8.2Project Construction Supervision Consultant (CS) -
The CS consultants will be responsible for overall supervision of polder rehabilitation related activities. The CS consultants should prepare a supervision and monitoring plan. The CS consultants will ensure quality control and report to PD. The CS will also assist the ESC for ensuring environmental compliance and monitoring of progress including EMP and/or ECP implementation.
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BWDB will ensure that proper environmental screening, IEE and EIA for each polder has been done. BWDB will have separated Environmental Consulting Firm to conduct the environmental screening (ES), IEE and EIA. Design consultant will ensure findings from the ES, IEE or EIA have been addressed in the design. . BWDB will conduct verification of some screening and assessment. BWDB will ensure the design consultant has incorporated the findings from ES, IEE and EIA in the design.
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The project will support at least one or more (need based) Environment Specialist in Supervision. The specialists will prepare subproject specific environment screening/assessment report with EMP, supervise the implementation of EMP and support capacity building of the field level staff of BWDB and contractor. ESC will review the EMF and ensure quality of the environmental screening/assessment with EMP. The project will implement an environmental monitoring program (i) to monitor the contractor’s work during project implementation in order to check contractual compliance with specified mitigation measures, and subsequently (ii) to assess the actual environmental impacts of the project over the years following completion of the various project components. The Senior Environment Specialist of ESC will design the detailed monitoring plan of the project and prepare a routine monitoring report based on the monitoring results by BWDB. In addition, the environmental audit will be carried out before the mid-term evaluation and before project closing. The Bank would also supervise the environmental compliance as part of regular implementation support missions.
8.3Contractor -
Although BWDB will have special institutional structure to overall implementation of the EMP through Contractors, the contractor is responsible for implementation of EMP in the real field during construction works. The contractors should prepare EMP implementation plan which will be included in the Environmental Action Plan. The Contractor should appoint part time or full time environment and social development specialist for the project. In addition, the contractor shall be responsible for familiarizing themselves with “Chance Finds Procedures” in the IEE/EIA’s Report in case culturally valuable materials are uncovered during excavation or any project activities.
Chance-Find Procedures for Physical Cultural Property
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The Contractor will be responsible for familiarizing themselves with the following “Chance Finds Procedures” in case culturally valuable materials are uncovered during excavation or any project activities as per Antiquities Act, 1968, including:
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Stop work immediately following the discovery of any materials with possible archeological, historical, paleontological, or other cultural value, announce findings to project manager and notify relevant authorities;
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Protect artifacts as well as possible using plastic covers, and implement measures to stabilize the area, if necessary, to properly protect artifacts;
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Prevent and penalize any unauthorized access to the artifacts; and
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Restart construction works only upon the authorization of the relevant authorities (e.g. Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Deputy Commissioner and Department of Archeology).
8.4Monitoring -
The ESC will dedicate part of its time to monitor all project activities and reporting to the PD. Regular monitoring of activities is carried out by CEIP divisional offices and supervision consultants at site and is being reviewed by the ESC on monthly basis. The ESC and Directors also take regular review of ongoing project activities including environment issues and corrective measures if required are implemented at site. For environmental components of a project, environmental monitoring plan is developed, based on baseline data and impacts predicted during the environmental assessment process. The concerned forest department staffs, as part of their duties monitor impacts on ecological resources and activities of afforestation. The environmental monitoring plan for each project will be integrated with construction, operation and maintenance and shall be monitored by the ESC on a monthly basis. The higher management is apprised through a monthly report. The ESC will share a half yearly monitoring report with Bank.
8.5Capacity Building & Training -
Since the effectiveness of the Environmental Assessment & implementation depends considerably on the understanding and preparedness of their Engineers and in particular their Environmental Team (Consisting of Contractor Environmental specialist, Consultant environmental specialist, and ESC of BWDB). It is important that the project authority makes effort to sensitize the Engineers and Environmental Team on management of environmental issues, provides guidance, and encourages them to build requisite capacities. Capacity building can be achieved by two prong strategy.
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Training program for existing staff.
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Technical Assistance: knowledge sharing with consultants, having requisite expertise.
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Component D – Project Management, Technical Assistance, Training and Strategic Studies will support institutional capacity building, technical assistance and training. The project will provide funding for essential technical assistance (TA), consulting services and advanced staff training. Under a TA consultancy service a technical (EMS) training and capacity building expertise for roll out of EMS requirements in BWDB units and via Workshops for contractors, consultants and other external stakeholders will be undertaken.
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Capacity building training programs should be undertaken in the following area:
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Training of the management level officials of BWDB, BWDB environmental compliance personnel on the overall environmental concerns and responsibilities for implementing EMP
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Recruitment of new professionals with background on environment, if required and provide necessary training
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Organizing workshop, seminar, with stakeholders on the environmental concerns of CEIP
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Special training program for the contractors and workers on the EMP and their responsibilities, who will actually be involved in the construction of the project interventions. The Contractors will be provided guideline for preparation of Environmental Action Plan in line with the construction workplan
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Training of the WMOs on successful operation of hydraulic structures
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Training on structured format in reporting for all stages of implementation and those of relevant agencies who are involved in EMP implementation.
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The training programs should be arranged before implementation of the interventions in the polder area. Detail plan can be made by the proposed ‘Environment Unit’ of BWDB.
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