Template of the ESMP mandatorily annexed to the Financing Agreement (FA)

Template of the ESMP mandatorily annexed to the Financing Agreement (FA)

General considerations

Federal Ministry of Transportation is planning to implement the Kano-Maradi Railway Project (the

Project). The Bank has agreed to provide financing, implementation support and monitoring for

the Project.

Federal Ministry of Transportation will implement measures and actions of this Environmental and

Social Management Plan1 (ESMP) so that the Project meets all the requirements of the Bank

Environmental and Social Operational Safeguards (OS) and the National policy and legal

requirements.

Where the ESMP refers to specific plans, whether they have already been prepared or are to be

developed, the ESMP requires compliance with all mandatory provisions of such plans.

The table below summarizes the material measures and actions that are required, the basis of the

requirement, the timing of the measure or action, and the criteria to be used for determining whether

the required measure or action has been successfully achieved. Federal Ministry of Transportation

is responsible for compliance with all requirements of the ESMP even when implementation of

specific measures and actions is conducted by an entity different from the Project Implementation

Unit (PIU).

Implementation of the material measures and actions set out in this ESMP will be monitored and

reported to the Bank by Federal Ministry of Transportation as required by the ESMP and the

conditions of the legal agreement, and the Bank will monitor and assess progress and completion

of the measures and actions throughout implementation of the Project.

As agreed by the Bank and Federal Ministry of Transportation, this ESMP may be revised from

time to time during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive risk management of project changes

and unforeseen circumstances or in response to assessment of project performance conducted under

the ESMP itself. In such circumstances, Federal Ministry of Transportation will propose and agree

changes with the Bank, and then update the ESMP to reflect such change