Environmental and Social Capacity Building for the Energy Sector

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The development objective of the Environmental and Social Capacity Building for the Energy Sector Project for Cameroon is to improve the management of and the accountability for environmental and social issues related to large infrastructure investments, with an initial focus on the energy sector. The project will initially focus capacity building efforts towards the energy sector, in support of the Energy Sector Development Project. The mobilization of supplemental resources to more explicitly address issues in the mining and transport sectors will be explored during the project's midterm review. The expected long-term benefits of the project are to: (i) reduce the negative externalities of large infrastructure projects; (ii) develop a transparent, stable and fair framework for managing environmental and social risks that can improve the enabling environment for large infrastructure investments; and (iii) institutionalizes information flows between the populations affected by large infrastructure projects and other stakeholders, and political decision-makers. The project will include the following three components: (i) strengthening the ministry in charge of the environment to fulfill its mandate to define, monitor and control environmental and social obligations of large infrastructure project, in compliance with the environmental law of 1996 and its implementation decrees; (ii) establishing frameworks to manage social externalities associated with large infrastructure projects, in compliance with international best practices; and (iii) supporting the environment unit in the ministry of energy and water to ensure that the environmental and social issues arising from large energy sector infrastructure projects are addressed in compliance with international best practices.

FY17 - Energy and Extractives,FY17 - Public Administration

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Power Generation (CCGT), Commercial, Government