UNRAVELING THE MYRAID OF STANDARDS AND TOOLS

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1 UNRAVELING THE MYRAID OF STANDARDS AND TOOLS HYDRO POWER DEVELOPMENT IN MEKONG REGION: CYCLING THROUGH FROM POLICY TO IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 12-13, 2013

2 Basin Wide National regulations Project level IFC Performance Standards Equator Principles Safeguard Policies of DFIs IHA Assessment Protocol STANDARDS & TOOLS OVERVIEW Standard Tool Environment Impact Assessment Social Impact Assessment Cumulative Impact Assessment

3 A GLOBAL STANDARD FOR THE PRIVATE SECTOR THE EQUATOR PRINCIPLES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

4 THEMATIC AREAS PS1: Assessment and Management of E&S Risks and Impacts PS2: Labor and Working Conditions PS3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention PS4: Community Health, Safety and Security PS5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement PS6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources PS7: Indigenous Peoples PS8: Cultural Heritage

5 THEMATIC OVERLAP IN STANDARDS World Bank E&S Safeguard Policies ADB E&S Safeguard Policies IFC Performance Standards 1.Environmental Assessment 2.Natural habitats 3.Forests 4.Pest Management 5.Physical Cultural Resources 6.Involuntary Resettlement 7.Indigenous Peoples 8.Safety of Dams 9.International Waterways Overarching Safeguard Policy Statement that covers: 1.Environmental Impact Assessment 2.Involuntary Resettlement 3.Indigenous Peoples 4.Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management 5.Pollution Prevention and Abatement 6.Community and Occupational Health and Safety 7.Physical Cultural Resources 1.Assessment and management f E&S risks and impacts 2.Labor and Working Conditions 3.Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention 4.Community health, safety and security 5.Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement 6.Biodiversity Conservation and sustainable management of living natural resources 7.Indigenous Peoples 8.Cultural Heritage

6 DIFFERENT TOOLS Environmental and Social Impacts Assessment (ESIA) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Regional or Sectoral Impact Assessment (RIA or IA) Cumulative Impact Assessment and Management (CIA) Applies to the potential impacts of a particular development proposal Done in the context of a well-defined development proposal for which the construction and operational details of the development alternatives are known May include an assessment of the project s contribution to a wellknown accumulated impact and propose standard mitigation measures (e.g., greenhouse gas emissions, airshed pollution, depletion of wild fish stocks) Relates to potential impacts of government-wide or sectorwide policies, plans, or programs Anticipates how instruments such as policies that are not specifically tied to a particular physical development may result in a variety of impacts at different times and places Assesses the impacts of the potential developmental future of a geographic region or of an overall sector or industry (sometimes referred to as regional or sectoral SEA) Assesses the ecological and social impacts that determine the status of environmental components and affected communities (VECs) Requires consideration of past, present, and future projects and natural drivers that affect them Assessment reflects the geographical and temporal context in which the effects are aggregating and interacting (e.g., airshed, river catchment, town, landscape)

7 OVERLAP & DIFFERENCES Environment Impact Assessment Resource Efficiency and pollution prevention Biodiversity Conservation Valued Environmental Components Multiple actors Basin wide institutional mechanism - Stages of the project - Alternative Analysis - Risk & Impact Identification - Stakeholder Engagement - Mitigation and management - Monitoring, reporting, corrective action and review - Organization/Institutional Mechanism Cumulative Impact Assessment Social Impact Assessment Community health and safety Involuntary Resettlement Indigenous People Cultural Heritage All 8 thematic areas Governance Political Risk Financial Viability Rating tool IHA Assessment Protocol

8 EIA & CIA THE KEY DIFFERENCE EIA Project Centered Perspective CIA: VEC-Centered Perspective Impact 4 Impact 1 Project Impact 2 Impact 3 Other human activities not subject to ESIA Natural environmental drivers (stresses) V E C Project 1 Impact 4 Project 2 Project 3

9 OVERLAP OVERVIEW IHA PROTOCOL & PERFORMANCE STANDARD PERFORMANCE STANDARDS PS1: Assessment and Management of E&S Risks and Impacts PROTOCOL COMPONENTS OVERLAP Options Assessment (ES-2), Policies and Plans (ES-3), Political Risk (ES-4), Technical Issues and Risk (ES-6), Social Issues (ES-7), Environmental Issues (ES-8), Communication and Consultation (P-1, I-1, O-1), Siting and Design (P4), Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and Management (P5, I-3, O-3), Integrated Project Management (P-6, I-4), Project Affected Communities and Livelihoods (P-13, I-9, O-9) PS2: Labor and Working Conditions Labor and Working Conditions (P-16, I-12, O- 12) PS3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention PS4: Community Health, Safety and Security PS5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement PS6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources PS7: Indigenous Peoples PS8: Cultural Heritage Erosion and sediment (P-20, I-16, O-16), Water Quality (P-21, I-17, O-17), Waste, Noise and Air Quality (I-18), Integrated Project Management ( I-4), Hydrological Resource (P- 7), Reservoir Planning (P-22) Public Health (P-18, I-14, O-14). Infrastructure Safety (P-8, I-5, O-5) Communication and Consultation (P-1, I-1, O- 1), Project Affected Communities and Livelihood (P-13, I-9, O-9), Resettlement (P- 14, 1-10, O-10), Project Benefits (P-10, I-7, O- 7) Biodiversity and Invasive Species (P-19, I-15, O-15), Downstream Flow Regimes (P-23, I-20, O-19) Indigenous Peoples (P-15, I-11, O-11) Cultural Heritage (P-17, I-13, O-13)

10 CONCLUSION EMPHASIS ON RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Management system: Integration into decision-making Stakeholder engagement Analysis: Identification of issues High level convergence in the standards Tools support achievement of the standards All standards and tools founded on Plan-Do-Check- Act cycle Stakeholder engagement at the core

11 THANK YOU!