Zambia - Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement Project

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The development objective of the Mining and Environmental Remediation and Improvement Project for Zambia is to reduce environmental health risks to the local population in critically polluted mining areas in Chingola, Kabwe, Kitwe, and Mufulira municipalities, including lead exposure in Kabwe municipality. The project comprises of four components. The first component, remediation of contaminated hotspots and improvement of environmental infrastructure will finance specific remediation activities and associated environmental infrastructure in Kabwe and Copperbelt areas. It consists of following sub-components: (i) remediation of contaminated hotspots and improvement of environmental infrastructure; and (ii) rehabilitation of tailings dam (TDs) and mine closure in Copperbelt province. The second component, enhancing institutional capacity for environmental governance and compliance will strengthen the environmental governance of the mining sector and environmental agency through a variety of interventions, including policy support and capacity building. It consists of following sub-components: (i) improving environmental governance in the mining sector; and (ii) improving environmental compliance, enforcement, and public disclosure. The third component is reducing environmental health risks through localized interventions. It consists of following sub-components: (i) strengthening decentralized health interventions to reduce environmental health risks in Kabwe; and (ii) support to local income generation, livelihood, and public awareness activities in targeted areas of municipalities of Kabwe, Kitwe, Mufilira, and Chingola. The fourth component, project management, monitoring and evaluation will cover the cost for project management, implementation and supervision of project activities, administration of procurement and financial management, monitoring and evaluation, and safeguards compliance monitoring.