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# CAMEROON CONTINGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROJECT (CERP) (P513151)
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP)
December 2025
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# ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN
- The Government of Cameroon "the Beneficiary" will implement the Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP- P513151), in association with the Ministry of Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Regional Development (MINEPAT) as provided for in the Financing Agreement. The International Development Association (IDA), "the Association", has agreed to provide initial financing for the Project, as set out in the Financing Agreement.
- The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is implemented in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner acceptable to the Association. The ESCP is a part of the Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Financing Agreement.
- Without limitation to the foregoing provisions, this ESCP sets out the concrete 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 Association. Said E&S documents may be revised from time to time with the prior written agreement by the Association. As provided for under the referred Agreements, the Recipient shall ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover the costs of implementing the ESCP.
- As agreed by the Association 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 Association and the Recipient agree to update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and MINEPAT. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.
- 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 relevant subsection.
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