INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET
CONCEPT STAGE
Report No.: AC313
Public Disclosure Authorized
Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: December 16, 2003
I. BASIC INFORMATION
A. Basic Project Data
Countries: Western Indian Ocean (Kenya,
Project ID: P078643
Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania,
Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius, and
Seychelles).
Project Name: GEF-Marine Electronic
Task Team Leader: Abdelmoula M. Ghzala
Highway and Coastal and Marine
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Contamination Prevention Project
Estimated Appraisal Date: June 2004
Loan/Credit amount ($m):
Estimated Board Date: January 2005
Managing Unit: AFTTR
GEF grant
Sector: Ports, waterways and shipping
Theme: Environmental policies and
(60%);Information technology
institutions (P);Pollution management and
(20%);Central government administration
environmental health (P);Law reform
(20%)
(S);Technology diffusion (S);Regional
integration (S)
Safeguard policies specialists in the task team:
Other financing amounts by source:
($m)
BORROWERS/RECEPIENTS 1.1
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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
10.2
FOREIGN SOURCES (France, the European Union, NORAD IMO, the
12.3
Indian Ocean Commission, industry groups (IPIECA, INTERTANKO,
ITOPF), and others to be identified
B. Project Objective
The global environmental goal of the proposed Western Indian Ocean Marine Electronic
Highway and Coastal and Marine Contamination Prevention Project is to help protect the
region's globally significant and extremely sensitive coastal and marine environments and rich
biodiversity. The project has two main objectives. The first is to help prevent ship-based
environmental contamination (such as oil spills from groundings and illegal discharges of ballast
and bilge waters) and unsustainable exploitation of marine resources (such as illegal fishing and
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fishing practices). This will be achieved by establishing in phases a marine electronic highway,
intended to guide ships through sensitive areas and to monitor the movements and activities of
fishing and other vessels within countries' territorial waters. The principal outcome in the long
run will be a fully operating marine electronic highway. The second major objective is to
strengthen the capacity of countries to respond to an oil spill emergency in the region. This will
be achieved by supporting efforts of Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique to become part of a
regional oil spill response plan, by completing the identification and mapping of environmentally
sensitive areas along coasts and sea lanes, and by strengthening the regional collaboration that
has been built under the GEF-supported West Indian Ocean Islands Oil Spill Contingency
Planning Project. The principal outcome will be the continuous operation of a regional institute
that coordinates national and regional efforts to prevent and respond to an oil spill emergency.
C. Project Description
The project will include Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Comoros,
Mauritius and Seychelles, and as a partner La Réunion (France), covering a combined coastline
of 13,300 kilometers. Following the model developed for the Straits of Malacca and Singapore,
the western Indian Ocean marine electronic highway will be implemented in phases. After the
PDF Block B phase, the first phase of the project will establish as a pilot a marine electronic
highway for limited area of the region's major shipping routes. The second phase of the project
(or of a follow-up project) will build on the experience of the first phase and establish a full
marine electronic highway covering major shipping routes of the western Indian Ocean region.
GEF funds will complement technical assistance provided through the other partners in the
program, and will finance only activities that contribute to global environmental benefits, and
that others cannot finance. Specifically, GEF funds will finance activities designed to prevent
marine and coastal contamination activities and activities that support surveillance and
enforcement of laws and regulation governing the shipping and fisheries industries. This
includes development and installation of a pilot marine electronic highway. The oil spill
contingency planning activities are largely baseline activities, and the GEF will allocate limited
funding for these, focusing on the activities designed to widen the regional plan and strengthen
regional collaboration.
Components
Component 1: Developing a regional marine electronic highway (US$11.5 million)
A marine electronic highway takes advantage of advances in technology that improve the
navigational decision-making of mariners. It involves an integrated system of electronic nautical
charts, continuous real-time positioning information, aids to navigation and shore-based
automatic ship identification system, transponders, and provision of real-time meteorological,
oceanographic, and navigational information. Shipmasters use the information to guide their
ships safely through busy shipping lanes. Shore-based authorities use the information to
precisely identify and track ships. The marine electronic highway is thus a valuable tool for
preventing and controlling marine pollution and ensuring the safety of navigation. It is also a
valuable tool for monitoring fishing activities and for enforcing regulations and international
agreements intended to ensure sustainable management of fisheries and of other marine and
coastal resources. A marine electronic highway lowers costs of shipping by reducing the risk of
accidents and by allowing ships to operate in storms and other adverse conditions that would idle
them if they relied on conventional navigational systems.
Specific activities include:
(a) Generating nautical charts and publications.
(b) Maintaining charts and publications.
(c) Installing aids to navigation
(d) Installing automatic information systems, a ship reporting scheme, and a differential global
positioning system service.
(e) Strengthening search and rescue operations.
(f) Evaluating the demonstration phase and preparing the next phase.
Component 2: Coastal and marine contamination prevention capacity building (US$4.8
million)
Subcomponents include:
(a) Supporting seminars and workshops.
(b) Creating site-specific pollution prevention and contingency management plans for coastal
and marine biodiversity hotpots with high risk profiles.
(c) Developing a methodology to value ecosystem benefits.
(d) Developing a regional database and geographic information system on marine and coastal
resources.
Component 3: Developing regional oil spill contingency capacity (US$ 4.2 million)
(a) Assisting Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania to develop national oil spill contingency
plans, to join the regional plan, and to create sensitivity maps.
(b) Supporting countries' efforts to ratify IMO conventions and translate them into national
legislation.
Component 4: Regional coordination and project management (US$3.1)
(a)
Supporting adoption of port state control.
(b)
Conducting regional workshops.
(c)
Supporting project coordination and management.
(d)
Conducting regional training and seminars.
(e)
Facilitating regional agreements and development of a regional contingency plan.
(f)
Strengthening a regional center.
(g)
Developing mechanisms for sustainable financing and other activities.
D. Project location (if known)
The project will cover the coastal and marine areas of Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa,
Tanzania, Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles, with a combined coastline of about
13,300 kilometers. The first phase of the marine electronic highway will cover the area between
Inharrime (north of Maputo) and the Mozambican port of Nacala (west of Comoros). Vessels
using this route will come under the control of the marine electronic highway at Inharrime and
then again at Nacala until leaving the marine electronic highway. The area between these two
points is in deepwater and is far from the coasts. Project supported activities, which involve
surveying of the ocean floor and creation of electronic navigational charts, will have no
environmental consequences.
E. Borrower's Institutional Capacity
Not applicable.
II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY
Safeguard Policy
Applicable? If Applicable, How Might It Apply?
[ ]
Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01)
[ ]
Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04)
[ ]
Pest Management (OP 4.09)
[ ]
Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12)
[ ]
Indigenous Peoples (OD 4.20)
[ ]
Forests (OP/BP 4.36)
[ ]
Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37)
[ ]
Cultural Property (draft OP 4.11 - OPN 11.03)
[ ]
Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP/GP 7.60)*
[ ]
Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP/GP 7.50)
Environmental Assessment Category:
[ ] A [ ] B [X] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined)
If TBD, explain follow-up and calendar/steps for the determination of the category:
* By supporting the proposed project, the Bank does not intend to prejudice the final determination of the parties' claims on the
disputed areas
III. ACTIONS DURING PROJECT PREPARATION
A. What actions might be needed during project preparation to assess safeguard issues
and prepare to mitigate them?
Not applicable.
B. How might consultation and disclosure requirements be addressed?
Not applicable.
IV. AGREEMENTS REACHED ON SAFEGUARDS AT PCN REVIEW
[Guideline: Summarize the key agreements reached on follow-up actions to be taken regarding
safeguards during project preparation]
Agreed target date for Quality Enhancement Review:
No quality enhancement review is envisaged.
Signed and submitted by:
12/16/03
Abdelmoula Ghzala
Date:
Task Team Leader
Approved by:
12/16/03
Thomas Walton
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Regional Safeguards Coordinator
12/16/03
C. Sanjivi Rajasingham
Date:
Sector Manager