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East African Business Week (Kampala)

6 September 2008
Posted to the web 8 September 2008

Washington, DC

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors last week approved a $15 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to provide additional financing to the Second Environment Management Capacity Building Project (EMCBP II) in Uganda.

The project is implemented by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).

The additional credit will, over the next three years, finance the expansion of municipal solid waste (MSW) composting in up to 17 Ugandan towns and expansion of tree planting on denuded national forest lands.

It will also support NEMA's enforcement capacity of priority environmental issues, and assist in promulgation of important environmental laws and regulations related to the petroleum and gas sector in Uganda.

"The project is important because it contributes to sustainable management of environmental and natural resources at the national, district, and community levels. The additional financing will enhance institutional development and further strengthen Uganda's environment sector. It will also address a high priority economic development issue associated with oil and gas development, ensuring that this development is not hindered by inadequate institutional and regulatory capacity relating to environmental standards," explained Nathalie Johnson, World Bank Task Team Leader for the project.

Supporting the Government of Uganda's goal of attaining environmentally sustainable development, the EMCBP II was part of a long-term effort to build the capacity of key players at all levels--in both the private and public sector--to work together to promote sound environment and natural resources management.

Initially funded by a $22 million credit, approved in early 2001, the project was expected to create and establish an efficient mechanism for sustainable environmental and natural resources management at the national, district and community levels.

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