Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) - FY10 : Latin America and the Caribbean region - Barbados

57218 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOPE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION Barbados Operations Policy and Country Services OCTOBER 03, 2010 Introduction The Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) Report for FY10 provides information on all IBRD, IDA, and trust funded projects that were active as of June 30, 2010. The World Bank has issued a SOPE Report every year as an internal communication to the Board of Executive Directors. In accordance with the Bank's revised disclosure policy, since FY02, the SOPE Report is available to the public. The report is intended to bridge the gap in information available to the public between the Project Appraisal Document or Program Document, disclosed after the Bank approves a project, and the Implementation Completion Report, disclosed after the project closes. In addition to the project progress description, the FY10 SOPE report1 contains project level comparisons of disbursement estimates and actual disbursements, and a table showing the loan/credit/grant amount and disbursements to date. 1 Notes: Amounts and Graphs for loans/credits/grants in currencies other than U.S. dollars may not match exactly due to exchange rate fluctuations over the life of the project. Disbursement graphs are not included for Development Policy Operations, which provide quick-disbursing financing to support policy and institutional reforms. For these operations, funds are disbursed in one or more stages (tranches), released when the borrower complies with agreed prior actions. Projects which are not yet effective may not have a planned disbursement schedule and thus will not include a graph. Barbados Project Name (ID): BB Second HIV/AIDS Project (P106623) Country: Barbados Board Approval Date: 08/07/2008 Closing Date: 11/30/2013 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IBRD-75850 Sector (s): Public administration- Health (85%), Health (15%) Theme (s): HIV/AIDS (70%), Population and reproductive health (20%), Health system performance (10%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to support the implementation of the 2008-2013 National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan by increasing (a) the adoption of safe behaviors, in particular amongst key populations at higher risk; (b) access to prevention, treatment and social care, in particular for key groups at risk; (c) capacity of organizational and institutional structures that govern the National AIDS Program; and (d) the use of quality data for problem identification, strategy definition and measuring results. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project has made significant progress in the epidemiological surveillance program. Efforts are underway by the Ministry of Health to strengthen routine HIV surveillance with assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 2008 surveillance report has been completed which provides the country with evidence to better understand the nature of the epidemic and target cost effective interventions to the Most at Risk Populations (MARPs). A Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Assessment will be conducted in 2010 to gauge progress in the rollout of the M&E system, partner perception, readiness and training needs. The National HIV/AIDS Commission continued its program of capacity building for technical assistance to both government agencies and civil society organizations through a regular training program. To date the program has trained 649 people in prevention, 87 in care and support, 195 in M&E, and 113 in treatment. Challenges remain regarding the pace of implementation of the project partly due to the constraints the economic downturn posed to Barbados as part of the global recession. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IBRD-75850 Effective 35.00 6.25 28.75 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION