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The World Bank One WaSH - Consolidated WaSH Account Project (One WaSH - CWA) (P167794)

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Combined Project Information Documents / Integrated Safeguards Datasheet (PID/ISDS)

Appraisal Stage | Date Prepared/Updated: 30-Apr-2019 | Report No: PIDISDSA25234

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BASIC INFORMATION

OPS_TABLE_BASIC_DATA A. Basic Project Data

Country Project ID Project Name Parent Project ID (if any)

Ethiopia P167794 One WASH—Consolidated Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Account Project (One WASH—CWA)

Region Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date Practice Area (Lead)

AFRICA 15-May-2019 13-Jun-2019 Water

Financing Instrument Borrower(s) Implementing Agency

Investment Project Financing Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation

Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health

Proposed Development Objective(s) To increase access to safely managed water supply, sanitation, and hygiene services and strengthen capacity for water resources management and service delivery.

Components

Rural and Pastoral Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (Rural WASH) Urban Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (Urban WASH) Institutional Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (Institutional WASH) Climate Resilient Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (Climate Resilient WASH) Institutional Strengthening and Project Management

PROJECT FINANCING DATA (US$, Millions)

SUMMARY-NewFin1

Total Project Cost 350.00

Total Financing 350.00

of which IBRD/IDA 300.00

Financing Gap 0.00


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DETAILS-NewFinEnh1

World Bank Group Financing

International Development Association (IDA) 300.00

IDA Credit 300.00

Non-World Bank Group Financing

Counterpart Funding 50.00

Local Communities 20.00

Local Govts. (Prov., District, City) of Borrowing Country 30.00

Environmental Assessment Category

B-Partial Assessment Decision

The review did authorize the team to appraise and negotiate

B. Introduction and Context

Country Context

1. With over 100 million people Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa, after Nigeria. The country’s population is growing at an average rate of 2.6 percent per year, with projections that indicate that the population may exceed 130 million by 2030 (CSA, 2013) and 142 million by 2037.

2. Ethiopia has experienced rapid and stable economic growth over the past decade. From 2005/06 to 2015/16, Ethiopia’s economy has been growing at an annual average rate of 10.3 percent compared to a regional average of 5.4%. The expansion of agriculture, construction and services accounted for most of this, with modest manufacturing growth.

3. There has been a significant reduction in poverty, but challenges remain. Over the past decade from 2004 to 2014, real GDP per capita increased on average 8 percent per year. Poverty declined substantially from 55.3 percent in 2000 to 33.5 percent in 2011, based on the international poverty line of US$1.90 per/day. There have also been significant improvements in nutrition, health, education, and access to basic services. While experiencing this rapid growth, Ethiopia remained one of the most equal countries in the world with a Gini coefficient of consumption of 0.33 in 2018. However, despite this progress, the country ranked only 173 out of 188 in the Human Development Index (HDI) of the United Nations Development Program (2018) and the poorest 15 percent of the population experienced a decline in well-being during 2011-2018, mainly because of high food prices. In recent years, the rural – urban gap


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has been increasing, driven primarily by lack of access to basic services. Access to Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) services is estimated to be 55 and 68 percent in rural and urban areas respectively.

4. The Government’s Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) has set an ambitious goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2025, with annual economic growth of 11.2 percent per year over the period and gross national income per capita reaching US$1,560 in 2025. A second phase of the GTP (GTP II - 2015/16-2020/21) is currently under implementation. The Government has a powerful role in the economy, especially in priority sectors such as industry and agriculture, which are the key drivers of sustained economic growth and job creation. To achieve this plan, water features prominently and is a critical ingredient to sustain the ambitious agriculture, hydropower generation and industrialization agendas set forth in GTP II.

5. The temporal and spatial variability of water resources, exasperated by extreme climate shocks poses a continuous challenge for water service delivery for human consumption and productive use. At first glance, Ethiopia’s water resources endowment appears generous. The country has adequate average annual rainfall, several major rivers and lakes, and significant groundwater resources. One of the primary characteristics of Ethiopia’s water resources are extreme inter-annual and intra-annual rainfall variability, and the international nature of its most significant water resources. This variability is most obviously manifested in endemic, devastating droughts and floods. Less apparent is the broad range of impacts this variability has on the Ethiopian economy, even in good rainfall years. In recent years, inter-annual droughts have had devastating impacts leading to population displacement and requests for humanitarian help. Resource constraints due to hydrological variability and climate change are further exacerbated by mushrooming population demands and increasing competition for water resources between multiple productive sectors (agriculture, industry, hydropower, etc.).

6. Decentralization of service delivery to local levels is actively pursued. The current federal system of government was established in the early 1990s, and since 2003 the country has decentralized service delivery responsibilities to the regional and district (woreda) levels. Critical public functions such as water and sanitation, solid waste management, and public health services have been devolved. Underlying this decentralized system are formula-based fiscal transfers (block grants). Decentralization has yielded many positive results, but challenges related to regional disparities and rates of development are evident. Pace of development has varied greatly from region to region and smaller and predominantly pastoralist regions have achieved lower development outcomes. Regional variability in capacities and achievement of development outcomes have been exacerbated by civil unrest, influx of refugees (from neighboring countries) and internal displacement due to conflict and natural disasters. Though the country has been experiencing political instability over the last three years some signs of improved stability were evident following the election of the new prime minister in April 2018.

Sectoral and Institutional Context (further details in Annex 3 of the Project Appraisal Document)

7. In 2015 Ethiopia met its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for water supply. This significant achievement was largely driven by the very rapid access increase in rural areas where 35 million people were provided access to piped and protected water sources between 1994 and 2015. In urban areas, an additional 10 million people gained access to piped water through household connections. The MDG for sanitation was not met but good progress was made in reducing open defecation in rural areas


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– over 40 million people built basic latrines – while in urban areas reduction of open defecation (OD) dramatically dropped from 40 to 6 percent. The drop in OD practices was accompanied by good progress with 8 million people moving up the sanitation ladder from basic to improved toilet facilities in urban areas. However, gains in urban sanitation coverage have been offset by increases in urban population, and lack of focus on the integrated sanitation service chain (containment, transport and safe treatment and/or disposal). The progress in improving access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) services has been driven by a combination of decentralization and sector reforms.

8. The Government of Ethiopia’s (GoE) policies and strategies, are designed to respond to some of the economic, social, institutional, and operational challenges affecting the sustainable delivery of services. The major policy principles articulated in strategies such as the Integrated Urban Hygiene and Sanitation Strategy include: (i) recognizing water and sanitation as economic and social goods; (ii) devolving ownership and management autonomy to the lowest possible local level; (iii) moving towards full1 cost recovery for urban schemes and recovery of operation and maintenance cost for rural schemes; (iv) no direct subsidy for construction of household latrines; and (v) integrating sanitation and hygiene promotion with water supply.

9. Responsibility for development and provision of water supply and sanitation services is shared among four Federal Ministries; the Ministries of Education (MoE), Finance and Economic cooperation (MoF), Ministry of Health (MoH), and the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity (MoWIE), and their respective regional Bureaus. In addition, consistent with Ethiopia’s decentralization policy, woredas2, towns and communities are responsible for planning and managing their own water supply and sanitation services.

10. The One WaSH National Program (OWNP) is the Government’s main instrument for achieving the GTP’s goals of the WaSH sector in a more integrated manner. OWNP aims to coordinate WaSH activities and to improve efficient use of resource for service delivery with respect to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene in rural, urban, and pastoral communities, as well as schools and health posts and health centers. Currently the Bank is jointly financing the OWNP in roughly a third of rural woredas (382 woredas out of 1000); a tenth of small towns (124 out of nearly 900 towns across the country); and 20 medium towns in all regions, pooling its resources with DFID, AfDB, UNICEF and the Government of Finland in a Consolidated WaSH Account (CWA) that is managed by MoF. The World Bank manages the fiduciary, safeguards and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects of this pooled account on behalf of CWA financing partners.

11. Access to improved water supply and Sanitation services in rural and urban areas in Ethiopia has improved at a steady pace but many challenges remain. High population growth, high non-functionality rate, frequent discontinuity of supply, water quality, reduced yields and drying wells during droughts and contamination of existing water sources are among the factors jeopardizing the expected health and economic benefits from improved infrastructure. Increases in rural sanitation coverage have

1 The project policy design is fully cognizant of the need for gradual progress towards achievement of full cost recovery as a longer-term objective in the Ethiopian context. 2 Woredas or districts are the third-level administrative divisions. They are further subdivided into wards (kebeles) or neighborhood associations, which are the smallest unit of local government.


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resulted in increased convenience and improved safety and dignity, especially for women, but the poor quality of infrastructure has resulted in limited health benefits. High prevalence of open defecation and poor sanitation services, which contaminate local water supply sources, has been strongly linked to poor outcomes in child early years development and stunting as well as to high incidence of waterborne disease outbreaks. An assessment3 aimed at identifying underlying causes of stunting in Ethiopia found that poor sanitation contributes to 67 percent of observed cases of stunting in children under 5 years of age.

12. Regional variations in implementation capacity, particularly in developing regions, represent additional challenges. Service provision faces particular challenges in lowland, predominantly pastoralist regions, where water resources variability is more pronounced. In some of these areas also, the influx of refugees and internally displaced people complicates WSS service delivery and puts added strain on local water sources.

13. Many challenges and opportunities exist for the GoE to increase resilience and effective management of water resources to provide sustainable WSS services. If adequately addressed, the following challenges can present numerous opportunities for growth and sustainable management of water resources: (a) major gaps exist in access and coverage of different water services and other productive uses to achieve the GTP II and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because of low level of water resources development; (b) water use conflicts are emerging in some parts of the country due to rapid urbanization, population growth and limited regulatory oversight; (c) institutions for water resources management require strengthening; (d) decision-making for water resources development is not conducted in an integrated manner; and (e) the socio-economic development is rather vulnerable to climate shocks due to inadequate investments in water infrastructure, particularly water storage facilities. The severe droughts in the past years in eastern and southeastern Ethiopia leading to devastating food shortage, health issues and even displacement, illustrate the urgent needs to develop more water (storage) infrastructure and improve climate resilience in the country. Related to this is the sub-optimal operation of the existing storage facilities due to soil erosion and environmental degradation in the catchment areas.

14. To build on the successes in WSS service provision and shift from project-based interventions to programmatic approach, the new operation seeks to enhance existing approaches, to achieve access scale-up and to address emerging challenges such as climate resilience. This new project seeks to broaden interventions for WSS service delivery to adequately address issues of sustainability related to availability of water resources, management of installed infrastructure and put in place measures to adequately address sanitation. The proposed operation builds on a solid foundation that is guided by the OWNP and a pooled financing mechanism (CWA), which supports sector implementing agencies to jointly plan, budget, implement and monitor WaSH activities. In addition to addressing elements of resilience, the proposed operation aims to address challenges in existing programmatic approach by addressing aspects of: (i) functionality and quality of rural WaSH services; (ii) adopting a comprehensive supply and demand-driven approach for sanitation in both rural and urban areas that includes linkages to local private sector and access to financing; (iii) stepped approach for urban WaSH to incentivize planning and improve readiness and dimensioning of WSS infrastructure; and (iv) promoting an integrated approach to address challenges in low access to improved sanitation.

3 The World Bank. “All Hands on Deck – Reducing Stunting Through a Multi-Sectoral Approach in SSA and Ethiopia” March 2018.


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15. Ethiopia is an early adopter of the Human Capital Project, which aims to address three aspects of human capital: child survival, health (stunting and adult morbidity), and educational attainment. Through multi- sector work, the World Bank Ethiopia has engaged in Early Years Initiative, which is a joint initiative between health and nutrition, water, agriculture and social protection. The project aims to build on this momentum to scale up interventions in sanitation that directly link with this initiative. The program also aims to closely complement interventions of the National Nutrition Plan and strategically align with the Ministry of Health’s Woreda Transformation Plan in which improved hygiene and sanitation form an integral pillar.

16. The proposed Project address some of the key challenges highlighted in the above regional and country context section with a focus on increasing access for this first phase.

C. Proposed Development Objective(s)

Development Objective(s) (From PAD) Increase access to safely Managed water supply, sanitation and hygiene services and strengthen capacity for water resources management and service delivery

Key Results

PDO Level Indicators

i. Number of people provided with access to safely managed drinking water services4 under the Project (rural/urban/female)

ii. Number of people provided with access to safely managed sanitation services5 under the Project (rural/urban/female)

iii. Proportion of kebeles6 under the Project woredas declared and verified as open defecation free iv. Proportion of water schemes that are functional and supply safe drinking water in areas under

the Project v. Proportion of urban water service providers covering their operational costs under the Project

vi. Proportion of rural and urban water supply scheme designs using data from the water resources management information system

D. Project Description

17. This project is building on and adapts from successes and challenges in the implementation of the phase I of the OWNP and harmonization of the unified funding instrument, the CWA. This project, will focus on addressing gaps in the approach, design and implementation from previous interventions, while adopting directives and indicators from GTP II. Provision of water supply and sanitation service delivery will be better integrated with water resources management, health and nutrition outcomes, productive use of water, climate resilience and agile approaches to attend to WaSH in emergencies. The

4 Safely managed drinking water services need to meet the conditions on quality (water supplied should be free from fecal and priority chemical contamination), accessibility (located on premises for urban households, and within a 30-minute round-trip of rural households), and availability (water should be available when needed), as detailed in the results framework. 5 Safely managed sanitation services need to meet the specified conditions for accessibility (an improved facility that is not shared with other households) and service quality (excreta is safely disposed of in situ or emptied, transported, and treated offsite), as detailed in the results framework. 6 Kebeles (wards) are fourth-level administrative divisions and constitute a subdivision of the woredas (districts).


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project aims to increase and sustain access to improved WSS, using integrated approaches aimed at ensuring that investments in WSS service delivery are sustainable and resilient. This project will leverage additional financing from existing CWA partners and new development partners.

18. Component 1 – Rural and Pastoral Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (US$ 110 million) – This component will support increasing access to water supply and sanitation services and promoting hygiene in selected rural areas. The component is structured into two sub-components: (i) increasing access to Water Supply and Sanitation Services and (ii) Enhancing Sustainable Service Delivery. Prioritization and selection criteria for selected rural woredas is in Annex 2 of the PAD.

Subcomponent 1. A. Increasing Access to Water Supply and Sanitation Services (US$-96.60 million)

19. This subcomponent will finance: (i) development of Woreda Strategic WaSH Plans that outline approaches to development and rehabilitation water supply schemes, articulation of roles and responsibilities for O&M, and assessment of socio-economic viability to determine affordability; (ii) development and rehabilitation of community water supply schemes in participating woredas (including scoping and financing of alternative energy sources for O&M); (ii) capacity building to strengthen and sustain participating woredas’ capacity to plan, implement and manage WSS services jointly with OWNP core implementing sectors (water, education, health and finance) as well as coordinating sectors (agriculture, pastoralist affairs and disaster risk management commission). For woredas, where water resources are not sufficient or sustainable to meet current and future demands, considerations for multi-woreda schemes will be designed and developed in Component 4 and will have differentiated institutional and management structures commensurate with the complexity of proposed schemes. Further detail on component related activities are found in Annex 2 of the PAD.

20. For sanitation and hygiene, the project will support: (i) rolling out of new Behavior Change Campaigns (BCC) developed by the MoH; (ii) establishment of sanitation marketing centers; (iii) establishment of community saving structures such as “Eqob” and “idir”7 to ensure households have access to resources to invest in construction and upgrading of their sanitation facilities; and (iv) capacity building for supply side sanitation marketing to vocational training centers, micro-credit institutions, micro and small enterprises, local governments, etc. The BCCs are regionally tailored to ensure that messaging is effectively delivered to targeted communities. This activity will be implemented through Health Extension Workers and additional support from Woreda WaSH Teams (WWTs)/ Community Facilitators (CFs) to effectively mobilize communities to attain improved sanitation services. Sanitation activities will adopt a community-centered approach, whereby communities set their own targets, monitor their progress and encourage defaulters.

Subcomponent 1.B Enhancing Service Delivery Management Capacity (US$13.40)

21. To address persistent challenges related to high non-functionality rates, and unsustainable service delivery, including aspects of water quality, this sub-component aims to strengthen post-construction and service delivery activities. The project will complement proposed water supply activities through the

7 Iqob and idir are community-based savings mechanisms whereby participating community members agree to contribute a specific amount on a monthly basis and a lottery system is devised to disburse monthly collection to one member at a time.


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creation and strengthening of rural water supply management capacity, which include, inter alia: (i) scale up of pilot interventions for spare parts, supply chain and capacity building of the local private sector (to be operated by women and youth-led micro and small enterprises) to support O&M of water supply facilities; (ii) strengthening of community WaSH committees (WaSHCOMs) and establishing networks of support, where possible, through clustering of WaSHCOMs with urban water boards and utilities within their radius to provide technical assistance that is beyond the capacity of the community (e.g. procurement of equipment, engagement of specialist for complex repairs, etc.); (iii) strengthen capacity of respective water, health and education regional bureaus and woreda offices and WWTs to increase the number of trained and skilled facilitators that can support community mobilization activities, provide technical support during design and construction and post-construction of water supply systems; (iv) enhancing water quality monitoring; and (v) promoting and enhancing O&M training curricula under vocational skills programs (Technical and Vocational Training Colleges) to increase capacity of local private sector (technicians, artisans, construction, etc.). Through capacity building activities, WaSHCOMS will be given greater responsibility to monitor and report functionality of water supply systems as well as play an active role in promoting construction and upgrading of household sanitation facilities.

22. Component 2 – Urban Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (US$ 105 million) – This component will improve access to WSS services in selected urban areas (small and medium towns8) and strengthen operational efficiency of urban water boards and utilities to effectively manage WSS service delivery. Regions will prioritize small and medium towns within their geographic areas to receive Technical Assistance (TA) and financial resources for investments. This component will finance: (i) preparation of Town WSS Business Plans (TWBPs) that lay out strategies for WSS service delivery for current and future demands for water supply and sanitation. These plans will also articulate prioritization and sequencing of investments in line with urban growth and demands; (ii) establishment and strengthening of urban water boards and utilities to efficiently provide services and manage WSS infrastructure and assets; (iii) construction, rehabilitation and optimization of urban water production, treatment and distribution systems; (iv) capacity building for participating water boards and utilities to establish and strengthen O&M of WSS services in line with GoE’s step approach sector policy for institutional development; and (vi) preparation of feasibility and design studies for priority water supply and sanitation investments.

23. For sanitation, the project will promote the City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation approach that has been adopted by Addis Ababa and secondary cities across the country. This approach aims to develop a complete sanitation service chain from household facility to safe transport, treatment/disposal of wastewater or fecal sludge. The project will finance: (i) construction, rehabilitation and management structures for public and communal sanitation facilities and on-site treatment or fecal sludge treatment sites; (ii) scoping and vetting of sanitation options within the TWBPs; and (iii) establishment of sanitation marketing centers. Awareness and communication campaigns will be carried out by local authorities (municipality, water Board or Utility, etc.) with the support of Town Support Groups (financed by the project). Linkages with micro-credit institutions will be established to avail affordable avenues for urban households to upgrade their sanitation facilities. Sanitation activities will be closely linked to provision of household water connections.

8 Small towns are defined as urban populations between 2,000-20,000 inhabitants; medium towns are between 20,000-100,000 people


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24. This component will follow a two-pronged approach for urban WaSH. Step One will include capacity building support to all selected small and medium towns to develop adequate business plans, identify and study potential water supply and sanitation investments and strengthen institutional capacity of WSS service delivery operators. Upon meeting a set of readiness criteria that include institutional, technical and financial parameters, towns will be able to access Step Two, for the financing and implementation of infrastructure. The selection criteria to access TA support in Step One and the readiness criteria for financing in Step Two can be found in Annex 2 of the PAD. The cost recovery policy will be implemented gradually, based on the financial capacity of the town to repay. In cases where the recovery of capital cost is unaffordable by towns, part of the sub-project will be financed by a grant. For small towns9 financing will be provided through a combination of government grants and regional, municipal counterpart financing. For medium towns, more robust readiness criteria are in place and access to finance will come through on-lending from a GoE credit facility, the Water Resources Development Fund (WRDF). Medium towns will be rigorously appraised to access loans from WRDF. For small towns that were pre-identified during OWNP phase I (Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Project WaSHP (P133591)) and faced a series of implementation challenges, financing for infrastructure development will be provided through this project, contingent on meeting readiness criteria. Medium towns identified during OWNP Phase I that have also faced similar delays, will be eligible on receiving on-lending support from this project, via the WRDF upon evaluation and must meet outlined readiness criteria (see Annex 2 of the PAD). For newly prioritized towns, consideration for financing will follow outlined two-pronged approach. See Annex 2 of the PAD for more detail on component activities.

25. This project will also provide technical capacity and support to the WRDF to improve its appraisal process for medium towns and to develop its capacity as a local lending institution. The project will provide targeted support for medium-sized towns to improve operational efficiency through activities such as: (i) reduction of non-revenue water; (ii) establishment and/or improvement of billing, collection and redress systems; (iii) adoption of adequate management information systems; (iv) improvement of customer relations; and (v) implementation of tariffs as per the approved Business Plans.

26. Component 3 – Institutional Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (US$45 million) – This component will support: (i) increasing and improving access to WSS services in health facilities and schools; and (ii) hygiene promotion and behavior change activities (e.g. school WaSH clubs, promotion of menstrual hygiene management, etc.). The project will finance construction and rehabilitation of integrated WSS facilities in schools and health posts. Implementation of these activities will be incorporated into the Woreda Strategic WaSH Plans or TWBPs to ensure that institutions within the same geographic areas of targeted communities are provided with an integrated package of WSS services. Standards for sanitation services in schools will follow MoE guidelines, while standards in health facilities will follow MoH guidelines. Capacity building will be provided to bureaus of education and health to provide technical support in procurement and contract management of proposed infrastructure development to address weaknesses in sub-par construction quality.

27. Component 4 – Sustainable and Resilient Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Services (US$65 million) – This component aims to support the study, design and implementation of WSS services in areas that are prone to recurrent droughts and floods. This component is sub-divided into three pillars to

9 Small towns include towns with population of less than 20,000 people while medium towns comprise towns with population between 20,000 and 100,000 people (OWNP, 2013)


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effectively address: (i) proactive planning and management; (ii) study, design and construction of resilient and sustainable infrastructure that cope with extreme climatic variability; and (iii) contingency response window to dimension support and mobilize resources in the event of emergencies.

Sub-component 4.1 – Water resources monitoring and planning (US$5 million) –

28. This sub-component will support the consolidation and collation of water resources (both surface and groundwater) monitoring and planning to inform design and management of water supply service delivery. This component builds activities outlined as part of the Modernization of Hydrometeorological (hydromet) Services TA (P162600). This component will primarily support federal and basin level institutions mandated to monitor meteorological and hydrological services, namely the River Basin Development Authority within MoWIE (and its directorates: Directorates for Hydrology, Groundwater, Basin Administration, River Basin Bureaus (Abbay, Rift Valley and Awash) as well as the National Meteorological Agency. This component will enhance monitoring for surface and groundwater, that include: (i) strengthening of weather and climate information, surface and groundwater data collection, hydromet and early warning systems development; (ii) institutional capacity development of pertinent institutions; (iii) service delivery aspect of the system for end users and decision-making process; and (iv) water resources planning activities that include development of analyses and guidelines for catchment management interventions for water source protection. This sub-component would also support capacity building and coordination activities to link with existing spatial and early warning institutional mechanisms and approaches for dissemination of information to regional, Woreda and community levels. Further detail is in Annex 2 of the PAD.

Sub-component 4.2 – Climate- Adaptive Service Delivery (US$60 million)

29. This sub-component will support targeted woredas and urban localities that are in identified drought and flood-prone areas. This sub-component will predominantly target areas that require water supply services that extend beyond local administrative boundaries and capacities, and that require special management mechanisms (geographic selection criteria can be found in Annex 2 of the PAD). This sub-component will be managed by MoWIE and will provide technical assistance for: (i) improved contingency and emergency planning; (ii) investment preparation (feasibility and engineering designs) for climate adaptive technologies; (iii) preparation of guidelines (menu of appropriate technologies, design considerations, etc.) and technical standards (for e.g. standard bidding documents) to facilitate scoping, design and construction of climate adaptive water supply service delivery. It will also finance investments that require scoping and design that expand beyond community and Woreda administrative boarders. These schemes will include inter alia, sustainable water source development and promotion of conjunctive use where possible using boreholes, spring development, water harvesting (haffirs, cisterns, etc.), groundwater recharge (e.g. sand dams) and storage (micro-dams, tanks, etc.). Further detail on sub-component activities and selection criteria of geographic areas to be targeted under this component are in Annex 2 of the PAD.

Sub-component 4.3 – Contingency Emergency Response Component (US$0 million)

30. This sub-component will allow, if need be, to re-direct resources to woreda and regional level implementing agencies to address elements of emergency response for floods, droughts and outbreaks


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of water-borne diseases. The outline, the pre-defined framework of activities, and the associated triggers that will re-direct resources to support emergency efforts are incorporated into the Program Operations Manual.

31. Component 5 – Institutional Strengthening and Project Management (US$ 25 million)– This component will support the implementation of the project through two sub-components: (i) operationalization of sector-wide Monitoring Information System (MIS); and (ii) Institutional Strengthening and Project Management.

32. Given the importance of establishing an operational MIS, the project will finance activities related to implementation of MIS including: training, procurement and piloting of monitoring sensors and support to M&E staff at regional and local levels. The support will focus on: (i) institutionalization of this new WaSH M&E and MIS system; (ii) further improvement of the system to realize real-time monitoring; and (iii) introducing SIASAR (a successful information system for management of rural water supply systems) in Ethiopia.

33. Institutional strengthening and project management will be supported through: (i) capacity building, financing of additional implementation support and technical experts; (ii) project management and coordination between implementing agencies; (iii) procurement and contract management; (iv) financial management; and (v) application of environmental and social safeguards instruments and compliance; (vi) knowledge management and experience sharing. This component will also finance procurement of equipment and goods required by federal, regional and Woreda implementing agencies to effectively manage and implement proposed activities.

E. Implementation

Institutional and Implementation Arrangements

34. The project implementation and institutional arrangements will follow the existing structures that were used under the ongoing WASHP (P133591) whereby the WASH sector related Ministries: Water Irrigation & Electricity, Health, Education, and Finance at federal level and their respective bureaus and offices at regional and woreda levels will be the primary implementing agencies with oversight from their respective Steering Committees. These ministries and their respective regional bureaus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support an integrated OWNP. The MoU describes the specific roles and responsibilities of the ministries and respective bureaus in implementing the OWNP. In addition, the MoU defines major areas of cooperation among the signatory parties’ joint planning, resource mobilization, creation of management and coordination structures, quality control, and monitoring. In addition, consistent with Ethiopia’s decentralization policy, woredas/towns and communities are responsible for planning and managing their own water supply and sanitation services.

35. WaSH implementation and Coordination Structure. To facilitate the implementation of the OWNP at different levels, GoE has established institutions to oversee WASH coordination, implementation, and monitoring at federal, regional, zonal, city and woreda levels. The highest governing body for program implementation is the National WASH Steering Committee (NWSC), whose members include MoF, MoWIE, MoH and MoE. The NWSC is chaired by the Minister of MoWIE. The technical arm


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of the NWSC is the National WASH Technical Team (NWTT) consisting of Directors from the four WASH Ministries. A National WASH Coordination Office (NWCO) is responsible for coordinating, planning and overseeing Program implementation at federal level. The NWTT is replicated at regional level with dedicated coordinators in each of the WASH Bureaus in each region. At federal and regional levels Project Management Units will be responsible for day to day implementation of Project activities. At the woreda level, program planning and implementation will be coordinated by a dedicated WaSH Team consisting of members from the Water, Health, Education, and Finance desks. The Woreda WaSH Teams will report to a Woreda WaSH Steering Committee appointed by the Woreda Cabinet. The National and Regional WaSH Coordination Offices are responsible for preparing consolidated WaSH plans and budgets, leading biannual Joint Technical Reviews, and preparing and submitting biannual project performance (physical and financial) reports. MoF, Regional Bureaus of Finance, and Woreda Finance Offices will be responsible for managing funds, preparing quarterly Interim Financial Reports (IFRs) and facilitating annual audits. In addition, the Water Resources Development Fund will be responsible for appraisal and monitoring and evaluation of projects of the selected medium towns. The table below summarizes the arrangement and functions of One WaSH – CWA implementation structure:

Level Governance and

Guidance

Oversight and

Management

Program

Implementation

Program

Coordination

Federal National WaSH

Steering

Committee

National WaSH

Technical Team

Federal sector’s

WaSH Project

Management Units:

MoH, MoE, MoWIE,

MoF

National WaSH

Coordination

Office

Regional Regional WaSH

Steering

Committee

Regional WaSH

Technical Team

Regional sector’s

WaSH Project

Management Units

made up of Bureaus

of: water, health,

education and

finance

Regional

WaSH

Coordination

Office

Zonal (where

applicable)

Zonal WaSH Management Team Zonal WaSH Project

Units: water,

health, education

and Zonal Finance

Zonal WaSH

Coordination

Office

Woreda Woreda WaSH Steering Committee

(Woreda Cabinet)

Woreda WaSH Team – focal points

from water, health, education and

finance


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Town/city Town/City WaSH Steering Committee

(Town Cabinet)

Water Resources Development Fund

in collaboration with Town/City

WaSH Technical Team

Municipality

Town Water Board/ Utility

36. Operation of water supply systems. At the community level, WaSH WaSHCOMs consisting of elected community members (at least 50 percent women) will be formed to undertake planning, operation and maintenance and in some cases construction of improved water supply and sanitation facilities. In the case of towns, Water Boards or utilities will be responsible for planning, operation and maintenance of WSS services in urban areas.

37. For engagement related to climate resilient WASH, new stakeholders have been included: Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ministry of Livestock and Fishery, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of Federal and Pastoralist Development Affairs; and National Disaster Risk Leadership Commission.

. F. Project location and Salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known)

Ethiopia is well endowed with water resources. Unfortunately, the spatial and geographic distribution of these resources varies. Large portions of the country experience recurrent droughts, while others are prone to floods. The availability of water resources to meet the demands of human consumption and other productive uses is challenging in arid and semi-arid areas of the country. Selection of technologies is highly dependent on water resources availability and will utilize groundwater, surface water, or a combination of both. The Project will support the GoE’s OWNP, which covers rural and urban beneficiaries across the country. Sites for rural and small-size town beneficiaries will be identified during implementation. The project will build upon and enhance existing safeguard instruments to ensure environmental and social impacts are adequately screened and mitigation measures are properly implemented. The environmental and social consequences of the project are expected to be minimal given the small scale of the schemes to be supported (rural areas and small and medium towns). However, to ensure that adverse impacts are adequately addressed, the existing Environmental and Social Management Framework and Resettlement Policy Framework have been revised to incorporate lessons learned from previous interventions. The revised documents have been cleared by the Bank and publicly disclosed. For subprojects identified during the course of preparation, individual Environmental Management Plans or Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plans will be developed as needed and disclosed accordingly.

G. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists on the Team

Yalemzewud Simachew Tiruneh, Social Specialist Tesfa Teferi Gebreegziabher, Social Specialist


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Tesfaw Ashagrie Zegale, Environmental Specialist Tamru Demsis Temam, Environmental Specialist

SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY

Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional)

Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Yes

This policy is triggered given that the construction and rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation schemes for rural and small towns might have potential negative environmental and social impacts unless properly identified and managed. These impacts may arise largely related to the drilling of wells and development and transmission of water. To address these, the GoE has revised the ESMF prepared for WASHP under implementation to reflect additional activities, and changes have been reviewed and approved by the Bank. The World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines (EHSG) for Water and Sanitation were referred to while preparing the ESMF. The EHS Guidelines for Water and Sanitation include information relevant to the operation and maintenance of (i) potable water treatment and distribution systems, and (ii) collection of sewage in centralized systems (such as piped sewer collection networks) or decentralized systems (such as septic tanks subsequently serviced by pump trucks) and treatment of collected sewage at centralized facilities. The safeguard instruments such as the ESM, RPF, and SA have been cleared by a regional safeguards advisor and disclosed by the GoE (link: http://www.mofed.gov.et/web/guest/-/esmf-of-one-wash-cwa-phase-2-?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mofed.gov.et%2Fweb%2Fguest%2Fwelcome%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_MbEiVwbCWckE%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-6%26p_p_col_count%3D1). The RPF, ESMF and SA are also disclosed on the Bank’s external website. For subprojects identified during Project preparation, individual Environmental


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Management Plans or Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plans will be developed as needed and disclosed accordingly. In the case of potential use of the Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC), safeguard concerns will be addressed following the Guidance Note on Contingent Emergency Response Components in Standard Investment Projects and Rapid Response to Crises & Emergencies: Procedural Guidelines. Specific CERC guidelines will be attached as an annex to the approved POM.

Performance Standards for Private Sector Activities OP/BP 4.03

No

Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 Yes

The Project interventions will be predominantly in human settlements, outside any natural habitats and protected areas. If a water source for a particular subproject is linked to an identified natural habitat, as part of the ESMF screening, this issue will be identified as will potential mitigation measures to ensure sustainable use.

Forests OP/BP 4.36 No No subproject financed by this Project will intervene in forests. The Project activities do not involve any elements of forestry.

Pest Management OP 4.09 No The Project scope does not involve any pest management measures.

Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11 Yes

This policy is triggered to avoid or mitigate any adverse impacts of the Project activities on physical cultural resources such as movable or immovable objects, sites, structures, groups of structures, natural features, and landscapes that have archaeological, paleontological, historical, architectural, religious, aesthetic, or other cultural significance. Physical cultural resources will be addressed through the environmental and social screening process outlined in the ESMF. In addition, the Environmental Guidelines for Contractors include a provision for handling chance finds. Any subproject which the screening process demonstrates may entail negative impacts on cultural property will not be financed by the Project.

Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 Yes

Based on the screening conducted by the World Bank, the majority of people in the project area meet the criteria defined under OP4.10, and the project has triggered OP/BP 4.10. The SA was updated to identify critical social issues and


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complement with the updated RPF. Stakeholder consultations at the regional, woreda, and community levels were carried out and documented as part of this assessment.

Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 Yes

This policy is triggered to anticipate potential land-related social issues. While site-specific locations of subprojects are not identified at this juncture, the planned construction and rehabilitation of water supply and sanitation facilities might involve land-related social issues such as right of way, etc. To anticipate those situations, the existing Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) has been updated and approved by the Bank. The final updated RPF has been disclosed locally and internationally through the Project and the Bank’s external websites on January 15 and 16, 2019, respectively. During the course of implementation if a particular subproject results in potential land acquisition issues and or in restriction of access to communal natural resources, a complete or abbreviated Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) will be prepared and disclosed accordingly.

Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 Yes

This policy is triggered as the Project may finance small water harvesting structures and small dams that would require support to ensure the safety of developed infrastructure. The guidelines for small dam safety developed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the guidelines for small dam safety developed by the MoWIE would be used to guide activities related to these potential structures. Both guidelines are in compliance with the World Bank’s operational policy for the safety of dams.

Projects on International Waterways OP/BP 7.50

Yes

The specific sites for subprojects have not been identified. However, it is likely that the water supply for rural communities and small towns may be abstracted from tributaries that contribute to transboundary watercourses. Although 90 percent of water supply is expected to be abstracted from groundwater aquifers, some are linked to surface water recharge and others are transboundary aquifers. Riparian countries have been notified regarding potential extraction and impacts on transboundary waters. Somalia responded requesting additional time to review notification


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information, and an additional month was provided to facilitate its review. Egypt and Kenya responded positively, while no response was received from the remaining four riparian countries that were notified.

Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60 No This policy is not triggered because no water development subprojects will be implemented in disputed areas.

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 generate significant social and environmental benefits and will build on the lessons from the ongoing OWNP-CWA as the Project seeks to reduce premature death, water-borne diseases, and associated medical expenses by expanding access to improved WSS services. The Project is expected to facilitate time savings for women and girls, who bear the burden of fetching water, and thus improve girls’ academic outcomes. It will create permanent and temporary job opportunities during its construction and operational phases and will minimize the threat of sexual violence through improved, safe sanitation facilities. Any negative impacts would be related to the drilling of wells and development of surface water. Possible impacts include water-borne diseases (e.g., malaria, skin diseases) caused by lack of drainage in the immediate surroundings of the water systems; reduced water flow downstream, the potential of conflict between upstream and downstream users; groundwater contamination during a well’s construction or operation; potential for increased animal concentrations in the surroundings of the water point, with effects that include overgrazing, soil erosion, and ecosystem degradation; pollution from waste material extracted from the well or waste drilling cuttings and drilling mud (boreholes), if not disposed of or reclaimed properly; a temporary increase in the suspended solids content of water and effects on users downstream during construction; and, for springs in mountainous areas, the possibility of harm to fragile ecosystems and wetlands. The sanitation component could also have health hazards related to waste handling, odor, and smell. There is also the possibility of microbial water contamination. The inappropriate selection of sanitation systems’ location in relation to water supply systems could have a negative impact, and groundwater could be affected where the water table is shallow. Also, latrines and other stand-alone sanitation systems should be emptied on a regular basis to mitigate health hazards. In addition, in some cases there may be risks related to the physical or economic displacement of people, which will require careful planning and timely implementation of Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) or Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plans (ARAPs). The likely adverse social impacts of the Project are associated with land acquisition related to physical works such as water source development and the construction of reservoirs, public and communal toilets, pipelines, and access roads. These might result in a temporary disturbance during construction activities. Other possible impacts include the loss of crops, the temporary loss of access to common property resources, the loss of physical structure on the land, and a decrease in livelihoods due to acquisition of private agricultural land. However, the Project is not expected to have large-scale, significant, or irreversible impacts. In addition, the mitigation measures will be implemented in accordance with the social and environmental safeguard instruments of the Project. Experiences from the ongoing WASHP (P133591) and fieldwork findings show that jobs created by the Project have been taken up by locals; physical infrastructure construction has not resulted in a labor influx in towns and woredas


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and hence, the associated risks of such a labor influx, including gender-based violence, are low. However, to preclude any gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation (SEA) risk during the construction period, the Project will ensure that a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment and abuse of female workers and community members is strictly enforced by contractors. Moreover, the Project will ensure that the assigned contractors prepare a code of conduct for workers and fully implement it during construction. Bidding documents will include an annex that outlines these points. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: Possible impacts are site-specific, reversible, temporary in nature and scope; can be easily and cost-effectively mitigated; have a limited geographic footprint; and may be mitigated via known measures. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. The anticipated adverse environmental effects of this Project are expected to be moderate. This is because: (i) the physical investments are small in scale; (ii) the effects of the proposed works are likely to be localized and small; (iii) mitigation measures are known and can be easily implemented with appropriate oversight at the construction and operation stages; iv) the client developed relatively strong capacity in the preparation and application of environmental and social safeguard instruments in the WASHS (P133591). The World Bank will also provide technical assistance in the form of capacity building activities to the Project team so that it can adequately manage the safeguard aspects of the Project during implementation. To address the environmental risks and impacts, the existing ESMF has been updated, cleared and disclosed in-country and on the World Bank’s external website. The required mitigation plans such as ESMPs will be prepared before commencement of any civil work. Regarding land and properties, the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) used under the current OWNP was updated to address any potential impacts, which are expected to be site specific and minor. The Bank’s OP 4.10 is triggered based on the screening conducted by the World Bank and reinforced by the constitution of Ethiopia, which indicates that most of the target population identify themselves as having the characteristics defined under OP/BP 4.10. 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's capacity for safeguard compliance and oversight has steadily increased over the past few years through support from the WASHP (P133591). At the federal level, there is an Environment Social Management Unit (ESMU) consisting of four safeguard experts (two environmentalists and two social specialists) dedicated to the ongoing OWNP-CWA. There are also 19 safeguard experts working at the regional level. Furthermore, in some regions, woreda-level safeguard focal persons have been assigned. The ESMU has implemented several ESMFs and RPFs for various projects including the current WASHP (P133591) and the urban water supply projects (phase I and II). However, there is a need for strengthening safeguard capacity at both the regional and woreda level, including the provision of additional resources. Further training and capacity-building activities at all levels are required. The Project will ensure that all regions have assigned woreda-level focal persons responsible for all Project-related safeguard matters across sectors, including health and education, and that their capacity is strengthened. The Project will allocate adequate budgets for continuous training to further improve the quality of screening, reporting, monitoring, and documentation of safeguard activities. The updated ESMF and RPF clearly articulate the importance of building capacity for the Project’s safeguard matters at all levels. The RPF and ESMF instruments provide guidance for training and capacity-building plans, including the need to allocate an adequate budget for continuous training. Detailed requirements will be elaborated in the POM. Existing project coordination units have been duly incorporated into the structure of the MoWIE-WDC at the federal level and will continue to be responsible for the overall implementation of the ESMF and RPF, including the deployment of environmental and social safeguard specialists, and periodic compliance monitoring and reporting.


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Environmental and social safeguard experts will be assigned at the federal, regional, zonal, woreda, and town levels. These specialists will oversee safeguard compliance in all beneficiary sectors, including under the MoE and MoH and their respective bureaus at regional levels. The resources needed to build the capacity of the safeguard specialists is provided in the updated ESMF. The Project will ensure that any Project-related grievances and conflicts are properly addressed. To this end, the Project will establish and strengthen (where they exist as part of the WASHP) specific functional grievance redress mechanisms to allow complaints about both land and non-land related issues including equity, inclusion, social tensions, and conflict that might arise during Project implementation. The Project will ensure that the grievance mechanism is gender-sensitive during committee formation and implementation. It will ensure that women are represented in the GRM committee and that the GRM equally addresses grievances received from men and women, and will ensure that all Project-related grievances are properly addressed in timely fashion. Actions for community consultations and mechanisms to reduce conflict have been adequately dimensioned in all safeguard instruments including the ESMF, RPF, and social assessment. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. In accordance with the World Bank’s operational policies, efforts to ensure the participation of women in stakeholder consultations with public and private sector institutions, civil society organizations, traditional authorities, and community groups have taken place as part of ESMF, RPF, and SA updating processes as well as during the preparation of a gender action plan (GAP). Stakeholder workshops were carried out to discuss all aspects of the Project prior to the finalization of the ESMF, RPF and SA. These workshops engaged numerous key beneficiary and stakeholder groups, particularly PAPs; sought feedback and consensus from stakeholders; and incorporated comments, suggestions, and remediation proposals into the ESMF, RPF, SA and other safeguard instruments. During Project preparation meetings conducted at various times and public consultation meetings conducted from August 28 to September 21, 2018, both land and non-land Project-related issues, standards applicable to the Project, including WB OP 4.12, and other safeguard polices have been discussed. Consultations were conducted with governmental and nongovernmental organizations; regional PMU coordinators; woreda and zonal focal persons; local community members including religious leaders, elders, woman, youth representatives; and other relevant stakeholders. The consultation will also continue throughout the program cycle as per the Bank’s requirement. The key safeguard documents such as ESMF are to be disclosed by the GoE and on the Bank’s external website. The Social Assessment has been reviewed and cleared by the Bank. Hence, the document will be disclosed locally in the country and on the Bank’s external website prior to appraisal. As part of Project preparation, MoWIE-WDC prepared a GAP informed by the social assessment and additional identified gaps (details in Annex 1). Among the activities to be implemented to address gender gaps are: (i) promoting women’s equitable participation in Project-related public consultations; (ii) incorporating people with disabilities in the design and features of the WSS infrastructure, including implementing separate latrines for boys and girls in schools, accessibility ramps and fixtures, etc.; (iii) promoting MHM; (iv) promoting employment opportunities for women and youth such as the establishment of MSEs for supply chains and management of urban public latrines; (v) providing special attention to tariffs and the affordability of water supply; and (vi) strengthening the implementing agencies’ institutional capacities for gender mainstreaming. The GAP will be incorporated into the POM and refined during implementation, informed by a study on the different constraints men and women face in the WSS sector with proposed actions to be implemented. TA will be provided to implementing entities to enable them to: (i) monitor the implementation of the GAP; (ii) provide gender training for key stakeholders including MoWIE-WDC and sector bureau staff to ensure their understanding of key issues; and (iii) collect gender-disaggregated information as part of the Project’s results tracking and monitoring system. To provide equitable benefits and opportunities, the Project will ensure that women’s active participation in the PIUs


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and in the Project Steering Committees is promoted as well as require the adequate representation of women in WASHCOMs (at least 45 percent). There will be TA for the MoWIE-WDC to enable it to: (i) monitor the implementation of the GAP; (ii) conduct a study on the different constraints men and women face in the WASH sector; (iii) provide gender training for key stakeholders including the MoWIE-WDC, Water, Health and Education Bureau staff to ensure an understanding of women’s issues; and (iv) collect gender-disaggregated information as part of the Project’s routine results tracking and monitoring system. B. Disclosure Requirements

OPS_EA_DISCLOSURE_TABLE Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other

Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors

03-Jan-2019 08-Jan-2019

"In country" Disclosure

OPS_RA_D ISCLOSURE_T ABLE

Resettlement Action Plan/Framework/Policy Process

Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure

15-Jan-2019 16-Jan-2019


OPS_IP_DIS CLOSURE_TA BLE

Indigenous Peoples Development Plan/Framework

Date of receipt by the Bank Date of submission for disclosure

15-Jan-2019 16-Jan-2019



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C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level (to be filled in when the ISDS is finalized by the project decision meeting)

OPS_EA_COMP_TABLE OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) report? Yes If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Manager (PM) review and approve the EA report? Yes Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? Yes

OPS_ NH_COM P_TA BLE

OP/BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats Would the project result in any significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats? No If the project would result in significant conversion or degradation of other (non-critical) natural habitats, does the project include mitigation measures acceptable to the Bank? NA

OPS_ PCR_COM P_TA BLE

OP/BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources Does the EA include adequate measures related to cultural property? Yes Does the credit/loan incorporate mechanisms to mitigate the potential adverse impacts on cultural property? Yes

OPS_IP_COM P_TA BLE

OP/BP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples Has a separate Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework (as appropriate) been prepared in consultation with affected Indigenous Peoples? Yes If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Practice Manager review the plan? Yes If the whole project is designed to benefit IP, has the design been reviewed and approved by the Regional Social Development Unit or Practice Manager? Yes

OPS_IR_ COMP_TA BLE

OP/BP 4.12 - Involuntary Resettlement

Has a resettlement plan/abbreviated plan/policy framework/process framework (as appropriate) been prepared? Yes

If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Practice Manager review the plan? Yes


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OPS_SD _COMP_ TABLE

OP/BP 4.37 - Safety of Dams Have dam safety plans been prepared? NA Have the TORs as well as composition for the independent Panel of Experts (POE) been reviewed and approved by the Bank? NA Has an Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP) been prepared and arrangements been made for public awareness and training? NA

OPS_ PIW_COMP_ TABLE

OP 7.50 - Projects on International Waterways Have the other riparians been notified of the project? Yes If the project falls under one of the exceptions to the notification requirement, has this been cleared with the Legal Department, and the memo to the RVP prepared and sent? NA Has the RVP approved such an exception? NA

OPS_ PDI_ COMP_TA BLE

The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information

Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank for disclosure? Yes 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 and local NGOs? Yes


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All Safeguard Policies

Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Yes

Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project cost? Yes

Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Yes

Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? Yes

CONTACT POINT

World Bank

Habab Taifour Sr Water Resources Mgmt. Spec.

Borrower/Client/Recipient

Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation

Fisseha Aberra

Director, International Financial Institutions Cooperation D

[email protected]

Implementing Agencies

Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity

Dr. Beshah Mogesse

Commssioner, Water Development Commission

[email protected]

Ministry of Education

Yasabu Berkneh

Director, School Improvement Program Directorate

[email protected]

Ministry of Health

Mrs. Ekiram Redwan Tadesse

Director, Hygiene and Environmental Health Directorate


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[email protected]

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT

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APPROVAL

Task Team Leader(s): Habab Taifour

Approved By

Safeguards Advisor: Nathalie S. Munzberg 30-Apr-2019

Practice Manager/Manager: Maria Angelica Sotomayor 30-Apr-2019

Country Director: Nicole Klingen 01-May-2019

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