Regional Consultation with Civil Society Organizations from the Pacific
7 March 2024 | Nadi, Fiji
ABOUT
The regional consultation will take place on 7 March in hybrid format from Nadi, Fiji. It will focus on the civil society organizations’ feedback on the draft policy including the 10 Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) as well as Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) implementation challenges. The government representatives are expected to articulate their respective country’s official comments or feedback on the draft ESF.
Participants will be coming from Civil Society Organizations based in Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. Participation is by invitation only.PROVISIONAL AGENDA
Time | Activity | Resource Persons |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am (30 min) | Registration | |
| 9:00 – 9:05 am (5 min) | Prayer | |
| 9:05 – 9:15 am (10 min) | Meeting Reminders and Acknowledgement of Participants | Facilitator - SPRU / SEP (TBC) |
| 9:15 – 9:25 am (10 min) | Welcome Remarks | Aaron Batten, Regional Director, Pacific Subregional Office (SPSO) |
| 9:25 – 9:55 am (30 min) | Session 1: Overview of ESF and ESP | Bruce Dunn, Director, OSFG, ADB Takako Morita, Principal Counsel, Office of the General Counsel (OGC), ADB |
| 9:55 – 10:35 am (40 min) | Plenary Discussion | Moderator |
| 10:35 – 10:50 am (15 min) | Break | |
| 10:50 – 11:00 am (15 min) | Session 2: Overview of
ESS 1 (Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts)
and ESS 10 (Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure) | Zehra Abbas, Principal Environment Specialist, OSFG, ADB Madhumita Gupta, Principal Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), OSFG, ADB |
| 11:00 – 11:45 am (45 min) | Plenary Discussion | Moderator |
| 11:45 – 12:00 nn (15 min) | Session 3: Overview of ESS
5 (Land Acquisition and Land Use Restriction), ESS 7 (Indigenous Peoples), and
ESS 8 (Cultural Heritage) | Irina Novikova, Principal Social Development Specialist, OSFG, ADB Tulsi Bisht, Senior Social Development Specialist (Safeguards), OSFG, ADB Zehra Abbas, Principal Environment Specialist, OSFG, ADB |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm (60 min) | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 – 1:45 pm (45 min) | Plenary Discussion | Moderator |
| 1:45 – 2:00 pm (15 min) | Session
4: Overview of ESS 3 (Resource Conservation and Pollution Prevention), ESS 6
(Biodiversity and Sustainable Natural Resources Management), and ESS 9 (Climate
Change) | Zehra Abbas, Principal Environment Specialist,
OSFG, ADB |
| 2:00 – 2:45 pm (45 min) | Plenary Discussion | Moderator |
| 2:45 –2:55 pm (10 min) | Session
5: Overview of ESS 2 (Labor and Working Conditions) and ESS 4 (Health, Safety,
and Security) | Felix Oku, Senior Social
Development Specialist (Safeguards), OSFG, ADB |
| 2:55 – 3:40 pm (45 min) | Plenary Discussion | Moderator |
| 3:40 – 3:55 pm (15 min) | Break | |
| 3:55 – 4:05 pm (10 min) | Session 6: Overview of
E&S Requirements for Financing Modalities and Products and PIAL | Takako Morita, Principal
Counsel, OGC, ADB |
| 4:05 – 4:40 pm (35 min) | Plenary Discussion | Moderator |
CONTACT
For concerns and queries, email the Safeguards Policy Review and Update Secretariat (SPRU) at safeguardsupdate@adb.org.