Ukraine Additional Financing for the Public Expenditures For Administrative Capacity Endurance (AF for PEACE) In Ukraine (P179344) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) June 18, 2022 1|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. Ukraine (the Borrower and/or Recipient, hereinafter referred to as “Recipient”) shall implement the Additional Financing for the Public Expenditures For Administrative Capacity Endurance (AF for PEACE) In Ukraine (the Project), with the involvement of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) as set out in the Financing Agreement and Loan Agreement respectively. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the Bank) and the International Development Association (the Association) (collectively the “World Bank”) have each agreed to provide financing for the Project, as set out in the referred agreement(s). 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 World Bank. The ESCP is a part of the Financing Agreement and Loan Agreement respectively. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the referred 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, the timeframes of the actions and measures, institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements, and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) instruments that shall be adopted and implemented under the Project, all of which shall be subject to prior consultation and disclosure, consistent with the ESS, and in form and substance, and in a manner acceptable to the World Bank. Once adopted, said E&S instruments may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement of the World Bank. 4. As agreed by the World Bank and the Recipient, this ESCP shall be revised from time to time if necessary, during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes and unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Recipient and the World Bank agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the World Bank and the MoF. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 2|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING Biannual reports shall be submitted to the MoF Prepare and submit to the World Bank regular monitoring reports on the environmental, the World Bank throughout Project social, health and safety (ESHS) performance of the Project, including but not limited to implementation, commencing after the the implementation of the ESCP, status of preparation and implementation of E&S Effective Date. Each report to be instruments required under the ESCP, stakeholder engagement activities, and submitted the World Bank no later than functioning of the grievance mechanism(s). 15 days after the end of each reporting period. B INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS Notify the World Bank no later than 48 the MoF Promptly notify the World Bank of any incident or accident related to the Project which hours after learning of the incident or has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse effect on the environment, the affected accident. communities, the public or workers, including, inter alia, cases of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), sexual harassment (SH), and accidents that result in death, serious or Provide subsequent report to the World multiple injury. Provide sufficient detail regarding the scope, severity, and possible Bank within a timeframe acceptable to causes of the incident or accident, indicating immediate measures taken or that are the World Bank. planned to be taken to address it, and any information provided by any contractor and/or supervising firm, as appropriate. Subsequently, at the World Bank’s request, prepare a report on the incident or accident and propose any measures to address it and prevent its recurrence. ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Appoint the ES specialist not later than the MoF MoF shall identify an environmental and social (ES) specialist as focal point to support thirty (30) days after the Effective Date the management of ESHS risks and impacts of the Project. and retain said specialist throughout Project implementation. 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT the MoF Eligibility criteria to be included in the Assess the roles and sectors for which salaries will be paid and identify eligibility criteria POM not later than the Effective Date. (negative and positive lists) to which World Bank financing will be applied. Only Eligible Assessment and reporting to be Employees (e.g., civil service, government staff and school employees in non-security undertaken on a monthly basis prior to sector - excluding those who have temporarily joined the military or territorial defense disbursement of funds units and military and excluding military schools and schools with enhanced military- physical training) are eligible for payment. Describe these eligibility criteria in the Project Operations Manual (POM) and provide monthly summary reports to verify distribution and receipt of salary payments. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES Review and include a summary of the MoF 3|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY Eligible Employees will be governed by the terms and conditions of their existing emergency OHS guidelines to be contractual arrangements. Eligible Employees receiving salaries financed by the Project included in the POM not later than the are beneficiaries of the project and will continue under their existing employment Effective Date conditions. Guidance on occupational health and safety, including information on survivor-centric SEA/SH services available in country, will be included POM and will be reviewed for consistency with ESS2. ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES Not relevant. Not relevant Not relevant ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Adopt SEP mechanism not later than two the MoF Adopt and implement a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) has been disclosed and weeks after the Effective Date and will be adopted and implemented for the Project, consistent with ESS10. It includes thereafter implement the SEP measures to, inter alia, provide stakeholders with timely, relevant, understandable and throughout Project implementation accessible information, and consult with them in a culturally appropriate manner, which further details to be reflected in the is free of manipulation, interference, coercion, discrimination and intimidation. POM to be adopted not later than the Effective Date 10.2 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Establish the Grievance Mechanism two the MoF Establish, publicize, maintain, and operate an accessible grievance mechanism, to weeks after the Effective Date and receive and facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances in relation to the Project, maintain throughout Project promptly and effectively, in a transparent manner that is culturally appropriate and implementation readily accessible to all Project-affected parties, at no cost and without retribution, including concerns and grievances filed anonymously, in a manner consistent with ESS10. 4|Page ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) – [name] Project MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY 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. CAPACITY SUPPORT CS1 Undertake a review of training needs and prepare a training plan in the event that During project implementation in the the MoF additional project activities with environmental and social assessment and management event that addditional project activities requirements are identified during implementation. Current activities do not warrant a are assessed to warrant such a plan training plan. 5|Page