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WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.
Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18
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Table 2-3: Applicable World Bank Operational Policies (OPs)
OP No. Title Dated Comments
4.01 Environmental Assessment Jan. 1999 Applicable. The project is clearly of a type and size (Category A
Project) which requires a full environmental assessment.
4.04 Natural Habitats Jun. 2001 Applicable. Some natural habitats are affected directly (by
submersion at filling of reservoir) and indirectly (by change in
river discharge conditions).
4.09 Pest Management Dec. 1998 Not applicable.
4.10 Indigenous Peoples Jan. 2005 Not applicable. The population of the project area is not
considered - and does not understand itself - as an ethnic
minority.
4.11 Physical Cultural Resources Jan. 2006 Potentially applicable. It will have to be checked whether any
cultural (historical, archaeological) sites exist in the project area.
4.12 Involuntary Resettlement Dec. 2001 Applicable. Provisions will have to be made for people living in
the affected area, and for the loss of cultivated land; in this
special case, these are people who moved into the reservoir
area, and fields created in this area, after the breaching of the
dam approximately 20 years ago.
4.36 Forests Nov. 2002 Applicable. Some forest areas are affected by the project.
4.37 Safety of Dams Oct. 2001 Applicable. Technical aspects of dam safety obviously are within
the scope of the Technical Consultant.
7.50 Projects on International
Waterways
June 2001 Not applicable. While St. Paul River originates in Guinea and is
therefore an international river, Mt. Coffee HPP is located quite
close to the estuary of the river, will in no way have an impact on
the situation in Guinea.
Furthermore the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) Statement of Environment and
Social Principle and Standards (2009) and the Environmental and Social Practices
Handbook (Version 2 of 2010) has to be taken into account. The EIB applies a set of
environmental and social requirements throughout the project cycle.
In general the EIB refers to EU environmental law as the primary source of its
environmental principles. The aims are, in accordance with EU policy on the
environment, at a high level of protection based on the application of the precautionary
principle, and on the principles that preventative action should be taken, that
environmental damage should be rectified at source, and that the polluter should pay.
Just as environmental standards aim to protect and improve the natural and built
environment, social standards aim to protect the rights and enhance the livelihoods of
people directly and indirectly affected by projects financed by the EIB. Social standards
are intended to promote outcomes to the benefit of individual well-being, social
inclusion and sustainable communities. The project needs to respect human rights and
needs to comply with EIB social standards, based on the principles of the Charter of the
Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international good practices.
The approach to social matters needs to be based on the rights-based approach
mainstreaming the principles of human rights law into practices through the application
of its Social Assessment Guidelines (SAGs). These requirements are also consistent
with the social safeguard measures developed and applied by those MFIs with whom
the Bank works closely.