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.: ISDSR10412 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 03-Sep-2014 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 20-Mar-2014, 05-Sep-2014 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Russian Federation Project ID: P089733 Project Name: Judicial Reform Support Project (P089733) Task Team Amitabha Mukherjee Leader: Estimated 15-Jun-2006 Estimated 15-Feb-2007 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: GGODR Lending Specific Investment Loan Instrument: Sector: Law and justice (100%) Theme: Access to law and justice (40%), Judicial and other dispute resolution mechanisms (40%), Legal institutions for a market economy (20 %) Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and No Emergencies)? Public Disclosure Copy Financing (in USD Million) Total Project Cost: 172.41 Total Bank Financing: 50.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 Financing Source Amount Borrower 122.41 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 50.00 Total 172.41 Environmental C - Not Required Category: Is this a No Repeater project? 2. Current Project Development Objectives The project aims to strengthen judicial transparency and competence as a means to a more efficient and accountable judiciary worthy of public trust and confiden ce. Page 1 of 4 Appropriate results indicators will be developed during project preparation . Proposed New PDO (from Restructuring Paper) Public Disclosure Copy The project aims to strengthen judicial transparency and competence as a means to a more efficient and accountable judiciary worthy of public trust and confiden ce. Appropriate results indicators will be developed during project preparation . 3. Project Description The JRSP includes the following components: A. Institutionalizing Judicial Transparency and Accountability. This component finances: (i) periodic surveys of users of judicial services on access, quality and satisfaction with judicial services and enforcement of judicial decisions; (ii) the creation, implementation and dissemination of a legal framework for transparency, publication, openness and accessibility of judicial decisions, processes and practices, including obligatory publication of judicial decisions; (iii) the creation, implementation and dissemination of common case management standards, guidelines and processes; and (iv) the development and piloting of criteria, indicators and a policy to assess and periodically report on the effectiveness of the judicial system, and related capacity-building. B. Harnessing ICT for Judicial Transparency and Effectiveness. The objective is to harness the enabling power of ICT to leapfrog transparency and effectiveness constraints. This component mainly finances (i) ICT systems support for the consolidated Supreme Court, the arbitration court system, the Constitutional Court, the Moscow City Courts and the Court of Intellectual Rights with a view to facilitate an eventual move to a unified judicial ICT system and (ii) judicial electronic archive systems. C. Strengthening Human Capital. This component finances IT-related training for judges and Public Disclosure Copy judicial officials. D. Project Governance, Change Management, Communications and M&E. This component finances: (i) logistical and secretarial support for the Inter Agency Management Council, sub-project management teams, and a designated Project Implementation Unit; (ii) change management and communications and (iii) development and implementation of a project results framework and M&E indicators. 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) As of August 2014, the Project is being implemented in the consolidated Supreme Court, the Constitutional Court and other selected courts within the territory of the Russian Federation. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Svetlana G. Golubeva (GTCDR) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Assessment OP/ No BP 4.01 Page 2 of 4 Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No Public Disclosure Copy Forests OP/BP 4.36 No Pest Management OP 4.09 No Physical Cultural Resources OP/ No BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP No 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Projects on International No Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP No 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. There are no civil works financed by the project. Nevertheless, an Environmental Assessment (EA) was undertaken as part of project preparation and was included as Annex 10 to the PAD. The EA prepared at that time was reviewed and approved by the Regional Safeguards Public Disclosure Copy team. 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. Not applicable. 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. Not applicable. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Not applicable. 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. Page 3 of 4 If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: Not applicable C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level Public Disclosure Copy 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 [ ] 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: Amitabha Mukherjee Approved By Public Disclosure Copy Regional Safeguards Name: Agnes I. Kiss (RSA) Date: 03-Sep-2014 Coordinator: Sector Manager: Name: Adrian Fozzard (SM) Date: 05-Sep-2014 Page 4 of 4