Gold Standard for the Global Goals
Stakeholder Consultation Report
Version 1 – July 2017
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SECTION A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A. 1. Title of the project Title: GS1247 VPA 224 The Gambia Safe Water Project (GS7580) Date: 06/02/2020 Version no.: 2
A. 2. Project description and current status >> Provide brief technical description of the project with information on key dates like start of implementation or construction, date of commissioning etc. Also provide information on current status of the project.
The Micro-Scale VPA The Gambia Safe Water project is eligible under the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption Version 1.0. The project will support the provision of safe water using borehole techngology to hundreds of households within The Gambia. By providing safe water, the project will ensure that households consume less firewood during the process of water purification and as a result there shall be a reduction of carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion process.
The Gambia is a largely rural country where local people typically use wood fuel on inefficient three-stone fires to boil their water for purification. This process results in the release of greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of wood – this can be avoided if a technology that does not require fuel (wood or fossil) supplies clean water desired by households.
Many existing boreholes in The Gambia have fallen into disrepair because maintenance programmes have been poorly managed, or proven too expensive. CO2balance will work with project partner, United Purpose, and communities in The Gambia to identify broken down boreholes which will be rehabilitated, so that communities have reliable access to clean, safe water and breakdowns are fixed rapidly. The capacity of communities to maintain their boreholes will also be supported through the project to ensure long term sustainability. The project will ensure that the quality of the water delivered by the safe water sources is fit for human consumption for the entire length of the project, which will be a minimum of 5 years.
The number of boreholes per VPA will be limited by the amount of pure water supplied by each unit. Based on ex- ante calculations, the maximum number of boreholes that can be rehabilated in one VPA to achieve 10,000 tCO2e is approximately 8, however, the exact number will be determined once actual survey data has been collected. CO2balance and United Purpose will rehabilitate boreholes and deliver the maintenance programme for all the boreholes included in the project
The project is funded by marketing the anticipated carbon credits from the wood savings to ethical investors, so borehole owners must agree to transfer the emission reductions over to CO2balance in return for them supplying the work to renovate the boreholes. This project will be developed under the Gold Standard carbon credit body, which in addition to certifying the carbon credits generated by the project, also measures local social, environmental and economic impact.
At this point, discussions are ongoing between CO2balance and United Purpose to identify the first boreholes to be rehabilitated. The baseline surveys were conducted in Oct-Nov 2019. Rehabilitations are scheduled to begin in December 2019.
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SECTION B. DESIGN OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS
B. 1. Design of physical meeting(s)
i. Agenda
The agenda for the meeting was as follows, taking account of Gold Standard requirements and with additional items included:
Time Programme
09:30 Introductions, Opening of the meeting
Explanation of the Project 10:00 The Project Basis
10:30 What are we doing and where
11:00 Role of CO2balance and United Purpose
11:15 Questions or clarifications about Project Explanation
11:40 Safeguarding and Sustainable Development Exercise, and discussion on Sustainable Development Monitoring
12:40 Presentation of group discussion to the whole group
12:50 Discussion of the Continuous Input/Grievance Mechanism
13:00 Closure of the Meeting/Completion of Evaluation Forms
13:30 Lunch/Snacks
ii. Key project information
The following project summary was shared with stakeholders invited to the meeting:
Project Summary: Community Safe Water Project, The Gambia
The Gambia has a significant rural population that typically uses wood fuel on inefficient three stone fires to purify their drinking, cleaning and washing water. This process results in the release of greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of wood - this can be avoided if a technology that does not require fuel (wood or fossil) supplies clean water required by households.
Many existing safe water sources have fallen into disrepair because maintenance programmes have been poorly managed, or proven too expensive; and many communities do not have access to a reliable safe water source. In this project United Purpose, an international NGO that works in The Gambia, will work with British carbon consultant CO2balance to install, rehabilitate and maintain water points so that they deliver communities reliable access to clean, safe water. The project will ensure that the quality of the water delivered by the water sources is fit for human consumption for the entire length of the project, which will be a minimum of five years.
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Funding for this project comes from marketing the anticipated carbon credits from the wood savings to ethical investors, so safe water source owners must agree to transfer the emissions reductions over to CO2balance in return for them supplying the work and materials to install, rehabilitate, and maintain the safe water sources. This project will be developed under the Gold Standard carbon credit body, which in addition to checking that the carbon credits from this project are real, also measures the impacts of the project towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Technology
An example of the technology common in The Gambia that will be installed or renovated as part of this project is shown below. This project is not limited to any particular model of hand-pump or water scheme; installation and renovation will be according to local needs.
India Mark II:
Sustainable Development
In addition to supplying clean, safe water and greenhouse gas savings, this project will:
• Result in less wood used by households, which will reduce pressure on local ecosystems • Reduce time spent collecting water and gathering firewood to boil water • Reduce the incidence of illness caused by unsafe water and household air pollution • Reduce expenditure on firewood, leaving money free for other household expenses • Train communities in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) techniques • Support communities to manage and maintain their own water points
iii. Invitation tracking table
International:
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Category Name of Invitee Address/Organisation Method of Contact Date sent Date: Reminder sent Code invitation C Modou Manneh Senior Energy Officer, Ministry of Energy Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 Mr. Bubacar Zaidi Jallow Principle Climate Change Officer, Ministry of Environment, Climate change, Water C Resource and Parks and Wildlife Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 F Lloyd Archer United Purpose Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 F Siddharth Yadav Global Offset Research Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 F David Whitfield CEDESOL Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 F Raave Jain Lean Management Systems Promotion Society Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 F Isaac Ampomah Concern Health Ghana Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 F Developmental Association for Renewable Energies Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 E Gold Standard Email [email protected] 27/08/2019 11/09/2019 D Lamin Daffeh Fresh Start Foundation Email [email protected] 30/08/2019 11/09/2019 In-country:
Category Method of Date: Reminder Confirmation Code Name of Invitee Organisation invitation Contact Female Male Date sent sent Received Y/N? Tel Trust Agency For Rural D Baai Jabang Development Email dabaai
Catego Name of Organisatio Metho Contact Female Mal Date Date: Confirmat Tel ry Invitee n d of e sent Remin ion Code invitati der Received on sent Y/N?
D Baai Trust Email dabaai Female 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 34416 Jabang Agency For
D Alpha Freedom Email alphapullo Mal 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 65313 Khan From
D Fatou Agency For Email musa.saho129 Mal 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 37429 Kanteh Village
D Abdouli Women Email isatouceesay2002 Female 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 32534 e Initiative
D Ebrima Wuli And Email Kebba Sillahm Mal 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 37889 Kinteh Sandu
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D Mama Njawara Email mmkm59 Mal 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 99069 Manneh Agricultural
A Mai Fangsoto Email 3158285 Mal 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 65636 Bojang Marketing <[email protected]> e 19 19 78 Federation
A Nataye Sofaniama Email [email protected] Female 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 61473 Jarjou Marketing
A Angela Fankaso Email [email protected] Female 26/08/ 17/09/ No 62942 Jasseh Marketing
A Mariam Nematoulie Letter [email protected] Female 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 31243 a Sillah Marketing om 19 19 81 Federation
A Aja Hewal Email [email protected] Female 26/08/ 17/09/ Yes 37163 Yama Marketing m 19 19 24 Njie Federation
A Fatoum Solicita Letter [email protected] Female 26/08/ 18/09/ No 35216 ata Marketing 19 19 18 Jagne Federation
A Fatim Njau Verbal 220 7073499 Female 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 Jobe Community 19 19 70734 Representa 99 tive
A Amie Kabokorr Verbal 220 3022976 Female 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 Camara Community 19 19 30229 Representa 76 tive
A Patrick Bwiam Letter 220 3981601 Mal 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 Sanyang Community e 19 19 39816 Representa 01 tive
A Abdouli Buiba Letter 220 2081032 Mal 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 e Community e 19 19 20810 Camara Representa 32 tive
B Kaddy Village Letter 220 9995611 Female 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 Darboe Chief 19 19 99956 11
B Kebba Village Letter 220 5187041 Mal 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 Marong Chief e 19 19 51870 41
B Juldeh National Letter 220 7118755 Mal 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 Bah Environme e 19 19 71187 nt Agency 55
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B Kaddy Mansakonk Letter 7774584 Female 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 77745 Ddow o Area 19 19 84 Council
B Ndey Mansakonk Letter 7782997 Female 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 77829 Ceesay o Area 19 19 97 Sanyang Council
B Bai Mansakonk Letter 9392995 Mal 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 93929 Gibbi o Area e 19 19 95 Sallah Council
B Salimat Regional Letter 220 2707052 Female 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 220 ou Youth 19 19 27070 Gagigo Committee 52
B Sulayma Departmen Letter 2525564 Mal 26/08/ 18/09/ Yes 25255 n t of Water e 19 19 64 Bojang Resources
The invitation methods sought to reach a broad range of stakeholders by using a range of different methods. International stakeholders were targeted via email, whilst local stakeholders were delivered letters by hand and email, and people were consulted by word of mouth to ensure that they understood the significance of the event and need for wide representation. In order to ensure that the meeting was conducted in a gender sensitive way, over half of the invitees (54%) were female.
iv. Text of individual invitations
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The venue contacted project partner, United Purpose before the meeting stating it had double booked the room for hire for the meeting. The meeting was therefore held at the Mansakonko Regional Education Office, 2km from the original venue. Invitees were informed of the update a week prior to the meeting by phone call by the UP Project Coordinator.
v.Text of public invitations
Relevant community leaders were asked to make the same information publicly available in their communities, and the UP team members travelled to communities to ensure that community groups had been notified of the
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public invitation and updates. This information was relayed through word of mouth, in both English and in local langauges where required.
B. 2. Description of other consultation methods used
>> If individuals and/ or entities (e.g. NGOs) are unable to attend the physical meeting, please discuss other methods that were used to solicit their feedback/ comments (e.g. questionnaires, phone calls, interviews).
N/A, but further input will be sought during Stakeholder Feedback Round
SECTION C. CONSULTATION PROCESS
C. 1. Participants’ in physical meeting(s)
i. List of participants >> Attach original participants’ list as Annex 1.
34 international and local stakeholders from categories A-D were invited by email or letter, while local stakeholders were invited by word of mouth. In total 24 people attended, of which 13 were female and 11 were male. There were 8 from Category A, 8 from Category B and 12 from Category D.
S/N NAME SEX ORGANISATION Category Code Contact Details 1 Mai Bojang F Fangsoto M.F A 3129603 2 Mariama Sillah F Nematulie M.F A 3124381 3 Ablie Camara F Buiba A 2181032 4 Ajie Yama Njie M Hewal M.F A 7002350 5 Aja Maram A Ceesay F Sanu Kolley Kunda 7043597 6 Amie Camara F Kabocorr A 2396175 7 Patrick Sanyang M Bwiam A 3981601 8 Ntaye Jarjue F Sofaniama M.F A 6147311 9 Kaddy Darboe F Jarra West Chief Rep. B 9995611 10 Kebba Marong M Alkalo Jenoi B 5187041 11 Juldeh Bah M National Environment Agency B 7118755 12 Kaddy Ndow F Mansakonko Area Council B 7774584 13 Ndey Ceesay B Sanyang F Mansakonko Area Council 7782997 14 Bai Gibbi Sallah M Mansakonko Area Council B 9392995 15 Salimatou B Gagigo F Regional Youth Council 2707652 16 Sulayman Bojang M Department of Water Resources B 2525564 17 Alpha Khan M FFHC D 6531394 18 Mama Manneh M NATC D 3445154/3925959 19 Baai E Jabang M TARUD D 3441666 20 Abdoulie Ndow M WIG D 2004156 21 Fatou Kanteh F AVISU D 2204698 22 Ebrima Kinteh M WASDA D 2709044
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23 Sainey Loum M UP D 3747561 24 Edward Mendy M UP D 7791484 25 Manfred Bojang M UP D 3736900 26 Sunkaru Dampha M FFHC D 7249499 27 Emma D Donnachie F CO2balance 28 Amie Nevin F CO2balance D
ii. Evaluation forms
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Name not indicated
What is your impression of the meeting? It went on well and the information is very clean
What do you like about the project? Sustain health
What do you not like about the project? Nothing
Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Fatou Kanteh
What is your impression of the meeting? It was nice
What do you like about the project? It will being health in to our comments
What do you not like about the project?
Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Name not indicated
What is your impression of the meeting? Very frank and participatory What do you like about the project? Common language understood by all. The emphasis on safe guarding beneficiaries What do you not like about the project? For now nothing yet Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Ab doulie
What is your impression of the meeting? This meeting is one of the very important we learn from you and you from us What do you like about the project? Am very happy about this project because most of the village there pump are having problem What do you not like about the project? No I like all about the project
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Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Name not indicated
What is your impression of the meeting? For fixing the broken hand pumps What do you like about the project? To reduce the water born disease consumption What do you not like about the project? -
Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Bai Gibbi Sallah
What is your impression of the meeting? The meeting was very successful
What do you like about the project? It provide safe and clean drinking water
What do you not like about the project? Limited pumps to be repaired
Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Kaddy Ndow
What is your impression of the meeting? It was a very successful meeting What do you like about the project? Providing water for the community
What do you not like about the project? Not everyone can benefit
Date and Signature 26/09/2019
Local Stakeholder Meeting Evaluation Form Name: Name not indicated
What is your impression of the meeting? The engagement of local people to understand the idea behind the project What do you like about the project? The health and sanitation aspect
What do you not like about the project? Involvement of few communities Date and Signature 26/09/2019
C. 2. Pictures from physical meeting(s)
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C. 3. Outcome of consultation process
i. Minutes of physical meeting(s)
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>>Ensure that you include a summary of the meeting as well as all comments received. Please also include discussion on Continuous Input / Grievance Expression methods; comments, agreement or modifications suggested by Stakeholders.
LOCAL STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION MEETING
Venue: Mansakonko Regional Education Office Region: Lower River Region Date: 27th September 2019
Facilitation By: Manfred Bojang (UP), Emma Donnachie, Amie Nevin (CO2balance)
Brief Introduction
Many existing safe water sources have fallen into disrepair because maintenance programmes have been poorly managed, or proven too expensive; and many communities do not have access to a reliable safe water source. In this project United Purpose, an international NGO that works in The Gambia, will work with British carbon consultant CO2balance to install, rehabilitate and maintain water points so that they deliver reliable access to clean, safe water to communities. The project will ensure that the quality of the water delivered by the water sources is fit for human consumption for the entire length of the project, which will be a minimum of five years.
Funding for this project comes from marketing the anticipated carbon credits from the wood savings to ethical investors, so safe water source owners must agree to transfer the emissions reductions over to CO2balance in return for them supplying the work and materials to install, rehabilitate, and maintain the safe water sources. This project will be developed under the Gold Standard carbon credit body, which in addition to checking that the carbon credits from this project are real, also measures the impacts of the project towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
CO2balance together with United Purpose, are conducting this Local Stakeholder Consultation meeting (LSC) on the 26th of September 2019 here at the Regional Education Centre in Mansakonko. The overall objective of this meeting is to make sure that all stakeholders understand the project, have the chance to provide feedback and their perceptions of its likely implications as well as offer any suggestions to improve the project design. The meeting includes representatives from different local stakeholder settings including community representatives, policy makers, area council and local NGOs.
CO2balance and UP over the last few days have visited some of the broken pumps in the communities in order to understand their impact on the affected communities. The team visited 8 communities; each of those communities projected the suffering that their women are going through in trying to bring water home for drinking and for other use. Some of the needs were evidential in the communities as some confessed to having to cut down some mahogany trees and sell them to acquire a solar borehole for their community, which broke down recently.
Methodology
This meeting will take the form of a workshop facilitated by UP staff with presentations and group exercises. Co2balance personnel are also on site to provide clarifications on some of the questions that are raised. The language for communication has been discussed prior to the commencement of the meeting and agreed with the participants. Two local languages: Mandinka and Wollof with English, will be translated to the community representatives.
Formal Introductions, official opening of the meeting
The meeting commences with individual prayers, followed by encouragement to the participants to seek clarifications on any issues that are not clear. Participants are also encouraged to make the meeting a participatory one and that everyone has the right to point out clarifications and concerns about the project.
United Purpose and CO2balance acknowledge the presence of the local NGO directors Mr Mama Manneh, Mr Alpha Khan and Mr Baai Jabaang from Njawara Agricultural Training Centre (NATC), Freedom From Hunger Campaign (FFHC) and Trust Agency for Rural Development (TARUD) respectively. The presence of the Alkalo of Jenoi and the representative of the chief of Jarra West District as well as local government representatives is also acknowledged.
PRESENTATIONS – EXPLANATION OF THE PROJECT CO2balance Background
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Emma thanks the stakeholders for coming and encourages all to share their ideas on how to have an effective and efficient implementation of the intended project. Amie introduces the background of CO2balance to participants, stating that the organization was established in 2003 and that it had its first international project in Kenya in 2008. She continues to share that the organization’s interest is to help reduce the carbon emission into the atmosphere.
CO2balance project focuses on cookstoves and safe water and have successful projects in ten African countries to date. The Gambia project will be under safe water and will focus on fixing borehole otherwise known as local pumps. Communities having clean and pure water will reduce carbon emission because households will not engage in any environmentally harmful purification method, because the water delivered will be pure and that would generate a carbon saving. CO2balance will calculate the emissions saved by the project and will sell them on the international market to generate funds for maintaining the pumps rehabilitated and expanding the project.
She informs the stakeholders that CO2balance is in partnership with United Purpose and are planning to implement a borehole rehabilitation and maintenance programme. They have targeted specific sustainable development goals to work on, targeting health, access to safe water infrastructure and gender equality, as well as climate action.
The project will be funded by carbon finance to ensure long-term sustainability. The project will also focus on all regions of the country: West Coast Region, Lower River Region, North Bank Region, Central River Region and Upper River Region. The project’s plan is to include WASH (water sanitation and hygiene) and minor maintenance training within communities, and at least annual Water Quality Testing of all boreholes, fo a minimum of 5 years.
United Purpose Presentation
The government of The Gambia is making efforts to supply clean and safe water to all communities but challenges still remain as 20% of communities still have issues to access portable water. This project will provide save water to those who have problems accessing it by helping them fix their broken boreholes. So far a lot of broken boreholes have been registered and the project does not have the capacity to fix all of them, so part of the reason for this meeting is to help propose and agree on selection criteria for the communities in order to reduce complaints and feedbacks.
Some of the criterions are as follows:
1 Pump Type Local Pump/Hand pump. Must be a hand pump NOT diesel or electric etc. 2 Pump Condition Not providing safe water currently - including if broken or opened up by community All people served should live within close range to the pump Pump should be located around the households for 3 Pump Location domestic usage (for example not in the community gardens) Pump should not be sited in an area known to have problems with water quality or quantity 4 People served per pump Approx. 500 people Current community No current safe water source in the community. Communities currently using unprotected sources including open 5 water source wells, rivers, ponds Water Resource Committee in place or willing to form 6 Community Engagement Community must be willing to engage in the project 7 Purification Methods Either no purification or purification through boiling over wood fuel fire 8 Ownership The borehole should not be under the repair programme of a different organisation.
9 Cost Repair should cost up to around $900 (average)
The project
❖ Will help strengthen water committees were they are and form one were they are not in all intervention side ❖ Train them on how to manage the water system and take care of the borehole ❖ Train local technicians on how to fix minor issues ❖ The target is sixty communities and priority will be given those who need the assistance more
Safeguarding
UP project manager presents a presentation on safeguarding and the safeguarding policies of UP which includes the code of conduct. He states the importance of having a policy in place as it can help reduce exploitation of any kind from the organizations, stakeholders or beneficiaries. He gives a definition of safeguarding and how communities and partners could be protected from harm.
He encourages both partners and beneficiaries to raise concerns in the form of physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual/verbal harassment, neglect, exploitation etc. These safeguarding concerns could be committed by any person; UP staff or their partners/stakeholders and so partners should be ready to raise them to the ‘inform systems’ provided.
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Each and everyone have rights and it is the responsibilities off everyone to observe and protect those rights from any infringement. He gave some examples of safeguarding and one example that was noted is ‘safe media’, which is looking at being careful on how to take photos of communities and their beneficiaries.
[The sustainable development and blind Safeguarding activity is conducted. The comments recieved are summarized in the relevant sections below].
Conclusion and Closing
Both CO2balance and UP representatives thank participants for attending and participating in the meeting. They assure the participants that their suggestions will be taken note of and be incorporated into the project design for efficient implementation. Participants are provided with evaluation forms to fill out in order to appreciate the effectiveness of the meeting.
Prepared By Sainey Loum
ii. Minutes of other consultations N/A
iii. Assessment of all comments
Stakeholder comment Was comment taken into Explanation (Why? How?) account (Yes/ No)?
Clarification was requested Yes It was explained that the as to who identifies the assumption was that the broken boreholes. department of water resources will have the list of all broken boreholes in the country and UP will assess and use that list, although that was never the case.
The department of water resources sent 5-year old data of broken boreholes and these were shared to the partner field officers to update their respective lists.
Clarification was requested Yes The Freedom from Hunger for if United Purpose are Campaign director collaborating with responded by stating that councilors? partners have been consulting and providing updates to the area councils on any upcoming event, but the cooperation from them in still lacking and needs improving.
The entry point of every project in any region should be the area council and councilors who should make sure that they make follow-ups on whatever is going on within your area of jurisdiction and so it is
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essential ot make development agencies their friends and collaborators and not be seen as competitors. They should come forward and communicate with development partners to build synergy that is needed ot move the communities forward.
Stakeholders requested Yes CO2balance clarification of the representatives explained circumstances in which a the specific requirements borehole is eligible to be that must need to be met included in the project, for a borehole and using the example community to be eligible situation of a community to be included in the who have a broken project. It was handpump who have summarized that the opened the well to fetch example situation given water from with a pulley. was eligible to be included in the project.
Those whose pumps are broken and they have had to open the well to fetch water should be given priority because they are consuming unsafe drinking water should be given priority.
The director of Njawara Yes The suggestion was Agricultural Training welcomed and Centre suggested for CO2balance beneficiary communities representative Emma to allocate a hectare of acknowledged that it land for tree planting in could be an addition to order to help reduce the project objective, carbon emissions. The although it should not be a director of Freedom from strict requirement due to Hunger Campaign agrees issues with land ownership that it will be good to and the selection of promote good practice beneficiary communities and reforestation as good should not be based on practice in the current this as a requirement, generation having seen which everyone agreed to. the effect of climate change. Thus, it is important to give out land and not only plant a tree but nurture it to grow.
Stakeholders asked who Yes It was confirmed that UP will implemenet the have local NGO partners in project in other regions each of the agricultural knowing that Freedom regions and they will help from Hunger Campaign in the implementation of focus is in LRR and would the project nationwide.
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the assessment be done nationwide?
Stakeholders expressed Yes CO2balance that they wanted to help representatives explained all communities who had the specific borehole and broken boreholes. They community requirements commented that not all to be eligible for a safe can benefit from the water project under project, few communities carbon finance. could be involved and this was a limitation to the CO2balance and UP project. representatives explained that under the agreement The director of Trust and the funds available for Agency for Rural the project, 60 boreholes Development advised that can be rehabilitated. the project should not to raise the expectations of A local representative communities because the from Bwiam suggested for number of pumps that communities to be project plans to included in the selection rehabilitate is small process to be the most in- compared to the long list need communities for the of comnmunities with rehabilitation, as this will broken pumps. reduce a lot of complaints and for the fact that communities will understand where the needs are the most severe. The director of Trust Agency for Rural Development added it is important for communities to be sensitized to this and made to understand this.
CO2balance and UP represetantives agreed on this method to identify the boreholes to be included in the project.
A comment was made that Yes CO2balance there should be water representatives explained quality testing in all that in line with the Gold beneficiary communities Standard requirements to ensure that the water water quality testing is provided is pure and good required with safe water for drinking. projects to ensure the water is safe for consumption. Each borehole will be tested following its rehabilitation.
The meeting was Yes This comment was successful, bringing welcomed, the structure stakeholders together and of the meeting is such that
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engaging local people in an everyone is encouraged to open discussion. feel welcome to contribute to discussions, provide their feedback and ask questions.
The project will contribute Yes This comment was to access to safe drinking welcomed and water, helping CO2balance reaffirmed communities and during the meeting that promoting health and the boreholes will be wellbeing of people, closely maintained over reducing the occurrence of the course of the project water borne diseases. to ensure the delivery of safe water and that water quality testing is conducted to ensure the water is clean and safe for consumption to reduce the occurrence of water borne diseases and improve the health of beneficiaries.
The meeting helped us Yes The comment was understand the project welcomed, the project better before was introduced in great implementation and help detail to the attendees, us learn from each other. explaining carbon finance and eligibility requirements of the boreholes as well as how community mobilisation and maintenance is a key part of the project to ensure the delivery of safe water and building sustainable foundations for the communities.
The Lady president of Yes CO2balance Hewal Marketing representatives explained Federation (Mariam Sillah) that a borehole explained the encounter committee is formed for their community had with every borehole that is a technician charging an rehabilitated if one does extremely expensive fee to not exist to manage the community per visit he borehole. This group will made to assess their be trained in minor broken borehole which maintenance of the always has a problem. borehole as a sense of community ownership and Now some of the help save on unnecessary community members have costs. found a way to fix the pump whenever there is The UP representative minor damage. It is noted that communities important to train some know that pumps will have local people on minor problems and that the maintenance issues to project ensures a strategy help them save some in place to fix the unnecessary expenses. boreholes in the quickest possible manner any time
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one of the pumps breaks down.
CO2balance stressed the need to have community water management structures in place to improve the ownership of the boreholes. This is vital for the success of the project, thus is something that UP and partners will be working on ensuring are in place for every borehole.
iv. Revisit sustainability assessment
Are you going to revisit the SDG and safeguards assessment? Yes No
Please note that this is necessary when there are differences between your own assessment and feedback collected during stakeholder x consultation.
Give reasoning behind the decision.
Stakeholder feedback has not indicated that any modifications are needed to the project.
v. Summary of alterations based on comments
>> If stakeholder comments have been taken into account and any aspect of the project modified, then please discuss that here.
Based on the comments, the project is not going to be altered, but all implementing partners have noted again the need to continue ensuring that boreholes are identied with the input of key stakeholders to ensure the most at need are prioritized in choosing the boreholes to be included in the project.
Overall comments received from stakeholders were constructive and helpful, re-affirming the approach adopted by the project whilst emphasising areas where care must be taken to ensure sustainability.
SECTION D. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT
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D. 1. Own sustainable development assessment
i. Safeguard assessment
Safeguarding Assessment questions Assessment of Justification Mitigation measure principles relevance to the (if required) project (Yes/potentially/ no)
3.1 Human Rights a. The Project Developer and the No The project will adhere to Project shall respect all human rights internationally proclaimed human requirements including rights and shall not be complicit in respecting internationally violence or human rights abuses proclaimed human rights of any kind as defined in the and Universal Declaration of Universal Declaration of Human Human Rights and will not Rights. discriminate in any way. b. The Project shall not discriminate with regards to participation and inclusion. 3.2 Gender Equality Is there a possibility that the No The project will increase and Women’s Rights Project might reduce or put at risk women’s access to women’s access to or control of resources such as water by resources, entitlements and making safe water available benefits? in the community.
Is there a possibility that the The burden on the whole Project can adversely affect men community of travelling far and women in marginalised or No to collect water and gather vulnerable communities (e.g., firewood for water potential increased burden on purification will be reduced. women or social isolation of This will also mitigate the men)? social isolation of spending a long time collecting these resources.
Equal participation of women and men in decision Is there a possibility that the making will be encouraged Project might not take into by promoting their equal account gender roles and the No membership on water point abilities of women or men to committees. These WPCs participate in the will be trained to facilitate decisions/designs of the project’s the participation of activities (such as lack of time, members depending on child care duties, low literacy or their specific circumstances. educational levels, or societal They will also assist all discrimination)? communities members to
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provide feedback on the project, regardless of their situation.
Yes Both women and men will Does the Project take into benefit from the project account gender roles and the activities, no group is abilities of women or men to excluded from participating benefit from the Project’s in the project activities and activities (e.g., Does the project the water sources are open criteria ensure that it includes to the whole community. minority groups or landless peoples)? No The project will decrease the workload of women in Does the Project design collecting water and contribute to an increase in firewood, thereby allowing women’s workload that adds to more time to engage in their care responsibilities or that other activities. prevents them from engaging in other activities? The project aims to benefit No the whole community Would the Project potentially equally and women’s equal reproduce or further deepen participation in the LSC and discrimination against women water point committees is based on gender, for instance, encouraged. regarding their full participation in design and implementation or access to opportunities and benefits? No The project will increase women’s ability to use, Would the Project potentially develop and protect natural limit women’s ability to use, resources by making safe develop and protect natural water more readily available resources, taking into account and enabling women to different roles and priorities of participate in project women and men in accessing and decision-making. managing environmental goods No and services? No further risks or hazards for women and girls have been identified. Is there a likelihood that the proposed Project would expose women and girls to further risks or hazards? 3.3 Community The Project shall avoid community Yes The project will reduce the Health, Safety and exposure to increased health risks community exposure to Working Conditions and shall not adversely affect the water borne illness through health of the workers and the the provision of a safe community. water source, and will reduce the risk of household air pollution by removing the need for
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households to boil water for purification. 3.4.1 Sites of Cultural Does the Project Area include No The project area does not and Historical sites, structures, or objects with include cultural and historic Heritage historical, cultural, artistic, sites. The focus of the traditional or religious values or project is rehabilitating intangible forms of culture (e.g., existing borehole knowledge, innovations, or infrastuctrure only. practices)? 3.4.2 Forced Eviction Does the Project require or cause No The project rehabilitates and Displacement the physical or economic existing boreholes that have relocation of peoples (temporary been in place for many or permanent, full or partial)? years. 3.4.3 Land Tenure Does the Project require any No The project will not impact and Other Rights change to land tenure on land tenure arrangements and/or other arrangements or rights. rights? a. b. c. 3.4.4 Indigenous Are indigenous peoples present in No The boreholes are located Peoples or within the area of influence of on government owned land the Project and/or is the Project and cater to local located on land/territory claimed communities near the by indigenous peoples? borehole.
3.5 Corruption The Project shall not involve, be Yes The project shall ensure complicit in or inadvertently that all forms of corruption contribute to or reinforce are avoided. Project corruption or corrupt Projects. beneficiaries are able to contact the project developer and implementer through the continuous grienvance mechanism to report any form of corruption. 3.6.2 Negative Are there economic impacts and No The project is not expected Economic potential risks to the local to have any negative Consequences economy? economic impacts or cause any risks.
4.1.1 Emissions Will the Project increase No The project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions over greenhouse gas emissions the Baseline Scenario? compared to the baseline scenario.
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4.1.2 Energy Supply Will the Project use energy from a No Only hand pumped local grid or power supply (i.e., boreholes that use no not connected to a national or electricity are included in regional grid) or fuel resource the project. (such as wood, biomass) that provides for other local users?
4.2.1 Impact on Will the Project affect the natural No There will be no significant natural water or pre-existing pattern of change in the volume of patterns and flow watercourses, ground-water water consumed by the and/or the watershed(s) such as households. high seasonal flow variability, flooding potential, lack of aquatic connectivity or water scarcity?
4.2.2 Erosion and/or Could the Project directly or No The water is taken from water body stability indirectly cause additional erosion boreholes at household and/or water body instability or usage levels. Therefore it is disrupt the natural pattern of extremely unlikely that erosion? there will be additional erosion and/or water body instability or disruption of the natural pattern of erosion.
4.2.3 Landscape Does the Project involve the use No No crops or other products modification and soil of land and soil for production of will be produced in the crops or other products? project.
4.3.2 Vulnerability to Will the Project be susceptible to No There will be no impact by Natural Disaster or lead to increased vulnerability the project to natural to wind, earthquakes, subsidence, disasters. landslides, erosion, flooding, drought or other extreme climatic conditions? 4.3.3 Genetic Could the Project be negatively No No GMOs will be used in the Resources impacted by the use of genetically project and the boreholes modified organisms or GMOs would not be affected by (e.g., contamination, collection GMOs as they are all and/or harvesting, commercial protected. development)?
4.3.4 Release of Could the Project potentially No As safe ground water is pollutants result in the release of pollutants used, there is no risk or to the environment? releasing pollutants to the environment.
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4.3.5 Hazardous and Will the Project involve the No The project does not deal Non-hazardous manufacture, trade, release, and/ with harzardous or non- Waste or use of hazardous and non- hazardous chemicals and/or hazardous chemicals and/or materials. materials?
4.3.6 Pesticides and Will the Project involve the No No pesticides and/or fertilizers application of pesticides and/or fertilisers will be used in the fertilisers? project.
4.3.7 Harvesting of Will the Project involve the No As the project reduces the forests harvesting of forests? consumption of firewood, there is a positive impact on forests.
4.3.8 Food Does the Project modify the No The project has no impact quantity or nutritional quality of on the quantity or food available such as through nutritional quality of food. crop regime alteration or export or economic incentives?
4.3.9 Animal Will the Project involve animal No The project will not involve Husbandry husbandry? animal husbandry.
4.3.10 High Does the Project physically affect No The project rehabilitates Conservation Value or alter largely intact or High existing boreholes and Areas and Critical Conservation Value (HCV) decreases the consumption Habitats ecosystems, critical habitats, of firewood having a landscapes, key biodiversity areas positive impact on or sites identified? conserving forest ecosystems. 4.3.11 Endangered a. Are there any endangered No There are currently 46 Species species identified as potentially engandered species in being present within the Project Ethiopia1. The project is not boundary (including those that envisaged to have any may route through the area)? impact on their habitat as it only affects existing infrastructure.
The project only impacts existing infrastructure and b. Does the Project potentially does not impact other areas impact other areas where No where endangered species endangered species may be are present. present through transboundary affects?
ii. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) outcome
1 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017-3.
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>> (Specify the relevant SDG target for each of three SDGs addressed by the project. Refer most recent version of targets here .)
SDG Target Indicators Explain SDG 3 – Good 3.9 By 2030, substantially 3.9.2 Mortality rate By providing safe water from the water point, Health and Well- reduce the number of deaths attributed to unsafe the project reduces the occurrence of water- Being and illnesses from hazardous water, unsafe borne diseases locally. This, in turn, is predicted chemicals and air, water and soil sanitation and lack of to decrease the incidence of stomach related pollution and contamination hygiene (exposure to illnesses and diarrhoea associated with the unsafe Water, consumption of water-borne diseases. Sanitation and Hygiene for All (WASH) services)
SDG 6 - Clean 6.1- By 2030, achieve universal 6.1.1- Proportion of The projects provide equitable access to clean Water and and equitable access to safe and population using affordable drinking water for all those local to Sanitation affordable drinking water for all safely managed the rehabilitated water points. Anyone is drinking water allowed to use the water point free of charge services which will provide monitored safe drinking water for all. SDG 5 - Gender 5.4 Recognise and value unpaid 5.4.1 Proportion of Projects alleviate the strain of domestic work Equality care and domestic work through time spent on unpaid by providing safe water sources close to the provision of public services, domestic and care villages. It is predicted that time spent infrastructure and social work, by sex, age and collecting water will be reduced through the protection policies and the location removed need for wood fuel to boil water. As a promotion of shared result, the physical burden of collecting water is responsibility within the lessened. household and the family as nationally appropriate
SDG 13 - Climate 13.B Promote mechanisms for Total project The projects will meet SDG 13 by realising a Action raising capacity for effective emissions reductions real reduction in CO2e emissions. Furthermore, climate change-related planning in pursuance of SDG 5 – Gender Equality, the and management in least projects will focus on women and youth. Water developed countries and small points are located in mainly remote rural areas island developing States, and thus serve marginalised communities. including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities
D. 2. Stakeholders’ Blind sustainable development assessment
i. Safeguard assessment Following GS advice, the safeguarding assessment in the LSC meeting was condensed into a series of thematic discussions to receive the feedback of stakeholders on key safeguarding issues relevant to the project in question. The safeguarding areas covered, questions asked of stakeholders and mitigation measures recommended are summarized here.
Safeguarding Assessment Assessment of Justification Mitigation measure (if required) principles questions relevance to the project (Yes/potentially/no)
1. Human Rights To understand Yes The project involves Stakeholders identified that the whether the project provision of water, project does not discriminate on
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may unintentionally access to which is a those who can participate. They exclude any part of human right, so it identified disabled people, female the community, must be ensured headed households, lonely old men stakeholders were that all parts of the asked: “Can you community can and foreigners as identify any groups benefit. marginalised/discriminated groups. in your community that you think can Participants identified that by be marginalised by involving these groups in this project?” and committees and in training “Can you suggest sessions will ensure their any positive or involvement. negative effects that the project could have on these groups?”
3.2 Gender Equality “Could this project Yes Women are heavily Stakeholders agreed that the and Women’s cause any adverse affected by the project will have very positive Rights socio-economic project as the main impacts for women in several impacts for collectors of water women?”; “Will the and firewood and it regards, including: reducing project enhance or is crucial to ensure distance and time spent collecting limit women’s rights that the project water; easier access to safe water; and access to could not expose and making domestic chores easier natural resources?”; women to any risks. due to the availability of water. It and “Will the project have any was suggested that women will effect on women’s have more time to work on other exposure to any activities, including agricultural form of abuse or work and other income generating violence?” activities.
The participants also raised that women will not be maltreated following the project.
Including women in the water point committees will incorporate them in the decision making within the community.
3.5. Corruption “Are there any parts Potentially The project involves Participants raised that the project of the project capital expenditure needed to establish good where corruption of and installation of management water committee for some form could expensive proper management of the occur, and if so how infrastructure, so it borehole to ensure the it is used could this be is crucial to sustainably and manage conflict avoided?” safeguard against (such as hijacking) should it arise in any possible source the villages and ensure full of corruption. transparency in the management and decision making for borehole use.
3.6.2 Negative “Could the project No The project aims to Stakeholders identified that the Economic have any negative have only positive project would have a very positive Consequences economic economic impacts, impact on the local economy. consequences, and but any areas how could these be where there could avoided?” be unintended Participants raised that the project would create job opportunity and
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negative impacts accelerate horticulture must be mitigated. development within the community.
They identified that women would have more time to spend on agricultural activities which would generate additional income.
3.3. Community “Could the project Yes The project is Stakeholders listed positive health Health, Safety and have any positive or expected to have impacts including: reduction of Working Conditions negative health positive health waterborne diseases and improved impacts, but any impacts and how possible negative nutrition. could these be impacts must be avoided?” identified and Participants asserted that the mitigated. project will reduce malnutrition Could the project and lead to high productivity. have any positive or negative impact on the communities ability to engage in production of nutritious foods?
4.0. Environmental Stakeholders were Yes The project will Participants raised the project can & Ecological asked to identify mitigate climate facilitate the establishment of a Safeguarding aspects of the local change, but it is tree planting initiative. Principles environment and crucial to ensure discuss what that in doing so, it It can enforce the activities of impacts the project does not microorganisms in the soil -for could have on those inadvertently cause example for compost making. aspects. localised Reduce the risk of using the river environmental and water-ways for laundering and damage. drinking. Birds and animals will have access to water.
ii. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) outcome >> (Specify the relevant SDG target for each of three SDGs addressed by the project. Refer most recent version of targets here .)
As per GS guidance, stakeholders were asked to assess the impact of the project on the identified SDGs and relevant targets. As advised by GS, SDG 13 (Climate Action) was excluded from this exercise.
SDG 3 – Good Health and Well-being - By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
Stakeholders were asked about the expected impact of the project on exposure to disease in the community, highlighting:
• Reduced exposure to waterborne diseases and stomach aches. • Reduced exposure to developmental problems and worm infections for children • Reduce prevalence of high infant mortality
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The additional positive impacts that the project is proposed to deliver are listed below:
• Production of nutritious food through the ability for more time to engage in the production of food.
SDG 5 - Gender Equality - Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate
Stakeholders were asked about the expected impact of the project on gender equality in particular relation to household tasks. The following impacts were identified:
• The project will improve women’s right and access to natural resources • The project will reduce the work load on women and enhance their engagements into other economic activities • No women’s right will be constrained and maltreatment will not happen to them • The project will put women in decision-making positions within the community.
SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation – By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
Stakeholders were asked about their views on the impact of the project for water access in targeted communities. They universally responded that, given effective implementation, the project will have an extremely positive impact on water access for targeted communities.
>>Give analysis of difference between own sustainable development assessment and the one resulting from the blind exercise with stakeholders. Explain how both were consolidated.
Overall, the Stakeholders’ blind sustainable development assessment reaffirmed that the selected SDGs and targets are very relevant to the project. Very positive results are expected to be reported under those targets.
In relation to safeguarding, the following points will be emphasised through the project:
1. Human Rights – During all trainings, it will be emphasised that project beneficiaries should support vulnerable or less mobile community members to access water and involve isolated members of society in committees will ensure their involvement.
3.5. Corruption – To ensure the sustainable management and use of the boreholes, the establishment of good management committees to manage conflict in the villages should it arise in and ensure full transparency in the management and decision making for borehole use.
3.6.2. Negative Economic Consequences – It was raised that the project would have a very positive impact on the local economy, creating job opportunities and accelerating horticulture development within the community to generate additional income. Women would have more time to spend on agricultural activities which would generate additional income.
4.0. Environmental & Ecological Safeguarding Principles – as planned, it will be ensured that the local natural habitat and ecosystems are not abused as part of the project by educating the communities and where possible tree planting exercises could be incorporated alongside the project.
The points mentioned above will all be emphasised to staff as they begin to implement the project.
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SECTION E. SUSTAINABILITY MONITORING PLAN
E. 1. Discussion on Sustainability monitoring Plan
>>Discuss stakeholders’ ideas on monitoring sustainable development indicators. Do people have ideas on how this could be done in a cost effective way? Are there ways in which stakeholders can participate in monitoring?
Stakeholders mentioned the following ideas to enhance monitoring of the project’s sustainability:
• Conduct annual surveys and interviews for data collection
• Facilitate group discussions and training throughout the project to monitor progress not included in the surveys
• Involve local people within the communities in the monitoring for self-evaluation, and interview traditional leaders to ascertain any impacts
Overall, these suggestions will increase the engagement of stakeholders from the community to government level. Incorporating these activities alongside the project’s regular monitoring surveys will ensure that input from stakeholders at all levels is received on an ongoing basis.
E. 2. Discussion on continuous input / grievance mechanism
During the LSC meeting, Manfred from United Purpose and Emma from CO2balance discussed the continuous input/grievance mechanism with stakeholders and the following methods were chosen:
Method Chosen (include all known Justification details e.g. location of book, phone, number, identity of mediator)
Continuous Input / Log books will be held by water This will allow community members Grievance Expression point committees at each borehole. without access to a telephone or the Process Book Community members will be internet to send comments to the informed that they can record their organisations implementing the project. comments in the books. The It will also ensure that illiterate comments in the books will be community members can leave collected by United Purpose and comments as WPC members will records reviewed by CO2balance during comments on their behalf. their regular monitoring visits.
Telephone access The following telephone numbers Stakeholders with telephone access may were shared with stakeholders: find this the most convenient way to contact the project partners. UK CO2balance Project Manager: +44 1823 332 233
United Purpose Gambia Project Coordinator:
+220 373 6900
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WhatsApp Group The following mobile number will Stakeholders with internet access via be shared with stakeholders: their phones have highlighted this as the most convenient way to contact the in- United Purpose Gambia Project country project partners to relate Coordinator: information and problems. +220 373 6900
Internet/email access Email addresses for the relevant Stakeholders with internet access may person at CO2balance and United find this the most convenient way to Purpose were shared with contact the project partners. stakeholders:
UK CO2balance Project Manager: [email protected]
United Purpose Gambia Project Coordinator:
Manfred.Bojang@united- purpose.org
Gold Standard: [email protected]
Nominated Independent N/A Mediator (optional)
Other N/A
All issues identified during the crediting period through any of the Methods shall have a mitigation measure in place. The identified issue should be discussed in the monitoring report and the corresponding mitigation measure should be added to sustainability monitoring plan.
SECTION F. DESCRPTION OF THE DESIGN OF THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK ROUND
Once the stakeholder feedback round has been conducted, feedback will be included.
ANNEX 1. ORIGINAL PARTICIPANTS LIST
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