The NEMC is the national authority responsible for ensuring compliance with the national environmental law. The main evidence of compliance with the national environmental law is the environmental license that is certified once the developers complete the environmental and social due diligence process. The NEMC, is centrally located in Dar es Salam, has no decentralized structure and does not have the capacity to carry out on-the-ground monitoring of implementation of mitigation measures or other activities of the private operators. Therefore, regular and intrusive monitoring will have to be carried out at the district level, and the NEMC will oversee this process. The NEMC will also provide periodic oversight to ensure no adverse cumulative impacts from project activities at the national level, and will provide oversight and technical assistance to the districts when required. The execution of the processes contained in this ESMF will be reviewed, cleared, and monitored by the NEMC, MoEM, and the districts. Therefore, NEMC will perform critically important roles as follows: Review, clearance, and approval of the operators ESIA/process for category A and B subprojects; Train district staff to carry out monitoring; and Monitor oversight. The NEMC is also responsible for: Ensuring that operators comply with Tanzania’s environmental laws and requirements, and any of the World Bank’s triggered Safeguard Policies; Receiving, reviewing, commenting on, requiring revisions necessary, and clearing of operators’ completed ESIAs for category A and B subprojects prior to issuance of the license from the regulator and financing from the REF; Reviewing and compiling monitoring reports of the district coordinators; and Issuing directives, based on M&E reports, to operators and district environmental coordinators and, in cooperation with other ministries, support programs that enhance environmental education and increase public awareness. Districts Districts are responsible for: Receiving, reviewing, commenting on, and requiring revisions where necessary for category C subprojects’ ESMPs, prior to issuance of the license from the regulator and financing from the fund; Regular and intrusive monitoring during planning, implementation, construction, operations, and maintenance stages of the subproject; Preparing periodic monitoring reports on operator activities at all stages of operations and regularly sending these reports to the NEMC for compiling and monitoring of cumulative impacts across Tanzania; Complying with the directives of the NEMC and the MoEM (consistent with national laws); and Issuing directives to subproject operators consistent with national laws on environmental requirements.
Method Description Target of public involvement Public involvement analysis Media announcement Operator will describe what is occurring Operator could solicit input from the general public General public Education Information feedback No participation Some participation Storefront access Operator has open door policy for public to walk in and discuss project, issues, and offer input General public Education to information feedback None to some participation Newsletter Operator forwards regular progress newsletters to selected individuals and groups (stakeholders) Identified stakeholders, groups, and individuals Education No participation Questionnaire This method is more for gathering information as a project input General public Education and information gathering, but could be categorized as consultation as well be reasonable participation Interest group meetings Operator holds regular meetings with different interest groups to educate For information feedback For input to decision making Identified stakeholders, groups Education Information feedback Consultation or joint planning No participation Some participation More and possibly significant participation Advisory groups Operator forms an advisory group of representatives of various stakeholder groups Advisory groups of selected individuals Consultation planning Some participation Significant participation General meetings Operator holds general meetings at strategic times during the process General public Education Information feedback No participation Some participation Knowledgeable and influential persons Operator identifies the knowledgeable and influential individuals in the community Knowledgeable and influential persons Education Information feedback Consultation No participation Some participation Some participation, but could be very significant Planning group Operator assembles a group from the stakeholders who will provide planning input Planning group of selected or elected individuals Joint planning Very significant participation