Senegal: Natural Resources Management Project

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The Project seeks to enhance the sustainability of growth in Senegal for productivity, livelihood, and resilience. It is comprised of three technical components, which aim on the one hand, to strengthen the management of environmental and social impacts, and on the other hand, to address the erosion of Senegal’s natural capital (focusing on two natural resources of primary importance for thecountry, its fish and forest resources).Component 1 - Institutional framework for managing environmental and social risks and intersectoral collaboration. This component seeks to strengthen institutional capacity for managing the environmental and social (E&S) risks of projects and programs as well as intersectoral coordination for the management of shared or complementary natural resources. Key activities include : (i) Capacity building and provision of equipment for the management of E&S risks (Strengthening the E&S regulatory and coordination framework and Building the technical and operational capacity on E&S management); (ii) Streamlining the management of marine, coastal and forest resources (Strategic analysis of community-led fisheries initiatives, marine and coastal natural resources management / zoning, and Strengthening resilience and sustainability of the smoked seafood value chain); and (iii) Citizen engagement and communication (Preparation and implementation of a communication strategy and action plan, relevant both for the sector and project activities and results, with outreach including youth and community engagement as well as training of journalists and media).Component 2 - Resilience and productivity of the fisheries and aquaculture sectors. This component will consolidate the achievement of the West Africa Regional Fisheries Program in Senegal (WARFP), with support to: (i) Strengthening fisheries management and community-based fisheries management initiatives (fisheries management plans; fishing permits and licenses management system; monitoring, control, and surveillance system; fisheries information system for transparency; strategic studies; and scale up community-led fisheries management initiatives); (ii) Strengthening the value chains of selected fisheries (construction of landing, preservation, and processing infrastructures for fishery products; technical assistance to strengthen the technical and commercial aspects of the related value chains; monitoring and control operations to improve the sanitary quality of targeted fishery product value chains); and (iii) Development of aquaculture (enabling framework for the attractiveness of the sector; strengthen the technical skills of stakeholders; develop or rehabilitate key aquaculture infrastructures).Component 3 - Sustainable management of forests and ecosystems. This component will consolidate the achievements of the various programs and projects relating to the sustainable management of forests, including the two phases of the Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE I & II). Activities include: (i) Strengthening the institutional framework for forest management and monitoring (capacity building program on the new forest code and good forestry practices; strengthening knowledge on forests and monitoring capacity; support to regional cooperation and coordination initiative on illegal timber trade); (ii) Strengthening community-based forest management, domestic energy sources, and sustainable use of fuelwood (community forest management and diversification of domestic energy sources); (iii) Valorization of natural forest capital (support to the management and development of sustainable nature-based tourism in selected protected areas, planning and support to community management of critical ecosystem and key biodiversity areas, support for the MEDD'sfield interventions for the maintenance of natural capital).Component 4 – Project management. This component will support the operating costs of the two PIUs, at the MEDD and at the MPEM, responsible for overall project management and oversight, and related bodies (e.g., National Steering Committee, Technical Committees, etc.). Support will be provided for implementation planning, coordination, and support, technical expertise, fiduciary management, supervision of compliance under the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), including operationalization of the Grievance Redress Mechanism, as well as monitoring, evaluation, and project reporting.