The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet Appraisal Stage Appraisal Stage | Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 5-Nov-2018| Report No: ISDSA24000 Regional Vice President: Ferid Belhaj Country Director: Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly Senior Global Practice Director: Guangzhe Chen Practice Manager/Manager: Olivier P. Le Ber Task Team Leader: Nabil Samir The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) . I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. BASIC PROJECT DATA Project ID Project Name P165411 Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance Task Team Leader(s) Country Nabil Samir Morocco Approval Date Environmental Category 20-Jun-2019 B-Partial Assessment Managing Unit Is this a Repeater project? GTR05 No PROJECT FINANCING DATA (US$, Millions) SUMMARY -NewFin1 Total Project Cost 2.85 Total Financing 2.85 Financing Gap 0.00 DETAILS -NewFinEnh1 Non-World Bank Group Financing Trust Funds 2.85 Japan Social Development Fund 2.85 2. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE Project Development Objective The proposed Project Development Objective (PDO) is to provide livelihood improvement opportunities to disadvantaged . rural inhabitants and maintain accessibility and usability of targeted rural roads in the Project Area. The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) Note to Task Teams: End of system generated content, document is editable from here. 3. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Note to Task Teams: The following sections are system generated and can only be edited online in the Portal. . 4. PROJECT LOCATION AND SALIENT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO THE SAFEGUARD ANALYSIS (IF KNOWN) The project will be located in non-disputed lagging areas. The exact location (i.e. the rural roads to be maintained by the project) will be determined during implementation. The project will mostly consist in routine maintenance of rural roads without any anticipated significant environmental and social negative impacts. Maintenance works will be carried out on the roads' right-of-way, meaning there will no land acquisition. As these maintenance works will be handled by cooperatives and social microenterprises employing rural citizens, a significant risk on occupational health and safety is detected to be managed correctly by all counterparts. 5. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDS SPECIALISTS ON THE TEAM Markus Friedrich Vorpahl, Social Specialist Mohamed Adnene Bezzaouia, Environmental Specialist SAFEGUARD_TABLE 6. SAFEGUARD POLICIES TRIGGERED Safeguard Policies Triggered Explanation The project is categorized as B. Sub-component 1.1 of the project, “Rural roads maintenance subprojects�, has the propensity to generate during works minimal and site-specific environmental impacts related essentially to the management of wastes, noise, air emissions, wastewater and Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Yes disposal of some hazardous materials. All these impacts are easily remediable and will be easily mitigated. Aside from sub-component 1.3 "Complementary Subprojects" that is likely not to have a significant adverse impact on the environment or the affected people, all the other components of the project are primarily The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) institutional development, technical assistance and capacity building. An Environmental and Social Management Framework (that includes a Guide as annex) has been prepared. This document includes a negative-list of subprojects excluded from support: high risk subprojects with potential, Category A-type impacts, subprojects impacting critical habitats or protected areas, impacting forests areas and forest resources, or posing risks of damaging on the existing community cultural property, subprojects requiring land acquisition, and finally subprojects involving the use of sophisticated civil works equipment or machinery. As the project will employ community labor, there are other risks related to occupational health and safety, child labor, and forced labor which will be mitigated through measures specified in the ESMF (particularly in the annexed Guide). The ESMF describes how these risks related to occupational health and safety, child labor, and forced labor will be managed, and developed an Environmental and Social monitoring sheet. The ESMF has been consulted upon with beneficiaries and other stakeholders in December, 12th 2018. The ESMF has been reviewed, approved, disclosed in-country (on January, 9th 2019) and at the external website (on January, 18th 2019). The project will not finance subprojects impacting Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 No critical habitats or protected areas. The project will not finance subprojects impacting Forests OP/BP 4.36 No forests areas and forest resources. The project will not support the use or involve Pest Management OP 4.09 No investments in pesticides or other related products. The proposed operation is not expected to pose risks of damaging on the existing community cultural property. If these properties will be discovered during project implementation, cultural Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11 No property and chance find procedures will be applied and appropriate mitigation measures for both the identification and protection (from theft, mistreatment of discovered artifacts) of cultural property. No groups qualifying as Indigenous Peoples under Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 No OP/BP 4.10 will be among the project affected people or project beneficiaries. The project will maintain existing roads that have Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 No already been upgraded under a series of projects, The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) lastly Morocco Second Rural Roads Project - AF2 (P148003). No enlargement of existing roads will be necessary under the project, so no acquisition of land, involuntary or other, will be necessary. The screening mechanisms under the ESMF will include measures to exclude road sections should the project encounter non-titles users, e.g. vendors on road shoulders. Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No The project will not construct or rely on dams. Projects on International Waterways No The project will not affect international waterways. OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60 No The project is not located in a disputed area. 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. Given the nature of works, the project has the propensity to generate minimal and site specific environmental impacts related essentially to the management of wastes, noise, air emissions, wastewater and disposal of some hazardous materials. All these impacts are easily remediable and will be easily mitigated. the project will employ community labor, therefore other risks related to occupational health and safety, child labor, and forced labor which will be mitigated or eliminated through measures detailed in the Environmental and Social Management Guide. Impacts related to land acquisition are being eliminated not including any sub-projects with potential impacts related to land acquisition or restriction of access to land. Complementary subprojects (sub-component 1.3) consisting of income- generating activities are not likely to have a significant adverse impact on the environment or affected people. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area. NA 3. Describe any potential alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. NA 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. The Borrower has satisfactorily complied with the World Bank's safeguards policies during the implementation of a recent more complex road project (Second Rural Roads Project - P094007), demonstrating its ability to properly manage the impact of the proposed project. Capacity building for local community labor force to acquire necessary skills on occupational health and safety is necessary. The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanism for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Aside from the project sponsors (the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics, and Water and its Regional Directorate in the Souss-Massa region, and the regional government of Souss-Massa), the key stakeholders are the communities engaged in the road maintenance, including through cooperatives and microenterprises (or other forms of community engagement), involved in implementing the sub-projects, and civil society organizations. Given the limited subproject sizes and their nature, potential negative safeguards impact of the project affecting people should be minor and mitigated through project measures. Target road sections for the first component of the project have been pre-identified during preparation and will be confirmed in a participatory manner following consultations held with community members (including potential direct and indirect beneficiaries) and civil society. Local communities will be involved in the project and engaged in the maintenance of the roads serving the communities throughout the project lifetime. DISCLOSURE_TABLE B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS ENV_TABLE Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure 09-Jan-2019 18-Jan-2019 For Category ‘A’ projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors “In country� Disclosure Country Date of Disclosure Morocco 09-Jan-2019 Comments COMPLIANCE_TABLE C. COMPLIANCE MONITORING INDICATORS AT THE CORPORATE LEVEL EA_TABLE OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? No PDI_TABLE The World Bank Appraisal ISDS Morocco - Community-Based Rural Roads Maintenance (P165411) The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank for Yes 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 Yes and local NGOs? ALL_TABLE All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been Yes prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project Yes cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring Yes of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower Yes and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader(s) Nabil Samir Approved By Safeguards Advisor Practice Manager/Manager Olivier Le Ber 29-Apr-2019 .