Republic of Togo Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development Additional Financing to West Africa Food Systems Resilience Program, Phase 1 (GAFSP) (P181139) Phase 1 Under the Multi-Phase Programmatic Approach Draft for Appraisal ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) July 11, 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The Republic of Togo (hereinafter the Recipient) is implementing its respective part of the West Africa Food System Resilience Project (FSRP) (the Project) as specified in the Financing Agreement (FA), with the involvement of the following Ministries: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development (MAEDR); Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF); Ministry of Environment and Forest Resources; Ministry of Maritime Economy, Fisheries and Coastal Protection; Ministry of Health, Public Hygiene and Universal Access to Health Care; Ministry of Trade, Industry and Local Consumption; Ministry of Water and Village Hydraulics; Ministry of Social Action, Promotion of Women and Literacy; Ministry of Security and Civil Protection; Ministry of Grassroots Development, Youth and Youth Employment; Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Development of Territories; Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Ministry of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation; Ministry of Public Service, Labor and Social Dialogue, Keeper of the Seals; Ministry of Justice and Legislation; Ministry of Road, Rail and Air Transport; Ministry of Urban Planning, Housing and Land Reform; and Ministry of Higher Education and Research and Ministry of Rural Development. The International Development Association (hereinafter the Association) has agreed to provide additional financing for the Project. This ESCP supersedes previous versions of the ESCP for the Project and shall apply both to the original and the additional financing for Project referred to above. 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 agreements. 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. 4. 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 Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development and the Association agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 2|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING Quarterly monitoring reports on PIU The Recipient shall prepare and submit to the Association, through the Project the status of the implementation Implementation Unit (PIU), quarterly environmental and social monitoring reports of the ESCP measures and indicating the state of compliance with the measures agreed upon in the ESCP, particularly safeguards shall be prepared and with regard to the preparation and application of environmental and social measures and submitted to the Association tools, stakeholder engagement activities and the functioning of the grievance mechanisms throughout the Project life cycle, including those related to sexual exploitation and abuse/sexual harassment (SEA/SH), no later than the 5th day of the Violence Against Children (VAC), security risk management and implementation of security month following the quarter in risk measures, etc. Environmental and social monitoring reports indicating the status of question with the first report compliance with the measures presented in the ESCP, in particular, but also in the starting one (01) month after documents prepared with the environmental and social risk and impact management Effective Date. A compilation of instruments, including the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), these reports shall be provided on which includes an SEA/SH Mitigation and Response Action Plan, Resettlement Policy an annual basis. These quarterly Framework (RPF), Pest Management Plan, Labour Management Procedures (LMP), and annual reports shall be Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), Codes of Conduct, and action plan for the produced throughout the implementation of the environmental, social, health and safety (ESHS) and Occupational implementation of the Project, in Health and Safety (OHS). Periodic reports shall include an analysis on the management of coordination with the Project complaints, including those related to cases of SEA/SH and security risk incidents. The Progress and Results Report. Recipient must also submit to the Association's request, all monthly monitoring reports submitted by the companies involved in the various Project sites (companies, suppliers, service providers and contractors). 3|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY B INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS The Association must be informed PIU The Recipient shall immediately notify the Association of any incident or accident directly or in writing immediately and no indirectly related to the implementation of the Project. Such incidents or accidents may later than 48 hours after Subcontractors and service include pollution of soil, waterways and bodies of water, pesticide poisoning, incidents or incidents/ accidents for serious providers accidents on program sites, cohabitation conflicts related to land pressure, labour influx, accidents, and no later than 24 cases of gender-based discrimination such as exclusion of vulnerable groups (women, hours for very serious accidents, youth, people with disabilities, illiterate ethnic/linguistic groups), cases of SEA/HS complaint including incidents of GBV or management. The Recipient shall provide sufficient details of the incident or accident, death. indicating the measures taken without delay and include the information made available by any supplier or service provider and by the supervising entity, if applicable. Provide An incident/accident report shall sufficient details of the incident or accident, indicating the actions taken without delay to be prepared within a maximum of address it and including information made available by any suppliers or providers and the 7 days and submitted to the supervising entity, if applicable. For SEA/SH complaints, no identifiable information about Association. This notification the identity of the complainant shall be included in said notification. system shall be in effect throughout the Project. A standard incident/accident notification form shall be sent by the Recipient to all subcontractors and suppliers. This form shall not apply to incidents of SEA/SH in which case any notification of an incident of SEA/SH shall follow the information sharing protocol to respect the safety and confidentiality of the survivor (information shall include date of receipt of the incident; date of the incident; type of SEA/SH reported; age/sex of the survivor; whether the incident is related to the Project and if the survivor was referred to services). At the request of the Association, a report shall be prepared by the Recipient on the incident and/or accident, including proposed measures and actions to prevent such incidents/accidents in the future. A sample incident/accident notification form shall be provided to all subcontractors and service providers. C CONTRACTORS MONTHLY REPORTS Monthly throughout the life cycle PIU As part of works contracts awarded based on the Association's standard procurement files, of the project Contractors and service contractors and service providers are required to provide monthly monitoring reports on providers ESHS to the PIU. The Recipient shall submit, upon request, the monthly monitoring reports to the Association. ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 4|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE PIU The Recipient shall implement the Project with qualified environmental and social and GBV The positions of the current specialists. The qualifications and experience of these three positions shall require the environmental specialist, social Association’s approval. In addition, the PIU shall prepare and implement a staff capacity specialist and GBV specialist building program based on a training needs assessment. If needed, the PIU can recruit should be maintained throughout additional E&S experts as needed. the life of the project. 5|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INSTRUMENTS ESMF, SEP, LMP, PMP and RPF PIU The Recipient shall prepare, disclose, and subsequently implement the following risk have been disclosed in July 2021 assessment and management tools and instruments in accordance with World Bank’s for the parent project and they will Environmental and Social Framework (ESF): be used for this Additional - Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) with SEA/SH Action Plan Financing. - Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) - Stakeholder Mobilization Plan (SEP) The ESIA/ESMP, RAP, SEA/SH - Labor Management Procedures (LMP) Action Plan, GM and SEA/SH-GM - Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) with security risk assessment channel, security risk assessments and updated SEA/SH Mitigation and Response Action Plan with updated SEA/SH- for the project shall be updated as Grievance Mechanism channel necessary , according to the - Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) results of the environmental and - Pest Management Plan (PMP) social screening process and submitted to the Association for The Recipient shall review any proposed subproject in accordance with the ESMF, and approval before launching the thereafter prepare, disclose, consult, adopt, and implement the required ESIA/ESMP/RAP tendering process for the for the subproject in a manner acceptable to the Association. The ESIA/ESMP shall include respective project activities. Once an appendix with detailed procedures for handling SEA/SH complaints in a confidential, approved, the environmental and ethical, non-discriminatory, and survivor-centered manner. social plans shall be made public in the country and implemented The government shall also develop a Project Implementation Manual with an ESF section throughout the implementation of which shall detail: the subproject. - The role of the procurement specialist in drafting Terms of Reference (ToR), Bidding Documents and contracts - The role of environmental and social safeguards specialists to be included in the ToR, tender documents and contracts - The role of the GBV specialist in drafting the SEA/SH mitigation sections to be included in the ToRs and tender documents, and works contracts 6|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY 1.3 MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTORS Prior to start of works PIU The Recipient shall require the development and implementation of the following procedures for contractors and subcontractors: Prior to the preparation of • Contractor’s ESMP (C-ESMP) procurement documents. • Environmental and social clauses to be included in ToR and Tender Documents for works contracts and supervision contracts (codes of conduct, coordination, reporting Supervise contractors throughout and monitoring, complaint review mechanisms, COVID-19 mitigation procedures) Project implementation. • Social commitments on prevention of child labor and SEA/SH, and other GBV risks that shall be identified and addressed in social safeguard instruments • Quality of services • Time limit The Recipient shall ensure that all contracts and subcontracts require suppliers/contractors and subcontractors to comply with the management tools and instruments referred to above in Section 1.3. 1.4 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Throughout Project PIU The recipient shall ensure that consultancies, studies (including feasibility studies), capacity implementation building, training and any other technical assistance activities under the Project are carried out in accordance with the term of reference acceptable to the Association which are consistent with the ESSs. Thereafter, the recipient shall ensure that the outputs of such activities comply with the terms of reference. 7|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY 1.5 CONTINGENT [EMERGENCY] [EARLY] RESPONSE FINANCING Before the actual start of the CERC PIU activities and during the In the event of an emergency requiring the activation of the Project's Contingent Emergency preparation of the CERC Manual. Response Component (CERC) (Component 4), the Recipient shall ensure the compliance with the relevant ESS. The Recipient shall develop the necessary instruments and The request for the activation of safeguards well in advance of the actual implementation of the CERC’s activities. the CERC must be initiated by the Recipient only after having In particular, the Recipient shall prepare an addendum to the ESMF to cover the CERC received the No Objection (NO) activities, at the time of the preparation of the CERC Manual. The addendum shall be from the Association. submitted to the Association’s approval. All the instruments prepared shall be submitted to the approval of the Association; and publicly disclosed both in the territory of the Recipient and on the website of the Association before the start of the physical activities. An Emergency Response Manual (ERM) shall be developed for the country with fiduciary provisions, safeguards, monitoring and reporting, and any other necessary coordination and implementation arrangements as a condition for disbursement. An ESMF and other instruments, as appropriate, shall be developed to cover all CERC investments/activities prior to the implementation of these investments/activities. The content of the CERC section of the ESMF Project shall include: - Description of potential emergencies and types of activities that could be funded; - Potential risks and general mitigation measures associated with potential activities; - Identification of locations and/or vulnerable groups, and stakeholder consultation; - Environmental and social assessment (screening) and environmental and social requirements (studies, plans, etc.) to comply with Bank requirements and national legislation; - Environmental code(s) of practice for the positive list of goods; - Assessment to guide emergency response (e.g., what existing social conflicts might be exacerbated by an emergency); and - Institutional arrangements for due diligence and environmental and social monitoring. The Association shall provide emergency response manual templates in the form of an Operations Manual, emergency action plan and other templates as needed. 8|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES The LMP of the parent project has PIU Develop, validate and disclose labor management procedures (LMP) in accordance with been disclosed in July, 2021 and Contractors national law and ESS2, with consideration for nondiscrimination and equality opportunity. shall be updated as needed for Relevant clauses to be included in the contracts of suppliers/service providers and this Additional Financing. subcontractors include the prohibition of child and forced labor and guarantee the right to form a union and provide penalties for violations and a plan for regular training of the To be implemented at the start of workforce on these issues. Project workers shall be required to sign codes of conduct which project implementation shall prohibit SEA/SH. and throughout Project life cycle. 2.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM FOR PROGRAM WORKERS The grievance mechanism shall be PIU As part of the LMP, establish, operate, and maintain a GM for Project Workers to respond maintained operational prior to Contractors quickly to concerns and employment-related issues through a transparent, easily accessible, the recruitment of workers and inclusive, and participatory process that is easy to understand, and which provides for `throughout the AF feedback to the parties concerned in a language which they understand. The GM shall be implementation. reflected in the Contractor Environmental and Social Management Plan (C-ESMP), and with entry points for managing SEAH incidents, detailing the procedures, entry points, GBV service referrals and accountability mechanisms for complainants ESS 3: RESSOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 3.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN: Same timeline as the preparation PIU Pprepare, adopt, and implement an E-Waste Management Plan. It shall include measures to and implementation of the avoid the production of dangerous and non-dangerous waste. When this is unavoidable, environmental and social shall implement the relevant measures of the E-Waste Management Plan. management tools (section 1.2) and shall continue Also: throughout the implementation of • ensure suppliers and service providers of the Project develop and implement a Waste the entire Project. and Hazardous Materials Management Plan before the works • ensure the strict application of these plans through regular monitoring and supervision. Implement waste management measures specified in the ESMP and any other waste management plan prepared as part of the site specific ESMPs 9|Page MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/ AUTHORITY 3.2 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT: Same timeline as the preparation PIU Ensure that (i) site specific ESMPs shall explore technically and financially feasible measures and implementation of the to improve efficient consumption of water and building materials and (ii) the prescriptions environmental and social Contractors and the technical measures are covered by the Contractor ESMPs. management tools (section 1.2) and shall continue Resource efficiency and pollution prevention and management measures shall be covered throughout the implementation of under the ESMF to be prepared under action 3.1 above. Measures for resource efficiency the entire Project and pollution prevention and management are addressed in the ESMPs and SMPs provided for in section 1.2. The Pest Management Plan is based on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and/or Integrated Vector Management (IVM) approaches and proposes combined or multiple strategies. Suppliers and providers shall comply with pollution management standards and measures. Payment of invoices submitted shall be subject to compliance with both technical, environmental, and social recommendations ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY 4.1 TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY: Prior to the start of construction. These PIU Ensure that suppliers/providers develop and implement measures and actions to assess and measures and actions are maintained manage traffic and road safety risks. Measures shall be detailed in the ESMPs. throughout the implementation of the Project. 10 | P a g e 4.2 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY: Before the starting of works and during PIU Ensure that the suppliers/providers develop and implement measures and actions to evaluate the lifecycle of the Project. Contractors and manage the specific risks and impacts on the populations resulting from the Project activities and include these measures in the ESMPs and the SEA/SH Action Plan. These actions and measures shall pay particular attention to SEA/SH issues and to the dissemination of information regarding mitigation measures contained in the SEA/SH Action Plan. It shall also include health and safety measures to address mitigation measures related to communicable diseases resulting from the influx of labor, including protocols for mitigating the transmission of COVID-19. These measures shall consider vulnerable people and groups living in the Project area. This shall be reflected in the future ESF instruments to be prepared. The use of security personnel is not envisaged in the project, but should this aspect change the Recipient shall implement necessary risk mitigation measures before deploying security personnel under the Project (training, codes of conduct, assessments/plans, SEA/SH measures) in line with the ESSs to minimize risks for beneficiaries. In such a case, the ESCP shall be amended and redisclosed to reflect requirements and responsibilities related to the use of security personnel under the project. 4.2.1 CONFLICTS AND SECURITY SITUATION Prior to the start of activities during the PIU Undertake a security risk assessment (SRA) in the ESIA that shall systematically identify preparation of the ESIAs and maintained potential security risks to Project workers, sites, assets, and activities as well as to throughout the program implementation communities affected by the sub-Projects. lifecycle Should there be a high security risk, the Recipient shall develop a Security Management Plan (SMP) that should cover their equipment and responsibilities, as well as security risks related to the behavior and impacts of security personnel on the communities. 11 | P a g e 4.3 SEA AND SH RISKS: During the entire period of the Project PIU Mitigation measures include a number of SEA/SH prevention and response measures to raise awareness, prevent and mitigate the risks of GBV, including, but not limited to, the development of a code of conduct for workers and the organization of training to raise awareness of SEA/SH risks among Project stakeholders, and a Grievance Mechanism (GM) that is sensitive to SEA/SH complaints with an accountability framework and a response protocol that includes referrals to GBV services. Consultations with women shall take place regularly during the life of the project to ensure that the mechanism designed to handle complaints related to SEA/SH is accessible and that the services provided are adapted to the needs of survivors. Ensure that all tendering documents, works contracts or service contracts under the Project shall adopt a code of conduct that shall be signed by all workers. This Code of Conduct shall apply to contracts or services other than consulting services, ordered or performed under such contracts, shall cover in particular gender-based violence, violence against children and sexual exploitation and abuse, and shall include an action plan for their effective implementation, and shall include training for this purpose. 12 | P a g e 4.5 SECURITY MANAGEMENT The assessment shall be completed within PIU and the relevant the same timeframe as Actions 1.2 above ministry of the military If security personnel will be used in the implementation of Project activities, no financing and all required measures shall be or security forces and provided by the Association shall be used for security-related expenditures. The following adopted prior to the deployment of the relevant security or measures shall be carried out by the Recipient to ensure that the engagement of security security personnel to the Project and military unit forces is done in accordance with the ESS: subsequently implemented throughout a. Assess the risks and impacts of hiring security personnel, as part of the assessment the implementation of the Project or a referred to in Actions 1.2 and 1.3 above, including screening for and exclude any separate Security Management Plan shall individuals or groups who have been found guilty of past abuses or excessive use of be prepared and adopted prior to the force, and implement measures to manage these risks and impacts, taking into deployment of security personnel to the account the principles of proportionality and Good International Industry Practices Project and subsequently implemented (GIIP), and applicable law, with respect to the recruitment, rules of conduct, training, throughout the implementation of the equipment and monitoring of such security personnel; Project. b. Adopt and implement standards, protocols, and codes of practice conduct for the selection and use of security personnel, and review such personnel for past law- (a), (c) and (d) prior to deploying security breaking and abusive behavior, including SEA/SH and or disproportionate use of force; personnel on the Project and thereafter c. Ensure that the PIU signs a memorandum of understanding with the parent ministry throughout the implementation of the of the military or security forces and the relevant security or military unit, setting out Project. the mechanisms for the engagement of security personnel under the Project, including compliance with the relevant requirements of this ESCP; (e) and (f) as set forth in Actions 10.1 and d. Ensure that security personnel have received adequate instruction and training, prior 10.2 respectively. to deployment and on a regular basis, on the use of force and appropriate conduct (including civilian/security force relations, SEA/SH, and other relevant areas), in (g) within the time limits requested by the accordance with the Environmental and Social Management Framework; Association. e. Ensure that stakeholder engagement activities under the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) include a communication strategy on the involvement of security staff in the Project; f. Ensure that all concerns or complaints regarding the conduct of security personnel are received, tracked, documented (considering the need to protect confidentiality), resolved through the complaint management mechanism of the Project and brought to the attention of the Association no later than 14 days after their receipt; g. When required by the Association, after consultation with the Recipient (i) promptly designate a third-party monitoring consultant, with terms of reference, qualifications, and experience satisfactory to the Association, to visit and monitor the Project area where security personnel are deployed, collect relevant data, and communicate with Project stakeholders and beneficiaries; (ii) require the third-party monitoring consultant to prepare and submit monitoring reports, which shall be promptly made available to and discussed with the Association; and (iii) promptly take any action, if requested by the Association after reviewing the third-party monitoring consultant's reports. 13 | P a g e ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT 5.1 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEOWORKS Project Prepare a resettlement policy framework (RPF) to guide the preparation of site-specific The final version of the RPF has Implementation Unit Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs), in line with the requirements of ESS5 and national been disclosed in July 2021 for the legislation. parent project and it will apply to this Additional Financing. Prepare and implement, in a participatory manner, any site-specific RAPs, consistent with ESS5 and national law. RAPs shall be prepared and All RAPs shall be submitted to the Association’s approval and disseminated nationally and implemented before starting work on the Association's website. under the Project. ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES 6.1 BIODIVERSITY RISKS AND IMPACTS: Application of measures Project throughout the implementation of Implementation Unit Implement biodiversity management measures, in application of the ESMF directives and the sub-project site-specific E&S studies. The specific E&S studies shall be submitted to the Association for approval before launching contractor bidding documents. ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES Not relevant ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE 8.1 CHANCE FINDS: At the time of preparation of sub- PIU The recipient shall avoid harming or damaging known cultural heritage. Develop and Projects and before the start of the implement a procedure for incidental discoveries of cultural heritage during Project work. implementation in the ESMF/ESMP; and include this procedure as a clause in all contracts related to the work, even in cases where the probability is very low, in accordance with Prior to any site disturbance and national legislation. The ESMF shall propose a procedure for the incidental discovery of ongoing until Project closure cultural heritage, in accordance with national legislation and the practices of the ministry responsible for culture. Ensure that site-specific ESIAs include an assessment of the cultural heritage in the Project area. The mitigation hierarchy shall be applied to ensure, in consultation with stakeholders such as the national cultural heritage institution, that no cultural heritage is adversely affected by the Project activities. In the event that impacts are unavoidable, a cultural heritage management plan shall be prepared and consulted with stakeholders. ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES Not relevant 14 | P a g e ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION The SEP has been disclosed in July PIU 2021. It shall be implemented Prepare, adopt, and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP). throughout the Project. It shall be updated 30 days after the Effective Date as ESIAs/feasibility studies are prepared. 10.2 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Is effective and will be maintained Project throughout the implementation of Implementation Unit Prepare, establish, implement, and maintain the GM, as described in the SEP. The GM shall the Project. include a special channel for handling complaints related to issues of sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, and violence against children. This Grievance Mechanism shall be supported by a communication plan to ensure that the affected communities concerned by the project are aware of the existence of this mechanism and know the procedures for submitting and processing complaints as well as other remedies. 10.3 EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM CONTINGENT (CERC) The same deadline as section 10.1 PIU The SEP should be updated to include the activities of the CERC. CAPACITY SUPPORT (TRAINING) 15 | P a g e CS1 Training on the following topics is planned: Throughout project PIU - Stakeholder identification and engagement; implementation - Specific aspects of environmental and social assessment - Emergency Preparedness and Response - Population health and safety - Assessing the impacts of vulnerable groups: Assess the impacts of vulnerable groups, particularly the traditional livelihoods of groups such as pastoralists and ago-pastoralists (and the women who practice these livelihoods). Understand the impacts on culture, livelihoods, and strengthen the inclusion of traditional knowledge and decision-making in landscape management - Organize training sessions for Project workers to increase awareness of the risks and mitigate the effects of the Project on OHS for workers and the effects on local populations and infrastructure users - Effective monitoring and supervision practices Training for PIU staff involved in the Project, stakeholders, and beneficiaries on: - Specific aspects of the Environmental and Social Assessment and its consideration in the implementation of Project activities - Health and safety aspects of the work sites and the population, - Management of pesticides and packaging - Traffic safety (road safety) - Stakeholder briefings/awareness and training on the complaint’s management mechanism, including SEA/SH complaints including typology of complaints, registration and handling procedures, complaint resolution procedures, documentation of complaints; and the use of the procedure by the various stakeholders - Training sessions on environmental and social risk and impact assessment and management, including SEA/SH and the Project's EAS/HS action plan - Information/awareness sessions and training on SEA/SH prevention and the operation of the SEA/SH Action Plan - The code of conduct, - Emergency preparedness and response - Other (to be determined according to needs) 16 | P a g e