Status of Projects in Execution (SOPE) - FY10 : Africa region - Namibia

57277 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION FY10 SOPE AFRICA REGION Namibia 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. Namibia Project Name (ID): NA-GEF Coast Consrv & Mgmt (FY06) (P070885) Country: Namibia Board Approval Date: 09/01/2005 Midterm Review Date: 03/09/2009 Closing Date: 04/30/2011 Loan/Credit/Grant Number: TF-55983, TF-50707 Sector(s): General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (50%), Central government administration (25%), Sub- national government administration (25%) Theme(s): Environmental policies and institutions (40%), Biodiversity (40%), Other environment and natural resources management (20%) Project Development Objectives: The objective is to strengthen conservation, sustainable use and mainstreaming of biodiversity in coastal and marine ecosystems of Namibia. Progress toward achieving development objective(s): The project continues to make remarkable progress in consolidation of old and recently proclaimed protected areas and is a key instrument assisting the Government of Namibia in the development of what will become the largest park in Africa (also the 8th largest protected area in the world and the 6th largest terrestrial protected area globally), covering an area of 107,540 square kilometers. Lending Information/Disbursement Summary (USD millions, as of June 30, 2010) Loan/Credit/Grant Status Amount Disbursed Undisbursed Cancellation TF-55983 Effective 4.90 2.93 1.97 0.00 TF-50707 Closed 0.31 0.28 0.00 0.03 STATUS OF PROJECTS IN EXECUTION