PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID) APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: 83871 Project Name Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance Project– Additional Financing Project ID P144762 Original Project Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance Project (P082817) Region Africa Sector(s) Subnational Government and Administration (40%); Other Social Services (40%); Law and Justice (20%) Theme(s) Conflict Prevention and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (100%) Lending Instrument Emergency Recovery Loan Borrower Republic of Cote d’Ivoire Implementing Agency Office of the Prime Minister Environment Category [ ] A [X] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD Date PID Updated October 16, 2013 Estimated Date of November 6, 2013 Appraisal Completion Estimated Date of Board December 18, 2013 Approval I. Project Context and Justification for an Additional Financing Cote d’Ivoire is now presented with a window of opportunity to achieve sustainable peace and development. However, strong economic growth will not be enough to prevent the return of violence and instability. Substantial social challenges remain thus the need to further support the Government in its efforts toward peace consolidation, fostering economic recovery, and strengthening social cohesion. The Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance Project (PCAP) has demonstrated that it is an effective instrument for the Government to support efforts toward peace consolidation, foster economic recovery, and strengthen social cohesion. The project has been able to implement activities effectively across the entire territory and shown its capacity to adapt quickly—and under difficult circumstances—to answer new and urgent needs of vulnerable populations and address emerging conflict situations. It has acquired considerable knowledge and experience, as well as credibility and legitimacy with beneficiaries and partners. The strong and unique development impact of this post-conflict project has been repeatedly acknowledged as it builds resilience and expedites Cote d’Ivoire’s recovery process. II. Project Development Objective The project seeks to improve conflict-affected communities’ and individuals’ opportunities for economic reintegration and access to social services, which will accelerate Cote d’Ivoire’s crisis recovery and strengthen the prospects for sustainable peace in its territory. III. Project Description Building on lessons learned during the five years of project implementation and a thorough evaluation of the project’s results, components have been revised as follows: 1 Component 1: Socio-Economic Reintegration (US$9.2 million). The objective of this Component will be to ensure the socio-economic reintegration of 8,500 vulnerable young women and men through the following sub-components: (i) Labor-intensive public works will benefit 7,000 unskilled vulnerable youth; and (ii) Support to income-generating activities will benefit 1,500 skilled vulnerable youth whose employment opportunities and/or productive assets have been destroyed by the crisis. Component 2: Identification (US$4.1 million). The PAPC has already carried out all the activities it had committed to in the Government’s Program for the Modernization of the Civil Registry. To go beyond infrastructure, the theme of identity and citizenship will be further addressed by the project with a focus on service delivery and accountability. Activities will be organized around three subcomponents: (i) Rehabilitation/construction of 10 civil registry offices and equipment of 30 in the 10 targeted départements through on-the-job training (chantiers-écoles) for 500 vulnerable youth; (ii) Capacity- building of 60 officiers d’état civil and 260 agents d’état civil and community leaders to improve registration in targeted areas; and (iii) Support to operation of civil registration and regularization in the 200 targeted communities, with a particular focus on children. Component 3: Community Rehabilitation (US$11.9 million). The main objective is to foster social cohesion and peaceful conflict resolution in 200 communities and one selected district of Abidjan (which will benefit from one larger inter-community (inter-quartiers) social cohesion project), with particular focus on the return of displaced people and inclusion of vulnerable groups. The successful CDD approach of the original project will be continued. The following activities will be provided as a comprehensive package to all selected communities: (i) Rehabilitation/construction of 200 community infrastructures to improve access to social services; (ii) Design and implementation of 200 projects of social cohesion to promote reconciliation and conflict mitigation; and (iii) Support to 200 projects for economic recovery managed by local associations, e.g. women association. Component 4: Project Management (US$4.8 million). The project with additional financing will continue to be sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister. The institutional and implementing arrangements of the original project will be kept. The original project already has the management, technical, fiduciary, and logistics teams and instruments in place, including Execution, Safeguard, Fiduciary and Procurement Manuals to allow for immediate implementation. Technical operations will be reinforced by service providers through performance-based contracts, with mandatory transfer of skills and expertise to public institutions. IV. Financing SOURCE (US$ million) Borrower/Recipient 0 IDA Credit 30 TOTAL 30 V. Implementation Overall management, oversight and administration are ensured by the Project Coordination Unit in Abidjan. The same institutional and implementing arrangements of the original project will be used for the proposed additional financing. Day-to-day operations will be carried out by three regional offices which report to the Coordination Unit. The number of regional offices is being reduced from six to three 2 to adjust to the new geographic footprint of the project. A Steering Committee (comité de pilotage) was set-up under the original project but will be discontinued since there has never been the need for this committee to convene; inter-ministerial coordination is directly managed by the Office of the Prime Minister. VI. Safeguard Policies (including public consultation) The project is rated as a Category B and only the Environmental Assessment policy will be triggered (Environmental Assessment, OP/BP 4.01). No large scale or significant irreversible impacts are anticipated under this project. Safeguard Policies Triggered by the Project Yes No Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) [x] [] Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) [] [x] Pest Management (OP 4.09) [] [x] Cultural Property (OPN 11.03, being revised as OP 4.11) [] [x] Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) [] [x] Indigenous Peoples (OP/BP 4.10) [] [x] Forests (OP/BP 4.36) [] [x] Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) [] [x] Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP 7.60) [] [x] Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP 7.50) [] [x] VII. Contact World Bank Contact: Paul Bance Title: Operations Officer Tel: (202) 473-3949 Email: pbance@worlbank.org Location: Washington, DC - USA Client Recipient: Office of the Prime Minister Responsible Agency: Cabinet of the Prime Minister Contact: Philippe Koffi Title: Director Tel: (225) 22-404-352 Email: Philippe_Koffi@yahoo.fr Location: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire For more information contact: The InfoShop The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone: (202) 458-4500 Fax: (202) 522-1500 Web: http://www.worldbank.org/infoshop 3