Laguna de Bay Institutional Strengthening and Community Participation/LISCOP

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The Project will assist the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Local Government Units (LGUs), and other stakeholders, improve the environmental quality of the Laguna De Bay watershed. The project will have two main components: 1) Support demand-driven investments (sub-projects), designed to improve the watershed environmental quality. Subproject selection, and prioritization will be based on the results of a participatory micro-watershed-based planning, and subproject identification process, within four categories: (a) waste management and sanitation; (b) natural resources management; (c) soil erosion and localized flood prevention; and (d) eco-tourism. The identified interventions will constitute an integrated program of sub-projects that will be implemented concurrently within a micro-watershed by multiple LGUs, with each LGU borrowing for a sub-project within its jurisdiction. 2) Assist LLDA implement its reengineering program, and strengthen its management role within the Laguna De Bay watershed. This will be achieved through: capacity building in policy, planning, and regulation; market based instruments; public participation and outreach; monitoring and evaluation; and revenue management. In addition, the component will assist LGUs, River Councils and watershed stakeholders, establish an environmental planning process, and enhance their capacity on environmental, social, technical, financial and managerial aspects of watershed management. Incremental operational support will be provided for efficient project management, as will, assistance in implementing a monitoring and evaluation framework, to include a Learning Forum and the annual publication of the Laguna de Bay Environment Monitor. The component will fund primarily training, and technical assistance, as well as the required goods, and works.

FY17 - Water, Sanitation and Waste Management

World Bank Group

Project

Water Supply and Storage, Waste Processing and Treatment, Hotel, Commercial, Government