INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Public Disclosure Copy Report No.: ISDSC896 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 19-Jul-2012 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Turkey Project ID: P131921 Project Name: EU/IPA Energy Sector Technical Assistance Project (P131921) Task Team Kari J. Nyman Leader: Estimated 08-Nov-2012 Estimated 15-May-2013 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: ECSS2 Lending Technical Assistance Loan Instrument: Sector: General energy sector (55%), Oil and gas (24%), Other Renewable Energy (21%) Theme: Managing for development results (40%), State-owned enterprise restructuring and privatization (20%), Micro, Small and Medium Enterp rise support (20%), Other Private Sector Development (20%) Financing (In USD Million) Financing Source Amount Public Disclosure Copy Borrower 0.55 Free-standing TFs for ECA SD Sector Unit 14.32 Total 14.87 Environmental C - Not Required Category: Is this a No Repeater project? B. Project Objectives The development objective of the envisioned large multi-year EU/IPA-financed World Bank- managed MENR-executed programmatic technical assistance program is the enhancement of Turkey's energy sector in line with the energy priorities and strategies of the European Union (EU). [This objective statement has been agreed between the European Commission and the Government]. For the 2012 IPA energy sector TA program - the first installment of the multi-year program - a more narrow development objective is proposed: Enhancement of the Turkish energy sector in line with the EU Energy priorities and strategies in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and the natural gas market. C. Project Description The proposed TA program supports and accelerates the implementation of the Government's strategy to reform Turkey's energy sector in line with the EU energy strategies and priorities. The following Public Disclosure Copy components are proposed in the IPA 2012 program: (1) MENR - (a) institutional review and capacity building of MENR and (b) review of Turkey's alignment with the EU energy acquis, (2) Renewable Energy - (a) review of current situation, barriers and road map, and (b) renewable energy grid integration to distribution and transmission systems, (3) Natural Gas - (a) support for the unbundling of the national gas supply and transmission company BOTAS and (b) implementation plan for a gas trading platform and effective gas market opening, (4) Energy Efficiency - (a) market development in the industrial and building sectors including the formulation of energy efficiency projects for small and medium-sized industries (SMEs) and buildings, and (b) capacity building for commercial energy efficiency lending market, and (5) Visibility and Public Awareness. These components cover several key areas of Turkey's energy sector: gas, renewable energy and energy efficiency. The program is expected to be expanded into the electricity market area and substantially scaled up in the energy efficiency and renewable energy areas in IPA 2013. D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) The proposed TA project would be carried out in Turkey - mostly in Ankara in the offices of MENR and other participating agencies.Energy efficiency project studies would also be carried out outside Ankara, in the premises of participating SMEs and buildings (locations to be determined). E. Borrowers Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies MENR institutional capacity for safeguard policies is limited, but is considered adequate for the purposes of a TA project. F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team Esra Arikan (ECSS3) Public Disclosure Copy II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ No TA project. BP 4.01 Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No TA project. Forests OP/BP 4.36 No TA project. Pest Management OP 4.09 No TA project. Physical Cultural Resources OP/ No TA project. BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No TA project. Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP No TA project. 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No TA project. Projects on International No TA project. Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Public Disclosure Copy Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No TA project. 7.60 III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN A. Tentative target date for preparing the PAD Stage ISDS: 03-Dec-2012 B. Time frame for launching and completing the safeguard-related studies that may be needed. The specific studies and their timing1 should be specified in the PAD-stage ISDS: No safeguard-related studies are anticipated to be needed for the processing/review of the proposed TA project. However, the team includes an environmental specialist, Ms. Esra Arikan, who will advise the team if the need for such studies arises. IV. APPROVALS Task Team Leader: Name: Kari J. Nyman Approved By: Regional Safeguards Name: Agnes I. Kiss (RSA) Date: 25-Jul-2012 Coordinator: Sector Manager: Name: Ranjit J. Lamech (SM) Date: 02-Aug-2012 Public Disclosure Copy 1 Reminder: The Bank's Disclosure Policy requires that safeguard-related documents be disclosed before appraisal (i) at the InfoShop and (ii) in country, at publicly accessible locations and in a form and language that are accessible to potentially affected persons.