The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) Forests and Community (P132846) LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN | Argentina | Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2015 | Seq No: 9 | ARCHIVED on 19-Jul-2019 | ISR36477 | Implementing Agencies: Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development (SAyDS), Argentine Republic Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 07-Apr-2015 Effectiveness Date: 13-Nov-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 20-Aug-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 21-Aug-2018 Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2020 Revised Closing Date: 30-Nov-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective is to improve forest management; and increase access to markets and basic services by small forest producers including indigenous and campesinos in selected Northern Provinces of Argentina Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Sustainable Livelihoods:(Cost $41.69 M) Natural Forest Management and Civil Society:(Cost $0.64 M) Skills and Technology Transfer:(Cost $7.40 M) Forest Monitoring:(Cost $6.66 M) Project Management and Impact Monitoring:(Cost $2.22 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Unsatisfactory Unsatisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions Project implementation and PDO. In spite of having a good pipeline of approved Integrated Community Plans (PICs), the implementation of activities has been slowed down by the announcement of limited federal expenditure capacity. This is negatively affecting Project implementation, and the achievement of the PDO is at risk. The technical components are advancing very slowly and showing only minimal measurable progress toward intermediate results. A field visit to Salta, Chaco, and Santiago del Estero during the last implementation support mission showed that the number of PICs approved and at advanced stages of formulation has increased: 29 PICshave already been approved by the provincial 7/19/2019 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) environmental authorities; 28 more have been submitted to them for their review and approval; and 23 more PICs are under preparation. 20 additional PICs have been identified to be prepared jointly by the PIU and the provincial forest agencies, and later on, would be implemented by the latter. However, the　actual implementation of the PICs already approved (i.e. those that are　under direct control of SAyDS)　is moving very slowly; which in some cases increases the anxiety of some of the beneficiary communities. On the other hand, the activities related to the national forest monitoring at the national level are progressing relatively well. During the mission, and for the first time, the PIU presented a record of timber transported in Jujuy, Salta and Chaco provinces, as evidence of the progress achieved in the roll-out of SacVeFor. The operational status of the Deforestation Early Warning System was also confirmed during the mission by the forest authorities of Santiago del Estero and Chaco provinces. Finally, regarding the National Forest Inventory, the targets expected in terms of sampling plots installed have been overpassed. Project Restructuring. The Project’s expenditure capacity for calendar year 2019 has been capped at around AR$127 million by the Project’s budget allocation approved by the National Congress in late 2018. Moreover, even in a better financing scenario, the Mid Term Review conducted in September 2018 confirmed that the Project Development Objective (PDO) indicators’ targets set during preparation remain largely out of reach. With these constraints in mind,　in June 2019 the Ministry of Finance　requested　partial cancelation of the loan of US$38 million (65% of its　 original amount), and the PIU worked on a project restructuring plan to ensure the PDO is achievable and targets are set at appropriate levels.　 Key elements of the expected Project restructuring include: (a) focus investments on the 100 communities already identified to date by the project; (b) strengthen dialogue with Provinces in order to integrate the PIC instrument into Provincial level forest law procedures and financing; (c) eliminate or scale down less relevant activities related to communication and training. Agreed actions to improve project implementation include: (a) to complete the Project restructuring, including a substantial partial cancelation of the loan; (b) to focus Project implementation on the achievement of the results, as included in the operational plan for CY19　recently updated (and to be monitored　with　the restructured results indicators framework); (c) to develop an operational plan covering the whole lifespan of the Project; including quarterly milestones for all the results indicators; and to clearly distribute responsibilities on those milestones among the PIU　members; and (d) to provide a much closer follow up from the Bank side. The timely execution of these actions, including the restructuring, should allow the project to get back on track to achieve its newly defined objectives. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Substantial Substantial Macroeconomic Moderate High High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Moderate Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial Substantial Substantial Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial High High Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial High High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes 7/19/2019 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) To improve forest management; and increase access to markets and basic services by SFP in north. pro IN00685805 ►People in forest&adjacent community with monetary/non-monetary benefit from forest (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 50,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 28-Feb-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685831 People in forest and adjacent community with benefits from forest-female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 25,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 28-Feb-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685832 People in forest&adj. commy with benefit from forest-Ethnic minority/indigenous (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 37,500.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 28-Feb-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685833 ►Increased share of Forest Fund resources allocated to small forest producers (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 28-Feb-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685834 ►Share of target households with improved access to basic services (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 4.00 50.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 28-Feb-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685835 ►Small forest producers reporting improved access to markets (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 28-Feb-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components 1. Sustainable Livelihoods IN00685840 7/19/2019 Page 3 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) ►Forest area brought under management plans (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 42,710.00 96,987.00 310,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 As of May 3, 2019, 29 Integrated Community Plans are under implementation in Chaco, Salta, and Comments: Santiago del Estero. These cover 96,987 ha of forested area. IN00685844 ►1.2-Small forest producers trained in sustainable forest management, value addition and marketing (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,407.00 1,715.00 2,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685849 ►1.3-Forest area brought under strengthened tenure (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 200,529.00 312,910.00 248,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685852 ►1.4-Small forest producers with improved access to water for consumption and production (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,501.00 1,987.00 6,400.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685854 ►1.5-Small forest producers issued Group Certification Certificates (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 All approved PICs (integrated community plans) have action plans toward forest certification. Comments: IN00685856 ►1.6-Household wood consumption reduced by 25% with adoption of improved/clean wood stoves (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 45.00 45.00 25.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685857 ►1.7-Improved kilns increase wood to charcoal conversion by 15% (Percentage, Custom) 7/19/2019 Page 4 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 14.00 15.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685859 ►1.8-Small forest producers adopt climate resilient practices for agriculture and livestock production (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21.00 21.00 300.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685860 ►1.9-Households with access to electricity from clean energy sources including co-generation plants (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 580.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 2. Natural Forest Management and Civil Society IN00685839 ►2.1-Journalists, public opinion leaders and social communicators trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 83.00 83.00 200.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 This activity will no longer be a focus of the restructured project going forward. Comments: IN00685843 ►2.2-Forest and society dissemination activities completed (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Graphic material (15); Graphic material (4); Value 0.00 -- Media products (22) Media products (15) Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685848 ►2.3-Community members trained to operate Community Radios (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 26.00 26.00 400.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685850 ►2.4-Community broadcasting stations equipped and operating (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 7/19/2019 Page 5 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) Value 0.00 3.00 3.00 50.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 This type of work will not feature in the restructured project gong forward. Comments: 3. Skills and Technology Transfer IN00685838 ►3.1-Community members trained in sustainable forest management, climate resilient agriculture/ livestock practices (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,017.00 2,323.00 4,750.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685842 ►3.2-Service providers trained in climate resilient agriculture and livestock practices (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 622.00 622.00 200.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 4. Forest Monitoring IN00685837 ►4.1-Deforestation Early Warning System operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 The SAT (Sistema Alerta Temprana de Deforestacion de Bosque Nativo) is up and running in 8 provinces: Comments: Salta, Jujuy, Tucuman, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Formosa and Santa Fe. IN00685841 ►4.2-Permanent sample plots installed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,362.00 2,519.00 3,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 As of May 3, 2019, 2519 plots were installed according to the second national inventory (Open Foris Comments: Collect - FAO). IN00685847 ►4.3 Share of volume of timber transported in participating provinces tracked by SACVEFOR (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 22.64 50.00 7/19/2019 Page 6 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 5. Project Management and Impact Monitoring IN00685836 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6,639.00 13,813.00 105,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 03-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685845 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 36.00 36.00 52,500.00 IN00685846 ►Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs (percentage) (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.00 Date 01-Jul-2015 01-Mar-2019 01-Mar-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00685851 Total beneficiaries - female (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 375.00 0.00 52,500.00 IN00685853 Total beneficiaries - male (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 664.00 0.00 52,500.00 IN00685855 Beneficiaries that feel project inv. reflected their needs - female (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,750.00 IN00685858 Beneficiaries that feel project inv. reflected their needs - male (number) (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 36,750.00 Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) 7/19/2019 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Forests and Community (P132846) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P132846 IBRD-84930 Effective USD 58.76 58.76 0.00 11.13 47.63 19% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P132846 IBRD-84930 Effective 07-Apr-2015 21-Sep-2015 13-Nov-2015 30-Nov-2020 30-Nov-2020 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 7/19/2019 Page 8 of 8