The National Volunteer Service Program (NVSP) focuses on involving Lebanese youth in volunteering activities, under the stewardship of the Lebanese Ministry of Social Affairs (MoSA), and in partnership with local NGOs, universities, and soon the corporate sector.
... See More + The NVSP is currently supported through a US$2 million World Bank State and Peace-Building grant (P126734 - Lebanon National Volunteer Service Program) managed by the Social Protection & Labor (SP&L) Global Practice. The NVSP project has three main components: (i) institution building and capacity development for volunteer civic engagement; (ii) Small Grants Program (SGP) for eligible NGOs, universities, and schools as well as youth summer camps and weekend volunteering programs for expanding volunteer opportunities and building employability skills; and (iii) monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of civic engagement.
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The development objective of the National Job Creation Program for Results for Lebanon is to improve economic opportunities for targeted beneficiaries in Lebanon.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) projects that will need to cut trees for site clearance should obtain permit from Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) with adequate compensation measures; (2) technical assistance will be provided for improving occupational health and safety (OHS) compliance of program beneficiaries; (3) build the capacity of implementing agencies to understand and identify issues related to forced labor, child labor, and human trafficking; (4) grievance redress mechanisms will be put in place for any grievances related to working conditions related to other components (one mechanism in each implementing agency; (5) activities that will require land acquisition will be eligible, if social impacts related to land acquisition are assessed to be minor; (6) technical assistance will be required to help implementing agencies understand how to target the more vulnerable and how to tailor activities so that more vulnerable individuals are able to benefit; and (7) the program can include measures of social cohesion in its monitoring and evaluation framework, as a way to adaptively manage any negative impacts on social conflict.
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Program-for-Results Environmental and Social Systems Assessment 123900 MAY 31, 2018
The development objective of the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project for Lebanon is to increase the provision of potable water to the residents in the project area within the Greater Beirut region, including those in the low‐income neighborhoods of Southern Beirut, and to strengthen the capacity of the Beirut Mount Lebanon Water Establishment in utility operations.
... See More + This Project Paper seeks the approval of the Executive Directors to provide an additional loan in the amount of USD 90 million to the Lebanese Republic for the Greater Beirut Water Supply Project. The proposed Additional Financing (AF) will meet a financing gap under the parent project and help finance the costs associated with scaling up of investments, and achieving expected results of the project. Specifically, the AF will cover the scale up of: (i) volume of three regional reservoirs that were planned under the project and support supervision and contingency costs associated with the reservoirs; and (ii) utility‐strengthening activities, including supporting one performance‐based contract (PBC) to monitor pressure meters, identify leakages, and repair pipes as needed in Achrafieh, and one output‐based contract for leakage reduction activities, including establishing district metered areas (DMAs) and installing customer meters in parts of North Beirut and Southwest Beirut. The AF will cover the financing gap for: (i) the optional part of the contract for pipelines; and (ii) expropriation costs for two regional reservoirs. The second level of restructuring of the project comprises: (i) adjustment to the Results Framework (ii) addition of a component (Land Acquisition and Resettlement Compensation); (iii) reallocation of funds from disbursement Category 4 to Category 3; and (iv) an extension of the closing date from June 30, 2019 to November 30, 2020.
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The development objective of the Land Administration System Modernization Project for Lebanon is to improve access to land use and value data, property rights data, and geospatial information through the Land Registry and Cadastre System modernization.
... See More + It has five components. 1) First component, Modernization of the digital land registry and cadastre system is to implement an integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution for the Digital Land Registry and Cadastre System that is integrated/linked with other functions such as Property Valuation and State Land Management. The component will improve the quality of services provided by the government and trust in the sector through promotion of transparency, equal access to information, electronic services and streamlined processes. 2) Second component, National spatial data infrastructure is to enhance the identification, storage, use, sharing and exchanging of geospatial data and services in Lebanon. The component will facilitate provision of a unified geospatial database and access point for all planning and value adding services in the country having direct impact on jobs and growth.3) Third component, property valuation and taxation is to establish a mass valuation system for all built property and undeveloped land in Lebanon, initially covering the main urban areas of the country. This will increase market transparency, reduce banking sector/mortgage risk as well as improve infrastructure for the recurrent property tax.4) Fourth component, state land inventory and management is to improve data quality on state lands in the Land Registry and Cadastre System and enhance State Land Management capacity of the General Directorate of Land Registration and Cadastre (GDLRC). The component invests in upgrading the existing State Land Management ICT system.5) Fifth component, Institutional development, capacity building and project management is to improve the capacity and governance of GDLRC and ensure quality and timely implementation of the project. The component will support: 1) institutional development and sustainability of GDLRC by (i) developing and implementing an institutional vision, strategy, citizen service charter and roadmap for GDLRC improving, among others, citizen engagement in the sector; and (ii) implementing structures to enhance the accountability of GDLRC to key stakeholders.
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The development objective of Greater Beirut Water Supply Project for Lebanon is to increase the provision of potable water to the residents in the project area within the Greater Beirut region, including those in the low-income neighborhoods of Southern Beirut, and to strengthen the capacity of the Beirut Mount Lebanon Water Establishment (BMLWE) in utility operations.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts include: (i) contamination of soil quality; (ii) increase in combustion or exhaust emissions; (iii) increase in ambient noise level; (iv) traffic congestion; (v) demolition, alteration of or damage to archaeological resources, whether on surface or below-ground; and (vi) loss of forested areas and few native flora species. Some of the mitigation measures include: (i) avoiding excessive removal of topsoil and minimizing grading and clearing of vegetation; (ii) usage of vehicles or machines equipped with exhaust emission control units; (iii) limit the working hours when near sensitive sites (schools, and health care unit);(iv) having a traffic management plan (TMP); (v) fresh oil and waste oil will be segregated and stored separately to prevent a potential risk of mixing; (vi) prepare a brochure to help crew members recognize any discovery of buried antiquities; (vii) ensuring that stationary noise sources are sited as far away as possible from noise-sensitive areas; (viii) limiting vehicular transport to defined roads as to prevent unnecessary damage to vegetation; and (ix) ensure minimal watering activities following best management practices to minimize potential dust generation.
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The development objective of the Greater Beirut Water Supply Augmentation Project for Lebanon is to increase the provision of potable water to the residents in the project area within the Greater Beirut region, including those in the low-income neighborhoods of Southern Beirut, and to strengthen the capacity of the Beirut Mount Lebanon water establishment in utility operations.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) locate reservoir to minimize land take and loss of natural landscape per unit volume impoundment; (2) analyze hydraulic loading to assess seismic potential and avoid areas of high risk; (3) provide agricultural extension and other services to promote low water-use crops and irrigation practices; (4) provide social support to vulnerable groups and use resettlement to aid poverty alleviation; (5) implement health awareness campaigns and provide adequate health care facilities; and (6) restrict activities on the upper watershed to those that have minimal environmental and social impact.
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