Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF)

What is an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) and Why do we need it?
The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) establishes a process and defines the roles and responsibilities for screening and addressing Environmental and Social (E&S) issues for sub-projects from selection through review and approval, to implementation and monitoring across the three sectors covered by the Project.

• It is an implementation guiding tool for the sustainable control of environmental, health, safety and social impacts during the project.
• All risks, sources of risks, risk responses, impact levels, and responsibilities are outlined to provide context on how to operate in a sustainable and environmentally and socially responsible manner while implementing sub-projects.
• It contains general recommendations for mitigation, avoidance or risk transfer.

How does it work and Who can it help?

• Monitoring and auditing will keep a record of conditions that are posing and may pose future risks to the grantee, the community, and natural environment directly and indirectly.
• According to the progress observed, recommendations will be made to the grantees for improved monitoring and risk response measures.
• It will advise the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) on the need for corrective action including further planning and development of subsidiary plans and procedures. It is a real-time summary of the Environmental, Social, Health and Safety (ESHS) situation at project locations.