INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET APPRAISAL STAGE . Report No.: 84013 Date ISDS January 13, 2014 Prepared/Updated: I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: The Kyrgyz Project ID: P145162 Republic Project Name: Pasture Management Improvement Project Preparation Grant Task Team Leader: Peter Goodman Appraisal Dates: February, 18 2014 Estimated Board Date: June 20, 2014 Managing Unit: ECSAR Lending Instrument: Grant Sector: Animal Production (100%) Theme: Rural Services and Infrastructure (35%) Rural Institutions and Policies (30%) Other Environmental and Natural Resource Management (35%) Financing (in USD Million) Financing Source Amount ECA REGION CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT MDTF US$487,500 IBRD Bank Budget for Preparation US$250,000 Total US$737,500 Environmental Category B - Partial Assessment Is this a Repeater project? No . B. Project Objectives The development objectives of the proposed grant are: (i) to support the preparation of the Pasture Management Improvement Project (PMIP) in Kyrgyzstan and (ii) help to build capacity of local institutions and main stakeholders to implement the PMIP. These development objectives will contribute to the main objective of the future PMIP. The proposed grant is intended to serve as a preparatory step in a large-scale effort to modernize pasture management and livestock production in Kyrgyzstan and thereby increase the living standards of the population. . C. Project Description Preparation of the PMIP will be funded from several different sources: (i) The Bank and the borrower will finance technical, financial and economic, fiduciary, social and environmental assessments including preparation of the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) and Environmental Management Plans (EMPs). (ii) The grant will finance assessments of the capacity and needs of government and non- government organizations and build their capacity to implement three PMIP Components, which will enhance the technical quality of the Project design and readiness for implementation – this will include:  Community Pasture Management Planning Component: The grant will undertake beneficiary needs assessments and build the capacity of the Pasture Department, Rural Advisory Services (technical aspects) and the Agency for Community Development and Investment (social inclusion and governance aspects) to fulfill their role in providing management advice to pasture committees. Grant outputs under this component will include:  Governance Assessment Tools  Conflict Resolution Tools  Pasture Mapping Tools  Community Pasture Management Planning Tools  A Membership Awareness Tools  Pasture Committee Animal Health Improvement: The grant will undertake beneficiary needs assessment and build the capacity of the Veterinary Chamber and Rural Advisory Services to fulfill its role in training Private Veterinarians to provide services to Pasture Committees to implement their animal health plans. Grant outputs under this component will include:  PC Animal Health Planning Tools  PC Animal Health Survey  PC Animal Health Public Awareness Tools  Project Management Component (Pasture Monitoring and Evaluation) will build the capacity of the Pasture Department and Agricultural Projects Implementation Unit to monitor the impact of the pasture reforms and project activities. Grant outputs under this component will include:  Baseline Impact Survey design and implementation  PC Animal Health Public Awareness Tools These tools and surveys to be prepared under the grant will recognize recommendations from the ESMF. 2 D. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) The Project will support pasture committees and private veterinarians locates in Chui Oblast and Talas Oblast. E. Borrowers Institutional Capacity for Safeguard Policies The Agricultural Project implementation Unit (APIU) in the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) would be responsible for the implementation of safeguard requirements for the grant but no safeguards policies are triggered for the grant. The APIU has been responsible for the implementation of Bank funded agricultural projects since 1998 and, hence, is familiar with Bank procedures and safeguard requirements. F. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team German Kust (Bank Consultant) Asli Gurkan (ECSSO) II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY (TO THE GRANT) Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/BP No Preparation of the ESMF and EMP for the 4.01 PMIP will be funded by the Borrower and not funded under the Grant. However the TOR for all TAs under the grant will adequately instruct consultants to take all relevant environmental & social issues into account in designing the project. Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No Forests OP/BP 4.36 No Pest Management OP 4.09 No No Pest Management Plan (PMP) is required for the PMIP and no TA for PMP preparation is funded under the grant. However the TOR for all TAs under the grant will adequately instruct consultants to take any relevant pest management issues identified in the ESMF into account in designing the project. Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP No 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 No Preparation of the ESMF for the PMIP 3 will be funded by the Borrower and not funded under the Grant. OP 4.12 is not triggered for the PMIP because it is a community based natural resource management project: (i) In particular, internal pasture boundary demarcation to be financed under the project does not trigger OP4.12 because it involves definition of boundaries between community managed pasture land and private or state land – it does not involve state acquisition of private land; (ii) Furthermore, proposals for boundary demarcation will be prepared by community based organizations (pasture working groups) representing pasture users. (iii) Most boundary demarcation disputes are expected to be resolved at community level. Where disputes cannot be resolved at community level, the final decision on disputes may be made by the state boundary demarcation commission - in this case the state is acting as the arbitrator of last resort to define the borders of community managed pasture land and no state acquisition of land is involved. Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Projects on International Waterways No OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No 7.60 . III. SAFEGUARD PREPARATION PLAN . A. Time frame for launching and completing the safeguard-related studies that may be needed. The specific studies and their timing should be specified in the PAD-stage ISDS. No safeguards related studies are required under the Grant. IV. APPROVALS 4 Task Team Leader: Name: Peter Goodman Approved By: Regional Safeguards Name: Agi Kiss Date: January 13, 2014 Coordinator: Sector Manager: Name: Dina UmaliDeininger Date: January 14, 2014 5