options for improving implementation efficiency while maintaining effectiveness Client capacity Funding for client building and capacity building implementation Approaches and areas of support focus Approach to implementing the ESF in situations with capacity constraints, e.g., FCS, small states and emergency situations Disclosure Timing of the C: We assume that posting a safeguards document on a government website is preparation and good enough. Not sure we make enough of an effort to ensure documents are disclosure of specific disclosed within local communities. environmental and social impact assessment Q: How will disclosure be done if not all the safeguards instruments are documents (related to completed before appraisal? ESS1 and ESS10) Implementation of Bank internal capacity Q: In countries where some ESS’s are not addressed in national law, how is the ESF building, resourcing, and the requirement for a legal opinion going to be handled? behavioral change in order to successfully implement the ESF Ways of reaching mutual understanding between Borrower and Bank on issues of difficult interpretation Other issues C: The ESF is rather complex. It needs to be simplified further if it is going to be understandable to government counterparts and the consultants who support them.
options for improving implementation efficiency while maintaining effectiveness Client capacity building and implementation support Funding for client capacity building Approaches and areas of focus Approach to implementing the ESF in situations with capacity constraints, e.g., FCS, small states and emergency situations Disclosure Timing of the preparation and disclosure of specific environmental and social impact assessment documents (related to ESS1 and ESS10) C: We assume that posting a safeguards document on a government website is good enough. Not sure we make enough of an effort to ensure documents are disclosed within local communities. Q: How will disclosure be done if not all the safeguards instruments are completed before appraisal? Implementation of the ESF Bank internal capacity building, resourcing, and behavioral change in order to successfully implement the ESF Ways of reaching mutual understanding between Borrower and Bank on issues of difficult interpretation Q: In countries where some ESS’s are not addressed in national law, how is the requirement for a legal opinion going to be handled? Other issues C: The ESF is rather complex. It needs to be simplified further if it is going to be understandable to government counterparts and the consultants who support them.
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