CONFORMED COPY
GEF TRUST FUND GRANT NUMBER TF090845-HR
Project Agreement
(Agricultural Pollution Control Project)
between
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION
AND DEVELOPMENT
and
CROATIAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION INSTITUTE
(HRVATSKI ZAVOD ZA POLJOPRIVREDNU SAVJETODAVNU SLUZBU)
Dated March 11, 2008
GEF TRUST FUND GRANT NUMBER TF090845-HR
PROJECT AGREEMENT
Agreement dated March 11, 2008, entered into between the INTERNATIONAL
BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ("Bank") and the
CROATIAN AGRICULTURE EXTENSION INSTITUTE ("Hrvatski zavod za
poljoprivrednu savjetodavnu slu bu" or "Project Implementing Entity") ("Project
Agreement") in connection with the GEF Trust Fund Grant Agreement ("GEF Trust Fund
Grant Agreement") of even date herewith between the REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
("Recipient") and the Bank. The Bank and the Project Implementing Entity hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I - GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS
1.01. The Standard Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to the GEF Trust Fund
Grant Agreement) constitute an integral part of this Agreement.
1.02. Unless the context requires otherwise, the capitalized terms used in this
Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the GEF Trust Fund Grant
Agreement or the General Conditions.
ARTICLE II - PROJECT
2.01.
The Project Implementing Entity declares its commitment to the objectives of the
Project. To this end, the Project Implementing Entity shall carry out Parts 2 and
3 of the Project in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the General
Conditions, and shall provide promptly as needed, the facilities, services and
other resources required for Parts 2 and 3 of the Project.
2.02. Without limitation upon the provisions of Section 2.01 of this Agreement, and
except as the Bank and the Project Implementing Entity shall otherwise agree,
the Project Implementing Entity shall carry out Parts 2 and 3 the Project in
accordance with the provisions of the Schedule to this Agreement.
ARTICLE III - REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES
3.01.
The Project Implementing Entity's Representative is its Director.
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3.02.
The Bank's Address is:
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
United States of America
Cable:
Telex:
Facsimile:
INTBAFRAD
248423(MCI) or
(1-202) 477-6391
Washington,
D.C.
64145(MCI)
3.03.
The Project Implementing Entity's Address is:
CAEI
Fra Andrije Ka i a Miosi a 9/III
10 000 Zagreb
Republic of Croatia
Facsimile:
(385-01) 4882-701
AGREED at Zagreb, Republic of Croatia, as of the day and year first above written.
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR
RECONSTRUCITON AND DEVELOPMENT
By: /s/ Andras Horvai
Authorized Representative
CROATIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
INSTITUTE
By: /s/ Ivan Katalinic
Authorized Representative
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SCHEDULE
Execution of Parts 2 and 3 of the Project
Section I.
Institutional, Implementation and Other Arrangements
A. Institutional
Arrangements
The Nitrate Management Specialist in each of CAEI's local extension office in
the counties of Osije ko-Baranjska, Vukovarsko-Srijemska, and Vara dinska shall be
responsible for day-to-day implementation of Parts 2 and 3 of the Project. To that end,
not later than ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, the CAEI shall employ three (3)
Nitrates Management Advisors, one in each participating county, to strengthen CAEI
capacity to support farmers in planning their nitrate management programs, including
manure storage and the application of the Code of Good Agricultural Practices, including
extensive field demonstrations of the Code technology and crop nutrient monitoring and
management.
B. Anti-Corruption
The Project Implementing Entity shall ensure that Parts 2 and 3 of the Project are
carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines.
C.
Environmental Management Plan
The Project Implementing Entity shall take all action required to follow and
apply the provisions of the Environmental Management Plan in a timely manner,
ensuring that: (i) mitigation and monitoring measures acceptable to the Bank are designed
and implemented with due diligence and employing appropriate environmental expertise;
and (ii) adequate information on the implementation of the measures contained in the
EMP is suitably included in the Progress Reports referred to below in Section II.A.1.
D. Operational
Manual
The Project Implementing Entity shall take all action required to carry out Parts 2
and 3 of the Project in accordance with the requirements set forth or referred to in the
Operational Manual.
E.
Annual Work Program and Budget under Parts 2 and 3 of the Project
The Project Implementing Entity shall:
(a)
submit to the Recipient and the Bank, not later than October 31 of each
fiscal year, a AWPB proposal for the following fiscal year, including, inter alia: (i) a
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detailed description of planned Project activities for the following fiscal year; (ii) the
sources and uses of funds therefor; and (iii) responsibility for execution of the Project
activities, budgets, start and completion date, outputs, and monitoring indicators to track
progress of each activity; and
(b)
adopt and sign the final version of the AWPB in the form approved by
the Recipient and the Bank not later than December 31 of each fiscal year.
F.
Training under Parts 2.C and 3.A and C of the Project
For the purposes of the training to be provided under Parts 2.A and 3.A and C of
the Project, the Project Implementing Entity shall:
(a)
furnish to the Bank for its approval and as part of the AWPB proposal to
be submitted according to the provisions of the preceding Section E, the content of each
such training, including an explanation on how such training is consistent and conducive
to the objectives of the Project and whether it offers the best price/quality ratio, as well as
the schedule for its implementation;
(b)
select the trainees in accordance with a transparent process and criteria
satisfactory to the Bank;
(c)
not later than November 30 of each year, exchange views with the Bank
on the training to be carried out during the following calendar year; and
(d)
furnish to the Bank a report of such scope and detail as the Bank shall
reasonably request, on the results of each training and the benefits to be derived
therefrom.
Section II.
Project Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation
A. Project
Reports
1.
The Project Implementing Entity shall monitor and evaluate the progress of Parts
2 and 3 of the Project and prepare Project Reports for Parts 2 and 3 of the Project in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.08 (b) of the Standard Conditions and on the
basis of Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators for Parts 2 and 3 of the Project. Each such
Project Report shall cover the period of one (1) calendar semester, and shall be furnished
to the Recipient not later two (2) weeks after the end of the period covered by such report
for incorporation and forwarding by the Recipient to the Bank of the overall Project
Report.
2.
The Project Implementing Entity shall provide to the Recipient not later than
three (3) months after the Closing Date, for incorporation in the report referred to in
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Section 5.08 (c) of the Standard Conditions, all such information as the Recipient or the
Bank shall reasonably request for the purposes of that Section.
B.
Mid-Term Review
The Project Implementing Entity's shall:
(a)
maintain policies and procedures adequate to enable it to monitor and
evaluate on an ongoing basis, in accordance with the Monitoring and Evaluation
Indicators for Parts 2 and 3 of the Project, the carrying out of Parts 2 and 3 of the Project
and the achievement of the objectives thereof;
(b)
prepare, under terms of reference satisfactory to the Bank, and furnish to
the Recipient not later September 30, 2009, a report integrating the results of the
monitoring and evaluation activities performed pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section
for incorporation and forwarding by the Recipient to the Bank of the consolidated overall
Mid-Term Review Report, a report on the progress achieved in the carrying out of Parts 2
and 3 of the Project during the period preceding the date of said report and setting out the
measures recommended to ensure the efficient carrying out of Parts 2 and 3 of the Project
and the achievement of the objectives thereof during the period following such date; and
(c)
review with the Bank, on or about December 31, 2009 or such later date
as the Bank shall request, the report referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section, and,
thereafter, take all measures required to ensure the efficient completion of Parts 2 and 3
of the Project and the achievement of the objectives thereof, based on the conclusions and
recommendations of the said report and the Bank's views on the matter.
Section III.
Procurement
All goods, services (other than consultants' services) and consultants' services
required for Parts 2 and 3 of the Project and to be financed out of the proceeds of the
Grant shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of Section III of Schedule 2 to
the GEF Trust Fund Grant Agreement.