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TOP NEWS Minister launches Project to improve Kumasi sanitation and water supply World Bank approves US$125m additional funding for sanitation and water project Ghana launches corona life TV series campaign GAMA collaborates with others to reduce surge in COVID-19 cases COMMEMORATION OF 2020 MHD, THEME: “Menstrual Hygiene Management and COVID-19 Pandemic for Marginalized Women and Girls” The Maiden Edition of the WASH channel launched World Bank Country director calls on the Ministry of Sanitation Sanitation ministry to replicate GAMA-SWP nationwide Pupils Pay GHC5 toilet facilities maintenance M-CODE and GAMA inspect toilet facilties in schools Akuffo-Addo inspects GAMA Kaneshie storm drain construction Visit our News Page to read more

The GAMA Sanitation and Water Project for Ghana is World Bank grant of US$150 million to support the Government of Ghana’s efforts to increase access to improved sanitation and improved water supply in the GAMA, with emphasis on low-income communities and to strengthen management of environmental sanitation in the GAMA.

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MINISTRY OF SANITATION AND WATER RESOURCES

 GREATER ACCRA METROPOLITAN AREA (GAMA) SANITATION AND WATER PROJECT

(ADDITIONAL FINANCING)

 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF)

 

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOTICE

The Government of Ghana, acting through the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, is implementing the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water Project (GAMA SWP) with financing from the World Bank. The project development objective of the GAMA SWP is to increase access to improved sanitation and improved water supply in GAMA with emphasis on low income communities and to strengthen management of environmental sanitation in the GAMA.

The Ghana Government is now seeking Additional Financing (AF) from the World Bank to  complete ongoing sanitation and water services construction and rehabilitation activities.   The AF includes extension of the project to cover all the 25 Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in GAMA and geographical extension of the project to cover 8 Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area (GKMA) in order to replicate the parent GAMA project activities in the Ashanti region of Ghana and to support the preparation for new scale-up national programmatic intervention.

The Additional Financing project has four components. They are:

Component 1 – Provision of Environmental Sanitation Services to priority low income areas in GAMA and GKMA: The objective of this component is to increase access to environmental sanitation services in low-income areas of the GAMA and GKMA, with strong focus on liquid sanitation (excreta disposal).

Component 2: Improvement in Operational Efficiency and expansion of water distribution networks GAMA and GKMA: The objective of this component is to improve and expand the water distribution network in selected GAMA and GKMA communities

Component 3: Planning, improvement and expansion of environmental sanitation services. The component supports planning, improvement and expansion of environmental sanitation services, including through wastewater and septic sludge management investments, and development of planning for integrated sanitation and drainage in GKMA.

Component 4: Project Implementation and institutional strengthening. The component is designed to provide institutional strengthening and technical assistance (TA) to municipal, metropolitan and national institutions, as well as promoting of private sector initiatives including the operation and management of sludge processing.

The Environmental Assessment (EA) for the parent GAMA project is Category A and triggered the World Bank Environmental Assessment Policy (BP/OP 4.01). As required, the parent project prepared an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) to guide the implementation of sustainable environmental and social measures on the project.

This Additional Financing (AF) project also maintains the same EA category. In addition, like the parent project, the AF trigger Environmental Assessment Policy (BP/OP 4. 01). The AF involves a number of sub-projects and some of the locations where the sub-projects will be implemented are not known in sufficient detail at this time of the project preparation. In compliance with the World Bank Policy on Environmental Assessment ((BP/OP 4.01), the existing parent GAMA ESMF has been updated into this current ESMF to incorporate the additional interventions under the Additional Financing. The updated ESMF presents the environmental and social safeguards requirements of the project, institutional arrangements and capacity required to use the Framework. It assesses the potential adverse environmental and social impacts commonly associated with the sub-projects and proposes ways to avoid, minimize and mitigate them. It establishes clear procedures and methodologies for environmental and social planning, reviews, approval, and implementation of safeguards instruments. Additionally, it provides an initial screening system for sub-projects, stakeholder engagement and consultation arrangements, roles, responsibilities, and procedures for monitoring and reporting environmental and social concerns during the project implementation.

The World Bank Policy requires that the ESMF is disclosed to the public during project preparation. This public disclosure notice serves to inform all stakeholders and members of the public that copies of the ESMF can be accessed from the website of the Ministry and the GAMA Project on the link below:

http://data.mswrpcu.com/dataset/environmental-and-social-safeguards/resource/dd27e5c5-2907-45a7-b709-538da9b73f65

Hard copies of the ESMF can be accessed at the underlisted offices/locations: 

GAMA:

All the Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in GAMA

EPA Head Office, Accra

Lands Commission of the Ministry of Lands and Forestry, Accra

GKMA

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kumasi

Asokwa Municipal Assembly, Asokwa-Kumasi

Oforikrom Municipal Assembly, Oforikrom-Kumasi

Ejisu Municipal Assembly, Ejisu

Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly, Asokore Mampong

Kwadaso Municipal Assembly, Kwadaso-Kumasi

Suame Municipal Assembly, Suame-Kumasi

Old Tafo Municipal Assembly, Old Tafo-Kumasi

EPA Regional Office, Kumasi

Lands Commission Office, Kumasi

MINISTRIES

Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development

GAMA Project PCU- Institute of Local Government Studies, Ogbojo-Madina

This Public Disclosure Notice is also published in the national dailies: Daily Graphic and The Ghanaian Times. 

For further enquiries about this disclosure, please contact: gawudi@lgpcu.org, gasiedu@lgpcu.org

MINISTRY OF SANITATION AND WATER  RESOURCES  

 GREATER ACCRA METROPOLITAN AREA (GAMA) SANITATION AND WATER PROJECT(ADDITIONAL FINANCING)

 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK (RPF)

 

PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOTICE

The Government of Ghana, acting through the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, is implementing the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water Project (GAMA SWP) with financing from the World Bank. The project development objective of the GAMA SWP is to increase access to improved sanitation and improved water supply in GAMA with emphasis on low income communities and to strengthen management of environmental sanitation in the GAMA.

The Ghana Government is now seeking Additional Financing (AF) from the World Bank to  complete ongoing sanitation and water services construction and rehabilitation activities.   The AF includes extension of the project to cover all the 25 Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in GAMA and geographical extension of the project to cover 8 Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in the Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area (GKMA) in order to replicate the parent GAMA project activities in the Ashanti region of Ghana and to support the preparation for new scale-up national programmatic intervention.

The Additional Financing project has four components. They are:

Component 1 – Provision of Environmental Sanitation Services to priority low income areas in GAMA and GKMA: The objective of this component is to increase access to environmental sanitation services in low-income areas of the GAMA and GKMA, with strong focus on liquid sanitation (excreta disposal).

Component 2: Improvement in Operational Efficiency and expansion of water distribution networks GAMA and GKMA: The objective of this component is to improve and expand the water distribution network in selected GAMA and GKMA communities

Component 3: Planning, improvement and expansion of environmental sanitation services. The component supports planning, improvement and expansion of environmental sanitation services, including through wastewater and septic sludge management investments, and development of planning for integrated sanitation and drainage in GKMA.

Component 4: Project Implementation and institutional strengthening. The component is designed to provide institutional strengthening and technical assistance (TA) to municipal, metropolitan and national institutions, as well as promoting of private sector initiatives including the operation and management of sludge processing.

The Environmental Assessment (EA) for the parent GAMA project is Category A and triggered the World Bank Involuntary Resettlement (BP/OP 4.12). As required, the parent project prepared a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) which provided concrete measures to resolve resettlement and compensation issues.

This Additional Financing (AF) project also maintains the same EA category. In addition, like the parent project, the AF trigger Involuntary Resettlement (BP/OP 4.12). The current RPF is an update of the parent GAMA RPF to incorporate the additional interventions under the Additional Financing. The AF project may involve land take and involuntary resettlement and economic displacement. At this time of the AF preparation, locations where subproject interventions will be implemented are unknown in sufficient detail. Therefore, this RPF is prepared as a suitable safeguard document to guide project screening and the preparation and implementation of specific Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) as needed when the exact subproject locations become fully known during implementation.

The RPF outlines the objectives, principles and procedures that  govern the system of land acquisition for development of public infrastructure and clarifies the rules and procedures for identifying people who may be affected by the implementation of the project activities to ensure fair and transparent compensation process. The RPF will apply to all locations of sub-projects/activities to be identified under the AF.

The World Bank Policy requires that the RPF is disclosed to the public during project preparation. This public disclosure notice serves to inform all stakeholders and members of the public that copies of the RPF can be accessed from the website of the Ministry and the GAMA Project on the link below:

http://data.mswrpcu.com/dataset/environmental-and-social-safeguards/resource/dc8d2f70-d3e0-4e6a-89cb-b9fab8a477cf

Hard copies of the RPF can be accessed at the underlisted offices/locations:

GAMA:

All the Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies in GAMA

EPA Head Office, Accra

Lands Commission of the Ministry of Lands and Forestry, Accra

GKMA

Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kumasi

Asokwa Municipal Assembly, Asokwa-Kumasi

Oforikrom Municipal Assembly, Oforikrom-Kumasi

Ejisu Municipal Assembly, Ejisu

Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly, Asokore Mampong

Kwadaso Municipal Assembly, Kwadaso-Kumasi

Suame Municipal Assembly, Suame-Kumasi

Old Tafo Municipal Assembly, Old Tafo-Kumasi

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Poor sanitation imposes a significant cost to households, in particular to those in low-income areas, leading to individual costs of at least $12 year.

Urban Sanitation

Increasing numbers of urban dwellers in GAMA, compounded with strong economic growth, has led to rising solid waste generation.

Improved Sanitation and Water Supply

Increased access to improved health, sanitation, and water supply thereby reducing infant mortality rate and improving access to water supply and sanitation.

Ghanaian firm introduces scientific approach to liquid waste management

January 20, 2018/0 Comments/in Frontpage Article, News /by mswrpcu

Increased population growth and rapid urbanization have resulted in increased generation of volumes of both solid and liquid waste in the cities. According to the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) World Bank-funded sanitation and water project, 26, 000 cubic meters of waste is generated in Ghana’s national capital Accra per day. To help solve this […]

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Cost Involved In GAMA Toilet Facility Reduced To GHC1,100

January 20, 2018/0 Comments/in Frontpage Article, News /by mswrpcu

The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area – Sanitation and Water Project (GAMA-SWP) has launched a reduction package for the construction of a toilet facility for households at GH¢1,100 to make it more affordable to communities. The cost of the provision of the facility was previously GH¢2,000. The project is being sponsored by the Ministry of Sanitation […]

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What is GAMA Sanitation and Water Project?

The GAMA Sanitation and Water Project for Ghana is World Bank grant of US$150 million to support the Government of Ghana’s efforts to increase access to improved sanitation and improved water supply in the GAMA, with emphasis on low-income communities and to strengthen management of environmental sanitation in the GAMA.

The project has four components.

  • The first component is the provision of environmental sanitation and water supply services to priority low-income areas of the GAMA.
  • The second component is improvement and expansion of the water distribution network in the GAMA.
  • The third component is planning, improvement, and expansion of GAMA-wide environmental sanitation services and;
  • the fourth component is the institutional strengthening of municipal, metropolitan and national institutions.
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About Us

The call to nature unites us all, however depending on where we live, it might be impossible for us to dispose of it, we are here to make that possible.

To achieve the SDGs, we need everyone’s poo to take a 4-step journey: containment, transport, treatment, and disposal or reuse.

Check out the Team that makes this possible
  • Containment

    Poo must be deposited into a hygienic toilet and stored in a seated pit or tank, separated from human contact

  • Transport

    Pipes or latrine emptying services must move the poo to the treatment stage

  • Treatment

    Poo must be processed into wastewater and waste products that can be safely returned to the environment

  • Disposal or Reuse

    Safely treated poo can be used for energy generation or in fertilizer production

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Minister launches Project to improve Kumasi sanitation and water supply

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World Bank approves US$125m additional funding for sanitation and water project

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September 28, 2020
About 550,000 Ghanaians in low income urban communities of the…
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Ghana launches corona life TV series campaign

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July 16, 2020
The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and…
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GAMA collaborates with others to reduce surge in COVID-19 cases

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July 16, 2020
The Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Water…
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COMMEMORATION OF 2020 MHD, THEME: “Menstrual Hygiene Management and COVID-19 Pandemic for Marginalized Women and Girls”

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May 28, 2020
    Today is Menstrual Hygiene Day.…
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The Maiden Edition of the WASH Channel Telecast

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February 5, 2020
This Channel was inititated by the Ministry of Sanitation…
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World Bank Country Director calls on Sanitation and Water Resources Minister

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February 5, 2020
The Country Director of the World Bank Office in Ghana, Mr…
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Sanitation ministry to replicate GAMA water, sanitation project nationwide

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The Sanitation and Water Resources Ministry has announced that…
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Pupils pay GH¢5 toilet facilities maintenance fees

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July 26, 2019
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