The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) REPORT NO.: RES35484 RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY TO PRODUCE AND USE QUALITY EDUCATION STATISTICS APPROVED ON APRIL 3, 2017 TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC March 19, 2019 EDUCATION LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Regional Vice President: Axel van Trotsenburg Country Director: Tahseen Sayed Khan Senior Global Practice Director: Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi Practice Manager/Manager: Rita Kullberg Almeida Task Team Leader: Juan Baron, Melissa Ann Adelman The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS EMIS Education Management Information System ISR Implementation Status and Results Report MINERD Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación de la República Dominicana) The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P163049 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Not Required (C) Not Required (C) Approval Date Current Closing Date 03-Apr-2017 07-Apr-2019 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Ministerio de Educacion de la Republica Dominicana - Ministerio de Hacienda MINERD Financing (in USD Million) FIN_SUMM_PUB_TBL SUMMARY Total Project Cost 0.50 Total Financing 0.00 Financing Gap 0.00 DETAILS -NewFin3 Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The objective of the Project is to strengthen MINERD s capacity to produce high-quality data, consolidate data from different data systems and use that data to inform stakeholders in the education sector OPS_TABLE_PDO_CURRENTPDO The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) Summary Status of Financing Net TF Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed TF-A4773 03-Apr-2017 07-Apr-2017 07-Apr-2017 07-Apr-2019 .50 .22 .28 Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING 1. The proposed Level 2 restructuring is in response to the Grant Recipient’s letter dated February 12, 2019, requesting an extension of the closing date of the Project for twelve months, minor revisions in Project activities, and a reallocation of funds across disbursement categories. 2. The Project, a Recipient-Executed Grant of US$500,000 from the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building, was approved by the Country Director on April 3, 2017 and quickly became effective on April 7, 2017. However, implementation did not begin for one year due to delays in completing necessary administrative processes, including opening the proper accounts and obtaining specimens of signature. Since implementation began in March 2018, good progress has been made in completing planned activities and 44 percent of the grant has been disbursed. Progress towards achievement of the PDO and overall implementation progress were therefore both rated Moderately Satisfactory in the last Implementation Status and Results Report (ISR). Under Component 1: Integration and improvement of MINERD’s (Ministerio de Educación de la República Dominicana) information systems, five Terms of Reference have been prepared for consultancies to support an audit of the quality of information in the Education Management Information System (EMIS) and other activities, and are expected to be contracted in the next several weeks. Under Component 2: Training and dissemination of information, a series of workshops and training events were carried out between July and December 2018 addressing data regulations, production, and use of data in the EMIS. 3. The proposed restructuring would extend the closing date to allow for the completion of planned activities and achievement of the Project indicators, which would not be achievable without an extension due to the one-year delay in beginning implementation. The proposed restructuring would also adjust some Project activities: specifically, one activity would be dropped as it is no longer needed; two activities would be dropped because they are outside MINERD’s direct control; and one activity would be added to reflect a high-priority need. In addition, to reflect MINERD’s prioritization of capacity-building activities for its own staff over consultancies, including supporting staff to complete Project activities where possible, the proposed restructuring would reallocate funds across disbursement categories and adjust one intermediate results indicator to reflect this change. These changes would have a limited impact on the Project’s development objective of strengthening MINERD’s capacity, as approximately 17 of the Project’s original 20 activities will be carried out as planned. II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES 4. The proposed restructuring would extend the closing date of the Project by one year, from April 7, 2019 to April 7, 2020. 5. The proposed restructuring would revise Project activities under Component 1 as follows: a. Under Subcomponent 1.1 (Integration of systems): i. “Benchmarking of the Dominican EMIS system using SABER-EMIS instrument” would be dropped, as there is sufficient understanding of the EMIS based on existing diagnostics. ii. “The development of a multisectorial plan for the development of vocational education statistics between the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Labor and aligned with the NSDS” would be dropped, as it is outside the direct control of MINERD and the required intersectoral collaboration is not expected to be feasible within the timeframe of the Project. b. Under Subcomponent 1.2 (Data production quality assurance): The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) i. “Developing the education sector ICT strategy under República Digital” would be dropped, as it is outside of the purview of MINERD to develop such a strategy. ii. A new activity would be added, “Diagnosis of MINERD’s physical information archiving systems” to focus on identifying ways to improve archiving systems in which large amounts of data and information are currently underutilized. 6. The proposed restructuring would reallocate approximately US$62,000 in funds from Category 1 (Consulting and Non-Consulting Services) and Category 3 (Operating Costs) towards Category 2 (Training and Workshops), to reflect the MINERD’s prioritization of capacity-building for its own staff. 7. To reflect the prioritization of training and workshops over consultancies, the end target value of the Intermediate Results Indicator “Number of consultancies executed and/or being executed” would be revised from 18 to 11. III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES Changed Not Changed Results Framework ✔ Loan Closing Date(s) ✔ Reallocation between Disbursement Categories ✔ Disbursement Estimates ✔ Implementation Schedule ✔ Implementing Agency ✔ Project's Development Objectives ✔ Components and Cost ✔ Cancellations Proposed ✔ Additional Financing Proposed ✔ Disbursements Arrangements ✔ Change in Overall Risk Rating ✔ Safeguard Policies Triggered ✔ EA category ✔ Legal Covenants ✔ Institutional Arrangements ✔ Financial Management ✔ Procurement ✔ The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) Other Change(s) ✔ IV. DETAILED CHANGE(S) OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_RESULTS_TABLE RESULTS FRAMEWORK Project Development Objective Indicators PDO_IND_TABLE Protocols for data collection and data quality verification are available, disseminated and piloted. Unit of Measure: Yes/No Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value No No Yes No Change Date 31-Jan-2017 14-Jun-2019 EMIS systems is improved to consolidate different statistical data from the Ministry, and new modules for data collections are developed and incorporated. Unit of Measure: Yes/No Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value No No Yes No Change Date 31-Jan-2017 14-Jun-2019 Open data portal is available to allow all stakeholders to access timely and relevant education data and analytics, including user-friendly reports. Unit of Measure: Yes/No Indicator Type: Custom Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value No No Yes No Change Date 31-Jan-2017 14-Jun-2019 Intermediate Indicators IO_IND_TABLE Number of consunltacies executed and/or being executed Unit of Measure: Number Indicator Type: Custom The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) Baseline Actual (Current) End Target Action Value 0.00 1.00 11.00 Revised Date 24-Mar-2017 14-Jun-2019 OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_LOANCLOSING_TABLE LOAN CLOSING DATE(S) Original Revised Proposed Proposed Deadline TF Status Closing Closing(s) Closing for Withdrawal Applications TF-A4773 Effective 07-Apr-2019 07-Apr-2020 07-Aug-2020 OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_REALLOCATION _TABLE REALLOCATION BETWEEN DISBURSEMENT CATEGORIES Financing % Current Allocation Actuals + Committed Proposed Allocation (Type Total) Current Proposed TF-A4773-001 | Currency: USD iLap Category Sequence No: 1 Current Expenditure Category: NON-CS and CS 358,000.00 0.00 297,310.00 100.00 100.00 iLap Category Sequence No: 2 Current Expenditure Category: TRG and WKP 88,000.00 48,446.44 149,540.00 100.00 100.00 iLap Category Sequence No: 3 Current Expenditure Category: OPERATING COSTS 54,000.00 19,092.71 53,150.00 100.00 100.00 Total 500,000.00 67,539.15 500,000.00 OPS_DETAILEDCHANGES_DISBURSEMENT_TABLE DISBURSEMENT ESTIMATES Change in Disbursement Estimates Yes The World Bank Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics (P163049) Year Current Proposed 2017 0.00 0.00 2018 0.00 237,500.00 2019 0.00 150,000.00 2020 0.00 112,500.00 2021 0.00 0.00