Afghanistan: Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project II
Publisher: The World Bank
Author(s): Michael Stanley
Date: 2014
Topics: Economic Recovery, Extractive Resources, Governance
Countries: Afghanistan
The development objective of the Second Sustainable Development of Natural Resources Project for Afghanistan is to assist the ministry of mines and petroleum (MoMP) and the national environmental protection agency (NEPA) in further improving their capacities to effectively regulate Afghanistan's mineral resource development in a transparent and efficient manner, and foster private sector development. The restructuring includes following changes: (i) a United States (U.S.) 9 million dollars cancellation in the grant amount, from U.S. 52 million dollars to U.S. 43 million dollars; (ii) a corresponding reduction of the allocation for a number of activities (and components) set out in the original project design; (iii) the following activities have been completely cancelled from the project as a result of shifting government priorities or in an effort to avoid duplication with other donor funded activities: (1) development of sector policy frameworks and collection of data to provide input into relevant transport corridor policy options and related feasibility studies; (component one); (2) supporting the establishment of the MoM mining institute by: (a) undertaking manpower needs assessments; and (b) developing a strategy and curricula to reflect sector requirements (component two); and (3) supporting the consultation processes for, and providing analytical input into, the development of policy frameworks for mineral revenue management; (iv) a reallocation for U.S. 1 million dollar from the original grant to provide further capacity building at national environmental protection agency (NEPA), in particular for implementation of key recommendation in the strategic environmental and social assessment (SESA); and (v) results indicators have been revised to align with the cancelation of specific activities and the introduction of other.