Implementing the Environmental and Social Framework: Roles and Responsibilities
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 441.
Overall roles and responsibilities with focus on environmental and social impacts and management are briefly presented in the table below. A detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of all parties as well as reporting obligations in relation to the entire project is provided Project Operations Manual.
| Stakeholder | Roles and Responsibilities | |
| Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development | · Provide policy guidance in relation to the OBA in SWM in Nepal · Oversee the overall coordination of the implementation of the project through the the implementing partners (TDF and SWMTSC) | |
| Town Development Fund | · Responsible for all environmental and social safeguards monitoring under the project · Review in general of environmental and social documents (with technical support from SWMTSC) · Endorse SWM-SIP with the ESMP enclosed · Monitor and ensure that Participating municipalities are in compliance with the ESMF for the OBA project · Prepare and submit periodic reports to environmental and social safeguard issues | |
| SWMTSC | · Provide technical support to TDF and participating municipalities on environmental and social safeguard issues · Provide technical support in environmental and safeguards monitoring · Coordinate overall day to day implementation of the OBA Project · Provide technical support to municipalities in developing SWM-SIPs and ESMPs · Provide technical support to TDF in monitoring and ensuring compliance with the ESMF · Contracting technical assistance providers to assist municipalities with implementation (e. g. on environmental and social issues) · Review SWM-SIPs and provide a no-objection · Monitoring and quality assurance of the implementation of the SWM-SIP · Prepare and submit progress reports to TDF | |
| Participating Municipalities | · Responsible for environmental and social safeguards planning and management · With the support of SWMTSC develop a SWM-SIP (with the ESMP attached) · Establish SWM Committee and dedicated SWM Unit · Implement improvements under the OBA project as per agreed priorities in SWM-SIP · Ensure SWM-SIP activities/interventions are implemented following the ESMF · Prepare and submit progress reports to SWMTSC, who will then consolidate and send to TDF | |
| Independent Verification Agent (to be recruited under the project) | · Confirm/collect environmental and social baseline data · On-site inspection and verification of a sample of the primary data collected by the participating municipalities · Visual on-site inspection of all waste collection, transport and disposal procedures supported by interviews with SWM staff as well as representative TLO managements · Issue of the technical verification reports to the SWMTSC Manager immediately following the verification | |
| TLOs | · Liaise with municipalities on service improvement priorities and quality of actual service delivery | |
| Private Sector / NGOs | · Enter agreements with Participating Municipalities on service provision if envisioned in municipal service delivery model | |
| Beneficiaries | · Participate in waste separation and home composting activities in accordance with guidance and equipment provided by Participating Municipalities · Dispose waste at designated disposal points · Provide feedback on quality of actual service delivery through TLO |
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