INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET
                                              IDENTIFICATION / CONCEPT STAGE
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                                                                                              Report No.: ISDSC21108

                         Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 18-Jan-2017
                         I. BASIC INFORMATION
                           A. Basic Project Data

                            Country:             Dominican Republic             Project ID:      P163049
                            Project Name:        Strengthening the Capacity to Produce and Use Quality Education Statistics
                            Team Leader(s):      Juan Baron,Elena Maria Roseo
                            Estimated Date       28-Feb-2017
                            of Approval:
                            Managing Unit:       GED04                          Lending          IPF
                                                                                Instrument:
                            Financing (in USD Million)
                            Total Project Cost: 0.5                           Total Bank Financing: 0
                            Financing Gap:      0
                              Financing Source                                                                         Amount
                              Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building                                                0.5
                            Environment         C - Not Required
                            Category:
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                           B. Project Development Objective(s)
                           The development objective of this project is to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Education
                           of the Dominican Republic (MINERD) to produce high-quality data, consolidate data from different
                           systems, and use that data to inform actors in the education system.
                           C. Project Description


                           D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard
                           analysis (if known)


                           E. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies


                           F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team
                           Nicolas Kotschoubey (GEN04)
                           Ramon E. Anria (GSU04)
                         II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY
                           Safeguard Policies                Triggered?    Explanation (Optional)
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                           Environmental Assessment OP/      No            OP 4.01 -- The project is not expected to have
                           BP 4.01                                         any adverse environmental or social impact as
                                                                           no civil works will be undertaken under the
                                                                           project. The project consists of integration of
                                                                           data systems and indicators; audits of
                                                                           information; integration and identification of
                                                                           management systems and capacity building
                                                                           (training and workshops).
                           Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04       No
                           Forests OP/BP 4.36                No
                           Pest Management OP 4.09           No
                           Physical Cultural Resources OP/   No
                           BP 4.11
                           Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10     No            Indigenous Peoples OP 4.10 - This policy is not
                                                                           triggered since neither the project nor any of its
                                                                           components will be implemented in areas where
                                                                           Indigenous Peoples are present or have a
                                                                           collective attachment to as defined by the Bank.
                           Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP    No            Involuntary Resettlement OP 4.12 - This policy
                           4.12                                            is not triggered as the type of investments
                                                                           anticipated by the project will not require the
                                                                           acquisition of land or finance construction or
                                                                           civil works of any type.
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                           Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37        No
                           Projects on International        No
                           Waterways OP/BP 7.50
                           Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No
                           7.60

                         III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN
                             Appraisal stage ISDS required?: No
                         IV. APPROVALS
                           Team Leader(s):         Name: Juan Baron,Elena Maria Roseo
                           Approved By:
                           Safeguards Advisor:     Name: Noreen Beg (SA)                              Date: 19-Jan-2017
                           Practice Manager/       Name: Yves Jantzem (PMGR)                          Date: 19-Jan-2017
                           Manager:
                         1 Reminder: The Bank's Disclosure Policy requires that safeguard-related documents be disclosed before appraisal (i) at the
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                         InfoShop and (ii) in country, at publicly accessible locations and in a form and language that are accessible to potentially
                         affected persons.
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