Revised Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) Uganda COVID-19 Emergency Education Response Project (P174033) (English)

The involvement of the local population is essential to the success of the project in order to ensure smooth collaboration between project staff and local communities and to minimize and mitigate environmental and social risks related to the proposed project activities. [...] General public Interest in the general socio- economic impacts of the project, both adverse and beneficial The project will target the general population which will be kept informed of the latest information on High Low adjustment made in the school calendar to ensure continued learning, the status of school health in line with COVID-19 outbreak within education institutions, precautions and recom [...] The breadth, depth, and type of analysis required for the social assessment will be proportional to the nature and scale of the proposed sub project’s potential and effects on the Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups present. [...] The CERP project will facilitate and arrange for consultative meetings with members of the vulnerable and marginalized groups and in these meetings, there will be free and prior information about the proposed sub project, the proposed location, and potential adverse impacts of the project on the marginalized and vulnerable groups. [...] The Project Environmental and Social Specialists within the PCU will provide support and coordinate the management of the environmental, social, and health and safety risks and impacts posed by the project at central level.