Lao Environment and Social Project

Abstract*

The Lao Environment and Social Project (LENS) for Lao PDR aims to strengthen the management of environmental and social issues associated with the sustainable use of natural resources. The project has three components: 1) The Policy Implementation and Capacity Enhancement component, which strengthens institutions and instruments for assessment, monitoring, and compliance for environmental and social sustainability, and broadens the constituency for... Show More

Development Objective

To strengthen the management of environmental and social issues associated with the sustainable use of natural resources in Lao PDR.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P090693
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Jean-Michel Pavy
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Disclosure Date
May 27, 2005
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
June 30, 2005
Effective Date
April 14, 2006

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 7.80 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
East Asia and Pacific
Fiscal Year 3
2005

Commitment Amount
US$ 7.00 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
June 30, 2013

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
December 3, 2013

Associated Projects
P116734

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 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Environmental policies and institutions33%
FY17 - Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management17%
- FY17 - Biodiversity17%
FY17 - Water Resource Management17%
- FY17 - Water Institutions, Policies and Reform17%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs100%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Fragility, Conflict and Violence2%
- FY17 - Forced Displacement2%
FY17 - Social Inclusion31%
- FY17 - Other Excluded Groups15%
- FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement16%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	3.00
Borrower/Recipient	0.80
IDA GRANT FOR DEBT VULNERABLE	4.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	7.00
IBRD + IDA Commitment	7.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	7.80

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of July 31, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Jun 30, 2005	IDA-H1770	Loan Commitment	4,000,000.00
Jan 12, 2010	IDA-H5400	Loan Commitment	3,000,000.00
Nov 5, 2013	IDA-H5400	Loan Cancel	8,470.29
Nov 5, 2013	IDA-H5400	Loan Disb	-6,798.37
Oct 31, 2013	IDA-H1770	Loan Cancel	3.95

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2013-07-11
Monitoring and Evaluation	Satisfactory	2013-07-11
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-07-11
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-07-11
Procurement	Satisfactory	2013-07-11
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-07-11
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2013-07-11

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 12-29-2013
Outcomes	Moderately Satisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory
Government Performance	Substantial
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 10-09-2015	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT:
Outcome Rating	Unsatisfactory	N/a
Risk To Development Outcome	Significant	N/a
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	N/a
Borrower Performance	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Government Performance	Satisfactory	N/a
Implementing Agency	Moderately Satisfactory	N/a
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	N/a
M&e Quality	Negligible	N/a

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Increase in the % of environment compliance certificates (ECCs) issued by WREA that are of adequate quality as judged by a third party annually starting June 2010	Value	60.00	80.00	80.00
	Date	June 30, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		One CA singed in 2012 has included SESO, discussion going on. To date, means of five CAs signed since 2010, four or 80% hydropowerprojects have included SESO.	Met

Increase in the % of complaints resolved in Bolikhamxay and Khammouane Provinces.	Value	0.00	98.00	98.00
	Date	June 4, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Data suggested that 96% (229 of 238) in BLKX and 100% (280) in Khammouane complaints have been resolved through this mechanism	Met

Grievances registered related to delivery of project benefits addressed (%)	Value	50.00	98.00	98.00
	Date	June 4, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Increase in the % of complaints resolved in Bolikhamxay (96%) and Khammouane (100%) Provinces	Met.

Grievances related to delivery of project benefits that are addressed-(number) Value 0.00 509.00 509.00
Date June 4, 2010 June 14, 2013 June 30, 2013
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

By December 31, 2010, database for tracking type and number of development projects in the Selected Provinces is established.	Value	0.00	2.00	2.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Established in two project provinces.	Met

By December 31, 2012, a unit responsible for monitoring social impacts and a functional complaint handling mechanism are established in Bolikhamxay and Khammouane Provinces.	Value	0.00	2.00	2.00
	Date	June 30, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		SIMUs were established in BLKX and KM provinces. The provincial governor has issued legal letter to map SIMU under PoNRE.	Met

By June 30, 2010, the River Basin Committee for NT-NKD is established.	Value	0.00	1.00	1.00
	Date	October 11, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Met. One RBC was established. Further capacity building is needed.	Met

By December 31, 2012, an implementation model for a river basin organization in Lao PDR is developed.	Value	0.00	1.00	1.00
	Date	October 11, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No model available	A model was established. It was indicated in the project completion report.	Met

WREA has prepared guidelines for incorporating ECC measures in Concession Agreement for hydropower projects signed by Recipient after enactment of the Environment and Social Impact Assessment decree	Value	0.00	1.00	1.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No guideline	Four of five CAs signed since 2010 for ongoing hydropowere project has incorporated SESO. One is in progress.	Met

Social safeguard training program is developed for agencies and provinces participating in the Project and at least 60 trainees aretrained	Value	0.00	150.00	150.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment		Training completed. More than 150 trainees were trained.	Met

By December 31, 2012 national guideline for Ethnic Groups' consultation has been completed and the relevant agencies' staff have been trained on how to conduct such consultation.	Value	0.00	1.00	1.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No guidelines; no staff trained	The guideline is approved and and consultation is completed. Additional training will be provided to southern provinces.	Met

By December 31, 2010, site plans for 6 protected areas are available and the site plans have identified priority actions.	Value	0.00	6.00	6.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No site plans	6 site plans completed	Met

By December 31, 2012, at least 60% of the priority activities identified are being implemented in the 6 protected areas.	Value	0.00	20.00	20.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No site plans	The implementation of is planned under the new LEnS II project.	Not met, on going

By December 31, 2012, at least 10 conservation communities are established in NT-NKD	Value	0.00	12.00	12.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No Community Conservation Unit	Community Conservation Network was established in 12 communities.	Met

EPF and WREA have received part of the NT2 revenue for financing their respective priority development projects by December 31, 2010.	Value	0.00	1.50	1.50
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	None received	The discussion is ongoing, but it could be only partially met by the end of the project. 3% (3billion LAK) of received forenvironment sector, which is 50% (1.5billion LAK) goes to MoNRE, but not received by EPF.	Partially met

80% of Sub-projects financed by the Original Grant have been completed satisfactorily by December 31, 2010.	Value	80.00	99.00	99.00
	Date	May 4, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	N/A	Of 154 total subgrants signed under LENs, 152 subgrants (98.7%) were completed.	Met

By December 31, 2012, EPF's annual administrative cost (about 33% of a Sub-grant amount) has been reduced to no more than 15% of anAdditional Grant	Value	33.00	13.00	15.00
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	33%	WMU budget is about $0.44 million (14.66%) for $3.0 million total grant.	Met

80% of Sub-projects financed by the Additional Grant have been completed satisfactorily by December 31, 2012.	Value	80.00	84.00	89.44
	Date	December 18, 2009	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	0%	Of 19 subgrants, 17 or 89.44% closed, two will be completed by the end of June	Met

Areas brought under enhanced biodiversity protection (ha)	Value	0.00	169000.00	169000.00
	Date	June 4, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No management plan	Management plans have been developed for six provincial protected areas in three project target provinces. The value in ha is168,993Ha.	Met

Sub-projects with post-project community engagement or O&M arrangements (%)	Value	0.00	173.00	173.00
	Date	June 4, 2010	June 14, 2013	June 30, 2013
	Comment	No subprojects planned,	173 sub-projects signed, 171 completed, two will be completed by June 30.	Met

Sub-projects that are expected to have a mechanism for post-completion operation Value 0.00 17.00 19.00
Date June 4, 2010 June 14, 2013 June 30, 2013
Comment