INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: ISDSA6738 Public Disclosure Copy Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 25-Jan-2014 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 31-Jan-2014 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Egypt, Arab Republic of Project ID: P146143 Project Name: Emergency Employment Investment Project (P146143) Task Team Afrah Alawi Al-Ahmadi Leader: Estimated 28-Jan-2014 Estimated 20-Mar-2014 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: MNSSP Lending Investment Project Financing Instrument: Sector(s): Other social services (99%), Public administration- Other social services (1%) Theme(s): Social safety nets (60%), Improving labor markets (25%), Other social protection and risk management (15%) 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: 92.53 Total Bank Financing: 0.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount Borrower 0.00 MNA VPU Free-standing Trust Funds 92.53 Total 92.53 Environmental B - Partial Assessment Category: Is this a No Repeater project? 2. Project Development Objective(s) The project objective is to: i) create short-term employment opportunities for the unemployed, unskilled and semi-skilled workers in selected locations in Egypt; ii) contribute to the creation and/ or maintenance of community infrastructure and services; iii) improve access to basic infrastructure and community services among target population; and iv) improve the employability of young men Page 1 of 8 and women through short-term training or other support services to facilitate transitions to wage and self-employment. 3. Project Description Public Disclosure Copy The project consists of four components: Component 1: Employment-intensive Small-scale Infrastructure Sub-projects This component will finance labor-intensive small infrastructure employment creation programs. Specifically, the project will support labor-intensive small scale local public works sub-projects which could include, but are not limited to canal weed reduction, Nile River bank protection, upgrading the conditions of rural housing, pavement of rural roads, and school rehabilitation. These sub-projects could be demand-driven, requested by the local government at the governorate level, or supply driven, requested by a central ministry based on needs. Implementation of the sub-projects will be contracted out to private contractors, while ensuring the labor intensity of the contracts. Infrastructure operations and maintenance procedures will be defined and agreed upon with beneficiaries and other stakeholders during the sub-project design phase (e.g. between SFD, Ministries and Governorate). Component 2: Intensive Community Service and Youth Employment Sub-projects This component will support labor-intensive community service sub-projects through the provision of grants to local communities (NGOs and CDAs) for services like but not limited to, sub-project for cleanliness and environmental awareness campaigns in villages and local areas, early childhood education, mother and child health awareness home visits programs, illiteracy eradication activities, and youth engagement in community initiatives in rural and urban areas. A high share of women beneficiaries can be expected, given that social service sub-projects tend to employ unemployed females. These grants will also enable the SFD to target more educated unemployed youth in the provision of social services with the potential to target more urban settings where unemployment of educated youth is a greater concern. Public Disclosure Copy Component 3: Improving Workers’ Employability This component will finance the piloting of two types of employment support activities mainly aimed at youth in urban and rural areas. It provides a menu of services comprising training, job-search assistance, wage- and training subsidies, access to finance, advisory services and other support as needed to facilitate young people’s transition into wage- and self-employment. The pilot programs will be demand-driven by NGOs – the implementing agencies – based on a core set of interventions that are adapted to the specific needs of youth and employers in the local context. Sub-projects will be implemented by NGOs in urban and rural areas. Beneficiaries will be mainly young men and women in the project’s target provinces who are out of school and out of (full time) work. Young women will be specifically targeted by making female participation an evaluation criterion during the Request for Proposals, and assessing proposed design features to attract female participants (e.g., female-only classes, child care, and parent outreach). Component 4: Project Implementation and Capacity Building The implementation support program for the project includes: (i) training and consultancies to support project management, monitoring and evaluation, financial management and procurement; (ii) financing of public information activities, EU (donor) visibility, communication and social mobilization strategy development and implementation; (iii) technical verification for project outputs, and quality assurance for the design and implementation of the above three project Page 2 of 8 components; and (iv) capacity building as needed for SFD and governorate staff, as well as for the implementing NGOs. 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard Public Disclosure Copy analysis (if known) Project activities will be conducted in selected urban and rural areas nationwide. The locations will draw on Egypt’s poverty map and other poverty targeting tools, as well as locations with the highest rates of unemployment figures and concentration of the poor. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Chaogang Wang (MNSSU) Alaa Ahmed Sarhan (MNSEE) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ Yes An Environmental and Social Screening and BP 4.01 Assessment Framework (ESSAF), as well as sectoral Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) have been developed and cleared by the Bank to ensure environmental due diligence for similar sub-projects funded under the Bank- financed ELIIP. It is intended to ensure that, for all activities financed by the project, all efforts are made to avoid and minimize environmental and social impacts. The current ESSAF remains relevant in managing new activities proposed by the EEIP. The ESSAF, the EMPs and Environmental Guidelines were revised accordingly and re-disclosed in- country and in InfoShop prior to appraisal. Public Disclosure Copy Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No The project does not plan to undertake any activities affecting natural habitats, and any subprojects that could trigger the Natural Habitats policy (OP 4.04) will be excluded. Forests OP/BP 4.36 No Not applicable. Pest Management OP 4.09 No Sub-projects entailing weeding activities shall be manual weeding (i.e., by hand) and will not involve the use of pesticides. As a result, World Bank OP 4.09 is not triggered. Physical Cultural Resources OP/ No The project does not envision conducting any BP 4.11 activities impacting physical cultural resources, and any subprojects that could trigger this policy (OP 4.11) will be excluded. Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No Not Applicable. Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP No The project will support labor intensive small 4.12 scale local infrastructure public works subprojects Page 3 of 8 (ie. canal weed reduction/cleaning, river Nile bank protection, rural housing upgrading, pavement of rural roads, school rehabilitations). Public Disclosure Copy Any subprojects that could trigger the involuntary resettlement policy (OP 4.12) will be excluded and will be part of the negative list in the Operational Manual. In other words, sub-projects cannot be financed that result in direct economic and social impacts through the: (a) involuntary taking of land resulting in: (i) relocation or loss of shelter, (ii) loss of assets or access to assets, or (iii) loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected persons must move to another location; or (b) involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas resulting in adverse impacts on the livelihoods of the displaced persons. Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Not applicable. Projects on International No The project will support small scale subprojects at Waterways OP/BP 7.50 the community level, and no activities that would affect international waterways are expected to take place. Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No Not applicable. 7.60 II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management Public Disclosure Copy A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: The proposed environmental category is “B.” OP 4.01 is triggered. The Emergency Employment Investment Project (EEIP) provides substantial resources that will directly complement the ongoing World Bank-financed Emergency Labor Intensive Investment Project (ELIIP) and which will, in the interest of sustaining an efficient and rapid response, adopt the approach and proven implementation mechanisms developed under ELIIP, including environmental and social safeguards. The EEIP project will use the same Environmental and Social Screening and Assessment Framework (ESSAF), as well as sectoral Environmental Management Plans (EMPs) that have been developed and cleared by the Bank to ensure environmental due diligence for similar sub- projects funded under the ELIIP. The ESSAF addresses, in a sound environmental manner and in line with the World Bank’s safeguard policies, any likely negative environmental impacts potentially resulting from the subproject activities. It includes a screening tool to ensure that the subprojects will not entail the Page 4 of 8 triggering of any Bank safeguards policies except for OP4.01 Environmental Assessment. Also, the project through the utilization of the screening tool included in the ESSAF will exclude any category "A" sub-projects from being funded through this project. Category "B" projects will be Public Disclosure Copy subject to the national laws and regulations with regard to the preparation of an EIA/EMP to mitigate for any negative environmental impacts. The Bank team, however, through supervision as well as regular monitoring and follow-up activities, will conduct post reviews for a selected sample of the EA documents of the sub-projects. The ESSAF also includes examples of the typical environmental impacts and the relevant mitigation measures of some of the sub-projects that could be potentially funded by the project. The sub-projects of the proposed project are likely to result in a number of positive environmental and socio-economic impacts. That is, all of the sub-projects are expected to generate employment opportunities and improve income generation for many individuals as well as improve the living conditions and livelihoods especially for those representing the low or poorest segments of society in targeted areas and communities. For example, the improvement of solid waste collection in poor areas will lead to positive health and environmental impacts. From a social perspective, the Project’s impact is likely to be positive. With the emphasis on rural areas and the targeting of villages in the lowest ranking of the poverty map, the poorest and most vulnerable groups are likely to see an increase in employment, social and economic opportunities. The youth are likely to be the primary beneficiaries of employment opportunities, as they have higher unemployment rates. Females also will be targeted through supporting community services sub-projects. Gender: The impact on women will be positive, especially from the social services subprojects, where women would be more likely to be among beneficiaries of the services, as well as more likely to be employed to deliver the services. The gender differentiated impacts will be monitored by the monitoring and evaluation framework and will be a special focus of the social accountability measures to allow for adjustment during implementation to improve the impact on Public Disclosure Copy women. Given that male- under and unemployment especially the youth is a major challenge in Egypt, the project include interventions that will also attract male participants (infrastructure works and employability activities), while at the same time making female participation an evaluation criterion during the Request for Proposals, and assessing proposed design features of sub-projects to ensure it also attract female participants (e.g., female-only classes, child care, and parent outreach). Targeting. Under this program, special emphasis is being given to the poorest communities and vulnerable groups. The project is using two-tier targeting method. First poorer governorates and local areas are identified using Egypt’s poverty map, and then by enforcing self-targeting through the selection of sub-projects which create jobs that are not attractive to the non-poor as well as setting wage rate slightly lower than the prevailed market rate. Social Accountability. This will be taken in consideration through different mechanisms as follows: (i) a grievance and transparency mechanism that allow citizens to provide feedback to the SFD about project implementation and to allow potential beneficiaries who were not included in the program to seek redress; (ii) public information on the availability of employment opportunities created by the project at relevant levels of implementation; (iii) client satisfaction surveys especially for community social services subprojects; (iv) quality assurance surveys Page 5 of 8 especially for community infrastructure services; and (v) independent verification of results of project implementation using NGOs. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities Public Disclosure Copy in the project area: None. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. None. 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 SFD will prepare a safeguards screening summary for each sub-project in a format specified in the Operations Manual. This will summarize: (a) the recommended categorization according to World Bank policies; and, (b) the proposed environmental safeguards documentation requirements for the sub-project. The safeguards screening summary will be part of the sub-project identification package that will be submitted to the Bank by the SFD. The Bank will review the screening of sub-projects on a selective basis to verify that the screening tools and choice of documents are being applied appropriately and consistently. In terms of capacity, the SFD has acquired and enhanced its institutional capacity for implementing safeguards policies throughout the implementation of the previous phases of World Bank projects, e.g.: the SFD has been implementing EMPs for (i) the Local Area Development (LAD) Program since 2006, and (ii) Enhancing Access to Finance for Micro and Small Enterprise since 2010. However, quite recently, the SFD has decided to improve the integration of environmental assessment to its projects through upgrading the Environmental Policies Program (EPP) to become the Environmental Department (ED) under the Central Sector for Human and Community Development (CSHCD). This has been issued through a Decree from the SFD Secretary General, in September 2013. This upgrade is expected to be an important step for Public Disclosure Copy improving the capacity of the SFD in terms of environmental management; however, providing the ED with adequate resources and staffing is vital for its successful operation. Since the establishment of the ED, 27 regional focal points (from SFD staff) have been identified in the SFD offices in Governorates, the regional focal points have been trained on the required environmental and social follow-up procedures of projects to fulfill the requirements of EEAA and EMPs of different projects. Currently the Operational Manual of the ED is being developed including MIS to follow-up status of different projects regarding environmental and social issues, and standard progress reports to be prepared periodically about these projects status. The ED is also in the process of recruiting a full-time technical staff with experience in environmental management to support the ED Director. The finalization of the ED Operational Manual and recruitment of the new staff member are expected to be finalized before the end of 2013. The ED system is expected to be operational with adequate database about current SFD projects by the end of Q1 2014. In addition to the above, the borrower will ensure the following: • The proposed project supports only environmental category “B” or “C” sub-projects as per the World Bank classification f safeguards; • No sub-projects entailing resettlement will be eligible for funding under the Project as per the World Bank policy OP/BP 4.12; and Page 6 of 8 • No sub-projects that involve the use or pollution of international waterways will be financed under this Project; • Sub-projects entailing weeding activities shall be manual weeding (i.e., by hand) and will not Public Disclosure Copy involve the use of pesticides. As a result, World Bank OP 4.09 is not triggered; and • Consultation and disclosure requirements will be simplified to meet the special needs of these operations. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. The SFD will work in close partnership with the governorates, sectoral ministries at the governorate level, local authorities, NGOs, and CDAs. The SFD will be responsible for implementing and coordinating the activities of this project with the support of its 27 regional offices which monitors project progress and reporting structures. Safeguards documents will be subject to consultation and disclosure (in English and Arabic) in an accessible place, in a timely manner, in a form and language understandable to key stakeholders, prior to the finalization of the said documents. Particular attention will be given to ensure that the project stakeholders receive adequate time and ready access to draft documents before consultation is carried out. This is essentially to ensure that the project stakeholders participate in and contribute to the sub-project planning and implementation, and thereby help minimize any sub-project impacts while maximize the benefits. B. Disclosure Requirements Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank 15-Jan-2014 Date of submission to InfoShop 18-Jan-2014 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors "In country" Disclosure Public Disclosure Copy Egypt, Arab Republic of 13-Jan-2014 Comments: Environmental documents were disclosed on the SFD website: http://www.sfdegypt. org/web/sfd/publications. 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? If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Sector Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Manager (SM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] in the credit/loan? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Page 7 of 8 Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] World Bank's Infoshop? Public Disclosure Copy 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 [ ] 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: Afrah Alawi Al-Ahmadi Approved By Regional Safeguards Name: Maged Mahmoud Hamed (RSA) Date: 30-Jan-2014 Advisor: Sector Manager: Name: Yasser Aabdel-Aleem Awny El- Date: 31-Jan-2014 Public Disclosure Copy Gammal (SM) Page 8 of 8