Public Disclosure Authorized MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Middle East and North Africa Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice Global Environment Project Technical Assistance Loan FY 2013 Seq No: 8 ARCHIVED on 11-Apr-2017 ISR27322 Implementing Agencies: Public Disclosure Authorized Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date:23-May-2013 Planned Mid Term Review Date:15-Jul-2015 Original Closing Date:31-Dec-2017 Global Development Objectives Effectiveness Date:10-Jun-2013 Actual Mid-Term Review Date:12-Jun-2015 Revised Closing Date:31-Dec-2017 Public Disclosure Authorized Global Environmental Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed project development objective is to strengthen cooperation among selected organizations of beneficiary countries in areas of sustainable management of desert ecosystems. Has the Global Environmental Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Public Disclosure Authorized Name Knowledge Management and Sharing:(Cost $0.80 M) Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $0.10 M) Project Coordination:(Cost $0.10 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Low Low Implementation Status and Key Decisions Page 1 of 7
PHINDGEOTBL Project implementation continues to be very satisfactory and activities continue to contribute to achieve the project Global Development Objective. During this semester, the PIU organized several workshops and virtual meetings on issues related to desert ecosystems including training workshop on Climate Finance. Several knowledge products related to desert ecosystems issues have also been developed under the project, including the development of policy notes. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Low Low Macroeconomic -- Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Low Low Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Low Low Fiduciary -- Low Low Environment and Social -- Low Low Stakeholders -- Low Low Other -- Low Low Overall -- Low Low Results Global Environmental Objective Indicators Number of workshops organized on issues related to desert ecosystems(number, Custom) Value 0.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 Workshop 1: Prospects for development in desert regions (17-19 December 2013) Workshop 2: Good agricultural practices in desert areas (04 and 05 May 2014) Workshop 3: Valorization of oasis products and by-products (11 and 12 November 2014) Workshop 4: Co-organization of the Desertif'actions event (10-13 June 2015) Workshop 5: Regional thematic workshop on sustainable management of forest ecosystems in arid and semi-arid zones facing climate change (22 and 23 November 2015) Page 2 of 7
PHINDGEOTBL PHINDGEOTBL Workshop 6: Regional Climate Finance Workshop (30-31 May 2016) Workshop 7: Co-organization of the International Conference on Territorial development and Tourism (01 and 02 June 2016) Number of virtual meetings held through the dedicated Desert Information System on desert related issues(number, Custom) Value 0.00 4.00 5.00 10.00 Virtual meetings held through the Information System are of two types: By teleconference SKYPE: Meeting1: Presentation of the MENA- DELP web portal Meeting2: Presentation of M & E tools Through the Discussion Forum tool on the MENA-DELP portal: Forest ecosystem governance Climate Finance COP22 from Paris to Marrakech Number of knowledge products related to desert ecosystems issues developed through the project(number, Custom) Value 0.00 5.00 7.00 7.00 Date 28-Feb-2013 11-Jul-2016 11-Jul-2016 31-Oct-2017 Page 3 of 7
PHINDIRITBL A set of information and knowledge products has been developed: 1: Potential and development prospects of desert areas (3 studies) 2: Good agricultural practices in desert areas (4 studies) 3: Valorization of the products and by-products of the oases of the MENA region (3 studies) 4: Approaches for sustainable management of forest ecosystems in the desert areas of the MENA region (1 study) 5: Policy note on water in MENA 6: Policy note on Oases in MENA 7: Guide on eco-systemic accounting Overall Intermediate Results Indicators Number of participants to workshops organized by the project (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 243.00 348.00 470.00 Date 28-Feb-2013 12-Jul-2016 22-Mar-2017 31-Oct-2017 148 participants attended the five regional thematic workshops organized by the project on topics related to the studies. Approximately 200 participants attended the five international meetings: Three side events, including one side event during the UNCCD Scientific Conference (50 participants); Another side event during the UNCCD COP 12 and in the margins of COP22 (50 participants). Two international conferences that were co-organized wit the World Bank with (100 participants) Page 4 of 7
PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL PHINDIRITBL Number of participants of study tours organized by the project (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 90.00 120.00 70.00 Five study tours were organized by the project: 1. Jordan - May 2014 "Good Agricultural Practices": 22 participants 2. Tunisia - Nov. 2014 "Valorization of oasis products and by-products": 19 participants 3. Morocco - April 2015 "Training of craft training": 22 participants 4. Jordan - Nov. 2015 "Sustainable management of forest ecosystems in arid and semi-arid zones": 43 participants 5. Morocco - May 2016 "Resilience and adaptation to CC: 14 participants Number of users of the established information system (web server) (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 1,100.00 1,300.00 1,100.00 70% new visitors = 910 visitors 30% regular users = 390 users Average time spent 00: 01: 10 Number of members of national institutions trained on M&E system and Information system (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 18.00 26.00 8.00 The cumulative number of national institutions trained on M & E is detailed as follows: Algeria: Two people Page 5 of 7
PHINDIRITBL Egypt: Four people Morocco: Eight people Jordan: Three people Tunisia: Nine people Number of comprehensive M&E reports prepared at Program and Project levels (Number, Custom) Value 0.00 6.00 6.00 8.00 Date 28-Feb-2013 11-Jul-2016 11-Jul-2016 31-Oct-2017 Overall The PIU has developed: 1. An M&E Concept Note 2. A training package on monitoring and evaluation and documents on M&E and Risk Assessment 3. A synthesis report on the indicators of the MENA-DELP regional project 4. Fact sheets describing the project and program indicators 5. A booklet on project M&E tools 6. Guide to creation and use of the Quick Response Code Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed Disbursed P130343 TF-13991 Effective USD 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.86 0.14 86% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P130343 TF-13991 Effective 10-Jun-2013 10-Jun-2013 10-Jun-2013 31-Dec-2017 31-Dec-2017 Cumulative Disbursements Page 6 of 7
Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. Page 7 of 7