The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) REPORT NO.: RES38222 RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF THE IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT PROJECT APPROVED ON APRIL 7, 2011 TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA AGRICULTURE AND FOOD AFRICA Regional Vice President: Hafez M. H. Ghanem Country Director: Bella Bird Regional Director: Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Practice Manager: Holger A. Kray Task Team Leader(s): Hazem Ibrahim Hanbal, Joop Stoutjesdijk, Tahira Syed The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ARAPs Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plans EPPs Emergency Preparedness Plans ESIAs Environmental and Social Impact Assessments ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan GRZ Government of the Republic of Zambia IDA International Development Association IDSP Irrigation Development and Support Project ISF Irrigation Support Fund MTR Mid Term Review MWDSEP Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environment Protection PIM Project Implementation Manual PDO Project Development Objectives UNOPs United Nations Office for Project Services WRDP Water Resources Development Project The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P102459 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Full Assessment (A) Full Assessment (A) Approval Date Current Closing Date 07-Apr-2011 30-Nov-2020 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Ministry of Finance Ministry of Agriculture Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The project development objective is to increase yields per hectare and volume of products marketed by smallholders benefitting from investments in irrigation in selected sites served by the project. Current PDO To provide improved access to irrigation services in selected sites in the Recipient's territory OPS_TABLE_PDO_CURRENTPDO Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed IDA-48740 07-Apr-2011 23-May-2011 11-Nov-2011 30-Nov-2020 115.00 100.61 5.21 Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) I. PROJECT STATUS AND RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING A. PROJECT STATUS AND BACKGROUD: 1. The Irrigation Development Support Project (IDSP, P102459, IDA Credit #48740) in the amount of SDR74.70 million (US$115 million) was approved on April 7, 2011 and declared effective on November 11, 2011. The project was restructured in December 2018, including a revision of the Project Development Objective (PDO), a no-cost two-year time extension from December 2018 to November 30, 2020 (current closing date), improved project management, reorganization of project components, and reallocation of funds to address cost overrun. IDSP consists of three components; 1) Public infrastructure investment, 2) Development irrigation management capacity, and 3) Project management and coordination. The PDO is “to provide improved access to irrigation services in selected sites in the Recipient’s territory”. 2. On October 8, 2019, the World Bank received a letter from GRZ seeking support for a remedial action plan to ensure the safety of ten dams that were constructed / rehabilitated under the World Bank funded “Water Resources Development Project, (WRDP, P114949)” which closed in November 2018. GRZ requested that the remedial measures be carried out through IDSP, given the relevance of its activities, through a two-phase approach: Phase 1, financed by proceeds from IDSP and subject of this Restructuring Paper, to update designs and safeguard instruments, as well as to minimize the risks posed by the dams during the 2019/2020 rainy season by financing non- structural interventions (i.e. surveillance and preparation of emergency preparedness plans); and Phase 2, to be financed with an Additional Financing to IDSP, to implement the remedial measures as prepared under Phase 1. Financing of Phase 2 will be subject to satisfactory progress with Phase 1 and will commence after the 2019/20 rainy season. 3. The letter from the GRZ also indicated that the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) will support the implementation of both phases. B. PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PDO 4. Progress towards achieving the PDO of IDSP is now rated Moderately Satisfactory. This is reflected in progress towards the project’s outcome indicators: a) Area provided with new irrigation or drainage services, reached 1,665 ha (end target 5,000 ha). b) Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services, reached 6,000 famers (end target 8,000). c) Number of women as direct beneficiaries, reached 500 (end target 500). C. IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS 5. Implementation progress of IDSP has improved since the restructuring in December 2018 and is now rated as Moderately Satisfactory. Progress so far includes; The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) a) Mwomboshi dam is fully completed and with the coming rains, impounding will start. b) Mwomboshi irrigation scheme has been re-awarded and construction has started already. c) Construction progress in the Lusitu irrigation scheme is at 75 percent. d) Construction progress in the Musakashi irrigation scheme is at 56 percent. e) Transfer of land titles is completed in Lusitu and expected to be completed by the end of this calendar year in Mwomboshi and Musakashi. f) Under the 13 Irrigation Support Fund (ISF) sites, a total of 1,665 ha is operational with pivot irrigation, remaining 682 ha will be operational by the end of 2019. g) Construction of 457 resettlement housing units is completed and 91 percent are allocated, and 77 percent already occupied. h) All housing units have access to pit latrine and 52 boreholes are provided for domestic water supply. 6. As of end of November 2019, total IDSP disbursement reached US$100.61 million, out of its total budget of US$115 million. D. RATIONALE FOR RESTRUCTURING: 7. The proposed IDSP restructuring will allow implementing the Phase 1 of the remedial action plan for the WRDP dams. This phase will have a duration of approximately six months, which is within the current lifetime of IDSP’s closing date of November 30, 2020. II. DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED CHANGES 8. Specifically, this restructuring will cover the following activities under Phase 1: a) Financing the contract with the UNOPS, according to the World Bank’s procurement policies and procedures, to: (i) Update the designs for remedial measures and prepare tender documents, procurement of which is to be launched immediately after the rainy season to reflect conditions post-rainy season. (ii) Review of safeguards instruments requirements and inclusion of environmental and social clauses in tender documents and contracts. (iii) Prepare standard templates for dam safety surveillance and environmental and social supervision and monitoring. (iv) Support with the preparation of the Emergency Preparedness Plans (EPPs) for the communities located downstream of the dams and conduct training for implementation by GRZ officials and communities. (v) Support with the supervision of the surveillance to be implemented by GRZ. (vi) Supervise and facilitate any small remediation measures before and during the rainy season (i.e. sandbags to avoid further erosion) based on the surveillance results. Opportunities for community participation to this sub-activity should be considered only after safety conditions have been assessed and it is confirmed that communities can be engaged. The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) b) Financing for surveillance, community awareness on the same and on the appropriate management of the dams, e.g. keeping the reservoir level low to create storage capacity during flood events. Regular surveillance will be conducted by the Government engineers with ongoing support by UNOPS. c) Financing the preparation of EPPs for all the dams and conduct training and drills on the same. EPP will be triggered based on the surveillance system put in place. 9. During Phase 1, UNOPS will assess the required scope of work at each of the ten dam sites and review and update designs accordingly. In parallel, UNOPS will review the existing safeguards instruments and update them as required based on the situation on the ground. The safeguard measures will be included in the tender documents. The subcontractors, which will be hired by UNOPS to implement works under Phase 2, will be required to implement and comply with these safeguard measures, under the supervision of UNOPS. 10. The above-mentioned activities will be carried out within the existing framework of activities under component 1 (Public Infrastructure Investments) and component 3 (Management and Coordination) of the IDSP to implement the actions under Phase 1. 11. The current IDSP’s Procurement Plan and the Project Implementation Manual (PIM) will be updated to reflect the proposed sub-activities of Phase 1 and the utilization of about US$ 500,000 IDSP proceeds to fund these activities. III. SUMMARY OF CHANGES Changed Not Changed Other Change(s) ✔ Implementing Agency ✔ DDO Status ✔ Project's Development Objectives ✔ Results Framework ✔ Components and Cost ✔ Loan Closing Date(s) ✔ Cancellations Proposed ✔ Reallocation between Disbursement Categories ✔ Disbursements Arrangements ✔ Disbursement Estimates ✔ Overall Risk Rating ✔ The World Bank Irrigation Development and Support Project (P102459) Safeguard Policies Triggered ✔ EA category ✔ Legal Covenants ✔ Institutional Arrangements ✔ Financial Management ✔ Procurement ✔ Implementation Schedule ✔ Economic and Financial Analysis ✔ Technical Analysis ✔ Social Analysis ✔ Environmental Analysis ✔ IV. DETAILED CHANGE(S) .