ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP)

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (the Recipient), for the benefit of the Republic of Yemen, will implement the Yemen Sustaining Education and Learning Project as set out in the Financing Agreement. The International Development Association (the Association) has agreed to provide financing for the Project, as set out in the referred agreement.

The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner acceptable to the Association. The extent and mode of the Association’s monitoring with respect to environmental and social performance will be proportionate to the potential environmental and social risks and impacts of the Project. The ESCP is a part of the Financing Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the referred agreement.

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 Association. Once adopted, said E&S instruments may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Association.