WASHINGTON, November 13, 2007 - The following project was approved today by the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors:
IDA CREDIT: US$3.9 million credit
TERMS: Maturity=40 years; Grace period=10 years
GEF Trust Fund Grant: $5.4 million
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The objective of the “West Africa Regional Biosafety Project” is to help eight countries –- Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo -– to establish and implement a shared biosafety regulatory framework by putting in place necessary environmental and social safeguards, thereby enabling them to meet their obligations under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (CPB).
For more information please call
Tim Carrington at (202) 473-8133
Or email:tcarrington@worldbank.org
Sarwat Hussain at (202) 473-5690
Or email: Shussain@worldbank.org
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