Ministère de la Communication, des Télécommunications et de l'Économie Numérique

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN

1. The Government of Senegal (representing the Republic of Senegal, the Recipient) will implement the Senegal Digital Economy Acceleration Project (P172524) (the Project), with the involvement of the Ministry of Digital Economy and Telecommunications (Ministère de la Communication des Télécommunications et de l'Economie Numérique, MCTEN) and the Ministry of Health and Social Action (Ministère de la Santé et de l'Action Sociale, MSAS). The International Development Association (Association) has agreed to provide financing for the Project , as set out or referred to in the agreement entered into for the financing of the Project (Financing Agreement).

2. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner acceptable to the Association. The ESCP is included by reference in, and is a part of, the Financing Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the Financing Agreement.

3. Without limitation to the foregoing, this ESCP sets out material measures and actions that the Recipient shall carry out or cause to be carried out, including, as applicable, the timeframes of the actions and measures, institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements, and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) instruments that shall be adopted and implemented under the Project, all of which shall be subject to prior consultation and disclosure, consistent with the ESS, and in form and substance, and in a manner acceptable to the Association. Once adopted, said E&S instruments may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Association.

4. As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time if necessary, during Project implementation, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes and unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Recipient shall, through the relevant units (each a PIU) to be established at MCTEN and MSAS, update the ESCP to reflect these changes, and the Recipient and the Association shall agree on such updated ESCP through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Recipient. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP.