The ESSA was been undertaken by the Environmental and Social Development Specialists and consultants of the World Bank and examines Kenya’s existing legal, regulatory, and institutional framework guiding the program’s environmental and social management systems. [...] Desk Review of policies, legal framework, regulations and program documents; The review examined the set of policies and legal requirements related to environment and social management at the national and county government level in Kenya. [...] Considering the significant geographic dispersion of the participating counties, different scales of proposed investments, and the potential cumulative environmental and social impacts associated with the program, the overall environmental and social risk of the Program is classified as Substantial. [...] Though the potential environmental and social risks and impacts of investments and activities under this Program are expected to have minor impacts, the Program provides an opportunity not only to strengthen the weaknesses in the procedures mentioned above to identify and mitigate these potential effects but also to strengthen the Country and County systems in three areas: (i) strengthening of env [...] These measures will be implemented through two main areas namely, the support of the establishment of a Social Risk Management unit at the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, support the County Environment Committees established through the National Environmental Management Authority and the Program will collaborate with the Directorate of Occupational, Safety and Health Services to enhance
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2021/10/04
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Final Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) ? English version - Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program - P173065
- Originating Unit
- Social Dev AFR 2 (SAES2)
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- KE-Financing Locally-Led Climate Action Program -- P173065,P173065
- Unit Owning
- Social Dev AFR 2
- Volume No
- 1