The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Local Government Support Project (P120517) AFRICA | Burkina Faso | Governance Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2012 | Seq No: 14 | ARCHIVED on 10-Dec-2018 | ISR34946 | Implementing Agencies: BURKINA FASO, Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, Government of Burkina Faso MATD Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 01-Nov-2011 Effectiveness Date: 06-Jun-2012 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 10-Nov-2014 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 15-Oct-2014 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2016 Revised Closing Date: 01-Oct-2021 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The proposed project seeks to harness emerging government commitment to local government reforms by supporting the implementation of critical aspects of fiscal and administrative decentralization in six of the 13 regions of Burkina Faso. The primary objective of the project is to strengthen the central government#s capacity for administrative and fiscal decentralization and the institutional capacities of communes in six regions, and to improve accountability linkages between local policy makers and citizens in the six regions. 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 development objective of the project is to strengthen the national capacity for decentralization, the institutional capacities of communes in all Regions and to increase citizen participation in local governance. Components Table Name Component 1 - Establishing the foundations of robust administrative and fiscal intergovernmental institutions:(Cost $16.80 M) Component 2 - Strengthening capacity of municipalities to manage local development:(Cost $87.48 M) Component 3 - Improving citizen participation in local governance:(Cost $13.94 M) Component 4: Project management and evaluation:(Cost $15.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions 12/10/2018 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION STATUS Overall, the implementation progress of the project remains ‘satisfactory’. The achievements have been registered against the following key areas of project implementation: completion of local government financing study and subsequent elaboration of draft Local Government financing law by the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Development (Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et du Développement – MINEFID); completion of the development of institutional development plans (IDP) for all 351 communes of the country; completion of recruitment of 13 regional NGOs, who will support communes in the implementation of their IDPs; completion of data collection on municipal performance for 2017, covering 16 indicators, which will permit authorities to run the 2018 municipal scorecards; completion of institutional readiness requirements of the Association of Municipalities of Burkina Faso, which has brought new energy into the process of stakeholder coordination, capacity building for improved implementation of the Project Component-3. Component 1. Establishment of the foundations for robust administrative and fiscal intergovernmental institutions.  The Prime Minister’s office has initiated a program to institutionalize the meeting between the Government and presidents of Local Governments (LGs). This Platform was initiated in January 2018, with the objective to foster stakeholder cooperation for effective transfer of skills and resources to LGs. A technical work was carried out in November 2018 to formalize the Platform. The November 2018 mission recommended that new activities financed by the Project for the benefit of the Prime Minister’s Office should focus on strengthening the Office’s capacity to advance objectives of the Platform --- effective coordination with relevant actors, aimed at promoting effective transfer of skills and improved fiscal capacity of LGs.  Fiscal decentralization framework. The authorities made an appreciable progress towards the establishment of an improved fiscal decentralization framework, demonstrating strong government commitment to strengthening fiscal capacity of communes. A new local Gouvernement financing law (La loi de programmation des financiers a transferer au collectivities Territoriales)” has been drafted. The law is expected to establish a unified Local Government financing mechanism, reflecting a modern concept of local government financing.  Strengthening human resources capacity of communes. As part of MINEFID and Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization's joint study on LG financing, an initial assessment of commune's human resources capacity needs were conducted. The authorities have subsequently identified, accountant, officer responsible for civic registration, and procurement officer as the three key personnel that Communes need to have in place, to perform their basic administrative functions. The personnel are already in place in some communes, while some lack the full complement. During the November 2018 implementation support mission, the Government has demonstrated support for an agreed process within the scope of the project to fill all 3 posts and additional personnel identified by communes based on their needs. The agreed process also includes provision of targeted training for the key personnel; tracking impact of the contributions of the key personnel overtime; and working with the beneficiary communes to ensure gradual takeover of payment of specific allowances by project closing. The Government has also agreed to consider the potential decree that could support implementation of the agreed measure. Component 2: Strengthening capacity of municipalities to manage local development  Preparation of Institutional Development Plans (IDPs) for all beneficiary communes were completed since September 2018. The institutional development grants under the Project will now be activated to support implementation of communes’ IDPs. The Project authorities have completed recruitment of regional NGOs, who will support communes in the implementation of their IDPs. The NGOs will provide technical support to communes in the implementation of the IDPs, including systematic tracking of progress on level of communes’ achievements on the grants requirements. The grants requirements stipulate that beneficiary communes: (i) develop the community development action plan through a participatory process; (ii); publish budget information, including planned and actual expenditure; (iii) conduct at least two community/town hall meetings in a year, and meet basic requirements for organizing such meetings (e.g. attended by the mayor, meeting dates announced at least one month before it was organized, discussion include budget, and minutes prepared); (iv) develop and maintain a functional grievance redress system, developed in accordance with a GR Manual; and (vi) achieve at least 25 percent annual increase in local revenue mobilization. Component 3: Improving citizen participation in local governance  The engagement of the Association of Municipalities of Burkina Faso (AMBF) has brought new energy into the process of stakeholder coordination, and capacity building for improved implementation of Component-3 activities. The readiness of AMBF to implement its assigned role has been demonstrated by timely recruitment of the Project Manager, Procurement Specialist, and Monitory and Evaluation Specialist. AMBF has also already sensitized its regional offices to prepare them for the implementation of the project activities. With the recruitment of the regional NGOs, AMB is fully ready to commence implementation of planned activities. During the November 2018 Implementation support mission, AMBF was advised to expedite the signing of a cooperation agreement between the NGOs and AMBF. The agreement will form the basis for the assessment of performance of NGOs regarding support to communes in achieving project targets.  The Government has created the Technical Committee for Municipal Scorecard (TCMS), which is anchored in the General Department for Local Authorities within the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization. The committee will facilitate, coordinate the planning, run and publish the annual municipal performance scorecard, in coordination with relevant actors. Data collection is completed on municipal performance for 2017, covering 16 indicators (9 on public service delivery and 7 institutional capacity. The Technical Committee is expected to prepare a work program, conduct and publish the 2018 municipal scorecard by 15 February 2019. 12/10/2018 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) 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 -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate Other -- Substantial Substantial Overall -- Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Actual availability of all funds by the central government to local governments. IN00590355 ►Percentage of central government budget transferred to communes (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5.00 -- 5.00 15.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00648888 ►Percentage of central government budget transferred to communes (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 5.00 -- 5.00 15.00 Date 09-Jan-2017 -- 01-Nov-2018 31-Aug-2021 12/10/2018 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Measures administrative capacity of Communes IN00590351 ►Actual availability of funds to communes committed by the central government earlier in the budget cycle (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target No later than February Value January 19, 2017 Yet to be assessed Yet to be assessed 1, 2016 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 28-Feb-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590349 ►Deviation of commune level budget implementation from initially approved annual communal budget (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 40.00 40.00 15.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 2018 budget implementation report will be available in July 2019 Comments: IN00590353 ►Increase in percentage of citizens rating commune government's performance satisfactory (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 47.00 47.00 47.00 70.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 The evaluation will be conducted by mid-term review. Comments: IN00590347 ►Increase in the execution rate of annual commune procurement plan (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 90.00 90.00 95.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 This indicator will be calculated from July 2019 based on budget implementation reports of communes. Comments: IN00590359 ►Increase in Communes own total local taxes (collected by DGI, DGTCP and communes for communes) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 32.00 Date 02-Jan-2018 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 The data will be available from July 2019 Comments: Increasing benefits to citizens IN00590320 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) 12/10/2018 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 8,754.00 8,754.00 8,754.00 12,000.00 Date 30-Dec-2016 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590362 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,538.00 2,538.00 3,960.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 3 - Improving citizen participation in local governance IN00590357 ►Number of citizens participated into the council meetings (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 15-Mar-2017 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 The assessment is yet to be conducted Comments: IN00590354 ►Increase in the number of people attending periodic/bi-annual public cadre de concertation and local council meeting (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 27.00 50.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590358 ►Number of Municipal Town Hall meetings that meet at least 50% the meetings requirements (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 80.00 50.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 Component 2 - Strengthening capacity of municipalities to manage local development IN00590352 ►Communes with council-validated Institutional Development Plans (IDP) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590361 12/10/2018 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) ►Communes that meet at least 80% of the IDG requirements (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590356 ►Notification of indicative allocation of transfer amounts by central government to each commune government by November of preceding fiscal year (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- Yes Yes Date 31-Mar-2017 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 Component 1 - Establishing the foundations of robust administrative and fiscal intergovernmental institutions IN00590348 ►Communes that established local budget committees (Percentage of increase from baseline) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 40.00 40.00 90.00 100.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590360 ►Communes that filled at least 70% of the key positions in the minimum organigramme (key posts) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 100.00 40.00 Date 02-Jan-2018 -- 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 IN00590350 ►Proportion of municipal who assesses the collection of commune's own taxes by regional MINEFID agencies as effective (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 20.00 20.00 20.00 70.00 Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 The survey will be run as a separate module in the citizen satisfaction survey at mid-term Comments: IN00590346 ►Intergovernmental fiscal framework policy statement issued by the government (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 31-Mar-2017 28-Feb-2018 01-Nov-2018 01-Oct-2021 12/10/2018 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P120517 IDA-D2240 Effective USD 60.00 60.00 0.00 8.04 52.00 13% P120517 IDA-H7360 Effective USD 60.00 60.00 0.00 54.53 0.07 100% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P120517 IDA-D2240 Effective 04-Aug-2017 22-Sep-2017 29-Dec-2017 01-Oct-2021 01-Oct-2021 P120517 IDA-H7360 Effective 01-Nov-2011 08-Dec-2011 06-Jun-2012 31-Dec-2016 01-Oct-2021 Cumulative Disbursements 12/10/2018 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Local Government Support Project (P120517) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 27-Jul-2016 Related Project(s) P120844-Mainstreaming Governance and Institutional Development in Burkina Faso ,P162742-Burkina Faso Local Government Support Project AF 12/10/2018 Page 8 of 8