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Public Disclosure Authorized Ministry of Social Solidarity Egypt Strengthening Social Safety Net Additional Financing Environmental and Social Management Framework (FINAL) Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized NOVEMBER 5th, 2018 Public Disclosure Authorized Forsa ESMF 2018 Table of Contents I. Abbreviations and Acronyms ......................................................................................................... 1 II. List of Tables .................................................................................................................................. 1 III. List of Figures ............................................................................................................................. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 4 E1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 4 E1.1 Background and Project Description ......................................................................................... 4 E1.2 Project Location ......................................................................................................................... 7 E1.3 Objective of the ESMF .............................................................................................................. 7 E2.1 World Bank Safeguard Requirements ....................................................................................... 7 E3.1 Social/Socio-economic Baseline ............................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 16 1.1 Background and Project Description ......................................................................................... 16 1.2 Project Location ......................................................................................................................... 21 1.3 Objective of the ESMF ............................................................................................................... 21 CHAPTER TWO: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .............................................. 22 2.1 World Bank Operational Policies ............................................................................................... 22 2.2 Screening categories and Environmental Assessment procedures ............................................. 22 2.3 National Legislations and Regulations ....................................................................................... 24 2.3.1 Environmental Laws and regulations .................................................................................. 24 Environmental Assessment .......................................................................................................... 24 Hazardous substances and wastes ................................................................................................ 25 Air quality .................................................................................................................................... 25 Water Quality ............................................................................................................................... 26 Noise ............................................................................................................................................. 26 Solid Waste Management ............................................................................................................. 28 Occupational Health and Safety ................................................................................................... 28 Natural habitats............................................................................................................................. 28 Cultural Heritage .......................................................................................................................... 28 2.3.2 Egyptian Labor Law ............................................................................................................ 28 2.3.3 Legal and regulatory system affecting the economic empowerment of women ................. 30 2.3.4 Legal and regulatory system affecting the rights of people with disabilities ...................... 33 Forsa ESMF 2018 CHAPTER THREE: BASELINE DESCRIPTION ............................................................................. 35 3.1 Baseline Overview ..................................................................................................................... 35 3.2 Environmental Baseline ............................................................................................................. 45 3.3 Social/Socio-economic Baseline ................................................................................................ 52 CHAPTER FOUR: EVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK ............ 70 4.1 Environmental and Social Impact Identification and Assessment ............................................. 71 4.2 Framework ESMP Implementation Arrangements ............................................................... 74 4.2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 74 4.2.2 Overall project institutional and implementation arrangements.......................................... 75 4.2.3 Grievance Redress Mechanism ........................................................................................... 77 4.2.4 Framework ESMP ............................................................................................................... 80 Solid waste management (demolition, excavation etc.) ............................................................... 84 4.3 Sub-project Environmental and Social Screening and Approval Framework ...................... 89 Screening for Potential Environmental and Social Safeguard Impacts and Determination of suitable Safeguards instruments for Each Sub-project ................................................................. 91 ES team of the PIU (at the central level) ...................................................................................... 91 4.4 Capacity Building and Training Needs ...................................................................................... 94 4.5 ESMF Cost Estimate .................................................................................................................. 95 Annex 1: Consultation Summary Note ................................................................................................ 97 Appendix 1: List of Attendees ......................................................................................................... 99 Appendix 2: Consultation Photos ................................................................................................... 100 Annex 2: Environmental & Social Screening Criteria/Checklists ..................................................... 103 Annex 3: Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) Outline ......................................... 107 Forsa ESMF 2018 I. Abbreviations and Acronyms CDA Community Development Association CDC Community Development Committee CUSP Central Unit for Social Pension CPF Country Partnership Framework CT Cash Transfer CCT Conditional Cash Transfer ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FM Financial Management GDP Gross Domestic Product GoE Government of Egypt IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MoE Ministry of Education MoF Ministry of Finance MoH Ministry of Health MoPAR Ministry of Planning and Administrative Reform MoIC Ministry of International Cooperation MoSS Ministry of Social Solidarity MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises NGO Nongovernmental Organization PAD Project Appraisal Document PDO Project Development Objective PIU Project Implementation Unit PST Project Support Team PTF Program Task Force SFD Social Fund for Development SSN Social Safety Net SSP Social Solidarity Pension TOR Terms of Reference UNR Unified National Registry II. List of Tables Table 3-1 Overview of Temperature and Precipitation in Egypt Table 3-2 Egypt’s 1000 Poorest Villages in Poverty within Governorates Table 3-3 Distribution of Unemployment according to Gender and Age Group Table 3-4 Literacy Rates in Egypt by age and gender 1 Table 3-5 Gender Differences in Distribution of Self-employment Table 4-1 Common Environmental impacts associated with MSEs Table 4-2 Framework ESMP during Operation Table 4-3 Framework ESMP during Construction Table 4-4 Sub-project Safeguarding, Approval, and Disclosure Methodology III. List of Figures Figure 3-1 National Poverty Line Figure 3-2 Pauperism – Geographical Regions Year 2013 Figure 3-3 Average Annual Household Expenditure in L.E Figure 3-4 Key Aspects of Multi-Dimensional Poverty, 2011 Figure 3-5 Average Annual Incomes for the family District Distribution Year 2013 Figure 3-6 Average Per Capita of the Family Annual Expenditure in L.E Figure 3-7 The Prevalence of poverty by Governorate, 2011 Figure 3-8 Unemployment in Egypt 2012-2016 Figure 3-9 Business ownership by gender, by urban/rural areas Figure 3-10 Women business owners by sector of economic activity Figure 3-11 Geographic distribution of women business