The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust Fund (P112684) Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Restructuring Stage Restructuring Stage | Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 12-Sep-2016| Report No: ISDSR20008 Regional Vice President: Makhtar Diop Country Director: Rachid Benmessaoud Senior Global Practice Director: Juergen Voegele Practice Manager/Manager: Mark E. Cackler Task Team Leader: Abdoulaye Toure The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust Fund (P112684) Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. . I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. BASIC PROJECT DATA Project ID Project Name Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust P112684 Fund Task Team Leader(s) Country Abdoulaye Toure Western Africa Approval Date Environmental Category 04-Dec-2008 Partial Assessment (B) Managing Unit Is this a Repeater project? GFA13 PROJECT FINANCING DATA (IN USD MILLION) Total Project Cost Total Financing 33,400,000.00 33,400,000.00 Financing Gap 0.00 OLD_FIN_DTL Financing Source Amount Trust Funds 33,400,000.00 Total 33,400,000.00 2. PROJECT INFORMATION The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust Fund (P112684) Current Project Development Objective To strengthen Africa’s capacity for agricultural innovation with purposefully determined outcomes, creating capacity forinnovationand enabling environments for implementation. Proposed New PDO To strengthen Africa’s capacity and commitment to implement the Science Agenda for African Agriculture. . 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION FARA is a continent-wide umbrella organization bringing together and forming coalitions of major stakeholders in agricultural research and development in Africa. In 2015, FARA carried out a major restructuring and revision of its MTOP in response to a shortfall in financial resources. A new organizational structure was put in place and, as a result, staff size significantly reduced and skill mix rationalized. The revised MTOP (MTOP2-R), covering the period 2016 to 2018 and consisting of the following three Core Programs became operational in 2016. (a) Innovation Systems and Partnerships • Strengthening and out-scaling of innovation and thematic platforms • Partnerships and innovative funding for AR4D and S3A implementation (b) Capacity Development for implementation of the science agenda • Human capital and infrastructure development and sharing • Enhancement of institutional and agribusiness capacities • Strengthening of AR4D quality control systems (c) Knowledge Management and Decision Support • Establishment of an Observatory for the S3A and African AR4D • Options for decision makers in support of S3A implementation. • Communication and advocacy on AR4D and S3A Tracking emerging opportunities and risks and providing foresight and guidance to agricultural research and innovation will continue to be main activities of FARA. FARA will host the African Chapter of the Foresight Academy that will enable and encourage African decision makers, organizations and experts to use foresight systematically as a strategic tool. FARA will fulfill this mandate by continuing to spearhead and facilitate the Dublin Process for developing the African science agenda for agriculture. In this process, it will ensure that African regional institutions are brought into the science agenda and enabled to contribute and build Africa’s self-reliance in agricultural sciences. FARA will also continue to promote intra- and inter-continental platforms and partnerships, building on experiences from the North–South and South–South partnerships that have developed over the last ten years. FARA will strengthen interactions and partnerships among farmers, research, education, extension, and trade and agribusiness organizations. It will continue to support such recently established regional organizations and encourage and foster links between these organizations and others. It will also spearhead the identification and redefinition of skill sets as demanded by public and private sector actors. FARA will support The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust Fund (P112684) the development of partnerships between countries, institutions and local programs as a means to enhance capacity strengthening, while bringing together the critical mass needed to undertake complex agricultural training and advisory tasks. Strengthening human, organizational and institutional capacities for agricultural innovation will be one of its main activities through the selection of supporting activities that exploit FARA’s continental perspective by networking, coordinating and harnessing the strengths of its stakeholders. Finally, FARA will promote networking and facilitate engagement among the economic research community and policy makers concerning strategic policy issues affecting agricultural development in Africa. It will also promote the exchange of economic policy research results and the sharing of best practice policy options among policy research institutions, policy makers and the broader community of CAADP stakeholders through several avenues, including workshops, seminars, conferences and publications. . 4. PROJECT LOCATION AND SALIENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE SAFEGUARD ANALYSIS (IF KNOWN) 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS SPECIALISTS ON THE TEAM Abdelaziz Lagnaoui, Environmental Safeguards Specialist Alidu Babatu Adam, Social Safeguards Specialist SAFEGUARD_TABLE 6. SAFEGUARD POLICIES TRIGGERED Safeguard Policies Triggered Explanation Environmental Assessment (OP) (BP 4.01) No 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 (OP) No (BP 7.50) The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust Fund (P112684) Projects in Disputed Areas (OP) (BP 7.60) No KEY_POLICY_TABLE II. KEY SAFEGUARD POLICY ISSUES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT A. SUMMARY OF KEY SAFEGUARD ISSUES 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the Restructured project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts. The December 2013 Bank-approved restructuring and AF package was processed outside of the Bank’s Operations Portal , and, as a result, several of the approved changes were not reflected in the Portal when the FARA MDTF was subsequently migrated. One such change not reflected was a revision to the Environmental and Safeguards Category rating. As noted in the December 2013 restructuring/AF package, the original MDTF was classified as a category B – Partial Assessment, triggering forestry, pest management and international waterways safeguard policies. The overall approach to FARA sub-grants was not designed to finance any research or civil works. Therefore, none of the three policies were triggered during project implementation. Accordingly, the Environmental Category was re-categorized from B – Partial Assessment (original) to Category C – Not Required (additional financing). This is being included as part of this restructuring for the purpose of documenting the previously approved change in the Portal. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area. 3. Describe any potential alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. 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. N/A 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanism for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. COMPLIANCE_TABLE B. COMPLIANCE MONITORING INDICATORS AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL PDI_TABLE The World Bank RESTRUCTURING ISDS Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Trust Fund (P112684) The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank for disclosure? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? ALL_TABLE All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader(s) Abdoulaye Toure Approved By Safeguards Advisor Practice Manager/Manager .