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• Ministry of Transport, Communication and Tourism (TCT) – which is responsible for the tourism
sector in Suriname as well as all aspects of transport and infrastructure;
• Maritime Authority Suriname (MAS) – which is responsible for shipping and port activities in
Suriname;
• Ministry of Regional Development (RO) – which is responsible for the development of rural areas
and the provision of services outside Paramaribo through the District Commissioner;
• Ministry of Public Works and Traffic – which is responsible for town planning, waste
management and surface water control in Paramaribo;
• Ministry of Public Health – which is responsible for general public health management;
• Ministry of Spatial Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB) – which is responsible for city
and land use planning and forest, flora and fauna resource management; and
• Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (LVV) – which is responsible for the
management of land and water for agriculture, agricultural research and the management of fish
resources and water supply systems outside of Paramaribo.
2.3 International standards, requirements, guidelines
SRK will be guided by international standards and best practice in conducting the pipeline project
EIA and associated public consultation and information disclosure process.
These include the:
• World Bank Group’s Environmental Assessment Sourcebook, which is a one-stop reference
document that provides practical guidance for identifying and addressing negative
environmental impacts of development projects. The Sourcebook aims to collect all of the
different World Bank policies, procedures, guidelines, precedents and best practice that reside
in different World Bank publications into a single source. The document is continually updated
and covers a wide range of subjects. Included are guidelines for addressing specific ecological,
socio-economic and other issues that may arise during an environmental assessment process,
sectoral guidelines for environmental assessment and guidelines for the involvement of
communities and NGOs in the process.
• Performance Standards (PS) of the International Finance Corporation (IFC – the private sector
arm of the World Bank Group), which contain guidelines on how to undertake EIAs and various
specialist studies (see Table 2-2); and
• Relevant Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines of the IFC.
Table 2-2: IFC Performance Standards
Performance Standard (PS) Aims and objectives
PS 1: Social and Environmental
Assessment and Management
Systems
PS 2: Labour and Working
Conditions
PS 3: Pollution Prevention and
Abatement
Requires the identification and assessment of all social and
environmental impacts and risks in a project’s area of influence and aims
to avoid, or where avoidance is not possible, minimise adverse social and
environmental impacts and to ensure that affected communities are
appropriately engaged.
Aims to establish, maintain and improve worker-management
relationships through fair treatment of workers and compliance with
national labour and employment laws.
Addresses the implementation of the principles of the World Bank’s
Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook at policy level and aims to
avoid or minimise pollution from project activities. Reference to the IFC’s
Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines is required in terms of this
PS.
REUT/DALC 439414_StaatsoliePipelineEIA_Draft EIA Report_Final June 2012