INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET
                              IDENTIFICATION / CONCEPT STAGE
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                                                                                   Report No.:ISDSC20686
Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 17-Jul-2017
I. BASIC INFORMATION
    A. Basic Project Data
    Country:                           Solomon Islands Project ID:                    P162737
    Project Name:                      Solomon Islands Mining Governance
    Team Leader(s):                    Bryan Christopher Land
    Estimated Date                     30-Jun-2017
    of Approval:
    Managing Unit:                     GEEX2                     Lending                    IPF
    PHGlbPracLbl                                                 Instrument:
    Financing (in USD Million)
    Total Project Cost:        0.4                        Total Bank Financing: 0
    Financing Gap:             0
      Financing Source                                                                                 Amount
      Extractives Global Programmatic Support                                                                0.4
    Environmental Category:            B - Partial Assessment

    B. Project Development Objective(s)
    The objective of the project is to provide key strategic support to strengthen governance, the legislative
    framework, and community engagement in the mining sector in the Solomon Islands
    C. Project Description


    D. Project location and Salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis
    (if known)
    SIMGov will provide only TA and there are neither physical investments that will be funded by the
    project nor any specific physical investments that will be proposed or appraised by the TA. Although
    none of the project activities are expected to have any physical impact on the ground, given the nature of
    the advisory work to be provided it is anticipated that down-stream impacts will be created which would
    be reasonably attributable to this work, according the project is proposed to be B rated.
    E. Borrowers Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies
    The Government has been a recipient of IDA-funded and Trust Funded support for many years and its
    institutional capacity for safeguard management has been under rapid development. Notwithstanding
    progress, the capacity for the management of sensitive issues in the resources sector are very low and
    meaningful support will be required throughout the proposed operation.


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    F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team
    Nicholas John Valentine, Social Safeguards Specialist


II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY
    Safeguard Policies                       Triggered ?    Explanation (Optional)
    Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Yes                 The Interim Guidelines on the Application of
                                                            Safeguard Policies to Technical Assistance
                                                            (TA) Activities in Bank-Financed Projects and
                                                            Trust Funds Administered by the Bank are
                                                            applied to TA work. These guidelines require
                                                            that implications of TA activities moving
                                                            forward be considered.

                                                            Accordingly, a process to manage elements of
                                                            the TA such as consultations, land
                                                            implications, grievance redress, benefit share
                                                            and potential flow-on environmental impacts
                                                            including induced and cumulative impacts etc,
                                                            would need to be properly built into the
                                                            designs. While no safeguard instrument would
                                                            be required at this point, the strategy to
                                                            manage the risks is that consultant/staff ToRs
                                                            addressing safeguard issues be cleared by the
                                                            Bank safeguards team to ensure any flow-on
                                                            impacts are reasonably covered.
    Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04              No
    Forests OP/BP 4.36                       No
    Pest Management OP 4.09                  No
    Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11 No
    Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10            No
    Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12      No
    Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37                No
    Projects on International Waterways      No
    OP/BP 7.50
    Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60    No
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III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN
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IV. Approval
    Task Team Leader(s):             Name: Bryan Christopher Land
    Approved By:


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Safeguards Advisor:                      Name: Surhid P. Gautam (SA)                          Date: 05-Apr-2017
Practice Manager/Manager:                Name: Christopher Gilbert Sheldon                    Date: 06-Apr-2017
                                         (PMGR)


 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.




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