Turkey - Second Privatization Social Support Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC1280 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: February 10, 2005 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Turkey Project ID: P094167 Project Name: Privatization Social Support Project 2 Task Team Leader: John A. Innes Estimated Appraisal Date: April 5, 2005 Estimated Board Date: May 31, 2005 Managing Unit: ECSHD Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: Compulsory pension and unemployment insurance (70%); Vocational training (20%);Micro- and SME finance (10%) Theme: Social safety nets (P);Social risk mitigation (S);Education for the knowledge economy (S);Small and medium enterprise support (S) Safeguard Policies Specialists in the task team: Loan/Credit amount ($m.): IBRD: 300 Other financing amounts by source: ($m) B. Project Objectives [from section 2 of PCN] 6. The key development objective of the proposed repeater Second Privatization Social Support Project (PSSP 2), is to improve the competitiveness of the Turkish economy through supporting the Government