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FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No: PAD2962

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

PROJECT PAPER

ON A

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL GRANT

IN THE AMOUNT OF SDR 108.6 MILLION (US$150 MILLION EQUIVALENT) of which SDR 90.5 Million (US$125 Million Equivalent) is from the Refugee Sub-window

TO THE

REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS PROJECT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA

March 27, 2019

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice Africa Region

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS

(Exchange Rate Effective February 28, 2019)

Currency Unit = Ugandan Shillings (UGS)

UGS 3325 = US$1

US$1.38 = SDR 1

FISCAL YEAR

July 1 – June 30

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

AF Additional Financing

CAO Chief Administrative Officer

CDD Community Driven Development

CFO Chief Finance Officer

CMG Community Monitoring Group

CPC Community Procurement Committee

CPMC Community Project Management Committee

CRETA Community Responsibility to Enhance Transparency and Accountability

CRRF Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework

CSO Civil Society Organization

CWC Community Watershed Committee

DCRM Displacement Crisis Response Mechanism

DIST District Implementation Support Team

DOR Department of Refugees

DRF Disaster Risk Financing

DRDIP Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project

DTPC District Technical and Planning Committee

ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework

FEC Fraud, Error, or Corruption

FM Financial Management

GBV Gender-Based Violence

GOU Government of Uganda

GRM Grievance Redress Mechanism

GRS Grievance Redress Service

HOA Horn of Africa

IEC Information, Education, and Communication

IFMS Integrated Financial Management System

IG Inspectorate of Government

IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development

LIPW Labor-Intensive Public Works

MDAs Ministries, Departments, and Agencies

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

MIS Management Information System

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

NDP National Development Plan

NGO Nongovernmental Organization

NPTC National Project Technical Committee

NRM Natural Resources Management

NUSAF Northern Uganda Social Action Fund

OPM Office of the Prime Minister

PDO Project Development Objective

PDU Procurement and Disposal Unit

PIM Project Implementation Manual

PIST Project Implementation Support Team

PO Procurement Officer

PPDA Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets

PPSD Project Procurement Strategy for Development

RDO Refugee Desk Officer

ReHOPE Refugee and Host Population Empowerment

RF Results Framework

RIMS Refugee Information Management System

RPF Resettlement Policy Framework

RSW Refugee Sub-Window

SEA Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

SIST Subcounty Implementation Support Team

SPO Senior Procurement Officer

SRM Social Risk Management

STA Settlement Transformation Agenda

TAAC Transparency, Accountability, and Anti-Corruption

TST Technical Support Team

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

VAC Violence Against Children

VRF Village Revolving Fund

Regional Vice President: Hafez M. H. Ghanem Country Director: Carlos Felipe Jaramillo

Senior Global Practice Director: Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Practice Manager: Robin Mearns

Task Team Leader(s): Varalakshmi Vemuru, Margarita Puerto Gomez, Michael Mutemi Munavu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees

The World Bank Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the HoA (P164101)

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BASIC INFORMATION – PARENT (Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the HoA - P152822)

Country Product Line Team Leader(s)

Africa IBRD/IDA Varalakshmi Vemuru

Project ID Financing Instrument Resp CC Req CC Practice Area (Lead)

P152822 Investment Project Financing

GSU07 (9363) AFCS1 (284) Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice

Implementing Agency: IGAD, Agence Djiboutienne de Développement Social, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Office of the Prime Minister ADD_FIN_TBL1

Is this a regionally tagged project?

Bank/IFC Collaboration

No

Approval Date Closing Date Original Environmental Assessment Category

Current EA Category

31-May-2016 31-Dec-2021 Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B)

Financing & Implementation Modalities Parent

[ ] Multiphase Programmatic Approach [MPA] [ ] Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC)

[✓] Series of Projects (SOP) [ ] Fragile State(s)

[ ] Disbursement-Linked Indicators (DLIs) [ ] Small State(s)

[ ] Financial Intermediaries (FI) [ ] Fragile within a Non-fragile Country

[ ] Project-Based Guarantee [ ] Conflict

[ ] Deferred Drawdown [ ] Responding to Natural or Man-made disaster

[ ] Alternate Procurement Arrangements (APA)



Development Objective(s) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for communities hosting refugees in the target areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda. The proposed regional project will embed the essential features of ensuring citizen participation and engagement in identifying and prioritizing developmental needs, including socio-economic infrastructure and livelihood opportunities to improve self-reliance of refugee hosting communities; improving social cohesion between refugees and refugee hosting communities; increasing citizen voice and role in development decision making; and eliciting greater demand for social accountability. The operational approach will be Community Driven Development (CDD) and will involve: (i) building and capacitating grassroots institutions; (ii) ensuring the voice of all communities is heard in decision making; (iii) strengthening decentralized government administrative functions; and (iv) investing in public service delivery and social mobilization to enhance social cohesion among beneficiary communities.

Ratings (from Parent ISR) RATING_DRAFT_NO

Implementation Latest ISR

28-Nov-2016 07-Jun-2017 04-Dec-2017 27-Jun-2018 09-Jan-2019

Progress towards

achievement of

PDO S

S

S

S

S

Overall

Implementation

Progress (IP) S

S

S

S

MS

Overall Safeguards

Rating S S S S S

Overall Risk S

S

S

S

S

BASIC INFORMATION – ADDITIONAL FINANCING (Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the HoA - P164101) ADDFIN_TABLE

Project ID Project Name Additional Financing Type Urgent Need or Capacity Constraints

P164101 Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the HoA

Scale Up No



Financing instrument Product line Approval Date

Investment Project Financing

IBRD/IDA 17-Apr-2019

Projected Date of Full Disbursement

Bank/IFC Collaboration

30-Apr-2024 No

Is this a regionally tagged project? Country (ies)

Yes Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda

Financing & Implementation Modalities Child

[ ] Series of Projects (SOP) [ ] Fragile State(s)

[ ] Disbursement-Linked Indicators (DLIs) [ ] Small State(s)

[ ] Financial Intermediaries (FI) [ ] Fragile within a Non-fragile Country

[ ] Project-Based Guarantee [ ] Conflict

[ ] Deferred Drawdown [ ] Responding to Natural or Man-made disaster

[ ] Alternate Procurement Arrangements (APA)

[ ] Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC)

Disbursement Summary (from Parent ISR)

Source of Funds Net

Commitments Total Disbursed Remaining Balance Disbursed

IBRD

%

IDA 175.00 74.11 99.71

43 %

Grants

%

PROJECT FINANCING DATA – ADDITIONAL FINANCING (Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the HoA - P164101)

PROJECT FINANCING DATA (US$, Millions)

SUMMARY-NewFi n1



SUMMARY (Total Financing)

Current Financing Proposed Additional

Financing Total Proposed

Financing

Total Project Cost 175.00 150.00 325.00

Total Financing 175.00 150.00 325.00

of which IBRD/IDA 175.00 150.00 325.00

Financing Gap 0.00 0.00 0.00

DETAILSNewFinEnh1- Additional Financing

World Bank Group Financing

International Development Association (IDA) 150.00

IDA Grant 150.00

IDA Resources (in US$, Millions)

Credit Amount Grant Amount Guarantee Amount Total Amount

Uganda 0.00 150.00 0.00 150.00

National PBA 0.00 25.00 0.00 25.00

Refugee 0.00 125.00 0.00 125.00

Total 0.00 150.00 0.00 150.00

COMPLIANCE

Policy

Does the project depart from the CPF in content or in other significant respects?

[ ] Yes [ ✔ ] No

Does the project require any other Policy waiver(s)?

[ ] Yes [ ✔ ] No



INSTITUTIONAL DATA

Practice Area (Lead)

Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice

Contributing Practice Areas

Agriculture Energy & Extractives Fragile, Conflict & Violence Social Protection & Labor

Climate Change and Disaster Screening

This operation has been screened for short and long-term climate change and disaster risks

Gender Tag Does the project plan to undertake any of the following? a. Analysis to identify Project-relevant gaps between males and females, especially in light of country gaps identified through SCD and CPF Yes b. Specific action(s) to address the gender gaps identified in (a) and/or to improve women or men's empowerment Yes c. Include Indicators in results framework to monitor outcomes from actions identified in (b) Yes

PROJECT TEAM

Bank Staff

Name Role Specialization Unit

Varalakshmi Vemuru Team Leader (ADM Responsible)

Social Development GSU07

Margarita Puerto Gomez Team Leader Gender based Violence GSU07

Michael Mutemi Munavu Team Leader Social Protection GSP01

Annet Tamale Katuramu Procurement Specialist (ADM Procurement GGOPA



Responsible)

Paul Kato Kamuchwezi Financial Management Specialist (ADM Responsible)

Financial Management GGOAE

Christine Kasedde Environmental Specialist (ADM Responsible)

Environmental Safeguards GENA1

Constance Nekessa-Ouma Social Specialist (ADM Responsible)

Social Safeguards GSU07

Annette Nabisere Byansansa

Team Member Team Assisstance AFMUG

Ashutosh Raina Team Member Skills Development Specialist GSUGL

Barry Patrick Maher Team Member Risk Financing GFCAS

Beth Anne Hoffman Team Member Legal LEGAM

Edwin Nyamasege Moguche

Team Member Financial Management GWADR

Herbert Oule Team Member Environmental Safeguards GENA1

Jean O Owino Team Member Finance and Accounting WFACS

Joseph-Antoine Ellong Team Member Program Support GSU20

Sammy Ratemo Kinara Team Member Environmental safeguards GENA1

Tesfahiwot Dillnessa Zewdie

Team Member Operations GSU07

Extended Team

Name Title Organization Location

Joe Nuwamanya Consultant



UGANDA

DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT IMPACTS PROJECT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA (HOA)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR ADDITIONAL FINANCING ........................................ 8

II. DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL FINANCING .................................................................... 19

III. KEY RISKS ..................................................................................................................... 32

IV. APPRAISAL SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 35

V. WORLD BANK GRIEVANCE REDRESS .............................................................................. 43

VI. SUMMARY TABLE OF CHANGES .................................................................................... 45

VII. DETAILED CHANGE(S) .................................................................................................... 45

VIII. RESULTS FRAMEWORK AND MONITORING ................................................................... 50

ANNEX 1: DETAILED PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................... 63

ANNEX 2. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS .................................................................... 73

ANNEX 3. SOCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 74



I. BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE FOR ADDITIONAL FINANCING

A. Introduction

1. This Project Paper seeks the approval of the Executive Directors to provide an Additional Financing (AF) in an amount of US$150 million equivalent, on 100 percent grant terms, to the Uganda Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project in the Horn of Africa (DRDIP - P152822). The proposed AF (P164101) is in the amount of US$150 million with US$125 million of grant financing from the IDA18 Refugee Sub-Window (RSW). The remaining US$25 million is from the national IDA allocation, and is also provided on grant terms. The original project, referred to as the Uganda DRDIP or ‘the parent project’ with an IDA Credit of US$50 million for Uganda (Credit Number 5821-UG), was approved by the World Bank Board on May 31, 2016, and became effective on June 29, 2017. The project’s original closing date is June 30, 2021. The Uganda DRDIP is being implemented by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Government of Uganda (GOU) since July 1, 2017.

2. The Project Development Objective (PDO) of the parent project is “to improve access to basic social services, expand economic opportunities, and enhance environmental management for communities hosting refugees in the target areas of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda.”1 The PDO refers to the refugee hosting communities—a reference to both refugees and host communities. The parent project seeks to address the social, economic, and environmental impacts of protracted refugee presence in the host communities through interlinked technical and investment components which remains relevant for the proposed AF. The PDO for the proposed AF remains unchanged given that (a) both the parent project and the AF have host communities and refugees as project beneficiaries—with refugees being direct rather than secondary beneficiaries under the AF as compared to the parent project—and (b) the interventions and investment responses to the protracted and new refugee presence remain consistent across the parent project and the proposed AF.

3. The proposed AF is required to ensure a comprehensive developmental response to the significant increase in refugee numbers being hosted in Uganda since the design of the parent project. While the parent project was restructured in March 2018 to respond to this increase and to expand the project to additional refugee-hosting districts (detailed in paragraph 6), there was no commensurate budgetary increase. Given the immense needs in both number and geographic coverage of the refugee influx, the parent project is expected to disburse resources rapidly—it has already disbursed 67 percent of the credit as of February 15, 2019 and will be completely disbursed by December 30, 2019.

4. The parent project and the proposed AF have four major project components implemented in an integrated fashion, focusing on mobilization and capacity building for communities and local governments, and an implementation process that is responsive to community priorities. The components are focused on (a) improving social and economic services and infrastructure; (b) ensuring sustainable environmental management including promoting the use of alternative and efficient energy sources; (c) livelihoods support program to increase the income-earning opportunities for host and

1 DRDIP is a regional project and designed as a Series of Projects. Phase I included Uganda, Ethiopia and Djibouti. Kenya was included under Phase II of the regional program and approved by Bank’s Board on April 26, 2017.



refugee community members; and (d) project management, policy support, and monitoring and

evaluation (M&E)2, designed to ensure effective delivery of the project and the development of sustainable systems and structures for the operation.

5. The synergies between the three investment components are designed to amplify impacts. For instance, market, storage, and access roads created under Component 1 will enhance economic opportunities supported under Component 3. Soil and water conservation efforts under Component 2 will support enhanced productivity of traditional livelihoods supported under Component 3. Improved access to energy and efficient devices under Component 2 will provide women the opportunity to participate in economic opportunities under Component 3 with time saved and improved physical and mental well-being.

6. In response to a rapid influx of refugees since July 2016 and following a request from the GOU, the project underwent a restructuring in March 2018 to comprehensively address the emerging refugee crisis. This increased the project coverage from an initial four refugee-hosting districts of Arua, Adjumani, Isingiro, and Kiryandongo to include seven additional districts of Koboko, Moyo, Yumbe, Lamwo, Hoima, Kamwenge, and Kyegegwa, to now cover all eleven refugee-hosting districts that host 95 percent of the refugees in the country. There were no changes to the project components or activities; however, the pace of implementation was accelerated to better respond to the urgency and scale of this large influx.

7. The proposed AF would continue to support the parent project activities, deepen investments in the project areas with the additional funds, and support a more comprehensive implementation approach with support in three additional areas. The AF will scale up existing components and activities of the parent project to also include refugees as direct project beneficiaries, rather than secondary beneficiaries, along with the host communities. The key changes in the AF therefore entail (a) revising the Results Framework (RF) to target larger beneficiary numbers including refugees as project beneficiaries; (b) adding a subcomponent on a displacement crisis response mechanism (DCRM) and another on strengthening transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption (TAAC); and (c) mainstreaming social risk management (SRM) including prevention, mitigation, and response to risks of community violence and conflict, gender-based violence (GBV), and violence against children (VAC) and promotion of social cohesion across all project components. The closing date for the AF will be December 31, 2023.

8. This AF provides an opportunity to build on the gains made in the parent project to date and further strengthen the design to adapt to the changing refugee and host community context in Uganda. As noted earlier, key additional components include the DCRM—a rapid response financing facility which would allow the Government to respond quickly to future influxes of refugees and the associated pressure on local service delivery. A strengthened TAAC subcomponent, managed by the Inspectorate of Government (IG) office, will ensure that fraud, error, or corruption (FEC) are routinely and independently prevented, identified, and addressed. The specific focus on SRM considers social risk as inherent in responding to forcibly displaced populations and will systematically embed prevention, mitigation, and redress mechanisms within each component of the project.

2 For the AF, Component 4 is renamed as Project Policy and Accountability Systems Support and Administration.


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9. The design and implementation of the parent project and the AF draw on lessons learned from the implementation of the parent project, the ongoing Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund3 (NUSAF 3) project, and its predecessors NUSAF 1 and 2 whose implementation began in 2003. Predicated on the fact that the Uganda DRDIP and NUSAF 3 are co-hosted and implemented by the same agency in the OPM, the ongoing DRDIP has leveraged the capacities, structures, processes, and procedures established under the NUSAF allowing for its rapid implementation. NUSAF 3 is a community-driven development (CDD) project that has been successfully implemented in Northern Uganda since December 2015. The NUSAF project design is predicated upon active citizen engagement principles with community engagement, participation, and ownership over identifying their priority subprojects, implementation management, and monitoring every stage of implementation. The Uganda DRDIP is being implemented through the same institutional architecture developed under NUSAF 3, working through mainstream government agencies at the national and decentralized levels. The NUSAF 3 Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) is an innovative component that enabled rapid scale-up in response to increased beneficiary needs and has informed the design of the DRDIP DCRM. Further, NUSAF 3 has worked closely with the IG to deploy a robust social accountability mechanism, which builds on community committees to identify, document, and report incidences of FEC. This mechanism forms a strong accountability structure within the Uganda DRDIP and the proposed AF.

B. Country and Sectoral Context

10. Uganda is the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa and the third largest worldwide. Because of ongoing conflicts and instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan, official statistics from the OPM and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimate that Uganda is hosting approximately 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers. Since the design and approval of DRDIP in May 2016, significant changes have occurred in the context of refugees and their host communities in the country. Since 2016, Uganda has experienced a sudden massive influx of refugees largely from the DRC, South Sudan and Burundi.

11. The continuing violence in the Horn of Africa (HOA) has driven a fluid and fast-growing refugee crisis. In December 2015, there were 477,187 refugees and 35,779 asylum seekers in Uganda. According to UNHCR data from January 2019, Uganda now hosts approximately 1.2 million refugees concentrated in 12 out of its 128 districts across the country. South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are estimated at 785,1044 out of the 2.5 million5 throughout the region. Congolese refugees and asylum seekers currently make up 284,265, of which an estimated 80,316 have arrived since January 2018.6 The majority of Uganda’s refugee communities face protracted displacement and reside in settlements located predominantly in Uganda’s poorest districts (table 1)—Adjumani, Arua, Koboko, Moyo, and Yumbe in the West Nile sub-region; Lamwo in the Acholi Region; Hoima and Kiryandongo in the Bunyoro subregion; and

3 NUSAF 3 is a social protection program for Northern Uganda being implemented since 2016 under the OPM with the PDO to provide effective income support to and building the resilience of poor and vulnerable households in Northern Uganda. 4 Ugandarefugees.org; figures are valid as of February 8, 2018; UNHCR and OPM RIMS; presented at UNHCR/OPM Inter-Agency Coordination, May 11, 2018, Kampala. 5 http://www.unhcr.org/south-sudan-emergency.html. 6ReliefWeb: Uganda, Inter-Agency Operational Update on the DRC Situation #32 (May 8–14, 2018): https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/uganda-inter-agency-operational-update-drc-situation-32-8-14-may-2018.


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Isingiro, Kamwenge, and Kyegegwa in the South West subregion. In addition, 57,158 refugees are also living in Kampala. As of 31 January 2019, there were an estimated 1.2 million refugees in Uganda.

Table 1. Refugee Settlements in 11 Districts and Kampala

Districts Settlements Refugee Numbers

Adjumani 21 settlements 202,479

Arua Rhino Camp 155,107

Imvepi

Kampala Kampala 57,158

Kiryandongo Kiryandongo 55,594

Koboko Lobule 5,127

Kyegegwa Kyaka II 84,177

Hoima7 Kyangwali 89,140

Isingiro Nakivale Oruchinga

110,339

Kamwenge Rwamwanja 65,542

Moyo Palorinya 118,936

Yumbe Bidibidi 223,253

Lamwo Palabek 36,770

Total 1,205,913

Source: Uganda Refugee Response Portal January 31, 2019 (OPM, UNHCR).

12. The high proportion of women and girls within the refugee population is a key protection challenge. According to UNHCR, children make up 54 percent of all new arrivals, while women represent 23.5 percent and men 22.5 percent. Some forms of GBV are known to escalate in situations of forced displacement, including sexual violence, intimate partner violence, child and forced marriage, female genital cutting, female infanticide, and trafficking for sexual exploitation and/or domestic labor. Host communities are at increased risk due to the presence of refugees. Furthermore, both refugees and hosting communities are affected by limited services available for prevention of and response to GBV risks.

Policy and Institutional Environment for Refugees

13. The World Bank Group, in consultation with UNHCR, has confirmed that Uganda’s protection framework is adequate.8 UNHCR has provided the World Bank Group with a positive assessment of Uganda’s protection framework. Uganda is party to the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees. It has, however, made several reservations to the 1951 Convention, notably Article 7 (exemption from reciprocity), Article 8 (exemption from exceptional measures), Article 9 (exemption on provisional measures), Article 13 (movable and immovable property), Article 15 (right of association), and Article 32 (expulsion) while expressly acknowledging the principle of non-refoulement. Uganda had also made a reservation to the right to wage earning employment (Article 17), but the right to work is still provided under the 2006 Refugee Act.

7 Hoima is also referred to as Kikuube 8 IDA18 RSW, Board consultation on eligibility, Africa, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia (September 19, 2017)

https://ugandarefugees.org/analysis/settlements/


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14. The GOU acceded to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons in April 1965 without reservations. Nevertheless, it has not yet ratified the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The country also ratified the broader, regional, 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa in 1987. In February 2010, Uganda ratified the 2009 African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons.

15. The country has one of the most progressive refugee policy frameworks in the world. The 2006 Refugees Act and 2010 Refugees Regulations entitle refugees the right to work, freedom of movement, and access to Ugandan social services, including documents such as refugee identity cards as well as birth, death, marriage, and education certificates. As a matter of policy, all refugees in gazetted settlements are provided with a subsistence agriculture plot (albeit of diminishing size due to overcrowding), but only a few refugees who are in settlements on communally owned land have no more than a small kitchen garden. It should be noted that the land that is availed to refugees, especially in the West Nile subregion, is donated by host communities in anticipation of better social services and economic opportunities. Refugees in Uganda can also own property and enter into contracts, including land leases. Uganda’s enabling policy environment for refugees provides some of the best prospects for self-reliance in the world.9 The Government’s commitment to these policies has frequently been reiterated by the international community.

16. In view of Uganda’s own development challenges, the need for medium- and long-term socioeconomic support to refugees and local populations is central to ensuring social cohesion and sustained refugee protection. This is more important in view of the protracted stay of many of the refugees and the limited prospects for early resolution of the circumstances that generated refugee population influx into Uganda. The Uganda Second National Development Plan (NDP II 2015/16–2019/20) foresees the inclusion of refugees into national development planning processes through a Government strategy, the Settlement Transformation Agenda (STA). In response to the STA, the UN Country Team and the World Bank have adopted a multiyear joint strategic framework for self-reliance and resilience programming for refugees and host communities, with a focus on sustainable livelihoods and integration of social services— ‘Refugee and Host Population Empowerment (ReHOPE)’. Peaceful coexistence initiatives, both between refugee groups and between refugees and host communities, constitute a policy priority.

17. The GOU has been a strong advocate of complementing humanitarian aid with longer-term development investments benefiting both refugees and local communities, as documented in the Development Policy Letter of August 30, 2017. The success of this progressive multidimensional approach will depend on continued support for both the ongoing refugee emergency and longer-term development investments. A key objective is to strengthen the resilience of both refugees and local communities, particularly in the poorest districts of the country. This will require both institutional changes in the implementation arrangements and investment in capacity development, allowing line ministries and local authorities to play a more prominent role in the overall response in coordination with the Department of Refugees (DOR) in the OPM.

9 World Bank, UNHCR, and OPM. 2016. “An Assessment of Uganda’s Progressive Approach to Refugee Management.”


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18. The Government’s prioritization and preservation of its progressive protection framework will be challenging considering increasing pressure from continued refugee inflows. The newly available resources under the IDA18 RSW will support the Government’s strategy of a long-term vision to address the key challenges faced by refugees and host communities in Uganda. The aim of the resources is to help secure the sustainability of the Government’s progressive policies and practices in line with the Board Eligibility Note of September 2017. The World Bank Group support focuses on (a) boosting resilience to refugee shocks, in part by supporting the integration of the refugee response in sectoral strategies and district development plans; (b) enhancing self-reliance and long-term socioeconomic development in areas that host refugees; and (c) strengthening effective coordination of humanitarian aid and development assistance.

Government’s efforts towards long-term solutions that benefit refugees and host communities

19. Since the Board Eligibility Note of 2017, there have been no significant changes in the asylum law and policy in Uganda. Programmatically, Uganda has accelerated the implementation of the original DRDIP, as detailed in Section C, below.

20. This AF contributes to the support envisaged as part of the Uganda Solidarity Summit of June 2017, wherein development partners, including the World Bank Group, committed to providing funding to scale up priority programs aligned with the STA, the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) and ReHOPE objectives and principles. Implementing the Government’s agenda extends beyond the IDA18 implementation period and will require greater synergy and strong coordination across Government agencies as well as strong support from the international community for a more comprehensive humanitarian development response.

Relationship with Country Partnership Framework

21. The proposed investments are aligned with the World Bank Group’s Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Uganda (FY16–FY21 - report No. 101173-UG). It will contribute to the first strategic focus area of the framework by improving social service delivery and to the second by enhancing resilience of the poor and the vulnerable in Uganda. This includes addressing unbalanced power relations between men and women that negatively impact women’s access to social services and economic opportunities. Notably, Uganda’s approach to refugees and hosting communities is predicated upon long-term and sustainable solutions to addressing the refugee crisis. To this end, Uganda’s refugee policy and framework seek to link humanitarian response activities and actors, with longer-term development solutions and actors. 22. The proposed AF forms part of the World Bank’s broader program on forced displacement under the IDA18 RSW. This includes a comprehensive area-based program of interventions—involving a combination of policy dialogue, investment financing, and knowledge products. Given the urgency to quickly deliver results to refugees and host communities on the ground, the World Bank agreed with the GOU to mainstream development investments into the ongoing and pipeline programs to fast-track preparation and capitalize on the institutional setup for ongoing projects to ensure effective implementation and sustainability. The program has different emphasis and intensity in different parts of the country with a bigger footprint in the north, which has been more affected by the recent influx. Here, the focus is on grounding the emergency response into a medium-term perspective. In the west and


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southwest, the focus is on enhancing economic opportunities and integrating parallel service delivery into country systems. The proposed AF design appreciates that each district is unique in its profile of host and refugee communities. Planning and implementation of activities are therefore being informed by a clear understanding of the context of each district.

23. There are other IDA projects providing support to some sectors in refugee-hosting districts. Integrated Water Management and Development Project and the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development Program-For-Results have recently provided AF to ensure that the benefits of the project extend coverage to some refugee-hosting districts (details in table 2).

Table 2. IDA18 RSW Project’s Supporting Refugees and Host Communities

Project District Budget Approval Date Closing Date

Integrated Water Management and Development Project

National Refugee-hosting districts: Yumbe, Arua, Moyo, Adjumani, Lamwo, Kiryandongo, Kyegegwa

US$280 million IDA18 RSW US$58 million

June 14, 2018 December 2, 2024

Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (F: P163515) (AF)

Refugee-hosting districts: Koboko, Yumbe, Moyo, Adjumani, and Lamwo Other: Kamuli, Kitgum, Kasese, and Mubende

US$ 360 million IDA18 RSW: US$50 million US$150 million

March 28, 2018 December 31, 2023

Uganda Secondary Education Expansion Project (P166570)

Yumbe, Moyo, Arua, Adjumani, Koboko, Lamwo, Kiryandongo, Hoima, Kamwenge, Kyegegwa, Isingiro, and Kampala

Under preparation

24. In addition to the projects supported under the IDA18 RSW, there are ongoing IDA-supported projects in a small number of the refugee-hosting districts, including the Kiyagara transmission line,10 under the energy portfolio. In terms of implementation, the sector implementing agencies will ensure a coordinated approach at the district level. DRDIP, for example, has multisector representation at the district level in its District Implementation Support Team (DIST) and the Subcounty Implementation Support Team (SIST).

C. Current Project Status and Results

25. Since the effectiveness of the parent project, notable progress has been made in setting up district, subcounty, and community implementation structures; raising awareness on the design and

10 Under ERT III, 13 transmission lines.


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implementation modality of DRDIP; and supporting the communities in identifying and prioritizing basic service infrastructure subproject investments.

26. District structures have been established and are functional in all 11 project districts. Several district and community structures have been established to implement the project at the local level. The core project staff have been hired and trained. DRDIP staff that were recruited early into implementation include a Project Manager, Project Accountant, Procurement Officer, and Project Engineer to support infrastructure investments. While the project has leveraged the staff and other resources availed through the NUSAF 3 implementation structure, the contracting of the following dedicated DRDIP and AF staff has been completed: Information Technology Officer, Environment Officer, Finance Assistant, Administrations Assistant, Engineering Assistant and Social Safeguards Officer, and is to be followed by the Livelihoods Officer and Communications Officer. Financial Management (FM) training was provided for all District Public Accounts Committees and District Financial Officials including Chief Finance Officers (CFOs), Internal Auditors, Accountants, and Accounting Officers focusing on Internal Control Environments, Risk Management, and Key Assurance providers at different levels under DRDIP. Training in the FM and accounting system—Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS)—was done for the newly recruited DRDIP Accountants.

27. To support subproject implementation, Community Facilitators and members of Community Project Management Committees (CPMCs) and Community Procurement Committees (CPCs) have been identified and trained. A key difference between the parent project and the proposed AF project is that the AF will also target refugees as primary beneficiaries in settlements and those living among host communities. As already envisaged under the parent project, concerted efforts will be made to better integrate the humanitarian response with the development approach. This will include appointing a District Officer seconded to the Refugee Settlement Commandants office, to lead on the development initiatives and to provide a more direct link between the refugee settlement structure and the district development structure in terms of planning and delivery of subprojects. At the local level in the settlements, Community Facilitators from the refugee population will be recruited from within each settlement zone. From the TAAC subcomponent, the IG has identified, with the community, Community Monitoring Groups (CMGs) and provided training in social accountability. The bulk of training for the CMGs was completed in April 2018. This is now being extended to the other host communities and settlements under the AF.

28. To date, districts have submitted a total of 1,437 subprojects for consideration for project funding. The CDD approach was used in the selection and prioritization of subprojects that responded to urgent community needs and to a performance gap analysis. The first tranche of 83 basic community infrastructure subprojects has been identified, prioritized, and funded, with financing for all subprojects disbursed to communities, and all 83 subprojects are already under implementation. Table 3 shows the distribution of initial subprojects by sector, across the 11 districts. Each selected subproject was subjected to environmental and social risk screening, including ensuring availability of land and community consent. The implementing agency is also undertaking a GBV/VAC risk screening and incorporating necessary mitigation measures in the implementation to reduce potential risks from the access and use of these facilities by women and children.


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Table 3. Subprojects by Sector and District (October 2018)

Districts

Number of Subprojects Total Subprojects

Education Health Roads and

Bridges Water

Adjumani 3 3 1 0 7

Arua 3 2 0 0 5

Hoima 6 3 2 0 11

Isingiro 6 1 1 0 8

Kamwenge 4 1 2 0 7

Kiryandongo 5 0 1 0 6

Koboko 4 2 0 0 6

Kyegegwa 2 3 1 1a 7

Lamwo 1 5 0 0 6

Moyo 7 4 0 0 11

Yumbe 4 5 0 0 9

Total 45 29 8 1 83

Note: a. Motorization of borehole at Kyegegwa HC IV is re-advertised.

29. Table 4 shows results achieved since effectiveness, for indicators for which the project has documented results as of May 2018.

Table 4. Interim DRDIP Results (Documented as of May 2018)

Indicator Year 2 End Target

Beneficiaries with access to social and economic services and infrastructure (number) 269,894 1,181,628

Direct beneficiaries of the project (total number) - (core) 272,463 1,192,061

Female beneficiaries (percentage - subtype: supplemental) - (core) 40% 50%

Total beneficiaries: Female (number) (number - subtype: supplemental) - (core)

146,524 1,465,235

Infrastructure investments for which local governments adopt recurrent budget allocations and/or operation and maintenance plans(percentage)

50% 80%

30. At the national level, the National Project Technical Committee (NPTC), comprising representatives from key sector ministries and agencies, has been established. The first meeting was convened on February 21, 2018. The NPTC jointly serves DRDIP and NUSAF 3 and will provide both strategic and technical advice to the project. The GOU will not set up a separate National Project Steering Committee. The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) Steering Committee will be a platform to inform several actors on project implementation. Efforts are ongoing to strengthen coordination mechanisms at the national, district, and local levels to ensure that both local governments and the DOR in the OPM, together with the Central Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs), have vital and complementary roles and responsibilities for the successful implementation of DRDIP in the refugee-hosting areas.

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program and natural resources management (NRM) activities (using Labor-Intensive Public Works - LIPW modality) within the project. The process for procuring these implementing partners is at an advanced stage. Further, the Project Implementation Manual (PIM) has been revised to incorporate the respective inputs from the Government and the World Bank and has been finalized and distributed to district implementers. Finance-, administrative-, and procurement-related handbooks have been completed and are also in use.

32. The M&E strategy and plan for DRDIP has been finalized. Following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the OPM and Makerere University, DRDIP’s baseline study has been completed and the report is being finalized. The current MOU is being revised to include baseline data on refugees in the 11 districts to be commissioned on AF approval. In terms of Management Information System (MIS), the contract for the MIS firm was executed in March 2018 and a functional prototype of the MIS has been designed and is being deployed in the project districts.

33. The DRDIP MIS is characterized by enhanced security features, including biometric verification before issuance of individual beneficiary payments and is similar in design to the NUSAF 3 MIS. The MIS is decentralized, allowing district staff to access and share project administration information, including financial and operational information, with the national-level PIST. The biometric (fingerprint confirmation) component of the MIS ensures that payments made to beneficiaries are done on time and securely, confirming that the right beneficiaries receive the right amount of funds at the right time. Additional security features of the MIS include segregation of user roles and function and auditable storage of all transactions undertaken within the MIS. Moreover, the MIS will be able to function in an offline and online environment, ensuring that data collected offline will be automatically transmitted to the national level once the user is in an online environment. The system also has the capability for photograph uploads and geographic information system features that ensure the subprojects are easily identified and subsequent follow-up simplified. OPM has initiated dialogue with the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to link the Project MIS to the NIRA database. Ensuring such linkages would provide an additional mechanism through which beneficiary data will be verified with the national identification database.

34. Under SRM, a series of learning events including management of risks of GBV and VAC have been implemented. The objective of these learning forums was to foster better understanding of the nature of local-level conflict and incidences of violence in the refugee-hosting areas, and in particular to support an integrated approach to managing risks of GBV and VAC in the project, including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and sexual harassment in the workplace. The focus of these events was on (a) strengthening systems and building local capacity to prevent and respond to conflict incidences and to GBV and VAC within project components and (b) reviewing practice notes on GBV integration in the Kenya DRDIP and contextualizing learning material for the Uganda DRDIP. The practice notes provide specific analysis and guidance to integrate prevention, mitigation, and response to GBV in sector interventions such as education, health, water and sanitation, livelihoods, LIPW, and economic opportunities. The learning events included workshops on the operationalization of the guidance notes in Kampala comprising development partners, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), humanitarian agencies, and national government officials. Two trainings were also conducted in Mbarara and Gulu for district technical officers representing 11 districts from departments of production, engineering, community services, education, health, environment, and district committee on social services. The project will implement a capacity development plan on an ongoing basis to update project staff and stakeholders on


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issues of GBV prevention and response including SEA/sexual harassment, conflict mitigation through social cohesion and will incorporate information and training materials produced by other projects in the region.

35. Going forward, several tasks have been planned to build on the SRM activities undertaken to date. These include recognizing the multiple risks of violence associated with project implementation to support the following activities:

(a) Mitigating risks of conflict and violence through measures to promote peace building and social cohesion such as strengthening formal and informal structures for conflict resolution and mediation.

(b) Enhancing prevention and response to GBV including analysis of drivers and dynamics of GBV; mapping humanitarian and development stakeholder’s interventions in 11 districts; and developing information, education, and communication (IEC) materials to support community mobilization to promote norms that foster long-term social and cultural change toward gender equity. The team is conducting a comprehensive assessment of systems for prevention and response of GBV and VAC in the 11 districts in coordination with UNHCR and other key UN agencies Annex 3 on social risk management provides detailed information on activities and mitigation measures.

(c) Enhancing prevention and response to VAC including training staff on the reporting, tracking, referral, and response guidelines on VAC in schools in coordination with the Ministry of Education and Sports and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Finally, all these activities will support subproject-level training using the environmental and social management capacity for contractors, district, and DRDIP community committees and beneficiaries. All these activities are being further elaborated in the PIM.

D. Rationale for Additional Financing

36. The refugee context in Uganda has changed significantly since the design of the parent project in 2016, rendering the original project design and financial outlay insufficient to address the unfolding refugee crisis in the country. At the time of the original design, four severely affected districts were selected for DRDIP implementation in Uganda and the country was hosting approximately 430,000 refugees. By June 2017, at the time of project effectiveness, the number of affected districts had risen to 11, and the country was reportedly hosting over a million refugees. To meet this rising number of districts and refugees, the Government requested the restructuring of the parent project to all 11 districts though there was an acknowledgement that the original allocation of US$50 million was insufficient to meet the needs of both host and refugee communities. To this end, the Government requested the World Bank for an AF to (a) comprehensively respond to the increased geographical coverage of hosting communities; (b) meet the needs of both host communities and refugees in the country; and (c) effectively mitigate the pressures on social services, economic activities, and the environment of the communities hosting refugees.

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the Letter of Government Policy dated August 30, 2017, from the Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development. The proposed AF is also well placed to contribute to the overall objective of the World Bank’s forced displacement program in Uganda, which aims to secure the sustainability of the GOU’s progressive refugee policies and practices. In line with the STA, this AF will focus on (a) boosting resilience to refugee shocks, in part by supporting the integration of the refugee response in sectoral strategies and district development plans; (b) enhancing self-reliance and long-term socioeconomic development in areas that host refugees; and (c) strengthening effective coordination of humanitarian aid and development assistance.

II. DESCRIPTION OF ADDITIONAL FINANCING

38. The proposed AF is consistent with the original PDO. There are no outstanding or unresolved safeguards or fiduciary issues in the project. The AF will continue to support the implementation of the Uganda DRDIP in the 11 refugee-hosting districts and will retain the core components of the parent project. The proposed AF will enhance its responsiveness by introducing three additional elements in the design: a subcomponent on DCRM, a subcomponent on TAAC, and a cross-cutting approach aimed at strengthening the systemic attention to manage social risks, including community violence and conflict, GBV, and VAC across all project components, activities, and project districts. The additional investments would not require any changes to the social and environmental category of the project nor would they trigger any new safeguard policies.

39. The main proposed change from the parent project is a scale-up of existing components and activities in the same 11 project districts and groups of beneficiaries, including refugees. In summary, this entails (a) revising the RF to target larger beneficiary numbers and include refugees as project beneficiaries (table 5), (b) adding subcomponents on DCRM and TAAC, and (c) mainstreaming SRM across project components. The closing date for the original project is December 2021 and the closing for the AF will be December 2023.

Table 5. Beneficiaries of Project Investments

Component Subcomponent Beneficiaries

Component 1. Social and Economic Services and Infrastructure

Subcomponent 1.1. Community Investment Fund

Both hosts and refugee communities will benefit from the improved public service delivery and economic infrastructure. Host and refugee communities will undertake area-based planning and will be responsible for selecting, prioritizing, implementing, and monitoring project investments.

Subcomponent 1.2. Strengthening Local Planning and Decentralized Service Delivery

The integrated area-based planning and delivery of decentralized services will benefit both hosts and refugee communities

Subcomponent 1.3. Displacement Crisis Response Mechanism

The rapid mobilization of funding by districts affected by rapid refugee influx will ensure both host and refugee communities benefit from expanded education, health, and water supply services.


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Component Subcomponent Beneficiaries

Component 2. Sustainable Environmental Management

Subcomponent 2.1. Integrated Natural Resources Management

Both host and refugee communities will benefit from the broader environmental and NRM activities. The LIPW approach used for implementation will offer employment to both refugees and the host communities supported by implementing partners.

Subcomponent 2.2: Access to Energy

The focus is on both refugees and host communities for improved efficiency in cooking devices, access to alternative energy sources for livelihood activities, and improved efficiency in wood-based livelihoods such as charcoal and brick making and to address the critical energy needs in the area and reduce adverse environmental impacts.

Component 3. Livelihoods Program

Subcomponent 3.1: Support to Community Livelihoods

The focus is on active poor members of hosts and refugee communities, with priority to women and youth; at least 50 percent are women beneficiaries. Support includes market links, technical support, knowledge and experience sharing, also with UNHCR and other partners.

Subcomponent 3.2: Strengthening the capacity of Community Organizations for Livelihoods

Subcomponent 3.1 beneficiaries, Community Facilitators, SIST, DIST, and CMGs

Component 4. Project Policy and Accountability systems support and Administration

Subcomponent 4.1. Strengthened Transparency, Accountability, and Anti-corruption

Both host and refugee communities will benefit from the increased transparency and accountability in the project delivery.

Subcomponent 4.2. Systems Support, Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation

Both host and refugee communities will benefit from project coordination activities, including focus on communication and citizen engagement, and environmental and social safeguards management and compliance.

Subcomponent 4.3: Policy Support

Both host and refugee communities will benefit from the coordination between the humanitarian and development actors and the enhanced integrated approach to sectoral investments in districts hosting refugees.

Project Implementation Arrangements

National Level

40. Given the focus on the refugee settlements and the host communities in target districts, the implementation of the project will require multi stakeholder engagement at various levels. These will include (a) the OPM, sector MDAs, and local governments functioning in the host communities and (b) DOR, development partners, and UNHCR and its implementing partners delivering humanitarian assistance and programs in the refugee settlements. This is in the context where the overall mandate for


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the coordination of the refugee response lies with the OPM.11 The Refugee Act (2006) notes that the “Office of Refugees shall be responsible for all administrative matters concerning refugees in Uganda and shall, in that capacity, coordinate inter-ministerial and non-governmental activities and programs relating to refugees.” The primary responsibility, therefore, for implementing DRDIP and the proposed AF lies with the OPM and specifically the DRDIP PIST at the national level.

41. The PIST is led by an Executive Director, working with a Project Manager, and a team of technical staff. Technical staff include Infrastructure Specialist, Livelihoods Specialist, M&E Specialist, Procurement Specialist, a qualified and experienced Accountant, Communications Specialist, and a Safeguards Specialist. This team will continue to provide key technical support during implementation and M&E. The Executive Director reports to the Permanent Secretary (PS), OPM.

42. In implementing the project, the OPM has convened other sectors through the NPTC that serves as the forum for strategic dialogue and the technical coordination between the OPM and sector ministries. Knowledge sharing and information on project implementation to key stakeholders will be provided through the CRRF Steering Committee12 with a dedicated session, every six months, to ensure consistency in the dialogue and priorities identified across both committees. The CRRF Secretariat is leading a process of reviewing the most appropriate implementation arrangements at the district and subcounty levels for host and refugee activities. The proposed implementation arrangements for the AF are consistent with the current agreements. The review process and learnings will inform the implementation of DRDIP and will be incorporated into project implementation processes on an ongoing basis in consultation with IDA.

43. The project implementation is aligned with Uganda’s decentralized service delivery model. Since 1992, Uganda has been implementing a decentralization policy, with a view to improving the delivery of services at the district and subcounty levels. The Local Government Act (Cap 243) indicates that planning and delivery of basic services are implemented at the district level, under the responsibility of the local governments. To this end, the OPM is closely coordinating project implementation with the Ministry of Local Government to ensure smooth implementation at the district and subcounty levels, using structures elaborated in the PIM and based on experiences from NUSAF 3. These structures are DIST and SIST, at district and subcounty levels, respectively, which will ensure close coordination with other developmental and humanitarian agencies operating in and around refugee settlements in the target districts. The NDP II notes that “the OPM will be responsible for coordinating implementation of NDP II across all MDAs.” As such, the role of the OPM in DRDIP is consistent with its overall coordinating mandate.

44. On areas beyond the coordinating or implementing mandate of the OPM, the PIST is working closely with relevant MDAs. The PIST is also working with the IG to support TAAC functions, including (a) strengthening the capacities of community groups for general oversight and monitoring of activities at the parish levels; (b) supporting communities’ engagement through utilization of social accountability tools such as community score cards, participatory planning and budgeting, and tracking surveys; (c)

11 CRRF Secretariat. 2018 “Strengthening district coordination.” Issue paper, June 13. 12 The CRRF Steering Group is co-chaired by the OPM and the Ministry of Local Government.


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strengthening the grievance redress mechanism (GRM); and (d) strengthening the monitoring and impact evaluation mechanisms.

District Level

45. Refugee management and protection is a centralized government function, with the DOR and UNHCR coordinating activities and service provision to refugees. At the district level, the DOR has a Refugee Desk Officer (RDO) in charge of oversight of refugee programs on behalf of the Central Government. The RDOs coordinate with Settlement Commandants and Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) on issues concerning host and refugee communities. Given that DRDIP covers both host and refugee communities, the district will second a DRDIP Development Officer to the Settlement Commandant’s Office. One dedicated officer per settlement will be assigned in Kiryandongo, Koboko, Moyo, Yumbe, Lamwo, Hoima, Kamwenge, and Kyegegwa and two officers in Arua and Isingiro; for Adjumani district which is characterized by numerous settlements, three officers will cover three clusters of settlements. They will work closely with the Settlement Commandants, Settlement Officers and other staff, and the implementing partners in establishing and/or supporting project-specific community groups (CPCs, CPMCs, and CMGs) to identify and prioritize interventions. Within the settlements, Community Facilitators identified from the refugee population will be recruited from each settlement zone. The profile, role, and qualifications of each of these personnel will be included in the PIM as also the detailed project implementation procedures for the settlements.

46. In areas in which there is need to establish committees comprising both members from host community and refugee groups, the Community Development Officer and the Settlement Officer will facilitate this process. While the CAO will remain the Accounting Officer for all DRDIP and AF funds, the release of funds to the CPMC subproject accounts for refugee-focused subprojects in the settlements will be endorsed by the Settlement Commandant and cleared by the CAO.

47. The establishment of community implementation committees will recognize the need to consider whether identified interventions are targeted toward (a) host community, (b) refugee community, or (c) a combination of host and refugee community members. The specific process and guidelines for establishing and strengthening these committees will be elaborated further in the PIM. Working within the refugee settlements will also require the DRDIP team to work more closely with UNHCR and implementing partners. The engagement of these agencies in the DRDIP structures is defined comprehensively in the PIM.

A. Change in Results Framework

48. The RF has been revised to reflect the addition of refugees as beneficiaries and the additional subcomponents. To respond to the reporting requirements of the financing under the IDA18 RSW for refugees and host communities, the RF captures refugees as beneficiaries not only of the infrastructure investments but also of the livelihoods and environmental management investments. The main changes in the RF therefore include new indicators to reflect refugees as direct beneficiaries, particularly of economic activities (employed/self-employed), and disaggregation by sex and status of project beneficiaries across different components and activities. In addition, the other indicators seek to monitor households benefiting from the DCRM and intermediate results on social accountability and CMGs.


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49. Table 6 provides the PDO-level and intermediate indicators along with targets for the proposed AF and final targets for the Uganda DRDIP.

Table 6. Revised Indicators and Targets

Status of Indicator

Indicator Name Regional

Target

Original Target

(Uganda)

Additional Funding Target

(Uganda)

End Target with AF

(Uganda)

No change Beneficiaries with access to social and economic services and infrastructure (number)

1,791,611 1,181,628 420,067 2,211,678

No change Direct project beneficiaries (number)

933,748 1,192,061 482,467 1,674,528

No change Female beneficiaries (percentage)

50 50 50 50

No change Beneficiaries of economic development activities that report an increase in income (refugees/host community), (employed/self-employed) (number) (female)

248,060 10,433 26,251 36,684

No change Land area where sustainable land management practices have been adopted as a result of the project (hectare)

37637.5 2,114 5,169 7,283

No change Strategy for the Regional Secretariat and annual progress reports endorsed by participating countries (number)

5 5 0 5

New Direct beneficiaries of the project (refugees) (number)

0 0.00 396,133 396,133

New Female refugee beneficiaries (number)

0 0.00 198,066 198,066

New Beneficiaries who are engaged in economic activities (refugees/ host community), (employed/self-employed) (female) (number)

0 0.00 51,357 51,357

New Number of households benefiting from displacement crisis response mechanism activities (number)

0 0 31,469 31,469

New Beneficiaries of DRDIP reporting increase in household assets (percentage)

0 0 60 60

Revised Community organizations formed or strengthened and still operational one year after receiving funding (number)

2,163 1,044 2,948 3,992


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Status of Indicator


Target

Original Target

(Uganda)


(Uganda)

End Target with AF

(Uganda)

No change Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs (percentage)

76 70 80 80

No change Total beneficiaries - female (number)

319,000 596,030 241,233 837,263

No change Total beneficiaries - male (number)

319,000 596,030 241,233 837,263

No change Beneficiaries that feel project investments reflected their needs (number)

638,000 370,240 385,974 756,214

No change Infrastructure investments for which Local Government adopt recurrent budget allocations and/or operations/maintenance plans (percentage)

70 80 80 80

Revised Beneficiaries with access to improved energy sources (refugees/hosts) (number)

64,350 25,165 85,714 110,879

Revised Area provided with new/improved irrigation or drainage services (hectare)

15875.5 800.00 1,200 2,000

No change Area provided with improved irrigation or drainage services (hectare)

11758 0 0 0

Revised Area provided with new irrigation or drainage services (hectare)

4079.5 800.00 1,200 2,000

Revised Financed sub-projects that are functioning or delivering services to communities six months after completion (number)

509 210 360 570

Revised Beneficiaries of livelihood support activities (number)

150,336 10,433 62,935 73,368

Revised Work days created for short term employment in the sub-projects (number)

967,880 3,934,724 7,063,636 10,998,360

No change Meeting of the project regional steering committee, knowledge sharing, and learning workshop organized annually by the Regional Secretariat (number)

5 5 0 5

New Land area in the refugee-hosting areas under soil and water conservation practices (hectare)

0 0.00 5,169 5,169

New Percentage of participating parishes with functional

0 0 80 80


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Status of Indicator


Target

Original Target

(Uganda)


(Uganda)

End Target with AF

(Uganda)

community monitoring groups (percentage)

New Percentage of participating parishes in which social accountability is implemented using a community score card (CSC) (percentage)

0 0 80 80

New Percentage of grievances registered about DRDIP that are resolved in a timely manner (percentage)

0 0 80 80

B. Finance

Loan Closing Date

50. To permit the full implementation of the scaled-up activities under the AF, the overall project will be extended by two years, to close in December 2023.13 The original credit will, however, close as scheduled in December 2021.

Change in Disbursement Arrangements

51. The disbursement arrangements will remain the same as in the original project.

Change in Disbursement Estimates

52. The expected disbursements include all sources of financing and have been updated to reflect the AF (tables 7 and 8). The original credit is expected to be fully disbursed by December 2019, well ahead of the disbursement deadline of August 2021.

Table 7. Disbursement Estimates

Expected disbursements (US$ millions, including all sources of financing)

Fiscal Year Total

2018- 2019

2019-2020

2020-2021

2021-2022

2022 2023

2023-2024

Original 15 20 10 5 — — 50

AF 0 30 40 40 30 10 150

Subtotal 15 50 50 45 30 10 200

Cumulative 15 65 115 160 190 200 —

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Table 8. Project Costs and Financing Plan by Component (US$, millions)

Component

Original IDA (P152822)

Financing Gap (P152822)

Revised Cost

AF National

IDA (Grant)

IDA18 RSW (Grant)

(a) (b) (c) = (a) +

(b) (d) (e)

Social and Economic Services and Infrastructure

30 85 115 14 70.55

Sustainable Environment management

8.5 30 38.5 5.0 24.9

Livelihoods Program 7.75 20 27.75 3.3 16.6

Project Policy and Accountability systems support

and Administration14

3.75 15 18.75 2.5 12.45

Total 50 150 200 25.00 125

C. Components

53. While maintaining the core components of the original project, the AF recognizes the unique context in which these components will be delivered to both refugee and host community beneficiaries in accordance with the mandate of the IDA18 RSW. To inform the AF design, an assessment of the legal and policy context regulating refugee access to social services, employment, property ownership, and freedom of movement was undertaken based on the previous World Bank’s Assessment on Uganda’s Progressive Approach to Refugee Management (2016). The assessment highlighted that refugees experience practical challenges in securing their livelihoods and social services prescribed in the existing legal and policy framework. These challenges have been exacerbated by the protracted presence of refugees in Uganda and the significant influx in the recent past. For instance, access to livelihoods is constrained by the reduced land for agriculture allocated to new arrivals, and language barriers and inadequate support to refugees constrain their ability to seek jobs/employment.

54. Component-wise allocations15 is in table 9 and a brief description of the project components is in the following paragraphs (details in annex 1).

14

In the parent project, the name for this component is Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation 15

Component 5 on ‘Regional Support for Coordination, Capacity and Knowledge’ in the Parent Project is being implemented by IGAD. This AF does not include this component.

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Table 9. Detailed Component-wise Funding Allocations

Component Subcomponent US$,

millions

1 Social and Economic Services and Infrastructure (US$85 million)

1.1 Community Investment Fund 77.5

1.2 Strengthening Local Planning and Decentralized Service Delivery

3.0

1.3 Displacement Crisis Response Mechanism 4.5

Subtotal 85.0

2 Sustainable Environmental Management (US$30 million)

2.1 Integrated Natural Resource Management 21.0

2.2 Access to Energy 9.0

Subtotal 30.0

3 Livelihoods Program (US$20 million)

3.1 Support to Community Livelihoods 14.0

3.2 Strengthening the Capacity of Community Organizations for Livelihoods

6.0

Subtotal 20.0

4 Project Policy and Accountability systems support and Administration (US$15.0 million)

4.1 Strengthened Transparency, Accountability, and Anti-Corruption

3.0

4.2 Systems Support, Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation

11.0

4.3 Policy Support 1.0

Subtotal 15.0

Total project financing 150.0

Component 1: Social and Economic Services and Infrastructure (SDR 81.8 million or US$85 million equivalent)

55. This component will provide investment funds to expand and improve service delivery and build infrastructure for local development. It has three subcomponents.

56. Subcomponent 1.1: Community Investment Fund that will improve communities’ access to social services and economic infrastructure through community sub projects designed to help expand and improve service delivery and build infrastructure for local development. There will include improving rural roads, market structures and storage facilities, and rehabilitating infrastructure for basic service delivery such as education, health, water supply and veterinary care, at the community level, not exceeding US$250,000 for each subproject. Medium and larger strategic investments will range between US$250,000 and US$600,000.

57. Subcomponent 1.2: Strengthening Local Planning and Decentralized Service Delivery will focus on improving implementation efficiency of local government units and implementing agency staff in participatory planning processes and mobilizing communities and establishing community institutions for planning, implementation, M&E, and oversight of subprojects.

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resources which, under pre-agreed conditions, will be rapidly mobilized to districts which experience an increase in refugee numbers to expand education, health, and water supply services. Given the developmental objective of the scaled-up response, a list of eligible expenditures for which the DCRM resources may be used will be defined. The DCRM is a global innovation to finance rapid response to refugee influx and is informed by a similar and highly successful mechanism under NUSAF 3.

Component 2: Sustainable Environmental Management (SDR 21.7 million or US$30 million equivalent)

59. This component supports a comprehensive package of the demand-driven soil and water conservation and management practices and interventions to rehabilitate degraded lands and support alternate energy sources. Subcomponent 2.1: Integrated Natural Resources Management, through an LIPW mode, will support rehabilitation of degraded areas, using both natural and assisted regeneration and agroforestry systems for increasing the biomass production for fuelwood, building poles, fruits, and fodder through woodlots. The soil and water conservation measures will allow for increased groundwater recharge to support source sustainability for drinking water and micro-irrigation and to maintain soil fertility of croplands, woodlots, and forests. Subcomponent 2.2: Access to Energy will support the enhancement of energy efficiency through improved household cook stoves, improved efficiency of woodfire-dependent livelihoods such as charcoal and brick production kilns, and access to alternate energy sources such as solar energy for lighting and water pumping with potential public-private community partnerships.

Component 3: Livelihoods Program (SDR 14.5 million or US$20 million equivalent)

60. This component supports the development and expansion of traditional and non-traditional livelihoods of the beneficiary households to increase income-earning opportunities. There are two subcomponents: Subcomponent 3.1: Support to community livelihoods and Subcomponent 3.2: Strengthening Community Organizations for Livelihoods. The component will (a) support identification of beneficiaries and the traditional and non-traditional livelihoods to support; (b) create community livelihoods groups and support group management activities; and (c) provide individuals and groups necessary technical, business, market, and financial advisory services for pursuing livelihood opportunities.

Component 4: Project Policy and Accountability systems support and Administration (SDR 10.8 million or US$15 million equivalent)

61. This component supports three subcomponents that include Subcomponent 4.1: Strengthened Transparency, Accountability, and Anti-Corruption Mechanisms to be implemented by the IG. The primary objective of the TAAC subcomponent is to contribute to the Government’s commitment to increasing transparency and accountability in public service delivery and enhancing the effectiveness of TAAC processes in project areas. Subcomponent 4.2: Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation supports national- and local-level project coordination activities, including M&E and MIS, fiduciary management, communication and citizen engagement, and environmental and social safeguards management and compliance. Subcomponent 4.3: Policy Support will help OPM to conclude the refugee policy formulation process and also support policy dissemination among refugee management stakeholders. This will help bridge fragmentation across Government entities and enhance Government coordination with humanitarian and development actors and will enhance an integrated approach to


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approach to service delivery in both host communities and the refugees in the medium term and the long term.

62. Gender dimensions. As reflected in the CPF (for FY16-FY2021), the entrenched norms and practices that perpetuate uneven power dynamics between men and women further exacerbate the conditions of women and girls in the project areas, which are underdeveloped and have been facing the challenge of hosting large number of refugees, with sometimes very different cultures and social practices. Such norms and practices get further accentuated by the limited access to basic social services, natural resources, and livelihoods in the target areas of the proposed project, posing particular challenges for women and girls. For example, the long distances traversed by women in search of water and fuel wood and for accessing education and health services increase the risk and exposure of women and girls, as well as boys, to GBV. Although 70 percent of women are engaged in agriculture in Uganda, less than 20 percent control the outputs. The proposed subprojects under the three investment components related to basic social services and economic infrastructure, environmental and natural resources management, and traditional and non-traditional livelihoods are gender informed and will contribute to gender inclusion and GBV prevention and response among target beneficiaries of the project and are supported by the SRM strategy of the project. This project includes specific actions to reduce gender gaps in access to social services and incoming generating opportunities, such as community mobilization campaigns to reduce acceptability of social norms and behaviors that limit women’s participation in project activities and control of productive assets supported by the project. In implementing these actions, the PIST is working closely with the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development.

63. Some of the envisaged activities will contribute to addressing the drivers of gender disparities and risks in the following way:

(a) A communication strategy including awareness generation at all levels of implementation using multiple and diverse communication channels that are gender informed and focus on increasing awareness on the particular challenges faced by women and youth and the need to ensure their involvement as project participants, as members of project-supported community organizations, and as beneficiaries.

(b) Social services—health, education, water supply—that are designed to take into account ease and security of access and contribute to GBV prevention and response from their sector’s unique entry points.

(c) Environmental amelioration considering needs of women with respect to fodder and fuel collection responsibilities to enhance safe access and reduce time and energy in gathering these from distant areas. Also support for improved cookstoves and solar lighting, specifically addressing the needs of women to reduce risk of exposure to GBV.

(d) Income-generating opportunities for women being enhanced through LIPW, skills-based jobs/employment, access and ownership of productive assets, technical assistance, finance, and technology.


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(e) Strengthening women’s social capital through women’s savings and credit groups and membership in producer groups as platforms for addressing gender inequalities and limited access to economic networks.

(f) Supporting livelihoods for women which will reduce their exposure to GBV from existing livelihoods such as gathering and sale of fuel wood and firewood as a livelihood opportunity/strategy. Economic activities with women will be coupled with gender dialogue groups with men to reinforce the messages challenging gender norms and expectations that contribute to the acceptability of GBV. These groups will reinforce the messages from the first activity.

64. In addition, there will be a strong element of enhancing a systemic approach to the mitigation of social risks with emphasis on GBV and VAC. The proposed AF will mitigate social risks comprehensively, including mitigation and prevention of community-level conflict and incidences of violence, and GBV and VAC. The AF will intensify the efforts under DRDIP with respect to the following:

(a) Mitigating risks of conflict and violence through community-based activities that promote peace building and social cohesion among host and refugee communities.

(b) Integrating activities aimed at reducing exposure to GBV and VAC because of the project activities or within the community, including SEA and sexual harassment in the workplace. This includes strengthening local structures both formal and informal that prevent violence against women and girls; supporting conflict mediation, youth inclusion, and women’s participation; promoting norms that foster long-term social and cultural change toward gender equality (for example, ensuring leadership and active engagement of women and girls, along with men and boys, in community groups related to the project area/sector); and facilitating assistance for survivors through referrals to safe and ethical care by existing service providers based on the mapping of existing services.

(c) Enhancing prevention and response to VAC through capacity building of DRDIP staff and local stakeholders on identification of risks of VAC as a result of project activities or within the community and strengthening referra

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