THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) P170704 – July 2019 Republic of Iraq Office of the Prime Minister Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq P170704 Revised ENVIRONMENTAL and SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) September 23, 2019 1|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) P170704 – July 2019 Government of Iraq Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The Government of Iraq is planning to implement the Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq Project (the Project) with the involvement of the following Ministries and Agencies: At the federal level, the participating government agencies for the project will include: The Office of the Prime Minister, the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Planning, the Federal State Council, the Iraqi Higher Judicial Council, the Federal Board of Supreme Audit, the Higher Anti-Corruption Council and the Iraqi Council of Representatives. At the regional level, the participating government agencies for the project will include: the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Task Force for Economic Governance (Offices of the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister), the KRG Ministry of Planning, the KRG Ministry of Trade, the Kurdistan Region of the Republic of Iraq (KRI) Shura Council, the KRI Board of Supreme Audit, the KRI Commission of Integrity and the KRI Parliament. In addition, the project will help to facilitate the participation of Non-State Actors (NSAs) in public finance accountability through increased transparency in public finance. The project is funded by the European Union (EU)- World Bank (WB) Multi-Donor Trust Fund. 2. The Project Coordination Unit (PCU) will implement material measures and actions to implement the project in accordance with the World Bank Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). The Project Coordination Unit will be established within the Prime Minister’s Office. This Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) provides a summary of the relevant material measures and actions. 3. Where the ESCP refers to specific plans or other documents, whether they have already been prepared or are to be developed, the ESCP requires compliance with all provisions of such plans or other documents. In particular, the ESCP requires compliance with the provisions contained in the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), Labor Management Procedure (LMP), Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP). The SEP has been developed for the project. LMP will be developed before grant effectiveness. ESMP will be developed before issuing first bidding document and procurement order. 4. The Table below summarizes the material measures and actions that are required, as well as the timing of the material measures and actions. The PCU is responsible for compliance with all requirements of the ESCP — even when implementation of specific measures and actions is conducted by the Ministry, agency or unit referenced in point 1. above. 5. Implementation of the material measures and actions outlined in this ESCP will be monitored and reported to the Bank by the PCU. This is required by the ESCP and the conditions of the legal agreement. The [Bank] will monitor and assess progress and completion of the material measures and actions throughout project implementation. 6. As agreed by the Bank, the Prime Minister’s Office and the KRG Ministry of Planning, this ESCP may be revised from time to time during project implementation to reflect adaptive management of project 2|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) P170704 – July 2019 changes and unforeseen circumstances — or in response to an assessment of project performance conducted under the ESCP itself. In such circumstances, the Prime Minister’s Office and the KRG Ministry of Planning will agree to the changes with the Bank and will update the ESCP to reflect such changes. Agreement on changes to the ESCP will be documented through an exchange of letters signed between the Bank, the Prime Minister’s Office and the KRG Ministry of Planning. The Prime Minister’s Office and the KRG Ministry of Planning will promptly disclose the updated ESCP. Depending on the project, the ESCP may also specify the funding necessary for completion of a specific measure or action. 7. If the project changes, or if there are unforeseen circumstances, or if the project performance results in changes to the risks and impacts during project implementation, the PCU shall provide additional funds, if needed. These funds will be used to implement actions and measures to address such risks and impacts, which may include risks and impacts that are relevant to the project, such as the social exclusion of vulnerable or disadvantaged groups and/ or inadequate implementation of labor management procedures 3|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN Sept 2019 MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBILE ENTITY/AUTHORITY and Resources/Funding Committed ESCP MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING: Prepare and submit to the Bank regular Throughout the Project Life The Environment and Social (E&S) monitoring reports regarding the implementation of the material Specialists for the project are measures and actions to mitigate potential environmental and responsible for the preparation and social risks and impacts. submission of the reports. This is the responsibility of the environment and social staff of the project. Therefore, the cost of the report preparation does not need to be allocated separately. The Environment Specialist and the Social Specialist at the federal level will be housed within the PCU Program Office. Six-monthly ESCP compliance monitoring reports would be prepared and submitted throughout the project life. The first report will be the date of six months after project effectiveness. 4|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBILE ENTITY/AUTHORITY and Resources/Funding Committed B INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS: The PCU will provide Promptly after notification of the Project Manager at PCU. notification to the Bank of any incident or accident. It will incident or accident throughout the produce a report related to or having an impact on the project to Project life. Immediately after the incident or the Bank, which has, or is likely to have, a significant adverse accident has occurred effect on the environment, the affected communities, the public or workers or any other affected party, due to the risks identified in the environmental and social assessment. The PCU will provide sufficient details regarding the incident or accident, indicating immediate measures taken to address the issue. It will include information provided by any contractor and supervising entity, as appropriate. C CONTRACTORS MONTHLY REPORTS Not relevant [In contracts for works using the Bank’s standard procurement documents, contractors are required to provide monthly monitoring reports to the Project Implementing Unit. If needed, teams can include an action indicating that such monthly reports would be submitted to the Bank by the Borrower upon request] ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: The Office of the Prime Minister For the entire project period The Project Manager (PM) at the PCU will hire part-time Environment and Social Specialists within the will ensure that at least one Project Coordination Unit (PCU) to support the management of Environment Specialist and one Social environmental and social risks. Specialist are in place within the PCU Each Project Implementation Unit (PIU) will have a designated prior to Grant Effectiveness. Environment and Social (E&S) Focal Point. The cost of the E&S specialists will be part of the overall project staffing costs. Before Grant Effectiveness. 5|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBILE ENTITY/AUTHORITY and Resources/Funding Committed 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT: The PCU will conduct Four to eight weeks. Project Manager at PCU with support an Environmental and Social Assessment (ESA) to identify and from Environment and Social assess the environmental and social risks and impacts of the Specialists. project. Cost: Resources will be secured under operational costs. After grant effectiveness and before issuance of the first bidding document and first procurement order 1.3 MANAGEMENT TOOLS AND INSTRUMENTS Four to eight weeks. Project Manager at PCU with support Prepare ESMP based on the Environmental and Social from Environment and Social assessment mentioned above proportional to the environmental Specialists. and social risks and impacts Cost: Resources will be secured under operational costs. After project effectiveness and before issuance of the first bidding document and first procurement order 1.4 MANAGEMENT OF CONTRACTORS [Indicate timing: [Some project activities may involve contractors/subcontractors to carry e.g. Prior to the preparation of out physical works. In those cases, the ESCP should require the tender procurement documents. documents to reflect the relevant aspects of the ESCP. See example Supervise contractors throughout Project below]. implementation]. Incorporate the relevant aspects of the ESCP, including the relevant E&S documents and/or plans, and the Labor Management Procedures, into the ESHS specifications of the procurement documents with contractors. Thereafter ensure that the contractors comply with the ESHS specifications of their respective contracts. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 6|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBILE ENTITY/AUTHORITY and Resources/Funding Committed 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES: Develop labor management Labor Expert will be hired by PCU to procedures. Four to eight weeks Before the grant conduct this exercise under the effectiveness supervision of the Project Manager, and supported by the Social Specialist Cost: Resources will be secured under operational costs. 2.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM FOR PROJECT WORKERS: Develop Grievance redress mechanism to be Labor Expert will be hired by PCU to and maintain a grievance redress mechanism for project workers operational prior to engaging project conduct this exercise under the as described in the LMP above. workers; and maintained throughout supervision of the Project Manager, project implementation. and supported by the Social Specialist Cost: Resources will be secured under operational costs. After project effectiveness and before issuance of the first bidding document and the first procurement order 2.3 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) MEASURES: Develop and Prior to initiating the first procurement Labor Expert (Consultant), implement occupational, health and safety (OHS) measures as order and full-scale project activities. Environment Specialist and Social specified in the ESMP. Maintained throughout project Specialist at PCU. implementation. Direct costs associated with this activity will be covered under the development of the LMP; remaining costs will be covered under the costs of implementing the overall ESCP (staff time, and so on) After project effectiveness and before issuance of the first bidding document and the first procurement order 7|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBILE ENTITY/AUTHORITY and Resources/Funding Committed ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT [the relevance of ESS3 is established during the ESA process. ESS3 may require the adoption of specific measures to cover energy, water and raw materials use, management of air pollution, hazardous and nonhazardous wastes, chemicals and hazardous materials and pesticides. Depending on the project, these measures may be set out in an E&S document (e.g. ESMP) already mentioned in the section under ESS1 above or as a stand-alone document or a separate action. Indicate whether ESS3-related measures are covered under an existing document or as stand-alone actions. See examples below]. 3.1 E-WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN: Not relevant 3.2 RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND Not relevant MANAGEMENT: ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY [the relevance of ESS4 is established during the ESA process. As with ESS3, ESS4 may require the adoption of specific measures that may be set out in an E&S document (e.g. ESMP) already mentioned in the section under ESS1 above or as a stand-alone document or a separate action. Indicate whether ESS4-related measures are covered under an existing document or as stand-alone actions. See examples below]. 4.1 TRAFFIC AND ROAD SAFETY: Not relevant 4.2 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY: Not relevant 4.3 GBV AND SEA RISKS: [For projects with a moderate, substantial, or high Not relevant prevalence of GBV risk] 4.4 GBV AND SEA RISKS DURING PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION : [If Not relevant necessary, specify additional funds available to implement measures to address GBV and SEA risks and impacts that may arise during Project implementation.] 4.4 SECURITY PERSONNEL: Not relevant ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT [the relevance of ESS5 is established during the ESA process. If during Project preparation, it is determined that resettlement documents need to be prepared, this should be reflected in the ESCP. See examples below] 5.1 RESETTLEMENT PLANS: Not relevant 5.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM Not relevant [The grievance mechanism (GM) to address resettlement related complaints should be described in the RPF, RAPs and SEP. However, if there is a distinctive feature as to how ESS5 related grievances will be handled, this can be specified as an action in the ESCP]. 8|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES [the relevance of ESS6 is established during the ESA process. As with other ESSs, ESS6 may require the adoption of specific measures that may be set out in an E&S document (e.g. ESMP) already mentioned in the section under ESS1 above or as a stand-alone document or a separate action. Indicate whether ESS6-related measures are covered under an existing document or as stand-alone actions. See examples below]. 6.1 BIODIVERSITY RISKS AND IMPACTS: [Where biodiversity-related risks Not relevant and impacts cannot be comprehensively covered as part of the ESMP] ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES [See examples of possible actions below, if determined that ESS7 is relevant]. 7.1 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PLAN: Not relevant 7.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM: Not relevant ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE [the relevance of ESS6 is established during the ESA process. As with other ESSs, ESS6 may require the adoption of specific measures that may be set out in an E&S document (e.g. ESMP) already mentioned in the section under ESS1 above or as a stand-alone document or a separate action. Indicate whether ESS8- related measures are covered under an existing document or as stand-alone actions. See examples below]. 8.1 CHANCE FINDS: Not relevant ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES [This standard is only relevant for Projects involving Financial Intermediaries (FIs). See below a couple of examples of actions that should be considered when FIs are involved.] 9.1 ESMS: Not relevant 9.2 FI ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY: Not relevant 9.3 SENIOR MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATIVE: Not relevant ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 9|Page THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN PREPARATION AND Throughout project implementation Social Specialists, two part-time Social IMPLEMENTATION: Implement the SEP approved and disclosed by Specialists (Federal and Regional 30 October 2019 date. levels). Costs will be covered under the overall costs of implementing the ESCP (staff time, and so on) Project Completion Date 10.2 PROJECT GRIEVANCE MECHANISM: Develop and implement the At Project Effectiveness Social Specialists, two part-time Social arrangements for the grievance mechanism as described in the Specialists (Federal and Regional SEP. levels). Costs will be covered under the overall costs of implementing the ESCP (staff time, and so on) After project effectiveness and before issuance of the first bidding document and the first procurement order CAPACITY SUPPORT (TRAINING) CS1 [Specify Training to be provided and targeted groups • Stakeholder mapping and engagement First round of training to be completed The first set of trainings will be • Labor management procedures within first year of project completed within the first year of • Occupational health and safety effectiveness for the PCU; Annual project effectiveness with annual • Emergency preparedness and response refresher for each area throughout the refreshers throughout the project • project life. period. Costs: Resources will be secured under operational costs 10 | P a g e THE WORLD BANK ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP): Strengthening Public Financial Management Oversight and Accountability Institutions in Iraq (P170704) CS2 [Specify training for Project workers on occupational health and safety Not Relevant including on emergency prevention and preparedness and response arrangements to emergency situations.] 11 | P a g e