Preparation Grant for the Uzbekistan National Energy-Efficient Heating and Cooling Program

Preparation Grant for the Uzbekistan National Energy-Efficient Heating and Cooling Program (P181922)

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN

1. The Republic of Uzbekistan (the Recipient) is planning to implement certain activities (the Activities) for the preparation of the proposed Uzbekistan National Energy-Efficient Heating and Cooling Program (the Program) with the involvement of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Communal Services of Uzbekistan, for which it has requested a preparation grant, as set out in the Letter Agreement (“Agreement”). The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (hereinafter the Bank), acting as the trustee of the Grant Facility for Project Preparation, has agreed to provide the grant to finance the Activities, as set out in the referred Agreement.
2. The Recipient shall ensure that the Activities are 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 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, 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 for the Activities, 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, during the implementation of the Activities, to reflect adaptive management of changes and unforeseen circumstances related to the Activities or in response to assessment of performance of the Activities. 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 or the Minister of the Ministry of Construction, Housing, and Communal Services. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (PDF)