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2.12 The climate change risk assessment carried out by ANAM’s Climate Change
Unit in 2010, along with specific data for PAs, show that climate change factors 7
have a low to moderate risk regarding the activities of this project. However,
factors such as ocean warming and coral bleaching could constitute strong risks
for the biological diversity of marine PAs such as Bastimentos Island in the
Caribbean and Coiba Island in the Pacific. To mitigate such risk, the project will
work in close collaboration with ANAM’s Climate Change Unit to streamline
ecological monitoring programs and integrate protocols for climate change and
invasive species on a regular basis as part of the PMEMAP and the project`s
monitoring schedule.
III. IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
E. Summary Implementation Arrangements
1. Executing Agency
3.1 The Executing Agency will be the Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (ANAM),
which will assume full responsibility for project coordination, administration,
financial and accounting management, including procurement and the preparation
of annual operating budgets and progress monitoring and evaluation reports.
Specific responsibilities of the Executing Agency include, but are not limited to:
(i) maintain adequate accounting and financial controls, including a separate
account for the purposes of this project; (ii) maintain appropriate support
documentation filing systems for verification by the Bank and the external
auditing firm; (iii) prepare and submit to the Bank disbursement requests and
corresponding justification of expenses; (iv) prepare and obtain Bank approval for
all bidding documents required to hire consulting firms, consultants and for the
acquisition of goods; (v) coordinate the bidding processes according to Bank
policies and Panamanian norms; (vi) monitor quality of the goods and services
provided by contracted parties and making the corresponding payments;
(vii) prepare and submit to the Bank the Program`s Financial Plan, which results
from the procurement plan and the annual plan of operations (APO); and,
(viii) record and control the results of the project through the agreed indicators.
3.2 ANAM will assign a project coordinator and an ecotourism specialist to support
the DAPVS to carry out the activities of the project and to closely monitor the
financial management of the program. A financial specialist and a procurement
specialist will also be contracted to assist ANAM in the execution of procurement
activities, supervision of main contracts and provision of other financial
assistance. These specialists will be based at DAPVS located within ANAM
offices in Panama City.
7 Such as increased storm and hurricane events, sea level rise, increase in occurrence and severity of drought
episodes, and iinvasive species proliferation.