Environmental and social issues involving gender-based violence/sexual exploitation and abuse/sexual harassment (GBV/SEA/HS) play a key role in the implementation of the activities of the West African Food System Resilience Programme (PRSA-BF). To this end, and to ensure that its activities such as hydro-agricultural development, the financing of micro-projects and the construction of infrastructure, among others, are carried out properly, the PRSA-BF has commissioned a study to assess the impact of the programme on the food system in West Africa, In June 2021, the PRSA-BF commissioned the development of environmental and social safeguard instruments, in particular ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ (๐๐๐๐ ), ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ รฉ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ( ) ๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ (๐๐๐๐ ).
To assess these instruments, the Technical Committee on Environmental Assessments (๐๐๐๐๐๐ ), under the auspices of the Agence Nationale Des Evaluations Environ-nementales (๐๐๐๐๐ ), organised a working session in Ziniarรฉ (Plateau-Central region) in August 2023. Chaired by Dramane SAVADOGO, Director of Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments/ANEVE, the session was conducted in plenary session by a multidisciplinary group and was marked by presentations on the three (3) documents to be examined.
Koumbรฉyao Jean-Homรจre SOMDA, PRSA-BF Environmental Protection Specialist, presented the๐๐๐๐ and websites. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ was presented by Panbagnounou LANOU, Social Development Specialist. These presentations, which were followed by discussions, led to recommendations and validation of the various documents, subject to COTEVE's observations being taken into account.
The validation of the environmental and social safeguard instruments means that the West African Food System Resilience Programme in Burkina Faso now complies with the ECOWAS legislative and regulatory framework and the World Bank's Environmental and Social Standards.
