CREDIT NUMBER 6728-LK (CONCESSIONAL CREDIT) CREDIT NUMBER 6727-LK (NON-CONCESSIONAL CREDIT) Financing Agreement (Additional Financing for the COVID 19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project) between DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION CREDIT NUMBER 6728-LK (CONCESSIONAL CREDIT) CREDIT NUMBER 6727-LK (NON-CONCESSIONAL CREDIT) FINANCING AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of the Signature Date between DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA (“Recipient”) and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (“Association”) for the purpose of providing additional financing for activities related to the Original Project (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement). WHEREAS the Recipient has requested the INTERNTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, acting as a Responding Agency of the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility Fund (“PEF Fund”) to provide additional assistance toward the financing of activities described in Part 1.1 of Schedule 1 to this Agreement, and, by an agreement of even date herewith between the Recipient and the Association (the “PEF Grant Agreement”), the Association has agreed to provide such assistance on the terms and conditions provided, or referred to, therein, in an amount of US$ 1,723,519.98 (the “PEF Grant”). The Recipient and the Association hereby agree as follows: ARTICLE I — GENERAL CONDITIONS; DEFINITIONS 1.01. The General 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 General Conditions, the Original Financing Agreement, (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement), the Original Loan Agreement (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement), or in the Appendix to this Agreement. ARTICLE II — CREDIT 2.01. The Association agrees to extend to the Recipient to assist in financing the project described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement (“Project”): (a) a credit, which is deemed as Concessional Financing for purposes of the General Conditions, in an amount equivalent to thirty three million forty -2- nine thousand five hundred and ninety seven Special Drawing Rights (SDR 33,049,597), to assist in financing the project described in Schedule 1 to this Agreement (“Project”) (“Concessional Credit”); and (b) a credit, which is deemed as Non-concessional Financing for purposes of the General Conditions, in the amount of forty one million nine hundred thousand Dollars (US$ 41,900,000), as such amount may be converted from time to time through a Currency Conversion (“Non-Concessional Credit”), (the Concessional Credit and the Non-Concessional Credit jointly referred to, variously, as “Credit” or “Financing”). 2.02. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Credit in accordance with Section III of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 2.03. The Payment Dates are March 15 and September 15 in each year. 2.04. The Payment Currency is Dollar. ARTICLE III —CONCESSIONAL CREDIT TERMS 3.01. The Maximum Commitment Charge Rate for the Concessional Credit is one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) per annum on the Unwithdrawn Credit Balance of the Concessional Credit. 3.02. The Service Charge for the Concessional Credit is three-fourths of one percent (3/4 of 1%) per annum on the Withdrawn Credit Balance of the Concessional Credit. 3.03 The Interest Charge for the Concessional Credit is one and a quarter percent (1.25%) per annum on the Withdrawn Credit Balance. 3.04. The principal amount of the Concessional Credit shall be repaid in accordance with the repayment schedule set forth in Schedule 3 to this Agreement. ARTICLE IV — NON-CONCESSIONAL CREDIT TERMS 4.01. The Front-end Fee for the Non-Concessional Credit is one quarter of one percent (¼ of 1%) of the Non-Concessional Credit amount. 4.02. The Commitment Charge for the Non-Concessional Credit is one-quarter of one percent (¼ of 1%) per annum on the Unwithdrawn Credit Balance, provided that -3- the Commitment Charge for the period beginning on the date of accrual of the Commitment Charge and ending on the date of the first anniversary of such date of accrual shall be zero percent (0%). 4.03. The Interest Charge for the Non-Concessional Credit is the Reference Rate plus the Variable Spread or such rate as may apply following a Conversion; subject to Section 3.09(e) of the General Conditions. 4.04. The principal amount of the Non-Concessional Credit shall be repaid in accordance with Schedule 4 to this Agreement. ARTICLE V — PROJECT 5.01. The Recipient declares its commitment to the objectives of the Project and the MPA Program. To this end, the Recipient shall carry out (i) Parts 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Project through its MoH; and (ii) Part 1.2 of the Project through its MoWCS; in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the General Conditions and Schedule 2 to this Agreement. ARTICLE VI — EFFECTIVENESS; TERMINATION 6.01. The Additional Condition of Effectiveness consists of the following, namely that, the PEF Grant Agreement has been executed and delivered and all conditions precedent to its effectiveness or to the right of the Recipient to make withdrawals under it (other than the effectiveness of this Agreement) have been fulfilled. 6.02. The Effectiveness Deadline is the date ninety (90) days after the Signature Date. 6.03. For purposes of Section 10.05 (b) of the General Conditions, the date on which the obligations of the Recipient under this Agreement (other than those providing for payment obligations) shall terminate is twenty (20) years after the Signature Date. ARTICLE VII — REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES 7.01. The Recipient’s Representative is its Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economy and Policy Development. -4- 7.02. For purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: (a) the Recipient’s address is: Department of External Resources The Secretariat Colombo 1, Sri Lanka; and (b) the Recipient’s Electronic Address is: Telephone: Facsimile: E-mail: 94 11 2484693 94 11 2447633 dg@erd.gov.lk info@erd.gov.lk 7.03. For purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: (a) The Association’s address is: International Development Association 1818 H Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20433 United States of America; and (b) the Association’s Electronic Address is: Telex: Facsimile: E-mail: 248423 (MCI) 1-202-477-6391 CD-SLMV@worldbank.org -5- AGREED as of the Signature Date. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA By _____________________________________/s1/ Authorized Representative S. R. Attygalle Name: __________________________ /n1/ Secretary to the Treasury Title: __________________________ /t1/ 23-Jul-2020 Date: __________________________ /d1/ INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By _____________________________________/s2/ Authorized Representative Faris H. Hadad-Zervos Name: __________________________ /n2/ Country Director Title: __________________________ /t2/ 21-Jul-2020 Date: __________________________ /d2/ -6- SCHEDULE 1 Project Description The objectives of the Project are to prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness in Sri Lanka. The Project constitutes a phase of the MPA Program, and consists of the following parts: Part 1: Emergency COVID-19 Response 1.1 Strengthening Health System Response (a) Strengthening surveillance and response systems through: (i) establishment and strengthening of an emergency operation center to improve coordination and timely activities at the national level; (ii) provision of training to medical officers, public health inspectors and public health midwives in case identification, contact tracing, prevention counselling; (iii) implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as counselling on handwashing, sanitizing and cleaning surfaces to patients at health care facilities and during planned home visits; and (iv) provision of mobility support and personal and protective equipment to undertake follow-up at the field level, including for self-isolated or quarantined patients. (b) Strengthening capacity of health care facilities and staff for emergency response, including infection control and waste management systems, through the provision of goods, works, consulting services as well as financing other operational expenditures, as might be required to respond to infectious disease outbreak. (c) Establishment of isolation wards and intensive care units in select tertiary and secondary hospitals, including provision for uninterrupted electricity supply, as part of local containment measures. (d) Support for information and communication activities to raise awareness, knowledge and understanding among general population about the risk and potential impact of the pandemic, including social distancing measures, health promotion, social mobilization, stakeholder engagement and community engagement. 1.2 Social and Financial Support to Vulnerable Households Provision of scaled-up Cash Transfers through Existing Cash Transfer Programs to the elderly, persons with disabilities and chronic disease patients, by including applicants on -7- the waitlist and new eligible applicants who have applied for benefit during the pandemic and/or providing increased amount during the pandemic under Existing Cash Transfer Programs. Part 2: Strengthening National and Sub-National Institutions for Prevention and Preparedness (a) Strengthening the national and local capacities for treating infectious disease, through expansion of isolation units as well as a new construction of an isolation center within the Borrower’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases. (b) Establishment and strengthening of sub-national emergency operation centers to enable effective pandemic response. (c) Establishment of the Bio-Safety Level 3 laboratory facilities at the Borrower’s National Medical Research Institute. (d) Strengthening laboratory facilities and information systems, through provision of goods, consulting services and training. Part 3: Strengthening Multi-sectoral, National Institutions and Platforms for One Health Support for (a) conducting a needs assessment of national protocols for detection, surveillance and response systems for animal-to-human infections; (b) establishment and implementation of a mechanism to detect priority for existing and emerging zoonoses; (c) conducting awareness on anti-microbial resistance among human health, agricultural and veterinary and enforcing related legislations; and (d) establishing a mechanism to combat diseases which have a potential to reemerge such as malaria, measles, filariasis, etc. Part 4: Implementation Management and Monitoring and Evaluation Support for Project implementation and management, including support for procurement, financial management, environmental and social risk management, reporting, monitoring and evaluation. Part 5: Contingent Emergency Response Component Provision of immediate response to an Eligible Crisis or Health Emergency. -8- SCHEDULE 2 Project Execution Section I. Implementation Arrangements A. Institutional Arrangements 1. For the purposes of overall oversight and guidance, as well as multi-sectoral coordination of Project activities, the Recipient shall maintain throughout the implementation of the Project the Emergency Response Coordination Committee with the composition, responsibilities and terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. 2. The Recipient shall vest responsibility for the implementation of Parts 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Project in MoH and of Part 1.2 of the Project in the MoWCS. To this end, the Recipient shall: (a) maintain, throughout the implementation of the Project, the Project Management Unit within MoH for the purposes of day-to-day Project management and implementation of Parts 1.1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Project, including financial management, procurement, and social and environmental safeguards issues, with the composition, responsibilities and terms of reference satisfactory to the Association; (b) adopt the Project Operational Manual, satisfactory to the Association and setting forth the procedures and requirements for the implementation of the Project activities, and after that implement the Project in accordance with such manual. The Project Operational Manual shall include inter alia, for Part 1.2 of the Project: the eligibility criteria for selection of Cash Transfer recipients, the procedures for making the Cash Transfers; the record keeping requirements and fiduciary controls at different levels of implementation, and the audit requirements; and the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms; (c) ensure that the collection, use and processing (including transfers to third parties) of any Personal Data collected under the Project will be done in accordance with the requirements and procedures set forth in the Project Operational Manual, and ensuring legitimate, appropriate and proportionate treatment of such data; and (d) establish and maintain, throughout the implementation of the Project, a Project Coordination Unit within the MoWCS for the purposes of day-to- day Project management and implementation of Part 1.2 of the Project, including financial management and social and environmental safeguards -9- issues, with the composition, responsibilities and terms of reference satisfactory to the Association. B. Cash Transfers For the purpose of carrying out Part 1.2 of the Project, the Recipient, through MoWCS, shall provide Cash Transfers to eligible recipients in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the Project Operational Manual. C. Environmental and Social Standards 1. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards, in a manner acceptable to the Association. 2. Without limitation upon paragraph 1 above, the Recipient shall ensure that the Project is implemented in accordance with the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (“ESCP”), in a manner acceptable to the Association. To this end, the Recipient shall ensure that: (a) the measures and actions specified in the ESCP are implemented with due diligence and efficiency, and 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 (d) the ESCP, or any provision thereof, is not amended, repealed, suspended or waived, except as the Association 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 shall ensure that: (a) all measures necessary are taken to collect, compile, and furnish to the Association through regular reports, with the frequency specified in the ESCP, and promptly in a separate report or reports, if so requested by the Association, 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 Association, 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 -10- ESCP; and (iii) corrective and preventive measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions; and (b) the Association 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, in accordance with the ESCP, the environmental and social instruments referenced therein and the Environmental and Social Standards. 5. The Recipient 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 Association. 6. The Recipient shall ensure that all bidding documents and contracts for civil works under the Project include the obligation of contractors, subcontractors and supervising entities to: (a) comply with the relevant aspects of ESCP and the environmental and social instruments referred to therein; and (b) adopt and enforce codes of conduct that should be provided to and signed by all workers, detailing measures to address environmental, social, health and safety risks, and the risks of sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment and violence against children, all as applicable to such civil works commissioned or carried out pursuant to said contracts. 7. The Recipient, through its MoD, shall at all times during the implementation of Part 1.1(c) of the Project, take the following measures, in a form and substance satisfactory to the Association: (a) enforce high standard rules for the selection of personnel involved in the Project activities, and immediately remove any personnel involved in any alleged violation or abuse, and ensure that all personnel receive the relevant and prescribed training in civilian-military engagement, sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment and other relevant areas prior to the commencement of any activities; (b) effectively implement a social communication strategy for the engagement of local communities, non-governmental organizations, media, and authorities in the Project area; and (c) prior to commencement of any activities, establish a transparent, accessible and effective Grievance Redress Mechanism, and at all times during the carrying out of the Project, actively monitor implementation of the Grievance Redress Mechanism. -11- D. Contingent Emergency Response 1. In order to ensure the proper implementation of contingent emergency response activities under Part 5 of the Project (“Contingent Emergency Response Part”), the Recipient shall: (a) prepare and furnish to the Association for its review and approval, a Contingent Emergency Response Component Manual (CERCM) which shall set forth detailed implementation arrangements for the Contingent Emergency Response Part, including: (i) any special institutional arrangements for coordinating and implementing the Contingent Emergency Response Part; (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 Emergency Expenditures; (vi) application of the any relevant safeguard instruments to the Contingent Emergency Response Part; and (vii) any other arrangements necessary to ensure proper coordination and implementation of the Contingent Emergency Response Part; (b) afford the Association a reasonable opportunity to review the proposed CERCM; (c) promptly adopt the CERCM for the Contingent Emergency Response Part as accepted by the Association; (d) ensure that the Contingent Emergency Response Part is carried out in accordance with the CERCM; provided, however, that in the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the CERCM and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail; and (e) not amend, suspend, abrogate, repeal or waive any provision of the CERCM without the prior written approval by the Association. 2. The Recipient shall ensure that no activities are undertaken under the Contingent Emergency Response Part, unless and until the following conditions have been met in respect of said activities: (a) the Recipient has determined that an Eligible Crisis or Health Emergency has occurred, has furnished to the Association a request to include said activities in the Contingent Emergency Response Part in order to respond to said crisis or emergency, and the Association has agreed with such -12- determination, accepted said request and notified the Recipient thereof; and (b) the Recipient has ensured the disclosure of all Environmental and Social instruments/plans required for said activities in accordance with the ESCP, the Recipient has approved all such instruments, and the Recipient has ensured the implementation of any actions which are required to be taken under said instruments. 3. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Section, Emergency Expenditures required for activities included in Part 5 of the Project shall be procured in accordance with the procurement methods and procedures set forth in the CERCM. Section II. Project Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation The Recipient shall furnish to the Association each Project Report not later than one month after the end of each calendar semester, covering the calendar semester. Section III. Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Credit A. General Without limitation upon the provisions of Article II of the General Conditions and in accordance with the Disbursement and Financial Information Letter, the Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Credit to: (a) finance Eligible Expenditures; and (b) pay the Front-end Fee; in the amount allocated and, if applicable, up to the percentage set forth against each Category in the following table: Category Amount of the Amount of the Non- Percentage of Concessional Concessional Credit Expenditures to be Credit Allocated (expressed Financed Allocated in USD) (inclusive of Taxes) (expressed in SDR) (1) Cash Transfers 33,049,597 41,795,250 100% of the amount under Part 1.2 of the disbursed Project (2) Emergency 0 0 Expenditures -13- (3) Front-end Fee 104,750 Amount payable pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement in accordance with Section 3.08 (b) of the General Conditions TOTAL AMOUNT 33,049,597 41,900,000 B. Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part A above, no withdrawal shall be made: (a) for payments made prior to the Signature Date, except that withdrawals up to an aggregate amount not to exceed SDR 13,219,838 of the Concessional Credit (Credit No. 6728-LK) and US$ 16,760,000 of the Non-Concessional Credit (Credit No. 6727-LK) may be made for payments made prior to this date but on or after April 1, 2020, for Eligible Expenditures under Category (1); or (b) for Emergency Expenditures under Category (2), unless and until the Association is satisfied that all of the following conditions have been met in respect of said expenditures: (i) the Recipient has determined that an Eligible Crisis or Health Emergency has occurred, has furnished to the Association a request to include said activities in the Contingent Emergency Response Part in order to respond to said crisis or emergency, and the Association has agreed with such determination, accepted said request and notified the Recipient thereof; (ii) the Recipient has prepared and disclosed all environmental/social documents, (including ESCP) required for said activities, and the Recipient has ensured that any actions which are required to be taken under said documents have been implemented, all in accordance with the provisions of Sections I.D(2)(b) of this Schedule; (iii) the entity(ies) in charge of coordinating and implementing the Contingent Emergency Response Part, has provided sufficient evidence satisfactory to the Association that it has adequate staff and resources for the purposes of said activities; and (iv) the Recipient has adopted the CERCM, in form and substance acceptable to the Association, and the provisions of the CERCM remain relevant or have been updated in accordance with the provisions of Section I.D of this -14- Schedule so as to be appropriate for the inclusion and implementation of the activities under the Contingent Emergency Response Part. 2. The Closing Date is December 31, 2023. Section IV. Other Undertakings 1. All activities carried out by the MoD under the Project shall be under the control of MoH and shall be undertaken exclusively for the purposes related to the Project. All goods, works, services, Incremental Operating Costs and Training financed by the Financing proceeds shall be used by the MoD exclusively under the direction and control of MoH and in accordance with the Project Operational Manual and other arrangements or protocols that the Association may require for carrying out these activities. 2. Except as the Association may otherwise agree, the Recipient shall ensure that the ownership of any assets generated, goods procured, and works constructed by the MoD out of the Financing proceeds shall be transferred to, or shall vest, with MoH or any equivalent or appropriate line ministry or agency agreed with the Association. 3. The Recipient shall ensure that no withdrawal for any expenditure is claimed under this Project, where the Recipient, or any of its agencies, shall have financed or agreed to finance any such expenditure incurred under any other credit, loan or grant under any contract with the Association or any national or international agency or organization or a sovereign government. -15- SCHEDULE 3 Repayment Schedule of the Concessional Credit Principal Amount of the Credit Date Payment Due repayable (expressed as a percentage)* On each March 15 and September 15: commencing September 15, 2025 to and 1.65% including March 15, 2045 commencing September 15, 2045 to and 3.40% including March 15, 2050 * The percentages represent the percentage of the principal amount of the Concessional Credit to be repaid, except as the Association may otherwise specify pursuant to Section 3.05 (b) of the General Conditions. -16- SCHEDULE 4 Repayment Schedule of the Non-Concessional Credit Commitment-Linked Amortization Repayment Schedule The following table sets forth the Principal Payment Dates of the Credit and the percentage of the total principal amount of the Credit payable on each Principal Payment Date (“Installment Share”). Level Principal Repayments Principal Payment Date Installment Share On each March 15 and September 15 Beginning September 15, 2025 through March 15, 2050 2.0% -17- APPENDIX 1. “Anti-Corruption Guidelines” means, for purposes of paragraph 5 of the Appendix to the General 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. 2. “Cash Transfer” means the cash transfer to be provided under Part 1 .2 of the Project, which is to be provided in accordance with Section I.B of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 3. “Category” means a category set forth in the table in Section III.A of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 4. “Contingent Emergency Response Component Manual” or the acronym “CERCM” means the plan referred to in Section I.D of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, to be adopted by the Recipient for the Contingent Emergency Response Part in accordance with the provisions of said Section. 5. “Contingent Emergency Response Part” means Part 5 of the Project. 6. “Eligible Crisis” 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. 7. “Emergency Expenditure” means any of the eligible expenditures set forth in the Contingency Emergency Response Component Manual in accordance with the provisions of Section I.D of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, and required for the Contingent Emergency Response Part. 8. “Emergency Response Coordination Committee” means the committee referred to under Section I.A.1 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 9. “Environmental and Social Commitment Plan” or “ESCP” means the environmental and social commitment plan for the Project, dated March 26, 2020, as amended, and as 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. 10. “Environmental and Social Standards” or “ESSs” means, collectively: (i) “Environmental and Social Standard 1: Assessment and Management of -18- 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: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources”; (vii) “Environmental and Social Standard 7: Indigenous Peoples/Sub- Saharan 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 Association. 11. “Existing Cash Transfer Programs” means the Recipient’s programs to administer cash transfers through MoWCS, namely the Senior Citizens Allowance, Disability Allowance and the Allowance for Patients of Chronic Kidney Disease programs. 12. “General Conditions” means the “International Development Association General Conditions for IDA Financing, Investment Project Financing”, dated December 14, 2018. 13. “Grievance Redress Mechanism” means the system aimed to receive grievances that might be associated with the Project activities. 14. “MoWCS” means the Ministry of Women, Child Affairs and Social Security of the Recipient, or any successor thereto. 15. “Original Financing Agreement” means the financing agreement for the COVID 19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project between the Recipient and the Association, dated April 3, 2020, as amended from time to time (Credit No. 6595-LK). 16. “Original Loan Agreement” means the loan agreement for the COVID 19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project between the Recipient and the Association, dated April 3, 2020, as amended from time to time (Loan No. 9085-LK). 17. “Original Project” means the Project described in Schedule 1 to the Original Loan Agreement. 18. “PEF” means the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility established by the World Bank in consultation with the World Health Organization and other development partners as a financing arrangement, entailing a trust fund in the form of a financial intermediary fund administered by the World Bank as trustee, and -19- through which funds may be made available to governments, multilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations and others responders to support efforts to respond to high-severity infectious disease outbreaks before they turn into pandemics. 19. “PEF Fund” means the trust fund established and administered by the International Development Association/International Bank of Reconstruction and Development as Responding Agency of the PEF to receive funds from the PEF (Trust Fund No. TF073092). 20. “PEF Grant Agreement” means the grant agreement for the Additional Financing for the COVID 19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project between the Recipient and the International Development Association, acting as Responding Agency of the PEF Fund, dated the same date as this Agreement, as such grant agreement may be amended from time to time (Grant No. TF0B3017). 21. “Procurement Regulations” means, for purposes of paragraph 87 of the Appendix to the General Conditions, the “World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers”, dated July 2016, revised November 2017 and August 2018. 22. “Project Coordination Unit” means the unit referred to under Section I.A. 2(d) of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 23. “Project Management Unit” means the project management unit established on March 31, 2018 and referred to in Section I.A.2(a) of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 24. “Project Operational Manual” means the manual to be adopted by the Recipient pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of Section I.A of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, as such manual may be amended from time to time with a prior written approval of the Association. 25. “Signature Date” means the later of the two dates on which the Recipient and the Association signed this Agreement and such definition applies to all references to “the date of the Financing Agreement” in the General Conditions.