Role of the Environment Department
24. ENV supports the Regions throughout the EA process with advice, training, dissemination of good practice, and operational support. As appropriate, ENV provides to other Regions the EA reports, related materials, precedents, and experience that originate in any one Region or from external sources. ENV carries out project audits to help ensure compliance with the Bank's EA policy, and it conducts periodic reviews of the Bank's EA experience to identify and disseminate good practice and develop further guidance in this area.
Financing EA
25. Project Preparation Facility advances19 and trust funds may be available to potential borrowers that request Bank assistance in financing EA.
Specific Applications
26. Procedures for the environmental assessment of projects involving dams and reservoirs and pest management are set out in Annexes B and C, respectively.