Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA | Egypt, Arab Republic of | Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice | Global Environment Project | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 10 | ARCHIVED on 10-Jun-2019 | ISR37418 | Implementing Agencies: Egypt Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), Arab Republic of Egypt Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 13-Jun-2014 Effectiveness Date: 08-Sep-2014 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 18-Oct-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 21-Jan-2018 Original Closing Date: 30-Nov-2018 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2020 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to improve the management and disposal of targeted stockpiles of obsolete pesticides, including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs), in an environmentally sound manner. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Component 1: Destruction of High Risk Stocks of Obsolete Pesticide:(Cost $3.83 M) Component 2: Decontamination of PCB-Containing Transformer Oils:(Cost $4.27 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project closing date has been extended to Sept. 30, 2020 to allow completion of the project activities and meeting the targets of indicators, thereby, achieving the PDO. The project has been progressing since the Jan. 2018 mid-term review mission. It is expected that component 1 will be completed by August 2020, however implementation of component 2 needs to be accelerated for timely completion by the new project closing date. 6/10/2019 Page 1 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) 6/10/2019 Page 2 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate Macroeconomic -- Low Low Sector Strategies and Policies -- Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program -- Substantial Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability -- High High Fiduciary -- Substantial Substantial 6/10/2019 Page 3 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Environment and Social -- Substantial Substantial Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall -- Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To improve the management and disposal of POPs and high-risk obsolete pesticides IN00711033 ►POPs&pops waste destroyed,disposed or contained in environmentally sound manner (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 241.00 241.00 2,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2020 Disposal of the second batch of high-risk obsolete pesticides at the El Saf site (about 440 tons - 350 tons was estimated earlier - 44% of the targeted 1000 tons) is ongoing. The contract was signed in July 2018 and removal is ongoing with the last 140 tons to be removed in June 2019. ESIAs for the last batch (320 or more tons, about 32% of the targeted 1000 tons) is being prepared, with the bidding process for disposal expected to be initiated in June or July 2019. Comments: 99% (990 tons) of the targeted PCB contaminated oil have been identified mainly from the power production sector and testing on PCBs is ongoing in the power transmission and distribution sectors. IN00711034 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 27,340.00 27,340.00 30,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2020 The most obsolete POPs pesticides were stored at the Adabeya port, which is located at ATAKA district at Suez Governorate which is an Industrial/Residential area of 8827 km2 with total population of 27,340 Comments: inhabitant including 40% women. Therefore, roughly 27,340 people are the project beneficiaries from the removal of those POPs pesticides. IN00711035 Female beneficiaries (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 40.00 40.00 50.00 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Destruction of High Risk Stocks of Obsolete Pesticide IN00711061 ►Obsolete pesticides including POPs pesticides disposed of in an environmentally sound manner (Metric ton, Custom) 6/10/2019 Page 4 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 241.00 241.00 1,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2020 Disposal of the first batch (241 tons) is completed. Disposal of the second batch of high-risk obsolete pesticides at the El Saf site (about 440 tons - 350 tons was estimated earlier - 44% of the targeted 1000 tons) is ongoing. The contract was signed in July 2018 and removal is ongoing with the last 140 tons to be removed in June 2019. Comments: ESIAs for the last batch (320 or more tons, about 32% of the targeted 1000 tons) is being prepared, with the bidding process for disposal expected to be initiated in June or July 2019. IN00711063 ►Tracking system for management of obsolete pesticides operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Jun-2020 The tracking system for Obsolete Pesticides (OPs) has been established by the March 2019 mission. Now the MALR has only one place to report OPs. All OPs in the country are reported immediately to the central lab as per the Ministry instructions to all Directorates. The Ministry team that have been trained through on job training by Tauw goes to the reported storage to classify and identify the OPs and put them into the Comments: same database format developed by the project. In this way all OPs in the country is really controlled and tracked and they even report to add any new quantities they found. Also,MALR issued a Ministerial Decree of Regulating Agricultural Pesticide in Egypt in Feb. 2018 . This decree regulates and controls the OPs with clear procedures. IN00711065 ►Obsolete pesticides at El-Staff removed and disposed of (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2019 Disposal of the second batch of high-risk obsolete pesticides at the El Saf site (about 440 tons - 350 tons was estimated earlier - 44% of the targeted 1000 tons) is ongoing. The contract was signed in July 2018 and removal is ongoing with the last 140 tons to be removed in June 2019. The final disposal is expected Comments: to be completed in Sept./Oct. 2019. IN00711066 ►Obsolete pesticides at Al-Adabeya removed and disposed of (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2020 POPs has been removed from the Al-Adabeya site under the first batch of disposal. There are also 15.92 Comments: tons of high-risk OP (non-POPs) at Al-Adabeya port, which will be removed/disposed of in the third batch. Component 2: Decontamination of PCB-Containing Transformer Oils IN00711062 ►PCB contaminated oils decontaminated (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/10/2019 Page 5 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,000.00 Date 13-Jun-2014 31-Oct-2018 31-May-2019 30-Sep-2020 Decontamination of PCB oils has not been started. The Feasibility Study for decontamination options are being prepared. Comments: IN00711064 ►Tracking system for management of PCBs operational (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 13-Jun-2014 28-Feb-2018 31-May-2019 31-May-2018 A bar code system has been used for labeling identified PCB transformers at five selected storage/screening lab sites, while the mission noted that improvements are needed at some sites. A project implementation unit has been established since January 2018 and a complete tracking system Comments: (see the mission AM Annex 3) on PCB transformers has been established in MOEE since March 2019. MOEE issued on June 23, 2018, a ban on sale of out-of-service transformers and oils without PCB testing, which would greatly help to reduce environmental and health risks of PCBs to the public. Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P116230 TF-17336 Effective USD 8.10 8.10 0.00 3.41 4.69 42% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P116230 TF-17336 Effective 26-Aug-2014 26-Aug-2014 08-Sep-2014 30-Nov-2018 30-Sep-2020 Cumulative Disbursements 6/10/2019 Page 6 of 7 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project (P116230) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 14-Aug-2018 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/10/2019 Page 7 of 7