INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET RESTRUCTURING STAGE Note: This ISDS will be considered effective only upon approval of the project restructuring Public Disclosure Copy Report No.: ISDSR18612 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 02-Jun-2016 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 06-Jun-2016 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Kyrgyz Republic Project ID: P148471 Project Name: Scaling-up the Peer-to-Peer Learning in Public Finance at the LSG Level in the Kyrgyz Republic - SUPPL (P148471) Task Team Gregory Kisunko,Zhanybek Ybraiym Uulu Leader(s): Estimated Estimated Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: GGO15 Lending Investment Project Financing Instrument: Sector: Sub-national government administration (60%), General public administration sector (40%) Theme: Public expenditure, financial management and procurement (60%), Decentralization (20%), Other public sector governance (20%) Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and No Public Disclosure Copy Emergencies)? Financing (in USD Million) Total Project Cost: 0.00 Total Bank Financing: 0.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount Financing Gap 0.00 Total 0.00 Environmental C - Not Required Category: Is this a No Repeater project? 2. Current Project Development Objectives 3. Project Description Page 1 of 4 Component 1: Project management, including Community of Practice building activities. This component will fund the following activities. (a) Strengthening existing Secretariat through additional hiring and capacity building. The first Public Disclosure Copy tasks of the Secretariat will be supporting the Implementation Agency in developing and adoption detailed rules of operation and project implementation plan. The Secretariat will be in charge of effective implementation of all project activities. The Secretariat will be also supporting organization and functioning of Communities of Practice (COPs), reporting to the World Bank and any other project related issues including, but not limited to project logistics, administration, and coordination with resource persons (RPs), other government agencies and the World Bank. (b) Addressing through PTP learning (i) ?just-in-time? budget-related demands of the LSG units, e.g. new requirement on budget reporting; (ii) laws and regulations that affect LSG abilities to function, e.g. regulations ion land allocation for pastures, licensing fees, etc. This will be done by constant communication with the COP members and in collaboration with them defining topics for the upcoming PTP events. It is expected that majority of topics for PTP activities will be planned not more than for 6 months ahead of event. (c) This component will also cover activities related to project oversight by the Steering Committee. It is expected that at least one countrywide COP ? financial officers? COP ? will be formally established by the end of the project. The formal organizational arrangements for the other two COPs ? local council members and heads of LSG units ? may differ due to the election cycle and elected nature of their positions. A more detailed description of the roles of Secretariat, COPs, Steering Committee, etc. are shown in the Diagram 1 below. Component 2: Organization and delivery of learning events to the Resource Persons. This component will fund organization and delivery of PTP learning and training events for 40 rayon level Resource Persons (RPs) in each COP that will help improve their understanding of PFM at the local level and help them be effective leaders and resource persons of rayon-level communities of practice and to sustain COP at the rayon level. It is expected that each COP will have one resource person per rayon and that these people will be selected among the most knowledgeable and active members of Public Disclosure Copy communities of practice (i.e. they will be local civil servants (financial officers), elected officials (heads of LSG) or local council members, respectively. This component will help improve knowledge and understanding of significant local PFM and accountability issues and good practices in the Kyrgyz Republic. It will provide an institutional set up to more effectively share experiences and knowledge related to PFM reforms and therefore bolster a PTP learning initiative which will enable local stakeholders in the PFM process to exchange ideas, discuss challenges, share their experiences/best practices and by doing so, improve budgeting processes at the LSG level - where most of the country residents can see and feel the impact of PFM policies and reforms. Component 3: Organization and delivery of PTP learning at rayon level. This component will fund rayon level PTP learning for all 40 rayons of the country- both formal events and advice provided to the COP members by rayon level RPs. It is expected that formal PTP events at rayon level will be held approximately every quarter and will include relevant participants (financial officers, local council members working in budget committee) from each Ayil Okmotu (LSG units) in that rayon (therefore, all 450+ rural LSG units will be covered). Organization and conduct of the PTP evens will be a shared responsibility of the Secretariat and rayon RP (for each COP). It is also expected that the formal PTP events when and if possible would be aligned with the relevant rayon level meetings COP members supposed to attend as a part of their work responsibilities. Component 4: Evaluation. This component will fund baseline and end-of-project data collection and Page 2 of 4 benchmarking and end of project evaluation. It is expected that evaluation will be done by an independent entity that was not a part of project implementation. This component will also fund an independent end-of-project audit. Public Disclosure Copy 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) This is a TA project, therefore it will not have any physical location beyond location of the PIU and Project Secretariat. The latter and former are going to be located in Bishkek. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental No Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Natural Habitats OP/BP No 4.04 Forests OP/BP 4.36 No Pest Management OP 4.09 No Physical Cultural No Resources OP/BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/ No BP 4.10 Involuntary Resettlement No OP/BP 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP No 4.37 Public Disclosure Copy Projects on International No Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed No Areas OP/BP 7.60 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: none 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities 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. Page 3 of 4 none 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Public Disclosure Copy none B. Disclosure Requirements 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 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(s): Name: Gregory Kisunko,Zhanybek Ybraiym Uulu Approved By Safeguards Advisor: Name: Agnes I. Kiss (SA) Date: 04-Jun-2016 Practice Manager/ Name: Adrian Fozzard (PMGR) Date: 06-Jun-2016 Manager: Page 4 of 4