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

57244 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOPE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN REGION St. Lucia 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. St. Lucia Project Name (ID): LC Disaster Management Project II (P086469) Country: St. Lucia Board Approval Date: 06/22/2004 Midterm Review Date: 04/27/2007 Closing Date: 12/31/2011 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: IDA-44980, IDA-39360, IBRD-72380 Sector (s): Flood protection (60%), Other social services (15%), Central government administration (15%), Sub- national government administration (10%) Theme (s): Natural disaster management (50%), Rural services and infrastructure (25%), Water resource management (25%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to reduce the country's vulnerability to adverse natural events such as hurricane, landslides, and heavy rains/floods. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project continues to achieve its objective of disaster risk reduction in St. Lucia. All development objective indicators and intermediate outcome indicators show positive improvements at a rate that should fully achieve the targets by the end of the project. The construction of the National Emergency Management Office's headquarter (the Emergency Operation Center and central warehouse) in Castries has been completed and was inaugurated in December 2009. Eight Sector Response Plans and 4 Standard Emergency Operations Plans have been developed and approved by the National Emergency Management Advisory Committee. To strengthen emergency preparedness and response, 9 satellite warehouses have been established and stocked with emergency response supplies throughout the country. The percentage of population with access to improved infrastructure is up to 50%, compared to 30% at the end of 2004 as a result of the following achievements: four schools, namely Fond Assau Primary, Mon Repos primary, Babonneau Primary and the Laborie Boys school have been strengthened and retrofitted to serve as emergency shelters; as per the target, all the retrofitting works for the 3 health centers have been completed to ensure adequate capacity to assist communities during disasters; two vulnerable bridges, namely the Bogius and Ti Bois, have been rehabilitated with higher construction standards and are currently operational; and forty-one small mitigation works (drainage, river walls, slope stabilization) have been completed, with 13 more currently underway. The percentage of the population with access to emergency shelters with acceptable water systems and emergency equipment has increased, currently at 45%. The targeted number of contractors (5) using improved building standards has been met. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation IDA-44980 Effective 2.84 1.01 1.85 0.00 IDA-39360 Closed 3.99 3.86 0.00 0.00 IBRD-72380 Effective 3.70 3.70 0.00 0.00 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN REGION STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION