Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) Yemen Emergency Human Capital Project (P176570) (English)

The ESMF was prepared to meet the requirements of the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), most particularly the Environmental and Social Standard on the Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks, including the World Bank Group Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines. [...] The use of an ESMF is appropriate at this stage of the project cycle to manage environmental and social risks and impacts of the project, given the exact sites of the health facilities to be supported will be only identified during the project implementation. [...] For this purpose, the ESMF details how UNICEF will assess the environmental and social risks and impacts, identify the necessary mitigation measures, and monitor the ES measures implementation, most particularly the environmental and social performance of Project contractors/activities implementers. [...] In line with ESS1, the Project uses an Environmental and Social Management Framework instead of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) because the exact nature and location of subprojects under Component 1 of the Project and their impacts are not fully known at the time of Project appraisal. [...] During the implementation of the EHNP, which entailed a similar set of activities as are planned in the YEHCP, UNICEF experienced and adapted the following lessons learned: • At the start of the implementation of the project, there was some resistance from contractors and workers to the required ES safeguard measures contained in the ES instruments, especially PPEs use.