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UNDG Iraq Trust Fund: 2009 Progress Update (1
January – 31 October 2009)
Presentation to the IRFFI Donor Committee
Baghdad, Iraq, 8 November 2009
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Highlights 1 January- 31 October 2009
• Ninth Progress Report for 1 January – 31 December 2009 issued in May 2009
• Progress in the following areas:– Continued implementation and monitoring of projects– Development and finalization of pipeline with 30 projects valued at
over $135 million – 110 individual agency projects operationally closed (51%)– 45 individual agency projects financially closed/final stages (21%)
• Progress IRFFI Closure benchmarks• Advanced preparations for Lessons Learned and Project
Evaluations underway to inform UNDG ITF contributions to Development Effectiveness 2
Project Highlights/Achievements• 7000 election observers contributed to positive outcome of KRG
elections; over 270,000 voters educated• Rehabilitation of 3 major power stations complete (over $57 million)• Civil Society Organizations contribute to and endorse Iraqi’s first
Universal Periodic Review Stakeholder Report• A study that revealed rapid decline (70%) in Karez (underground water)• Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) project near completion with training over
430 BSA auditors• 1st chlorination system that conforms to international standards now
providing 1 million inhabitants with improved water quality • IHEC Lessons Learned/Planning Conference reviewed
achievements/shortcomings in 2007/08 in planning for KRG and Council of Representatives elections
• Several Agencies developed/sign Joint Programming Assistance/Strategies with key sectoral counterparts in 2009
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Highlight of Project Challenges• Mussayib Gas Power Station – Phase II $33 million
– Required spare parts fully procured, but installation delayed. New estimate of civil works is $20 mill, while only $12 mil was original bid. Contributing factors: MoE requested subcontracting of civil works . Increase costs between 2005 to 2008, when new estimate provided by contractor.
• Facilitating Reconciliation in Iraq through Constitutional $6 million Review and National Dialogue– Implementation of activities is reliant upon the CRC/CoR full participation. Due to
elections and security situations (Basrah and Sadr City), study tours and round tables could not take place. Political necessity overtakes political objectives.
– Inability to achieve compromise on key issues, difficult process of reaching consensus over electoral law as well as very sensitive process of delineating disputed internal boundaries resulted in partial shift of political attention to areas other than Constitutional Review Process.
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Project Implementation Status(as of 31 October 2009)
• 165 total projects/joint programmes• 89 projects operationally closed projects (54% of total) or
(51% of 110 individual agency projects)• 45 individual agency projects financially closed/final stages (21%)
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Sector # Projects Active Joint Programmes Operationally ClosedProjects (projects/joint programmes)
Education 26 8 7 18Water & Sanitation 16 5 6 11Health & Nutrition 22 11 6 11Housing & Shelter 4 2 1 2Food Security & Agriculture
24 14 2 10
Protection 14 7 2 7Governance 34 16 3 18Economic Reform & Diversification
25 13 3 12
Total 165 76 30 89
• PricewaterhouseCoopers Independent Evaluation (2006)
• Scanteam (Norway) Independent Evaluation (2004-07)
• Report of the UN Board of Auditors (2007) • EC Verification Mission (2008) • Agency level evaluations• Agency level Internal/External Audits
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Evaluation Undertaken To-date
Transparency
• IRRFI/UNDG ITF website provides detailed, timely information in the following areas:– Project approvals at agency/sector levels– Programme implementation status (fiches)– Project level contracts commitments and
disbursements– Donor contributions– Financial performance – Contract Awards data
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Fund Closure Updates
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Activity Timeline Status
Donor Contributions 30 June 2009 No new contributions
Project Approval 31 December 2009 • 30 projects valued at over $135 million • Reschedule – 30 June 2010
Finalize contractual commitments
31 December 2010 Reschedule – next DC meeting
Projection of Uncommitted Funds
31 December 2010 Same as above
Agreement on utilization of/disposal of unspent funds/balances & modalities
June 2011 Same as above
Project implementation and complete and satisfaction of commitments and liabilities
2011-2013 over 51% projects operationally closed and 21% financially closed
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Fund Closure Timetable(Update as of 31 October 2009)
Donor Deposits
June to October 2009 :• No new contributions received
Release of contributions from existing agreements:• EC $ 22.09 million (October 2009)
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Financial Pipeline by Sector (as of 31 October 2009)
Sector Balance of Funds(US$ millions)
Project Pipeline Amount (# projects)
Balance after Pipeline
Education 5,307 5,717 (3) (410)
WATSAN 10,918 12,900 (2) (1,982)
Health 9,842 13,055 (7) (3,213)
Housing/Shelter - - -
Food Sec/Agriculture 848 3,494 (2) (2,646)
Protection 8,008 13,483 (5) (5,475)
Governance 88,253 90,750 (11) (2,497)
Economic Reform 23 - 23
Unearmarked 4,837 - 4,837
Returned/Interest 7,590 - 7,590
Total 135,626 139,399 (30) (3,773)
Pipeline Approval Timeline
Phase Date Number Projects
Amounts (US $ mil)
Finalized 31 Dec 2009 8 $83.55
Elections 30 June 2010 5 $24.29Under finalization 30 June 2010 17 $32.07
Total Transferred 30 June 2010 30 $139.91
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Financially Closed Projects
• 45 individual agency projects financially closed/final stages (21%) Increase in financially closed projects grew
from 8 to 19 since 30 June 2009
• $7.79 million refunded by Agencies to the UNDG ITF following financial closure.
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Financial Updates
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Project Approval & Transfer Status1 January-31 October 2009
Sectors Projects Approved Transferred (000s)Education - -WATSAN - -Health/Nutrition - -Housing/Shelter - -Food Security/Agriculture• Release of 2nd tranches 2 project $ 3,250,257
Protection 2 project & 1 joint programme $5,674,182
Governance• Release of 2nd tranches
2 projects2 projects
$8,000,000$1,374,791
Economic Development 2 $7,137,722TOTAL 6 new projects
& release of 4 tranches
$25,436,952
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Approved Funding & Sector Distribution(As of 31 October 2009)
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Education - 26 projects $200.95
16%
Water & Sanitation - 16
projects $72.99
6%
Health - 22 projects $173.12
14%Housing & Shelter -
4 projects$27.53 mill, 2%
Food Security, Agriculture, Food
Assistance - 24 projects $145.19
12%
Governance - 34 projects $310.30
25%
Economic Reform & Diversification - 25
projects $250.86
20%
Protection - 14 projects $62.28
5%
PwC and Pilgrim Stampede - 1
projects $0.30
0%
Donor Deposits by Sector(as of 31 October 2009)
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Educa-tion;
208.92597343
; 15%
Water & San-
ita-tion;
76.70910518;
5%Health, $145.95 10%Housing & Shelter, $19.12
1%
Food Sec/Assist, Agriculture$113.83 , 8%
Gover-nance; 381.958468482999; 27%
Economic Reform & Di-versification;
251.87638057; 18%
Protection; 54.70142; 4%
Un-ear-
marked;
158.959345410001; 11%
Un-Al-located Interest, $7.59
1%
Donor Gross Deposit ((US$ mill)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION 590.46
JAPAN 360.95
SPAIN 93.17
CANADA 63.79
UK 55.54
ITALY 39.23
AUSTRALIA 31.66
KOREA 21.00
SWEDEN 13.66
DENMARK 12.41
GERMANY 10.00
TURKEY 9.00
FINLAND 7.70
NORWAY 7.01
NETHERLANDS 6.70
INDIA 5.00
KUWAIT 5.00
QATAR 5.00
USA 5.00
GREECE 3.63
NEW ZEALAND 3.36
LUXEMBOURG 2.32
BELGIUM 1.32
IRELAND 1.23
ICELAND 0.50
TOTAL Deposits
EARNED INTEREST 65.53
TOTAL Deposits + Interest
1,354.64
1,420.17
Agency Commitments & Disbursements(as of 30 September 2009)
Agency Commitment %
Disbursement %
ESCWA 91 87
FAO 84 80
ILO 64 48
UNDP 71 75
UNEP 96 99
UNESCO 100 99
UNFPA 92 78
UN-HABITAT 75 56
Agency Commitment%
Disbursement %
UNHCR 100 100
UNICEF 83 67
UNIDO 53 51
UNIFEM 86 84
UNOPS 87 78
WFP 100 100
WHO 93 89
Average 81 7618
Sector Commitment/Disbursement Rates
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Contract Rate as of 31 December % Committed % Disbursed
Education 87 77Water & Sanitation 88 75Health & Nutrition 87 73Housing & Shelter 90 90Food Security/ Agriculture 82 79Protection 54 63Governance 79 79Economic Reform/ Diversification 76 73
Average 81 (previous rate 77 )
76 (previous rate 69)
0102030405060708090
87 88 87 90 82
54
79 76 8177 75 7390
7963
79 73 76
% Committed
% Disbursed
Expenditure by Sector
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Expenditure by Sector
as of 31 December 2008
171,703 85
61,764 84
147,509 85
23,967 87
113,809 80
Protection 34,861 62
Governance 242,607 80
Economic Development 192,426 79
Total Funds 988,939 81
Percent of
Funding
Education
Water and Sanitation
Health
Housing & Shelter
Food Security, Agriculture, Food Assistance
Sector Outcome
Team
July 2004-December
2008
Personnel106,77311.4%
Training48,8125.2% Other Direct
Costs33,4963.6%
Contracts, Supplies,
Commodities, Equipment and
Transport744,59479.7%
• Personnel: remains relatively low at 11.4%.(includes international /national staff, and Travel component)
• Contracts, Supplies, Commodities, Equipment and Transport: together account for 79.7%
• Other Direct Costs: is at 3.6% (includes Security component)
• Indirect Support Costs: averages 5.9%.
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Distribution of Expenditure by Category (US$000s) (as of 30 June 2009)
Awards by Country:– Volume:
• Iraq: 1,390 awards• Jordan: 442 awards • UK: 160 awards
– Amount:• Iraq: $168,403,908 • Japan: $69,329,692 (31 awards)• UK: $60,141,256
Value of Awards$ 618,179,652 million
Number of Awards2,914 total
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Procurement Update(as of 30 September 2009)
Implementation Challenges
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Monitoring Project Implementation Challenges
As part of the UNDG ITF Steering Committee’s ongoing oversight role in 2008, 19 UNDG ITF projects were identified based on the following categories:• UNDG ITF programmes/ projects that have a less than 50 percent
disbursement rate beyond the original project duration date.• UNDG ITF programme/ projects that underwent major scope in revision
due to government review or other mitigating circumstances.
As of October 2009, the status of the 19 projects was as follows:• 58 percent (11 projects) of the 19 identified projects are closed; • 21 percent (4 projects) will be closed by December 2009; • 16 percent (3 projects) will be closed by March 2010; • 1 project will be closed in June 2010.
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Major Challenges Identified
• Lack of institutional capacities.• Shortage of qualified contractors and issues
related to procurement and shipment. • Volatile and fragile security conditions leading
to remote programme/ project management.• Travel restrictions for Iraqi citizens. • Lack of capacity to undertake strategic and
comprehensive planning.• Overly optimistic planning by Agencies
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Sector Updates
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New Sector District Maps
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New Sector Thematic Maps
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WATSAN • Labs Information Management Systems software complete for MoMPW
and MoEnv in all 15 governorates including Baghdad. Training conducted for 61 governorate lab staff from ministries.
HEALTH • Emergency assistance to vulnerable populations (720,000 people)• Drafted/initiated implementation of H1NI pandemic preparedness plans
with MoH and GoI. Mobile health education campaigns in high risk areas took place for 40 days.
HOUSING & SHELTER • Acquired land in 4 governorates to construct 400 housing units for
internally, displaced persons/returnees. Design completed. Cost-sharing arrangement developed with local authorities to construct 64 shelter units in governorates.
• Completed rehabilitation of 11 schools
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EDUCATION • National Education Strategy under development with PMO, MoEd, MoHE, MoPDC and Parliament• 200 unemployed out-of-school youth from Marshlands attended short-courses in construction trades as alternative education activities.
Food Security, Agriculture & Food Assistance• Constructed Huweze Hatchery in Marshlands and 120 structures to
collect spring water and river diversion in agriculture areas• 400 veterinarians implementing zoonotic/ transboundary disease
survey
PROTECTION• National Policy on Displacement launched• 3080 mobile team visits sites to pre-identify needs and future projects• 90% of newly arrived IDPs registered, 100% birth certificates issued• 15.6 kilometers of contaminated land cleared by land mines/explosive
remnants in Basra.
GOVERNANCE• Communication network developed linking IHEC HQ with 19
Governorates Electoral Offices• Iraqi Legal Database launched containing Iraqi laws/regulations
published in Official Gazette from 1917 to 2008.
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Economic Reform and Diversification • construction of 3 local markets and 4 pedestrian bridges completed• Loans distributed for 113 business start-ups and 96 existing
businesses• 253 SME entrepreneurs supported in creation/expansion of
businesses
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