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Component 3 : Improved Wastewater Management and Sanitation (IDA US$ 0.0 million
equivalent)
This activity is proposed with a view to mitigating the negative environmental impacts
and health hazards resulting from the mix of rain runoff with latrine and septic tank
contents during the floods. The original project and the first AF is funding technical
assistance for wastewater pilots will evolve from the master plans of wastewater under
preparation. Under the second AF, no activities are financed in this component.
Component 4 : Flooding and disaster risk preparedness and management (IDA US$ 4.5
million equivalent)
The proposed second AF-funded activities will complement the original project and first
AF activities, which are meant to improve the operational capabilities and
management of flood risks in Cotonou and neighboring municipalities, and institutional
strengthening of institutions charged with floods and disaster risk management at the
national, regional and local levels. Planned activities consist of : (i) putting in place a
flood warning early system, an activity whose cost was originally underestimated in the
initial project design ; (ii) undertaking technical (and environmental) studies for selected
sites on urban coastal management ; and (iii) communication and sensitization on
coastal contingency plans and emergency preparedness.
Component 5 : Project Management (Total IDA : US$ 0.5 million)
Effective and efficient management support for the project, including development
and operationalization of an effective and efficient Monitoring and Evaluation System,
and all fiduciary requirements. The 2nd AF provides effective management support in
particular as the parent project closing date was extended by 12 months.
The project components are implemented through two executive offices: AGETUR-SA as
for the components 1, 3 and part of component 2 (technical studies and works) and
SERHAU-SA as far as the components 4, 5 and part of component 2 (capacity building)
are concerned.
A Project Management Unit (PMU) was established within the Ministry of Urbanism. Its
mission is to provide monitoring and follow-up the implementation of PUGEMU FA 2
throughout its components. Its responsibilities include the control and monitoring of the
performance of the two executive offices.
The objective of the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) is to establish a
selection process that will help environmental and social services responsible for the
implementation of the Project identify, assess and mitigate potential environmental and
social impacts of the Project activities while it is in its planning phase. It includes the
concerns of the Beninese legislation and the ones of the World Bank policies regarding
environmental and social safeguards such as:
- The ones of Benin Republic regarding prior legal and technical concerns for the
implementation of activities that may have negative impacts on the natural and human
environment;
- Meet the requirements of World Bank policies regarding environmental and social
safeguards
- provide executive stakeholders with information about the overall Environmental &
Social Impacts issues pertaining to the geographic location of the sites in order to be
alert at all times;
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