The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) Concept Environmental and Social Review Summary Concept Stage (ESRS Concept Stage) Public Disclosure Date Prepared/Updated: 08/26/2019 | Report No: ESRSC00743 Aug 26, 2019 Page 1 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country Region Project ID Parent Project ID (if any) Timor-Leste EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC P167901 Project Name Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project Practice Area (Lead) Financing Instrument Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date Water Investment Project 12/2/2019 3/30/2020 Financing Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies) Proposed Development Objective(s) The Project Development Objective is to increase access to sustainable water supply and sanitation services in selected project areas and strengthen sector institutions capacity to improve service delivery in Timor-Leste. Public Disclosure Financing (in USD Million) Amount Total Project Cost 15.00 B. Is the project being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF Policy, para. 12? No C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and Relationship to CPF] The Project aims at addressing infrastructure gaps in the second largest city of the country and supporting the Government to improve water and sanitation service delivery and sustainability of the investments across the country, including in Bacau, through the development and implementation of its sector institutional reform. In addition, the proposed Project will address the climate-related risks of extreme heats, droughts and floods. The proposed Project is also part of a coordinated World Bank effort to support the Human Capital development agenda in Timor-Leste. Implementation of this project will involve the following three components: Component 1 Water Supply and Sanitation infrastructure Development; Component 2: Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Development; and Component 3: Project Management. Aug 26, 2019 Page 2 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) D. Environmental and Social Overview D.1. Project location(s) and salient characteristics relevant to the ES assessment [geographic, environmental, social] Baucau is a municipality of Timor Leste on the northern coast and eastern part of the country. The northern edge of the municipality faces the Wetar Strait and borders the municipalities of Lautem to the east, Viqueque to the south, and Manatuto to the west. The project will be undertaken in the municipality capital city, also called Baucau, at an altitude of 512 meters above sea level and located around 125 km east of Dili, the capital city of Timor Leste. Baucau has a tropical monsoon climate with annual precipitation of aproximately 1,200 mm that mostly occurs during the annual wet season from November to April. Prolonged dry seasons attributed to climate change may cause additonal pressure on groundwater stress. The current and main water source in Baucau is the Wailia spring located in the center of the old town. The rivers Laleia and Manuleiden to the west of Baucau city flow to the Wetar Strait, while Seical, Borauai, Lequinamo, Binagua and other small rivers are located to the east. Only the Seical river has water all year round. The project is sited in an urban zone and hilly terrains. Based on preliminary screening, there is no indication that the site is in environmentally sensitive or government protected area. Baucau is the second largest district in Timor Leste with a population of about 124,061 inhabitants (2015 Census), of which 17,545 are urban residents. Local languages spoken in Baucau include Makkasae for the majority, Waim’ua in Baho, Caibada, Bucoli and Vemasse Fo’ho villages, Midiki in Venilale and Naueti in Baguia. A number of people above 40 understand Portuguese and most of the others, including the younger population generally understand Bahasa Indonesia. Portuguese is being taught in all schools and some English in the secondary. The district of Baucau has the most highly developed agriculture in Timor Leste. Besides the staples rice and corn. The main rice producing areas are in Seisal, Buibao/Samalari, Tekinomata and Vemasse. Baucau produces beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, coconuts, candlenut and manioc. It also raises buffalo and goats. Situated on the "Tasi Feto" (Northern) shore, the most Public Disclosure promising in terms of fishing, Baucau enjoys a favorable position to develop this sector. The District is producing much wood for construction of housing and furniture, especially in Baguia. However, reforestation efforts have been minimal. Regarding business and trade, there are shops concentrated in the Old Town Baucau that offer a broad range of goods. Baucau District is a major Educational Centre. At present in the district there are 72 primary schools with 443 teachers and 19,844 students, 15 junior secondary school with 143 teachers and 4,000 students, three senior secondary schools with 46 teachers and 1,656 students and two vocational schools (Fatumaca and Venilale) with 24 teachers and 322 students. The government cannot appoint the teachers and the majority of the schools are run and manage by the church, which include the Venilale Girls Vocational School run by the Salesian Sisters and the Fatumaca Vocational School and Agriculture Centre of Fatumaca run by the Salesian Fathers with a boarding school of 224 boys. In Baucau, there is the Brothers Marist secondary school, the Canossian Vocational school and the Ursuline Children pre-school. Trainings are being organized but do not still meet the needs, especially for the primary schools. The regional hospital has 90 staff including two Timorese doctors and three Brazilian doctors including a surgeon, anesthesiologist and obstetrician. It has one ambulance to transport people from all sub-districts. Each sub-district has a health center staffed with nurses, assistant nurses and a midwife. The services available in the health facilities are immunization, family planning, pre and post-natal care and minor surgery. The leading causes of morbidity are malaria, dengue fever, diarrhea and tuberculosis. Post-delivery casualties are also frequent. D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity This is the first project applying ESF in Timor Leste. While the executing agency (Ministry of Public Works) has some experience in implementing safeguard policies (WB, ADB) in transport sector through its multi-donor PMU, the Aug 26, 2019 Page 3 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) implementing agency (DGAS) has much more limited experience and capacity. It is worth to emphasize the importance of capacity as the ESF application will introduce new approaches and expand the scope to a broader range of social and environmental issues. In addition, although DGAS has some experiences in contracting ES consultants and reviewing the deliverables and implementing their outputs the key E&S principles such as cumulative impact assessment, biodiversity, stakeholder consultation, social economic factors in land acquisition are still missing. The team has organized a brief ESF orientation workshop in April 2019 with DGAS staff to introduce its approaches and requirements. This issue will certainly be discussed further during the project preparation to come up with a solid capacity building program throughout the project cycle. II. SCREENING OF POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) Substantial Environmental Risk Rating Moderate The physical investment of the water and sanitation facilities is of medium scale. A review of the Master Plan document indicate that the capacity of the water supply will be around 120 L/s with approximately 6,000 m3 of storage. Construction works will include a new water source, new chlorination facilities, not more than ten new bulk water reservoirs, and new extensions of transmission and distribution mains, while the old water source and distribution networks will be rehabilitated by the project. Several potential new water sources have been identified up to 14 km from the city in semi-urban areas and new reservoirs will be built close to or inside the footprint of the existing tanks. The transmission mains will mostly follow the existing roads while distribution networks constructed Public Disclosure within the housing grids. An initial visit to the project site and early discussions with key stakeholders suggested requirements for acquiring patches of land for the constructing the new water source and new reservoirs of few hundred square meters. The local stakeholder in Baucau suggested that the community at the new water source is supportive of providing land for the project with the condition that the community receives supply of water. The environmental baseline of the project site overall is not sensitive and constructions works are expected to mainly affect human settlement areas and infrastructure footprint in an urban context. Overall, the project will have positive environmental and social benefits in improving people’s access to water, reducing waterborne diseases in communities, and reducing environmental pollution. The adverse environmental and social impacts during construction will include disposal of construction wastes and hazardous wastes; increased noise, fugitive dust and mobile emissions; soil erosion and runoff from excavations and disposal of spoils; loss of vegetation; social disturbance of traffic safety; and mobility disruptions. During the operation phase, potential risks and impacts will include discharge of effluents and sludge from the sanitation facility, as well as impacts on water extraction and disposal of domestic and hazardous wastes. The environmental impacts are considered not significant, predictable, site specific and expected to be temporary and/or reversible. These risks can be mitigated onsite in a predicatable manner through engineering designs, environmental management and mitigation plans, as well as applying standard operating procedures (SOPs). As per the Environmental and Social Directive, the environmental risk for this project is classified as Moderate. The GoTL is in the early stage of commencing institutional reforms in the water sector and plans to establish a public entity for managing the water supply in the country. There is indication that the reform will take place in parallel with the design and construction of the project. The executing agency (Ministry of Public Works) has some experience in Aug 26, 2019 Page 4 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) implementing safeguard policies (WB, ADB) in transport sector through its multi-donor PMU, the implementing agency (DGAS) has much more limited experience and capacity. It is worth to emphasize the importance of capacity as the ESF application will introduce new approaches and expand the scope to a broader range of social and environmental issues. The team has organized an a brief ESF orientation workshop in April 2019 with DGAS staff to introduce its approaches and requirements. Other potential risks include occupational health and safety (OHS) risk such as use of personal protective equipment, housekeeping of facilities, and debris management may lead to workplace injury. Contractors’ capacity and awareness on OHS will likely vary, lower capacities potentially encountered among the local semi-skilled and non-skilled labor in the country, while higher competencies among international skilled labor. Social Risk Rating Substantial The social risk rating is Substantial taking into account potentially complex negotiation of customary tenure for land acquisition, management of local expectations around receipt of jobs, and perceived or actual risk of exclusion of vulnerable groups from receipt of project benefits. The limited experience of implementing agencies in engaging local stakeholders to manage social risk in Bank funded operations, and the indigenous cultural settings in which the project will be implemented, may have significant effects on ability to mitigate project risks and impacts. The land taking impacts would generally be site-specific, without likelihood of impacts beyond the project footprint with some need for mitigation of disruption of water supply for business/residential use during the course of carrying out improvement to existing transmission/distribution lines. While local communities are often willing to donate land in exchange for project benefits, communities in Baucau request that local workers be mobilized/used for the project implementation/operation. The project may also involve moderate influx of workers (domestic and/or international) to service construction activities. The project management will have to navigate traditional beliefs and ceremonies Public Disclosure associated with community engagement and resource ownership. The local tradition holds that the amount and abundance of spring water is influenced by spirits associated with the spring. This belief is shared by government officials within the water department and requires recognition and respect. Failure to navigate this traditional setting may induce social conflicts with local community who shared the same water source with water supply schemes; Other social risks that may result from inadequate/improper consultations with local people regarding the modalities of using shared collective resources include the unequal access to project benefits for vulnerable groups (especially women and poor people); lack of willingness to pay and affordability concerns of local people. B. Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered B.1. General Assessment ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: ESS1 is relevant as the project interventions have potential to cause environmental and social impacts. The project interventions would include: (i) the rehabilitation and construction of new intake, (ii) increase in storage capacity, including construction of bulk water reservoirs and ground level and elevated water reservoirs to guarantee supply during 24h/7 for 2030 projected population; (iii) installation of a chlorination facilities and buildings for equipment and O&M and small laboratory; (iv) replacement and extension of the transmission and primary distribution mains, including installation of bulk metering; (v) rehabilitation and extension of the distribution network, with household water connections and micro-metering; and (vi) construction of a septage treatment plant from earthen lagoons for biological treatment. Aug 26, 2019 Page 5 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) The environmental and social specialists reviewed the Master Plan (developed through an ADB funded Technical Assistance) for the water and sanitation development in 4 district capitals (Same, Baucau, Vinqueque and Lospalos), the Initial Environmental Examination and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) that are attached to the Master Plan, and also conducted a site visit to Baucau City and surrounding areas. On RPF, the one prepared under the master plan funded by ADB covered 4 municipalities. In this project, the Client will prepare a new RPF in accordance with the ESF. This new RPF will only cover project district (Baucau) and will be reviewed/cleared by the Bank. Based on the review and nature of the project interventions, potential adverse environmental impacts may occur as result of disposal of construction wastes and hazardous wastes; increased noise, fugitive dust and mobile emissions; soil erosion and runoff from excavations and disposal of spoils; loss of vegetation; increased traffic and mobility disruptions; water extraction; and discharge of effluents and sludge from the septage treatment plant. The anticipated social risks include the land taking impacts that would generally be site-specific, without likelihood of impacts beyond the project footprint with some need for mitigation of disruption of water supply for business/residential use during the course of carrying out improvement to existing transmission/distribution lines. Also, failure to acknowledge the local traditional setting may induce social conflicts with local community who share the same water source with water supply schemes. Other social risks that may result from inadequate/improper consultations with local people regarding the modalities of using shared collective resources include the unequal access to project benefits for vulnerable groups (especially women and poor people); lack of willingness to pay and affordability concerns of local people. Public Disclosure Local laws and practice regulating labor and working conditions will be assessed at the preparation stage and mitigation measures will be considered based on the findings. There will be relatively small requirement for land acquisition that cannot be avoided. The findings of social assessments in the Master Plan indicate that no significant differences of cultural and social identity exist among the people who speak different languages, except for a small number of Muslims in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic society. Since the entire population of Timor is considered as indigenous people, ESS7 related instrument would be further reviewed in the preparation stage and that the elements of the standard may be included in the project design. ESF required instruments (including EIA/IEE, EMP, ESCP, SEP, LMP, RPF) will be prepared prior to the appraisal and will be subject to the Bank’s review and clearance. These instruments will be prepared only for the Bank-financed project. RAP will be prepared once the project impacts and location are known. Assisted by ADB, the DGAS is currently preparing a TOR for the DED and the DED is expected to be available before Bank Board approval in March 2020. Since the DEDs will not be ready by appraisal, the RAPs cannot be prepared before project appraisal. The RAP would be prepared once the DED is available around March 2020. Areas where “Use of Borrower Framework” is being considered: Although Timor Leste has improved its E&S Framework, there are gaps between the environmental and social assessment regulation and practice. In addition, there is no experience of the implementing agencies in implementing and applying ESF and its associated environmental and social standards. Therefore, there are no plans to use the Borrower’s E&S Framework within this project. ESS10 Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure Aug 26, 2019 Page 6 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) The main stakeholders would include (i) central governmental agencies (Ministry of Public Works, DGAS, Ministry of Justice, National Directorate of Lands, Properties and Cadastral Services, National Council for Food Security, Sovereignty and Nutrition in Timor-Leste (KONSSANTIL); (ii) international organizations (ADB, UNICEF, WaterAid, Plan International, FONGTIL) and NGOs operating in Baucau; and (iii) local stakeholders in Baucau (including community members, traditional leaders (Lian Nain), Suco Council, owners of water sources, Municipality, DGAS, Church, Veteran, Police, Military). For consultations with community, the result of an earlier survey (for master plan development) indicated that the most preferred method in Baucau is public meeting; the second option is the meetings organized by NGOs. Tetum should be used as consultation language and interpreter would be mobilized to translate into other local language as appropriate. Among others, the modalities of using water source need to be carefully discussed and agreed with the surrounding communities, avoiding social conflicts (as they are using the same source for other purposes, irrigation for example) and maximizing the project benefits. During the preparation of the master plan (an ADB funded TA – Second District Capitals Water Supply Project), consultation with municipality and communities was organized in Baucau from March 24-25, 2015. These consultation meetings were conducted to present the proposed project, solicit issues and concerns from the people regarding the project and their existing water supply and the anticipated environmental impact of the proposed project, and to gather people’s opinion on how to improve their water supply system. During the consultation meetings, mechanisms were proposed to resolve unforeseen concerns, issues and problems that might arise during project implementation. Informed by the results of the previous consultations, a project Stakeholder Engagement Plan and a Grievance Redress Mechanism will be developed and disclosed prior to appraisal. The plan will be tailored to ensure meaningful consultation with traditional communities experiencing adverse project-related impacts on land, resources and cultural heritage. Public Disclosure B.2. Specific Risks and Impacts A brief description of the potential environmental and social risks and impacts relevant to the Project. ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions The project activities will require the use of project workers to support the project management, and the construction of project financed water supply and sanitation infrastructures under component 2. The contractors are likely to mobilize skilled workers from abroad and unskilled workers from local areas. However, given the small scale of the interventions to be financed by the project, it is not anticipated that a significant number of workers will be required for construction sites. In a similar project in Manatutu, a Korean contractor has mobilized on average 12 skilled workers from overseas and 15-20 local workers. Timor Leste has in place a legal framework for labor and working conditions (the 2012 labor code). It has also ratified the following ILO fundamental conventions, including Forced Labor Convention (C029); Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention (C087); Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (C098); Equal Remuneration Convention (C100); Discrimination Convention (C111); and Worst Form of Child Labor Convention (C182). These will inform the application of ESS2 at project level. During implementation, a labor management procedure will be put in place prior to the commencement of works, to monitor arrangements and ensure compliance with national laws and ESS2. The implementing agency will also develop OHS procedures, a grievance redress mechanism specific to labor and working conditions, and a system for monitoring third party contractor compliance with agreed OHS and LMPs. ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management Aug 26, 2019 Page 7 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) The water project will extract groundwater or natural water spring from a potential new source located up to 14 km from Baucau City. Based on the design of the Master Plan, the new water source will have a capacity of around 120 L/s designed to supply water for the urban population in 2030. This capacity is larger than the current capacity of the existing water facility in Baucau, approximately 15-25 L/s. The exact location of the source will be confirmed through a water resource investigation study conducted during the project implementation phase. The study will include assessment of groundwater aquifers and recharge systems, watershed capacity, and water balance study that takes into account other water users and requirements for sustaining ecosystem services in the area. The project should be able to locate a suitable source that can ensure meeting the requirements of water quality, quantity and continuity for all water users. The hydrogeological study and groundwater resource assessment are firmly planned as part of project design and will inform the EIA/IEE process as well. Potential pollution will come from disposal of construction wastes (scrap metal, used timber, rubble, debris), spoils, domestic waste (refuse, wastewater), and hazardous wastes (paints, solvents, used fuel, used chemicals), as well as discharge of effluents from the septage treatment facility during the operation phase. A government designated landfill site is located in Tibar, around 25 km west of Dili City. There is also a dump site at Seisal, north of Baucau city that can be used to dispose construction waste. Currently, there is no designated hazardous waste disposal site in the country. The project EIA or IEE will assess the potential impacts of wastes handling and disposal and inform the EMP the requirements for appropriate waste disposal practices for mitigating and preventing pollution from the mentioned sources. Waste management and pollution mitigation measures will be further addressed in the waste management procedures under the CESMP of the contractor. Furthermore, pollution prevention will be sought through the project intervention of building the septage treatment plant, which will be designed accordingly in the Public Disclosure DED so that discharged effluents will meet WHO and/or WB EHS Guidelines. ESS4 Community Health and Safety The potential risks and direct impacts to community health and safety will include temporary increased noise, fugitive dust, mobile emissions, traffic safety, mobility disruptions, and influx of labor during the construction phase. These impacts will be assessed under the preparation of EIA/IEE and mitigated using the EMP. Parts of the EMP will be the responsibility of the contractor and captured under the CESMP. The CESMP will include a site specific Emergency Response Plan (ERP), OHS guidelines, mitigation plans for reducing noise and fugitive dust, and also traffic management plan to mitigate potential disruptions to mobility. The requirements for implementing the EMP and preparing the CESMP will be specified in the contractor agreement and bidding documents. In addition, the project will pose risk to the provisioning service of the ground water system to the community if the project does not carefully manage the ground water extraction as per described in ESS 3. Health and safety risks associated with interactions between non-local labor brought in to undertake construction activities and local communities, including risk of gender-based violence, will be assessed and addressed through the provision of codes of conduct for contractor management and other means proportionate to risk. ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement Land acquisition is expected to be required for: (i) new septage management facilities; (ii) new boreholes for supply of potable water; (iii) new water pumping stations; (iv) new or greatly enlarged water storage tanks; (v) new transmission lines for potable water; (vi) new distribution lines for potable water and (vii) replacement of most or all Aug 26, 2019 Page 8 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) the old transmission and distribution lines that were originally installed by the Portuguese and Indonesian administrations. The land taking impacts of the proposed investment range between 200-1500 m2 depending on the technical parameters of the infrastructure. The latter are usually located in the low population density areas, thus the physical relocation impacts are minimized. A resettlement policy framework (RPF) will be prepared as the likely magnitude of the land acquisition or restriction on land use related to the proposed project is unknown during project preparation. In addition to general principles and procedures compatible with the ESS5, the framework will also include provisions guiding the land donation practices. Land donation related documentation establishing voluntariness of the donation are essential and will be closely monitored. Once the land is donated it is important that the record be altered to reflect the new entity that will be the owner to avoid disputes in the future. The site- specific RAPs will be prepared once the magnitude of project impact is determined in the DEDs. Since the latter would only be finalized prior to Board Approval (tentatively March 2020), it is very likely that the site-specific RAPs will be prepared at the early stage of project implementation and not at appraisal stage. This will be further determined at appraisal stage. ESS6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources A preliminary screening undertaken with DGAS and review of reliable sources do not indicate that the project is in an environmentally sensitive or government protected area. Assessment of potential impacts to habitats and key species will be undertaken through the EIA/IEE process in accordance with ESS6 requirements and the Environmental Licensing Law No. 5/2011. Mitigation plans and procedures will be appropriately outlined in the EMP that will be prepared during the EIA/IEE process such as land clearing procedures and rapid assessment for modified habitats. Public Disclosure ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities The Timor Leste population is indigenous because it has: (i) collective attachment to geographically distinct territories; and, (ii) descent from groups present in specific areas prior to the establishment of modern states and relative borders, due largely in respect of Timor Leste being established as a sovereign nation in 2000. There are 32 indigenous languages still spoken as mother-tongues in Timor Leste, with only 30% speaking Tetum (national language) as mother-tongue and 55% speaking it as second language (Census, 2015). The findings of social assessments (ADB, XXX) indicated that no significant differences of cultural and social identity exist among the people who speak different languages, except for a small number of Muslims in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic society. Since the entire population of Timor is considered as indigenous people, ESS7 related instrument is not needed, it is required, however, to ensure that the elements of the plan may be included in the project design. ESS8 Cultural Heritage The presence and finding of cultural resources is considered unlikely in Baucau City. However, considering that the water source is envisaged to be located outside the city some 14 km, a chance find procedure will be included in the EMP. Screening for cultural resources (tangible and intangible) will be carried out at the earliest stage of project preparation during the study investigations for confirming the water source in Baucau. Should any cultural resources be identified by chance at any stage of the project preparation or implementation, its handling will be safeguarded per requirements of ESS8. Special attention should also be paid to the intangible cultural heritage embodied in traditional beliefs and ceremonies associated with community resource ownership. The local tradition holds that the Aug 26, 2019 Page 9 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) amount and abundance of spring water is influenced by spirits associated with the spring. This belief is shared by government officials within the water department and requires recognition and respect. This should be reflected in the stakeholder engagement plan. ESS9 Financial Intermediaries The project is envisaged not to apply financial intermediaries scheme. C. Legal Operational Policies that Apply OP 7.50 Projects on International Waterways No OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas No III. WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL DUE DILIGENCE A. Is a common approach being considered? No Financing Partners N/A Public Disclosure B. Proposed Measures, Actions and Timing (Borrower’s commitments) Actions to be completed prior to Bank Board Approval: Board approval is estimated to be March 30, 2020 on the assumption that negotiation will take place prior to completion of the DED. Actions: - Completion of procurement with active involvement of safeguards specialist in preparing the bidding documents and award of DED consultant. - Detailed Engineering Design (DED) estimated 6- 8 months to prepare (See note above). - Water source investigation study (groundwater aquifers and watershed capacity and recharge systems, water users and ecosystem services). - Prepare and finalize ESCP, SEP, LMP, EMP, EIA, RPF. - Establish the internal institutional arrangement (within DGAS or dedicated PMU) managing social and environmental issues. Possible issues to be addressed in the Borrower Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP): - Preparation and establishing SOPs (labor, OHS, chance find, waste management procedures), CESMP (emergency response procedures and traffic management) including training plan and capacity building for OHS and other important aspects. Aug 26, 2019 Page 10 of 11 The World Bank Timor Leste Water Supply and Sanitation Project (P167901) - Hiring of qualified environmental and social specialist with relevant experience during project construction and operation. - Establishing and conducting independent audits on contractor performance. - Implement the ESF instruments in an acceptable manner to the Bank. - Prepare site specific social and environmental plans (e.g. RAP) once project sites and associated impacts are known. - Development and implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM). C. Timing Tentative target date for preparing the Appraisal Stage ESRS 30-Jan-2020 IV. CONTACT POINTS World Bank Contact: Christophe Prevost Title: Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist Telephone No: 5781+3019 / Email: cprevost@worldbank.org Borrower/Client/Recipient Public Disclosure Implementing Agency(ies) V. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone: (202) 473-1000 Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects VI. APPROVAL Task Team Leader(s): Christophe Prevost Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Ann Jeannette Glauber Recommended on 07-Aug-2019 at 06:42:24 EDT Safeguards Advisor ESSA Peter Leonard (SAESSA) Cleared on 26-Aug-2019 at 11:45:36 EDT Aug 26, 2019 Page 11 of 11