| General Information |
Project/Program |
Project |
| Project Name |
Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project |
| Duration |
Board of Approval: 6/15/2000 Closing Date (original): 12/31/2003; (actual): 12/31/2005 |
| Donor |
World Bank |
| Implementiong Organization |
The Forest Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
| Sector and/or Subsector Classification |
Agriculture |
| Region |
World Bank's Implementation Completion Report states three provinces, though no specific locations or map identifications are to be found in the report. |
| Financing |
During project appraisal, costs amounted to a total of USD 5.42 million; actual project costs were USD 4.68 million. |
| Analytical Information |
Stakeholders |
World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Danish International Development Agency, Department for International Development, Food and Agriculture Organization, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, Ministry of Economy & Finance, Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Fund, Project Management Unit, Societe Generale de Surveillance, United Nations Development Program, local beneficiary people, Cambodia Timber Industries Association, Non-governmental Organization, Independent Monitoring Group (Global Witness), Wildlife Conservation Society, local communities, Military Police, civil society, indigenous people. |
| Cross-cutting Issue |
Environment |
During project implementation, there was strong opposition against the Bank's decision to proceed with the existing concessionaries due to its high corruption and weak capacity. In addition, the Bank was criticized by the NGO Forum of Cambodia during the Inspection Panel for its failure to comply fully with the Bank's regulations on indigenous people, natural habitats, and environmental impacts. |
| Gender |
No gender information is to be found in the Implementation Completion Report. |
| Impact Analysis |
Project aligns with World Bank's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) and the government's first five year Social and Economic Plan. |
| Effectiveness |
Ownership/Partnership |
Evaluation |
According to the Implementation Completion Report, the Bank has over-estimated the government's commitment in successfully operating the components and should have engaged more to encourage active involvement of local communities and indigenous people. ICR criticizes the lack of communication between the concessions and the Borrower. |
| Rating |
2/5 |
| Policy Coherence/Harmonization |
Evaluation |
The Bank's Analytical and Advisory Activities led substantial analytical work among stakeholders to create a consensus. No specific information regarding policy coherence or harmonization among donors and recipients are mentioned in the ICR. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Evaluation Framework |
Evaluation |
DANIDA and DFID had given a grant to assist the project for three years in monitoring. Monitoring was conducted by an UK based organization which specialized in detecting, investigating and publicizing natural resource crime in developing countries; however, this brought immense tension to the project as it was not an accredited certification body not was not at an advantage of assisting the government with the corrupted concessions. This eventually led to the change of the monitoring group to SGS. |
| Rating |
3/5 |
| Alignment/Composition of Finance |
Evaluation |
No information regarding sustainability, alignment of finance is to be found in the ICR. |
| Rating |
N.A. |
| Other Remarks |
Project was extended twice due to continue the forest reform process, and extend monitoring for an additional six months. |
