TZ Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources: To strengthen the Governments capacity to manage the mineral sector to improve the socioeconomic impacts of large and small-scale mining for Tanzania and Tanzanians and enhance private local and foreign investment. Approval completed on 7 May 2015. Environmental Assessment Category B. Project: P151124. US$ 45.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.
Tanzania: Resilient Natural Resource Management for Growth: The Government of Tanzania has requested support to address challenges in multi-sectoral water resources development to accelerate and sustain growth and alleviate poverty. The Bank is exploring support through a long-term programmatic approach that begins by supporting the development of a more multi-sectoral approach to what has traditionally been a "siloed" approach to water resources management. The context is that there is a need to effectively manage existing and evolving water-related problems cannot be done with a business-as-usual approach (e.g. poverty & growth needs, climate risks). The focus on "Big Results Now" in Tanzania are not possible in a timely, effective, and sustainable manner without water-related agencies working closer together (e.g. for agricultural investments, managing inter-sectoral conflicts). There is also a need for substantial institutional modernization of water-related offices given level of challenges, state-of-the-art globally, and upcoming loss of significant skills due to retirement of ageing skilled staff in water-related institutions. The proposed activities will focus on major areas: A. Support for Information & Institutional Modernization - Inter-sectoral Team for Analytical services - Water-related Office Modernization (incl. computerization, Operational Centers, Internships) - Integrated Water Resources Monitoring System & Enhanced Access (meteorology, hydrology, water quality, groundwater, earth observation integration, information integration, analysis, and outreach/public access) B. Support for Targeted Investment Planning and Implementation - Targeted Basins (e.g. Great Ruaha, Usangu Plains) to improve on-the-ground water management - Targeted Instruments (e.g. PES) and Issues (e.g. Forecasting) - Targeted Investment Preparation Identification completed on 12 May 2014. Environmental Assessment Category B. US$ 100.0 (IDA Credit). Consulting services to be determined. Implementing agency(ies) to be determined.
