REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS, HOUSING AND WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa (P180171) -MOZAMBIQUE- ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) March, 2023 List of abreviations BMP Biodiversity Management Plan C-ESMP Construction Environnemental Social Management Plans CHSMP Community Health and Safety Plan DNGRH National Directorate for Water Resources Management E&S Environmental and social ERMP Emergency Response Management Plan ESCP Environmental and Social Commitment Plan ESHS Environmental, social, health and safety ESMF Environmental and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan ESSs Environmental and Social Standards ETL Escritório Técnico Local (Local Technical Office) GIIP Good International Industry Practice GM Grievance mechanism GRM Grievance redress mechanism LMP Labour Management Procedure MEF Ministry of Economy and Finance MOPHRH Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources OHS Occupational Health and Safety OHSMP Occupational Health and Safety Management Plan PCU Project Coordination Unit RAP Resettlement Action Plan RESIA Regional Environmental and Social Impact Assessment RPF Resettlement Policy Framework RPF Resettlement Policy Framework SEA Sexual Exploitation and Abuse SEP Stakeholders Engagement Plan SH Sexual Harassment SMP Security Risk Management Plan SRA Security Risk Assessment ToR Terms of Reference TSP Traffic Safety Plan WMP Waste Management Plan WMPs Waste management plans i ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The Republic of Mozambique (the Recipient) will implement the Regional Climate Resilience Program for Eastern and Southern Africa (P180171) in Mozambique (the Project), with the involvement of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources (MOPHRH) and the National Directorate for Water Resources Management (DNGRH) through its Project Coordination Unit (PCU), as set out in the Financing Agreement. The International Development Association (the Association), has agreed to provide financing for the Project, as set out in the referred agreement. 2. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner acceptable to the Association. The ESCP is a part of the Financing Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the referred agreement. 3. Without limitation to the foregoing, this ESCP sets out material measures and actions that the Recipient shall carry out or cause to be carried out, including, as applicable, the timeframes of the actions and measures, institutional, staffing, training, monitoring, and reporting arrangements, and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) instruments that shall be adopted and implemented under the Project, all of which shall be subject to prior consultation and disclosure, consistent with the ESS, and in form and substance, and in a manner acceptable to the Association. Once adopted, said E&S instruments may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Association as described at next paragraph. As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time if necessary, during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes and unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Recipient, through the MEF and the Association agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Recipient, through the Minister of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 2|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING Submit quarterly reports to the Project Coordination Unit Association throughout Project (PCU) The Recipient shall Prepare and submit to the Association regular monitoring implementation. reports on the environmental, social, health and safety (ESHS) performance of Submit each report to the the Project, including but not limited to the implementation of the ESCP, status of Association no later than 15 days preparation and implementation of E&S instruments required under the ESCP, after the end of each reporting stakeholder engagement activities, and functioning of the grievance mechanism. period. B INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS PCU Promptly notify the Association of any incident or accident related to the Project Notify the Association no later than which has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse effect on the environment, the 48 hours (24 hours‘ notice for affected communities, the public or workers, including, inter alia, cases of sexual SEA/SH incidents) after learning of exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment (SH), and accidents that result the incident or accident. in death, serious or multiple injury, water course pollution, soils contamination, protected areas disturbances. Provide sufficient detail regarding the scope, severity, and possible causes of the incident or accident, indicating immediate measures taken or that are planned to be taken to address it, and any information provided by any contractor and/or supervising firm, as appropriate. Subsequently, at the Association’s request, prepare a report on the incident or Provide subsequent report to the accident and propose any measures to address it and prevent its recurrence. Association within a timeframe acceptable to the World Bank C CONTRACTORS’ MONTHLY REPORTS Submit the monthly reports to the PCU All contractors and supervising firms shall be required to provide monthly Association as annexes to the monitoring reports on environmental, social, health and safety (ESHS) reports to be submitted under action performance in accordance with the metrics specified in the respective bidding A above. documents and contracts and submit such reports to the Association. This report shall ensure that contractors provide details on their oversight on ESHS performance as enshrined in the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), Construction Environmental Social Management Plans (C-ESMP), Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Stakeholders Engagement Plan (SEP), SEA/SH Action Plan, Labour Management Procedure (LMP), and other applicable E&S instruments. 1|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY D EXCLUSION LIST Do not implement activities that PCU Aiming to achieve the projects objectives, the following criteria will be applied to trigger the exclusion list, unless exclude sub-projects that may trigger fatal issues or unmanageable risks activated adaptive management of considering the resources planned for the Project, hereafter considered as Project changes through Association "exclusion list": agreement to update the ESCP to • Infrastructure construction and other activities that may significantly impact reflect these changes areas of high biodiversity value, including: o Habitats of significant importance for critically endangered and/or threatened species under national or international law; o Habitats of significant importance for protected species in the country; o Habitats providing conditions for the existence of significant concentrations of migratory and/or congregating species; o Highly threatened and/or unique ecosystems; o Conservation and protection areas and their buffer zones, with the exception of activities proposed by the management entity of the Conservation Area itself, when aimed at improving its management; o Single Scenario Zones; o Native forests; o Areas containing endangered animal and/or plant species, habitats and ecosystems. • Areas with classified cultural heritage; • Sub-projects with high environmental and social risk; • Subprojects whose activities involve high magnitude physical resettlement; • Activities in areas with high geotechnical risk; • Activities in populated areas where the activity may involve high levels of pollution or other disturbance significantly affecting local communities; • Activities with potential irreversible impacts before the application of mitigation measures, in areas where human activity has not substantially modified the native ecological functions and species composition of the área. ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PCU a. Create and maintain a Project Coordination Unit (PCU) to be established under a. Establish and maintain a PCU National Directorate for Water Resources Management (DNGRH), with qualified throughout the implementation of staff and appropriate resources to support management of ESHS risks and the project. impacts of the Project 2|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY b. Hire at least the following personels: b. PCU team to be recruited no later Quant Environmental and Social Team than 60 days after Project effective 1 Environmental, health and safety specialist (PCU) date, and thereafter maintain 1 Social & GBV Specialist (PCU) these positions throughout Project implementation. Quant Other experts 1 International procurement and contract management specialist c. The project will recieve additional support on E&S aspects by experts in the two existing PIUs hosted by DNAAS; the Mozambique INGD and the MGCAS through INAS and INSS will appoint focal points to support activities under component 1 and 3, respectively. 3|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INSTRUMENTS 1. The Recipient has drafted and PCU 1. Prepare, disclose, consult upon, adopt, and implement: consulted upon the draft ESMF and RPF, which shall be finalized, - Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) cleared, adopted, and disclosed prior to appraisal and thereafter - An Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF). implement the ESMF and RPF The proposed activities described in the exclusion list set out in the throughout Project implementation. ESMF shall be ineligible to receive financing under the Project. - Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response Framework, provides guidelines for developing a GBV Action Plan, including awareness-raising measures, definition of a code of conduct 2. The Recipient has prepared and consulted upon the draft ToR for PCU - Labor Management Procedures (LMP); ESIA, which shall be finalized, cleared, adopted, and disclosed prior - Stakeholder engagement plan (SEP) to appraisal and thereafter implement the ToRs. Adopt the R- - Terms of Reference (ToR) for Environmental and Social Impact ESIA and ESMP before launching Assessment (ESIA) the bidding process for the respective Project activity, and 2. Prepare, consult upon, disclose Environmental and Social Impact Assessment thereafter implement the ESIA and (ESIA), prepared for river basins, and corresponding Environmental and Social ESMP throughout Project Management Plan (ESMP) for potential adverse risks and impacts for the implementation. respective Project activities. 3. Adopt before launching the PCU bidding process for the respective Project activities and prior to the carrying out of the Project activity that requires the adoption of such Instruments. Once adopted, implement the respective E&S instrument throughout Project implementation. 4|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 3. Where applicable, prepare, disclose, adopt, and implement any other environmental and social management plan or instrument required for the respective Project activities under the ESMF and the ESSs: ESMP; C-ESMPs; a Waste Management Plan (WMP); a Community Health and Safety Plan (CHSMP); Occupational Health and Safety Management Plan (OHSMP); Traffic Safety Plan (TSP); Security Personnel Management Plan (SPMP), Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP), a Cultural and Heritage Management Plan (CHEMP), Security Risk assessment and Security Managment Plan (SRA/SMP) and Water Balance Study. The individual documents listed above are envisaged as standalone volumes of the ESMP, to be prepared by a hired consultant and will later be updated (add complementary data for implementation) and included in the C-ESMP by the Contractor. 1.3 MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTORS Incorporate the relevant aspects of the ESCP, including, inter alia, the relevant E&S instruments (ESMF, RPF, SEP, LMP, RAP, ESIA, ESMPs, OHSMP, SEA/SH Action plan and code of conduct, into the ESHS specifications of the procurement As part of the preparation of documents and contracts with contractors and supervising firms. Thereafter ensure procurement documents and that the contractors and supervising firms comply with and cause subcontractors respective contracts. to comply with the ESHS specifications of their respective contracts. Contractor’s Supervise contractors throughout PCU Management Procedures and requirements will include without limitation: Project implementation o Codes of conduct on GBV and OHS matters are required to be adopted by contractors and subcontractors and their workers, which should sign them. o Incorporate and implement specific actions in line with the Project SEA/SH Action Plan as part of ESMPs o Preparation of a detailed Contractor ESMP (C-ESMP) consistent with the ESMP and all project E&S instruments, that is costed, with sufficient budget and staff to mitigate E&S risks; o Environmental and social clauses to be included in terms of reference (ToRs) and Bidding Documents for works contracts and supervision contracts o Training on addressing and sanctioning SEA/SH behaviors, coordination, reporting and monitoring, and regular training to all staff on GBV risks, including SEA/SH, content of code of conduct, GRM and the specific procedures to denounce SEA/SH incidents, on a quarterly basis; o Contractor and subcontractor training plan; 5|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY o Reporting and monitoring arrangements and requirements to verify contractor commitment and compliance; o Providing grievance redress mechanisms for contractor and subcontractor, communities and other stakeholders; o Contractor to develop a grievance mechanism to handle concerns of their employees especially workers; o Prepare and implement a specific Labor Management Plan for the contractor consistent with the Project’s Labor Management Procedure and the local legislation. o Community Health and Safety Management Plan - CHSMP 1.4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE a. Ensure that the consultancies, studies (including feasibility studies), capacity a. Throughout Project PCU building, training, and any other technical assistance activities under the Project, implementation including, inter alia, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, Environmental and Social Management Plans, Resettlement Action Plans are carried out in accordance with terms of reference acceptable to the Association, that are consistent with the ESSs. Thereafter ensure that the outputs of such activities comply with the terms of reference. b. The terms of reference shall be b. Submit terms of reference for any technical assistance under the Project to the submitted to the Association for Association for approval approval prior to launching the bidding process for the relevant technical assistance. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES LMP should be prepared, disclosed, PCU adopted and implemented before the start of project activities. 6|Page Adopt and implement the Labor Management Procedures (LMP) for the Project, including, inter alia, provisions on working conditions, management of workers relationships, occupational health, and safety (including personal protective equipment, and emergency preparedness and response), code of conduct (including relating to SEA and SH), forced labor, child labor, grievance arrangements for Project workers, and applicable requirements for contractors, subcontractors, and supervising firms. - 2.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM (GM) FOR PROJECT WORKERS Establish GRM prior to engaging PCU Establish and operate a grievance mechanism (GM) for Project workers, as Project workers and thereafter described in the LMP and consistent with ESS2. maintain and operate it throughout Project implementation The grievance mechanism (GM) shall include specific procedures to report SEA/SH incidents, a response protocol to ensure survivors are referred to quality GBV services in a timely, ethical, and confidential manner, following a survivor- centered approach. 2.3 OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) MEASURES Prior to carrying out the relevant PCU The PCU shall and shall cause Contractors to prepare, adopt, and implement Project activities, including civil occupational health and safety (OHS) measures specified in the OHS engineering works. Management Plans (OHSMP), C-ESMPs including measures to protect Project workers from COVID-19 and incidents of SEA/SH, and an Emergency Response Management Plan (ERMP). The Recipient shall ensure that all contractors carry out a Job safety analysis for High-risk tasks, set up a safe work permit mechanism and make available to their workers and visitors, personal protective equipment including those for COVID-19 control prior to accessing construction sites. 7|Page ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 3.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN a) Develop, adopt, and implement waste management plans (WMPs) to manage a) Same timeframe as under Section PCU hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, consistent with ESS3, as part of the 1.2 (2) above. relevant R-ESIAs/ESMPs, as indicated in the ESMF. The Recipient shall ensure that Project suppliers, contractors, and sub-contractors develop and implement a site-specific Waste Materials Management Plan as part of their ESMP, and systematically remove all waste from the sites after completion of the work. b) Develop, adopt, and implement Pest Management Plan, consistent with ESS3, as part of the relevant ESIAs/ESMPs, as indicated in the ESMF. b) Same timeframe as under Section 1.2 (2) above. PCU 3.2 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND Same timeframe as under Section PCU MANAGEMENT 1.2 (2) above. Incorporate resource efficiency and pollution prevention and management measures in the ESMP to be prepared under action 1.2 above. ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY 4.1 TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY Same timeframe as under Section PCU Develop, adopt, and implement Traffic Safety Plan (TSP), consistent with ESS4, 1.2 (2) above. as part of the relevant ESIAs/ESMPs, as indicated in the ESMF. 4.2 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY Same timeframe as under Section PCU Assess and manage specific risks and impacts to the community arising from 1.2 (2) above. Project activities, including, inter alia, behavior of Project workers, risks of labor influx, response to emergency situations, COVID-19, and include mitigation measures in the ESMPs to be prepared in accordance with the ESMF. Contractors will develop a detailed site-specific road safety management plan as part of the Community Health and Safety Management Plan - CHSMP to address the impacts on local communities of moving construction equipment and traffic. 8|Page 4.3 SEA AND SH RISKS Adopt the SEA/SH Action prior Adopt and implement a SEA/SH Action Plan as part of the ESMF, to assess and engaging Project workers, and PCU manage the risks of SEA and SH. thereafter implement the SEA/SH Action Plan throughout Project implementation. 4.4 SECURITY MANAGEMENT PCU a) Assess and implement measures to manage the security risks of the Project, Prior to engaging security personnel including the risks of engaging security personnel to safeguard project workers, and thereafter implemented sites, assets, and activities, as set out in the ESMP and respective Security throughout Project implementation. Management Plan (if applicable), guided by the principles of proportionality and Good International Industry Practice (GIIP), and by applicable law, in relation to Any SRA/SMP required for project hiring, rules of conduct, training, equipping, and monitoring of such personnel. sites with known security risks will be prepared and implemented prior to b) If sites for SOP-1 project activities are selected in areas with known security actvities commencing at that site. risks, including Cabo Delgado and other Northern Mozambique Provinces, a Security Risk assessment and Security Managment Plan (SRA/SMP) will be prepared ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT 5.1 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK Adopt RPF prior to Project Appraisal, PCU Prepare, consult upon, disclose, adopt, and implement a Resettlement Policy and thereafter implement the RPF Framework (RPF) for the Project, consistent with ESS5. throughout Project implementation. 5.2 RESETTLEMENT PLANS Adopt and implement the respective PCU RAP, LRP and/or PF including Adopt and implement a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Livelihood Restoration ensuring that before getting land use Plans (LRP) or Process Framework (PF) for each activity under the Project for right and related assets, full which the RPF requires such RAP, LRP, and/or PF and consistent with ESS5. compensation has been provided and displaced people have been resettled and moving allowances have been provided. 5.3 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Adopt GM in the RPF prior to Project PCU Adopt and implement a grievance mechanism (GM) to address resettlement Appraisal, and thereafter implement related complaints as set out in the RPF, RAPs and SEP and consistent with the GM throughout Project ESS5. implementation. ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES 9|Page 6.1 BIODIVERSITY RISKS AND IMPACTS Same timeframe as under Section Adopt and implement a Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) as part of the 1.2.(2) above PCU ESMP and later included in the C-ESMP, in accordance with the guidelines of the ESMF prepared for the Project, and consistent with ESS6. ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES Not currently relevant ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE 8.1 CULTURAL HERITAGE RISKS AND IMPACTS Same timeframe as under Section PCU Adopt and implement a Cultural Heritage Management Plan (CHMP) if required 1.2 (2) above. as part of ESMP (and later included in the C-ESMP) for specific subproject site(s), once identified, in accordance with the guidelines of the ESIA prepared for the Project, and consistent with ESS8. 8.2 CHANCE FINDS PCU a. Describe and implement the chance finds procedures, as part of the ESMF of a. Same timeframe as under Section the Project. 1.2 (1) above. b. Same timeframe as under Section b. Develop site-specific procedures in the ESMPs for the case in which valuable 1.2 (2) above. artefacts or culturally valuable materials are found during project implementations. ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES Not currently relevant 10 | P a g e ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Adopt and disclose the SEP prior to PCU Prepare, disclose, consult upon, adopt and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Project Appraisal, and thereafter Plan (SEP) for the Project, consistent with ESS10, which shall include measures implement the SEP throughout to, inter alia, provide stakeholders with timely, relevant, understandable, and Project implementation. accessible information, and consult with them in a culturally appropriate manner, which is free of manipulation, interference, coercion, discrimination and intimidation. 10.2 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Establish, publicize, maintain, and operate an accessible grievance mechanism, to Establish the grievance mechanism PCU receive and facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances in relation to the prior to Project appraisal, and Project, promptly and effectively, in a transparent manner that is culturally thereafter maintain and operate the appropriate and readily accessible to all Project-affected parties, at no cost and mechanism throughout Project without retribution, including concerns and grievances filed anonymously, in a implementation. manner consistent with ESS10. The grievance mechanism shall be equipped to receive, register, and facilitate the resolution of SEA/SH complaints, including through the referral of survivors to relevant gender-based violence service providers, all in a safe, confidential, and survivor-centered manner. 11 | P a g e CAPACITY SUPPORT CS1 PROJECT WORKERS TRAINING Training shall be provided to PCU staff and regional focal points, and project Not later than 120 days of the PCU workers to improve awareness of E&S and OHS risks and to mitigate impacts on Effective Date and periodically with local communities such as: the addition of new Project team • Environmental and Social Management Framework members join the Project throughout • Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) implementation • Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) • Environmental and Social Screening of Subprojects • GBV /SEA/SH Risk Mitigation. • Grievance Management, including proper handling of GBV/SEA/SH cases. • Environmental and Socials Reporting and Monitoring requirements. • Labour management procedures – LMP and OHS measures • Emergency and Response Plan • Pest management Plan • Workplace risk management. • Cultural heritage Chance finding procedure, • Community Health and Safety Plan, where applicable and • Road traffic Guidelines • E&S code of conduct and other relevant instruments • Specific HSE trainings based on the specific subproject requirements identified in specific ESMPS • Security Risk Assessment and Management Plan (SRA/SMP) For contractors and subcontractors, add • All itens above • Road safety and traffic management • Safe management of borrow pits • Open water structures. • Communicable diseases/HIV-AIDS/STI/COVID-19 • Codes of Conduct CS2 TRAINING FOR THE COMMUNITY: The PCU or third parties contracted by the PCU (Contractors) shall conduct Not later than 120 days of the PCU trainings for the community designed to raise awareness of environmental and Effective Date and periodically with social risks and impacts and mitigation measures including trainings on: the addition of new communities • Stakeholders Engagement Plan become part of the Project • GBV/SEA/SH awareness and prevention throughout implementation 12 | P a g e • Communicable diseases/HIV-AIDS/STI/COVID-19/ • Community grievance redress mechanism (GRM) as described in the SEP/ RAPs • Security personnel • Road Safety Awareness • Labor management procedure including local hiring, • Safety around construction and new infrastructure and emergency procedures. • Emergency preparedness and response 13 | P a g e