WORLD BANK GROUP Road of Missions (Po Box: 819) Tel: (236) 21 61 61 38 Bangui Fax: (236) 21 61 60 87 Central African Reoublic OFFICIAL WB/CAR/RR/LEG./ecb/197 DOCUMENTS Date: y " H. E. F6lix Moloua Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation B.P. 696 Rue Martin Luther King Bangui Central African Republic Central African Republic: Reintegration of Ex-Combatants Project (Grant No. D1800-CF) First Amendment to the Financing Agreement Excellency: We refer to the Financing Agreement ("Agreement"), dated June 22, 2017, between the Central African Republic ("Recipient") and the International Development Association ("Association") for the abovementioned Project. Please note that the capitalized terms used in this letter ("Amendment Letter") and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. Pursuant to the Recipient's letters of June 25 and July 25, 2018 requesting specific modifications to the Agreement, the Association concurs to your request and proposes to amend the Agreement in respect of the provisions below: 1. Paragraph 2.2 of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: "2.2 Capacity Building for Host Communities Support for the Recipient's ongoing activities aimed at national reconciliation through reinforcing social structures and economic capacities of communities, including: (i) establishment and capacity building of community councils, (ii) provision of Training on social cohesion and conflict prevention; and (iii) provision of on the-job-skills Training of host communities." 2. Section I.A.4 of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: "4. DDRR-PIU (a) The Recipient shall establish and maintain a PIU (DDRR-PIU) with mandate, composition and resources acceptable to the Association. In particular, the Recipient shall maintain at all times sufficient staff, each H.E Fdlix Moloua -2- November 2, 2018 with adequate terms of reference, qualifications and experience for the Project. (b) The DDRR PIU shall be responsible for: (i) the day-to-day management of the Project, including financial management and procurement; and (ii) all technical aspects of Project activities, including preparation and costing of components, implementation and coordination of individual Project activities, establishing and maintaining links with the relevant government departments and other entities, including international partners as well as monitoring and evaluation. (c) The DDRR-PIU shall include, inter alia: (i) a project coordinator, (ii) a reintegration officer; (iii) a safeguards officer; (iv) a communications officer; (v) an IT specialist; (vi) an M&E officer; (vii) a logistics officer; (viii) an administrative officer; (ix) a procurement specialist; (x) a financial management specialist, (xi) an administrative and financial specialist; (xii) a program assistant; and (xiii) a driver." 3. Section I.A.5 of Schedule 2 to the Agreement is deleted in its entirety. 4. Paragraph 3 of the Definitions Section of the Appendix to the Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety. All the terms and conditions of the Agreement that have not been amended hereby shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. Please confirm your agreement with the foregoing amendment, on behalf of the Recipient, by signing, dating and returning to the Association the enclosed copy of this Amendment Letter. This Amendment Letter shall become effective as of the date of its countersignature upon receipt by the Association of a countersigned copy of this letter. Sincerely, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSQ IATION Robert Bob Jaoude' Repr6sentant R6sident N 40NFRI~ RE C T 1 NOV 2018 By Date: Name La Title: &a'bTRL