Guidance on Management will Completed. The Interim Guidelines for Addressing Legacy Environmental develop guidance on how were completed and disclosed Issues in World Bank Projects and Social to address environmental in 2009. Safeguards and social safeguards Issues in issues in legacy projects Legacy that suffer significant Projects interruptions in implementation. Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Vulnerable Management will follow Completed. BEL completed all activities as outlined in the Groups up on BEL’s programs, Social and Environmental Action Plan community designed (OP4.12) with timetable and programs for vulnerable and at-risk groups. Management targeted activities, to reviewed BEL’s activities/programs and assessed them as address needs of satisfactory. vulnerable groups. Cultural and Spiritual Values Physical Management will follow Completed. The CPMP was disclosed in country and in the Cultural up on GoU commitments Bank’s InfoShop in August 2010. Ceremonies for the Resources and to ensure that the Bujagali spirits relocation site and the accompanying Cultural required capacities and appeasement ceremonies were completed in 2011. Property resources are in place for Management the Government – Plan (OP4.11) coordinated by the MEMD, and including Local Councils to – update and implement the CPMP, which was part of the 2002 RCDAP by June 2009; and BEL will update the EPC Completed. Management assessed monitoring and reporting Contractor’s Code of by BEL of the CPMP, including the EPC Contractor’s Code Practice is covered of Practice for find” procedures, and found them to “chance in the 2007 CPMP be satisfactory. developed by the Contractor) to include find” “chance procedures. Environmental Assessment and Mitigation Measures Independent BEL will review the Completed. Management confirmed that PoE reports are Panel of Environment and Social filed and publicly available on BEL’s website. Experts Independent Panel of (OP4.01 and Experts (PoE) reports OP13.05) and disclose them by end-2008. Ongoing Supervision Activities General Institutional Management will follow up Capacity on: Coordination Completed. The GoU has established a coordination and arrangements of the oversight structure led by a high level Steering Committee MEMD Project that has been functional since September 2008. The structure Coordination includes a multi-stakeholder Bujagali Monitoring Committee. Committee; and
Guidance on Environmental and Social Safeguards Issues in Legacy Projects Management will develop guidance on how to address environmental and social safeguards issues in legacy projects that suffer significant interruptions in implementation. Completed. The Interim Guidelines for Addressing Legacy Issues in World Bank Projects were completed and disclosed in 2009. Social Impact Assessment and Mitigation Measures Vulnerable Groups (OP4.12) Management will follow up on BEL’s programs, with timetable and targeted activities, to address needs of vulnerable groups. Completed. BEL completed all activities as outlined in the Social and Environmental Action Plan community designed programs for vulnerable and at-risk groups. Management reviewed BEL’s activities/programs and assessed them as satisfactory. Cultural and Spiritual Values Physical Cultural Resources and Cultural Property Management Plan (OP4.11) Management will follow up on GoU commitments to ensure that the required capacities and resources are in place for the Government – coordinated by the MEMD, and including Local Councils – to update and implement the CPMP, which was part of the 2002 RCDAP by June 2009; and Completed. The CPMP was disclosed in country and in the Bank’s InfoShop in August 2010. Ceremonies for the Bujagali spirits relocation site and the accompanying appeasement ceremonies were completed in 2011. BEL will update the EPC Contractor’s Code of Practice is covered in the 2007 CPMP developed by the Contractor) to include “chance find” procedures. Completed. Management assessed monitoring and reporting by BEL of the CPMP, including the EPC Contractor’s Code of Practice for “chance find” procedures, and found them to be satisfactory. Environmental Assessment and Mitigation Measures Independent Panel of Experts (OP4.01 and OP13.05) BEL will review the Environment and Social Independent Panel of Experts (PoE) reports and disclose them by end-2008. Completed. Management confirmed that PoE reports are filed and publicly available on BEL’s website. Ongoing Supervision Activities General Institutional Capacity Management will follow up on: Coordination arrangements of the MEMD Project Coordination Committee; and Completed. The GoU has established a coordination and oversight structure led by a high level Steering Committee that has been functional since September 2008. The structure includes a multi-stakeholder Bujagali Monitoring Committee.
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