Module List of Track A TOT Modules

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 1: The historical evolution of the Environment and Social | | Assessment (ESA) Process**: | | | | De...

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 1: The historical evolution of the Environment and Social | | Assessment (ESA) Process**: | | | | Definition of the ESA and its value proposition; the 1972, principle | | 18 of the Declaration of the Stockholm Conference on the Human | | Environment1; 1987 Brundtland report , The 1992 Rio Declaration's | | principle 17, explicitly devoted to impact studies, The 2005 Paris | | Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the Accra Agenda for Action; | | Goal 7 on Environment Sustainability in the Millennium Development | | Goals (2000); the 18 Sustainable Development Goals ( 2015) | +=======================================================================+ | **Module 2: Overview of The Policy Legal and Regulatory Framework In | | Nigeria** | | | | Description of the Relevant Environment Policies in Nigeria : the | | National Policy on the Environment (NPE) of 1989, The Environment | | Impact Assessment Act no 86 of 1992, The National Guidelines and | | Standards for Environment Pollution Control in Nigeria of 1991, The | | National Effluents Limitations Regulation, The NEP (Pollution | | abatement In Industries And Facilities Generating Waste) Regulations, | | National Guidelines on Environmental Management Systems (1999), The | | National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency | | Act 2007 (NESREA Act) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 3: Overview of the World Bank Safeguard Policies | | (1989-2012):** Policy Objectives , scope of Policy and Policy | | requirements of the following Operational Policies (OP) : OP | | 4.01,Environmental Assessment; OP 4.04, Natural Habitats; OP 4.09 | | Pest management; OP 4.11 Physical and Cultural resources; OP 4.36 | | Forestry; OP 4.37 , Safety of Dams, OP 7.5 Projects in International | | water ways; OP 7.6 Projects in Disputed Areas | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 4(a): Overview of the Environment and Social Framework of | | the World Bank Group ;** Purpose, objectives and principles, scope of | | application and content ; Bank requirements, and Institutional and | | Implementation arrangements , the ESF within the World Bank Project | | cycle | | | | **Module 4(b): Key Features of the 8 ESS's of the ESF** consisting of | | (a) core modules : ESS1 Environment and Social Assessment, ESS 2; | | Labor and working conditions; ESS10: Stakeholders Engagement Plan and | | Information Disclosure and (b) optional modules: ESS3 Resource | | Efficiency and Pollution Prevention; ESS4 , Community Health and | | Safety; ESS 6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable D; ESS8, | | Cultural Heritage and ESS9 : Financial Intermediaries | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 5: Similarities and Differences of the Operational | | Principles between The Nigerian Environmental Regulations and the | | Safeguard Policies of the World Bank namely:** The screening process; | | assessment of potential impacts on the physical, socio-economic, | | health and safety and global concern; early consideration of | | environmental and social issues,; identification and early | | consultation with stakeholders; prevention of adverse impacts through | | the consideration of feasible alternatives; Incorporation of | | mitigation, monitoring and Institutional measures in the Environment | | and Social Management Plan (ESMP) into planning and (engineering) | | design, monitoring and follow up on ESMP | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 6 (a): The Environment and Social Impact Assessment Process | | :** Understanding the ESA process and its linkage with the WB Project | | Cycle : ESA process consists of screening and scoping during project | | identification phase , assessment studies preparation of management | | Pans before appraisal, stakeholders engagement and consultation from | | project identification till project launching stage and capacity | | assessment to the borrower through the project preparation stage | | | | **Module 6(b): Key Factors Environment and Social Impact Assessment | | (ESIA**); Definition and objectives of ESIA instrument; definition | | and delineation of project boundaries and its associated facilities, | | analysis of technical, financial, economical and social alternatives; | | assessment of potential environment and social impacts (direct, | | indirect, cumulative, transboundary, residual and climate change), | | management of risk and impacts on the basis of the mitigation | | hierarchy (avoid /reduce at source, minimize or reduce at source or | | at receptor, mitigate, compensate of offset, design of appropriate | | mitigation, management and monitoring measures , public consultation | | and disclosure | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 7(a): Instruments and type of ESIA**: objectives and | | requirements of strategic environment assessment, regional | | environment and social assessment, sector environmental and social | | assessment, environment and social management framework, health risk | | assessment and environment audit | | | | **Module 7(b): Implementation of the ESMP**: Definition, importance | | of the ESMP, content of the ESMP, in terms of technical details of | | mitigating measures, consistency with other mitigation plans from the | | different ESS's , Monitoring measures , and implementation measures | | with associate costs. Description of summary tables detailing each of | | the adverse impacts and risks, , the associated mitigating measures, | | the responsibility for implementing these measures with corresponding | | costs, the associate monitoring measures and their frequencies, the | | responsibility of implementation and cost as well the institutional | | measures sures for capacity development and training | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module (8): Environment and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP).** | | Definition of the ESCP; objectives , scope of application, content of | | the ESCP for capturing all relevant obligations of the borrower | | and/or summarize existing plans development such as the ESMP; timing | | of the preparation of the ECSP and roles and responsibilities of the | | Borrower f implementation of the ECSP | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 9(a): Review of the ESIA quality:** Objectives, relevance, | | selection of the reviewers, methodology of the ESIA review; | | development and assessment of review criteria, preparation of review | | checklist on the executive summary, policy, legal and institutional | | framework, project objectives and description, baseline data, | | environment and social impacts, analysis of the alternatives, ESMP, | | public consultation; Overall appraisal of the ESIA report and | | decision by the reviewers on approval, conditional approval or | | rejection. | | | | **Module 9(b): Development of the TOR for an ESIA report: Purpose of | | the TOR, topics to be covered for the ESIA namely**: A description of | | the project, its purposes and extent,, a [description of the existing | | environmental and social | | conditions](https://eco-intelligent.com/2016/11/11/environmental-impa | | ct-assessment-baseline-study/) in | | the project site and the associated facilities;; The impact and risks | | , both positive and negative, the project will have on the | | environmental and social aspects of the project area. possible | | alternatives for the project in terms of design, site, technology, | | social financial and economics, the preliminary ESMP, summary of the | | consultation with stakeholders; grievance redress mechanism, the | | expertise , skills and CVs required for the ESIA study, the level of | | effort and time line for the entire study and the proposed budget for | | the study | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | **Module 10(a): Revision and Upgrading Environment and Social | | Standards of the Multilateral Financing Institutions (MFI):** | | Rationale for adopting an integrated approach to environment and | | social safeguard requirements that can be easily understood by | | Borrowers, Bank officials and external stakeholders; setting out the | | requirements for borrowers to undertake the appropriate type and | | level of environmental and social assessment of operations to be | | financed by the MFI, using a system of project categorization based | | on Impacts AND Risks; a set of supplementary safeguards addressing | | specific environmental and social risks that set out the MFI's | | requirements such standards for labor conditions, health and safety, | | Fragile Country and Violence (FCV), used of mitigation hierarchy when | | prevention is not possible, for minimizing ,mitigating sad | | compensating for adverse effects; systematically considering the | | impact of climate change on the sustainability of investment projects | | and the contribution of projects to global greenhouse gas emissions; | | and delineation of the roles and responsibilities of the MFI and its | | borrowers or clients in implementing projects, achieving sustainable | | outcomes, and promoting local participation | | | | **Module 10(b): Overview of the Environment Safeguard Standards of | | the MFI: Description of a**n overview of the 2012 IFC performance | | standards , the 2013 Integrated Safeguard System of the African | | Development Bank, the 2018 Environment and Social Framework of the | | World Bank Group, the 2019 Environment and Social Safeguard Policies | | of the GEF; similarities and difference between the new standards of | | the World Bank, IFC, AfDB and GEF | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+