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The objective of this grant is to operationalize Green Growth (GG) through geospatial information management. The World Bank’s Green Growth strategy aimed at promoting development includes a flexible approach to achieving progress across environmental, social, and economic pillars. The proposed activity will provide the knowledge and means of using geospatial information to achieve the WB’s green growth objective. Its main goal is to ensure that natural resources and assets can offer their full economic potential on a sustainable basis while also promoting activities that protect livelihoods and increase wellbeing. Geospatial information can be used simultaneously for achieving the WB’s twin goals as well as developing action plans to combat unsustainable development, to improve data-driven decision making and to increase innovation and related growth opportunities. By combining GG approach to the Integrated Geospatial Information Framework (IGIF) and World Bank Geospatial Information Management (GIM) toolkit with capacity building and Korea knowledge exchanges, task teams and clients will be able to develop and implement realistic Country-Level Action and Investment Plans for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure and GIM eco-system. The Action Plans will identify country-specific needs to develop interoperable, fundamental data for enhancing GG approaches to socio-economic development for citizens. Leveraging the Korean experience provides good practice examples to influence GG-oriented GIM. The proposed activity will also complement the three ongoing Korean grants under the Global Land and Geospatial Unit.  

List of Activities

1. Enhanced the IGIF Implementation Guide and Country Level toolkit with GG focus and Korean good practice examples - Review of Korea GG cases and achievements for GIM and investment in the related digital infrastructure
2. Operationalizing the GG-oriented IGIF through Capacity Building for Local Experts in GIM and development of country-level Action and Investment Plans - Development of training and knowledge transfer programs, KE program, and country-level action plans
3. Knowledge management and communication – Preparation of communication, outreach and dissemination materials/events for awareness raising, stakeholder engagement and showcasing impact stories
4. World Bank Korea Office hub strategy development – Incorporation of GG-oriented GIM in the World Bank Korea Office hub strategy on technology/innovation

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Review of Korea GG cases and achievements for GIM and investment in the related digital infrastructure to enhance and incorporate GG aspects and impacts into: (a)  the IGIF implementation guide; and  (b) the World Bank IGIF implementation toolkits.

Output 2:

• Development of training and knowledge transfer programs (e-Learning, Knowledge Notes and face-to-face Korean experience) for GG-oriented GIM using the IGIF and World Bank methodology;
• Conduct of KE program to Korea with target country teams and clients to learn about GIM and GG operationalization best practices; and
• Preparation of country-level action plans in 4 countries for GG oriented GIM and investment.

Output 3:

• Preparation of communication, outreach and dissemination materials/events for awareness raising, stakeholder engagement and showcasing impact stories.

Output 4:

• Incorporating GG-oriented GIM in the World Bank Korea Office hub strategy on technology/innovation

Outcomes:

1. Improved efficiency:  Complementary measures to promote smart investments and incite changes in consumer behavior.  For example, smart and integrated land use planning underpinned by GIM is critical for policy and investments which support compact cities, green transport, more renewable energy and eco-industrial parks to promote GG.     

• GIM is a core element to governments following transformation agendas. It enables integration of shared data, improving transparency and evidence-based decision-making. In so doing, it reduces costs to government. In many governments, geospatial information is a key component of government open data agendas, stimulating innovation and job growth opportunities, including effective and efficient, citizen-centric government delivery systems. 
• In natural resource management for sustained livelihoods, improved GIM helps to determine which communities own/manage the rights to natural capital in order to avoid conflicts with outside investors while also avoiding unsustainable exploitation. 

2. Greater resilience:  Promote increased resilience.  A primary focus will be to make both urban and rural areas more resilient against risks arising from past development mistakes and a changing climate. This includes smart infrastructure design that is well adapted to a variety of futures, protection against extreme weather events, integrated water resources management and mechanisms to avoid disruptions of transport and commerce services in cases of natural disasters. 

• Geospatial information brings better measurement of the current situation, monitoring change, planning mitigation, evidence-based decision-making, and delivering mitigation projects. This is particularly important to countries that are highly susceptible to climate change and natural hazards and need to ensure resilient and sustained livelihoods for citizens in the event of a natural hazard or climatic event. From rapid response to damage assessments to rebuilding sustainably, geospatial information and infrastructure is a key component to risk management and resilience.  

3. Increased competitiveness: Underpinning the Korean vision of green growth is the notion that a focus on green sustainability need not come at the expense of growth and that greening can also be a source of increased competitiveness. This is particularly true for transport, urban and agricultural policies where substantial synergies exist between land use planning, environment, energy efficiency and growth objectives. 

• Geospatial information is used across sectors, from marketing through logistics to insurance, utilities to telecommunications. Banks use it for fraud detection and governments to improve taxation. 
• Information about spatial and resource usage helps governments at the national and local levels to make strategic decisions for incentivizing the private sector to invest in particular economic sectors (e.g. integrated transportation, precision agriculture, urban planning, etc.) 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Land and Geospatial InformatiX Corporation (LX)
• National Geographic Information Institute (NGII)
• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement (KRIHS)
• Korea Appraisal Board (KAB) 
• UN-GGIM

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The objective of this grant is to conduct a building back greener diagnostic and to help identify policy reforms and investment options for selected priorities towards green growth in Bangladesh. Specifically, this grant will support Bangladesh to take a multi-sectoral approach to advance green growth involving: green finance and fiscal policy, the agriculture/water/forest nexus, clean energy and transport, resilient infrastructure and urban development, nature-based tourism, biodiversity, and waste and pollution. Knowledge and institutions could benefit from the value addition and support offered by the KGGTF providing an opportunity to influence and inform decision-making in Bangladesh to transition to green economies and recovery. This grant will be mapped to, Bangladesh CMU Green Growth DPC (Pipeline) based on the Bangladesh Build Back Greener project. 

List of Activities

• Activity 1: Green growth diagnostics and thematic deep dives. 
• Activity 2: Green growth platforms for policy dialogue, knowledge promotion and dissemination.
• Activity 3: Green growth capacity building, pilot and demonstration. Outputs include (i) Review of policies for identified new technology to create new jobs; (ii) Report on green skills in Bangladesh; (iii) Pilot on green tech in Bangladesh; (iv) Training programs to develop new skills; (v) Knowledge Exchange (virtual and in person)

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1 

• Prioritized list of financial and fiscal instruments for green growth for Bangladesh
• Case study of Korean experience, and benchmarking with Bangladesh in promoting green investment by public and private sector
• Report on Economic valuation of natural capital for the southwest
• Report on Bangladesh’s systems for environmental risk management
• Air Quality Action Plan.

Output 3

• Review of policies for identified new technology to create new jobs
• Report on green skills in Bangladesh
• Pilot on green tech in Bangladesh
• Training programs to develop new skills
• Knowledge Exchange (virtual and in person)

Outcomes 

• Investment dialogues on WBG pipeline development informed by diagnostics
• Improved country capacity on EIA and risk management
• Increased awareness on air pollution and its impacts leading to behavioral change contribution towards the development of a green growth roadmap and action plans for Bangladesh
• Enhanced awareness on green growth, environmental issues amongst policy and decision-makers in Bangladesh
• Increased green jobs
• New partnerships created for knowledge exchange and industrial capacity building on green tech
• Technology transfer and investments in new green tech in the countries

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
• Korea Energy Agency (KEA)
• Korea Management Association Consulting (KMAC)
• Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI)
• Korea Environment Corporation (KECO)
• Korea Development Institute (KDI)
• Korea Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF)
• European Union (EU)
• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

(tentative)

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The grant aims to advance inclusive green growth in Nepal, in green finance and fiscal policy, the agriculture/water/forest nexus, clean energy and transport, resilient infrastructure and urban development, nature-based tourism, biodiversity, and waste and pollution. It will provide an opportunity to influence and inform decision-making in Nepal to transition to green economies and recovery.  

List of Activities

• Activity 1: Green growth diagnostics and thematic deep dives. The activity includes an analysis of different financial and fiscal instrument options for green growth investments; air quality management analysis.
• Activity 2: Green growth platforms for policy dialogue, knowledge promotion and dissemination.
• Activity 3: Green growth capacity building, pilot and demonstration.

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1

• Report with recommendations from the analysis, including a prioritized list of financial and fiscal instruments for green growth for Nepal
• Case study of Korean experience and benchmarking with Nepal in promoting green investment by the public and private sector
• Report with conclusions and recommendations from the analysis on environmental impact assessments and risk management Nepal
• Functional maps defining airsheds for Nepal

Output 2

• Inputs for the Government of Nepal's (GoN) preparation of its GRID Strategic Action Plan with a joint implementation and monitoring plan to track delivery and impact (with multiple DP support and GoN budget allocated to finance the priorities)
• GoN GRID Platform, including regular dialogues among stakeholders on investment, institutions, information, and policy
• Nepal diagnostic benchmark metrics and indicators
• GRID strategic communication products 
• PCN and ROC-ready Program document (for development of DPC series)
• Opportunities for convening investment to finance GRID-compliant (e.g. green growth) investments. This includes identification of complementary areas for private sector action to transition to GRID and a strategic plan to mobilize private investment (towards regular dialogues among stakeholders on investment, institutions, information, and policy)

Output 3

• Report of review of policies for identified new technology to create new jobs
• Report on the analytics on green skills in Nepal
• Pilot on green tech in Nepal
• Training program to develop new skills5. Knowledge exchange (virtual and in-person)

Outcomes

• Investment dialogues on WBG pipeline development informed by diagnostics
• New GRID DPC in Nepal informed by analytics
• Enhanced participation of the private sector in green growth and promote change in government expenditure or investments
• Improved country capacity on EIA and risk management
• Increased awareness on air pollution and its impacts leading to behavioral change contribution towards the development of a green growth roadmap and action plans for Nepal
• Enhanced awareness on green growth, environmental issues amongst policy and decision-makers in Nepal
• Increased green jobs
• New partnerships created for knowledge exchange and industrial capacity building on green tech
• Technology transfer and investments in new green tech in the countries

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

MAFRA, KECO, KEITI, KFS, KEI, KRC, EPIS and K-Water (tentative)

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Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1:

• Dissemination of lessons learned from other similar projects worldwide

Output 2:

• Development of base for potential pilots through the data collection, quantitative and qualitative data

Output 3:

• Indicators based on studies results

Output 4:

• Identified objectives, timelines and responsible entities for pilots demonstration

Outcomes:

Four areas have been considered where ICT applications could possibly be leveraged to lessen the serious environmental challenges listed above. However, the areas outlined below are provided as examples only for potential initiatives; an essential part of this project will be conducting feasibility studies in each particular area. These assessments will eventually reveal the real possibilities and detailed costs for potential demonstrative pilots that might potentially be undertaken. The preliminary areas for feasibility studies are identified as follows:

1. Greening the ICT for government infrastructure. The outcome of this initiative will be materialized in cost-effective and eco-friendly data centers that will allow governments to offer flexible and non-stop services to users through effective resource allocation. Additionally, energy optimization for all existing data centers could also be high priority as that alone could help reduce energy consumption by at least 5-10%. A major priority of this initiative will be to develop a systematic approach for retiring ICT equipment.
2. Smart Water Management. This initiative aims to improve operational efficiency through applying monitoring and management technologies in order to operate end-to-end distribution, from reservoirs to pumping stations to smart pipes to intelligent metering at the user site. The deployment of intelligent metering at the user site is likely to produce behavioral changes through incentivizing households to moderate their water consumption. The pilot ICT project might involve replacing conventional electric meters with smart meters and upgrading the water system where it can be monitored and managed remotely.
3. Smart Grid Infrastructure Adoption. This initiative aims to improve the electric grid performance to reduce electricity loss during T&D, accommodate the large-scale introduction of renewable energy, and involve customers through smart metering. It seeks to promote energy conservation by changing resident awareness of energy use through distributing intelligent home electricity controllers which display the amount of power consumption.
4. ICT applications for urban administration. This initiative aims to transform and improve the city as a system by deploying smart technologies to create new, intelligent ways of making cities more resource efficient and reduce their carbon footprint. The following two components will be considered as part of this larger initiative:

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The objective of this grant is to assist the government of Vanuatu to respond to its urban housing challenges in a systematic way and with a view to addressing the longer term issues in the urban land and housing sector to make affordable and resilient housing available for the population. Since October 2012, the World Bank also has been supporting the Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction (MDRR) Project in Vanuatu, financed through a Japanese PHRD grant, whose aims are to strengthen urban planning and tsunami preparedness in the main urban areas.  Under component 1 of the MDRR, hazard risk probability mapping is being incorporated into urban planning processes and policies for the urban/peri-urban communities of Port Vila/Efate and Luganville/Santo, in particular targeting the extra-legal/informal settlements and lower income households living in the urban and peri-urban areas.  The associated TA contract, for about $490,000, is at the inception stage, with the consultants very recently mobilized. The consultants are expected to analyze urban growth trends, carry out a risk assessment of the 2 major cities, and prepare an urban risk management strategy, including drafting Development Control and Zoning (Master) Plans and providing inputs to the zoning and development control legislation (the TOR for the consultants are attached to this application).   

This grant would build on and complement the activities being implemented under the MDRR project, with a focus on housing policy and land management. The goal would be to establish the basis for increasing the availability of affordable serviced land and housing, particularly for the poor, and reducing the risk of urban populations to natural hazards and climate change. 

List of Activities

1. Housing needs and affordability analysis (HH income & expenditure review)
2. Identification of potential sites for housing development
3. Legal and institutional analysis 
4. South-South Knowledge exchange 
5. Development of detailed plans of selected areas 
6. Project Concept Note

Outputs and Outcomes

Output 1~3:

• Reports

Output 4:

• Visits

Output 5:

• Plans

Output 6:

• Report

Outcomes:

• Improved laws and regulations and planning standards that promote sustainable and efficient use of low hazard urban land, and lead to improved resilience of the housing stock 
• Improved formulation of policies, programs and eligibility criteria related to housing and land allocation to enable more efficient and better targeting of benefits to lower income populations  

• Identification and preparation of land that can be made available for housing development (actual release of land will depend on whether funding is available for land purchase if land purchase is necessary) 
• Improved capacity of government staff to address land management and housing needs 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others

• Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS)                 
• Seoul Metropolitan Government
• Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH)
• Land and Housing Institute (LHI)

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