North Macedonia: Local Roads Connectivity Project

Abstract*

The project will finance rehabilitation of municipal roads, estimated at about 450 km, to provide better connectivity to market and services for municipal beneficiaries, and support both central and local government to build their capacity to better manage their local road assets. The project will also finance implementation support, CERC component, and front-end fee. Show More

Development Objective

The project development objectives are: 1) to improve government capacity to manage local roads and improve access to markets and services; and 2) to provide immediate and effective response to an eligible crisis or emergency.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P170267
Status
Active
Team Leader
Wenyu Jia
Borrower 2
Republic of North Macedonia

Country
North Macedonia
Disclosure Date
August 21, 2019
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
December 18, 2019
Effective Date
February 24, 2020

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 78.00 million
Implementing Agency
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Region
Europe and Central Asia
Fiscal Year 3
2020

Commitment Amount
US$ 78.00 million
Environmental Category
N/A
Environmental and Social Risk
Substantial
Closing Date
September 30, 2026

Consultant Services required
No
Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
March 1, 2024

Associated Projects
P175841

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 - Climate change35%
- FY17 - Adaptation33%
- FY17 - Mitigation1%

FY17 - Human Development and Gender

FY17 - Gender96%

FY17 - Social Development and Protection

FY17 - Social Inclusion64%
- FY17 - Participation and Civic Engagement64%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Road Safety68%
FY17 - Urban Development100%
- FY17 - Public Transport86%
- FY17 - Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery91%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development	78.00

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	78.00
IDA Commitment	N/A
IBRD + IDA Commitment	78.00

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	78.00

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

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

Download:

Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Sep 1, 2020	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	96,143.47
Sep 1, 2020	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	11,813.29
Mar 1, 2021	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	73.42
Sep 15, 2023	IBRD-92100	Int Charges	1,939.58
Sep 15, 2023	IBRD-92100	Int Charges	49,564.85
Mar 1, 2021	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	47,356.44
Mar 15, 2024	IBRD-92100	Int Charges	50,051.63
Mar 15, 2024	IBRD-92100	Int Charges	2,251.15
Mar 15, 2024	IBRD-92100	Loan Repay	6,296.36
Dec 18, 2019	IBRD-90340	Loan Commitment	78,000,000.00
Mar 4, 2021	IBRD-92100	Loan Commitment	44,800,000.00
Mar 1, 2021	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	60,169.86
Sep 1, 2020	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	5,149.95
Mar 1, 2021	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	243.65
Feb 24, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	189,358.75
Feb 24, 2020	IBRD-90340	Fee Charges	189,358.75
Oct 3, 2022	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	1,473,589.40
Dec 27, 2022	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	3,262,610.50
Sep 1, 2022	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	24,548.59
Sep 1, 2022	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	54,361.20
Mar 1, 2022	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	31,647.92
Mar 1, 2022	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	45,047.11
Aug 5, 2022	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	49,633.34
Mar 14, 2022	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	3,715,483.50
Jun 24, 2022	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	681,777.00
Sep 1, 2023	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	17,334.07
Sep 1, 2023	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	1,242,918.50
Jul 6, 2023	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	1,448,591.50
Apr 3, 2023	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	1,449,233.60
Mar 1, 2023	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	21,736.51
Mar 1, 2023	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	543,120.50
Mar 1, 2023	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	8.15
Mar 1, 2023	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	1.41
Mar 1, 2024	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	562.01
Feb 12, 2024	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	-107,671.32
Dec 12, 2023	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	5,291,195.50
Jun 3, 2024	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	2,543,568.20
Mar 1, 2024	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	8,418.34
Mar 1, 2024	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	12,628.39
Mar 1, 2024	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	1,545,118.90
Mar 15, 2023	IBRD-92100	Int Charges	45,398.20
Mar 15, 2023	IBRD-92100	Int Charges	997.88
Sep 13, 2022	IBRD-92100	Fee Charges	94,160.38
Sep 13, 2022	IBRD-92100	Loan Disb	94,160.38
Jun 10, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	113,655.00
Jun 23, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	17,231,560.00
Jul 17, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	608,779.30
Sep 29, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	15,723,449.00
Sep 1, 2021	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	34,027.79
Sep 1, 2021	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	51,283.74
Dec 11, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	12,122,500.00
Oct 6, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	7,804,384.00
Aug 27, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	563,697.70
Aug 27, 2020	IBRD-90340	Loan Disb	643,808.06
Sep 1, 2020	IBRD-90340	Int Charges	12.59

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Procurement	Satisfactory	2025-01-30
Financial Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-30
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Satisfactory	2025-01-30
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-30
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-30
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2025-01-30

COMPLETION RATINGS

No data available.

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

No data available.

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Number of SMEs supported through the CERC (including duplications if same firms used the support in different months or both salaryand contributions support in same month)	Value	0.00	26992.00	26992.00
	Date	March 30, 2020	December 14, 2023	November 30, 2020
	Comment

Municipalities utilizing simple asset management methods developed under the project Value 0.00 0.00 65.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
National policy adopted for local roads Value No No Yes
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 July 1, 2024
Comment
Number of markets and services connected by improved, safe and resilient local roads Value 0.00 1100.00 200.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2025
Comment
Beneficiary satisfaction (gender disaggregated) with project roads (percentage) Value N/A 89.5% 80 percent express satisfaction
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Number of employees supported through the CERC funding (including duplications if same employees benefited in different months or received both salary and contributions support in same month)	Value	0.00	175161.00	175161.00
	Date	March 30, 2020	December 14, 2023	November 30, 2020
	Comment

Road safety audits of road rehabilitation designs Value 0.00 30.00 70.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Independent technical audits of planning, design, and construction Value No No Yes
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 30, 2022
Comment
Participating municipalities signed MoU with MoTC Value 0.00 100.00 100.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Community-driven infrastructure pilots implemented Value 0.00 0.00 5.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Municipalities using improved maintenance contracts Value 0.00 0.00 65.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Roads rehablitated Value 0.00 96.00 450.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Roads rehabilitated - rural Value 0.00 0.00 25.00
Date
Comment
Roads rehabilitated - non-rural Value 0.00 0.00 25.00
Date
Comment
Percentage of rehabilitated roads with newly installed empty ducts to accomodate fiber optic cable Value 0.00 13.00 50.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Number of women trained by the municipalities in transport sector roles Value 0.00 177.00 100.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Number of Roma employed in project works of whom 40 percent are Roma women Value 0.00 97.00 100.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
National local road inventory and condition database established Value No No Yes
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Development of climate resilient design guidelines for local and low volume roads Value No No Yes
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Roma Men Value 0.00 86.00 60.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment
Roma women Value 0.00 11.00 40.00
Date December 31, 2019 December 14, 2023 December 31, 2024
Comment

Percentage of municipalities establishing a functioning channel for citizen feedback on the transport sections of capital improvement plans	Value	0.00	50.00	60.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 14, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

National policy adopted for local roads	Value	No	No	Yes
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 14, 2023	July 1, 2024
	Comment

Beneficiary satisfaction (gender disaggregated) with project roads (percentage)	Value	N/A	89.5%	80 percent express satisfaction
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 14, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Roads rehablitated	Value	0.00	96.00	450.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 14, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Roads rehabilitated - non-rural	Value	0.00	0.00	25.00
	Date
	Comment

Roma Men	Value	0.00	86.00	60.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 14, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

Roma women	Value	0.00	11.00	40.00
	Date	December 31, 2019	December 14, 2023	December 31, 2024
	Comment

North Macedonia: Local Roads Connectivity Project

Abstract*

Development Objective

Key Details

Project Details

Sectors

Themes

Stay Connected, sign up for our:

Project Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

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

Detailed Financial Activity as of March 31, 2025

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS