Ministry of Economy and Finance in charge of Industry / Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity (MASS) and Djiboutian Social Development Agency (ADDS) Integrated Community Resilience Project (ICRP) P506969 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) Negotiation Version 06 February 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The Ministry of Economy and Finance in charge of Industry (the Recipient) will implement the Integrated Resilience Community Project (Projet intégré de résilience Communautaire or PIRC) (the Project), with the involvement of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity (Ministère des affaires sociales et de la solidarité or MASS) and Djiboutian Social Development Agency (Agence djiboutienne de développement social or ADDS), as set out in the Financing Agreement (the Agreement). The International Development Association (Association) has agreed to provide the financing for the Project, as set out in 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 Agreements. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the 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, their respective timeframes; institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements; and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) documents that shall be prepared or updated, consulted, disclosed and implemented under the Project, consistent with the ESSs, in form and substance acceptable to the Association. Said E&S documents may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Association. As provided for under the referred Agreement, the Recipient shall ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover the costs of implementing the ESCP. 4. As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time, if necessary, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes or unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Association and the Recipient agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Recipient’s Representatives, the Secretary General of MASS and the Director General for ADDS. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 5. The subsection on “Indicators for Implementation Readiness” below identifies the actions and measures to be monitored to assess Project readiness to begin implementation in accordance with this ESCP. Nevertheless, all actions and measures in this ESCP shall be implemented as set out in the “Timeframe” column below irrespective of whether they are listed in the referred subsection. 2 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND CAPACITY SUPPORT A ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 1. Establish a PMU and hire or 1. ADDS appoint the environmental and 1. Establish and maintain a Project Management Unit (PMU) that is tasked with E&S management, social specialist, and SEA/SH with qualified staff and resources to support management of environmental, social, health and specialist no later than two safety (E&S) risks and impacts of the Project including one environmental specialist, social months after Effective Date, specialist and SEA/SH specialist for ADDS. and thereafter maintain these PMUs and these positions 2. MASS shall hire a social specialist with capacity for environmental risk management and a SEA/SH throughout Project specialist. For E&S training under component 1.2, hire an environmental specialist on a as implementation. 2. MASS needed basis. 2. Establish a PMU and hire or appoint a social specialist with 3. Submit a Terms of Reference (for both MASS and ADDS) for these positions to the Association for environmental capacity, and a no objection prior to hiring or appointing these positions. SEA/SH specialist no later than two months after Effective Date, and thereafter maintain . these PMUs and these positions throughout Project implementation. Hire an environmental specialist on a as needed basis for component 1.2. 3. ADDS and 3. Submit the TOR for the above MASS positions within 1 month of Effective Date. 3 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY B CAPACITY BUILDING PLAN/MEASURES Once every quarter, starting three PMU within ADDS months after Effective Date PMU within MASS Prepare and implement the following capacity building measures: • training for PMU staff, stakeholders, communities, Project workers on stakeholder mapping and engagement, specific aspects of environmental and social assessment, emergency preparedness and response, community health and safety, labor risk management, project grievance management (GM), consultation, Codes of Conduct, SEA/SH risks and management of the SEA/SH GM, road safety, avoidance of physical and/or economic impacts on property and restriction of access, inclusion of vulnerable groups, OHS, community health and safety risks, resource efficiency and management, workers’ grievance management, reporting practices MONITORING AND REPORTINGs C REGULAR REPORTING Submit quarterly reports to the PMU within ADDS Association throughout Project PMU within MASS Prepare and submit to the Association regular monitoring reports on the environmental, social, implementation, commencing after health and safety (E&S) performance of the Project. The reports shall include but not limited to: the Effective Date. Submit each report to the Association no later • Status of preparation and implementation of E&S documents required under the ESCP. than 15 days after the end of each reporting period. • Summary of stakeholder engagement activities carried out as per the Stakeholder Engagement Plan. • Complaints submitted to the grievance mechanisms, the grievance log, and progress made in resolving them. • E&S performance of contractors and subcontractors as reported through monthly contractors’ and supervision firms’ reports, as relevant. • Number and status of resolution of incidents and accidents reported under action E below. • Labor risk management as per the LMP including number of new hires, training and signing of the Codes of Conduct, verification of age, verification that all workers have contracts, OHS training. 4 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY D CONTRACTORS’ MONTHLY REPORTS Submit the monthly reports to the PMU within ADDS Association upon request as Require contractors and supervising firms to provide monthly monitoring reports on E&S annexes to the reports to be performance in accordance with the metrics specified in the respective bidding documents and submitted under action C above. contracts and submit such reports to the Association. E INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS Notify the Association no later than PMU within ADDS 48 hours after learning of the PMU within MASS Notify the Association of any incident or accident relating to the project which has, or is likely to incident or accident. Provide have, a significant adverse effect on the environment, the affected communities, the public or available details upon request. workers, including those resulting in death or significant injury to workers or the public; acts of violence, discrimination or protest; unforeseen impacts to cultural heritage or biodiversity Provide review report and resources; pollution of the environment; dam failure; forced or child labor; displacement without Corrective Action Plan to the due process (forced eviction); allegations of sexual exploitation or abuse (SEA), or sexual Association no later than 10 days harassment (SH); or disease outbreaks. Provide available details of the incident or accident to the following the submission of the Association upon request. initial notice, unless a different timeframe is agreed to in writing by Arrange for an appropriate review of the incident or accident to establish its immediate, underlying the Association. and root causes. Prepare, agree with the Association, and implement a Corrective Action Plan that sets out the measures and actions to be taken to address the incident or accident and prevent its recurrence. ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENTS AND/OR PLANS 1. Prepare the ESIA and ESMP prior 1. Prepare and implement an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) if required, and before the start of works under corresponding Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMPs), Environmental and Social Component 2 of the project and 1. PMU within ADDS Impact Assessment (ESIA)for Component 2 of the Project, consistent with the relevant ESSs. implement the ESIA and ESMP throughout Project 2. Prepare and implement an Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for the implementation. Project, consistent with the relevant ESSs. 2. PMU within ADDS 2. Prepare a draft ESMF prior to 3. Require contractors to prepare the ESMPs (C-ESMP) if applicable under Component 2 and Appraisal. Update and finalize the implement the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Environmental and Social ESMF no later than three months 3. PMU within ADDS Management Plan (ESMPs)], as set out in the ESMF. The proposed activities described in the after Effective Date and thereafter exclusion list set out in the ESMF shall be ineligible to receive financing under the Project. implement the ESMF throughout Project implementation. 5 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 4. Provide environmental and social risk management and sustainability training for beneficiaries 3. Prepare the C-ESMP as a under sub-component 1.2, and develop an exclusion list of eligible activities for financing by the prerequisite for contract execution Association. Submit this list and the technical assistance training module to the Association for No and incorporate the ESMPs as part Objection. of the respective bidding documents for the respective Project activities under Component 2 that requires the preparation of such ESMP. Once finalized, implement the respective ESMP throughout Project implementation. 4. Develop and present an E&S 4. PMU within MASS training program for beneficiaries under component 1.2, and develop an exclusion list, prior to the start of project activities. 1.2 MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTORS As part of the preparation of PMU within ADDS procurement documents and PMU within MASS Incorporate the relevant aspects of the ESCP, including, inter alia, the relevant environmental and respective contracts. social documents and/or plans, the Labor Management Procedures, and code of conduct, into the E&S specifications of the procurement documents and contracts with contractors and supervising Supervise contractors throughout firms. Thereafter ensure that the contractors and supervising firms comply and that they require their Project implementation. Copies of subcontractors to comply with the E&S specifications of their respective contracts. Provide copies of relevant contracts provided to the the relevant contracts with contractors/subcontractors and supervision firms to the Association, as Association upon request. relevant. 1.3 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Throughout Project PMU within ADDS implementation PMU within MASS Carry out the consultancies, studies (including feasibility studies, if applicable), capacity building, training, and any other technical assistance activities under the Project including, inter alia, ESIAs, ESMPs, and other E&S instruments, in accordance with terms of reference acceptable to the Association, that are consistent with the ESSs. Thereafter prepare and finalize the outputs of such activities in compliance with the terms of reference. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 6 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES Prepare the LMP no later than PMU within ADDS three months after Effective Date, PMU within MASS Prepare and implement the Labor Management Procedures (LMP) for the Project. and thereafter implement the LMP throughout Project implementation. 2.2 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT PLAN Same timeframe as for the PMU within ADDS preparation and implementation of PMU within MASS Require contractors and subcontractors to prepare and implement OHS Management Measures or actions 1.1 above and thereafter Plan in accordance with the C-ESMP and the LMP to be prepared under action 1.1 and action 2.1 implement the plan throughout Project implementation]. 2.3 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM FOR PROJECT WORKERS Establish grievance mechanism PMU within ADDS prior engaging Project workers and PMU within MASS Establish and operate a grievance mechanism for Project workers, as described in the LMP and thereafter maintain and operate it consistent with ESS2. throughout Project implementation. ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 3.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Same timeframe as for the PMU within ADDS Prepare and implement a Waste Management Plan (WMP), as part of the ESMPs and ESIAs to be preparation and implementation of prepared for the Project under action 1.1, to manage hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, actions 1.1 above and thereafter consistent with ESS3. implement the WMP throughout Project implementation] 3.2 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT Same timeframe as for the PMU within ADDS Incorporate resource efficiency and pollution prevention and management measures in specified in preparation and implementation of the ESMF, site specific ESMPs and ESIAs to be prepared under action 1.1 above. The Recipient shall actions 1.1 above manage in particular, water resources and implement the mitigation measures from the assessment plan. 3.2 WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN 1. Same timeframe as for the PMU within ADDS 1. Prepare and implement a Waste Management Plan (WMP), as part of the ESMF, ESIA/ESMP preparation and prepared for the Project, to manage hazardous and non-hazardous wastes, consistent with implementation of actions 1.1 ESS3. above 2. Cause contractors to include this plan in the contractor’s ESMP (C-ESMP). 2. Before the start of the works 7 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY 4.1 TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY Same timeframe as for the PMU within ADDS Incorporate measures to manage traffic and road safety risks as required in the ESMP to be preparation and implementation of PMU within MASS prepared under action 1.1 above for ADDS. The Recipient shall require that contractors adopt and actions 1.1 above for ADDS and implement measures and action to assess and manage traffic and road safety risks, as required in actions 2.1 above for MASS the ESMP and C-ESMP referred to in actions 1.1 above. For MASS, incorporate measures to manage traffic and road safety risks as required in the LMP to be prepared under action 2.1 above 4.2 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY Same timeframe as for the Assess and manage specific risks and impacts to the community arising from Project activities, preparation and implementation of PMU within ADDS including, inter alia, behavior of Project workers, risks of labor influx, response to emergency action 1.1 above for ADDS and PMU within MASS situations, and include mitigation measures in the ESMPs to be prepared in accordance with the action 2.1 for MASS. ESMF for ADDS. These measures shall be included in an annex of the LMP for MASS. 4.3 SEA AND SH RISKS Prepare the SEA/SH Action Plan PMU within ADDS before no later than three months PMU within MASS Prepare and implement a SEA/SH Action Plan, to assess and manage the risks of SEA and SH and after Effective Date, and thereafter shall be included in an annex of the ESMF and ESMPs of ADDS, and in the LMP for MASS. implement the SEA/SH Action Plan throughout Project implementation. ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT 5.1 This standard is not relevant. Any activity which require land acquisition or induces permanent or temporary physical and/or economic displacement is ineligible to receive project financing. ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL 6.1 BIODIVERSITY RISKS AND IMPACTS Same timeframe as for the PMU within ADDS preparation and implementation of Prepare and implement a Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) as part of the ESIA, to be prepared action 1.1 above and implement it under action 1.1 consistent with ESS6 to address potential impacts on biodiversity, natural throughout the Project. ecosystems, and species associated with project activities. ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES 7.1 This standard is not relevant. There are no known groups which meet the criteria of IP/SSAHUTLCs in any of the project areas. ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE 8 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 8.1 CHANCE FINDS Describe the chance find PMU within ADDS Describe and implement the chance finds procedures, as part of the ESMP(s) of the Project. procedures in the ESMP(s). Implement the procedures throughout Project implementation. ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES This standard is not relevant as Fis are not involved in the project. ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN Update the SEP as per World Bank PMU within ADDS comments on the draft versions, no PMU within MASS Update and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) for the Project, consistent with ESS10, later than three months after which shall include measures to, inter alia, provide stakeholders with timely, relevant, Effective Date, and thereafter understandable and accessible information, and consult with them in a culturally appropriate implement the SEP throughout manner, which is free of manipulation, interference, coercion, discrimination and intimidation. The Project implementation. SEP is to include additional consultations, including those with vulnerable groups. 10.2 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Establish the grievance mechanism, PMU within ADDS inclusive of a SEA/SH-GM process, PMU within MASS Establish, publicize, maintain, and operate an accessible grievance mechanism, to receive and prior to the start of project facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances in relation to the Project, promptly and effectively, activities, which includes in a transparent manner that is culturally appropriate and readily accessible to all Project-affected consultation with communities, and parties, at no cost and without retribution, including concerns and grievances filed anonymously, in thereafter maintain and operate a manner consistent with ESS10. the mechanism throughout Project implementation. 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. INDICATORS FOR IMPLEMENTATION READINESS The following actions are indicators for implementation readiness: 1. Establishment of E&S and SEA/SH risk management units in the Project Implementation Entities 2. Recruitment and training of E&S and SEA/SH staff within Project Implementation Entities 3. Clearance and finalization of ESMF under Component 2 4. Clearance and finalization of LMPs under Components 1 and 2 5. Clearance and finalization of SEA/SH Action Plans under Components 1 and 2 6. Clearance and finalization of the SEPs for both ADDS and MASS 9 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 7. Implementation of the GM, including a GM process to handle incidents related to SEA/SH under both Components 1 and 2 10