EFSR organized a workshop in Armenia on environmental and social safeguards, mainstreaming environmental and social issues in procurement documents

01.12.2023, Yerevan. On December 1, 2023, Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Development (EFSD) held a workshop in Yerevan on the application of environmental and social safeguards during project implementation. The workshop was held for the staff of the "Road Department" Fund's (Project Implementation Unit of the “North-South Road Corridor Construction (Phase 4)” project), the technical supervision consultant company and the construction contractor.

Mr. Armen Poghosyan, Director of the EFSD Investment Loans Project Team, opened the workshop. EFSD specialists presented the main requirements for the application of safeguards, the distribution of roles and responsibilities in project implementation between the PIU, the technical supervision consultant and the contractor, the details of the site-specific environmental management plans development by the contractor, related to biodiversity, waste management, social risks and other issues that arise during construction works and contractor's activities. In addition, recommendations were provided on the monitoring process and reporting, and consideration of environmental and social requirements in the preparation of procurement and contract documents.

The workshop participants were familiarized with the types of potential violations of safeguards requirements in the course of internal and external monitoring of the environmental management plans implementation, templates examples of required documents, checklists for monitoring, preparation of photo reports, establishing and operating grievance redress mechanism.

Representatives of the "Road Department" Fund expressed their gratitude to EFSD for the provided workshop, practical recommendations and approaches that will contribute to the effective implementation of the safeguards requirements.

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