The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Water Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2012 | Seq No: 15 | ARCHIVED on 27-Nov-2019 | ISR39146 | Implementing Agencies: Mekong River Commission, Lao Peopleâs Democratic Republic, Mekong River Commission, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 08-Mar-2012 Effectiveness Date: 05-Mar-2009 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 10-Jan-2016 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 29-Jan-2016 Original Closing Date: 31-Mar-2018 Revised Closing Date: 31-Mar-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) to establish key examples of integrated water resources management practices in the lower Mekong Basin at the regional, national and subnational levels, thus contributing to more sustainable river basin management in the lower Mekong. 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) The Project Development Objective is to to improve water resource and fisheries management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin. Components Table Name Regional Water Resources Management:(Cost $8.00 M) National Water Resources Management:(Cost $6.01 M) Improved Floodplain and Aquatic Resources Management:(Cost $12.58 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project consists of two parts: a regional work program (Component 1) and a national Lao PDR program (Components 2 and 3). 11/27/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Regional component (Component 1), implemented through the MRC Secretariat, is proceeding at a steady pace, particularly on the bilateral transboundary projects with USD 7.47 million (almost 100%) disbursed to date. The MRCS, in collaboration with the National Mekong Committees (NMCs), is moving forward with the bilateral transboundary projects, and the linking of the NMCs three national projects at the regional level is currently being considered through discussions with the MRCS. The implementation of all activities has been completed and the component closing date is December 31, 2019. A component completion report has been prepared and submitted to the Bank and is currently undergoing final revision by MRC. National components (Components 2 & 3), implemented through MONRE and MAF, have also made some implementation progress with USD 9.11 million (or 36%) disbursed to date. Significant progress has been made under the some components, including irrigation and fisheries. Several intermediate indicators were met, including on improvement of fisheries plans, delivery of alternative livelihood support to participating communities, and rehabilitation of 19 irrigation systems and 5 floodgates. The preparation of the National Water and Water Resources Management Strategy and regulations to support the implementation of the Water Law are progressing well and are expected to be completed as planned. Despite significant progress under some sub-components, close attention from MONRE is needed to support the integration of water resources planning, modelling and construction. Urgently advancing these activities will increase the lagging project disbursement and will ensure completion of all activities by project closure. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- Substantial Substantial Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial Environment and Social -- Substantial Substantial Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve water resource and fisheries management in selected areas of the Lower Mekong Basin IN00761913 ►Joint Action Plan for addressing a priority transboundary integrated water resources management issues in the Mekong Basin. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 11/27/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Dec-2019 One Joint Action Plan has been completed and the remaining two are progressing well. Comments: IN00761914 ►Number of water resource management instruments applied by MONRE in priority basins located in the Lao PDR. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 8.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761915 ►Number of new or upgraded DMH hydromet stations that produce information that is applied for water resources management. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761931 ►Area provided with irrigation and drainage services (ha) (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 7,815.00 7,815.00 7,815.00 Date 01-May-2012 26-Apr-2019 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761932 ►Number of functional Fishery Management Committees (FMC). (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 Overall Comments PDO Indicator 1: Joint Action Plan for addressing a priority transboundary IWRM issues in the Mekong basin - All three action plans for implementing the coordination mechanisms (including 1. Mekong-Sekong Rivers Fisheries Management project, 2. Sesan-Srepok River Basins Water Resources Management Project, and 3. Mekong Delta Water Resources Management Project) were completed by June 2019. Indicator 2: Number of water resources management instruments applies by MONRE - Two instruments have been completed including: framework basin plans for 1. XBF, and 2. for XBH. A consulting firm will be recruited to help the Department of Water Resources prepare an instrument for the remaining basins. Indicator 3: Number of new or upgraded DMH hydromet stations that produce information that is applied for water resources management – 25 stations have been upgraded or installed by the project under the original financing. Further 35 stations will be upgraded or installed, under a joint procurement with the Lao PDRM Southeast Asian Disaster Risk Management project, to monitor hydromet conditions for water resources management. UXO clearance and detailed survey for hydromet sites are under final stage and will be completed within Sep 2019. No hydromet data is published in an accessible manner to other agencies for water resources management and planning.Indicator 4: Area provided with new/improved irrigation or drainage services: Progress has been made in line with implementation progress made under the irrigation sub-component. The target was met after the completion of 19 rehabilitated schemes (covering 2,400ha) in April 2019. Indicator 5: “Number of functional Fishery Management Committees (FMC)” - Formal (re-)approval of the plans is expected to be completed by the end of November 2019. Remaining activities to implement these management plans, including provision of MCS equipment and training, 11/27/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) to form fully-functioning FMCs, are expected to be completed by April 2020. It is deemed highly likely that the target set for this indicator will be met before the end of the project. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Regional Water Resources Management IN00761933 ►Number of Joint Issues Paper prepared and endorsed for identified priority transboundary IWRM issues in the Mekong Basin. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Dec-2019 IN00761936 ►Number of communication products produced and disseminated by the MRCS related to IWRM. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 27.00 27.00 27.00 Date 01-May-2012 23-Nov-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Dec-2019 National Water Resources Management IN00761934 ►Submission of the revised Water Law to the National Assembly. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761937 ►Number of sites in priority river basins where NREI conducts water quality monitoring and information is applied for river basin management. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 11.00 11.00 15.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761939 ►Number of priority river basins where MONRE has applied water resource model packages. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761941 ►Number of functioning River Basin Coordinating Committees (RBCC). (Number, Custom) 11/27/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761943 ►Number of regulations piloted at the basin level. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-May-2021 Improved Floodplain and Aquatic Resources Management IN00761935 ►Area provided with improved flood protection. (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 17,097.00 17,097.00 14,500.00 Date 01-May-2012 26-Apr-2019 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761938 ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 63,518.00 63,518.00 126,500.00 Date 01-May-2012 26-Apr-2019 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761940 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 31,759.00 31,759.00 63,000.00 IN00761942 ►Number of functioning Irrigation Water User Associations (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 59.00 59.00 59.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761944 ►Number of people engaged in the formulation of Fisheries Management Plans (Citizen Engagement) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 143.00 165.00 165.00 Date 01-May-2012 26-Apr-2019 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761945 11/27/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) ►Number of villages receiving livelihood support under the Fisheries component. (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 102.00 117.00 100.00 Date 01-May-2012 26-Apr-2019 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 IN00761946 ►Number of new or rehabilitated, functioning fishery hatcheries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 Date 01-May-2012 09-May-2018 08-Nov-2019 31-Mar-2021 Overall Comments IR Component 1: Regional Water Resources Management Indicator 1: Number of Joint Issues Paper prepared and endorsed for identified priority transboundary IWRM issues in the Mekong Basin – Achieved. Three Joint Issues Papers have been finalized and endorsed by the NMC working group since May 2017. Indicator 2: Number of communication products produced and disseminated by the MRCS - Achieved. 27 products have been prepared, including 2 Posters; 6 Quarterly E-Newsletter; 5 MRC Webpages; 2 MRC 20th Anniversary Magazine Articles; 1 On-Line News Channel; 1 Facebook Page with 111 postings; 3 Brochures; 6 Videos; 1 T-Shirt. Component 2: National Water Resources Management Indicator 3: Submission of the revised Water Law to the National Assembly: Achieved. The Water Law was approved by the National Assembly on May 11, 2017. Indicator 4: Number of sites in priority river basins where NEREI conducts water quality monitoring - Water quality monitoring is currently carried out four times per year at eleven sites spreading across three river basins: Xekong, Xechamphone wetland and Lower Nam Ngum. Biological parameter is one of the criteria, but the monitoring has not been started yet. The indicator is on track to be met by project closing, but NRERI has to ensure that biological parameters are integrating into the routine water quality monitoring activities. Indicator 5: Number of priority river basins where MONRE has applied water resource model packages - The modeling has been updated for 4 river basins (XBF, XBH, Xedone and Xekong), but the modeling packages have not yet been applied to support WRM activities. Outdated data will be updated from data collection from various agencies, ground survey and satellite-based information with ground validation as updated inputs for modelling packages. The project is excepted to update 4 existing modelling packages and develop 3 additional modelling packages and apply all 7 modelling packages to support river basin management. Indicator 6: Number of functioning River Basin Coordinating Committees - the Nam Ngum RBCC has been established by the provincial government but still doesn’t meet the functionality criteria. The project is working to strengthen this RBCC and plans to create two additional RBCC to achieve the target by close of project. Indicator 7: Number of regulations piloted at the basin level - the project is providing advisory services on the development of 2 decrees and 4 regulations to support implementation of the Water Law. First drafts of all decrees and regulations are to be submitted to the Government and/or Minister in 2019. Once drafts are in place, the project is expected to pilot the implementation of some of these regulations, including the wetland management and groundwater management regulations. Component 3: Improved Floodplain and Aquatic Resources Management 11/27/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) Indicator 8: Area provided with improved flood protection – Achieved. 15 flood gates have been rehabilitated (including 10 under original financing cover 11,148ha and 5 under AF covering 5,949ha) with a total command area of 17,097ha. Department of Irrigation reported that five flood gates have been completed as of March 2019. Indicator 9: Number of farmers reached with agricultural assets or services: Number of farmers reached with agricultural assets or services, 63,518 farmers have been reached to date (out of this 31,759 are female farmers). Plans are in place to roll-out additional services to reach the final project indicator. The number of fishers benefiting from fully-functioning Fisheries Management Committees (FMCs) with Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) is currently zero. Whilst FMCs have been established and their FMPs formulated, activities to complete the implementation of these plans remains in progress. It is expected that the value of this indicator will rise to 50,000 (the target) by April 2020 (see PDO Indicator 5) after the these plans have been implemented. Indicator 10: Number of functioning Irrigation Water User Associations - the target of 59 WUAs has been achieved. Indicator 11: Number of people engaged in the formulation of Fisheries Management Plans- All 15 Fishery Management Committees (FMCs) were successfully established by 2016, with each FMC having on average 11 people. The final target of 165 people had been successfully achieved early in the project. There is now a need to elect new members of some KFMCs. Indicator 12: Target met and exceeded. All 117 villages included in the Project have now received livelihood support. Indicator 13: Number of new or rehabilitated, functioning fishery hatcheries - Three existing hatcheries have been renovated and are now operational producing fingerlings of indigenous species. Technical and business planning support to three rehabilitated hatcheries remains ongoing. Two business plans have been completed. It is expected that the remaining (new) hatchery in Attapue will become operational by September 2020. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P104806 IDA-61180 Effective USD 25.00 25.00 0.00 9.50 15.82 38% P104806 IDA-H6750 Effective USD 18.00 18.00 0.00 16.89 0.00 100% P104806 IDA-H7620 Effective USD 8.00 8.00 0.00 7.47 0.04 100% P104806 TF-93258 Closed USD 0.92 0.87 0.05 0.87 0.00 100% P104806 TF-94553 Closed USD 0.09 0.09 0.00 0.09 0.00 100% P104806 TF-98965 Closed USD 0.12 0.12 0.00 0.12 0.00 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P104806 IDA-61180 Effective 06-Jul-2017 26-Jul-2017 11-Oct-2017 31-Mar-2021 31-Mar-2021 P104806 IDA-H6750 Effective 08-Mar-2012 19-Apr-2012 17-Aug-2012 31-Mar-2018 31-Mar-2021 P104806 IDA-H7620 Effective 08-Mar-2012 04-Apr-2012 17-Aug-2012 31-Mar-2018 31-Dec-2019 11/27/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (P104806) P104806 TF-93258 Closed 09-Feb-2009 05-Mar-2009 05-Mar-2009 11-Dec-2011 11-Jun-2013 P104806 TF-94553 Closed 03-Aug-2009 02-Sep-2009 02-Sep-2009 31-Dec-2011 31-Dec-2011 P104806 TF-98965 Closed 17-Feb-2011 21-Apr-2011 21-Apr-2011 31-Mar-2012 31-Mar-2012 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 18-Mar-2014 ,Level 2 Approved on 14-Jan-2018 Related Project(s) P159447-Additional Financing for Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (Lao PDR) 11/27/2019 Page 8 of 8