URTF GRANT NUMBER TF0C5794 Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Multi-Donor Trust Fund Grant Agreement (Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine Project) between UKRAINE and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY acting as administrator of Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Multi-Donor Trust Fund URTF GRANT NUMBER TF0C5794 UKRAINE RELIEF, RECOVERY, RECONSTRUCTION AND REFORM MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND GRANT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of the Signature Date between URAKINE ("Recipient") and INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT/INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ("Bank"), acting as acting as administrator of the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Multi-Donor Trust Fund. WHEREAS: (A) following an international effort to provide development support to Ukraine and having satisfied itself as to the feasibility and priority of the program and the project as further described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement ("Program" am.I/or "Prujt:d", wllt:divdy, "Oµerntion"), the Recipient has requested the Bank to extend a grant to assist in the financing of the Project; (B) the Recipient also obtained a loan in the amount of two hundred thirty-five million ($235,000,000) ("Loan") from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ("Bank"), which Loan has been extended for the Program by the Bank under the Loan Agreement (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement); and (C) the Recipient has also obtained from the International Development Association ("Association") through the Special Program for Ukraine and Moldova Recovery, on an exceptional basis, a credit in the amount of one hundred and fifty million Dollars ($150,000,000) ("Credit"), which Credit has been extended for the Program by the Association under the Financing Agreement (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement). The Recipient and the Bank hereby agree as follows: Article I Standard Conditions; Definitions 1.0 I. The Standard Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement) apply to and form part of this Agreement. 1.02. Unless the context requires otherwise, the capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the Standard Conditions or in the Appendix this Agreement. 2 Article II The Project 2.01. The Recipient declares its commitment to the objectives of the project described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement ("Project"). To this end, the Recipient, through the MoES, shall carry out the Project in accordance with the provisions of Article II of the Standard Conditions and Schedule 2 to this Agreement. Article III The Grant 3.01. The Bank agrees to extend to the Recipient a grant in an amount not to exceed thirty million Dollars ($30,000,000) ("Grant") to assist in financing the Project. 3.02. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Grant in accordance with Section III of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 3.03 . The Grant is funded out of the abovementioned trust fund for which the Bank receives periodic contributions from the donors to the trust fund. In accordance with Section 3.02 of the Standard Conditions, the Bank's payment obligations in connection with this Agreement are limited to the amount of funds made available to it by the donors under the abovementioned trust fund, and the Recipient's right to withdraw the Grant proceeds is subject to the availability of such funds. Article IV Effectiveness; Termination 4.01. This Agreement shall not become effective until evidence satisfactory to the Bank has been furnished to the Bank that the condition specified below has been satisfied, namely that the Loan Agreement and the Financing Agreement have been executed and delivered and all conditions precedent to their effectiveness or to the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals under them (other than the effectiveness of this Agreement) have been fulfilled. 4.02. Except as the Recipient and the Bank shall otherwise agree, this Agreement shall enter into effect on the date upon which the Bank dispatches to the Recipient notice of its acceptance of the evidence required pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement ("Effective Date"). If, before the Effective Date, any event has occurred which would have entitled the Bank to suspend the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals from the Grant Account if this Agreement had been effective, the Bank may postpone the dispatch of the notice referred to in this Section until such event (or events) has (or have) ceased to exist. 4.03. This Agreement and all obligations of the parties under it shall terminate ifit has not entered into effect by the date ninety (90) days after the date of this Agreement, 3 unless the Bank, after consideration of the reasons for the delay, establishes a later date for the purpose of this Section. The Bank shall promptly notify the Recipient of such later date. 4.04. Without limitation to Section 7.02(b) of the Standard Conditions (as amended hereinafter), any modification to this Agreement shall be executed by written instrument agreed by the parties hereto. Such amendment shall become effective on the date as of which it has been executed by all parties unless otherwise specified in the amending agreement. Article V Recipient's Representative; Addresses 5.0 I. The Recipient' s Representative referred to in Section 7.02 of the Standard Conditions is its Minister of Finance. 5.02. For purposes of Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions: (a) the Recipient' s address is: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine l 0, Beresteiskyi Avenue Kyiv, 01135 Ukraine; and (b) the Recipient's Electronic Address is: Facsimile: E-mail: +38 (044) 425-90-26 rnon@mo n.gov.ua 5.03. For purposes of Section 7.01 of the Standard Conditions: (a) the Bank's address is: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America; and 4 (b) the Bank's Electronic Address is: Telex: Facsimile: 248423 (MCI) or 1-202-477-6391 64145 (MCI) AGREED as of the Signature Date. UKRAINE By t:,, 7 Authorized Representative Name: DIJerL- 1,, -w Title: /n,'Jt/J/.u c/ eal,'0n '~e,lti Date: ~ .,(,It ,.i.$£4 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT/ INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (acting as acting as administrator of the Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Multi-Donor Trust Fund) By rized Representative Name: U u : - f J. fe1urn .i _ 'D..eRA 04-iwf_ ~ wh If {), 'ru,.:f')-·<' Title: ~ t k Eµ.,,roP-L Date: S r ~ ,,,.., Mo! Lr 5 SCHEDULE 1 Operation Description The objectives of the Operation are: to (i) improve teaching and learning conditions; and (ii) strengthen management capacity of the education system. The Operation consists of the Program and the Project as follows: I. The Program: The Program consists of the following activities: Results Area I: Improving Teaching and Learning Conditions Improving critical government subprograms and related Shelter Subvention, School Bus Subvention, and New Ukrainian School Subvention, for teaching and learning conditions including: (a) . , providing access to safe conditions to students and teachers for in-person teaching and learning through: (i) construction and rehabilitation of climate-resilient shelters in selected schools; and (ii) ensuring free, inclusive, and low-emissions bus transportation to selected schools; (b) developing and implementing a training plan on the New Ukrainian School ("NUS") curriculum and standards to teachers and managers, including on climate and environmental awareness, green skills for the green transition, and responding to climate-related disasters; and (c) providing updated textbooks and teaching materials nationwide aligned with the NUS principles of competency-based and student-centered education, including climate and environmental awareness and green skills for the green transition. Results Area 2: Improving Management Capacity Improving the Recipient's management capacity to distribute resources efficiently, through strengthening the Education Subvention process by modifying the allocation criteria for a gradual increase in the minimum number of students required in schools for aJlocation offunds, 6 II. The Project The Project consists of the following activities: Part I. Support NUS Pilot in Grades 8 to 12 Providing technical support to pilot the NUS reform in selected schools for grades 8 to 12, through: (a) developing, printing, delivering, and testing teaching and learning materials for the NUS Pilot; (b) (i) developing and carrying out teachers' Training programs to teachers, school principals, and their deputies; and (ii) providing technical assistance to design a fit-for-purpose instrument for measuring teacher classroom practices and to implement said instrument in a sample of classrooms in grades 8 and 9; and (c) providing STEM, ICT, and other required equipment aligned with the NUS standards to schools in the NUS Pilot at the basic education level for grades 8 to 12. Part 11. trengthening the Mo ES Management Capacity Strengthening the MoES capacity to manage, monitor, and evaluate the rollout of the NUS reform through: (a) providing technical assistance to: (i) the Directorate of School Education and its office responsible for NUS implementation to plan, monitor, and evaluate the reform at national and decentralized levels; and (ii) MoES units in charge of NUS reform administration and communication; (b) strengthening the Ukrainian Institute of Education Development's ("UIRO") capacity through: (i) carrying out an organizational capacity audit; (ii) designing a capacity development plan; (iii) carrying out staff Training; (iv) creating a digital platform for the storage, distribution, organization, and assessment of digital educational materials; and (v) providing material and equipment for educational and methodological laboratories of UIRO; (c) creating a Special Online Platform ("SOP") for State Final Examination ("DPA") including: (i) development and piloting of SOP software; and (ii) modernization of SOP software during implementation and provision technical support; 7 (d) modernizing the education management infonnation system (" AIKOM"), through: (i) development of new AIKOM functionality; (ii) support for AIKOM interoperability with the solutions/clients; and (iii) provision of services and equipment for proper systems functioning and management; and (e) improving the education infrastructure planning through: (i) development of innovative designs aligned to the NUS teaching and learning practices; and (ii) preparation of infrastructure development plans for investment prioritization in educational institutions. Part 111. Project Management and Monitoring Support to the Recipient in the areas of Project management and implementation, monitoring and evaluation, technical assistance, data collection and analysis, hiring the independent verification agent, including Training and Operating Costs, procurement, environmental and social, and supervision of implementation of the ESCP. Part l V. Contingent Emergency Response Provision of immediate response to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, as needed. 8 SCHEDULE2 Project Execution Section I. Institutional and Other Arrangements A. Institutional and lmplemetation Arrangements 1. The Recipient shall vest the overall responsibility for the implementation of the Project on its Ministry of Finance ("MoF") and its Ministry of Education and Science ("MoES"). To this end: (a) MoF shall be responsible for Program overall supervision and coordination; and (b) Mo ES shall be responsible for the overall implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Project. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 above, the Recipient, through the MoES, shall: (a) establish by not later than one (I) month after the Effective Date, and thereafter maintain throughout the period of implementation of the Program, a steering committee ("Steering Committee") with terms of reference agreed with the Bank: (i) with composition, mandate, and resources satisfactory to the Bank; (ii) to be chaired by MoES; (iii) to be comprised of, inter alia, representatives of the MoF; and (iv) to be responsible for, inter alia, high-level interinstitutional coordination and strategic implementation overview functions, all further described in the Operational Manual; (b) maintain, throughout the Project implementation, a Project Implementation Unit ("PIU") responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the Project, with composition, functions, staffing, facilities, and other resources satisfactory to the Bank and as further described in the Operational Manual. 3. (a) The Recipient shall, not later than one (1) month after the Effective Date, develop and adopt an operational manual for the Operation (the "Operational Manual"), in a manner and substance satisfactory to the Bank, and thereafter ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with such manual, which shall, with regards to the Project, set forth the institutional, administrative, financial, technical and operational guidelines and procedures for the implementation thereof, including: (i) the definition of the contours of Project activities, including results framework, overall budget, and detailed Project eligible expenditures and activities; (ii) the composition and terms of reference, satisfactory to the Bank, of the Steering Committee, as well as the Project's intra- and inter- institutional arrangements, including delineation of roles and 9 responsibilities; (iii) the detailed environmental and social risk mitigation measures and documents for the Project; (iv) the financial management protocols and standards applicable to the Project; (v) detailed guidelines for the administration of the Project proceeds, as well as the flow of funds; (vi) procurement arrangements for the Project, the clear allocation of procurement responsibilities thereunder, including record keeping systems and corruption prevention and reporting mechanisms; (vii) the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines; (viii) the grievance mechanism for the Project, as well as their associated protocols and procedures (including timelines) for addressing and reporting on grievance complaints; (ix) monitoring and evaluation requirements, including verification systems for the Project; (x) internal and external audit requirements, including regular submissions of audit reports to the Bank; (xi) quality assurance standards, protocols, and review mechanisms; and (xii) any other technical and organizational arrangements and procedures as shall be required for the Operation. (b) Tht: Rt:t:iµit:11l shall 1diai11fw111111alt:1ially a11J/01 subslanlially amending, revising, waiving, voiding, abrogating, or suspending any provision of the Operational Manual, whether in whole or in part, without the prior written concurrence of the Bank. (c) In the event of any inconsistency between a provision of the Operational Manual and those of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. B. Environmental and Social Standards I. The Recipient, through the MoES, shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards, in a manner acceptable to the Bank. 2. Without limitation upon paragraph 1 above, the Recipient, through the MoES, shall ensure that the Project is implemented in accordance with the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan ("ESCP"), in a manner acceptable to the Bank. To this end, the Recipient shall ensure that: (a) the measures and actions specified in the ESCP are implemented with due diligence and efficiency, as provided in the ESCP; (b) sufficient funds are available to cover the costs of implementing the ESCP; (c) policies and procedures are maintained, and qualified and experienced staff in adequate numbers are retained to implement the ESCP, as provided in the ESCP; and 10 (d) the ESCP, or any provision thereof, is not amended, repealed, suspended, or waived, except as the Bank shall otherwise agree in writing, as specified in the ESCP, and ensure that the revised ESCP is disclosed promptly thereafter. 3. In case of any inconsistencies between the ESCP and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. 4. The Recipient, through the MoES, shall ensure that: (a) all measures necessary are taken to collect, compile, and furnish to the Bank through regular reports, with the frequency specified in the ESCP, and promptly in a separate report or reports, if so requested by the Bank, information on the status of compliance with the ESCP and the environmental and social instruments referred to therein, all such reports in form and substance acceptable to the Bank, setting out, inter alia: (i) the status of implementation of the ESCP; (ii) conditions, if any, which interfere or threaten to interfere with the implementation of the ESCP; and (iii) corrective and preventive measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions; and (b) the Bank is promptly notified of any incident or accident related to or having an impact on the Project which has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse effect on the environment, the affected communities, the public or workers, including, in accordance with the ESCP, the environmental and social instruments referenced therein and the Environmental and Social Standards. 5. The Recipient, through the MoES, shall establish, publicize, maintain, and operate an accessible grievance mechanism, to receive and facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances of Project-affected people, and take all measures necessary and appropriate to resolve, or facilitate the resolution of, such concerns and grievances, in a manner acceptable to the Bank. C. Contingent Emergency Response I. In order to ensure the proper implementation of contingent emergency response activities under Part IV of the Project ("Contingent Emergency Response Part"), the Recipient shall ensure that: (a) a manual ("CERC Manual") is prepared and adopted in form and substance acceptable to the Bank, which shall set forth detailed implementation arrangements for the Contingent Emergency Response Part, including: (i) any structures or institutional arrangements for coordinating and implementing the Contingent Emergency Response Part; 11 (ii) specific activities which may be included in the Contingent Emergency Response Part, Eligible Expenditures required therefor ("Emergency Expenditures"), and any procedures for such inclusion; (iii) financial management arrangements for the Contingent Emergency Response Part; (iv) procurement methods and procedures for the Contingent Emergency Response Part; (v) documentation required for withdrawals of Grant amounts to finance Emergency Expenditures; (vi) a description of the environmental and social assessment and management arrangements for the Contingent Emergency Response Part; and (vii) a template Emergency Action Plan; (b) the Emergency Action Plan is prepared and adopted in form and substance acceptable to the Bank; (c) the Contingent Emergency Response Part is carried out in accordance with the CERC Manual and the Emergency Action Plan; provided, however, that in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the CERC Mnnual or the Emergency Action Plan and this Agreement, the provir.iiomi of this Agreement shall prevail; and (d) neither the CERC Manual nor the Emergency Action Plan is amended, suspended, abrogated, repealed, or waived without the prior written approval by the Bank. 2. The Recipient shall ensure that the structures and arrangements referred to in the CERC Manual are maintained throughout the implementation of the Contingent Emergency Response Part, with adequate staff and resources satisfactory to Bank. 3. The Recipient shall ensure that: (a) the environmental and social instruments required for the Contingent Emergency Response Part are prepared, disclosed, and adopted in accordance with the CERC Manual and the ESCP, and in form and substance acceptable to the Bank; and (b) the Contingent Emergency Response Part is carried out in accordance with the environmental and social instruments in a manner acceptable to the Bank. 4. Activities under the Contingent Emergency Response Part shall be undertaken only after an Eligible Crisis or Emergency has occurred. 12 Section II. Project Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation A. Project Reports I. The Recipient, through the MoES, shall ensure that each Project Report is furnished to the Bank not later than one (I) month after the end of each calendar semester, covering the calendar semester. 2. Except as may otherwise be explicitly required or permitted under this Agreement or as may be explicitly requested by the Bank, in sharing any information, report or document related to the activities described in Schedule I of this Agreement, the Recipient shall ensure that such information, report, or document does not include Personal Data. Section III. Withdrawal of Grant Proceeds A. General The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Grant in accordance with the provisions of: (a) Article III of the Standard Conditions; and (b) this Section; to finance Eligible Expenditures in the amount allocated and, if applicable, up to the percentage set forth against each Category of the following table. Category Amount of the Grant Percentage of Allocated Expenditures to be (expressed in USD) Financed (inclusive of Taxes) ( 1) Goods, non-consulting services and consulting 30,000,000 100% services under the Project (2) Emergency Expenditures 0 TOT AL AMOUNT 30,000,000 B. Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period .I. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part A of this Section no withdrawal shall be made: (a) for payments made prior to the Signature Date; (b) for Emergency Expenditures under Category (2), unless and until all of the following conditions have been met in respect of said expenditures: 13 (i) (A) the Recipient has determined that an Eligible Crisis or Emergency has occurred, and has furnished to the Bank a request to withdraw Grant amounts under Category (2); and (B) the Bank has agreed with such determination, accepted said request, and notified the Recipient thereof; and (ii) the Recipient has adopted the CERC Manual and the Emergency Action Plan, in form and substance acceptable to the Bank. 2. (a) The Recipient undertakes that no Grant proceeds or resources may be used for defense, security, or military purposes, or for any payments made to any defense, security, or military forces. (b) If the Bank determines, at any time, that an amount of the Grant was used to make a payment for either: (i) ineligible expenditures; or (ii) used for defense, security, or military (including any other types of military forces, if such may be relevant) purposes, the Recipient shall, promptly upon nolice from lhe Bank, refuml an amounl equal to the amount of such expenditures financed by the Bank. All amounts so refunded to the bank pursuant to the abovementioned request will be subsequently canceled. 3. The Closing Date is September 1, 2027. 14 APPENDIX Section I. Definitions I. "AIKOM" means an integrated national information system responsible for ensuring proper digital interaction between national authorities, local self- government bodies, institutions, and educational institutions, their structural subdivisions, participants in the educational process, and other legal entities and individuals in the education system in Ukraine, as defined by Article 74 1 of the Recipient's Law "On Education", dated September 5, 2017, as amended 2. "Anti-Corruption Guidelines" means, for purposes of paragraph 2 of the Appendix to the Standard Conditions, the "Guidelines on Preventing and Combating Fraud and Corruption in Projects Financed by IBRD Loans and IDA Credits and Grants", dated October 15, 2006, and revised in January, 2011, and as of July 1, 2016. 3. "Category" means a category set forth in the table in Section III.A of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 4. "CERC Manual" means the manual referred to in Section l.C. l(a) of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, as such manual may be updated from time to time with the agreement of the Bank, and which is an integral part of the Operational Manual. 5. "Contingent Emergency Response Part" means any activity or activities to be carried out under Part IV of the Project to respond to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency. 6. "Directorate of School Education" means the MoES's unit responsible for primary and secondary education, or any successor thereto. 7. "Education Subvention" means the inter-budgetary mechanism of yearly transfer from state budget to local budgets to contribute to the financing of teachers' salaries, including at general secondary education institutions. 8. "Eligible Crisis or Emergency" means an event that has caused, or is likely to imminently cause, a major adverse economic and/or social impact to the Recipient, associated with a natural or man-made crisis or disaster. 9. "Emergency Expenditures" means any of the eligible expenditures set forth in the CERC Manual referred to in Section I.C.1 (a) of Schedule 2 to this Agreement and required for the Contingent Emergency Response Part. 10. "Emergency Action Plan" means the plan referred to in Section LC. I of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, detailing the activities, budget, implementation plan, and monitoring and evaluation arrangements, to respond to the Eligible Crisis or Emergency. 15 11. "Environmental and Social Commitment Plan" or "ESCP" means the environmental and social commitment plan for the Project, dated July 29, 2024, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof, which sets out the material measures and actions that the Recipient shall carry out or cause to be carried out to address the potential environmental and social risks and impacts of the Project, including the timeframes of the actions and measures, institutional, staffing, Training, monitoring and reporting arrangements, and any environmental and social instruments to be prepared thereunder. 12. "Environmental and Social Standards" or "ESSs" means, collectively: (i) "Environmental and Social Standard 1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts"; (ii) "Environmental and Social Standard 2: Labor and Working Conditions"; (iii) "Environmental and Social Standard 3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management"; (iv) "Environmental and Social Standard 4: Community Health and Safety"; (v) "Environmental and Social Standard 5: Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement"; (vi) "Environmental and Social Standard 6: Biudiversily Cu11servaliu11 and Suslai11able Ma11ageme11L uf Living Natural Resources"; (vii) "Environmental and Social Standard 7: Indigenous Peoples/Sub- Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities"; (viii) "Environmental and Social Standard 8: Cultural Heritage"; (ix) "Environmental and Social Standard 9: Financial Intermediaries"; (x) "Environmental and Social Standard 10: Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure"; effective on October 1, 2018, as published by the Bank. 13. "Financing Agreement" means the agreement between the Recipient and the Association for the Program, of the same date as this Agreement, as such agreement may be amended from time to time. "Financing Agreement" includes all appendices, schedules, and agreements supplemental to the Financing Agreement. 14. "ICT" means information and communication technology. 15. "Loan Agreement" means the loan agreement for the Program between the Recipient and the Bank, dated the same date as this Agreement, as such loan agreement may be amended from time to time. "Loan Agreement" includes all appendices, schedules, and agreements supplemental to the Loan Agreement. 16. "Ministry of Education and Science" and "MoES" each means the Recipient's ministry of education and science, or any successor thereto. 17. "Ministry of Finance" and "MoF" each means the Recipient's ministry of finance, or any successor thereto. 16 18. "New Ukrainian School" and "NUS" each means the Recipient's reform program of general secondary education approved by the Recipient's Cabinet of Ministers Resolution No. 988, dated December 14, 2016, as amended. 19. "NUS Pilot" means the pilot for testing the content and organization of the NUS in a limited sample of educational institutions for a set period of time as further detailed in the Operational Manual. 20. "New Ukrainian School Subvention" and "NUS Subvention" each means the inter- budgetary mechanism of yearly transfer from state budget to local budgets to contribute to the financing of the national implementation of the NUS reform. 21. "Operation" means the Project and the Program, collectively. 22. "Operational Manual" means the manual in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank, as approved by the Recipient (through the MoES), and referred to in Section I.A.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, as said manual may be amended from time to time with the prior and written agreement of the Bank. 23. "Operating Costs" means the reasonable incremental operational costs related to technical and administrative management, preparation, monitoring, and supervision required under the Project, including inter alia, office equipment, supplies, travel costs (including accommodations, transportation costs, and per diem) (but excluding salaries of officials of the Recipient's civil service), printing services, communication costs, utilities, maintenance of office equipment and facilities, vehicle operation and maintenance costs, and logistics services, all as approved by the Bank. 24. "Personal Data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. An identifiable individual is one who can be identified by reasonable means, directly or indirectly, by reference to an attribute or combination of attributes within the data, or combination of the data with other available information. Attributes that can be used to identify an identifiable individual include, but are not limited to, name, identification number, location data, online identifier, metadata, and factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of an individual. 25. "Procurement Regulations" means, for purposes of paragraph 20 of the Appendix to the Standard Conditions, the "World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers", dated September 2023. 26. "Program" means activities described in Schedule l to this Agreement. 27. "Project" means the activities described in Schedule I to this Agreement. 17 28. "Project Implementation Unit" and "PIU" each means the unit established within the MoES and referred to in Section I.A.2(b) of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 29. "Shelter Subvention" means the inter-budgetary mechanism of yearly transfer from state budget to local budgets for the provision of shelters in general secondary education institutions. 30. "School Bus Subvention" means the inter-budgetary mechanism of yearly transfer from the state budget to local budgets to purchase school buses, including for students with disabilities. 31. "Signature Date" means the later of the two dates on which the Recipient and the Bank signed this Agreement and such definition applies to all references to "the date of the Grant Agreement" in the Standard Conditions. 32. "Special Online Platform" and "SOP" each means a digital evaluation tool of the State Final Examination. 33. "Special Program for Ukraine and Moldova Recovery" means the dedicated special program established under the IDA's crisis facility to provide financial support to Ukraine and Moldova. 34. "State Final Examination" and "DPA" each means the monitoring system of educational results compliance with the requirement for general secondary education state standard at the appropriate level. 35. "Standard Conditions" means the "International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Development Association Standard Conditions for Grant Financing Made by the Bank out of Trust Funds", dated February 25, 2019, with the modifications set forth in Section TI of this Appendix. 36. "Steering Committee" means the committee to be established pursuant to Section I.A.2(a) of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 37. "STEM" means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. 38. "Training" means Project related training courses, seminars, workshops, and other training activities, including costs of training materials, space and equipment rental, travel, accommodation, and per diem costs of trainees and trainers, trainers' fees, and other training related miscellaneous costs. 39. "Ukrainian Institute of Education Development" and "UIRO" each means the Recipient's state agency responsible for implementation of national education policies, as established by the Recipient's Cabinet of Ministers' Resolution No. 593, dated July 17, 2019. 18 Section II. Modifications to the Standard Conditions 1. Section 7.02 (Action on Behalf of the Recipient) is modified to read as follows: "(a) The representative designated by the Recipient in the Grant Agreement for the purpose of this Section (or any person authorized by such representative for the purpose) ("Recipient's Representative"), may take any action required or permitted to be taken pursuant to the Grant Agreement, and execute any documents or dispatch any Electronic Document, required or permitted to be executed pursuant to the Grant Agreement on behalf of the Recipient. (b) The representative so designated by the Recipient or person so authorized by such representative may agree to any modification or amplification of the provisions of such Grant Agreement on behalf of such Recipient by Electronic Document or by written instrument executed by such representative or authorized person; provided that, in the opinion of such representative, the modification or amplification is reasonable in the circumstances and will not substantially increase the obligations of the Recipient under the Grant Agreement. The Bank may accept the execution by such representative or other authorized person of any such instrument as conclusive evidence that such representative is of such opinion."