INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET APPRAISAL STAGE . Report No.:ISDSA21752 Date ISDSPrepared/Updated: 30-Mar-2017 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Iraq Project ID: P161654 Project Name: Promoting the Inclusion of Conflict-Affected Iraqi Youth (P161654) Task Team Leader(s): Gloria La Cava,Michelle P. Rebosio Calderon Estimated Appraisal Estimated Board 10-May-2017 Date: Date: Managing Unit: GSU05 Financing Investment Project Instrument: Financing 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) Total Project Cost: 2.75 Total Bank Financing: 0.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount Japan Social Development Fund 2.75 Total 2.75 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Is this a Repeater project? No 2. Project Development Objective(s) The Project Development Objective is to promote the social and economic inclusion of at least 3,000 conflict- affected Iraqi youth (ages 15-29) through engagement in entrepreneurship and youth-led community development activities. 3. Project Description Component I: Youth-led Community Development, Peacebuilding and Micro-Entrepreneurship (USD 2,475,000) Sub-component 1.1 : Soft Skills Training and Psychosocial Support This sub-component will be the entry-point for all participants into the project and will provide soft-skills training for at least 3,000 conflict-affected youth and psychosocial support modules as needed. Beneficiaries will be grouped in class sizes with about 20 youth, so as to ensure close interaction between all participants. The Page 1 of 6 soft skills training will last two weeks and will involve structured, interactive, and practical daily trainings. The type of soft-skills training will include emotional coping skills (managing stress, feelings, and moods) and social/interpersonal skills, as opposed to the more traditional employability focus. Following the successful completion of this sub-component, participants will be eligible to apply to the youth-led community development and/or the micro-entrepreneurship activities. The MoYS will contract a local NGO, through a competitive bidding process, to conduct activities under this sub-component. Sub-component 1.2 : Youth-Led Community Development and Peacebuilding This sub-component will engage at least 2,000 conflict-affected youth in youth-led community development activities. The MoYS will contract the same local NGO selected for component 1.1 to support activities under this sub-component, given the natural linkages between both sub-components' activities. These activities will support youth of diverse backgrounds to: (a) negotiate with one another about what activities are needed in specific communities; (b) develop a plan to advocate for these activities at local level; and (c) implement small- scale initiatives, such as provision of equipment for public spaces, small improvements of public spaces, cultural and sports activities, or additional skill-building activities. Sub-component 1.3: Micro-Entreprenurship This sub-component will provide immediate assistance to at least 1,000 conflict-affected youth to set up independent micro-businesses. Selected youth beneficiaries for this sub-component will first complete two- weeks of business development training, which will help youth further develop their business idea and create a strong business plan. Upon completion of the business development training, youth will submit their business proposal to a Grant Approval Committee (GAC) for approval. Start-up capital would be available to young people through seed grants on a competitive basis. The grant size will depend on the strength of the proposal, but will be no more that $1,000. Youth will also be required to match approximately 25 percent of the grant value with financial or in-kind contribution to create a greater sense of ownership among beneficiaries. In addition, youth will be paired with mentors and coaches to ensure businesses are as successful as possible given the difficulties of the environment. Business advisory service and support will be provided to beneficiaries for one year from business start-up. The MoYS will engage a service provider, which will be contracted under a competitive bidding process, to conduct activities under this sub-component. Component II: Project Management and Administration, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Knowledge Dissemination (USD 275,000) Project Management and Administration: A Project Management Unit (PMU) will be responsible for overall Project coordination and implementation. Key responsibilities will include project coordination, beneficiary outreach, procurement, financial management, safeguards, communication and knowledge management, selection and oversight of a local NGO and service provider, and monitoring and evaluation. The PMU will include a team of Ministry of Youth and Sports dedicated staff who are seconded to the PMU as well as a small team of consultants. The PMU will contract one NGO to conduct activities under the soft skills training and youth-led community development sub-components, while a Service Provider will be contracted to conduct activities under the micro-entrepreneurshp sub-component. The Project will benefit from the expertise of the MoYS Compliance Unit which will be screening youth led community development sub-projects and ensure that they are in compliance with environmental and social safeguards. Several knowledge exchange sessions will be ensured with World Bank for harmonization of safeguards procedures and checklists. 4. Project location and Salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) The project area comprises three different districts in Baghdad: Al Sadr City, Zayona, and Al-Amriya, which have been heavily affected by sectarian conflict. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team Page 2 of 6 Shafick Hoossein( GEN05 ) Tracy Hart( GEN05 ) 6. Safeguard Policies That Might Apply Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Yes An Environmental Management Framework (EMF) instead of an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) has been prepared given the nature of the project and possible sub-projects that are more environmentally focused and the activities do not trigger any of the Social Safeguard Policies. The EMF includes provisions for screening sub-projects and rejecting any that would have a negative impact on the environment or would trigger any environmental safeguards policy (other than OP 4.01). A list of eligible sub-projects, to be included in the EMF, is expected to run in sub-projects with generally positive health and environmental impacts. Additionally, due to the small-scale nature of the investments, no significant or irreversible impacts are anticipated. Negative impacts, if any, will be minor and mitigated effectively by implementing the EMF. Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No The EMF sub-project screening excludes any sub- project which involves natural habitats. Forests OP/BP 4.36 No No forests exist in the project area rendering the triggering of this policy null and void. Pest Management OP 4.09 No Youth sub-projects will not make use of herbicides, pesticides. Furthermore, the EMF sub-project screening excludes any sub-project which involves pest management. Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11 No Youth sub-projects will be rehabilitating existing public lands without excavation. In addition, the EMF sub-project screening will exclude any sub- project with potential impact on known physical cultural resources. Chance find procedures are included in the EMF in the case that physical cultural resources are discovered during sub-project implementation. Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No There is no officially recognized Indigenous People in the project area; thus this policy will not be triggered. Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 No Involuntary resettlement provisions are screened for using the EMF and projects which involve applicability of this OP will be rejected. Any land requirements (temporary or permanent) for Page 3 of 6 investments to be financed under the projects will be met through lands that are state owned or owned by private companies. Therefore, any projects that may trigger the World Bank Policy OP 4.12 will be excluded. Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No No large dams exist in the project area. Therefore this policy is not triggered. Projects on International Waterways OP/BP No No international waterways exist in the project area. 7.50 Therefore this policy is not triggered. Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60 No Youth sub-projects are not being funded in any disputed areas. Therefore this policy is not triggered. . II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management 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 project will consist of mainly training, capacity building and small non labour intensive civil works related activities (painting, gardening and building improvements), that will have low environmental impact. Insofar as the Assessed environmental impacts for this project are minor and site-specific, unlikely to be reversible, and easily mitigated. OP 4.01 Environmental Assessment is the only operational policy applicable, as to be implemented through the negative list incorporated into sub-project screening. Due to the presence of small youth-implemented sub-projects grants, an Environmental Management Framework (EMF) has been prepared. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: Given the fact that the activities are to have low environmental impact and the bulk of the activities are mainly related to training and capacity building there are no long-term impacts that are considered to be detrimental. That said, the EMF provides environmental checklists and relevant best practice guidelines inline with the Banks policies have been prepared to screen all projects to identify any impacts and provide mitigation measures from the project planning stage that may have environmental impacts. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. The project seeks to provide training and capacity building to youths that have been affected by and have been displaced by war. The sub-projects of this initiative would only benefit the social structure and future of these youth. The possible alternatives can be identified at the sub-project level during implementation whereby projects can support resource and energy efficient methods of undertaking such projects. 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. Safeguards-specific institutional arrangements will be mainstreamed within the PMU, which will received direct training from World Bank safeguards specialists. In addition, project trainers will assist youth groups to fill out and submit screening forms; the M&E officer will be responsible for reviewing and filing all screening and implementation phase monitoring forms, and the MoYS Oversight and Audit Department will be responsible for conducting an "spot-check" audit to ensure that the M&E officer is collecting, reviewing, and filing all project selection/screening and monitoring forms It is expected that the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) officer, assigned by the Ministry of Youth and Sports Page 4 of 6 (MoYS) staff, will be responsible for educating and guiding a commissioned NGO and Service Provider on World Bank environmental safeguards requirements. Tis M&E officer will be supported by an environmental specialist, as safeguards focal point, who will offer technical guidance to all institutional parties (MoYS, NGO, Service Provider) involved. The safeguards focal point would also assist in the design and implementation of a small environmental sustainability element embedded in youth training programs as needed. Both the M&E officer and the safeguards focal point will participate in a regional World Bank safeguards training targeted to PMU/PIU staff in order to build and refresh their environmental impact skilss, respectivelySafeguards implementation will be supported by a full-time Monitoring and Evaluation staff member, with additional technical assistance from an environmental engineer. Both will take additional training specific to World Bank environmental and social safeguards, including detailed instruction on safeguards policy issues, mitigation measures, implementation good practices, as well as monitoring and reporting. The ESMF and the Operations Manual provide more detailed good practice guidelines for expected types of youth sub-projects to be implemented. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. The main stakeholders have been identified to be: - Community Residents - Ministry of Youth and Sport - Project Management Unit - Youth Beneficiaries - NGO - Community Mobilizers - Student Monitoring Groups Dissemination of Safeguards Information will be undertaken through the PMU and information provided to all stakeholders. The project has a Communications officer, Outreach officer and Community Mobilizers that would provide a channel of information sharing. Knowledge sharing will take place throughout the project. A knowledge management specialist will be contracted to consolidate lessons learned throughout project implementation. Lessons learned would be disseminated in yearly forums, where youth beneficiaries will have an opportunity to present results from youth-led community development sub-projects or micro- entrepreneurship activities. These yearly forums will also provide an opportunity for youth to interact with participants from other communities in a safe and guided environment. The forums will be widely documented so as to strengthen the counter-narrative of youth as positive agents of peace in the Iraqi context. Iraqi government officials, the Government of Japan, and other development partners will be invited in order to raise awareness of the importance of investing in youth peace building initiatives and to showcase potential intervention models . B. Disclosure Requirements Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank 27-Mar-2017 Date of submission to InfoShop 28-Mar-2017 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors "In country" Disclosure PHENVCTRY Iraq 23-Mar-2017 Comments: 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. Page 5 of 6 If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why:: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level PHCompliance OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) Yes [] No [X] NA [] report? If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Yes [] No [] NA [] Manager (PM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP Yes [] No [] NA [] incorporated in the credit/loan? PHCompliance The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the Yes [X] No [] NA [] World Bank's Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a Yes [X] No [] NA [] public place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? PHCompliance All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional Yes [X] No [] NA [] responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been Yes [X] No [] NA [] included in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project Yes [X] No [] NA [] include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed Yes [X] No [] NA [] with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. Approval Task Team Leader(s): Name:Gloria La Cava,Michelle P. Rebosio Calderon Approved By: Safeguards Advisor: Name: Date: Practice Manager/Manager: Name: Ayat Soliman (PMGR) Date: 09-May-2017 Page 6 of 6