Challenge
- •Different program models required tailored but coherent E&S governance tools
- •Staff needed operational guidance to apply screening and monitoring procedures consistently
Porto-Novo, Benin
Safeguards design support for public and financial-sector programs
Supported safeguards framework development for a pooled funding structure and strengthened management practices for an agricultural finance structure.
Context
Programs required practical stakeholder-engagement structures, partner coordination, and clear process flows to support implementation quality.
Intervention
- •Mapped process flows and identified procedural gaps
- •Facilitated meetings with authorities, environmental agencies, banks, and beneficiaries
- •Developed stakeholder-engagement framework, forms, and implementation procedures
- •Delivered training and remote support to operational teams
Outcome
- •Stronger institutional structure for E&S screening, engagement, and follow-up
- •Improved readiness of partner teams to apply safeguards tools in operations