Environmental IFAD’s Management Environmental and and Social Assessment Procedures Sustainable Development IFAD Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS............................................................................................................................................ v INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 1 IFAD’s Commitment to Environmental Management .............................................................................. 1 Chapter 1. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES 7 1.1. Introduction.................................................................................................................... 7 1.2. Purpose of mainstreaming ESA .................................................................................... 7 1.3. General ESA provisions ................................................................................................ 9 1.3.1. ESA Responsibility ........................................................................................................ 9 1.3.2. Financing of Environmental and Social Assessments .................................................. 9 1.3.3. Projects initiated by co-financing institutions................................................................. 9 1.3.4. Consultation in the ESA process................................................................................... 9 1.3.5. Disclosure of documentation related to ESA process................................................... 9 1.4. Incorporation of ESA into IFAD’s Quality Enhancement (QE) process......................... 9 1.5. Environment and Social Assessment: Project and Programmes................................ 12 1.5.1. Environmental Screening and Scoping ....................................................................... 12 1.5.2. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) ............................................... 13 1.5.3. ESIA Review and Recommendations ......................................................................... 14 1.5.4. Loan Negotiations........................................................................................................ 14 1.5.5. Board Approval............................................................................................................ 14 1.5.6. Project Supervision...................................................................................................... 14 1.5.7. Project Completion and ex post facto ESIA ................................................................ 14 1.6. Criteria for Project Categorization ............................................................................... 15 1.6.1. Criteria ......................................................................................................................... 15 1.6.2. Project Type and Scale ............................................................................................... 15 1.6.3. Project Location........................................................................................................... 16 1.6.4. Magnitude of Impacts .................................................................................................. 17 ANNEXES Supporting Material for Environmental and Social Assessment............................... 19 Annex 1.1 Environment/Natural Resource Management Environmental and Social Review Note - ESRN (Outline) ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Annex 1.3 Recommended Format for ESIA Reports ............................................................................ 27 Annex 1.4 Sample Terms of Reference for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (to be tailored based on the ESRN) ................................................................................................................. 29 Annex 1.5 Technical Review of ESIA .................................................................................................... 33 Chapter 2. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) 35 2.1. Introduction.................................................................................................................. 35 2.2. SEA in IFAD Operations.............................................................................................. 36 2.3. SEA Steps in RB-COSOP Development..................................................................... 38 ANNEXES Supporting Material for Strategic Environmental Assessment ............................... 41 Annex 2.1 Generic Checklist: Questions for all SEAs........................................................................... 43 Annex 2.2 Possible Structure and Contents of the SEA study .............................................................. 45 iii IFAD Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures List of Tables Table 1 What’s new in IFAD’s approach to environmental and social issues?.......................... 4 Table 2. Addressing environmental issues in the context of IFAD’s strategic objectives and principles of engagement .............................................................................................. 6 Table 4. ESA Process Mainstreamed in the Project Cycle ....................................................... 11 Table 5. Basic Principles for SEA.............................................................................................. 36 Table 6. Key Features of SEA Undertaken in IFAD’s Own PPPs............................................. 37 List of Figures Figure 1. Mainstreaming environmental and social considerations in IFAD ................................ 7 Figure 2. Quality Enhancement Process: Flow Chart Design Stages........................................ 10 Figure 3. SEA Steps in the development of COSOPs................................................................ 39 GLOSSARY ........................................................................................................................................... 47 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................... 51 IFAD's OPERATIONAL STATEMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 1 Biodiversity and Protected Area Management ....................OS 1-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 2 Fertilizers …………………………………………………………..OS 2-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 3 Fisheries ..................................................................................OS 3-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 4 Forest Resources ....................................................................OS 4-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 5 Irrigation ...................................................................................OS 5-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 6 Range Resources ………………………………………………...OS 6-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 7 Rural Roads .............................................................................OS 7-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 8 Wetlands…………………………………………………………...OS 8-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 9 Pesticides………………………………………………………….OS 9-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 10 Rural Finance ......................................................................OS 10-1 OPERATIONAL STATEMENT 11 Small Enterprise Development ..........................................OS 11-1 iv IFAD Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures ACRONYMS ADB Asian Development Bank AfDB African Development Bank AP/PD Assistant President/Programme Management Department CAS Country Assistance Strategy CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CBO Community Based Organization CCA Common Country Assessment CEA Country Environmental Analysis CPM Country Programme Manager CPMT Country Programme Management Team ESA Environmental and Social Assessment EB Executive Board EC European Commission EEC European Economic Community ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESIS Environmental and Social Impact Statement ESS Environmental Screening and Scoping ESRN Environmental and Social Review Note EU European Union EUGAP European Union Good Agricultural Practices FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations GIS Geographic Information System IADB Inter-American Development Bank IAIA International Association for Impact Assessment IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IEE Initial Environmental Examination IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development IFDC International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development ILRI International Livestock Research Institute KSF Key Success Factor MAT Maturity Assessment Template (Assessment of Program/Project Design Maturity) MDG Millennium Development Goal MFI Multilateral Financial Institutions NAP National Action Programme NAPA National Adaptation Programmes of Action NEAP National Environment Action Plan NGO Non-Governmental Organisation NRM Natural Resource Management OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OS Operational Statements OSC Operational Strategy and Policy Guidance Committee PB President’s Bulletin PDR Project Design Report v IFAD Environmental and Social Assessment Procedures PPP Policy, Plan and Programme PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PT Technical Advisory Division QA Quality Assurance QE Quality Enhancement RB-COSOP Results-Based Country Strategic Opportunities Programme RD Regional Director REA Regional Environmental Assessment RIMS Results