Challenge
- •Inconsistent E&S screening routines across financial institutions
- •Need to align internal procedures with safeguards requirements and practical credit workflows
Nouakchott, Mauritania
Fishing-sector safeguards deployment across private financial institutions
Implemented a safeguards system across three private-sector banks active in fisheries-related lending.
Context
Financial institutions required stronger E&S governance to assess and monitor private-sector portfolio risks.
Intervention
- •Performed gap analysis and partner consultations with banks and private operators
- •Delivered training and developed procedures, forms, and implementation guidance
Outcome
- •Improved FI readiness to screen and monitor E&S risks in financed activities
- •Operational safeguards documentation embedded in project-management flow