Environmental and Social Data Sheet
Luxembourg, 9th November 2015 Environmental and Social Data Sheet Overview Project Name: UPPER SILESIA URBAN FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME Project Number: 2015-0075 Country: Poland Project Description: The project will support eligible investment schemes in nine cities of the Upper Silesian Agglomeration: Bytom, Chorzów, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Katowice, Ruda Śląska, Rybnik, Sosnowiec and Tychy. The operation supports urban development and infrastructure modernization, including investments aiming at linking and integrating the cities. EIA required: Multiple-scheme operation. Some of the schemes are likely to fall under Annex I or II of the EIA Directive and may be screened in. 1 Project included in Carbon Footprint Exercise : no (details for projects included are provided in section: “EIB Carbon Footprint Exercise”) Summary of Environmental and Social Assessment, including key issues and overall conclusion and recommendation The operation comprises multi-sector and multi-city investments in Bytom, Chorzów, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Katowice, Ruda Śląska, Rybnik, Sosnowiec and Tychy, located in the Upper Silesia Agglomeration (PL). The objectives are in line with those included in the respective Local Development Strategies and the Development Strategy for the Silesian Province: Silesia 2020+, for which the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) was performed in compliance with the EU SEA Directive 2001/42/EC. The NTS of the SEA has been provided to the Bank. In addition, strategic environmental assessments were performed for the Development Strategies of Bytom, Gliwice and Rybnik, approved respectively in 2009, 2007 and 2015. The NTSs of these SEAs have been also provided to the Bank. The Development Strategies of Chorzow, Dąbrowa Gornicza, Katowice, Ruda Slaska, Sosnowiec and Tychy are in large measure aspirational policies and as such, do not fall under the scope of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC.
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