THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS Republic of Haiti Haiti Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) Haiti COVID-19 Response Project (P173811) Version for Negotiations ENVIRONMENTAL and SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) March 25, 2020 1|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN 1. The Republic of Haiti (hereinafter the Recipient) will implement the Haiti COVID-19 Response Project (the Project), with the involvement of the following Ministries/agencies/units: Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP). The International Development Association (hereinafter the Association) has agreed to provide financing for the Project. 2. The Recipient will implement material measures and actions so that the Project is implemented in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs). This Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) sets out material measures and actions, any specific documents or plans, as well as the timing for each of these. 3. The Recipient 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 1. above. 4. Implementation of the material measures and actions set out in this ESCP will be monitored and reported to the Association by the Recipient as required by the ESCP and the conditions of the legal agreement, and the Association will monitor and assess progress and completion of the material measures and actions throughout implementation of the Project. 5. As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP may be revised from time to time during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes and unforeseen circumstances or in response to assessment of Project performance conducted under the ESCP itself. In such circumstances, the Recipient and/or any delegated agencies will agree to the changes with the Association and will update the ESCP to reflect such changes. Agreement on changes to the ESCP will be documented through the exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Recipient, through its minister in charge of MSPP. The Recipient or delegated agencies will promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 6. Where Project changes, unforeseen circumstances, or Project performance result in changes to the risks and impacts during Project implementation, the Recipient shall provide additional funds, if needed, to implement actions and measures to address such risks and impacts. 2|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY MONITORING AND REPORTING A REGULAR REPORTING: Prepare and submit to the Association regular monitoring Every six-months during the Project’s Ministry of Public Health and reports on the environmental, social, health and safety (ESHS) performance of implementation in conjunction with the Population (MSPP) through its the Project, including but not limited to, stakeholder engagement activities and Project Reports (see Section II of project implementation unit Unité grievances log. Schedule 2 of the Agreement) de Gestion de Projet (UGP), hereafter MSPP-UGP ESS 1: ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RISKS AND IMPACTS 1.1 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE: The MSPP shall establish and maintain a Unité The UGP coordinator, an environmental MSPP-UGP de Gestion de Project (UGP) with qualified staff and resources to support specialist and a social specialist will be management of ESHS risks and impacts of the Project, including a UGP hired or appointed to the Project no later coordinator, one environmental specialist and one social specialist, with than one month following the Effective qualifications and experience acceptable to the Association. Date and maintained throughout Project implementation. Current UGP E&S staff implementing the Primary Health Care and Surveillance in Haiti Project (PROSYS) will support implementation of the ESMF in the interim. 3|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY 1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT/MANAGEMENT PLANS AND a. ESMF, acceptable to the Bank, to be MSPP-UGP INSTRUMENTS/ CONTRACTORS adopted within 30 days of the a. Assess the environmental and social risks and impacts of proposed Project Effective Date. No activities that have activities, in accordance with the ESSs and the Environmental and Social any potential environmental and Management Framework (ESMF), to be prepared, disclosed and adopted for social risks and impacts and that the Project, including to ensure that individuals or groups who, because of require screening under the ESMF their particular circumstances, may be disadvantaged or vulnerable, have will not be initiated within this access to the development benefits resulting from the Project. period. Assessment to be conducted b. Prepare, disclose, adopt, and implement any environmental and social before the carrying out of the management plans or other instruments required for the respective Project relevant Project activities. activities based on the assessment process, in accordance with the ESSs, the ESMF, the World Bank Group Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines b. Before the carrying out of the (EHSGs), and other relevant Good International Industry Practice (GIIP) relevant Project activities, and including relevant WHO Guidelines on COVID-19 response, in a manner thereafter throughout the carrying acceptable to the Association. out of such activities. c. Incorporate the relevant aspects of this ESCP, including, inter alia, any environmental and social management plans or other instruments, ESS2 c. Before launching the procurement requirements, and any other required ESHS measures, into the ESHS process for the relevant Project specifications of the procurement documents and contracts with contractors activities, and thereafter throughout and supervising firms. Thereafter ensure that the contractors and supervising the carrying out of such activities. firms comply with the ESHS specifications of their respective contracts. 4|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY 1.3 EXCLUSIONS: Exclude the following type of activities as ineligible for During the assessment process conducted MSPP-UGP financing under the Project: under action 1.2.a. above. • Activities that may cause long term, permanent and/or irreversible (e.g. loss of major natural habitat) adverse impacts • Activities that have high probability of causing serious adverse effects to human health and/or the environment not related to COVID-19 treatment • Activities that may have significant adverse social impacts and may give rise to significant social conflict • Activities that may involve permanent resettlement or land acquisition or adverse impacts on cultural heritage • All the other excluded activities set out in the ESMF of the Project. ESS 2: LABOR AND WORKING CONDITIONS 2.1 LABOR MANAGEMENT: The Project shall be carried out in accordance Throughout Project implementation. MSPP-UGP with the applicable requirements of ESS2, in a manner acceptable to the Association, including through, inter alia, implementing adequate occupational health and safety measures (including emergency preparedness and response measures), setting out grievance arrangements for Project workers, and incorporating labor requirements into the ESHS specifications of the procurement documents and contracts with contractors and supervising firms. ESS 3: RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT Relevant aspects of this standard shall be considered, as needed, under action 1.2 above, including, inter alia, measures to manage health care wastes and other types of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. ESS 4: COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SAFETY Relevant aspects of this standard shall be considered, as needed, under action 1.2 above including, inter alia, measures to: minimize the potential for community exposure to communicable diseases; ensure that individuals or groups who, because of their particular circumstances, may be disadvantaged or vulnerable, have access to the development benefits resulting from the Project; manage the risks of the use of security personnel; manage the risks of labor influx; and prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse, and sexual harassment. ESS 5: LAND ACQUISITION, RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USE AND INVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT 5|Page THE WORLD BANK - ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP) FOR COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECTS MATERIAL MEASURES AND ACTIONS TIMEFRAME RESPONSIBLE ENTITY/AUTHORITY Not currently relevant. Should any proposed Project activities involve any land acquisition, restrictions on land use or involuntary resettlement, relevant aspects of this standard shall be considered under action 1.2 above. ESS 6: BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF LIVING NATURAL RESOURCES Not currently relevant. ESS 7: INDIGENOUS PEOPLES/SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED TRADITIONAL LOCAL COMMUNITIES Not relevant. ESS 8: CULTURAL HERITAGE Relevant aspects of this standard shall be considered, as needed, under action 1.2 above. ESS 9: FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES Not relevant. ESS 10: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE 10.1 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN: Update, disclose and implement A draft SEP was already prepared and MSPP-UGP the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) consistent with ESS10, in a disclosed and shall be updated no later manner acceptable to the Association. than 30 days following the Effective Date. The SEP shall be implemented throughout Project implementation. 10.2 GRIEVANCE MECHANISM: Accessible grievance arrangements shall be Throughout Project implementation. MSPP-UGP made publicly available to receive and facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances in relation to the Project, consistent with ESS10, in a manner acceptable to the Association. CAPACITY SUPPORT (TRAINING) A. Provide capacity support including training for PIU staff based on Throughout Project implementation MSPP-UGP in coordination with the identified need to support the management of ESHS risks and impacts Association. of the Project 6|Page