Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Other: 40-Press Release on Board Discussion

...Vice President for the Africa Region. “The Bank appreciates the Inspection Panel’s work, and is committed to implementing the Action Plan so that the project – one of the earliest regional projects in the portfolio – delivers lasting development results to benefit people and the environment.” She added that the role of Country Directors is critical in regional Projects such as this one. The Bank believes that the modest five percent reduction in gas flaring will only be possible after the pipeli...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Action Plan: 40-First Management Progress Report

...Vice-President chairs every alternate meeting. Country specific portfolio reviews have also been undertaken, including one for Ghana, which was recently completed, and others planned for FY09. 30. Bank supervision missions. A two-week supervision mission in December 2008 was undertaken, and selected members of the core task team have undertaken five monthly field visits during the past six months. 31. Implementation strategy, periodic review and increase in supervision budget. The Afri...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Eligibility: 40-Eligibility Report Final (English)

...Vice-President of the new concerns about fishing activities raised with the Panel during the Panel’s visit to Nigeria and the FoE-GH letter. The Panel added both items to the processing of the existing Request. Management provided the Panel with a supplemental response regarding the issues raised in the later letter from FoE- GH (“Supplemental Response”) 5 . Management also provided the Panel with “Clarifications Regarding Marine ...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Eligibility: 40-Eligibility Report (English)

...Vice-President of the new concerns about fishing activities raised with the Panel during the Panel’s visit to Nigeria and of the FoE-GH letter. The Panel has added both items to the processing of the existing Request. A. The Project Project Objectives 5. The Project aims to contribute to, inter alia, ”improving the competitiveness of the energy sectors in Ghana, Benin, and Togo by promoting the use of cheaper and environmen...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Action Plan: 40-Second Management Progress Report

...vice and guidance from the Sector Manager, Sector Director and the Regional Vice President. Following is the progress over the period February-July 2009: (a) Bank: supervision missions. A full-fledged Bank supervision mission, comprising .of professionals from the HQ and the field, took place during July 13-25,2009. The mission reviewed physical progress, and compliance with the environmental and social . safeguards by WAPCo. Particular attention was paid to the review of progress...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Action Plan: 40-Third Management Progress Report

...vice and guidance from the Sector Manager, Sector Director and the Regional Vice President. Following is the progress: (a) Bank supervision missions. Two full-fledged Bank supervision missions per year, comprising of professionals from the HQ and the field, have been taking place since 2007. The missions have reviewed physical progress, and compliance with the environmental and social safeguards by WAPCo. Particular attention has been paid to the review of progress on the implemen...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Compliance Report: 40-Investigation Report (English)

...vice president of Huachiew Chalermprakiat University; then joined the Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) as vice president. In 1998, Mr. Onchan was appointed president of TEI. He helped establish and was appointed president of the Mekong Environment and Resource Institute (MERI) in 2000. He has served as advisor to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Science, Technology and Environment, as member of the National Environmental Board, chairman of the National EIA Committee, chairman of the...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Action Plan: 40-Fourth Management Progress Report

...vice and guidance from the Sector Manager, Sector Director and the Regional Vice President. Following is the progress: (a) Bank supervision missions. Two full-fledged Bank supervision missions per year, comprised of professionals from headquarters and the field, have been taking place since 2007. The missions have reviewed physical progress, and compliance with the environmental and social safeguards by WAPCo. Particular attention has ...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Management Response: 40-Management Report and Recommendation (English)

...vice. 63. WAPCo’s action plan developed during the December 2007 supervision mission and reflected in Annex 4 includes 12 recommended actions based in whole or in part on the ESAP report, of which six are in the process of being implemented and six have already been completed (see Annex 1, Item 17). In addition, ESAP experts provided specialized advice, when requested by WAPCo or the Bank, on a number of implementation issues: the safety expert recommended a methodology for analyzing the ri...