Environment and Social Commitment Plan

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN

1. The Democratic Republic of Congo (the Recipient) shall implement the Connectivity and Transport Support Project (the Project), with the involvement of the with the involvement of the following Ministries: The Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works through the Cellule Infrastructure (CI), in association with the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the Ministry of Telecommunications as well as with the Ministry of Transport, 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.

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 Association. 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.

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

4. As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP will 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 through Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works and the Association agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Recipient director of the Cellule Infrastructure (CI). The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.

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