Workshop on CEA, SEA and DPL January 18, 2005

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Workshop on CEA, SEA and DPL January 18, 2005

• Kulsum Ahmed, Team Leader,
• Institutions and Governance Team,
• Environment Department

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Changing Focus of Development Assistance

• Emphasis on economic growth
• Environment as constraint, add-on, self-standing,
  Northern agenda
• Donor driven
• Investment in ring-fenced projects

• Support to sustainable development
• Environment as part of the development agenda
  (MDG 7)
• Country owned
• Support to broad programs, reforms, social
  transformation

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Shifting Focus of Environmental Tools

• Impact assessment
• Focus on technical solutions
• Attention to projects

• Upstream analysis
• Focus on policies and institutions
• Attention to country capacity

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Clarifying the Alphabet Soup

• CEA- Country Environment Analysis
• Country-level environmental analytical tool
• Environment Strategy (2001) identified need to
  update environmental ESW and systematically
  address environmental issues in CASs and PRSPs
• 3 building blocks state of the environment and
  development priorities, policy analysis and
  institutional capacity and performance analysis

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OVER-VIEW OF WORLD BANK CEA PILOTS
Belarus
Serbia and Montenegro
Tunisia
Pakistan
Egypt
Uttar Pradesh
Bangladesh
Ethiopia
Vietnam
Karnataka
Nigeria

Mozambique
Legend Completed CEAs Ongoing CEAs Planned
CEAs
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Clarifying the alphabet soup (II)

• SEA Strategic Environment Assessment
• A participatory approach for upstreaming
  environmental and social issues to influence
  development planning, programming, and
  implementation processes at the strategic level
• Importance highlighted in Environment Strategy
  (2001)
• Mainly carried out in application of safeguard
  policies or as AAA

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Clarifying the alphabet soup (III)

• DPL Development Policy Lending
• More in first session
• Previously known as adjustment lending
• Operational Policy 8.60 revised in August 2004
• Change in the way that environmental aspects are
  handled
• SEA and CEA are key analytical tools for policy
  implementation

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Workshop Objectives

• Learn from recent experiences with CEAs and SEAs
  and develop our thinking on how these tools can
  effectively be used to integrate environment into
  country strategies and programs
• Learn about the revisions to OP 8.60 and how DPLs
  can be used to strengthen institutions in order
  to promote sustainable development

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Workshop Agenda

• Session I Understand implications of revised
  OP/BP 8.60
• Session II Role of SEA in mainstreaming
  environmental concerns into policy dialogue and
  country programs
• Session III Lessons from CEAs in mainstreaming
  environmental concerns into policy dialogue and
  country programs
• Session IV DPLs as tools for environmental
  institutional reform
• Cocktail Reception in MC 12 Gallery from 6 pm

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Relevant ENV Anchor Programs

• Policy and Economics Team
• OP 8.60 implementation
• Review of DPLs
• Institutions and Governance Team
• Support use of upstream analytical tools, incl.
  CEA SEA
• Focus on institutional capacity building

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At level of ESDVP

• OP 8.60 Implementation Working Group
• Led by Jan Bojo, Advisor
• Comprises ENV, SDV, and ARD Staff

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Institutions and Governance Work Program Key
Elements

• Design and Prepare CEA and SEA Toolkits
• Support initiation of pilots on Rapid CEA
• Learn how best to integrate the environmental and
  social dimensions pilots on joint CEA/CSA
• Analyze lessons learnt and methodologies from
  past CEAs and SEAs
• Provide cross-support to Regions strategically
• Implement learning, dissemination and training
  program
• Continue dialogue with Development Partners

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• We hope you enjoy the workshop!
• Thank You