Republic of Moldova: Japan Social Development Fund Grant for Pilot Community Driven Development Project Grant No. TF051709

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Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank 1818 H Street N.W. (202) 477-1234 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Washington, D.C. 20433 Cable Address: INTBAFRAD INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION U.S.A. Cable Address: INDEVAS CONFORMED COPY H.E. Vasile Tarlev Prime Minister 1 Piata Mari Adunare Nationale Chisinau Republic of Moldova Excellency: Re: Republic of Moldova: Japan Social Development Fund Grant for Pilot Community Driven Development Project Grant No. TF051709 January 30, 2003 I am writing on behalf of the International Development Association (IDA) to indicate IDA s agreement, as administrator of grant funds provided by Japan under the Japan Social Development Fund, to make a grant in an amount not exceeding nine hundred seventy nine thousand and five hundred US Dollars (US$979,500) (the Grant) to the Republic of Moldova (the Recipient). The Grant is made in response to the Recipient's request for financial assistance for the project described in paragraph 1.2 of the Annex to this Letter Agreement (the Project) and on the terms and conditions set forth in the said Annex. The Recipient represents, by confirming its agreement below, that it is authorized to contract and withdraw the Grant for the said Project and on the said terms and conditions. Please note that it is IDA s policy to make publicly available this Letter Agreement and any information related thereto, after this Letter Agreement has become effective and the Recipient has given its consent to such disclosure. The Recipient, by countersigning this Letter Agreement, confirms its consent to such disclosure. Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing, on behalf of the Recipient, by signing, dating, and returning to us the enclosed copy of this Letter Agreement. Upon receipt by IDA of the copy of this Letter Agreement countersigned by you, this Letter Agreement will become effective as of the date of the countersignature. AGREED: REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA By /s/ H.E. Vasile Tarlev Title : Prime Minister Date: 1/30/2003 Very truly yours, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By /s/ Carlos Elbirt Authorized Representative RCA 248423. WUI 64145 FAX (202) 477-6391

-2- ANNEX Objectives, Terms, and Conditions of the Grant 1. Objectives and Description of the Project 1.1. The objectives of the Project are to: (i) develop new and innovative types of social services in the Republic of Moldova and use the lessons learned to further inform the Government policy development for social care services; (ii) empower poor rural communities by strengthening capacities of community-based organizations (CBOs) to make decisions, organize and manage funds; and (iii) improve the quality of basic social and economic services for the poorest rural communities. 1.2. The Project consists of the following Parts, each of which includes the following activities: Part A. Community-Driven Development (CDD) Small Grants Selection and carrying out in accordance with criteria and principles set forth in the Implementation Guidelines of Small Grants, which is estimated to cost $434,000, through the provision of small grants (up to US$75,000) to the established CBOs for implementation of comprehensive community action plans. Part B. New and Innovative Community-Based Social Care Services Carrying out of Microprojects, which is estimated to cost $479,500, to provide: (a) small grant funding (up to US$75,000) to the local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for implementation of new and innovative types of nonresidential services for vulnerable groups, including women at risk, abused women, victims of human trafficking, youth at risk and elderly whose needs are not addressed by the state and for whom there are no social services provided in their communities; (b) demonstration of benefits of alternative types of services and shaping of government policies in this area through financing of in-country training and international technical assistance to help NGOs to manage new services based on international best practices (social workers, etc.); and (c) elaboration of lessons for the development of government policy in this area and of models for sustainable financing of community-based social care. Part C. Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Provision of technical assistance, which is estimated to cost $66,000, for the carrying out of participatory monitoring and evaluation in the participating communities through: (a) hiring an international consultant to help the Project Management Unit (PMU) of the Social Investment Fund (SIF) Project with developing the methodology and guidelines for participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E); (b) producing a manual for participatory monitoring and evaluation; (c) training the facilitators in PM&E and developing their skills; and (d) documenting lessons learned from the Small Grants and pilot Microprojects to contribute to the design of the follow up SIF II project.

-3-2. Implementation Generally 2.1. The Recipient shall: (a) carry out the Project through the SIF Project PMU with due diligence and efficiency; (b) promptly provide the funds, facilities, services and other resources required for that purpose; (c) furnish all information covering the Project and the use of the proceeds of the Grant as IDA shall reasonably request; (d) from time to time exchange views with IDA s representatives on the progress and results of the Project; (e) take all necessary measures required to enable IDA to visit the territory of the Republic of Moldova for purposes related to the Grant; and (f) cause all goods and services financed out of the proceeds of the Grant to be used exclusively for the purposes of the Project. Without limitation on the foregoing, the Recipient shall, if IDA shall so request, prepare and furnish to IDA promptly upon completion of the Project a report, in form and substance satisfactory to IDA, on the results and impact of the Project. 2.2. (a) With regard to Part A of the Project, the following implementation arrangements shall be in place: (i) (ii) CBOs established under the SIF Project shall be selected by the SIF PMU on a competitive basis to participate in the Project. Eligibility criteria for CBOs, criteria for selection, appraisal, approval and supervision of Small Grants, as well as flow of funds to the Small Grants shall be included in the Implementation Guidelines prepared by the SIF PMU and approved by IDA; each selected CBO will enter into a Sub-grant Agreement with the SIF PMU with terms and conditions approved by IDA, including: (A) a description of the Small Grant, together with an estimate of the cost thereof; (B) the implementation schedule for the Small Grant; (C) the obligation of the CBO to report to the SIF PMU on the progress of Small Grant implementation and to enable representatives of the SIF PMU and of IDA, if IDA shall so request, to visit the facilities, construction sites or other activities to be financed under the Sub-grant Agreement; (D) the obligation of the CBO to maintain records and accounts for expenditures incurred under the Small Grant and financed from the proceeds of the Grant and to submit to the SIF PMU at regular intervals statements with respect to such records and accounts; and (E) the CBOs obligation to procure the goods, works and services, to be financed under the Subgrant Agreement, to disburse the funds accordingly and to monitor the implementation of the Small Grants, all in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Implementation Guidelines; (iii) the CBOs will be provided technical assistance to develop comprehensive community action plans, implement these action plans and manage Small Grants; (iv) (v) the proposals for Small Grants will be evaluated and financed based on ex-ante evaluation criteria which will be described in detail in the Implementation Guidelines; the Small Grants to be financed will be selected based on community demand. The communities will hold meetings to select priority Small Grants by voting, including education (schools, kindergartens, early child

-4- development programs, etc.), water supply, health education, village access roads and bridges, etc.; and (vi) participating CBOs will be required to contribute 15% toward investment cost and 100% of recurrent cost of the Small Grant (in cooperation with the local government). (b) With regard to Part B of the Project, the following implementation arrangements shall be in place: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) NGOs shall be selected by the SIF PMU on a competitive basis to participate in the Project. Eligibility criteria for NGOs, criteria for selection, appraisal, approval and supervision of Microprojects, as well as flow of funds to the Microprojects shall be included in the Implementation Guidelines prepared by the SIF PMU and approved by IDA; each selected NGO will enter into a Sub-grant Agreement with the SIF PMU with terms and conditions approved by IDA, including: (A) a description of the Microproject, together with an estimate of the cost thereof; (B) the implementation schedule for the Microproject; (C) the obligation of the NGO to report to the SIF PMU on the progress of Microproject implementation and to enable representatives of the SIF PMU and of IDA, if IDA shall so request, to visit the facilities, construction sites or other activities to be financed under the Sub-grant Agreement; (D) the obligation of the NGO to maintain records and accounts for expenditures incurred under the Microproject and financed from the proceeds of the Grant and to submit to the SIF PMU at regular intervals statements with respect to such records and accounts; and (E) the NGOs obligation to procure the goods, works and services, to be financed under the Sub-grant Agreement, to disburse the funds accordingly and to monitor the implementation of the Microprojects, all in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Implementation Guidelines; community-based services for vulnerable groups other than children will be pilot-tested. The communities will identify the target beneficiary groups and projects; the local governments will be required to co-finance 3% of investment cost and 100% of recurrent cost of the services; grant funding up to US$75,000 will be provided on a competitive basis to the local NGOs for implementation of the new and innovative types of non residential services for the vulnerable groups; the proposals for Microprojects will be evaluated and financed based on the ex-ante evaluation criteria which will be described in detail in the Implementation Guidelines.

-5-3. Procurement 3.1. Except as IDA shall otherwise agree, procurement of the goods, works and consultants services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant shall be governed by the provisions of Attachment I to this Annex. 3.2. The Recipient shall ensure that all imported goods to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant shall be insured against hazards incident to the acquisition, transportation and delivery thereof to the place of use or installation, and that any indemnity for such insurance is payable in a freely usable currency to replace or repair such goods. The Recipient shall ensure that any facilities relevant to the Project are at all times operated and maintained in accordance with appropriate practices and that any repairs or renewals of such facilities are promptly made as needed. 4. Withdrawal of Grant Proceeds 4.1. The amount of the Grant shall be credited to an account opened by IDA on its books in the name of the Recipient (the Grant Account), and may be withdrawn therefrom by the Recipient in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4, for expenditures in respect of the reasonable cost of goods and services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant. 4.2. The table below sets forth the Categories of items to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant, the allocation of the amounts of the Grant to each Category, and the percentage of expenditures for items so to be financed in each Category: Category (1) Small Grants under Part A of the Project (2) Microprojects under Part B of the Project Amount of the Grant Allocated (in Dollars) 395,500 441,000 % of Expenditures to be Financed 100% of amounts disbursed under the Sub-grant Agreements 97% of amounts disbursed under the Sub-grant Agreements (3) Consultants services, including auditing services and training (4) Technical Services 136,000 100% for foreign consulting firms and foreign individual consultants, 75% for local consulting firms and local individual consultants and 100% of eligible social charges 7,000 100% TOTAL 979,500

-6- For purposes of this paragraph: (a) the term foreign consulting firm means a consulting firm which is registered or incorporated in the territory of any country other than that of the Recipient; (b) the term foreign individual consultant means an individual consultant who is not a national of the territory of the Recipient; (c) the term local consulting firm means a consulting firm which is registered or incorporated in the territory of the Recipient; (d) the term local individual consultant means an individual consultant who is a national of the territory of the Recipient; (e) the term eligible social charges means the employer s contribution to social and medical charges assessed by the Recipient on employment contracts with citizens of the Recipient; and (f) the term technical services means publication services. 4.3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 4.2 above: (a) No withdrawals shall be made from the Grant Account: (i) for payments made for expenditures prior to the date of signature of this Letter Agreement by IDA; (ii) on account of payments for any taxes levied by or in the territory of the Recipient; (iii) on account of expenditures in the territories of any country which is not a member of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) or for goods produced in or services supplied from such territories; or (iv) for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods if such payment or import, to IDA s knowledge, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations; (b) No withdrawals shall be made from the Grant Account after December 31, 2006, or such later date that IDA shall establish by notice to the Recipient (the Closing Date). However, withdrawals may be made after the Closing Date for expenditures incurred prior to the Closing Date if the corresponding withdrawal application is received by IDA within four months after the Closing Date, after which time any amount of the Grant remaining unwithdrawn from the Grant Account shall be canceled; and (c) If, in IDA s opinion, an amount of the Grant allocated to any of the Categories in the table in paragraph 4.2 above will be insufficient to finance the expenditures under such Category, IDA may, by written notice to the Recipient, reallocate to such Category an amount of the Grant then allocated to another Category which, in IDA s opinion, will not be necessary to meet other expenditures. 4.4. When the Recipient shall desire to withdraw any amount from the Grant Account, it shall deliver to IDA a written application for withdrawal of such amount in the form specified by IDA. Withdrawal applications shall be: (a) signed on behalf of the Recipient by the Minister of Finance or such other person as he or she shall have authorized in writing; and (b) accompanied by such evidence in support of the application as IDA shall reasonably request. Authenticated specimen signatures of the person authorized to sign withdrawal applications shall be provided with the first application bearing his or her signature. Each withdrawal application for an amount of the Grant and

-7- its supporting evidence must be sufficient in form and substance to satisfy IDA that the Recipient is entitled to withdraw such amount from the Grant Account and that such amount is to be used in the carrying out of the Project. IDA shall pay the amounts withdrawn by the Recipient from the Grant Account only to or on the order of the Recipient. 4.5. IDA may require withdrawals from the Grant Account to be made on the basis of statements of expenditure under contracts for: (a) Small Grants and Microprojects costing less than US$50,000 equivalent, with the exception of the first five Small Grants under Part A of the Project and the first five Microprojects under Part B of the Project; (b) services of consulting firms costing less than US$50,000 equivalent; (c) services of individual consultants cost less than US$10,000 equivalent; and (d) technical services, all under such terms and conditions as IDA shall specify by notice to the Recipient. 4.6. Withdrawals of the proceeds of the Grant shall be made in the currency of the Grant. IDA, at the Recipient s request and acting as an agent of the Recipient, shall purchase with the currency of the Grant withdrawn from the Grant Account such currencies as shall be required to pay for expenditures to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant. Whenever it shall be necessary, for the purposes of this Letter Agreement, to determine the value of one currency in terms of another, such value shall be as reasonably determined by IDA. 4.7. To facilitate the carrying out of the Project, the Recipient may open and maintain in U.S. Dollars a special deposit account (the Special Account) in a commercial bank on terms and conditions satisfactory to IDA, including appropriate protection against set-off, seizure or attachment. Deposits into, and payments out of, the Special Account shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Attachment II to this Annex. 5. Accounts and Audits 5.1. (a) The Recipient shall maintain or cause to be maintained a financial management system, including records and accounts, and prepare financial statements in a format acceptable to IDA, adequate to reflect in accordance with sound accounting practices the operations, resources and expenditures related to the Project. (b) The Recipient shall: (i) have the records, accounts and financial statements referred to in subparagraph (a) above and the records and accounts for the Special Account for each fiscal year audited, in accordance with auditing standards acceptable to IDA, consistently applied, by independent auditors acceptable to IDA; (ii) furnish to IDA as soon as available, but in any case not later than six months after the end of each such year, (A) certified copies of the financial statements referred to in subparagraph (a) above for such year as so audited, and (B) an opinion on such statements, records and accounts and report of such audit, by said auditors, of such scope and in such detail as IDA shall have reasonably requested; and (iii) furnish to IDA such other information concerning said records and accounts and the audit thereof, and concerning said auditors, as IDA shall from time to time reasonably request. (c) For all expenditures with respect to which withdrawals from the Grant Account were made on the basis of statements of expenditure, the Recipient shall: (i) maintain or cause to be maintained, in accordance with subparagraph (a) above, records and accounts reflecting such expenditures; (ii) retain, until at least one year after IDA has received the audit report for the fiscal year in which the last withdrawal from the Grant Account was made, all records (contracts, orders, invoices, bills, receipts and other documents) evidencing such expenditures; (iii) enable IDA s representatives to examine such records; and (iv) ensure that such records and accounts are included

-8- in the annual audit referred to in subparagraph (b) above and that the report of such audit contains a separate opinion by said auditors as to whether the statements of expenditure submitted during such fiscal year, together with the procedures and internal controls involved in their preparation, can be relied upon to support the related withdrawals. 6. Suspension and Cancellation 6.1. IDA may at any time, by notice to the Recipient, suspend the right of the Recipient to make further withdrawals from the Grant Account if any of the following events has occurred and is continuing: (a) the Recipient has failed to comply with any of its obligations herein specified; or (b) the right of the Recipient, or any other entity to which the Bank has made a loan with the guarantee of the Republic of Moldova, to make withdrawals under any loan agreement with the Bank or any development credit agreement with IDA shall have been suspended. 6.2. IDA may, by written notice to the Recipient, terminate the right of the Recipient to make further withdrawals from the Grant Account: (a) at any time after the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals from the Grant Account shall have been suspended pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 6.1 above; or (b) if the Recipient shall have failed to take action, satisfactory to IDA, within six months after the effective date hereof, to carry out the Project.

-9- Attachment I Procurement Section I. Procurement of Goods and Works Part A: General Small Grants, Microprojects, goods, works and technical services shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of Section I of the Guidelines for Procurement under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits published by the World Bank in January 1995 and revised in January and August 1996, September 1997 and January 1999 (the Guidelines) and the following provisions of Section I of this Schedule. Part B: Procurement Procedures 1. Community Participation Small Grants and Microprojects under Parts A and B of the Grant shall be procured in accordance with procedures acceptable to IDA outlined in the Implementation Guidelines in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3.15 of the Guidelines. 2. Local Competitive Bidding Works under Small Grants and Microprojects under Parts A and B of the Project, estimated to cost less than $75,000 equivalent per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $665,000 equivalent, may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.3 and 3.4 of the Guidelines with the exception that local instead of national advertisement will be required. 3. National Shopping Goods under Small Grants and Microprojects under Parts A and B of the Project estimated to cost less than $20,000 equivalent per contract, up to an aggregate amount not to exceed $122,500 equivalent, may be procured under contracts awarded on the basis of national shopping procedures in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.5 and 3.6 of the Guidelines. 4. Direct Contracting Works under Small Grants and Microprojects under Parts A and B of the Project which must be purchased from the original supplier to be compatible with existing equipment and costing $10,000 equivalent or less in the aggregate, may, with IDA's prior agreement, be procured in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3.7 of the Guidelines.

-10-5. Technical Services Technical services estimated to cost less than US$5,000 equivalent shall be procured with IDA s prior approval under contracts awarded to suitably qualified technical service contractors after comparison of not less than three substantially responsive price quotations. Part D: Review by IDA of Procurement Decisions 1. Procurement Planning Prior to the issuance of any invitations to bid for contracts, the proposed procurement plan for the Project shall be furnished to IDA for its review and approval, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines. Procurement of all goods and works shall be undertaken in accordance with such procurement plan as shall have been approved by IDA, and with the provisions of said paragraph 1. 2. Prior Review (a) With respect to each contract for works procured under local competitive bidding procedures estimated to cost the equivalent of $50,000 or more, the procedures set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines shall apply. (b) With respect to: (i) each contract for works procured under direct contracting procedures; and (ii) the first two contracts for goods procured under national shopping procedures, the following procedures shall apply: (A) (B) (C) prior to the selection of any supplier under shopping procedures, the Recipient shall provide to IDA a report on the comparison and evaluation of quotations received; prior to the execution of any contract procured under direct contracting or shopping procedures, the Recipient shall provide to IDA a copy of the specifications and the draft contract; and the procedures set forth in paragraphs 2(f), 2(g) and 3 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines shall apply. (c) (i) the first five Sub-grant Agreements with CBOs under Part A of the Project; and (ii) the first five Sub-grant Agreements with NGOs under Part B of the Project will be furnished to IDA for its prior review and approval. The Sub-grant Agreements will be signed only after said approval shall have been given.

-11-3. Post Review With respect to each contract not governed by paragraph 2 of this Part, the procedures set forth in paragraph 4 of Appendix 1 to the Guidelines shall apply. Section II. Consultants Services Part A: General Consultants services shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of Section I and Section IV of the Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, published by the World Bank in January 1997 and revised in September 1997, January 1999 and May 2002 (the Consultant Guidelines), paragraph 1 of Appendix 1 thereto, Appendix 2 thereto, and the following provisions of this Section. Part B: Procedures for the Selection of Consultants 1. Least-cost Selection Auditing services estimated to cost US$10,000 equivalent may be procured under a contract awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.1 and 3.6 of the Consultant Guidelines. 2. Selection Based on Consultants Qualifications Services for participatory monitoring and evaluation, training of trainers and documenting lessons learned, estimated to cost less than US$100,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.1 and 3.7 of the Consultant Guidelines. 2. Individual Consultants Services of individual consultants for tasks that meet the requirements set forth in paragraph 5.1 of the Consultant Guidelines shall be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 5.1 through 5.3 of the Consultant Guidelines. Part D: Review by IDA of the Selection of Consultants 1. Selection Planning A plan for the selection of consultants, which shall include contract cost estimates, contract packaging, and applicable selection criteria and procedures, shall be furnished to IDA for its review and approval prior to the issuance to consultants of any requests for proposals. Selection of all consultants services shall be undertaken in accordance with such selection plan as shall have been approved by IDA.

-12-2. Prior Review (a) With respect to each contract for the employment of consulting firms estimated to cost the equivalent of US$50,000 or more, the procedures set forth in paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 of Appendix 1 to the Consultant Guidelines shall apply. (b) With respect to each contract for the employment of individual consultants estimated to cost the equivalent of US$10,000 or more, the report on the comparison of the qualifications and experience of candidates, and the terms of reference and terms of employment of the consultants shall be furnished to IDA for its prior review and approval. The contract shall be awarded only after said approval shall have been given. The provisions of paragraph 3 of Appendix 1 to the Consultant Guidelines shall also apply to such contracts. 3. Post Review With respect to each contract not governed by paragraph 2 of this Part, the procedures set forth in paragraph 4 of Appendix 1 to the Consultant Guidelines shall apply.

-13- Attachment II 1. For the purposes of this Attachment: Special Account (a) the term "eligible Categories" means the Categories set forth in the table in paragraph 4.2 of the Annex to this Letter Agreement; (b) the term "eligible expenditures" means expenditures in respect of the reasonable cost of goods, works and services required for the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the Grant allocated from time to time to the eligible Categories in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 4.2 of the Annex to this Letter Agreement; and (c) the term "Authorized Allocation" means an amount equivalent to US$250,000 to be withdrawn from the Grant Account and deposited into the Special Account pursuant to paragraph 3 (a) of this Attachment. 2. Payments out of the Special Account shall be made exclusively for eligible expenditures in accordance with the provisions of this Attachment. 3. After IDA has received evidence satisfactory to it that the Special Account has been duly opened, withdrawals of the Authorized Allocation and subsequent withdrawals to replenish the Special Account shall be made as follows: (a) The Recipient shall furnish to IDA a request or requests for a deposit into the Special Account of an amount or amounts which do not exceed the aggregate amount of the Authorized Allocation. On the basis of such request or requests, IDA shall, on behalf of the Recipient, withdraw from the Grant Account and deposit into the Special Account such amount or amounts as the Recipient shall have requested. (b) (i) For replenishment of the Special Account, the Recipient shall furnish to IDA requests for deposits into the Special Account at such intervals as IDA shall specify. (ii) Prior to or at the time of each such request, the Recipient shall furnish to IDA the documents and other evidence required pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Attachment for the payment or payments in respect of which replenishment is requested. On the basis of each such request, IDA shall, on behalf of the Recipient, withdraw from the Grant Account and deposit into the Special Account such amount as the Recipient shall have requested and as shall have been shown by said documents and other evidence to have been paid out of the Special Account for eligible expenditures. All such deposits shall be withdrawn by IDA from the Grant Account under the eligible Categories, and in the respective equivalent amounts, as shall have been justified by said documents and other evidence.

-14-4. For each payment made by the Recipient out of the Special Account, the Recipient shall, at such time as IDA shall reasonably request, furnish to IDA such documents and other evidence showing that such payment was made exclusively for eligible expenditures. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Attachment, IDA shall not be required to make further deposits into the Special Account: (a) if, at any time, IDA shall have determined that all further withdrawals should be made by the Recipient directly from the Grant Account; (b) if the Recipient shall have failed to furnish to IDA, within the period of time specified in paragraph 5.1 (b) (ii) of the Annex to this Letter Agreement, any of the audit reports required to be furnished to IDA pursuant to said paragraph in respect of the audit of the records and accounts for the Special Account; (c) if, at any time, IDA shall have notified the Recipient of its intention to suspend in whole or in part the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals from the Grant Account pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 6.1 of the Annex to this Letter Agreement; or (d) once the total unwithdrawn amount of the Grant shall equal the equivalent of twice the amount of the Authorized Allocation. Thereafter, withdrawals from the Grant Account of the remaining unwithdrawn amount of the Grant shall follow such procedures as IDA shall specify by notice to the Recipient. Such further withdrawals shall be made only after and to the extent that IDA shall have been satisfied that all such amounts remaining on deposit in the Special Account as of the date of such notice will be utilized in making payments for eligible expenditures. 6. (a) If IDA shall have determined at any time that any payment out of the Special Account: (i) was made for an expenditure or in an amount not eligible pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Attachment; or (ii) was not justified by the evidence furnished to IDA, the Recipient shall, promptly upon notice from IDA: (A) provide such additional evidence as IDA may request; or (B) deposit into the Special Account (or, if IDA shall so request, refund to IDA) an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the portion thereof not so eligible or justified. Unless IDA shall otherwise agree, no further deposit by IDA into the Special Account shall be made until the Recipient has provided such evidence or made such deposit or refund, as the case may be. (b) If IDA shall have determined at any time that any amount outstanding in the Special Account will not be required to cover further payments for eligible expenditures, the Recipient shall, promptly upon notice from IDA, refund to IDA such outstanding amount.