STATISTICAL INNOVATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS PROJECT (PACSTAT-SPC) / P168122
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN DATE: December 5, 2019
Summary of the Material Measures and Actions                                                 Timeframe            Responsibility   Date of
                                                                                                                                   Completion
       SEP PREPARATION1:                                                                     By not later than    SPC; approval    Ongoing
       A Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) will be prepared, disclosed, adopted and          one-month prior to   by the           throughout
       implemented. The SEP will, where relevant, cover stakeholder engagement               the engagement of    Association      Project
       across each component of the Project, namely:                                         any stakeholders     before           implementation
       i)      Component 1 will engage the Pacific Statistics Methods Board (PSMB)           and thereafter       adoption.
               and consultants to complete PSMB commissioned work. The SEP will              implement
               include a communication and capacity building strategy with SPC’s             throughout Project
               members to ensure that the outputs of Component 1 - statistical               implementation.
               development and best practices - are widely accessible to Pacific
               developing states.
       ii)     Component 2 will work with technical development partners and
10.1           Ministries of Pacific developing states, including the national statistical
               agency, to increase capacity to produce and use data required to
               measure poverty and to strengthen regional capacity in development
               economics. The SEP will cover communication and results dissemination
               strategy, including line-ministry stakeholder engagement and capacity
               building.
       iii)    Component 3 will require engagement of stakeholders to support
               implementation of experimental research in SPC’s Pacific developing
               member states. The SEP will consider the engagement of Pacific
               ministries, NGOs, field staff (local consultants) and the general public
               who may be engaged as respondents to statistical collection exercises.



   1Existing arrangements are already in-place for stakeholder engagement. For example: i) SPC has established bilateral arrangements in place for
   official communication with its 22 developing member states; ii) SPC has experience and a long-history of establishing PIAs/LOAs/MOUs with its
   members in order to define responsibilities and formalise conditions of engagement and operation; and iii) Existing regional statistical
   governance arrangements are conducive for stakeholder engagement and partnership approaches.
STATISTICAL INNOVATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS PROJECT (PACSTAT-SPC) / P168122
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN DATE: December 5, 2019
Summary of the Material Measures and Actions                                             Timeframe            Responsibility   Date of
                                                                                                                               Completion

       The SEP will consider the stakeholder needs, including those who may be
       considered as vulnerable. The SEP will include the following sections:
       a) Introduction/Project description;
       b) Stakeholder identification and analysis, including description of vulnerable
           groups;
       c) Stakeholder engagement schedule;
       d) Resources and responsibilities for implementing stakeholder engagement
           activities;
       e) Grievance procedures; and
       Monitoring and reporting.
       PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM:                                                      Developed and        SPC              Ongoing
       Prepare, adopt, maintain and operate a grievance redress mechanism (GRM),         disclosed prior to                    throughout
       as described in the SEP. The GRM will be made easily accessible to all Project    undertaking any                       Project
       stakeholders.                                                                     community                             implementation
                                                                                         consultation or
10.3
                                                                                         survey activities,
                                                                                         and thereafter
                                                                                         maintain
                                                                                         throughout Project
                                                                                         implementation.