Supporting Gas Project Negotiations and Enhancing Institutional Capacities (WB-P163563)

Countries
  • Mauritania
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
Mar 16, 2018
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
Government of Mauritania
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
  • Technical Cooperation
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 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)
$ 20.00 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.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Jul 11, 2018

Disclosed by Bank Aug 15, 2017

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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 project development objective is to support the government capacity to drive negotiation towards final investment decision, and lay the foundations for the gas sector’s contribution to the economy through enhanced legal and regulatory frameworks and capacity building. The proposed technical assistance has three components:

  1. Capacity building and technical support for the GTA negotiations. The activities undertaken are designed to enable the Government of Mauritania to develop the institutional capacities and to acquire the third-party expertise needed to negotiate effectively a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Grand Tortue/Ahmeyim (GTA). This capacity building and technical support will enable the government to ratify tens of technical, legal, fiscal, commercial and financial agreements underpinning a FID.
  2. Strengthening of the institutional and regulatory framework. The objective of this component is to assist the Government of Mauritania in updating its policy and strategy for the development of the gas sector.
  3. Project management and coordination. The proposed component will help develop the capacity of the PIU-MPEM to manage all project activities financed under the World Bank TA. This Project Implementation Unit (PIU) will be staffed and trained to be sustainable since it will be in charge of the similar projects in the future. More specifically, it will support the costs associated with the recruitment of a procurement specialist, an accountant, an administrative and financial director, and other instrumental staff as needed, to build the PIU-MPEM’s procurement, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, as well as safeguards management capacities in a sustainable manner.
Investment Description
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Contact Information
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Borrower:
Ministry of Economy and Finance

Implementing Agency:
Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Mines
Moustapha Bechir
Director General for Hydrocarbons
mobechir@yahoo.fr

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