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PROJECT STATUS REPORT As of June 2012

Negros (CBFMMP)

The Project aims to contribute to the improvement of environmental conditions and reduction of poverty in Panay and Negros by enabling participating people's organizations (Pas) to manage forests and mangroves sustainably, adopt sustainable and productive upland farming systems, improve food security and living conditioos. and Improve access to market.

The Community Based Forest and Mangrove Management Project (CBFMMP) in Panay and Negros is a seven (7)-year project being implemented by the OENR in partnership with the land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and with the support from the German Government through the KfW and GTZ. Adopting the CBFM approach. the project shall pioneer an innovative financing mechanism that is designed to encourage sustainable resource management through investment packages that dovetail livelihood and infrastructure development measures with natural resource management initiatives. The loan and Financing contribulioo to be extended by the KfW shall be used to fund loans ("sub-loans") to be granted by the LBP fOf financing livelihood and rural infrastructure activities in dose cooperation with the DENR. Portion of the loan funds will be accessed by DENR and make available to the LGUs as grant money to support their natural resource management measures. The following project components/activities shall be financed from the loan and financing contribution: 1) Natural Resource Management (NRM); 2) Infrastructure and/or Uvelihood; 3) Training and Capacity Building: 4) Project Management and Operations.

• ANNUAL • CUMULATIVE

30.18% accomplishment as against annua l weighted target of 53.94% 53.32% Ii as of 68%

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OENR Foreign Assisted & Special Projects Office PROJECT STATUS REPORT

As of June 2012

BUDGET UTILIZA n ON Allotment Obligated Disbursed Liquidation % Utll % Uq. Released

f11 121 (3) (4) (312"100) I (413"100)

" ANNUAL LP 37.000 37.868 2.058 2.333 5.43 113.36 GP 12794 15.688 6.895 122.62" 43.95

GOP 10.200 14.338 4.459 31 .10 TOTAL 47.200 65.000 22205 9.228 34.16 41.56

• CUMULATIVE LP 103.00 102.591 14.739 13.728 14.37 93.14 GP 134.694 116.509 45.098 14.643 38.71 32.47

GOP 60.900 48.736 34.263 70.30

TOTAL 298.594 268.837 94.100 28.371 35.00 30.15 LOAN AVAILMENT Eur0286.800

. . . *more than 100% Since this Includesdlsbursement of pnor year obligatiOns .

Note: 1. Th is fin ancial report is as of Ju ly 2012 2. Annual obligation includes the amounts obligated under continuing appropriations 3. Annual disbursement includes payment of prior year obligations

III. ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET OUTPUTS/MILESTONES FOR JANUARY TO JUNE 2012

Target Outputs! Milestones (ey 2012) Progress of Remarks! Achievement Actions Being Taken on (indicate % Bacldogs

accomplishment If applicable)

A. DENR and LBP staff, participating LGUs and POs In Panay and Negros are capacitated in planning for and implementing CBFM project packages including dealing with conflicts

• 15 Environmental Natural Resources 100% completed Site Coordinator in each ofthe Office (ENROs) strengthened (01..04) LGU continuously provides

necessary assistance to the LGUs. For the first semester, the PMU-Region 6 focused its assistance to the LGU of Valderama, Antique to be able to facilitate the signing of co-management agreement and sub-grant agreements.

• 15 Multi-Steering Committee strengthened 100% completed This is also continuing activity (Q1 and 02) of the Projed.

• 6 Peoples Organizations organized (Q3) 33% completed Two (2) PQs were assisted in

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ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET OUTPUTS/MILESTONES FOR JANUARY TO JUNE 2012

Target Outputs! Milestones (ey 2012) Progress of Remarks! Achievement Actions Being Taken on (indicate % Backlogs

accomplishm~nt If applicable

• 2 Exposure trips organized (03 and Q4)

Forests and mangroves are rehabilitated through LGUs, POs andlor rural households

• 6,415 hectares of NRM areas established 1,184 hectares Massive planting will start in or18.6% August 2012, hence, accomplishment accomplishment is expected to

increase by 3rd and 4110 quarters.

• 8,614,834 Seedlings produced 1.49 M seedlings or 17.00'{' accomplishment

• 2,256 hectares NRM area validated 396 hectares or Validation of other planted 17.5% areas Is on-golng. accomplishment

Livetihood projects (run by LGUs) that contribute to sustainable forest and mangrove management have been introduced and Implemented

• 3 livelihood projects provided with TA 100% PMUs are continuous providing assistance to the LGU of Carles for the implementation or operation of Bagsakan Market and in the establishment of inland aquaculture and mini sawmill In the LGU of Bayawan City.

CBFM beneficiaries supported in value-adding and marketing 01 forestry and agro-forestry products

• 14 POS assisted in the assessment and 0% This Is part of the activities to identification of viable livelihood projects be undertaken by the

counterpart personnel in the CENRO. No accomplishment since the funds was downloaded only in June 2012.

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Target Outputs! Milestones (ey 2012) Progress of Remarks! Achievement Actions Being Taken on (Indicate % Backlogs

accomplishment If applicable)

• 4 Income generating pilot measures In 100% existing plantations supported

• 8 project proposals preparation facili tated 0% This activity was contracted to individual consultant and final report is yet to be received.

• 6 value chain for forestry and agroforestry 33% Remaining targets are products analyzed rescheduled in 3'd and 4th

quarters.

• 2 training courses provided related to 100% Conducted training on value value chain (01 and 0 2) adding and facilitated

cooperative agreement with cacao and coffee partner firms.

• 2 Investors Forum on small scale and 0% The activity was rescheduled in medium scale enterprises facilitated (Q1 the 4111 quarter of CV2012 and 03)

Rural infrastructure in support of livelihood has been improved

.1 FA between LBP and LGUssigned (Q1 ) 0%

• 9 Cost Recovery Mechanism identified, 22% implemented and documented

Project steering , planning, management and M&E provided

• 1 POP Updated 0% POP updating is scheduled on October 2012

• 1 OM updated 50%

• 3 Quarterly planning conducted 50%

• 4 RPC meetings conducted 25%

• 2 NSC meetings conducted 0% NSC meeting is scheduled in 3td quarter.

• 1 SE Baseline Study completed 80% completed

• 1 IEC/Communications Plan prepared 100% completed

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Target Outputs! Milestones (ey 2012) Progress of Remarks! Achievement Actions Being Taken on (indicate % Backlogs

accomplishment if aDDlicable)

• 2 NRM GIS data base developed and 100% completed maintained

• 2 database with metadata processing 100% completed

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ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET OUTPUTS/MILESTONES AS OF June 2012

Among the major mllestone activities achieved by the Project are the tollONing:

,. Facilitated the creation of the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources (MENRO) in 22 local Government Units (LGUs) in the Provinces of Aldan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental. MENRO is necessary to ensure that the LGUs will sustain the efforts made by the Project. Relatedly, a total of 20 Multi~Sectoral steering Committee was formed to provide oversight for Forest Land Use Plan (FLUP) AND Co-Management Agreement implementation,

2. Completed process of FLU? preparation in fourteen (14) LGUs. 3. Issued the Co·management Agreement in four (4) LGUs. 4. Established a total of 1,184 hectares of various forest rehabilitation investlve measures. 5. Conducted a total of 36 training courses to capacitate the personnel of the DENR, LGU and

POS in the various operation of the Project 6. Organized seven (7) exposure trips with the end view of improving the technical capacity of

DENR, LGUs and POs in implementi ng NRM and forest management. 7. Established demonstration farms for agroforestry In three (3) LGUs. 8. Provided technical assistance for the implementation and monitoring of three (3) IlVelihoocl

projects of LGUs namely: 8agsakan Market. Aquaculture, and Mini-sawmill. 9. Conducted eight (8) orientation and training courses on value chain analysis for Pas and LGUs

and Identified potential forest and non·forest proclucts for ifvellhood of POs. The Project also continued linking Pas to market and various agencies that can support fat value-adding of products.

10. Monilored, together with the LBP, the implementation of 11 infrastructure projects. 11 . Developed and maintained the GIS database syslem for the Natural Resources Management

measures.

V. STATUS OF AGREED ACTIONS ON OUTSTANDING ISSUES FROM REVIEW MISSIONS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS

Agreed Actions Time Frame Statu s

Issuance of clear policy June 2012 On-golng. The final draft 01 the guidelines for co-guidelines regarding Co- management agreement was discussed in the

Management Agreement for Forestry sectoral conference last August 2012. Said

Region 6 and 7. draft guidelines will be presented to the DENR Execom meeting on September 24, 2012.

DENR Region VI to End of July Partly achieved. This recommendation was already asSign/designate one (1 ) 2012 considered in the proposed revised structure of the organic personnel at gthe CBFMMP in Region 6. Ho-vever, the RPMU is


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project Coordinator and hire one (1) contractual personnel to be assigned to t~e LGU.

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on fund flow f rom LGUs to final beneficiaries to all levels for strict implementation.

vehicle to the PMU

DOF to streamline the requirements for the issuance of Monetary Board opinion for the 7 proposed rural infrastructures of LGUs.

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to address delays in the procurement of seedlings in the concemed LGUs.

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indicators for independent monitoring of the actual achievements of the project shall be included in the next progress report.

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Actions Being Taken on Backlogs

directly commission local households and POs for

seedling production and plantation establishment

provided that the POs meet the qualification and social preparation requirements'. These requirements are spelled out in the Community Driven Development (COD) Manual being adopted in the World Bank-assisted National Program Support for Environment and Natural Resources

Management Project (NPS-ENRMP). It was suggested that PMU to conduct of orientation on the COD Manual (Community Participation Approach in Procurement) should be included as one of the

before the end of CY 2012, as also discussed during the Review Mission in June 2012.

coordinate and assist the Contractor fe: completion of the baseline study_

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DENR Foreign Assisted & Special Projects Office PROJ ECT STATUS REPORT

As of June 2012

III. ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET OUTPUTS/MILESTONES FOR JANUARY TO JUNE 2012

Target Outputs! Milestones (ey 2012) Progress of Remarks! Achievement Actions Being Taken on (Indicate % Backlog s

accomplishment if applicable)

out ttle Independent purposes of billing payment. monitoring of reforestation success should be seJected/hired.

Large items of goods (e.g. Immediate Not yet ach ieved. The DFS is still reproducing the vehicle) should be provided sticker logo of Philippine-German Cooperation. 'With the logo of Ihe ' German-Philippine Develiopment Cooperation". Project sign boards shall likewise be set up in the Project areas.

Submission of CY 2011 Audit End of July Partly achieved. Audit findings are being updated report prepared by the 2012 by PAMD for submission to KfW and COA on or resident COA. before 27 September 2012.

Submission to the KfW of final End of Sept A letter dated 10 September 2012 was forwarded to draft TOR for the conduct of 2011 the KfW endorsing the TOR for the conduct of MTR MTR, for no objection. and requesting to facilitate the hIring of the required

End of July external consultants for the purpose. 2012

VI. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS/REMARKS

One of the important positive gains for the past J..year implementation of the CBFMMP is the increasing demand from the lGUs for assistance in the formulation of the Forest Land Use Ptan (Fl UP). The Provincial FlUP Assistance Team (PFAT) created in the 15 participating LGUs have been capacitated by the Project in FLUP preparation and are now giving technical assistance to other interested LGUs.

In CY 2012 accomplishments, the completion of targeted activities under the NRM and fivelihoOO components are lag behind schedule. Hence, the PMUs are exerting efforts to improve performance on NRM activities by accelerating seedling production and massive planting beginning August 2012. Relatedly, PMUs are already anticipating problems regarding maintenance cost of the established plantation one (1) year after the ~ payment to the LGUs. The 50% labor cost to be obtained during the 2"d payment. according to the PMUs, will not be sufficient to cover the maintenance activities for two years before the 3rG payment. This issue will be discussed to the DFS Consultant to be able to adjust the payment scheme in accordance to the actual requirement in the field.

On the livelihood component, PMU Region 6 may need to develop an overall livelihood framework that would directly address the outcome indicators for Output 3 (Support to livelihood of LGUs) and Output 4 (Support to livelihood of POS). The DFS was already advised to assist the PMU to improve their performance in this area. On the other hand, PMU-Reg ion 7 (during the pre-midterm assessment), was already advised to revisit the POP and review the performance indicators under this component considering that no LGUs have availed the loan package for PO-managed livelihood projects. The



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Actions Being Taken on Backlogs

On the financial aspect, FASPO should closely monitor and assist the PMUs in the financial management to make improvements on the current status of CBFMMP financial performance .

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BELE"Z'~NGANIBAN Action Officer, CBFMMP

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