 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) 6/29/2017 Page 11 of 12
There are no related projects. 6/29/2017 Page 12 of 12