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Towards an Integrated Safeguards System Quality Assurance and Results Department Compliance and Safeguards Division ORQR.3 1 Current policies and procedures 2 Current Safeguards System Policy level: • Main crosscutting policies (environment, poverty, population, gender, NGO/CSO,) • A total of 13 crosscutting policies to be complied with Bank procedures • Public Sector: Environmental & Social Assessment Procedures • Private Sector: Environmental Review Procedure Bank guidelines & other tools • • • • Integrated Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Auditing guidelines Participation/CSO handbook Gender screening tools, climate change screening tool, etc. Integrated Safeguards System Current System Lacunae Policies: • 13 policies and some grey areas (e.g. disclosure/ resettlement/emergency recovery ) • Do not cover the range of cases (supplementary loans, programs, etc.) • Do not include new themes (climate, coal, etc.) Procedures & Guidelines: • Too vague (e.g.: private sector operations; corporate loans and FIs) • Do not capture new international best practices and AfDB lessons learned • Refer to outdated Bank structure. Integrated Safeguards System Concept Note 5 Background Diversification of portfolio and interventions Increased demand for energy and transport expected More IRM cases, implying increased attention for environmental and social considerations in operations New institutional structure Integrated Safeguards System Integrated Approach Integration between social sustainability aspects, climate change and ecological considerations Single set of procedures for both public and private sectors reducing transaction costs Operational safeguards deriving from cross-cutting policies and including emerging issues Assemble new OS, revised ESAP and IESA in one system Integrated Safeguards System ISS Structure Policy level • Operational safeguards as concise statements deriving from bank policies Reference to new Bank structure in procedures Operational level • Updated environmental and social procedures • Update of Guidelines ( IESIA, Auditing ) • New guidelines as needed (e.g.: supervision) • Review of joint funding procedures Integrated Safeguards System Other Tools Integrated Categorization and Safeguards Sheet (for project categorization, safeguard triggers and project screening for climate change) Accrued Task manager/lead responsibility for compliance with E&S Revisiting of templates and processes to streamline E&S safeguards Sharp and effectively implemented supervision tools (due diligence review) Adequate training and capacity building Integrated Safeguards System Process for ISS Design Concept note to OpsCom Scoping document shared bank-wide Organizational structure • Steering Committee with ORQR as secretariat • Technical advisory committee / Bank experts • International consultants and other experts Consultation plan / communication Engineering and automation (SAP-CIMM) Integrated Safeguards System SESA in the New System Important tool to proactively promote sustainable development, moving beyond initial focus on avoiding potential harm Elevates assessment of impacts and risks in the overall economic and social development planning and decision making process – in terms of both priority and timing Establishes a mechanism for public accountability related to environmental and social impacts of policy and investment decisions Mandates consideration of alternatives for major decisions and evaluation of the consequences of taking no action Integrated Safeguards System Benefits It is a country-owned product It is a driver for the mental switch from supervision to implementation support It will be mandatory for certain type of operations Integrated Safeguards System Next Steps SESA Working Group Assessing the use of SESA guidelines (SIA) in the past Collecting information/ opinion from operation departments and Regional Member Countries Appraising our pilots Updating AfDB guidelines to include new dimensions: • More emphasis on social dimension • Climate change adaptation • User friendly checklist (e.g.: resettlement ….) Integrated Safeguards System