The objective of the ESMF is to assess and mitigate potential negative environment and social (E&S) risks and impacts of the Project consistently with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) of the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). [...] Specific objectives of the ESMF are to: (a) assess the potential E&S risks and impacts of the proposed Project and propose their mitigation measures; (b) establish procedures for the E&S screening, review, approval, and implementation of activities; (c) specify appropriate roles and responsibilities, and outline the necessary reporting procedures, for managing and monitoring E&S issues/ concerns r [...] Six of the ten Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) of the WB’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) have been screened as relevant: ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts, ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions, ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management; ESS4 Community Health and Safety, ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African H [...] The ESMF provides principles and specific process and technical guidance to the Project implementing agencies and their consultants to assess the E&S risks and impacts of the Project activities, including ensuring that individuals or groups who, because of their particular circumstances, may be disadvantaged or vulnerable, have access to the development benefits resulting from the Project. [...] While the component 1 and component 2 support the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) and provincial referral hospitals, the component 3 will be implemented throughout Cambodia where the exact locations of project activities, as well as the type and magnitude of the environmental and social impacts will not be known until the project is at an advanced stage of implementation.
Authors
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Revised Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) Cambodia COVID-19 Emergency Response Project (P173815)
- Document Date
- 2020-08-11
- Originating Unit
- EAP Operations Services (EAPOS)
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- KH-Cambodia Covid-19 Emergency Response Project -- P173815
- Unit Owning
- Health Nutrition &Population EAP
- Volume No
- 1