Grenada

Strengthening Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Emerging Health Threats in The OECS Region Project (P509060)

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP)

Appraisal Version

April 11, 2025

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN

1. Grenada (hereinafter the Recipient) will implement the proposed “Strengthening Prevention, Preparedness and Response to Emerging Health Threats in The OECS Region” Project (the Project) with the involvement of the “Ministry of Mobilization, Implementation, and Transformation (MIT) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, (MoH))” as set out in the Grant Agreement. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/International Development Association (hereinafter the “Bank”,) acting as an Implementing Entity of the Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response Trust Fund, 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 Bank. The ESCP is a part of the Grant Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the 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, their respective timeframes; institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements; and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) documents that shall be prepared or updated, consulted, disclosed and implemented under the Project, consistent with the ESSs, in form and substance acceptable to the Bank. Said E&S documents may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Bank. As provided for under the referred Agreement, the Recipient shall ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover the costs of implementing the ESCP.
4. As agreed by the Bank and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time, if necessary, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes or unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Bank and the Recipient agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Bank and the Recipient’s Representative specified in the Agreement. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.
5. The subsection on “Indicators for Implementation Readiness” below identifies the actions and measures to be monitored to assess Project readiness to begin implementation in accordance with this ESCP. Nevertheless, all actions and measures in this ESCP shall be implemented as set out in the “Timeframe” column below irrespective of whether they are listed in the referred subsection.

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