Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - OECS Data for Decision Making - P174986 (English)

The project contributes to the implementation of the OECS Regional Strategy for the Development of Statistics (2017-2030) developed to support the OECS Economic Union's development and integration agenda. [...] Lucia the E&S team will likely be based in the statistical unit; in Grenada, in the CSO hosted in the Ministry of Finance, and in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the CSO located in the Ministry of Finance. [...] The formulation of the project has also benefited from the experience of the formulation of the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project (CADTP) (P171528), which is the first regional project under the new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). [...] The ESCP addresses measures to strengthen the capacity for the management of the Environmental and Social Risks of the project. [...] General Assessment ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: The project aims to strengthen the capacity of national statistical institutes of participating countries to produce and disseminate statistical data in a timely manner for evidence-based policymaking.