Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Croatia: Towards Sustainable, Equitable and Efficient Education Project - P170178 (English)

No C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and Relationship to CPF] The project supports (i) the design of the second-wave structural reform in Croatian education – the Whole Day School (WDS); (ii) implementation of WDS in demonstration schools; and (iii) increasing the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Science and Educat [...] Bordered by Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in the east, Slovenia in the west, Hungary in the north and Montenegro and Italy (at the Adriatic Sea) in the south, it lies mostly between latitudes 42° and 47° N and longitudes 13° and 20° E. The Pannonian Basin and the Dinaric Alps, along with the Adriatic Basin, represent major geomorphological parts of Croatia. [...] There are four types of biogeographical regions in Croatia: Mediterranean along the coast and in its immediate hinterland; Alpine in the elevated Lika and Gorski Kotar; Pannonian along the Drava and Danube; and Continental in the remaining areas. [...] General Assessment Jul 22, 2021 Page 7 of 14 Public Disclosure The World Bank Croatia: Towards Sustainable, Equitable and Efficient Education Project (P170178) ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: ESS1. [...] It aims to assess and address the E&S risks and impacts and guide the implementation of Project activities compliant to the goals and requirements of ESF , WBG EHS Guidelines and applicable national regulations.