Environmental and Social Framework for (ESF4P) 2024: Building Communities of Practice for Environmental and Social Governance in the Philippines
ESF4P COP 2024 was conducted on April 11-12, 2024 at the Richmonde Hotel Eastwood, Quezon City. The event was hosted by the World Bank, in coordination with the Philippine Learning Center for Environment and Social Sustainability (PHILCESS) of the University of the Philippines. The clinic was attended by the ESF/Safeguards Focal Persons and Task Team Leaders of World Bank-assisted investment projects, different oversight government agencies, Civil Society Organizations (CBCS), and Environmental and Social Specialists Practitioners in the country.
The World Bank-led activity aimed to continue building client capacity in implementing the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and strengthening a Community of Practice (COP) among environmental and social (ES) specialists in the Philippines and the region. The ESF capacity-building activities for FY2024 intend to build and expand on the lessons, good practices, and shared challenges around the implementation and operations of ESF in World Bank-assisted projects across several sectors in the country.
Mr. Carlos Tomas Perez-Brito, Senior Social Development Specialist from the World Bank, presented the recent developments in strengthening protections for people and the environment, and the important advances in supporting green, resilient, and inclusive development through risk-based approaches that allow adaptive environmental and social risk management and stakeholder engagement.
The ESF for Practitioners (ESF4P) is a continuing engagement with the ESF/safeguards focal persons for World Bank-financed projects started in 2022. The ESF4P provides a platform and opportunity to bring together ES practitioners in WB-assisted projects to share and discuss ways forward in preparing and implementing environmental and social risk management in projects across sectors. The event allowed ESF Practitioners in the country to come together and deepen their understanding of ESF implementation in World Bank-financed projects.
From CBCS, Marivic Calubia, Project Supervisor, and Jeya Murugan, Technical Lead of the “No Bangsamoro Child Left Behind in theBARMM”, a WB-JSDF-funded project, participated in the clinic and were able to share about CBCS’s works and the actions under the project. The event helped in capturing the best practices, challenges, and learning from government experiences in applying the ESF. The session on the Geo-Enabling Method for Supervision (GEMS) was seen by the organization’s delegates as a good tool for monitoring and remote supervision that can greatly help in the implementation and documentation of the project’s impact to its beneficiaries.
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