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Somaliland Civil Service Strengthening Project

Development Objective

The project development objective is to strengthen basic functions for payroll, human resources and policy management in selected central government agencies and line ministries.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P155123
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Lucy Musira , Gregory Kisunko
Borrower 2
Ministry Of Finance

Country
Somalia, Federal Republic of
Disclosure Date
June 30, 2016
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 30, 2016
Effective Date
October 26, 2016

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 10.00 million
Implementing Agency
Somaliland Civil Service Commission
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2016

Commitment Amount
US$ 10.00 million
Environmental Category
C
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 30, 2022

Last Stage Reached
Bank Approved
Last Update Date
September 27, 2023

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Public Sector Management

FY17 - Public Administration98%
- FY17 - Administrative and Civil Service Reform60%
- FY17 - Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance38%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence2%
- FY17 - Conflict Prevention1%
- FY17 - Post-conflict reconstruction1%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
Somalia Multi-Partner Fund	10.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment	N/A

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	10.00
Total Project Cost**	10.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of October 31, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of October 31, 2025

No data available.

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2022-10-06
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2022-10-06
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Satisfactory	2022-10-06
Procurement	Satisfactory	2022-10-06
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2022-10-06
Project Management	Satisfactory	2022-10-06

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 09-27-2023
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome
Bank Performance	Substantial
Borrower Performance
Government Performance
Implementing Agency

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 02-09-2024	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome		N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance		N/a
Government Performance		N/a
Implementing Agency		N/a
Icr Quality	Substantial	N/a
M&e Quality	Substantial	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Effectiveness of payroll controls (assessed by degree of integration and reconciliation between personnel records and payroll data)	Value	Integrity of the payroll is significantly undermin	Reconciliation of the payroll with personnel recor
	Date	June 28, 2016	December 30, 2022
	Comment

Improved HR development functionality in targeted MDA (disaggregated by function) Value 0.00 4.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Improved Policy development functionality in targeted MDA (disaggregated by function) Value 0.00 4.00 0.00
Date July 1, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Number of TMP recruits deployed to targeted MDA (of whom % female) Value 0 80 57
Date July 1, 2016 December 30, 2022 December 30, 2022
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Number of improved HR procedures (including establishment control, recruitment, HR records management, termination, retirement) approved by the PSRSC and submitted to the cabinet	Value	0.00	6.00	0.00
	Date	July 1, 2016	December 30, 2022
	Comment

Number of staff from target MDA who have successfully completed training programs supported through the project Value 0.00 160.00 40.00
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Pay policy and revised pay and grading structure approved by the PSRSC and submitted to the cabinet Value No Yes Yes
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Payroll audits to identify control weaknesses and ghost workers (Number) Value 0.00 2.00 0.00
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Revised civil service law and civil service regulation have been approved by the PSRSC and submitted to the cabinet Value No Yes No
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Severance policy and pension policy and law approved by the PSRSC and submitted to the cabinet Value No Yes No
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Share of civil servants with verified and completed personnel records in the central HR personnel database of satisfactory quality (%) Value 30.00 90.00 50.00
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment
Targeted MDA with revised organizational structures approved by the PSRSC (Number) Value 0.00 4.00 1.00
Date June 28, 2016 December 30, 2022
Comment

Share of civil servants with verified and completed personnel records in the central HR personnel database of satisfactory quality (%)	Value	30.00	90.00	50.00
	Date	June 28, 2016	December 30, 2022
	Comment