ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SUPPORT PROJECT

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The Environmental Management Support Project will assist in the long-term Government efforts, to improve its environmental management. Through its components, the project will: 1) strengthen institutional capacity to monitor air, and water quality, by a) mainstreaming the environment into sector policies, and programs, through non-lending technical assistance, that include analytical studies (e.g., environmental degradation costs, environmental energy review, industrial air, and wastewater pollution, and a country environmental analysis); b) improving the legal, and institutional framework on air, and water quality management; c) strengthening the capacity of the Environmental Impact Assessment unit; and, d) establishing an environmental management information system, and environmental monitoring equipment; 2) build partnerships through pilot environmental projects among line ministries, municipalities, universities, and civil society, via subprojects focused on air, and water quality management; 3) strengthen environmental training, and public awareness programs to improve air, and water quality, by improving the performance of public entities, and nongovernmental organizations involved in environmental management, and, by providing technical, and two-year degree programs in the subject. Other financing includes equipment for laboratory upgrade, and construction of training facilities; and, 4) finance the incremental operating costs of the project coordination team within the Department of Environment, which includes office equipment, technology, and project monitoring activities, in addition to project management, and administrative activities.