Scoping OBA in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations (FCS)

Dissemination|Activity Status: Closed
  • Sector
    Fragile Situations
  • Country
    Global
    Region
    Global
  • Amount
    $104,844
  • Approval Date
    March 05, 2013
    Closing Date
    June 30, 2013
  • Donors
    United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)

Overview

activity

This activity had two phases: .
  Phase 1 –  Assessment of OBA in fragile states – with summary of experience,  including the factors for success/failures, and remedy actions, and recommendations for designing OBA programs in fragile states.
  Phase 2 –  Project Identification  – early leads for the project pipeline.

Status

Closed.

The  Phase 1 report was submitted  and reviewed  by  GPOBA  and  OBA  peer  reviewers.  The report was to be published in the first half of 2014 and launched at a “Brown Bag Lunch” for the OBA Community  of  Practice  and  the  FSC  Community  of Practice.   Also,  conclusions   of the report were embedded into the core training on fragility for the World Bank operational staff.

During the discussions of the Phase 1  report,  it was agreed  that   Phase  2  should  be  done either by GPOBA staff or with the engagement of a consultant in a separate project, given that the identification of leads  for  the  pipeline  required  more  operational experience.