Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary (ESRS) - Commercialization and De-Risking for Agricultural Transformation Project - P171462 (English)

The RAB will be responsible for the overall project implementation and set up a Project Implementation Unit (PIU) which will be responsible for overall project oversight and coordination (Component 4), as well as Component 3. The RAB will also be responsible for the management of Value Chain and Infrastructure Development (Subcomponent 1.1, Irrigation rehabilitation and development, Subcomponent 1 [...] To implement the Project, RAB has put in place the Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), the Resettlement Policy Frameworks (RPF), as well as the Labour Management Plan (LMP), the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) and the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP). [...] District safeguards capacity of RAB to manage environment and social risks will require staffing for District based staff and training on the Environment and Social Framework (ESF) and the related ten Environment and Social Standards (ESS) and special focus on the project specific instruments - ESMF, LMP, RPF, GRM, monitoring and reporting. [...] These include the Land Husbandry, Water Harvesting and Hillside Irrigation Project and the Third Rural Sector Support Project (both closed), the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification and Food Security Project (SAIP, ongoing), as well as the Renewable Energy Fund Project, the Housing Finance Project, the Socio-economic Inclusion of Refugees and Host Communities in Rwanda Project prepared under t [...] The bidding documents will provide the requirements of the contractor to manage ESHS risks and impacts of the construction activities, such as recruitment of ESHS Specialist as key site staff, preparation of Contractor’s Environmental and Social Management Plans (C-ESMP), Code of conduct for contractor’s employees and reporting on ESHS performance and incidents and accidents notification.