Concept Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Transport Sector Development Project - P177538 (English)

This Component will provide technical and operational assistance for strengthening safeguard capacity, the day-to-day management, monitoring and evaluation of the Project, and the carrying out of technical and financial audits. [...] The port is part of the of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region of Trieste with its rail connections to Central and Eastern Europe. [...] D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity The Ministry which will be implementing the project, Ministry of Urban Development Roads and Bridges, and the specific units which will implement the project activities namely the National Highway Authority for Roads and Bridges and the Sea Ports Corporation of Sudan have almost no experience in management of environmental and social risks of projects financ [...] To this end, each project implementing unit (the National Highway Authority for Roads and Bridges and the Sea Ports Corporation of Sudan) will establish a functioning environmental and social risk management implementation arrangement including recruitment of qualified environmental and social experts which will be financed under Component 3. The experts will be trained on the Environmental and So [...] General Assessment For Official Use Only ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: The Project will have a range of socioeconomic benefits including safe, efficient, climate resilient and reliable infrastructure.