United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Emergency Education Response for Afghanistan Draft ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) August 18, 2022 1|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will implement the Emergency Education Response for Afghanistan (EERA) Project (the Project) for the benefit of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as set out in the Grant Agreement. The International Development Association (World Bank) acting as the administrator of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), has agreed to provide financing for the Project, as set out in the referred Grant Agreement. 2. UNICEF 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 World Bank. The ESCP is a part of the Grant Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the referred Grant Agreement. 3. Without limitation to the foregoing, this ESCP sets out material measures and actions that UNICEF 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, grievance management, and 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 a manner acceptable to the World Bank. Once adopted, said E&S instruments may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the World Bank. 4. As agreed by the World Bank and UNICEF, 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, UNICEF and the World Bank agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the World Bank and UNICEF. UNICEF shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 2|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS [The actions listed below are illustrative (unless TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY otherwise explicitly specified with a “NOTE�) – delete or adjust them, or add new actions as needed]. MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING: Prepare and submit to the World Bank regular monitoring reports on the UNICEF environmental, social, health, and safety (ESHS) performance of the Project, Submit Quarterly reports within 30 including but not limited to the implementation of the ESCP, status of days of the end of each quarter preparation, and implementation of E&S instruments required under the ESCP, throughout the Project stakeholder engagement activities, and functioning of the grievance implementation period. mechanism(s). B INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS: Promptly notify the World Bank of any incident or accident related to the Project UNICEF which has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse effect on the environment, the Notify the World Bank within 48 affected communities, the public, or workers, including, inter alia, cases of sexual hours after learning of and exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment (SH), and accidents that result in confirming the incident or accident. death, serious or multiple injuries. Provide sufficient detail regarding the scope, severity, and possible causes of the incident or accident, indicating immediate measures taken or planned to be taken to address it, and any information provided by any implementing partner/contractor. Subsequently, at the World Bank’s request, prepare a report on the incident or A detailed report of the incident accident and propose any measures to prevent its recurrence. shall be provided within thirty (30) days of making the initial report of the incident or accident C CONTRACTORS’ QUARTERLY REPORTS Require implementing partners/contractors to provide quarterly monitoring Submit Quarterly reports as part of UNICEF reports to UNICEF on ESHS performance in accordance with the ESHS metrics regular progress reports throughout specified in the respective procurement documents. the Project implementation period ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 3|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS [The actions listed below are illustrative (unless TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY otherwise explicitly specified with a “NOTE�) – delete or adjust them, or add new actions as needed]. UNICEF has defined a management structure to implement the project which Prior to the commencement of includes qualified staff and resources to support the management of ESHS risks project activities and maintain and impacts of the project. UNICEF will maintain sufficient capacity for throughout project implementation. environmental and social safeguards including, one Environmental Specialist, one Social Specialist, and one SEA/SH specialist. These resources will be shared between the HER and EERA, and any other projects that require the same areas Throughout the project UNICEF of expertise and detailed in the SEP and ESMF. implementation Each of the contracted implementing partners will make adequate resources available from the financing provided under the Project to conduct sub-project- specific environmental and social risk screening, and implement E&S risk management measures following the generic ESMP. UNICEF shall ensure basic environmental and social risk management capacity shall be a selection criterion in the procurement process for new partners, if applicable. 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL INSTRUMENTS Prepare, consult, adapt, disclose, and thereafter implement an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), consistent with the relevant ESSs, Prepared and disclosed prior to the the Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines (EHSGs), and other relevant signing of the contract between Good International Industry Practice (GIIP), including relevant WHO guidelines. UNICEF and implementing partners UNICEF The ESMF will include an environmental and social screening template, an and/or contractors and exclusion list, a generic ESMP for the Project, measures related to occupational implemented throughout Project health and safety and community health and safety, an infection prevention and implementation. control plan, solid and hazardous waste management, a simplified LMP, and security risk management measures. 1.3 MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTORS Throughout Project implementation, relevant ESCP, UNICEF Incorporate by reference the relevant aspects of the ESCP, including, inter alia, ESMF, and E&S instrument the ESMF, into the ESHS specifications of the procurement documents with requirements shall be integrated implementing partners and contractors. Such requirements will be extended by into the preparation of all Project UNICEF’s contractors/implementing partners to all subcontractors. procurement activity documents. 4|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS [The actions listed below are illustrative (unless TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY otherwise explicitly specified with a “NOTE�) – delete or adjust them, or add new actions as needed]. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES Prepared and disclosed prior to the UNICEF As part of the ESMF under action 1.2 above, prepare, adopt, disclose, and signing of the contract between implement the simplified Labor Management Procedures (LMP). UNICEF and implementing partners/contractors and implemented throughout the project implementation period. 2.2 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: Prepared and included as part of UNICEF As part of the ESMF under action 1.2 above, prepare, adopt, and implement ESMF and disclosed prior to the measures and actions to assess and manage specific risks and impacts on signing of the contract between occupational health and safety as part of the ESMF and the measures in the UNICEF and implementing Generic ESMP. partners/contractors and implemented throughout the project implementation period. 2.3 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM FOR PROJECT WORKERS GRM will be operationalized prior to UNICEF All workers will access the Project GRM as described in the LMP and SEP and engaging project workers and consistent with ESS2 and ESS10. The Project GRM will include experts familiar thereafter maintained throughout with labor-related grievances and relevant policies. Project implementation. ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 3.1 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT: Prepared and disclosed as part of Ensure that the more focused assessments of the environmental and social ESMF prior to the signing of the UNICEF impacts and risks and the development of the generic ESMP described under contract between UNICEF and action 1.2 above shall cover risks and impacts relating to the World Bank ESS3 implementing partners and/or (Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management Standard). contractors and implemented throughout the Project implementation period. ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY 5|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS [The actions listed below are illustrative (unless TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY otherwise explicitly specified with a “NOTE�) – delete or adjust them, or add new actions as needed]. 4.1 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY: Prepare, adopt, and implement measures and actions to assess and manage Prepared and included as part of UNICEF specific risks and impacts on community health and safety as part of the ESMF ESMF and disclosed prior to the and the measures in the Generic ESMP described under action 1.2 above. signing of the contract between UNICEF and implementing partners/contractors and implemented throughout the project implementation period. 4.2 TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY: Prepared and included as part of As part of the ESMF and ESMPs under action 1.2 above, prepare, adopt, and ESMF and disclosed prior to the implement measures and actions to assess and manage traffic and road safety signing of the contract between UNICEF risks as required. UNICEF and implementing partners/contractors and implemented throughout the project implementation period. 4.3 SEA AND SH RISKS As a part of the ESMF under action 1.2 above, prepare, adopt, and implement a Has been drafted and will be SEA/SH Action Plan, to assess and manage the risks of SEA and SH. disclosed prior to the signing of the contract between UNICEF and UNICEF implementing partners/contractors and implemented throughout the Project implementation period Ensure sufficient GBV service providers are in place to refer SEA/SH cases. Prior to the commencement of project activities 4.4 SECURITY MANAGEMENT 6|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS [The actions listed below are illustrative (unless TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY otherwise explicitly specified with a “NOTE�) – delete or adjust them, or add new actions as needed]. As part of the ESMF under action 1.2 above, implement security risk management measures, which would include measures under the UN security Throughout Project UNICEF protocols and any measures necessary to ensure consistency with the ESF implementation. requirements including security risk assessment and any security management measures necessary for the implementation of Project activities and the provision of security to Project workers, sites and/or assets. ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE, AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT [the relevance of ESS5 is established during the ESA process. If resettlement instruments need to be prepared (e.g. resettlement process frameworks, resettlement action plans, process frameworks) this should be reflected in the ESCP. See examples below] 5.1 RESETTLEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK Adopt the RPF prior to starting physical work and thereafter implement the RPF UNICEF Adopt and implement a Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) for the Project, consistent throughout Project implementation. with ESS5. 5.2 RESETTLEMENT PLANS Adopt and implement the respective RAP, including ensuring that before Adopt and implement a resettlement action plan (RAP) [for each activity under the taking possession of the land and Project for which the RPF requires such RAP, as set out in the RPF, and consistent with related assets, full compensation has UNICEF ESS5. been provided and as applicable displaced people have been resettled and moving allowances have been provided. ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Prepare, consult, adapt, disclose, and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Prepared and disclosed prior to Plan (SEP) for the Project, consistent with ESS10, which shall include measures starting project implementation; UNICEF to, inter alia, provide stakeholders and project actors with timely, relevant, updated and implemented understandable, and accessible information, and consult with them in a throughout project culturally appropriate manner, which is free of manipulation, interference, implementation. coercion, discrimination, and intimidation. This shall include measures to consult the E&S instruments for the Project with key stakeholders considering the COVID-19 restrictions and limitations (social distancing rules). 7|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS [The actions listed below are illustrative (unless TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY otherwise explicitly specified with a “NOTE�) – delete or adjust them, or add new actions as needed]. 10.2 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Establish, publicize, maintain, and operate an accessible Project grievance Establish the Project GRM prior to mechanism, to receive and facilitate the resolution of concerns and grievances in commencement of project activities UNICEF relation to the Project, promptly and effectively, in a transparent manner that is and thereafter maintain it culturally appropriate and readily accessible to all Project-affected parties, at no throughout the project period cost and without retribution, including concerns and grievances filed anonymously, in a manner consistent with ESS10. The Project 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. CAPACITY SUPPORT CS1 All capacity-building activities and training will be further detailed in a Capacity Prior to the commencement of Building and Training Plan in the ESMF. UNICEF shall facilitate training as per Project ESMF to build the capacity of staff of UNICEF, implementing partners, and activities and throughout Project contractors. Content of capacity building will include: implementation. • Grievance mechanisms for workers and communities • GBV, including Code of conduct to prevent GBV and SEA • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) UNICEF • Simplified Labor Management Procedures • Community health and safety (including emergency prevention and preparedness, response arrangements to an emergency) • Security risk management measures • COVID 19 Infection Prevention and Control Protocols 8|Page