TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL SPECIALIST FOR THE CORB-FUND

As part of the Cubango-Okavango River Basin (CORB): Financing Innovation in Transboundary Waters project, OKACOM is establishing a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) in the CORB Fund to support the capitalization and operationalization of the Fund, including the identification, preparation, and screening of a pipeline of priority investments. The Fund will support downstream projects with potential environmental and social (E&S) risks and impacts across a transboundary and environmentally sensitive basin with diverse communities, livelihoods and cultural practices dependent on the basin resources.

In line with the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and the commitments set out in the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), the PIU will include a qualified Environmental and Social Specialist position to ensure that E&S risks and impacts are appropriately identified, assessed, managed, and monitored throughout fund establishment and pipeline development.