INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: ISDSA5793 Public Disclosure Copy Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 27-Jan-2014 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 28-Jan-2014 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Kyrgyz Republic Project ID: P144336 Project Name: NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (P144336) Task Team Pieter David Meerbach Leader: Estimated 08-Jan-2014 Estimated 15-Apr-2014 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: ECSAR Lending Investment Project Financing Instrument: Sector(s): Irrigation and drainage (50%), General water, sanitation and flood protection sector (50%) Theme(s): Water resource management (80%), Rural policies and institutions (20%) Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP No 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and Emergencies)? Financing (In USD Million) Public Disclosure Copy Total Project Cost: 7.75 Total Bank Financing: 0.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount Borrower 0.00 Free-standing TFs for ECA CU8 Country Unit 7.75 Total 7.75 Environmental B - Partial Assessment Category: Is this a Yes Repeater project? 2. Project Development Objective(s) The project development objective of the NWRMP-1 is to improve water resources management capability and irrigation service delivery for the benefit of water users. 3. Project Description The NWRMP-1 has four components: (i) Strengthening national water management capacity; (ii) Page 1 of 4 Improving irrigation service delivery to Water Users Associations (WUAs); (iii) Improving irrigation management by Water Users Associations; and (iv) Project management. Te project will be implemented nationwide, covering all river basins, government-run off-farm irrigation systems, off- Public Disclosure Copy farm systems managed by Federations of WUAs and on-farm systems managed by WUAs, with localized initiatives to test and develop specific processes and procedures. The project is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation through a Recipient-Executed Trust Fund administered by the World Bank. 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) The project includes technical assistance activities which will be implemented nationwide, covering all river basins, government-run off-farm irrigation systems and WUAs, with localized initiatives to test and develop specific processes and procedures. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Alexei Slenzak (ECSEN) Aly Zulficar Rahim (ECSSO) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ Yes The NWRMP-1 is classified as Category “B”, BP 4.01 triggering the WB safeguard policy for environmental assessment. The Environmental Management Framework (EMF) has been prepared, disclosed on September 13, 2013 and comments solicited from interested stakeholders. No comments from stakeholders have been received. Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No Public Disclosure Copy 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 Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP No 4.12 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 II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management Page 2 of 4 A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify Public Disclosure Copy and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: The potential environmental impacts resulting from the technical assistance activities (e.g. for the preparation of the National Water Strategy, institutional strengthening, basin planning, update of the procedures for management, operation and maintenance and irrigation service delivery, etc.) in the NWRMP-1 trigger Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01). Potential impacts are anticipated to be positive rather than negative in nature and any potential adverse impacts will be prevented or reduced through appropriate screening procedures and technical assistance. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: N/A 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. N/A 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. The Environmental Management Framework (EMF) has been prepared for the NWRMP-1. The project would support implementation of the key principles of water resource management – including environmental and social sustainability - enunciated in the Water Code of the Kyrgyz Republic. The EMF is intended to ensure that the proposed project incorporates sound environmental management principles and practices and thus complies with the environmental policies and laws of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (GOKR), as well as with WB environmental safeguard policies. The EMF aims to establish a process to implement key principles of environmental sustainability in water resource management, identify and assess potential environmental and social impacts and incorporate measures that ensure compliance with Public Disclosure Copy both GOKR and IDA safeguards and maximize environmental benefits. Specifically, under the NWRMP-1 financed preliminary basin plans, protection of aquatic ecosystems will be an objective. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Key stakeholders of this project are the Government of Kyrgyz Republic, the Department of Water Resources and Land Improvement (future State Water Administration), the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry, Water Users Associations and other water users in the river basins. The EMF was disclosed on September 13, 2013 and no comments from stakeholders have been received. B. Disclosure Requirements Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank 30-Jul-2013 Date of submission to InfoShop 13-Sep-2013 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors Page 3 of 4 "In country" Disclosure Kyrgyz Republic 13-Sep-2013 Comments: No comments from stakeholders were received. Public Disclosure Copy If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources policies, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/ Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] report? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] World Bank's Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Public Disclosure Copy include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader: Name: Pieter David Meerbach Approved By Regional Safeguards Name: Agnes I. Kiss (RSA) Date: 20-Jan-2014 Advisor: Sector Manager: Name: Suzy H. Yoon-Yildiz (SM) Date: 28-Jan-2014 Page 4 of 4