Monitoring, evaluation and reporting

1.46Capacity Building and Environmental Trainings

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  Screening of investments for potential environmental and social impacts, scoping assessments, planning mitigation options, public consultation to assess feasibility and acceptability options; steps 1-7 to implement the environmental and social screening process for projects;
  
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  Environment: site selection to minimize environmental impacts and social disruption; restoration of drainage patterns including mitigation matters in contracts; management of impacts during construction; monitoring of effectiveness of measures;
  
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  Monitoring and grievance redress: transparency and supervision responsibilities.
  

As regards the institutional capacity building, the KPLC PIT and regional staff as well as some staff of the SHE department in Nairobi are to be trained in different aspects of the implementation of the ESMF and the proposed Project, including interpretation and implementation of environmental impact management guidelines and the AfDB safeguard policies. Different groups involved in project implementation have different training needs in terms of raised awareness, sensitization to the issues, and detailed technical training. While some would require training on general awareness building and more specific training would be needed for others. The three major areas for anticipated trainings are:

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  Awareness raising for participants who need to appreciate the significance or relevance of environmental issues;
  
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  Sensitization to the issues for participants who need to be familiar enough with the issues that they can make informal and specific requests for technical support;
  
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  Detailed technical training for participants who will need to analyze potentially adverse environmental impacts, to prescribe mitigation approaches and measures, and to prepare and supervise the implementation of environmental and social management plans. This training will address such matters as community participation methods; environmental assessment; using the ESMF; and project supervision and monitoring;
  
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  The community members will be trained on better methods of environmental conservation and management.
  

The PIT will be attending various courses towards enhancing capacity building when they are identified. These courses include;

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  Environmental conservation and management;
  
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  SEA Trainings
  
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  ESMF implementation and Monitoring Trainings
  
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  Monitoring and evaluation;
  
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  Waste management;
  
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  Occupational Safety & Health;
  
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  Project management;
  
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  Climate change among others.
  

AN ESMF IMPLEMENTATION BUDGET

The ESMF implementation budget refers to all costs that will be incurred to implement the requirements or recommendations of the ESMF. The ESMF requirements ensure that implementation of the projects integrates environmental and social issues for the sustainability of the project as well as the sub-projects. Among other things the ESMF recommends the following key issues, namely; training, capacity building, screening, reviewing and monitoring mechanisms. These issues are clearly described here under; the staff- who will be involved in the implementation of the project should be trained to enhance their skills on environmental and social issues. Building the capacity of staff from implementing Division/departments/ sections such as projects, SHE, Network Management, Chain Supply Management and Finance will enable them to screen, review and monitor environmental issues in the sub-projects to ensure compliance with requirements of the national policies and Acts as well as AfDB safeguard policies. Based on experience from other related assignments the estimated cost for technical assistance for capacity building would be 80,000 USD.

Furthermore, screening and reviewing processes would also involve some cost implications. Every sub-project would be screened and reviewed by the implementing unit while involving Environmental Experts. The estimated costs for such processes would be 60,000 USD.

Monitoring plan: there will be monitoring during the implementation of the sub-projects in order to measure the effectiveness of the mitigation measures. The monitoring and reporting procedures will ensure early detection of conditions that necessitate particular mitigation measures and will furnish information on the progress and results of mitigation. The monitoring component will involve some cost implications. Based on previous experience from related projects, the estimated costs for monitoring would be 60,000 USD.

Table : Estimated level of costs for ESMF implementation

S/NO	ESMF proposed actions)	Concerned institutions	Level of cost (USD)
1	Training and capacity Building	SHE, Procurement, infrastructure and Network Management	80,000
2	Screening and reviewing	Project Implementation Team/Unit	60,000
3	Monitoring activities	PIT, PIU, NEMA	60,000
4	Total Costs		200,000

The cost implications for implementing this ESMF are reflected in table 6 above. The estimates reflect the level of cost but the actual costs will be determined during the implementation phase, when the specific number of people required for training will be identified and the level of technical assistance required.

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