Environmental and Social Management Framework for Tanzania ...

Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit Regulations would prescribe the
conduct for Environmental Impact Assessment. However, these instruments may not
sufficiently provide and support the screening process for identification, assessment
and mitigation of potential localized impacts, where the project details and specific
project sites are not yet known, as required by the Bank. This ESMF provides
mechanisms for ensuring that potential environmental and social impacts of the
Regional Health Systems Strengthening and TB Support Project activities are
identified, assessed and mitigated as appropriate, through an environmental and
social screening process. This ESMF would therefore, complement the participating
countries’ EIA procedures for meeting the environmental and social management
requirements. The ESMF complements and is in line with the World Bank
Operational Policies for environmental management of projects where specific
details are not yet known.
1.7 POTENTIAL USERS OF THE ESMF
The ESMF has been prepared as a reference manual for use by key stakeholders to
be involved in the planning, implementation, management and operation of the
proposed Regional Health Systems Strengthening and TB Support Project. As a
reference material, the ESMF would be useful to the following project key
stakeholders, ministries and departments in the participating countries:
• Ministries responsible for Health and Social Welfare
• Participating Countries of the Regional Health Systems Strengthening and TB
Support Project who may update the ESMF as necessary;
• Funding and Donors Agencies;
• Town & Country Planning Committees and District Executive Committees in
the selected cities and districts of the participating countries;
• Politicians and Local Traditional Leaders;
• Senior Government officials responsible for policy making and development
planning; and
• National Healthcare waste management Programmes for the participating
countries
1.8 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY FOR ESMF PREPARATION
One of the key objectives of the ESMF is to provide a screening process for potential
environmental and social impacts for planned future project activities of the Regional
Health Systems Strengthening and TB Support Project and to recommend generic
management and monitoring plans for addressing the potential negative impacts. In
the development of this ESMF a high degree of consultation with various key
stakeholders was employed. The rationale of these extensive consultations was to
solicit views of a cross section of key stakeholders including key officials of
Government Departments involved in the project and the EIA process.
The strategies for executing this assignment followed the six steps listed below:
• review of documents for project concept and implementation processes for
the proposed project activities;
• review of other relevant literature and government regulations for
environmental management and preparation of EIAs;
16