The Basics of

Environmental
and Social
Considerations
Introduction to the JICA Guidelines for
Environmental and Social Considerations
JICA
The Basics of the Environmental and Social Considerations
(Introduction to JICA Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations)

Compiled by:
Environmental and Social Considerations Supervision Division,
Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Department,
Japan International Cooperation Agency
Nibancho Center Building 5-25, Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 102-8012, JAPAN
TEL: +81-3-5226-8190 / 8198, FAX: +81-3-5226-6371
E-mail: erte2@jica.go.jp

Cover Art: Live and Let Live, and Prosper Together (2012) by Manabu Kochi.
Used with the permission of the artist. (Copyright reserved.)
 Preface
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is an independent
governmental agency that implements Official Development Assistance of Japan.
JICA assists the economic and social growth of developing countries and
promotes international cooperation through schemes including Technical
Cooperation, Loan Aid, Grant Aid, Volunteer Programmes, and Emergency
Disaster Relief. In 2010 JICA adopted a new set of guidelines for Environmental
and Social Considerations to ensure that its assistance will lead to sustainable
development.

Purpose of this Brochure

The purpose of this brochure is to introduce the basic contents of the JICA
Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations (ESC Guidelines) to
non-JICA personnel, including JICA’s partners and people involved in projects
supported by JICA. This brochure is designed to provide an overview of the
requirements and procedures set by the ESC Guidelines; it does not cover all
aspects of ESC nor does it cover every procedure required. For more
information, readers are strongly advised to consult the ESC Guidelines itself,
which can be downloaded from the JICA website at:
http://www.jica.go.jp/environment/guideline/index.htm.
(See page 17 for more information.)

The ESC Guidelines were drafted by

a committee composed of academics,
representatives of NGOs, the private
sector, and related ministries through
33 meetings (in the course of two
years), which were open to the public.
The draft was disclosed globally for
public comment and two public
hearings were held in Japan.

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 Basic Facts

❚What are Environmental and Social Considerations (ESC)?

A project aiming for economic and social development may nevertheless entail a
risk of having negative impacts on the environment or society, such as pollution,
loss of natural habitat, involuntary resettlement, and infringement of people’s
rights. Avoidance or minimization of such risks must be realized as an integral
part of the project itself, with its cost included into the development cost.1 This is
the gist of Environmental and Social Considerations, and they must be applied to
JICA projects in accordance with the Guidelines for Environmental and Social
Considerations (ESC Guidelines).

❚Who is responsible for ESC?

Proponents of the project, such as the governmental body that implements the
project, bear responsibility for Environmental and Social Considerations (ESC).
JICA is accountable for ESC of the project it supports, and to this end, JICA
confirms the implementation of ESC by the project proponents through an
Environmental Review (see pp. 14-15) and supervision of monitoring (p. 15).
JICA may also provide technical support for ESC through its studies and
Technical Cooperation schemes.

❚What would happen if the required ESC were not put into
practice?
Project proponents shall inform JICA if there is any difficulty or delay in putting
ESC into practice, or if unanticipated impacts on the environment or society have
been identified. JICA will take the necessary measures to ensure that the project
proponents comply with the ESC Guidelines, but if it becomes apparent that the
project cannot meet the conditions set out by the ESC Guidelines, JICA may opt
to suspend its assistance in accordance with the written agreement between
JICA and the project proponents.2

1
ESC Guidelines: 1.1 Policy; Appendix 1. ‘1. Underlying Principles’.
2
ESC Guidelines: 2.8 Decision-making by JICA.
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❚Application of the ESC Guidelines3
The ESC Guidelines apply to following schemes:

▶ Loan Aid projects

Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System Project in India (Shinichi Kuno/JICA), Industrial Ring Road Construction Project in Thailand
(Yasuhiko Okuno/JICA), and Tiete River Basin Depollution Project in Brazil (Shinichi Kuno/JICA).

▶ Grant Aid projects

(Excluding projects executed through international organizations)

Project for the Improvement of the Equipment for Road Maintenance in Issyk-Kul and Chui Oblasts, Kyrgyz Republic (Shinichi
Kuno/JICA),The Project for Urgent Improvement of Water Supply System in Bemos-Dili, Timor-Leste (Shinichi Kuno/JICA), and
and The Project for Rehabilitation of National Trunk Road N8 in Ghana (Akio Iizuka/JICA)

▶ Technical Cooperation Projects

Technical Cooperation Project for Capacity Development on Sustainable Road Maintenance and Management in Juba, South
Sudan (Shinichi Kuno/JICA), Project for Capacity Development and Establishment of Road Maintenance Management System in
Afghanistan (Raymond Wilkinson/JICA), and Solid Waste Management Project for the Pacific in Samoa (Kenshiro Imamura/JICA).

▶ Preliminary Studies for Grant Aid

Undertaken by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

▶ Technical Cooperation for Development Planning

3
ESC Guidelines: 1.3 Definitions ‘3. Cooperation Projects’

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 Basic Principles
The basic principles behind the ESC Guidelines include the following:

▶ ESC are a prerequisite for JICA’s assistance

ESC are sine qua non for JICA’s assistance. If a significantly adverse impact on
the environment or society has been identified during JICA-assisted project
planning*, JICA will take the necessary measures to ensure that the appropriate
ESC will be given.4 When JICA reviews a project proposal and finds that the
project could have a negative impact on the environment or society, JICA
advises the project proponents to provide appropriate ESC. If the negative
impact of the project cannot be avoided or mitigated to an acceptable level, JICA
will not support its implementation.5
(*:Such as Preparatory Surveys, Technical Cooperation for Development Planning, and
Preliminary Studies of Grant Aid Projects undertaken by MOFA)

▶ Respect human rights for inclusive development

A development project should aim for the fair distribution of its benefits and must
not burden or exclude some stakeholders for the sake of others.6 To this end,
the project proponents must respect the rights of all people concerned, and pay
special attention to vulnerable social groups such as women, the elderly, the
poor, people with disabilities, indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities, and other
minority groups to ensure that they are involved in decision-making processes
and that they benefit from the project.7

▶ Avoid adverse impacts

Priority should be given to the avoidance of adverse impacts on the environment
or society.8 Minimization or mitigation of impacts should be considered only if
avoidance is not feasible and if the benefit of the project outweighs the cost of
mitigation measures. To this end, the project proponents must assess the
environmental and social impacts at the earliest possible stage of planning, and
implement ESC measures in accordance with the ESC Guidelines.9

4
ESC Guidelines: 2.8.2 Technical Cooperation for Development Planning and Preliminary Studies of Grant Aid
Projects undertaken by MOFA.
5
ESC Guidelines: 2.8.1 Loan Aid, Grant Aid, and Technical Cooperation Projects.
6
ESC Guidelines: 1.1 Policy; 2.3 Impacts to be Assessed.
7
ESC Guidelines: 2.5 Concerns about Social Environment and Human Rights; Appendix 1. ‘5. Social Acceptability’.
8
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 1. ‘2. Examination of Measures’.
9
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 1. ‘1. Underlying Principles’.
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 Important Points
The essential points of the ESC Guidelines include the following:

❚A wide range of impacts must be addressed10

These impacts include, but are not limited to, the following.11

Impacts on the environment

▶ Pollution (e.g., impacts on air, water, and soil and impacts caused by waste)

▶ Impacts on biota and ecosystems12

▶ Trans-boundary or global impacts including climate change and loss of

biological diversity

Impacts on society

▶ Involuntary resettlement, migration, and urbanization

▶ Unfair distribution of benefits, local conflicts of interest, and impacts on local

economy
▶ Impacts on vulnerable populations such as indigenous peoples and the poor,
gender equality, and children’s rights
▶ Impacts on community health and safety (including accidents and epidemics
such as HIV/AIDS)
▶ Impacts on, or caused by, the labour environment (including occupational
health and safety)
▶ Impacts on social structures, social infrastructures, and social services

▶ Impacts on cultural heritage

In addition to the direct and immediate impacts of the project, the derivative,
secondary, and cumulative impacts as well as impacts of associated and
indivisible projects must be considered.

❚Participation of local stakeholders is crucial

The ESC Guidelines defines ‘local stakeholders’ as local residents (including
non-titleholders) who could be affected by the project, and local NGOs. By
involving local stakeholders from the early stage of the project, the project

10
ESC Guidelines: 1.4 Basic Principles Regarding Environmental and Social Considerations
11
ESC Guidelines: 2.3 Impacts to be Assessed
12
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 1. ‘6. Ecosystem and Biota’
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proponents can receive their inputs and plan appropriate measures to address
their concerns, avoid conflict, and achieve higher results with their support. For
this reason, the project proponents should conduct a series of consultations with
local stakeholders in an interactive and meaningful manner. During this process,
appropriate consideration must be given to socially vulnerable or different people
such as women, children, the elderly, and ethnic minorities.13

❚Information on ESC must be disclosed to the public

Information disclosure is key in ESC. Project proponents must proactively
release relevant information* to the public.14 By sharing information with a wide
range of stakeholders from the early stage, the project proponents can utilize
their feedback to improve the plan/project. In addition, the project proponents
can ensure that unnecessary concerns and misunderstandings among the
stakeholders are ameliorated.
(*Excludes personal information that may compromise the privacy of project-affected peoples
when disclosed15 or information that requires confidentiality for commercial reason.16)

❚Standards and references17

Host country’s laws, standards, policies and plans

ESC in a JICA project must comply with the laws, standards, policies, and plans
of the host country. If the standard set by the host country differs from the
international standard, the project proponents are advised to adopt the standard
that better serves the purpose of attaining a higher level of ESC.

The World Bank’s Safeguard Policies

ESC in a JICA project must be in line with the World Bank’s Safeguard Policies
including Operational Policy on Environmental Assessment (OP 4.01), Natural
Habitats (OP 4.04), Involuntary Resettlement (OP 4.12), Indigenous Peoples
(OP 4.10), and other relevant policies.

Internationally accepted standards

International standards, treaties, and declarations should also be applied as

appropriate.
13
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 1. ‘5. Social Acceptability’.
14
ESC Guidelines: 1.4 Basic Principles Regarding ESC.
15
Chapter 2, Personal Information Protection Law (2003) of Japan.
16
ESC Guidelines: 2.1 Information Disclosure.
17
ESC Guidelines: 2.6. Laws, Regulations and Standards of Reference; Appendix 1. ‘4. Compliance with Laws,
Standards, and Plans’
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 Environmental Categories
Each project is classified by JICA into one of the following Environmental
Categories based on the magnitude of its potential impact on the environment or
society. In other words, the category indicates the level of ESC required.

❚Category A
The project is likely to have significantly adverse impacts on the environment or
society. For example:18

▶ A project with a wide range of impacts, impacts that are irreversible,

complicated, or unprecedented, and impacts that are difficult to assess.

▶ A project for a sector that requires special attention (e.g., a sector that involves
large-scale infrastructure development), involves activity that requires careful
consideration (e.g., large-scale involuntary resettlement), or takes place inside
or adjacent to a sensitive area (e.g., protected natural habitat).

Examples of sectors, activities, and areas that require special attention are
listed in ‘Appendix 3’ of the ESC Guidelines.

Large-scale infrastructure development projects, such as building a highway

or international port as shown above, are likely to be classified as ‘Category
A’ due to the magnitude of impacts they may have on the environment or
local community.

(Left: Southern Highway Construction Project in Sri Lanka; right: Cai Mep Thi Vai
International Port Construction in in Viet Nam)

18 ESC Guidelines 2.2. Categorization ‘2. Category A’

Photo credits from left: Cai Mep Thi Vai International Port Construction in Viet Nam (Koji Sato/JICA); Southern Highway
Construction Project in Sri Lanka (Shinichi Kuno/JICA).
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❚Category B
The project may have adverse impacts on the environment or society, but these
impacts are less significant than those of Category A projects. These impacts are
site-specific; few, if any, of them are irreversible; in most cases, they can be
mitigated more readily than Category A projects. Responsibilities of the project
proponents include the planning and monitoring of necessary ESC activities.
ESC procedures such as Initial Environmental Examination and stakeholder
participation may be required, depending on the scale and nature of the adverse
impacts.19

❚Category C
The project is likely to have minimal or no adverse impact on the environment or
society.20

❚Category FI
JICA provides funds to a Financial Intermediary, which in turn implements
sub-projects that may have adverse impacts on the environment or society, but
these impacts cannot be identified in detail prior to JICA’s approval. If there is a
sub-project that can be categorized as Category A, it needs to go through the
same procedure as a Category A project including JICA’s environmental review
and information disclosure prior to its implementation.21

19
ESC Guidelines 2.2. Categorization ‘3. Category B’.
20
ESC Guidelines 2.2. Categorization ‘4. Category C’.
21
ESC Guidelines 2.2. Categorization ‘5. Category FI’.
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 Examples of ESC Procedures by Category

A B FI C
Mandatory If Required
▶ Environmental Impact ▶ Environmental Impact
Assessment Assessment

▶ Resettlement Action Plan* ▶ Resettlement Action Plan

Planning

▶ Indigenous Peoples Plan* ▶ Indigenous Peoples Plan

▶ Information disclosure ▶ Information disclosure

and consultations with and consultations with
stakeholders stakeholders

(*Depending on the impact)

Mandatory If Required
JICA’s Review

Disclose the results of Disclose the results of

Environmental Impact Environmental Impact
Assessment, Resettlement Assessment, Resettlement
Action Plan*, and Action Plan, and Indigenous
Indigenous Peoples Plan* Peoples Plan
before the Review.
(*If required)

Implementation agreement

JICA discloses the results of the Environmental Review

Implementation / Operation

Mandatory
▶ Monitor the ESC activities
▶ Report the monitoring results to JICA

JICA discloses the results of the Environmental Monitoring

N.B. The above process applies to projects carried out under any of the following schemes; Technical
Cooperation, Loan Aid, or Grant Aid (see pp. 10-15 for more details). For studies carried out through
Technical Cooperation for Development Planning, please refer to Section 3.4 of the ESC Guidelines.

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 Key Documents
▶ Environmental Impact Assessment Report
When planning a development project, the
project proponents must foresee its possible
impacts on the environment and society, and
consider the negative impacts together with
the benefits of the project before making a
decision. This is done through Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA), a process that
involves detailed field survey, analysis of
Assessing water quality in
alternative plans, planning of mitigation and Neak Leung, Cambodia
monitoring measures, and consultation with
local stakeholders.22

http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/social_environmental/id/index.html

EIA is mandatory for projects whose environmental category is A, and an EIA

Report must be disclosed to the public through JICA’s website for at least 120
days before the project proponents and JICA agree to implement the project.23
Requirements for the EIA Report of a Category A project are described in
Appendix 2 of the ESC Guidelines.

22
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 2. EIA Reports for Category A Projects
23
ESC Guidelines: 3.2 Loan Aid, Grant Aid, and Technical Cooperation Projects; (1) Category A projects.

Photo credit: Akira Yamashita, JICA Expert.

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▶ Resettlement Action Plan
A Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) is a document in which the project proponents
specify the procedures and actions to mitigate adverse effects, compensate
losses, and provide development benefits to people affected by the involuntary
resettlement caused by the project. 24 RAP is mandatory for a project that
causes large-scale involuntary resettlement.25

The objective of the RAP is to improve the living standards of the people affected,
or at least restore them to the pre-project level. To this end, RAP should be
developed together with the local stakeholders and address ESC requirements
including prior compensation at full replacement cost, support for
livelihood, and provision of expenses for relocation and re-establishment
of communities. Also, it is desirable that the RAP covers issues listed in the
World Bank’s ‘Operational Policy 4.12, Annex A’. 25

Developing RAP through consultation with local stakeholders in India (left) and in Cambodia
(right).

▶ Indigenous Peoples Plan

An Indigenous Peoples Plan (IPP) must be formulated for a project that requires
considerations for indigenous peoples. When preparing IPP, indigenous peoples
who are likely to be affected by the project must be sufficiently informed and
consulted. The ESC Guidelines advises that elements listed in the World Bank’s
‘Operational Policy 4.10 Annex B’ be included in IPP.26

24
IFC, Handbook for Preparing a Resettlement Action Plan, 2002, p. x
25
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 1 ‘7. Involuntary Resettlement’
26
ESC Guidelines: 3.2 Loan Aid, Grant Aid and Technical Cooperation; Annex 1.8. Indigenous People.

Photo credits from left: Stakeholder’s meeting for National Road No. 1 Improvement Project in Cambodia (JICA Cambodia Office);
Stakeholders’ meeting in India (Hiroshi Yoshida/JICA).
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 Putting ESC into Practice

Planning Stage
JICA may assist the formulation of a Master Plan (a development programme
that covers a wide range of areas, sectors, or projects) or a Feasibility Study of
the project through schemes such as Preparatory Survey, Technical Cooperation
for Development Planning, and Preliminary Study of Grant Aid undertaken by the
Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

❚Master Plan
The Master Plan requires a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)27,29
in which the impacts on the environment and society are taken into account
when setting priorities among the development options. Category A or B projects
developed within the Master Plan needs an ESC study that includes a
comparative analysis of alternative plans and a ‘without project’ option,
assessment of possible environmental impacts, and plans for mitigation
measures and monitoring. These ESC studies are conducted at the Initial
Environmental Examination (IEE) level, i.e., based on readily available
information and simple field surveys.28

❚Feasibility Study
A Feasibility Study for a Category A project requires an ESC study at the
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) level, i.e., a study based on detailed
field surveys. For a Category B project, an ESC study is conducted at the IEE
level.29, 30

When formulating a Category A project within the Master Plan or through a

Preliminary Study for Grant Aid projects (excluding projects executed through
international organizations), or studying the feasibility of the Category A project,
the project proponents are required to disclose the scope of the ESC study and
then consult local stakeholders on the needs of the project as well as their
preferred options. The results of the stakeholder consultations must be reflected
in the overall study and resulting plan, and JICA discloses the final report
through its website. The same procedures may be applied to Category B
projects, depending on the needs.30

27
ESC Guidelines: 1.4 Basic Principles Regarding ESC.
28
ESC Guidelines: 3.4.3 Full-scale Study Stage (Master Plan Study).
29
ESC Guidelines: 3.1 Preparatory Survey.
30
ESC Guidelines: 3.4.4 Full-scale Study Stage (Feasibility Study)
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 Planning Stage Screening Environmental Review
ESC Guidelines apply to formulation of the Master Information Disclosure
Projects are classified by JICA
Plan and Feasibility Study supported by JICA.
into one of four environmental JICA discloses the following documents on its
(See p. 12 for more information)
categories (A, B, C, or FI) website before the Environmental Review:
depending on the level of the
The Master Plan requires: • Report of Preliminary Study
ESC required. ( If the study was conducted by JICA)
• Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Initial Environmental Examination • EIA Report (At least 120 days before the
implementation agreement)
• Consultation with local stakeholders
• Environmental Permit Certification
Outline of the ESC process • RAP (For large-scale involuntary resettlement)
The Feasibility Study requires:
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
for a Category A project • IPP (When considerations are required)

• Environmental Management Plan (EMP) For more information, see ‘3. Procedures Environmental Review
• Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) of ESC’ in the ESC Guidelines. JICA reviews the ESC of the project through
(For large-scale involuntary resettlement) examination of the above-mentioned
• Indigenous Peoples Plan (IPP) documents as well as the results of information
(When considerations are required) disclosure and local stakeholder consultation.
• Consultation with local stakeholders

Detailed Design and Implementation

• Review of EMP, RAP, and IPP (If required)

• Grievance Redress
• Monitoring of EMP (RAP and IPP if required)

After Completion
Over a certain period of time, the project proponents will
continue to monitor ESC and report the results to JICA.
JICA confirms the state of ESC and discloses the
monitoring results through its website.
13

Figures: JICA, Study on the Construction of the Second Mekong Bridge in the Kingdom of Cambodia, 2006. Photo credits: Project for the Construction of Neak Leung Bridge in Cambodia.
JICA Cambodia Office (left and right); Isaya Higa/JICA (middle).
Screening
Screening is a process in which JICA classifies each project into one of four
Environmental Categories (A, B, C, and FI) depending on the level of ESC
required (see ‘Environmental Categories’ pp. 7-8). Classification of the project is
based on reports and documents prepared by the project proponents such as
the Screening Format (template included in the ESC Guidelines as ‘Appendix
4’). The project may be reclassified into a different category when there is a
change in the scope or when an unanticipated impact has been identified.31

Environmental Review
An Environmental Review is a process in which JICA examines ESC of the
project (Loan Aid, Grant Aid, or Technical Cooperation Project) whose
Environmental Category is A, B, or FI. In the Environmental Review, JICA
assesses the possible environmental or social impacts together with
countermeasures against the negative impacts and measures to enhance the
positive impacts. This is done through field survey and the examination of
documents such as the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and
Environmental Checklist32 provided by the project proponents.

In the case of Category A projects, the following documents must be disclosed

though the JICA website prior to the review:33

▶ Report of a Preparatory Survey (if the survey was conducted by JICA)

▶ Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report

▶ Environmental Permit Certification or equivalent document issued by the

relevant agency that shows that EIA and implementation of the project have
been approved.

▶ Resettlement Action Plan (In case the project causes large-scale involuntary
resettlement)

31
ESC Guidelines: 2.2 Categorization; 3.2.1 Environmental Review.
32
Templates of the Environmental Checklists for Category B projects are provided as ‘Reference I.’ in the ESC
Guidelines.
33
ESC Guidelines: 3.2 Loan Aid, Grant Aid and Technical Cooperation.
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▶ Indigenous Peoples Plan (In case the project requires considerations for
indigenous peoples)

The results of the Environmental Review will be reflected in JICA’s decision on

whether to implement the project.

Monitoring
A project whose environmental category is A, B, or FI requires monitoring of its
environmental management process.34 Monitoring is also required for the
Resettlement Action Plan (for a project with large-scale involuntary resettlement)
and Indigenous Peoples Plan (for a project that requires considerations for
indigenous peoples). The project proponents will report the monitoring results to
JICA using methods and formats agreed by both sides.35 The reporting period
should cover the implementation phase including the preparatory stage (i.e.,
from the day of signing the implementation agreement to completion) as well as
the operational phase. The reporting period after completion is basically two
years for a Loan Aid Project and three years for Grant Aid and Technical
Cooperation projects. If an unanticipated environmental or social impact has
been identified, or if there is an outstanding issue regarding ESC, the reporting
period may be extended.36

JICA’s mission to survey the status of ESC monitoring in Indonesia (left) and in Cambodia (right).

34
ESC Guidelines: Appendix 1.8. Monitoring.
35
ESC Guidelines: 3.2.2 Monitoring and its confirmation by JICA.
36
JICA, Procedures for the Review/Supervision of the Environmental and Social Monitoring Results, 2012.

Photo credits from left: Project for the Construction of the Neak Leung Bridge in Cambodia (Isaya Higa/JICA);
Integrated Water Resource and Flood Management Project for Semarang, Indonesia.
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 Reinforcement Mechanisms

❚Advisory Committee for ESC

The Advisory Committee for Environmental and Social Considerations is an
independent council that advises JICA on the ESC at the key stages of the
project planning (e.g. scoping of ESC studies and finalization of plans/reports).
The committee also provides advice on Environmental Review and ESC
monitoring if required.37 Consultation with the Advisory Committee is mandatory
for a Category A project,38 during which the project proponents may be asked by
JICA to provide information regarding ESC.

The Advisory Committee consists of

third-party experts including academics,
researchers, and representatives of
NGOs. Advice (in Japanese) is disclosed
on the JICA website at:

http://www.jica.go.jp/environment/advice/
index.html

❚Objection Procedure
The Objection Procedures is a fail-safe mechanism to ensure the project’s
compliance with the ESC Guidelines. Residents of the partner country who are,
or are likely to be, affected by the project due to non-compliance with the ESC
Guidelines can file an objection with JICA through this mechanism.39
The objection will be verified by the Examiners who are independent of the
operational departments of JICA, and their findings will be reported to JICA’s
president. Following the advice of the Examiners, JICA will respond to the
Requester (party who filed the objection). The reports of the Examiners, together
with JICA’s response, will be disclosed on JICA’s website.40 Further information
on the Objection Procedures can be obtained from JICA’s website at:
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/social_environmental/objection/index.html

37
ESC Guidelines: 1.10 Advisory Committee for ESC.
38
ESC Guidelines: 2.7 Advice of the Advisory Committee for ESC.
39
ESC Guidelines: 2.9 Ensuring Appropriate Implementation of, and Compliance with, the Guidelines.
40
JICA, Objection Procedures Based on the ESC Guidelines, 2010.

Photo credit: Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Division, JICA.
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 Where to find the ESC Guidelines

The ESC Guidelines can be downloaded from the JICA Website at:
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/social_environmental/guideline/index.html

Or go through the top page to:

‘Our Work’ ‘Environmental and Social Considerations’ ‘Guidelines’

As of February 2013, Chinese, English, French and Spanish translations of the

ESC Guidelines are available.

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Contacts
▶ Environmental and Social Considerations Review Division
(For ESC Review and Technical Cooperation for Development Planning)
Phone: +81-3-5226-8190
E-mail: erte1@jica.go.jp

▶ Environmental and Social Considerations Supervision Division

(For ESC monitoring)
Phone: +81-3-5226-8198
E-mail: erte2@jica.go.jp

Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Department

Japan International Cooperation Agency
Nibancho Center Building 5-25, Niban-cho, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 102-8012, JAPAN
http://www.jica.go.jp/

August 2013