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The World Bank
Mozambique: Northern Crisis Recovery Project (NCRP) (P176157)
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Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary
Appraisal Stage
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(ESRS Appraisal Stage)
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Date Prepared/Updated: 04/05/2021 | Report No: ESRSA01395
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BASIC INFORMATION
A. Basic Project Data
Country Region Project ID Parent Project ID (if any)
Mozambique AFRICA EAST P176157
Project Name Mozambique: Northern Crisis Recovery Project (NCRP)
Practice Area (Lead) Financing Instrument Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date
Urban, Resilience and Investment Project 3/19/2021 4/27/2021
Land Financing
Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies)
Republic of Mozambique / Ministry of Agriculture and
Ministry of Economy and Rural Development
Finance (MADER)
Proposed Development Objective
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The Project Development Objective is to improve access to basic services and economic opportunities for internally
displaced persons and host communities in targeted areas of Northern Mozambique
Financing (in USD Million) Amount
Total Project Cost 100.00
B. Is the project being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF
Policy, para. 12?
Yes
C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and
Relationship to CPF]
The proposed multi-sector crisis response project will support the Government of Mozambique to improve the
delivery of urgent basic services to the IDPs, hosting communities, and people remaining in fragile areas either
recently liberated or likely to fall into conflict. The project will initially prioritize the immediate recovery needs by
focusing on the provision of basic services and restoration of livelihoods. These interventions will ensure
complementarity with ongoing humanitarian efforts and strengthen Bank joint-work and coordination with traditional
partners such as the UN and AfDB and other emerging non-traditional partners. In addition, the project will also lay
down elements needed for a transition to the longer-term development of core infrastructure, while building longer-
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term crisis preparedness and response capacity to participating communities. With respect to job creation, the
project’s design includes the possibility of employing IDPs to provide education and health services, among other
critical services. Through the participation of the affected communities, the project will ensure that interventions are
aligned with their needs and establish a grassroots process for facilitating social cohesion, mitigating conflict, and
rebuilding state-society relations.
The project design will be guided by the following principles: (a) addressing immediate needs through early recovery
activities; (b) empower local and national authorities for leadership and oversight of the delivery of services; c)
engaging directly with partners on the ground and instituting direct third-party implementation arrangements; (d)
engaging early in complex crises to help clients in transitioning from early to medium-term recovery and resilience-
building activities; (e) maximizing flexibility and quick-disbursing components; and (f) investing in medium-term
recovery and resilience-building for the sustainability of interventions.
D. Environmental and Social Overview
D.1. Detailed project location(s) and salient physical characteristics relevant to the E&S assessment [geographic,
environmental, social]
The project aims at supporting the early recovery of communities affected by the conflict in Northern Mozambique by
providing access to basic services, strengthening livelihoods and restoring core infrastructure required for a resilient
recovery.
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Project activities of relevance to the ESF include: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) registration in relocation sites
and host communities as well as activities for building social cohesion and resilience to conflict and provision of health
services (Component 1); cash for work programs, provision of agriculture and fisheries inputs; provision of kits for
micro and small business development; and training on entrepreneurship and business management (Component 2);
rehabilitation and construction of water and sanitary services, education and health infrastructure and services; and
construction of community services and amenities (Component 3); and technical capacity for project implementation,
environmental and social standards, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation (Component 4).
Targeted communities supported by the project will focus on Mozambique’s northern provinces of Cabo Delgado,
Nampula, and Niassa. These provinces are among the richest in terms of natural resources, where terrestrial and
marine protected areas play a critical role in contributing to the resilience of communities, through the provision of
ecosystem services, not only as food, shelter and medicine, but also climate change mitigation such as a cyclone or
floods protection. Miombo is the dominant forest ecosystem in these three northern provinces, where most of
Mozambique’s poor reside and depend on the woodlands for their basic livelihood necessities. Despite its high
concentration of natural and biodiversity assets, these three provinces have recorded the highest poverty rates
(Niassa with 67%, Nampula with 65% and Cabo Delgado with 50%) in the country and have neither benefitted from a
peaceful situation in the wake of the civil war, nor from robust post-conflict economic growth. Northern Mozambique
faces multiple and intersecting challenges including exposure to natural hazards and climate change, historical
legacies of conflict and violence, widespread poverty, limited state presence and scarce delivery of basic services,
exposure to the illicit economy through its poorly-policed coastline and porous borders, and an escalating armed and
violent insurgency. The security situation in the Northern provinces of Mozambique has degraded significantly in the
past few years, due to armed attacks in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado, which have claimed about 3,000 lives
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and displaced nearly 500,000 people since it began in 2017. This situation multiplies by the crisis caused by Cyclones
Idai and Kenneth in 2019, and most recently by the COVID-19 pandemic, could further deepen poverty in a region that
already suffers from some of the worst socio-economic and development indicators in the country.
Cabo Delgado (82,625 km² and 2,320,261 inhabitants) is the northernmost province of Mozambique; bordering the
country of Tanzania and the provinces of Nampula and Niassa. It is most impacted by the conflict, where the largest
insurgencies and other illegal activities are concentrated. It is also expected to have large investments in the gas
sector in the next 15-20 years in the southern districts, from where many of the displaced people have moved to seek
shelter in the provinces of Nampula and Niassa. Former forest areas have been transformed into urban settlements,
making Nampula the most populous province in Mozambique (79 010 km² and 5,759 000 inhabitants). Poverty and
malnutrition rates are the highest in the country. Nampula has received most of the Internally Displaced Persons
(IDPs) from Cabo Delgado. Although exposed to extreme weather events, Northern Mozambique’s long coastline
teems with rich marine life and is estimated to be the livelihood source for hundreds of remote coastal communities.
Niassa (129,056 km2 and 1,810,794 inhabitants) is Mozambique’s least densely populated province and has the
largest forest surface area in the country. This province houses Mozambique’s largest protected area, the Niassa
National Reserve (42,000 km2) which supports Mozambique’s largest elephant population.
Mozambique is one of Africa’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and particularly the northern coastal
district are frequently exposed to a number of climate hazards – including floods and cyclones, as well as affected by
incremental climate change such as temperature increases and changes in rainfall, and the impacts of sea level rise.
Climate related hazards such as severe floods and cyclones in the central and northern region are having a cumulative
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and devastating impact on a population and public services and infrastructures that is insufficiently prepared e.g.
Cyclone Idai and Kenneth in 2018.
D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity
The project will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER) which will rely on the
National Sustainable Development Fund (FNDS) to manage the environmental and social risks and impacts of the
project. FNDS will hire UNOPS to manage several project activities including E&S. FNDS is under the MADER
administration and has experience of implementing and supervising safeguards aspects including the current projects
such as Landscape -P149620, MOZFIP - P160033, MOZBIO II - P166802 and Zambezia ERP - P164524. FNDS has
competitively selected qualified environmental and social specialist (4 at the central level and 6 at the province level
including 1 in Nampula and 1 in Cabo Delgado) which are familiar with Bank guidelines and procedures on
environmental and social (E&S) risks management. However, FNDS has no experience in managing projects under the
Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) although it has 2 projects under preparation (Sustainable Rural Economy
Program - P174002 and Northern Mozambique Rural Resilience Project - P174635) using the ESF. As such, it would be
necessary to strength FNDS capacity through provision of technical assistance and training to improve the procedures
and processes of E&S risk supervision, particularly under the context of fragility, conflict and violence, not only within
the FNDS but also with the local level partners, private or public, institutions and stakeholders. The trainings will
include topics such as Environmental and Social Standards, occupational and community health and safety,
emergency preparedness and response, gender-based violence risk mitigation, preparation and implementation of
ESMPs and RAPs, etc. UNOPS will be responsible for preparing and implementing risk management instruments with
oversight from FNDS. Additionally, the project will rely on multiple implementing partners (the Ministry of Land and
Environment [MITA]; the Ministry of Health [MISAU]; Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH), the
Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action [MGCAS]; Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources
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[MOPHRH]; Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries [MIMAIP]and the National Institute of Disaster Management
[INGC]) with varying capacity at local and central levels.
II. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS
A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) High
Environmental Risk Rating High
The environmental risk rating is considered 'high' mainly due to the potential adverse risks and impacts from
construction and operation of infrastructure for basic services.
Key environmental risks and impacts stemming from Component 1 are associated with transmission of communicable
diseases (COVID-19) that could arise through IDP’s registration and workers and public gathering for capacity building
workshops and trainings as well as biomedical waste generated from provisioning of health services.
Under Component 2, the provision of agriculture and fisheries inputs will lead to an increasing habitat loss through
land clearing, community work and related risks of injuries and accidents. This component will also provide kits for
micro and small business development, although the range of activities to be financed is not yet known, no significant
risks to critical and natural habitats or health and safety issues are expected. Moreover, there are occupational and
community health and safety risks inherent to the use of materials, equipment and tools during cash for work
programs or construction protection dikes, ponds and multipurpose water tanks.
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Component 3 will finance temporary and permanent infrastructure rehabilitation or construction multi-purpose
boreholes, classrooms, health units, , toilets, latrine slabs, water tanks, hand-washing points, etc. Key environmental
risks and impacts are associated with the civil works interventions and include soil, vegetation, marine and coastal
habitats and fauna disturbance and degradation due to excavations and earth movements for preparation of
construction sites; soil and water bodies contamination through uncontrolled spillages and wastewater from
temporary ablutions and resettlement houses; waste generation and handling (both solid and sewage); from use of
fossil fuel based machinery and equipment, nuisance and road traffic safety issues to the community as well as
occupational health and safety concerns related with the use of construction equipment, vehicles and machinery to
direct, contracted and community workers.
Other activities under Component 2 (training on entrepreneurship and business management) and Component 4
(strengthening the fiduciary and environmental and social standards) are mostly technical assistance (TA) activities
that fall under Type 3 (capacity building activities) which have more diffuse and induced impacts, often playing out
over a longer term.
The Environmental Risk Rating also takes into account the varying capacity of the multiple implementing partners and
direct third-party implementation institutions to manage potential risks, particularly under the new ESF requirements.
FNDS the implementing agency has no prior experience in managing environmental risks and impacts under ESF,
although the third-party institution (UNOPS) to be contracted has experience applying the ESF in recent Bank projects
elsewhere but not in Mozambique.
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From the above, the project is considered to be High Risk because is complex with multiple areas of intervention and
of large scale with possibility to affect sensitive locations such as natural habitats and critical habitats. Moreover,
insurgent attacks are outside of project control and may have impact on supervision and monitoring and overall ES
performance and outcomes as the situation evolves.
Social Risk Rating High
The Social risk rating of the Project is assessed as High. Project activities are expected to have positive social and
economic impacts such as providing access to basic services, strengthening livelihoods and restoring core
infrastructure required for a resilient recovery. Potential social risks are related to the following: (i) the project will
involve interventions that may cause land acquisition and resettlement (ii) these interventions will require man power
to be hired mostly locally although specialized manpower is to be recruited outside the project area which could lead
to labour influx with potential risk of conflict with the local community and Gender-Based Violence/Sexual
Exploitation risks; (iii) potential risk of elite capture and exclusion from the project benefits or of conflict if targeting
of program beneficiaries (cash for work etc.) is not carefully planned and consulted upon with IDPs and local host
communities ; (iv) Security risks due to the context of armed conflict in Cabo Delgado and (iv) health risks to workers
and communities from spread of COVID-19 during IDP registration, public consultations, civil works and gathering.
Component 3 will focus on infrastructure construction (protection dikes, ponds and water retention tanks for
agriculture), infrastructure rehabilitation and expansion (water supply systems and sanitation facilities), and is
expected to lead to some land acquisition although the extent of land that is needed for these interventions is not
clear at this stage. The construction of attention centers, sports sites etc is also expected to lead to land and
livelihood loss and, where agriculture land is provided to IDPs, possible impacts on livelihoods of host communities
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can be expected leading to some resettlement and other livelihood impacts on local people.
Components 3 will use labor for construction activities. While most of the labour force is expected to be recruited
from local areas, the influx of labor for civil works is a risk to be considered. This will need to be managed both in
terms of working conditions for labor, health and safety of workers, camp management (if and when required) as well
as the increased risk of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment (SEA/SH) due to labor influx.
Under Component 2 the provision of cash for work programs for youth and women; of agriculture and fisheries
inputs; and of kits for micro and small business development poses the risk of elite capture and will require
appropriate measures to ensure targeting of beneficiaries is undertaken in a transparent manner with clear selection
criteria. These activities also pose a risk of social conflict between internally displaced people and host communities
requiring appropriate awareness raising and continuous monitoring. Training on entrepreneurship and business
management under component 2 and cash for works programme also pose a risk of GBV/SEA/SH and increased risk of
infectious diseases such as COVID 19 requiring the use of appropriate measures to avoid and minimize such risks.
Although FNDS has developed some experience in E&S risk management in WB financed projects (especially in
Conservation areas), the capacity of the multiple implementing partners, including UNOPS, and other direct third-
party implementation institutions to manage potential risks needs to be assessed and improved as required. FNDS has
no prior experience with ESF requirements.
The low capacity for assessment, planning and implementing measures on social risk mitigation as well as the security
situation in Cabo Delgado means that the social risk is High.
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B. Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered
B.1. General Assessment
ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts
Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project:
While the project activities are expected to support the early recovery of communities affected by the conflict in
Northern Mozambique by providing access to basic services, strengthening livelihoods and restoring core
infrastructure required for a resilient recovery, achieving these outcomes implies a number of environmental and
social risks and impacts that will be identified throughout the environmental and social assessment process foreseen
under ESS1.
The main environmental risks and impacts will stem from construction, development and operation of core
infrastructure for basic services such water and sanitation, education, health and construction of community
infrastructure. These civil works are likely to create disturbance and degradation of soil, vegetation, marine and
coastal habitats and fauna; soil and water bodies contamination; waste generation and management; air pollution,
dust, noise and vibration; road traffic, community and occupational health and safety hazards. The project is also
expected to increase the area of land to be cleared and cultivated as direct impact of financing agricultural kits and an
increase of the fishing effort and possibly overfishing as a direct impact for financing fishing kits. Moreover,
Component 2 will also provide kits for micro and small business development which may generate minor or negligible
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risks to critical and natural habitats or health and safety issues since a Negative List and an Environmental and Social
Screening Form will be used to exclude any potential and significant negative risks and impacts.
Major social risks consist of land acquisition and resettlement due to infrastructure construction and improvements,
land identification and demarcation process for IDP sites and support to agriculture, labor management issues and
possibly labor influx, GBV/SEA/SH risks due to construction and training activities and social marginalization and
conflict between IDPs and host communities. Risks related to exclusion of marginalized groups such as
women/women headed households, children/child headed households, persons with disabilities, etc., pose a risk to
the successful implementation of project activities. The prevailing security situation in Cabo Delgado heightens the
project’s social risk. The low capacity for ESF supervision also adds to the overall social and environmental risk.
To mitigate the environmental and social risks and impacts, the project will develop and implement site specific
Environment and Social Management Plans. Other instruments to be prepared include: Labor Management
Procedures, , “Chance Finds” Procedures, Emergency Response Plan, as necessary for managing risks and impacts
related to any civil works and security issues. Any construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure will develop and
implement an ESMP that will be reviewed and approved by the Bank before the start of construction. The Technical
Assistance (TA) provided under Components 1 and 4 will require that the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for the TA
outputs includes relevant requirements of the ESF and the ToRs will be reviewed by the Bank to ensure, among other
things that all relevant ESF aspects have been included. The risks of transmission of communicable diseases i.e.
COVID-19, through face-to-face meetings, trainings and workshops will be mitigated using specific contingency
protocols for COVID-19 prevention.
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Since most of the land to be required for IDP hosting sites and agriculture has already been identified, a screening
process will be used to establish social impacts. Where such impacts are found, appropriate compensation measures
will need to be in place which may include the preparation of Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs). For all infrastructure
works, screening will identify the need to prepare RAPs. RAPs will be implemented before any civil works are
initiated. Labor Management Procedures (LMPs) will be prepared by the project and appropriate plans and measures
implemented by Contractors in relation to labor management, labor influx and camp management where required. A
GBV/SEA/SH risk assessment will be conducted that will outline relevant measures that need to be implemented in
line with risk. Emergency Response Plan (ERP) will be prepared to ensure workers and community health and safety
from chemical, physical and biological hazards (fire, spillages, venomous and poison wildlife) during civil works as well
as from natural disasters (floods, storms, cyclones, etc.).The Project will undertake a Social Assessment (SA) to ensure
that information can be used to appropriately tailor assistance to the specific conditions and needs of different IDP
groups particularly marginalized households and people. It will also inform other instruments to ensure risks of social
conflict between displaced people and host communities are duly taken into consideration.
The security situation in Cabo Delgado will be analyzed in a Security Risk Assessment (SRA) and a Security
Management Plan may be prepared subject to confirmation through the SRA. This Assessment and Plan will present
means for delivery of activities in the context of the evolving security situation. The SRA and SMP will be part of a
standalone document to be prepared during project implementation as the project will not work in conflict-affected
areas.
Other contextual risks to the project are related to climate change impacts and vulnerability that the northern
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provinces face frequently, particularly the coastal districts which are high flood and cyclone risk zones. As such the
Borrower will conduct a Risk Hazard Assessment (RHA). The RHA will be guide the design and implement an
Emergency Response Plan (ERP).
There are risks of increasing expectations among IDPs and the eventual increase in the number of people arriving in
the temporary and relocation sites but this is beyond the control of the project. However, through the upcoming
strategy being developed by the GoM and the Social Assessment planned under the project, a better understanding
of scalability of interventions and impacts on host communities can be provided. These should inform the project in
coordinating a response to the situation with other implementing partners and developing outreach and
communication mechanisms to ensure that influx is managed across of other refugee hosting sites.
Moreover, at this stage it is not expected that project interventions will require complementarity with ongoing
humanitarian efforts from traditional partners such as the UN and AfDB and other emerging non-traditional partners,
however in case this situation arise during implementation an Environmental and Social screening will determine if
these proposed subprojects and activities can be considered Additional Facilities and the ESF standards will apply as
such the project will prepare appropriate instruments for its implementation.
In reviewing for possible cumulative impacts, although is difficult to compile a comprehensive list of existing and
planned developments in the project area at this stage as this crisis situation unfolds, it was noted that there are
other World Bank planned operations (Northern Mozambique Rural Resilience Project - P174617; Human Capital and
Preventing Conflict Escalation in Mozambique - P175298; Urban Upgrading in the North of Mozambique - P175266;
and Sustainable Rural Economy Program - P174002) that have the potential of cumulatively incrementing some
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negative environmental impacts such as area of vegetation being cleared, exposure to dust emissions, noise and
vibration, community health and safety issues, etc., in the Northern Region. As such an Regional Environmental and
Social Impacts Assessment (RESIA) will be conducted during project implementation to the determine the collective
risks and impacts significance of activities taking place. The RESIA will most likely be prepared jointly by all WB
projects listed above and working in the Northern Mozambique. Once the Assessment is completed the Bank and the
Borrower will agree on action plan to implement its findings and recommendations, including updating any existing
E&S instruments.
The project will hire service provider to provide independent review of project implementation and verification of
project results, including adherence to all aspects of the Project Operations Manual and the ESCP, SEP and all ESHS
instruments.
The project Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) and Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) include the
material measures and actions required for the project to meet the ESSs over a specified timeframe and
commitments to undertake the required assessments and production of the necessary instruments for the Project.
Mitigation measures for site-specific impacts will be managed through the implementation of required
environmental and social management instruments to be prepared. Relevant capacity building measures have been
included in the ESCP such as an assessment report and capacity building action plan that will be prepared and
approved within 60 days of Project Effectiveness and implemented throughout Project implementation.
In conclusion, the following instruments will be prepared during project implementation: An Environment and Social
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Management Framework document and/or equivalent Guidelines for Subproject screening and ESIA/ESMP
preparation; ESIA/ESMPs for specific subprojects, Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), Chance Finds Procedures
(CFP), Labor Management Procedures (LMP) including a worker’s GRM, Risk Hazard Assessment (RHA), a Social
Assessment (SA), Emergency Response Plan (ERP), a standalone Security Risk Assessment (SRA) and possibly a
Security Risk Management Plan (SRMP) for Cabo Delgado, a GBV/SEA/SH Risk Assessment and Action Plan, site
specific Resettlement Action Plans and a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) including a GRM.
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ESS 10 is assessed as relevant. The Project has a multitude of Implementing Agencies across various sectors such as
Ministry of Land and Environment [MITA]; the Ministry of Health [MISAU]; Ministry of Education and Human
Development (MINEDH),; the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action [MGCAS]; Ministry of Public Works, Housing
and Water Resources [MOPHRH]; Ministry of Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries [MIMAIP]and the National Institute of
Disaster Management [INGC], international stakeholders such as UNOPS, IOM; and local stakeholders such as NGOs,
CBOs, IDPs, host communities and local government institutions.
A Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) has been developed by the Project to outline a road map for consultation,
information-sharing, active inclusion and complaints management of stakeholders. The SEP will be further updated
within three months of effectiveness. It will outline means of consultation, especially in a COVID-19 situation in line
with World Bank guidance, including the Technical Note on “Public Consultations and Stakeholder Engagement in
WB-supported operations when there are constraints on conducting public meetings”, as well as and GoM’s own
policies. Adequate measures will be in place to ensure that consultations are inclusive and take into consideration
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vulnerable groups (illiterate persons, women, persons with disabilities, the elderly, etc.) A feedback system will
ensure that stakeholders are informed about how their views have been integrated in project implementation. The
SEP will be updated regularly by the PIU staff. A Grievance Management Procedure will be set up at the PIU and
operationalized at IDPs and host community level to ensure that any complaints are adequately addressed. The
Project Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) will be detailed as a specific section of the SEP.
B.2. Specific Risks and Impacts
A brief description of the potential environmental and social risks and impacts relevant to the Project.
ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions
ESS2 is relevant to this project. Construction activities under Component 3 will require the recruitment and
employment of direct, contracted, primary supply and community workers (under cash-for-work activities). To
ensure fair labour practices and health and safety of workers during the construction and operational phases of the
project, the borrower will take into consideration the Mozambican Labor Laws and ESS2 on labour and working
conditions.
The borrower will develop and implement measures for the identification and mitigation of project Occupational
Health and Safety risks associated with the construction, rehabilitation, operation and maintenance aspects to be
financed under Component 3 in line with the ESS2. The borrower will be responsible for ensuring that Labour
Management Procedures (LMP) within the first three months of effectiveness. Labour Management Procedures will
detail how workers are going to be managed throughout the project cycle and will include guidelines for a worker’s
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GRM for all types of workers. The ESMPs will also include procedures on investigation and reporting of incidences and
non-conformance, emergency preparedness and response procedures and continuous training and awareness to
workers. A SEA/SH risk assessment will be undertaken for the Project. Based on this assessment, the Project will
produce a SEA/SH action plan to ensure that any risks emerging from project interventions especially in the context
of labor use are adequately addressed. A Code of Conduct on SEA/SH for all workers is expected to be in place.
The Project will need to also ensure that Labor Management Procedures (LMP) are consistent with the provisions of
the World Bank’s ESS2, which specifies that all contractors and sub-contractors must ensure that there is no forced or
child labor employed during construction.
The LMP will include provisions to ensure fair wages in line with local legislation and provide contractual hiring of
workers (both male and female), adequate payment for overwork and other measures. If a Labor Camp is established
for construction purposes, the facility must follow guidelines established by the Project to ensure safe and hygienic
living conditions. A labor GRM will need to be developed and implemented by Contractors. The LMP will guide the
production and implementation of any site specific plans including specification of responsibilities at sub-project
implementation stage by all stakeholders to address labor management requirements.
ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management
ESS3 is currently considered relevant to the project. Civil works and waste management services under Component 3
may pose risks related to soil pollution from construction debris (cement, metal, plastic, glass, etc.), water bodies
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contamination sewage (blackwater and graywater) from ablution blocks, land clearing and habitat conversion, air
pollution and GHG emission from use of machinery and equipment based on fuels engines, uncontrolled spillages of
fuel, oil and lubricants. The filling of an Environmental and Social Screening form will determine the need to prepare
an ESMPs to manage any pollution resulting from civil works. Moreover, the Component 2 will invest in agriculture
kits but will not involve use of pesticides and fertilizers and therefore not will not imply pest management issues..
The use of military personnel or police to protect projects personnel and assets are unlikely since the project will only
intervene in non active conflict areas. Project activities are expected to general minimal quantities GHGs, however to
reduce this emissions in remote areas where there is no electricity network to connect during civil works and
operation phase of infrastructures as well as provision of health, education and social services, the project will
prioritize off-grid and clean energy solutions such as solar panels instead of fossil fuel powered generators.
Moreover, the project will adopt WBG General Environment, Health and Safety Guidelines (EHSGs) and other
particular guidelines relevant for the project activities: Annual Crop Production, Perennial Crop Production,
Aquaculture, Mammalian Livestock Production.
ESS4 Community Health and Safety
ESS4 is considered relevant to the project as the proposed activities may pose community and safety risks to nearby
communities. Civil works such constructing water and sanitation systems, dykes, hospitals and schools may generate
traffic and road safety hazards associated with road obstructions, diversions or closures to give room to works with
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concomitant increased traffic volume on public roads and risks of accidents. This will be exacerbated by the increased
flow of trucks to provide humanitarian assistance to IDPs. The civil works may also generate dust, noise, vibration,
waste, soil and water pollution that will have impact on surrounding communities. To address these risks, the site-
specific ESMPs will outline detailed management and mitigation measures for community health and safety
management (including Waste Management Plan, Traffic and Road Safety Management Plan) during civil works
rehabilitation and refurbishment of social and economic infrastructures as well as during deliveries of hazardous
materials, and/or storage, transportation and disposal, as needed.
It is not clear at this stage if the project will use community works as a social protection strategy. However, in case
labor is provided by the community as a contribution to the project, or for the purpose of fostering community-
driven development, or reason to provide a social safety net or providing targeted assistance in fragile and conflict-
affected situations, community workers and labor issues will be addressed through preparation of Labor
Management Procedures (LMP), which will also follow OHS principles. Moreover, the requirements of paragraphs 34
to 38 of ESS4 will apply to community workers.
It is not envisage that the project will significantly affect ecosystem services which in turn may result in adverse
health and safety risks and impacts to surrounding communities. Minor or negligible impacts are expect to affect only
the provisioning ecosystem services due to harvest of raw materials (including lumber, building poles, thatch grass,
wild fruits, fuel wood). Particularly, given the expected slight increase in demand from the new arrived IDPs in hosting
communities and resettlement areas, which will need to also rely on natural resources harvest to meet their
essentially needs. This impact is however, expected to be temporary, reversible and of low magnitude.
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Impacts on the health, safety and well-being of workers and project-affected communities stem from two main areas:
firstly from ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis.
The project has health risks including transmission of communicable diseases (COVID-19) during IDP’s registration in
relocation sites and host families and workers and public gatherings for building social cohesion, capacity building
workshops and training as well as beneficiaries registration and payment of direct cash transfer. This will be mitigated
through the use of an appropriate COVID-19 prevention protocol as well as a COVID-19 screening sheet to assess the
risk of exposure of communities. This sheet will be mandatory for FNDS and other local implementing partners and
third-party agencies, and they will be required to (i) prepare or update and implement their COVID-19 safety
contingency plan, and (ii) comply with social distancing policies to minimize worker illness. To ensure COVID-19 risks
are addressed under project implementation, training sessions will be organized for those involved. Moreover,
Technical Note: Public Consultations and Stakeholder Engagement in WB-supported operations when there are
constraints on conducting public meetings and WHO COVID-19 Guidelines will be considered to minimize and
mitigate COVID-19 risks.
Other H&S risks consist of GBV/SEA/SH that are possible both within an office environment, public works programs,
construction activities, during IDP’s registration in relocation sites and among host communities and during training.
These risks will be assessed through a GBV/SEA/SH Assessment and Action Plan. It will be implemented across all
activities.
ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement
Public Disclosure
ESS5 is considered relevant as Components 3 will finance community infrastructure construction, land demarcation,
infrastructure rehabilitation and expansion (water supply systems and sanitation facilities) and attention centers for
IDPs. These activities will require screening of impacts and the production of Resettlement Action Plans where
required. Additionally, land acquired for IDP sites and for agriculture land will also be screened, according to criteria
and procedures set out in an RPF ,for impacts and appropriate instruments including RAPs will be prepared where
required by the RPF. Agriculture land will be provided to IDPs and host communities will be accompanied with a
certificate stating temporary ownership and will also be screened in accordance with criteria set out in the RPF to
determine if any remedial measures are needed, including in the case of retroactive financing.
ESS6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources
The ESS6 is considered relevant to the project at this time. As the exact locations of physical infrastructure are not
identified, the potential risks and impacts relevant to ESS6 are not known. It is expected that activities will mostly
occur within the natural and modified habitats in rural areas. Initial screening for critical habitats at project
geographical area has been conducted using IBAT tool and the following sites were identified: Cabo Delgado
province: Quirimbas National Park and World Heritage Site; Niassa province: Niassa Special Reserve, Lake Niassa
Partial Reserve, Njesi plateau KBA; Nampula province: Netia KBA and the following Forest Reserves: Derre, Mepalué,
Ribaué, Mecuburi, Matibane and Baixo Pinda. The exactly physical intervention areas, 20 relocation sites, are known
and none overlaps with the above critical habitats , except for Quirimbas National Park and World Heritage Site which
also partial covers the districts of Meluco, Ancuabe and Metuge where the project will also intervene. As such a ES
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check-list to screen critical habitats and other important habitats and forest ecosystems will be employed in these
sites.s.
Even though some civil works (construction, rehabilitation and expansion) planned under the project will focus on or
next to already existing infrastructure, it will also necessitate limited physical interventions (e.g. land clearing,
resource use, temporary diversion of watercourses or roads to allow culverts or bridges repairs) that could negatively
impact the biodiversity or living natural resources. Moreover, the constructions of core infrastructure for basic
services such as water and sanitation systems, health centers, schools may also require vegetation clearing, opening
of temporary access roads or borrow, use of natural resources as construction materials, etc. In addition, there are
others activities susceptible to negatively affect biodiversity conservation: financing agriculture and fishing kits which
has the potential to lead land clearing and unintentionally convert critical habitats, biodiversity loss, overexploitation
of marine resources. In order to avoid these risks, the Borrower will not implement any project activities that have
potential to convert critical habitat and kill or harvest IUCN Red List of threatened species or national protected
species. As such a E&S Checklist to screen out these habitats and species will be developed. The guidelines for
preparation of ESIAS/ESMPS will include measures to identify, assess and mitigate any significant impacts on natural
habitats, including as needed the preparation and implementation of a Biodiversity Management Plan.
ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities
ESS7 is not assessed as relevant as there are no known Indigenous People/Sub Saharan African Historically
Underserved Traditional Local Communities in Mozambique.
Public Disclosure
ESS8 Cultural Heritage
The project will finance the rehabilitation and expansion of existing infrastructure and construction of new
infrastructure under Component 3. These activities may entail site clearing, and earth works that could have an
impact on tangible and intangible cultural heritage features located within the project footprint and underground. As
the locations of the project, and the likelihood of occurrence of cultural heritages features are now known; project
will screen and avoid potential cultural heritage sites in each sub-project and incorporate “chance find” procedures.
The “Chance find” procedure will form part of the sub-project specific ESMP and will address potential impacts of civil
works on tangible and intangible cultural heritage sites consistent with ESS8.
ESS9 Financial Intermediaries
ESS9 is not relevant to the proposed project interventions, as no financial intermediaries will be used.
B.3 Other Relevant Project Risks
The risk of social conflict between IDPs and between IDPs and host communities is relevant to the project.
Additionally, marginalized groups can be excluded from project benefits unless measures are in place to identify them
and to ensure that activities include such groups. A robust Social and Conflict Assessment will assess issues related to
impact of conflict on IDPs and host communities, influx dynamics, dynamics of marginalization and recommend
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measures for including marginalized communities in project benefits. The Project instruments will be updated and
subsequently prepared in accordance with the recommendations of this assessment.
C. Legal Operational Policies that Apply
OP 7.50 Projects on International Waterways No
OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas No
B.3. Reliance on Borrower’s policy, legal and institutional framework, relevant to the Project risks and impacts
Is this project being prepared for use of Borrower Framework? No
Areas where “Use of Borrower Framework” is being considered:
None or part of the Borrower Framework will be used.
IV. CONTACT POINTS
Public Disclosure
World Bank
Contact: Lizardo Narvaez Marulanda Title: Senior Disaster Risk Management
Specialist
Telephone No: 202-458-2024 Email: lnarvaez@worldbank.org
Borrower/Client/Recipient
Borrower: Republic of Mozambique / Ministry of Economy and Finance
Implementing Agency(ies)
Implementing Agency: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADER)
V. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
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The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433
Telephone: (202) 473-1000
Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects
VI. APPROVAL
Task Team Leader(s): Lizardo Narvaez Marulanda
Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Africa Eshogba Olojoba Cleared on 02-Apr-2021 at 16:00:42 GMT-04:00
Safeguards Advisor ESSA Peter Leonard (SAESSA) Concurred on 05-Apr-2021 at 12:07:37 GMT-04:00
Public Disclosure
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