OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS GRANT NUMBER D3290-CF Financing Agreement (Emergency Basic Education Support Project) between CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION GRANT NUMBER D3290-CF FINANCING AGREEMENT AGREEMENT dated as of the Signature Date between CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ("Recipient") and INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ("Association"). 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 or in the Appendix to this Agreement. ARTICLE II - FINANCING 2.01. The Association agrees to extend to the Recipient a grant, deemed by the Association to be on concessional terms, as set forth or referred to in this Agreement, in an amount equivalent to Seventeen Million Four Hundred Thousand Special Drawing Rights (SDR 17,400,000) ("Financing"), to assist in financing the project described in Schedule I to this Agreement ("Project"). 2.02. The Recipient may withdraw the proceeds of the Financing in accordance with Section III of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 2.03. The Maximum Commitment Charge Rate is one-half of one percent (1/2 of 1%) per annum on the Unwithdrawn Financing Balance. 2.04. The Payment Dates are 15 May and 15 November in each year. 2.05. The Payment Currency is Euro. ARTICLE III - PROJECT 3.01. The Recipient declares its commitment to the objective of the Project. To this end, the Recipient shall carry out the Project in accordance with the provisions of Article V of the General Conditions and Schedule 2 to this Agreement. ARTICLE IV - EFFECTIVENESS; TERMINATION 4.01. The Additional Conditions of Effectiveness consist of the following: -2- (a) The Service Agreement has been executed on behalf of the Recipient and the Fiduciary Agent in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, have; and (b) the POM has been adopted by the Recipient, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association. 4.02. The Additional Legal Matter consists of the following: (a) The Service Agreement has been duly authorized or ratified by the Recipient and the Fiduciary Agent and is legally binding upon the Recipient and the Fiduciary Agent in accordance with their terms. 4.03. The Effectiveness Deadline is the date ninety (90) days after the date of this Agreement. ARTICLE V - REPRESENTATIVE; ADDRESSES 5.01. The Recipient's Representative is the Recipient's Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation. 5.02. For purposes of Section 11.01 of the General Conditions: (a) the Recipient's address is: Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation Avenue Martin Luther King PO Box 696 Bangui Central African Republic; and (b) the Recipient's Electronic Address is: E-mail: cabinet@mepc-rca.org 5.03. 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: 248423 (MCI) 1-202-477-6391 -3- AGREED as of the Signature Date. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC By te Ministre Authorized Representative Name: O_[ Title: Date: ,~ INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION By Autf oriz sentative Name: 7 Title Date: -4- SCHEDULE 1 Project Description The objective of the Project is to improve access to quality basic education and strengthen capacity in education sector management The Project consists of the following parts: Part 1. Increasing access through school infrastructure development Support to the Recipient to build school infrastructure in Selected Prefectures and provide spaces that are conducive to good teaching and learning environment with gender friendly infrastructure development, including: (a) extension of 400 primary and 50 secondary classrooms; (b) rehabilitation of 400 primary and 200 secondary classrooms; (c) provision of equipment and furniture, including tables and chairs for students as well as small sports/board game items; and (d) provision of missing Essential Elements in schools. Part 2. Enhancing teaching effectiveness and support alternative education programs 2.1 Enhancing teaching effectiveness Support to the Recipient to carry out a range of strategic interventions to strengthen the teaching capacity of primary teachers using a holistic approach, including (a) harmonization of pre-service and in-service training; (b) teacher training based on a common modular curriculum, and the construction of a national institution for training; and (c) teacher support with the training of school principals and inspectors on the upgraded teacher training curricula, leadership and inspection skills using: (i) local and international technical assistance, (ii) printing and distribution oftraining programs and teaching guides, (iii) acquisition of pedagogical materials, and (iv) communication and validation workshops. 2.2 Support alternative education Support to the Recipient to provide (a) an Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) for children aged 12-15 who are out-of-school and overaged, and (b) remedial education programs for in-school children, including the development of an ALP policy, new curricula, instructional materials, and teacher's manuals tailored to the ALP, and training of teachers to deliver the ALP, and the printing and distribution of textbooks and instructional materials for ALP participants. -5- Part 3 Capacity building to strengthen services delivery 3.1 Capacity building in sector management. Support to the Recipient to strengthen sector capacity through financing: (A) (a) local and international experts to support capacity building of key departments of MEPSTA, including on: (i) planning, budgeting, preparation, allocation and execution, elaboration of budget nomenclature, and alignment of budget to priority areas; (ii) human resources management; (iii) strategic planning of school infrastructure needs; and (iv) decentralization for better school management and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) through the provision of technical assistance, materials for M&E and training of relevant staff of Academic Inspections (Al); and (b) financing of an internship program to support the relevant units of the government in Project implementation; (B) School Grants to strengthen school-based management, supporting Early Childhood Development (ECD) and teaching support through provision of School Grants to finance: (a) the establishment of school- based management committee (SBMC), (b) the payment of salary of additional teachers hired by the community, salary top up to retain teachers in their posted community and salary top-up of teachers engaged in remedial teaching; and (c) the establishment of ECD centers including salary payment of ECD facilitators, provision of educational materials and games, and assistance for identifying and maintaining the ECD centers; and (C) Strengthening sector knowledge through provision of financing for: (a) key activities to strengthen sector knowledge, including: (i) supporting the process of the Education Management Information Systems (EMIS); and (ii) carrying out EGRA/EGMA assessments to evaluate the learning levels of children; and (b) light impact evaluations on key Project intervention areas. 3.2 Project implementation. Support to the Recipient for Project management activities, including the recruitment of staff for project implementation arrangements, consultancy services, financial and technical audits, the acquisition of equipment, seminars and training, operating costs to supervise the project activities; the preparation of Safeguards Documents. Part 4. Contingent Emergency Response. Providing immediate response to an Eligible Crisis or Emergency, as needed. -6- SCHEDULE 2 Project Execution Section I. Implementation Arrangements A. Institutional Arrangements 1. The Recipient shall, throughout Project implementation, maintain the following institutional arrangements, as further described in the POM. 2. The Recipient shall vest overall responsibility for Project implementation in the MEPSTA. 3. Project Steering Committee (a) The Recipient shall not later than one (1) month after the Effective Date establish, and at all times during Project implementation maintain the Steering Committee ("PSC") with composition and mandate acceptable to the Association. (b) The PSC shall be responsible for providing overall strategic guidance and oversight. (c) The PSC shall be chaired by the MEPSTA and include representatives from the Ministries of Economy, Planning and Cooperation; Budget and Finance; Higher Education; and Scientific Research, Innovation and Technology. (d) The PSC will meet twice a year to validate technical decisions and review implementation of Project activities as well as the Project's annual work plan and budget for the following year; in extraordinary circumstances a meeting of the PSC can be called by the President. 4. Project Coordinating Unit (a) The Recipient shall, not later than three (3) months after the Effective Date, establish, and at all times during Project implementation, maintain the Project Coordinating Unit ("PCU") with composition, resources and mandate acceptable to the Association. (b) The PCU shall, under the direction of the Directorate of Basic and Secondary Education and Partnerships, be responsible for managing the overall Project implementation activities including monitoring and evaluation, and shall work closely with the Fiduciary Agent, which shall retain responsibility for all fiduciary matters. -7- (c) The PCU shall, not later three (3) months after the Effective Date, recruit and thereafter retain the following staff: (i) a project management expert; (ii) a monitoring and evaluation expert; (iii) an environmental and social safeguards specialist; and (iv) a communications specialist. (d) The PCU shall serve as secretariat to the PSC. B. POM 1 . The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Project Operations Manual ("POM"). 2. The POM shall contain detailed arrangements, procedures and mechanisms for: (i) institutional coordination and Project implementation; (ii) the roles and responsibilities of all involvement stakeholders; (iii) Project budgeting, accounting, disbursement and financial management; (iv) procurement; (v) monitoring, evaluation, reporting and communication; (vi) the detailed provisions and criteria for activating and implementing the contingent emergency response component under Part 4 of the Project; (vii) safeguards and (viii) all such other administrative, financial, technical and organizational arrangements and procedures as shall be required for purposes of implementing the Project. 3. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate, waive or permit to be assigned, amended, abrogated or waived, the POM, or any provision thereof, without the prior written consent of the Association. 4. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the POM and those of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. C. Contractual Arrangements 1 . The Recipient shall, for the purposes of carrying out the Project: (i) enter into a service agreement ("Service Agreement") in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, with the Fiduciary Agent, which shall retain responsibility for all fiduciary matters; (ii) ensure that all fiduciary functions be carried out by the Fiduciary Agent under the Service Agreement shall be carried out with due diligence and efficiency and in accordance with sound technical, financial, procurement and managerial standards and practices acceptable to the Association; and (iii) exercise its rights and carry out its obligations under the Service Agreement in such a manner as to protect the interests of the Recipient and the Association and to accomplish the purposes of the Financing. 2. The Service Agreement shall include the following provisions: -8- (a) The obligation of the Fiduciary Agent to: (i) carry out its activities under the Service Agreement with due diligence and efficiency and in accordance with sound technical, economic, financial, managerial, environmental and social standards and practices satisfactory to the Association; (ii) carry out its obligations under its Service Agreement in such a manner as to protect the interests of the Recipient and the Association and to accomplish the purposes of the Financing; (iii) maintain policies and procedures, which are adequate to enable it to monitor and evaluate the progress of its activities carried out under the Service Agreement; and (iv) maintain a financial management system and prepare financial statements in accordance with consistently applied accounting standards acceptable to the Association, both in a manner adequate to reflect the operations, resources and expenditures related to its activities carried out under the Service Agreement. (b) The right of the Recipient and the Association to: (i) request an audit of the financial statements of the Activities carried out under the Service Agreement by independent auditors acceptable to the Association in accordance with consistently applied auditing standards acceptable to the Association and the prompt transmission of the financial statements as so audited to the Recipient and the Association; (ii) inspect the Activities carried out under the Service Agreement, and any relevant records and documents; and (iii) obtain all such information as the Recipient or the Association shall reasonably request relating to the foregoing to be prepared and furnished to the Recipient and the Association. 3. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate or waive the Service Agreement or any provision thereof, or permit to be assigned, amended, abrogated or waived the aforementioned or any provision thereof. 4. In case of any conflict between the terms of the Service Agreement and those of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. -9- D. Annual Work Plans 1. Each year the Recipient shall prepare a draft annual work plan and budget for the Project (including Training and Operating Costs) for each subsequent year of Project implementation, of such scope and detail as the Association shall have reasonably requested; 2. The Recipient shall furnish to the Association, not later than November 30 of each year, the annual work plans and budgets for the Association's review and approval; except for the annual work plan and budget for the Project for the first year of Project implementation, which shall be furnished no later than one (1) month after the Effective Date. Only the activities included in an annual work plan and budget expressly approved by the Association (each an "Annual Work Plan and Budget") are eligible to a financing from the proceeds of the Financing. 3. Training shall be carried out on the basis of Annual Work Plans and Budgets, which shall, inter alia, identify: (a) particulars of the training envisaged; (b) the personnel to be trained; (c) the selection methods and criteria of the institution or individuals conducting such training; (d) the institution conducting such training if identified; (e) the purpose and justification for such training; (f) the location and duration of the proposed training; and (g) the estimate of the cost of such training. 4. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Annual Work Plans and Budgets. 5. Annual Work Plans and Budgets may be revised as needed during Project implementation subject to the Association's prior approval. E. School Grants 1 . For the implementation of Part 3.1 of the Project, the Recipient shall extend School Grants to Eligible Schools in accordance with eligibility criteria, terms and conditions and procedures acceptable to the Association as described in the School Grants Manual. 2. (a) For the payment of School Grants under Part 3.1 of the Project, the Recipient shall conclude, one or more agreements (each a "Payment Agreement") in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, with an entity having the capacity to provide the services and comply with the obligations described into the Payment Agreement, duly authorized to operate and validly existing in the Recipient's territory (each a "Payment Service Provider") selected on the basis of terms of reference, qualifications and experience satisfactory to the Association. The Recipient shall ensure that each Payment Agreement is based on the model agreement attached to the School Grants Manual. -10- (b) Without limitation to the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) immediately above, each Payment Agreement shall include provisions to the effect that: (i) Unless the Association shall otherwise agree in writing: (A) the Recipient shall: (AA) ensure that the Payment Service Provider shall open and thereafter maintain for a term equal to the term of the Payment Agreement a separate account (each a "Payment Account") for the exclusive purpose of depositing funds for payments to be made in accordance with its Payment Agreement; and (BB) deposit funds in said Payment Account in accordance with the provisions of the Payment Agreement. The Payment Account shall be opened in a financial institution acceptable to the Association, with terms and conditions satisfactory to the Association including, inter alia, a waiver of any rights said financial institution may have to set off any amount deposited in the Payment Account with any other debt; and (B) the Payment Service Provider shall: (AA) disburse funds from the Payment Account for payments in accordance with the provisions of the Payment Agreement; (BB) ensure that all amounts deposited in the Payment Account are used exclusively to make payments to Eligible Schools in accordance with the detailed provisions, procedures, sequencing and timing in relation thereto as set forth in the POM, and in compliance with the Anti-corruption Guidelines; and (CC) promptly refund to the Recipient for further refund to the Association any proceeds from the Payment Account not used in accordance with the provisions of the Payment Agreement, or otherwise utilized in a manner inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; and (ii) The Payment Service Provider shall: (A) keep records and accounts of the expenditures incurred in the payments to Eligible Schools; (B) promptly inform the Recipient of any condition which interferes or threatens to interfere with the payments to Eligible Schools and the achievement of the objective of the Project; -11- (C) enable the Recipient and the Association to inspect its operations, including the payments made, the Payment Account, and any relevant records and documents; and (D) if the Association or the Recipient so requests, open access to its records and accounts of expenditures to any auditor that the Recipient shall have recruited, on the basis terms of reference, qualifications and experience satisfactory to the Association and in accordance with the provisions of Section III of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, for the carrying out of the audit of said records and accounts of expenditures. (iii) The Recipient shall exercise its rights under each Payment Agreement in such manner as to protect the interests of the Recipient and the Association and to accomplish the purposes of the Financing. Except as the Association shall otherwise agree, the Recipient shall not assign, amend, abrogate or waive any Payment Agreement or any of its provisions. (3) Under each Payment Agreement, each Eligible School receiving a School Grant shall: (a) use its School Grant with due diligence and efficiency and in accordance with sound technical, economic, financial, managerial, environmental and social standards and practices satisfactory to the Association, including in accordance with the provisions of the Anti-Corruption Guidelines applicable to recipients of Financing proceeds other than the Recipient; (b) procure the goods, works and services to be financed out of the School Grant in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; (c) (i) maintain a financial management system and prepare financial statements in accordance with accounting standards acceptable to the Association, both in a manner adequate to reflect the operations, resources and expenditures financed from the funds of the School Grant; and (ii) at the Recipient's or the Association's request, have such financial statements audited by independent auditors acceptable to the Association, in accordance with consistently applied auditing standards acceptable to the Association, promptly furnish the statements as so audited to the Recipient and the Association, and allow the Association to make all financial statements audited pursuant to sub-paragraph (c)(ii) immediately above available to the public in accordance with the Association's policies on access to information; -12- (d) enable the Recipient and the Association to inspect the Eligible School, its operation and any relevant records and documents; (e) prepare and furnish to the Recipient and the Association all such information as the Recipient or the Association shall reasonably request relating to the foregoing; and (f) have its right to further use the proceeds of the School Grant suspended or terminated, or have the obligation to refund all or any part of the amount of the School Grant then withdrawn, upon the Eligible School's failure to perform any of its obligations under the Payment Agreement. F. Safeguards 1 . The Recipient shall implement the Project in accordance with the Safeguards Action Plan ("SAP") and the relevant Safeguards Instruments. 2. The Recipient shall carry out the Project in accordance with the Environmental and Social Management Framework ("ESMF"). To this end, the Recipient shall ensure that the following actions are taken in a manner acceptable to the Association if any Project activity would, pursuant to the ESMF: (i) require the carrying out of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ("ESIA"), the Recipient shall carry out an ESIA for such activity, in accordance with the ESMF, and furnish it to the Association for review and approval, and disclose said ESIA as required by the ESMF and approved by the Association; (ii) require the preparation of an Environmental and Social Management Plan ("ESMP"), the Recipient shall prepare such ESMP in accordance with the ESMF and furnish it to the Bank for review and approval, and disclose said ESMP as required by the ESMF and approved by the Bank and thereafter implement the ESMP during the Project implementation; (iii) incorporate said ESMP in the bidding documents. 3. The Recipient, prior to initiating the carrying out of any civil works for an activity under the Project, shall: (a) (i) prepare and disclose, not later than December 31, 2018, in accordance with terms of reference and process acceptable to the Association, a Resettlement Policy Framework ("RPF") providing a framework for the preparation of site specific Resettlement Action Plans ("RAPs"); if any RAP shall be required shall furnish said RAP, to the Association for its review and approval; (ii) adopt and disclose such RAP in the Recipient's territory; and (iii) incorporate such RAP in the bidding documents; (b) if any activity under the Project would involve Affected Persons, ensure that: (i) no displacement (including restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas) shall occur before resettlement -13- measures under the applicable RAP, including, in the case of displacement, full payment to Affected Persons of compensation and of other assistance required for relocation, have been taken; and (ii) provide from its own resources, any financing required for any measures under subparagraph (i) above including any costs associated with land acquisition required for the Project; and (c) thereafter implement the Project in accordance with such RAP. 4. The Recipient, prior to initiating the carrying out of any civil works for an activity under the Project, shall: (a) prepare and disclose by July 15, 2018, in accordance with terms of reference and process acceptable to the Association an Indigenous Peoples Policy Framework ("IPPF") providing a framework for the preparation of specific Indigenous Peoples Plans ("IPPs"); if any IPP shall be required shall furnish said IPP, to the Association for its review and approval; (ii) adopt and disclose such IPP in the Recipient's territory; and (iii) incorporate such IPP in the bidding documents; 5. Without limitation upon its other reporting obligations under this Agreement and the General Conditions, the Recipient shall monitor the implementation of the Safeguards Instruments and for each applicable Safeguards Instrument shall include in the Project Reports referred to in Section II of this Schedule 2, information in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, on the status of compliance with each applicable Safeguards Instrument, giving details of: (a) measures taken in furtherance of such Safeguards Instrument; (b) conditions, if any, which interfere or threaten to interfere with the smooth implementation of such Safeguards Instrument; and (c) remedial measures taken or required to be taken to address such conditions. 6. In the event that any provision of the Safeguards Instruments shall conflict with any provision under this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. 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. -14- Section III. Withdrawal of the Proceeds of the Financin2 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 Financing to: (a) finance Eligible Expenditures; in the amount allocated and, if applicable, up to the percentage set forth against each Category of the following table: Percentage of Amount of the Expenditures to be Grant Allocated Financed Category (expressed in SDR) (inclusive of Taxes) (1) Goods, works, non-consulting 13,700,000 100% services, consulting services, Training and Operating Costs under the Project (2) School Grants under Part 3.1 of 1,400,000 100% of amounts the Project disbursed (3) Emergency Expenditures under 0 100% Part 4 of the Project (4) Unallocated amount under Part 2,300,000 100% 3.3 of the Project TOTAL AMOUNT 17,400,000 B. Withdrawal Conditions; Withdrawal Period 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Part A above, no withdrawal shall be made for: (a) payments made prior to the Signature Date; (b) under Category 2 unless and until the Recipient has adopted the School Grants Manual in form and substance acceptable to the Association; and (c) under Category 3 unless and until the Recipient has: (i) determined that an eligible emergency has occurred; (ii) submitted a request to the Association for activation of the CERC; (iii) prepared an emergency action plan for the use of CERC funds, and the Association has approved said -15- Plan, and (iv) the preparation and disclosure of any additional safeguard instruments pertaining to CERC activities that may require these additional instruments have been prepared and disclosed. 2. The Closing Date is 30 June 2023. -16- APPENDIX Section I. Definitions 1. "Affected Persons" means a person who as a result of: (a) the involuntary taking of land under the Project is affected in any of the following ways: (i) relocation or loss of shelter; (ii) loss of assets or access to assets; or (iii) loss of income sources or means of livelihood, whether or not the affected person must move to another location; or (b) the involuntary restriction of access to legally designated parks and protected areas suffers adverse impacts on his or her livelihood; and "Affected Person" means any of the Affected Persons. 2. "AGETIP-CAF" means Agence d'Execution des Travaux d'Interit Public en Centrafrique. 3. "Al" means academic inspections. 4. "ALP" means accelerated learning program. 5. "Annual Work Plan and Budget" means each annual work plan, together with the related budget, for the Project approved by the Association pursuant to the provisions of Section I.C of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 6. "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. 7. "Category" means a category set forth in the table in Section III.A of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 8. "CERC" means contingent emergency response component. 9. "ECD" means early childhood development. 10. "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. I1. "EGRA/EGMA" means Early Grade Reading Assessment/Early Grade Math Assessment. 12. "Eligible Schools" means each school selected based on key indicators for eligibility for support. -17- 13. "Emergency Expenditure" means any of the Eligible Expenditures set forth in the POM (as defined hereunder) in accordance with the provisions of Section 1, B. I of Schedule 2 to this Agreement and required for the activities included in Part 4 of the Project. 14. "EMIS" means education management information systems. 15. "Environmental and Social Management Framework" or "ESMF" means the framework referred to in Section I.E.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement setting forth an environmental and social screening process that will enable the Borrower to identify and assess potential adverse environmental and social impacts, and to eliminate or offset adverse environmental and social impacts or to reduce them to acceptable levels, or enhance positive impacts, and in accordance with which site- specific ESIAs and ESMPs will be prepared and submitted to the bank for its approval, as the same may be amended from time to time with the prior written approval of the Bank. 16. "Environmental and Social Impact Assessment" or "ESIA" each means an assessment to be carried out by the Recipient for the Project in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, to evaluate the Project's potential environmental and social risks and impacts in its area of influence, including impact on physical cultural resources; examine alternatives and identify ways of mitigating and managing adverse environmental and social impact throughout Project implementation, as the same may be amended from time to time with the prior written agreement of the Association and such term includes any schedules or annexes to the assessment. 17. "Environmental and Social Management Plan" or "ESMP" each means a plan to be prepared by the Recipient for an activity under the Project proposing appropriate mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures designed to mitigate potential adverse environmental and social impacts, offset them, reduce them to acceptable levels or enhance positive impacts, as the same may be amended from time to time with the prior written agreement of the Association, and such term includes any schedules or annexes to the plan 18. "Essential Elements" means elements designed to attract and retain girls in schools, such as gender-segregated latrines, water supply, and wells. 19. "Fiduciary Agent" means AGETIP-CAF or any other agent, acceptable to the Association, to be contracted by the Recipient to carry out fiduciary functions under the Project. -18- 20. "General Conditions" means the "International Development Association General Conditions for IDA Financing, Investment Project Financing", dated July 14, 2017. 21. "Indigenous Peoples Policy Framework" or "IPPF" each means the framework to be prepared by the Recipient pursuant to the provisions of Section I.E.4 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 22. "Indigenous Peoples Plan" or "IPP" each means the plan to be prepared by the Recipient pursuant to the provisions of Section I.E.3 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 23. "M&E" means monitoring and evaluation. 24. "MEPTSA" means Ministere de l'Enseignement Primaire, Secondaire, Technique et de l'Alphabetisation (<< MEPSTA >>) the Recipient's Ministry of Primary, Secondary, Technical Education and Literacy. 25. "Operating Costs" means the incremental and reasonable expenses incurred by the Recipient, based on amounts and budgets approved by the Association, on account of the day-to-day implementation of the Project including maintenance of vehicles and equipment, fuel, office supplies, utilities, consumables, office rental and maintenance, bank charges, advertising expenses, insurance, travel, per diems, accommodation, advertising expenses, and salaries of selected support staff, but excluding salaries of consultants and salaries of officials of the Recipient's civil service. 26. "Payment Account" means the account referred to in Section I.D.(b) of this Agreement. 27. "Payment Agreement" means the agreement referred to in Section I.D.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 28. "Payment Service Provider" means the entity referred to in Section I.D.2 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 29. "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. 30. "Project Coordination Unit" or "PCU" each means the entity to be established pursuant to the provisions of Section I.A.4 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 31. "Project Operations Manual" or "POM" each means the manual referred to in Section I.B of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time with the prior written agreement of the Association. -19- 32. "Project Steering Committee" or "PSC" means the committee established pursuant to the provisions of Section I.A.3 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 33. "Resettlement Policy Framework" or "RPF" each means the framework to be prepared pursuant to the provisions of Section I.E.3 of Schedule 2 to this Agreement. 34. "Resettlement Action Plan" or "RAP" each means a plan to be prepared by the Recipient, in form and substance satisfactory to the Association, outlining the mitigation measures for addressing any resettlement risks associated with an activity under the Project, as the said document may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time with the prior written concurrence of the Association and subject to the initial consultation and disclosure requirements carried out on the RAP, and such term includes any schedules or annexes to the plan. 35. "SBMC" means school-based management committee. 36. "Safeguards Action Plan" or "SAP" each means the action plan set forth in the Project Appraisal Document for the Project outlining environmental and social implementation procedures, mitigation measures and monitoring procedures for the Project. 37. "Safeguards Instruments" means the ESMF and any ESIA and ESMP, the RPF and any RAP, the IPPF and any IPP, or any other instrument required under the terms of the SAP, to be prepared by the Recipient and approved by the Association for the Project, proposing appropriate mitigation, monitoring and institutional measures designed to mitigate potential adverse environmental and social impacts, offset them, reduce them to acceptable levels or enhance positive impacts, as the said instrument may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time with the prior written agreement of the Association. 38. "School Grants" means funds allocated to a school and executed by school-based management committee (SBMC) in line with eligible expenses agreed. The SBMC will be provided with list of eligible expenses. 39. "School Grants Manual" means the manual referred to in Section 1.E of Schedule 2 to this Agreement to be adopted by the Recipient detailing the rules and procedures governing the implementation of Part 3.1 of the Project. 40. "Selected Prefectures" means prefectures in Regions of the Recipient's territory selected according to selection criteria used for geographic targeting of classroom extension and rehabilitation contained in the POM. -20- 41. "Service Agreement" means the agreement, described in Section 1.C of Schedule 2 to this Agreement, to be concluded between the Recipient and the Fiduciary Agent for the purposes of fulfilling all fiduciary functions involved in the implementation of the Project. 42. "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. 43. "Training" means the reasonable costs of goods and services required for the participation of personnel involved in training activities, workshops and study tours under the Project, including travel and subsistence costs for training, workshop and study tour participants, costs associated with securing the services of trainers, rental of training and workshop facilities, preparation and reproduction of training and workshop materials, and other costs directly related to training course, workshop or study tour preparation and implementation, but excluding salaries of consultants.