Co-financing/ Arrangements on E&S Q: How does the Bank ESF become binding, even for multinational common approach standards in companies or co-financiers involved in a project in Niger? situations where the co-financier’s standards are different from those of the Bank Adaptive risk Approach to monitoring Q: Risks show up during implementation. How does the ESF manage this? management E&S compliance and changes to the project during implementation Risk classification Approach to determining and reviewing the risk of a project ESS1 Assessment and Assessment and nature C: As a development specialist, my concern is that the ESS’s are the most management of of cumulative and binding constraints for a project’s implementation. environmental and indirect impacts to be social risks and taken into account C: Projects covering large areas using the ESF are challenging to implement impacts Treatment of cumulative even by Government. Therefore, capacity building and environmental and and indirect impacts social management tools should be clear to allow implementation in big when identified in the projects. assessment of the project Establishing project C: The WB is aware that human trafficking exists in Niger. This is an boundaries and the important issue to be addressed by the ESF. It is important to link human applicability of the ESSs trafficking with child labor, while differentiating it from certain work to Associated Facilities, activities undertaken by children within the family. contractors, primary suppliers, FI subprojects C: The ESF should include conception and elaboration of the big picture with and directly funded regard to project design, risk assessment and evaluation as part of standards risk linked to implementation. Circumstances which the Bank will C: The ESF should link Environmental and Risk assessment for micro project determine whether the design and take into account capacity building. Borrower will be required to retain C: Too much environmental and social safeguard conditionality could dissuade us to partner with the Bank.
Co-financing/ common approach Arrangements on E&S standards in situations where the co-financier’s standards are different from those of the Bank Q: How does the Bank ESF become binding, even for multinational companies or co-financiers involved in a project in Niger? Adaptive risk management Approach to monitoring E&S compliance and changes to the project during implementation Q: Risks show up during implementation. How does the ESF manage this? Risk classification Approach to determining and reviewing the risk of a project ESS1 Assessment and management of environmental and social risks and impacts Assessment and nature of cumulative and indirect impacts to be taken into account Treatment of cumulative and indirect impacts when identified in the assessment of the project Establishing project boundaries and the applicability of the ESSs to Associated Facilities, contractors, primary suppliers, FI subprojects and directly funded Circumstances which the Bank will determine whether the Borrower will be required to retain C: As a development specialist, my concern is that the ESS’s are the most binding constraints for a project’s implementation. C: Projects covering large areas using the ESF are challenging to implement even by Government. Therefore, capacity building and environmental and social management tools should be clear to allow implementation in big projects. C: The WB is aware that human trafficking exists in Niger. This is an important issue to be addressed by the ESF. It is important to link human trafficking with child labor, while differentiating it from certain work activities undertaken by children within the family. C: The ESF should include conception and elaboration of the big picture with regard to project design, risk assessment and evaluation as part of standards risk linked to implementation. C: The ESF should link Environmental and Risk assessment for micro project design and take into account capacity building. C: Too much environmental and social safeguard conditionality could dissuade us to partner with the Bank.
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