THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN National Aid Fund Additional Financing for Jordan Emergency Cash Transfer COVID-19 Response Project (P176807) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) January 25, 2021 1|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (the Borrower) shall, and cause the National Aid Fund, and the Social Security Corporation, through their respective corporation agreements with MOPIC, to implement the Second Additional Financing for Jordan COVID-19 Emergency Cash Transfer Response (the Project). The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter the Bank) has agreed to provide financing for the Project. 2. The Borrower shall implement material measures and actions so that the Project is implemented in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). This Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) sets out material measures and actions, to be carried out by the Recipient, including the timeframes of the actions and measures, institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements, grievance management and the environmental and social assessments and instruments to be prepared or updated, disclosed, consulted, adopted and implemented under the ESCP and the ESSs, all in a manner acceptable to the Bank. 3. Implementation of the material measures and actions set out in this ESCP shall be monitored and reported to the Bank by the Borrower as required by the ESCP and the conditions of the legal agreement. 4. As agreed by the Bank and the Borrower, this ESCP may be revised from time to time during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes and unforeseen circumstances or in response to assessment of Project performance conducted under the ESCP itself. In such circumstances, the Borrower, shall revise and agree to the changes with the Bank and shall update the ESCP to reflect such changes. Agreement on changes to the ESCP shall be documented through the exchange of letters signed between the Bank and the Borrower or delegate. The Borrower shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 5. Where Project changes, unforeseen circumstances, or Project performance result in changes to the risks and impacts during Project implementation, the Borrower shall provide additional funds, if needed, to implement actions and measures to address such risks and impacts. 2|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING: The Project Management Unit within the Semi-Annual reports shall be provided National Aid Fund, Jordan National Aid Fund (PMU) shall prepare and submits to the Bank throughout the Project implementation Social Security Corporation regular monitoring reports on the social, health and safety (ESHS) period. performance of the Project, including, but not limited to, stakeholder engagement activities and grievances. ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: The National Aid Fund shall The Project management shall retain the National Aid Fund, Jordan maintain a project management unit with qualified staff and PMU, including one Social Officer Social Security Corporation resources to support management of ESHS risks and impacts of throughout the project implementation. the Project, including one appointed Social Focal Point within Social Security Corporation (SSC), and one Social Officer recruited to the PMU. Once in place the Social Focal Point within One Social Focal Point within SSC has also SSC, and the Social Officer shall be retained throughout been assigned and shall be retained implementation. throughout Project implementation. 3|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT/MANAGEMENT PLANS AND INSTRUMENTS/ CONTRACTORS a. The project shall be carried out in accordance with the Rapid a. Adopt the amended RSA and Social Assessment (RSA) updated, consulted and disclosed for National Aid Fund, Jordan implement throughout project the first additional financing (P176807). This RSA remains implementation. Social Security Corporation applicable to the Second AF and has been amended with minor updates required to reflect the project description and b. The RSA shall be updated based on a progress update of ongoing social assessments (targeting evaluation, gender assessment, payments assessment). The recommendations of social amended RSA for Second AF has been re-disclosed prior to assessments and redisclosed by 30 the second AF project appraisal. March 2022. b. The RSA shall be further updated, to reflect the c. Before carrying out the relevant recommendations of social assessments (targeting Project activities, and thereafter evaluation, gender assessment, payments assessment), once throughout implementation these assessments are completed, as described in sections 4 and 8 of the RSA. Implement measures, including prepare, disclose, adopt, and implement any plans or other instruments required for the respective Project activities based on the “Impacts and Benefits’ Accessibility assessment� as reflected in RSA Section 4�. in accordance with the ESSs, the EHSGs, and other relevant Good International Industry Practice (GIIP), including relevant WHO guidelines onCOVID- 19, in a manner acceptable to the Bank. c. Incorporate the relevant aspects of this ESCP, including, inter alia, any plans or other instruments, ESS2 requirements, and any other required ESHS measures, into the ESHS specifications of the procurement documents and contracts with third party service providers (e.g. consultancy services), where feasible, in particular the 4|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY required measures listed in the LMP Section 10. Thereafter ensure that third party service providers comply with the ESHS specifications of their respective contracts. 1.3 EXCLUSIONS: Exclude the following types of activities as Additional exclusions to be identified during National Aid Fund, Jordan ineligible for financing under the Project: the update of the assessment process Social Security Corporation conducted under action 1.2.b above. • Activities that may cause long term, permanent and/or Thereafter, exclusions are applied to irreversible adverse impacts project activities throughout • Activities that have high probability of causing serious implementation adverse impacts to human health • Activities that may have significant adverse social impacts and may give rise to significant social conflict • Activities that may involve resettlement or land acquisition/ land use restrictions or adverse impacts on cultural heritage • Any other activities excluded based on the Rapid Social Assessment. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 5|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT: The Project shall be carried out in Continue to apply and implement the National Aid Fund, Jordan accordance with the applicable requirements of ESS2, in a Labor Management Procedures, updated consulted and disclosed in July 2021, and Social Security Corporation manner acceptable to the Bank, including through, inter alia, implementing adequate occupational health and safety measures further updated before appraisal of the (including emergency preparedness and response measures), second additional financing, throughout setting out grievance arrangements for Project workers, and Project Implementation. incorporating labor requirements including Occupational Health and Safety into the ESHS specifications of the procurement documents and contracts with third party service providers. The Labor Management Procedures for the first additional financing (P176807) were updated, consulted and disclosed in July 2021. The activities of the second additional financing do not introduce any material changes in labor risks and impacts and therefore the LMP (with minor updates to refer to the second additional financing) remains relevant and applicable to the activities of the second additional financing. 6|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY 2.2 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) MEASURES: Adopt, The OHS measures were prepared, National Aid Fund, Jordan implement and update the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) disclosed and adopted as part of the LMP Social Security Corporation measures in line with LMP and WHO guidelines on COVID-19 in a and shall be applicable to the second manner acceptable to the Bank. Additional Financing. The OHS measures shall address: (a) hazards to project workers; (b) preventive and protective measures; (c) training of project All measures specified in this action 2.2 workers and maintenance of training records; (d) shall be implemented throughout the documentation and reporting of occupational accidents, Project implementation period. diseases and incidents; (e) emergency prevention and preparedness and response arrangements to emergency situations; and (f) remedies for adverse impacts such as occupational injuries, deaths, disability and disease. ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 3.1 Not relevant. N/A N/A ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY 7|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY 4.1 a. Implement the Community Health and Safety Management a. All measures specified in this action National Aid Fund, Jordan Plan that is part of the RSA, including, inter alia, measures to: shall be implemented throughout the Social Security Corporation minimize the potential for community exposure to communicable Project implementation period. diseases; ensure that individuals or groups who, because of their particular circumstances, may be disadvantaged or vulnerable, have access to the development benefits resulting from the Project. b. implement the following provisions to b. As per the Plan, implement the following provisions to prevent prevent and respond to sexual and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment exploitation and abuse, sexual or to the increase in domestic violence, in a manner consistent harassment or to the increase in with ESS1 and ESS10, and commensurate with the risks: domestic violence (i) By First disbursement under (i) Developing clear instructions on GBV referral pathways Category 2 for the project based on existing national referral (ii) Initial training roll-out completed. pathways and adding GBV to the NAF MIS system for Training shall be refreshed categorizing complaints raised to the call center. periodically, especially for new (ii) Provide training for NAF social workers and call center employees throughout operators on promoting awareness and detection of implementation cases of gender- based violence. (iii) Throughout project (iii) Maintain the Gender Technical Working Group including implementation. GBV expertise PMU has signed a code of conduct prohibiting SEA/SH. Any new PMU employees shall be required to sign the Code within 30 days of start of employment. 8|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT 5.1 Not relevant. N/A N/A ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES 6.1 Not relevant N/A N/A ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES 7.1 Not relevant N/A N/A ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE 8.1 Not currently relevant N/A N/A ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES 9.1 Not relevant N/A N/A ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 9|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN: Prepare, disclose, adopt, National Aid Fund, Jordan and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) consistent Social Security Corporation with ESS10, in a manner acceptable to the Bank. a. The SEP shall be updated and An SEP for the parent was already prepared and disclosed on May disclosed for the second additional 31, 2020, and was updated, consulted, and disclosed for the First financing by appraisal and Additional Financing on May 20, 2021. implemented throughout project a. implement the updated SEP which is disclosed prior implementation to project appraisal of second additional financing. b. Prior to migrating old cash transfer b. NAF shall also develop a detailed communication beneficiaries to Takaful (PBC 3.3) plan, for the migration of the old cash transfer beneficiaries to Takaful program 10.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM: Accessible grievance arrangements Throughout Project implementation National Aid Fund, Jordan shall be made publicly available to receive and facilitate Social Security Corporation resolution of concerns and grievances in relation to the Project, consistent with ESS10, in a manner acceptable to the Bank. 10 | P a g e THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY CAPACITY SUPPORT (TRAINING) (a) The Borrower shall deliver training programs for SCC, NAF (a) throughout implementation National Aid Fund, Jordan and non-NAF staff on handling inquiries, complaints and (b) throughout implementation grievances related to the project. Social Security Corporation (b) The Borrower shall deliver Occupational Health and Safety training for project workers, including social workers. 11 | P a g e