The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) SOUTH ASIA | Pakistan | Governance Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2017 | Seq No: 5 | ARCHIVED on 18-Sep-2019 | ISR37547 | Implementing Agencies: Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 02-Dec-2016 Effectiveness Date: 23-Feb-2017 Planned Mid Term Review Date: -- Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase transparency and effectiveness in public resource management and strengthen accountability of public service delivery in the agriculture sector of FATA. 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 (PDO) is to strengthen the capacity of staff in the Merged Areas to manage public resources, and improved accountability in the delivery of public services. Components Table Name Strengthening Capacity for Management of Public Resources:(Cost $2.05 M) Improving accountability for public investment management and service delivery:(Cost $1.91 M) Ensuring effective support for the coordination of governance reforms and the operational management of the GPP:(Cost $1.04 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions Following the decision of the Multi- Donor Trust Fund Steering Committee to reduce the scope of the project, the project has been restructured and the project activities substantially changed. The project amount has also been reduced from US$14 million to US$5 million to reflect the reduced 9/18/2019 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) scope. Project activities now focus on capacity building on financial management, procurement, monitoring and evaluation and project management. There is significant impetus in project implementation and progress towards achievement of the objectives. In the last six months, the project has supported several activities that are beginning to show results. Progress in implementation of activities in each component is shown below: Component 1: Strengthening Capacity for Management of Public Resources: Progress in this component in moderately satisfactory. The project has initiated several training activities as part of the new focus on building the capacity of public officials in the Merged Areas. To improve procurement performance, the project has supported the training of Procurement and Contract Management for officials serving in merged areas. The KP Procurement Regulatory Authority has recently undertook training of 59 government officials involved in procurement from all the six newly merged districts of the former FATA. Secondly, to improve capacity for financial management in the merged districts, the project is supporting the expansion of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) to the districts. Support includes provision of IT equipment, provisions for establishment/ renovation of offices and training on IFMIS. Thirdly, the project in collaboration with the other sister GPP projects has supported the roll out of the PFM accreditation program in which staff from KP and Balochistan undertook a month-long training until August 5, 2019. Finally, plans are at an advanced stage to initiate the training of Drawing and Disbursement Officers and establishment internal audit function in the Merged Areas. Component 2: Improving Public Investment Management and Service Delivery: Progress in this component is moderately satisfactory. Following the reduction of scope of this component, and the focusing of this component in capacity building for planning and improvements in service delivery, the project has supported trainings in project management and in monitoring and evaluation. Altogether a total of 75 government officials including 24 women have participated in training on Gender Mainstreaming, Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation, in collaboration with local institutions. Training for the first batch of 25 participants on Planning will commence during the last week of September 2019. The project is also supporting citizen engagement and accountability for service delivery with support for expansion of the Right to Service Commission presence in the Merged Areas. The project has provided human resource support and equipment to support monitoring of service delivery in all the merged districts. Component 3: Ensuring Effective Support for the Coordination of Governance Reforms and the Operational Management of the Project: There have been moderately satisfactory progress in project management. The government has appointed a civil servant as a project coordinator; all key project staff (FM, procurement, and M&E) are in place and continue to perform satisfactorily. Government counterparts and the project team meet regularly to discuss project performance and follow up actions. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability High High High Fiduciary High High High Environment and Social Low Low Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Substantial Substantial Other High High High Overall Substantial High Moderate Results 9/18/2019 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Strengthening Capacity for Management of Public Resources IN00743116 ►Staff of Merged Areas Secretariat reporting improvements in on-job performance after participating in training (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 Improving Capacity for Public Investment Management and Accountability for Service Delivery IN00743112 ►Public assets in the Merged Areas that are geo-tagged (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 20.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743119 ►Complaints from citizens of Merged Areas not resolved within stipulated timelines for services under the RTS Act (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 Overall Comments PDO Five PDO indicators have been deleted because both the project scope and PDO have significantly changed because of the merger of FATA into the wider KP Province. A new PDO has been introduced and new PDO indicators added. To sustain project momentum and progress towards achievement of PDO the indicators will be tracked quarterly and reported in the ISR. The new indicators will be reflected in an updated ISR once the restructuring process is completed. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Strengthening Capacity for Management of Public Resources IN00743114 ►Internal audits conducted (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 14-Dec-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743117 9/18/2019 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) ►Provincial Government employees in Merged Areas who completed Procurement training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 30.00 60.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743128 of which are women (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743121 ►Provincial Government employees in Merged Areas who completed, at least, the certificate level of the PFM accreditation program (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 60.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743129 of which are women (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743126 ►Districts in Merged Areas submitting monthly Budget Execution Reports to FD, within 45 days of end of quarter (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 Improving public investment management and service delivery IN00743113 ►Provincial Government employees in Merged Areas who completed Monitoring and Evaluation training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743127 of which are women (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 9/18/2019 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743118 ►Districts in Merged Areas where Integration of geotagged data into GIS Decision Support System completed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743120 ►Citizens reporting satisfaction with notified services under the RTS Act (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743122 ►Provincial Government employees in Merged Areas who completed sectoral planning training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743123 ►Provincial Government employees in Merged Areas who completed Project Management training (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 30.00 75.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743124 ►Provincial Government employees from Merged Areas who have participated in gender awareness sessions (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 25.00 100.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 IN00743125 ►Citizens registered in IGRS to give feedback on government services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 Ensuring effective support for the coordination of governance reforms and the operational management of the GPP IN00743115 ►Progress Report no later than 45 days after end of reporting period (Yes/No, Custom) 9/18/2019 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 30-Jun-2016 -- 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2020 Overall Comments IR Several PDO and Intermediate indicators have either been deleted, revised or added to reflect the revised core project activities. There are several new indicators because the program scope has changed substantially to reflect the context after the merger in 2018. The Result Framework has maintained the four years in the result framework, and assumed that baseline year is 2016 for all indicators including new ones. The new indicators will be reflected in an updated ISR once the restructuring process is completed. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P156412 TF-A3301 Effective USD 14.00 14.00 0.00 2.04 11.96 15% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P156412 TF-A3301 Effective 18-Jan-2017 18-Jan-2017 23-Feb-2017 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2020 Cumulative Disbursements 9/18/2019 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Governance and Policy Program (P156412) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 27-Jun-2019 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/18/2019 Page 7 of 7