Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Local Communities (WB-P145316)

Countries
  • Ghana
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Active
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Nov 29, 2016
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Solidaridad
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 5.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 5.50 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Oct 12, 2017

Disclosed by Bank Jun 22, 2016


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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.
The objective of the Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Local Communities Project is to strengthen knowledge and practices of targeted local communities in the select regions of the member country in REDD processes and sustainable forest management. There are three components to the project, the first component being capacity building for local communities. This component will finance capacity building for local communities. Capacity building will occur through a funnel approach and will occur in Twi, the local language. General awareness and REDD training will focus broadly on the 52 targeted communities, most of which are also FIP communities. This outreach will be followed by ‘basic training’ which will focus on a subset (at least 10 percent of the general awareness participants). Basic training is the first step that must be undertaken by community members, eligible community-based organizations (CBOs), and individuals to have a deeper, more technical understanding of REDD , and the linkage between livelihood and other activities and REDD . Basic training must be undertaken to access the grant financing. The second component is the sustainable and adaptive community initiatives. Component two includes two subcomponents: community initiatives, and technical training of the grantee in activity implementation. Finally, the third component is the project governance, monitoring, and evaluation. The aim of this component is to support the project’s effective governance and efficient monitoring and evaluation (M&E). This component will finance the management fee of Solidaridad (capped at 7.5 percent of the grant) which will cover its related administrative expenses, rent, utilities etc.
Investment Description
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Contact Information
This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.
Borrower/Client/Recipient Name: Solidaridad Contact: Isaac Gyamfi Title: Director Tel: 0302522869 Email: Isaac.Gyamfi@solidaridadnetwork.org Implementing Agencies Name: Solidaridad Contact: Isaac Gyamfi Title: Director Tel: 0302552869 Email: Isaac.Gyamfi@solidaridadnetwork.org ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF WORLD BANK The World Bank Inspection Panel is the independent complaint mechanism and fact-finding body for people who believe they are likely to be, or have been, adversely affected by a World Bank-financed project. If you submit a complaint to the Inspection Panel, they may investigate to assess whether the World Bank is following its own policies and procedures for preventing harm to people or the environment. You can contact the Inspection Panel or submit a complaint by emailing ipanel@worldbank.org. You can learn more about the Inspection Panel and how to file a complaint at: http://ewebapps.worldbank.org/apps/ip/Pages/Home.aspx.

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